H.Res. 219 — Recognizing the contributions of the Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, the William D. Clarke, Sr. Diplomatic Security Fellowship, and the Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program to advance America's national security, development, and diplomacy efforts.

This section recognizes the importance of efforts to recruit, hire, and retain employees from the broadest talent pool for United States foreign affairs agencies. It reaffirms that the Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program, Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, William D. Clarke Sr. Diplomatic Security Fellowship, and Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program are statutorily mandated programs enacted into law by Congress on a bipartisan basis to address issues of exclusion for women and racial and ethnic minority groups as well as economically disadvantaged and rural populations at the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development. The section underscores the importance of international affairs fellowships to United States national security and foreign policy and recognizes the substantial taxpayer investment in recruiting and training personnel for diplomatic and development agencies.