§4022. Foreign language requirements

(a) In general

The Secretary shall establish foreign language proficiency requirements for members of the Service who are to be assigned abroad in order that Foreign Service posts abroad will be staffed by individuals having a useful knowledge of the language or dialect common to the country in which the post is located.

(b) Training

The Secretary of State shall arrange for appropriate language training of members of the Service by the institution or otherwise in order to assist in meeting the requirements established under subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Report

Not later than March 31 of each year, the Director General of the Foreign Service shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives summarizing the number of positions in each overseas mission requiring foreign language competence that-

(1) became vacant during the previous calendar year; and

(2) were filled by individuals having the required foreign language competence.

( Pub. L. 96–465, title I, §702, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2099 ; Pub. L. 103–236, title I, §126(3), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 394 ; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, §1000(a)(7) [div. A, title II, §208(a)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536 , 1501A-422.)

Amendments

1999-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–113 added subsec. (c).

1994-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–236 substituted "institution" for "Institute".

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 4171 of this title.