A bill to amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 relating to the recall and reappointment of career members.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4642 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4642 To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 relating to the recall and reappointment of career members. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 21, 2026 Mr. Van Hollen (for himself and Mr. Schatz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 relating to the recall and reappointment of career members. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Service Workforce Retention Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980. Section 308 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in the first sentence-- (i) by inserting ``or separated'' after ``any retired''; and (ii) by inserting ``or separation'' after ``of retirement''; and (B) in the second sentence-- (i) by inserting ``or separated'' after ``A retired''; (ii) by inserting ``or separated'' after ``a retired''; and (iii) by inserting ``or separation'' after ``of retirement''; (2) in subsection (b)-- (A) by striking ``Former career members'' and inserting the following: ``(1) Former career members''; (B) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by inserting ``, for a period of five years after the date of retirement or separation,'' after ``without regard to section 306''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(2) A member seeking reappointment in the Service under paragraph (1) shall be reappointed not later than 180 days after the date of the approval of such request for reappointment to the Department and shall be incorporated i