22 U.S.C. § 2736b — Leadership engagement and accountability

(a) Reward and recognize efforts to promote diversity and inclusion. (1) The Secretary must create performance and advancement requirements that reward and recognize senior officials’ and supervisors’ efforts to build an inclusive Department and develop talent consistently with merit-system principles. Examples include mentoring, sponsorship, recruitment events, and similar opportunities. (2) The Secretary must create regular opportunities for senior officials and supervisors to attend outreach events and discuss diversity and inclusion with the workforce, including employee resource groups. (b) External advisory committees and boards. Congress strongly encourages the Secretary to ensure that each external advisory committee or board whose members are appointed by senior Department officials is developed, reviewed, and carried out by qualified teams representing the organization’s diversity.