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HR 7798 116th Congress House International Affairs Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Employee performance Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Promotion Accessibility Act

Introduced: July 27, 2020 Introduced by: Castro, Joaquin Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Promotion Accessibility Act

This bill authorizes members of the Foreign Service or the Senior Foreign Service to submit a gap memo in advance of having their performance evaluated by a selection board, and it prohibits members of a selection board from considering such a submission as negative when evaluating a member's performance.

A gap memo is a written record indicating and explaining a gap in the record of a member that is due to personal circumstances, including for health, family, or other reasons.

What's happening now July 27, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jul 27, 2020
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