[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3551 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3551

  To require investigations into and a report on the September 11-13, 
2012, attacks on the United States missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 13, 2012

Mr. DeMint (for himself and Mr. Corker) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require investigations into and a report on the September 11-13, 
2012, attacks on the United States missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Congress condemns in the strongest terms possible the 
        attacks on the United States diplomatic missions in Libya, 
        Egypt, and Yemen.
            (2) The American people mourn the loss of our selfless 
        public servants and offer our heartfelt condolences to the 
        families of those killed in Benghazi, Libya.

SEC. 2. REPORTS ON ATTACKS AT UNITED STATES MISSIONS IN LIBYA, EGYPT, 
              AND YEMEN.

    (a) Report on United States Embassy and Consulate Attacks in Libya, 
Egypt, and Yemen.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 
        on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on 
        the September 11, 2012, attack on the United States Consulate 
        in Benghazi, Libya, the attacks on the United States Embassy in 
        Cairo, Egypt, that began on September 11, 2012, the September 
        13, 2012, attack on the United States Embassy in Sana'a, Yemen, 
        and the state of security at United States diplomatic missions 
        globally.
            (2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
        include the following elements:
                    (A) An accounting of the events that occurred 
                beginning on September 11, 2012, at the United States 
                Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and the United States 
                Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and on September 13, 
                2012, at the United States Embassy in Sana'a Yemen.
                    (B) An accounting of whether the United States 
                Government had actionable intelligence before the 
                attacks on the United States Embassy in Cairo, the 
                United States Consulate in Benghazi, and the United 
                States Embassy in Sana'a, including recommendations for 
                changes in resources, collection, and analysis in the 
                future.
                    (C) A statement on and assessment of the 
                responsiveness of the respective governments' security 
                forces once the attacks began.
                    (D) An assessment of the diplomatic security 
                response in each of the affected locations and whether 
                different actions could have prevented or mitigated the 
                attacks.
                    (E) An assessment of the level of cooperation by 
                the Governments of Egypt, Libya, and Yemen into the 
                investigations of the attacks and their efforts to find 
                and hold responsible the perpetrators involved.
                    (F) An assessment of the state of security at 
                United States embassies and consulates globally.
    (b) Report on Recommended Changes to Security Procedures at United 
States Embassies and Consulates.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
        to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing 
        recommendations for improving security operations at United 
        States embassies and consulates globally.
            (2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
        include the following elements:
                    (A) Recommendations for improving the hiring and 
                training of security personnel at United States 
                embassies and consulates globally.
                    (B) Recommendations for improving the collection 
                and sharing of intelligence on credible threats to 
                United States embassies and consulates globally.
            (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
                of Representatives.
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