PUBLIC LAW 101-246—FEB. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 43 Department of State, and any such recommendation shall be considered to have been made within the authority of the Foreign Service Grievance Board. SEC. 153. BROADENING THE CULTURAL, GEOGRAPHIC, AND ETHNIC REP- RESENTATION OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE AND THE DEPART- MENT OF STATE. (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that a primary role of the 22 USC 2656 Department of State is to represent the interests of the American ^°^^- people in foreign affairs and, as such, should strive to represent and include, among its policy and professional employees, the great diversity of the American people. (b) RECRUITMENT.— (1) Not later than 120 days after the date of 22 USC 2656 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide the ^°^- Congress with a plan to assure that equal efforts are undertaken in each of the regions of the United States to recruit policy and professional Government Service employees and Foreign Service officers for the Department of State and each of its affiliated agencies. (2) Not later than January 1, 1990, the Secretary of State shall implement the plan provided for in paragraph (1). (c) REPORT BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.— Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of State shall submit to the Congress a report documenting, with respect to geographic distribution, race, ethnicity, gender and handicapping conditions, the composition of the workforce of the policy and professional Government Service employees and Foreign Service officers of the Department and each of its affiliated agencies. The report shall include— (1) a breakdown of current policy and professional Government Service employees and Foreign Service officers of the Department and each of its affiliated agencies by age, race, gender, undergraduate institution, graduate institution, and place of birth; (2) a breakdown by age, race, gender, ethnic background, undergraduate institution, graduate institution, and place of birth of those persons who during 1988 passed the written portion of the Foreign Service examination but failed the interview portion; and (3) a breakdown by age, race, gender, ethnic background, undergraduate institution, graduate institution, and place of birth of those persons who during 1989 passed the Foreign Service examination. (d) PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC OR EDUCATIONAL AFFILIATION.— Section 1050t>)(l) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3905(b)(1)) is amended by inserting "geographic or educational affiliation within the United States," after 'marital status,". (e) TASK FORCE AND REPORT ON HISPANIC RECRUITMENT.—The Secretary of State shall appoint a task force comprised of highranking officials to conduct a study and make recommendations concerning improvements in the recruitment and promotion of Hispanic Americans at the Department of State and within the Foreign Service. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the task force shall submit a report of the findings of such study to the Secretary of State and the appropriate committees of the Congress.
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