[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 129 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6673-S6674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW ACT OF 2012

  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 525, S. 3341.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3341) to require a quadrennial diplomacy and 
     development review, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that the 
bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or 
debate, and that any statements related to the measure be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3341) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3341

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Quadrennial Diplomacy and 
     Development Review Act of 2012''.

     SEC. 2. QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.

       (a) Requirement.--
       (1) Quadrennial reviews required.--Under the direction of 
     the President, the Secretary of State shall every four years, 
     during a year following a year evenly divisible by four, 
     conduct a review of United States diplomacy and development 
     (to be known as a ``quadrennial diplomacy and development 
     review'').
       (2) Scope of reviews.--Each quadrennial diplomacy and 
     development review shall be a comprehensive examination of 
     the national diplomacy and development policy and strategic 
     framework of the United States for the next four year period 
     until a subsequent review is due under paragraph (1). The 
     review shall include--
       (A) recommendations regarding the long-term diplomacy and 
     development policy and strategic framework of the United 
     States;
       (B) priorities of the United States for diplomacy and 
     development; and
       (C) guidance on the related programs, assets, capabilities, 
     budget, policies, and authorities of the Department of State 
     and United States Agency for International Development.
       (3) Consultation.--In conducting each quadrennial diplomacy 
     and development review, after consultation with Department of 
     State and United States Agency for International Development 
     officials, the Secretary of State should consult with--
       (A) the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, including 
     the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Chief Executive 
     Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the 
     Director of National Intelligence;
       (B) any other Federal agency that provides foreign 
     assistance, including at a minimum the Export-Import Bank of 
     the United States and the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation;
       (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and, as appropriate, other members of 
     Congress; and
       (D) other relevant governmental and nongovernmental 
     entities, including private sector representatives, 
     academics, and other policy experts.
       (b) Contents of Review.--Each quadrennial diplomacy and 
     development review shall--
       (1) delineate, as appropriate, the national diplomacy and 
     development policy and strategic framework of the United 
     States, consistent with appropriate national, Department of 
     State, and United States Agency for International Development 
     strategies, strategic plans, and relevant presidential 
     directives, including the national security strategy 
     prescribed pursuant to section 108 of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a);
       (2) outline and prioritize the full range of critical 
     national diplomacy and development areas, capabilities, and 
     resources, including those implemented across agencies, and 
     address the full range of challenges confronting the United 
     States in this regard;
       (3) describe the interagency cooperation, and preparedness 
     of relevant Federal assets, and the infrastructure, budget 
     plan, and other elements of the diplomacy and development 
     policies and programs of the United States required to 
     execute successfully the full range of mission priorities 
     outlined under paragraph (2);
       (4) describe the roles of international organizations and 
     multilateral institutions in advancing United States 
     diplomatic and development objectives, including the 
     mechanisms for coordinating and harmonizing development 
     policies and programs with partner countries and among 
     donors;
       (5) identify the budget plan required to provide sufficient 
     resources to successfully execute the full range of mission 
     priorities outlined under paragraph (2);
       (6) include an assessment of the organizational alignment 
     of the Department of State and the United States Agency for 
     International Development with the national diplomacy and 
     development policy and strategic framework referred to in 
     paragraph (1) and the diplomacy and development mission 
     priorities outlined under paragraph (2);
       (7) review and assess the effectiveness of the management 
     mechanisms of the Department of State and the United States 
     Agency for International Development for executing the 
     strategic priorities outlined in the quadrennial diplomacy 
     and development review, including the extent to which such 
     effectiveness has been enhanced since the previous report; 
     and
       (8) the relationship between the requirements of the 
     quadrennial diplomacy and development review and the 
     acquisition strategy and expenditure plan within the 
     Department of State and the United States Agency for 
     International Development.
       (c) Reporting.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than the year following the year 
     in which a quadrennial diplomacy and development review is 
     conducted, but not later than the date on which the President 
     submits the budget for the next fiscal year to Congress under 
     section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report 
     regarding that quadrennial diplomacy and development review.
       (2) Contents of report.--Each report submitted under 
     paragraph (1) shall include--
       (A) the results of the quadrennial diplomacy and 
     development review conducted in accordance with, and based on 
     a detailed assessment of, the provisions of and 
     considerations set out in subsections (a)(2) and (b), 
     addressing each of the key elements identified in such 
     subsections;
       (B) a description of the threats to the assumed or defined 
     national security interests

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     of the United States that were examined for the purposes of 
     that review;
       (C) an explanation of any underlying assumptions used in 
     conducting the review; and
       (D) any other matters the Secretary of State considers 
     appropriate.
       (3) Public availability.--The Secretary of State shall, 
     consistent with the protection of national security and other 
     sensitive matters, make each report submitted under paragraph 
     (1) publicly available on the Internet Web site of the 
     Department of State.
       (d) Establishment.--The Secretary of State may establish 
     within the Department of State an Office of Quadrennial 
     Diplomacy and Development Review, which the Secretary of 
     State may, using only existing resources, staff in a manner 
     to assist in discharging the functions under this section.
       (e) Foreign Affairs Policy Board Review.--The Secretary of 
     State should apprise the Foreign Affairs Policy Board on an 
     ongoing basis of the work undertaken in the conduct of the 
     quadrennial diplomacy and development review and, upon 
     completion of the review, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs 
     Policy Board should, on behalf of the Board, prepare and 
     submit to the Secretary an assessment of the review for 
     inclusion in the report submitted under subsection (c).

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