,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #igcj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjbf,mr4 
,beyer 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,mr4  
,walkinshaw1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4          
,olszewski1 and ,ms4 ,norton7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  
,a ,,bill  ,to expedite the rehiring of 
certain former career members of the    
,foreign ,service1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,foreign ,service   
,test-,free ,reentry ,act of #bjbf4  #b4
 ,expedited rehiring of former career   
members ,section #cjh of the ,foreign   
,service ,act of #aihj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4   
#cidh7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new subsection3  7c7  7#a7
 ,with respect to any former career     
member of the ,service involuntarily    
separated or retired as part of a       
reduction in force or other expedited   
retirement process during the period    
beginning ,january #bj1 #bjbe1 and      

ending ,january #ca1 #bjcj1 who was     
serving in good standing as of the date 
of such separation or retirement1 the   
,secretary may reappoint such former    
career member without requiring any     
written or oral examination or other    
threshold qualification described in    
section #cja4  7#b7 ,for purposes of    
this subsection--  7,a7 the term serving
 in good standing1 with respect to an   
individual who was separated or retired1
 means that the individual did not      
receive any low rankings within the #e  
years prior to their separation or      
retirement date to the extent that such 
review with respect to such individual  
is clearly documented2 and  7,b7 the    
authority provided under paragraph 7#a7 
may not be exercised with respect to any
 former career service member that was  
not involuntarily separated or retired--
  7i7 during the period described in    
that paragraph2 and  7ii7 as part of a  
reduction in force or other expedited   
retirement process4  4