113 S980 IS: Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty Embassy Security and Personnel Protection Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-05-16
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1.Short title; table
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Chris Stevens, Sean Smith,
Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty Embassy Security and Personnel Protection Act of
2013
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table contents.
TITLE I—Funding authorization and transfer authority
Sec. 101. Capital Security Cost Sharing Program.
Sec. 102. Language training.
Sec. 103. Foreign Affairs Security Training Center.
Sec. 104. Transfer authority.
TITLE II—Contracting and other matters
Sec. 201. Local guard contracts abroad under diplomatic
security program.
Sec. 202. Exemptions from certain protest procedures for
non-compete contracting in exigent circumstances.
Sec. 203. Disciplinary action resulting from unsatisfactory
leadership in relation to a security incident.
Sec. 204. Security enhancements for soft targets.
Sec. 205. Death gratuity.
Sec. 206. Reemployment of annuitants.
Sec. 207. Special immigrant visas for families of foreign
national employees of United States Government missions abroad.
TITLE III—Expansion of the Marine Corps security guard detachment
program
Sec. 301. Marine Corps Security Guard Program.
TITLE IV—Reporting on the implementation of the accountability
review board recommendations
Sec. 401. Department of State implementation of the
recommendations provided by the Accountability Review Board convened after the
September 11–12, 2012, attacks on United States Government personnel in
Benghazi, Libya.
Sec. 402. Designation and reporting for high-risk, high-threat
posts.
<enum>I</enum><header>Funding
authorization and transfer authority</header>
<section id="ide9d2a97876fe472e9d4880f1a906eba1"><enum>101.</enum><header>Capital
Security Cost Sharing Program</header>
<subsection id="idac3726e233e447878ea444757e292fc7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2014 for the Department of State $1,383,000,000, to be available
until expended, for the purpose of restoring to its full capacity the Capital
Security Cost Sharing Program, authorized by section 604(e) of Secure Embassy
Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R.
3427, as enacted into law by section 1007(a)(7) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/113">Public Law 106–113</external-xref>; 113
Stat. 1501A–453; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4865">22 U.S.C. 4865</external-xref> note).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id5886bbbc0b22426f88496319b3d8e1bc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
congress on the capital security cost sharing program</header><text>It is the
sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="ide8a0e176eb3e47a9b10c259cc15fed95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Capital
Security Cost Sharing Program should prioritize the construction of new
facilities and the maintenance of existing facilities in high-risk, high-threat
areas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id974a68a477564031a5bf289c24f388b4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all United States
Government agencies should pay into the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program a
percentage of total costs determined by interagency agreements, in order to
restore the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program to its full capacity of
$2,200,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf0e44c21a5294bd5b1a623e7928887c9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restriction on
construction of office space</header><text>Section 604 (e)(2) of the Secure
Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A
of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1007(a)(7) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/113">Public Law 106–113</external-xref>;
113 Stat. 1501A–453; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4865">22 U.S.C. 4865</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the end the
following: <quote>A project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United
States may not include office space or other accommodations for an employee of
a Federal agency or department if the Secretary of State determines that such
department or agency has not provided to the Department of State the full
amount of funding required by paragraph (1), except that such project may
include office space or other accommodations for members of the United States
Marine Corps.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id93d846097fb3457082edea4d504b44cb"><enum>102.</enum><header>Language
training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Such sums as may be
necessary are authorized to be appropriated for the acquisition, operation, and
maintenance of instructional programs to upgrade foreign language capacity,
especially in critical need languages including Arabic, among United States
employees within the Department of State, including the Bureau of Diplomatic
Security.</text>
</section><section id="id5f033ee8e94e48d2bbbd97cdd272c8a8"><enum>103.</enum><header>Foreign
Affairs Security Training Center</header>
<subsection id="id88e336fdc0b04d94a797acd7f2978295"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Such sums as may be necessary are authorized to be
appropriated for the acquisition, construction, and operation of a Foreign
Affairs Security Training Center.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id10165484a58641b1a2485ffadf3286e3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
congress on the foreign affairs security training center</header><text>It is
the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="idf8ce69777b3c4b1aae51b31cbb310139"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Department of
State employees and their families deserve improved and consolidated programs
and facilities for high-threat training and risk management decision
processes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8997546e473b418dabd7509206c58f48"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improved and
consolidated high-threat training at a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center
(FASTC) at Fort Pickett, Virginia, is consistent with the Benghazi
Accountability Review Board recommendation number 17; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id36c0e335055d448e8b2918e902005716"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a FASTC should
take advantage of training synergies that already exist, like training with, or
in close proximity to, Fleet Antiterrorism Security Teams (FAST), special
operations forces, or other appropriate military and security assets.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7bd57e7bc5c3415aa3e8bfbd562b2a45"><enum>104.</enum><header>Transfer
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the
Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/295">22 U.S.C. 295</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id362bbca3cb9645f4a51767468e94fb0a" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id678a8059d8564d5ba8cb283ecc3a590f"><enum>(j)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id46081022A4C046548897E65AF7DA5D56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In addition to
exercising any other transfer authority available to the Secretary of State,
and subject to subsection (k), the Secretary may transfer to, and merge with,
any appropriation for embassy security, construction, and maintenance such
amounts appropriated for any other purpose related to the administration of
foreign affairs on or after October 1, 2013, as the Secretary determines are
necessary to provide for the security of sites and buildings in foreign
countries under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA47D56C1B719495586A6D2FB4ED0DF0C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDFE8BDB00D4A4745ABE0064124B2E264"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any funds transferred
under the authority provided in paragraph (1) shall be merged with funds in the
heading to which transferred, and shall, except as provided in subparagraph
(B), be available subject to the same terms and conditions as the funds with
which merged.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC11F7CAB386540F7B3B98B56C1F4FA4C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any funds transferred under paragraph
(1) shall be available for the same period for which such funds were originally
appropriated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCED8A84026E649AD8A3ED865A09869A2"><enum>(k)</enum><text>Not later than 15
days before any transfer of funds under subsection (j), the Secretary shall
notify the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and
the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Contracting and
other matters</header>
<section id="idc6bd164d15774bc09641bb45a4c19455"><enum>201.</enum><header>Local guard
contracts abroad under diplomatic security program</header>
<subsection id="idd9a580f5149a4a62b61b4a7d140bcfa2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 136(c)(3) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4864">22 U.S.C. 4864(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA06CF618F0CD41B283D5F4AE533D7040" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id98f47884086d4853a27728926d7489db"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in evaluating
proposals for such contracts, award contracts to technically acceptable firms
offering the lowest evaluated price, except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id809793b301e0490b96c966570d82c8b4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary may
award contracts on the basis of best value (as determined by a cost-technical
tradeoff analysis); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77af13c3f0394568908030ae1212ebf9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>proposals
received from United States persons and qualified United States joint venture
persons shall be evaluated by reducing the bid price by 10
percent;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id1ff1c6387a6f4e0c9d6cbef98ea36dcd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that
includes—</text>
<paragraph id="id1606e29e4f714cec9a4375b8051c87b0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an explanation of
the implementation of paragraph (3) of section 136(c) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, as amended by subsection (a);
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0c321331773f46a2a4456f8dba937dff"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for each instance
in which an award is made pursuant to subparagraph (A) of such paragraph, as so
amended, a written justification and approval, providing the basis for such
award and an explanation of the inability to satisfy the needs of the
Department of State by technically acceptable, lowest price evaluation
award.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id72542bf1760b46dc8752a68fda08fdc0"><enum>202.</enum><header>Exemptions
from certain protest procedures for non-compete contracting in exigent
circumstances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A determination
by the Department of State to use a procurement competition exemption under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/3304">section 3304</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code, in order to meet emergency
security requirements shall not be subject to challenge by protest under either
sections 3551 through 3557 of title 31, United States Code, or section 1491 of
title 28, United States Code.</text>
</section><section id="idc101a689850d47e0a406bfb841c40dfc"><enum>203.</enum><header>Disciplinary
action resulting from unsatisfactory leadership in relation to a security
incident</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 304(c) of the
Diplomatic Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4834">22 U.S.C. 4834(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id365CEC05C11B4E3CA2C09984949226DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively,
and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFFAE5CD9FEAD4534ABC2341BCAD27CD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">recommendations</header-in-text>.—Whenever</quote> and inserting
the following: <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">“Recommendations</header-in-text>.—</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B2F8AF4A39040659EACCCB5600F0515" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idB8A19E51D3DF404783B2D3112FA335B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Whenever</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5D16B80BE783409A88B05173D13DBBA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting at
the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaae99cb45cab462f8a71c1f5f577a21b" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id73cecde9d723467781921870d0f62ec0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain
security incidents</header><text>Unsatisfactory leadership by a senior official
with respect to a security incident involving loss of life, serious injury, or
significant destruction of property at or related to a United States Government
mission abroad may be grounds for disciplinary action. If a Board finds
reasonable cause to believe that a senior official provided such unsatisfactory
leadership, the Board may recommend disciplinary action subject to the
procedures in paragraph
(1).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="id667f9afcda1d49c197c702b2262cfa96"><enum>204.</enum><header>Security
enhancements for soft targets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 29 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2701">22 U.S.C. 2701</external-xref>) is amended in the third sentence by
inserting <quote>physical security enhancements and</quote> after <quote>Such
assistance may include</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="idb9d639c754594e19a2781d4849c7f79f"><enum>205.</enum><header>Death
gratuity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 413(a) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3973">22 U.S.C. 3973(a)</external-xref>), is amended in the first
sentence by striking <quote>at the time of death</quote> and inserting
<quote>at level II of the Executive Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5313">section 5313</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, at the time of death, except that for employees compensated
under local compensation plans established under section 408 the amount shall
be equal to the greater of either one year’s salary at the time of death, or
one year’s basic salary at the highest step of the highest grade on the Local
Compensation Plan from which the employee was being paid at the time of
death</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id3c64905cc329417bbc31efb3b9a177e6"><enum>206.</enum><header>Reemployment
of annuitants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 824(g)
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4064">22 U.S.C. 4064(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5d67f47751ff4ac4b536c81b1efeee0a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B), by striking <quote>to facilitate the</quote> and all that follows
through <quote>Afghanistan,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id58abdcce71ec4964a5e29ae9c6faaf67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id26b84457c01149deb35a8858609ebcf5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id3eaf3e94753644ba8be018bb666e55eb"><enum>207.</enum><header>Special
immigrant visas for families of foreign national employees of United States
Government missions abroad</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a)(27)(D) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before
<quote>: <italic>Provided</italic></quote> the following: <quote>, except that
the spouse and children may also qualify if such employee is killed in the line
of duty and had performed faithful service for a minimum of 15 years, and the
relevant recommendation referenced in the following proviso is made with
respect to each such individual</quote>.</text>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>Expansion of
the Marine Corps security guard detachment program</header>
<section id="idf2221c3262dd41bc8142fd361130581b"><enum>301.</enum><header>Marine Corps
Security Guard Program</header>
<subsection id="id5e92f557e2914e67aa88d697e30ad1cc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Pursuant to the responsibility of the Secretary of State
for diplomatic security under section 103 of the Diplomatic Security Act (22
U.S.C. 4802), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id97dfed930e5e4d6898143409263f2948"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop and
implement a plan to incorporate the additional Marine Corps Security Guard
personnel authorized pursuant to section 404 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/239">Public Law 112–239</external-xref>; 10 U.S.C. 5983
note) at United States embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic facilities;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idde99bc4b6a6e4e258e91ce950e3e8987"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct an annual
review of the Marine Corps Security Guard Program, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ida9c629e1508c4fa38987b0e10ebc47ad"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an evaluation of
whether the size and composition of the Marine Corps Security Guard Program is
adequate to meet global diplomatic security requirements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id82cb8a30b1d74bd0919d219407c5cac9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of
whether the Marine Corps security guards are appropriately deployed among
diplomatic posts to respond to evolving security developments and potential
threats to United States interests abroad; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38b8771e06e04a37ac859c4bbd146ded"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of
the mission objectives of the Marine Corps Security Guard Program and the
procedural rules of engagement to protect diplomatic personnel under the
Program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfb8abc6c94f44d2893205d2b0c7cc474"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting
requirement</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for three years, the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall provide to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives an unclassified report, with a
classified annex as necessary, that addresses the requirements set forth in
subsection (a)(2).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Reporting on the
implementation of the accountability review board recommendations</header>
<section id="id2a8a1e9407c344cf8d9f0a5c932c1fbe"><enum>401.</enum><header>Department of
State implementation of the recommendations provided by the Accountability
Review Board convened after the September 11–12, 2012, attacks on United States
Government personnel in Benghazi, Libya</header>
<subsection id="id5126cb642ca84548a674d9463e260f7a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report
required</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives an unclassified report, with a classified annex, on the
implementation by the Department of State of the recommendations of the
Accountability Review Board convened pursuant to title III of the Omnibus
Diplomatic and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4831">22 U.S.C. 4831</external-xref>) to examine the facts
and circumstances surrounding the September 11–12, 2012, killings of four
United States Government personnel in Benghazi, Libya.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb32de5de69ea499cb77cbab3ddc24149"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
report required under subsection (a) shall include the following
elements:</text>
<paragraph id="idc498359a3d5c4048a02a77aaffb4bd6b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An assessment of
the overall state of the Department of State’s diplomatic security to respond
to the evolving global threat environment, and the broader steps the Department
of State is taking to improve the security of United States diplomatic
personnel in the aftermath of the Accountability Review Board Report.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idcdb9b04918b64aa083250d22d14732c2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of
the specific steps taken by the Department of State to address each of the 29
recommendations contained in the Accountability Review Board Report,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id418c554b28da48f1be84e818ec534a8c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of
whether implementation of each recommendation is <quote>complete</quote> or is
still <quote>in progress</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf57b6e84bd6140739f7f13837fe1869b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the Secretary
of State determines not to fully implement any of the 29 recommendations in the
Accountability Review Board Report, a thorough explanation as to why such a
decision was made.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id82a11c486f704362aae69120d243a933"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An enumeration
and assessment of any significant challenges that have slowed or interfered
with the Department of State’s implementation of the Accountability Review
Board recommendations, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7b9d6f06b2e6471da99d25df3d6d9ec5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a lack of funding
or resources made available to the Department of State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11861bca0d9c427e8d3b0656503c93b5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>restrictions
imposed by current law that in the Secretary of State’s judgment should be
amended; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9dfa4dca241543c4a04a935c7ac64fd3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>difficulties
caused by a lack of coordination between the Department of State and other
United States Government agencies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id041a5a1273e349baa72ab678ef71e882"><enum>402.</enum><header>Designation
and reporting for high-risk, high-threat posts</header>
<subsection id="id1672f62e13384a1da0675816c5097340"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report
required</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives a classified report, with an
unclassified summary, evaluating Department of State overseas posts that the
Secretary of State determines to be <quote>high risk, high threat</quote> in
accordance with subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id2765b030926c4ac5bae0df29f4d7c3ff"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>For
each post determined to be <quote>high risk, high threat</quote> pursuant to
subsection (a), the report submitted under such subsection shall also
include—</text>
<paragraph id="idd3af25f749aa47ed833d4c8ac5228f00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of
the overall threat level to United States personnel under chief of mission
authority;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida5a5d4d489c845f4acaa104bd2deb1be"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of
diplomatic security personnel, Marine Corps security guards, and other
Department of State personnel dedicated to providing security for United States
personnel, information, and facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ide3becc2c73ab4dcabb7e35cd19eb4c21"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of
host nation willingness and capability to provide protection in the event of a
security threat or incident, pursuant to the obligations of the United States
under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna, April 24,
1963, and the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, done at Vienna,
April 18, 1961;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4712a604b2914f78ab958cf16f972aa5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an enumeration of
the assignment duration and length of government experience for each of the
United States senior security personnel assigned;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1be9b02e8c554439a8418db6298ef492"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the number of
Foreign Service Officers who have received Foreign Affairs Counter Threat
training;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id248d1be9537d4eb8b2790e97861f95d3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a summary of the
requests made during the previous calendar year for additional resources,
equipment, or personnel related to the security of the post and the status of
such requests;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id972fbed88dbe42da84886575dd116085"><enum>(7)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the quality of surveillance cameras;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida64e2f0140354571bbd2490327e2eb5c"><enum>(8)</enum><text>an assessment of
the ability of United States personnel to respond to and survive a fire attack,
including:</text>
<subparagraph id="ida1efde0804504fde8f7c8ad4e47324dc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether the post
has adequate fire safety and security equipment for safehavens and safe areas;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd1a9e30a49854a2ca54cccc0274930c8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether United
States Government employees and their dependents have been adequately trained
on the equipment available;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id18aadd5d963c4e138703bf643c217262"><enum>(9)</enum><text>for each new post
that is opened, a detailed description of the steps taken to provide security
for the new post, including whether a dedicated support cell was established in
the Department of State to ensure proper and timely resourcing of security;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5b46e116ec0e4b3fb55c8096d4ce33f3"><enum>(10)</enum><text>a listing of any
<quote>high-risk, high-threat</quote> posts where the Department of State and
other government agencies’ facilities are not collocated including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id663e5007d91041aa983c2eabc631f038"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a rationale for
the lack of collocation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf7cc33c48b494aea9abf3ed46fa2ce8e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of
what steps, if any, are being taken to mitigate potential security
vulnerabilities associated with the lack of collocation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7456e92dba474c9baaca2b849618f264"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determination
of high-Risk, high-Threat post</header><text>In determining <quote>high-risk,
high-threat posts</quote> under this section, the Secretary shall take into
account with respect to each country those posts featuring—</text>
<paragraph id="id46254dfa205945079c29d877852a5c43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>high to critical
levels of political violence or terrorism;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0b6f63e7b64b454c91c90cd6c8cccddc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>governments with
inadequate capacity or political will to provide appropriate protection;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5b402953697d48808c7c5b61fbb5c270"><enum>(3)</enum><text>mission physical
security platforms that fall well below the Department of State’s established
standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>