22 U.S.C. § 4021
Institution for training
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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The Secretary of State shall maintain and operate an institution or center for training (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “institution”), originally established under section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, in order to promote career development within the Service and to provide necessary training and instruction in the field of foreign relations to members of the Service and to employees of the Department and of other agencies. The institution shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of State. The institution shall be designated the “George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center” 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period.
To the extent practicable, the Secretary of State shall provide training under this subchapter which meets the needs of all agencies, and other agencies shall avoid duplicating the facilities and training provided by the Secretary of State through the institution and otherwise.
Training and instruction may be provided at the Institute 22 So in original. Probably should be “institution”. for not to exceed sixty citizens of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in order to prepare them to serve as members of the foreign services of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. The authority of this subsection shall expire when the Compact of Free Association is approved by the Congress.
In this subsection, the term “United States person” means—
The authorities of section 4024 of this title shall apply to training and instruction provided under this section.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Foreign Service Act of 1980House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Asia Foundation, to establish the National Endowment for Democracy, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995
- To make certain technical amendments relating to the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, and other provisions of law.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999
- To designate the National Foreign Affairs Training Center as the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center.House: 407–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003House: 352–73Senate: no recorded tally