119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · May 21, 2026
Foreign Service Workforce Retention Act
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Latest action (May 21, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
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AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 17, 2026 · issue area: Foreign Relations
$90,000
Spent on own lobbying
…on Act; Pathways for Advancement, Transition, and Hiring (PATH) to the Foreign Service Act (H.R.8642/S.4466); Foreign Service Workforce Retention Act (H.R.8987/S.4642); H.R. 9087, To direct the Secretary of State to take actions with respect to certain foreign affairs matters; H.R. 9062, To increase the capacity and effectiv…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 19, 2026 · issue area: Foreign Relations
$120,000
Spent on own lobbying
…on Act; Pathways for Advancement, Transition, and Hiring (PATH) to the Foreign Service Act (H.R.8642/S.4466); Foreign Service Workforce Retention Act (H.R.8987/S.4642); H.R. 9087, To direct the Secretary of State to take actions with respect to certain foreign affairs matters; H.R. 9062, To increase the capacity and effectiv…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing