1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Represent America Abroad Act of 2023 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) 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 and in order to effectively advance American values on the world stage should represent the United States commitment to inclusion and diversity. (3) The Department of State and USAID must embrace policies that recruit professionals from the broadest possible pool of talent and retain them in order to have a Foreign Service that is the most effective and truly reflects the diversity of the United States. (4) February and June 2020 reports by the Government Accountability Office found barriers to a diverse and inclusive workforce within the ranks of the Foreign Service, especially at the mid-career and senior levels. Individuals who are racial or ethnic minorities comprise only 24 percent at the Department of State and 27 percent at USAID. At the executive level, individuals who are racial or ethnic minorities comprise only 13 percent at the Department of State and 17 percent at USAID. This means that the leadership is the least diverse level within the Foreign Service. (5) In the past, Secretaries of State have acknowledged the 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 concrete plan to address the lack of diversity at the mid-career and senior levels. (6) USAID has