108 S4653 IS: Department of State Authorization Act of 2022
U.S. Senate
2022-07-28
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Department of State Authorization Act of 2022
.(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 StateSec. 101. Modernizing the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance and the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation.Sec. 102. Notification to Congress for United States nationals unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad.Sec. 103. Family Engagement Coordinator.Sec. 104. Rewards for Justice.Sec. 105. Ensuring geographic diversity and accessibility of passport agencies.Sec. 106. Cultural Antiquities Task Force.TITLE II—Personnel issuesSec. 201. Department of State paid Student Internship Program.Sec. 202. Improvements to the prevention of, and the response to, harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation.Sec. 203. Increasing the maximum amount authorized for science and technology fellowship grants and cooperative agreements.Sec. 204. Additional personnel to address backlogs in hiring and investigations.Sec. 205. Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State.Sec. 206. Foreign affairs training.Sec. 207. Security clearance approval process.Sec. 208. Addendum for study on foreign service allowances.Sec. 209. Curtailments, removals from post, and waivers of privileges and immunities.Sec. 210. Report on worldwide availability.Sec. 211. Professional development.Sec. 212. Management assessments at diplomatic and consular posts.TITLE III—Embassy security and constructionSec. 301. Amendments to Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999.Sec. 302. Diplomatic support and security.TITLE IV—A diverse workforce: recruitment, retention, and promotionSec. 401. Report on barriers to applying for employment with the Department of State.Sec. 402. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data.Sec. 403. Centers of Excellence in Foreign Affairs and Assistance.TITLE V—Information security and cyber diplomacySec. 501. United States international cyberspace policy.Sec. 502. Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.Sec. 503. International cyberspace and digital policy strategy.Sec. 504. Government Accountability Office report on cyber diplomacy.Sec. 505. Report on diplomatic programs to detect and respond to cyber threats against allies and partners.Sec. 506. Cybersecurity recruitment and retention.Sec. 507. Short course on emerging technologies for senior officials.Sec. 508. Establishment and expansion of Regional Technology Officer Program.Sec. 509. Vulnerability disclosure policy and bug bounty program report.TITLE VI—Public diplomacySec. 601. United States participation in international fairs and expositions.Sec. 602. Press freedom curriculum.Sec. 603. Global Engagement Center.Sec. 604. Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy.TITLE VII—Other mattersSec. 701. Supporting the employment of United States citizens by international organizations.Sec. 702. Increasing housing availability for certain employees assigned to the United States Mission to the United Nations.Sec. 703. Limitation on United States contributions to peacekeeping operations not authorized by the United Nations Security Council.Sec. 704. Boards of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and the Open Technology Fund.Sec. 705. Broadcasting entities no longer required to consolidate into a single private, nonprofit corporation.Sec. 706. International broadcasting activities.Sec. 707. Global internet freedom.Sec. 708. Arms Export Control Act alignment with the Export Control Reform Act.Sec. 709. Increasing the maximum annual lease payment available without approval by the Secretary.Sec. 710. Report on United States access to critical mineral resources abroad.Sec. 711. Ensuring the integrity of communications cooperation.Sec. 712. Congressional oversight, quarterly review, and authority relating to concurrence provided by chiefs of mission for the provision of support relating to certain United States Government operations.Sec. 713. Provision of parking services and retention of parking fees.Sec. 714. Diplomatic reception areas.Sec. 715. Consular and border security programs visa services cost recovery proposal.TITLE VIII—Extension of authoritiesSec. 801. Consulting services.Sec. 802. Diplomatic facilities.Sec. 803. Extension of existing authorities.Sec. 804. War reserves stockpile and military training report.2.In this Act:(1)The term Administrator means the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.(2)Appropriate congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.(3)Unless otherwise specified, the term Department means the Department of State.(4)Unless otherwise specified, the term Secretary means the Secretary of State.(5)The term USAID means the United States Agency for International Development.<enum>I</enum><header>Organization and Operations of the Department of State</header><section id="id5f92d9a42efb440c9e08985ed9caccd4" commented="no"><enum>101.</enum><header>Modernizing the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance and the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="id1849b6fefd4246d7b651c8d1bcb8657c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary should take steps to address staffing shortfalls in the chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons issue areas in the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance and in the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd3363d4725a4312b34fa293761c2313"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maintaining a fully staffed and resourced Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance and Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation is necessary to effectively confront the threat of increased global proliferation; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id35547d734c344811bdd67720d3549189"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance and the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation should increase efforts and dedicate resources to combat the dangers posed by the People's Republic of China’s conventional and nuclear build-up, the Russian Federation's tactical nuclear weapons and new types of nuclear weapons, bioweapons proliferation, dual use of life sciences research, and chemical weapons.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id26989bc32dca445daee45edca77eab8a"><enum>102.</enum><header>Notification to Congress for United States nationals unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/1741">22 U.S.C. 1741</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idf57ee969cf1e43069af8536418e4ca88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>, as expeditiously as possible,</quote> after <quote>review</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2b6a9461ee794f28ab6f6454ab8f2136"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc25fdb16fec646f0957feb0f3f768251"><subsection id="idbb934f0921124b34bcbc2d889beaacba"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Referrals to Special Envoy; notification to Congress</header><paragraph id="id9df80e3e43ba4dbf8685591dd6c95c7d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon a determination by the Secretary of State, based on the totality of the circumstances, that there is credible information that the detention of a United States national abroad is unlawful or wrongful, and regardless of whether the detention is by a foreign government or a nongovernmental actor, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="iddfdd5837bcb0479e86b425701d1b113f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>expeditiously transfer responsibility for such case from the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department of State to the Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6dd7d79cc75a4a579cf4752e9dc268d3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 14 days after such determination, notify the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name> of such determination and provide such committees with a summary of the facts that led to such determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf054c5ec3b38480fa4c614daa5283744"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The notification described in paragraph (1)(B) may be classified, if necessary.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id73a24eb7348a4f00b3e8cf4ad21cd394"><enum>103.</enum><header>Family Engagement Coordinator</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 303 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/1741a">22 U.S.C. 1741a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="id6ed88680430a4ddda4f112eef6cabb6b" display-inline="no-display-inline" style="OLC"><subsection id="id3f3b0758895a4078b9cedbb8d59c1a9d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Family engagement coordinator</header><text>There shall be, in the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, a Family Engagement Coordinator, who shall ensure—</text><paragraph id="ida61b9876e6c8418ab146d25336012d6c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for a United States national unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad, that—</text><subparagraph id="id72471c955ea24f77922a48ff4b5098cb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any interaction by executive branch officials with any family member of such United States national occurs in a coordinated fashion;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id57b5ee01eede4633a256542600f9e04f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such family member receives consistent and accurate information from the United States Government; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd7b8617f47a94ba5b920b4c8ad68e2c4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>appropriate coordination with the Family Engagement Coordinator described in section 304(c)(2); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d20f3b433fc4c67bef6b87f14ea27b1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for a United States national held hostage abroad, that any engagement with a family member is coordinated with, consistent with, and not duplicative of the efforts of the Family Engagement Coordinator described in section 304(c)(2).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id21ee7f2f601642b38366c427938ba003"><enum>104.</enum><header>Rewards for Justice</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2708">22 U.S.C. 2708(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida1d170dd2e0b421498c129e5d48c177d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>or (10);</quote> and inserting <quote>(10), or (14);</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id06cd5dee0b3246dca87d392774ee09f6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6866b6028a1a47659beadf269c61aeaf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7484c1f4ae71409f9a20bfa3a2574ed7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4528237e59ab406b944f40ce8f45960b"><paragraph id="ide86c8af6a5be4ed3acab5c573e27bf22"><enum>(14)</enum><text>the prevention, frustration, or resolution of the hostage taking of a United States person, the identification, location, arrest, or conviction of a person responsible for the hostage taking of a United States person, or the location of a United States person who has been taken hostage, in any country.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id7420348ed2b74ab0b3df30bf974829a8"><enum>105.</enum><header>Ensuring geographic diversity and accessibility of passport agencies</header><subsection id="id9cfa774ad3f64b4ca0e07ad5aa77287e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that Department initiatives to expand passport services and accessibility, including through online modernization projects, should include the construction of new physical passport agencies.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide1ea8fe3ce3e40d1aab16a836bc567ed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a review of the geographic diversity and accessibility of existing passport agencies to identify—</text><paragraph id="id3b846bdf62b64ff28ce47c94c243718b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the geographic areas in the United States that are farther than 6 hours' driving distance from the nearest passport agency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2a0eb4558fdd498ab415ad0c8cfb42dc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the per capita demand for passport services in the areas described in paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id239832df3ba443c5aba5b9858256e59b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a plan to ensure that in-person services at physical passport agencies are accessible to all eligible Americans, including Americans living in large population centers, in rural areas, and in States with a high per capita demand for passport services.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id451a944ad66144eb9337a99a12741db8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>The Secretary shall consider the metrics identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) when determining locations for the establishment of new physical passport agencies.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6942247521c6423eb4f32ae030d5f6b2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that contains the findings of the review conducted pursuant to subsection (b).</text></subsection></section><section id="id44FD19A5214F4AAEA7830CB6B9F7FDD7"><enum>106.</enum><header>Cultural Antiquities Task Force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to use up to $1,000,000 for grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural Antiquities Task Force.</text></section><enum>II</enum><header>Personnel issues</header><section id="idbe1443ee3bf94e298af5020be76b4bcd" commented="no"><enum>201.</enum><header>Department of State paid Student Internship Program</header><subsection id="id9a42add726084d79a9b1d9d5491d471a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish the Department of State Student Internship Program (referred to in this section as the <quote>Program</quote>) to offer internship opportunities at the Department to eligible students to raise awareness of the essential role of diplomacy in the conduct of United States foreign policy and the realization of United States foreign policy objectives.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8e847c985b784de28a2f5e795486f2b8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>An applicant is eligible to participate in the Program if the applicant—</text><paragraph id="idccdab122b26f4d4697cb38a18ac10b96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is enrolled at least half-time at—</text><subparagraph id="id43fe5cc8944343cb84cbc7fda4d48d78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 102(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1002">20 U.S.C. 1002(a)</external-xref>)); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e6fddac27514a91a0700d8d6f7d698f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an institution of higher education based outside the United States, as determined by the Secretary of State; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id45d532e0f09f4a8cbde69a33d75598ec"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is eligible to receive and hold an appropriate security clearance.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id966c1749389440c5b2ce5044061c3ab1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary shall establish selection criteria for students to be admitted into the Program that includes a demonstrated interest in a career in foreign affairs.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8667d59bfcd94ca88e1f79cf32bb1280"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id40F9C6F4B59E4C41BE621E08DA096603"><enum>(1)</enum><text>widely advertise the Program, including—</text><subparagraph id="id6314670A46254733A3E0CDC8B95FAE16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on the internet; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6940D4569D82468EBC86F51807C7CB41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>through the Department’s Diplomats in Residence program; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79437B38175A43C08E8001C0BD558FA9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>through other outreach and recruiting initiatives targeting undergraduate and graduate students; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8AB553AB1D8A472E9C23E547F730CA1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct targeted outreach to encourage participation in the Program from—</text><subparagraph id="idce94b260b7ea498aac26cba55c2ea935"><enum>(A)</enum><text>individuals belonging to traditionally underrepresented racial, ethnic, geographic, gender, and disability groups; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2f5d0d89234a45f1a6d834408c9e58c2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>students enrolled at minority-serving institutions (which shall include any institution listed in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1067q">20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id13eb322428674876bf71dd177144e0af"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Compensation</header><paragraph id="id11e88caf893a4ea6a48e093878f6f683"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Housing assistance</header><subparagraph id="id9c451e78697741f2b5692f85419e35f6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Abroad</header><text>The Secretary shall provide housing assistance to any student participating in the Program whose permanent address is within the United States if the location of the internship in which such student is participating is outside of the United States.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c0d2586815549ba8897253539f74228"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Domestic</header><text>The Secretary may provide housing assistance to a student participating in the Program whose permanent address is within the United States if the location of the internship in which such student is participating is more than 50 miles away from such student’s permanent address.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id707c2795a85f410da5f57577309ca266"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall provide a student participating in the Program whose permanent address is within the United States with financial assistance that is sufficient to cover the travel costs of a single round trip by air, train, bus, or other appropriate transportation between the student's permanent address and the location of the internship in which such student is participating if such location is—</text><subparagraph id="idf0005b711ee2491fb03c2bc87d58f1e6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>more than 50 miles from the student’s permanent address; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id372b0464841f453e88d1b0cddbce0e8f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>outside of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1e02e36b7e8145b09e143356b37dcdd1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Working with institutions of higher education</header><text>The Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall structure internships to ensure that such internships satisfy criteria for academic credit at the institutions of higher education in which participants in such internships are enrolled.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd9e7dbd29822422daeef18e83db57b73"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Transition period</header><paragraph id="id7f6c6146d6314c36af24e067f647f2e6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), beginning not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act—</text><subparagraph id="id6853430EEFBF4794801CDA1B8B88718A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary shall convert unpaid internship programs of the Department, including the Foreign Service Internship Program, to internship programs that offer compensation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE7D07B91BD8948F4B86384EFB0B0C986"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon selection as a candidate for entry into an internship program of the Department, a participant in such internship program may refuse compensation, including if doing so allows such participant to receive college or university curricular credit.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd1e812ea40b46baa2a80eb91b10d6d3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The transition required under paragraph (1) shall not apply to unpaid internship programs of the Department that are part of the Virtual Student Federal Service internship program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8cd7be6e020041a6850947782bdd5519"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver</header><subparagraph id="id4b02a0d08e6b4699b586ecf740982dde"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may waive the requirement under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to a particular unpaid internship program if the Secretary, not later than 30 days after making a determination that the conversion of such internship program to a compensated internship program would not be consistent with effective management goals, submits a report explaining such determination to—</text><clause id="id4E79637D7DA3403082DB507C067F6380"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the appropriate congressional committees;</text></clause><clause id="idA6D3E686C142435F93A5E9160A08E47C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>; and </text></clause><clause id="id7E306512BDB743D9A65735398BC4780D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf51f01e5ec2a4df9a93420a8cb147caa"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The report required under subparagraph (A) shall—</text><clause id="id6A983F2F418A4E50AC099CF49EDB9130"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describe the reasons why converting an unpaid internship program of the Department to an internship program that offers compensation would not be consistent with effective management goals; and</text></clause><clause id="id5608E2061E99419FA9E7D3B5E5FF2F5F"><enum>(ii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id25FEBFAC23B449C6BE69B82D9BD5AFAD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provide justification for maintaining such unpaid status indefinitely; or </text></subclause><subclause id="id988DE5FFABD541138D7D3E619ABE400E" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>identify any additional authorities or resources that would be necessary to convert such unpaid internship program to offer compensation in the future.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id964da3fa2ff941b0a6a20ef350addaef"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the committees referred to in subsection (g)(3)(A) that includes—</text><paragraph id="id417290d32bb1469bad85ee8e79683e87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>data, to the extent the collection of such information is permissible by law, regarding the number of students who applied to the Program, were offered a position, and participated, respectively, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, institution of higher education, home State, State where each student graduated from high school, and disability status;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f812137afca4f2297a7fb7427cab7f5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>data regarding the number of security clearance investigations initiated for the students described in paragraph (1), including the timeline for such investigations, whether such investigations were completed, and when an interim security clearance was granted;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf14281deb3e64d06a34b49d9e785e811"><enum>(3)</enum><text>information on Program expenditures; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2b195fc23f6e43df832bd36da468f097"><enum>(4)</enum><text>information regarding the Department’s compliance with subsection (g).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide8241e9ecf2d4b3eb7fddec245e2e32d"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Voluntary participation</header><paragraph id="idb0f2a3347fcc4db3af46dcee60127811"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed to compel any student who is a participant in an internship program of the Department to participate in the collection of the data or divulge any personal information. Such students shall be informed that their participation in the data collection under this section is voluntary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb8bdc5ff30604314a96457deedd853ce"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Privacy protection</header><text>Any data collected under this section shall be subject to the relevant privacy protection statutes and regulations applicable to Federal employees.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida1094d2088ee4f2ea5ba2fcd5dcda597"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Special hiring authority</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, with respect to the number of interns to be hired each year, may—</text><paragraph id="idaa06869b6de2433a8c04e63652eaf5f1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>select, appoint, and employ individuals for up to 1 year through compensated internships in the excepted service; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf14ef88e0d6d4bfe94d2810ee6e3dc29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>remove any compensated intern employed pursuant to paragraph (1) without regard to the provisions of law governing appointments in the competitive excepted service.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2601a901f9ca4839be79054533c5d1fd"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Availability of appropriations</header><text>Internships offered and compensated by the Department under this section shall be funded solely by available amounts appropriated under the heading <quote>Diplomatic Programs</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id174109b4453d48a4b82b4ce1d191227b" commented="no"><enum>202.</enum><header>Improvements to the prevention of, and the response to, harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation</header><subsection id="ida7b9c5fd81d844f7a1abdfebf27144eb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Coordination with other agencies</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other Federal agencies that provide personnel to serve in overseas posts under Chief of Mission authority, should develop interagency policies regarding harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation, including policies for—</text><paragraph id="id60BFB958C482427481886A0429CAB10D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>addressing, reporting, and providing transitioning support;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida8c7885dd31d46c2b05d8d75625ccb76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advocacy, service referrals, and travel accommodations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided1f362ea4b8423b86e9569cff4cbb3f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>disciplining anyone who violates Department policies regarding harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, or related retaliation occurring between covered individuals and noncovered individuals.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id09829195595043b4beb5aa189b0fb28a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disciplinary action</header><paragraph id="id92bb212c79534edd868f3ee31206cd11"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Separation for cause</header><text>Section 610(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4010">22 U.S.C. 4010(a)(1)</external-xref>), is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id2B5B3E4F80F241909C5CEDA6D8D83ABD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>decide to</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6EE7C3CD43A7473298889A89A1E7FB3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>upon receiving notification from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security that such member has engaged in criminal misconduct, such as murder, rape, or other sexual assault</quote> before the period at the end.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8de4b766def466f8cf153c9abad00c3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Update to manual</header><text>The Director of Global Talent shall—</text><subparagraph id="id45fd19a88c0f40ac9f297ca14fc9864b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>update the <quote>Grounds for Disciplinary Action</quote> and <quote>List of Disciplinary Offenses and Penalties</quote> sections of the Foreign Affairs Manual to reflect the amendments made under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd39136c3df694e228af1caf6bae77639"><enum>(B)</enum><text>communicate such updates to Department staff through publication in Department Notices.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide02406f06c6a413a819d84b6376b5abd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sexual assault prevention and response victim advocates</header><paragraph id="id8d50133c0981455884f29e7b701c8ea1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Placement</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the Diplomatic Security Service’s Victims’ Resource Advocacy Program—</text><subparagraph id="id0c6ca87d0b114a28906af655ca3a258a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is appropriately staffed by advocates who are physically present at—</text><clause id="id4f4f3c29fc144c509ca597ee154a952f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the headquarters of the Department; and</text></clause><clause id="idc7afd1604a704d3c9cd48203487b7a94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>major domestic and international facilities and embassies, as determined by the Secretary;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb1e7cf9d66da4241a359b6a02a80fc81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>considers the logistics that are necessary to allow for the expedient travel of victims from Department facilities that do not have advocates; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC4AFE7BC17344985B6058DFE155CF201"><enum>(C)</enum><text>uses funds available to the Department to provide emergency food, shelter, clothing, and transportation for victims involved in matters being investigated by the Diplomatic Security Service. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7d2880dbf7dd45a3ac2f6feea5f22d37"><enum>203.</enum><header>Increasing the maximum amount authorized for science and technology fellowship grants and cooperative agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504(e)(3) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656d">22 U.S.C. 2656d(e)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,000,000</quote>.</text></section><section id="idf9718198e986461f9e5dde151c253df9" commented="no"><enum>204.</enum><header>Additional personnel to address backlogs in hiring and investigations</header><subsection id="id7d882357879b488488b66f025152089b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to increase the number of personnel within the Bureau of Global Talent Management and the Office of Civil Rights to address backlogs in hiring and investigations into complaints conducted by the Office of Civil Rights.</text></subsection><subsection id="id960f9da3ac4041f9b998783b02286dc5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Employment targets</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to employ—</text><paragraph id="id3A73455ACA3B42D7864EB98B93C04202"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not fewer than 15 additional personnel in the Bureau of Global Talent Management and the Office of Civil Rights (compared to the number of personnel so employed as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) by the date that is 180 days after such date of enactment; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id77CBD0DDCAD64AECA8AAC610B915CB6C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not fewer than 15 additional personnel in such Bureau and Office (compared to the number of personnel so employed as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) by the date that is 1 year after such date of enactment.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id65e99f391c7c495690daaef7321ee6cb"><enum>205.</enum><header>Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State</header><subsection id="id45d0dbb34cf1418e8833f2736268bb0e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text>This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State Act</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id582DA3E4F7B24BEDB20E9FF1E35B0E31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established, in the legislative branch, the Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of State (referred to in this section as the <quote>Commission</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection id="id20d7a8bd00c246caa8fdf0b264cd5a08"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the Commission are—</text><paragraph id="id4DAFB82515ED4E4B9059BB36810435E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to examine the changing nature of diplomacy in the 21st century and the ways in which the Department and its personnel can modernize to advance the interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD1658DB74DE24B09A98EA08C66761E94"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to offer recommendations to the President and Congress related to—</text><subparagraph id="idd820b558eac64af183d7d8fea22bd427"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the organizational structure of the Department of State;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8b154263600c40e6b029e813a68f460b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>personnel-related matters, including recruitment, promotion, training, and retention of the Department’s workforce in order to retain the best and brightest personnel and foster effective diplomacy worldwide, including measures to strengthen diversity and inclusion to ensure that the Department’s workforce represents all of America;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8c39601b1f0b4860a46de4b33d461688"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Department of State’s infrastructure (both domestic and overseas), including infrastructure relating to information technology, transportation, and security;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf6e33ae5135045b99729f52e534e07a3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the link among diplomacy and defense, intelligence, development, commercial, health, law enforcement, and other core United States interests;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4389775501074a8b9736f1703cccceb7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>core legislation that authorizes United States diplomacy, including the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/465">Public Law 96–465</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7377ec56dbb54f2b9f3e10dd60ad9d72"><enum>(F)</enum><text>related regulations, rules, and processes that define United States diplomatic efforts, including the Foreign Affairs Manual;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3ec2ad9c129440faa00974b3ee07cef"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Chief of Mission authority at United States diplomatic missions overseas, including authority over employees of other Federal departments and agencies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id411957fbb1d142a5b616aa21ad63cdc3"><enum>(H)</enum><text>treaties that impact United States overseas presence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcf17581f7b7d40b29ee414d282165cb5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="id0fc4c853a387469cac8eca090f74bbb4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Commission shall be composed of 8 members, of whom—</text><subparagraph id="id7001b7bb6972458087703ff02da35ca6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the chairperson of the<committee-name committee-id="SSFR00"> Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>, who shall serve as co-chair of the Commission;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcb107a52b8e744928f5b3c4aa0810f08"><enum>(B)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the ranking member of the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>, who shall serve as co-chair of the Commission;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60b9cba9e29a4cf686a0fa44a1181f06"><enum>(C)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the chairperson of the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8efbd84efb1a4704956e0c76f343f135"><enum>(D)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the ranking member of the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95df5e68130047719f9ab34c904cab07"><enum>(E)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb41e7c870818495db844c6cd18476ac9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9fe4a9049c04ca292194e9ed7db09bb"><enum>(G)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97bcab7bc5904ea9a9e87e264bb09aaf"><enum>(H)</enum><text>1 member shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide9c17a44dafd452d84fb896830ec4970"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications; meetings</header><subparagraph id="idbc5b5de5ed06450b8512661398431eb8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The members of the Commission should be prominent United States citizens, with national recognition and significant depth of experience in international relations and with the Department.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9d3a2f88acce477d8a98b6a5d9e488e3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Political party affiliation</header><text>Not more than 4 members of the Commission may be from the same political party.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfe564892b13940c68178228b6bb46c95"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Meetings</header><clause id="id2dbbddb184084dcc8b108c7ddf0bf206"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Initial meeting</header><text>The Commission shall hold the first meeting and begin operations as soon as practicable.</text></clause><clause id="idce6d2a1ab98641ddbb1bac054404df97"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Frequency</header><text>The Commission shall meet at the call of the co-chairs.</text></clause><clause id="id4469e67d8e1c46da90a57d29d83f5af0"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for purposes of conducting business, except that 2 members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for purposes of receiving testimony.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5bbc055847454fd1ac8845dd47e97d57"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect the powers of the Commission, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2185fff62a134e84b55e52432c8b058e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Functions of Commission</header><paragraph id="idf0d5a57d08af423484f98a23c91eda98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission shall act by resolution agreed to by a majority of the members of the Commission voting and present.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id86cf1bc6bc3f43eeaeeb0cf4dd7b3e7b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Panels</header><text>The Commission may establish panels composed of less than the full membership of the Commission for purposes of carrying out the duties of the Commission under this section. The actions of any such panel shall be subject to the review and control of the Commission. Any findings and determinations made by such a panel may not be considered the findings and determinations of the Commission unless such findings and determinations are approved by the Commission.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id503c4df7ac794a4caa5f8f022b5bd306"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Delegation</header><text>Any member, agent, or staff of the Commission may, if authorized by the co-chairs of the Commission, take any action which the Commission is authorized to take pursuant to this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2902c8543a2140b68ef55f9a31657e7c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Powers of Commission</header><paragraph id="idc5bb20702f2f4d95b2907312e067db6e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hearings and evidence</header><text>The Commission or any panel or member of the Commission, as delegated by the co-chairs, may, for the purpose of carrying out this section—</text><subparagraph id="id1688e8b9643b4cc8ab92e0663816c3d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>hold such hearings and meetings, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and administer such oaths as the Commission or such designated subcommittee or designated member considers necessary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52197ff57ca24eb19058afb6775028b1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents, as the Commission or such designated subcommittee or designated member considers necessary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb14e80187cc9497db1fad5f6445cccb4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>subject to applicable privacy laws and relevant regulations, secure directly from any Federal department or agency information and data necessary to enable it to carry out its mission, which shall be provided by the head or acting representative of the department or agency not later than 30 days after the Commission provides a written request for such information and data.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id89ae339fc5574da78a6e848d00e73a4d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracts</header><text>The Commission, to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts, may enter into contracts to enable the Commission to discharge its duties under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5774cafd1d3449c1a9f44fd8212ced0f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Information from Federal agencies</header><subparagraph id="idb2064057213348048839e36fecf5ea75"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission may secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality of the Government, information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purposes of this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5858040411044fcca8a2228add6ee4c2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Furnishing information</header><text>Each department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality, to the extent authorized by law, shall furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by a co-chair, the chair of any panel created by a majority of the Commission, or any member designated by a majority of the Commission.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idddbacd50c5744f45a13bafdfb6fcb4e8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Handling</header><text>Information may only be received, handled, stored, and disseminated by members of the Commission and its staff in accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations, and Executive orders.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd39a6631bcfd4975aee9d6244f3b6e68"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Assistance from Federal agencies</header><subparagraph id="idcb4ab0bcd93749879fe464f138926dd8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Secretary of State</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to the Commission, on a nonreimbursable basis, such administrative services, funds, staff, facilities, and other support services as are necessary for the performance of the Commission’s duties under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id903c51f0d1af4ccdb9d9961f8e62685b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other departments and agencies</header><text>Other Federal departments and agencies may provide the Commission such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support as such departments and agencies consider advisable and as may be authorized by law.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50657cc0152a44fe9a38637aa62532b7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>The Commission shall receive the full and timely cooperation of any official, department, or agency of the Federal Government whose assistance is necessary, as jointly determined by the co-chairs of the Commission, for the fulfillment of the duties of the Commission, including the provision of full and current briefings and analyses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idaf9131c47ab9456d85a3e4388718c584"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Assistance from independent organizations</header><subparagraph id="ide721b666312f4e29bdd42d3554a763b0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to inform its work, the Commission should review reports that were written during the 15-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act by independent organizations and outside experts relating to reform and modernization of the Department.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90b1c64e472d4fee839ada8194f620aa"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Avoiding duplication</header><text>In analyzing the reports referred to in subparagraph (A), the Commission should pay particular attention to any specific reform proposals that have been recommended by 2 or more of such reports.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb12a56d0f90949cbbae8b0cf9c755dfe"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Postal services</header><text>The Commission may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a52ac374b664cd1afdf5257cd2d6860"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Gifts</header><text>The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or property.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id16e2bce7ed354f80a92bb637f90971b3"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Congressional consultation</header><text>Not less frequently than quarterly, the Commission shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees about the work of the Commission.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1e5b3f2b0b5647a0b5c5353fbf5eadcc"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Staff and compensation</header><paragraph id="id6b6d32865e6e4ce1883180e7e6bf2520"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Staff</header><subparagraph id="id91c33253e5c64bc7a82b1311a0d684ef"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The co-chairs of the Commission, in accordance with rules established by the Commission, shall appoint and fix the compensation of a staff director and such other personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its duties, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection may exceed the equivalent of that payable to a person occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8707c29fcdda4be18d9751a6c00eff00"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Detail of government employees</header><text>A Federal Government employee may be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf6ae60a2abd24b4b9570662d9e9643a8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Procurement of temporary and intermittent services</header><text>The co-chairs of the Commission may procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individuals that do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id411ae84148d942d38855a7856cd551fe"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission members</header><subparagraph id="id7e74a666e523490a9a06cc53b2ec89b6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Compensation</header><clause id="id29503d07cbdd46a4944cf1cbaf6a92d0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), each member of the Commission may be compensated at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day during which that member is engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the Commission under this section.</text></clause><clause id="idfeb87736e6944db3b0f0da16be596f0b"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Waiver of certain provisions</header><text>Subsections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4064">22 U.S.C. 4064</external-xref>) are waived for an annuitant on a temporary basis so as to be compensated for work performed as part of the Commission.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7696e3efd5824b43bbba1a7cba8688f8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service for the Commission, members and staff of the Commission, and any Federal Government employees detailed to the Commission, shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0ed6163db4a4d96a1a6816712b21845"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Security clearances for Commission members and staff</header><text>The appropriate Federal agencies or departments shall cooperate with the Commission in expeditiously providing to Commission members and staff appropriate security clearances to the extent possible pursuant to existing procedures and requirements, except that no person shall be provided access to classified information under this section without the appropriate security clearances.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0fd13aafad8142e4b9b5823d0d2b4078"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="id1d4c5b82f93c4f7e8f2dfe9a48b4d55f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit a final report to the President and to Congress that—</text><subparagraph id="id04CC73C84AB44534AD3D7006642BB67C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>examines all substantive aspects of Department personnel, management, and operations; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0438E9B439A1420196D2D0A32FA55E8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contains such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a majority of Commission members.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id44d58c2b9d6b47899abddedc868be856"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall include findings, conclusions, and recommendations related to—</text><subparagraph id="idf72afd0d9c6d425093bf03120d8efc0c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the organizational structure of the Department;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef08ee576b224f64847474201ebd992f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>personnel-related matters, including recruitment, promotion, training, and retention of the Department’s workforce in order to retain the best and brightest personnel and foster effective diplomacy worldwide, including measures to strengthen diversity and inclusion to ensure that the Department’s workforce represents all of America;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5099c7bc42a94feb9c0f8e13071508b6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Department of State’s infrastructure (both domestic and overseas), including infrastructure relating to information technology, transportation, and security;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb2e726d982f34a4baa6f15894fe88b84"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the link between diplomacy and defense, intelligence, development, commercial, health, law enforcement, and other core United States interests;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1d3055e6d154422097a1a77b481d1a7a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>core legislation that authorizes United States diplomacy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2df35a6bf408419895ceaf35f87e2627"><enum>(F)</enum><text>related regulations, rules, and processes that define United States diplomatic efforts, including the Foreign Affairs Manual;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11167540c1df409c88f93dafa5136d6a"><enum>(G)</enum><text>treaties that impact United States overseas presence;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida26dbca376e54b29a9862ae1c3213986"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the authority of Chiefs of Mission at United States diplomatic missions overseas, including the degree of authority that Chiefs of Mission exercise in reality over Department employees and other Federal employees at overseas posts;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1e3408fdc5c14045be208b78c476e338"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any other areas that the Commission considers necessary for a complete appraisal of United States diplomacy and Department management and operations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id67c23fe5c4194247988063eefe904d68"><enum>(J)</enum><text>the amount of time, manpower, and financial resources that would be necessary to implement the recommendations specified under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a4d7e5191a746e0b5c31155307a8ecc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Department response</header><text>The Secretary shall have the right to review and respond to all Commission recommendations—</text><subparagraph id="idE76D6B0E316E4D8093BC056884725210"><enum>(A)</enum><text>before the Commission submits its report to the President and to Congress; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4D783479DD0F40B493F343F69CE45FBD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not later than 90 days after receiving such recommendations from the Commission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id811d860dde6a4fc0a1103e83deb3904e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination of Commission</header><paragraph id="idf669dac840e64b0c82d9a9e7c28c22eb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commission, and all the authorities under this section, shall terminate on the date that is 60 days after the date on which the final report is submitted pursuant to subsection (h).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1bd009d24a0a4d5a919c7fe49d7c9e08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative activities before termination</header><text>The Commission may use the 60-day period referred to in paragraph (1) for the purpose of concluding its activities, including providing testimony to committees of Congress concerning its reports and disseminating the report.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id422ea1b646894ce4a1f61950228dc5d2"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><paragraph id="id6c28f85c4c6d4a27a9ebfde922413292"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commission to carry out this section $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbfb7873cd927480eb31fd008ccab2e6c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts made available to the Commission pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available until the date on which the Commission is terminated pursuant to subsection (i)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6038438102be4c5898af8a2c3bc707e0"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Inapplicability of certain administrative provisions</header><paragraph id="idc3ff8d981a49410ebc356ea7ac9ac520"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal advisory committee act</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1d8ff413f63242578f989b4f459f3716"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Freedom of information act</header><text>The provisions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Freedom of Information Act</quote>) shall not apply to the activities, records, and proceedings of the Commission. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id46E07BBBF4F04329BDDD2A4D906DC8C2"><enum>206.</enum><header>Foreign affairs training</header><subsection id="idbbb5248db1bf458eba9c662d94c0eb3c" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="ida178d6ec70b642fa894d6bb43f6eb962" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Department is a crucial national security agency, whose employees, both Foreign Service and Civil Service, require the best possible training and professional development 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="iddab05352312b482db40d53a280dcb7e3" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department faces increasingly complex and rapidly evolving challenges, many of which are science- and technology-driven, and which demand continual, high-quality training and professional development of its personnel;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide39f330b81ab4fc6bc25890cc06666ef" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the new and evolving challenges of national security in the 21st century necessitate the expansion of standardized training and professional development opportunities linked to equitable, accountable, and transparent promotion and leadership practices for Department and other national security agency personnel; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided472039d2f24823a25aedb0c4107c60" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>consistent with gift acceptance authority of the Department and other applicable laws in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Department and the Foreign Service Institute may accept funds and other resources from foundations, not-for-profit corporations, and other appropriate sources to help the Department and the Institute enhance the quantity and quality of training and professional development offerings, especially in the introduction of new, innovative, and pilot model courses.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0c37569b77f14a6f8b14fe41045a6126" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means—</text><paragraph id="idcd31c7e156ce447b8bf9d8bc57a187c8" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idD8C3889B9C054AF193095DB6E17C4A7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idD468CE427C7E464F97685CE699A1C4F6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idF32CD4C142DB47028AF2C35236B8DD62"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idda5ff51db5d848a4a9e5200f1522b74c" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Training and professional development prioritization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to provide the Civil Service of the Department and the Foreign Service with the level of professional development and training needed to effectively advance United States interests across the world, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id7d80e172020c4bb6b6d3e6692268bdaa" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increase relevant offerings provided by the Department—</text><subparagraph id="ided6c8378009f4f088ff0472672149f17" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>of interactive virtual instruction to make training and professional development more accessible and useful to personnel deployed throughout the world; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89f3c2adb55146d396f1f4478f5dda02" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at partner organizations, including universities, industry entities, and nongovernmental organizations, throughout the United States to provide useful outside perspectives to Department personnel by providing such personnel—</text><clause id="idd05d8e64f91a4ef19c1a4703afa8a310" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a more comprehensive outlook on different sectors of United States society; and</text></clause><clause id="id9d84646a9f584ceca05276ea54a3cdb5" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>practical experience dealing with commercial corporations, universities, labor unions, and other institutions critical to United States diplomatic success;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a450dbcc71e4b9e9a3a62c447baf835" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>offer courses using computer-based or computer-assisted simulations, allowing civilian officers to lead decision making in a crisis environment, and encourage officers of the Department, and reciprocally, officers of other Federal departments to participate in similar exercises held by the Department or other government organizations and the private sector; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id830ca513033e4b58bbeb02d3cea4767e" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increase the duration and expand the focus of certain training and professional development courses, including by extending—</text><subparagraph id="id0d9cdfa4a7a54dab83b2636a1facc7fe" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the A–100 entry-level course to not less than 12 weeks, which better matches the length of entry-level training and professional development provided to the officers in other national security departments and agencies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd61e72fdcdc645b3a1c232084561b8df" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Chief of Mission course to not less than 6 weeks for first time Chiefs of Mission and creating a comparable 6-week course for new Assistant Secretaries and Deputy Assistant Secretaries to more accurately reflect the significant responsibilities accompanying such roles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0e18bbc54d52462890702cfbadae9337" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fellowships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director General of the Foreign Service shall—</text><paragraph id="id5c85d58917b84b0cb8e36afc9c2cd28a" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish new fellowship programs for Foreign Service and Civil Service officers that include short- and long-term opportunities at organizations, including—</text><subparagraph id="id1a23afeba98c494fb7819c9dafe3459c" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>think tanks and nongovernmental organizations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3c2347bee10c4a83887a8c0974f8e820" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department of Defense, the elements of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3003">50 U.S.C. 3003</external-xref>)), and other relevant Federal agencies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4c14aebaa6b149558b86a5110fc6f8ef" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>industry entities, especially such entities related to technology, global operations, finance, and other fields directly relevant to international affairs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id82168f203c044c88b252cf3559ffbc87" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>schools of international relations and other relevant programs at universities throughout the United States; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id807a69eaecc74848ab8436d24f7114b9" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit a report to Congress that describes how the Department could expand the Pearson Fellows Program for Foreign Service Officers and the Brookings Fellow Program for Civil Servants to provide fellows in such programs with the opportunity to undertake a follow-on assignment within the Department in an office in which fellows will gain practical knowledge of the people and processes of Congress, including offices other than the Legislative Affairs Bureau, including— </text><subparagraph id="idC9EB09F70AA646978AD74CF6A0050A93" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the current state of congressional fellowships, including the demand for fellowships and the value the fellowships provide to both the career of the officer and to the Department; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFA1E233E92F24B2E89A4939DED8BC1A8" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of the options for making congressional fellowships for both the Foreign and Civil Services more career-enhancing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id363c1c30c0a643389fdbe18d18f90cd7" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Board of Visitors of the Foreign Service Institute</header><paragraph id="id68079ff5069b499a89123c701061312c" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall establish a Board of Visitors of the Foreign Service Institute (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Board</quote>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5bb88358bc354511ab140ae1fc582d22" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Board shall provide the Secretary with independent advice and recommendations regarding organizational management, strategic planning, resource management, curriculum development, and other matters of interest to the Foreign Service Institute, including regular observations about how well the Department is integrating training and professional development into the work of the Bureau for Global Talent Management. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5cbb5100b26e4ccba3be9f4f9b3e8703" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header><subparagraph id="id5e8c1d6877524e41a43d45f4f729800a" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Board shall be—</text><clause id="id81d871a0a5864973962fe8a3abde23ef" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>nonpartisan; and</text></clause><clause id="idbae812caa6af4757bd5db34758d6a642" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>composed of 12 members, of whom—</text><subclause id="id0ae84a76a1414de2a3eacb5bbebc02f2" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id46229af230d944a0bb3368b5aee905f5" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the ranking member of the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id849d5464e4d04356be6b1992875e56f8" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the<committee-name committee-id=""> Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id6515e1bb1923463b9a09885c7492de40" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>2 members shall be appointed by the ranking member of the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id3decf2e8ad1c42649edb9b2162e140c1" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(V)</enum><text>4 members shall be appointed by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3dfa256715814191be2297f22fca785a" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Members of the Board shall be appointed from among individuals who—</text><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="id14610F1FE3444957AA958FD74B7619E7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are not officers or employees of the Federal Government;</text></clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idBDFE87D9685B4874ADEAD509893243D8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have never been members of the Senior Foreign Service or the Senior Executive Service; and </text></clause><clause changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="id03682B7A348C4451B2B84DEE1E8653D5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are eminent authorities in the fields of diplomacy, management, leadership, economics, trade, technology, or advanced international relations education.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19d3bf13af7945509b604b285f7ca40a" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Outside expertise</header><text>Not fewer than 6 members of the Board shall have a minimum of 10 years of expertise outside the field of diplomacy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8f94dbc3f6c14f1f965bbd257b903840" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>Each member of the Board shall be appointed for a term of 3 years, except that of the members first appointed—</text><subparagraph id="id8cc1c3353ed44b9689fa65361e61a243" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>4 members shall be appointed for a term of 3 years;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42790a8a073a4159a3937aa16c64da7c" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>4 members shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1bd9b225c674486c9f420b2e4ae4d472" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>4 members shall be appointed for a term of 1 year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2c086e85c14240dd8c929db05508e7e9" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reappointment; replacement</header><text>A member of the Board may be reappointed or replaced at the discretion of the official who made the original appointment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id261605dae1344863be867956f3c6c289" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Chairperson; co-chairperson</header><subparagraph id="id0c3f34a004e94908bc3970f57c3fcf29" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Board shall be approved by the Secretary of State based upon a recommendation from the members of the Board.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a8ccd16bead427b8f5bd8ec1e0ae0ce" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Service</header><text>The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall serve at the discretion of the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc3604aee47374d1fba3712c4805af802" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Board shall meet—</text><subparagraph id="idd9ed89555276409cbf17d41b5f41dea9" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the call of the Director of the Foreign Service Institute and the Chairperson; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10d4249233f04d74ad9c5f39caffb12b" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not fewer than 2 times per year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7105db2d87b7436abe3ef73ac274384d" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Each member of the Board shall serve without compensation, except that a member of the Board shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service for the Board. Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may accept the voluntary and uncompensated service of members of the Board.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0cd9ecaefab54625bef3ad2866eca6d4" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Applicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Board established under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id18fe18d2910a4e0ca695041348b029f0" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Establishment of Provost of the Foreign Service Institute</header><paragraph id="id83ac5632657c43779081349924ebfd3d" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Foreign Service Institute the position of Provost.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id684efdb888b943c189726f86d9611a48" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointment; reporting</header><text>The Provost shall—</text><subparagraph id="id200c10be10b045e298e9899e13340433" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be appointed by the Board of Visitors of the Foreign Service Institute established under subsection (e); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1470e8afffb4412cae86dfe04fd881fa" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>report to the Director of the Foreign Service Institute.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idec645d1ee7b441bdbd9965831963a7ec" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The Provost—</text><subparagraph id="id1227ae82ad5d44b8b216592e18d1545e" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may not be an individual who is an officer or employee of the Federal Government or who has ever been a career member of the Senior Foreign Service or the Senior Executive Service; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17badd20e2cb48bfb77a04a1f9af898c" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be an eminent authority in the fields of diplomacy, education, management, leadership, economics, history, trade, or technology.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id665b815a22cd4f7a9045fa24996baa0f" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Provost shall—</text><subparagraph id="id4d3f198517d247fe92af7c4bb16a1026" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>oversee, review, evaluate, and coordinate the academic curriculum for all courses taught and administered by the Foreign Service Institute;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19903c263e224bd5886b7ebe985cb61e" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate the implementation of a letter or numerical grading system for the performance of Foreign Service officers in courses of the Foreign Service Institute; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id882d3ff9a0524eef97ecaf7d5e10aaf0" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>report not less frequently than quarterly to the Board of Visitors regarding the development of curriculum and the performance of Foreign Service officers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1869600917314830b68b9a7c1074f21b" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Term</header><text>The Provost shall serve for a term of not fewer than 5 years and may be reappointed for 1 additional 5-year term.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida5c1528651f74831a3cb4f5045498c58" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The Provost shall receive a salary commensurate with the rank and experience of a member of the Senior Foreign Service or the Senior Executive Service, as determined by the Board of Visitors.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc9729b54856148e88f38b74ca2af72c0" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Other agency responsibilities and opportunities for congressional staff</header><paragraph id="idf7afa5fff4b7405aa02654e0644405f7" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Other agencies</header><text>National security agencies other than the Department should be afforded the ability to increase the enrollment of their personnel in courses at the Foreign Service Institute and other training and professional development facilities of the Department to promote a whole-of-government approach to mitigating national security challenges.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0038ca99dcf412890d0c588734e304a" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional staff</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that describes—</text><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="id360D73FC7B474F66853FC952A8186217"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the training and professional development opportunities at the Foreign Service Institute and other Department facilities for congressional staff;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="id578D04E8D17E4537A7D38E97F20D3E15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the budget impacts of such opportunities; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idD9017F8942F54A5186A438A4D735D4EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>potential course offerings.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id012f07e345a64ae79f869e110ac9cf28" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Strategy for adapting training requirements for modern diplomatic needs</header><paragraph id="idD759EAFBE7654C3EAF76B9F266468109" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy for adapting and evolving training requirements to better meet the Department’s current and future needs for 21st century diplomacy. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id846EB960E2E04505AC10F51E3EB8540C" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The strategy required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:</text><subparagraph id="id339b5b284279454bb5af4ce53c18035e" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Integrating training requirements into the Department’s promotion policies, including establishing educational and professional development standards for training and attainment to be used as a part of tenure and promotion guidelines.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5c1814f0e1e74db7817e34338a0bb878" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Addressing multiple existing and emerging national security challenges, including—</text><clause id="idF9902DBDEDF846AFB0DBF5A136320C65" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>democratic backsliding and authoritarianism; </text></clause><clause id="id1E2AA5EF7E414348AD42D00E6D3D579A" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>countering, and assisting United States allies to address, state-sponsored disinformation, including through the Global Engagement Center; </text></clause><clause id="idD0B1B24954574D77B7C03DB4A2060714" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>cyber threats; </text></clause><clause id="id8DDD04D299B348BBAF7A5F2217FAD56C" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>aggression and malign influence;</text></clause><clause id="id92730B481A0A4F97A3193211A9510A38" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the implications of climate change for United States diplomacy; and </text></clause><clause id="id8B893BA72B33445AABC35A22C98AB032" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>nuclear threats.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id362b69fc23574ffa9f9e626463c3e2b0" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Establishing residential training for the A–100 orientation course administered by the Foreign Service Institute and evaluating the feasibility of residential training for long-term training opportunities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id33591e3d0e734d21a647c554680aa511" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Utilization of existing resources</header><text>In establishing the residential training program pursuant to paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idB8368D1AF82341509EBFABCF1B61A523"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collaborate with other national security departments and agencies that employ residential training for their orientation courses; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idFB8C556D8C7D4605936C21CAD01090D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consider using the Department's Foreign Affairs Security Training Center in Blackstone, Virginia. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb95f646e181848c59e6bf6a821b0a657" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Report and briefing requirements</header><paragraph id="iddbad0f1361204f0ea58c74d95c6b6413" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that includes—</text><subparagraph id="iddc6a41f0221943b195d9dd0aeb472bd2" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a strategy for broadening and deepening professional development and training at the Department, including assessing current and future needs for 21st century diplomacy;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide7755c9163dd48b8afe8181d194df311" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the process used and resources needed to implement the strategy referred to in subparagraph (A) throughout the Department; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idca2c60375e504969a1fe8dfd7302a95c" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the results and impact of the strategy on the workforce of the Department, particularly the relationship between professional development and training and promotions for Department personnel, and the measurement and evaluation methods used to evaluate such results.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd0fed47666044428b21cea0404bebc2a" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary submits the report required under paragraph (1), and annually thereafter for 2 years, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the information required to be included in the report.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd7bca3bdd6bb4be586dec620fba9d4da" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Foreign language maintenance incentive program</header><paragraph id="id0F762996162D4260AD7649A7CF0675C1" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to establish and implement an incentive program to encourage members of the Foreign Service who possess language proficiency in any of the languages that qualify for bonus points, as determined by the Secretary, to maintain critical foreign language skills.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7625C4A5EE374DCAA01BF40AF4BBBF31" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that includes a detailed plan for implementing the program authorized under paragraph (1), including anticipated resource requirements to carry out such program. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id180AD19249584BB099C61E0D574C1A72" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Department of State workforce management</header><paragraph id="idCA43BE1C93A643BF857785580A80E495" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that informed, data-driven, and long-term workforce management, including with respect to the Foreign Service, the Civil Service, locally employed staff, and contractors, is needed to align diplomatic priorities with the appropriate personnel and resources. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id528BE1280457476CAD60FC3BE57EA736" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual workforce report</header><subparagraph id="id5BBDA6E545C347B39EE799821E634CAB" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to understand the Department’s long-term trends with respect to its workforce, the Secretary, is consultation with relevant bureaus and offices, including the Bureau of Global Talent Management, the Bureau of Consular Affairs, and the Center for Analytics, shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that details the Department’s workforce, disaggregated by Foreign Service, Civil Service, locally employed staff, and contractors, including, with respect to the reporting period—</text><clause id="id83b4b7d24874454fae5dcada65299383" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of personnel who were hired;</text></clause><clause id="id113a6fe5d7604e18a426822419f0854b" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of personnel whose employment or contract was terminated or who voluntarily left the Department;</text></clause><clause id="id3a96dd6236c541f8a43a4d2ba5b1f125" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of personnel who were promoted, including the grade to which they were promoted; </text></clause><clause id="id351AE172C15448448895704998D13CDA" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the demographic breakdown of personnel; and</text></clause><clause id="idbf1d16d263c74037a9d150034a3708e4" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the distribution of the Department’s workforce based on domestic and overseas assignments, including a breakdown of the number of personnel in geographic and functional bureaus, and the number of personnel in overseas missions by region.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD2F198C8E8944CF4AC740A8603223C0D" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the report described in subparagraph (A) for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2022. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id80f13bafd53f43c4a9d5397ddf7038a8" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Recurring report</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter for the following 9 years, the Secretary shall submit the report described in subparagraph (A) for the most recently concluded fiscal year. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide6476df26bc7469890aa5657d1c64091" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of report data</header><text>The data in each of the reports required under this paragraph shall be used by Congress, in coordination with the Secretary, to inform recommendations on the appropriate size and composition of the Department. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC4F61A88CCEB4A1FA7B328A24E8E319B" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Sense of Congress on the importance of filling the position of Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that since a vacancy in the position of Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is detrimental to the national security interests of the United States, the President should expeditiously nominate a qualified individual to such position whenever such vacancy occurs to ensure that the bureaus reporting to such position are able to fulfill their mission of—</text><paragraph id="id44FDF7467D24473DA6EC5BE6C6C61D7B" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expanding and strengthening relationships between the people of the United States and citizens of other countries; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1BF5F2841CD943A7B813A79B047AEBFB" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">engaging, informing, and understanding the perspectives of foreign audiences.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3cc0d8d5adbd4379a60210a68d2d5243" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Report on public diplomacy</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 a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that includes—</text><paragraph id="id604CB7545ACC404AA808D3B2C01E94A0" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an evaluation of the May 2019 merger of the Bureau of Public Affairs and the Bureau of International Information Programs into the Bureau of Global Public Affairs with respect to—</text><subparagraph id="id641767c7c579421eac1726de64379b47" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the efficacy of the current configuration of the bureaus reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in achieving the mission of the Department;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideff6d70d966a4e75b5ad2b108a99f394" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the metrics before and after such merger, including personnel data, disaggregated by position and location, content production, opinion polling, program evaluations, and media appearances;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd14e698558bb4e59888ecef4ad0616d5" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the results of a survey of public diplomacy practitioners to determine their opinion of the efficacy of such merger and any adjustments that still need to be made; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfcc8fe57736e480083bf7185835eeb35" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a plan for evaluating and monitoring, not less frequently than once every 2 years, the programs, activities, messaging, professional development efforts, and structure of the Bureau of Global Public Affairs, and submitting a summary of each such evaluation to the appropriate committees of Congress; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id639b8da2ab474b80b047459bc223c4f1" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a review of recent outside recommendations for modernizing diplomacy at the Department with respect to public diplomacy efforts, including—</text><subparagraph id="id504c1b9280d74b908ee54f71ab05beec" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>efforts in each of the bureaus reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs to address issues of diversity and inclusion in their work, structure, data collection, programming, and personnel, including any collaboration with the Chief Officer for Diversity and Inclusion;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b2d93626c4d47a4bb0113f11060fe88" changed="not-changed" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>proposals to collaborate with think tanks and academic institutions working on public diplomacy issues to implement recent outside recommendations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8676e58b34964691ae984e57842db375" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text>additional authorizations and appropriations necessary to implement such recommendations. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5c9da7d0a0e34a788cae3ed807102741"><enum>207.</enum><header>Security clearance approval process</header><subsection id="id1b68d4adc8a042c289e1d02597de8b84"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit recommendations to the appropriate congressional committees for streamlining the security clearance approval process within the Bureau of Diplomatic Security so that the security clearance approval process for Civil Service and Foreign Service applicants is completed within 6 months, on average, and within 1 year, in the vast majority of cases.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9859837bc97544efa89ec2bacc0f488c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the recommendations are submitted pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text><paragraph id="id81DAADA94E8847C18C7EA16E17947461"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the status of the efforts of the Department to streamline the security clearance approval process; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1A21B53041064B03B7D3FC56B21E4FB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies any remaining obstacles preventing security clearances from being completed within the time frames set forth in subsection (a), including lack of cooperation or other actions by other Federal departments and agencies. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2067d49bb416452b8eab418b58ddc214"><enum>208.</enum><header>Addendum for study on foreign service allowances</header><subsection id="id70580944b41440bb8d573534180bec15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an addendum to the report required under section 5302 of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2021 (division E of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/81">Public Law 117–81</external-xref>), which shall be entitled the <quote>Report on Bidding for Domestic and Overseas Posts and Filling Unfilled Positions</quote>. The addendum shall be prepared using input from the same federally funded research and development center that prepared the analysis conducted for purposes of such report.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida677fc8d374f47658f347c6327f20a6c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The addendum required under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id5dba1aa344224f028a8fe767d34c46b9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the total number of domestic and overseas positions open during the most recent summer bidding cycle;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42869b18ff2f4661b7cea2b16ca676be"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the total number of bids each position received;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfc6dfb343ccb485eb29f7d77a7331021"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of unfilled positions at the conclusion of the most recent summer bidding cycle, disaggregated by bureau; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb922cf090d0453aa1b31682dcc20581"><enum>(4)</enum><text>detailed recommendations and a timeline for—</text><subparagraph id="id140E669EF2114F90B56CEE87E5928F03"><enum>(A)</enum><text>increasing the number of qualified bidders for underbid positions; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id26998C4B233147278524ABB417C1B543"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimizing the number of unfilled positions at the end of bidding season. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id431d775552204caba5f5b43dffa79419"><enum>209.</enum><header>Curtailments, removals from post, and waivers of privileges and immunities</header><subsection id="idc3e3479a52b346eead9bd0c52e6e2187"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Curtailments report</header><paragraph id="idD9BAC0D521CB48F996518E2981DF37B7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding curtailments of Department personnel from overseas posts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idda012eb430fa4f91888b6c3c0ea6b256"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the report required under paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id566620A9B7BB4ABB8C22D5A137C1756A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>relevant information about any post that, during the 6-month period preceding the report—</text><clause id="id1543E5976A74441490C7F393A67EB9C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>had more than 5 curtailments; or </text></clause><clause id="id34D90FCB7ABC4C7AA60B968F3FFAEFF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>had curtailments representing more than 5 percent of Department personnel at such post; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8EACBF25AD824A1A90289B704BCA580B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for each post referred to in subparagraph (A), the number of curtailments, disaggregated by month of occurrence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfd84210eeb134c8fbf866cd269deef63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Removal of diplomats</header><text>Not later than 5 days after the date on which any United States personnel under Chief of Mission authority is declared persona non grata by a host government, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="idB45551D35DA54D7190AA4F624EEF6454"><enum>(1)</enum><text>notify the appropriate congressional committees of such declaration; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id623AFCFF019B4A21AF683C5FBC1794D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include with such notification—</text><subparagraph id="id38398CDCAFAF4CB1B9447AA6FF59EFD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the official reason for such declaration (if provided by the host government);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAF54A2BE0AB24B0481474135BCABD7BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date of the declaration; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36A826D0905843B8AB38ADDA90212138"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the Department responded by declaring a host government’s diplomat in the United States persona non grata.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id79dde1374d194c229809676eebb7b676"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver of privileges and immunities</header><text>Not later than 15 days after any waiver of privileges and immunities pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, done at Vienna April 18, 1961, that is applicable to an entire diplomatic post or to the majority of United States personnel under Chief of Mission authority, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of such waiver and the reason for such waiver. </text></subsection><subsection id="id9398a101e4a9463384d649707f83203b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>This section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subsection></section><section id="id054a3ab884c344d7ac24b513c25c47f8"><enum>210.</enum><header>Report on worldwide availability</header><subsection id="id0EEB1E5927914EA1A1C29FD34687B95A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 270 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility of requiring that each member of the Foreign Service, at the time of entry into the Foreign Service and thereafter, be worldwide available, as determined by the Secretary. </text></subsection><subsection id="idAD3419FAEB7C43CABA2F47F4A0DACDC2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id7870bf21401446309d529ed99c36e64c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the feasibility of a worldwide availability requirement for all members of the Foreign Service;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc7fe6c0b717a4fffae6c916bd8b3886e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>considerations if such a requirement were to be implemented, including the potential effect on recruitment and retention; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1295e2996f734b5fb479e97d10b4c2eb"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations for exclusions and limitations, including exemptions for medical reasons, disability, and other circumstances.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf5e6b712b93a4596a3c035fda5148eb7"><enum>211.</enum><header>Professional development</header><subsection id="id4582cff823d54f4b94544e1d615b77e7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall strongly encourage that Foreign Service officers seeking entry into the Senior Foreign Service participate in professional development described in subsection (c).</text></subsection><subsection id="id54a6b7d981774cff8e8c4f7fbe30e2c8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit recommendations on requiring that Foreign Service officers complete professional development described in subsection (c) to be eligible for entry into the Senior Foreign Service.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9a75c8b8561b499da9970b38e4340925"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Professional development described</header><text>Professional development described in this subsection is not less than 6 months of training or experience outside of the Department, including time spent—</text><paragraph id="id3c46f4b20bf24243a0b450963bb0339f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as a detailee to another government agency, including Congress or a State, Tribal, or local government;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf08975a3735d496a92ffeff9acc358ef"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in Department-sponsored and -funded university training that results in an advanced degree, excluding time spent at a university that is fully funded or operated by the Federal Government.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc893963eee534811a22ff3d44f47bac3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Promotion precepts</header><text>The Secretary shall instruct promotion boards to consider positively long-term training and out-of-agency detail assignments. </text></subsection></section><section id="H3E31892432944A94A9091CFCF4E6092C"><enum>212.</enum><header>Management assessments at diplomatic and consular posts</header><subsection id="idcfcabacea85b45669b204f33f4bbda9c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall annually conduct, at each diplomatic and consular post, a voluntary survey, which shall be offered to all staff assigned to that post who are citizens of the United States (excluding the Chief of Mission) to assess the management and leadership of that post by the Chief of Mission, the Deputy Chief of Mission, and the Charge d'Affaires. </text></subsection><subsection id="id7E13DD4C345C4787A48CA21CC072FB39"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Anonymity</header><text>All responses to the survey shall be—</text><paragraph id="idAAEFDE8D27754062BE80EB544B6AE7C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fully anonymized; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id431471EDB10942BEB4317B0F5616407F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>made available to the Director General of the Foreign Service.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idef6c8003c94b4760920244bcf88c548a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Survey</header><text>The survey shall seek to assess—</text><paragraph id="id4dd0c08a3cf24915a2154bcb6dc37def"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the general morale at post;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd12fb21de78741fb80ffe92c8324ff5f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the presence of any hostile work environment;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf65cf8dcacab480480ad7ba73f35904b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the presence of any harassment, discrimination, retaliation, or other mistreatment; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d5986988e4f40d694669d6b8bcd8346"><enum>(4)</enum><text>effective leadership and collegial work environment. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1c57739fb1e4495a81656cda620028f3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Director General recommendations</header><text>Upon compilation and review of the surveys, the Director General of the Foreign Service shall issue recommendations to posts, as appropriate, based on the findings of the surveys. </text></subsection><subsection id="id479cbe17fafb4951a59271249d4b9c3e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Referral</header><text>If the surveys reveal any action that is grounds for referral to the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service, the Director General of the Foreign Service may refer the matter to the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service, who shall, as the Inspector General considers appropriate, conduct an inspection of the post in accordance with section 209(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3929">22 U.S.C. 3929(b)</external-xref>). </text></subsection><subsection id="id0eda45838c454d2e89e673ee891150f1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>The Director General of the Foreign Service shall submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—</text><paragraph id="idC22B719D48954735AF761AC7AD7386EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any trends or summaries from the surveys;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0AE341CB07DA4733AF0385AF1C9A5A76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the posts where corrective action was recommended or taken in response to any issues identified by the surveys; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id613EB76272A5458DB6421C0797E891AE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of referrals to the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service, as applicable.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFEA28E648A3F4804874FA9D4D681AFCF" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Initial basis</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the surveys required under this section on an initial basis for 5 years. </text></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Embassy security and construction</header><section id="id20514a6f311845969eb0d7a2260632b0"><enum>301.</enum><header>Amendments to Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999</header><subsection id="id7FEFFF8685654CFF8C406EEC7BB5234B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 2022</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idab83345e1a2c4a5abab958980612f7dd" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text><paragraph id="idab47e22f7f6d408abbb2e918cb95df99" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of appendix G of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/113">Public Law 106–113</external-xref>) was a necessary response to bombings on August 7, 1998, at the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that were destroyed by simultaneously exploding bombs. The resulting explosions killed 220 persons and injured more than 4,000 others. Twelve Americans and 40 Kenyan and Tanzanian employees of the United States Foreign Service were killed in the attacks.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6a55edeac8cd4cbca3f742d75f72aa33" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Those bombings, followed by the expeditionary diplomatic efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, demonstrated the need to prioritize the security of United States posts and personnel abroad above other considerations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida43f96404d864a01b662818daf613104" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Between 1999 and 2022, the risk calculus of the Department impacted the ability of United States diplomats around the world to advance the interests of the United States through access to local populations, leaders, and places.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27b03e08e62940f4a95413038c1b06d2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>America's competitors and adversaries do not have the same restrictions that United States diplomats have, especially in critically important medium-threat and high-threat posts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idde66f03eeae14c87a58d744271fdba9c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Department’s 2021 Overseas Security Panel report states that—</text><subparagraph id="id4c7645cc4f494423960048f727002e40" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the requirement for setback and collocation of diplomatic posts under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 606(a) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4865">22 U.S.C. 4865(a)</external-xref>) has led to skyrocketing costs of new embassies and consulates; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc085cb4e86d4e68b737b758142e4988" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the locations of such posts have become less desirable, creating an extremely suboptimal nexus that further hinders United States diplomats who are willing to accept more risk in order to advance United States interests. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id09f45148f4ed4aeeb41c4519d3621307" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="idf199ac088a304ba39c895e276539623c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the setback and collocation requirements referred to in subsection (b)(5)(A), even with available waivers, no longer provide the security such requirements used to provide because of advancement in technologies, such as remote controlled drones, that can evade walls and other such static barriers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide69057aba51147459e6298f8c7267376" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department should focus on creating performance security standards that—</text><subparagraph id="id419d6d44c69842c4806caecb33af5414" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>attempt to keep the setback requirements of diplomatic posts as limited as possible; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida8f76bba6bf94fe6ada42b0191835b2d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide diplomats access to local populations as much as possible, while still providing a necessary level of security;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3e01bc0e7f904875baa0ceeea4026379" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>collocation of diplomatic facilities is often not feasible or advisable, particularly for public diplomacy spaces whose mission is to reach and be accessible to wide sectors of the public, including in countries with repressive governments, since such spaces are required to permit the foreign public to enter and exit the space easily and openly;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1a85811bd03343ad9727055ed490da2b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Bureau of Diplomatic Security should—</text><subparagraph id="id98347911b6c04cf79699d80c633e43d9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fully utilize the waiver process provided under paragraphs (2)(B) and (3)(B) of section 606(a) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4865">22 U.S.C. 4865(a)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id82022ac793624f88a92d874ae870f1ba" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>appropriately exercise such waiver process as a tool to right-size the appropriate security footing at each diplomatic post rather than only approving waivers in extreme circumstances;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id38a7803797324bfe93a28f07a0f2ea6c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the return of great power competition requires—</text><subparagraph id="idfb1f9314aacc47d799f62c430fab28e2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>United States diplomats to do all they can to outperform our adversaries; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id388fa6c1d4b04ac995806228ffc2829c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Department to better optimize use of taxpayer funding to advance United States national interests; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7e4ba11106824844976506c33a0d1d3a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>this section will better enable United States diplomats to compete in the 21st century, while saving United States taxpayers millions in reduced property and maintenance costs at embassies and consulates abroad. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3c02e3d38abf4501acf5d586499c65fe" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition of United States diplomatic facility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 603 of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of appendix G of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/113">Public Law 106–113</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5990C41C27AB49E3AE986E4785A6A5A6" changed="not-changed"><section id="idc889b8ac883b4ca6b35780269046831a" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>603.</enum><header>United States diplomatic facility defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the terms <term>United States diplomatic facility</term> and <term>diplomatic facility</term> mean any chancery, consulate, or other office that—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id72BAD9BE362447CDAFDB16BEA6B9E47E" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is considered by the Secretary of State to be diplomatic or consular premises, consistent with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, done at Vienna April 18, 1961, and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and was notified to the host government as such; or </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id999EF4722F314D748FD804F11B2C06CD" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is otherwise subject to a publicly available bilateral agreement with the host government (contained in the records of the United States Department of State) that recognizes the official status of the United States Government personnel present at the facility.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id886C03B8DC504E7A80DF50658C06EE4D" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Guidance and requirements for diplomatic facilities</header><paragraph id="idF178809ADE0046498B749DAEE11A4E00" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Guidance for closure of public diplomacy facilities</header><text>Section 5606(a) of the Public Diplomacy Modernization Act of 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/81">Public Law 117–81</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/1475g">22 U.S.C. 1475g</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A0F647AE4D84B13B338520C26BEF0A2" changed="not-changed"><subsection id="id8CF245B523734A6784C9E56AEE33BF07" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to preserve public diplomacy facilities that are accessible to the publics of foreign countries, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 2022</short-title>, the Secretary of State shall adopt guidelines to collect and utilize information from each diplomatic post at which the construction of a new embassy compound or new consulate compound could result in the closure or co-location of an American Space that is owned and operated by the United States Government, generally known as an American Center, 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 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idDE1F0EF11D62404895757DD639474A6B" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Security requirements for United States diplomatic facilities</header><text>Section 606(a) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4865">22 U.S.C. 4865(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id3845410b35ed48fdba21312fd8c1c484" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>the threat</quote> and inserting <quote>a range of threats, including that</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98aa15b90fe7410cbcea24e332c491ae" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause id="id31b9cd2690f54d0b8e35fc1748980f9c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subclause id="id190AE332F2D9412981CBF76B7683EB10" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>in a location that has certain minimum ratings under the Security Environment Threat List as determined by the Secretary in his or her discretion</quote> after <quote>abroad</quote>; and </text></subclause><subclause id="id8af5eba71b8f4d1f93b679786cf10cfc" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, personnel of the Peace Corps, and personnel of any other type or category of facility that the Secretary may identify</quote> after <quote>military commander</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id4b6ab85632764fb88ac2ab324fc35e8e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="id447C677ADFEE426E9748809709A4D898" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by amending clause (i) to read as follows: </text><quoted-block id="id73F8426AC4734DB29A8CC7B2C018AA9B" style="OLC" act-name="" changed="not-changed"><clause id="idC481286DCB234C8E8C1278B82A54F9FA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary of State may waive subparagraph (A) if the Secretary, in consultation with, as appropriate, the head of each agency employing personnel that would not be located at the site, if applicable, determines that it is in the national interest of the United States after taking account of any considerations the Secretary in his or her discretion considers relevant, which may include security conditions.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="idc07307d05a634cd38f1a37cd6878a434" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>(ii) <header-in-text style="OLC" level="clause">Chancery or consulate building</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>15 days prior</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="id0A0FD1B4F800421985E652DD184B908A" style="OLC" act-name="" changed="not-changed"><clause id="idA0E1A350FA894EB1A3DCC81F97F2CE24" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Chancery or consulate building</header><text>Prior</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6d49237215844568bb2a3366669738a5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><clause id="id675c348f7f7d42bb8866c2b5965423c2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb393fc7b1552429f9a340a5cae677742" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph id="id588470b7f5724580b3ee553141627659" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><clause id="id9B82899074904B2BB21B0AD8CE7EF538" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each newly acquired United States diplomatic facility in a location that has certain minimum ratings under the Security Environment Threat List as determined by the Secretary of State in his or her discretion shall—</text><subclause id="idEC6BE6BFF6F348FAB28305A4291D70BE" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be constructed or modified to meet the measured building blast performance standard applicable to a diplomatic facility sited not less than 100 feet from the perimeter of the property on which the facility is situated; or </text></subclause><subclause id="idF3EB3C6257B54EF8913B755B31366FF8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>fulfill the criteria described in clause (ii). </text></subclause></clause><clause id="id39125d2c831d4b25b85cf16c740e04c9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Alternative engineering equivalency standard requirement</header><text>Each facility referred to in clause (i) may, instead of meeting the requirement under such clause, fulfill such other criteria as the Secretary is authorized to employ to achieve an engineering standard of security and degree of protection that is equivalent to the numerical perimeter distance setback described in such clause seeks to achieve.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id8077d2e2fd0f4bf4b23bd899fbc2a4ab" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subclause id="id308F52F9E25A47C2BBF5E21D525E43E1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text><item id="id41f5b32095ea4f54b58e98e9cea5e91b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking <quote>security considerations permit and</quote>; and</text></item><item id="idc15015668ed2447abf87db04de1a6df7" changed="not-changed"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>after taking account of any considerations the Secretary in his or her discretion considers relevant, which may include security conditions</quote> after <quote>national interest of the United States</quote>; </text></item></subclause><subclause id="id11cc7a2142bf4d2b826005725609239b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>(ii) <header-in-text style="OLC" level="clause">Chancery or consulate building</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>15 days prior</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE908D10FEB74050ABEC3DE59A4CDC12" changed="not-changed"><clause id="idE1881E6BF5F64C4ABFEFFD65DA24B3DF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Chancery or consulate building</header><text>Prior </text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause id="id32c3ba553ce9445cbea40b8d834eae69" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>an annual</quote> and inserting <quote>a quarterly</quote>. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2A4FD5775E8142B28A39694706C208B3"><enum>302.</enum><header>Diplomatic support and security</header><subsection id="id10897078-f348-4b40-bbad-7c2a59f1cf66" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Diplomatic Support and Security Act of 2022</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id88f6e48e1bdd46999948a1c794276be4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress makes the following findings:</text><paragraph id="ide45b5d3c8e2b4b2a87fc9d0d3ef1a30c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A robust overseas diplomatic presence is part of an effective foreign policy, particularly in volatile environments where a flexible and timely diplomatic response can be decisive in preventing and addressing conflict.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id17fa218800f3405187edd3afe1e7e707" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Diplomats routinely put themselves and their families at great personal risk to serve their country overseas where they face threats related to international terrorism, violent conflict, and public health.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id66f1ef3b0ef042feab680e007a3c7b97" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Department has a remarkable record of protecting personnel while enabling an enormous amount of global diplomatic activity, often in unsecure and remote places and facing a variety of evolving risks and threats. With support from Congress, the Department of State has revised policy, improved physical security through retrofitting and replacing old facilities, deployed additional security personnel and armored vehicles, and greatly enhanced training requirements and training facilities, including the new Foreign Affairs Security Training Center in Blackstone, Virginia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a3b23c50cad43728455e0318189f16c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Diplomatic missions rely on robust staffing and ambitious external engagement to advance United States interests as diverse as competing with China’s malign influence around the world, fighting terrorism and transnational organized crime, preventing and addressing violent conflict and humanitarian disasters, promoting United States businesses and trade, protecting the rights of marginalized groups, addressing climate change, and preventing pandemic disease.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id40b0e337d2b245bc9979fba8f21d842a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Efforts to protect personnel overseas have often resulted in inhibiting diplomatic activity and limiting engagement between embassy personnel and local governments and populations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb758882b943044a59ec6884fe82a7bdf" changed="not-changed"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Given that Congress currently provides annual appropriations in excess of $1,900,000,000 for embassy security, construction, and maintenance, the Department should be able ensure a robust overseas presence without inhibiting the ability of diplomats to—</text><subparagraph id="idf7366cd0706a44f4b5d114d29d4cdc40" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>meet outside United States secured facilities with foreign leaders to explain, defend, and advance United States priorities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb46bb17c09b478c964b9a01d04adbae" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>understand and report on foreign political, social, and economic conditions through meeting and interacting with community officials outside of United States facilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18f2ebe0aec942deb1baa141e86c4125" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide United States citizen services; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44567d0a8e4f4c2a8d4fbb409191cb0c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>collaborate and, at times, compete with other diplomatic missions, particularly those, such as that of the People’s Republic of China, that do not have restrictions on meeting locations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id50b1a0e947934592a12bcb8761411102" changed="not-changed"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Given these stakes, Congress has a responsibility to empower, support, and hold the Department accountable for implementing an aggressive strategy to ensure a robust overseas presence that mitigates potential risks and adequately considers the myriad direct and indirect consequences of a lack of diplomatic presence.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8b44990ca40f4f238cb6a48e950d1e66" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Encouraging expeditionary diplomacy</header><paragraph id="id7b7534e0a7a642e3ba9e6855f0516f95" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>Section 102(b) of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4801">22 U.S.C. 4801(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idbe64968cbf44467eb585b86ab4c9297e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f1f564523714102bd15350eb59fbd77" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="idd97bdfb3d79c4dfd92417e9caaa9a29c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to promote strengthened security measures, institutionalize a culture of learning, and, in the case of apparent gross negligence or breach of duty, recommend that the Secretary investigate accountability for United States Government personnel with security-related responsibilities;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd8466fe642f54bf29786b4fe22b8db3a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25a0f56db91c4bbb89bb1ea4b4c4e2d1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c0aae3b4cc546f6a5a2c9c76d44da13" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id5c572876676a4edea6ec3d6f916254d0" changed="not-changed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to support a culture of risk management, instead of risk avoidance, that enables the Department of State to pursue its vital goals with full knowledge that it is neither desirable nor possible for the Department to avoid all risks;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf428178916dc439780ec4c45edb76fd3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Briefings on embassy security</header><text>Section 105(a)(1) of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4804">22 U.S.C. 4804(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id15ddac5c92e3494ea0694a4e3c130ff8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>any plans to open or reopen a high risk, high threat post</quote> and inserting <quote>progress towards opening or reopening a high risk, high threat post, and the risk to national security of the continued closure or any suspension of operations and remaining barriers to doing so</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id535ee19cdc444dce9b118cd19c145860" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>the risk to United States national security of the post’s continued closure or suspension of operations,</quote> after <quote>national security of the United States,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8134e5ab87e8459b89f6f528f51af4de" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by inserting <quote>the type and level of security threats such post could encounter, and</quote> before <quote>security <quote>tripwires</quote></quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7f4bce6e900e42c8a3e8af2cd7956019" changed="not-changed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Security review committees</header><paragraph id="id945ac6ac41004fcbb7015d443b7fc163" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 301 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4831">22 U.S.C. 4831</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="ide286e3c17cd4481d9ed14b79293e589b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Accountability Review Boards</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Security Review Committees</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcd8fe58994ac4ed7aa1e717af3aa03a9" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><clause id="idd7e7998b8a7a4683a6780e52f667e294" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c328c169c274e8682b278b5f1c266c9" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id4bd8ef4d3d2b4f52bcce6d6ec0deb71e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Convening the security review committee</header><text>In any case of a serious security incident involving loss of life, serious injury, or significant destruction of property at, or related to, a United States Government diplomatic mission abroad (referred to in this title as a <quote>Serious Security Incident</quote>), and in any case of a serious breach of security involving intelligence activities of a foreign government directed at a United States Government mission abroad, the Secretary of State shall convene a Security Review Committee, which shall issue a report providing a full account of what occurred, consistent with section 304.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idae2e695d1f7a424dbacaf5a0c92bb77f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id35cc43ddc3a64ac08b20f412bcbfa292" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id586721ecd18e42fb8cbd7bbd6fb73150" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="iddfd197d196ed409a9a82311585ad57b8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Committee composition</header><text>The Secretary shall designate a Chairperson and may designate additional personnel of commensurate seniority to serve on the Security Review Committee, which shall include—</text><subparagraph id="iddaa983e8add3443cb8450dcadda290a4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Director of the Office of Management Strategy and Solutions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6e38a64fde204b05adb60f52b82b41f2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary responsible for the region where the incident occurred;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id28612e677d324feca3341d822507bd8f" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5843cf38a7fb4c4dabbfa9f9187891ab" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9da906f8a97343c6bb008f75277c7b8d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an Assistant Secretary-level representative from any involved United States Government department or agency; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6d65d505b00d4bd191e955e066ded4fb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other personnel determined to be necessary or appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block><clause id="id7851220ec9c047fabb0ae99368ddfef5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), as redesignated by clause (ii)—</text><subclause id="id3e6dbfffe0b44bf2b439685910c1b0d9" commented="no" changed="not-changed"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Department of Defense facilities and personnel</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Exceptions to convening a security review committee</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idA2144C63FA0F4E359B4DEAEC9A4A63EA" changed="not-changed"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary of State is not required to convene a Board in the case</quote> and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block id="idCDD7674AAD5242AFA395F9404F09C16B" style="OLC" act-name="" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph id="id6A66C064B04642D1976842BEE56FF6B2" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State is not required to convene a Security Review Committee—</text><clause id="id2F4A366C5F2F4F06B3CFF871E9EF4B30" changed="not-changed"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the Secretary determines that the incident involves only causes unrelated to security, such as when the security at issue is outside of the scope of the Secretary of State’s security responsibilities under section 103;</text></clause><clause id="idF26F0CEEDF044B8BB1ECE4A2204FA019" changed="not-changed"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if operational control of overseas security functions has been delegated to another agency in accordance with section 106;</text></clause><clause id="id825AA4A64335492E8443BF442064EECF" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if the incident is a cybersecurity incident and is covered by other review mechanisms; or</text></clause><clause id="id5CAA6DF6B9DD40ECA42CA052221AD94A" changed="not-changed"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in the case</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id09EAF0A9F7FD430F9D05F8DC6F9C6C70" changed="not-changed"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In any such case</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="id463EC8BB3A834AA5AE46CDD0B76362A1" style="OLC" act-name="" changed="not-changed"><subparagraph id="idC5E4FDB7C0C146CEB24F97E411E43A43" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Department of Defense investigations</header><text>In the case of an incident described in subparagraph (A)(iv)</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47f702ba99344622b6d71a5facd447e3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb560d4ba081c4160a088f50885964a8e" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="id1d56c3f0c6eb4ec6be7cdb269174226e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text>The Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations defining the membership and operating procedures for the Security Review Committee and provide such guidance to the Chair and ranking members of the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idC3A53DFEF79242AA908D5400342D9963" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="idc001d711e1fc49f8ad68f75bc99128fb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">Boards</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">Security Review Committees</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3916b2970f8d487a9d404d287c93c14b" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e4fcd22309d4be3918a38beb638bbe8" changed="not-changed"><paragraph id="idacd1cffad594442b9374d8d5281519e1" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall convene an SRC not later than 60 days after the occurrence of an incident described in subsection (a)(1), or 60 days after the Department first becomes aware of such an incident, whichever is earlier, except that the 60-day period for convening an SRC may be extended for one additional 60-day period if the Secretary determines that the additional period is necessary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id70d0234d572d4184b80887d106ff880c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD226CBCDCA2C46329B106A8884E678CC"><subsection id="id01ed4c6445ff4bd4b8ebb40ba92682df"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>Whenever the Secretary of State convenes a Security Review Committee, the Secretary shall promptly inform the chair and ranking member of the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the chair and ranking member of the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idae2085fe3cc840da877cca9674e80bbb" changed="not-changed"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><text>Section 302 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4832">22 U.S.C. 4832</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1aabf739e2a44cc8b5af214a797be907" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Accountability Review Board</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Security Review Committee</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd2f908e4fb1e43f1bf8aa6a98adae36e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a Board</quote> each place such term appears and inserting <quote>a Security Review Committee</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id140a0fe593564cbba04d1459b5c6097e" changed="not-changed"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Serious security incident investigation process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4833">22 U.S.C. 4833</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f4fb5ff6d6f4734a734aebf6d15c0e8" changed="not-changed"><section id="id85c5934e839e493caa2a1364cc10f9a8" changed="not-changed"><enum>303.</enum><header>Serious Security Incident investigation process</header><subsection id="id5dc2e0b1c5da4d4a89add477930f1327" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Investigation process</header><paragraph id="id6762e0ef00c34fdba7e8683abd07e793" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initiation upon reported incident</header><text>A United States mission shall submit an initial report of a Serious Security Incident not later than 3 days after such incident occurs, whenever feasible, at which time an investigation of the incident shall be initiated.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd11df52a7a014aca99121dc40f710096" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Investigation</header><text>Not later than 10 days after the submission of a report pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall direct the Diplomatic Security Service to assemble an investigative team to investigate the incident and independently establish what occurred. Each investigation under this subsection shall cover—</text><subparagraph id="idb4aa58ba636843f08fcadd49bf525cd5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of what occurred, who perpetrated or is suspected of having perpetrated the Serious Security Incident, and whether applicable security procedures were followed;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddd2531b06b8c4e2e8ba1f93b240b9f50" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the event the Serious Security Incident involved a United States diplomatic compound, motorcade, residence, or other facility, an assessment of whether adequate security countermeasures were in effect based on known threat at the time of the incident;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3ce82cd6e194a9984360a80aaa9c055" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the incident involved an individual or group of officers, employees, or family members under Chief of Mission security responsibility conducting approved operations or movements outside the United States mission, an assessment of whether proper security briefings and procedures were in place and whether weighing of risk of the operation or movement took place; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98319fffc3394e33a563f9d534569a00" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment of whether the failure of any officials or employees to follow procedures or perform their duties contributed to the security incident.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD95ADC8870C4CDFA789B6788BA81896" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Investigative team</header><text>The investigative team assembled pursuant to paragraph (2) shall consist of individuals from the Diplomatic Security Service who shall provide an independent examination of the facts surrounding the incident and what occurred. The Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, shall review the makeup of the investigative team for a conflict, appearance of conflict, or lack of independence that could undermine the results of the investigation and may remove or replace any members of the team to avoid such an outcome.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5225819DC5C74E3AA0BC605DFC68CC02" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report of investigation</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the occurrence of a Serious Security Incident, the investigative team investigating the incident shall prepare and submit a Report of Investigation to the Security Review Committee that includes—</text><paragraph id="iddb26447783d04f31aa706de8e326e9ef" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a detailed description of the matters set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (a)(2), including all related findings;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc19031a1939446ca14d0ce90052b2d4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a complete and accurate account of the casualties, injuries, and damage resulting from the incident; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ea45e6aaa03486ea4688ef369a15653" changed="not-changed"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a review of security procedures and directives in place at the time of the incident.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id82a796eda5684a3fab631c6d8e64da8d" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>The investigative team investigating a Serious Security Incident shall adopt such procedures with respect to confidentiality as determined necessary, including procedures relating to the conduct of closed proceedings or the submission and use of evidence in camera, to ensure in particular the protection of classified information relating to national defense, foreign policy, or intelligence matters. The Director of National Intelligence shall establish the level of protection required for intelligence information and for information relating to intelligence personnel included in the report required under subsection (b). The Security Review Committee shall determine the level of classification of the final report prepared pursuant to section 304(b), and shall incorporate the same confidentiality measures in such report to the maximum extent practicable.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idd107937a9d5f420889cf8a7627312b35" changed="not-changed"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Findings and recommendations of the Security Review Committee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 304 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4834">22 U.S.C. 4834</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12ea39b3569c48c7b1a55394fdb92674" changed="not-changed"><section id="idafc760eb2f4f47508553d256b264bbe0" changed="not-changed"><enum>304.</enum><header>Security Review Committee findings and report</header><subsection id="iddeadbf6b72e0495f82e276a2ec016f05" changed="not-changed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The Security Review Committee shall—</text><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id3E126AA730294F4A8E8D0026BDFAD724"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the Report of Investigation prepared pursuant to section 303(b), and all other evidence, reporting, and relevant information relating to a Serious Security Incident at a United States mission abroad, including an examination of the facts and circumstances surrounding any serious injuries, loss of life, or significant destruction of property resulting from the incident; and</text></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="id5A26B8E315C84C74AAF2F5AF68B8DE01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>determine, in writing—</text><subparagraph id="ide8be0fc32d2a4dde9a75863e163223e4" changed="not-changed"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether the incident was security related and constituted a Serious Security Incident;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc53df329d4474714bc1fb99fa32a36fe" changed="not-changed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the incident involved a diplomatic compound, motorcade, residence, or other mission facility—</text><clause changed="not-changed" id="id7C921CD24832497398A140729B1A20D1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether the security systems, security countermeasures, and security procedures operated as intended; and</text></clause><clause changed="not-changed" id="id2062983D84014983800071FCEC184A4B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether such systems worked to materially mitigate the attack or were found to be inadequate to mitigate the threat and attack;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddd347295a7e74ec3b1049d932b1540c3" changed="not-changed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>if the incident involved an individual or group of officers conducting an approved operation outside the mission, whether a valid process was followed in evaluating the requested operation and weighing the risk of the operation, which determination shall not seek to assign accountability for the incident unless the Security Review Committee determines that an official breached his or her duty;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id497d7967413648759b13f1e595072bba" changed="not-changed"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the impact of intelligence and information availability, and whether the mission was aware of the general operating threat environment or any more specific threat intelligence or information and took that into account in ongoing and specific operations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95e5fe604d9f486ba5607dd4e060908c" changed="not-changed"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other facts and circumstances that may be relevant to the appropriate security management of United States missions abroad.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id99a37f47bf634a1f8e41334d47376f06" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idFD74788C283C4F63BE8FD58046299CC7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission to secretary of state</header><text>Not later than 60 days after receiving the Report of Investigation prepared pursuant to section 303(b), the Security Review Committee shall submit a report to the Secretary of State that includes—</text><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="idBEA5942632DA473D815F57D59DCE17C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the findings described in subsection (a); and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="not-changed" id="id65F00B00FE36415DB1D2091BF23E7BB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any related recommendations. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idE072ECDFD7474C298F8B9A5BAE53266E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header><text>Not later than 90 days after receiving the report pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit a copy of the report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9e6a173e26084ce6bba0492b30d2c636" changed="not-changed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Personnel recommendations</header><text>If in the course of conducting an investigation under section 303, the investigative team finds reasonable cause to believe any individual described in section 303(a)(2)(D) has breached the duty of that individual or finds lesser failures on the part of an individual in the performance of his or her duties related to the incident, it shall be reported to the SRC. If the SRC find reasonable cause to support the determination, it shall be reported to the Secretary for appropriate action.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idb7be855ce69740399073a3e482f1ca8a" changed="not-changed"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Relation to other proceedings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 305 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4835">22 U.S.C. 4835</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id32e256bf02b742ff8d614f339be99cc5" changed="not-changed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">No effect on existing remedies or defenses</header-in-text>.—</quote> before <quote>Nothing in this title</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68d752b4fd654ffc9b21bcd11fa922b8" changed="not-changed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf009d2a1c27a42f7b9eafa5e1224b6f0" changed="not-changed"><subsection id="id224dc92dd2414b3d929f36a4e9974bd6" changed="not-changed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Future inquiries</header><text>Nothing in this title may be construed to preclude the Secretary of State from convening a followup public board of inquiry to investigate any security incident if the incident was of such magnitude or significance that an internal process is deemed insufficient to understand and investigate the incident. All materials gathered during the procedures provided under this title shall be provided to any related board of inquiry convened by the Secretary.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>A diverse workforce: recruitment, retention, and promotion</header><section id="id49f5c36b55c34064a65880909e87dd4b" commented="no"><enum>401.</enum><header>Report on barriers to applying for employment with the Department of State</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id810074B9D7BD44B8A3C4C02F4DB2CDDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identifies any barriers for applicants applying for employment with the Department;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9922413D05C8435497C6BE485F357642"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides demographic data of online applicants during the most recent 3 years disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, age, veteran status, disability, geographic region, and any other categories determined by the Secretary;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddefec45045ae40108375078b464bc560"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assesses any barriers that exist for applying online for employment with the Department, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, age, veteran status, disability, geographic region, and any other categories determined by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbdb02bb4e2d94b4b876f31a11a77fce0" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text>includes recommendations for addressing any disparities identified in the online application process.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id8dfe98179afb460bb4d01337beb8e51b" commented="no"><enum>402.</enum><header>Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data</header><subsection id="iddb265bf53f8446e99e52a981de3a76b5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes disaggregated demographic data and other information regarding the diversity of the workforce of the Department.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd409b2eee9e14e7883a559379fef20df"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include, to the maximum extent that the collection and dissemination of such data can be done in a way that protects the confidentiality of individuals and is otherwise permissible by law—</text><paragraph id="id90c9dc91b40148079b20a6eb71181c79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>demographic data on each element of the workforce of the Department during the 5-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, disaggregated by rank and grade or grade-equivalent, with respect to—</text><subparagraph id="id0ec173be34f44e3f89855efae3ca49d6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>individuals hired to join the workforce;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id849b50d6533442e5a7b8263e85005191"><enum>(B)</enum><text>individuals promoted, including promotions to and within the Senior Executive Service or the Senior Foreign Service;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id348602499d614285a3027a5bf6676f10"><enum>(C)</enum><text>individuals serving as special assistants in any of the offices of the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, the Counselor of the Department of State, the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff, the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, the Under Secretary of State for Management, the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7a17f38f96a345969f8d0b79ac1b818f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>individuals serving in each bureau’s front office;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1bb485fe885e44d2991c7bce60872a96"><enum>(E)</enum><text>individuals serving as detailees to the National Security Council;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id712e18662e46431d91bcbc404f942a0a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>individuals serving on applicable selection boards;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd2e77cbb50004f3d8084df9f9c265365"><enum>(G)</enum><text>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="id54d07b4513a9492bbff6ee6defb9ec89"><enum>(H)</enum><text>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="idd2471e42bc574aa5943e67e52bb4fa92"><enum>(I)</enum><text>individuals participating in mentorship or retention programs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02393cb115c44868a2cc35fad56a5432"><enum>(J)</enum><text>individuals who separated from the agency, including individuals in the Senior Executive Service or the Senior Foreign Service;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9453bea2bcbd4279b1949df0491e8879"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of agency compliance with the essential elements identified in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Management Directive 715, effective October 1, 2003; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id62c3c2698baa4a9993d3813a1445a3e6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>data on the overall number of individuals who are part of the workforce, the percentages of such workforce corresponding to each element specified in paragraph (1), and the percentages corresponding to each rank, grade, or grade equivalent.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5619d9720f7b45559e92cdd38dee1f88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effectiveness of Department efforts</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall describe and assess the effectiveness of the efforts of the Department—</text><paragraph id="id6b68f14e564f4d818112cff409d790a8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to propagate fairness, impartiality, and inclusion in the work environment, both domestically and abroad;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b978e6b35754b3bb68b5905870e3382"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to enforce anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies, both domestically and at posts overseas;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id490f9aae34154b729da48bd4311144c4"><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 id="id61df7e67cb3545dd82f97b7f618c9bf7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to prevent retaliation against employees for participating in a protected equal employment opportunity activity or for reporting sexual harassment or sexual assault;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id867dfb04b53e4063987724757340ebbe"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfe90652f4c484d5a9377bf5caf390d4b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to recruit a representative workforce by—</text><subparagraph id="ide65ae2be685041fd979319d918a25838"><enum>(A)</enum><text>recruiting women, persons with disabilities, and minorities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd19175bd67234c409533ea2707b01b3a"><enum>(B)</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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaae8d0fe6ab9411db6071e9cdedc99a5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>placing job advertisements in newspapers, magazines, and job sites oriented toward women and minorities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb60edb8899f44077a4645d0d8d7a62bf"><enum>(D)</enum><text>sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban and rural communities and at land-grant colleges or universities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8bbeefcb78e34513a9ab059b1f8ab9fc"><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 et seq.</external-xref>), and other hiring initiatives;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id958a1de146eb45c29f544e8948d0d945"><enum>(F)</enum><text>recruiting mid-level and senior-level professionals through programs designed to increase representation in international affairs of people belonging to traditionally under-<linebreak></linebreak>represented groups;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfcee294cfe3a483aaf0d19770bfe03c1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>offering the Foreign Service written and oral assessment examinations in several locations throughout the United States or via online platforms to reduce the burden of applicants having to travel at their own expense to take either or both such examinations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3db12f3ccc64b9294a7602a3eb642aa"><enum>(H)</enum><text>expanding the use of paid internships; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9854cad1c74047829cb32c20b6245028"><enum>(I)</enum><text>supporting recruiting and hiring opportunities through—</text><clause id="idfc1c3a12d5eb49bd9c08797658a00b27"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Program;</text></clause><clause id="id78e0a8173bed4d86a92fc791efda403c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program; and</text></clause><clause id="id828a50d8b1d244cba0a214302edd9492"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other initiatives, including agencywide policy initiatives.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd91531d333684194a4de417e5b16de68"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual report</header><paragraph id="id873CB8F44B38465DB006F94500F37810"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the publication of the report required under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees, and make such report available on the Department’s website, that includes, without compromising the confidentiality of individuals and to the extent otherwise consistent with law—</text><subparagraph id="idc8017d0d009342d49eeaa54d7eb0638a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>disaggregated demographic data, to the maximum extent that collection of such data is permissible by law, relating to the workforce and information on the status of diversity and inclusion efforts of the Department;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idba377d5fc2984683bbba7aa516d436c1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an analysis of applicant flow data, to the maximum extent that collection of such data is permissible by law; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd098eb272d9a477593cae6afc756cf80"><enum>(C)</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></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5D57D007484C46C28F5BC151ABC70E06"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Combination with other annual report</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) may be combined with another annual report required by law, to the extent practicable.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id17a3f9c18a254ccfba53000886eb62f7"><enum>403.</enum><header>Centers of Excellence in Foreign Affairs and Assistance</header><subsection id="id2126017673b44f0d80edfa50a7837c63"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purposes of this section are—</text><paragraph id="id3A77E70954B7440FAEF84CA31C74BC01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to advance the values and interests of the United States overseas through programs that foster innovation, competitiveness, and a diversity of backgrounds, views, and experience in the formulation and implementation of United States foreign policy and assistance; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE625335D861F4DF193E9290C91DC3C83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to create opportunities for specialized research, education, training, professional development, and leadership opportunities for historically under-represented populations within the Department and USAID.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbe8696b757924f51a56b84084f91e3a6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><paragraph id="idd1095513159b40e599122bef9addf12d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary and the Administrator of USAID shall conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing Centers of Excellence in Foreign Affairs and Assistance (referred to in this section as the <quote>Centers of Excellence</quote>) within institutions that serve historically underrepresented populations to focus on 1 or more of the areas described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8bd16a846936443781f2c8728cfbb6bb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>In conducting the study required under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Administrator, respectively, shall consider—</text><subparagraph id="id28aadbbb94794abe996befb01916c3b8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>opportunities to enter into public-private partnerships that will—</text><clause id="idf60275cba54c47c0a1815331a70e2637"><enum>(i)</enum><text>increase diversity in foreign affairs and foreign assistance Federal careers;</text></clause><clause id="id5f2723f1ec794913b2c6c712a50fca39"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>prepare a diverse cadre of students (including nontraditional, mid-career, part-time, and heritage students) and nonprofit or business professionals with the skills and education needed to meaningfully contribute to the formulation and execution of United States foreign policy and assistance;</text></clause><clause id="idfd07aa8d315e4a2eb35b52209d8e9d35"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>support the conduct of research, education, and extension programs that reflect diverse perspectives and a wide range of views of world regions and international affairs—</text><subclause id="idd6f7ade12a2c40d9ab795054f3995aa8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to assist in the development of regional and functional foreign policy skills;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide84a3dfbbca74a1f9b2dad5f1ba79097"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to strengthen international development and humanitarian assistance programs; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id8dd5c764d8ff40dc91e1d8abb96b71a4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>to strengthen democratic institutions and processes in policymaking, including supporting public policies that engender equitable and inclusive societies and focus on challenges and inequalities in education, health, wealth, justice, and other sectors faced by diverse communities;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="ida36660b7944043048e3058a30505aa48"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>enable domestic and international educational, internship, fellowship, faculty exchange, training, employment or other innovative programs to acquire or strengthen knowledge of foreign languages, cultures, societies, and international skills and perspectives;</text></clause><clause id="id00d41c67136943b4a5f6f680b4dd5827"><enum>(v)</enum><text>support collaboration among institutions of higher education, including community colleges, nonprofit organizations, and corporations, to strengthen the engagement between experts and specialists in the foreign affairs and foreign assistance fields; and</text></clause><clause id="idc8e8ef70a8f04b82a6a8c3ae8d67ff79"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>leverage additional public-private partnerships with nonprofit organizations, foundations, corporations, institutions of higher education, and the Federal Government; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7c22f864a71c47efa54fc5d6e6be43d7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>budget and staffing requirements, including appropriate sources of funding, for the establishment and conduct of operations of such Centers of Excellence.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id382e315c350c42d69d0c1fc1a96221b0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that contains the findings of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (b). </text></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Information security and cyber diplomacy</header><section id="idF91F3B7A613A47629E7A804497073310" commented="no"><enum>501.</enum><header>United States international cyberspace policy</header><subsection id="id2D1CCC6401A5492FBD33EA2252E02B16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>It is the policy of the United States—</text><paragraph id="id771EBD354F754F69970B56AA321D26E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to work internationally to promote an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet governed by the multi-stakeholder model, which—</text><subparagraph id="id8209A24FF6E14E6D94E92225DEF187B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>promotes democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, including freedom of expression;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD6737F53681847F290BF0F3CEF0A8694"><enum>(B)</enum><text>supports the ability to innovate, communicate, and promote economic prosperity; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25722633ED504C0FBBEF6DCA0A650280"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is designed to protect privacy and guard against deception, fraud, and theft;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE50A0B410BDA44BFAD14C1F36D1794CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to encourage and aid United States allies and partners in improving their own technological capabilities and resiliency to pursue, defend, and protect shared interests and values, free from coercion and external pressure; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28F5100208C34A8189AD74EDC72DE876"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in furtherance of the efforts described in paragraphs (1) and (2)—</text><subparagraph id="id193B79509B5B460791B76A97EB15FE62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide incentives to the private sector to accelerate the development of the technologies referred to in such paragraphs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id60FC9449929747B994FAF9D897ABC51B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to modernize and harmonize with allies and partners export controls and investment screening regimes and associated policies and regulations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E88012D81294D0C8583E721B536FA17"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to enhance United States leadership in technical standards-setting bodies and avenues for developing norms regarding the use of digital tools.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id61C72CC301914BE2B1E1D177C7C835E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>In implementing the policy described in subsection (a), the President, in consultation with outside actors, as appropriate, including private sector companies, nongovernmental organizations, security researchers, and other relevant stakeholders, in the conduct of bilateral and multilateral relations, shall strive—</text><paragraph id="id24D5CD7DC6C74AFE8E96B7B37064E85D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to clarify the applicability of international laws and norms to the use of information and communications technology (referred to in this subsection as <quote>ICT</quote>);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF39436FFDD3C47EFBFF7A8288D5035F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to reduce and limit the risk of escalation and retaliation in cyberspace, damage to critical infrastructure, and other malicious cyber activity that impairs the use and operation of critical infrastructure that provides services to the public;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD444AADCB9104947B81DD32F038B08FF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to cooperate with like-minded countries that share common values and cyberspace policies with the United States, including respect for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, to advance such values and policies internationally;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id894B9D8F704D44E7B7A0C699AB2AF5F9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to encourage the responsible development of new, innovative technologies and ICT products that strengthen a secure internet architecture that is accessible to all;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0FEE8D3CD0A74A1EBD8540139CECCA52"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to secure and implement commitments on responsible country behavior in cyberspace, including commitments by countries—</text><subparagraph id="id57E45A020864479AAA86132CC82A0083"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to not conduct, or knowingly support, cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, including trade secrets or other confidential business information, with the intent of providing competitive advantages to companies or commercial sectors;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05A81BBEE05841938BD125D6754D7F2C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to take all appropriate and reasonable efforts to keep their territories clear of intentionally wrongful acts using ICT in violation of international commitments;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id95651D35FDB4450F8CAC285BC73C8ACB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not to conduct or knowingly support ICT activity that intentionally damages or otherwise impairs the use and operation of critical infrastructure providing services to the public, in violation of international law;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id050EBC96A2E84BB3A90C34F648227DE8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to take appropriate measures to protect the country's critical infrastructure from ICT threats;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC45226539F4B4C019405BF8E3F8E526F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>not to conduct or knowingly support malicious international activity that harms the information systems of authorized emergency response teams (also known as <quote>computer emergency response teams</quote> or <quote>cybersecurity incident response teams</quote>) of another country or authorize emergency response teams to engage in malicious international activity, in violation of international law;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0E8027B892674EC0BDCE5B9A556F16C6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to respond to appropriate requests for assistance to mitigate malicious ICT activity emanating from their territory and aimed at the critical infrastructure of another country;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7BEBC9B653FD4377B7DFD4EF4778BE81"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to not restrict cross-border data flows or require local storage or processing of data; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD63128C811CC4C8AB0B68B42ED00E26A"><enum>(H)</enum><text>to protect the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms on the internet, while recognizing that the human rights that people have offline also need to be protected online; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4958B1796ED94973B131F522E98D6E3D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to advance, encourage, and support the development and adoption of internationally recognized technical standards and best practices.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idF5338E5AF7444B2593C0F060642DFEAB"><enum>502.</enum><header>Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy</header><subsection id="idCA909448665D4214920267B1C081621C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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="id6F2E6CF9D5E74E0BBE87CFC32E877197"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsection (j) and (k), respectively; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDA624197DEB449EC83C7D9D2E6B6BA82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (h) (as added by section 361(a)(1) of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>)) as subsection (l); and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEE5FE6C1D4E54C5F968555B35434D134"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (h) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B4D9D30D5B64F83BBB9B94DAEFB6A27"><subsection id="id01DA396472794164B3BDDDB833F5EB42"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy</header><paragraph id="idFDBCFE75477C46ABA78C6DD69E9424C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established, within the Department of State, the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Bureau</quote>). The head of the Bureau shall have the rank and status of ambassador and shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9E8049F7352E4B6BA4B8E41FE3DEC60B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><subparagraph id="idD37DD1B1812545B6A9F76A52CF21EA06"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The head of the Bureau shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as the Secretary of State shall prescribe, including implementing the policy described in section 501(a) of the <short-title>Department of State Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1E4FD69D90EA4058A04D7E41BE129C3C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duties described</header><text>The principal duties and responsibilities of the head of the Bureau shall be—</text><clause id="id8BC79244E65941F99CB232C4E082E026"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to serve as the principal cyberspace policy official within the senior management of the Department of State and as the advisor to the Secretary of State for cyberspace and digital issues;</text></clause><clause id="id587AF576F1BE45879305A1BD833C8CF4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to lead, coordinate, and execute, in coordination with other relevant bureaus and offices, the Department of State’s diplomatic cyberspace, cybersecurity (including efforts related to data privacy, data flows, internet governance, information and communications technology standards, and other issues that the Secretary has assigned to the Bureau);</text></clause><clause id="id58C3CE7CEDFD4F618D891F316646FC51"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to advance United States national security and foreign policy interests in cyberspace and to coordinate cyberspace policy and other relevant functions with the Department of State and with other components of the Federal Government;</text></clause><clause id="id93A03A4D70144B978AC20B568F2E5BEE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to promote an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure information and communications technology infrastructure globally;</text></clause><clause id="idC94135B5366B457F84DBDAE7C6CD2917"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to represent the Secretary of State in interagency efforts to develop and advance Federal Government cyber priorities and activities, including efforts to develop credible national capabilities, strategies, and policies to deter and counter cyber adversaries, and carry out the purposes of title V of the <short-title>Department of State Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>;</text></clause><clause id="id820DD6661F084000B43F917FBDE74617"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>to engage civil society, the private sector, academia, and other public and private entities on relevant international cyberspace and information and communications technology issues;</text></clause><clause id="id3B0845299BD5408BA1B4A988F6F2BF6D"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>to lead United States Government efforts to uphold and further develop global deterrence frameworks for malicious cyber activity;</text></clause><clause id="id8C4CE8B2420842F988BC003924284EB3"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>to advise the Secretary of State and coordinate with foreign governments regarding responses to national security-level cyber incidents, including coordination on diplomatic response efforts to support allies and partners threatened by malicious cyber activity, in conjunction with members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and like-minded countries;</text></clause><clause id="idBD32E0A5104B42CAB47130838CE48B1E"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>to promote the building of foreign capacity relating to cyberspace policy priorities;</text></clause><clause id="idCD8120DB95984D15B4FAD9F3789EE071"><enum>(x)</enum><text>to promote an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure information and communications technology infrastructure globally and an open, interoperable, secure, and reliable internet governed by the multi-stakeholder model;</text></clause><clause id="id66198DE297ED4757A2DC9769B63EE3B4"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>to promote an international regulatory environment for technology investments and the internet that benefits United States economic and national security interests;</text></clause><clause id="idD31A4E24EACE40218D319B7263C201AE"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>to promote cross-border flow of data and combat international initiatives seeking to impose unreasonable requirements on United States businesses;</text></clause><clause id="idC9FFD195F52E4B3E98EC32849A817F63"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>to promote international policies to protect the integrity of United States and international telecommunications infrastructure from foreign-based threats, including cyber-enabled threats;</text></clause><clause id="idC25EEDA39B0E4A47BB6F28F01A76FF25"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>to lead engagement, in coordination with relevant executive branch agencies, with foreign governments on relevant international cyberspace, cybersecurity, cybercrime, and digital economy issues described in title V of the <short-title>Department of State Authorization Act of 2022</short-title>;</text></clause><clause id="idE09A36FFBC484355B63FDFEE93407428"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>to promote international policies to secure radio frequency spectrum for United States businesses and national security needs;</text></clause><clause id="idCF12E8BE35564979BB0666EFF9D827D9"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>to promote and protect the exercise of human rights, including freedom of speech and religion, through the internet;</text></clause><clause id="idCC32D8BE994643E19EF13B3611C5B5DE"><enum>(xvii)</enum><text>to build capacity of United States diplomatic officials to engage on cyberspace issues;</text></clause><clause id="id72FBBAEF177542248139EF4F7D95F5DA"><enum>(xviii)</enum><text>to encourage the development and adoption by foreign countries of internationally recognized standards, policies, and best practices;</text></clause><clause id="id2745FE78138244B4940D2C0A5563884D"><enum>(xix)</enum><text>to support efforts by the Global Engagement Center to counter cyber-enabled information operations against the United States or its allies and partners; and</text></clause><clause id="id97ADC196104242C5BE9B3737BF5C6D7B"><enum>(xx)</enum><text>to conduct such other matters as the Secretary of State may assign.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1125F0FB14384B8CAE04D3B381415277"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The head of the Bureau should be an individual of demonstrated competency in the fields of—</text><subparagraph id="idCF3ECAAEFCF44459BFF0E19286C2423F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cybersecurity and other relevant cyberspace and information and communications technology policy issues; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC2159C1B00148939A4A784F1B112890"><enum>(B)</enum><text>international diplomacy.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id76C53300E4E24E729084BB189477402C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Organizational placement</header><subparagraph id="id49AA6BBE3282404397C1CFCD921307DA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial placement</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the head of the Bureau shall report to the Deputy Secretary of State. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10006EC442B54F4490DBFB46BE531E9A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subsequent placement</header><text>The head of the Bureau may report to an Under Secretary of State or to an official holding a higher position than Under Secretary if, not later than 15 days before any change in such reporting structure, the Secretary of State—</text><clause id="idDDABA27B8DD44E03AD06D70D3EF0703A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consults with the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text></clause><clause id="id4A863D061274449180C4D94AA10695CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submits a report to such committees that—</text><subclause id="idBC9D162E295245A3A41A78169CA09F2F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>indicates that the Secretary, with respect to the reporting structure of the Bureau, has consulted with and solicited feedback from—</text><item id="idB6FEFC6E446B4FEC99E254261EDD9DDD"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>other relevant Federal entities with a role in international aspects of cyber policy; and</text></item><item id="id7C8732FD52074EA4807E98516EA491B3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the elements of the Department of State with responsibility for aspects of cyber policy, including the elements reporting to—</text><subitem id="id72D7A57DCB4D444B8C7E83EC43E18C39"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs;</text></subitem><subitem id="idC5B418D9A73A4B3CA912F5F40671F0B1"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights;</text></subitem><subitem id="idEC24D8BB5CF147D986172B855F82FE69"><enum>(CC)</enum><text>the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment;</text></subitem><subitem id="id57017FB521DF428B80C5523D404A059C"><enum>(DD)</enum><text>the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs;</text></subitem><subitem id="idBE8E63676A264A11A5EC1B2EAF0EB690"><enum>(EE)</enum><text>the Under Secretary of State for Management; and</text></subitem><subitem id="id2C848FDF9BD840E8AD4182574B1151CB"><enum>(FF)</enum><text>the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs;</text></subitem></item></subclause><subclause id="id66F6975B17FE4027B1546B3C2D29C1E7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>describes the new reporting structure for the head of the Bureau and the justification for such new structure; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id47B8A3985F58483C84290E295EF7B421"><enum>(III)</enum><text>includes a plan describing how the new reporting structure will better enable the head of the Bureau to carry out the duties described in paragraph (2), including the security, economic, and human rights aspects of cyber diplomacy.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAEDAA32561704442AC6DFAA68B4EC563"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Special hiring authorities</header><text>The Secretary of State may—</text><subparagraph id="id032C1AAFBD744C93A28C764E9D521067"><enum>(A)</enum><text>appoint employees without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, regarding appointments in the competitive service; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0940362B062445C18EFAF569E89624F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fix the basic compensation of such employees without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title regarding classification and General Schedule pay rates.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFA6FA442346D4785AE15A0E6AEA313E4"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection may be construed to preclude the head of the Bureau from being designated as an Assistant Secretary, if such an Assistant Secretary position does not increase the number of Assistant Secretary positions at the Department above the number authorized under subsection (c)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBB02B8ECAC3C4C63A153F40761EA9C4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Bureau established under section 1(i) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as added by subsection (a), should have a diverse workforce composed of qualified individuals, including individuals from traditionally underrepresented groups.</text></subsection><subsection id="idE19587CD7B8F49139D98FD1F3410BB01"><enum>(c)</enum><header>United Nations</header><text>The Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations should use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to oppose any measure that is inconsistent with the policy described in section 501(a).</text></subsection></section><section id="id3EC17C28EC2545A48122B082EDA0486B" commented="no"><enum>503.</enum><header>International cyberspace and digital policy strategy</header><subsection id="id2DA203E31C0E44728F1A43CC9D0F4F85" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategy required</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Secretary, and in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall develop an international cyberspace and digital policy strategy.</text></subsection><subsection id="idCFEBBCACC8DA404B8AC160AED9C60A4C" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The strategy required under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="idE24E1275B5434CB8A63C79B54E9D8C46" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a review of actions and activities undertaken to support the policy described in section 501(a);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0C85210C4D2E4103952643459A467A98" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a plan of action to guide the diplomacy of the Department with regard to foreign countries, including—</text><subparagraph id="idBED1A0D4833146D5B4028B5A818DDDF8" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conducting bilateral and multilateral activities—</text><clause id="idC054663D00CF4BFB9D5780C75E968B53" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to develop and support the implementation of norms of responsible country behavior in cyberspace consistent with the objectives specified in section 501(b)(5);</text></clause><clause id="idC1CDA63E95924531809DF11080840295" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to reduce the frequency and severity of cyberattacks on United States individuals, businesses, governmental agencies, and other organizations;</text></clause><clause id="id56A628D54D1C4A7F9D65A99DC2F6B25D" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to reduce cybersecurity risks to United States and allied critical infrastructure;</text></clause><clause id="id80AF5C643B59422981399849DAC3D191" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to improve allies’ and partners’ collaboration with the United States on cybersecurity issues, including information sharing, regulatory coordination and improvement, and joint investigatory and law enforcement operations related to cybercrime; and</text></clause><clause id="id822515AFECC840859B224827D2CFA8D1" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to share best practices and advance proposals to strengthen civilian and private sector resiliency to threats and access to opportunities in cyberspace; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74612D7CF0D34FBB941752C8CC0CA430" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reviewing the status of existing efforts in relevant multilateral fora, as appropriate, to obtain commitments on international norms regarding cyberspace;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3E624F5FAF044BD3AE46A564C4870723" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a review of alternative concepts for international norms regarding cyberspace offered by foreign countries;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id625DBC1FA819460694727FA7DFF23C05" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a detailed description of new and evolving threats regarding cyberspace from foreign adversaries, state-sponsored actors, and non-state actors to—</text><subparagraph id="idD5FD9B870D92479C8129B58B5B8AE9E2" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>United States national security;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8830530F34EF4174A031FB39B409CC3E" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Federal and private sector cyberspace infrastructure of the United States;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDFEA9428DC034E788BE59E0F86383613" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>intellectual property in the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB4AA7CA3CD734259971F9D90B884E9E2" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the privacy and security of citizens of the United States;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1F722BB779D848BD97929F8152A7A4BF" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a review of the policy tools available to the President to deter and de-escalate tensions with foreign countries, state-sponsored actors, and private actors regarding—</text><subparagraph id="idFD3EA66AC1F74589BE4DB05E22712276" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>threats in cyberspace;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6E476D044BED4599BF3BD05018BEF036" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the degree to which such tools have been used; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id718A3C7D37F14CEBA466176138CBC47D" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether such tools have been effective deterrents;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF57E77E081564335A727B9A864407018" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a review of resources required to conduct activities to build responsible norms of international cyber behavior;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB64DDBF3F44249F993DB483CE235B42A" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a review to determine whether the budgetary resources, technical expertise, legal authorities, and personnel available to the Department and other relevant Federal agencies are adequate to achieve the actions and activities undertaken to support the policy described in section 501(a);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3D3E64317D664182B2B1C7F6717E2744" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a review to determine whether the Department is properly organized and coordinated with other Federal agencies to achieve the objectives described in section 501(b); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3A9E0A19D917464D8A93A07E9F93783F" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a plan of action, developed in consultation with relevant Federal departments and agencies as the President may direct, to guide the diplomacy of the Department with respect to the inclusion of cyber issues in mutual defense agreements.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id71B17B5FB4D3471CA733475A878845E5" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form of strategy</header><paragraph id="id1CFF3C3DF50243EAA89F013359932E8E" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The strategy required under subsection (a) shall be available to the public in unclassified form, including through publication in the Federal Register.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD380862A4D4C40E98A757456F12EA6CC" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Classified annex</header><text>The strategy required under subsection (a) may include a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idAAC12D54E0EE47E2814CD86034D627E7" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the completion of the strategy required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding the strategy, including any material contained in a classified annex.</text></subsection><subsection id="id70BBFAB42E454550AB053ECD6B713F9D" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The strategy required under subsection (a) shall be updated—</text><paragraph id="id2B2E330D88DA41C992D3BE4E05F95BF8" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not later than 90 days after any material change to United States policy described in such strategy; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBA63BB6797FE42A28957A1BDB2C5C34B" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not later than 1 year after the inauguration of each new President. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idBD9306586C254F07AA8D993D4785E195"><enum>504.</enum><header>Government Accountability Office report on cyber diplomacy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report and provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—</text><paragraph id="idD7D4583D070F4EF099A5CEA500CDD0A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the extent to which United States diplomatic processes and other efforts with foreign countries, including through multilateral fora, bilateral engagements, and negotiated cyberspace agreements, advance the full range of United States interests regarding cyberspace, including the policy described in section 501(a);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF323D6B1B9304093ADABF9282129D901"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of the Department’s organizational structure and approach to managing its diplomatic efforts to advance the full range of United States interests regarding cyberspace, including a review of—</text><subparagraph id="id190969D6705C44A4ADF1DAC5E6A3D501"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the establishment of a Bureau within the Department to lead the Department’s international cyber mission;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAE0CB9BC6F984DE2B5C8007FFEFD7FF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the current or proposed diplomatic mission, structure, staffing, funding, and activities of such Bureau;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50E03750B2364A5B8AD6B43CFFD0DBDA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how the establishment of such Bureau has impacted or is likely to impact the structure and organization of the Department; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87DA7CFA29514F0E8976815DB68F14D2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>what challenges, if any, the Department has faced or will face in establishing such Bureau; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id525B75BFC3FF42F0B617A9F5FB05CAA7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other matters that the Comptroller General determines to be relevant.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id17A85FEBA52645A18E0D724CCFF6764F"><enum>505.</enum><header>Report on diplomatic programs to detect and respond to cyber threats against allies and partners</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that assesses the capabilities of the Department to provide civilian-led support for acute cyber incident response in ally and partner countries that includes—</text><paragraph id="id70157868919F44DC820E7160D435747A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description and assessment of the Department's coordination with cyber programs and operations of the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id414B8CC676EB4E1CAB35EE7B9F291F5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations on how to improve coordination and executive of Department involvement in programs or operations to support allies and partners in responding to acute cyber incidents; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7A98D378C7B0485C81ACD7E52520D0EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the budgetary resources, technical expertise, legal authorities, and personnel needed for the Department to formulate and implement the programs described in this section.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id7EF74E09463047B3B671654C1D9D4904" commented="no"><enum>506.</enum><header>Cybersecurity recruitment and retention</header><subsection id="id4F41AB101757468B94A7D34F6EEFF88B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that improving computer programming language proficiency will improve— </text><paragraph id="idDA617366C1C9418D8E4061071DF5F7AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the cybersecurity effectiveness of the Department; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id72359E24D0CD4EF0ABCA8C202C57CD2B" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the ability of foreign service officers to engage with foreign audiences on cybersecurity matters.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idCF807996ECD84DFEA5EC0C40530AC1DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technology talent acquisition</header><paragraph id="idF84F053C66E2445A81F18CB155FED48E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish positions within the Bureau of Global Talent Management that are solely dedicated to the recruitment and retention of Department personnel with backgrounds in cybersecurity, engineering, data science, application development, artificial intelligence, critical and emerging technology, and technology and digital policy.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id00783021206D4246B9EFA859191FCEC9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of the positions described in paragraph (1) shall be—</text><subparagraph id="id0989265093FF482396705F5D852FAC1F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to fulfill the critical need of the Department to recruit and retain employees for cybersecurity, digital, and technology positions;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0C44E965CC974E2CB22A0F01F2F94E8B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to actively recruit relevant candidates from academic institutions, the private sector, and related industries;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF6B8B70EDBC24D19B90531D6E1E6DD53"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to work with the Office of Personnel Management and the United States Digital Service to develop and implement best strategies for recruiting and retaining technology talent; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5E4BC082B40A4D5E8D27C94D7CEAAEB9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to inform and train supervisors at the Department on the use of the authorities listed in subsection (c)(1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id11829F7844A14126A46C63D4C747CC7E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation plan</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a plan to the appropriate congressional committees that describes how the objectives and goals set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) will be implemented.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id03D5133A96D64B548B47E67ECA49863D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id63DE39E92E0D46738EB0A9DC9C4C91DE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual report on hiring authorities</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes—</text><paragraph id="id37BE6F15040347CE8AD7E1EB8C822479"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of the hiring authorities available to the Department to recruit and retain personnel with backgrounds in cybersecurity, engineering, data science, application development, artificial intelligence, critical and emerging technology, and technology and digital policy;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCE9D144E38274E35A3AA65E5602B0014"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a list of which hiring authorities described in paragraph (1) have been used during the previous 5 years;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA3402B85CE1A4C99A5CC0D5FA0D756DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of employees in qualified positions hired, aggregated by position and grade level or pay band;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id598B22E2975C464A96F3097E9D4DF310"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the number of employees who have been placed in qualified positions, aggregated by bureau and offices within the Department;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1C8100311DCD45B8BC1AE10A2D023FB7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the rate of attrition of individuals who begin the hiring process and do not complete the process and a description of the reasons for such attrition;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4244CF4086F9457EA6549184E7217FFB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the number of individuals who are interviewed by subject matter experts and the number of individuals who are not interviewed by subject matter experts; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5E9B3810910F44EDAC99738D1D2BFDDC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>recommendations for—</text><subparagraph id="idCD0057B389FA4596A8D54D53C0472F96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reducing the attrition rate referred to in paragraph (5) by 5 percent each year;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2BB99BAA9D944DE8A4278C7996110711"><enum>(B)</enum><text>additional hiring authorities needed to acquire needed technology talent;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id201262F3FB854A7389E9F5ACFC523B71"><enum>(C)</enum><text>hiring personnel to hold public trust positions until such personnel can obtain the necessary security clearance; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC1F31865795A4726B54A4F0FF566B371"><enum>(D)</enum><text>informing and training supervisors within the Department on the use of the authorities listed in paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC683F2406EBE4573B81427E0EB0D85D0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Incentive pay for cybersecurity professionals</header><text>To increase the number of qualified candidates available to fulfill the cybersecurity needs of the Department, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id94A257DCE2B448F2AA6A5481E759AC6E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include computer programming languages within the Recruitment Language Program; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id40F2AA74089A48DC935BA053D3869413"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide appropriate language incentive pay.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF7316B79F2C34ACA9EB6B58A597AC895"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary shall provide a list to the appropriate congressional committees that identifies— </text><paragraph id="id3B0B4789A4AB463293EBA46E71769FFE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the computer programming languages included within the Recruitment Language Program and the language incentive pay rate; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5E4BF7C5A60948108CDFCD8E90D06F73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of individuals benefitting from the inclusion of such computer programming languages in the Recruitment Language Program and language incentive pay.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idA5913309BF0A4C61917B106ED3E92925"><enum>507.</enum><header>Short course on emerging technologies for senior officials</header><subsection id="id7116851F6AC14866AB4CC093CF882DCF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and begin providing, for senior officials of the Department, a course addressing how the most recent and relevant technologies affect the activities of the Department. </text></subsection><subsection id="idFC50269EB1514F33A52D37DBC1E43336"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Throughput objectives</header><text>The Secretary should ensure that—</text><paragraph id="idF5C49FE091C84BE9BB571ECD222CE62C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>during the first year that the course developed pursuant to subsection (a) is offered, not fewer than 20 percent of senior officials are certified as having passed such course; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1CEAB23AF97A408A9166A549B4214469"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in each subsequent year, until the date on which 80 percent of senior officials are certified as having passed such course, an additional 10 percent of senior officials are certified as having passed such course.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idD0594EE3B2644768B9C1B8873F3EB2A8"><enum>508.</enum><header>Establishment and expansion of Regional Technology Officer Program</header><subsection id="idEA52FF152971439D9E3D24D69D348ACF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regional Technology Officer Program</header><paragraph id="idA6B1C3C188BA4CA0B732C476E2A4242D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program, which shall be known as the <quote>Regional Technology Officer Program</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Program</quote>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE28D3D1DBF164D9C825CFB20EC439D19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of the Program shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="idD7D791696F754E5289E6BB51F1EBFB5E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Promoting United States leadership in technology abroad.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDB31FE749AC04E8CA9F2C5664577CFF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Working with partners to increase the deployment of critical and emerging technology in support of democratic values.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDFFDA700BA824447BBFCBB4A879E4C51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Shaping diplomatic agreements in regional and international fora with respect to critical and emerging technologies.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0B18DCEDDCBB4002B6893811C0CDF15D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Building diplomatic capacity for handling critical and emerging technology issues.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFF704D9C22F94791BA2941AF97CFE005"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Facilitating the role of critical and emerging technology in advancing the foreign policy objectives of the United States through engagement with research labs, incubators, and venture capitalists.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4D09F6CDC38549D4A21385BBA703DB73"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Maintaining the advantages of the United States with respect to critical and emerging technologies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB9B1444602AD40328CEEFED1F9330BB4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation plan</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit an implementation plan to the appropriate congressional committees that outlines strategies for—</text><paragraph id="idFAF175886E7046739A99879CCC026B80"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advancing the goals described in subsection (a)(2);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id36303899CC4A43CBAD77B54EA097A859"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hiring Regional Technology Officers and increasing the competitiveness of the Program within the Foreign Service bidding process;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD979FBEF5E794BBDA0F3897157341D0D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expanding the Program to include a minimum of 15 Regional Technology Officers; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB003D09845F2401FBC10EBF1D8658EEC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assigning not fewer than 2 Regional Technology Officers to posts within—</text><subparagraph id="id3D75FE1CDC514CC18EF188F2F79AA74F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each regional bureau of the Department; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBA0D3135251947E69026C9610199BE06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBE6811620C94436F9BB7AF3384235C3C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual briefing requirement</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding the status of the implementation plan required under subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="id2648EA4D28224FF6A6D03D2A8A619067" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section. </text></subsection></section><section id="idB92F9B167A6444F7BC9636EF6440BFC0" commented="no"><enum>509.</enum><header>Vulnerability disclosure policy and bug bounty program report</header><subsection id="id3DD1D152017E459B81D07B515A822BCD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id4833D19EC75D44B2B97BC1DF27311760"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Bug bounty program</header><text>The term <term>bug bounty program</term> means a program under which an approved individual, organization, or company is temporarily authorized to identify and report vulnerabilities of internet-facing information technology of the Department in exchange for compensation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBBA8E9E21D4B43C49F3BB90B5E010634"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information technology</header><text>The term <term>information technology</term> has the meaning given such term in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id14D8F8DA3BE641609198AEFA38E95AA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Vulnerability disclosure policy</header><paragraph id="id52F916E3BF7B4FCEA47C4D11124EAC20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall design, establish, and make publicly known a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (referred to in this section as the <quote>VDP</quote>) to improve Department cybersecurity by—</text><subparagraph id="id7F1F42A090564A91AE6CC1B32E73C6B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>creating Department policy and infrastructure to receive reports of and remediate discovered vulnerabilities in line with existing policies of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Homeland Security Binding Operational Directive 20–01 or any subsequent directive; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0A83FBCBE49046AE8C75C123937A0870"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing a report on such policy and infrastructure to Congress.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA92745B35F4146C8A092DE3BA560090F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the establishment of the VDP pursuant to paragraph (1), and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary shall submit a report on the VDP to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that includes information relating to—</text><subparagraph id="idD12A13EB55184DCFADBADB8CDF9AE4F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number and severity of all security vulnerabilities reported;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id017122867B3C478D8199E6A01F2E0799"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of previously unidentified security vulnerabilities remediated as a result;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFFD161BC69E949928A4D4608934A2988"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the current number of outstanding previously unidentified security vulnerabilities and Department of State remediation plans;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id83DBD2C521F045E3A0C13E8939E3C8D2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the average time between the reporting of security vulnerabilities and remediation of such vulnerabilities;.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD6A50A8D46084D0F807F02003A424C2B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the resources, surge staffing, roles, and responsibilities within the Department used to implement the VDP and complete security vulnerability remediation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB410E3DB621A4DFA99F5AAB0262331C9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>how the VDP identified vulnerabilities are incorporated into existing Department vulnerability prioritization and management processes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE7640C34716148CAA71D90BD2662724D"><enum>(G)</enum><text>any challenges in implementing the VDP and plans for expansion or contraction in the scope of the VDP across Department information systems; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02B224DE97EC4FC8B52F958A2DD44448"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any other topic that the Secretary determines to be relevant.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id625E3FB9F13F415F9FCF29E7F49ACC1B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Bug bounty program report</header><paragraph id="id2277846EA4B6488AAAF3147D9CCA9A58"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that describes any ongoing efforts by the Department or a third-party vendor under contract with the Department to establish or carry out a bug bounty program that identifies security vulnerabilities of internet-<linebreak></linebreak>facing information technology of the Department.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id57EB6F60847149D79202C71829754D84"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date on which any bug bounty program is established, the Secretary shall submit a report to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate</committee-name>, the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives</committee-name> regarding such program, including information relating to—</text><subparagraph id="id075EFFCF20FA484DB05F8BFD207108CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of approved individuals, organizations, or companies involved in such program, disaggregated by the number of approved individuals, organizations, or companies that—</text><clause id="id755597A79F9A4D5A8FC8AAD8230710ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>registered;</text></clause><clause id="id927C04F493F4412F8D83703908A37AB9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>were approved;</text></clause><clause id="idEE56F9E898C2400B86FD588CBC56B0B4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>submitted security vulnerabilities; and</text></clause><clause id="idA1766ED049214A3283D85EAF96CCB3D2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>received compensation;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEEB0D0437BC64796907E988322CFF00B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number and severity of all security vulnerabilities reported as part of such program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4DAD21A259EF4265800BEDC1AF9F8DF1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of previously unidentified security vulnerabilities remediated as a result of such program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id72A910641FD144EE94B419097F9886FB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the current number of outstanding previously unidentified security vulnerabilities and Department remediation plans for such outstanding vulnerabilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3A7A1E1653654EFCB605285279E6478D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the average length of time between the reporting of security vulnerabilities and remediation of such vulnerabilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id68DB77D1197D4672BC6C2B07D015BAB9"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the types of compensation provided under such program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id603EB7326F3D495C83588B559EBF7396"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the lessons learned from such program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3CEB4A9E108649F28ED5CBA58F0B50FA"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the public accessibility of contact information for the Department regarding the bug bounty program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86DEB8351EFA4505ADD6622BA62209A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the incorporation of bug bounty program identified vulnerabilities into existing Department vulnerability prioritization and management processes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id683C12223BB84EF0B3B10127EF152C67" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(J)</enum><text>any challenges in implementing the bug bounty program and plans for expansion or contraction in the scope of the bug bounty program across Department information systems. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Public diplomacy</header><section id="id045F6F368AE54659BA162D11B69610A3"><enum>601.</enum><header>United States participation in international fairs and expositions</header><subsection id="id0667D5DFB22F46F2ABB32710A921F484"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 204 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2452b">22 U.S.C. 2452b</external-xref>), and subject to subsection (b), amounts available under title I of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 (division K of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/103">Public Law 117–103</external-xref>), or under prior such Acts, may be made available to pay for expenses related to United States participation in international fairs and expositions abroad, including for construction and operation of pavilions or other major exhibits.</text></subsection><subsection id="id01E4B532829142AA9FE70EC30C903798"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on solicitation of funds</header><text>Senior employees of the Department, in their official capacity, may not solicit funds to pay expenses for a United States pavilion or other major exhibit at any international exposition or world’s fair registered by the Bureau of International Expositions.</text></subsection><subsection id="id98FA5919B3AE489E94A17E2D0035D289"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 to the Department for United States participation in international fairs and expositions abroad, including for construction and operation of pavilions or other major exhibits. </text></subsection></section><section id="idC8624A87BA4A427CAFFA9BD365E951FF"><enum>602.</enum><header>Press freedom curriculum</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that there is a press freedom curriculum for the National Foreign Affairs Training Center that enables Foreign Service officers to better understand issues of press freedom and the tools that are available to help protect journalists and promote freedom of the press norms, which may include—</text><paragraph id="id8DE6524D8D8C4320AA8EB7229FA93884"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the historic and current issues facing press freedom, including countries of specific concern;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6DA200F6352B4B2D9456C1A8C2B8DBEA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Department’s role in promoting press freedom as an American value, a human rights issue, and a national security imperative;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id88EB694F368B40C7AA0F83D199C5DC54"><enum>(3)</enum><text>ways to incorporate press freedom promotion into other aspects of diplomacy; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEFEB4769019049CBAB1334AE4C3D77B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>existing tools to assist journalists in distress and methods for engaging foreign governments and institutions on behalf of individuals engaged in journalistic activity who are at risk of harm.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id26EFA5235FC948ABAFC43EA64B80A751"><enum>603.</enum><header>Global Engagement Center</header><subsection id="id035BDC201AFF49A3B66E4E716D5339D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1287(j) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656">22 U.S.C. 2656</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>the date that is 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2027</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idC33056478DF64655BF419AD9B5022488"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Hiring authority for Global Engagement Center</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, during the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and solely to carry out the functions of the Global Engagement Center described in section 1287(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2656">22 U.S.C. 2656</external-xref> note), may—</text><paragraph id="id6AA186F120454430A42EBF39F766B8F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>appoint employees without regard to appointment in the competitive service; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0F6BABFF63F343E28E9D9311A7F3A387"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fix the basic compensation of such employees regarding classification and General Schedule pay rates. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idE61FD85112054FF19D896A97B6322334"><enum>604.</enum><header>Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1(b)(3) 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="idCECD4783C82A475788F6B1DC97270D55"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCE374AB5B10C4278AD9B0D4657505865"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id713BE84184C941F6902219966429F78F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02c11a1281a540b28203d1413ff94bbf"><subparagraph id="idd17c33dde9b540c2b3568341da26d559"><enum>(F)</enum><text>coordinate the allocation and management of the financial and human resources for public diplomacy, including for—</text><clause id="id7A3B811BD4AC48A19A7BCB776700A4AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs;</text></clause><clause id="id7d7a66cc96fe40ad890fc06dd0b02210"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Bureau of Global Public Affairs;</text></clause><clause id="ida5f96d5692f64aedb9e879bbd524512f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs;</text></clause><clause id="id8a7f1ef2b5b74740a22454d792860f05"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Global Engagement Center; and</text></clause><clause id="id0334b5ae984f4490b3d322ff3af9e222"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the public diplomacy functions within the regional and functional bureaus.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><enum>VII</enum><header>Other matters</header><section id="id550B4FB455ED4F7F9CE4DBCFD237207F"><enum>701.</enum><header>Supporting the employment of United States citizens by international organizations</header><subsection id="id98EFF3A83FA845F0AD0D2AA8434112D8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to promote the employment and advancement of United States citizens by international organizations and bodies, including by—</text><paragraph id="id29FB8E120750488187EEDAF61E899EC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>providing stipends, consultation, and analytical services to support United States citizen applicants; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEB305D04123143AEAB84A03E11AD1E4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>making grants for the purposes described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5D011F0EBE9D45949A07AFE08CCDEF57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Using diplomatic programs funding To promote the employment of United States citizens by international organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts appropriated under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-small">Diplomatic programs</header-in-text></quote> in any Act making appropriations for the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs may be made available for grants, programs, and activities described in subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="idc72094df05e44377874e2b6475e660c8"><enum>702.</enum><header>Increasing housing availability for certain employees assigned to the United States Mission to the United Nations</header><subsection id="id57caa716266e4632b19bdffd90a9d519"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional employees</header><text>Section 9(2) of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/287e-1">22 U.S.C. 287e–1(2)</external-xref>), is amended by striking <quote>30</quote> and inserting <quote>41</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5239aaa1a21f4301961991f1b0cbaecb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Health systems and resilience fund</header><paragraph id="idf35158a224fc4a138eb07d146b3d97dc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the <quote>Health Systems and Resilience Fund</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id00cd750001e445259bbf3aa1deac1ca3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Health Systems and Resilience Fund $10,000,000, which—</text><subparagraph id="id9a2798e13388490cbe626a54cbafa7d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be used by USAID for global health activities in challenging environments and countries in crisis; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id09af16ca61d741709f91f3b665de7e3b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id84d398e22ce54f79b1e47d3a26d9ecd2"><enum>703.</enum><header>Limitation on United States contributions to peacekeeping operations not authorized by the United Nations Security Council</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/287">22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d85e793d499419f861e800414074ada"><section id="id0bd201b880f04a0abd3cba5180027a4c"><enum>12.</enum><header>Limitation on United States contributions to peacekeeping operations not authorized by the United Nations Security Council</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to pay assessed and other expenses of international peacekeeping activities under this Act may be made available for an international peacekeeping operation that has not been expressly authorized by the United Nations Security Council.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id9d229c3408f943c48dcdccb117228443"><enum>704.</enum><header>Boards of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and the Open Technology Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6201">22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 306 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6205">22 U.S.C. 6205</external-xref>) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99DCD46D815F47E0BE6E1A42FA3D3A29"><section id="id229A3F538189412FB83DC240242B7834"><enum>307.</enum><header>Grantee corporate boards of directors</header><subsection id="id3D6E85BCB9864ED0AFF4B80DFB8100B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The corporate board of directors of each grantee under this title—</text><paragraph id="id64FFE20AD1244BB78D71502979A3FE32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be bipartisan;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6A46974236504C9C8F5AB6A7FD4AE2AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall have the sole responsibility to operate their respective grantees within the jurisdiction of their respective States of incorporation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBF44699896974897B3C56D8074FE1559"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall be composed of not fewer than 5 members and not more than 7 members, who shall be qualified individuals who are not employed in the public sector; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id77532C8E93704FE49C96B5E498EE2B62"><enum>(4)</enum><text>shall appoint successors in the event of vacancies on their respective boards, in accordance with applicable bylaws. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8D6137CA5D43454FB1D2AFC56A4DB232"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Not Federal employees</header><text>No employee of any grantee under this title may be a Federal employee.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id32be0ad4e7914764b10e4e1029933156" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>705.</enum><header>Broadcasting entities no longer required to consolidate into a single private, nonprofit corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310 of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6209">22 U.S.C. 6209</external-xref>) is repealed. </text></section><section id="idC7541D1180844B4896220B8A3213D074"><enum>706.</enum><header>International broadcasting activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a) of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/6204">22 U.S.C. 6204(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id564A4E1144FB4A49BCA36AD4EDEBCF03"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (20); </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3336BE94E4504C53A1AA9FEAD48FD0C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (21), (22), and (23) as paragraphs (20), (21), and (22), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6983895D3DC944AE9795D64E3B2A4526"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (20), as redesignated, by striking <quote>or between grantees,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id48ac123bd1f3404e9c83ab30615ee193"><enum>707.</enum><header>Global internet freedom</header><subsection id="id6ce777afb90a4f20a5e5a37d9d5f6b03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States to promote internet freedom through programs of the Department and USAID that preserve and expand the internet as an open, global space for freedom of expression and association, which shall be prioritized for countries—</text><paragraph id="id04C1F37F929440239577B4CF41BFAEA8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whose governments restrict freedom of expression on the internet; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1246AFDE464845B9BAA5329661DDFF8B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that are important to the national interest of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id80eeebcef2644404b9de3ab016bee51d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose and coordination with other programs</header><text>Global internet freedom programming under this section—</text><paragraph id="id5cbd1dad7cc942abb595cd6a95b300ea"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be coordinated with other United States foreign assistance programs that promote democracy and support the efforts of civil society—</text><subparagraph id="id1d194801cbab437d9b81b0e39c23df26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to counter the development of repressive internet-related laws and regulations, including countering threats to internet freedom at international organizations;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd199acf6b2bc4c97afb8c26f0e27e621"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to combat violence against bloggers and other civil society activists who utilize the internet; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06213f4ba0994acfa264e567e1d1c20d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to enhance digital security training and capacity building for democracy activists;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id077937ec834c4cd6ac50cd3e9edf1977"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall seek to assist efforts—</text><subparagraph id="id01200e699e7d4bc087330ca512f42938"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to research key threats to internet freedom;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id285aefd6628245da98e59be0938f07b6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to continue the development of technologies that provide or enhance access to the internet, including circumvention tools that bypass internet blocking, filtering, and other censorship techniques used by authoritarian governments; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd4de435fc144d1b96bf8ceca4c2fd19"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to maintain the technological advantage of the Federal Government over the censorship techniques described in subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ce710aed2454eafb915b8459404611e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall be incorporated into country assistance and democracy promotion strategies, as appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3a710809af8d4c9ead2e3ad744fdd695"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023—</text><paragraph id="id7d58949e3e4e4acf8e34f043de3c3a38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$75,000,000 to the Department and USAID, which shall be used to continue efforts to promote internet freedom globally, and shall be matched, to the maximum extent practicable, by sources other than the Federal Government, including the private sector; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4ff9d015c8004f61954e117a53dce3b2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$49,000,000 to the United States Agency for Global Media (referred to in this section as the <quote>USAGM</quote>) and its grantees, which shall be used for internet freedom and circumvention technologies that are designed—</text><subparagraph id="id8480a1c1dbeb4fc7b166d273d1878e78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for open-source tools and techniques to securely develop and distribute digital content produced by the USAGM and its grantees;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0f4237c1ea9849b4b517ac78b5b0ba56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to facilitate audience access to such digital content on websites that are censored;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa41f08c72a84c799b5dc0b970532cc9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to coordinate the distribution of such digital content to targeted regional audiences; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc5021b69c7644a79b2f9a7bc02a0d4f4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to promote and distribute such tools and techniques, including digital security techniques.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4d3ebd7ad3814d8aa413f9ca98eb8052"><enum>(d)</enum><header>United States Agency for Global Media activities</header><paragraph id="id587734e49f5642ad83ff6b5898bd55b7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual certification</header><text>For any new tools or techniques authorized under subsection (c)(2), the Chief Executive Officer of the USGAM, in consultation with the President of the Open Technology Fund (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>OTF </quote>) and relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit an annual certification to the appropriate congressional committees that verifies they—</text><subparagraph id="id405c106299ad4e4485bca885e08e4aa3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have evaluated the risks and benefits of such new tools or techniques; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52fdf74a8dca4a8fa3397ce2519bfdcf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have established safeguards to minimize the use of such new tools or techniques for illicit purposes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id65b66867c55047789b4e0e57e8ed3b82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information sharing</header><text>The Secretary may not direct programs or policy of the USAGM or the OTF, but may share any research and development with relevant Federal departments and agencies for the exclusive purposes of—</text><subparagraph id="id13de78cd6eb44cdc839e0c16be075579"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sharing information, technologies, and best practices; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf843fab56b4a491f9cbe2a0d1c61866e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assessing the effectiveness of such technologies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b35ec12f29f445da0eb54627552b67f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>United states agency for global media</header><text>The Chief Executive Officer of the USAGM, in consultation with the President of the OTF, shall—</text><subparagraph id="id29c008ea4eaf49fd8cf9f7c9d3576f8d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate international broadcasting programs and incorporate such programs into country broadcasting strategies, as appropriate;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2f692f0dd5d413681014f5d9a5f23e3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>solicit project proposals through an open, transparent, and competitive application process, including by seeking input from technical and subject matter experts; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03d7bcad57364f6b8723bf839e947cd5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>support internet circumvention tools and techniques for audiences in countries that are strategic priorities for the OTF, in accordance with USAGM’s annual language service prioritization review.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6aee300eb6284862a981585614627d38"><enum>(e)</enum><header>USAGM report</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive Office of the USAGM shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes—</text><paragraph id="idb36f4ea85fd64aad9e0064a7db62ac0d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as of the date of the report—</text><subparagraph id="id66972a3af97b4fe59178c046f4143d11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the full scope of internet freedom programs within the USAGM, including—</text><clause id="idc2a89fb8f4dc43a9aa1cea984a8bf98b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the efforts of the Office of Internet Freedom; and</text></clause><clause id="id08aeef58945b48139ed247e198565715"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the efforts of the Open Technology Fund;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5ae3092235a44868bb5c34ae08b3b682"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the capacity of internet censorship circumvention tools supported by the Office of Internet Freedom and grantees of the Open Technology Fund that are available for use by individuals in foreign countries seeking to counteract censors; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id094e9548613b461a8ddf8b739eabfc92"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any barriers to the provision of the efforts described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), including access to surge funding; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id14fadf752737407a8adabd73ccec19ca"><enum>(2)</enum><text>successful examples from the Office of Internet Freedom and Open Technology Fund involving—</text><subparagraph id="idef083cbf2c934a7cb8ad503724bf8d50"><enum>(A)</enum><text>responding rapidly to internet shutdowns in closed societies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2386f83d6ac44114a7bc6f252bbdfe9f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensuring uninterrupted circumvention services for USAGM entities to promote internet freedom within repressive regimes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5e4447622b1549e6a8d92114de417bb1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Joint report</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Administrator of USAID shall jointly submit a report, which may include a classified annex, to the appropriate congressional committees that describes—</text><paragraph id="id75de6ab1342b4098bf3171731fac02ba"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as of the date of the report—</text><subparagraph id="idca35ab03f591455b8e6ccf4ccdcd39fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the full scope of internet freedom programs within the Department and USAID, including—</text><clause id="id14df8d06085f4843a5b7c62fb89ef4dc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Department circumvention efforts; and</text></clause><clause id="idc78cc8a655834eb99d22e25daa5cd147"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>USAID efforts to support internet infrastructure;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida7ded37110a84913a084c449ede799cb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the capacity of internet censorship circumvention tools supported by the Federal Government that are available for use by individuals in foreign countries seeking to counteract censors; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e3e435b9b7d4d069aeed7bda44e0c6d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any barriers to provision of the efforts enumerated in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (e)(1)(A), including access to surge funding; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id93a8dddb28a3467c95fbbaead99c982c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any new resources needed to provide the Federal Government with greater capacity to provide and boost internet access—</text><subparagraph id="idb9bc785b21a047d39a170ae2084e13bf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to respond rapidly to internet shutdowns in closed societies; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id81a24973fb02482f9491250cf8592ffe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide internet connectivity to foreign locations where the provision of additional internet access service would promote freedom from repressive regimes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id65fcd7509a224ae3822e4e19deec4624"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Security audits</header><text>Before providing any support for open source technologies under this section, such technologies must undergo comprehensive security audits to ensure that such technologies are secure and have not been compromised in a manner that is detrimental to the interest of the United States or to the interests of individuals and organizations benefitting from programs supported by such funding.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7630c2975ef44d36a3ced30bcb211dfd"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Surge</header><paragraph id="id7fca53f3e9cd4104bb1b7cfefe739b63"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), there is authorized to be appropriated, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, $2,500,000 to support internet freedom programs in closed societies, including programs that—</text><subparagraph id="idb93449381f8b447c8837acec3779e4ae"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are carried out in crisis situations by vetted entities that are already engaged in internet freedom programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b1f6961318c44a78d9a930c3e28990d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>involve circumvention tools; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3377db3bc73e4aeb936be5313e079385"><enum>(C)</enum><text>increase the overseas bandwidth for companies that received Federal funding during the previous fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0b3b6ebce62c4068bc8eb3a08e19447c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be expended until the Secretary has certified to the appropriate congressional committees, the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name> that the use of such funds is in the national interest of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc6859016ff6649d890ac749eaa54c194"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text>In this section, the term <term>internet censorship circumvention tool</term> means a software application or other tool that an individual can use to evade foreign government restrictions on internet access. </text></subsection></section><section id="id7E01FB709CF045EDBDA10745D5702C0A"><enum>708.</enum><header>Arms Export Control Act alignment with the Export Control Reform Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 38(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2778">22 U.S.C. 2778(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id63DA02D304A74D5F95AB661F4EBADD4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g) of section 11 of the Export Administration Act of 1979, and by subsections (a) and (c) of section 12 of such Act</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (c) and (d) of section 1760 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4819">50 U.S.C. 4819</external-xref>), and by subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(7), (c), and (h) of section 1761 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4820">50 U.S.C. 4820</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE99416963048428B927B97185E5332D7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>11(c)(2)(B) of such Act</quote> and inserting <quote>1760(c)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4819">50 U.S.C. 4819(c)(2)</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFC4B71AA0A1D45A5ABD513D0AC75354B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>11(c) of the Export Administration Act of 1979</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1760(c) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/4819">50 U.S.C. 4819(c)</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id49D9B14CF33241FF91DA8B9170EBD472"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>the greater of $1,200,000 or the amount that is twice the value of the transaction that is the basis of the violation with respect to which the penalty is imposed.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idD616DA57103B4E59941A88F6320566C5"><enum>709.</enum><header>Increasing the maximum annual lease payment available without approval by the Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10(a) of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/301">22 U.S.C. 301(a)</external-xref>), is amended by striking <quote>$50,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000</quote>. </text></section><section id="id41C43BFBEADA46E0BAE5313F894CACA1" commented="no"><enum>710.</enum><header>Report on United States access to critical mineral resources abroad</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that details, with regard to the Department—</text><paragraph id="id568FD29F4049411C8844C608E3566CC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>diplomatic efforts to ensure United States access to critical minerals acquired from outside of the United States that are used to manufacture clean energy technologies; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD938FAB1CBE747D685E97AA1528FC579" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>collaboration with other parts of the Federal Government to build a robust supply chain for critical minerals necessary to manufacture clean energy technologies. </text></paragraph></section><section id="idF1448CD7EAC045059B41BD98E3C98F70"><enum>711.</enum><header>Ensuring the integrity of communications cooperation</header><subsection id="idEEA1686C7FBE4F8C80A4E1E753D16E6B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text>In this section, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text><paragraph id="id9234806A37FA44E08310FBC2E6B05F85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1993108432654E678CA25D4B6C845029"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SLIN00">Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD2B92E276DC2416B852CAE787F46B815"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services of the Senate</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2D3EAB4ABDA748FBAF9BD025C325281F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives</committee-name>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0A65CA159E0F4F6A9CAEC1C8EF7FDFC0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB4634CFD2A7743A4BB71A76E09D5D33C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD1F6F34BB2334355889DC3D1A5569C2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 15 days after any Chief of Mission determines that communications equipment provided by the United States Government to a foreign government has been used for a purpose other than the purpose for which the equipment was authorized, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees—</text><paragraph id="id658F3923177F490DB4D0AC9607895B0E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an unclassified notification that indicates that such an incident occurred and the country in which it occurred; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id38AEECF7F8CF4CE39C3058682598A425"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a classified notification that describes the incident concerned, including a description of—</text><subparagraph id="id473B62BCD22C4DAB9AEBE954981AD59C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Federal department or agency that provided the equipment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3237F238CD7C4D3E81D3EB390CB7DCB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the foreign entity or individual that used the equipment for unlawful purposes; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDFA50852E8624401B06C502FF6B6FFD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>how the equipment was used in an unlawful manner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id87112C0C2749455A87F44D4B3FD17873"><enum>712.</enum><header>Congressional oversight, quarterly review, and authority relating to concurrence provided by chiefs of mission for the provision of support relating to certain United States Government operations</header><subsection id="id2462F2C367D14D48A2A203C073AFF542"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notification required</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which a Chief of Mission provides concurrence for the provision of United States Government support to entities or individuals engaged in facilitating or supporting United States Government military- or security-related operations within the area of responsibility of the Chief of Mission, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the provision of such concurrence.</text></subsection><subsection id="id783A9D4028CE4523B4C7359751139AD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Semiannual review, determination, and briefing required</header><text>Not less frequently than every 180 days, the Secretary, in order to ensure that the support described in subsection (a) continues to align with United States foreign policy objectives and the objectives of the Department, shall—</text><paragraph id="idD5AB54DB3DDA42E49AD2FBD8F88BECBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct a review of any concurrence described in subsection (a) in effect as of the date of the review;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7E5B9D652725482A9DD343E24153C053"><enum>(2)</enum><text>based on the review, determine whether to revoke any such concurrence pending further study and review; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id449D8F46D4854B1EB109D6F5CF42F4F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>brief the appropriate congressional committees on the results of the review.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8432729C9ADB4F028894325013550D3F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Revocation of concurrence</header><text>If the Secretary determines to revoke any concurrence described in subsection (a) pursuant to a review conducted under subsection (b), the Secretary may revoke such concurrence.</text></subsection><subsection id="idE137E44146044EDAAE9B153414D1433A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual report required</header><text>Not later than January 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the following:</text><paragraph id="id18C607AA2488479A9270CEA0B341AB38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of any support described in subsection (a) that was provided with the concurrence of a Chief of Mission during the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which the report is submitted.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7BF0677F8241423CBE9D88FD8C4F367E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An analysis of the effects of the support described in paragraph (1) on diplomatic lines of effort, including with respect to—</text><subparagraph id="idCA7F75E731C1443DA8DA1AE95E5D895A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs (NADR) and associated Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id642A1228589C40BA9A3B70293B86B780"><enum>(B)</enum><text>International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) programs; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE2CF962136B44027A13CF1C0C5A0D974"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Foreign Military Financing (FMF), and associated training programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id89B29F44855E432095A7924889CE9B8A"><enum>713.</enum><header>Provision of parking services and retention of parking fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State may—</text><paragraph id="id0EE770156157474FA0212C1F8AB9C0C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide parking services, including electric vehicle charging and other parking services, in facilities operated by or for the Department; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id719428A8C9A3473197A916CB4BA63927"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">charge fees for such services that may be deposited into the appropriate account of the Department, to remain available until expended for the purposes of such account.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id3E3009E16C5242DAA7BA722B65F27AFF"><enum>714.</enum><header>Diplomatic reception areas</header><subsection id="id5B1E5A95C253442EB859C84629F115DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Defined term</header><text>In this section, the term <term>reception areas</term> has the meaning given such term in section 41(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2713">22 U.S.C. 2713(c)</external-xref>). </text></subsection><subsection id="idE45F1D484D4D441F9379BD74E4A8D313"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may sell goods and services and use the proceeds of such sales for administration and related support of the reception areas consistent with section 41(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2713">22 U.S.C. 2713(a)</external-xref>). </text></subsection><subsection id="id2BCBF14B8B2A45CD96CC2761444EFC7F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Amounts collected</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts collected pursuant to the authority provided under subsection (b) may be deposited into an account in the Treasury, to remain available until expended. </text></subsection></section><section id="id0EF54523885B4201BB7BBB3AC95BC8F7"><enum>715.</enum><header>Consular and border security programs visa services cost recovery proposal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 103 of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1713">8 U.S.C. 1713</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id361A1235DFA94CE69810F01AC2B954CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id661F3A648CA6462FB9DB514337AFF25A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or surcharge</quote> after <quote>machine-readable visa fee</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id865EA395A2414B25969EBBFD0FA5EA5C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following: <quote>The amount of the machine-readable visa fee or surcharge under this subsection may also account for the cost of other consular services that are not otherwise subject to a fee or surcharge retained by the Department of State.</quote>; and </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE3346FB8E26E4D9D98F356353B889E99" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by inserting <quote>or surcharges</quote> after <quote>amounts collected as fees</quote>. </text></paragraph></section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Extension of authorities</header><section id="idE10A208A97FE44B2803A6A4826C53E0E"><enum>801.</enum><header>Consulting services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any consulting services through procurement contracts shall be limited to contracts in which such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.</text></section><section id="id3FC34780560C437E85D72B5BA6B826CE"><enum>802.</enum><header>Diplomatic facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of calculating the costs of providing new United States diplomatic facilities in any fiscal year, in accordance with section 604(e) of 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> note), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the annual program level and agency shares for such fiscal year in a manner that is proportional to the contribution of the Department of State for this purpose.</text></section><section id="id19EF75D00F074643852BD99C1C8A20A8"><enum>803.</enum><header>Extension of existing authorities</header><subsection id="idF6CAF73A31F14D88B49DCD30643C36EE" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of authorities</header><paragraph id="id9438F89E3F574C78A5F2569739D54033"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Passport fees</header><text>Section 1(b)(2) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/214">22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)</external-xref>) shall be applied by striking <quote>September 30, 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2023</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBE51ACCB840C407C832008E1CCA4A92C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Incentives for critical posts</header><text>The authority contained in 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>) shall remain in effect through <quote>September 30, 2023</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9C6B2E9F05FB4FA4B84AC02D97E229F9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>USAID civil service annuitant waiver</header><text>Section 625(j)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2385">22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)(B)</external-xref>) shall be applied by striking <quote>October 1, 2010</quote> and inserting <quote>September 30, 2023</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id87471A7FFE464C3FB841A1115108652A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Overseas pay comparability and limitation</header><subparagraph id="id558D83B65D44456DA0780C5ECAE7949D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The authority provided by section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/32">Public Law 111–32</external-xref>) shall remain in effect through September 30, 2023.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB6B851717A8E40469B474BD16C942FFD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The authority described in subparagraph (A) may not be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/32">Public Law 111–32</external-xref>)) a locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such member under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such member’s official duty station were in the District of Columbia.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id84EB6441448F430C869453B15A77F2A7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Inspector general annuitant waiver</header><text>The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/212">Public Law 111–212</external-xref>)—</text><subparagraph id="id1D10040889204FE18BFE3980B61FA581"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall remain in effect through September 30, 2023; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63F2DBFEF75D417B8BC49472C8736312"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be used to facilitate the assignment of persons for oversight of programs in Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA90E9F51DCEB48B99FD973D32D3233A1" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Accountability review boards</header><text>The authority provided under 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>) shall remain in effect for facilities in Afghanistan and shall apply to facilities in Ukraine through September 30, 2023, except that the notification and reporting requirements contained in such section shall include the appropriate congressional committees, the <committee-name committee-id="SSAP00">Committee on Appropriations of the Senate</committee-name>, and the <committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives</committee-name>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id04C1D89806614A6D93FC5A801F2508A8" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Department of State Inspector General waiver authority</header><text>The Inspector General of the Department may waive the provisions of subsections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/4064">22 U.S.C. 4064</external-xref>), on a case-by-case basis, for an annuitant reemployed by the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject to the same constraints and in the same manner by which the Secretary of State may exercise such waiver authority pursuant to subsection (g) of such section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBB76DEF0258D473E8593138B784F91E1" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension of procurement authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/74">Public Law 112–74</external-xref>) shall continue in effect until September 30, 2023.</text></subsection></section><section id="id919644ADEC6F46339D3ADE5EB6D13A83"><enum>804.</enum><header>War reserves stockpile and military training report</header><subsection id="idE34C6D21BD984796A2CD41AE0F799ED2" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of war reserves stockpile authority</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>of this section</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>of this section after September 30, 2023.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5618E277808C43F185B168A11CA3FE36" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual foreign military training report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of implementing section 656 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term <term>military training provided to foreign military personnel by the Department of Defense and the Department of State</term> shall be deemed to include all military training provided by foreign governments with funds appropriated to the Department of Defense or the Department of State, except for training provided by the government of a country designated under section 517(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2321k">22 U.S.C. 2321k(b)</external-xref>) as a major non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally. Such third-country training shall be clearly identified in the report submitted pursuant to such section 656.</text></subsection></section>