COMMISSION TO STUDY PERSONNEL QUESTIONS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

SEC. 150. COMMISSION TO STUDY PERSONNEL QUESTIONS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. (a) Membership.— (1) Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall appoint seven distinguished members, at least six of whom shall have a minimum of ten years experience in personnel management, to examine personnel issues affecting both Foreign Service and Civil Service employees at the Department of State. (2) Appointments to the Commission shall be made in consultation with the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives, and exclusive representatives (as defined in section 1002(9) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980). (3) The Secretary of State may reappoint members who served on the Commission authorized under section 171 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989. (4) At least two members of the Commission shall have specialized knowledge of the Civil Service in the Department of State. (b) Implementation Report.—Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall report to the Chairmen and ranking Members of the appropriate committees of the Congress on the extent to which the Department of State has implemented recommendations of the Commission authorized in section 171 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989. (c) Report on Personnel Matters and Conditions.— (1) Not more than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall issue a written report to the appropriate committees of the Congress on State Department personnel questions affecting the effective conduct of foreign policy and the efficiency, cost effectiveness, and morale of State Department employees. (2) The Commission report required under this subsection shall include the following topics: (A) Matters related to section 607 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4007) relating to senior Foreign Service Officers who were working under section 607(d)(2) temporary career extensions on June 2, 1990, and who, because the 14-year time-in-class benefit had been denied 105 STAT. 672them, were involuntarily retired under section 607 after June 2, 1990. (B) An examination of the contribution of Civil Service personnel to the fulfillment of the mission of the Department of State, including— (i) recommendations as to how the needs and standing of such employees might be more fully recognized by the Department as full partners in the successful conduct of foreign policy; and (ii) recommendations as to how Civil Service positions may be better utilized or structured in the Department and abroad to enhance the institutional memory on evolving foreign policy issues. (C) A study of the management and practices at the United States Mission to the United Nations, taking into account the recommendations of recent reports of the Inspector General of the Department of State. (d) Definition.—As used in this section the term “appropriate committees of the Congress” means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Representatives.