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HB6796: Intelligence Community Families Act

: Joaquin Castro (D-US) : May 25, 2026 Updated: Dec 14, 2023
Education
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  2. 2Passed One Chamber
  3. 3Passed Both Chambers
  4. 4Became Law

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Summary

To extend the provisions of the Foreign Service Families Act to the intelligence community, and for other purposes.

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This bill would extend benefits and protections from the Foreign Service Families Act to families of intelligence community workers. The Foreign Service Families Act provides certain supports to families of diplomats working abroad. Intelligence community employees work in agencies like the CIA and NSA doing classified national security work. The bill would give these workers' families similar workplace and education protections as diplomatic families receive. The bill is currently in the introduction stage and has not yet been assigned to a .

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