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22 U.S.C. § 2719 — Grants for training and education in international affairs
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of State may make grants to postsecondary educational institutions or students for the purpose of increasing the level of knowledge and awareness of and interest in employment with the Foreign Service or the Civil Service, consistent with [section 3905 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3905&num=0&edition=prelim). To the extent possible, the Secretary shall give special emphasis to promoting such knowledge and awareness of, and interest in employment with, the Foreign Service or the Civil Service among minority students. Any grants awarded shall be made pursuant to regulations to be established by the Secretary of State, which shall provide for a limit on the size of any specific grant and, regarding any grants to individuals, shall ensure that no grant recipient receives an amount of grants from one or more Federal programs which in the aggregate would exceed the cost of his or her education, and shall require satisfactory educational progress by grantees as a condition of eligibility for continued receipt of grant funds.
**(b) Diplomatic Security fellowship programs**
(1) **Establishment** — The Secretary of State, working through the Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, is authorized to establish Diplomatic Security fellowship programs to provide grants to United States nationals pursuing post-secondary studies who commit to pursuing a career as a special agent, security engineering officer, or in the civil service in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
(2) **Rulemaking** — The Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations for the administration of Diplomatic Security fellowship programs that set forth—
(A) the eligibility requirements for receiving a grant under
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of State may make grants to postsecondary educational institutions or students for the purpose of increasing the level of knowledge and awareness of and interest in employment with the Foreign Service or the Civil Service, consistent with [section 3905 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3905&num=0&edition=prelim). To the extent possible, the Secretary shall give special emphasis to promoting such knowledge and awareness of, and interest in employment with, the Foreign Service or the Civil Service among minority students. Any grants awarded shall be made pursuant to regulations to be established by the Secretary of State, which shall provide for a limit on the size of any specific grant and, regarding any grants to individuals, shall ensure that no grant recipient receives an amount of grants from one or more Federal programs which in the aggregate would exceed the cost of his or her education, and shall require satisfactory educational progress by grantees as a condition of eligibility for continued receipt of grant funds.
**(b) Diplomatic Security fellowship programs**
(1) **Establishment** — The Secretary of State, working through the Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, is authorized to establish Diplomatic Security fellowship programs to provide grants to United States nationals pursuing post-secondary studies who commit to pursuing a career as a special agent, security engineering officer, or in the civil service in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
(2) **Rulemaking** — The Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations for the administration of Diplomatic Security fellowship programs that set forth—
(A) the eligibility requirements for receiving a grant under this subsection;
(B) the process by which eligible applicants may request such a grant;
(C) the maximum amount of such a grant; and
(D) the educational progress to which all grant recipients are obligated.
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**(a) Merit principles; “personnel action” defined**
(1) All personnel actions with respect to career members and career candidates in the Service (including applicants for career candidate appointments) shall be made in accordance with merit principles.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “personnel action” means—
(A) any appointment, promotion, assignment (including assignment to any position or salary class), award of performance pay or special differential, within-class salary increase, separation, or performance evaluation, and
(B) any decision, recommendation, examination, or ranking provided for under this chapter which relates to any action referred to in subparagraph (A).
**(b) Rules and regulations; discrimination; reprisals for disclosure of information; submission of reports, evaluations, or recommendations; freedom from prohibited personnel practices** The Secretary shall administer the provisions of this chapter and shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to ensure that members of the Service, as well as applicants for appointments in the Service—
(1) are free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, geographic or educational affiliation within the United States, or political affiliation, as prohibited under [section 2302(b)(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2302/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) are free from reprisal for—
(A) a disclosure of information by a member or applicant which the member or applicant reasonably believes evidences—
(i) a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or
(ii) mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific da
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There shall be at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the “Department of State”, and a Secretary of State, who shall be the head thereof.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2718
Trade Controls of the Department of State shall
be credited to a Department of State account, to
be available without fiscal year limitation. Fees
credited to that account shall be available only
for payment of expenses incurred for—
(1) contract personnel to assist in the eval-
uation of defense trade controls license appli-
cations, reduction in processing time for li-
cense applications, and improved monitoring
of compliance with the terms of licenses;
(2) the automation of defense trade controls
functions, including compliance and enforce-
ment activities, and the processing of defense
trade controls license applications, including
the development, procurement, and utilization
of computer equipment and related software;
and
(3) the enhancement of defense trade export
compliance and enforcement activities, in-
cluding compliance audits of United States
and foreign parties, the conduct of administra-
tive proceedings, monitoring of end-uses in
cases of direct commercial arms sales or other
transfers, and cooperation in proceedings for
enforcement of criminal laws related to de-
fense trade export controls.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 45, as added Pub.
L. 101–246, title I, § 118(2), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat.
25; amended Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 126, Oct. 28,
1991, 105 Stat. 659; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title
XV, § 1513(b), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2174; Pub. L.
105–277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXII, § 2203, Oct.
21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–808.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 45 of act Aug. 1, 1956, was renumbered
section 46 by section 118(1) of Pub. L. 101–246, and subse-
quently renumbered, and set out as a Short Title of 1956
Amendment note under section
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