assignment of foreign service officers to public organizations

assignment of foreign service officers to public organizations Sec. 401. (a) Section 576 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 966) is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: “(a) (1) A substantial number of Foreign Service officers shall, before their fifteenth year of service as such officers, be assigned in the United States, or any territory or possession thereof, for significant duty with a State or local government, public school, community college, or other public organization designated by the Secretary. Such duty may include assignment to a Member or office of the Congress, except that of the total number of officers assigned under this section at any one time, not more than 20 per centum may be assigned to Congress. “(2) To the extent practical, assignments shall be for at least twelve consecutive months and may be on a reimbursable basis. Any such reimbursements shall be credited to and used by the appropriations made available for the salaries and expenses of officers or employees.”. 89 STAT. 764 (2) Strike out the second and third sentences of subsection (b). (3) At the end thereof add the following new subsections: “(e) Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall transmit a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate describing the steps he has taken to carry out the provisions of this section; and he shall transmit such reports annually thereafter. “(f) The provisions of this section shall apply only to a Foreign Service officer who has completed his tenth year of service as such an officer on or after October 1, 1975.”. (b) Section 9(b) of the State Department/USLA Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1975 (22 U.S.C. 966 note) is repealed.