; and (B) submit to the Secretary a slate of applicants to participate in the Program, who shall consist of at least— (i) 10 Foreign Service Officers and specialists classified at the FS-03 or FS-04 level of the Foreign Service Salary Schedule; (ii) 10 Civil Service employees classified at GS-12 or GS-13 of the General Schedule; and (iii) 5 Foreign Service Officers from the United States Agency for International Development. (3) Final selection The Secretary shall select the applicants who will be invited to participate in the Program from the slate received pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) and extend such an invitation to each selected applicant. (c) Program sessions (1) Frequency; duration All of the participants who accept invitations extended pursuant to subsection (b)(3) shall meet 3 to 4 times per year for training sessions with high-level leaders of the Department and USAID, including private group meetings with the Secretary and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. (2) Themes Each session referred to in paragraph (1) shall focus on specific themes developed jointly by the Foreign Service Institute and the Executive Secretariat focused on substantive policy issues and leadership practices. (d) Mentoring program The Secretary and the Administrator each shall establish a mentoring and coaching program that pairs a senior leader of the Department or USAID with each of the program participants who complete the Program during the 1-year period immediately following their participation in the Program. (e) Annual report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for three years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the activities of the Program during the most recent year. 206. Consideration of career civil servants as chiefs of missions Section 304(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3944 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3)