22 U.S.C. § 4025 — Training grants

Page 1471 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 4026 1 So in original. There is no subpar. (C). 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5) and section 302 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts. AMENDMENTS 2016—Subsec. (a)(4)(B). Pub. L. 114–323 substituted ‘‘education and training specialists, including language instructors and linguists, and other specialists who per- form work directly relating to the design, delivery, oversight, or coordination of training delivered by the institution’’ for ‘‘language instructors, linguists, and other academic and training specialists’’. 1998—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–277 added subsec. (d). 1994—Subsec. (a)(1) to (3). Pub. L. 103–236 substituted ‘‘institution’’ for ‘‘Institute’’. 1982—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 97–241 substituted ‘‘sec- tion 3972 of this title’’ for ‘‘section 3971 of this title’’. § 4025. Training grants (a) Family members attending approved pro- grams of study; limitations To facilitate training provided to members of families of Government employees under this subchapter, the Secretary may make grants (by advance payment or by reimbursement) to fam- ily members attending approved programs of study. No such grant may exceed the amount ac- tually expended for necessary costs incurred in conjunction with such attendance. (b) Compensation for individuals unable to par- ticipate in language training furnished by Government If a member of the Service who is assigned abroad, or a member of his or her family, is un- able to participate in language training fur- nished by the Government through the institu- tion or otherwise, the Secretary may com- pensate that individual for all or part of the costs of language training, related to the assign- ment abroad, which is undertaken at a public or private institution. (Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 705, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2101; Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 126(3), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 394.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–236 substituted ‘‘institu- tion’’ for ‘‘Institute’’ after ‘‘through the’’. § 4026. Career counseling (a) Facilitation of transition from Service In order to facilitate their transition from the Service, the Secretary may provide (by contract or otherwise, subject to the availability of ap- propriations) professional career counseling, ad- vice, and placement assistance to members of the Service, and to former members of the Serv- ice who were assigned to receive counseling and assistance under this subsection before they were separated from the Service, other than those separated for cause. Career counseling and related services provided pursuant to this chap- ter shall not be construed to permit an assign- ment that consists primarily of paid time to conduct a job search and without other sub- stantive duties for more than one month. (b) Facilitation of employment of spouses of members; establishment of family liaison of- fice (1) The Secretary shall implement such meas- ures as the Secretary considers necessary to fa- cilitate the employment of spouses and members of the Service. The measures may include— (A) providing regular career counseling for such spouses; (B) maintaining a centralized system for cataloging their skills and the various govern- mental and nongovernmental employment op- portunities available to them; and (D) 1 otherwise assisting them in obtaining employment. (2) The Secretary may prescribe regulations— (A) to provide preference to eligible family members in hiring for any civilian position in the Department, notwithstanding the prohibi- tion on marital discrimination found in 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1)(E), if— (i) the eligible family member is among persons determined to be best qualified for the position; and (ii) the position is located in the overseas country of assignment of their sponsoring employee; (B) to ensure that notice of any vacant posi- tion in the Department is provided in a man- ner reasonably designed to reach eligible fam- ily members of sponsoring employees whose permanent duty stations are in the same coun- try as that in which the position is located; and (C) to ensure that an eligible family member who applies for a vacant position in the De- partment shall, to the extent practicable, be considered for any such position located in the same country as the permanent duty station of their sponsoring employee. (3) Nothing in this section may be construed to provide an eligible family member with enti- tlement or preference in hiring over an indi- vidual who is preference eligible. (4) Under regulations prescribed by the Sec- retary, a chief of mission may, consistent with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the ICASS system, make available to an eligible family member and a non-Department entity space in an embassy or consulate for the purpose of the non-Department entity providing employ- ment-related training for eligible family mem- bers. (5) The Secretary may work with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies to expand and facilitate the use of existing Fed- eral programs and resources in support of eligi- ble family member employment. (6) The Secretary shall establish a family liai- son office to carry out this subsection and such other functions as the Secretary may determine. (7) In this subsection, the term ‘‘eligible fam- ily member’’ refers to family members of gov- ernment employees assigned abroad or hired for service at their post of residence who are ap- pointed by the Secretary of State or the Admin-