The Secretary shall establish a right and process for employees to appeal any assignment restriction or preclusion.
Upon full implementation of a right and process for employees to appeal an assignment restriction or preclusion under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committee [1] a report that—
(1) certifies that such process has been fully implemented;
(2) includes a detailed description of such process; and
(3) details the number and nature of assignment restrictions and preclusions for the previous 3 years.
The Secretary shall—
(1) publish in the Foreign Affairs Manual information relating to the right and process established pursuant to subsection (a); and
(2) include a reference to such publication in the report required under subsection (b).
(Pub. L. 114–323, title IV, § 414, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1932.)