3.0.0 669 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z Senate S 2021-03-10 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-10T20:17:56Z 2021-03-10 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2021-03-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N International Affairs Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Employee performance Executive agency funding and structure Government buildings, facilities, and property Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government liability Government studies and investigations Military personnel and dependents International Affairs 00 2021-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-24T17:01:49Z Expeditionary Diplomacy Act of 2021

This bill modifies oversight and accountability procedures for diplomatic personnel and actions by revising the structure and scope of review for certain diplomatic activities.

Specifically, the bill requires the Department of State to provide quarterly briefings (currently held monthly) on progress towards opening or reopening high-risk, high-threat posts, as well as risks to national security from their continued closure and any barriers to opening those posts.

The bill also recasts and revises the responsibilities of Accountability Review Boards (i.e., the mechanism through which the State Department currently investigates any event that causes serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property at, or related to, a U.S. government mission abroad). The bill renames these boards Security Review Committees, and it requires these committees to take into account specified contextual and mitigating factors when evaluating diplomatic actions that led to such outcomes, as well as the diplomatic value of operations relating to the incident in question.

]]> Expeditionary Diplomacy Act of 2021 Display Title Expeditionary Diplomacy Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the appropriate balance of empowering diplomats to pursue vital diplomatic goals and mitigating security risks at United States diplomatic posts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Expeditionary Diplomacy Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s669is/xml/BILLS-117s669is.xml 2021-03-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.