; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) in subsection (m) by striking the period at the end and by inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (n) pay expenses to provide internet services in residences owned or leased by the United States Government in foreign countries for the use of Department personnel where Department personnel receive a post hardship differential equivalent to 30 percent or more above basic compensation. . 6226. Competitive local compensation plan (a) Establishment and implementation of prevailing wage rates goal Section 401(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, fiscal year 2017 ( 22 U.S.C. 3968a(a) ) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking periodically and inserting every 3 years . (b) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this division, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that includes— (1) compensation (including position classification) plans for locally employed staff based upon prevailing wage rates and compensation practices for corresponding types of positions in the locality of employment; and (2) an assessment of the feasibility and impact of changing the prevailing wage rate goal for positions in the local compensation plan from the 50th percentile to the 75th percentile. 6227. Supporting tandem spouses in the Foreign Service (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) challenges finding and maintaining spousal employment and family dissatisfaction are one of the leading reasons employees cite for leaving the Department; (2) tandem Foreign Service personnel represent important members of the Foreign Service community, who act as force multipliers for our diplomacy; (3) the Department can and should do more to keep tandem spouses posted together and consider family member employment needs when assigning tandem officers