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H.R. 7798

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To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 relating to selection boards regarding performance evaluations of Foreign Service officers, and for other purposes.
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Committee
Latest Action · July 27, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Congress
116th (2019–2021)
Introduced
July 27, 2020
Cosponsors (1)
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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.

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