S. 4642

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4642 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4642

To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 relating to the recall and 
reappointment of career members.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 21, 2026

Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Schatz) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations

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A BILL

To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 relating to the recall and 
reappointment of career members.

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 ``Foreign Service Workforce Retention 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980.

Section 308 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948) is 
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the first sentence--
(i) by inserting ``or separated'' after 
``any retired''; and
(ii) by inserting ``or separation'' after 
``of retirement''; and
(B) in the second sentence--
(i) by inserting ``or separated'' after ``A 
retired'';
(ii) by inserting ``or separated'' after 
``a retired''; and
(iii) by inserting ``or separation'' after 
``of retirement'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``Former career members'' and 
inserting the following:
``(1) Former career members'';
(B) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by 
inserting ``, for a period of five years after the date 
of retirement or separation,'' after ``without regard 
to section 306''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) A member seeking reappointment in the Service under 
paragraph (1) shall be reappointed not later than 180 days 
after the date of the approval of such request for 
reappointment to the Department and shall be incorporated into 
the next onward assignment application cycle of the Service 
with full standing.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report detailing--
``(1) the number of career members of the Service who were 
recalled and reappointed under this section during the 
preceding fiscal year;
``(2) the grade of each such member at the time of their 
retirement or separation; and
``(3) the grade and position of each such member at the 
time of their recall or reappointment.''.
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