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22 U.S.C. § 3922b — Public diplomacy training
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**(a) Statement of policy** The following should be the policy of the United States:
(1) The Foreign Service should recruit individuals with expertise and professional experience in public diplomacy.
(2) United States chiefs of mission should have a prominent role in the formulation of public diplomacy strategies for the countries and regions to which they are assigned and should be accountable for the operation and success of public diplomacy efforts at their posts.
(3) Initial and subsequent training of Foreign Service officers should be enhanced to include information and training on public diplomacy and the tools and technology of mass communication.
**(b) Personnel**
(1) **Qualifications** — In the recruitment, training, and assignment of members of the Foreign Service, the Secretary of State—
(A) should emphasize the importance of public diplomacy and applicable skills and techniques;
(B) should consider the priority recruitment into the Foreign Service, including at middle-level entry, of individuals with expertise and professional experience in public diplomacy, mass communications, or journalism; and
(C) shall give special consideration to individuals with language facility and experience in particular countries and regions.
(2) **Languages of special interest** — The Secretary of State shall seek to increase the number of Foreign Service officers proficient in languages spoken in countries with predominantly Muslim populations. Such increase should be accomplished through the recruitment of new officers and incentives for officers in service.
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**(a) Statement of policy** The following should be the policy of the United States:
(1) The Foreign Service should recruit individuals with expertise and professional experience in public diplomacy.
(2) United States chiefs of mission should have a prominent role in the formulation of public diplomacy strategies for the countries and regions to which they are assigned and should be accountable for the operation and success of public diplomacy efforts at their posts.
(3) Initial and subsequent training of Foreign Service officers should be enhanced to include information and training on public diplomacy and the tools and technology of mass communication.
**(b) Personnel**
(1) **Qualifications** — In the recruitment, training, and assignment of members of the Foreign Service, the Secretary of State—
(A) should emphasize the importance of public diplomacy and applicable skills and techniques;
(B) should consider the priority recruitment into the Foreign Service, including at middle-level entry, of individuals with expertise and professional experience in public diplomacy, mass communications, or journalism; and
(C) shall give special consideration to individuals with language facility and experience in particular countries and regions.
(2) **Languages of special interest** — The Secretary of State shall seek to increase the number of Foreign Service officers proficient in languages spoken in countries with predominantly Muslim populations. Such increase should be accomplished through the recruitment of new officers and incentives for officers in service.
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**(a)** Recommendations and rankings by selection boards shall be based upon records of the character, ability, conduct, quality of work, industry, experience, dependability, usefulness, and general performance of members of the Service. Such records may include reports prepared by or on behalf of the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service, performance evaluation reports of supervisors, records of commendations, reports of language test scores from the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, awards, reprimands, and other disciplinary actions, and (with respect to members of the Senior Foreign Service) records of current and prospective assignments.
**(b)** Precepts for selection boards shall include a description of the needs of the Service for performance requirements, skills, and qualities, which are to be considered in recommendations for promotion. The precepts for selection boards responsible for recommending promotions into and within the Senior Foreign Service shall emphasize performance which demonstrates the strong policy formulation capabilities, executive leadership qualities, and highly developed functional and area expertise, which are required for the Senior Foreign Service. The precepts for selection boards shall include, whether the member of the Service or the member of the Senior Foreign Service, as the case may be, and when occupying positions for which the following is, to any degree, an element of the member’s duties, has demonstrated—
(1) a willingness and ability to explain United States policies in person and through the media;
(2) experience serving at an international organization, multilateral institution, or engaging in multinational negotiations;
(3) willingness to serve in hardship posts
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3922b
place particular emphasis on achieving signifi-
cant increases in the numbers of minority group
members and women who are in the mid-levels
of the Foreign Service.
(Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 152, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat.
428; Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 185(c)(3), Dec. 22,
1987, 101 Stat. 1366.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987, and not
as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which com-
prises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS
1987—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–204 struck out subsec.
(c) which read as follows: ‘‘The head of each agency uti-
lizing the Foreign Service personnel system shall re-
port annually to the Congress on the plan developed
pursuant to this section as part of the report required
to be submitted pursuant to section 3905(d)(2) of this
title. Subsequent reports pursuant to that section shall
include reports on the implementation of these plans,
giving particular attention to the progress being made
in increasing, through advancement and promotion, the
numbers of members of minority groups and women in
the mid-levels of the Foreign Service.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
REPORT CONCERNING MINORITIES AND THE FOREIGN
SERVICE
Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXIII, § 2318,
Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–829, required the Secretary
of State to submit, in calendar years 1998 and 1999, a re-
port to Congress concerning minorities and the Foreign
Service officer corps, with relevant information and
specified data.
MID-LEVEL WOMEN AND MINORITY PLACEMENT
PROGRAM
Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 178, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 414,
provided that:
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpo
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