116 HR 115 IH: Protecting Diplomats from Surveillance Through Consumer Devices Act U.S. House of Representatives 2019-01-03 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I116th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 115IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 3, 2019Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Mr. McCaul) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign AffairsA BILLTo require the Department of State to establish a policy regarding the use of location-tracking consumer devices by employees at diplomatic and consular facilities, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting Diplomats from Surveillance Through Consumer Devices Act.

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Securing United States diplomatic and consular facilities against cy­ber­sur­veil­lance

(a)

Policy on location-Tracking consumer devices

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall establish a policy on the use of location-tracking consumer devices, including GPS-enabled devices, at United States diplomatic and consular facilities by United States Government employees, contractors, locally employed staff, and members of other agencies deployed to or stationed at such facilities. (b)

Security briefing

Existing and new employees at United States diplomatic and consular facilities, including contractors, locally employed staff, and members of other agencies deployed to or stationed at such facilities, shall, as a part of the security briefings provided to such employees, be informed of the policy described in subsection (a) and given instructions on the use of location-tracking consumer devices both on and off the premises of such facilities. (c)

Coordination

The Secretary of State shall coordinate with the heads of any other agencies whose employees are deployed to or stationed at United States diplomatic and consular facilities in the formulation of the policy described in subsection (a) and the dissemination of such policy pursuant to subsection (b). (d)

Report

Not later than 30 days after the formulation of the policy described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the details of such policy.