Recognizing the contributions of the Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, the William D. Clarke, Sr. Diplomatic Security Fellowship, and the Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program to advance America's national security, development, and diplomacy efforts.
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Latest Action · March 11, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
This resolution recognizes four fellowship programs designed to recruit diverse talent into the State Department and USAID: the Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, the William D. Clarke Sr. Diplomatic Security Fellowship, and the Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program. These congressionally authorized, merit-based programs focus on recruiting students from underrepresented backgrounds, including Pell grant recipients and first-generation college graduates, from all 50 states and over 500 educational institutions including historically Black colleges and minority-serving institutions. The resolution affirms that these programs are crucial for building a diverse foreign affairs workforce that strengthens national security through varied perspectives and cultural understanding, and it expresses concern that dismantling these efforts would waste taxpayer investments and weaken America's diplomatic and development capabilities. No new funding is allocated by this resolution; it is a symbolic statement expressing Congress's support for these existing statutory programs.
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