S.Amdt. 6329

SA 6329. Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Ricketts) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1094. EXPANSION OF LIMITED CONSULAR APPOINTMENT
AUTHORITY.

Section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
3949) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or 8 years in
duration for personnel performing consular services,'' after
``may not exceed 5 years in duration''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(6)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'';
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) a limited noncareer appointment for a period not to
exceed 2 years, in the case of personnel performing consular
services.''.
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