[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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