114 S1635 : Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016
U.S. Senate
2016-05-19
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—Department of State authorities and activities
Subtitle A—Basic Authorities and Activities
Sec. 101. American spaces review.
Sec. 102. Identifying bilateral investment treaty opportunities.
Sec. 103. Reinstatement of Hong Kong report.
Sec. 104. Interagency hostage recovery coordinator.
Sec. 105. United States-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue review.
Sec. 106. Report on human rights violations in Burma.
Sec. 107. Combating anti-semitism.
Sec. 108. Biotechnology grants.
Sec. 109. Definition of use
in passport and visa offenses.
Sec. 110. Science and technology fellowships.
Sec. 111. Name changes.
Sec. 112. Anti-piracy information sharing.
Sec. 113. Report reform.
Sec. 114. Sense of Congress on the United States alliance with Japan.
Sec. 115. Sense of Congress on the defense relationship between the United States and the Republic of India.
Sec. 116. Sense of Congress on the United States alliance with the Republic of Korea.
Sec. 117. Sense of Congress on the relationship between the United States and Taiwan.
Sec. 118. Report on political freedom in Venezuela.
Sec. 119. Strategy for the Middle East in the event of a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran.
Sec. 120. Department of State international cyberspace policy strategy.
Sec. 121. Waiver of fees for renewal of immigrant visa for adopted child in certain situations.
Sec. 122. Sense of Congress on anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority.
Sec. 123. Support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and inviolability of post-Soviet countries in light of Russian aggression and interference.
Sec. 124. Russian propaganda report.
Sec. 125. Approval of export licences and letters of request to assist the Government of Ukraine.
Subtitle B—Additional matters
Sec. 131. Atrocities prevention board.
Sec. 132. United States engagement in the Indo-Pacific.
Sec. 133. Joint action plan to combat prejudice and discrimination and to foster inclusion.
Sec. 134. Report on developing country debt sustainability.
Sec. 135. United States strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally.
Sec. 136. International corruption and accountability.
Sec. 137. Quadrennial diplomacy and development review.
Sec. 138. Disappeared persons in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Sec. 139. Report on implementation by the Government of Bahrain of recommendations from the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry.
Sec. 140. Report on United States humanitarian assistance to Haiti and whether recent elections in Haiti meet international election standards.
Sec. 141. Sense of Congress with respect to the imposition of additional sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
TITLE II—Organization and personnel of the Department of State
Subtitle A—Organizational matters
Sec. 201. Rightsizing accountability.
Sec. 202. Integration of foreign economic policy.
Sec. 203. Review of Bureau of African Affairs and Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs jurisdictions.
Sec. 204. Special envoys, representatives, advisors, and coordinators.
Sec. 205. Conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution, and the inclusion and participation of women.
Sec. 206. Information technology system security.
Sec. 207. Analysis of embassy cost sharing.
Sec. 208. Parent advisory committee to the Interagency Working Group to Prevent International Parental Child Abduction.
Sec. 209. Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy.
Sec. 210. Enhanced institutional capacity of the Bureau of African Affairs.
Subtitle B—Personnel matters
Sec. 211. Review of Foreign Service Officer compensation.
Sec. 212. Repeal of recertification requirement for senior Foreign Service.
Sec. 213. Compensatory time off for travel.
Sec. 214. Certificates of demonstrated competence.
Sec. 215. Foreign Service assignment restrictions.
Sec. 216. Security clearance suspensions.
Sec. 217. Economic statecraft education and training.
Sec. 218. Report on diversity recruitment, employment, retention, and promotion.
Sec. 219. Expansion of the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program, and the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program.
Sec. 220. Retention of mid- and senior-level professionals from underrepresented groups.
Sec. 221. Review of jurisdictional responsibilities of the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
Sec. 222. Congressional notification of countries compliance with minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.
Sec. 223. International religious freedom training program.
TITLE III—International organizations
Subtitle A—United States contributions to international organizations
Sec. 301. Reports concerning the United Nations.
Sec. 302. Annual report on financial contributions to international organizations.
Sec. 303. Report on peacekeeping arrears, credits, and contributions.
Sec. 304. Assessment rate transparency.
Subtitle B—Accountability at international organizations
Sec. 311. Preventing abuse in peacekeeping.
Sec. 312. Inclusion of peacekeeping abuses in country report on human rights practices.
Sec. 313. Evaluation of United Nations peacekeeping missions.
Subtitle C—Personnel matters
Sec. 321. Encouraging employment of United States citizens at the United Nations.
Sec. 322. Ensuring appropriate United Nations personnel salaries.
TITLE IV—Consular authorities
Sec. 401. Visa ineligibility for international child abductors.
Sec. 402. Presumption of immigrant intent for H and L visa classifications.
Sec. 403. Visa information sharing.
TITLE V—Embassy Security
Subtitle A—Allocation of authorized security appropriations.
Sec. 501. Worldwide security protection.
Sec. 502. Embassy security, construction and maintenance.
Subtitle B—Contracting and other matters.
Sec. 511. Local guard contracts abroad under diplomatic security program.
Sec. 512. Disciplinary action resulting from unsatisfactory leadership in relation to a security incident.
Sec. 513. Management and staff accountability.
Sec. 514. Security enhancements for soft targets.
Subtitle C—Marine Corps Security Guard Program
Sec. 521. Additional reports on expansion and enhancement of Marine Corps Security Guard Program.
Subtitle D—Defending high threat, high risk posts
Sec. 531. Designation and reporting for high threat, high risk posts.
Sec. 532. Designation and reporting for high-risk counterintelligence threat posts.
Sec. 533. Enhanced qualifications for Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for high threat, high risk posts.
Sec. 534. Security environment threat list briefings.
Sec. 535. Comptroller General of the United States report on implementation of Benghazi Accountability Review Board recommendations.
Sec. 536. Foreign Affairs Security Training Center.
Sec. 537. Language training.
Subtitle E—Accountability review boards
Sec. 541. Provision of copies of accountability review board reports to Congress.
Sec. 542. Staffing.
TITLE VI—Management and accountability
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Competitive hiring status for former employees of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.
Sec. 603. Assurance of independence of IT systems.
Sec. 604. Protecting the integrity of internal investigations.
Sec. 605. Report on Inspector General inspection and auditing of Foreign Service posts and bureaus and operating units Department of State.
2.In this Act: (1)Appropriate congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional committees means—
(A)the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (B)the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(C)the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (D)the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2)The term Department means the Department of State. (3)The term peacekeeping credits means the amounts by which United States assessed peacekeeping contributions exceed actual expenditures, apportioned to the United States, of peacekeeping operations by the United Nations during a United Nations peacekeeping fiscal year.
(4)The term Secretary means the Secretary of State. <enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of State authorities and activities</header> <subtitle commented="no" id="idBBE5E8FB70074909AEBBE6E61E283B7D" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Basic Authorities and Activities</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9817e53721674f30ac43815e7db89dea" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">American spaces review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id290DA7BE83234A06A9BBB177E73C9A59"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the full costs incurred by the Department to provide American Spaces, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80B912E91D534F89A32F05014567AB42"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">American Centers, American Corners, Binational Centers, Information Resource Centers, and Science Centers; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE16C6410B0942E49ACCE054322F73ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total costs of all associated—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id591028076868446194f0737abe8697b7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">employee salaries, including foreign service, American civilian, and locally employed staff;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94f77ef43e4e4cb49f964bf5c78f7e97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">programming expenses;</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1ee79d468b442939451059991f1bf77"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operating expenses;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d4b23ae3d9e41b3b9128cfa608faf92"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contracting expenses; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd876c44faa084551980256980670bce8"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">security expenses;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF34D8404AA514105A22865FDA80D0CDD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a breakdown of the total costs described in paragraph (1) by each space and type of space;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34d3452ab28f433cbcafc29cfee0f9b7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total fees collected for entry to, or the use of, American Spaces and related resources, including a breakdown by the type of fee for each space and type of space; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida614cc60bf3444cb9d37990b9a9e3841"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total usage rates, including by type of service, for each space and type of space.</text> </paragraph></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c0ba7d9b5b942348d90c4da405bdc88" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identifying bilateral investment treaty opportunities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes a detailed description of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id106c6e55fb224041a6df280d590cf06b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status of all ongoing investment treaty negotiations, including a strategy and timetable for concluding each such negotiation;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb081ca735706493fabe252512e88ea69"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a strategy to expand the investment treaty agenda, including through—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d2716307578480e86c156827090f23a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">launching new investment treaty negotiations with foreign partners that are currently capable of entering into such negotiations; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36e19526224e4f1899b60fd11fc585e5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">building the capacity of foreign partners to enter into such negotiations, including by encouraging the adoption of best practices with respect to investment; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id332378e63a184ffb9a80ffabdffd5748"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of any resources that will be needed, including anticipated staffing levels—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc28e1733efce422ea217d1ed7266bd09"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conclude all ongoing negotiations described in paragraph (1);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id051cb2da31394694be70d7d342ea0421"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to launch new investment treaty negotiations, as described in paragraph (2)(A); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5c3dd8eaf0f42baaac56f6b929e7850"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to build the capacity of foreign partners, as described in paragraph (2)(B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae4ada0b9664492781fa6d6fcf8037b4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reinstatement of Hong Kong report</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a61519fe43e44fa8f66d21fd565e141"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 2020, the Secretary shall submit the report required under section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/5731">22 U.S.C. 5731</external-xref>) to the appropriate congressional committees.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7bda8ed46e2344f1a08ddd18fc19beb6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public disclosure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report submitted under subsection (a) should be unclassified and made publicly available, including through the Department’s public website.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65bc5f52932b4666afaf05c8d904fd72"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of Hong Kong under United States law</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06cb3af9433d4f6aa2a831c2a9fe676e"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary of state certification requirement</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab441a9fddbb490d8f5f75021525670e"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall certify to Congress whether Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is sufficiently autonomous to justify different treatment for its citizens from the treatment accorded to other citizens of the People’s Republic of China in any new laws, agreements, treaties, or arrangements entered into between the United States and Hong Kong after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id019612684b0744deb4c0df4ca28072d8"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Factor for consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making a certification under subparagraph (A), the Secretary should consider the terms, obligations, and expectations expressed in the Joint Declaration with respect to Hong Kong.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadd6244b1eae42f897d4a1e0f23de248"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A certification shall not be required under this subsection with respect to any new laws, agreements, treaties, or arrangements that support human rights, rule of law, or democracy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e5c57119b3f49abac0636233bf320ab"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive the application of paragraph (1) if the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id548D756F08E947B79CD2D3D85DA215AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determines that such a waiver is in the national interests of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide791d95dcfab49c0876da2285c3589b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on or before the date on which such waiver would take effect, submits a notice of, and justification for, the waiver to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DDA0FA3CA4346BCA3C01E2B3EC07698" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interagency hostage recovery coordinator</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6258c477268248eaaaf489969ba5dcb8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e808d61966d43f2a83c0056f0c17eda"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure the release of United States persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of terrorism. For purposes of carrying out the duties described in paragraph (2), such officer shall have the title of <quote>Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbefaf6929efe45c08925b3be71314317"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Coordinator shall have the following duties:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id236a2f0a2e0f42b1872ee61f1833ddb7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordinate and direct all activities of the Federal Government relating to each hostage situation described in paragraph (1) to ensure efforts to secure the release of all hostages in the hostage situation are properly resourced and correct lines of authority are established and maintained.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ac30d3e01984d54b9bf446028cad648"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establish and direct a fusion cell consisting of appropriate personnel of the Federal Government with purview over each hostage situation described in paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2208e0180d6c43c785819103786c9487"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Develop a strategy to keep family members of hostages described in paragraph (1) informed of the status of such hostages and inform such family members of updates, procedures, and policies that do not compromise the national security of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf27e9e91167c477babeae2269cc40fee"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority of the Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator shall be limited to hostage cases outside the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca7283108176466bba65e482a0344f73"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quarterly report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6ad71c8c6684dff9e1a51546c1e9ee9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On a quarterly basis, the Coordinator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the members of Congress described in paragraph (2) a report that includes a summary of each hostage situation described in sub-section (a)(1) and efforts to secure the release of all hostages in such hostage situation.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5bdacc2a55604d29953673515a544614"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of congress described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The members of Congress described in this subparagraph are, with respect to a United States person hostage covered by a report under paragraph (1), the Senators representing the State, and the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the House of Representatives representing the district, where a hostage described in subjection (a)(1) resides.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5da19bb916cf453d87b337e8002bb34e"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report under this subsection may be submitted in classified or unclassified form.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33baec46b8184084880646c2f55d471e"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing the Federal Government to negotiate with a state sponsor of terrorism or an organization that the Secretary has designated as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1189">8 U.S.C. 1189</external-xref>) or any other hostage-takers.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideba16bdec3d04e0e94cea97e4ff1b88d"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb26d5d3e93544709eb4fa6b532e1407"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hostile group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>hostile group</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46370a1d3aa5421f95b3c712bd2a5060"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a group that is designated as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1189">8 U.S.C. 1189(a)</external-xref>);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb7a2391885f44a6a9815edafd7cd125"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a group that is engaged in armed conflict with the United States; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f706e7419474de4ac91cefe39a91e67"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other group that the President determines to be a hostile group for purposes of this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88aff864d2824330a0e1bdd3ee3bf7b6"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State sponsor of terrorism</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>state sponsor of terrorism</term>—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6507db1689a54744807314315c822f52"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means a country the government of which the Secretary has determined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or any other provision of law, to be a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id863c4d350c5a470b9a433910a62be8ca"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes North Korea.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id258919af0f804683b778fa406c06c22f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue review</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36a448945d9941439111dcef05d1f83a"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, and in consultation with other departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB45EBE9155E407A962592401EBD052F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a review of the United States-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (referred to in this section as the <quote>Dialogue</quote>); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id417854D2E04B4774931404738E6C7202"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that contains the findings of such review.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e1ddb7e25e0442882900bd4dc62d521"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report described in subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2287a948723c41829baa1f52a32f67f1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of all commitments agreed to by the United States and China at each of the first 6 rounds of meetings;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84ab100340674e5facfbc9e5f1bf6ed8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the status of each commitment agreed to by the United States and China at each of the first 6 rounds of meetings, including a detailed description of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97ec0519be894f0bbb7c9e7f24f10db3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any actions that have been taken with respect to such commitments;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf68f3786f4ca4021955105720ecab3a4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any aspects of such commitments that remain unfulfilled; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa4b374ba60844a580911734472adf33"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any actions that remain necessary to fulfill any unfulfilled commitments described in subparagraph (B);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida378b8649ca24f73b81199f9c0f8013b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the effectiveness of the Dialogue in achieving and fulfilling significant commitments on United States priorities in the bilateral relationship, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a82a1ed182f41118a77650b1992438a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the security situation in the East and South China Seas, including a peaceful resolution of maritime disputes in the region;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc9175908c804e19959487a30559f941"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50c40501691b4c3887545c776a2be3e5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cybertheft of United States intellectual property;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5a65a8d5e6b4293a8607534d293b0ec"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the treatment of political dissidents, media representatives, and ethnic and religious minorities;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16991d02c6c84dcc8067e3cc99a68fad"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reciprocal treatment of United States journalists and academics in China, including issuance of visas;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id820f92a9ef8d4383b16cc2b1540c260e"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expanding investment and trade opportunities for United States businesses;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15c4bbb4cd154d3495659e951a441f9d"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">repatriation of North Korean refugees from China to North Korea; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfddd218920cb4f15af684b3df0b1600a"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promoting and protecting rule of law and democratic institutions in Hong Kong; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefc7f28e4d41471989b94e8ea9e4de7a"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of the Dialogue in achieving and fulfilling significant commitments on United States priorities described in paragraph (3), including consideration of the use of predetermined benchmarks for assessing whether the commitments achieved are significantly furthering such priorities.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefff5a9b7f434fc49d136b0ee8f19ba0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on human rights violations in Burma</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddca6e366b2404db8aebcef8648b47321"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes in detail all known widespread or systematic civil or political rights violations, including violations that may constitute crimes against humanity against ethnic, racial, or religious minorities in Burma, including the Rohingya people; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fc04e5f1baf49669a3e1f4fa3452628"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides recommendations for holding perpetrators of the violations described in paragraph (1) accountable for their actions.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ebba96dad0d4f1b9d88049a2a8d97b2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Combating anti-semitism</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for Diplomatic and Consular Programs, $500,000 shall be made available to the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, to be used in support of efforts by American and European Jewish and other civil society organizations, focusing on youth, to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of religious, ethnic, or racial intolerance in Europe.</text> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id501e0239d3d04704b8e2a2161d2bd1ab" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biotechnology grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b956448d481417d8fe66f1ec20b92f5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>63.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Biotechnology grants authorized</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a23e950f5ba4304afcb72aea0ea5f70"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State is authorized to support, through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, outreach, and public diplomacy activities, activities promoting the benefits of agricultural biotechnology, biofuels, science-based regulatory systems, and the application of such technologies for trade and development.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2a9f26b58dc4bf0ac97bf42634a9aa4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total amount of grants provided pursuant to subsection (a) shall not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e8b2e72bbe3453bb8a8660001d66167" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of <quote>use</quote> in passport and visa offenses</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56B07E33A6654766985C836B4A55C6E0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/75">Chapter 75</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting before section 1541 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47C074CFB1C5409687F1DB574AC29F89" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3cfb584e50f940a1976da3c0218b9d5c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1540.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of <quote>use</quote> and <quote>uses</quote></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter, the terms <term>use</term> and <term>uses</term> shall be given their plain meaning, which shall include use for identification purposes.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10C88B28030446A68941B26EF2F153F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/75">chapter 75</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the item relating to section 1541 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41f93861-4fd7-45bb-a371-9f57d38edcc7" style="OLC"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" idref="id3cfb584e50f940a1976da3c0218b9d5c" level="section">1540. Definition of <quote>use</quote> and <quote>uses</quote>.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4006016d6f6c4d93933ec7a7e6caf0bd" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>110.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Science and technology fellowships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656d">22 U.S.C. 2656d</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc71cbd381a144a7a5260a5104b22cdd"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants and cooperative agreements related to science and technology fellowship programs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E1C89BF9E9E410F967A6D996750A83B"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to provide grants or enter into cooperative agreements for science and technology fellowship programs of the Department of State.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE47342D914F4305AE68B75EFF087B2B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Recruitment; stipends</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance authorized under paragraph (1) may be used—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0BB3D2DDBDE4D2887F5014E4BA24654"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recruit fellows; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id149525E3CBE24474AB339B47265D063B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to pay stipends, travel, and other appropriate expenses to fellows.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD513D2F2E414AAF8BBFCF6C077218B9"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Classification of stipends</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stipends paid under paragraph (2)(B) shall not be considered compensation for purposes of section 209 of title 18, United States Code.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc566d3037ce34727a46323f0ec37b35f"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total amount of assistance provided under this subsection may not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaea0bcdcdc474f55ad982f41d4007859" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Name changes</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7868DE3459534427BD9A5BF266638FF5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public Law 87–195</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 607(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2357">22 U.S.C. 2357(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment, and Science</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8DA1E5E5DEF457182B445CDE37FF6D4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public Law 88–206</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 617(a) of the Clean Air Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/7671p">42 U.S.C. 7671p(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment, and Science</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA06C2D74B9E24212A6237544AD19A862"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public Law 93–126</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9(a) of the Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2655a">22 U.S.C. 2655a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70D81B3548374FED9198ACFDE85EF7EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE795B1302D244938BB5355336D3851FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs</quote> and inserting <quote>Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment, and Science</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb14a4f50f6c149f1a3d335e013166d59"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public Law 106–113</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1112(a) of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2652c">22 U.S.C. 2652c(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Verification and Compliance.</quote> and inserting <quote>Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance (referred to in this section as the <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote>).</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd044e986060441be8e263109f601e2f6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Anti-piracy information sharing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to provide for the participation of the United States in the Information Sharing Centre located in Singapore, as established by the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia, done at Singapore November 11, 2004.</text> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb882d41add4437a8c28754135cbe0d8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report reform</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD96B38D9469490FB0DB3D9CAA500648"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Human rights report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 549 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2347h">22 U.S.C. 2347h</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF19282817A914352AC57DAD03D487F30"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rough diamonds annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12 of the Clean Diamond Trade Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3911">19 U.S.C. 3911</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id479DD4693B9547E8AF26B3AB39E187AB" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4B0ABBD2E9543DDA894E08117C3AC0D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>12.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For each country that, during the preceding 12-month period, exported rough diamonds to the United States, the exportation of which was not controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, and if the failure to do so has significantly increased the likelihood that those diamonds not so controlled are being imported into the United States, the President shall submit a semi-annual report to Congress that explains what actions have been taken by the United States or such country since the previous report to ensure that diamonds, the exportation of which was not controlled through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, are not being imported from that country into the United States. A country shall be included in the report required under this section until the country is controlling the importation and exportation of rough diamonds through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34547851dc9249f99d11503a58775a37" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress on the United States alliance with Japan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01b0a36b4ce1412e99109438aee7b69e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alliance between the United States and Japan is a cornerstone of peace, security, and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab67c91c47ce42a29c80b6d91c1edf4f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prime Minister Shiuzo Abe’s visit to the United States in April 2015 and historic address to a Joint Session of Congress symbolized the strength and importance of ties between the United States and Japan;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83694c30ee5b42e4bb2649447f4ad0b8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in 2015, which marks 70 years since the end of World War II, the United States and Japan continue to strengthen the alliance and work together to ensure a peaceful and prosperous future for the Asia-Pacific region and the world;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d5e74dcf08b418880edcda1137b77a5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Governments and people of the United States and Japan share values, interests, and capabilities that have helped to build a strong rules-based international order, based on a commitment to rules, norms and institutions;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab36bd6ca5074a7984a87300762d5297"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the revised Guidelines for United States-Japan Defense Cooperation and Japan’s policy of <quote>Proactive Contribution to Peace</quote> will reinforce deterrence, update the roles and missions of the United States and Japan, enable Japan to expand its contributions to regional and global security, and allow the United States Government and the Government of Japan to enhance cooperation on security issues in the region and beyond;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a8be71a1e1a41a9950bcad33a05b5b5"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States remain resolute in its commitments under the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security to respond to any armed attack in the territories under the administration of Japan;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00feb1692fdd4f38a47452d6a84625b2"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">although the United States Government does not take a position on the ultimate sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, the United States Government acknowledges that they are under the administration of Japan and opposes any unilateral actions that would seek to undermine such administration;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6fe602074b2945238ed886665250c9ac"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Government reaffirms that the unilateral actions of a third party will not affect the United States acknowledgment of the administration of Japan over the Senkaku Islands;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde730917b79649a883924f526d483ebe"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Government and the Government of Japan continue to work together on common security interests, including to confront the threat posed by the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb9423d2cb904cb19693fa1b3a967073"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Government and the Government of Japan remain committed to ensuring maritime security and respect for international law, including freedom of navigation and overflight; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7aa07f9e0d604ab7aad81da12b7fefc7"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Government and the Government of Japan continue to oppose the use of coercion, intimidation, or force to change the status quo, including in the East and South China Seas.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA49FDC541898440FA9F72F4335DC86E3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress on the defense relationship between the United States and the Republic of India</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DAB2B80A997400EAED1A7BF7EAA13BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9F467E6462D4D82817F726AD1AB39B4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States has an upgraded, strategic-plus relationship with India based on regional cooperation, space science cooperation, and defense cooperation.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E4B639431134CBEA54CD5E695EA1A22"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The defense relationship between the United States and the Republic of India is strengthened by the common commitment of both countries to democracy.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C8D39B12D874C458F5092911ACC48B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States and the Republic of India share a common and long-standing commitment to civilian control of the military.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DDCA6420047424280ADBC55B6258FAB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States and the Republic of India have increasingly worked together on defense cooperation across a range of activities, exercises, initiatives, and research.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1BA0A8555424C3C9190C4D2AD287BB3"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the United States should—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA23A7D90CE645B79E2697E411468412"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">continue to expand defense cooperation with the Republic of India;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDCBC0D1DC85B436A9C26211871042CE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">welcome the role of the Republic of India in providing security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H487E819DF84F4E3EB031D29878461650"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work cooperatively with the Republic of India on matters relating to our common defense;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H756C7E25D4D14F46853C07AB50078E24"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">vigorously support the implementation of the United States-India Defense Framework Agreement; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6226A9739A864F83B928476B5431E22E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support the India Defense Trade and Technology Initiative.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id622b8f058e91453f98de9ef50c99e521" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>116.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress on the United States alliance with the Republic of Korea</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1d98432bd76497cace4aae4682e7086"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea has served as an anchor for stability, security, and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula, in the Asia-Pacific region, and around the world;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb41b2e73619d46de93bdd97e9eeacc90"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States and the Republic of Korea continue to strengthen and adapt the bilateral, regional, and global scope of the comprehensive strategic alliance between the 2 nations, to serve as a linchpin of peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, recognizing the shared values of democracy, human rights, free and open markets, and the rule of law, as reaffirmed in the May 2013 <quote>Joint Declaration in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Alliance between the Republic of Korea and the United States of America</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id637509e85b8f40389fe2ec5bb20642bb"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States and the Republic of Korea continue to broaden and deepen the alliance by strengthening the combined defense posture on the Korean Peninsula, enhancing mutual security based on the Republic of Korea-United States Mutual Defense Treaty, and promoting cooperation for regional and global security in the 21st century;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79d2817d89494680bd517f83a68b4944"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States and the Republic of Korea share deep concerns that the nuclear, cyber, and ballistic missiles programs of North Korea and its repeated provocations pose grave threats to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia and recognize that both nations are determined to achieve the peaceful denuclearization of North Korea and remain fully committed to continuing close cooperation on the full range of issues related to North Korea;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8339b6edc0db427e8e9d15c38f693422"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States and the Republic of Korea are particularly concerned that the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of North Korea, including North Korean efforts to miniaturize their nuclear technology and improve the mobility of their ballistic missiles, have gathered significant momentum and are poised to expand in the coming years;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c9b6b31c45f468eb308225fc07441cb"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Republic of Korea has made progress in enhancing future warfighting and interoperability capabilities by taking steps toward procuring Patriot Advanced Capability missiles, F–35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft, and RQ–4 Global Hawk Surveillance Aircraft;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2454da9874d64d0a8e30a039adf566e6"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States supports the vision of a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons, free from the fear of war, and peacefully reunited on the basis of democratic and free market principles, as articulated in President Park's address in Dresden, Germany; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5552fa56330b45d380c2ee64d4960d44"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States and the Republic of Korea share the future interests of both nations in securing peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb8ac3bfac1146758ae6957b8d804ee0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>117.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress on the relationship between the United States and Taiwan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of the Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD7FBB21FF9BF465EA3B14AB4C151D8AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States policy toward Taiwan is based upon the Taiwan Relations Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/8">Public Law 96–8</external-xref>), which was enacted in 1979, and the Six Assurances given by President Ronald Reagan in 1982;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62BC45F192A7450183F633C6E65B137A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provision of defensive weapons to Taiwan should continue as mandated in the Taiwan Relations Act; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE260CB7F62584D51997124B4932FC59B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhanced trade relations with Taiwan should be pursued to mutually benefit the citizens of both countries.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id027b4e7d6e5c44808e9720f69d42ff2f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>118.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on political freedom in Venezuela</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9354936161644ea3b989072022b99ba7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the support provided by the United States to the people of Venezuela in their aspiration to live under conditions of peace and representative democracy (as defined by the Inter-American Democratic Charter of the Organization of American States, done at Lima September 11, 2001);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93fbafb5bb524fa59e8e58e5b9201b62"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of work carried out by the United States, in cooperation with the other member states of the Organization of American States and countries of the European Union, to ensure—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2127F3F366034154B4113D4FE3E90464"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the peaceful resolution of the current political situation in Venezuela; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2DA47359F034F9CAB165B7091DB2B67"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the immediate cessation of violence against antigovernment protestors;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6608f1869a194c44b00e49d9147bcef9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of the government and security officials in Venezuela who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1841F5780FA649279D4B3F1795997857"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are responsible for, or complicit in, the use of force in relation to antigovernment protests and similar acts of violence; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B02B2D9873D49B2A117607ED977D2BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have had their financial assets in the United States frozen or been placed on a visa ban by the United States; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id803991e52b0f4cdba068d9257cb39c13"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of United States support for the development of democratic political processes and independent civil society in Venezuela.</text> </paragraph></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70F58923105A44E288387CF5B47D6A8D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>119.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategy for the Middle East in the event of a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA38C2C64F0E9409C8ADC951D622A6D0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategy required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, other members of the National Security Council, and the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies of the United States Government, develop a strategy for the United States for the Middle East.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC55C8810648D43F0925C391BA8F826F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The strategy shall include the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8013084ff0a34eb29d4b8131dc5edf87"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Efforts to counter Iranian-sponsored terrorism in Middle East region.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3bcfb1baf0b4d738ca4dafc86bd6bca"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Efforts to reassure United States allies and partners in Middle East.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idceb3c58ec979491aa61fae036b9563af"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Efforts to address the potential for a conventional or nuclear arms race in the Middle East.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E58C56F98EF4EF5B2ADB2BAFFB2566E"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the strategy developed under subsection (a) to—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A477513D08244EAAEF975B575494E82"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the majority leader, the minority leader, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0C46BA04CCE46D88F10D74B931CE756"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Speaker, the majority leader, the minority leader, the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfbd9166299ce44cfa25d02474495c438" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>120.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of State international cyberspace policy strategy</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a5a9905fa9241298ca407f4514588a6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall produce a comprehensive strategy, with a classified annex if necessary, relating to United States international policy with regard to cyberspace.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae970f59f0e44fb1861acdd33ca34939"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The strategy required in subsection (a) shall include:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida68d044d94724ee0a0c7f8bd779ea19c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A review of actions and activities undertaken by the Secretary of State to date to support the goal of the President’s International Strategy for Cyberspace, released in May 2011, to <quote>work internationally to promote an open, interoperable, secure, and reliable information and communications infrastructure that supports international trade and commerce, strengthens international security, and fosters free expression and innovation</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51702d5a0627440cb75396aabc880a64"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan of action to guide the Secretary's diplomacy with regard to nation-states, including conducting bilateral and multilateral activities to develop the norms of responsible international behavior in cyberspace, and status review of existing discussions in multilateral fora to obtain agreements on international norms in cyberspace.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3434fa72d086467e886e73977b9820b3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A review of the alternative concepts with regard to international norms in cyberspace offered by other prominent nation-state actors, including China, Russia, Brazil, and India.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6cc422e542d4801a349d5301fc6ce5b"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A detailed description of threats to United States national security in cyberspace from other nation-states, state-sponsored actors and private actors, to United States Federal and private sector infrastructure, United States intellectual property, and the privacy of United States citizens.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5cc49535b9d4398a495c6f7361722aa"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A review of policy tools available to the President of United States to deter nation-states, state-sponsored actors, and private actors, including, but not limited to, those outlined in Executive Order 13694, released on April 1, 2015.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1482dcc14e6e45fa80861cedc5045333"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A review of resources required by the Secretary, including the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues, to conduct activities to build responsible norms of international cyber behavior.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5d8f891d5b74c08ab8642e9ea36eb2a"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult with other United States Government agencies, including the intelligence community, and, as appropriate, the United States private sector, and United States nongovernmental organizations with recognized credentials and expertise in foreign policy, national security, and cybersecurity.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7280c371732c4b35923a3362a1aa87b8"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Release</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall publicly release the strategy required in subsection (a) and brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives upon its release, including on the classified annex, should the strategy include such an annex.</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48CC615B632F47BAA9F244663FC6A110" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver of fees for renewal of immigrant visa for adopted child in certain situations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1201">8 U.S.C. 1201(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38A545DA5C044D6E907A9EF362151B38"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period of validity; renewal or replacement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id546E51AF642E4D80B8B08B0776592C57"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Immigrant visas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An immigrant visa shall be valid for such period, not exceeding 6 months, as shall be by regulations prescribed, except that any visa issued to a child lawfully adopted by a United States citizen and spouse while such citizen is serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces, or is employed abroad by the United States Government, or is temporarily abroad on business, shall be valid until such time, for a period not to exceed 3 years, as the adoptive citizen parent returns to the United States in due course of his service, employment, or business.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8B601D4EE414062A71E784EBA9DD863"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonimmigrant visas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A nonimmigrant visa shall be valid for such periods as shall be prescribed by regulations. In prescribing the period of validity of a nonimmigrant visa in the case of nationals of any foreign country who are eligible for such visas, the Secretary of State shall, insofar as practicable, accord to such nationals the same treatment upon a reciprocal basis as such foreign country accords to nationals of the United States who are within a similar class, except that in the case of aliens who are nationals of a foreign country and who either are granted refugee status and firmly resettled in another foreign country or are granted permanent residence and residing in another foreign country, the Secretary of State may prescribe the period of validity of such a visa based upon the treatment granted by that other foreign country to alien refugees and permanent residents, respectively, in the United States.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id774C81CA489A43A98736812DFD76BBBD"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Visa replacement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An immigrant visa may be replaced under the original number during the fiscal year in which the original visa was issued for an immigrant who establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer that the immigrant—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6AC2BDB87D844005B260D91DA5F01CF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">was unable to use the original immigrant visa during the period of its validity because of reasons beyond his control and for which he was not responsible;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF44402E7284E473EA0B3F994A95A6091"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is found by a consular officer to be eligible for an immigrant visa; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52139BDEA8864AEA8E602A575233C0A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pays again the statutory fees for an application and an immigrant visa.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10334BB2990843EBBC6660E21E652AB1"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fee waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an immigrant visa was issued, on or after March 27, 2013, for a child who has been lawfully adopted, or who is coming to the United States to be adopted, by a United States citizen, any statutory immigrant visa fees relating to a renewal or replacement of such visa may be waived or, if already paid, may be refunded upon request, subject to such criteria as the Secretary of State may prescribe, if—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE11C1406C96E435ABEA345A33F3DBEB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the immigrant child was unable to use the original immigrant visa during the period of its validity as a direct result of extraordinary circumstances, including the denial of an exit permit; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF52DBF1BB30C48CD903EF101030283D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if such inability was attributable to factors beyond the control of the adopting parent or parents and of the immigrant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F4E081447624512A8620ED754165CAD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>122.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress on anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30DDC0043533451FBD7D92E0CA9A5B0C"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that the 1995 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, commonly referred to as Oslo II, specifically details that Israel and the Palestinian Authority shall <quote>abstain from incitement, including hostile propaganda, against each other and, without derogating from the principle of freedom of expression, shall take legal measures to prevent such incitement by any organizations, groups or individuals within their jurisdiction</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE69615A01664D77B86A4AA7DC3D44CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8E7419F4C7E42AD96C56E11CEF04714"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expresses support and admiration for individuals and organizations working to encourage cooperation between Israeli Jews and Palestinians, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B48C60643EE45FF8DBD0C926F3726B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Professor Mohammed Dajani Daoudi, who took students from al-Quds University in Jerusalem to visit Auschwitz in March 2014 only to return to death threats by fellow Palestinians and expulsion from his teacher’s union;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D781D060819499198EF6EFDB55B4051"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information, the only joint Israeli-Palestinian public policy think-tank,</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A1F4938D01D4F4FB34281CC81203E26"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United Hatzalah, a nonprofit, fully volunteer Emergency Medical Services organization that, mobilizing volunteers who are religious or secular Jews, Arabs, Muslims, and Christians, provides EMS services to all people in Israel regardless of race, religion, or national origin; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DF2B756EA2F4420A9BC6F5612D05FBB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Breaking the Impasse, an apolitical initiative of Palestinian and Israeli business and civil society leaders who advocate for a two-state solution and an urgent diplomatic solution to the conflict;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6482A9FBE2045EB99EF52D1FA02D5EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reiterates strong condemnation of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement in the Palestinian Authority as antithetical to the stated desire to achieve a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace settlement; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF356CD528854E50B2B7A17F966CA9C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">urges President Abbas and Palestinian Authority officials to discontinue all official incitement that runs contrary to the determination to put an end to decades of confrontation.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48f79de541c940ae8c72f9397e98b0ef" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>123.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and inviolability of post-Soviet countries in light of Russian aggression and interference</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that Congress—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecb69d0b344c40f5b990a3abb173ef5c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supports the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and inviolability of post-Soviet countries within their internationally recognized borders;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CFA5797CA5448898751FE395B424658"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expresses deep concern over increasingly aggressive actions by the Russian Federation;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc7470df2c77749db9903afd8e66c2d80"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is committed to providing sufficient funding for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs of the Department of State to address subversive and destabilizing activities by the Russian Federation within post-Soviet countries;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b226071590e409d9360c181256c66a2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supports robust engagement between the United States and post-Soviet countries through—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8610C8598AD64CBEA22373504B7282A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the promotion of strengthened people-to-people ties, including through educational and cultural exchange programs;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3A32C46ADE9A4A1B87110DCEC8ACD2F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">anticorruption assistance;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id928154443DEA4BA0A72128FF73CD6B4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public diplomacy;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id923AA04C9D584939942ECA4E6D6E97E9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">economic diplomacy; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F26539FB30D4523B862D0D01C424DB3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other democratic reform efforts;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd102cc471f6842bc85a2880735ad31b4"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourages the President to further enhance nondefense cooperation and diplomatic engagement with post-Soviet countries;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff5fb2a43d6044a69979d7484f8d8a5a"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">condemns the subversive and destabilizing activities undertaken by the Russian Federation within post-Soviet countries;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef24e1e3e28240e28a00af2a35675da9"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourages enhanced cooperation between the United States and the European Union to promote greater Euro-Atlantic integration, including through—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02425B46D2CD42BAB1BB791D0961F4F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the enlargement of the European Union; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id524A1DBECBB3466BABBCFA0E1BD695FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Open Door policy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8fdd86fe8bc5413087c1b6d86a3b0524"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">urges continued cooperation between the United States and the European Union to maintain sanctions against the Russian Federation until the Government of Russia has—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF28827DBA90A40DDA7B46E3827BAC89F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fully implemented all provisions of the Minsk agreements, done at Minsk September 5, 2014 and February 12, 2015; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55C0056E569F41C5861CB2417BCBC26F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrated respect for the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc06ed91c7b534877855cb8f1e8e41bac"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">calls on the member states of the European Union to extend the current sanctions regime against the Russian Federation; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id392489fdddeb4941a94ad934d8903fd1"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">urges the consideration of additional sanctions if the Russian Federation continue to engage in subversive and destabilizing activities within post-Soviet countries.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B6BD1C902F34F27BA93D003390D27E8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>124.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Russian propaganda report</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1A042A40F1D471B9A8097776A1EE7B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7FB97509DF20487BA206640F6C1661D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Russian Federation is waging a propaganda war against the United States and our allies; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id994D457174604BF395C405BBC13582BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a successful strategy must be implemented to counter the threat posed by Russian propaganda.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1B97E5577D594AFF8A154C5D23DA8A69"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually for the following 3 years, the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal officials, shall submit an unclassified report, with a classified annex, to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives </committee-name>that contains a detailed analysis of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6778505D826446049F2C685653021803"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the recent use of propaganda by the Government of Russia, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19124899D6484F2F85291551BB28FF19"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the forms of propaganda used, including types of media and programming;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BD6F26191064F76BE08B9B49274F7D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the principal countries and regions targeted by Russian propaganda; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id460A1FA0A4544D3BAD42D5FF47321F60"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of Russian propaganda on such targets;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd10b10cd69b491d973147d0b5ddb19f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the response by United States allies, particularly European allies, to counter the threat of Russian propaganda;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC69C517C49A4E498E8598C470605F41"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the response by the United States to the threat of Russian propaganda;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id912444178F4D4AA1B9546DD6BB297B3B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent of the effectiveness of programs currently in use to counter Russian propaganda;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FC1994CD2CF424993F25130D1BDDD13"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a strategy for improving the effectiveness of such programs;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FC5E2C2E2F14D8D814D637C6FD6F3CF"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any additional authority needed to counter the threat of Russian propaganda; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB114A7AF3BB84361877B6E1CCAAEFBDE"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the additional funding needed to successfully implement the strategy referred to in paragraph (5).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a53c53f9ca54601bdfb88fe7ad49c26" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>125.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval of export licences and letters of request to assist the Government of Ukraine</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id299e69aa260745a1a0b4a1211cf312ba"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8757ab9ee8da469f833bb2ecbf6e8c7f"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Export license applications</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC05EAC97AA72423CB8D2495890F87885"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submission to congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the specified congressional committees a detailed list of all export license applications, including requests for marketing licenses, for the sale of defense articles and defense services to Ukraine.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A1B6E1D99004B5F9DE811DCC29B03C6"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The list submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D1217D433B540908BD08CEC68A05BAF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the application or request was first submitted;</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A9B76E474FA465793F38A95D43544C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current status of each application or request; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA549A00A9EF466787A503C5E66D3E3C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the estimated timeline for adjudication of such applications or requests.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD6F8AE4EF8143459082F6D65A86B65D"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary should give priority to processing the applications and requests included on the list submitted under subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3a68f8be2484b05a0675573d3fad678"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Letters of request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the specified congressional committees a detailed list of all pending Letters of Request for Foreign Military Sales to Ukraine, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id067E45F69A9443BF9CE095958C873D68"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which each such letter was first submitted;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3944B6A905F045619E88B9AEC4982436"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current status of each such letter; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CFF46F11B5C415C81F4507914837E0C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the estimated timeline for the adjudication of each such letter.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e59fb0d615044beacb23ada0a1dc425"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0801DC31C7644940A59E6DEDBCC7F800"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until the date set forth in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall submit a report to the specified congressional committees that describes the status of the applications, requests for marketing licenses, and Letters of Request described in subsection (a).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC58505D859F74F808A870076C9C365B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The date set forth in this paragraph is the earlier of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA46AD6265DF84EC6ACC254CABB9EB85C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the President certifies to Congress that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Government of Ukraine has been restored; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2019E4E1A894B5284F49DA8E495A051"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d4473165a9e4163a3428fd2358b62c1"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specified congressional committees defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>specified congressional committees</term> means—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ca4f31373914ddab737a2eb8a7206cf"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB8C6C78D13548CE9BCBEA327624D09B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43CB26386BDA42C890FAADC9793A72A6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services of the Senate</committee-name>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19A6685301714098BD0538A6DDE6DC8F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle commented="no" id="id4d87d29bf7ed4860b271e44bfabc3c81" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional matters</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida48257fe4d9347baad467650f3be7d90" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>131.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Atrocities prevention board</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id621cb9086bfa48538612c005028e4fb1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President is authorized to establish, within the Executive Office of the President, an Interagency Atrocities Prevention Board (referred to in this section as the <quote>Board</quote>).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida50d9ce2e76a4917be29f51b62294d6b"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board is authorized—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4d1f11af49f46e4bde2646ed53a35ef"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to coordinate an interagency approach to preventing mass atrocities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b39577a695d4c31bf4e779afdc7acff"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to propose policies to integrate the early warning systems of national security agencies, including intelligence agencies, with respect to incidents of mass atrocities and to coordinate the policy response to such incidents;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida271490ca2694e4890d4ab17f4ddee41"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify relevant Federal agencies, which shall track and report on Federal funding spent on atrocity prevention efforts;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide56753d5db0a412f87dc3d41993acfd4"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to oversee the development and implementation of comprehensive atrocities prevention and response strategies;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf69ebaa2bd6945b294a84215cf90f168"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify available resources and policy options necessary to prevent the emergence or escalation of mass atrocities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06cf258819744bb384e6f64361b31b4d"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify and propose policies to close gaps in expertise, readiness, and planning for atrocities prevention and early action across Federal agencies, including training for employees at relevant Federal agencies;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb72cccfc9e164a8c901a775eb002acaf"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to engage relevant civil society and nongovernmental organization stakeholders in regular consultations to solicit current information on countries of concern; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d5b5c49a14045a9b42cb37bf3cdb8be"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conduct an atrocity-specific expert review of policy and programming of all countries at risk for mass atrocities.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73e87a5f3656408aa172a7452c713051"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leadership</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1dbc746e210e4ab4832ea04a6c8cc894"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board shall be headed by a Senior Director, who—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86A26CC7F76B418C85D2FA627DC7FC88"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be appointed by the President; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29B4071A9C354B27A37BF0AB7BEF59A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall report to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id308b4e10f2534d71b53a1b4afeb76a62"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Senior Director is authorized to have primary responsibility for—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04866FC820D9486297C8C629297674EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommending and, if adopted, promoting United States Government policies on preventing mass atrocities; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBE8D2469F874C76B9429A5CCC7E54B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out the duties described in subsection (b).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id935a6709234f4711bd1c40445fe45285"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board shall be composed of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fa8d6825c714e5cb70c0f4975aded28"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives from—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e80788da5b8472ba3f9396bfbaa138d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of State;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3c96bc17fd6424a9293f43a0f19a0c1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Agency for International Development;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided1b09770764458baae54b5b14c24c88"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Defense;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65db4d444c394846955838c0e9dff2a2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Justice;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14e603978f0d4e14ba80d2c2f90991f0"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of the Treasury;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a2a65cf547e41d7bcd9d3c9ea559e6a"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Homeland Security;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1150473606d4f849e57b4806eccafdf"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Central Intelligence Agency;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f188bc38242403fba4b344430b65363"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Office of the Director of National Intelligence;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8de1738caa9846ebb98be0871ed7fc7a"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Mission to the United Nations; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91469c8809384bd2bddfc63d4e7251a7"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f1abb7ed6914f45b9b3313ff94b6c1d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other individuals as the President may appoint.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30482adf9e8545d89bc92316b73931d0"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board is authorized to coordinate with relevant officials and government agencies responsible for foreign policy with respect to particular regions and countries to help provide a cohesive, whole of government response and policy direction to emerging and ongoing atrocities.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3b3fc2693d34806980c7d6e2cac864c"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a classified report, with an unclassified annex, which shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7241ebf9ac444b679b4506c936ce6e41"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an update on the interagency review mandated by Presidential Study Directive 10 that includes—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbc17528cff964626a326befcbb3d2015"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of current mechanisms and capacities for government-wide detection, early warning, information-sharing, contingency planning, and coordination of efforts to prevent and respond to situations of genocide, mass atrocities, and other mass violence, including such mass gender- and ethnicity-based violence;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1c0b378484742f590d1526ab733ae32"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the funding spent by relevant Federal agencies on atrocity prevention activities;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1334828fa9841bbbb778472c44a3316"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">current annual global assessments of sources of conflict and instability;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6475427130be47349394635e47b961e5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations to further strengthen United States capabilities to improve the mechanisms described in subparagraph (A); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6f64f0aa8164c91b1ffa49126b914f1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluations of the various approaches to enhancing capabilities and improving the mechanisms described in subparagraph (A);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e605d874e8a484889a38849e018f185"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations to ensure burden sharing by—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39023e2bb59a41168e33a49c5e9011fa"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving international cooperation and coordination to enhance multilateral mechanisms for preventing genocide and atrocities, including improving the role of regional and international organizations in conflict prevention, mitigation, and response; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd17aa3292e146e8b25b8bb126172c12"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strengthening regional organizations; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb848cdf6a5a24f13b97e9a937f1c0e01"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the implementation status of the recommendations contained in the interagency review described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e3145767b4541409ba3b3d930158715"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Materials and briefings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Senior Director and the members of the Board shall brief the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name> at least annually.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc0035f9d02c4b3b80223747079d3846"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sunset</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall cease to be effective on June 30, 2017.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff882dcdea324e3faa0e656ade715fb8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States engagement in the indo-pacific</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78b62ed6cb44431ca022d7b884ee3be2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a comprehensive assessment to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name> of the United States engagement in the Indo-Pacific, including with partners across the Indo-Pacific region.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44a56cc85e73431e87254579e63a957f"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The assessment submitted under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3f15736009145eca582e7134914f8ac"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of current and emerging United States diplomatic, national security, and economic interests and trends in the Indo-Pacific region;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7bedf30d8f941dca81cc5bedf9d6bc1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of resources devoted to United States diplomatic, economic, trade, development, and cultural engagement and plans in the Indo-Pacific region during the 10-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03ea0a25c1874d7d8f7731bf4e06b806"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">options for the realignment of United States engagement in the Indo-Pacific region to respond to new opportunities and challenges, including linking United States strategy more broadly across the Indo-Pacific region; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08e1232fdf1a42e88997d24c6cb9eb3c"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the views of noted policy leaders and regional experts, including leaders and experts in the Indo-Pacific region, on the opportunities and challenges to United States engagement across the Indo-Pacific region.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92e671a07ed747dd8bba02b8e0e43ef2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, as appropriate, shall consult with—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8B650D2F71945A4BB4368471CE8717A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other United States Government agencies; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9DA019492D8744338C7816A7B32A9B31"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">independent, nongovernmental organizations with recognized credentials and expertise in foreign policy, national security, and international economic affairs that have access to policy experts throughout the United States and from the Indo-Pacific region.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49a4544737914b34b160bf97fc352a0f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>133.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Joint action plan to combat prejudice and discrimination and to foster inclusion</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff0e7137eddc4495870f933073df07e5"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to enter into a bilateral joint action plan with the European Union to combat prejudice and discrimination and to foster inclusion (referred to in this section as the <quote>Joint Action Plan</quote>).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe22eff2759848cc9cbbfb81b40355c4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents of joint action plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Joint Action Plan shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e923a4fb60940c0a0ec313fbab152b3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address anti-Semitism;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3902ca9af1f544e4be94659abb06b31a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address prejudice against, and the discriminatory treatment of, racial, ethnic, and religious minorities;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb52e050ee9dd45889d2d4f3caec40fe9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote equality of opportunity for access to quality education and economic opportunities; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id758c36c9f58d4ac1a17f4699d58fcc8f"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote equal treatment by the justice system.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdb02fc77bc7479aaf94c773b2bd33d1"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the Joint Action Plan, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6f1b0eadeac4a759ba1f44c237a58db"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">leverage interagency policy expertise in the United States and Europe;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id282273abae4c4a3f979ca6da3000cc86"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop partnerships among civil society and private sector stakeholders; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4736b67444734519a63e313da524d514"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">draw upon the extensive work done by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to address anti-Semitism.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id596984f557cf4f528b653234088dcaa9"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initiatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Joint Action Plan may include initiatives for promoting equality of opportunity and methods of eliminating prejudice and discrimination based on religion, race, or ethnicity, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd58267e036104394987807c78ff33888"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training programs;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida48e3c1b21dc4c438cf01552c503a00d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regional initiatives to promote equality of opportunity through the strengthening of democratic institutions;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f62b0fdb6d44a0a8e8f80be0d971179"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public-private partnerships with enterprises and nongovernmental organizations;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c1745311f3c47969fbb5cd5709e9342"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exchanges of technical experts;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1081e757c8e24aa395cfdc1317dbf5c3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">scholarships and fellowships; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0be73c141b4045b1bd03534dd3996cb1"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">political empowerment and leadership initiatives.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79ae7c8f0402486ebe0e6a89eed2ba4b"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deputy Assistant Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall task an existing Deputy Assistant Secretary with the responsibility for coordinating the implementation of the Joint Action Plan with his or her European Union counterpart.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9cd93ea1b71b4a939a1fedf141d3bedb"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Legal effects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any Joint Action Plan adopted under this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A0EADFB0774447A85923F26F469B1FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not be legally binding; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58777E8824A145508DA3E8696B2EB613"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall create no rights or obligations under international or United States law.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc8966f0bca2408d82572e6e5d5ef2fb"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rules of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb419a9b3a7124deebe6ba11c67aa5583"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary to enter into a legally binding agreement or Joint Action Plan with the European Union; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9fc9fe2678c456e9af626a4edda7acc"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any additional appropriations for the purposes and initiatives described in this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae5e81342f8f449a9fe8beac744a8d88"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Progress report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a progress report on the development of the Joint Action Plan to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde37bcb980724972a2ab307ea5982722" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>134.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on developing country debt sustainability</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2901f32af35a45bfbfcb9f77fa561527"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Treasury, shall submit a report containing an assessment of the current external debt environment for developing countries and identifying particular near-term risks to debt sustainability to—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9935C17EFE8E450E86E96FBF0233139E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the appropriate congressional committees;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDB493C968814FC08E393220D35D7E8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD09C5DC965E04B6F8672B8EC9FE0C702"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1bf4ee27a8ba4b43bc7dd38b2bb21fb1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report submitted under subsection (a) shall assess—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id550957c54dc1445eaae33d34b882d8b3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of new lending relationships, including the role of new creditors;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3355ae7dd474d56a9efacbe01ab937c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the adequacy of current multilateral surveillance mechanisms in guarding against debt distress in developing countries;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9ef950b839f4e6f8b69e54da24a44f6"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of developing countries to borrow on global capital markets; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e6966bfd86f4f61b8bb0c4e2cc3ad3f"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the interaction between debt sustainability objectives of the developing world and the development-oriented investment agenda of the G–20, including the impact of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab170a2dee0347b098a4550b4430d6f5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">current debt sustainability objectives on investment in developing countries; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c73b9c4ef1c4926808346ff867bc018"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">investment objectives proposed by the G–20 on the ability to meet the goals of—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA67DFB634848469E8ED3EEA61B1E7CFC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E8F64ABA2DD443E8BB8440FEB1E6D72"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e1a566d4584477a83fc6983e8432b92" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>135.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86ba0adebb8c4856a560fe78d344fad0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Global strategy requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter for 6 years, the Secretary of State shall develop or update a United States global strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. The strategy shall be transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees and made publicly available on the Internet.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide19c5fa52163433ab5348296f0837d98"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this section, the <quote>United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally</quote>, issued in August 2012, shall be deemed to fulfill the initial requirement of subsection (a).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc00d6af58eb94ffaa4765202ab777b53"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collaboration and coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the strategy under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult with—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5915e0a0704441485ff3e86268d4238"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the heads of relevant Federal agencies;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id299de8f130f44706bc26f52e89ac8892"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf8530803f23464480293d7880ad1f81"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives of civil society and multilateral organizations with demonstrated experience in addressing violence against women and girls or promoting gender equality internationally.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9a4d4ce276d49c0850ac3831df62a58"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority country selection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To further the objectives of the strategy described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify no less than 4 eligible low-income and lower-middle income countries with significant levels of violence against women and girls, including within displaced communities, that have the governmental or nongovernmental organizational capacity to manage and implement gender-based violence prevention and response program activities and should, when possible, be geographically, ethnically, and culturally diverse from one another.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6f69b3222714d718ad730cd27b2dac0"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Country plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each country identified under subsection (d) the Secretary shall develop comprehensive, multisectoral, and holistic individual country plans designed to address and respond to violence against women and girls that include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc9251859da94b05a66bf8860bc5df59"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment and description of the current or potential capacity of the government of each identified country and civil society organizations in each such identified country to address and respond to violence against women and girls;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89beee2c05684d0484e73242d490734a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of coordination mechanisms with Federal agencies that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc99648e94c0a431c841cfd17f6c6e39d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have existing programs relevant to the strategy;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6718ee46e8b40ef9a67a291a4e80582"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will be involved in new program activities; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37d2c31e113744308371bb0569febbef"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are engaged in broader United States strategies around development;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69889b8f2ff4401db2c79e9d9b78922b"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms established for each identified country, and their intended use in assessing overall progress in prevention and response;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b571119dc384c0b880599bb4c3a43a6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a projection of the general levels of resources needed to achieve the stated objectives in each identified country, including an accounting of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57e9d6922ec3482a898f49a21c2cb1d8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities and funding already expended by the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, other Federal agencies, donor country governments, and multilateral institutions; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1ef25abfe3642aab374bf3245206570"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">leveraged private sector resources; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3e4f532a7954101a51f6230036ac410"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strategies, as appropriate, designed to accommodate the needs of stateless, disabled, internally displaced, refugee, or religious or ethnic minority women and girls.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba71b226f6f9420ab1e08c0f26dd617f"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on priority country selection and country plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 90 days after selection of the priority countries required under subsection (d), and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the priority country selection process, the development of specific country plans, and include an overview of all programming and specific activities being undertaken, the budget resources requested, and the specific activities to be supported by each Executive agency under the strategy if such resources are provided.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BB92184248F479299C7C2645EA919E2"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize any additional appropriations for the purposes and initiatives of this section.</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95210E234837498BA2EE5279FA7E7E20" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>136.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International corruption and accountability</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93e825a3d1fa437a8234452f4df240d2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than June 1 of each year, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (referred to in this section as the <quote>USAID Administrator</quote>), the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of appropriate intelligence agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a Country Report on Corruption Practices, with a classified annex, which shall include information about countries for which a corruption analysis was conducted under subsection (b).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42fbae0b5ee44692998bce8c42db5b09"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Corruption analysis elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The corruption analysis conducted under this subsection should include, among other elements—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb030920b8d3e42d6ac06e6b3f5febb0d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of individuals and associations that comprise corruption networks in the country, including, as applicable—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB025D17098404FF782C94BFD30CD60AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">government officials;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2D5C7ACADE04E21918DABF314450A24"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">private sector actors;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE5AF952DA60A4678A9E469342F359FE8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">criminals; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42305ADD3B8F4D48B70DA89333D6F08B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">members of illegal armed groups;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida29b1ba3387a4547962a1712241b01bd"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of the state functions that have been captured by corrupt networks in the country, including, as applicable functions of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A2A873FCF4F4AAD8D9656585B372E2F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the judicial branch;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C9E2DAD42DA459E9F90BCF80DE434C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the taxing authority;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A4BFDF18435499EB42E2A7512120385"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the central bank; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC99C236AE46D4D6F8A8ADBCDC2A42CE7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific military or police units;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c5b018b9a3e415c9c91b24103b84ed0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0658B69360244A888C1510B5BC953D76"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the key economic activities, whether licit or illicit, which are dominated by members of the corrupt network; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDD96D8345F34D04823AB010EE365303"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other revenue streams that enrich such members; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79554B19F0D54F418419803F49C46924"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of enablers of corrupt practices, within the country and outside the country.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id743968e118d9455293bdd3afaa84bacf"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Publication and briefings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91E7ABDC23244BE6BC2CDB8520430729"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publish the Country Report on Corruption and Accountability submitted under subsection (a) on the website of the Department; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81EDCADA253D4568972B5C18E4900A68"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">brief the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name> on the information contained in the report published under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28C4434F129A40FDB75C7F7D5DAB514A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>137.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quadrennial diplomacy and development review</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85eba6dd34364c6ab414295b54390432"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb01d8598922e44d2b5bfdcae3573f3de"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quadrennial reviews required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under the direction of the President, the Secretary of State shall every 4 years, during a year following a year evenly divisible by 4, conduct a review of United States diplomacy and development (to be known as a <term>quadrennial diplomacy and development review</term>).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id336e214a719a4874a4ee95bf430f355f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope of reviews</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each quadrennial diplomacy and development review shall be a comprehensive examination of the national diplomacy and development policy and strategic framework of the United States for the next 4-year period until a subsequent review is due under paragraph (1). The review shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FE14A82DC234B31AB41A2C118D71324"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations regarding the long-term diplomacy and development policy and strategic framework of the United States;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id887E2CDDCEA34B7D810FB54CAC77724F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">priorities of the United States for diplomacy and development; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1027ED88055E4CDFB236A8B7E9B76CD2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">guidance on the related programs, assets, capabilities, budget, policies, and authorities of the Department of State and United States Agency for International Development.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77545595076c4484abd3b8605325ddfb"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conducting each quadrennial diplomacy and development review, after consultation with Department of State and United States Agency for International Development officials, the Secretary of State should consult with—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0afdf7232e6f49cf87493404b1ccdb27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, including the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Director of National Intelligence;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id806f3f9c1dcd46028b4d5152a1915388"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other Federal agency that provides foreign assistance, including at a minimum the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EFCC3D3AEE04846849C1CF2E6B7B2A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and, as appropriate, other members of Congress; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc90ebf19eda48eab93fc59bce5eed83"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other relevant governmental and nongovernmental entities, including private sector representatives, academics, and other policy experts.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c862829ffc746c485aa8f6f1e80efa1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each quadrennial diplomacy and development review shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC5BEE70BF1C458BAAB6A0DC703EDB76"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">delineate, as appropriate, the national diplomacy and development policy and strategic framework of the United States, consistent with appropriate national, Department of State, and United States Agency for International Development strategies, strategic plans, and relevant presidential directives, including the national security strategy prescribed pursuant to section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/404a">50 U.S.C. 404a</external-xref>);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc07b9f2d2f304969ad32e98e33fc608a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">outline and prioritize the full range of critical national diplomacy and development areas, capabilities, and resources, including those implemented across agencies, and address the full range of challenges confronting the United States in this regard;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6063F77A76FB462581DB06F6F1F77B84"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the interagency cooperation, and preparedness of relevant Federal assets, and the infrastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the diplomacy and development policies and programs of the United States required to execute successfully the full range of mission priorities outlined under paragraph (2);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idddf4bed6d1b84715a34f33e8b191f5d9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the roles of international organizations and multilateral institutions in advancing United States diplomatic and development objectives, including the mechanisms for coordinating and harmonizing development policies and programs with partner countries and among donors;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida65cbd0db054407b91f873487afc2e9b"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify the budget plan required to provide sufficient resources to successfully execute the full range of mission priorities outlined under paragraph (2);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id222169666640407D8F4A48C14A480D9A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include an assessment of the organizational alignment of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development with the national diplomacy and development policy and strategic framework referred to in paragraph (1) and the diplomacy and development mission priorities outlined under paragraph (2);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf77adaa353b4a6f809533cd38eb0530"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review and assess the effectiveness of the management mechanisms of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development for executing the strategic priorities outlined in the quadrennial diplomacy and development review, including the extent to which such effectiveness has been enhanced since the previous report; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30825D05172B4710B285088F9B4A3BEF"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the relationship between the requirements of the quadrennial diplomacy and development review and the acquisition strategy and expenditure plan within the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide55efebcc524486f9911b13523d32d07"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign affairs policy board review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State should apprise the Foreign Affairs Policy Board on an ongoing basis of the work undertaken in the conduct of the quadrennial diplomacy and development review.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AE4A499C2F84BFF8781CA4D5100F515"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize any additional appropriations for the purposes and initiatives under this section.</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b18364fb5ef45afbc610035cafc173b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>138.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disappeared persons in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97C44A891E1344D7A577E61255851D86"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C65A51391AD47DE802B702BD387B7B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF87CA591525145AA8FEB87CBAF246F9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">values governance, security, and the rule of law in Mexico and Central America; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E4C50AA8EFD4B8F8A864F217646DECA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has reemphasized its commitment to this region following the humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied children from these countries across the international border between the United States and Mexico in 2014.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id981B68EE63724A70A43CD5C9534B9CF0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals migrating from Central America to the United States face great peril during their journey. Many go missing along the way and are often never heard from again.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A2EDF806F60430D81B61464F2981731"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report of disappeared persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in close consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that includes—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4995929848D466B88700788357B7C7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of cases of enforced disappearances in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8AFDC6B29D0E40E88CBC954ADA8CD81F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of causes for the disappearances described in paragraph (1);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EC75C98B9CE4C0B83E313295DFA5466"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the primary individuals and groups responsible for such disappearances; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2708A6D8D0AD4DF6AF033F2BB9FD9FB3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the official government response in those countries to account for such disappeared persons.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe87e99d0db241689018071f0deed342" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>139.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on implementation by the Government of Bahrain of recommendations from the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23d776c1c420430bb8e3b31e83a11281"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit an unclassified report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the implementation by the Government of Bahrain of the recommendations contained in the 2011 Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (referred to in this section as the <quote>Bahrain Report</quote>).</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf37452593254c1e86eda5e2af8e594c"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d92e3f3761e488da98438c24b836ea0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the specific steps taken by the Government of Bahrain to implement each of the 26 recommendations contained in the Bahrain Report;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id640871f842954f399397c78ea00432ff"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of whether the Government of Bahrain has <quote>fully complied with</quote>, <quote>partially implemented</quote>, or <quote>not meaningfully implemented</quote> each recommendation referred to in paragraph (1); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02492500C7484937AD9E7D8720D4A806"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the impact of the findings in the Bahrain Report for the United States security posture in the Arab Gulf and the area of responsibility of the United States Central Command.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85395f47b73c410c972017512609448d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>140.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on United States humanitarian assistance to Haiti and whether recent elections in Haiti meet international election standards</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37133bfaa028463db364794237f7b585"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reauthorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>December 31, 2017</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2022</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf825fc8fd1554be1a7e6718df6abbfc0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(b) of the Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id956684AD5AE9428FB2F2845C0EBB8207"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA311A3ABEE06405C9E98220C5064C3C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAEC3BE790764E558DB60516B3840F79"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9202CE251B004FE6A9E3BCCC791D5728" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id430A515F210347368E0EF4E283BBF4DF"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a determination of whether recent Haitian elections are free, fair and responsive to the people of Haiti; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id529C32A9F4C64D5EB0F8059D69100069"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of any attempts to disqualify candidates for political officers in Haiti for political reasons.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2603909161014AEB9567B1C2667C7385" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress with respect to the imposition of additional sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0156E36AFD644B56AF54EEB3DF68F3BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03A9FFF6B62C4435ACBD10B61DE94BC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (in this section referred to as the <quote>DPRK</quote>) tested nuclear weapons on 3 separate occasions, in October 2006, in May 2009, and in February 2013.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA0B5F96A8964548B7087BA2210B67D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nuclear experts have reported that the DPRK may currently have as many as 20 nuclear warheads and has the potential to possess as many as 100 warheads within the next 5 years.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA6CCEABBDF044BBBB9625774D0CEF19"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">According to the 2014 Department of Defense report, <quote>Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea</quote> (in this subsection referred to as the <quote>2014 DoD report</quote>), the DPRK has proliferated nuclear technology to Libya via the proliferation network of Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70706B203F594FC8B277A983DE455642"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">According to the 2014 DoD report, <quote>North Korea also provided Syria with nuclear reactor technology until 2007.</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFDE9C39112F4248BF8FF6C958F62C4E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On September 6, 2007, as part of <quote>Operation Orchard</quote>, the Israeli Air Force destroyed the suspected nuclear facility in Syria.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5077893C0AE44EAF9E600B16133109F0"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">According to the 2014 DoD report, <quote>North Korea has exported conventional and ballistic missile-related equipment, components, materials, and technical assistance to countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC345476AD9774CEC833DA91A37C15A33"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On November 29, 1987, DPRK agents planted explosive devices onboard Korean Air flight 858, which killed all 115 passengers and crew on board.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C716D94F5144B649BF4B909BEFA2F7D"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On March 26, 2010, the DPRK fired upon and sank the South Korean warship Cheonan, killing 46 of her crew.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBC96B168652E4A52B6CAC5789C8B7A64"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On November 23, 2010, the DPRK shelled South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island, killing 4 South Korean citizens.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7BA6927840846F282675A4461EC2C37"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On February 7, 2014, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on human rights in DPRK (in this subsection referred to as the <quote>Commission of Inquiry</quote>) released a report detailing the atrocious human rights record of the DPRK.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE9C454A4CE2409A8C178864B254FBD2"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dr. Michael Kirby, Chair of the Commission of Inquiry, stated on March 17, 2014, <quote>The Commission of Inquiry has found systematic, widespread, and grave human rights violations occurring in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It has also found a disturbing array of crimes against humanity. These crimes are committed against inmates of political and other prison camps; against starving populations; against religious believers; against persons who try to flee the country—including those forcibly repatriated by China.</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF912CE60C60A4058A3A3C2A484A8251D"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dr. Michael Kirby also stated, <quote>These crimes arise from policies established at the highest level of the State. They have been committed, and continue to take place in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, because the policies, institutions, and patterns of impunity that lie at their heart remain in place. The gravity, scale, duration, and nature of the unspeakable atrocities committed in the country reveal a totalitarian State that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world.</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3DF8C07F3AB4D469D0089C0D42BADE8"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission of Inquiry also notes, <quote>Since 1950, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has engaged in the systematic abduction, denial of repatriation, and subsequent enforced disappearance of persons from other countries on a large scale and as a matter of State policy. Well over 200,000 persons, including children, who were brought from other countries to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea may have become victims of enforced disappearance,</quote> and states that the DPRK has failed to account or address this injustice in any way.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id565D3927A2EA4A94A51B9D38DD4EB852"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">According to reports and analysis from organizations such as the International Network for the Human Rights of North Korean Overseas Labor, the Korea Policy Research Center, NK Watch, the Asian Institute for Policy Studies, the Center for International and Strategic Studies, and the George W. Bush Institute, there may currently be as many as 100,000 North Korean overseas laborers in various nations around the world.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91D51943E66647AFA23E9DA7C39CF13A"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such forced North Korean laborers are often subjected to harsh working conditions under the direct supervision of DPRK officials, and their salaries contribute to anywhere from $150,000,000 to $230,000,000 a year to the DPRK state coffers.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7E2B9B325914616B6A172D6BB3F20B8"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">According to the Director of National Intelligence’s 2015 Worldwide Threat Assessment, <quote>North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs pose a serious threat to the United States and to the security environment in East Asia.</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id996F8BA8023D49878AA4A80F7AAA51B8"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Worldwide Threat Assessment states, <quote>North Korea has also expanded the size and sophistication of its ballistic missile forces, ranging from close-range ballistic missiles to ICBMs, while continuing to conduct test launches. In 2014, North Korea launched an unprecedented number of ballistic missiles.</quote>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC02CA84D76314BC5ABE4A90E94885CE1"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On December 19, 2015, the Federal Bureau of Investigation declared that the DPRK was responsible for a cyberattack on Sony Pictures conducted on November 24, 2014.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC0259D3CCFC4DE69A9625A2BA104A32"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From 1988 to 2008, the DPRK was designated by the United States Government as a state sponsor of terrorism.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DF7A43C572C4E35865337452BED12F2"><enum>(20)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The DPRK is currently in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), and 2094 (2013).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B5601F163D54FBBBD30243D358B4910"><enum>(21)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The DPRK repeatedly violated agreements with the United States and the other so-called Six-Party Talks partners (the Republic of Korea, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the People’s Republic of China) designed to halt its nuclear weapons program, while receiving significant concessions, including fuel, oil, and food aid.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A47475EF4A14BF7B32C45BE1FA64BD5"><enum>(22)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Six-Party Talks have not been held since December 2008.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id792B36B3CE4A4F28B191C4A607C56F6D"><enum>(23)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On May 9, 2015, the DPRK claimed that it has test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8147963054CB49EFBC6E6E24AF91793F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39d601796bd44772bd278781f780105d"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the DPRK represents a serious threat to the national security of the United States and United States allies in East Asia and to international peace and stability, and grossly violates the human rights of its own people;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id731df3702fef445393902d94ca9516c7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury should impose additional sanctions against the DPRK, including targeting its financial assets around the world, specific designations relating to human rights abuses, and a redesignation of the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a675a33620b40b1b8060acdc9f43631"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President should not resume the negotiations with the DPRK, either bilaterally or as part of the Six-Party Talks, without strict preconditions, including that the DPRK—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BF6E5A1B5C54E30A100E9A8C6EFA74C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adhere to its denuclearization commitments outlined in the 2005 Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8B2C3BF262247408B83EB340500B2AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commit to halting its ballistic missile programs and its proliferation activities;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EE9323379A14ADEAF217C7F0A9D5B56"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cease military provocations; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5D3E829F2F048A8B574236E20E57912"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">measurably and significantly improve its human rights record.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organization and personnel of the Department of State</header> <subtitle commented="no" id="ida0cad9ee230a494197dcbfe2df34ef3d" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organizational matters</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf9ebeb76eee428ba8032e1962c9f341" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rightsizing accountability</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a17c15207b345b294194efbc1955d70"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after receiving rightsizing recommendations pursuant to a review conducted by the Office of Management, Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation relating to overseas staffing levels at United States overseas posts, the relevant chief of mission, in coordination with the relevant regional bureau, shall submit a response to the Office of Management, Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation that describes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32ba7fded74a45ffb568b3f9f4f51a34"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any rightsizing recommendations that are accepted by such chief of mission and regional bureau;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61c10646933c4fde90794079659a04fb"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed schedule for implementation of any such recommendations;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id135ccede52a24b13ac09c64a2792cfdf"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any recommendations that are rejected; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb848bd8ad9c43838afa444cae8d725e"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed justification providing the basis for the rejection of any such recommendations.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e60ce2cd9244612b900e8d384811132"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the date on which the President’s annual budget request is submitted to Congress, the Secretary shall submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the status of all rightsizing recommendations and responses described in subsection (a) from the preceding 5 years, including—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f4eb5e51cbf4fad988d38f80ed55165"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of all such rightsizing recommendations made, including whether each such recommendation was accepted or rejected by the relevant chief of mission and regional bureau;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb63f44bbd3584e4a99063e713d581aee"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each accepted recommendation, a detailed description of the current status of its implementation according to the schedule provided pursuant to subsection (a)(2), including an explanation for any departure from, or changes to, such schedule; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida894b24b33d84e98a48c16fd8ac41144"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any rejected recommendations, the justification provided pursuant to subsection (a)(4).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17fe5f29644745979a77b055d1e32685"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on regional bureau staffing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In conjunction with each report required under subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit a supplemental report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f738339acbf42b0ac9fc23000a25c20"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an enumeration of the domestic staff positions in each regional bureau of the Department;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f175c649a8f452ea457d39aac83c34d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed explanation of the extent to which the staffing of each regional bureau reflects the overseas requirements of the United States within each such region;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37fb5bc3d712498da462c25a536b3a7f"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed plan, including an implementation schedule, for how the Department will seek to rectify any significant imbalances in staffing among regional bureaus or between any regional bureau and the overseas requirements of the United States within such region if the Secretary determines that such staffing does not reflect—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE967B13CC27E4C27ABEC3F88EB8A19C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the foreign policy priorities of the United States; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA1AA34EABF7B463C933779AC59FED390"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effective conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96855922bd994ef7a11055e56985183a"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed description of the implementation status of any plan provided pursuant to paragraph (3), including an explanation for any departure from, or changes to, the implementation schedule provided with such plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c7fe83dc5cd4594a23946ba666a3719" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Integration of foreign economic policy</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4470e69fd5c40dbb8c06b13971dc18f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in conjunction with the Under Secretary of Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, shall establish—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE14BDC9998E49D5B5F24148F7DF1C0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">foreign economic policy priorities for each regional bureau, including for individual countries, as appropriate; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40F8EF7D16FA42F68E4EF66F98FEC6DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">policies and guidance for integrating such foreign economic policy priorities throughout the Department.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide328b31b0aa34b98b1a98aa96232eebf"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deputy Assistant Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within each regional bureau of the Department, the Secretary shall task an existing Deputy Assistant Secretary with appropriate training and background in economic and commercial affairs with the responsibility for economic matters and interests within the responsibilities of such regional bureau, including the integration of the foreign economic policy priorities established pursuant to subsection (a).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0280e5c7f4846668a703e098e63a87c"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Deputy Assistant Secretary given the responsibility for economic matters and interests pursuant to subsection (b) within each bureau shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d9923df92734ebc809abe3add0611e8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the direction of the relevant Assistant Secretary, review and report to the Assistant Secretary of such bureau on all economic matters and interests; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61f797bf5956409da26e9287d8db8228"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve as liaison with the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4413ce310594fff9211dc80126dcb86" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of Bureau of African Affairs and Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs jurisdictions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bf63aded72f475f9d12949937ffc752"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F4CEDB313A44F60B441CFB2791B5A65"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a review of the jurisdictional responsibility of the Bureau of African Affairs and that of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs relating to the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF3D0EA71177A436F9898B5FEABF92078"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9FFED69CFA7A45559353195FCC280DC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the findings of the review conducted under paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AEBD7315CD94219AF9B18F25729285D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations on whether jurisdictional responsibility among the bureaus referred to in paragraph (1) should be adjusted.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e78b43569d6496d8d85a3a68a40f93e"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The review conducted under subsection (a)(1) shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida70a67cbd90f4b7f9beea75ee8a3152a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify regional strategic priorities;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc29f0e15f3c04a7e9c2dbcc04dc053d6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess regional dynamics between the North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa regions, including the degree to which the priorities identified pursuant to paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6513FDCAE43A40C2BFFE33FE0381BF46"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are distinct between each such region; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50BAB74E1E7D45DA9C1DE27C428DFB33"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have similar application across such regions;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id562fadabe25045d681cc17f0f7f8799a"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify current priorities and effectiveness of United States Government regional engagement in North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, including through security assistance, economic assistance, humanitarian assistance, and trade;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida72b39e425e8489fa20350713a103a6f"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the degree to which such engagement is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id883C2237CCF547AD897100261DAA7882"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inefficient, duplicative, or uncoordinated between the North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa regions; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE422AE17BB0B4070B5EE72FE44CC5827"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">otherwise harmed or limited as a result of the current division of jurisdictional responsibilities;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26a4db50d0704d67a3dd43591d216859"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the overall coherence and effectiveness of the current division of jurisdictional responsibilities in Africa between the Bureau of African Affairs and the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, including with regard to coordination with other United States departments or agencies; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8939be475f6346489dff23197e379d3f"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess any opportunities and costs of transferring jurisdictional responsibility of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya from the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to the Bureau of African Affairs.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9bdfc0a55344927a5b8642c0503464c" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special envoys, representatives, advisors, and coordinators</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on special envoys, representatives, advisors, and coordinators of the Department, which shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f1c44b8529f44bbb5a33f6ca33dd2ae"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a tabulation of the current names, ranks, positions, and responsibilities of all special envoy, representative, advisor, and coordinator positions at the Department, with a separate accounting of all such positions at the level of Assistant Secretary (or equivalent) or above; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ce5110fad8940e58383ca75cba0b824"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each position identified pursuant to paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02d8e18517d947519e4fa643ed656cc2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date on which the position was created;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2fc672b2af13492694c1938d23b1cad9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the mechanism by which the position was created, including the authority under which the position was created;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8c19420e9924006a8a05589a0b111bf"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the positions authorized under section 1(d) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a(d)</external-xref>);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46f5411b0e6c433e81f14bc0b3800f05"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of whether, and the extent to which, the responsibilities assigned to the position duplicate the responsibilities of other current officials within the Department, including other special envoys, representatives, and advisors;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id921089eedccc49aaa05fd629370485c2"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which current official within the Department would be assigned the responsibilities of the position in the absence of the position;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20df9315ee4f40f69d4b5665f8e0057e"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to which current official within the Department the position directly reports;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46d834ad4e6f4f5e9a97d711324233b3"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total number of staff assigned to support the position; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id142ac1576c294270b2fa6f77689b5407"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with the exception of those created by statute, a detailed explanation of the necessity of the position to the effective conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39e62ec993474117a438ba91bb9e4fc3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution, and the inclusion and participation of women</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 704 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4024">22 U.S.C. 4024</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide38431275d9e4e479a4d7a3e58f783f1"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in conjunction with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall ensure that all appropriate personnel, responsible for, or deploying to, countries or regions considered to be at risk of, undergoing, or emerging from violent conflict, including special envoys, members of mediation or negotiation teams, relevant members of the civil service or foreign service, and contractors, obtain training, as appropriate, in the following areas, each of which shall include a focus on women and ensuring women’s meaningful inclusion and participation:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b845060accf4e928def40a144716be0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conflict prevention, mitigation, and resolution.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25d2273df5e5460fb63e0779759838a7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protecting civilians from violence, exploitation, and trafficking in persons.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A3728DE7B8B4B06ACB53C44978CA15A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">International human rights law and international humanitarian law.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida16d2e54af6a4ddca292804f87b0e891" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information technology system security</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf64129d9adea45f2bc0b1c79d7324a49"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall regularly consult with the Director of the National Security Agency and any other departments or agencies the Secretary determines to be appropriate regarding the security of United States Government and nongovernment information technology systems and networks owned, operated, managed, or utilized by the Department, including any such systems or networks facilitating the use of sensitive or classified information.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id413c59ae8c6743aabe65c1d3e47040e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In performing the consultations required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make all such systems and networks available to the Director of the National Security Agency and any other such departments or agencies to carry out such tests and procedures as are necessary to ensure adequate policies and protections are in place to prevent penetrations or compromises of such systems and networks, including by malicious intrusions by any unauthorized individual or state actor or other entity.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a75461ef92a4e23acb6a73cfec1f5e8"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Security breach reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Security Agency and any other departments or agencies the Secretary determines to be appropriate, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees and to the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that describes in detail—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98EBD85774244BFEAF55B57E7A82023D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all known or suspected penetrations or compromises of the systems or networks described in subsection (a) facilitating the use of classified information; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0F658F6C5094F99BFFDCEAEFD7C41A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all known or suspected significant penetrations or compromises of any other such systems and networks that occurred since the submission of the prior report.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c638cca021d4104adf5f9c25ddd3f3b"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report submitted under subsection (c) shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a7ac7ff0e6e4f72a7d1b59038827a2f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the relevant information technology system or network penetrated or compromised;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98fa4f892de542a7b0656394a6e563c0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the date and time such penetration or compromise occurred;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a8e7bad413d41df8676b751b97a92dc"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the duration for which such system or network was penetrated or compromised, including whether such penetration or compromise is ongoing;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e61311e74454f6aaea43b1d770e4a70"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the amount and sensitivity of information accessed and available to have been accessed by such penetration or compromise, including any such information contained on systems and networks owned, operated, managed, or utilized by any other department or agency of the United States Government;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3843b4dacc049d1bf937c8c45af0837"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of whether such system or network was penetrated by a malicious intrusion, including an assessment of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0316345350d948aa9d1e28c5b5a26e3f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the known or suspected perpetrators, including state actors; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id865981dd86ce4f96927d55e82723b243"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the methods used to conduct such penetration or compromise; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaea6781f30324cc5a9beef4f0ab758a9"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the actions the Department has taken, or plans to take, to prevent future, similar penetrations or compromises of such systems and networks.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9571574b3be649fcbd985a4e238c40fc" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Analysis of embassy cost sharing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees and to the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that assesses the cost-effectiveness and performance of the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services system (referred to in this section as the <quote>ICASS system</quote>), including by assessing—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3278d4e6e0f64be8bcf46634ce6a3740"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the general performance of the ICASS system in providing cost-effective, timely, efficient, appropriate, and reliable services that meet the needs of all departments and agencies served;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id465f0f02a89141acb6986f6b6926a38c"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which additional cost savings and greater performance can be achieved under the current ICASS system and rules;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2924e88a1ac4b5aba73baef064b51f9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the standards applied in the selection of the ICASS provider and the extent to which such standards are consistently applied; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2b413146e569437e9423c3f0c3d1f4ae"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">potential reforms to the ICASS system, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2b97ac19713406ab7f74d0a2dc392f3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the selection of more than 1 service provider under certain circumstances;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id355c18b3c6654809b22f8327f6089f8b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">options for all departments or agencies to opt out of ICASS entirely or to opt out of individual services, including by debundling service packages;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06c9439c02014b8090123f0dddc92e2d"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increasing the reliance on locally employed staff or outsourcing to local firms, as appropriate; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0da45d2791514be8a9a05a520eb81de9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other modifications to the current ICASS system and rules that would incentivize greater effectiveness and cost efficiency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id880e743348924e2ea32da82c62108252" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Parent advisory committee to the Interagency Working Group to Prevent International Parental Child Abduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 433(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/241">6 U.S.C. 241(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbf5f4118df7a46a8a444d7e154e374b5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interagency coordination</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0025A5472AAE433CB7DB733D5DAF4E69"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interagency working group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall convene and chair an interagency working group to prevent international parental child abduction, which shall be composed of presidentially appointed, Senate confirmed, officials from—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cfea738178c478a9399c2a8a374f9ca"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of State;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e53aa5485ae410db02071e6f55d6b80"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida75f9b4cfb88409c8c3470fbdd1cffcc"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id967eea4708a041d2a37aae08c5fa96df"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advisory committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall convene an advisory committee to the interagency working group established pursuant to paragraph (1), for the duration of the working group’s existence, which shall be composed of not less than 3 left-behind parents, serving for 2-year terms, who—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5944BB2BDE16433A8E105CFE9A9669DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be selected by the Secretary; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9C765780464D4D75A1E296E30764341E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall periodically consult with the interagency working group on all activities of the interagency working group, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id811257f025bf4bbca58a80df61d38294" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61663d7973434ff293f1ea45366602ac"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30F9331D436F414090A8BCC2FF8060BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct regular research and evaluation of public diplomacy programs and activities of the Department, including through the routine use of audience research, digital analytics, and impact evaluations, to plan and execute such programs and activities; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ADB3B7F968F4E96891B5A1E77CC6726"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make the findings of the research and evaluations conducted under paragraph (1) available to Congress.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b6db9e1089d4a52b512ad011d197174"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Director of Research and Evaluation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4223ba53de0467ab302a7d6482d7966"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall appoint a Director of Research and Evaluation in the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cbbffe4377e4a86aede5a9e837378a1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The appointment of a Director of Research and Evaluation pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not result in an increase in the overall full-time equivalent positions within the Department.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6a1e59a069b347ae8996a735ac98e296"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Responsibilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of Research and Evaluation shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4ff718b69274404aab15fb5bbf603f0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate and oversee the research and evaluation of public diplomacy programs of the Department—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31D9C8FF6775463B8414C3D7AB69F1A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve public diplomacy strategies and tactics; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D0C15309363469F92C295CBFCE2F235"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure that programs are increasing the knowledge, understanding, and trust of the United States by relevant target audiences;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08794a901d1d411bb35d5a69c53ffda7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report to the Director of Policy and Planning;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50f46427ed384da594301b8585d48ddc"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">routinely organize and oversee audience research, digital analytics and impact evaluations across all public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbbae5749ef3e4176ba45b53a6e154a81"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support embassy public affairs sections;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b9701eb3fba442f927c8c202b349396"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">share appropriate public diplomacy research and evaluation information within the Department and with other Federal departments and agencies;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96fcac4c603e42a7ae4395c71c1b35d0"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regularly design and coordinate standardized research questions, methodologies, and procedures to ensure that public diplomacy activities across all public diplomacy bureaus and offices are designed to meet appropriate foreign policy objectives; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4eb0926707274fdc952691ba78ee3c33"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report quarterly to the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, through the Commission’s Subcommittee on Research and Evaluation established pursuant to subsection (e), regarding the research and evaluation of all public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63dc32075284482493b85dce02c8e229"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guidance and training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after his or her appointment pursuant to paragraph (1), the Director of Research and Evaluation shall create guidance and training for all public diplomacy officers regarding the reading and interpretation of public diplomacy program evaluation findings to ensure that such findings and lessons learned are implemented in the planning and evaluation of all public diplomacy programs and activities throughout the Department.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc48363b7f9b54200a98472b0a74c36af"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prioritizing research and evaluation</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id926b70927f7843b5afbbbcb13def8ce2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of Policy, Planning, and Resources shall ensure that research and evaluation, as coordinated and overseen by the Director of Research and Evaluation, supports strategic planning and resource allocation across all public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ae71e6aa878405a9218daf5296dfb64"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts allocated for the purposes of research and evaluation of public diplomacy programs and activities pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made available to be disbursed at the direction of the Director of Research and Evaluation among the research and evaluation staff across all public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb10e607ca72542ada69e9f5c7a8fd389"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Department should allocate, for the purposes of research and evaluation of public diplomacy activities and programs pursuant to subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDB2C7D2463647A1BFE1D78334A420A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 to 5 percent of program funds made available under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-small" style="appropriations">educational and cultural exchange programs</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B90A035C57E47FEA533C49AAA600115"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">3 to 5 percent of program funds allocated for public diplomacy programs under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-small" style="appropriations">diplomatic and consular programs</header-in-text></quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id275f13542f7c42a1b0b3e65d56256518"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limited exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3501">44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.</external-xref>) shall not apply to collections of information directed at foreign individuals conducted by, or on behalf of, the Department for the purpose of audience research and impact evaluations, in accordance with the requirements under this section and in connection with the Department’s activities conducted pursuant to the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/1431">22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2451">22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91AC5B9419904057871BC6ECDBBCB494"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idefd5e582f05943f180ad8a859f154e0b"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subcommittee for research and evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy shall establish a Subcommittee for Research and Evaluation to monitor and advise on the research and evaluation activities of the Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9d84f580a71422b8d3dbd69d8b18fdd"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Subcommittee for Research and Evaluation established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall submit an annual report to Congress in conjunction with the Commission on Public Diplomacy’s Comprehensive Annual Report on the performance of the Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors in carrying out research and evaluations of their respective public diplomacy programming.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82bbea8234aa4df38c2f0a654853de58"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reauthorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6553">22 U.S.C. 6553</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>October 1, 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>October 1, 2020</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b0dc3dec5be49cbbd8151dccb078eab"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1403af40106a42cc90a3ba15ac8d7f78"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Audience research</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>audience research</term> means research conducted at the outset of public diplomacy program or campaign planning and design on specific audience segments to understand the attitudes, interests, knowledge and behaviors of such audience segments.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2637b73ae9474cbf854743f3f1280cff"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Digital analytics</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>digital analytics</term> means the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, accumulated in digital format, to indicate the outputs and outcomes of a public diplomacy program or campaign.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b22e3fd855c41ec9e373e8e7a5f79d5"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Impact evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>impact evaluation</term> means an assessment of the changes in the audience targeted by a public diplomacy program or campaign that can be attributed to such program or campaign.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id05a19064a4c14b1393c67073bf850a02" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>210.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhanced institutional capacity of the Bureau of African Affairs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22c84f353d424657bf0eddcbca87ec61"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall strengthen the institutional capacity of the Bureau of African Affairs to oversee programs and engage in strategic planning and crisis management by—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb308fa3f73f4fb49074af5464cbf024"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing an office within the Bureau of African Affairs that is separate and distinct from the regional affairs office specifically charged with overseeing strategy development and program implementation related to security assistance;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f1bd5a417ac4710b66932b546244436"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">planning to facilitate the long-term planning process; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida854ee8bacf24d78babd621d3d1df402"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing a concrete plan to rightsize the Bureau of African Affairs not later than 180 days after the date enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02ce2c013ec4470c8d3d6f9144215b91"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the actions that have been taken to carry out subsection (a).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD5FF17C23844ECCBA3D94A1B43E981F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize the appropriation of additional amounts to carry out this section, and the Secretary shall use existing resources to carry out the provisions of this section.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="id6007cb9d78ef4e989fade795e9530936" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel matters</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd536fa7c393d4ccda9f331df60dbe0cd" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of Foreign Service Officer compensation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf161448ba76c41778d6ea965779c46a2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Independent assessment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF2B80A35E9C4A44B717EBC052192845"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall commission an independent assessment of Foreign Service Officer compensation to ensure that such compensation is achieving its purposes and the goals of the Department, including to recruit, retain, and maintain the world’s premier diplomatic corps.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28E3D30DD9A54B908E76AC2CDE6D6857"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD8F407B4A26B4359A84BF34BDA4A3DCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the results of the independent assessment commissioned pursuant to paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA75C14D98254E54837AF659CB3E4E6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the views of the Secretary regarding Foreign Service Officer compensation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb82624a55fc149d9899eba60499dfcff"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebd42c3356854e36bfff16e861d9c88c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a list of all compensation received by Foreign Service Officers assigned domestically or overseas, including base salary and any other benefits, allowances, differentials, or other financial incentives;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1d19793f66e41f0a9f42303b233eb6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each form of compensation described in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37155618e98c49f2859c88864dee02f2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of its stated purpose;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9326d5944a1a4a1980cfab072d4c4e1b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of all relevant authorities, including statutory authority; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46b7ea2b6e604f599c1d836445da72f9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the degree to which its historical and current use matches its stated purpose; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided2c7493e5454a27bba65372639e616f"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the effectiveness of each form of compensation described in paragraph (1) in—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a5d78c2bd614d6d951ab2815579d487"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">achieving its stated purpose;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8603ef0b9b76493780b5950ea0296c44"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">achieving the recruiting and retention goals of the Department; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf948df5a0474c17b2dbcfcb187263cb"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">achieving the assignment placement needs of the Department.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f3a6c85611740bda881de14754962e3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of recertification requirement for senior Foreign Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3945">22 U.S.C. 3945</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0dd6b8a25cfb489795592fd1ede8f052" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensatory time off for travel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5550b of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa572d4399924bb9b4648f70464852a3"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The maximum amount of compensatory time off that may be earned under this section may not exceed 104 hours during any leave year (as defined in section 630.201(b) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20b7883d0ea34020b5388cb7fec52955" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certificates of demonstrated competence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 7 days after submitting the report required under section 304(a)(4) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3944">22 U.S.C. 3944(a)(4)</external-xref>) to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>, the President shall make the report available to the public, including by posting the on the website of the Department in a conspicuous manner and location.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8f2584c6745498a973f70ffd09b1947" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign Service assignment restrictions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id634e46910cca424c924d08ebc2459959"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appeal of assignment restriction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a right and process for employees to appeal any assignment restriction or preclusion.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id036503886ae0443c87fc1553e26fd8de"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon full implementation of a right and process for employees to appeal an assignment restriction or preclusion, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40E608B54A644FF4B51A157D27178035"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certifies that such appeals process has been fully implemented; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4826A54942FC4521A3F1F84668D79EE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes a detailed description of such process.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1927224badaf46bba448243129f33afd"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id832C296DB91A428686B48C30D8A2FED4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publish the right and process established pursuant to subsection (a) in the Foreign Affairs Manual; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87196F0F92074B1F8701A6BB1C65A718"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a reference to such publication in the report required under subsection (b).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2acc3d8ad6f4a68a3eddfa347b0d7a5"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibiting discrimination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3982">22 U.S.C. 3982(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida241c2d8f9644e709c384abd7c8c7eef"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making assignments under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that a member of the Service is not assigned to, or restricted from, a position at a post in a particular geographic area, or domestically in a position working on issues relating to a particular geographic area, exclusively on the basis of the race, ethnicity, or religion of that member.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32c39d53978a452e9339cf85d412dc4d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Security clearance suspensions</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0af1788aad6a4d52abf8657adac8183b"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Suspension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 610 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4010">22 U.S.C. 4010</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41202F21759D42A1B644F68A613F0009"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id728267A45CBE47FB974C8CDF5AD9E86E" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id748D30C8A28442908CF80A3669A47E25" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>610.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Separation for cause; suspension</header></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD58B4EEB046D42BC9E0A56A212BF3DAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idEF1F15AE0B1F42EAA1CC0F6D6ED289DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to promote the efficiency of the Service, the Secretary may suspend a member of the Service without pay when—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB87002B2E8E34DEEAB25557EA5792044" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the member’s security clearance is suspended; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE46AE96DDCC34F2FAD585546834DF65D" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there is reasonable cause to believe that the member has committed a crime for which a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf511ebebb1bf4ae18dfdb54c2905ff07" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any member of the Foreign Service for whom a suspension is proposed under this subsection shall be entitled to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c9d0a477b444e8aa3a8986c71d812d7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">written notice stating the specific reasons for the proposed suspension;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10cdce315a2f49c3baa2ad26b2d9a638"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reasonable time to respond orally and in writing to the proposed suspension;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb120db5289a44cd68cfd60ad4f3bb98e"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representation by an attorney or other representative; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3580f57cd6e43dca6a4ccd7475c434d"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a final written decision, including the specific reasons for such decision, as soon as practicable.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15887f3ee35f44fe91782ff95de53a67" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any member suspended under this subsection may file a grievance in accordance with the procedures applicable to grievances under chapter 11.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a8587ebde574780aef94dc7ff853123" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a grievance is filed under paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD72EBF19A2E431A9DDEFC4FF2029CD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the review by the Foreign Service Grievance Board shall be limited to a determination of whether the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) have been fulfilled; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80B63FD43492430D94F12E9659CB6A59"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Board may not exercise the authority provided under section 1106(8).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id566e490484934d9e9c1058ff1a776f9d" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3305618018694EE7B137F7607B25D897"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>reasonable time</term> means—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBDCE5EF342784A859127E8AB228F4784"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a member of the Foreign Service assigned to duty in the United States, 15 days after receiving notice of the proposed suspension; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0146E832C1442CD9FC4101F9714FFB5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to a member of the Foreign Service assigned to duty outside the United States, 30 days after receiving notice of the proposed suspension.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id512E14F570CE404A9184E579973AF917"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>suspend</term> and <term>suspension</term> mean placing a member of the Foreign Service in a temporary status without duties and pay.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7277693421f94d4fa0f4621ddb6cf1bf"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 2 of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 610 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc-entry bold="off" idref="id748D30C8A28442908CF80A3669A47E25" level="section">Sec. 610. Separation for cause; suspension.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99d021f7745a4dcebe40bbeb0a424ff2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>217.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Economic statecraft education and training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish curriculum at the Foreign Services Institute to develop the practical foreign economic policy expertise and skill sets of Foreign Service officers, including by making available distance-learning courses in commercial, economic, and business affairs, including in—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide44ebd2bdacd40eeb960966e55f434e1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the global business environment;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id363be440cdc546e7af73de089a4737ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the economics of development;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc50c98eb9afd4fbca2b27010d2cadf10"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development and infrastructure finance;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13a291a98b8047368d74cc4f6ad29fb7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">current trade and investment agreements negotiations;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50ddf87a7bfd4c34986c79c5d9372b5e"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implementing existing multilateral and World Trade Organization agreements, and United States trade and investment agreements;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a5e08c81a434695a974914636516033"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">best practices for customs and export procedures; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a3dcebaabb145e7b3641e79c0fca670"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">market analysis and global supply chain management.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b24a2b257494f5a85e90e3c61fce31e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>218.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on diversity recruitment, employment, retention, and promotion</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc84e8dacaea64c5e9e9e8cf926059325"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and quadrennially thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a comprehensive report to Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd60bcfdf0645440cbef109be794ed587"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the efforts, consistent with existing law, including procedures, effects, and results of the Department since the period covered by the prior such report, to promote equal opportunity and inclusion for all American employees in direct hire and personal service contractors status, particularly employees of the Foreign Service, to include equal opportunity for all races, ethnicities, ages, genders, and service-disabled veterans, with a focus on traditionally underrepresented minority groups;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3c3e343940b4373aad561622a4f57d3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes a section on—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39872e9472204d069e7adb41a8f5fc93"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the diversity of selection boards;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida426d2ea2c294b86ae218aba5ad784ce"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the employment of minority and service-disabled veterans during the most recent 10-year period, including—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65760668c32b49c89bec99c206169925"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number hired through direct hires, internships, and fellowship programs;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb44f38502b534f2fa94c08b77ec54e53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number promoted to senior positions, including FS–01, GS–15, Senior Executive Service, and Senior Foreign Service; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe5fe67d9c3a4d3da68b7aee8388ae81"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attrition rates by grade, civil and foreign services, and the senior level ranks listed in clause (ii);</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5158e8f2d6e4700964d9bb19673a889"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mentorship and retention programs; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd715afbbb8f343c696035ab651be3f90"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is organized in terms of real numbers and percentages at all levels.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb53e67dff88544d3a0cc126894b75061"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall describe the efforts of the Department—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb62b301cb434d5ba843ffa537f7032f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to propagate fairness, impartiality, and inclusion in the work environment domestically and abroad;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id483922ef05314deab0d57c8c3fc2ee6a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to eradicate harassment, intolerance, and discrimination;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2003d026c164c6d8b31d224225aae76"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to refrain from engaging in unlawful discrimination in any phase of the employment process, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, assignments, promotion, retention, and training;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e924e6b0d9148818de8ee3269abb674"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to eliminate illegal retaliation against employees for participating in a protected equal employment opportunity activity;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7e4fbde4e9d4aec92652a2b854fd519"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified employees and applicants with disabilities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0067e493763460c9d073778d3c3c5d0"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to resolve workplace conflicts, confrontations, and complaints in a prompt, impartial, constructive, and timely manner;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6725b5c40e5c44839ed8e88c8eac8508"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to improve demographic data availability and analysis regarding recruitment, hiring, promotion, training, length in service, assignment restrictions, and pass-through programs;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7587d55dfe124239a2efc77909fad161"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to recruit a diverse staff by—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28827f08001d491199ee014935284650"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recruiting women, minorities, veterans, and undergraduate and graduate students;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fc3d27069b742659498091daaca2b57"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recruiting at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, women’s colleges, and colleges that typically serve majority minority populations;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e10c2097e9c4d40a0ee8d348c0a9928"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban communities;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8d1ca7e7e994d13bea0ea53335783c0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">placing job advertisements in newspapers, magazines, and job sites oriented toward women and people of color;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c4e0dc998ed434b97d4ba9fa22287b6"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing opportunities through the Foreign Service Internship Program and other hiring initiatives; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae156f82fdd84be4a1cd986419f42fe4"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recruiting mid- and senior-level professionals through programs such as—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide307413b0014424ca32343a591b5e0ec"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the International Career Advancement Program;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7084b967f0b3470da0024d869e79d1ee"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program;</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3f00d1daa504bf49424f0e867ba2e95"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id637f36d0cd234fc0a0b408737de26ff6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seminar XXI at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for International Studies; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcbc18326aa7142ce8c484795f744dcc3"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other similar, highly respected, international leadership programs; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d0c2af7a59143aca1885e352c8cb315"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide opportunities through—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2859a2fdf885467396f089dca011018b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Program;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ca97b09da864588b5583356d1df47c6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd683d542cd6f4082874a14059d5698fd"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3b8b41873b34874b16485a15040afa0"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope of initial report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first report submitted to Congress under this section shall include the information described in subsection (b) for the 3 fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the report is submitted.</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4053582455414c9fb9a85ebf806f767e" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>219.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expansion of the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program, and the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2768edaaa4ac4ef0b1110deade9aff35"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional fellowships authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning in fiscal year 2016, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3caa75215ff6431d9bb46cc65179b47b"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase by 10 the number of fellows selected for the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id706e9512c7cf4e139ddfb7e0b0b94ddf"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase by 10 the number of fellows selected for the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5be4f736b16448abbe9dc7e247b5e0d"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase by 5 the number of fellows selected for the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85a68c3fd0d64c7cbf0f80dc39b762d9"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payne fellowship program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Undergraduate and graduate components of the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program are authorized to conduct outreach to attract outstanding students who represent diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds with an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd82aebbd62f14f77abc7d4f0414743e0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>220.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retention of mid- and senior-level professionals from underrepresented groups</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60514BE484E54C1D97520C08FBA74293"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary should provide attention and oversight to the employment, retention, and promotion of underrepresented groups to promote a diverse ethnic representation among mid- and senior-level career professionals through programs such as—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1742d5d78e64462ab0195093732013b7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the International Career Advancement Program;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0bc91eb3959f48808e638400c285f960"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seminar XXI at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for International Studies; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5fbf13830cef4d5e9d1c03bdc18dba1e"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other highly respected international leadership programs.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37ec1bca18d34100972dc72e45cf4914"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of past programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary should review past programs designed to increase minority representation in international affairs positions, including—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id52d3b68764fa4c8283944e99765724e8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the USAID Undergraduate Cooperative and Graduate Economics Program;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5af50933744a4d01835644f3ebf3c102"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a0f9c83bf0f4ffe92bc79640e94fbdb"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Institute for International Public Policy Fellowship Program.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59EE479BE9FB4F61A324B444688E8CF9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of jurisdictional responsibilities of the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id300F4E15F2A447BFBAB00D3DDDB0C86B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall conduct a review of the jurisdictional responsibilities of the Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) and the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7F084346BD734F12A2279EB3B3BAF18E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the findings of the review conducted under subsection (a), including recommendations on whether jurisdictional responsibility between the 2 offices should be adjusted.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D7FB21C1C914184A3AB1D7906B97720" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>222.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional notification of countries compliance with minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7107">22 U.S.C. 7107</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AD4FFD93DB049859A29DE5D2758C523" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2094FFF642C437A94D514474EC1CE04"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days before the anticipated submission of each annual report under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary of State shall notify and brief the appropriate congressional committees concerning the countries that will be upgraded to a higher tier or downgraded to a lower tier in such report.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a282631de444a5abcfd5d8c4049b7fa" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>223.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International religious freedom training program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4028">22 U.S.C. 4028</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78f2b4ef314d41bda11e7227ef7bff98"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaaec5818a0cf45a1a9a55ab2a50d3d6e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), as redesignated, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Refugees</header-in-text></quote> before <quote>The Secretary of State</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e59cc51af59432983850dbc5c7b4415"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), as redesignated, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Child soldiers</header-in-text></quote> before <quote>The Secretary of State</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc23ca5589be34d8cb84cecf9f3db3da9"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9045d992e59949db835368fc4a6c408d" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49648736738544c6b21abf1e086a48e8"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development of curriculum</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18eda3f136f2488a91b5bd88fcfdddd6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom appointed under section 101(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6411">22 U.S.C. 6411(b)</external-xref>) shall develop a curriculum for Foreign Service Officers that includes training on—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id500655AB7F1C4BFD82D149C2F6BD349E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the scope and strategic value of international religious freedom;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87A4F8D385FE4BD1A316997339F56BD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how violations of international religious freedom harm fundamental United States interests;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47DC8AD8C2D3467388320139C54A1DA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the advancement of international religious freedom can advance such interests;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1EC984F2F2E6468F8C5BACF4552BFCC9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how United States international religious freedom policy should be carried out in practice by United States diplomats and other Foreign Service Officers; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB789A20DC2AF439CB8E49B8ED9675CD0"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the relevance and relationship of international religious freedom to United States defense, diplomacy, development, and public affairs efforts to combat violent extremism.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f487832f77e4e33a1f44c53de817ce9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Role of other officials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom shall carry out paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c45e0bcc0694cbaa126fee2a1e741ca"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in coordination with the Director of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center and other Federal officials, as appropriate; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id340e5bcc813a46428e39df5b883d4206"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in consultation with the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom established under section 201(a) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6431">22 U.S.C. 6431(a)</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53507EB9E0864C94BE4C6CF5ED9A05B2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall ensure the availability of sufficient resources to develop and implement the curriculum required under this subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id401A7EF41EDA4276B174F57A7A504F3E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Religious freedom training</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB487CB7C2AAB446EB207023A963B15BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016</short-title>, the Director of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center shall begin training on religious freedom, using the curriculum developed under subsection (a), for Foreign Service officers, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E5557D644CD4B9880C4F98956684915"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">entry level officers;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD87D3702AC3A4899AE093E1A01AA8D99"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">officers prior to departure for posting outside the United States; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA96EC50FF844EA280FD3D3B40DE67A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incoming deputy chiefs of mission and ambassadors.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4607E3490F0499C8CA582394EF627C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The training required under paragraph (1) shall be substantively incorporated into—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFED9055BF0824DA888560A732E2EB22B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the A–100 course attended by Foreign Service Officers;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1655AD2E4B0A46F18653371243E4B277"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the specific country courses required of Foreign Service Officers prior to a posting outside the United States, with training tailored to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04745D486AB84F38B418CAB7B3426730"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the particular religious demography of such country;</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA56B9F6276445E5A1DD98A65BB947A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">religious freedom conditions in such country;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BF8FCB2AF2D422CA332DCD2A188256F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">religious engagement strategies; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE774269752AF465FA71877CA215C760A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States strategies for advancing religious freedom.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68076F4BD8364176B3EF789F4D4E7EBD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the courses required of incoming deputy chiefs of mission and ambassadors.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74EE68C4AE2C4EACA965740DF5AB90AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The curriculum and training materials developed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) shall be shared with the United States Armed Forces and all other Federal departments and agencies whose personnel serve as attachés, advisors, detailees, or otherwise in United States embassies globally to provide training on—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9EDA5CE21E0A45328F4854898189809E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States religious freedom policies;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BA24980280C4089BE7425A099D54FC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">religious traditions;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id465BD7358FE44C4786EC4DE110E8B257"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">religious engagement strategies;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76D13F52E62C470EAA4DFD92536B2BCC"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">religious and cultural issues; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A664D70AE3D415AA0897B6D870D8F3A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efforts to combat terrorism and violent religious extremism.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section></subtitle> <enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International organizations</header> <subtitle commented="no" id="idfcb9146d401c4840929afb384f28bce7" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States contributions to international organizations</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id590C724E765342D881BB324A208D5076" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports concerning the United Nations</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79591aef2e0a4562849aa28cbcc16f4d"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on anti-Semitic activity at the United Nations and its agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2e6386dece04003b47d07a2ad66dfea"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all activities at the United Nations and its subagencies that can be construed to exhibit an anti-Semitic bias, including official statements, proposed resolutions, and United Nations investigations;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e9e63cfe4b84d8a8da8caeb37517d7e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of United Nations resources to promote anti-Semitic or anti-Israel rhetoric or propaganda, including publications, internet websites, and textbooks or other educational materials used to propagate political rhetoric regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf80106541be64cc99710c541ab476984"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specific actions taken by the United States Government to address any of the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id039D5FC4A5B44387A6B50B28B0AB0EA4"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on all United States Government contributions to the United Nations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4(c) of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/287b">22 U.S.C. 287b(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2030CCE971524470A0A2C8D4E6BD9A87"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65E0E3F9DC78470AB735C437E4E02955"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id887EBD4318D74AA2A4B234A33506F6AD" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC09D0F27D48F4BE7B56C920D07A31D54"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contributions to the United Nations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDED13F6E8554C94B1077DD79B5EAC30"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A detailed description of all assessed and voluntary contributions, including in-kind contributions, of the United States to the United Nations and to each of its affiliated agencies and related bodies—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76F58B6C734B4FA9B5C467D8F6BBF215"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the preceding fiscal year;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4F260AD00C7B4F509DEBA9EC845C3363"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">estimated for the fiscal year in which the report is submitted; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD031804B4A544AC9780748FADA8CD24"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requested in the budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for the following fiscal year.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id928DB29BB9484A6ABC7CB3789BA4E46F"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The description required under subparagraph (A) shall, for each fiscal year specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of that subparagraph, include—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD00F3CA8DDC247EDA4F842B1A8383C1B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount or value of all contributions described in that subparagraph;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC0BA67B7D2D4CB1BED9388F9C1C9C73"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the approximate percentage of all such contributions by the United States compared to all contributions to the United Nations and to each of its affiliated agencies and related bodies from any source; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id919C42446ECB4EE2973273070312E2A1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each such contribution described in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD3AD741D2E24E73915CDB3A473AFFFB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount or value of the contribution;</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51C3BA9B30DC41598DBCF0D7B42E5D78"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the contribution was assessed by the United Nations or voluntary;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E71DF4F91C34DB1B2E1D0A0193A6B36"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the purpose of the contribution;</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9356F17EE2334E57BC4E77BBA473A135"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the department or agency of the United States Government responsible for the contribution; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2947B7A1FE464B3CBFFCC15234C9B5A5"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the United Nations or an affiliated agency or related body received the contribution and, if an affiliated agency or related body received the contribution, which such agency or body.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCA3B0273BE64BB4933141E866DEDF28"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public availability of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 14 days after submitting a report required under this subsection to the designated congressional committees, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall post a text-based, searchable version of the description required by subparagraph (A) on a publicly available Internet website of that Office.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F2C93B99E61426E96F9D26ECFD07DE0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report on financial contributions to international organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/287b">22 U.S.C. 287b(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>in which the United States participates as a member</quote> and inserting “, including—</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DDF7DF3627A4611BD469237FC745CFB" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EB2A81324344EEFAB8546EA0F109A19"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of such contributions that were assessed by an international organization and the amount of such contributions that were voluntary; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD814A138BB7D419BB42DBCB386B934A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ratio of United States contributions to total contributions received for—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5BA57AD8E4F74EF0855CFF6B249DFAF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United Nations, specialized agencies of the United Nations, and other United Nations funds, programs, and organizations;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BF2FFDD5CC243C68998A70EC52580B9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">peacekeeping;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0DB333F7AA34C9D9B834C9FB98950AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">inter-American organizations;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFD89701BF21444F93536FF338C7D7CE"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regional organizations; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53593F88F99945489E0754253B8CB9F7"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other international organizations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDC84ABEBE6946138620D9126C3F55EF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on peacekeeping arrears, credits, and contributions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(c) of the United Nations Participation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/287b">22 U.S.C. 287b(c)</external-xref>), as amended by section 301(b), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id331315E094514E18B4867991BD93B31D" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E3DA811607740AAAD87A03B235B8271"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Peacekeeping credits</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21AA2FCE86F74F04BA1C41D8F7ADDFB8"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A complete and full accounting of United States peacekeeping assessments and contributions for United Nations peacekeeping operations, including the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86C7FCFFB0374473B8C0B63C51505007"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A tabulation of annual United Nations peacekeeping assessment rates, the peacekeeping contribution rate authorized by the United States, and the United States public law that authorized the contribution rate for the United Nations peacekeeping budget for each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 1995 through the fiscal year following the date of the report.</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81BD151965C441BBAEFB90EA1CDC5465"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A tabulation of current United States accrued shortfalls and arrears in each respective ongoing or closed United Nations peacekeeping mission.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0E5B621CB4C4F9C9F2CBF8C0C676D0A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A tabulation of all peacekeeping credits, including—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA14021CEA4494664AD5F9670F2BB9C7F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of peacekeeping credits determined by the United Nations to be available to the United States;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B4C769DB21B4B92ABD2C5FB190E54F3"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of peacekeeping credits determined by the United Nations to be unavailable to the United States;</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A570806DD064B8291D044B0ACCA0102"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of peacekeeping credits determined by the United Nations to be available to the United States from each open and closed peacekeeping mission;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F7A5E1571774627A01BDAED0D3D2898"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of peacekeeping credits determined by the United Nations to be unavailable to the United States from each open and closed peacekeeping mission;</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A9460E311BA47BB8522DEEFDF46CCAB"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of peacekeeping credits applied by the United Nations toward shortfalls from previous years that are apportioned to the United States;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE767E1259A65442E94F94382A3D64450"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of peacekeeping credits applied by the United Nations toward offsetting future contributions of the United States; and</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC80D2F152ED499194C0E910E638B5F9"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount of peacekeeping credits determined by the United Nations to be available to the United States that could be applied toward offsetting United States contributions in the following fiscal year.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED0352FBFA114FF4BCB683AC527E8533"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An explanation of any claim of unavailability by the United Nations of any peacekeeping credits described in clause (iii)(IV).</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C5CFD0145DA4794A8E2B063C3927795"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of any efforts by the United States to obtain reimbursement in accordance with the requirements of this Act, including Department of Defense materiel and services, and an explanation of any failure to obtain any such reimbursement.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53106abe63794dd496e912ed66d51570"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Peacekeeping credits defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <term>peacekeeping credits</term> means the amounts by which, during a United Nations peacekeeping fiscal year, the contributions of the United States to the United Nations for peacekeeping operations exceed the actual expenditures for peacekeeping operations by the United Nations that are apportioned to the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D4D5C143E69429E85056D981DD09E12" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessment rate transparency</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34BB3E14A0184064885C05689035B02D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id959F2BEAF464411C9FE415C54E45F82F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after each time the United Nations General Assembly modifies the assessment levels for peacekeeping operations, the Secretary shall submit a report, which may include a classified annex, to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B758F45824A4507A3007400BC5339F8"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall describe—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47F010AB4C254E1E827AB9FF04E3399B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the change, by amount and percentage, of the peacekeeping assessment charged to each member state; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F4CA340E71E4E90AB382E66AC523A42"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the economic and strategic interests of each of the permanent members of the Security Council is being served by each peacekeeping mission currently in force.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D1742C30B8F4E30B352DAA08853DEE0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of peacekeeping assessment data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to urge the United Nations—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EB6280BC16448A8961FC4F43C838968"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to share the raw data used to calculate member state peacekeeping assessment rates; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7893816710F4433F986E2B4A37422412"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make available the formula for determining peacekeeping assessments.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="id43d58c3b1fc540189d3abc464b9af23b" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accountability at international organizations</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id415EBCC23D214A0C819B0B15CD3DFCA0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Preventing abuse in peacekeeping</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 15 days before the anticipated date of a vote (or, in the case of exigent circumstances, as far in advance of the vote as is practicable) on a resolution approving a new peacekeeping mission under the auspices of the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or any other multilateral organization in which the United States participates, or to reauthorize an existing such mission, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on that mission that includes the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4C137A4FC324B10BFA24CF65AAEC270"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the specific measures taken and planned to be taken by the organization related to the mission—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B2A0287932E4D69AA4E5D557ECFB0AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to prevent individuals who are employees or contractor personnel of the organization, or members of the forces serving in the mission from engaging in acts of trafficking in persons, exploitation of victims of trafficking, or sexual exploitation or abuse; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA47149E42B604F10A23FB2FA945EC56C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to hold accountable any such individuals who engage in any such acts while participating in the mission.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF4B122015779451AAE26FDA683B1C797"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the effectiveness of each of the measures described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26BB4B34743345118CF30D32BBE94B11"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An accounting and assessment of all cases in which the organization has taken action to investigate allegations that individuals described in paragraph (1)(A) have engaged in acts described in that paragraph, including a description of the status of all such cases as of the date of the report.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA720B92950094682902293748437F00D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>312.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inclusion of peacekeeping abuses in country report on human rights practices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151n">22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A0CBB61B16D436F9E9194493DB1F0A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11)(C), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AC195ACAB1646FA8AED0445FE17B70E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9D71A5352A0482DB736F790C25C0262"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBBCEDBC3DE5445D8F935ACCA78C44A1"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each country that contributes personnel to United Nations peacekeeping missions, a description of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD0BD0D57B0F4571B5E9F7FAB1C4F82F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any allegations of such personnel engaging in acts of trafficking in persons, exploitation of victims of trafficking, or sexual exploitation and abuse while participating in such a peacekeeping mission;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7673443C9CB4AB5BE5482312C12CB04"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any repatriations of such personnel resulting from an allegation described in subparagraph (A);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3429216306DE4022AA62F982A2B62474"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any actions taken by such country with respect to personnel repatriated as a result of allegations described in subparagraph (A), including whether such personnel faced prosecution related to such allegations; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB759268D04CA4664AE81E4A65AC3C67B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which any actions taken as described in subparagraph (C) have been communicated by such country to the United Nations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d9389d9192c4a02bec2d148067eac2d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>313.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation of United Nations peacekeeping missions</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA72A33A7014C4151B24EBEFB8CC636D2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA36BD757478640869441CE78817B01FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comprehensive evaluation of current United Nations peacekeeping missions;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42C4FB57615C411EB066FF40D2DDD457"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a prioritization of the peacekeeping missions;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id218780EA2F9B42D2ADB4C994FD38BA21"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plans for phasing out and ending any mission that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77EF9A64A5DC4CAD9D34CD28B955A558"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has substantially met its objectives and goals; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8C173CA2BCE4416489E3EFABB9949035"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will not be able to meet its objectives and goals; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE21089FA1EA64BE9A07E0E62002ED829"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan for reviewing the status of open-ended mandates for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23B12F834ABD402DB93A59C43E1AD506"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK);</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7682A0009B943ECA8B1690B9BBEE737"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9739353083C7482BAC6F9D6A4166B4C3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e4d63b673cc4e05a350559b9e9968c2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval of future peacekeeping missions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to ensure that no new United Nations peacekeeping mission is approved without a periodic mandate renewal.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d32bcbc551641bebc08095abacf464b"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States shall not provide funding for any United Nations peacekeeping mission beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act unless the mission has a periodic mandate renewal.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle commented="no" id="id41817057aeb7467cb7f855b82b42d8a6" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Personnel matters</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCEA8227D7B0481DB1CE6E9CF1B9A684" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>321.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Encouraging employment of United States citizens at the United Nations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 181 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/276c-4">22 U.S.C. 276c–4</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE61F1CB88EEC4A0DB5F8652B4ED6BE7D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>181.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Employment of United States citizens by certain international organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016</short-title>, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report that provides—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id794DDA6A425E4ABCB8CBB5E4C6AB8A85"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each international organization that had a geographic distribution formula in effect on January 1, 1991, an assessment of whether that organization—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB969CAC9EEED420DADB2FEE2B8471115"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is taking good faith steps to increase the staffing of United States citizens, including, as appropriate, as assessment of any additional steps the organization could be taking to increase such staffing; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3AE07417A134FC2B8E686E602C7F9E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has met the requirements of its geographic distribution formula; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37102B26A9EA4B09AE37800F86639CFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of United States representation among professional and senior-level positions at the United Nations, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD13AFDEFE6324E26BD240AAA59CBC37A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the proportion of United States citizens employed at the United Nations Secretariat and at all United Nations specialized agencies, funds, and programs relative to the total employment at the United Nations Secretariat and at all such agencies, funds, and programs;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB6D1C71EF824E3EA7882D7906713CDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as assessment of compliance by the United Nations Secretariat and such agencies, funds, and programs with any applicable geographic distribution formula; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB7819C5C51C4F65AE725F582F2EE9FF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of any steps taken or planned to be taken by the United States to increase the staffing of United States citizens at the United Nations Secretariat and such agencies, funds and programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id640032B1DA3242439EB4241B151C9C39" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>322.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring appropriate United Nations personnel salaries</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3CB614120644F8282798E45E51F7A3A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation of United Nations personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59309067EBCD4B05B44FCC11C9C6F645"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to establish appropriate policies, procedures, and assumptions for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id336DB48A373A49EEA7E80850E06D566A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determining comparable positions between officials in the professional and higher categories of employment at the United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, and in the United States Federal civil service;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F20603BCFDD424F875D1AFA8843FD20"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">calculating the margin between the compensation of such officials at the United Nations headquarters and the civil service; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2213F52113FD4A09B059356D5321C11F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determining the appropriate margin for adoption by the United Nations to govern compensation for such officials;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE6724FF39A84D128E3B33134BC336CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make all policies, procedures, and assumptions described in paragraph (1) available to the public; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2125CD6090F4483918E664A4D5AB39D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to limit increases in the compensation of United Nations officials to ensure that such officials remain within the margin range established by United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/40/244, or any subsequent margin range adopted by the United Nations to govern compensation for United Nations officials.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id025293979CCB4DB1872236BC49C746B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on salary margins</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees, at the time of the submission of the budget of the President to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, that</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47777F944F154AB4906BD1B75A5B1EA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the policies, procedures, and assumptions established or used by the United Nations—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC297B1B82CE0493B8E37D6E57F46DB75"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to determine comparable positions between officials in the professional and higher categories of employment at the United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, and in the United States Federal civil service;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC1BA471DAEAB40138414D36EA8E21EFB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to calculate the percentage difference, or margin, between the compensation of such officials at the United Nations headquarters and the civil service; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF73CF904381445A6A99071EA9DF2F62D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to determine the margin range established in United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/40/244, or any subsequent margin range adopted by the United Nations to govern compensation for United Nations officials;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id219306316523490F82FDBDDDA2AFDB59"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses, in accordance with the policies, procedures, and assumptions described in paragraph (1), the margin between net salaries of officials in the professional and higher categories of employment at the United Nations in New York and those of comparable positions in the United States Federal civil service;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id953E0318357C4E9EADA544A556E8200F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses any changes in the margin described in paragraph (2) from the previous year;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37C2DB831B9E4DCCAC5A2D79CB0F86BF"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses the extent to which any changes in that margin resulted from modifications to the policies, procedures, and assumptions described in paragraph (1); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4600285FC3B4BF7B34FBDCE7A108F7E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides the views of the Secretary on any changes in that margin and any such modifications.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<enum>IV</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consular authorities</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea09814181ae479ca9c8d566ac4839a6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Visa ineligibility for international child abductors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(a)(10)(C)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id598475fd8a8a47a4bca81c2a02da3800"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (I), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3333c33930184631a153fde0926196a1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (II), by striking <quote>; or</quote> at the end and inserting a period; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae35a54eb2314847a22ec2f0a6600671"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subclause (III).</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5341d1aca7444d998e58fa1a60400a7a" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Presumption of immigrant intent for H and L visa classifications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1184">8 U.S.C. 1184(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa45bed3d91645ff8a7fd7ceda4c9dbd"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(other than a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph (L) or (V) of section 101(a)(15), and other than a nonimmigrant described in any provision of section 101(a)(15)(H)(i) except subclause (b1) of such section)</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddda47deed5c5495a81fb0955898e0cf7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>under section 101(a)(15).</quote> and inserting <quote>under the immigration laws.</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id596625f24e27441494d7458bfdb12668"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>he</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>the alien</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cc917e014664c519aa4ad8710fbec52" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>403.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Visa information sharing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1202">8 U.S.C. 1202(f)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba5167bced3843c685fc2d8687a1f2a3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>issuance or refusal</quote> and inserting <quote>issuance, refusal, or revocation</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5fbeb23c3a542179c27209c948bac22"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48261ab552b14f3289ae2a4ae12a9de2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and on the basis of reciprocity</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4966c443c2242bcad424edf47dba412"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>illicit weapons; or</quote> and inserting <quote>illicit weapons, or in determining the removability or eligibility for a visa, admission, or another immigration benefit of persons who would be inadmissible to, or removable from, the United States;</quote>;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d722087567b4470afb066f011a03199"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48b0fbc30a274942b7942e6a50d5dcc4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>for the purposes</quote> and inserting <quote>for 1 of the purposes</quote>; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64896eb8dbfd4bbd88c542e62055fcd9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>or to deny visas to persons who would be inadmissible to the United States.</quote> and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda2aa1a2c61c46ad93434555cd1efe7b"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5cadb1b0486c42eaaf478ab801e5b39f" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92738d6c3c7d4cf7b0eb2cf63b0c6c47"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with regard to any or all aliens in the database, specified data elements from each record, if the Secretary of State determines that it is in the national interest to provide such information to a foreign government.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<enum>V</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Embassy Security</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="idE827278B8E21407ABC0B18146588DA95" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of authorized security appropriations.</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc904265df1514a90a0838f43bf368dd9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Worldwide security protection</header>
<subsection id="iddbeb42668e51413381238674b646207c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds made available in fiscal year 2016 for worldwide security protection shall to the extent practicable, before any such funds may be allocated to any other authorized purpose, be allocated for—</text> <paragraph id="id3c1df1787c674c5a9c9c3bac71ca7de6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>immediate threat mitigation support in accordance with subsection (b) at facilities determined to be high threat, high risk pursuant to section 531;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id73fda449b341428a93db46707f7b8227"><enum>(2)</enum><text>immediate threat mitigation support in accordance with subsection (b) at other facilities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd766cdaced6c47fbba58265d4fd5700e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>locations with high vulnerabilities.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id3857a1fb64a44e599a7aa28a19f3ea9a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Immediate threat mitigation support prioritization</header><text>In allocating funding for immediate threat mitigation support pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall prioritize funding for—</text> <paragraph id="id020eaf14d50247a991a63075f3c440f3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the purchasing of additional security equipment, including additional defensive weaponry;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idedaf0e5f6e7c43b3900c9f49423e9dc9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the paying of expenses of additional security forces; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5438aea4e9dc437e8acca5f897af24ec"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other purposes necessary to mitigate immediate threats to United States personnel serving overseas.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id7d1a078f481f46798039717328b16d24"><enum>502.</enum><header>Embassy security, construction and maintenance</header>
<subsection id="id1c46c2c7b7084126ad40cc9e11c507dd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds made available in fiscal year 2016 for Worldwide Security Upgrades within <quote>embassy security, construction and maintenance</quote> shall to the extent practicable, before any funds may be allocated to any other authorized purpose, be allocated in the prioritized order of—</text> <paragraph id="id13cfb339cd0141e59e4b306dfebdd9c2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>immediate threat mitigation projects in accordance with subsection (b) at facilities determined to be high threat, high risk pursuant to section 531;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idc18fea4c81a14e489aa28400237139f1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>other security upgrades to facilities determined to be high threat, high risk pursuant to section 531;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id1d6237ab10784ac7a6b5e02168c4607e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all other immediate threat mitigation projects in accordance with subsection (b); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ida54704fd3cd04b9c9d246e6b67c410f3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>security upgrades to all other facilities or new construction for facilities determined to be high threat, high risk pursuant to section 531.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id27bc063ef1cd48bdbe1738df57695503"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Immediate threat mitigation projects prioritization</header><text>In allocating funding for immediate threat mitigation projects pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall prioritize funding for the construction of safeguards that provide immediate security benefits and any other purposes necessary to mitigate immediate threats to United States personnel serving overseas.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="id164cff3116204ef19c56979289380556"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional limitation</header><text>No funds authorized to be appropriated shall be obligated for new embassy construction, other than for high threat, high risk facilities, unless the Secretary certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text> <paragraph id="id051392607fe44867aa88b4b8d4610bc4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Department has fully complied with the requirements of subsection (a);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7ff590089db34baf9b774570343c8006"><enum>(2)</enum><text>high threat, high risk facilities are being secured to the best of the United States Government’s ability; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5eebaae638d24d3783fa23e2e8fdcb75"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary will make funds available from the Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance account or other sources to address any changed security threats or new or emergent security needs, including new immediate threat mitigation projects.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id0b16329968f84e7aa83e98a867ca06b6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall report to the appropriate congressional committees not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act on—</text> <paragraph id="idd3f008044f564088bd01d2cf87015672"><enum>(1)</enum><text>funding for the priorities described in subsection (a);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id577ed22e1556477b9c9a9e4c7e6c25ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>efforts to secure high threat, high risk facilities as well as high vulnerability locations facilities; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id73507ec2ea1d45c1b535e59ecfebd7bb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>plans to make funds available from the Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance account or other sources to address any changed security threats or new or emergent security needs, including new immediate threat mitigation projects.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="id411FCD0572674387AFFEE430C3C15553" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contracting and other matters.</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EF541E92037403194F16E1B86CEA94E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>511.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local guard contracts abroad under diplomatic security program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7066BEBB1F7E49E197544E6C644F4C20"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="id517410990E0E46DBA74D06CA5E29D9EF" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77CBB490000B4388BCFFE608BB9ED00A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in evaluating proposals for such contracts, award contracts to technically acceptable firms offering the lowest evaluated price, except that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6DDA62E09B9C4647A48ADB776BE699DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary may award contracts on the basis of best value (as determined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis), especially for posts determined to be high threat, high risk pursuant to section 531 of the <short-title>Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016</short-title>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06FD1D2AD0B744159BD02DA8BD39C7AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB54C3E9D72524B07B079BC49DCABCD65"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that includes—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id668BCB61F79A4193A2F228E754A43668"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of the implementation of section 136(c)(3) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, as amended by subsection (a); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83AD36E919CB49FA8727DB754598226A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each instance in which a contract is awarded pursuant to subparagraph (A) of such section, a written justification and approval that describes the basis for such award and an explanation of the inability of the Secretary to satisfy the needs of the Department by awarding a contract to the technically acceptable firm offering the lowest evaluated price.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id755AFB8F8F37455E9A7841B0318C7B81" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>512.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (22 U.S.C. 4834 (c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9F2B716D0B1A4674BE233237D4DDDBDF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA094067EC5DE4545B897DCB2EF06D5AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Whenever</quote> in the first sentence immediately following the subsection heading and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36E4927AF57B46EDA3619658C02E9C9D" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27CF323F7A4D494782A234F2C751661E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2DF81A72CE04289B065C37945051348"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D7176AD57D9441DAADFB89B8DB0EB87" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id288E0B8B1CF440E19382298B96AF6174"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certain security incidents</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B509D1695644C8EAE776C07EC4FDCCB"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unsatisfactory leadership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1795BA427A3E45438C182ABD2AA16616"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disciplinary action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEDDBCC7E83E24EF29C3E2896347F0F4F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>513.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management and staff accountability</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCF4BAA9773B7400D81D29E1768F4C5DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority of Secretary of State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or in any other provision of law may be construed to prevent the Secretary from using all authorities invested in the office of Secretary to take personnel action against any employee or official of the Department that the Secretary determines has breached the duty of that individual or has engaged in misconduct or unsatisfactorily performed the duties of employment of that individual, and such misconduct or unsatisfactory performance has significantly contributed to the serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property, or a serious breach of security, even if such action is the subject of an Accountability Review Board's examination under section 304(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4834">22 U.S.C. 4834(a)</external-xref>).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8EA8DC5D1E2B4ADBB38E3E135A1D6B27"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accountability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 304 of the Diplomatic Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4834">22 U.S.C. 4834</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74CC9F2023CA44359FA9E0E0055FA3C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>or has engaged in misconduct or unsatisfactorily performed the duties of employment of that individual, and such misconduct or unsatisfactory performance has significantly contributed to the serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property, or the serious breach of security that is the subject of the Board's examination as described in subsection (a),</quote> after <quote>breached the duty of that individual</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2A3B51AF28E446F9E2898ECDB9440D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76E1F8DB40A24877A78F134E7EF13235"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD08850BDEFF0472C810EDD4D3D6A4125" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42849E53329643248AAE3247C26E18CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management accountability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever a Board determines that an individual has engaged in any conduct described in subsection (c), the Board shall evaluate the level and effectiveness of management and oversight conducted by employees or officials in the management chain of such individual.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D813FBFD9854F45A6022224E7F3996A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>514.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">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></subtitle> <subtitle commented="no" id="id69ADF1C629544C75B8A93C0B2F1FD674" level-type="subsequent"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Marine Corps Security Guard Program</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67E395F1BCD1480EA1A41766F62D022D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>521.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional reports on expansion and enhancement of Marine Corps Security Guard Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1269(a)(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. <quote>Buck</quote> McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/291">Public Law 113–291</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/5983">10 U.S.C. 5983</external-xref> note) is amended by inserting <quote>and not less frequently than once each year thereafter until the date that is three years after such date</quote> after <quote>of this Act</quote>.</text> </section></subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="id4664E8740ADE4EF190C62A2F546E7C35" level-type="subsequent"><enum>D</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Defending high threat, high risk posts</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9A12B2056D0344DAABF147F787508795" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>531.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation and reporting for high threat, high risk posts</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A4292A95ECB4069874A494D5BB81839"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit, to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>, a classified report, with an unclassified summary, evaluating Department facilities that the Secretary determines to be high threat, high risk in accordance with subsection (c).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD047A84A26A41C890825645E66BB224"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each facility determined to be high threat, high risk pursuant to subsection (a), the report submitted under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id119FB788C7D34E35A5D89919A018F887"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a narrative assessment describing the security threats and risks facing posts overseas and the overall threat level to United States personnel under chief of mission authority;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id508E1336A444449E8257D2028BF8161F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of diplomatic security personnel, Marine Corps security guards, and other Department personnel dedicated to providing security for United States personnel, information, and facilities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83EE2013EA3B402896E6DB225B5A37E9"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFD9D9A554C54AF1A65962AB19C9D32A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the quality and experience level of the team of United States senior security personnel assigned to the facility, considering collectively the assignment durations and lengths of government experience;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34E6E5ECF68D4920B7D6FBF6AC14A395"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of Foreign Service Officers who have received Foreign Affairs Counter Threat training;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0802D20B82846ECAFEA8BC9EE1595A8"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary of the requests made during the previous calendar year for additional resources, equipment, or personnel related to the security of the facility and the status of such requests;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8C26980695F4AA2B9446D4A2E218336"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the ability of United States personnel to respond to and survive a fire attack, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF21CD04CE67F43328A90E579C44E2AB3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the facility has adequate fire safety and security equipment for safe havens and safe areas; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E4D4EDCBD224A0B9F3BAD51BA3908FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the employees working at the facility have been adequately trained on the equipment available;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBD76CB109FAD4BC48F57DE465C3E83D3"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if it is a new facility, a detailed description of the steps taken to provide security for the new facility, including whether a dedicated support cell was established in the Department to ensure proper and timely resourcing of security; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17CAFF8DFEA242E8B369E3973CB9B469"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a listing of any high threat, high risk facilities where the facilities of the Department and other government agencies are not collocated, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE940E5E2FFB4E8787E8D47C468199B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a rationale for the lack of collocation; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD8B8830BC914CD8B58555DB1599DAB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCD65321CF6044B385410DDE887526E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of high threat, high risk facility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining which facilities of the Department constitute high threat, high risk facilities under this section, the Secretary shall take into account with respect to each facility whether there are—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCBE2B783C9A4535807C1AB1F1FA5F36"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">high to critical levels of political violence or terrorism;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEFDD350F46104C3687339478F131BF86"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">national or local governments with inadequate capacity or political will to provide appropriate protection; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6286EB771BCC493B895B6C033E6B0F26"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in locations where there are high to critical levels of political violence or terrorism or where national or local governments lack the capacity or political will to provide appropriate protection—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B0B5B6882C24E72B3CF7BB7FAEACBE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mission physical security platforms that fall well below the Department's established standards; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45A2CE26CF1E4A798AEC81C475B4C37E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">security personnel levels that are insufficient for the circumstances.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0AAC7F399A7D4F59840E9DEA70D501B3"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspector General review and report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General for the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall annually—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A9FC94C7AD94378A3A54CDC36A355CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the determinations of the Secretary with respect to high threat, high risk facilities, including the basis for making such determinations;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9AB5B53982244848BA684E83A73765E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review contingency planning for high threat, high risk facilities and evaluate the measures in place to respond to attacks on such facilities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id222B06651E4F419898F863DB087D2D8C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the risk mitigation measures in place at high threat, high risk facilities to determine how the Secretary evaluates risk and whether the measures put in place sufficiently address the relevant risks;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA157F9280CE84CA7BE5138137380EE5E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review early warning systems in place at high threat, high risk facilities and evaluate the measures being taken to preempt and disrupt threats to such facilities; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA7D5A8DAADBE4E90BA3E159D227C5916"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide to the appropriate congressional committees—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89C23F74D3BB4266A8BED2E16A782032"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the determinations of the Secretary with respect to high threat, high risk facilities, including recommendations for additions or changes to the list of such facilities; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC9BF38CAD0A4790A9A2619567FD988A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a report on the reviews and evaluations undertaken pursuant to paragraphs (1) through (4).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE41A56C852154FBB9A5CF5662FF8C46F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>532.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation and reporting for high-risk counterintelligence threat posts</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14E851D89DC9485F9EDF9CC2959BDE2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8910EC222DF4C499DD356133B42B433"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate committees of congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAFC3C4857B084897BFD2EF0F67DEA7E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50372DD1DA0D492C89912F1C0395C226"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34BA3B000FD049B0876ACE2B63E7BEA8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA21A0C75F6A4C628939E9D151501827"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA81C9F0260BD40AD8D7D2331A8822907"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89BCEDA2D0944597A7E97B0AD71B25EE"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0C3047EC5D644855B8D70EACA4D0626F"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3C8AC43EA9AF4FAC90FA105E365FA791"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name></text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27D8C65DBA9F49DEB9F2BDE63F2895D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority 1 counterintelligence threat nation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Priority 1 Counterintelligence Threat Nation</term> means a country designated as such by the October 2012 National Intelligence Priorities Framework (NIPF).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE00A478E545E4E27893F3BF9AA8A2FF2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report required</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7064F3379F7E46618CD355411F232417"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in conjunction with appropriate officials in the intelligence community and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that assesses the counterintelligence threat to United States diplomatic facilities in Priority 1 Counterintelligence Threat Nations.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0715CA542FC4D07A8EB1D63A5E08638"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under paragraph (1) shall include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCCD869206AE4FB3A0DA203BDDAE34A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the use of locally employed staff and guard forces and a listing of diplomatic facilities in Priority 1 Counterintelligence Threat Nations without controlled access areas; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E7B428E16DC4C0B85E1E357F568DA45"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations for mitigating any counterintelligence threats and for any necessary facility upgrades, including costs assessment of any recommended mitigation or upgrades.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68EE37FF2025479BA0873702A56F0840" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>533.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhanced qualifications for Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for high threat, high risk posts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 206 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4824">22 U.S.C. 4824</external-xref>) the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92C016AC74D3440FA58DA585BA9DBD7D" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC668EA8301841ED854FC610B9F0DB0D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for High Threat, High Risk Posts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The individual serving as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for High Threat, High Risk Posts shall have 1 or more of the following qualifications:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA4025639D854DB5B006CAA9F80B8B16"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Service during the last 6 years at 1 or more posts designated as high threat, high risk by the Secretary of State at the time of service.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0F20180DEED42DDB74230C3670B4223"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Previous service as the office director or deputy director of 1 or more of the following Department of State offices or successor entities carrying out substantively equivalent functions:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD13733A6E93641CCA30ECDA4E1437328"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Mobile Security Deployments.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF97112FB0264D0196B864FF24D38E03"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Special Programs and Coordination.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD44508F53C58457FBDD05856B83BE49B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Overseas Protective Operations.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CD7DCA45ED34622AF0BBA3E3445FFE9"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Physical Security Programs.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64CB2B7C458848E885B321B60CEC53DA"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Office of Intelligence and Threat Analysis.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD06D2F1FEF7745718252B88B44DA5A73"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Previous service as the Regional Security Officer at two or more overseas posts.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD95046F5443B47C3A184125594005B80"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other government or private sector experience substantially equivalent to service in the positions listed in paragraphs (1) through (3).</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB737DF54F8A945E1978E6951F73CCFBA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>534.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Security environment threat list briefings</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF31839BC25814BA4A5F2EE4E332044D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and upon each subsequent update of the Security Environment Threat List (SETL), the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security shall provide classified briefings to the appropriate congressional committees on the Security Environment Threat List.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD28161CEC96B4CF39AB3A74F56924CA2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The briefings required under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7821EDE79CAC44A2815E468038BB1A37"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an overview of the Security Environment Threat List; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96AE6736BCC44734BE641CE6320520FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a summary assessment of the security posture of those facilities where the Security Environment Threat List assesses the threat environment to be most acute, including factors that informed such assessment.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9D49492A9CD64DF2B0282E1CD71683D4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>535.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comptroller General of the United States report on implementation of Benghazi Accountability Review Board recommendations</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CFFEE5DC510409DA88BE51694347E87"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that describes the progress of the Secretary in implementing the recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE8830095618C4C5F8BEDACF643013A6F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D396F857336405EABC5326D5C851048"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the progress the Secretary has made in implementing each specific recommendation of the Accountability Review Board; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0C108722AA44FE9B30DE55CBB36746B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of any impediments to recommended reforms, such as budget constraints, bureaucratic obstacles within the Department or in the broader interagency community, or limitations under current law.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7BFE7C7C7C414CD4B5E4DC1BBC66663B"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6DC4F7957A543B2AC3D20B3A2BE724A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>536.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foreign Affairs Security Training Center</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1a9f709e31c45a98920bd7c7eddab72"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Management and Budget</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees all documents and materials related to its consideration and analysis concerning the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center at Fort Picket, Virginia, and any alternative facilities.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf165f2f5bd8e4a6fafcc5693b755d4bb"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Department of State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees all documents and materials related to the determination to construct a new Foreign Affairs Security Training Center at Fort Picket, Virginia, including any that are related to the development and adoption of all related training requirements, including any documents and materials related to the consideration and analysis of such facility performed by the Office of Management and Budget.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40a365f5725a4d99953ee1ad7ac1de58" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>537.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Language training</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c413f177b494c9bb76d03c9f915dd86"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title IV of the Diplomatic Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4851">22 U.S.C. 4851 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e9261eb72774582b1a04a6e839f72e4" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1157c89cc02942108b2cba458272219d" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>416.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Language requirements for diplomatic security personnel assigned to high threat, high risk posts</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68c52295e5304ec2857f8610350fa144"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Diplomatic security personnel assigned permanently to, or who are serving in, long-term temporary duty status as designated by the Secretary of State at a high threat, high risk post should receive language training described in subsection (b) in order to prepare such personnel for duty requirements at such post.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea5aadc14051407683559e1b856263e2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Language training described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Language training referred to in subsection (a) should prepare personnel described in such subsection—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80ed76302a90433fadbbdf6561e8c8cd"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to speak the language at issue with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on subjects germane to security; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8e89491331c40c0a52fbaa478bb2135"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to read within an adequate range of speed and with almost complete comprehension on subjects germane to security.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4707ea0a0e214e6a93b0fc84f3f7b896"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspector general review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30, 2016, the Inspector General of the Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC57AB9EF2BC745DB8BB6CFAA47E2FB8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the language training conducted pursuant to this section; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B14816213C24B1688CED0BAE1944153"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make the results of such review available to the Secretary of State and the appropriate congressional committees.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2E1AD2ECE0714DCEAA3A32E14B77849C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/399">Public Law 99–399</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating the section 415 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1d9916c-6005-4454-830d-e3a821a93e93" style="OLC"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" idref="id1157c89cc02942108b2cba458272219d" level="section">Sec. 416. Language requirements for diplomatic security personnel assigned to high threat, high risk posts.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle commented="no" id="id0FEB8EEA9E434B7F8A2B22B7CF5494DA" level-type="subsequent"><enum>E</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accountability review boards</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id738CC4CB6521448CB197BAE9EEB3898E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>541.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provision of copies of accountability review board reports to Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 days after an Accountability Review Board provides its report to the Secretary of State in accordance with 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 et seq.</external-xref>), the Secretary shall provide copies of the report to the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and to the appropriate congressional committees for retention and review by those committees.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D700D8BAA3D472B9C24F9BDE69F1D73" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>542.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Staffing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302(b)(2) of the Diplomatic Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4832">22 U.S.C. 4832(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Such persons shall be drawn from bureaus or other agency subunits that are not impacted by the incident that is the subject of the Board’s review.</quote>.</text> </section></subtitle> <enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Management and accountability</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E17AD7C9ED441F68A13E51E52D6C2DA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited at the <quote><short-title>Improving Department of State Oversight Act of 2015</short-title></quote>.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65d21594900e4ff6af10117e13a85f73" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>602.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competitive hiring status for former employees of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any employee of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction who completes at least 12 months of service at any time prior to the date of the termination of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (October 5, 2013), and was not terminated for cause shall acquire competitive status for appointment to any position in the competitive service for which the employee possesses the required qualifications.</text> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc058bcf0328a4fdb985eb4b4cb42aaea" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>603.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assurance of independence of IT systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Inspector General of the Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors, shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees that the Department has made reasonable efforts to ensure the integrity and independence of the Office of the Inspector General Information Technology systems.</text> </section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16d4ebfb0c7a45d4bd30ff8213601824" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>604.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protecting the integrity of internal investigations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 209(c)(5) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3929">22 U.S.C. 3929(c)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc86ecffc83024b5cb7003d0db12d3fe7" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb468bb98470d47659f56f30f592f78c6"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Required reporting of allegations and investigations and inspector general authority</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0823cdae91c04ca4b8a9d85713a3bafa"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each bureau, post or other office (in this subparagraph, an <quote>entity</quote>) of the Department of State shall, within five business days, report to the Inspector General any allegations of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53d43cb66a3b45eaacd914c703845cc4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">waste, fraud, or abuse in a Department program or operation;</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbfb402bf73d343efb1054a14d7b63012"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">criminal or serious misconduct on the part of a Department employee at the FS–1, GS–15, GM–15 level or higher;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id216ab9f1a14e4f62a25497ffc2ef68d8"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">criminal misconduct on the part of any Department employee; and</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee46b0bc4a14431ab2da35ec916e6644"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serious, noncriminal misconduct on the part of any individual who is authorized to carry a weapon, make arrests, or conduct searches, such as conduct that, if proved, would constitute perjury or material dishonesty, warrant suspension as discipline for a first offense, or result in loss of law enforcement authority.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96ffa7a4c56f43c5ae3d169242050b31"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspector General authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General may, pursuant to existing authority, investigate matters covered by clause (i).</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb60af500c83d4728b2a869560c2adf63"><enum>(iii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on investigations outside of Office of Inspector General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No entity in the Department of State with concurrent jurisdiction over matters covered by clause (i), including the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, may initiate an investigation of such matter unless it has first reported the allegations to the Inspector General as required by clause (i), except as provided in clause (v) and (vi).</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0fb31eecd0874343b9e68bdc4012471e"><enum>(iv)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an entity in the Department of State initiates an investigation of a matter covered in clause (i) the entity must, except as provided in clause (v), fully cooperate with the Inspector General, including—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec9b5e9ec3a24caba9a6fd8e8ab41143"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by providing to the Inspector General all data and records obtained in connection with its investigation upon request of the Inspector General;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb0aa2af6d48f42d29c347adba4bf547d"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by coordinating, at the request of the Inspector General, such entity’s investigation with the Inspector General; and</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id012dbfd178274cd7832b44b3861c1981"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by providing to the Inspector General requested support in aid of the Inspector General’s oversight and investigative responsibilities.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7baddea9bf041dfa8e8aced21ab7b99"><enum>(v)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General may prescribe general rules under which any requirement of clause (iii) or clause (iv) may be dispensed with.</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a17787bb4554771a4b44eeab5892cfb"><enum>(vi)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exigent circumstances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance with clauses (i), (iii), and (iv) of this subparagraph may be dispensed with by an entity of the Department of State if complying with them in an exigent circumstance would pose an imminent threat to human life, health or safety, or result in the irretrievable loss or destruction of critical evidence or witness testimony, in which case a report of the allegation shall be made not later than 48 hours after an entity begins an investigation under the authority of this clause and cooperation required under clause (iv) shall commence not later than 48 hours after the relevant exigent circumstance has ended.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85c5fd4b68244f41aec50c8e1b936836"><enum>(vii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subparagraph may be interpreted to affect any duty or authority of the Inspector General under any provision of law, including the Inspector General’s duties or authorities under the Inspector General Act.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE4933A4E6A64726A7D7C1A8C80EBF47" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>605.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report on Inspector General inspection and auditing of Foreign Service posts and bureaus and operating units Department of State</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id649CF4BEBF564C18BEFD5D5DB9CBF7AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the requirement under section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3929">22 U.S.C. 3929(a)(1)</external-xref>) that the Inspector General of the Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors inspect and audit, at least every 5 years, the administration of activities and operations of each Foreign Service post and each bureau and other operating unit of the Department.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3AFC423766B24FB4BEE60900518011E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consideration of Multi-Tier system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall assess the advisability and feasibility of implementing a multi-tier system for inspecting Foreign Service posts featuring more (or less) frequent inspections and audits of posts based on risk, including security risk, as may be determined by the Inspector General.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id676E7E65FE70479E934ECCCFE40DE0A7"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a) shall include separate portions prepared by the Inspector General of the Department of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors, and the Comptroller General of the United States, respectively.</text></subsection></section>
Passed the Senate April 28, 2016.Julie E. Adams,Secretary