116 HR 3352 IH: Department of State Authorization Act of 2019
U.S. House of Representatives
2019-06-19
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Department of State Authorization Act of 2019
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Title I—Organization and Operations of the Department of State
Sec. 101. Sense of Congress on importance of Department of State’s work.
Sec. 102. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Sec. 103. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
Sec. 104. Bureau of Consular Affairs; Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.
Sec. 105. Office of International Disability Rights.
Sec. 106. Office of Global Women’s Issues.
Sec. 107. Special appointments.
Sec. 108. Anti-piracy information sharing.
Sec. 109. Importance of foreign affairs training to national security.
Sec. 110. Authorization for receipt of private funding for diplomatic studies and training.
Sec. 111. Classification and assignment of Foreign Service officers.
Sec. 112. Energy diplomacy and security within the Department of State.
Sec. 113. Passport fees.
Sec. 114. United States diplomacy center.
Sec. 115. Extension of period for reimbursement of fishermen for costs incurred from the illegal
seizure and detention of U.S.-flag fishing vessels by foreign governments.
Sec. 116. Art in embassies.
Sec. 117. Amendment or repeal of reporting requirements.
Sec. 118. Reporting on implementation of GAO recommendations.
Title II—Embassy Construction
Sec. 201. Embassy security, construction, and maintenance.
Sec. 202. Standard design in capital construction.
Sec. 203. Capital construction transparency.
Sec. 204. Contractor performance information.
Sec. 205. Growth projections for new embassies and consulates.
Sec. 206. Long-range planning process.
Sec. 207. Value engineering and risk assessment.
Sec. 208. Business volume.
Sec. 209. Embassy security requests and deficiencies.
Sec. 210. Overseas security briefings.
Sec. 211. Contracting methods in capital construction.
Sec. 212. Competition in embassy construction.
Sec. 213. Definitions.
Title III—Personnel Issues
Sec. 301. Defense Base Act insurance waivers.
Sec. 302. Study on Foreign Service allowances.
Sec. 303. Science and technology fellowships.
Sec. 304. Travel for separated families.
Sec. 305. Home leave travel for separated families.
Sec. 306. Sense of Congress regarding certain fellowship programs.
Sec. 307. Technical correction.
Sec. 308. Foreign Service awards.
Sec. 309. Diplomatic programs.
Sec. 310. Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State.
Sec. 311. Employee assignment restrictions and preclusions.
Sec. 312. Recall and reemployment of career members.
Sec. 313. Strategic staffing plan for the Department.
Sec. 314. Consulting services.
Sec. 315. Incentives for critical posts.
Sec. 316. Extension of authority for certain accountability review boards.
Sec. 317. Foreign service suspension without pay.
Title IV—A Diverse Workforce: Recruitment, Retention, and Promotion
Sec. 401. Definitions.
Sec. 402. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data.
Sec. 403. Exit interviews for workforce.
Sec. 404. Recruitment and retention.
Sec. 405. Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service.
Sec. 406. Payne fellowship authorization.
Sec. 407. Voluntary participation.
Title V—Information Security
Sec. 501. Definitions.
Sec. 502. Information system security.
Sec. 503. Prohibition on contracting with certain telecommunications providers.
Sec. 504. Preserving records of electronic communications conducted related to official duties of
positions in the public trust of the American people.
Sec. 505. Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series and declassification.
Title VI—Public Diplomacy
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts.
Sec. 603. Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy.
Sec. 604. Permanent reauthorization of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Sec. 605. Streamlining of support functions.
Sec. 606. Guidance for closure of public diplomacy facilities.
Sec. 607. Definitions.
Title VII—Combating Public Corruption
Sec. 701. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 702. Annual assessment.
Sec. 703. Transparency and accountability.
Sec. 704. Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact.
Sec. 705. Reporting requirements.
Title VIII—Matters Relating to International Security
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Security assistance defined.
Subtitle A—Reform Relating to Security Assistance
Sec. 811. Organizational reform.
Sec. 812. Workforce development.
Sec. 813. Security assistance planning.
Sec. 814. Interagency coordination of security assistance, transfers, and security cooperation.
Sec. 815. Rule of construction.
Subtitle B—Foreign Military Assistance
Sec. 821. Strategic allocation of excess defense articles.
Sec. 822. Modification of purposes for which military sales by the United States are authorized.
Sec. 823. Return of defense articles.
Sec. 824. Requirements relating to exemptions for licensing of defense items.
Sec. 825. Amendment to general provisions.
Sec. 826. Technical amendments to Arms Export Control Act.
Sec. 827. Sense of Congress on licensing under United States arms export control programs.
Sec. 828. Extension of war reserve stockpile authority.
Sec. 829. Peacekeeping operations and other national security programs.
Sec. 830. Other amendments to military assistance authorities.
Sec. 831. Repeal of reports.
Sec. 832. Defense trade controls registration fees.
Sec. 833. Withholding of assistance to units of foreign security forces that engaged in sexual
exploitation or abuse in peacekeeping operations.
Subtitle C—Studies on Authorities and Programs
Sec. 841. Requirement for study by Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
Sec. 842. Requirement for independent study of existing security assistance authorities.
Title IX—Miscellaneous
Sec. 901. Case-Zablocki Act reform.
Sec. 902. Limitation on assistance to countries in default.
Sec. 903. Prohibition on assistance to governments supporting international terrorism.
2.In this Act: (1)Appropriate congressional committeesUnless otherwise specified, the 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)Unless otherwise specified, the term Department means the Department of State. (3)Unless otherwise specified, the term Secretary means the Secretary of State.
<enum>I</enum><header>Organization and Operations of the Department of State</header>
<section id="H7904E2DB719A4E159A5DC817707E18BF"><enum>101.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on importance of Department of State’s work</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HE7D31BB6C6014ECF8C862DE5BDEDA9D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>United States global engagement is key to a stable and prosperous world;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E230EE512C24805A393791DFA2049ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>United States leadership is indispensable in light of the many complex and interconnected threats facing the United States and the world;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64AF7A64C2894840891AD8C6275E9CA9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>diplomacy and development are critical tools of national power, and full deployment of these tools is vital to United States national security;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB9B85D9E07E4DD2B52B0AA31B3F4D38"><enum>(4)</enum><text>challenges such as the global refugee and migration crises, terrorism, historic famine and food insecurity, and fragile or repressive societies cannot be addressed without sustained and robust United States diplomatic and development leadership;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H905D1D7D33394B709E2C5762BF194677"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the United States Government must use all of the instruments of national security and foreign policy at its disposal to protect United States citizens, promote United States interests and values, and support global stability and prosperity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9099F6E101954BD6B38D0FA240D79BF5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>United States security and prosperity depend on having partners and allies that share our interests and values, and these partnerships are nurtured and our shared interests and values are promoted through United States diplomatic engagement, security cooperation, economic statecraft, and assistance that helps further economic development, good governance, including the rule of law and democratic institutions, and the development of shared responses to natural and humanitarian disasters;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB21CEA6D20D043BFB31B1575A27CD603"><enum>(7)</enum><text>as the United States Government agencies primarily charged with conducting diplomacy and development, the Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) require sustained and robust funding to carry out this important work, which is essential to our ability to project United States leadership and values and to advance the United States interests around the world;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1A72CEC5A8D4308B5E0358BAA26243D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the work of the Department and USAID makes the United States and the world safer and more prosperous by alleviating global poverty and hunger, fighting HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, strengthening alliances, expanding educational opportunities for women and girls, promoting good governance and democracy, supporting anti-corruption efforts, driving economic development and trade, preventing armed conflicts and humanitarian crises, and creating American jobs and export opportunities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2E5401FB7C3414881A70F3591600A0C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the Department and USAID are vital national security agencies, whose work is critical to the projection of United States power and leadership worldwide, and without which Americans would be less safe, our economic power would be diminished, and global stability and prosperity would suffer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D2DD5D72FC3407FBCE361357F2CF906"><enum>(10)</enum><text>investing in diplomacy and development before conflicts break out saves American lives while also being cost-effective; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3BF1F2ECB26842ECB698FABFD00D3A94"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the contributions of personnel working at the Department and USAID are extraordinarily valuable and allow the United States to maintain its leadership around the world.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7B8C0CE370C64B59968945D268A151C5"><enum>102.</enum><header>Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDB74D8547E804E08B786794CD046D1CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>All special envoys, ambassadors, and coordinators located within the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H227B58EA47094E01A47E4B8879132C16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii)—</text> <subparagraph id="HA3CAFBAB546A4D5F89C94477B70E529A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 116 and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21B3E2D30DAF4C8AB327BD8328833DD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>(commonly referred to as the annual <quote>Country Reports on Human Rights Practices</quote>)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5D5E16F7F7044410940B00146DA9C812"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HCBC4C4ABB0CA44749870423308B679A0" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Authorities</header><text>In addition to the duties, functions, and responsibilities specified in this paragraph, the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor is authorized to—</text>
<clause id="HD0BC657905E14D999AE9F798161D388B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promote democracy and actively support human rights throughout the world;</text> </clause><clause id="H083624FB3F2749AF99ADCBE66D4FFFFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>promote the rule of law and good governance throughout the world;</text>
</clause><clause id="H49BC2C51958B4E18AD75242A0050FBF2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>strengthen civil society programs and organizations;</text> </clause><clause id="H0B48F566600A4DE0B113B3DF8959FBB8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>implement—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H5AA524D984134E5CA55887F4E8351FA6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the limitation on assistance to security forces imposed pursuant to section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2378d">22 U.S.C. 2378d</external-xref>; commonly known as the <quote>Leahy Law</quote>); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H1E4AE12A71F2448AA24E900F19E8957C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2370c">22 U.S.C. 2370c</external-xref> et seq.; enacted as title IV of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/457">Public Law 110–457</external-xref>));</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H186BBAC31A8441A5925D83A8DEAE9229"><enum>(v)</enum><text>review and, as appropriate, make recommendations to the Secretary of State regarding the proposed transfer of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H9559751647474BA3991A09D6A009DDCF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>defense articles and defense services authorized under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> et seq.) or the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2751">22 U.S.C. 2751</external-xref> et seq.); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HE296D4C0ED414176B61788FDCF33B9BE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>military items listed on the <quote>600 series</quote> of the Commerce Control List contained in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of subtitle B of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H094F1FBD017A42B9B836A7E6040DA754"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>coordinate programs and activities that protect and advance the exercise of human rights and internet freedom in cyberspace; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H09190AFB95DC448CBF943B8C56005208"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implement other relevant policies and provisions of law.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A62792C03B643B9BD86715C7B8B71BD" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Efficiency</header><text>The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall take whatever actions may be necessary to minimize the duplication of efforts within the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15A4A06DDAB946FE8F631A7F2C86E1CC" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Local oversight</header><text>United States missions, to the extent practicable, should assist in exercising oversight authority and coordinate with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor to ensure that funds are appropriately used and comply with anti-corruption practices.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC361CC532FF044D8B31D621ABE22CECE"><enum>103.</enum><header>Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs</header>
<subsection id="H10B970520DAD4033ABBFA4A71F609567"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H4E1920B7057B41B9908BA5AD19530A3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H719D5947255140A697006C9CE6ACDDD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H09915A0F3E944A6F903DFAF677FD53E2" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HAEC7229D31204CC1AA822B2FF3815396"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs</header> <subparagraph id="H9ACDA5C3BEAF43A2960CCB0C46313EFF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be in the Department of State an Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, who shall be responsible to the Secretary of State for all matters, programs, and related activities pertaining to international narcotics, anti-crime, and law enforcement affairs in the conduct of foreign policy by the Department, including, as appropriate, leading the coordination of programs carried out by United States Government agencies abroad, and such other related duties as the Secretary may from time to time designate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5CC61BF9A7DC40ABAAE4DB2127530E5A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Areas of responsibility</header><text>The Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs shall maintain continuous observation and coordination of all matters pertaining to international narcotics, anti-crime, and law enforcement affairs in the conduct of foreign policy, including programs carried out by other United States Government agencies when such programs pertain to the following matters:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HDDE6EE2D67974C8FBD1571927EEB35AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Combating international narcotics production and trafficking.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H5BFD2DFEB2DA489A81A91A977FEAEC3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Strengthening foreign justice systems, including judicial and prosecutorial capacity, appeals systems, law enforcement agencies, prison systems, and the sharing of recovered assets.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HBF32FAEC579A4E219697EEB3071CA780"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training and equipping foreign police, border control, other government officials, and other civilian law enforcement authorities for anti-crime purposes, including ensuring that no foreign security unit or member of such unit shall receive such assistance from the United States Government absent appropriate vetting.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H380C648FB4124023B3F5C6FFEEBE2735"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Ensuring the inclusion of human rights issues in law enforcement programs, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the heads of appropriate regional bureaus of the Department of State.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H8975DEE2A74747998A4E01D6072180E7"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Combating, in conjunction with other relevant bureaus of the Department, all forms of transnational organized crime, including illicit trafficking, human trafficking, arms trafficking, wildlife trafficking, trafficking in cultural property, migrant smuggling, money laundering, the illicit smuggling of bulk cash, and other new and emerging forms of crime.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HAAC372FE8CA34FE88EA9D8B6C52C07A1"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Identifying and responding to global corruption, including strengthening the capacity of foreign government institutions responsible for addressing financial crimes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65D38BD8A41F48909BCE5EE8FA0C34AB"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Additional duties</header><text>In addition to the responsibilities specified in subparagraph (B), the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs shall also—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HC68CEA69C99D4215AABAC4634993A70B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>carry out timely and substantive consultation with chiefs of mission and, as appropriate, the heads of other United States Government agencies to ensure effective coordination of all international narcotics and law enforcement programs carried out overseas by the Department and such other agencies;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HAA876B110021408A8E48827ADBD14309"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with the Office of National Drug Control Policy to ensure lessons learned from other United States Government agencies are available to the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the Department;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE519A05E6F92424BA7F7335ADBDFFC46"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>develop standard requirements for monitoring and evaluation of Bureau programs, including metrics for success that do not rely solely on the amounts of illegal drugs that are produced or seized;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H765B3986650540F7BE0B18F123FAC953"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in coordination with the Secretary of State, annually certify in writing to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that United States law enforcement personnel posted abroad whose activities are funded to any extent by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs are complying with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3927">22 U.S.C. 3927</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAF0E898E9D164E7EB83F014A908E801B"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out such other relevant duties as the Secretary may assign.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEA5E027EF82A43209E4E00ED43584531"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of annual international narcotics control strategy report</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2291h">22 U.S.C. 2291h</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9AC3874B09F14B4DB018BE7D9569CE40" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE727539D8A164C6AA2CED6C3A9E5E18E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A separate section that contains an identification of all United States Government-supported units funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and any Bureau-funded operations by such units in which United States law enforcement personnel have been physically present.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HAC8C0E6725AE43ACA29B5FDB825C3985"><enum>104.</enum><header>Bureau of Consular Affairs; Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDF3D2C6B9B8D443B95B3E5C66DEE9115"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (i); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H847D6893BD8E4492B576419B987B32E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsections:</text> <quoted-block id="HE77B1E1EFF9A4C18BA011657EEBA110D" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="HBA2EF3CC2D414E6C9D635713BBC5B86D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Bureau of Consular Affairs</header><text>There is in the Department of State the Bureau of Consular Affairs, which shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2A3CC81CE3CA4F91889E96D71776168E"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration</header><text>There is in the Department of State the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, which shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2E7372FBFB51477BA47BD9FDCF3245ED"><enum>105.</enum><header>Office of International Disability Rights</header>
<subsection id="HB920C96D7BD14847BB0D84C56A46563C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There should be established in the Department an Office of International Disability Rights (referred to in this section as the <quote>Office</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD3540049B9BA4B91B4FD5D94BC76018C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Office should—</text> <paragraph id="H28638740602B444DA5F6A2A26B9C9477"><enum>(1)</enum><text>seek to ensure that all United States foreign operations are accessible to, and inclusive of, persons with disabilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H213D9E2855854CBCAB9BC28633080EA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promote the human rights and full participation in international development activities of all persons with disabilities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED7C2B2436314D92A423EB66B7AE98CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>promote disability inclusive practices and the training of Department staff on soliciting quality programs that are fully inclusive of people with disabilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1C863F9215504AD890455D39A9153F81"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Supervision</header><text>The Office may be headed by—</text> <paragraph id="H37755F91CC034626860E9DF987A400FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a senior advisor to the appropriate Assistant Secretary; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42454B80B273476492E8E47BE0EFBDBC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an officer exercising significant authority who reports to the President or Secretary, appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFA07E735217242D983B09A2676392D35"><enum>106.</enum><header>Office of Global Women’s Issues</header>
<subsection id="H9468B8DF12B84F41BDA05B5EA896BC62"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary should establish an Office of Global Women’s Issues (referred to in this section as the <quote>Office</quote>), which may be placed within the organizational structure of the Department at the discretion of the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1BB23592E8DB43C7A6ADE5687C9EA600"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Office should coordinate efforts of the United States Government, as directed by the Secretary, regarding gender equality and advancing the status of women and girls in United States foreign policy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFDFFE66E137E451E8E99A34DE075DCB1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Office should—</text> <paragraph id="H34462EBFF2DB4DD09D571F5D467E229B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary regarding gender equality, women’s and girls’ empowerment, and violence against women and girls as a priority of United States foreign policy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF298922215164A39BBAAC1E4D01A4692"><enum>(2)</enum><text>represent the United States in diplomatic and multilateral fora on matters relevant to the status of women and girls;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE24720C2A504F89910049F31E3935DA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>advise the Secretary and provide input on all activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to gender equality and the advancement of women and girls internationally for all bureaus and offices of the Department and in the international programs of all other Federal agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDCD149907A434D57B626B1D7244C5AD7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>work to ensure that efforts to advance gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment are fully integrated into the programs, structures, processes, and capacities of all bureaus and offices of the Department and in the international programs of other Federal agencies; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27C3B55E4D0A4ED9801961907F14E320"><enum>(5)</enum><text>conduct regular consultation with civil society organizations working to advance gender equality and empower women and girls internationally.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H52BDC832FC3E4BFEBFD1A0E7D28B3824"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Supervision</header><text>The Office should be headed by an Ambassador-at-large for Global Women’s Issues.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD137924D61054D2FBB9AA331A282BAE9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a report or briefing regarding this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H4288ECB68A9F471B93E559DAE1D154A8"><enum>107.</enum><header>Special appointments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE20AB1C5F6B44D92B7C1C082E139C00F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report on positions</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAA2E76D045C441789654246F9D5F3D3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of the duties, responsibilities, and number of staff of each existing Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special Advisor, and other similar position at the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD44AFAC6F18742F1ABC7F3F05034A4FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Recommendations regarding whether to maintain in the Department each such position, including those listed in the report submitted by the Secretary to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on April 14, 2017, pursuant to section 418 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/323">Public Law 114–323</external-xref>), that are not expressly authorized by a provision of law enacted by Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA64F45CF407C43758E844166E5B3A28B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Justifications supporting each of the Secretary’s recommendations under paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0825A7A861DD4341808D88D6D16F6940"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advice and consent</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the submission of the report required under subsection (a), the President shall submit the name of each Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special Advisor, and other person occupying a similar position at the Department exercising significant authority pursuant to the laws of the United States that is not expressly authorized by a provision of law enacted by Congress to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate to seek the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCC73CC395F4748D78B333A7863D7D368"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of construction regarding establishment of positions</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed as prohibiting the establishment or maintenance of any Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special Advisor, or other similar position at the Department exercising significant authority pursuant to the laws of the United States if the name of the appointee for each such position is submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, to seek the advice and consent of the Senate, not later than 90 days after each such appointment.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HEE8F82BE575043FAB6042C83CE25B7EA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limited exception for temporary appointments</header><text>The Secretary may maintain or establish a position with the title of Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, or Special Advisor, or a similar position not exercising significant authority pursuant to the laws of the United States for not longer than 180 days if the Secretary, not later than 15 days before the appointment of a person to such a position, submits to the appropriate congressional committees a notification that includes the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3F48AF675FEC47ED89525B28C3E43D73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A certification that the position is not expected to demand the exercise of significant authority pursuant to the laws of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD444367ABFE74123B532DA936D9289B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the duties and purpose of the position.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3414521BB66E4D2881016627F6A62932"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The rationale for giving the specific title to the position.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H52F75EB7176E45388AA8ADB35927798E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Renewal of temporary appointment</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed as prohibiting the Secretary from renewing for a period not to exceed 180 days any position maintained or established under subsection (d) if the Secretary complies with the notification requirements contained in such subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDA3101DF2E5D4252BAFB6A64798F72FC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding restrictions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H20F62C8D8B99467686DE5D7B7A60236E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Positions not submitted for advice and consent</header><text>No funds may be authorized to be appropriated for—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HDB6CBEC4FA6D492BAEBC9521ECE79485"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special Advisor, or other similar position at the Department exercising significant authority pursuant to the laws of the United States if the name of the person appointed to such position has not been submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate for the advice and consent of the Senate in accordance with subsection (b); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA17136B2C6B49FEBDDBC9C4C083641B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any staff or resources related to such a position until the person appointed to such position has been submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate for the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8B2CB0A7CD08485A96720A8304F1F524"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Temporary positions</header><text>No funds may be authorized to be appropriated for any position described in subsection (d) or for any staff or resources related to such position unless the Secretary has complied with the notification requirements under such subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC4A35575BBF342B2A359FA11F2C43D68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2020</header><text>The restrictions described in this subsection shall not apply in fiscal year 2020 to positions or associated staff and resources for which funding is expressly appropriated for such fiscal year in an Act of Congress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H59EB31318E214B93A8B0CB95869B574C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Confirmation for authorized positions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8053BA7823E147E1A9188F7192A683D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special Advisor, or other similar position at the Department exercising significant authority pursuant to the laws of the United States that is authorized by an Act of Congress (except the position authorized by section 621 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (subtitle B of title VI of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/107/228">Public Law 107–228</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6901">22 U.S.C. 6901</external-xref> note)) may be appointed without the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9DC09F1097134EB28D6C2A314120DBC2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2020</header><text>The restriction described in paragraph (1) shall not apply in fiscal year 2020 to positions or associated staff and resources for which funding is expressly appropriated for such fiscal year in an Act of Congress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE18AEB1A6BE9445A8FEB08879F21846C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Elimination of Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7B7088A9249544DFA95A60D8AC2F2498"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HAE39B2548AF74B4A86B082B1425CD873"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Congress established the Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma in July 2008 at a time when the United States did not maintain full diplomatic relations with Burma and had not appointed an Ambassador to Burma in 18 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB56C1AA15B0744A898FC966C8C98122F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In 2012, the United States re-established full diplomatic relations with Burma and appointed a United States Ambassador to Burma who, along with the Secretary of State, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific, and other United States Government officials, represents the United States’ interests in Burma.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H68E1A7BA2D48475189D63E6E6AC05F6E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 7 of the Tom Lantos Block Burmese Jade Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/286">Public Law 110–286</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701</external-xref> note; relating to the establishment of a Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma) is hereby repealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFD8AFAC420914B608017FCD7458A4CD6"><enum>108.</enum><header>Anti-piracy information sharing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to provide for the participation by 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 (ReCAAP).</text>
</section><section id="H6BB2935F752F4ED1A23A46D3525BC214"><enum>109.</enum><header>Importance of foreign affairs training to national security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HBC2B38BE94CD4F82B72412EE08AC4078"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department is a crucial national security agency, whose employees, both Foreign and Civil Service, require the best possible training at every stage of their careers to prepare them to promote and defend United States national interests and the health and safety of United States citizens abroad;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1E5282A5B9E451997512DFE13861D9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary should explore establishing a <quote>training float</quote> requiring that a certain percentage of the Foreign Service shall be in long-term training at any given time;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC596C9C5EEB94E40BC08313AB30A6851"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Department’s Foreign Service Institute should seek to substantially increase its educational and training offerings to Department personnel, including developing new and innovative educational and training courses, methods, programs, and opportunities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7AEE8954B5B42AF8B2A98947728ECC2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>consistent with existing Department gift acceptance authority and other applicable laws, the Department and Foreign Service Institute should seek and accept funds and other resources from foundations, not-for-profit corporations, and other appropriate sources to help the Department and the Institute accomplish the goals specified in paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H00B156956DEB45469D06717BF528B2FB"><enum>110.</enum><header>Authorization for receipt of private funding for diplomatic studies and training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4021">22 U.S.C. 4021</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H654B4A16754347B5A8F804668E7E3E25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H638EA840353141A8A85F2FB44EBF9090"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block id="H770A2F7BB12140859F04E0E86FF057AF" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HB0A8DA0560DF4CA1A6B0D5B65D6C71F7"><enum>(g)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6D3FF481170B4EC7B7785EB23F8349F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The institution is authorized to receive private funds from private individuals and organizations to supplement the institution’s funding and expand and enhance training, including for the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H48383AD7BE7E4F28B8725176749F00D2" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Design and implementation of a degree granting program at the institution.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD011542EDCEB4FF4BD4FC484A4FD671C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Curriculum development.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0298E48F0CA647219766DFB491F0A7D8" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Training and classes for Members of Congress and congressional staff.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF14D53CD27CC4142B522A5E5D478518C" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Hiring retired Department of State personnel to teach, notwithstanding other hiring limitations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA7D2451B29034EEF8831057CEC8FF746" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Other purposes as determined appropriate and necessary by the Secretary of State.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBC134F29A5824026A9E680796D3938E6" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Private funding received by the institution pursuant to this subsection shall be provided at the discretion of the grantor individual or organization, as the case may be.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7FC5F2F11C741BDA00917655D7DA664" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Not less than once annually, and at the request of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Foreign Relations or the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Department shall provide the names of grantors and information relating to the nature and amounts of any contributions made.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCA00DB537BFB407188507DBF34D33F0C"><enum>111.</enum><header>Classification and assignment of Foreign Service officers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H19B41DEEA66B42EDBF2940D43A409105"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 501 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3981">22 U.S.C. 3981</external-xref>), by inserting <quote>If a position designated under this section is unfilled for more than 365 calendar days, such position may be filled, as appropriate, on a temporary basis, in accordance with section 309.</quote> after <quote>Positions designated under this section are excepted from the competitive service.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78D4719F84774CF88922F8FB2F10626A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) of section 502(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3982">22 U.S.C. 3982(a)</external-xref>), by inserting <quote>, or domestically, in a position working on issues relating to a particular country or geographic area,</quote> after <quote>geographic area</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H2B17AE460A6E4D1FA78954F776F604B0"><enum>112.</enum><header>Energy diplomacy and security within the Department of State</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H31F4AA42CE3C4E118F5DF0BDF59D1B22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (c) of section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2651a">22 U.S.C. 2651a</external-xref>), as amended by section 103 of this Act, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H00FAF698D07C4F76A0B4923A75212109"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) (as redesignated pursuant to such section 103) as paragraph (5); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1E554C46094D4E96A04689CA496D87DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H26D88F8D97814C4AB305B974050B6011" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H07C74B9A58BC470F9B74A70447ED3C35"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Energy resources</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6722C98D6F9945FCB3EBE800496F3705"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization for Assistant Secretary</header><text>Subject to the numerical limitation specified in paragraph (1), there is authorized to be established in the Department of State an Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H95A6D2B012A947168A0D29093E2F5CC7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Personnel</header><text>The Secretary of State shall ensure that there are sufficient personnel dedicated to energy matters within the Department of State whose responsibilities shall include—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H8062BD64B3234C50AABBC7994F643C6E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>formulating and implementing international policies aimed at protecting and advancing United States energy security interests by effectively managing United States bilateral and multilateral relations;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H55EC6581DC5A4271A9CC2F56F3917D03"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensuring that analyses of the national security implications of global energy and environmental developments are reflected in the decision making process within the Department;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H03ACBAAA9EF546708B2B125BC6E461DA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>incorporating energy security priorities into the activities of the Department;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HC033AD38FCF145FD8D6E52E182715593"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>coordinating energy activities of the Department with relevant Federal departments and agencies; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2EB4D82E4FAB4E4BAB38ACC478056669"><enum>(v)</enum><text>working internationally to—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HB5AA13F779A84920A5D5CFAE5BB8DB5B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>support the development of energy resources and the distribution of such resources for the benefit of the United States and United States allies and trading partners for their energy security and economic development needs;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H425B0F5EFCA04F73A9E13D455D5E2C50"><enum>(II)</enum><text>promote availability of diversified energy supplies and a well-functioning global market for energy resources, technologies, and expertise for the benefit of the United States and United States allies and trading partners;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H8069B7678173495EA325381D66642A47"><enum>(III)</enum><text>resolve international disputes regarding the exploration, development, production, or distribution of energy resources;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HC78711C072A7463F99744F27E2AD3089"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>support the economic and commercial interests of United States persons operating in the energy markets of foreign countries;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HE6678A38BE9B4712A50570AC4FB28038"><enum>(V)</enum><text>support and coordinate international efforts to alleviate energy poverty;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H488BEFBD5B12441DBDE808B719A555A9"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>leading the United States commitment to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H938DE77B0AED483EB294666739294EC3"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>coordinating within the Department and with relevant Federal departments and agencies on developing and implementing international energy-related sanctions; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H09E1BF57109E43A49D10B58018F4C1DA"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>coordinating energy security and other relevant functions within the Department currently undertaken by—</text>
<item commented="no" id="H6BAD724A96D042118646C8C8454DF4C8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs;</text> </item><item commented="no" id="HF4392FF8200844C78F91FF1CB5C9FFF8"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; and</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="HED270EBA83C044238701DB32296A40EE"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>other offices within the Department of State.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBC24B56753F44656BB4047A235A28085"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 931 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17371">42 U.S.C. 17371</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBE0FC7D46E824A2E89975118520A156A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsections (a) and (b); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE8D9F9F98D6647A28198ADB4157A54F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HA6C891B05C4F42BAB6D12CD5185638DB"><enum>113.</enum><header>Passport fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 1(b) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/214">22 U.S.C. 214(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>not</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>be exercised beginning on the date of the enactment of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2019.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H4FC24B9E688E4779B9A30313CD1C05DC"><enum>114.</enum><header>United States diplomacy center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by adding after section 63 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2735">22 U.S.C. 2735</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H60546C644E0C4680BA96738A1604A8AD"><enum>64.</enum><header>United States diplomacy center</header>
<subsection id="H8F6CF4B1EBDA494FAFE815436342E887"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Activities</header>
<paragraph id="HDAB407E65ACD4D36ACC6E6043BBF055F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Support authorized</header><text>The Secretary of State is authorized to provide, by contract, grant, or otherwise, for the performance of appropriate museum visitor and educational outreach services and related events, including organizing programs and conference activities, museum shop services and food services in the public exhibition and related space utilized by the center for United States diplomacy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58C75F1DCD914C8CAA498D3949F18DE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recovery of costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State is authorized to recover any revenues generated under the authority of paragraph (1) for visitor and outreach services and related events referred to in such paragraph, including fees for use of facilities at a center for United States diplomacy. Any such revenues may be retained as a recovery of the costs of operating the Center.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFD239DA92B64520A4F10B89F42F718D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disposition of United States diplomacy center documents, artifacts, and other articles</header>
<paragraph id="H9DDFDECC9A0D4CF48C617F42DA9F7B50"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Property</header><text>All historic documents, artifacts, or other articles permanently acquired by the Department of State and determined by the Secretary of State to be suitable for display by the center for United States diplomacy shall be considered to be the property of the United States Government and shall be subject to disposition solely in accordance with this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0D43A426B3CB469D8653EE3C2669C3FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sale, trade, or transfer</header><text>Whenever the Secretary of State makes the determination described in paragraph (3) with respect to a document, artifact, or other article under paragraph (1), the Secretary may sell at fair market value, trade, or transfer such document, artifact, or other article without regard to the requirements of subtitle I of title 40, United States Code. The proceeds of any such sale may be used solely for the advancement of the mission of the center for United States diplomacy and may not be used for any purpose other than the acquisition and direct care of the collections of the center.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA83A8ED2548B4F609A8561A9DA827586"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determinations prior to sale, trade, or transfer</header><text>The determination described in this paragraph with respect to a document, artifact, or other article under paragraph (1), is a determination that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9924848FDF4D48C9B6C91D73E1C0A7D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such document, artifact, or other article no longer serves to further the purposes of the center for United States diplomacy as set forth in the collections management policy of the center;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H08625A1ED2FC4317A4D310A9DCAF9046"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sale, trade, or transfer of such document, artifact, or other article would serve to maintain the standards of the collection of the center; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9465E9FFE01440F1B16BA5A2F9E20E91"><enum>(C)</enum><text>sale, trade, or transfer of such document, artifact, or other article would be in the best interests of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H04DFE8D9A9E0452F87153216A8C43AD5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Loans</header><text>In addition to the authorization under paragraph (2) relating to the sale, trade, or transfer of documents, artifacts, or other articles under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may loan such documents, artifacts, or other articles, when not needed for use or display by the center for United States diplomacy to the Smithsonian Institution or a similar institution for repair, study, or exhibition.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="HE7516B140B7D445882D8F3176EF86722"><enum>115.</enum><header>Extension of period for reimbursement of fishermen for costs incurred from the illegal seizure and
detention of U.S.-flag fishing vessels by foreign governments</header>
<subsection id="HA9DCE858557F4BF28F1162D1E25F4B90"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (e) of section 7 of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/1977">22 U.S.C. 1977</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC76FC5FC8B344C9799A7C64ACDCB8578" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBD78DD44DC7E42F387ADDA39326EE17E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments may be made under this section only to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5BAE072151B2474089BCC11523E55CD9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Retroactive applicability</header>
<paragraph id="H87AB2FDDC1154C919AE2487C12F7D58A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply as if the date specified in subsection (e) of section 7 of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, were the day after such date of enactment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE84AADEA803D4C9BA1E9B1AD72888754"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agreements and payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H86445F3A5D7542C2B754573A4C152981"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enter into agreements pursuant to section 7 of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 for any claims to which such section would otherwise apply but for the date specified in subsection (e) of such section, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43B15EDBA1F14D2F80CC9E08A7FFEA41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make payments in accordance with agreements entered into pursuant to such section if any such payments have not been made as a result of the expiration of the date specified in such section, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5134EED8D68B43D0B8E80D8548A49E85"><enum>116.</enum><header>Art in embassies</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6485F3D764274294A94E44084624E6C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds are authorized to be appropriated for the purchase of any piece of art for the purposes of installation or display in any embassy, consulate, or other foreign mission of the United States if the purchase price of such piece of art is in excess of $50,000, unless such purchase is subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the appropriate congressional committees.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6CC44F68D9DD4758AB989487E1F40989"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>art</quote> includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, industrial design, and craft art.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H3BCED604964A4F97AAACF7D5A955B434"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the costs of the Art in Embassies Program for each of fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H52A926FBB4424AB48F22DB180FE6660D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>This section shall terminate on the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H247B43FA68CF4B64AADC306E4DC0AC24"><enum>117.</enum><header>Amendment or repeal of reporting requirements</header>
<subsection id="H26AE5C2ADB3F45A39B1C4169C7E7D1B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Burma</header>
<paragraph id="H8682B18A25554A87A85CEC2A9CF87101"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 570 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref> is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H5AB3FEDB58D54E659A0C4F0C4D29DE90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HD40B6102615742E9B3EF6922786A9E3A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Multilateral strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall develop, in coordination with members of ASEAN and other likeminded countries, a comprehensive, multilateral strategy to bring about further democratic consolidation in Burma and improve human rights practices and the quality of life in Burma, including the development of a dialogue leading to genuine national reconciliation.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15C93B7E72D04E3C92EC2662AE0183EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <clause id="H8126E849698A492BAF412E7B6E2E2664"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>six months</quote> and inserting <quote>year</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7EDE08152271436583D40A798540887E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (7); and</text> </clause><clause id="H54582871F0D8459F8161669AFE4EB636"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="H456D6136429F40539E1743E9E4EDD6C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>improvements in human rights practices;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA4B4971807A54FBEA1BC7A2901B30B37"><enum>(4)</enum><text>progress toward broad-based and inclusive economic growth;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2857CB255F54FA1B06A13DFB20C0185"><enum>(5)</enum><text>progress toward genuine national reconciliation;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDD96364D5BD0449B978A117AA2F8F032"><enum>(6)</enum><text>progress on improving the quality of life of the Burmese people, including progress relating to market reforms, living standards, labor standards, use of forced labor in the tourism industry, and environmental quality; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE37E6A84909C4E70A7543F3430A8206D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to the first report required under subsection (d) of section 570 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/208">Public Law 104–208</external-xref> that is required after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H625C5941D089489BAFB7BF0EB4EF2B02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following provisions of law are hereby repealed:</text> <paragraph id="HD4EBE670BCB944E8B8F875A965600E38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsection (b) of section 804 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/246">Public Law 101–246</external-xref>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6E8F4D73FDB417F844F7260182B5E73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 6 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/45">Public Law 104–45</external-xref>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H508FB2456CF342C38D9ABBA8B2CAF135"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 406 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/246">Public Law 101–246</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2414a">22 U.S.C. 2414a</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98E4FFAF891E4D2C97E31009187D5542"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Subsection (c) of section 702 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/465">Public Law 96–465</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4022">22 U.S.C. 4022</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H078709339E65493089EDE145B04F43BE"><enum>118.</enum><header>Reporting on implementation of GAO recommendations</header> <subsection id="HB9BA7CCAE89542A59254295E0BAC05AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that lists all of the Government Accountability Office’s recommendations relating to the Department that have not been fully implemented.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7FC968A45E42469095CF8AF44B27451F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comptroller general report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the Secretary submits the report under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that identifies any discrepancies between the list of recommendations included in such report and the Government Accountability Office’s list of outstanding recommendations for the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD5E7F13603834D128E1299106DAA4F82"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation report</header>
<paragraph id="H219D18A8AFF142659CAAC7C1FBC583FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes the implementation status of each recommendation from the Government Accountability Office included in the report submitted under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBB89FE50F604FA994E46467E3DD7C13"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Justification</header><text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="H392A6EEA7F734B25963CABFF0DE5E2A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a detailed justification for each decision not to fully implement a recommendation or to implement a recommendation in a different manner than specified by the Government Accountability Office;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F18D55B4F114ECF82B75E0327E32EE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a timeline for the full implementation of any recommendation the Secretary has decided to adopt, but has not yet fully implemented; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CAC5A6B64074DD7B70500045180E901"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an explanation for any discrepancies included in the Comptroller General report submitted under subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF770A71D9AAD44FD97639A2B11573C93"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The information required in each report under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, to the maximum extent practicable, but may be included in a classified annex to the extent necessary.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Embassy Construction</header>
<section commented="no" id="HB8AE7C2DE81143B19A5D647346521DAC"><enum>201.</enum><header>Embassy security, construction, and maintenance</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">For <quote>Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance</quote>, there is authorized to be appropriated $1,987,211,000 for fiscal year 2020.</text> </section><section commented="no" id="H4A8F57CE66454CC7AC8244FB27A0E7AB"><enum>202.</enum><header>Standard design in capital construction</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H4FBF13C7209C441B968EC0DBFB5B900B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Department’s Bureau of Overseas Building Operations (OBO) or successor office should give appropriate consideration to Standard Embassy Design, in which each new United States embassy and consulate starts with a standard design and keeps customization to a minimum.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H800C36DAF53B4AECB8A4BE8410BE85C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out any new United States embassy compound or new consulate compound project that utilizes a non-standard design, including those projects that are in the design or pre-design phase as of the date of the enactment of this Act, only in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees. The Secretary shall provide the appropriate congressional committees, for each such project, the following documentation:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H68CF68244E6542A0B1DB2692D8F0804F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A comparison of the estimated full lifecycle costs of the project to the estimated full lifecycle costs of such project if it were to use a standard design.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3808E754D4784347BFF89BF0FDB67AD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A comparison of the estimated completion date of such project to the estimated completion date of such project if it were to use a standard design.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1FD5936049EC49FEA95747E397C4D7B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A comparison of the security of the completed project to the security of such completed project if it were to use a standard design.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC9175832A88E4A41B884147EA2B61A2A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A justification for the Secretary’s selection of a non-standard design over a standard design for such project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H828F4913CA0341198EF13D0CEBE06769"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A written explanation if any of the documentation necessary to support the comparisons and justification, as the case may be, described in paragraphs (1) through (4) cannot be provided.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9101A91032704F05B4E26595E3064828"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The consultation requirement under subsection (b) shall expire on the date that is four years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H425F87ADA0794D379C3E89D634CCE393"><enum>203.</enum><header>Capital construction transparency</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1BE451C76D7D4A5292A463730B5B933E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 118 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/304">22 U.S.C. 304</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC1FD9DD402C645E99C3A37741EA6B44C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Annual report on embassy construction costs</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Quarterly report on overseas capital construction projects</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA4365CDE30E84D98923DE518E9A418DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following new subsections:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H07A6E44F887947448E987DC62D039EA2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection and every 90 days thereafter until the date that is four years after such date of enactment, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive report regarding all ongoing overseas capital construction projects and major embassy security upgrade projects.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF538EE3F86094C7B875D5E43834CF5E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report required under subsection (a) shall include the following with respect to each ongoing overseas capital construction project and major embassy security upgrade project:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H973E6041B73944289C579F40652A7287"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The initial cost estimate as specified in the proposed allocation of capital construction and maintenance funds required by the Committees on Appropriations for Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3F3691BA62FE4E7E8485593FE0403E27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The current cost estimate.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H86926E26939F4ADB98B056573C448676"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The value of each request for equitable adjustment received by the Department to date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAA27644DE4974B29BFEE986CCAEC1CB4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The value of each certified claim received by the Department to date.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H32176956079A4F76AF8DAF93AF2CB592"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The value of any usage of the project’s contingency fund to date and the value of the remainder of the project’s contingency fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB5A576EC58AD4BD084B1384E746836EC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An enumerated list of each request for adjustment and certified claim that remains outstanding or unresolved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H20C332E5617C48FB9183103EB17A9400"><enum>(7)</enum><text>An enumerated list of each request for equitable adjustment and certified claim that has been fully adjudicated or that the Department has settled, and the final dollar amount of each adjudication or settlement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H14C49E0316A44002B48880BA2FF16A44"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The date of estimated completion specified in the proposed allocation of capital construction and maintenance funds required by the Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7B28AF448B9A446B8C363B9688DDFBB4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The current date of estimated completion.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H22FBF89E34A04706AF12355B98676B1A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>The first report required under subsection (a) of section 118 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (as amended by this section) shall include an annex regarding all overseas capital construction projects and major embassy security upgrade projects completed during the 10-year period ending on December 31, 2018, including, for each such project, the elements specified in subsection (b) of such section 118.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H85E3C1FC0FB4464790B3156B59A23AA5"><enum>204.</enum><header>Contractor performance information</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HEBD4555186424463B000D3F4150899FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deadline for completion</header><text>The Secretary shall complete all contractor performance evaluations required by subpart 42.15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation by October 1, 2021.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC6C0C4C227FC434D9F19AE6CD62AE022"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prioritization system</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA4C717EE851049CA8B3D37F65F1C59B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a prioritization system for clearing the current backlog of required evaluations referred to in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9A50F71D81954FD0AB5F5209ADAD7C6C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The system required under paragraph (1) should prioritize the evaluations as follows:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC230CEE85A4647EC937B87C8E29F07D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Project completion evaluations should be prioritized over annual evaluations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD1AFEE9A36B24B1A8E42ED4E24204C75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Evaluations for relatively large contracts should have priority.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD0765977E92E4B01B9991B8A64C16F6A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Evaluations that would be particularly informative for the awarding of government contracts should have priority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFC32A6A794674319A94A395D6F02CCAA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the Department’s plan for completing all evaluations by October 1, 2021, in accordance with subsection (a) and the prioritization system developed pursuant to subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8C752C5BE11548099CF8FC2192AF81F7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA0B8BCFF452A486A9A6BCEB0DAC9944E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contractors deciding whether to bid on Department contracts would benefit from greater understanding of the Department as a client; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1FBB74E5C78B426A917F9F2E0FF8B608"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department should develop a forum where contractors can rate the Department’s project management performance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H40D4B5C542DE43B2A343CBCC2C3AA585"><enum>205.</enum><header>Growth projections for new embassies and consulates</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4130D35E2198416B93200E55C863F03E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each new United States embassy compound (NEC) and new consulate compound project (NCC) in or not yet in the design phase as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation of the Department shall project growth over the estimated life of the facility using all available and relevant data, including the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6A98C144BFBA424E8A54CAD20D71708C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Relevant historical trends for Department personnel and personnel from other agencies represented at the NEC or NCC that is to be constructed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H14A9DD3C9A504350B86A0450BAEE08D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An analysis of the tradeoffs between risk and the needs of United States Government policy conducted as part of the most recent Vital Presence Validation Process, if applicable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA591C6F6375842AC861066D6D8346F69"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Reasonable assumptions about the strategic importance of the NEC or NCC, as the case may be, over the life of the building at issue.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H18D8A7BF4EFD411F90226DC19CA85CA9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any other data that would be helpful in projecting the future growth of NEC or NCC.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H34D68B6E56DB49FBA84175458B3407B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other Federal agencies</header><text>The head of each Federal agency represented at a United States embassy or consulate shall provide to the Secretary, upon request, growth projections for the personnel of each such agency over the estimated life of each embassy or consulate, as the case may be.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5C089C9A253045F3BC62FF847B654A90"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Basis for estimates</header><text>The Department shall base its growth assumption for all NECs and NCCs on the estimates required under subsections (a) and (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC078F2D12CCA4732A65628026AC6C0BC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>Any congressional notification of site selection for a NEC or NCC submitted after the date of the enactment of this Act shall include the growth assumption used pursuant to subsection (c).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H8DDB94F3818145A1B61468C3BC24286E"><enum>206.</enum><header>Long-range planning process</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H61B7F9D1BC794E5E8CF70E082E281F42"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plans required</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2F0C923DC9314012BC52ADD81AA77438"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary shall develop—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5E292A5B116942E8B4D8540AACDDFB36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a comprehensive six-year Long-Range Overseas Buildings Plan (LROBP) documenting the Department’s overseas building program for the replacement of overseas diplomatic posts taking into account security factors under the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and other relevant statutes and regulations, as well as occupational safety and health factors pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and other relevant statutes and regulations, including environmental factors such as indoor air quality that impact employee health and safety; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA30FE7A288124EDB8C9A54C01EAF841D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a comprehensive six-year plan detailing the Department’s long-term planning for the maintenance and sustainment of completed diplomatic posts, known as a Long-Range Overseas Maintenance Plan (LROMP), which takes into account security factors under the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and other relevant statutes and regulations, as well as occupational safety and health factors pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and other relevant statutes and regulations, including environmental factors such as indoor air quality that impact employee health and safety.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H86BF97B747DD4385A5C581272428235F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>The first plan developed pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) shall also include a one-time status report on existing small diplomatic posts and a strategy for establishing a physical diplomatic presence in countries in which there is no current physical diplomatic presence. Such report, which may include a classified annex, shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H30D86155B67646B2A81DE38C92E4151B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of the extent to which each small diplomatic post furthers the national interest of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCEEDF189E17F4D9CB23D67D386A69A33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of how each small diplomatic post provides American Citizen Services, including data on specific services provided and the number of Americans receiving services over the previous year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA34E51C2062F4DEDBC52C90C109F81EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of whether each small diplomatic post meets current security requirements.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2CAB424FEEF141F584EC4FFA69944AA4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A description of the full financial cost of maintaining each small diplomatic post.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7BF36936F7AC4C578714A578A592AD8C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Input from the relevant chiefs of mission on any unique operational or policy value the small diplomatic post provides.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H81167A6C796046118051F0D88E6E45A0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Updated information</header><text>The annual updates of each of the plans developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall highlight any changes from the previous year’s plan to the ordering of construction and maintenance projects.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7F1421DAFBF24A4CA7F1F6F274CE7E31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB9AF3A5C44B349ADA976F69E2E377942"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission of plans to congress</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the completion of the each LROBP and the LROMP, the Secretary shall submit the plans to the appropriate congressional committees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H53D851B4DAF64FA198FD99C2F5EB7B44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reference in budget justification materials</header><text>In the budget justification materials submitted to the appropriate congressional committees in support of the Department’s budget for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), the plans outlined in the LROBP and LROMP shall be referenced to justify funding requested for building and maintenance projects overseas.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H78153E60F0AC40D28C8A6BBB9A765D9F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>Each report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H204C4EF7959D40A1AFDB83DC48BE6DA7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Small diplomatic post defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>small diplomatic post</term> means any United States consulate that has employed five or fewer United States Government employees on average over the 36 months prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H94FD320026DB4A11AE10CE46BA58F4B3"><enum>207.</enum><header>Value engineering and risk assessment</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBC72E4115C664D57AC0067644BC9A5F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress makes the following findings:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7D890336C2434AF4BCBCEC134551F3E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal departments and agencies are required to use value engineering (VE) as a management tool, where appropriate, to reduce program and acquisition costs pursuant to OMB Circular A–131, Value Engineering, dated December 31, 2013.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H426FDF685081455B8981D72C18AFC25B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>OBO has a Policy Directive and Standard Operation Procedure, dated May 24, 2017, on conducting risk management studies on all international construction projects.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H342E129C20B64C63BE70B8D1BAEEC106"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF50BBE4527CE44A1BEAFA39F9B0432D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission to authorizing committees</header><text>The proposed allocation of capital construction and maintenance funds that is required by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs shall also be submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H914FEB6741D04D77AA75C56837A998A2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to confirm completion of value engineering and risk assessment studies</header><text>The notifications required under paragraph (1) shall include confirmation that the Department has completed the requisite VE and risk management studies described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H137252C7F0274CE4BA516EF5FE5BAAAF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting and briefing requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees upon request—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBDCF44F3BA084C86A2A0549E245EA11B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of each risk management study referred to in subsection (a)(2) and a table detailing which recommendations related to each such study were accepted and which were rejected; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE4E9A71EFF4A4C5DBC99E0130709BEAB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a report or briefing detailing the rationale for not implementing any such recommendations that may otherwise yield significant cost savings to the Department if implemented.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H8C49EC86A54C4D588C012B39B3BDF549"><enum>208.</enum><header>Business volume</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402(c)(2)(E) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4852">22 U.S.C. 4852(c)(2)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>in 3 years</quote> and inserting <quote>cumulatively over 3 years</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H90F1E10DFD99474D8AA4F39F6CE1FDA7"><enum>209.</enum><header>Embassy security requests and deficiencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees upon request information on security deficiencies at United States diplomatic posts, including relating to the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H403BC25762CD4E248367E289383F45D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Requests made over the previous year by United States diplomatic posts for security upgrades.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6B8C8645F01C4FD38DC87DAC76F382D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Significant security deficiencies at United States diplomatic posts that are not operating out of a new embassy compound or new consulate compound.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H5C07D29548B44179B77A4EDFAA991E68"><enum>210.</enum><header>Overseas security briefings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the Foreign Affairs Manual to stipulate that information on the current threat environment shall be provided to all United States Government employees under chief of mission authority traveling to a foreign country on official business. To the extent practicable, such material shall be provided to such employees prior to their arrival at a United States diplomatic post or as soon as possible thereafter.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H6D491612FEA542E69C3BEC7BC719755A"><enum>211.</enum><header>Contracting methods in capital construction</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3149677F207844F1BBB0D5E7685B14AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Delivery</header><text>Unless the Secretary notifies the appropriate congressional committees that the use of the design-build project delivery method would not be appropriate, the Secretary shall make use of such method at United States diplomatic posts that have not yet received design or capital construction contracts as of the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H75264A1BF1B64F8FA16F72DD41FF20F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Before executing a contract for a delivery method other than design-build in accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees in writing of the decision, including the reasons therefor. The notification required by this subsection may be included in any other report regarding a new United States diplomatic post that is required to be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3AF27F7A7AE545DB80F4D17FE2C5E473"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Performance evaluation</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding performance evaluation measures in accordance with GAO’s <quote>Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government</quote> that will be applicable to design and construction, lifecycle cost, and building maintenance programs of the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations of the Department.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H89B572B4C718449AB56BD02DFBA45615"><enum>212.</enum><header>Competition in embassy construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committee a report detailing steps the Department is taking to expand the embassy construction contractor base in order to increase competition and maximize value.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H16D3D94E0B6F4031AEFA91B45895DCAD"><enum>213.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HDFB246D7CD0F4807BD531EDF7F597A98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Design-build</header><text>The term <term>design-build</term> means a method of project delivery in which one entity works under a single contract with the Department to provide design and construction services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA15773D7098F4AA0A06A5265EE3CEEF9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-standard design</header><text>The term <term>non-standard design</term> means a design for a new embassy compound project or new consulate compound project that does not utilize a standardized design for the structural, spatial, or security requirements of such embassy compound or consulate compound, as the case may be.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Personnel Issues</header>
<section id="HD66974A9B5A0411C8AF2B29D2F206436"><enum>301.</enum><header>Defense Base Act insurance waivers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H320BC40FB1A34812B1C7AFC59FE7C855"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application for waivers</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall apply to the Department of Labor for a waiver from insurance requirements under the Defense Base Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1651">42 U.S.C. 1651</external-xref> et seq.) for all countries with respect to which the requirement was waived prior to January 2017, and for which there is not currently a waiver.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3FE2FA3CA0104B2EA349D4FC289A2B8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification requirement</header><text>Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees that the requirement in subsection (a) has been met.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCC93BFA95E374945AB9329B671210C17"><enum>302.</enum><header>Study on Foreign Service allowances</header>
<subsection id="H405F177B546B4694A0AFFEA4133A8E33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report required</header>
<paragraph id="H95777D5AAFB141FCA9E749187824D332"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing an empirical analysis on the effect of overseas allowances on the foreign assignment of Foreign Service officers (FSOs), to be conducted by a federally funded research and development center with appropriate expertise in labor economics and military compensation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C76AB9D26E748C5A068F40F6E631854"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The analysis required under paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H6F87A513AF7C4696AC85B3F8A464B27A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify all allowances paid to FSOs assigned permanently or on temporary duty to foreign areas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F83EDCAAD6E44EA818394864C21D94B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>examine the efficiency of the Foreign Service bidding system in determining foreign assignments;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD24E6DBA3EB64BF4A472F802F81477CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>examine the factors that incentivize FSOs to bid on particular assignments, including danger levels and hardship conditions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H974B054CEC6C46828CD8BEDA2C77F53A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>examine the Department’s strategy and process for incentivizing FSOs to bid on assignments that are historically in lower demand, including with monetary compensation, and whether monetary compensation is necessary for assignments in higher demand;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE90E2CE16EE44BA9B20BE337DB812AF3"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make any relevant comparisons to military compensation and allowances, noting which allowances are shared or based on the same regulations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE12F47210B9450A94F0946615235ED1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>recommend options for restructuring allowances to improve the efficiency of the assignments system and better align FSO incentives with the needs of the Foreign Service, including any cost savings associated with such restructuring;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB32BC4D4C85F4D7E93FB63AAACBEC243"><enum>(G)</enum><text>recommend any statutory changes necessary to implement subparagraph (F), such as consolidating existing legal authorities for the provision of hardship and danger pay; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9ADA6CA79C7C43428B8ED86E1F4A58F1"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detail any effects of recommendations made pursuant to subparagraphs (F) and (G) on other United States Government departments and agencies with civilian employees permanently assigned or on temporary duty in foreign areas, following consultation with such departments and agencies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA4785E6A208E44AAA3802C91A9BEA86D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Briefing requirement</header><text>Before initiating the analysis required under subsection (a)(1), and not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives a briefing on the implementation of this section that includes the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H2D96D0E5C3A646B1A5E833816E9F6E4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The name of the federally funded research and development center that will conduct such analysis.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3814150B1538433AB4CC2E3D76B3E5E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The scope of such analysis and terms of reference for such analysis as specified between the Department and such federally funded research and development center.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC4FA87E25D2245788725C2BBBBF28D6D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of information</header>
<paragraph id="HA9878E0EEBCF46B884571761369A6C4C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall make available to the federally funded research and development center carrying out the analysis required under subsection (a)(1) all necessary and relevant information to allow such center to conduct such analysis in a quantitative and analytical manner, including historical data on the number of bids for each foreign assignment and any survey data collected by the Department from eligible bidders on their bid decision-making.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8CAE2DB468049C0B49CF55BA586C7FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>The Secretary shall work with the heads of other relevant United States Government departments and agencies to ensure such departments and agencies provide all necessary and relevant information to the federally funded research and development center carrying out the analysis required under subsection (a)(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB479C6F01F34DC4A0B74E56FC75F5FB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Interim report to Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall require that the chief executive officer of the federally funded research and development center that carries out the analysis required under subsection (a)(1) submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives an interim report on such analysis not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA9F26DED6CE44ACAA6A50784FA95510F"><enum>303.</enum><header>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 new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HB47989FC99694DF9A8A3F09A626E1EAB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Grants and cooperative agreements related to science and technology fellowship programs</header>
<paragraph id="H863079F75FC44F2090CCE7227BE7D0D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements related to Department of State science and technology fellowship programs, including for assistance in recruiting fellows and the payment of stipends, travel, and other appropriate expenses to fellows.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55526E662F124BAAA6A6A27926693765"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion from consideration as compensation</header><text>Stipends under paragraph (1) shall not be considered compensation for purposes of section 209 of title 18, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H419E4DED3D474051B8691DD747F1F872"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Maximum annual amount</header><text>The total amount of grants made pursuant to this subsection may not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H54E2F50AA76B4B2FBD2F8018308F6FE4"><enum>304.</enum><header>Travel for separated families</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 901(15) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4081">22 U.S.C. 4081(15)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H1EB5666717A84A0EB9D7104EEE1B9615"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>1 round-trip per year for each child below age 21 of a member of the Service assigned abroad</quote> and inserting <quote>in the case of one or more children below age 21 of a member of the Service assigned abroad, 1 round-trip per year</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DAE270CD607494FBE9C02BE5A05081B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H79CE20F15A30477E8341A510D57E8C99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>for each child</quote> before <quote>to visit the member abroad</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H794C9F41E4CF4D66A99798B0B0C9558E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a comma;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0E37116DB52144D2A99A07A466D93B1A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC752FD480A454869A84D48AF846F1D42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>for each child</quote> before <quote>to visit the other parent</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H42D6AE3EB9CE4AFB82435C94FFEA9E6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or</quote> after <quote>resides,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7079E4989F694870BA9986E600A537FB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block id="H65C7EC209FAE481291CF8F9983D495E9" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H5D8A4E0097694BE68CCE7C7C497E0D97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for one of the child’s parents to visit the child or children abroad if the child or children do not regularly reside with that parent and that parent is not receiving an education allowance or educational travel allowance for the child or children under section 5924(4) of title 5, United States Code,</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2E2D4C0C72F343D4B07145BA763847CF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in the matter following subparagraph (C), as added by paragraph (4) of this section, by striking <quote>a payment</quote> and inserting <quote>the cost of round-trip travel</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HDADDED1A125F4EAC867BA378E86ABBAD"><enum>305.</enum><header>Home leave travel for separated families</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 903(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4083">22 U.S.C. 4083(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>In cases in which the family members of a member of the Service reside apart from the member at authorized locations outside the United States because they are prevented by official order from residing with the member at post, the member may take the leave ordered under this section where that member’s family members reside, notwithstanding section 6305 of title 5, United States Code.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HBD2BD37D0CC946B89DEDFB61CDAEDABC"><enum>306.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding certain fellowship programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H758EBA39DA5E4E788E407D3AF2C27F1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Department fellowships that promote the employment of candidates belonging to under-represented groups, including the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program, and the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program, represent smart investments vital for building a strong, capable, and representative national security workforce; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04E54503105143AAB883B489CA83A83E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development should fulfill the terms of their fellowship agreements with each participant in the Fellowship Programs referred to in paragraph (1), as specified in the original contractual agreements with each such participant.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA4012848FB474EA2B983CB006A050488"><enum>307.</enum><header>Technical correction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) of section 601(c)(6) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4001">22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(6)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by—</text>
<paragraph id="HF7485E6D0C0444A68633310ED8BBB2FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>striking <quote>promotion</quote> and inserting <quote>promotion, on or after January 1, 2017,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H85CF4B711EEE4323A0551BC62A886D1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>striking <quote>individual joining the Service on or after January 1, 2017,</quote> and inserting <quote>Foreign Service officer, appointed under section 302(a)(1), who has general responsibility for carrying out the functions of the Service</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H92744C2112F84A6B89A5BF4760044575"><enum>308.</enum><header>Foreign Service awards</header>
<subsection id="HF909BCB2FC274862B93ADA9F87068AC7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 614 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4013">22 U.S.C. 4013</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC1C06F932B16470987383DB4E73F3785"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the section heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Department awards</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5830937650640EFB363161CC3BC5EF3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>or Civil Service</quote> after <quote>the Service</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDBAC199FE4EA4E2587EBFF5C9E609C0C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The item relating to section 614 in the table of contents of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 614. Department awards.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H0F4D44E33A1A4707887670146335297F"><enum>309.</enum><header>Diplomatic programs</header>
<subsection id="HD9C257D8F175425981A39C844F0ED12A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress on workforce recruitment</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should continue to hold entry-level classes for Foreign Service officers and specialists and continue to recruit civil servants through programs such as the Presidential Management Fellows Program and Pathways Internship Programs in a manner and at a frequency consistent with prior years and consistent with the need to maintain a pool of experienced personnel effectively distributed across skill codes and ranks. It is further the sense of Congress that absent continuous recruitment and training of Foreign Service officers and civil servants, the Department will lack experienced, qualified personnel in the short, medium, and long terms.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F83520D8AD24A3EAD52B971F2591778"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary may not obligate or expend any amounts for any reduction-in-force action under section 3502 or 3595 of title 5, United States Code, or for any incentive payments for early separation or retirement under any other provision of law unless—</text>
<paragraph id="HE621C352BF9D47448E888CCD8B912DA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the appropriate congressional committees are notified not less than 15 days in advance of such obligation or expenditure; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9071ED9EC3D54712A6C8E361C20EF156"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary has provided to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed report that describes the Department’s strategic staffing goals, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDF519509123A4D8CA75F1489615D692F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a justification that describes how any proposed workforce reduction enhances the effectiveness of the Department;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3F98A31CA8A40E5993C5C6CC1FCD420"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a certification that such workforce reduction is in the national interest of the United States;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB758792CCD2A49AB85C5B771464A0508"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a comprehensive strategic staffing plan for the Department, including five-year workforce forecasting and a description of the anticipated impact of any proposed workforce reduction; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1C7696C71EF48F59006DA2BE4DB2647"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a dataset displaying comprehensive workforce data for all current and planned employees of the Department, disaggregated by—</text>
<clause id="H50E23F2055CF4217AC1CE462F60E3F84"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Foreign Service officer and Foreign Service specialist rank;</text> </clause><clause id="H63185CDED7734D528E4F7AF104F3C71E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>civil service job skill code, grade level, and bureau of assignment;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF8749E692E2C4BE397684DF647C74DDD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>contracted employees, including the equivalent job skill code and bureau of assignment; and</text> </clause><clause id="H1683D94F3E294AC1BD70872B69F93C77"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>employees hired under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, including their equivalent grade and job skill code and bureau of assignment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HA843FE928BE24CC3AD053C6B69DDE5E1"><enum>310.</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7E67A484D1824DC38E71A3822608ACA7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department should continue to promote the employment of veterans, in accordance with section 301 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3941">22 U.S.C. 3941</external-xref>), as amended by section 405 of this Act, including those veterans belonging to traditionally underrepresented groups at the Department;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H98DB3522A7D84B8FBAA59EA119C40869"><enum>(2)</enum><text>veterans employed by the Department have made significant contributions to United States foreign policy in a variety of regional and global affairs bureaus and diplomatic posts overseas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB7ADEFF3367D4A4F9EDC8C62B212E747"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Department should continue to encourage veteran employment and facilitate their participation in the workforce.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HEC799D2C49BA4F95998B2471C78BC8A5"><enum>311.</enum><header>Employee assignment restrictions and preclusions</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H57B20C15B357465AA83DE018FA7D77B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Department should expand the appeal process it makes available to employees related to assignment preclusions and restrictions.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H43DE844944F54E9A904A8379579AC28A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appeal of assignment restriction or preclusion</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>), as amended by section 112 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new sentences: <quote>Any employee subjected to an assignment restriction or preclusion shall have the same appeal rights as provided by the Department regarding denial or revocation of a security clearance. Any such appeal shall be resolved not later than 60 days after such appeal is filed.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB0545AB942F644319AA607FC29869D71"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice and certification</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise, and certify to the appropriate congressional committees regarding such revision, the Foreign Affairs Manual guidance regarding denial or revocation of a security clearance to expressly state that all review and appeal rights relating thereto shall also apply to any recommendation or decision to impose an assignment restriction or preclusion to an employee.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H3967DD77B4F041FD81E4FB02DFCA2065"><enum>312.</enum><header>Recall and reemployment of career members</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF766C3FEF06F4339BCD9716C3AEEB1F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H6549EEF6F7184B7089FA950488E8A55C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>career Department employees provide invaluable service to the United States as nonpartisan professionals who contribute subject matter expertise and professional skills to the successful development and execution of United States foreign policy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8012B7186C0B44849BFA1E8DFA8EDA51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>re-employment of skilled former members of the Foreign and civil service who have voluntarily separated from the Foreign or civil service due to family reasons or to obtain professional skills outside government is of benefit to the Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB37374DBAD344AFCBBD58F56C77CE5A2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Re-Employment</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 308 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3948">22 U.S.C. 3948</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Former career tenured members of the Service seeking reappointment, if separated for other than cause for up to three years prior to the date of the enactment of this sentence, shall be eligible to participate in the regular assignment bidding process without restriction and shall not be required to accept a directed first assignment upon reappointment.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCB528A330F124A9F8108E2BCFFD40402"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice of employment opportunities</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDED04E8A9ED44284A7D0354665FB759F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 102 the following new chapter:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H205AF85C16964E2985D6E71C46386FE0" style="USC"> <chapter commented="no" id="H0FF54C38D1FF4AAC89E9EC576AE39EBC"><enum>103</enum><header>Notice of employment opportunities for Department of State and USAID positions</header> <section commented="no" id="HEE770537AB8246F1B0D60D2444C8DE4D"><enum>10301.</enum><header>Notice of employment opportunities for Department of State and USAID positions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To ensure that individuals who have separated from the Department of State or the United States Agency for International Development and who are eligible for reappointment are aware of such opportunities, the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development shall publicize notice of all employment opportunities, including positions for which the relevant agency is accepting applications from individuals within the agency’s workforce under merit promotion procedures, on publicly accessible sites, including www.usajobs.gov. If using merit promotion procedures, the notice shall expressly state that former employees eligible for reinstatement may apply.</text></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H156DDEBC922243149F75FC39E05323E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for subpart I of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDBC83A4626364787852C0B4EA32729D3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Recall</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 308 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3948">22 U.S.C. 3948</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HC2F192FA4E59435DA4378F51A0425A1F"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Whenever the Secretary determines that the needs of the Department so require, the Secretary may recall any retired or voluntarily separated career member of the Service, or any retired or voluntarily separated career employee of the civil service (within the meaning of section 315.201 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor section)), for active duty in the same personnel category as such member or employee was serving at the time of retirement or voluntary separation. A recalled retired or voluntarily separated career member of the Service or retired or voluntarily separated career employee of the civil service may not be recalled to a salary class higher than the one in which such member or employee was serving at the time of retirement or voluntary separation, unless appointed to such higher class by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HB2E4C9036DE54C2E936F71425B435F59"><enum>313.</enum><header>Strategic staffing plan for the Department</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF800744B435141E58D1F113BFD08B280"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive five-year strategic staffing plan for the Department that is aligned with and furthers the objectives of the National Security Strategy of the United States of America issued in December 2017, or any subsequent strategy issued not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, which shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC1EB5A5902C040E9B36F2AA401BE699F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A dataset displaying comprehensive workforce data for all current and planned employees of the Department, disaggregated by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D187F53198D4033B4A0787048DB2DE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Foreign Service officer and Foreign Service specialist rank;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H392B2E9CA45848FAA475F6DF0DA8F112"><enum>(B)</enum><text>civil service job skill code, grade level, and bureau of assignment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEF15019C1C724CB899ABE89BA87DC53C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>contracted employees, including the equivalent job skill code and bureau of assignment; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1C9DE0B14F1F49B68AAC57FEE5746678"><enum>(D)</enum><text>employees hired under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, including the equivalent grade and job skill code and bureau of assignment of such employee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7CA33C6622284A8186705EA80992A90E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Recommendations on the number of Foreign Service offices disaggregated by service cone that should be posted at each United States diplomatic post in the District of Columbia, with a detailed basis for such recommendations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0C1F58DD3A05486687EA72D6C88851E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Recommendations on the number of civil service officers that should be employed by the Department, with a detailed basis for such recommendations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFB29052CE3FE411EAA19AD71FA7B974B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maintenance</header><text>The dataset required under subsection (a)(1) shall be maintained and updated on a regular basis.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H573C157846CC4D78A77EAC443CA20A19"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The Secretary shall lead the development of the plan required under subsection (a) but may consult or partner with private sector entities with expertise in labor economics, management, or human resources, as well as organizations familiar with the demands and needs of the Department’s workforce.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0670E6A7B9B845639ACD0D48CC2815E6"><enum>314.</enum><header>Consulting services</header>
<subsection id="H3A1825B521EE4D829F1100B2A9DFC826"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/103">Chapter 103</external-xref> of title 5 of the United States Code, as added by section 313 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H719BDE9CEB8F4AEBA2D29459D8A0DE62"><enum>10302.</enum><header>Consulting services for the Department of State.</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any consulting service obtained by the Department of State through procurement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts with respect to which expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except if otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H0BA90DE77EC24511A492D49513AAF36A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart I of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 10302 the following new item:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">10302. Consulting services for the Department of State</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H2AA4E8B7CD8E4E95BD1153E420FCA975"><enum>315.</enum><header>Incentives for critical posts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/32">Public Law 111–32</external-xref>) is amended by striking the last sentence.</text>
</section><section id="H995D84D3304D4178BA104011E54E77D7"><enum>316.</enum><header>Extension of authority for certain accountability review boards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4831">22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H39739024CBFE4978BD98243C267207F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Afghanistan and</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, and</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H34339853865F421DB6F98F610A3ED636"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB71726CDC20D433AA2F50800F8461453"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>Afghanistan or</quote> and inserting <quote>Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF3B7A36D3C64C538BABCEDFE3E2D3EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by striking <quote>beginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on September 30, 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on September 30, 2022</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H33EF554D3D1049C482D764B47444B54F"><enum>317.</enum><header>Foreign service suspension without pay</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (c) of 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 id="H3AF9033B5FB0446E8872AEDBDF5F5611"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>suspend</quote> and inserting <quote>indefinitely suspend without duties</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF55E49E0EC3A4A61A033711ED60B131D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCB1A4D8E59E8437D838DB2CC3E1B2D99"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H7F3975E4CEF84FC88514245281B99DEB" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Any member of the Service suspended from duties under this subsection may be suspended without pay only after a final written decision is provided to such member under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC49ED0C69D474D3F9595FE9344B2101A" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>If no final written decision under paragraph (2) has been provided within one calendar year of the date the suspension at issue was proposed, not later than 30 days thereafter the Secretary of State shall report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in writing regarding the specific reasons for such delay.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC52E4DB452B478EAAE7CDF26813D6EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), as so redesignated—</text> <subparagraph id="H84EB23F4109844F39B223958433EF035"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">(7)</header-in-text> In this subsection:</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D313CA817994BCE9516E2732F7C902F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">(A)</header-in-text> The term</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC221054E424D4B66AC9B729E97A62EF5" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="H532D20FB66BB4A0DAFB2A3C24A946CB0" indent="up1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In this subsection, the term</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16E963C1BE074D2D9B702EA3B58B9C53"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) (relating to the definition of <quote>suspend</quote> and <quote>suspension</quote>); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE955444F5924C2E890F98E3FF4FF435"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and moving such subparagraphs two ems to the left.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>A Diverse Workforce: Recruitment, Retention, and Promotion</header>
<section commented="no" id="H6D16DC55F80C4D53BAA3A03FBA27106C"><enum>401.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7882BD3F91904F7280FD8D16592CA450"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicant flow data</header><text>The term <term>applicant flow data</term> means data that tracks the rate of applications for job positions among demographic categories.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H135565A6D84A42B2B86D9E81BD7EAB49"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Demographic data</header><text>The term <term>demographic data</term> means facts or statistics relating to the demographic categories specified in the Office of Management and Budget statistical policy directive entitled <quote>Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity</quote> (81 Fed. Reg. 67398).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7F2FF65F23854DC7BA6382C4300FAA8E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Diversity</header><text>The term <term>diversity</term> means those classes of persons protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/2000a">42 U.S.C. 2000a</external-xref> et seq.) and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/12101">42 U.S.C. 12101</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC3D6ADAA1BBF4A0A88E78E80E931E781"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Workforce</header><text>The term <term>workforce</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H8A3A276FC4BF480390E94C9EF59555A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>individuals serving in a position in the civil service (as defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDE26739DEF9441ABB60CF663B65926CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>individuals who are members of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3902">22 U.S.C. 3902</external-xref>));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD04B33CD31D7456091C0ED5D07E02409"><enum>(C)</enum><text>all individuals serving under a personal services agreement or personal services contract;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFCC673B6272F4177AC9D45B2ADE59C17"><enum>(D)</enum><text>all individuals serving under a Foreign Service Limited appointment under section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C3AAA7C2984407BBCBAD7E1F48CFA53"><enum>(E)</enum><text>individuals working in the Department of State under any other authority.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HA35EEB54097A47B395AEA9E8E7128261"><enum>402.</enum><header>Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H568B359A731F4548B4DF77B2EBCA8BF5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial 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, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, which shall also be posted on a publicly available website of the Department in a searchable database format, that includes disaggregated demographic data and other information regarding the diversity of the workforce of the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3537D388BE5F441DBCFA1818794597EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include the following data:</text> <paragraph id="HE1419140D2A14AF19E2A11B5635F0F46"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Demographic data on each element of the workforce of the Department, disaggregated by rank and grade or grade-equivalent, with respect to the following groups:</text>
<subparagraph id="H00842DF5062D44F2B080129DAD7F655E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Applicants for positions in the Department.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D2B9EFBD98B4124870C0E5C32599384"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Individuals hired to join the workforce.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7496B4D7EB4943F4BB50F1BF5B3E868E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Individuals promoted during the 2-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, including promotions to and within the Senior Executive Service or the Senior Foreign Service.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB58623F43A884373807E48EB37A085EF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Individuals serving on applicable selection boards.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AC9D5866265431B9F7A5931C0D2230C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of any external advisory committee or board who are subject to appointment by individuals at senior positions in the Department.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF39DDF1EFE7C41FD8657FB0C74FEBB27"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals participating in professional development programs of the Department, and the extent to which such participants have been placed into senior positions within the Department after such participation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5AE6DB3E8424CECB6774D134712936E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Individuals participating in mentorship or retention programs.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA94035849CFB423FB6F79D247331768E"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Individuals who separated from the agency during the 2-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, including individuals in the Senior Executive Service or the Senior Foreign Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF45C591322654AD0B4845B3F41ED3145"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of agency compliance with the essential elements identified in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Management Directive 715, effective October 1, 2003.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99147063EE4D4394A4BFF5C131D06FB2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Data on the overall number of individuals who are part of the workforce, the percentages of such workforce corresponding to each element listed in section 401(4), and the percentages corresponding to each rank, grade, or grade-equivalent.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H89DA8933CBC34B22984CCBEF4C91BA75"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendation</header><text>The Secretary may include in the report under subsection (a) a recommendation to the Director of Office of Management and Budget and to the appropriate congressional committees regarding whether the Department should collect more detailed data on demographic categories in addition to the race and ethnicity categories specified in the Office of Management and Budget statistical policy directive entitled <quote>Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity</quote> (81 Fed. Reg. 67398).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD70ED112372847EF807B450594B22A73"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Other contents</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall also describe the efforts of the Department—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE1773C0E3A0441EA953E9017D1F45AF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to propagate fairness, impartiality, and inclusion in the work environment, both domestically and abroad;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H71BD63D968014765BE47D356A6A8D39A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to enforce anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2C4A46D165DB47C3991ACE79FA34301E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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" id="HBFA8E0417FC54A2291AF947ABAC8B80A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to prevent illegal retaliation against employees for participating in a protected equal employment opportunity activity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEE21E7BEFEB04CE091C5A68970E7E88C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE5351F456EF8495791EFD837DB37D9DF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to recruit a representative workforce by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3F079F33773F4B2DA5C87ED0F49D4A9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recruiting women and minorities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF0599B15C8F647D789A58DB4840DC2C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recruiting at women’s colleges, historically Black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, and other institutions serving a significant percentage of minority students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A2FBE8F3C7544E0A1397F7477D5DD90"><enum>(C)</enum><text>placing job advertisements in newspapers, magazines, and job sites oriented toward women and minorities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H978992FA1BC2455FADADC3B8E4ADC9C7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban and rural communities and land-grant colleges or universities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B556188285948B680DF0074946693E9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>providing opportunities through the Foreign Service Internship Program under chapter 12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4141">22 U.S.C. 4141</external-xref> et seq.) and other hiring initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H11E694FDC06C45608BFD3644C0F93FCD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>recruiting mid-level and senior-level professionals through programs designed to increase minority representation in international affairs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAF665C3C4C1E4E67BA47792F3DE89E29"><enum>(G)</enum><text>offering the Foreign Service written and oral assessment examinations in several locations throughout the United States to reduce the burden of applicants having to travel at their own expense to take either or both such examinations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2BE464446F8E4AC690CF0620E5E72716"><enum>(H)</enum><text>support recruiting and hiring opportunities through—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H2758F355FB0A47CC88C2DEA88A1C38F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Program;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H06E0FCA10DE04A6293825443372EEA33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HB0D0AF91AD9740F58A23E5BED1575DFD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC9F75AED5C904E9DA936B4A568C3E46C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>other initiatives, including agency-wide policy initiatives.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAD111B9926684F1DB146757232EC4718"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual updates</header><text>Not later than one year after the publication of the report required under subsection (a) and annually thereafter for the following five years, the Secretary shall work with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide a report to the appropriate congressional committees, which shall be posted on the Department’s website, which may be included in another annual report required under another provision of law, that includes—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB01BCACC1B404A3AB30CFBDF26BB46E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>disaggregated demographic data relating to the workforce and information on the status of diversity and inclusion efforts of the Department;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE6948C6D9F7440ACBFBD953B2364619F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis of applicant flow data; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF0FD9DE151E946BC8BEA8A18BFDE0273"><enum>(3)</enum><text>disaggregated demographic data relating to participants in professional development programs of the Department and the rate of placement into senior positions for participants in such programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H9144254B02454829B7CA7A122CBF941D"><enum>403.</enum><header>Exit interviews for workforce</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFBE574E93CCC40E7A496EC6253080A31"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Retained members</header><text>The Director General of the Foreign Service and the Director of Human Resources of the Department should conduct periodic interviews with a representative and diverse cross-section of the workforce of the Department—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HACA88BD9027D419ABC8F2A3E6BA36F73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to understand the reasons of individuals in such workforce for remaining in a position in the Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H27100D6918984CE1B0ED36FEEC511E33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to receive feedback on workplace policies, professional development opportunities, and other issues affecting the decision of individuals in the workforce to remain in the Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE0CC48DE243F427989EB6629398A4898"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Departing members</header><text>The Director General of the Foreign Service and the Director of Human Resources shall provide an opportunity for an exit interview to each individual in the workforce of the Department who separates from service with the Department to better understand the reasons of such individual for leaving such service.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0C12878A4C0E453EB5C0DEAB25578847"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of analysis from interviews</header><text>The Director General of the Foreign Service and the Director of Human Resources shall analyze demographic data and other information obtained through interviews under subsections (a) and (b) to determine—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7E097E08F6F04FE894E2F865F33C5895"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to what extent, if any, the diversity of those participating in such interviews impacts the results; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H015FD0851DC24D3AA897017D39B90044"><enum>(2)</enum><text>whether to implement any policy changes or include any recommendations in a report required under subsection (a) or (e) of section 402 relating to the determination reached pursuant to paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0D09A66B2D8F4B09864A091464D8DCED"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Tracking data</header><text>The Department shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA345FEE7EDF94552AA5835EDEC555A80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>track demographic data relating to participants in professional development programs and the rate of placement into senior positions for participants in such programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6C8224F73FBE4A1A9F331AB204439489"><enum>(2)</enum><text>annually evaluate such data—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H611EB629EBB14B06AD2DCACDB325A622"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to identify ways to improve outreach and recruitment for such programs, consistent with merit system principles; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA4D4F8D9ACC04C84988928934D23DBA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to understand the extent to which participation in any professional development program offered or sponsored by the Department differs among the demographic categories of the workforce; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE9462BCE1EE5472CB834BC0E2D4B88AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>actively encourage participation from a range of demographic categories, especially from categories with consistently low participation, in such professional development programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HA8724F2090AA44C3A33A96F16F17EC32"><enum>404.</enum><header>Recruitment and retention</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB9BD29CAE81C4AA4A3CBCEED80DCC5A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary should—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3286FB5F6BB7495DBA7EC6CFF07423B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>continue to seek a diverse and talented pool of applicants; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0710702613CF44B9AB8E252BF4D9D52C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>instruct the Director General of the Foreign Service and the Director of the Bureau of Human Resources of the Department to have a recruitment plan of action for the recruitment of people belonging to traditionally under-represented groups, which should include outreach at appropriate colleges, universities, affinity groups, and professional associations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5220595545A745F58F0E8B4566274E2D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The diversity recruitment initiatives described in subsection (a) should include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3550102ECE01408DB3E689993F73572D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recruiting at women’s colleges, historically Black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, and other institutions serving a significant percentage of minority students;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1E9D5547540049FFBEC175ACDE6E08F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>placing job advertisements in newspapers, magazines, and job sites oriented toward diverse groups;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1C64B3A1978A4B659CFE3B274C4CBACD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban and rural communities and land-grant colleges or universities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD85F94667DF84A79A347D904FD1A7D51"><enum>(4)</enum><text>providing opportunities through highly respected, international leadership programs, that focus on diversity recruitment and retention; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7D33AFE4DCEC4EE38425695F7CFA5FF7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>cultivating partnerships with organizations dedicated to the advancement of the profession of international affairs and national security to advance shared diversity goals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H44580C2C4C124623848FA61899C52D90"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expand training on anti-Harassment and anti-Discrimination</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5E09F353788446199C397630A49EF372"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall, through the Foreign Service Institute and other educational and training opportunities—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1848353FB5BE4125ADCA1D9D3B35F3A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>expand the provision of training on workplace rights and responsibilities to focus on anti-harassment and anti-discrimination information and policies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA8C3FAA3D93242DB9F1A21FDE67A412D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make such expanded training mandatory for—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H895166DDA388447B93018B327B9A8447"><enum>(i)</enum><text>individuals in senior and supervisory positions; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD11217777DE246B7B9EF02F29E081B43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>individuals having responsibilities related to recruitment, retention, or promotion of employees.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7BFDE33E80F24ED4889153303E4C9580"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Best practices</header><text>Each agency shall give special attention to ensuring the continuous incorporation of research-based best practices in training provided under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HED17FF45115640A1B2C2CD65E4D63290"><enum>405.</enum><header>Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H92F6809840D044EAAE49FAB8A368297F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Department should offer both the Foreign Service written examination and oral assessment in more locations throughout the United States. Doing so would ease the financial burden on potential candidates who do not currently reside in and must travel at their own expense to one of the few locations where these assessments are offered.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC45FF93C55DA4A3C850B24B5D42D2B41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foreign Service examinations</header><text>Section 301(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3941">22 U.S.C. 3941</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBF4EA95CB6C2472A95E84FC996D71AE7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting: <quote>(1) The Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD309E1613BB84AF898CEFE8B61D5A4D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HA23EBE03CF764AE08C9F360E1229420F" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H61BEA08BFA6647309D80937CEEC63D75" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service annually offers the oral assessment examinations described in paragraph (1) in cities, chosen on a rotating basis, located in at least three different time zones across the United States.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H382FE13F8C664DB2B3C68985A54C602E"><enum>406.</enum><header>Payne fellowship authorization</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC7E24D9832944C87B01E1B7BA6D309B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Undergraduate and graduate components of the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program may conduct outreach to attract outstanding students with an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career who represent diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H02516BA8FAE849A7831598C38994432E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review of past programs</header><text>The Secretary shall review past programs designed to increase minority representation in international affairs positions.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H72D2EEE3C33E4A3ABF46B921EAA9FF5F"><enum>407.</enum><header>Voluntary participation</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCE10853031544AE8B8B2C21EF29A6DD6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Nothing in this title should be construed so as to compel any employee to participate in the collection of the data or divulge any personal information. Department employees shall be informed that their participation in the data collection contemplated by this title is voluntary.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9A5921BD0073493FBD940F5D7A16DE35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Privacy protection</header><text>Any data collected under this title shall be subject to the relevant privacy protection statutes and regulations applicable to Federal employees.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Information Security</header>
<section id="H0922E22182584B1CB4C92B188F01E1C7"><enum>501.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="H7A32F1A99692483E985EA65FD7E635FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Information system</header><text>The term <term>information system</term> has the meaning given such term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A7D05F71A21434DA9780FA6BC86FC2A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intelligence community</header><text>The term <term>intelligence community</term> has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3003">50 U.S.C. 3003(4)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E6E697AA57545358A34F64AAF388131"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relevant congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>relevant congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HA53B76B2EC5B49C9B97B9F1C38F768E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the appropriate congressional committees;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE612488A6A384ECC96A11A6E3E4AC499"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD52FCEDD124F475AA76BDF25BA5534DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H1A6BC4EB0FA2466FB7701F815121AD9D"><enum>502.</enum><header>Information system security</header>
<subsection id="H152DA6D7CFBC423C86932BA20D1B66C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H661B099262084E2FAB1BFEE788F22FD8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Incident</header><text>The term <term>incident</term> has the meaning given such term in section 3552(b) of title 44, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H415678AB80C94D6DA07D1907431A3B1F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penetration test</header><text>The term <term>penetration test</term> means a test methodology in which assessors attempt to circumvent or defeat the security features of an information system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3F83D15222EF47A1B9E04DA3876F140D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultations process</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a process for conducting semiannual consultations with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and any other department or agency representative who the Secretary determines to be appropriate regarding the security of United States Government and nongovernmental information systems used or operated by the Department, a contractor of the Department, or another organization on behalf of the Department, including any such systems or networks facilitating the use of sensitive or classified information.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBF395085438B469B87B8ABB836802B04"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Independent penetration testing of information systems</header><text>In coordination with the consultations under subsection (b), the Secretary shall commission independent, semiannual penetration tests, which shall be carried out by an appropriate Federal department or agency other than the Department, such as the Department of Homeland Security or the National Security Agency, to ensure that adequate policies and protections are implemented to detect and prevent penetrations or compromises of such information systems, including malicious intrusions by any unauthorized individual, state actor, or other entity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0EB9791644A7441EA0F532F14EBEF50B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive the requirement under subsection (c) for up to one year if the Secretary—</text> <paragraph id="H48D56C48BDBC4FF28098FE8973B20D7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such requirement would have adverse effects on national security or the diplomatic mission of the Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H48AD82A5A5634FAE945E711D96B99361"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 30 days after the commencement of such a determination, submits to the relevant congressional committees a written justification that describes how such penetration tests would undermine national security or the diplomatic mission of the Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8846584CD87844BAB20B18726FF51E1F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Incident reporting</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for three years, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and any other department or agency representative who the Secretary determines to be appropriate, shall securely submit to the relevant congressional committees a classified report that describes in detail the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H603FAAA191804534912D7F42E063E55B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For the first reporting period, all known and suspected incidents affecting the information systems specified in subsection (b) that occurred during the 180-day period immediately preceding the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H634779950EE84842B2980A9741A35377"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For all subsequent reporting periods, all known and suspected incidents affecting the information systems specified in subsection (b) that occurred since the submission of the most recent report.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H23E2CB69941E4DD7A9DD7805FE80246B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report under subsection (e) shall include, for the relevant reporting period, a summary overview addressing the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7ABD6F5C74FA4E4B8124E810F069B952"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of the relevant information system, as specified in subsection (b), that experienced a known or suspected incident.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H08F7186E7B844956BB562EB153B49A25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment of the date and time each such incident occurred or was suspected to have occurred.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H484CB388C32B4641A9CFF16A41A32F2D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of the duration over which each such incident took place or is suspected of having taken place, including whether such incident is ongoing.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0558DED674BF484E9883BFDCB0A42CD9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An assessment of the volume and sensitivity of information accessed, compromised, or potentially compromised by each incident, including any such information contained on information systems owned, operated, managed, or utilized by any other Federal department or agency.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDBB1BD85CCCE4D44A89BDCE7248E6F58"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An assessment of whether such information system was compromised by such incident, including an assessment of the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H448CE9728B02447EA76F2735CEEAE58A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The known or suspected perpetrators, including state actors.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEAA960D6728442B8A40F78CC0AF00D5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The methods used to carry out the incident.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H87D3B33B6E8E478489197B50216D4F39"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The known or suspected intent of the actors in accessing the information system.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4FBEDF32CA87455E9D723AA7C83F0442"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A description of the actions the Department has taken or plans to take, including timelines and descriptions of any progress on plans described in prior reports, to prevent future, similar incidents affecting such information systems.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H25701E6946664D6DB61FAF2B6BCDDC5E"><enum>503.</enum><header>Prohibition on contracting with certain telecommunications providers</header>
<subsection id="HD011D397DABA4DD3ACAC0C132AF66958"><enum>(a)</enum><header>List of covered contractors</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall develop or maintain, as the case may be, and update as frequently as the Secretary determines appropriate, a list of covered contractors with respect to which the prohibition specified in subsection (b) shall apply.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD1EF68567EF84B488135CEDFFBCB5117"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prohibition on contracts</header><text>The Secretary may not enter into a contract with a covered contractor on the list described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H64BE951BA8F44722B25229D46409F1E7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Removal from list</header><text>To be removed from the list described in subsection (a), a covered contractor may submit a request to the Secretary in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate. The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall determine a process for removing covered contractors from the list, as appropriate, and publicly disclose such process.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD9C5DE3BD536453895A98B76F90A9BA7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waivers</header>
<paragraph id="HEBF44867F62646CBA93CFD94E372ACB5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President or the Secretary may waive the prohibition specified in subsection (b) if the President or the Secretary determines that such waiver is justified for national security reasons.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C17C8062BD848269BFC9F1685B5978B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver for overseas operations</header><text>The Secretary may waive the prohibition specified in subsection (b) for United States diplomatic posts or diplomatic personnel overseas if the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, determines that no suitable alternatives are available.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB0C4A612FC0149FFBE23BA1641F8DF2C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Covered contractor defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered contractor</term> means a provider of telecommunications, telecommunications equipment, or information technology equipment, including hardware, software, or services, that has knowingly assisted or facilitated a cyber attack or conducted surveillance, including passive or active monitoring, carried out against the United States by, or on behalf of, any government, or persons associated with such government, listed as a cyber threat actor in the intelligence community’s 2017 assessment of worldwide threats to United States national security or any subsequent worldwide threat assessment of the intelligence community.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H878E87DFFFA645CDAB9E4BEA2ABAF9E3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This section shall apply with respect to contracts of a covered contractor entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HA31766E72CAD49ED882595B2B01C35D6"><enum>504.</enum><header>Preserving records of electronic communications conducted related to official duties of positions
in the public trust of the American people</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H61178BAEA9834DF5B424A0D51DCD4067"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that, as a matter of rule of law and transparency in a democratic government, all officers and employees of the Department and the United States Agency for International Development must preserve all records of communications conducted in their official capacities or related to their official duties with entities outside of the United States Government. It is further the sense of Congress that such practice should include foreign government officials or other foreign entities which may seek to influence United States Government policies and actions.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3C60ACA0EBB14C2EBD75BBC5F238B2FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Foreign Affairs Manual guidance implementing <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/31">chapter 31</external-xref> of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Federal Records Act</quote>), to treat electronic messaging systems, software, and applications as equivalent to electronic mail for the purpose of identifying Federal records, and shall also publish in the Foreign Affairs Manual the statutory penalties for failure to comply with such guidance. No funds are authorized to be appropriated or made available to the Department of State under any Act to support the use or establishment of accounts on third-party messaging applications or other non-Government online communication tools if the Secretary does not certify to the relevant congressional committees that the Secretary has carried out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HD2D748620A4B4E718CA288BBF6DDA0E0"><enum>505.</enum><header>Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series and declassification</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HDBFE347592F4449AB4D2928D788D7513"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 401(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4351">22 U.S.C. 4351(c)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>30</quote> and inserting <quote>25</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H88639EA970854C03AC11EC69656DC976"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 402(a)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4352">22 U.S.C. 4352(a)(2)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>26</quote> and inserting <quote>20</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBEDCC4C02C314E8EA123661949E1C0FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 404 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4354">22 U.S.C. 4354</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H582612E0578045B7B54EA571397A5E3F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), by striking <quote>30</quote> and inserting <quote>25</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7C24CD4E50044A8096E8F88B4DABF81F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking <quote>30</quote> and inserting <quote>25</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Public Diplomacy</header>
<section commented="no" id="H0D5CB981A39B453DBFF3A86E541D518C"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Public Diplomacy Modernization Act of 2019</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" id="HE7BCCC1B5D6345038AB7CFA300CB9E54"><enum>602.</enum><header>Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1774DEE7D9B24A388F2BFD94128EF0AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify opportunities for greater efficiency of operations, including through improved coordination of efforts across public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H65C0AF08F7F94AC2A1DB09A20B8BDB5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maximize shared use of resources between, and within, such public diplomacy bureaus and offices in cases in which programs, facilities, or administrative functions are duplicative or substantially overlapping.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HB43C768AFD804862853568CA8A80FEE9"><enum>603.</enum><header>Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBD31674AAAF64F8A9D7A5496437FA599"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Research and evaluation activities</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Director of Research and Evaluation appointed pursuant to subsection (b), shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H00D301BEAEFF41AABF4350E6F0620ECF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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" id="H4897F6CE5223455195EB3E06048D0CD7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make available to Congress the findings of the research and evaluations conducted under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB840EE21116D41248FFF03F8EF93150A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Director of Research and Evaluation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC5B526A1B23E4932A45447EA3830F8EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall appoint a Director of Research and Evaluation (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Director</quote>) in the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H453AB259E49941CE9907A7D35E889C9C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on appointment</header><text>The appointment of the Director 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" id="HD5B14B9903144A3A8AE49483493037B2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Director shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H57059163C5134502AD87E79D637EB1EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>report to the Director of Policy Planning of the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the Department;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H34AC285CC6284BAB9C8502EE8BDC245F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate and oversee the research and evaluation of public diplomacy programs and activities of the Department to—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2687AC4506C445D4B56B2CD223499D98"><enum>(i)</enum><text>improve public diplomacy strategies and tactics; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H3396F49AAC47466DB43BFEECA5C6BE2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure that such programs and activities are increasing the knowledge, understanding, and trust of the United States by relevant target audiences;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE2D4A4F71D9B465E88037669FB8199D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>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" id="HD2CA23B4B1CF4A3EB1324886338841E7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>support United States diplomatic posts’ public affairs sections;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H694DE47F9E574796962185DA7C1549DD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>share appropriate public diplomacy research and evaluation information within the Department and with other appropriate Federal departments and agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9A3E5562A5B04EFEB28A8CEC0CD7D61D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>regularly design and coordinate standardized research questions, methodologies, and procedures to ensure that public diplomacy programs and activities across all public diplomacy bureaus and offices are designed to meet appropriate foreign policy objectives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB27ED0C758645FEB97756C26087C316"><enum>(G)</enum><text>report biannually to the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, through the Subcommittee on Research and Evaluation established pursuant to subsection (f), regarding the research and evaluation of all public diplomacy bureaus and offices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2211301B0B274ED2814579EC3232B22E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Guidance and training</header><text>Not later than one year after the appointment of the Director pursuant to paragraph (1), the Director shall develop guidance and training, including curriculum for use by the Foreign Service Institute, for all public diplomacy officers of the Department regarding the reading and interpretation of public diplomacy program and activity evaluation findings to ensure that such findings and related lessons learned are implemented in the planning and evaluation of all public diplomacy programs and activities of the Department.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1C3290A7C6784615B81A429A91C9CCE3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prioritizing research and evaluation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4CB92D2BA58D4561856F1697AAB239B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Director of Policy Planning of the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the Department shall ensure that research and evaluation of public diplomacy and activities of the Department, as coordinated and overseen by the Director pursuant to subsection (b), supports strategic planning and resource allocation across all public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8A28A8BC28404FA0BE42D770CC6A41F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation of resources</header><text>Amounts allocated for the purpose of research and evaluation of public diplomacy programs and activities of the Department pursuant to subsection (b) shall be made available to be disbursed at the direction of the Director among the research and evaluation staff across all public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0C74EB76873D4F17997BFEC79527E6D7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Department should gradually increase its allocation of funds made available under the headings <quote>Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs</quote> and <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote> for research and evaluation of public diplomacy programs and activities of the Department pursuant to subsection (b) to a percentage of program funds that is commensurate with Federal Government best practices.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAC18B679CEFD4EFB9C95EAD2FDA74AC6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limited exemption relating to the Paperwork Reduction Act</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">Chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Paperwork Reduction Act</quote>) shall not apply to the collection of information directed at any individuals conducted by, or on behalf of, the Department for the purpose of audience research, monitoring, and evaluations, and in connection with the Department’s activities conducted pursuant to any of the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H655DB5919F3945E2BC7C0945C99B5B97"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/1431">22 U.S.C. 1431</external-xref> et seq.).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD697295A246D45E093F1BCBF8087E0F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2451">22 U.S.C. 2451</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE2C0682D931745ADB39B2226D592F01E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 1287 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/328">Public Law 114–328</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656">22 U.S.C. 2656</external-xref> note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA4C8E0AE53B141E48725721D71041CA1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> et seq.).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA9B1DB83832D4FE291DD1FC4191ADA4A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limited exemption relating to the Privacy Act</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H97F6D82C10BC4AF2A9083813853D05F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Department shall maintain, collect, use, and disseminate records (as such term is defined in section 552a(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code) for audience research, digital analytics, and impact evaluation of communications related to public diplomacy efforts intended for foreign audiences.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7BB36711769B433F8AED5155203C8936"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>Audience research, digital analytics, and impact evaluations under paragraph (1) shall be—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H5B7473C794304A0DA716D0A33731CE09"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reasonably tailored to meet the purposes of this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7528EF0B10EC4577B1E40A49F2C25EE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>carried out with due regard for privacy and civil liberties guidance and oversight.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H817827170FB14102BEE4CFFF8A97C863"><enum>(f)</enum><header>United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HAFADF505E846418E9202CA58DC5EAF50"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subcommittee for Research and Evaluation</header><text>The United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy shall establish a Subcommittee on Research and Evaluation to monitor and advise regarding audience research, digital analytics, and impact evaluations carried out by the Department and the United States Agency for Global Media.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H74301E31661747FEAEAA9FF3607304D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>The Subcommittee on Research and Evaluation established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report, in conjunction with the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy’s Comprehensive Annual Report on the performance of the Department and the United States Agency for Global Media, describing all actions taken by the Subcommittee pursuant to paragraph (1) and any findings made as a result of such actions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H9754A0D848F2497B856F9C1CD322730A"><enum>604.</enum><header>Permanent reauthorization of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy</header><text display-inline="no-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—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H31403E48E65F475CB9628E1EDD87BE58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Sunset</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Continuation</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDAA6CE0F30AA49C7B4B7049901F0AC23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>until October 1, 2020</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HC4C0FC70FE0C416EB058FF086C05EB3B"><enum>605.</enum><header>Streamlining of support functions</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA51A3889AEE9432BB63A2C2FD84F86DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Working group established</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a working group to explore the possibilities and cost-benefit analysis of transitioning to a shared services mode as such pertains to human resources, travel, purchasing, budgetary planning, and all other executive support functions for all bureaus of the Department that report to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy of the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB4205B90B82C478DB58368D708246C29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to implement any such findings of the working group established under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H46D6B74C0CAE47EE9C8F4A87FC21F261"><enum>606.</enum><header>Guidance for closure of public diplomacy facilities</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDBB9985DEB5F4FF8919108F7CDD547FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall adopt, and include in the Foreign Affairs Manual, guidelines to collect and utilize information from each diplomatic post at which the construction of a new embassy compound or new consulate compound would result in the closure or co-location of an American Space, American Center, American Corner, or any other public diplomacy facility under the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4865">22 U.S.C. 4865</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H65FFDB88DBBE43D0B3CFCFFD5D2D7C0F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The guidelines required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H8E0BCB542F3943F1812F38F627FE017C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Standardized notification to each chief of mission at a diplomatic post describing the requirements of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and the impact on the mission footprint of such requirements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA3F705DD4B534D099DE30E4F34A029A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An assessment and recommendations from each chief of mission of potential impacts to public diplomacy programming at such diplomatic post if any public diplomacy facility referred to in subsection (a) is closed or staff is co-located in accordance with such Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE7F76006AB6343D18EE75F2B7FDF5B5D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A process by which assessments and recommendations under paragraph (2) are considered by the Secretary and the appropriate Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Department.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H14DD6D6758814F5195676A0144EB1073"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Notification to the appropriate congressional committees, prior to the initiation of a new embassy compound or new consulate compound design, of the intent to close any such public diplomacy facility or co-locate public diplomacy staff in accordance with such Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE6E3CA5685C74CDD946A85CDB93C7C66"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing the guidelines required under subsection (a) and any recommendations for any modifications to such guidelines.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H3D46E443C80E440F811F9B5E9A3488E9"><enum>607.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H790A6C3AEEF449AE9D138AE52AA473A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Audience research</header><text>The term <term>audience research</term> means research conducted at the outset of a public diplomacy program or the outset of campaign planning and design regarding specific audience segments to understand the attitudes, interests, knowledge, and behaviors of such audience segments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDEF93A554B464D35861AF168FBFA9AFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Digital analytics</header><text>The term <term>digital analytics</term> means the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, accumulated in digital formats, to indicate the outputs and outcomes of a public diplomacy program or campaign.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7697F5B0ADD54952BF7DBF3FC75E4AC8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Impact evaluation</header><text>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><paragraph commented="no" id="HC909BB66B89342D5BBC94C7CB74A0F65"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Public diplomacy bureaus and offices</header><text>The term <term>public diplomacy bureaus and offices</term> means, with respect to the Department, the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HAD2C03B996864B1CBEEAB7DCCB80F44F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1DB8D0BB4D1E437B971CE19B190B59FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Bureau of Global Public Affairs.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE9E4CF7213264011B7315715BABAB0B9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD2D1FD1F6C9B40A2858AD00775957BD3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Global Engagement Center.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H141452523D49420B967FA1EE9DA3E507"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The public diplomacy functions within the regional and functional bureaus.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Combating Public Corruption</header>
<section id="HE026937CF7754D0985FBD2D26609E1B0"><enum>701.</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="HBF095AE09A9345EAAB9915CAD4309990"><enum>(1)</enum><text>it is in the foreign policy interest of the United States to help foreign countries promote good governance and combat public corruption, particularly grand corruption;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05F1A7069137472DA925D58AC97C9B17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>multiple Federal departments and agencies operate programs that promote good governance in foreign countries and enhance such countries’ ability to combat public corruption;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E412C0E056C47F98CDD3470DEE6DC65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Department should promote coordination among the Federal departments and agencies implementing programs to promote good governance and combat public corruption in foreign countries in order to improve effectiveness and efficiency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84C49C7F05794FFC891907C69B5F5FAF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Department should identify areas in which United States efforts to help other countries promote good governance and combat public corruption could be enhanced.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H255BD34C7F9141ECAC07B15475BC1BCF"><enum>702.</enum><header>Annual assessment</header>
<subsection id="HECF18708D8994FAF83D3CEA643F55A7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2020 through 2026, the Secretary shall assess the capacity and commitment of foreign countries to combat public corruption. Each such assessment shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB61EA6F7CA65458085E13BB666B23D40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>utilize independent, third-party indicators that measure transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector in such countries, including the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, to identify those countries that are most vulnerable to public corruption;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEAB3BFF9B9547F793B00A95B86AC4E1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider, to the extent reliable information is available, whether the government of a country identified under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H480BFAA294F44D009665712261D599C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has adopted measures to prevent public corruption, such as measures to inform and educate the public, including potential victims, about the causes and consequences of public corruption;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EC0559355424D7B85DBA47EE0B6E443"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has enacted laws and established government structures, policies, and practices that prohibit public corruption, including grand corruption and petty corruption;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H308A1892B1BA4C179065594A945C6AB2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enforces such laws through a fair judicial process;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE43C6145290C44A2A4053773DE34CD11"><enum>(D)</enum><text>vigorously investigates, prosecutes, convicts, and sentences public officials who participate in or facilitate public corruption, including nationals of such country who are deployed in foreign military assignments, trade delegations abroad, or other similar missions who engage in or facilitate public corruption;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H250F443B52EF4B89B767DBB852C5D642"><enum>(E)</enum><text>prescribes appropriate punishment for grand corruption that is commensurate with the punishment prescribed for serious crimes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5456D0AA879D495E95303032F0DA43FF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>prescribes appropriate punishment for petty corruption that provides a sufficiently stringent deterrent and adequately reflects the nature of the offense; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C0A98B224F94B618A456E26C639C7D9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>convicts and sentences persons responsible for such acts that take place wholly or partly within the country of such government, including, as appropriate, requiring the incarceration of individuals convicted of such acts; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7AFB0ED09C70429DA2EF2F79499F95BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>further consider—</text> <subparagraph id="H77C3155AC11245E48D1AA35111A44557"><enum>(A)</enum><text>verifiable measures taken by the government of a country identified under paragraph (1) to prohibit government officials from participating in, facilitating, or condoning public corruption, including the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of such officials;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB933CABFAE448E99D1C4F618FA8E035"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent to which such government provides access, or, as appropriate, makes adequate resources available, to civil society organizations and other institutions to combat public corruption, including reporting, investigating, and monitoring;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7487F35C721F43D68FB55F52A9ECEC62"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which an independent judiciary or judicial body in such country is responsible for, and effectively capable of, deciding public corruption cases impartially, on the basis of facts and in accordance with law, without any improper restrictions, influences, inducements, pressures, threats, or interferences, whether direct or indirect, from any source or for any reason;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7297A9BB0E9A4911B25AEA84C6778865"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the extent to which such government—</text> <clause id="H0C92601B125A4718BDE71D7529A7F9F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is assisting in international investigations of transnational public corruption networks and in other cooperative efforts to combat grand corruption, including cooperating with the governments of other countries to extradite corrupt actors;</text>
</clause><clause id="H61027F15F2D34CFAB1C8931C7F905FA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>recognizes the rights of victims of public corruption, ensures their access to justice, and takes steps to prevent such victims from being further victimized or persecuted by corrupt actors, government officials, or others; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3127393C21D94200B6E6E245D2719AF7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>refrains from prosecuting legitimate victims of public corruption or whistleblowers due to such persons having assisted in exposing public corruption, and refrains from other discriminatory treatment of such persons; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79C167C8BF374A139AC80BC674F18DB6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>contain such other information relating to public corruption as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA79194FBB15240F09E8C7166AD497F26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>After conducting each assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify the countries described in paragraph (1) of such subsection that are—</text>
<paragraph id="H53178E12557F4661B7D338254BE51F5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meeting minimum standards to combat public corruption;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H996A5FC924CD462E95FFFD34AB1579CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not meeting such minimum standards but making significant efforts to do so; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB62BFB3FC1C949ECA06F8AA969A31D7B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>neither meeting such minimum standards nor making significant efforts to do so.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1CE02AFD3ADF43D08695BA4C154E6286"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter through fiscal year 2026, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make publicly available a report that identifies the countries described in subsection (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b), including a description of the methodology and data utilized in the assessments under subsection (a) and the reasons for such identifications.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB48C6BAC7F9E4407BEF1115C22749932"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Briefing in lieu of report</header><text>The Secretary may waive the requirement to submit and make publicly available a written report under subsection (c) if the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="HE0BAC6221CD946848B1CB247E4776A59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that publication of such report would—</text> <subparagraph id="H2EA046D2177A4928BF1B73CBF70DAE54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>undermine existing United States anti-corruption efforts in one or more countries; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C5846E8C4E5437A9A8103CACDAAA51D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>threaten the national interests of the United States; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H009385451971430296DA641D650E7275"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees that identifies the countries described in subsection (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b), including a description of the methodology and data utilized in the assessment under subsection (a) and the reasons for such identifications.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD0732776F89549CEB466A3401527D939"><enum>703.</enum><header>Transparency and accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For each country identified under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 702(b), the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7F401CD92EE34E63818877C34782FB7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that a corruption risk assessment and mitigation strategy is included in the integrated country strategy for such country; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H240A3D5910754211ADC1841F58C87804"><enum>(2)</enum><text>utilize appropriate mechanisms to combat corruption in such countries, including by ensuring—</text> <subparagraph id="H208182D519E94C6097F1ED8B87D6D1DA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses in contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements entered into by the Department or the Agency for or in such countries, which allow for the termination of such contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, as the case may be, without penalty if credible indicators of public corruption are discovered;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E2DB2D362FC42608EEE70AB6BECEEED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the inclusion of appropriate clawback or flowdown clauses within the procurement instruments of the Department and the Agency that provide for the recovery of funds misappropriated through corruption;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9AFFACC44B644518CE78E5BB6F5FFB8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the appropriate disclosure to the United States Government, in confidential form, if necessary, of the beneficial ownership of contractors, subcontractors, grantees, cooperative agreement participants, and other organizations implementing programs on behalf of the Department or Agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3997EDCCDBF94C1E9C2BBD5AE162E894"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the establishment of mechanisms for investigating allegations of misappropriated resources and equipment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H75EBF075F17040408AEAAEBE90CC0023"><enum>704.</enum><header>Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact</header>
<subsection id="HC5BFCCC92BAB40B092B93809B4E4EC9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall annually designate an anti-corruption point of contact at the United States diplomatic post to each country identified under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 702(b), or which the Secretary otherwise determines is in need of such a point of contact.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H162F1C8962234CC8BAB6C7147414CB93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>Each designated anti-corruption point of contact under subsection (a) shall be responsible for coordinating and overseeing implementation of a whole-of-government approach among the relevant Federal departments and agencies that operate programs that promote good governance in foreign countries and enhance such countries’ ability to combat public corruption in order to accomplish such objectives in the country to which such point of contact is posted, including through the development and implementation of corruption risk assessment tools and mitigation strategies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA5D3E965998042C09CEDF047EAFB6F9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The Secretary shall implement appropriate training for designated anti-corruption points of contact under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE82DBD43B13D42C88356D1623B0C6ACF"><enum>705.</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header>
<subsection id="H15A7197F80904901AD999540D15459A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual report</header>
<paragraph id="H57234D44DA4247DA9F125EBE35761856"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall, for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2026, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on implementation of this title, including a description of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1BAC21238D9149B3AB08806C9B4DBFD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The offices within the Department and the United States Agency for International Development that are engaging in significant anti-corruption activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H109B708553194434A26ADAD94E980170"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The findings and actions of designated anti-corruption points of contact to develop and implement risk mitigation strategies and ensure compliance with section 703.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01BE9383843F4F73B3E25F877845AD5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The training implemented under section 704(c).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7F6D75FEE1DA4B3690B92CC9050C9E0E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Management of the whole-of-government effort referred to in section 704(b) to combat corruption within the countries identified in section 702 and efforts to improve coordination across Federal departments and agencies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94D89AC56A78465D935387D17788E6F6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The risk assessment tools and mitigation strategies utilized by the Department and the Agency.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32C11C0A27174F10ACE1776121121C64"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Other information determined by the Secretary to be necessary and appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H64D0350A2A774E55820DA4C7DA17C6D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form of report</header><text>Each report under this subsection shall be submitted in an unclassified format but may include a classified annex.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE65B1EBF098430D8729F4BFD78FDBB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Online platform</header><text>The Secretary shall consolidate existing reports with anti-corruption components into one online, public platform, which should—</text>
<paragraph id="H30C348ED012E411BA162B8BF811C28D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include—</text> <subparagraph id="HB46059F93E0743398B3CF7890B8CDC3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40DBADB01F5440588984135580FBA482"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the annual Fiscal Transparency Report;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8895A1FAE454B76AE20E8CB6752F575"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the annual Investment Climate Statements;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5F606718E324546A7D3847209AE1629"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0CAC7FEC15F3412592DBAA17068F6CBF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Country Scorecards of the Millennium Challenge Corporation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18551F0DF82F4F63B9133BA24DE8094E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any other relevant public reports; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE563C3B6CDB84032ACB07479DC7BD049"><enum>(2)</enum><text>link to third-party indicators and compliance mechanisms used by the United States Government to inform policy and programming, such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6AF923E59EC44EBFB23C95B230C1E107"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the International Finance Corporation’s Doing Business surveys;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48DDB089AD20404492C0CDEE4E869882"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Index; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAA6E331B9104F9AAC2F4BA5E5FAE6E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>multilateral peer review anti-corruption compliance mechanisms, such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, done at New York October 31, 2003, to further highlight expert international views on country challenges and country efforts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE798F20FB954495FB28F91ACB35A5599"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The Secretary and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall incorporate anti-corruption components into existing Foreign Service and Civil Service training courses to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB49C25D5D0B34537A5BB1C1FD32D13C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increase the ability of Department and Agency personnel to support anti-corruption as a foreign policy priority; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F1188E0EC4D4D178605A0DA8CB1A0AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>strengthen the ability of such personnel to design, implement, and evaluate more effective anti-corruption programming around the world, including enhancing skills to better evaluate and mitigate public corruption risks in assistance programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Matters Relating to International Security</header>
<section id="HB06868EB1E55400EBC6634D8A2E5743F"><enum>801.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>International Security Assistance Act of 2019</quote>.</text> </section><section id="HBB67C90AB0284771A75D7777D4F93945"><enum>802.</enum><header>Security assistance defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <quote>security assistance</quote> means—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA348D9C7814F4EAF9679DA076B868007"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assistance under chapter 8 (relating to international narcotics control) of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF833D67539346F68AFA45DD62BC780D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assistance under chapter 2 (military assistance), chapter 5 (international military education and training), chapter 6 (peacekeeping operations), chapter 8 (antiterrorism assistance), and chapter 9 (nonproliferation and export control assistance) of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1CB1385EF2BB4D338BF3444954C808BC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (relating to the Foreign Military Financing program); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB76CE33124345259342758B7A89BF45"><enum>(4)</enum><text>sales of defense articles or defense services, extensions of credits (including participations in credits), and guaranties of loans under the Arms Export Control Act.</text>
</paragraph></section><subtitle id="H03EE14A714694FA980D1737D4F711F0D"><enum>A</enum><header>Reform Relating to Security Assistance</header>
<section id="H3EC2B27E6A9049AA8D5E3C9C7B25FE3F"><enum>811.</enum><header>Organizational reform</header>
<subsection id="HC2B82E8A05514716BDFB140D47489747"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Working Group</header>
<paragraph id="H03ACF253079F4ADC8089179EA3ADEE30"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a Working Group on matters relating to security assistance (in this subtitle referred to as the <quote>Working Group</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9463D22AB31D47A8966865AEA593537D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="H69FB6A5D8455442F8FB43C919E2F8315"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Working Group shall be composed of—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H868603CFC038457DA5849170EE27D41F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Deputy Secretary of State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFA6CD2F8D1284492A3B7D6E6BCFF82EA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each Under Secretary of State responsible for matters relating to security assistance.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H000597E51B1644ED8D1D88977076F67D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The Deputy Secretary shall serve as the chair of the Working Group.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45A941B262714AAD9734D0C99C6DB3C8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Working Group shall meet not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and on a quarterly basis thereafter.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7F49BA77D30C4A5ABC8811529C8AF46A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The duties of the Working Group shall include—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9170D349CE544C3EBB9EF5C5F37B02EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within the Department and across United States diplomatic posts—</text>
<clause id="HFF189F5E9B23442F861FBA36CB6B465E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing strategic policy guidance on objectives and priorities for security assistance;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HEA4B0816ED2247E3A547AFB64830E430"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring strategic integration of budgets and planning for security assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2CDBF4AC3B534C608906F5EC55270D67"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advising the Secretary on all budgets, programs, and activities for security assistance; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8797C907865469B8B0FBCCAB528CD3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">overseeing Department of State coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies on all matters relating to security assistance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41B76C6E6A684606A1A5A5856D0D504C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Office of Security Assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE426708A7B5E436D97D6D890A02AAAF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate an existing office or establish a new office to be the Office of Security Assistance (in this subtitle referred to as the <quote>Office</quote>), which shall report to an Under Secretary who is a member of the Working Group.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAE3D275823A24F87905232E5A6141E26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordinator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The head of the Office shall be the Coordinator for Security Assistance (in this subtitle referred to as the <quote>Coordinator</quote>), who shall be an individual of demonstrated competency in the fields of security assistance and international diplomacy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H597B10562DCE4392A3E856F5670F1EF4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The duties of the Coordinator shall include—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H40438FC1E605431BB07D162460F54D3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>within the Department and across United States diplomatic posts—</text>
<clause id="HC483C3A896564D6782F3E59C11B90F4B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>guiding and supporting security assistance;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H7A6FF906D1DA4C9DA932B64B15C4B342"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>advising the Working Group on all matters relating to security assistance;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HCB1407CA3B824E7E92E1ABA3DC96168E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>establishing the framework described in section 813(a);</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H184DFD6B5F294939923F14859F70E453"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinating the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation program established under section 813(c); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H6CCC8F9156A54470A26604C7322586EB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>maintaining the common database described in section 814(a); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86B1B6AB70254DBFB8063C7705ECA96E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acting as a Department of State point of contact with the Department of Defense, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other relevant Federal departments and agencies on all matters relating to security assistance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF7A339AFD37B48B2B4E2F3BD536C4ECA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination within Department</header>
<paragraph id="HFAEF53ADE23A4FD5AEEC71C0BCA35190"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to paragraph (2), the head of each bureau of the Department that is involved in directing or implementing security assistance shall designate an officer of such bureau to be responsible for coordinating the responsibilities of such bureau with respect to security assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DCFD6E939334C5BA8FA099E0AF9EA78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An officer of a bureau of the Department shall not be eligible to be designated pursuant to paragraph (1) if the officer is responsible for conducting human rights vetting pursuant to 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2378d">22 U.S.C. 2378d</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H730ADCC319C444E787E49D198945EEAF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Training</header><text>Each individual designated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall successfully complete the training described in section 812.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBD9C117971D241C187D4920E60DB60D1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination within United States diplomatic posts</header>
<paragraph id="H8F00904DC7FC432DBC55FDE2BE1B4C5A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the chief of mission of the United States in a foreign country that receives security assistance shall designate a senior diplomatic officer at the embassy or highest ranking diplomatic post if no embassy exists in the foreign country to be responsible for coordinating security assistance for the foreign country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F92A7AD68674C179EB7F22B824EFACB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The senior diplomatic officer designated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be responsible for—</text> <subparagraph id="HA8136E3801064C549332A0A8E6819188"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">overseeing personnel and activities of Federal departments and agencies at the relevant embassy or diplomatic post with respect to the provision of security assistance for the country; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3077649E73D42D2A4727E6862F2B013"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensuring implementation of section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2378d">22 U.S.C. 2378d</external-xref>) and section 362 of title 10, United States Code, with respect to the country.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC1C9B5381DE14FC6B002088E0C563497"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each individual designated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall successfully complete the training described in section 812.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFB1555FD4E1B430A9D1C76C22CC4F98C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Plan for organizational structure</header>
<paragraph id="HFE192EAFFE384643937F643E606CFEE8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>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 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a plan for the organizational structure of the Department relating to security assistance programs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB6BE4A0402E2456D83A4CBBE77783521"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be included</header><text>The plan required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF83273BB10E045EF9499F621F99E43BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An identification of each bureau and office of the Department that carries out functions relating to planning, coordination, integration, implementation, or evaluation of security assistance, a description of the organizational hierarchy and decision-making processes used to coordinate across such bureaus and offices, and a description of how the Working Group and the Coordinator will facilitate coordination among each such bureau and office.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H59F5BF978C3D46AA892F1715FD13F809"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HE643DF46490D48159EFC244D20D138B5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reasons for—</text>
<subclause id="H8567E6EAC37F4294A6A3347FE65048E7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>designating an existing office or establishing a new office to serve as the Office; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HEED4E6D2C5514C9FA63CC248F2A62B21"><enum>(II)</enum><text>selecting the Under Secretary to which the Office will report;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H8B8AD43D809D4B79ADBBCBFC96CBFFC2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the organizational structure of the Office;</text> </clause><clause id="HBC9BAC824D454103A7D3EF580720B9EE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the specific mechanisms through which the Working Group and Coordinator could improve coordination among bureaus and offices of the Department involved in the planning or implementation of security assistance programs and activities; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF64C04206EFA4BEDAFACB8BD11A0D295"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the process by which the requirement for training described in section 812 will be fulfilled.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H244F6BCE01014232936B7E8265750C32"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The benefits, feasibility, and steps necessary to detail personnel—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HBF0E441682B34775A831E1A6B16A9EA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on a reimbursable basis from the relevant bureaus and offices of the Department to provide staff to the Office; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H8C0E767F20B746598A007105B9ABACBB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>from USAID, the Department of Defense, and other relevant Federal departments and agencies to provide staff to the Office.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0C53D49EA47F461795EC4F7D2F048C90"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An identification of lessons learned from the Security Governance Initiative (SGI), an assessment of the utility of expanding the SGI or a similar initiative globally, and a description of where best to locate the SGI or similar initiative within the Department.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H207F543D4D4F4FD7B732A851C3101906"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An identification of an appropriate bureau or office of the Department, whose head does not report to the Under Secretary described in subsection (b)(1), to select and retain the independent research entity described in section 813(c)(4).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBE8C84B9B7074D529A67399A6B9EA1CE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A list of recommendations for any additional legislative measures necessary to improve the capacity and capabilities of the Department to plan and implement security assistance programs and activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC4BC911B1F154286BF843FEE0AA1EBB7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The plan required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex if necessary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FC094B7AD3948269108D5131F8A5C6A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate regarding the development and implementation of the plan required under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB4D1709B11D34CAC9C5B95E502B7088C"><enum>812.</enum><header>Workforce development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H3AB2C82993E64820922606EDDB1725BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Establish curriculum at the Department’s Foreign Service Institute to provide employees of the Department of State with specialized training with respect to security assistance. The training should be aligned with the Security Cooperation Workforce Development Program and developed in coordination with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, including through an agreement under section 1535(a) of title 31, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Economy Act</quote>) or any other appropriate agency-specific authority. The training shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HB5392E38B2EC496695875AC39E0915C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Awareness of the full range of agencies, offices, personnel, statutory authorities, funds, and programs involved in security assistance and transfers and the respective decision-making timelines.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FB1987FFF8D480BBB06C4957C72DE34"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Familiarity with relevant military and police security force systems and structures and institutions at the time such training is occurring.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D5C85508D3E4783B744CE477BA3E015"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Familiarity with security assistance reform, research regarding options for improvement, and United States interagency and external resources and experts.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDE624F8D52D4D0C86FFFC33D3BB2738"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Familiarity with planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation for programmatic activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H891F2BA8DC2D4F7B824ECFA4090F8F76"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Familiarity with implementation of—</text> <clause id="HB7CB8CE4710045438362A09588F80CBF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2378d">22 U.S.C. 2378d</external-xref>) and section 362 of title 10, United States Code;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DCFC315538048C58231351BB98D3803"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>arms transfer requirements under the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2751">22 U.S.C. 2751</external-xref> et seq.); and</text> </clause><clause id="H6DAE84556513466AB9AE2E0F1552FB43"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>best practices related to human rights and civilian protection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51A19BFD728646E2BA96FB916EA82082"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Awareness of common risks to effectiveness of security assistance, including corruption, political instability, and challenges relating to absorptive capacity, partner commitment, and transparency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H310AB670FA3E4936845C38C1E5F6F7F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, to the extent feasible, to ensure that, in addition to the training described paragraph (1), individuals who serve in priority recipient countries or countries that do not meet baseline norms of governance, as determined by the Under Secretary for purposes of <internal-xref idref="H2F7CB4F2E4054201BD5BB53B1B7409AA" legis-path="913.(d)(1)">subsections (d)(1) and (d)(4) of section 813</internal-xref>, obtain higher-level certification through the Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s Defense Institute of Security Cooperation Studies or through a commensurate program developed at the Department’s Foreign Service Institute prior to serving at the United States diplomatic post in such country.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H460E2C5577104F5B888D9FCDD43953F6"><enum>813.</enum><header>Security assistance planning</header>
<subsection id="H6011565C4BB0472FB8300B2E6D5BB74A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Framework and standards for security assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Coordinator shall create and submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a framework to be used by relevant bureaus and diplomatic posts to guide regional and country-specific planning, such as joint regional strategies or integrated country strategies, with respect to security assistance. Such framework shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H3C6E193704874E14969E316274AACA38"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identification and prioritization of overall goals and objectives for security assistance, in accordance with the relevant National Security Strategy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAFCA79BF2034632A2707D054CA1F407"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Criteria for—</text> <subparagraph id="HE5F1D2B82CDC4F9CA2027A8F35DAB236"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determining the commitment and political will of countries receiving assistance to use such assistance in a manner that achieves United States objectives;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24888077220049038356A0B80DB27078"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying opportunities and risks created by the provision of security assistance; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01271D9D80F2441C93C82B0A85464ED5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>tailoring and sequencing such assistance accordingly.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H753B0B8C30BA46BABEF0A501C61956DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Guidance for—</text> <subparagraph id="H0FB3A34E8FFA47649B1FAD19C925DC9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporating the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation program described in <internal-xref idref="HE58F2A8D868B4EF0804182471AD3DCC6" legis-path="913.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref> into the strategic planning cycle;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEEDE03CFFA8B41EEB7C13D1AE3FC29C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>increasing coordination, as appropriate, with other major international donors to maximize resources and unity of efforts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H155D301E688241D0BCA291AB090B6DFA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">aligning the security assistance programs, projects, and activities of the Department with other United States goals of engagement with foreign countries, such as the promotion of democracy, human rights, governance, and economic growth, as well as with other United States assistance authorities, resources, programmatic capabilities, and activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H41F0D587C2644F5DB7359E5B8DC68EB0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Metrics for assessing the effectiveness of security assistance in—</text> <subparagraph id="H47D5104F9CC944FA89102D80D7FBB30D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increasing the operational access and influence of the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C7FA4926D0C4CA386EBA4E781F8E46B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improving partner capacity and commitment to counter shared threats;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H441DBC4B4B2A464D89EB0B5968CBC2C8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reducing the underlying drivers of state fragility; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0941DC05F2A345DB9C03F4D72D14786C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>contributing to the maintenance of existing peace treaties between recipients of assistance.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3F4C7FEF22CF4BF3A4FC6A39BF46A006"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A process to ensure that transfers regulated by the Department that are outside the scope of security assistance, such as certain direct commercial sales, are factored into—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD41BBDC232D9479A8454312504B53C6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the implementation of the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation program described in <internal-xref idref="HE58F2A8D868B4EF0804182471AD3DCC6" legis-path="913.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H355EE1E48AF6470F94FF2EF5813A7B4E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the planning process described in <internal-xref idref="HFDC3B37A72F34613BA619101F4C3E570" legis-path="913.(d)">subsection (d)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3FD35A1334AB4535B109A5FA25FCE5EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions promulgated by the Working Group</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H077E558548404ADEB4E4CF343EA2C24D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in consultation with the Coordinator and bureaus and offices of the Department that are involved in the planning, coordination, integration, implementation, or evaluation of security assistance, develop and promulgate a definition of the level of security assistance programs, projects, or activities that mark a country as a recipient of <quote>significant</quote> security assistance to merit inclusion in the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation process described in <internal-xref idref="H3FD35A1334AB4535B109A5FA25FCE5EC" legis-path="913.(b)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B91716559BA494DAEE6F08F319B3533"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in consultation with the Coordinator, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and the heads of other relevant bureaus of the Department, develop and promulgate a definition of baseline norms for governance and the rule of law, including a rubric to assess whether a recipient of security assistance is abiding by such baseline.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE58F2A8D868B4EF0804182471AD3DCC6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assessment, monitoring, and evaluation</header>
<paragraph id="H63782628CF2D4294AE6C3E29ACCEF69D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Coordinator shall develop an assessment, monitoring, and evaluation program to be conducted for any country receiving significant security assistance, as defined in accordance with <internal-xref idref="H077E558548404ADEB4E4CF343EA2C24D" legis-path="913.(b)(1)">subsection (b)(1)</internal-xref>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE6FA647E0B94F868B3066826552D0ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The program described in <internal-xref idref="H63782628CF2D4294AE6C3E29ACCEF69D" legis-path="913.(c)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> shall include each of the following elements:</text> <subparagraph id="H6F41BD1DA61E4F8BBA1FF26DA4A82012"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Baseline assessments that consider factors, including—</text>
<clause id="HD8DA7072D7FA4C53AA586CC9EE340F60"><enum>(i)</enum><text>recipient country threat perceptions and the manner in which such perceptions may inform the use of security assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF4BA4476289D4243B3601E91C818879A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the recipient’s approach to governance and commitment to rule of law, including the transparency and accountability of security forces, and the manner in which such approach is likely to be influenced by security assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="H415AD3D5E8F14564847F6AA7951C2EBA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the recipient’s capacity to absorb the security assistance given and to achieve the objectives of such assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2D69E480C9A42659A84D3B00093609A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the human rights record of the recipient, including for purposes of section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2378d">22 U.S.C. 2378d</external-xref>) and section 362 of title 10, United States Code, and any relevant attempts by such recipient to remedy such record;</text>
</clause><clause id="H338B41D8034B49D6BBCF2A3BE7BA95FD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>country- or region-specific opportunities and risks that could enhance or impair the outcomes associated with providing security assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1CC82903657D4D22868043347418E323"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">indicators of efficacy for security assistance programs, projects, and activities, for purposes of planning, monitoring, and evaluation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB02990EA33DD4126A2EF613DE5CA843E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Monitoring implementation of security assistance programs, projects, and activities to measure progress toward achieving specific targets, metrics, or indicators, as well as desired outcomes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7404CDFCCF6E442DB0A05195FFFF0B7A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of security assistance in achieving desired outcomes.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BA328E568DA41BB8C027AB8A5D0A99F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Identification of lessons learned in carrying out security assistance and recommendations for improving future assistance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F4A61F7AD254558A568062D3ACE93E8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Oversight and framework</header><text>The Coordinator shall guide and support, in coordination with relevant regional and functional bureaus, the assessment and monitoring described in <internal-xref idref="H63782628CF2D4294AE6C3E29ACCEF69D" legis-path="913.(c)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> and shall create a common evaluation framework.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E8A19CD195E42A2A00A36C71A6FFA10"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Independent research entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a contract with an independent research entity, such as a federally funded research and development center or other nonprofit entity, that demonstrates appropriate expertise and analytical capability to evaluate the capacity of security assistance to achieve desired outcomes in accordance with the framework created pursuant to paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83912625ED604EFBBACE5160D0927127"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the ability of the Department to measure and assess the effects of United States security assistance programs and activities on governance, rule of law, professionalism of recipient security forces, and institutional capacity weaknesses of recipient security forces would benefit from the increased availability of independent research and data.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFDC3B37A72F34613BA619101F4C3E570"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Security assistance planning</header>
<paragraph id="H2F7CB4F2E4054201BD5BB53B1B7409AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Working Group shall develop a list of priority recipient countries to receive security assistance, on the basis of policy objectives determined by the Department, and submit such information in accordance with <internal-xref idref="HE49A763EBDBD4015846360211B49F60A" legis-path="913.(f)">subsection (f)</internal-xref>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0494667FD844724BF96A5315305FCBD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion in regional and country strategies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any comprehensive regional strategy, such as a joint regional strategy or its equivalent, and any country strategy, such as an integrated country strategy or its equivalent, that is produced on or after the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and each successor strategy to such strategy, shall integrate security assistance planning in a manner that incorporates the elements of the framework created pursuant to subsection (a) and include an annex relating to security assistance, which shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H665DDFB652BB49C59BDDDA4491C986B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation metrics described in <internal-xref idref="HE58F2A8D868B4EF0804182471AD3DCC6" legis-path="913.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC462AD0753964539AD26038E1C7290E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requests to allocate security assistance with respect to the area covered by the strategy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36B3A4F3497A44CAB0277BFF6E5641E1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of the manner in which such resources will be used.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3C3C1D715FAE4AAD97BEEC688A702EC8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Security assistance, governance, and rule of law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, any annex relating to security assistance described in <internal-xref idref="HB0494667FD844724BF96A5315305FCBD" legis-path="913.(d)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref> that is included in a country strategy shall include an assessment by the Under Secretary responsible for civilian security, democracy, and human rights whether such country abides by baseline norms for governance and the rule of law using the rubric promulgated in accordance with <internal-xref idref="H2B91716559BA494DAEE6F08F319B3533" legis-path="913.(b)(2)">subsection (b)(2)</internal-xref>. A security assistance annex developed in accordance with <internal-xref idref="HB0494667FD844724BF96A5315305FCBD" legis-path="913.(d)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref> for a country receiving a negative determination shall also include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H62411801F2A9451A916578027DD3844D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Reforms the recipient could undertake, where practicable, to improve governance and rule of law in order to create more effective security.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBED6CBEEBD6A483B914FBF81F3BC9E8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Conditions, which may also be included in the compacts described in <internal-xref idref="H9FFF332F2D23412DA1AF51990E57FB19" legis-path="913.(e)">subsection (e)</internal-xref>, under which the United States might—</text> <clause id="H7D5B3D4A16014A4D8C47ADCBCFBBC8F0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>expand or increase security assistance upon verifiable progress made toward such reforms; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H78EB2D31BA294E7B8A14770D93CC7858"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>restrict or end security assistance as a result of lack of progress toward such reforms or further deterioration of norms for governance or the rule of law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28FBC03FCFEF438D95053B633597D48A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An assessment of the benefits and likelihood of reaching agreement with the recipient country to devote 1 percent of the total value of all security assistance to such country for training in-country civilian professionals on methods to evaluate the fiscal and functional effectiveness of the security institutions in such country.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H438AB8B2F33F40AF8C9D7452A1E65F67"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The manner in which security assistance will be used to improve governance, rule of law, and human rights reforms in such country.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6232416A17E143078CBBAD2A61266C95"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Steps to ensure consultation with the national legislature and with civil society groups that operate in such country on the provision of security assistance, including for the formulation of a compact in accordance with <internal-xref idref="H649A34C87B3F4ACB833E565237BEA050" legis-path="913.(e)(2)">subsection (e)(2)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9FFF332F2D23412DA1AF51990E57FB19"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Security assistance compacts</header>
<paragraph id="H524A43E5A47A4B8F9524A6288C7E731F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter into multi-year compacts where appropriate with the governments of countries that receive security assistance. Such compacts should include the following elements:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E542C8E0B884B28954C746BECB0757B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A joint diagnosis of the strengths and challenges of the recipient country’s security institutions, including priority capacity and capability requirements.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21327ACF49294FB9A274F1FD91733C44"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A plan for bilateral security assistance and cooperation that includes—</text> <clause id="H8F70239ECED041D6931A64B629A4CEB0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a commitment by the recipient specifying the manner in which security assistance will be used, within a defined timeframe;</text>
</clause><clause id="H99EF9CF8BF874C6583860DB752430F43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>plans for sustainment by the recipient of any capacity or capabilities built as a result of such assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1A898719080C435B9582520B6B067349"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mutually agreed oversight mechanisms for security assistance and metrics, to determine whether such assistance is accomplishing the agreed-upon objectives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H649A34C87B3F4ACB833E565237BEA050"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Under Secretary described in subsection (d)(3) assesses that a country is not abiding by baseline norms for governance or the rule of law, a compact under this subsection with such country should, where practicable, be formulated in consultation with the national legislature and domestic civil society groups and include mutually agreed upon reforms and conditions based on those established as a result of such determination in accordance with <internal-xref idref="H3C3C1D715FAE4AAD97BEEC688A702EC8" legis-path="913.(d)(4)">subsection (d)(4)</internal-xref>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE49A763EBDBD4015846360211B49F60A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning three years after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall include with any materials submitted in support of the budget for that fiscal year that is submitted to Congress by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31 an unclassified report, that may include a classified annex, with the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HE5CDE6784F1C4267A65AB8B3E39B8CD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A list of priority security assistance recipients, along with descriptions of the policy objectives that the Secretary seeks to achieve by providing such assistance to such recipients, developed pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H2F7CB4F2E4054201BD5BB53B1B7409AA" legis-path="913.(d)(1)">subsection (d)(1)</internal-xref>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32B5C9A8619F473FB515D4FC02332FEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the results of the evaluations conducted pursuant to <internal-xref idref="H6E8A19CD195E42A2A00A36C71A6FFA10" legis-path="913.(c)(4)">subsection (c)(4)</internal-xref>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H87B0A0E7F4AB41E2B5CF3A69E39A0B7B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of the manner in which the Department will allocate, monitor, and evaluate all security assistance pursuant to the program described in <internal-xref idref="HE58F2A8D868B4EF0804182471AD3DCC6" legis-path="913.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref> and the planning process described in <internal-xref idref="HFDC3B37A72F34613BA619101F4C3E570" legis-path="913.(d)">subsection (d)</internal-xref>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6707F3EA91C34670BFE7B90DF0E82CC4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of any updates made during the previous year to the framework described in <internal-xref idref="H2F7CB4F2E4054201BD5BB53B1B7409AA" legis-path="913.(d)(1)">subsection (d)(1)</internal-xref> and annex relating to security assistance required under <internal-xref idref="HB0494667FD844724BF96A5315305FCBD" legis-path="913.(d)(2)">subsection (d)(2)</internal-xref>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC3DB1577785C48199099CC72263CB778"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The status and impact on United States objectives of any compacts entered into in accordance with <internal-xref idref="H9FFF332F2D23412DA1AF51990E57FB19" legis-path="913.(e)">subsection (e)</internal-xref> and of any ongoing efforts to enter into new compacts in accordance with such subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9F28909D066D40149F30A7A14A9CC9E6"><enum>814.</enum><header>Interagency coordination of security assistance, transfers, and security cooperation</header>
<subsection id="H64EF7DF914D6483391C94B7297A04DDD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Creation of a common database</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall maintain a common database of information to permit the identification of security assistance programs, funding, and transfers by recipient country.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEEA58AC1D4144BFD91A473C31B3FC48C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination with the department of defense</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE55C442A15D345828C080392EABA704A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that assesses existing mechanisms, including provisions under title 10, United States Code, that require the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and other applicable provisions of law that provide for coordination between security assistance programs, projects, and activities of the Department of State and security cooperation programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense that includes the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF43E123EB4BA4EB2B9D75B4A8FCD18BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An identification of existing coordination mechanisms for planning, executing, and overseeing security assistance and security cooperation programs, projects, and activities, the purpose of such mechanisms, and their efficacy in practice.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H20384D9F1F9045FC8B7A0D2095A294A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An identification of additional measures that would improve the speed, simplicity, or agility of each identified mechanism, with a focus on mechanisms requiring the concurrence of the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4E61303805AC4BBCBC6CC122C2DE876D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An identification of any programs, authorities, or resources that do not require coordination under existing law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H59F2D2F442D9486DB8484CD0DCDC5AF6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H41B2D3E7A4374AB28643B3B198F37F9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96019842E0D7457EA082A98A8E75F03A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H600C5AB9A2254C66B458EE6CA7719192"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense should jointly establish a pilot program to evaluate the advisability and feasibility of a joint entity to conduct collaborative planning of security assistance and security cooperation. The pilot program should—</text>
<paragraph id="H5FD5D167BF324C4CB47992E49D7A7370"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish one or more joint planning cells to conduct collaborative planning between the Department of State and the Department of Defense for security assistance and security cooperation programs, projects, and activities in a specific region or regions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7074C5FB7C184536A7A6F4AC90D5EB18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assign personnel from relevant offices and agencies within each Department to staff the joint planning cell or cells; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DFA86FB857346E1B689BA99E99EED5F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assess the advantages and disadvantages of collaborative interagency planning of security assistance, and determine whether there are organizational, legal, policy, or resource barriers to broader adoption of such a model.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H27F28A45BBCD4472BBB8BF2007658EAF"><enum>815.</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the implementation of subsection (h) of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2776">22 U.S.C. 2776</external-xref>).</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H5E15D3CBC968450B883FBDCD41ABE8C0"><enum>B</enum><header>Foreign Military Assistance</header>
<section commented="no" id="H6085A326CB764CCD8583D81497245463"><enum>821.</enum><header>Strategic allocation of excess defense articles</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4335E8C2E90140A3856A6527335E6CFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2321j">22 U.S.C. 2321j</external-xref>), is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H90B6764D5F47424A9BFDDE207850D67B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H47ED960E313742B4BE05B8EA2674AFB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(1) The President</quote> and inserting <quote>The President</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H637FC8D846974B23BE66AF399A131D5A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (F) as paragraphs (1) through (6), respectively, and moving the margins of each such paragraph two ems to the left;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBF81A2E1B6CB4DA7B4400D3440317885"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by inserting <quote>except as provided in subsection (c)(3),</quote> before <quote>funds available</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5DA43A3103A3444A97894E26E02493FE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(2) Accordingly,</quote> and all that follows through <quote>1990.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H420E8FC5AE964A1491E0A36EF6303AB6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC3833484C168438195C891001AA2E760"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7283CA26EE84CBFA157714247106F91" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2F51E3C4934548B583B62B040A98CD7D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, excess defense articles under this section shall be transferred in accordance with United States foreign policy, including national security priorities as jointly determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to the maximum extent feasible.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2CC52E74B0C54D70873C08763BA27534"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BFA7C1C6C504AC2B48183D7A8A295C7" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H037FDAA3015A4F03AE557164F155857A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Supporting costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds available to the Department of State for security assistance may be expended for the refurbishment or upgrade of excess defense articles transferred under the authority of this section and for training of foreign security forces directly in relation to excess defense articles transferred under the authority of this section, if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H05C117EC31084202AEC5A089CC96965F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such assistance is necessary to advance the national security objectives of the United States in relation to the recipient country or countries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDC6CA467580341E085301DE18C829683"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such costs do not exceed $10 million in relation to a single transfer of excess defense articles under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBC8FBE632ECB48FBB02394908E317543"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1), by striking <quote>$7,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H93AD4C5CA7914A27B14A120929218FD4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1), by striking <quote>$500,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$600,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD6C87DBD8B7C4885ABEF4B14A8BB3DA8"><enum>822.</enum><header>Modification of purposes for which military sales by the United States are authorized</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2754">22 U.S.C. 2754</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>internal security</quote> and inserting <quote>legitimate internal security (including for anti-terrorism purposes)</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H10CC22E256DB48D18FCFEFF2DDBA7B69"><enum>823.</enum><header>Return of defense articles</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 21(m)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2761">22 U.S.C. 2761(m)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6F4648BBD9444E4D93EB790E381BA1FA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(B) is not</quote> and inserting <quote>(B)(i) is not</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C8D0C43C33943A9B432FBBECA8B1776"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H43692306B56246738FBCEE9564A3B23A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FABF81535A9479FA372CC6F2E2A5820" style="OLC">
<clause id="H9BAEA9B2EBDD48D2B1D3F727F7A7FBA9" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9) of this Act) and the Secretary of State has provided prior approval of the return of such defense article from the foreign country or international organization; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD157B5248B6D4B46A15FE71C631C165F"><enum>824.</enum><header>Requirements relating to exemptions for licensing of defense items</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 38(j) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3E24EBBD641947DEA558F9F9F6F7E936"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5AFA987A8A2C4DBD9E4B0C650DC981F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">country</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28E8B6698882455DA253D35C187C34B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">to foreign countries</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4823290D831945CC8AAECBC4722EDA87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAD70E7A125994825A7DC8EB678C1FB31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text>
<clause id="HEC1DFF8DDDF84965AA8955D79D63FCE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country of that Organization, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCD3F2FDCF1C04235A8635677C5D1B1FE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(except that the President may not so exempt such Organization, member country, or other country that is not eligible to acquire defense items under any other provision of law)</quote> after <quote>with respect to exports of defense items</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H924CDE79F5C045D7BC34CA76AB467882"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>such Organization, member country, or other country</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58CB442AA0B046D59B9609D59C2E6980"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text>
<clause id="H131B2D3128AB4AC6AB7114B014CB757C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>such Organization, member country, or other country</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H42D96EA649084E448CCA5ED45C8FB2A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>under their domestic laws</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2BB2ED646E4044E0A7049D3F7EAEFE61"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC727B3D78BB74BA884BB951F38EA2BAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H4CA4DEA60F3A4E7B96CA6E61C546A553"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text> <subclause id="HE531710ACA6A4A3D8282F4CB11E16B94"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, at a minimum,</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H252AD882361A4B92A2A2727774838B24"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>the Organization, member country, or other country referred to in paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H4A33D9AF3A74427DBCAA28EF5E4A1757"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to revise its policies and practices, and promulgate or enact necessary modifications to its laws and regulations to establish</quote> and inserting <quote>to establish and maintain</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HCE763FF59C214704B74DF1DD6F57B5E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>the foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>such Organization, member country, or other country</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H085A7C12109449B7B9ED331DAFF183BA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>retransfer control commitments, including securing</quote> and inserting <quote>retransfer controls that secure</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B552141380745099CFC290FDAD76CFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="H5082B51F11EC42F9AB7EA173FF1B79FF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="H2644878655DF465080004B09224AEA1D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, at a minimum,</quote>;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H6CA3F5DEFFFB40BA9D6A979AB6F7C2B3"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>the foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>the Organization, member country, or other country referred to in paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0F55A950B11540F1BEB88B78C96FC1CB"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>to revise its policies and practices, and promulgate or enact necessary modifications to its laws and regulations</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H9428C8BC567C46B8B6D1B402609F8B85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking <quote>the foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>the member country or other country</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC59A2C08CB6A4B72976FFD89013831CD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE9BFF134982D499D9B46095CE764C032"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>a foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>the Organization, member country, or other country referred to in paragraph (1)</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C538FB280274FA8B70F1F137FE32AE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>that foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>such Organization, member country, or other country</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6293EF602FD498CB057503854458F81"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="H10B05F1AACE3496990B3FE7B9C587DEC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>such Organization, member country, or other country</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF5577646270E4EA38E0C960091C64568"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>has promulgated or enacted all necessary modifications to its laws and regulations to comply</quote> and inserting <quote>has taken such actions to comply</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBFA576E2B8C4BA9B0EAD7D6976BA383"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<clause id="H579DD898C11248CBBF31EB9A4FC6C193"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a foreign country</quote> and inserting <quote>such Organization, member country, or other country</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H96BE68526A424501825B3F8F5DA242F0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>that country</quote> and inserting <quote>such Organization, member country, or other country</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H8693ED2FB2724338BC1FD4991854B8A7"><enum>825.</enum><header>Amendment to general provisions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 42(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2791">22 U.S.C. 2791(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by inserting <quote>on a competitive basis</quote> after <quote>procurement in the United States</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HA81CBD58C70F4AF48B83D48CCBDC418F"><enum>826.</enum><header>Technical amendments to Arms Export Control Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 36(b)(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2776">22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(6)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or</quote> before <quote>a member country</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H05A3632F1C964A14B6A63353B1758BA9"><enum>827.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on licensing under United States arms export control programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that, in implementing reforms of United States arms export licensing regimes, the President should prioritize the development of a new framework to improve and streamline licensing, including by seeking to revise the Special Comprehensive Export Authorizations for exports to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country of that Organization, Sweden, or any other country described in section 36(c)(2)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2776">22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A)</external-xref>) under section 126.14 of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations).</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HBE82E87968B34B7C8D165B35D896C8F8"><enum>828.</enum><header>Extension of war reserve stockpile authority</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H62F5B475137847D69ABA3252535A82A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of Defense Appropriations Act, <enum-in-header>2005</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12001(d) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/287">Public Law 108–287</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking <quote>2020</quote> and inserting <quote>2021</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA95F1BAC1FDB47349B69749864B6E82A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Stockpiling of defense articles for foreign countries</header><text>Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2321h">22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>2020, and 2021</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H28842E10529C4B118255A333931D2A0E"><enum>829.</enum><header>Peacekeeping operations and other national security programs</header>
<subsection id="H1BA1CF75CA9641DFB2E1EAF85D8EE188"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<paragraph id="H292354A5AC674BA1B7DB4E60B7A18458"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2348">22 U.S.C. 2348</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H6631F9730C824DF6BCDFD3AEDF2A2718"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>The President</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) The President</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H249B98EB9F184FA58F508C8F05F8389C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HC75E2271166F4821829072326E1C71FC" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H2FFB718FC32E48D3A1548D328F88D996"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds authorized to be appropriated under this chapter may also be used to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of foreign civilian security forces (as such term is defined in section 841(c) of the International Security Assistance Act of 2019) to participate in peacekeeping and counterterrorism operations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0D1C329939D54F5BAA4EE390777D17B1"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds authorized to be appropriated under this chapter to provide assistance to friendly foreign countries for purposes other than support for multilateral peacekeeping operations shall be subject to the certification requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2776">22 U.S.C. 2776</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9F2E19A2CB454A1B8C7B115D626B3A02"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disarmament and reintegration</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H88691F8EF90A4E3988BA9D0B2C05E384"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds authorized to be appropriated under any provision of law for peacekeeping operations may be made available to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and reintegrate into civilian society former members of foreign terrorist organizations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA524D9639F1741E1A123D8BB099506A0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate prior to obligating funds described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC639AE147D84FAA878EEE078E0B8D1F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>foreign terrorist organization</term> means an organization designated as a 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></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H289395E8372441D8ACE3F974D12A8161"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate at least 15 days prior to obligating funds under any provision of law for peacekeeping operations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2ACFD11409A8460099AC4B1F3C741B70"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The heading for chapter 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2348">22 U.S.C. 2348</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and other national security programs</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H51BEA183BFF940EB8CA8352C63FE8121"><enum>830.</enum><header>Other amendments to military assistance authorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H53F08ED833C5451191C5B37FF6A7E57B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In section 516 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2321j">22 U.S.C. 2321j</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C7B95412BEE45709A39554AC9B01754"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>countries</quote> and inserting <quote>countries, regional organizations, and international organizations</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEFD7BAF75BAA40B7A60063F59CC5E01D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1)(E), by striking <quote>countries</quote> and inserting <quote>countries, regional organizations, and international organizations</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3665C38EBA2A49FD987A459028689887"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <clause id="H2B037D3245F34BD38ACA6CA756E0A342"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>recipient country</quote> and inserting <quote>recipient country or organization</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5BF82A3E6A6244C1AFEF837D40C8F8FD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>other countries</quote> and inserting <quote>other countries or organizations</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E92EB3B375646B8909CF8A26148B9F0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(2)—</text>
<clause id="HC30CA075E1AB4A84A3003081C01A24B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>country</quote> and inserting <quote>country or organization</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H644EAC2C409E49C986429E0CB26D267D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>countries</quote> and inserting <quote>countries or organizations</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H538875A2DF3545E3829D2A0C46D2C063"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>country</quote> and inserting <quote>country and organization</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAF5CB6E61A44413DA57A20096822BD15"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In section 620M (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2378d">22 U.S.C. 2378d</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H87AA1CB5DE9C4A65BB86458C6A266595"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(7), by striking <quote>to the maximum extent practicable</quote> and inserting <quote>unless such disclosure would endanger the safety of human sources or reveal sensitive intelligence sources and methods</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5735C69C75E148C8AC3B82BBEBF62E54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3572219F8ABA4B2DAF65FE1EC4426F96" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3C8C14CB6DA74ED3B811B5003653028A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header> <paragraph id="H66E85BB4F54A44C18FBFA0CB31A9D52A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than January 31 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a report on the vetting process of units of security forces of foreign countries established to comply with this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA59648182A943A4937B9359FD91312F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be included</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H2160C3753FE044D3B75DE3EBA64940C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The total number of units submitted for vetting during the prior calendar year, and the number of such units that were approved, suspended, or rejected for human rights reasons.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD52A46E0D8449BBB19AC3041B96D03A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The name of such units rejected during the prior calendar year and a description of the steps taken to assist the government of the foreign country in bringing the responsible members of such units to justice, in accordance with subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F36BB6823EF4180B469B148F800CAF1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An updated list of the units with respect to which no assistance is to be furnished pursuant to subsection (a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F7C7390FDE7486D840FED69E8D6B627"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In section 622(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2382">22 U.S.C. 2382(c)</external-xref>), by inserting <quote>law enforcement and justice sector assistance,</quote> before <quote>military assistance,</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H288E9305B8A441298A068A7C94E64DBE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In section 656(a)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2416">22 U.S.C. 2416(a)(1)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>January 31</quote> and inserting <quote>March 1</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H85796AD3298B4339B1D446ACEEBA1FE3"><enum>831.</enum><header>Repeal of reports</header>
<subsection id="H20236DA86D9C44258A6043470C6EE9BD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of annual report on world military expenditures and arms transfers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2593b">22 U.S.C. 2593b</external-xref>) is hereby repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7B22B5C48C1049C7BB527BE1E84C1C80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of annual report relating to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe</header><text>Section 5 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act to establish a Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe</quote> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3005">22 U.S.C. 3005</external-xref>) is hereby repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H358F85D6F5D74F829D8AA1E64888B7AF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of report on assistance relating to international terrorism</header><text>Section 502 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2349aa-7">22 U.S.C. 2349aa–7</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB759676188C644C49FE25B2CD2159445"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFD83818D9EC74241A3BF9225213A56CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HE3AA1B5CDD434D94811D61344D706868"><enum>832.</enum><header>Defense trade controls registration fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 45 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2717">22 U.S.C. 2717</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3D37F47A2620429287A1F59FCFB43472"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H99BB87D387F04847828CF5F422AA8F69"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>defense trade controls</quote> after <quote>100 percent of the</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA7569B1B46D041849CA793270650C1F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Office of Defense Trade Controls of</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H561133DB2786481CA64432E7FB565EC4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the second sentence—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H38112EFC26FA48C3BCBE61B1DC862EC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>management, licensing, compliance, and policy activities in the defense trade controls function, including</quote> after <quote>incurred for</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0A569D3E2832413080290C6699FE1E02"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>contract personnel to assist in</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5A71CE326CF94BB99233EEDFEC5B08BD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H43843D156AB44C2591AB78F37D0D9E39"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D717D1634A44777809022432E369CDC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HEE4A98E137C74662BB9E243A6144C37F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the facilitation of defense trade policy development and implementation, review of commodity jurisdiction determinations, public outreach to industry and foreign parties, and analysis of scientific and technological developments as they relate to the exercise of defense trade control authorities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H12D0BE432A27408BAB9133D175647CD4"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contract personnel to assist in such activities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H41F0419A645740AAA6C989A09398A668"><enum>833.</enum><header>Withholding of assistance to units of foreign security forces that engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse in peacekeeping operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by inserting after section 554 the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="HEC46AA335D5B48F3BCF42E3BC0EA8FBA"><enum>555.</enum><header>Withholding of assistance to units of foreign security forces that engaged in sexual exploitation
or abuse in peacekeeping operations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9C202747529C4B3D90666B1E8B2C25EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State should withhold assistance to any unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary has credible information that such unit has engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse, including while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping operation, until the Secretary determines that the government of such country is taking effective steps to hold the responsible members of such unit accountable and to prevent future incidents.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H58B8FEE22A4F4F8EA5FD4FF313D6A818"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The Secretary of State—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBCDE13D2BC9546449AFAC0DC54403570"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall promptly notify the government of each country subject to any withholding of assistance pursuant to this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA9D4FD522A6A4A61AD85577911960585"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such withholding not later than 10 days after a determination to withhold such assistance is made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3AC60E995C634C76A7C3A637977A644A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist the government of each country subject to any withholding of assistance pursuant to this section in bringing the responsible members of such unit of the security forces of the country to justice.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H798DDBBD20A7489A8C68C279234E458C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H2B0E834E1C464035BE3475BFCDA27A01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE7453966228E4A739F1857D63A1E266B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="H7059B553F3B84589842F84615D10070A"><enum>C</enum><header>Studies on Authorities and Programs</header> <section id="H4E1001F3283C40438C6B4017D473B44A"><enum>841.</enum><header>Requirement for study by Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs</header> <subsection id="HAAAB349CFD614C7C9369DAB3B71B3958"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, in consultation with the heads of other relevant bureaus of the Department, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report detailing all existing programs, and their statutory authorities, that provide training, advice, equipment, and other support to eligible foreign civilian security forces and institutions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H85DBE742E92D413DB941B65ACE1D24E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters To be included</header><text>Such a report shall assess the following:</text> <paragraph id="H1A477E36349C4504ABD7B8BAD40043BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The benefits and costs of consolidating the number of such programs and expanding the scope of such programs, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CA12AD96BFF48A5BFCDE80194F4E8EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The prospects for improving coordination among such programs.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9368A5F010D74D428C2F80391B5EB3FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The impact of repealing section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2420">22 U.S.C. 2420</external-xref>), including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB82F04CB5B64A0D8B57407698AC22AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the potential opportunities such repeal would create for expanding existing programs or establishing new programs to improve the capacity, capabilities, and professionalism of such civilian security forces and institutions, including with respect to pay and promotions, benefits, leadership, and administration; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4937802DF8EF432A9C2650170E384820"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the required elements necessary to ensure that any such program would enhance rule of law and safeguard human rights.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4B6C002EA2F04B20876796E1FD092A92"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Civilian security forces</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>civilian security forces</quote> includes non-military security forces at the national, State, district, or local level that are responsible for internal security, do not report to a defense ministry or similar or related defense or military entity of a foreign government, and are assigned responsibility for one or more of the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB88EA9F8B3D74261ADA66B102EC8E73F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Law enforcement.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4E2721D0F30B4574877D07D62118851C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Border security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE88D857615E54E0F8D0022A07626559C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Maritime and port security.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4B5A357482154B0E9CD91724527F5BBF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Customs law enforcement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDFCD73BBEB514769A18CED331B855025"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Sanctions monitoring and enforcement.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H900D147A58E84926B8312D10058200E7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Counterterrorism.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H84AAEE0F739F4247B05187F40AE180BB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Counternarcotics.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H81ACD4B11B1744A5A0804AF73EC75F9E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Counterproliferation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H43CFC0D7C93244FB97A9811F05941D85"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Countertransnational organized crime.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF8BA35BCD7004CD7824D30794919BC9B"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Improving the administration of justice.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE5EA3C2F68EA497699C1656017D06193"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Promoting respect for human rights.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H441B1A15B08D48D985BB4598AA7F2686"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Promoting the rule of law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD60BE4A1FCDA4F51B85D9C1F76BD6962"><enum>842.</enum><header>Requirement for independent study of existing security assistance authorities</header>
<subsection id="H95F5D30095E34A799AA8F9C91A4E03AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>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 enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center with appropriate expertise and analytical capability to carry out the study described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H080300DF83F243BBB43896429CF6E455"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study required by subsection (a) shall provide for a comprehensive examination of—</text> <paragraph id="HCB3F1A7CF00E463DA1D1F6C0E8E3D0FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the history and evolution of existing security assistance authorities and the original intent of such authorities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43A978A403B647588F798CF68AB65FFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>areas in which—</text> <subparagraph id="H9AA289229419485F86009D605849F1CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such authorities have deviated from such original intent and explanations why; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H414E8C7BD10A48D9A4CECB2D944A81CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such authorities overlap or compete with one another; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H12A229F875484AB2A6DA56C1C51B2940"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations for consolidating, replacing, or otherwise adapting such authorities, as well as for establishing new ones, to include recommendations for differentiating authorities based on the capacity and capabilities they build as opposed to by issue or purpose.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB41A901E5BAE465B93156F3F36299E12"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="H9F959D0AE5934E90B604ECC9CDAB0DC2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>To the Secretary</header><text>Not later than one year after the date on which the Secretary enters into a contract pursuant to subsection (a), the independent research entity that has entered into a contract with the Secretary shall submit to the Secretary a report containing—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4D73266B8CD84100804B880F6AC8DA49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the study required by subsection (a); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90EAC96590934C3EAF5BC77DD9D623B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such recommendations to improve the effectiveness of existing security assistance authorities as the entity considers to be appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H288495A167C143789362F821BD864B6F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>To Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after receipt of the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit such report, together with any additional views or recommendations of the Secretary, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IX</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="HBAEFAB40A89C4D5085614F5A29EDE1C5"><enum>901.</enum><header>Case-Zablocki Act reform</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3AD3D803F5154F84848AC9CC04CEA3EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>Committee on International Relations</quote> and inserting <quote>Committee on Foreign Affairs</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAAD45DAE382C497CB2CB4F72D2C01166"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HFB59828C4BAB483FA62C30C25C0AF984" style="USC"> <subsection id="HD6FAA4F70C664B96955D4AC508916FF3"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Each department or agency of the United States Government that enters into any international agreement described in subsection (a) on behalf of the United States, shall designate a Chief International Agreements Officer, who—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D1728730EFE490582F0CDFAE0320831"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be a current employee of such department or agency;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFFA0695A29CB4BDE82267105B63C871F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall serve concurrently as Chief International Agreements Officer; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9C4F83EFDF7495FAB307D5D7386780A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>subject to the authority of the head of such department or agency, shall have department or agency-wide responsibility for efficient and appropriate compliance with subsection (a) to transmit the text of any international agreement to the Department of State not later than 20 days after such agreement has been signed.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5853B4F0646F42268C5FD4B1658E9805"><enum>902.</enum><header>Limitation on assistance to countries in default</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2370">22 U.S.C. 2370(q)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE1A4BFCADC9F47209B52DF6149AE541E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>No assistance</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H102E132F14EF44ED83AB00EA599FE970" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7B8058372D8543799E513F730DDF295F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No assistance</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H567D38F05D994D859557909C8E3D761F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the government of</quote> before <quote>any country</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9E5AEA61BC04686AB56CA4C5148F597"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the government of</quote> before <quote>such country</quote> each place it appears;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE3D7D3C0C03047E6829C85FA519778A6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>determines</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>determines, after consultation with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, that assistance for such country is in the national interest of the United States.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A33DF1695E84F28B7D074D16CB1C277"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AA890676FCE45DDB2DC87BC8E256509" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H45A97DECF4DD4C3EB553EC89BE247CFF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No assistance shall be furnished under this Act, the Peace Corps Act, the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, the African Development Foundation Act, the BUILD Act of 2018, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, or section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act to the government of any country which is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year in payment to the United States of principal or interest or any loan made to the government of such country by the United States pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated under such Act unless the President determines, following consultation with the congressional committees specified in paragraph (1), that assistance for such country is in the national interest of the United States.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0C74D49A639B480F89A3D09412E32265"><enum>903.</enum><header>Prohibition on assistance to governments supporting international terrorism</header>
<subsection id="H941D75D056F14C8A8340F42D081DE617"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Subsection (a) of section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2371">22 U.S.C. 2371</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>that the government of that country</quote> and all that follows and inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB3CD28D47CAA436DA376A0A7B3D99533" style="OLC">
<text>that the government of that country—</text><paragraph id="H97B5D209060E40578316C6F96DD43A4E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1E200ED64B3740C5A3D3631424661A29"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or group which has committed an act of international terrorism;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCD60CC9DF074F08AE15C8E3539C4103"><enum>(3)</enum><text>otherwise supports international terrorism; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HADE49008C0B64252896B82961AE8228A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is controlled by an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization under 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>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA876E7416E0A40FEB313D78CCAA60861"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rescission</header><text>Subsection (c) of such section is amended by striking <quote>and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</quote> and inserting <quote>, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H46383B78387142F1BF0AE9168295CC69"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>Subsection (d)(2) of such section is amended by striking <quote>and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</quote> and inserting <quote>, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H193C16564B014C89ACA87628157C0B7A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on lethal military equipment exports</header><text>Such section, as so amended, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD86BBF0C72774E91B4121150126C0D19" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H5B76F2B6A00B4C228B692B6874B35657"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prohibition on lethal military equipment exports</header> <paragraph id="H5650A14929464D5980D5100B230993D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header> <subparagraph id="HCE599827E08F43698EE3AE0E6A627488"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The United States shall not provide any assistance under this Act or section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act to any foreign government that provides lethal military equipment to a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined supports international terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8B28F3DF48E4EF0B63F5B79EB9B92B6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The prohibition on assistance under subparagraph (A) with respect to a foreign government shall terminate 12 months after such government ceases to provide the lethal military equipment described in such subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFF43AC00344049D08F4F7EB3FB52BC90"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This subsection applies with respect to lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered into after October 1, 1997.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCE5BB30EB2FE4FB0B74406807C3AE2D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the prohibition on assistance under paragraph (1) with respect to a foreign government if the President determines that to do so is important to the national interest of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC628F170DE2245C7911D375486F1BE6B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Upon the exercise of the waiver authority pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report with respect to the furnishing of assistance under the waiver authority, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5927DB35766E48D5AF1600623F83FA9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a detailed explanation of the assistance to be provided;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38C06C7D9E7C48AC9B1B3412082F25F9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the estimated dollar amount of such assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD226E3E5321746D3B97FDCC9728A21C2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an explanation of how the assistance furthers the national interest of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H456A609532A14DA4A7A5962DF1858C95"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B7CD8150EBD428FA2AE110FB9432542"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H834566AA4F7C45FBBAC8F7F0B49A51AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>