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Foreign Service Families Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-4306| House 
| Updated: 7/1/2021
Joaquin Castro

Joaquin Castro

Democratic Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (17)
Tom Malinowski (Democratic)Abigail Davis Spanberger (Democratic)Karen Bass (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Jennifer Wexton (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Elaine G. Luria (Democratic)Sara Jacobs (Democratic)Dean Phillips (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Andy Kim (Democratic)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)

Foreign Affairs Committee, Education and Workforce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Foreign Service Families Act of 2021 This bill increases access to career and educational opportunities for eligible family members of foreign service employees. Specifically, the Department of State must use additional hiring preferences and apply appropriate hiring standards to eligible family members seeking employment in certain civil service positions overseas. Additionally, the State Department may take other steps to improve job portability and otherwise support employment of eligible family members who work in the federal civil service or private sector jobs. The State Department must also report on the implementation of the Foreign Service Family Reserve Corps, a program that expedites hiring and onboarding processes for family members who are eligible for appointment to positions overseas. Furthermore, each federal agency must include in its telework policy the circumstances under which an employee may temporarily work from an approved location overseas. The bill also makes foreign service employees (or their spouses and dependent children) who are domiciled or assigned to a duty station in a given state eligible for in-state tuition at public institutions of higher education in that state. Such individuals retain their eligibility for in-state tuition provided they maintain continuous enrollment even if their domicile or duty station changes.
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Timeline
May 11, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-1550
Introduced in Senate
Jul 1, 2021
Introduced in House
Jul 1, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • May 11, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-1550
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 1, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • July 1, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • S 117-1550: Foreign Service Families Act of 2021

Foreign Service Families Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-4306| House 
| Updated: 7/1/2021
Foreign Service Families Act of 2021 This bill increases access to career and educational opportunities for eligible family members of foreign service employees. Specifically, the Department of State must use additional hiring preferences and apply appropriate hiring standards to eligible family members seeking employment in certain civil service positions overseas. Additionally, the State Department may take other steps to improve job portability and otherwise support employment of eligible family members who work in the federal civil service or private sector jobs. The State Department must also report on the implementation of the Foreign Service Family Reserve Corps, a program that expedites hiring and onboarding processes for family members who are eligible for appointment to positions overseas. Furthermore, each federal agency must include in its telework policy the circumstances under which an employee may temporarily work from an approved location overseas. The bill also makes foreign service employees (or their spouses and dependent children) who are domiciled or assigned to a duty station in a given state eligible for in-state tuition at public institutions of higher education in that state. Such individuals retain their eligibility for in-state tuition provided they maintain continuous enrollment even if their domicile or duty station changes.
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Timeline
May 11, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

S 117-1550
Introduced in Senate
Jul 1, 2021
Introduced in House
Jul 1, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  • May 11, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    S 117-1550
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 1, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • July 1, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Joaquin Castro

Joaquin Castro

Democratic Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (17)
Tom Malinowski (Democratic)Abigail Davis Spanberger (Democratic)Karen Bass (Democratic)Sheila Jackson Lee (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Steve Cohen (Democratic)Jennifer Wexton (Democratic)André Carson (Democratic)Elaine G. Luria (Democratic)Sara Jacobs (Democratic)Dean Phillips (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Donald S. Beyer (Democratic)Andy Kim (Democratic)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Gerald E. Connolly (Democratic)

Foreign Affairs Committee, Education and Workforce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • S 117-1550: Foreign Service Families Act of 2021
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted