S.Amdt. 751

SA 751. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. ADJUDICATION OF ONGOING ASSIGNMENT REVIEWS FOR
DEPARTMENT OF STATE PERSONNEL.

(a) Time Limit.--The Department of State shall establish a
reasonable time limit for the Department to complete an
assignment review and establish a deadline by which it must
inform personnel of a decision related to such a review.
(b) Appeals.--For any personnel the Department determines
are ineligible to serve in an assignment due to an assignment
restriction or assignment review, a Security Appeal Panel
shall convene not later than 120 days of an appeal being
filed.
(c) Entry-level Bidding Process.--The Department shall
include a description of the assignment review process and
critical human intelligence threat posts in a briefing to new
officers as part of their entry-level bidding process.
(d) Point of Contact.--The Department shall designate point
of contacts in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Bureau
of Global Talent Management to answer employee and Career
Development Officer questions about assignment restrictions,
assignment reviews, and preclusions.
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