H.R. 8167

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8167 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8167

To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to establish a Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 30, 2026

Ms. Titus (for herself and Mr. Baumgartner) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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A BILL

To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to establish a Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Diplomatic Reserve Corps Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS.

Title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``CHAPTER 14--DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS

``Subchapter I--Diplomatic Reserve Corps

``SEC. 1401. DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS.

``(a) In General.--There is in the Department of State a Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps.
``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is to 
assist the Secretary of State, the Department of State, and the Foreign 
Service in the discharge of their responsibilities and functions as 
authorized by law through the maintenance of a reserve of trained 
personnel available for active service when the needs of the Secretary, 
the Department, or the Service so require.
``(c) Nature of Corps.--
``(1) In general.--The Diplomatic Reserve Corps is an 
independent personnel system within the Department of State.
``(2) Not an element of the foreign service.--The 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps is not a component or other element of 
the Foreign Service. Members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps, 
whether or not on active service, are not members of the 
Foreign Service.

``SEC. 1402. ELEMENTS.

``The Diplomatic Reserve Corps has four elements as follows:
``(1) The Senior Diplomatic Reserve.
``(2) The Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
``(3) The Diplomatic Reserve.
``(4) The Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.

``SEC. 1403. ADMINISTRATION.

``(a) Administration by Secretary of State.--Under the direction of 
the President, the Secretary of State shall administer and direct the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps and shall coordinate its activities with the 
needs of the Department of State and the Foreign Service.
``(b) Assistance by Director General of the Foreign Service.--
``(1) In general.--The Director General of the Foreign 
Service should assist the Secretary in the management of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``(2) Delegation.--Subject to the approval of the 
Secretary, the Director General may, in assisting the Secretary 
pursuant to paragraph (1), delegate to an appropriate senior 
officer in the Department overall responsibility for management 
of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``(c) Compatibility Between Diplomatic Reserve Corps and Foreign 
Service and Other Government Personnel Systems.--The Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps shall be administered to the extent practicable in conformity 
with policy and regulations applicable to the Foreign Service, in 
particular, and the policies and regulations of the Government, 
generally.
``(d) Relation and Responsibility of Bureaus, Offices, etc. of 
Department of State to Diplomatic Reserve Corps.--The bureaus, offices, 
and operating elements of the Department of State have the same 
relation and responsibility to the Diplomatic Reserve Corps as they do 
to the Foreign Service and the civil service of the Department.
``(e) Regulations; Delegation of Functions.--
``(1) Regulations.--The regulations prescribed under 
section 206(a) may include regulations relating to the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps and the discharge of its functions.
``(2) Delegation of functions.--Section 206(b), relating to 
delegation of functions by the Secretary of State, applies to 
functions with respect to the Diplomatic Reserve Corps.

``SEC. 1404. AUTHORITY OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

``The Diplomatic Reserve Corps is an operating unit of the 
Department of State for purposes of section 209, relating to the 
authorities and responsibilities of the Inspector General of the 
Department of State.

``SEC. 1405. HEADQUARTERS STAFF.

``(a) In General.--Members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps may be 
assigned to the headquarters of the Department of State to participate 
in the administration of this chapter and in the preparation of 
policies and regulations relating to the Corps.
``(b) Treatment Within Limitations on Staff Size.--Any members of 
the Diplomatic Reserve Corps assigned to headquarters of the Department 
pursuant to subsection (a) are in addition to any other numbers of 
staff at the headquarters as otherwise authorized or limited by law.
``(c) Construction of Authorization.--The authority in subsection 
(a) may not be interpreted to prohibit or limit the assignment of 
members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to other posts, positions, or 
other locations of assignment, whether permanent or temporary, in the 
United States.

``SEC. 1406. RECRUITMENT.

``(a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall take appropriate 
actions to ensure that recruitment for the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
ranges widely throughout the United States and is designed to obtain 
and maintain a Corps that is representative of the American people.
``(b) Personal Services Contracts.--
``(1) Contracts authorized.--The Secretary may enter into 
one or more contracts with private individuals for personal 
services in connection with recruitment for the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps, including to assist in the discharge of the 
requirement in subsection (a).
``(2) Not government employees.--Individuals under contract 
under this subsection shall not be considered employees of the 
United States for any purposes. However, the Secretary may 
specify in any such contract the applicability of a law 
administered by the Secretary to the activities of the 
individual covered by such contract.''.

SEC. 3. APPOINTMENTS AND RELATED MATTERS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.), as added by section 2 of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``Subchapter II--APPOINTMENTS AND RELATED MATTERS

``SEC. 1411. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH.

``(a) Authorized Strength.--The authorized strength of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps as of September 30 of each fiscal year as 
follows is the number specified for such fiscal year:
``(1) For fiscal year 2026, 250.
``(2) For fiscal year 2027, 500.
``(3) For fiscal year 2028, 750.
``(4) For any fiscal year after fiscal year 2028, 1,000.
``(b) Strength When Not Otherwise Prescribed by Law.--Whenever the 
authorized strength of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is not prescribed 
by law, it shall be prescribed by the President.
``(c) Strength of Senior Diplomatic Reserve.--Except as otherwise 
prescribed by law, the authorized strength of the Senior Diplomatic 
Reserve as of September 30 of each fiscal year may not exceed a number 
equal to 10 percent of the authorized strength of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps as of such date.

``SEC. 1412. ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT.

``(a) In General.--An individual is eligible for appointment to the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps if the individual--
``(1) is a citizen of the United States;
``(2) is at least 21 years of age; and
``(3) meets such physical, mental, and professional 
qualifications as the Secretary of State shall prescribe.
``(b) Higher Age Limit for Appointments for Certain Service.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), if the Secretary determines that the 
demands of particular service in the Diplomatic Reserve Corps can be 
met only by individuals of an age higher than that specified in that 
subsection, the Secretary may prescribe a higher age than that 
specified in that subsection as a qualification for appointment in the 
Corps for such service.
``(c) Physical Capacity for Service.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a)(3), if 
the Secretary determines that an individual who does not 
otherwise meet the physical qualifications prescribed pursuant 
to that subsection is capable of the physical discharge of the 
service in the Diplomatic Reserve Corps for which the 
individual would be appointed, the individual may be appointed 
to the Corps for such service.
``(2) Case-by-case determination.--Any determinations under 
paragraph (1) shall be made on case-by-case basis. The 
authority to make such determinations may not be delegated.
``(d) Examinations for Appointment.--The Secretary shall prescribe, 
as appropriate, written, oral, physical, foreign language, and other 
examinations for appointment to the Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``(e) Appointment of Veterans.--
``(1) In general.--The fact that an applicant for 
appointment to the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is a veteran or 
disabled veteran shall be considered an affirmative factor in 
making appointments to the Corps.
``(2) Veteran or disabled veteran defined.--In this 
subsection, the term `veteran or disabled veteran' has the 
meaning given that term in section 301(c).
``(f) Prohibition on Simultaneous Service as Member of the 
Uniformed Services.--
``(1) Prohibition.--An individual may not serve 
simultaneously as a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps and 
a member of a uniformed service (whether as a regular or a 
reserve).
``(2) Uniformed service defined.--In this subsection, the 
term `uniformed service' means any of the uniformed services 
specified in section 2101(3) of title 5, United States Code.

``SEC. 1413. APPOINTMENTS GENERALLY.

``(a) Senior Diplomatic Reserve.--The President may, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint an individual as a member 
of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps in the Senior Diplomatic Reserve.
``(b) Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.--
``(1) Appointment by president.--The President may, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a retired 
career member of the Department of State (including a retired 
career member of the Foreign Service and a retired civilian 
officer or employee of the Department) as a member of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps in the Senior Diplomatic Retiree 
Reserve.
``(2) Appointment by secretary.--The Secretary of State may 
appoint a retired career member of the Senior Foreign Service 
as a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps in the Senior 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve if there is no break in service 
between the individual's retirement from the Department and 
commencement of membership in the Senior Diplomatic Retiree 
Reserve.
``(c) Diplomatic Reserve.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may appoint members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps in the Diplomatic Reserve in 
accordance with this chapter and such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe.
``(2) Regulations.--Any regulations under paragraph (1) 
shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the regulations 
prescribed pursuant to section 303.
``(d) Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may appoint retired career 
employees of the Department (including retired career members 
of the Foreign Service and retired civilian officers or 
employees of the Department) as members of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps in the Diplomatic Retiree Reserve in accordance 
with this chapter and such regulations as the Secretary may 
prescribe.
``(2) Regulations.--Any regulations under paragraph (1) 
shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the regulations 
prescribed pursuant to subsection (c)(2).
``(e) Term of Appointment.--
``(1) Term of appointment in senior diplomatic reserve.--
The term of any appointment in the Senior Diplomatic Reserve 
under subsection (a) shall be such period as the President 
determines at the time of such appointment to be appropriate 
for the needs of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``(2) Term of appointment in senior diplomatic retiree 
reserve.--The term of appointment under subsection (b) in the 
Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve shall be as follows:
``(A) In the case of an individual appointed under 
subsection (b)(1), such period as the President 
determines at the time of such appointment to be 
appropriate for the needs of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps.
``(B) In the case of an individual appointed under 
subsection (b)(2), such period as the Secretary 
determines at the time of such appointment to be 
appropriate for the needs of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps.
``(3) Term of appointment in diplomatic reserve or 
diplomatic retiree reserve.--The term of any appointment under 
subsection (c) in the Diplomatic Reserve, or under subsection 
(d) in the Diplomatic Retiree Reserve, shall be such period, 
not to exceed three years, as the Secretary determines as the 
time of such appointment to be appropriate for the needs of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``(4) Renewal of appointments.--The appointment of any 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps may, upon the successful 
completion of a term of appointment in the Corps, be renewed 
for a term of length provided for in paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3), as applicable, in accordance with such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe.
``(f) Probationary First Term of Appointment.--The first term of 
appointment of any member to the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is a 
probationary period, and such appointment of such member to the Corps 
may be terminated by the President or the Secretary at any time during 
such period.

``SEC. 1414. APPOINTMENTS TO SALARY CLASSES.

``(a) Senior Diplomatic Reserve.--Appointment to the Senior 
Diplomatic Reserve under section 1413(a) shall be to a salary class 
established under section 1421 that is consistent with the 
qualifications and experience of the individual appointed.
``(b) Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.--Appointment to the Senior 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve shall be to a salary class as follows:
``(1) In the case of appointment under section 1413(b)(1), 
to a salary class established under section 1421 that is 
consistent with the qualifications and experience of the 
individual appointed.
``(2) In the case of appointment under section 1413(b)(2), 
to a salary class established under section 1421 that is no 
higher than such held by the individual at the time of 
retirement from the Department.
``(c) Diplomatic Reserve.--Appointment to the Diplomatic Reserve 
under section 1413(c) shall be to a salary class and step established 
under section 1422 that is consistent with the qualifications and 
experience of the individual appointed.
``(d) Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.--Appointment to the Diplomatic 
Retiree Reserve under section 1413(d) shall be to a salary class and 
step established under section 1422 that is no higher than such held by 
the member at the time of retirement from the Department.

``SEC. 1415. SKILL IDENTIFIERS FOR DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS MEMBERS.

``(a) Schedule of Identifiers.--
``(1) Schedule required.--The Secretary of State shall 
prescribe a schedule for identifying the member skills of each 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the schedule required by 
paragraph (1) shall be to facilitate the ready identification 
of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps with particular 
skills during mobilizations of members of the Corps under this 
chapter to assist the Secretary, the Department of State, and 
the Foreign Service in the discharge of their responsibilities 
and functions.
``(3) Nature of skills identifiers.--In order to best 
achieve the purpose described in paragraph (2), the identifiers 
of member skills prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
conform, to the extent practicable, to the skill designators 
(commonly referred to as `skill codes') assigned to members of 
the Foreign Service.
``(b) Assignment of Identifiers.--
``(1) Assignment upon appointment.--Upon the appointment of 
an individual as a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps, the 
Secretary shall assign the member a primary skill identifier, 
and any appropriate secondary and tertiary skill identifiers, 
in accordance with the schedule required by subsection (a).
``(2) Superseding assignment.--Upon any material change in 
the skills of a member for purposes of the schedule, the 
Secretary shall assign the member one or more new identifiers 
under the schedule appropriate to reflect such material 
change.''.
(b) Eligibility for Diplomatic and Consular Commissions.--Section 
312 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3952) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``or the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps'' after ``the Service'' the first place it 
appears; and
(B) by inserting ``or the Corps'' after ``the 
Service'' the second and third places it appears; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``or the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps'' after ``the Service''.

SEC. 4. COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.), as amended by section 3(a) of this 
Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:

``Subchapter III--COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS

``SEC. 1421. SALARIES OF SENIOR DIPLOMATIC RESERVE AND SENIOR 
DIPLOMATIC RETIREE RESERVE.

``(a) Salary Classes.--There shall be two salary classes for the 
Senior Diplomatic Reserve and Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve, with 
an appropriate title for each class prescribed by the President.
``(b) Basic Salary Ranges and Rates.--
``(1) Salary ranges.--The President shall prescribe the 
ranges of basic salary for each salary class of the Senior 
Diplomatic Reserve and Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
``(2) Basic salary rates.--
``(A) Maximum and minimum rates and related 
matters.--The second sentence of paragraph (1) of 
section 402(a), and paragraph (3) of that section, 
shall apply to the establishment and maintenance of 
basic salary rates under this subsection.
``(B) Rate payable to particular members.--The 
Secretary of State shall determine which basic salary 
rate within the ranges prescribed by the President 
under paragraph (1) shall be paid to each member of the 
Senior Diplomatic Reserve and the Senior Diplomatic 
Retiree Reserve in accordance with the provisions, and 
subject to the limitations, of section 402(a)(2).
``(c) Conformity to Senior Foreign Service.--The actions taken 
pursuant to this section shall conform, to the extent practicable, with 
actions taken pursuant to section 402(a) with respect to salaries of 
the Senior Foreign Service.

``SEC. 1422. DIPLOMATIC RESERVE SCHEDULE FOR DIPLOMATIC RESERVE AND 
DIPLOMATIC RETIREE RESERVE.

``(a) In General.--The President shall establish a Diplomatic 
Reserve Schedule which shall apply to members of the Diplomatic Reserve 
and the Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
``(b) Classes and Steps.--The Diplomatic Reserve Schedule shall 
have 9 salary classes. Each salary class of the Schedule shall have 14 
steps.
``(c) Basic Salary Ranges and Rates.--
``(1) Salary ranges in classes.--The basic salary range for 
each salary class in the Diplomatic Reserve Schedule shall be 
equivalent to the salary range for the analogous salary class 
in the Foreign Service Schedule under section 403.
``(2) Basic salary rates of steps.--The basic salary rate 
for each step within a salary class in the Diplomatic Reserve 
Schedule shall be equivalent to the salary rate for the 
analogous step in the analogous salary in the Foreign Service 
Schedule.
``(3) Adjustments.--Salary rates established under this 
subsection shall be adjusted in accordance with section 5303 of 
title 5, United States Code, whenever adjustments are made 
pursuant to the Foreign Service Schedule pursuant to the last 
sentence of section 403.

``SEC. 1423. CHANGES IN SALARY CLASSES.

``Except as authorized by subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 5, 
United States Code, changes in the salary class of a member of the 
Senior Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve, or 
of a member assigned to a salary class in the Diplomatic Reserve 
Schedule shall be made only in accordance with subchapter IV.

``SEC. 1424. COMPUTATION OF BASIC PAY.

``Basic pay provided for by section 1421 or 1422 is payable to a 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps on an hourly basis (as computed 
in accordance with section 5504(b) of title 5, United States Code), for 
each hour, or portion thereof, of active service in the Corps (whether 
active service under subchapter VI or active service for training under 
subchapter V).

``SEC. 1425. PERFORMANCE PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR DIPLOMATIC 
RESERVE AND SENIOR DIPLOMATIC RETIREE RESERVE.

``(a) Eligibility.--
``(1) In general.--Members of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve 
and the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve are eligible to 
compete for performance pay in accordance with this section.
``(2) Construction of eligibility.--The fact that a member 
of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic 
Retiree Reserve competing for performance pay would, as a 
result of the payment of such pay, receive compensation 
exceeding the compensation of any other member of the Senior 
Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve 
shall not preclude the award or its payment.
``(b) Payment.--
``(1) Lump sum payment.--Performance pay under this section 
shall be paid in a lump sum.
``(2) Construction with basic salary and other awards.--
Performance pay shall be in addition to the basic salary 
prescribed under section 1421 and any other award grantable or 
payable to members of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve or the 
Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
``(c) Award and Payment.--
``(1) In general.--Awards of performance pay under this 
section shall be subject to the provisions of the first 
sentence of section 405(b).
``(2) Limitations.--In addition to the requirements 
provided for by paragraph (1), awards and payment of 
performance pay shall be subject to the following requirements 
and limitations:
``(A) Not more than 25 percent of the aggregate 
number of the members of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve 
and the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve may receive 
performance pay in any fiscal year.
``(B) Performance pay shall be awardable to a 
member of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve as an annualized amount, but 
the amount payable shall be prorated from such 
annualized amount by the number of days in the rating 
period that the member was on active service (including 
active service under subchapter VI and active service 
for training under subchapter V).
``(C) Except as provided in subparagraphs (D) and 
(E), the annualized amount of performance pay awarded a 
member of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve may not exceed 20 percent of 
the annual rate of basic salary for that member under 
section 1421.
``(D) Not more than 6 percent of the aggregate 
number of members of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve and 
the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve may be awarded 
performance pay in any fiscal year in an annualized 
amount which exceeds the percentage limitation 
specified in subparagraph (C). The annualized amount of 
performance pay awarded under this subparagraph to a 
member may not exceed, in any fiscal year, the 
percentage of basic pay established under section 
4507(e)(1) of title 5, United States Code, for 
Meritorious Executives.
``(E) Not more than 1 percent of the aggregate 
number of members of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve and 
the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve may be awarded 
performance pay in any fiscal year in an annualized 
amount which exceeds the percentage limitation 
specified in subparagraph (C). The annualized amount of 
performance pay awarded under this subparagraph to a 
member may not exceed, in any fiscal year, the 
percentage of basic pay established under section 
4507(e)(2) of title 5, United States Code, for 
Distinguished Executives. Notwithstanding subparagraph 
(B), pay awarded under this subparagraph may be paid 
without proration for the number of days in the rating 
period that the member was on active service if the pay 
is awarded for a specific action. A member may not be 
awarded performance pay under subparagraph (D) and this 
subparagraph in any fiscal year.
``(F) Any award of performance pay under this 
section shall be subject to the limitation on certain 
payments under section 5307 of title 5, United States 
Code, or the limitation under section 402(a)(3) of this 
Act, whichever is higher.
``(G) Regulations prescribed pursuant to section 
405(b)(5) shall apply to payments under this section 
which are made in the case of any individual whose 
death precludes payment under subparagraph (F).
``(d) Amount and Distribution of Awards.--
``(1) Amount.--The Secretary shall determine the amount of 
performance pay available under this section each year for 
distribution among members of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve and 
the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
``(2) Distribution.--The Secretary shall distribute 
performance pay to particular members under this section on the 
basis of recommendations by selection boards used under section 
1442.
``(e) Grant of Certain Awards.--The President may grant awards of 
performance pay under this section provided for by subparagraphs (D) 
and (E) of subsection (c)(2) in the same manner as awards of 
performance pay are grantable under section 405(d).
``(g) Other Recognition of Meritorious or Distinguished Service.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may provide 
for recognition of the meritorious or distinguished service of any 
member of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic 
Retiree Reserve by means other than an award of performance pay under 
this section in lieu of making such an award under this section.

``SEC. 1426. WITHIN-CLASS SALARY INCREASES FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
DIPLOMATIC RESERVE AND DIPLOMATIC RETIREE RESERVE.

``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) and subject 
to subsection (c), any member of the Diplomatic Reserve or the 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve receiving a salary under the Diplomatic 
Reserve Schedule shall be advanced to the next higher salary step in 
the member's salary class at the beginning of the first applicable pay 
period following completion by the member of a period of 156 continuous 
weeks of membership in the Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``(b) Earlier Advancement for Meritorious Service.--The Secretary 
may advance a member to a higher salary step under subsection (a) 
without regard to the completion by the member of the period of 
continuous membership otherwise required by that subsection if the 
Secretary determines that the meritorious service of the member 
warrants such advancement.
``(c) No Advancement for Substandard Service.--A member may not be 
advanced to a higher salary step under subsection (a) at the end of the 
period of active service of the member described in that subsection if 
the active service member during such period is found, in a review by a 
selection board used under section 1442, to fall below the standards 
applicable to member's salary class.

``SEC. 1427. SPECIAL DIFFERENTIALS FOR MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC 
RESERVE AND DIPLOMATIC RETIREE RESERVE.

``(a) Special Differentials.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of State may pay special 
differentials, in addition to compensation otherwise 
authorized, to members of the Diplomatic Reserve and the 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve who are required by nature of their 
assignments on active service under subchapter VI to perform 
additional work on a regular basis in substantial excess of 
normal requirements.
``(2) Amounts.--The amounts of special differentials paid 
under paragraph (1) for work shall be similar to special 
differentials paid for additional work paid to Foreign Service 
officers under section 412(a) for similar work.
``(b) Compensatory Time Off.--Nothing in this chapter or subchapter 
V of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, shall preclude the 
granting of compensatory time off for members of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps on active service under subchapter VI.

``SEC. 1428. DIPLOMATIC RESERVE SERVICE AWARDS.

``(a) System of Awards Required.--The President shall establish and 
maintain a system of awards to confer appropriate recognition of 
outstanding contributions to the Nation by members of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps.
``(b) Medals and Other Commendations.--The system of awards under 
this section shall provide for the presentation by the President and by 
the Secretary of medals or other suitable commendations for performance 
in the course of or beyond the call of duty which involves 
distinguished meritorious service to the Nation, including 
extraordinary valor in the face of danger to life or health.
``(c) Promotion of Recognized Human Rights as Basis for Awards.--
Distinguished meritorious service in the promotion of internationally 
recognized human rights, including the right to freedom of religion, 
shall serve as a basis for granting awards under the system of awards 
under this section.

``SEC. 1429. TREATMENT OF DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS MEMBERS RECEIVING 
ANNUITIES UNDER OTHER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL 
SYSTEMS.

``(a) No Termination or Reduction of Retirement Annuity or Pay.--
Notwithstanding any provision of section 824 or any other provision of 
law, the appointment to the Diplomatic Reserve Corps pursuant to 
subchapter II of a covered annuitant shall not operate to--
``(1) terminate the payment of any retirement annuity, 
retired pay, or retainer pay otherwise payable to such covered 
annuitant under the personnel system referred to in subsection 
(b) in which such covered annuitant is participating; or
``(2) reduce the amount of the retirement annuity, retired 
pay, or retainer pay otherwise payable to such former 
participant under such personnel system.
``(b) Covered Annuitant.--For purposes of this section, a covered 
annuitant is any individual as follows:
``(1) An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity under 
subchapter I of chapter 8 (the Foreign Service Retirement and 
Disability System) or subchapter II of that chapter (the 
Foreign Service Pension System).
``(2) An individual receiving retired or retainer pay under 
chapter 71 or 1223 of title 10, United States Code.
``(3) An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity under 
subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code 
(the Civil Service Retirement System), or chapter 84 of that 
title (the Federal Employees' Retirement System).
``(4) An annuitant receiving a retirement annuity, retired 
pay, or retainer pay under any other Federal Government 
personnel system.
``(c) Active Service Not Creditable Toward Retirement Annuity or 
Pay.--
``(1) Service not creditable toward retirement annuity or 
pay under other personnel systems.--Active service in the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps under this chapter of a covered 
annuitant shall not be treated as creditable service toward the 
computation or recomputation of the retirement annuity, retired 
pay, or retainer pay, as applicable, of the covered annuitant 
under the Federal Government personnel system in which the 
covered annuitant is participating.
``(2) Service not creditable toward retirement annuity 
under fsps for drc membership.--As provided by section 1481(b), 
active service in the Corps under this chapter of a covered 
annuitant is not creditable service toward entitlement to or 
computation of a retirement annuity in connection with 
membership in the Corps otherwise provided for by subchapter 
VIII.

``SEC. 1430. HEALTH CARE.

``(a) Participation in FEHBP.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps who is not otherwise eligible for participation in the program of 
health insurance under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, shall 
be deemed an employee for purposes of participation in that program and 
be treated as if the member were a member of the uniformed services, 
subject to any conditions and limitations applicable to similarly 
situated members of the uniformed services participating in that 
program.
``(b) Participation in Foreign Service Health Program.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps and their families are 
eligible for health care under the health care program under 
section 904.
``(2) Limitation on eligibility of family members.--Members 
of the family of a member of the Corps are not covered by the 
authority in subsection (b)(2) or (d) of section 904 unless 
such members of the family are accompanying such member of the 
Corps on an assignment abroad.
``(3) Administration.--
``(A) Review.--In carrying out the continuing 
review of the health care program under section 904 
required by subsection (f) of that section, the 
Secretary of State shall take into account the 
provision of health care to members of the Corps and 
their families under this subsection.
``(B) Reimbursements.--Any reimbursements paid to 
the Department of State for health care provided 
pursuant to this section shall be credited and 
available in accordance with the provisions of section 
904(g).

``SEC. 1431. DEATH GRATUITY.

``(a) Payment Authorized.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
of State may provide for payment of a gratuity to the surviving 
dependents of any member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who 
dies as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of 
active service under subchapter VI abroad, in an amount equal 
to one year's salary at level II of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, at the time 
of death.
``(2) Limitation on eligible survivors.--A survivor is 
eligible for payment of a gratuity under this section only if 
the survivor is described by section 414(d).
``(b) Guidance.--The payment of a death gratuity under this section 
shall be made in accordance with the guidance issued under section 
413(c).
``(c) Construction of Payment.--Any death gratuity payment made 
under this section shall be held to have been a gift and shall be in 
addition to any other benefit payable from any source.

``SEC. 1432. GROUP LIFE INSURANCE SUPPLEMENT APPLICABLE TO DIPLOMATIC 
RESERVE CORPS MEMBERS KILLED IN TERRORIST ATTACKS.

``(a) Eligibility.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding the amounts specified in 
chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, a member of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps who dies as a result of injuries 
sustained while on active service under subchapter VI abroad 
because of an act of terrorism shall be eligible for a special 
payment in an amount equal to the special payment authorized by 
section 415(a)(1) at the time of death, which shall be in 
addition to any employer provided life insurance coverage.
``(2) Act of terrorism defined.--In this subsection, the 
term `act of terrorism' has the meaning given that term in 
section 140(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)).
``(b) Designation of Beneficiary.--A payment made under this 
section shall be made in accordance with the guidance issued under 
section 413(c).
``(c) Construction of Payment.--A payment made under this section 
should not be used to reduce any other payment to which a recipient is 
otherwise eligible under Federal law.

``SEC. 1433. SURVIVORS' AND DEPENDENTS' EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.

``(a) Educational Assistance.--The Secretary of State shall, in 
accordance with the guidance issued under section 413(c), provide 
educational assistance to a beneficiary of any member of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps who dies while on active service under subchapter VI 
abroad because of an act of terrorism to meet, in whole or in part, the 
expenses incurred by the beneficiary in pursuing a program of education 
at an educational institution, including subsistence, tuition, fees, 
supplies, books, equipment, and other educational costs.
``(b) Amount of Assistance.--The amount and aggregate period of 
educational assistance provided to a beneficiary under this section 
shall be governed by the provisions of section 416(b).
``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `act of terrorism' has the meaning given 
that term in section 1432(a)(2).
``(2) The terms `program of education' and `educational 
institution' have the meanings given such terms in section 3501 
of title 38, United States Code.

``SEC. 1434. TRAVEL AND RELATED EXPENSES.

``(a) In General.--The Secretary of State may carry out a program 
for payment of travel and related expenses of members of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps on active service and their families.
``(b) Costs and Expenses.--
``(1) In general.--The expenses payable under the program 
authorized by subsection (a) may include such costs and 
expenses specified in paragraphs (1) through (15) of section 
901 as the Secretary considers appropriate for members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps and their families.
``(2) Conformity to expenses for members of foreign 
service.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall 
ensure, to the extent practicable, that the expenses payable 
for members of the Corps and their families under the program 
are similar to expenses payable for similarly situated members 
of the Foreign Service and their families under section 901.
``(c) Loan of Household Effects.--The Secretary may provide members 
of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps with household furnishing and equipment 
for the same purpose, and on the same basis, as the Secretary provides 
such furnishing and equipment to similarly situated members of the 
Foreign Service under section 902.

``SEC. 1435. REPRESENTATION EXPENSES.

``In providing for official receptions and payment of entertainment 
and representational expenses under section 905, the Secretary of State 
may provide for such receptions, and payment of such expenses, for 
members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps and their families for the same 
purpose, and subject to the same requirements, as are specified in that 
section.''.
(b) Ineligibility of Diplomatic Reserve Corps Members for Overtime 
Pay.--Section 5541(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the 
flush matter following subparagraph (C)--
(1) by redesignating clauses (xvi) and (xvii) as clauses 
(xvii) and (xviii), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after clause (xv) the following new clause 
(xvi):
``(xvi) A member of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps (including a member of the Senior 
Diplomatic Reserve, the Senior Diplomatic 
Retiree Reserve, the Diplomatic Reserve, and 
the Diplomatic Retiree Reserve);''.

SEC. 5. PROMOTION.

Chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3901 et seq.), as amended by section 4(a) of this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``Subchapter IV--PROMOTION

``SEC. 1441. PROMOTION.

``(a) In General.--
``(1) Members of senior diplomatic reserve.--Members of the 
Senior Diplomatic Reserve are promoted by appointment under 
section 1413(a) in the Senior Diplomatic Reserve to the higher 
salary class in the Senior Diplomatic Reserve and Senior 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
``(2) Members of senior diplomatic retiree reserve.--
Members of the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve are promoted 
by appointment under section 1413(b)(1) in the Senior 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve to the higher salary class in the 
Senior Diplomatic and Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
``(3) Members of diplomatic reserve and diplomatic retiree 
reserve.--Members of the Diplomatic Reserve and members of the 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve are promoted--
``(1) in the case of members of the Diplomatic Reserve, 
into the Senior Diplomatic Reserve, by appointment under 
section 1413(a), subject to the provisions of subsection (c);
``(2) in the case of members of the Diplomatic Retiree 
Reserve, into the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve by 
appointment under section 1413(b)(1), subject to the provisions 
of subsection (c); or
``(3) in the case of other members, by appointment to a 
higher salary class in the Diplomatic Reserve Schedule under 
section 1413(c) or 1413(d), as applicable to the member 
concerned.
``(b) Basis for Promotions.--
``(1) Recommendations and rankings of selection boards.--
Promotions of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall be 
based upon the rankings and recommendations of selection boards 
provided for in section 1442.
``(2) Satisfactory performance.--Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of State may by regulation specify 
categories of members of the Corps and other members of the 
Corps who may receive promotions on the basis of satisfactory 
performance.
``(c) Promotion of Members of Diplomatic Reserve Into Senior 
Diplomatic Reserve and Members of Diplomatic Retiree Reserve Into 
Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.--
``(1) In general.--Promotions of members of the Diplomatic 
Reserve into the Senior Diplomatic Reserve, and of members of 
the Diplomatic Retiree Reserve into the Senior Diplomatic 
Retiree Reserve, shall be made in accordance with the 
provisions of section 601(c), except that the requirements of 
paragraph (6) of that section shall not apply.
``(2) Administration.--In the administration of section 
601(c) for purposes of this subsection--
``(A) any reference to the Foreign Service shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps;
``(B) any reference to the Senior Foreign Service 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Senior 
Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic Retiree 
Reserve, as applicable; and
``(C) any reference to a career member of the 
Foreign Service assigned to class 1 in the Foreign 
Service Schedule shall be deemed to be a reference to a 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve or a member of the 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve, as applicable, assigned to 
class 1 in the Diplomatic Reserve Schedule.

``SEC. 1442. SELECTION BOARDS.

``(a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall use selection 
boards for purposes with respect to members of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps set forth in subsection (c).
``(b) Establishment of Boards or Use of Existing Boards.--
``(1) In general.--Selection boards used by the Secretary 
under this section may, at the election of the Secretary, be--
``(A) boards established by the Secretary pursuant 
to this section; or
``(B) boards established by the Secretary pursuant 
to section 602 for the purposes set forth in subsection 
(a) of that section with respect to members of the 
Foreign Service.
``(2) Requirements for establishment of boards.--In 
establishing selection boards using the authority in paragraph 
(1)(A), the Secretary shall comply with the requirements and 
limitations set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 
602.
``(c) Purposes.--
``(1) In general.--The purposes of selection boards under 
this section shall be to evaluate the performance of members of 
the Diplomatic Reserve Corps, to rank the members of each 
salary class of the Corps on relative performance, and to make 
recommendations in connection with each of the following:
``(A) Promotions in accordance with section 1441.
``(B) Awards of performance pay under section 1425.
``(C) Denials of within-class step increases under 
section 1426(c).
``(D) Grants of limited extensions of appointment 
to members whose maximum time in class expires under 
section 1447(a)(3).
``(E) Such other actions as the Secretary may 
prescribe by regulation, which actions shall, to the 
extent practicable, be consistent with the actions, if 
any, prescribed by the Secretary under section 602(a).
``(2) Precepts.--Selection boards shall act pursuant to 
this subsection with respect to members of the Corps in 
accordance with precepts prescribed by the Secretary. Such 
precepts shall, to the extent practicable, conform to precepts 
for selection boards acting with respect to members of the 
Foreign Service prescribed by the Secretary pursuant to chapter 
6.

``SEC. 1443. BASIS FOR SELECTION BOARD REVIEW AND RECORDS.

``(a) In General.--The basis for selection board review for 
purposes set forth in section 1442(c), and the precepts used by 
selection boards in such review, with respect to members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall be governed by the provisions of section 
603.
``(b) Accounting for Gratuitous Service.--In undertaking a review 
for purposes set forth in section 1442(c), a selection board may afford 
such credit for gratuitous service (including the nature and length of 
such service) by a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps under section 
1454 during the review period as the Secretary of State shall prescribe 
in regulations.
``(c) Administration.--In the administration of subsection (a) with 
respect to members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps--
``(1) any reference in section 603 to the Foreign Service 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps; and
``(2) any reference in such section to the Senior Foreign 
Service shall be deemed a reference to the Senior Diplomatic 
Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve, as 
applicable.
``(d) Records.--
``(1) In general.--The provisions of section 604(a) apply 
to records in connection with selection board reviews with 
respect to members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps under this 
section in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions 
and limitations, as such provisions apply to records in 
connection with selection board reviews of members of the 
Foreign Service under chapter 6.
``(2) Records of disciplinary actions.--In accordance with 
section 604(b), any record of disciplinary action that includes 
a suspension of more than five days taken against a member of 
the Corps shall remain a part of the personnel records of the 
member until the member is next promoted.

``SEC. 1444. IMPLEMENTATION OF SELECTION BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS ON 
PROMOTION.

``(a) Submittal to Secretary of State.--Recommendations for 
promotion made by selection boards under this chapter shall be 
submitted to the Secretary of State in rank order by specialization 
within a salary class.
``(b) Use of Rankings.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the 
Secretary shall make appointments and, with respect to appointments 
into or within the Senior Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic 
Retiree Reserve, shall make recommendations to the President for 
promotions, in accordance with the ranking of selection boards 
submitted pursuant to subsection (a).
``(c) Exceptions Authorized.--
``(1) In general.--In special circumstances set forth in 
regulations, the Secretary may remove the name of an individual 
from a rank order list submitted by a selection board under 
subsection (a) or delay the promotion of an individual named in 
such a list.
``(2) Conformity to regulations applicable to foreign 
service.--The regulations referred to in paragraph (1) shall, 
to the extent practicable, conform to the regulations 
applicable to the Foreign Service under section 605(b).

``SEC. 1445. OTHER BASES FOR INCREASING PAY.

``The Secretary of State may pursuant to the recommendation of an 
equal employment opportunity appeals examiner or the Special Counsel of 
the Merit Systems Protection Board, and shall pursuant to a decision or 
order of the Merit Systems Protection Board--
``(1) recommend to the President a promotion of a member of 
the Diplomatic Reserve Corps under subsection (a) or (b)(1) of 
section 1413;
``(2) promote a member of the Corps under subsection 
(b)(2), (c), or (d) of section 1413;
``(3) grant performance pay to a member of the Senior 
Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve 
under section 1425; or
``(4) grant a within-class salary increase under section 
1426 to a member of the Corps who is assigned to a salary class 
in the Diplomatic Reserve Schedule.

``SEC. 1446. AUTHORITY TO MAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS RETROACTIVE.

``(a) Authority.--In cases in which the Secretary of State has 
exercised the authority in section 1444(c), and in implementing section 
1445, the Secretary may, in special circumstances set forth in 
regulations, recommend retroactive promotions by the President, make 
retroactive promotions, grant performance pay, and make retroactive 
within-class salary step increases.
``(b) Conformity to Regulations Applicable to Foreign Service.--The 
regulations referred to in subsection (a) shall, to the extent 
practicable, conform to the regulations applicable to the Foreign 
Service under section 606(b).''.

SEC. 6. SERVICE OBLIGATIONS, SERVICE FOR TRAINING, AND OTHER SERVICE 
AUTHORITIES.

(a) In General.--Chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.), as amended by section 5 of this Act, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following:

``Subchapter V--SERVICE OBLIGATIONS, SERVICE FOR TRAINING, AND OTHER 
SERVICE

``SEC. 1451. GENERAL ANNUAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS.

``(a) In General.--Except as specifically provided in regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of State and subject to subsections (b), 
(c), and (d), each member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall be 
required each year to--
``(1) perform active service for training under this 
subchapter consisting of--
``(A) not fewer than 24 days of scheduled training, 
with such training performed--
``(i) during 12 appropriate 2-day periods, 
one such period each calendar month; and
``(ii) if required by the Secretary, at 
such other times, and for such durations, as 
the Secretary considers appropriate; and
``(B) not fewer than 14 days of scheduled training 
and orientation, with such training and orientation 
performed--
``(i) during a single, continuous 14-day 
period; and
``(ii) if required by the Secretary, at 
such other times, and for such durations, as 
the Secretary considers appropriate; and
``(2) perform active service under subchapter VI for not 
more than 30 days at such times, and for such durations, as the 
Secretary considers appropriate.
``(b) Exception for Members Performing Long-Duration Active 
Service.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who performs a 
continuous period of active service (not including any active service 
for training under subsection (a)(1) of more than 365 days) may not be 
required to perform active service or active service for training under 
subsection (a) during the 365-day period beginning on the day after the 
last day of such period of active service.
``(c) Inapplicability of Training Requirement to Senior Diplomatic 
Retiree Reserve and Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
member of the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve or the 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve may not be required to perform 
active service for training under subsection (a)(1).
``(2) Certain training requirable.--The Secretary may 
require a member referred to in paragraph (1) to perform active 
service for training under subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary 
considers the training to be provided during such service to be 
necessary to sustain, enhance or improve, or supplement the 
member's skills or experience for optimal performance in the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``(d) Exclusion of Travel Time in Satisfaction of Period of 
Training.--In determining the satisfaction by a member of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps of a required duration of training under 
subsection (a)(1), any period of travel of the member to and from such 
training shall not be taken into account.

``SEC. 1452. INACTIVE STATUS.

``(a) Inactive Status.--When an authority designated by the 
Secretary of State considers it in the best interest of the Department 
of State, a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who cannot perform 
active service under subchapter VI or active service for training under 
this subchapter, may, if otherwise qualified, be transferred to 
inactive status in the Corps.
``(b) Regulations.--
``(1) In general.--This section shall be administered under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
``(2) Conditions for return to active status.--The 
regulations under paragraph (1) shall specify the conditions, 
if any, under which a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps in 
inactive status is entitled to be returned to active status in 
the Corps.
``(c) Nature of Inactive Status.--While in inactive status under 
this section, a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is not eligible 
for compensation and other benefits under subchapter III or promotion 
under subchapter IV and does not accrue credit toward retirement under 
section 1483(b) for purposes of subchapter VIII.
``(d) Treatment for Authorized Strength Purposes.--While in 
inactive status under this section, a member of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps does not count against any authorized strength of the Corps, 
including any limitation on the strength of the Senior Diplomatic 
Reserve.

``SEC. 1453. TRAINING AND ORIENTATION.

``(a) Specification of Training and Orientation.--The Director of 
the National Foreign Affairs Training Center shall, under the direction 
and subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, develop the 
nature and scope of the following in connection with active service for 
training to be provided members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps under 
this subchapter:
``(1) The training to be provided to members for purposes 
of section 1451(a)(1)(A).
``(2) The training and orientation to be provided to 
members for purposes of section 1451(a)(1)(B).
``(b) Specific Elements.--The training and the training and 
orientation developed pursuant to subsection (a) for members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall include the following:
``(1) Training for foreign language proficiency.
``(2) Training for career development, consistent with the 
program required by section 703.
``(3) Training on human rights, religious freedom, and 
human trafficking, refugees, child soldiers, and economic and 
commercial diplomacy, consistent with the requirements of 
section 708.
``(4) Training on multilateral diplomacy, consistent with 
the requirements of section 7111(c) of the Intelligence Reform 
and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 4029).
``(5) Training and training and orientation on such other 
matters as the Secretary considers appropriate.
``(c) Conformity With Training and Orientation Provided the Foreign 
Service.--The training and the training and orientation developed 
pursuant to this section for members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the training, orientation, 
and career development provided to members of the Foreign Service 
pursuant to chapter 7.
``(d) Provision of Training and Orientation.--In providing training 
and training and orientation to members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
pursuant to this section, the Secretary may use any of the authorities 
specified in section 704 to the same extent, and subject to the same 
conditions and limitations, as the Secretary uses such authorities in 
the exercise of functions under chapter 7.

``SEC. 1454. GRATUITOUS SERVICE.

``Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the 
Secretary of State may accept the gratuitous service of a member of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps with respect to the following:
``(1) Furtherance of organizing, administering, recruiting, 
instructing, or training the Corps.
``(2) Consultation in matters relating to the Department of 
State.''.
(b) Role of National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Training 
and Orientation of Diplomatic Reserve Corps.--Section 701(a) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021(a)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``and the Diplomatic Reserve Corps'' after 
``the Service'' the first place it appears; and
(2) by inserting ``and members of the Corps'' after ``the 
Service'' the second place it appears.

SEC. 7. ACTIVE SERVICE.

Chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3901 et seq.), as amended by section 6 of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``Subchapter VI--ACTIVE SERVICE

``SEC. 1461. GENERAL AUTHORITY FOR CALL TO ACTIVE SERVICE.

``(a) National Emergency Declared by Congress.--In time of a 
national emergency declared by Congress, or when otherwise authorized 
by law, an authority designated by the Secretary of State may, without 
the consent of the member, call any member of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps to active service for the duration of the emergency and for six 
months thereafter.
``(b) National Emergency Declared by President.--
``(1) In general.--In time of a national emergency declared 
by the President, or when otherwise authorized by law, the 
Secretary may, without the consent of the member, call any 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to active duty for not 
more than 12 consecutive months.
``(2) Fair treatment in recall.--To achieve fair treatment 
between members of the Corps who are being considered for 
recall to duty without their consent under this subsection, 
consideration shall be given to--
``(A) the length and nature of prior service in the 
Corps, with greater weight afforded to service abroad 
than to service in the United States, to ensure such 
sharing of exposure to hazards as the national security 
will reasonably allow;
``(B) family responsibilities; and
``(C) employment necessary to maintain the national 
health, safety, or interest.
``(3) Limitation on aggregate number on active service.--
The number of members of the Corps on active service under this 
subsection at any one time during a fiscal year may not exceed 
the number equal to 75 percent of the authorized strength of 
the Corps as of the end of the fiscal year.
``(4) Notification.--The Secretary shall notify Congress 
prior to calling members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to 
active duty pursuant to this subsection.
``(5) Joint resolution of disapproval.--If any member of 
the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is called to active duty pursuant 
to this subsection and remains on active duty for any period of 
time that exceeds the time limitation described in paragraph 
(1), such active duty status may be terminated pursuant to the 
enactment of a joint resolution of disapproval.
``(c) Limited Duration Service.--At any time, the Secretary may, 
without the consent of the member, call any member of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps to active service for not more than 15 days a year.
``(d) Failure To Perform Obligated Service.--
``(1) In general.--When the Secretary determines, in 
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, that a 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps has failed to 
participate in active service required by this subchapter or 
active service for training required by subchapter V, or has 
failed to perform satisfactorily the duties of any such 
service, the Secretary may, without the consent of the member, 
call the member to active service for the performance of active 
service or active service for training, as the case may be, for 
not more than 45 days.
``(2) Single call per year.--A member of the Corps may be 
called to active service under this subsection only once each 
calendar year.
``(e) Active Service With Member Consent.--At any time, the 
Secretary may call a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to active 
service, or retain the member on active service, with the consent of 
the member.

``SEC. 1462. ACTIVE SERVICE TO AUGMENT UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC 
ACTIVITIES.

``(a) In General.--When the President determines it necessary to 
augment the diplomatic efforts of the United States, the President may 
authorize the Secretary of State, without the consent of the member, to 
call any member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to active service for 
not more than 365 consecutive days.
``(b) Scope of Authority.--The authority in subsection (a) includes 
authority to call a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to active 
service to provide assistance in responding to an emergency involving 
any of the following:
``(1) Attack on a diplomatic or consular facility of the 
United States.
``(2) Terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack 
against United States interests or citizens abroad that 
results, or could result, in significant loss of life or 
property.
``(3) Natural or man-made disaster abroad.
``(4) Attack or threat of attack on any nation with which 
the United States has friendly relations.
``(c) Limitation on Aggregate Number on Active Service.--The number 
of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps on active service under this 
section at any one time during a fiscal year may not exceed the number 
equal to 25 percent of the authorized strength of the Corps as of the 
end of the fiscal year.
``(d) Considerations for Individuals Callable to Active Service.--
``(1) In general.--In determining which members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps will be called to active service 
without their consent under this section, appropriate 
consideration shall be given to--
``(A) the length and nature of prior service in the 
Corps, with greater weight afforded to service abroad 
than to service in the United States, to ensure such 
sharing of exposure to hazards as the national security 
will reasonably allow;
``(B) the frequency of calls to active service for 
assignment abroad during career service in the Corps;
``(C) family responsibilities; and
``(D) employment necessary to maintain the national 
health, safety, or interest.
``(2) Administration.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
policies and procedures as the Secretary considers necessary to 
carry out this subsection.
``(e) Notification of Congress.--When the President authorizes the 
Secretary to call any member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to active 
service under the authority in subsection (a), the President shall, 
within 24 hours after exercising such authority, submit to Congress a 
report, in writing, setting forth the circumstances necessitating the 
action taken under this section and describing the anticipated use of 
the members of the Corps called to active service.
``(f) Termination of Service.--When members of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps are called to active service under authority in 
subsection (a), the service of such members on active service may 
terminated by--
``(1) order of the President;
``(2) order of the Secretary; or
``(3) law.

``SEC. 1463. ACTIVE SERVICE FOR PREPLANNED MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUREAUS AND EMBASSIES.

``(a) In General.--When the Secretary of State determines it 
necessary to augment the regular personnel of the Department of State 
for a preplanned activity in support of a bureau of the Department or 
an embassy of the United States, the Secretary may, subject to 
subsection (b), call any member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps, 
without the consent of the member, to active service for not more than 
365 days.
``(b) Limitation.--Members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps may be 
called to active service under this section only if--
``(1) the activity and costs of such service are 
specifically included in the Congressional Budget Justification 
document, or in a Congressional Notification of Reprogramming, 
for the fiscal year or years in which such members are 
anticipated to be called to active service; and
``(2) the budget information on such costs includes a 
description of the mission for which such members are 
anticipated to be called to active service and the anticipated 
length of time of such members to be on active service on an 
involuntary basis.
``(c) Limitation on Aggregate Number on Active Service.--The number 
of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps on active service under this 
section at any one time during a fiscal year may not exceed the number 
equal to 25 percent of the authorized strength of the Corps as of the 
end of the fiscal year.
``(d) Consideration for Individuals Callable to Active Service.--
``(1) In general.--In determining which members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps will be called to active service 
without their consent under this section, appropriate 
consideration shall be given to--
``(A) the length and nature of prior service in the 
Corps, with greater weight afforded to service abroad 
than to service in the United States, to assure such 
sharing of exposure to hazards as the national security 
will reasonably allow;
``(B) the frequency of calls to active service for 
assignment abroad during career service in the Corps;
``(C) family responsibilities; and
``(D) employment necessary to maintain the national 
health, safety, or interest.
``(2) Administration.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
policies and procedures as the Secretary considers necessary to 
carry out this subsection.
``(e) Notification of Congress.--When the Secretary calls any 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to active service under the 
authority in subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report, in writing, setting forth the circumstances necessitating the 
action taken under this section and describing the anticipated use of 
the members of the Corps called to active service.
``(f) Termination of Service.--When members of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps are called to active service under authority in 
subsection (a), the service of such members on active service may be 
terminated by--
``(1) order of the Secretary; or
``(2) law.

``SEC. 1464. ACTIVE SERVICE FOR ORGANIZING, ADMINISTERING, ETC., THE 
DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS.

``(a) In General.--The Secretary of State may call members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps to active service duty pursuant to section 
1461(e) to perform service organizing, administering, recruiting, 
instructing, or training the Corps.
``(b) Duties.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps on active 
service under subsection (a) may perform the following additional 
duties, to the extent that the performance of such duties does not 
interfere with the performance of the member's primary Corps duties 
described in subsection (a):
``(1) Supporting operations or missions assigned in whole 
or in part to Corps members.
``(2) Supporting operations or missions performed or to be 
performed by--
``(A) a task force composed of elements from more 
than one bureau of the Department of State; or
``(B) a task force that includes--
``(i) one or more other Departments or 
Agencies; or
``(ii) one or more other nations or 
international organizations.
``(3) Advising the Secretary, the Deputy Secretaries of 
State, the Under Secretaries of State, the Assistant 
Secretaries of State, or the Chiefs of Mission regarding Corps 
matters.
``(4) Advising the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of 
the military departments, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the 
commanders of the combatant commands regarding Corps matters.

``SEC. 1465. ACTIVE SERVICE FOR HEALTH CARE.

``The Secretary of State may call a member of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps to active service, or retain a member on active service, 
for a period of not more than 30 days while the member is being treated 
for, or is recovering from, an injury, illness, or disease incurred or 
aggravated in active service (whether in active service under this 
subchapter or active service for training under subchapter V) in the 
line of duty.

``SEC. 1466. ACTIVE SERVICE WITH OR WITHOUT PAY.

``(a) In General.--Subject to other provisions of this chapter, a 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps may be ordered to active service 
under this subchapter or other service (including inactive service for 
training) or duty--
``(1) with the pay and allowances provided by this chapter 
for members of the Corps; or
``(2) with the member's consent, without pay.
``(b) Treatment Service or Duty Without Pay.--Service or duty 
without pay described in subsection (a)(2) shall be considered for all 
purposes as if it were service or duty with pay.
``(c) Compensation for Retention on Active Service After Expiration 
of Term of Service.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who is 
kept on active service under this subchapter after the term of service 
otherwise provided for by this subchapter expires is entitled to pay 
and allowances while on that service, except as they may be forfeited 
upon a determination of the Director General of the Foreign Service and 
approved by the Secretary of State.

``SEC. 1467. ACTIVE SERVICE AGREEMENTS.

``(a) Active Service Agreements.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), in order to 
provide definite terms of active service under this subchapter 
for members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps with their consent, 
the Secretary of State may make a standard written agreement 
with any member of the Corps requiring the member to serve for 
a period of active service under this subchapter of not more 
than four years. When such an agreement expires, a new one may 
be made.
``(2) Inapplicability during war or national emergency.--
This subsection does not apply in time of war or national 
emergency.
``(3) Requirement for covered term of service.--An 
agreement may not be made under this subsection unless the 
specified period of service is at least 2 months longer than 
any period of active service that the member is otherwise 
required to perform.
``(4) Uniformity of agreements.--Agreements made under this 
subsection shall be uniform so far as practicable, and are 
subject to such standards and policies as may be described by 
the Secretary.
``(5) Effect of expiration during war or national 
emergency.--If an agreement made under this subsection expires 
during a war or during a national emergency declared by 
Congress or the President, the member concerned may be kept on 
active service, without the member's consent, as otherwise 
prescribed by law.
``(b) Release From Active Service Without Consent.--Each agreement 
made under subsection (a) shall provide that the member of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps may not be released from active service 
without the member's consent during the period of the agreement as 
follows:
``(1) Because of a reduction in the authorized strength of 
the Corps, unless the release is in accordance with regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary to determine the members to be 
released.
``(2) For any other reason, without an opportunity to 
appeal the decision to the Director General of the Foreign 
Service, unless the member is--
``(A) dismissed or discharged following the loss of 
the member's security clearance;
``(B) released because of an unexplained absence 
without leave for at least three months;
``(C) released following a conviction and 
sentencing to confinement in a Federal or State 
penitentiary or correctional institution and the 
sentence has become final; or
``(D) released because the member has been low-
ranked twice by a selection board provided for by 
section 1442.
``(c) Compensation for Unauthorized Release Without Consent.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who is released from 
active service without consent before the end of an agreement 
made under subsection (a) is entitled to an amount computed by 
multiplying the number of months of unexpired service under the 
agreement by the sum of one month basic pay, special pay, and 
allowances to which the member is entitled on the day of 
release.
``(2) Excluded members.--This subsection does not apply to 
a member of the Corps if the member is--
``(A) released for a reason specified in 
subparagraph (A) through (D) of paragraph (1);
``(B) released because of a physical disability 
resulting from the member's own intentional misconduct 
or willful neglect;
``(C) eligible for retirement under another 
provision of law; or
``(D) released to accept an appointment in the 
Foreign Service or civil service in the Department of 
State.
``(3) Calculation of months.--For purposes of this 
subsection, a fraction of a month of 15 days or more is counted 
as a whole month, and a fraction of a month of fewer than 15 
days is disregarded.
``(4) Treatment of payment.--The amount to which a member 
of the Corps is entitled under this subsection is in addition 
to any pay and allowances to which the member is otherwise 
entitled.

``SEC. 1468. OTHER PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT MATTERS.

``(a) Use of Corps Personnel in Temporary Expansion of Department 
of State Personnel.--When a temporary expansion of the personnel of the 
Department of State requires that members of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps be called to active service under this subchapter without their 
consent, the services of qualified and available members in all classes 
shall be used, so far as practicable, according to the national 
security needs of the Department.
``(b) Class of Active Service.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps called to active service under this subchapter shall be called to 
active service in the salary class, and the salary step (if 
applicable), to which assigned pursuant to subchapter III at the time 
of the call to active service.
``(c) Types of Assignments.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps who is on active service under this subchapter may, under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State, be assigned to any 
duty authorized by law for Foreign Service personnel and other 
employees of the Department.

``SEC. 1469. RELEASE FROM ACTIVE SERVICE.

``The Secretary of State may release a member of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps on active service under this subchapter from such active 
service at any time.

``SEC. 1470. SUSPENSION BY PRESIDENT OF CERTAIN LAWS AND REGULATIONS ON 
PROMOTION, RETIREMENT, AND SEPARATION.

``(a) In General.--During any period members of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps are serving on active service pursuant to a call to 
active service under section 1461, 1462, or 1463, the President may 
suspend any provision of law and regulations relating to promotion, 
retirement, or separation applicable to any member of the Corps who the 
President determines is essential to the national security of the 
United States.
``(b) Termination of Suspension.--A suspension made under the 
authority in subsection (a) shall terminate upon the earlier of--
``(1) release from active service of the members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps covered by such suspension; or
``(2) such time as the President determines the 
circumstances which required the suspension, or the call of 
such members to active service no longer exist.
``(c) Extension of Required Retirement or Separation.--Upon the 
termination of a suspension made under the authority in subsection (a) 
of a provision of law otherwise requiring the retirement or separation 
of members from the Diplomatic Reserve Corps for age or length of 
service, the Secretary of State shall extend by up to 90 days the 
otherwise required date of retirement or separation of any member whose 
retirement or separation, but for the suspension, would have been 
before the date of termination of the suspension or within 90 days 
after the date of termination of the suspension.

``SEC. 1470A. LIMITATION ON ACTIVE SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES.

``Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, no member 
of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps may be called to active service in the 
United States for purposes of filling a vacant position of a civil 
service or Foreign Service employee within the Department for more than 
180 days.''.

SEC. 8. RETIREMENT, TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT, DISABILITY, AND RELATED 
MATERS.

Chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3901 et seq.), as amended by section 7 of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``Subchapter VII--RETIREMENT, TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT, AND 
DISABILITY

``SEC. 1471. VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT.

``(a) In General.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who is 
at least 60 years of age and has at least 20 years of service in the 
Corps creditable toward retirement under section 1483(b) may, on the 
member's application and with the consent of the Secretary of State, be 
retired from the Corps.
``(b) Immediate Annuity.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
retired under subsection (a) shall be entitled to an immediate annuity 
under subchapter VIII.

``SEC. 1472. MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE.

``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), each 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall be retired from the Corps 
at the end of the month in which the member reaches 65 years of age.
``(b) Exceptions.--
``(1) Members of sdr and sdrr.--A member of the Senior 
Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve who 
is otherwise required to retire under subsection (a) during the 
term of an appointment to the Senior Diplomatic Reserve or the 
Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve, as the case may be, may 
continue to serve in that appointment until that appointment 
terminates.
``(2) Retention of corps members in public interest.--When 
the Secretary of State determines it to be in the public 
interest, a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who is 
otherwise required to retire under subsection (a) may be 
retained in the Corps for a period not to exceed one year from 
the date on which the member would otherwise be retired under 
that subsection. Any period of retention under this paragraph 
may be renewed. Any period or periods of retention of a member 
under this paragraph shall be considered the aggregate period 
of retention of the member under this paragraph for purposes of 
paragraph (3).
``(3) Retirement on expiration of exception.--A member who 
completes a period of service authorized by paragraph (1), or 
completes the aggregate period of retention in the Corps 
authorized by paragraph (2), shall be retired from the Corps at 
the end of the month in which such authorized service is 
completed or such aggregate period is completed, as applicable.
``(c) Benefits.--
``(1) Immediate annuity for members with 5 years creditable 
service.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who has at 
least 5 years of service in the Corps creditable toward 
retirement under section 1483(b) at the time of retirement 
under this section is entitled to an immediate annuity under 
subchapter VIII.
``(2) Involuntary separation benefits for other members.--A 
member of the Corps who is not described by paragraph (1) at 
the time of retirement under this section shall receive the 
benefits, if any, for an involuntary separation under 
subchapter II of chapter 8 of this title that are provided 
under section 855(b)(3) to similarly situated members of the 
Foreign Service who are involuntarily retired or separated from 
the Service.

``SEC. 1473. RETIREMENT OR TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT FOR DISABILITY OR 
INCAPACITY.

``(a) Covered Members.--This section applies to members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps who become totally disabled or incapacitated 
for useful and efficient service in the Corps by reason of disease, 
injury, or illness (not due to vicious habits, intemperance, or willful 
conduct of the member concerned).
``(b) Retirement.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps covered 
by subsection (a) who has at least 5 years of service in the Corps 
creditable toward retirement under section 1483(b) upon becoming 
totally disabled or incapacitated as described in that subsection 
shall, upon the member's own application or upon order of the Secretary 
of State, be retired from the Corps.
``(c) Termination of Appointment.--
``(1) Members with fewer than 5 years creditable service.--
A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps covered by subsection 
(a) who is not retireable under subsection (b) shall have the 
member's appointment in the Corps terminated.
``(2) Members with disability, etc., caused by member 
misconduct.--A member of the Corps whose disability or 
incapacity as described in subsection (a) is by reason of a 
disability, illness, or injury due to vicious habits, 
intemperance, or willful conduct of the member shall have the 
member's appointment in the Corps terminated.
``(d) Benefits.--
``(1) Immediate annuity for members with 5 years creditable 
service.--
``(A) In general.--A member of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps who is retired under subsection (b) shall 
be entitled to an immediate annuity under subchapter 
VIII.
``(B) Computation of annuity for members with fewer 
than 20 years creditable service.--In the case of a 
member covered by subparagraph (A) who has fewer than 
20 years of service in the Corps creditable toward 
retirement under section 1483(b) at the time of 
retirement, the annuity under that subparagraph shall 
be computed on the assumption that the member had 20 
years of such service at such time, except that the 
additional service credit that may accrue to a member 
may not exceed the difference between the member's age 
at the time of retirement and 60 years of age.
``(2) Involuntary separation benefits for termination of 
appointment for fewer than 5 years creditable service.--A 
member of the Corps whose appointment in the Corps is 
terminated under subsection (c)(1) shall receive the benefits, 
if any, for an involuntary separation under subchapter II of 
chapter 8 of this title that are provided under section 
855(b)(3) to similarly situated members of the Foreign Service 
who are involuntarily retired or separated from the Service.
``(3) No benefits for termination of appointment for 
disability, etc., caused by member misconduct.--A member of the 
Corps whose appointment in the Corps is terminated under 
subsection (c)(2) is not entitled to benefits under subchapter 
VIII in connection with the termination or the service so 
terminated.

``SEC. 1474. RETIREMENT FOR EXPIRATION OF MAXIMUM TIME IN CLASS.

``(a) Maximum Time in Class Limitations.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall, by 
regulations, establish maximum time in class limitations for 
members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``(2) Conformity to regulations applicable to foreign 
service.--The regulations prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall, to the extent practicable, conform to the regulations on 
maximum time in class limitations for members of the Foreign 
Service under section 607(a).
``(b) Other Applicable Authorities.--Paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
section 607(a) shall apply to maximum time in class limitations 
established pursuant to subsection (a).
``(c) Limited Extension in Service After Expiration of Maximum Time 
in Class.--
``(1) In general.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
described in paragraph (2) may continue to serve under a 
limited extension of the member's appointment after the 
expiration of the member's maximum time in class limitation 
under subsection (a).
``(2) Covered members.--A member of the Corps described in 
this paragraph is a member whose maximum time in class under 
subsection (a) expires--
``(A) after the member attains the highest salary 
class for the member's occupational specialty; or
``(B) in the case of members of the Senior 
Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic Retiree 
Reserve, while they are in a salary class designated by 
the Secretary for purposes of this subsection.
``(3) Grant of extension.--An extension may be granted by 
the Secretary under this subsection only if the Secretary 
determines that such extension serves the needs of the Corps. 
In making such determination, the Secretary shall take into 
account the recommendations of a selection board under section 
1442.
``(4) Maximum term of extension.--The term of an extension 
under this subsection may not exceed 3 years or the time 
remaining in the term of the member's current appointment at 
the time of expiration of maximum time in class, as elected by 
the Secretary at the time of expiration.
``(5) Renewal.--Any term of extension under this subsection 
may be renewed. Any such renewal shall be made in accordance 
with the requirements for the granting of extensions under 
paragraph (3).
``(d) Retirement.--
``(1) In general.--Each member of the Corps described in 
paragraph (2) shall be retired from the Corps.
``(2) Covered members.--A member of the Corps described in 
this paragraph is a member--
``(A) whose maximum time in class under subsection 
(a) expires and who is not promoted to a higher class 
or combination of classes, as the case may be; or
``(B) whose limited extension under subsection (c) 
expires and is not renewed.
``(e) Additional Extension Authorities.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the provisions of section 607(d) shall apply 
to members of the Corps whose maximum time in class under subsection 
(a) expires.
``(f) Benefits.--
``(1) Immediate annuity for members over 59 with 20 years 
creditable service.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
who has reached 60 years of age and has at least 20 years of 
service in the Corps creditable toward retirement under section 
1483(b) at the time of retirement under this section shall be 
entitled to an immediate annuity under subchapter VIII.
``(2) Deferred annuity for members under 60 with 20 years 
creditable service.--A member of the Corps who is under 60 
years of age and has at least 20 years of service in the Corps 
creditable toward retirement under section 1483(b) at the time 
of retirement under this section shall be entitled to a 
deferred annuity under subchapter VIII upon reaching 60 years 
of age.
``(3) Involuntary separation benefits for other members.--A 
member of the Corps not described by paragraph (1) or (2) at 
the time of retirement under this section shall receive the 
benefits, if any, for an involuntary separation under 
subchapter II of chapter 8 of this title that are provided 
under section 855(b)(3) to similarly situated members of the 
Foreign Service who are involuntarily retired or separated from 
the Service.
``(g) Administration.--In the administration of subsections (b) and 
(e)--
``(1) any reference to the Foreign Service shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the Diplomatic Reserve Corps;
``(2) any reference to members of the Senior Foreign 
Service shall be deemed to be a reference to the Senior 
Diplomatic Reserve or the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve, as 
applicable;
``(3) any reference to a member of the Foreign Service 
shall be deemed to be a reference to a member of the Diplomatic 
Reserve or the Diplomatic Retiree Reserve, as applicable; and
``(4) any reference to a career member of the Foreign 
Service shall be deemed to be a reference to a member of the 
Corps.

``SEC. 1475. RETIREMENT OR TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENT BASED ON RELATIVE 
PERFORMANCE.

``(a) Administrative Review of Performance.--When the review of a 
selection board under section 1442 indicates that the performance of a 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps may not meet standards and 
qualifications of performance prescribed pursuant to section 1491 that 
are applicable to the member, the Secretary of State shall provide for 
administrative review of the performance of the member. The review 
shall include an opportunity for the member to be heard.
``(b) Retirement or Termination of Appointment.--If an 
administrative review conducted under subsection (a) substantiates that 
a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps has failed to meet the 
standards and qualifications of performance applicable to the member, 
the member shall--
``(1) in the case of a member who has at least 20 years of 
service in the Corps creditable toward retirement under section 
1483(b) at the time of such substantiation, be retired from the 
Corps; or
``(2) in the case of any other member, have the member's 
appointment in the Corps terminated.
``(c) Benefits.--
``(1) Immediate annuity for members over 59 with 20 years 
creditable service.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
who has reached 60 years of age at the time of retirement under 
subsection (b)(1) shall be entitled to an immediate annuity 
under subchapter VIII.
``(2) Deferred annuity for members under 60 with 20 years 
creditable service.--A member of the Corps who is under 60 
years of age at the time of retirement under subsection (b)(1) 
shall be entitled to a deferred annuity under subchapter VIII 
upon reaching 60 years of age.
``(3) Involuntary separation benefits for other members.--A 
member of the Corps whose appointment in the Corps is 
terminated under subsection (b)(2) shall receive the benefits, 
if any, for an involuntary separation under subchapter II of 
chapter 8 of this title that are provided under section 
855(b)(3) to similarly situated members of the Foreign Service 
who are involuntarily retired or separated from the Service.

``SEC. 1476. SEPARATION FOR CAUSE.

``(a) Separation for Cause.--The Secretary of State may decide to 
separate any member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps for such cause as 
will promote the efficiency of the Corps.
``(b) Notice and Opportunity To Respond.--A member of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps for whom separation is proposed under 
subsection (a) shall be entitled to--
``(1) written notice stating the specific reasons for the 
proposed separation;
``(2) a reasonable time to respond orally and in writing to 
the proposed separation;
``(3) obtain at the member's own expense representation by 
an attorney or other representative; and
``(4) a final written decision, including the specific 
reasons for such decision, as soon as practicable.
``(c) Benefits.--
``(1) Involuntary separation benefits.--Except as provided 
in paragraph (2), a member of the Diplomatic Service Corps who 
is separated under subsection (a) shall receive the benefits, 
if any, for an involuntary separation under subchapter II of 
chapter 8 of this title that are provided under section 
855(b)(3) to similarly situated members of the Foreign Service 
who are involuntarily retired or separated from the Service.
``(2) No benefits for separation based on disloyalty.--A 
member of the Corps whose separation under subsection (a) is 
determined by the Secretary to be based, in whole or in part, 
on the ground of disloyalty to the United States is not 
entitled to benefits under subchapter VIII in connection with 
the separation or the service from which separated.

``SEC. 1477. SUSPENSION.

``(a) Suspension.--In order to promote the efficiency of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps, the Secretary of State may suspend a member 
of the Corps when--
``(1) the member's security clearance is suspended; or
``(2) there is reasonable cause to believe that the member 
has committed a crime for which a sentence of imprisonment may 
be imposed.
``(b) Notice and Opportunity To Respond.--A member of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps for whom a suspension is proposed under 
subsection (a), shall be entitled to the matters specified in 
paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 1476(b) in connection with notice 
and an opportunity to respond to the proposed suspension.''.

SEC. 9. RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND RELATED 
MATTERS.

Chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3901 et seq.), as amended by section 8 of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``Subchapter VIII--RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS

``SEC. 1481. PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS 
IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE PENSION SYSTEM.

``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) or as 
otherwise specifically provided in this subchapter or any other 
provision of law, the provisions of chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall apply to all members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
as if such members were participants in the Foreign Service Pension 
System under subchapter II of chapter 8 of this title, and such members 
shall be treated in all respects similar to persons whose participation 
in the Federal Employees' Retirement System provided in such chapter 84 
is required.
``(b) Exclusion of Members Entitled to Retirement Annuity or Pay 
Under Other Federal Government Personnel Systems.--Subsection (a) shall 
not apply to a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps if the member, at 
the time of commencement of membership in the Corps, is entitled 
(whether or not in receipt) to any of the following:
``(1) A retirement annuity under subchapter I or II of 
chapter 8 of this title.
``(2) Retired pay or retainer pay under chapter 71 or 1223 
of title 10, United States Code.
``(3) A retirement annuity under chapter 83 or 84 of title 
5, United States Code.
``(4) Retired pay, retainer pay, or a retirement annuity 
under any other Federal Government personnel system.
``(c) Designation of Participating Members.--A member of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps participating in the Foreign Service Pension 
System by reason of this section is designated in this subchapter as a 
`participating member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps' or 
`participating member of the Corps'.
``(d) Administration.--In this administration of subchapter II of 
chapter 8 of this title for purposes of this subchapter, any reference 
to a participant shall be deemed to be a reference to a participating 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps.

``SEC. 1482. TREATMENT OF ACTIVE SERVICE AS EMPLOYMENT UNDER CERTAIN 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS LAWS.

``(a) In General.--Service of a member of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps specified in subsection (b) shall be treated as employment for 
the purpose of title II of the Social Security Act and chapter 21 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
``(b) Covered Service.--Service of a member of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps specified in this subsection is any service of a member 
of the Corps (whether or not a participating member of the Corps) as 
follows:
``(1) Active service for training specified in section 
1451(a)(1) that is performed under subchapter V.
``(2) Active service that is performed under any provision 
of subchapter VI.

``SEC. 1483. AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNUITIES.

``(a) Age and Service Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
participating member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is 
entitled to an annuity computed under section 1484 if the 
person--
``(A) has attained 60 years of age; and
``(B) has performed at least 20 years of service in 
the Corps creditable toward retirement (as computed 
under subsection (b)).
``(2) Members retired for disability or incapacity.--A 
participating member of the Corps who is retired under section 
1473(b) is entitled to an annuity upon retirement, regardless 
of whether the member satisfies the age requirement in 
paragraph (1)(A) at the time of retirement.
``(b) Computation of Years of Service Creditable Toward 
Retirement.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
years of service of a participating member in the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps that are creditable toward retirement for 
purposes of this chapter are computed as one year of service 
for each one-year period in which the member has been credited 
with at least 50 points on the following bases:
``(A) 15 points for membership in the Corps.
``(B) One point for each day of active service that 
is performed under subchapter VI.
``(C) One point for each day of active service for 
training specified in section 1451(a) that is performed 
under subchapter V.
``(2) Credit limited to service meeting applicable 
standards and qualifications.--Service of a participating 
member of the Corps is creditable under subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) of paragraph (1) only if the service meets the standards 
and qualifications of performance prescribed under section 1491 
that are applicable to the member and such other standards and 
qualifications as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
``(3) Certain service not creditable.--The following 
service or duty of a participating member of the Corps is not 
creditable toward retirement for purposes of this chapter:
``(A) Service or duty while in inactive status 
under section 1452.
``(B) Gratuitous service under section 1454.
``(C) Active service for health care under section 
1465.

``SEC. 1484. COMPUTATION OF ANNUITIES.

``(a) In General.--Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e), the 
annuity of a participating member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
retiring or retired under subchapter VII or IX and entitled to an 
annuity under this chapter is the amount equal to the product of--
``(1) the amount equal to 2 percent of the member's average 
pay in the Corps; and
``(2) the number equal to the number of years of service of 
the member creditable toward retirement under section 1483(b).
``(b) Average Pay.--In this section, the term `average pay', in the 
case of a participating member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps, means 
the largest annual rate resulting from averaging the member's basic 
salary rate or rates under subchapter III in effect over any 3 
consecutive years of membership in the Corps (regardless of whether the 
member performed active service in the Corps during the entire period 
of such consecutive years).
``(c) Limitation on Number of Years Creditable Toward Retirement.--
The total number of years of service of a participating member of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps that are creditable toward retirement for 
purposes of subsection (a)(2) may not exceed 35 years.
``(d) Disability or Incapacity Annuity.--In the case of a 
participating member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who is retiring or 
retired for disability or incapacity under section 1473(b), the 
member's annuity under this chapter shall be computed in accordance 
with section 1473(d) and this subchapter rather than in accordance with 
section 8452 of title 5, United States Code.
``(e) Reduction of Annuity for Part-Time Service.--If in any year 
of membership in the Diplomatic Reserve Corps a participating member of 
the Corps performs an aggregate of active service in the Corps under 
subchapters V and VI of fewer than 2,087 hours, the annuity of the 
member as computed pursuant to subsection (a) or (d) is subject to 
reduction in accordance with the provisions of section 8415(g)(1) of 
title 5, United States Code.

``SEC. 1485. OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.

``(a) Annuity Supplement.--A participating member of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps is not entitled to an annuity supplement provided for by 
section 855(c), regardless of the member's age at retirement.
``(b) Deemed Consent and Agreement to Deductions and 
Withholdings.--Each participating member of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps is deemed to consent and agree to the deductions under section 
856(a) in connection with such member's participation in the Foreign 
Service Pension System, as modified by the provisions of this 
subchapter, in connection with membership and service in the Corps as 
provided for by section 1481(a).''.

SEC. 10. OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS.

Chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3901 et seq.), as amended by section 9 of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``Subchapter IX--OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS

``SEC. 1491. STANDARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF PERFORMANCE FOR RETENTION 
AND PROMOTION.

``(a) Standards and Qualifications.--The Secretary of State shall 
prescribe standards and qualifications of performance for the retention 
and promotion of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``(b) Periodic Determinations of Compliance.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish procedures 
for the periodic and equitable determination of the compliance 
of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps with the standards 
and qualifications prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) in 
their performance of service with the Corps.
``(2) Scope and nature of procedures.--The procedures 
established pursuant to paragraph (1)--
``(A) shall include administrative reviews of 
relative performance of members by selection boards as 
contemplated by section 1475(a); and
``(B) may include any other procedures for reviews 
or determinations of performance of members that the 
Secretary considers appropriate for purposes of this 
section.
``(c) Termination of Appointment for Performance Determined Not to 
Standard Under Additional Authorized Procedures.--
``(1) In general.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
determined pursuant to the procedures established pursuant to 
subsection (b)(2) to not meet standards and qualifications of 
performance prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) applicable to 
the member shall have the member's appointment in the Corps 
terminated.
``(2) No benefits for termination of appointment.--A member 
of the Corps whose appointment in the Corps is terminated under 
paragraph (1) is not entitled to benefits under subchapter VIII 
in connection with the termination or the service so 
terminated.
``(3) No reappointment.--An individual whose appointment in 
the Corps is terminated under paragraph (1) may not be 
reappointed to the Corps.

``SEC. 1492. SCREENING OF MEMBERS.

``(a) System of Screening.--Under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of State, a system of continuous screening of members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall be established to ensure the following:
``(1) That there is a proper balance of required skills 
among the members of the Corps.
``(2) That there will be no significant attrition of 
members during a call to active service pursuant to subchapter 
VI.
``(3) That, except for members of the Corps with skills for 
which there is an overriding requirement, members having 
critical civilian skills are not retained in numbers beyond the 
need for such skills.
``(4) That, with due regard to national security 
requirements, recognition is given in determinations of 
retention of members of the Corps under this section to service 
at hardship locations or at which danger pay was authorized.
``(b) Retirement or Termination of Appointment of Members Excess to 
Requirements.--If a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is 
determined pursuant to screening under subsection (a) to be excess to 
the requirements of the Corps, the member shall--
``(1) in the case of a member who has at least 20 years of 
service in the Corps creditable toward retirement under section 
1483(b) at the time of the determination, be retired from the 
Corps; or
``(2) in the case of any other member, have the member's 
appointment in the Corps terminated.
``(c) Benefits.--
``(1) Immediate annuity for members over 59 with 20 years 
creditable service.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
who has reached 60 years of age at the time of retirement under 
subsection (b)(1) shall be entitled to an immediate annuity 
under subchapter VIII.
``(2) Deferred annuity for members under 60 with 20 years 
creditable service.--A member of the Corps who is under 60 
years of age at the time of retirement under subsection (b)(1) 
shall be entitled to a deferred annuity under subchapter VIII 
upon reaching 60 years of age.
``(3) Involuntary separation benefits for other members.--A 
member of the Corps whose appointment is terminated under 
subsection (b)(2) shall receive the benefits, if any, for an 
involuntary separation under subchapter II of chapter 8 of this 
title that are provided under section 855(b)(3) to similarly 
situated members of the Foreign Service who are involuntarily 
retired or separated from the Service.
``(d) Reappointment of Terminated Members.--
``(1) In general.--An individual whose appointment in the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps is terminated under subsection (b)(2) 
may be reappointed to the Corps in accordance with such 
requirements and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe in 
the regulations required by subsection (a).
``(2) Effect of reappointment on retirement benefits.--
``(A) Exclusion of terminated service in computing 
benefits.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if 
an individual described in paragraph (1) is reappointed 
to the Corps, any service of the individual in the 
Corps before the termination of the individual's 
appointment under subsection (b)(2) shall not be taken 
into account in computing any benefits to be received 
by the individual under subchapter VIII by reason of 
service in the Corps in connection with such 
reappointment.
``(B) Credit for terminated service upon repayment 
of separation benefits.--An individual described in 
paragraph (1) who is reappointed to the Corps shall 
have the service of the individual described in 
subparagraph (A) taken into account in computing any 
benefits to be received by the individual under 
subchapter VIII by reason of service in the Corps in 
connection with such reappointment if the individual 
makes a payment to the Fund equal to the amount of 
involuntary separation benefits received by the 
individual under subsection (c)(3) in connection with 
termination, together with interest on such amount 
computed in accordance with regulations issued by the 
Secretary (which regulations shall conform, to the 
extent practicable, to the regulations issued pursuant 
to section 854(d)).
``(C) Fund defined.--In this paragraph, the term 
`Fund' has the meaning given that term in section 
852(2).

``SEC. 1493. MEDICAL AND DENTAL READINESS.

``(a) Comprehensive Assessments Required.--
``(1) In general.--In order to ensure the medical and 
dental readiness of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps for 
active service pursuant to a call to active service under 
subchapter VI, each member of the Corps shall undergo, not less 
frequently than once every six months, a comprehensive 
assessment of the medical and dental readiness of such member 
for such service.
``(2) Elements.--The Secretary of State shall prescribe in 
regulations the required elements of the comprehensive 
assessments required pursuant to paragraph (1).
``(b) Submittal of Results.--Each member of the Corps shall submit 
to the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of State the results of 
each comprehensive assessment of medical and dental readiness undergone 
by such member under this section.
``(c) Retirement or Termination of Appointment of Members for Lack 
of Medical or Dental Readiness.--If a member of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps is determined as a result of an assessment undergone pursuant to 
subsection (a) to lack the medical or dental readiness necessary for 
active service in the Corps as described in that subsection, the member 
shall--
``(1) in the case of a member who has at least 20 years of 
service in the Corps creditable toward retirement under section 
1483(b) at the time of the determination, be retired from the 
Corps; or
``(2) in the case of any other member, have the member's 
appointment in the Corps terminated.
``(d) Benefits.--
``(1) Immediate annuity for members over 59 with 20 years 
creditable service.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
who has reached 60 years of age at the time of retirement under 
subsection (c)(1) shall be entitled to an immediate annuity 
under subchapter VIII.
``(2) Deferred annuity for members under 60 with 20 years 
creditable service.--A member of the Corps who is under 60 
years of age at the time of retirement under subsection (c)(1) 
shall be entitled to a deferred annuity under subchapter VIII 
upon reaching 60 years of age.
``(3) Involuntary separation benefits for other members.--A 
member of the Corps whose appointment is terminated under 
subsection (c)(2) shall receive the benefits, if any, for an 
involuntary separation under subchapter II of chapter 8 of this 
title that are provided under section 855(b)(3) to similarly 
situated members of the Foreign Service who are involuntarily 
retired or separated from the Service.
``(e) Reappointment of Terminated Members.--
``(1) In general.--An individual whose appointment in the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps is terminated under subsection (c)(2) 
may be reappointed to the Corps in accordance with such 
requirements and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe in 
regulations.
``(2) Effect of reappointment on retirement benefits.--
``(A) Exclusion of terminated service in computing 
benefits.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if 
an individual described in paragraph (1) is reappointed 
to the Corps, any service of the individual in the 
Corps before the termination of the individual's 
appointment under subsection (c)(2) shall not be taken 
into account in computing any benefits to be received 
by the individual under subchapter VIII by reason of 
service in the Corps in connection with such 
reappointment.
``(B) Credit for terminated service upon repayment 
of separation benefits.--An individual described in 
paragraph (1) who is reappointed to the Corps shall 
have the service of the individual described in 
subparagraph (A) taken into account in computing any 
benefits to be received by the individual under 
subchapter VIII by reason of service in the Corps in 
connection with such reappointment if the individual 
makes a payment to the Fund equal to the amount of 
involuntary separation benefits received by the 
individual under subsection (d)(3) in connection with 
termination, together with interest on such amount 
computed in accordance with regulations issued by the 
Secretary (which regulations shall conform, to the 
extent practicable, to the regulations issued pursuant 
to section 854(d)).
``(C) Fund defined.--In this paragraph, the term 
`Fund' has the meaning given that term in section 
852(2).

``SEC. 1494. REDUCTIONS IN FORCE.

``(a) Reductions in Force.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of State may conduct 
reductions in force and shall prescribe regulations for the 
separation of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps under 
such reductions in force which give due effect to each of the 
circumstances specified in section 611(a).
``(2) Conformity to regulations applicable to foreign 
service.--The regulations prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall, to the extent practicable, conform to regulations on 
separations of members of the Foreign Service in reductions of 
force prescribed pursuant to section 611(a).
``(b) Retirement or Termination of Appointment of Members During 
RIFs.--If a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is determined to be 
separable during a reduction in force conducted pursuant to subsection 
(a), the member shall--
``(1) in the case of a member who has at least 20 years of 
service in the Corps creditable toward retirement under section 
1483(b) at the time of the determination, be retired from the 
Corps; or
``(2) in the case of any other member, have the member's 
appointment in the Corps terminated.
``(c) Benefits.--
``(1) Immediate annuity for members over 59 with 20 years 
creditable service.--A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
who has reached 60 years of age at the time of retirement under 
subsection (b)(1) shall be entitled to an immediate annuity 
under subchapter VIII.
``(2) Deferred annuity for members under 60 with 20 years 
creditable service.--A member of the Corps who is under 60 
years of age at the time of retirement under subsection (b)(1) 
shall be entitled to a deferred annuity under subchapter VIII 
upon reaching 60 years of age.
``(3) Involuntary separation benefits for other members.--A 
member of the Corps whose appointment is terminated under 
subsection (b)(2) shall receive the benefits, if any, for an 
involuntary separation under subchapter II of chapter 8 of this 
title that are provided under section 855(b)(3) to similarly 
situated members of the Foreign Service who are involuntarily 
retired or separated from the Service.
``(d) Reappointment of Terminated Members.--
``(1) In general.--An individual whose appointment in the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps is terminated under subsection (b)(2) 
may be reappointed to the Corps in accordance with such 
requirements and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe in 
regulations.
``(2) Effect of reappointment on retirement benefits.--
``(A) Exclusion of terminated service in computing 
benefits.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if 
an individual described in paragraph (1) is reappointed 
to the Corps, any service of the individual in the 
Corps before the termination of the individual's 
appointment under subsection (b)(2) shall not be taken 
into account in computing any benefits to be received 
by the individual under subchapter VIII by reason of 
service in the Corps in connection with such 
reappointment.
``(B) Credit for terminated service upon repayment 
of separation benefits.--An individual described in 
paragraph (1) who is reappointed to the Corps shall 
have the service of the individual described in 
subparagraph (A) taken into account in computing any 
benefits to be received by the individual under 
subchapter VIII by reason of service in the Corps in 
connection with such reappointment if the individual 
makes a payment to the Fund equal to the amount of 
involuntary separation benefits received by the 
individual under subsection (c)(3) in connection with 
termination, together with interest on such amount 
computed in accordance with regulations issued by the 
Secretary (which regulations shall conform, to the 
extent practicable, to the regulations issued pursuant 
to section 854(d)).
``(C) Fund defined.--In this paragraph, the term 
`Fund' has the meaning given that term in section 
852(2).

``SEC. 1495. READINESS EXERCISES.

``Not less frequently than once every two years, the Secretary of 
State shall conduct a readiness exercise designed to provide a 
comprehensive assessment of the readiness of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps to provide service for the Foreign Service and the Department of 
State for the purpose set forth in section 1401(b). Each such exercise 
shall be as realistic as possible, and shall include the active 
participation of elements of the Service and the bureaus, offices, and 
other operating units of the Department with which members of the Corps 
will interact while on active service.

``SEC. 1496. PERSONNEL RECORDS.

``(a) Personnel Records.--The Secretary of State shall maintain 
current adequate personnel records on the members of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps, including records on the following:
``(1) Physical condition.
``(2) Qualifications.
``(3) Civilian occupations skills.
``(4) Availability, and physical, medical, and dental 
readiness, for active service under this chapter.
``(5) Dependency status.
``(6) Such other information necessary for the efficient 
administration of the Corps as the Secretary may prescribe.
``(b) Records on Training Service.--In maintaining records under 
this section, the Secretary shall also maintain records on the 
following for each fiscal year:
``(1) The number of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
who participate in active service for training under subchapter 
V.
``(2) The number of members of the Corps who participate in 
inactive service for training with pay.
``(c) Notice of Material Change in Status.--Each member of the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall notify the Secretary of any material 
change in any status for which records are maintained under this 
section.''.

SEC. 11. CLERICAL AMENDMENT TO FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980.

Section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 note) 
is amended in the table of contents by inserting after the matter 
relating to the last chapter of title I the following new matter:

``Chapter 14--DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS

``subchapter i--diplomatic reserve corps

``Sec. 1401. Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``Sec. 1402. Elements.
``Sec. 1403. Administration.
``Sec. 1404. Authority of the Inspector General.
``Sec. 1405. Headquarters staff.
``Sec. 1406. Recruitment.
``subchapter ii--appointments and related matters

``Sec. 1411. Authorized strength.
``Sec. 1412. Eligibility for appointment.
``Sec. 1413. Appointments generally.
``Sec. 1414. Appointments to salary classes.
``Sec. 1415. Skill identifiers for Diplomatic Reserve Corps members.
``subchapter iii--compensation and other benefits

``Sec. 1421. Salaries of Senior Diplomatic Reserve and Senior 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
``Sec. 1422. Diplomatic Reserve Schedule for Diplomatic Reserve and 
Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
``Sec. 1423. Changes in salary classes.
``Sec. 1424. Computation of basic pay.
``Sec. 1425. Performance pay for members of the Senior Diplomatic 
Reserve and Senior Diplomatic Retiree 
Reserve.
``Sec. 1426. Within-class salary increases for members of the 
Diplomatic Reserve and Diplomatic Retiree 
Reserve.
``Sec. 1427. Special differentials for members of the Diplomatic 
Reserve and Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
``Sec. 1428. Diplomatic Reserve service awards.
``Sec. 1429. Treatment of Diplomatic Reserve Corps members receiving 
annuities under other Federal Government 
personnel systems.
``Sec. 1430. Health care.
``Sec. 1431. Death gratuity.
``Sec. 1432. Group life insurance supplement applicable to Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps members killed in terrorist 
attacks.
``Sec. 1433. Survivors' and dependents' educational assistance.
``Sec. 1434. Travel and related expenses.
``Sec. 1435. Representation expenses.
``subchapter iv--promotion

``Sec. 1441. Promotion.
``Sec. 1442. Selection boards.
``Sec. 1443. Basis for selection board review and records.
``Sec. 1444. Implementation of selection board recommendations on 
promotion.
``Sec. 1445. Other bases for increasing pay.
``Sec. 1446. Authority to make certain actions retroactive.
``subchapter v--service obligations, service for training, and other 
service

``Sec. 1451. General annual service obligations.
``Sec. 1452. Inactive status.
``Sec. 1453. Training and orientation.
``Sec. 1454. Gratuitous service.
``subchapter vi--active service

``Sec. 1461. General authority for call to active service.
``Sec. 1462. Active service to augment United States diplomatic 
activities.
``Sec. 1463. Active service for preplanned missions in support of 
Department of State bureaus and embassies.
``Sec. 1464. Active service for organizing, administering, etc., the 
Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
``Sec. 1465. Active service for health care.
``Sec. 1466. Active service with or without pay.
``Sec. 1467. Active service agreements.
``Sec. 1468. Other personnel management matters.
``Sec. 1469. Release from active service.
``Sec. 1470. Suspension by President of certain laws and regulations on 
promotion, retirement, and separation.
``Sec. 1470A. Limitation on active service in the United States.
``subchapter vii--retirement, termination of appointment, and 
disability

``Sec. 1471. Voluntary retirement.
``Sec. 1472. Mandatory retirement for age.
``Sec. 1473. Retirement or termination of appointment for disability or 
incapacity.
``Sec. 1474. Retirement for expiration of maximum time in class.
``Sec. 1475. Retirement or termination of appointment based on relative 
performance.
``Sec. 1476. Separation for cause.
``Sec. 1477. Suspension.
``subchapter viii--retirement and disability retirement benefits

``Sec. 1481. Participation of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
in the Foreign Service Pension System.
``Sec. 1482. Treatment of active service as employment under certain 
retirement benefits laws.
``Sec. 1483. Age and service requirements for annuities.
``Sec. 1484. Computation of annuities.
``Sec. 1485. Other administrative matters.
``subchapter ix--other administrative authorities and requirements

``Sec. 1491. Standards and qualifications of performance for retention 
and promotion.
``Sec. 1492. Screening of members.
``Sec. 1493. Medical and dental readiness.
``Sec. 1494. Reductions in force.
``Sec. 1495. Readiness exercises.
``Sec. 1496. Personnel records.''.

SEC. 12. EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF THE 
DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) service in the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is noncareer 
service for the United States Government that is closely 
analogous to noncareer service in the uniformed services; and
(2) extension to the members of the Corps of the rights and 
responsibilities of members of the uniformed services under 
chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, would achieve the 
purposes set forth in section 4301(a) of that title with 
respect to persons serving in the Corps and is therefore in the 
national interest.
(b) Treatment of Diplomatic Reserve Corps on Active Service as a 
Uniformed Service.--The paragraph designated paragraph (16) of section 
4303 of title 38, United States Code, in the enactment of the Uniformed 
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (Public Law 
103-353; 108 Stat. 3149) is amended by inserting after ``the 
commissioned officer corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration,'' the following: ``members of the Diplomatic Reserve 
Corps when engaged in active service for training under subchapter V of 
chapter 14 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 or active service under 
subchapter VI of that chapter,''.

SEC. 13. APPLICABILITY OF THE SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT TO ACTIVE 
SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) service in the Corps is noncareer service for the 
United States that is closely analogous to noncareer military 
service in the uniformed services; and
(2) extension to the members of the Corps of the rights and 
responsibilities of members of the uniformed services under the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) in 
connection with active service in the Corps would achieve the 
purposes set forth in section 2 of that Act in connection with 
the foreign affairs needs of the Nation, and is therefore in 
the national interest.
(b) Applicability.--Section 101 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. 3911) is amended as follows:
(1) In paragraph (1), by striking ``means'' and all that 
follows and inserting ``means--
``(A) a member of the uniformed services, as that 
term is defined in section 101(a)(5) of title 10, 
United States Code; and
``(B) a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
under chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980.''.
(2) In paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the 
end;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 
following new subparagraph (C):
``(C) in the case of a servicemember who is a 
member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps, active service 
under subchapter VI of chapter 14 of title I of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980; and''.
(3) In paragraph (7)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the 
end;
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
``(D) with respect to a member of the Diplomatic 
Reserve Corps, the Secretary of State.''.

SEC. 14. DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS ACCOUNT.

(a) Account.--There is established on the books of the Treasury an 
account to be known as the ``Diplomatic Reserve Corps Account'' (in 
this section referred to as the ``Account'').
(b) Nature of Account.--The Account shall be an account of the 
Department of State within accounts for the Administration of Foreign 
Affairs.
(c) Elements.--The elements of the Account shall include the 
following:
(1) Amounts appropriated to the Account by law.
(2) Amounts transferred to or otherwise deposited in the 
Account by law.
(3) Such other elements as are provided for by law.
(d) Availability.--
(1) In general.--Amounts in the Account shall be available 
as follows:
(A) For salaries, training and orientation, and 
human resources management (including recruitment and 
vetting of personnel) of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
under chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980, as added by this chapter.
(B) For operations, including incidental travel, of 
the Corps.
(C) For such other costs and expenses of the Corps 
as are authorized by law.
(2) Duration of availability of appropriated funds.--Except 
as provided in paragraph (3)(B) or as otherwise provided by 
law, amounts appropriated to the Account for a fiscal year are 
available for the purposes specified in paragraph (1) in such 
fiscal year and the following fiscal year.
(3) Transfer of funds.--
(A) Transfer authorized.--Amounts in the Account 
may be transferred to the accounts as follows for 
purposes of paying or otherwise defraying costs and 
expenses of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps by or through 
such accounts:
(i) Diplomatic Programs.
(ii) Representation Expenses.
(iii) Payment to the Foreign Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund.
(B) Merger and availability of transferred 
amounts.--Amounts transferred from the Account to an 
account pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be merged 
with amounts in the account to which transferred, and 
shall be available for the same purposes, and subject 
to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in 
such account. Amounts transferred from the Account to a 
subaccount of the account referred to in subparagraph 
(A)(i) are subject to reprogramming and transfer to the 
extent provided for by law applicable to such account 
and subaccounts.

SEC. 15. FUNDING FOR THE DIPLOMATIC RESERVE CORPS DURING A DIPLOMATIC 
CONTINGENCY.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide a funding 
mechanism for the costs and expenses of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps 
under chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as 
added by this chapter, for members of the Corps on active service under 
subchapter VI of such chapter 14 in connection with a diplomatic 
contingency.
(b) Diplomatic Contingency.--For purposes of this section, a 
diplomatic contingency is any of the following that results in the call 
of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to active service:
(1) A national emergency declared as described in section 
1461(a) or 1461(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as added 
by section 7 of this Act).
(2) An augmentation of the diplomatic efforts of the United 
States under section 1462 of that Act (as so added).
(3) An augmentation of the regular personnel of the 
Department of State for a preplanned activity in support of a 
bureau of the Department or an embassy of the United States 
under section 1463 of that Act (as so added).
(c) Funding.--Amounts appropriated or transferred to, or deposited 
in, the Diplomatic Reserve Corps Account established by section 14 of 
this Act for purposes of a diplomatic contingency shall be available 
for costs and expenses of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps on 
active service under subchapter VI of chapter 14 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (as so added) in connection with the diplomatic contingency 
in the manner provided by that section for the availability of other 
amounts in the Account for costs and expenses of the Corps, except as 
provided in subsection (d).
(d) Duration of Availability.--Amounts appropriated or transferred 
to, or deposited in, the Diplomatic Reserve Corps Account as described 
in subsection (c) for purposes of a diplomatic contingency shall be 
available for costs and expenses described in that subsection in 
connection with the diplomatic contingency until expended.
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