,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjfd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ba1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,rubio introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to ensure that  
,foreign ,service officers are evaluated
 and given opportunities for advancement
 based on their conformance to merit    
system principles1 to require the review
 of ,performance ,improvement ,plans    
during tenure and promotion appraisals  
of ,foreign ,service officers1 and to   
eliminate the requirement for the       
inclusion of a public member on         
selection boards4  #a4 ,short titles    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,stop    
,wasteful1 ,odious1 and ,kooky          
,exercises at ,state ,act or the ,stop  
,,woke at ,state ,act4  #b4 ,elimination
 of diversity1 equity1 inclusion1 and   
accessibility advocacy requirement      
during the ,foreign ,service tenure and 
promotion process  7a7 ,performance     

evaluations ,in evaluating the          
performance of any ,foreign ,service    
officer during the tenure and promotion 
process1 the evaluator may not-- 7#a7   
evaluate the officer's advocacy for     
diversity1 equity1 inclusion1 and       
accessibility principles2 or  7#b7 rate 
the officer's adherence and demonstrated
 commitment to diversity1 equity1       
inclusion1 and accessibility principles4
  7b7 ,foreign ,service selection board 
,the ,foreign ,service selection board  
may not refer to diversity1 equity1     
inclusion1 or accessibility when        
identifying and rank ordering employees 
for tenure and promotion in the ,foreign
 ,service4  7c7 ,merit system principles
 ,the ,secretary of ,state shall ensure 
that all references to diversity1       
equity1 inclusion1 and accessibility    
principles in the ,foreign ,affairs     
,manual1 the ,foreign ,service          
,precepts1 and the ,foreign ,service    
,employee ,evaluation ,report are       
immediately replaced with references to 

adherence to the merit system principles
 set forth in section #bcja of title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code4  #c4 ,mandatory 
review of ,performance ,improvement     
,plans during tenure and promotion      
appraisal process ,the ,secretary of    
,state shall ensure that the tenure and 
promotion appraisal process for any     
,foreign ,service officer include a     
review of all ,performance ,improvement 
,plans that have been issued to such    
officer during the preceding #e-year    
period regarding performance that was   
considered unacceptable4  #d4 ,foreign  
,service selection boards ,section #fjb 
of the ,foreign ,service ,act of #aihj  
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #djjb7 is amended-- 7#a7 
in subsection 7b71 by striking the first
 sentence2 and  7#b7 by adding at the   
end the following3  7d7 ,the chair of a 
selection board that is evaluating the  
performance of a member of the ,service 
or the ,senior ,foreign ,service under  
subsection 7a7 shall be in the same     
career track 7historically known as     

general functional cone7 as such member4
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