; (2) hiring of Foreign Service Officers (FSO) and Foreign Service Specialists (FSS) must continue, while taking all necessary steps to ensure personnel safety, at the same pace as determined prior to the COVID–19 pandemic; and (3) in-processing of classes of FSOs, FSSs, and Department fellows must resume immediately, remotely as necessary, with the goal of achieving 2020 hiring targets and exceeding those targets as authorized under sections 7062 and 7063(d)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of Public Law 116–94 ). (b) Delayed Foreign Service classes The Secretary of State shall make immediate efforts to ensure individuals scheduled to enter the Foreign Service who have been affected by delays of the swearing-in and onboarding process during the COVID–19 pandemic are given the full opportunity to join the Foreign Service. (c) Report Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to Congress how the Department of State will, remotely as necessary, onboard FSO and FSS classes that were postponed indefinitely during the COVID–19 pandemic after many were already issued orders and inbound to Washington, DC, or their training locations. (d) Extension of hiring registry time limits To ensure a robust Foreign Service Officer and Foreign Service Specialist staffing pipeline during the pandemic and more generally, the Secretary of State shall immediately extend hiring registry time limits by the entirety of the declared COVID–19 pandemic period.