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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 27, 2020
Promotion Accessibility Act
This bill authorizes members of the Foreign Service or the Senior Foreign Service to submit a gap memo in advance of having their performance evaluated by a selection board, and it prohibits members of a selection board from considering such a submission as negative when evaluating a member's performance.
A gap memo is a written record indicating and explaining a gap in the record of a member that is due to personal circumstances, including for health, family, or other reasons.
People & committees
Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] · D–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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