An amendment numbered 3 printed in part C of House Report 111-143 to broaden the experience within the Foreign Service and encourage Foreign Service officers to pursue a functional specialty by making it mandatory to develop a functional focus during an officer's first two years as well as creating a more diverse promotions panel where functional and regional specialists are evenly distributed. It requires the State Department to make materials from libraries and resource centers, including U.S. films available over the Internet when possible and for the advisory commission on public diplomacy to gauge the effectiveness of online outreach authorized under section 214.

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   Change 1: Inserts “and, if practicable, made available over the internet” after “general public”

   InsertsPage 26, line 21Printed page

   …general public[inserted: and, if practicable, made available over the internet]…

   Original wording

   Page 26, line 21, insert “and, if practicable, made available over the internet” after “general public”.

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   Change 2: Inserts “, including making such films available over the internet, if practicable” before the period

   InsertsPage 27, line 7Printed page

   Inserted: , including making such films available over the internet, if practicable

   Original wording

   Page 27, line 7, insert before the period the following: “, including making such films available over the internet, if practicable”.

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   Change 3: Inserts “, including online outreach,” after “resource centers”

   InsertsPage 27, line 16Printed page

   …resource centers[inserted: , including online outreach,]…

   Original wording

   Page 27, line 16, insert “, including online outreach,” after “resource centers”.

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   Change 4: Adds SEC. 3__. BROADENING EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE FOREIGN SERVICE at the end of subtitle C of title III

   Adds a section

   In H.R. 2410 · Reported in House

   (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to carry out activities under this section.

   Inserted: SEC. 3__. BROADENING EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE FOREIGN SERVICE.

   Inserted: Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through the Director of the Foreign Service, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed plan to increase the career incentives provided to Foreign Service officers to serve in bureaus and offices of the Department of State not primarily focused on regional issues, including the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, and the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. In formulating such plan, the Secretary shall consult with a broad range of active and retired Foreign Service officers and current and former officials of the Department to elicit proposals on how to promote non-regional assignments, and shall consider--

   Inserted: (1) requiring all Foreign Service officers to serve at least two years in an bureau or office of the Department not primarily focused on regional issues prior to joining the Senior Foreign Service; and

   Inserted: (2) changing the composition of Foreign Service selection boards to increase the participation of Department personnel with extensive experience in bureaus and offices of the Department not primarily focused on regional issues.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle C of title III, insert the following:

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As printed