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 PUBLIC LAW 107-228—SEPT. 30, 2002 116 STAT. 1385 22 USC 4046 note. 22 USC 4045 note. "7.55 After January 11, 2003.". (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— (1) COMPUTATION OF ANNUITIES.— The amendments made by subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) shall apply to service performed on or after the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS AND INDIVIDUAL DEDUC- TIONS AND WITHHOLDINGS. —The amendments made by subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) shall take effect with the first pay period beginning on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 323. PLAN FOR IMPROVING RECRUITMENT OF VETERANS INTO THE FOREIGN SERVICE. (a) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 180 days after the date of Deadline, enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing a plan for the Department to improve the recruitment of veterans for the career Foreign Service. The plan shall— (1) address personnel issues relevant to such recruitment efforts; and (2) include proposals for improving coordination between the Department and the Departments of Defense, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs in promoting the recruitment of veterans to the career Foreign Service. (b) DEFINITION.— In this section, the term "veterans" has the meaning given that term in section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code. SEC. 324. REPORT CONCERNING MINORITY EMPLOYMENT. On April 1, 2003, and April 1, 2004, the Secretary shall submit a comprehensive report to Congress, with respect to the preceding calendar year, concerning the employment of members of minority groups at the Department, including the Civil Service and the Foreign Service. The report shall include the following data (reported in terms of real numbers and percentages and not as ratios): (1) For the last preceding Foreign Service examination and promotion cycles for which such information is available— (A) the numbers and percentages of members of all minority groups taking the written Foreign Service examination; (B) the numbers and percentages of members of all minority groups successfully completing and passing the written Foreign Service examination; (C) the numbers and percentages of members of all minority groups successfully completing and passing the oral Foreign Service examination; (D) the numbers and percentages of members of all minority groups entering the junior officer class of the Foreign Service; (E) the numbers and percentages of members of all minority groups who are Foreign Service officers at each grade; and 22 USC 2651a note.

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