HR 9086 United States House · 119th Congress

Foreign Service Modernization Act

The Foreign Service Modernization Act aims to reform the U.S. diplomatic workforce by updating recruitment, training, and management policies. It requires the State Department to recruit more broadly from community colleges and technical schools, establish a new Veterans and Foreign Service Pathway Program, and create a pilot Diplomatic Reserve Corps to handle crises. The bill also mandates comprehensive training on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, and crisis leadership, while strengthening protections for officers pursuing external education and clarifying rules for promotions and assignments.

Issues: ✓ Technology ✓ Veterans

Sub-Topics: Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity National Guard & Reserve

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2026

Committee Review

Sep 2026

House Passage

Sep 2026

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Jun 2, 2026 Last action Sep 17, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 2 edits · Sep 16, 2026

MINOR

The Engrossed version of HR 9086 (Foreign Service Modernization Act) is nearly identical to the Introduced version, with the vast majority of changes being formatting and line-break adjustments. The one substantive change is the removal of the 'Tax residency for Foreign Service Officers' provision from Title VII, with the remaining sections renumbered accordingly (former Sec. 702 becomes Sec. 701, former Sec. 703 becomes Sec. 702).

SCOPE

The 'Tax residency for Foreign Service Officers' provision (formerly Section 701 of Title VII) was removed from the bill. The remaining Title VII sections were renumbered: 'Internships for part-time students' moved from Sec. 702 to Sec. 701, and 'Diplomatic Reserve Corps Pilot Program' moved from Sec. 703 to Sec. 702.

TECHNICAL

Extensive formatting changes throughout the bill including addition of blank lines before section headers, reformatting of list items (moving some from separate lines to inline), and normalization of spacing around section numbers and subsection designations. No policy content was altered by these changes.

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This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Amendments

Sep 17, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

upper

Sep 16, 2026

Introduced

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

lower

Sep 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

lower

Sep 16, 2026

Introduced

Mr. Lawler moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Jun 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Jun 2, 2026

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors