Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§4030 Suitability reviews for Foreign Service Institute instructors
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - CAREER DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND ORIENTATION › § 4030
Summary
Require the Secretary to make sure all Foreign Service Institute language teachers, whether hired directly or working as contractors, go through suitability reviews and background investigations. They must also get regular background checks or reinvestigations when the Department and executive-branch rules call for the same checks for other Department employees.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §4030
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The Secretary shall take reasonable steps to ensure that all instructors at the Foreign Service Institute, including direct hires and contractors, who provide language instruction are—
(1)subject to suitability reviews and background investigations; and
(2)subject to periodic background checks or reinvestigations to the extent consistent with Department and Executive policy for other Department personnel.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2023, and also as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, and not as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definitions For definitions of “Secretary” and “Department” as used in this section, see section 6002 of Pub. L. 118–31, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 4030
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73