[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 925 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 925

To amend the Diplomatic Security Act to revise the provisions relating 
 to personnel recommendations of the Accountability Review Board under 
                               such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2013

 Mr. Perry (for himself, Ms. Meng, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Collins of 
  Georgia, Mr. Cook, Mr. Engel, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Radel, Mr. 
 Royce, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Vargas, and Mr. Yoho) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Diplomatic Security Act to revise the provisions relating 
 to personnel recommendations of the Accountability Review Board under 
                               such Act.

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

SECTION 1. REVISION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS 
              OF ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARD.

    (a) In General.--Section 304(c) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 
U.S.C. 4834(c)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``Whenever'' and inserting ``If''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``has breached the duty of that 
                individual'' and inserting ``has engaged in misconduct 
                or unsatisfactorily performed the duties of employment 
                of that individual, and such misconduct or 
                unsatisfactory performance has significantly 
                contributed to the serious injury, loss of life, or 
                significant destruction of property, or the serious 
                breach of security that is the subject of the Board's 
                examination as described in subsection (a)'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``finding'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``findings''; and
            (3) in the matter following paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``has breached a duty of that 
                individual'' and inserting ``has unsatisfactorily 
                performed the duties of employment of that 
                individual''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``of employment'' after 
                ``performance of the duties''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any case of an Accountability Review Board that 
is convened under section 301 of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 U.S.C. 
4831) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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