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HR 6742 110th Congress House International Affairs Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Ambassadors Qualification Act of 2008

Introduced: July 31, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 31, 2008
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ambassadors Qualification Act of 2008 - Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to specify certain qualifications to be eligible to serve as an ambassador or an ambassador at large.

What's happening now July 31, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 8, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6742: Ambassadors Qualification Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6742/
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"H.R. 6742: Ambassadors Qualification Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6742/.
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H.R. 6742, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6742/.
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