§ 4171. Model foreign language competence posts

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.

1. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–465 title II § 2207 · 94 Stat. 2071

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4171

   Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2207, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2163

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2207, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2163

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2207. Model Foreign Language Competence Posts.— (a) In order to carry out the purposes of section 702 and to help ascertain the relationship between foreign language competence and the effectiveness of representation of the United States abroad, the Secretary of State shall designate as model foreign language competence posts at least two Foreign Service posts in countries where English is not the common language. Such designation shall be made no later than October 1, 1981, and shall be implemented so that no later than October 1, 1983, each Government employee permanently assigned to those posts shall possess an appropriate level of competence in the language common to the country where the post is located. The Secretary of State shall determine appropriate levels of language competence for employees assigned to those posts by reference to the nature of their functions and the standards employed by the Foreign Service Institute. (b) The posts designated under subsection (a) shall continue as model foreign language competence posts at least until September 30, Report to Congress. 1985. The Secretary of State shall submit no later than January 31, 1986, a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate describing the operation of such posts and the costs, advantages and disadvantages associated with meeting the foreign language competence requirements of this section. (c) The Secretary of State may authorize exceptions to the requirements of this section if he determines that unanticipated exigencies Report to Congress. so require. Such exceptions shall be annually reported to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

2. 1994

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

   Pub. L. 103–236 § 139(7) · 108 Stat. 382

   1. Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 4171(c)

      Pub. L. 103–236, § 139(7), (25), amended subsec. (c) identically

   2. Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 4171(c)

      Pub. L. 103–236, § 139(7), (25), striking out at end “Such exceptions shall be annually reported to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–236, § 139(7), (25), amended subsec. (c) identically, striking out at end “Such exceptions shall be annually reported to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (7) The second sentence of section 2207(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4171(c)), relating to foreign language competence requirements: exceptions.

3. 2002

   Pub. L. 107–132 § 1(b) · 115 Stat. 2412

   Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 4171(a)

   Pub. L. 107–132 substituted “George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center” for “Foreign Service Institute”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–132 substituted “George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center” for “Foreign Service Institute”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) 7 USC 1766b, 10 USC 2002, 22 USC 2056, 4001 note, 4003, 4021 note, 4171, 4171 note, 4903, 6101, 6473. Any reference in any provision of law to the National Foreign Affairs Training Center or the Foreign Service Institute shall be considered to be a reference to the “George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center”.

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