; 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. 6230. Supporting tandem couples 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 couples posted together and consider family member employment needs when assigning tandem officers; and (4) common sense steps providing more flexibility in the assignments process would improve outcomes for tandem officers without disadvantaging other Foreign Service officers. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Family togetherness The term family togetherness means facilitating the placement of Foreign Service personnel at the same United States diplomatic post when both spouses are members of a tandem couple of Foreign Service personnel. (2) Tandem foreign service personnel