1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Represent America Abroad Act of 2020 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, the Department of State must continue to invest in policies to recruit, retain, and develop the best and brightest from the full spectrum of American society in order to be better positioned to advance United States interests abroad. (2) Foreign Service officers are America’s face to the world. Thus, the workforce must represent the United States commitment to inclusion and diversity in order to effectively advance American values on the world stage. (3) The Department of State must embrace policies that recruit professionals from the broadest possible pool of talent and retain them in order to significantly increase diversity in the Foreign Service. Timely action to increase diversity at the mid-levels is crucial, as it takes approximately nine years for an entry level Foreign Service officer (class 6, 5, 4) to rise to the mid-ranks of the Foreign Service (class 3, 2, or 1). (4) A February 2020 report by the Government Accountability Office found barriers to a diverse and inclusive workforce at the Department of State, especially at the mid-career and senior levels. Individuals who are racial or ethnic minorities comprise only 24 percent of Foreign Service officers as a whole. At the executive level, individuals who are racial or ethnic minorities comprise only 13 percent. This means that the leadership is the least diverse level within the Foreign Service. (5) In the past, the Department of State has acknowledged its lack of workforce diversity and pledged to take concrete steps to address the problem. In 2017, then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson recognized a great diversity gap in the Department of State and former Secretary of State John Kerry noted that in order to represent the United States, the Department of State must have a workforce that reflects the rich composition of its citizenry. Yet there has been no