Foreign Service Orientation Support Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10356 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10356 To provide a per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2024 Mr. Castro of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide a per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service, and for other purposes. 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 Orientation Support Act''. SEC. 2. PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR NEWLY HIRED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE. (a) Per Diem Allowance.-- (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any newly hired Foreign Service employee who is in initial orientation training, or any other training expected to last less than 6 months in the Wash…