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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§2736b Leadership Engagement and Accountability

Title 22 › Chapter 38— DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2736b

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must set performance and promotion rules that reward senior staff and supervisors for creating an inclusive workplace and growing talent under merit system principles, for example through mentoring, sponsorship, recruitment events, and similar activities. The Secretary must also give them regular chances to do outreach and discuss diversity with employees, including employee resource groups. Congress strongly encourages the Secretary to make outside advisory boards that senior officials appoint be run by qualified teams that reflect the organization’s diversity.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2736b

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(a)(1)The Secretary shall implement performance and advancement requirements that reward and recognize the efforts of individuals in senior positions and supervisors in the Department in fostering an inclusive environment and cultivating talent consistent with merit system principles, such as through participation in mentoring programs or sponsorship initiatives, recruitment events, and other similar opportunities.
(2)The Secretary shall create opportunities for individuals in senior positions and supervisors in the Department to participate in outreach events and to discuss issues relating to diversity and inclusion with the workforce on a regular basis, including with employee resource groups.
(b)For each external advisory committee or board to which individuals in senior positions in the Department appoint members, the Secretary is strongly encouraged by Congress to ensure such external advisory committee or board is developed, reviewed, and carried out by qualified teams that represent the diversity of the organization.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of “Secretary” and “Department” as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 117–81, set out as a note under section 263c of this title. For definitions of “diversity” and “workforce” as used in this section, see section 5401 of Pub. L. 117–81, set out as a note under section 2736 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2736b

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60