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 104 STAT. 38 PUBLIC LAW 101-246—FEB. 16, 1990 "(1) the former employee retired from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability System on a date before his employ- ing agency could legally participate in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System; and "(2) the marriage included at least five years during which the employee was assigned overseas.". SEC. 147. CHILD CARE FACILITIES AT CERTAIN POSTS ABROAD. Section 31 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 22 USC 2703. (22 U.S.C. 2684) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) For the fiscal years 1990 and 1991, the Secretary of State may make grants to child care facilities, to offset in part the cost of such care, in Moscow and at no more than five other posts abroad where the Secretary determines that due to extraordinary circumstances such facilities are necessary to the efficient operation of the post. In making that determination, the Secretary shall take into account factors such as— "(1) whether Foreign Service spouses are encouraged to work at the post because— "(A) the number of members of the post is subject to a ceiling imposed by the receiving country; and "(B) Foreign Service nationals are not employed at the post; and "(2) whether local child care is available.". SEC. 148. TRAVEL, LEAVE, AND OTHER BENEFITS. Section 901(9) of chapter 9 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(9)) is amended to read as follows: "(9) roundtrip travel to or from an employee's post of assignment for purposes of family visitation in emergency situations involving personal hardship, except that payment for travel by family members to an employee's post of assignment may be authorized under this paragraph only where the family of the member is prevented by official order from residing at such post. ". Education. SEC. 149. FOREIGN SERVICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. Schools and (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress makes the following findings: colleges. (1) On September 3, 1986, George Shultz, as Secretary of State, issued a statement containing 32 directives concerning equal opportunity in the Foreign Service. In his statement Secretary Shultz affirmed that it was of "fundamental importance that the Foreign Service truly represent the cultural and ethnic diversity of our own society", and indicated that the lack of such balanced representation was "a foreign policy problem which affects our image as a nation and as a leader of the free world". Secretary Shultz stated "that representation of women and minorities in the Foreign Service is still unacceptably low" and declared that he was "particularly concerned at the small number of Blacks in the Senior Foreign Service". (2) The Secretary approved 32 recommendations included with the statement regarding recruitment, assignments, performance evaluations, and equal employment opportunity procedures within the Foreign Service. The recommendations of Secretary of State Shultz included—

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