[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3812 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3812
To encourage Foreign Service officers to serve at the United States
mission to the United Nations, increase Federal Government details to
international organizations, increase multilateral training at the
Department of State, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 11, 2021
Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Ms. Jacobs of California)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To encourage Foreign Service officers to serve at the United States
mission to the United Nations, increase Federal Government details to
international organizations, increase multilateral training at the
Department of State, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring U.S. Leadership in
International Organizations Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. HOUSING FOR UNITED STATES DIPLOMATS AT THE UNITED NATIONS.
Paragraph (2) of section 9 of the United Nations Participation Act
of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287e-1), is amended--
(1) by striking ``no more than 30'';
(2) by striking ``and shall reflect a significant reduction
over the number of persons eligible for housing benefits as of
the date of enactment of this provision'';
(3) by striking ``The Secretary shall require that each
employee occupying housing under this subsection contribute to
the Department of State a percentage of his or her base salary,
in an amount to be determined by the Secretary of State toward
the cost of such housing.'';
(4) by striking ``The Secretary may reduce such payments to
the extent of income taxes paid on the value of the leased or
rented quarters any'' and inserting ``Any''; and
(5) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``For
purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, living quarters
made available to any individual under this paragraph shall not
be taken into account in determining the gross income of such
individual.''.
SEC. 3. PROMOTING SERVICE AT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4003)
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' after the semi-
colon at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
paragraph:
``(2) service in a position the primary responsibility of
which is to formulate policy for or represent the United States
at an international organization, a multilateral institution,
or a broad-based multilateral negotiation of an international
instrument; or''.
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States that--
(1) the Special Representative of the United States to the
United Nations serves as a standing member of the cabinet;
(2) assessed dues to multilateral organizations be paid in
full in a timely fashion;
(3) Federal agencies utilize all the authorities under
section 3343 of title 5, United States Code, or subpart C of
part 352 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or any
successor regulations) to detail or transfer employees to
relevant international organizations; and
(4) that Secretary of State shall assist the Department of
State and other Federal agencies in carrying out paragraph (3)
to the fullest extent.
SEC. 5. REPORTING ON DETAILS AND TRANSFERS TO INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State,
in consultation with the heads of other Federal departments and
agencies as appropriate, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate a report on the total number of Federal
employees detailed or transferred to an international organization
during the immediately preceding 12-month period. The first report
submitted under the previous sentence shall include a strategy for
increasing the number of Federal employees who are detailed or
transferred to an international organization.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--Each report required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) The number of Federal employees detailed or transferred
during the applicable 12-month period to an international
organization under section 3343 of title 5, United States Code,
or subpart C of part 352 of title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations (or any successor regulations), disaggregated by--
(A) an identification of the Federal agency from
which such employees were detailed or transferred; and
(B) an identification of the international
organizations to and from which such employees have
been detailed or transferred.
(2) A list of international organizations to and from which
a Federal agency previously detailed or transferred Federal
employees.
SEC. 6. TRAINING FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Training Programs.--Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(e) Training in Multilateral Diplomacy.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary, with the assistance of
other relevant officials, shall establish a series of training
courses on--
``(A) the conduct of diplomacy at international
organizations and other multilateral institutions; and
``(B) broad-based multilateral negotiations of
international instruments.
``(2) Required training.--Members of the Service, including
appropriate chiefs of mission and other officers who are
assigned to United States missions representing the United
States to international organizations and other multilateral
institutions or who are assigned in Washington, DC, to
positions that have as their primary responsibility formulation
of policy toward such organizations and institutions, or toward
participation in broad-based multilateral negotiations of
international instruments, shall receive specialized training
in the areas described in paragraph (1) prior to beginning of
service for such assignment or, if receiving such training at
that time is not practical, within the first year of beginning
such assignment.''.
(b) Training for Civil Service Employees.--The Secretary of State
shall ensure that employees of the Department of State who are members
of the civil service and who are assigned to positions described in
subsection (e) of section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as
added by subsection (a)) receive training described in such subsection.
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