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[CITE: 22USC4022]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                       CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
 
      SUBCHAPTER VII--CAREER DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND ORIENTATION
 
Sec. 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, Sec. 702, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2099; Pub. 
L. 103-236, title I, Sec. 126(3), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 394; Pub. L. 
106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title II, Sec. 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.
