[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10356 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10356

To provide a per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign 
                    Service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2024

 Mr. Castro of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                  to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide a per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign 
                    Service, 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 ``Foreign Service Orientation Support 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR NEWLY HIRED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN 
              SERVICE.

    (a) Per Diem Allowance.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any 
        newly hired Foreign Service employee who is in initial 
        orientation training, or any other training expected to last 
        less than 6 months in the Washington, DC, area before 
        transferring to the employee's first assignment overseas or 
        domestically outside the Washington, DC, area shall, for the 
        duration of such training, receive a per diem allowance at the 
        levels prescribed under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (2) Limitation on lodging expenses.--A newly hired Foreign 
        Service employee may not receive any lodging expenses under the 
        applicable per diem allowance pursuant to paragraph (1) if that 
        employee--
                    (A) has a permanent residence in the Washington, 
                DC, area (not including government-supplied housing 
                during such orientation training or other training); 
                and
                    (B) does not vacate such residence during such 
                orientation training or other training.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``per diem allowance'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 5701 of title 5, United States Code; and
            (2) the term ``Washington, DC, area'' means the geographic 
        area within a 50-mile radius of the Washington Monument.
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