orientation and language training for family members

orientation and language training for family members Sec. 405. (a) (1) Title VII of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1041–1047) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “orientation and language training for family members “Sec. 708. (a) To facilitate orientation and language training provided to members of families of officers and employees of the Government pursuant to section 701, the Secretary may make grants to family members attending language and orientation programs of study of the Institute. No such grant may exceed the amount actually expended for necessary costs incurred in conjunction with such attendance, and in no event may any such grant exceed $300 per month per individual. No individual may receive such a grant for more than six months in connection with any one assignment. “(b) If a member of the family of an officer or employee of the Government who is assigned abroad is unable to participate in language training provided by the Department at the Institute or elsewhere, the Secretary may partially compensate that family member for language training, related to the assignment abroad, which is undertaken at a public or private institution.”. (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall take effect on October 1, 1978. (b) Not later than January 1, 1980, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chair- man of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the programs authorized by the amendment made by this section. The Secretary shall include in this report a recommendation with regard to whether those programs should remain in effect, be modified, or be terminated.