employment of foreign service spouses

employment of foreign service spouses Sec. 413. (a) The Secretary of State shall, when employing persons to fill jobs outside the United States to which career Foreign Service personnel are not customarily assigned, including temporary and local hire jobs, give equal consideration to employing qualified family members of United States Government employees (including family members of Foreign Service personnel) assigned to duties outside the United States. Such employment may not be used to avoid fulfilling the need for fulltime career positions. (b) To facilitate the employment by the Department of State, or by other employers, of the spouses of Foreign Service personnel, the Secretary may— (1) provide regular career counseling for such spouses; (2) maintain a centralized system for cataloging their skills and the various, governmental and nongovernmental, overseas employment opportunities available to such spouses; and (3) otherwise assist such spouses in obtaining overseas employment. (c) Any member of a family of Foreign Service personnel may accept gainful employment in a foreign country unless such employment— (1) would violate any law of such country or of the United States; or (2) could, as certified in writing by the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission in such country, damage the interests of the United States. 91 STAT. 857 (d) Not later than January 1, 1978, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on actions the Department of State has taken to carry out the provisions of this section.