Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 — Foreign Service
§ 4141. Statement of policy; objectives
Statutory text
Statement of policy
Consistent with the findings of section 3901 of this title, the Foreign Service of the United States should be representative of the American people. In order to facilitate and encourage the entry into the Foreign Service of individuals who meet the rigorous requirements of the Service, while ensuring a Foreign Service system which reflects the cultural and ethnic diversity of the United States, intensive recruitment efforts are mandated. This is particularly true for Native Americans, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans, where other affirmative action and equal opportunity efforts have not been successful in attracting the ablest applicants for entry into the Foreign Service. The United States remains committed to equal opportunity and to a Foreign Service system operated on the basis of merit principles.
Objectives
The objective of this subchapter is to strengthen and improve the Foreign Service of the United States through the establishment of a Foreign Service Internship Program. The program shall promote the Foreign Service as a viable and rewarding career opportunity for qualified individuals who reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the United States through a highly selective internship program for students enrolled in institutions of higher education.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 96–465 title I § 1201 · 94 Stat. 2071
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4141
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 1201, as added Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 149(b), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 39.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 1201, as added Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 149(b), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 39.)
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Credits
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 1201, as added Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 149(b), , 104 Stat. 39.)