[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 126 (Thursday, July 25, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H7412-H7436]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2019

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill 
(H.R. 3352) to provide for certain authorities of the Department of 
State, and for other purposes, as amended.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 3352

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Department 
     of State Authorization Act of 2019''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--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 STATE

Sec. 101. Sense of Congress on importance of Department of State's 
              work.
Sec. 102. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Sec. 103. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law 
              Enforcement Affairs.
Sec. 104. Bureau of Consular Affairs; Bureau of Population, Refugees, 
              and Migration.
Sec. 105. Office of International Disability Rights.
Sec. 106. Office of Global Women's Issues.
Sec. 107. Special appointments.
Sec. 108. Anti-piracy information sharing.
Sec. 109. Importance of foreign affairs training to national security.
Sec. 110. Classification and assignment of Foreign Service officers.
Sec. 111. Energy diplomacy and security within the Department of State.
Sec. 112. Passport fees.
Sec. 113. United States diplomacy center.
Sec. 114. Extension of period for reimbursement of fishermen for costs 
              incurred from the illegal seizure and detention of U.S.-
              flag fishing vessels by foreign governments.
Sec. 115. Art in embassies.
Sec. 116. Amendment or repeal of reporting requirements.
Sec. 117. Reporting on implementation of GAO recommendations.
Sec. 118. Office of Global Criminal Justice.

                     TITLE II--EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION

Sec. 201. Embassy security, construction, and maintenance.
Sec. 202. Standard design in capital construction.
Sec. 203. Capital construction transparency.
Sec. 204. Contractor performance information.
Sec. 205. Growth projections for new embassies and consulates.
Sec. 206. Long-range planning process.
Sec. 207. Value engineering and risk assessment.
Sec. 208. Business volume.
Sec. 209. Embassy security requests and deficiencies.
Sec. 210. Overseas security briefings.
Sec. 211. Contracting methods in capital construction.
Sec. 212. Competition in embassy construction.
Sec. 213. Statement of policy.
Sec. 214. Definitions.

                      TITLE III--PERSONNEL ISSUES

Sec. 301. Defense Base Act insurance waivers.
Sec. 302. Study on Foreign Service allowances.
Sec. 303. Science and technology fellowships.
Sec. 304. Travel for separated families.
Sec. 305. Home leave travel for separated families.
Sec. 306. Sense of Congress regarding certain fellowship programs.
Sec. 307. Technical correction.
Sec. 308. Foreign Service awards.
Sec. 309. Diplomatic programs.
Sec. 310. Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the 
              Department of State.
Sec. 311. Employee assignment restrictions and preclusions.
Sec. 312. Recall and reemployment of career members.
Sec. 313. Strategic staffing plan for the Department.
Sec. 314. Consulting services.
Sec. 315. Incentives for critical posts.
Sec. 316. Extension of authority for certain accountability review 
              boards.
Sec. 317. Foreign service suspension without pay.
Sec. 318. Foreign Affairs Manual and Foreign Affairs Handbook changes.
Sec. 319. Waiver authority for individual occupational requirements of 
              certain positions.
Sec. 320. Standardizing Department parental leave policies.
Sec. 321. Appointment of employees to the Global Engagement Center.
Sec. 322. Rest and recuperation and overseas operations leave for 
              Federal employees.

  TITLE IV--A DIVERSE WORKFORCE: RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND PROMOTION

Sec. 401. Definitions.
Sec. 402. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data.
Sec. 403. Exit interviews for workforce.
Sec. 404. Recruitment and retention.
Sec. 405. Leadership engagement and accountability.
Sec. 406. Professional development opportunities and tools.
Sec. 407. Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service.
Sec. 408. Payne fellowship authorization.
Sec. 409. Voluntary participation.

                     TITLE V--INFORMATION SECURITY

Sec. 501. Definitions.
Sec. 502. Information system security.
Sec. 503. Prohibition on contracting with certain telecommunications 
              providers.
Sec. 504. Preserving records of electronic communications conducted 
              related to official duties of positions in the public 
              trust of the American people.
Sec. 505. Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series and 
              declassification.
Sec. 506. Vulnerability Disclosure Policy and Bug Bounty Pilot Program.

                       TITLE VI--PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts.
Sec. 603. Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy.
Sec. 604. Permanent reauthorization of the United States Advisory 
              Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Sec. 605. Streamlining of support functions.

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Sec. 606. Guidance for closure of public diplomacy facilities.
Sec. 607. Definitions.

                 TITLE VII--COMBATING PUBLIC CORRUPTION

Sec. 701. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 702. Annual assessment.
Sec. 703. Transparency and accountability.
Sec. 704. Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact.
Sec. 705. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 706. Foreign investments and national security.

         TITLE VIII--MATTERS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Security assistance defined.

           Subtitle A--Reform Relating to Security Assistance

Sec. 811. Organizational reform.
Sec. 812. Workforce development.
Sec. 813. Security assistance planning.
Sec. 814. Interagency coordination of security assistance, transfers, 
              and security cooperation.
Sec. 815. Rule of construction.

                Subtitle B--Foreign Military Assistance

Sec. 821. Strategic allocation of excess defense articles.
Sec. 822. Modification of purposes for which military sales by the 
              United States are authorized.
Sec. 823. Return of defense articles.
Sec. 824. Requirements relating to exemptions for licensing of defense 
              items.
Sec. 825. Amendment to general provisions.
Sec. 826. Technical amendments to Arms Export Control Act.
Sec. 827. Sense of Congress on licensing under United States arms 
              export control programs.
Sec. 828. Extension of war reserve stockpile authority.
Sec. 829. Peacekeeping operations and other national security programs.
Sec. 830. Other amendments to military assistance authorities.
Sec. 831. Repeal of reports.
Sec. 832. Defense trade controls registration fees.
Sec. 833. Withholding of assistance to units of foreign security forces 
              that engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse in 
              peacekeeping operations.
Sec. 834. Modification to limitations on assistance relating to human 
              rights.

            Subtitle C--Studies on Authorities and Programs

Sec. 841. Requirement for study by Bureau of International Narcotics 
              and Law Enforcement Affairs.
Sec. 842. Requirement for independent study of existing security 
              assistance authorities.

                        TITLE IX--MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 901. Case-Zablocki Act reform.
Sec. 902. Limitation on assistance to countries in default.
Sec. 903. Prohibition on assistance to governments supporting 
              international terrorism.
Sec. 904. Establishing a coordinator for ISIS detainee issues.
Sec. 905. Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return 
              Act of 2014 amendment.
Sec. 906. Modification of authorities of Commission for the 
              Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.

                       TITLE X--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

Sec. 1001. Determination of budgetary effects.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--Unless otherwise 
     specified, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Department.--Unless otherwise specified, the term 
     ``Department'' means the Department of State.
       (3) Secretary.--Unless otherwise specified, the term 
     ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of State.

    TITLE I--ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

     SEC. 101. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF DEPARTMENT OF 
                   STATE'S WORK.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) United States global engagement is key to a stable and 
     prosperous world;
       (2) United States leadership is indispensable in light of 
     the many complex and interconnected threats facing the United 
     States and the world;
       (3) diplomacy and development are critical tools of 
     national power, and full deployment of these tools is vital 
     to United States national security;
       (4) challenges such as the global refugee and migration 
     crises, terrorism, historic famine and food insecurity, and 
     fragile or repressive societies cannot be addressed without 
     sustained and robust United States diplomatic and development 
     leadership;
       (5) the United States Government must use all of the 
     instruments of national security and foreign policy at its 
     disposal to protect United States citizens, promote United 
     States interests and values, and support global stability and 
     prosperity;
       (6) United States security and prosperity depend on having 
     partners and allies that share our interests and values, and 
     these partnerships are nurtured and our shared interests and 
     values are promoted through United States diplomatic 
     engagement, security cooperation, economic statecraft, and 
     assistance that helps further economic development, good 
     governance, including the rule of law and democratic 
     institutions, and the development of shared responses to 
     natural and humanitarian disasters;
       (7) as the United States Government agencies primarily 
     charged with conducting diplomacy and development, the 
     Department and the United States Agency for International 
     Development (USAID) require sustained and robust funding to 
     carry out this important work, which is essential to our 
     ability to project United States leadership and values and to 
     advance the United States interests around the world;
       (8) the work of the Department and USAID makes the United 
     States and the world safer and more prosperous by alleviating 
     global poverty and hunger, fighting HIV/AIDS and other 
     infectious diseases, strengthening alliances, expanding 
     educational opportunities for women and girls, promoting good 
     governance and democracy, supporting anti-corruption efforts, 
     driving economic development and trade, preventing armed 
     conflicts and humanitarian crises, and creating American jobs 
     and export opportunities;
       (9) the Department and USAID are vital national security 
     agencies, whose work is critical to the projection of United 
     States power and leadership worldwide, and without which 
     Americans would be less safe, our economic power would be 
     diminished, and global stability and prosperity would suffer;
       (10) investing in diplomacy and development before 
     conflicts break out saves American lives while also being 
     cost-effective; and
       (11) the contributions of personnel working at the 
     Department and USAID are extraordinarily valuable and allow 
     the United States to maintain its leadership around the 
     world.

     SEC. 102. BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR.

       Paragraph (2) of section 1(c) of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following 
     new sentence: ``All special envoys, ambassadors, and 
     coordinators located within the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
     Rights, and Labor shall report directly to the Assistant 
     Secretary.'';
       (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii)--
       (A) by striking ``section'' and inserting ``sections 116 
     and''; and
       (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``(commonly referred to as the annual `Country 
     Reports on Human Rights Practices')''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(C) Authorities.--In addition to the duties, functions, 
     and responsibilities specified in this paragraph, the 
     Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
     Labor is authorized to--
       ``(i) promote democracy and actively support human rights 
     throughout the world;
       ``(ii) promote the rule of law and good governance 
     throughout the world;
       ``(iii) strengthen, empower, and protect civil society 
     representatives, programs, and organizations, and facilitate 
     their ability to engage in dialogue with governments and 
     other civil society entities;
       ``(iv) work with regional bureaus to ensure adequate 
     personnel at diplomatic posts are assigned responsibilities 
     relating to advancing democracy, human rights, labor rights, 
     women's equal participation in society, and the rule of law, 
     with particular attention paid to adequate oversight and 
     engagement on such issues by senior officials at such posts;
       ``(v) review and, as appropriate, make recommendations to 
     the Secretary of State regarding the proposed transfer of--
       ``(I) defense articles and defense services authorized 
     under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 
     seq.) or the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
     seq.); and
       ``(II) military items listed on the `600 series' of the 
     Commerce Control List contained in Supplement No. 1 to part 
     774 of subtitle B of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations;
       ``(vi) coordinate programs and activities that protect and 
     advance the exercise of human rights and internet freedom in 
     cyberspace; and
       ``(vii) implement other relevant policies and provisions of 
     law.
       ``(D) Efficiency.--The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
     Human Rights, and Labor shall take whatever actions may be 
     necessary to minimize the duplication of efforts within the 
     Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
       ``(E) Local oversight.--United States missions, to the 
     extent practicable, should assist in exercising oversight 
     authority and coordinate with the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
     Rights, and Labor to ensure that funds are appropriately used 
     and comply with anti-corruption practices.''.

     SEC. 103. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND 
                   LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended--

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       (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) Assistant secretary for international narcotics and 
     law enforcement affairs.--
       ``(A) In general.--There is authorized to be in the 
     Department of State an Assistant Secretary for International 
     Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, who shall be 
     responsible to the Secretary of State for all matters, 
     programs, and related activities pertaining to international 
     narcotics, anti-crime, and law enforcement affairs in the 
     conduct of foreign policy by the Department, including, as 
     appropriate, leading the coordination of programs carried out 
     by United States Government agencies abroad, and such other 
     related duties as the Secretary may from time to time 
     designate.
       ``(B) Areas of responsibility.--The Assistant Secretary for 
     International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs shall 
     maintain continuous observation and coordination of all 
     matters pertaining to international narcotics, anti-crime, 
     and law enforcement affairs in the conduct of foreign policy, 
     including programs carried out by other United States 
     Government agencies when such programs pertain to the 
     following matters:
       ``(i) Combating international narcotics production and 
     trafficking.
       ``(ii) Strengthening foreign justice systems, including 
     judicial and prosecutorial capacity, appeals systems, law 
     enforcement agencies, prison systems, and the sharing of 
     recovered assets.
       ``(iii) Training and equipping foreign police, border 
     control, other government officials, and other civilian law 
     enforcement authorities for anti-crime purposes, including 
     ensuring that no foreign security unit or member of such unit 
     shall receive such assistance from the United States 
     Government absent appropriate vetting.
       ``(iv) Ensuring the inclusion of human rights and women's 
     participation issues in law enforcement programs, in 
     consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
     Human Rights, and Labor, and other senior officials in 
     regional and thematic bureaus and offices.
       ``(v) Combating, in conjunction with other relevant bureaus 
     of the Department, all forms of transnational organized 
     crime, including illicit trafficking in human beings, arms, 
     wildlife, and cultural property, migrant smuggling, 
     corruption, money laundering, the illicit smuggling of bulk 
     cash, the licit use of financial systems for malign purposes, 
     and other new and emerging forms of crime.
       ``(vi) Identifying and responding to global corruption, 
     including strengthening the capacity of foreign government 
     institutions responsible for addressing financial crimes and 
     engaging with multilateral organizations responsible for 
     monitoring and supporting foreign governments' anti-
     corruption efforts.
       ``(C) Additional duties.--In addition to the 
     responsibilities specified in subparagraph (B), the Assistant 
     Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 
     Affairs shall also--
       ``(i) carry out timely and substantive consultation with 
     chiefs of mission and, as appropriate, the heads of other 
     United States Government agencies to ensure effective 
     coordination of all international narcotics and law 
     enforcement programs carried out overseas by the Department 
     and such other agencies;
       ``(ii) coordinate with the Office of National Drug Control 
     Policy to ensure lessons learned from other United States 
     Government agencies are available to the Bureau of 
     International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the 
     Department;
       ``(iii) develop standard requirements for monitoring and 
     evaluation of Bureau programs, including metrics for success 
     that do not rely solely on the amounts of illegal drugs that 
     are produced or seized;
       ``(iv) in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
     annually certify in writing to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate that United States law 
     enforcement personnel posted abroad whose activities are 
     funded to any extent by the Bureau of International Narcotics 
     and Law Enforcement Affairs are complying with section 207 of 
     the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927); and
       ``(v) carry out such other relevant duties as the Secretary 
     may assign.''.
       (b) Modification of Annual International Narcotics Control 
     Strategy Report.--Subsection (a) of section 489 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h) is amended 
     by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:
       ``(9) A separate section that contains an identification of 
     all United States Government-supported units funded by the 
     Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs 
     and any Bureau-funded operations by such units in which 
     United States law enforcement personnel have been physically 
     present.''.

     SEC. 104. BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS; BUREAU OF POPULATION, 
                   REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION.

       Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (i); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
     subsections:
       ``(g) Bureau of Consular Affairs.--There is in the 
     Department of State the Bureau of Consular Affairs, which 
     shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for 
     Consular Affairs
       ``(h) Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.--There 
     is in the Department of State the Bureau of Population, 
     Refugees, and Migration, which shall be headed by the 
     Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and 
     Migration.''.

     SEC. 105. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS.

       (a) Establishment.--There should be established in the 
     Department an Office of International Disability Rights 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Office'').
       (b) Duties.--The Office should--
       (1) seek to ensure that all United States foreign 
     operations are accessible to, and inclusive of, persons with 
     disabilities;
       (2) promote the human rights and full participation in 
     international development activities of all persons with 
     disabilities;
       (3) promote disability inclusive practices and the training 
     of Department staff on soliciting quality programs that are 
     fully inclusive of people with disabilities;
       (4) represent the United States in diplomatic and 
     multilateral fora on matters relevant to the rights of 
     persons with disabilities, and work to raise the profile of 
     disability across a broader range of organizations 
     contributing to international development efforts;
       (5) conduct regular consultation with civil society 
     organizations working to advance international disability 
     rights and empower persons with disabilities internationally;
       (6) consult with other relevant offices at the Department 
     that are responsible for drafting annual reports documenting 
     progress on human rights, including, wherever applicable, 
     references to instances of discrimination, prejudice, or 
     abuses of persons with disabilities; and
       (7) advise the Bureau of Human Resources Development of the 
     Department regarding the hiring and recruitment and overseas 
     practices of civil service employees and Foreign Service 
     officers with disabilities and their family members with 
     chronic medical conditions or disabilities.
       (c) Supervision.--The Office may be headed by--
       (1) a senior advisor to the appropriate Assistant 
     Secretary; or
       (2) an officer exercising significant authority who reports 
     to the President or Secretary, appointed by and with the 
     advice and consent of the Senate.
       (d) Consultation.--The Secretary should direct Ambassadors 
     at Large, Representatives, Special Envoys, and coordinators 
     working on human rights to consult with the Office to promote 
     the human rights and full participation in international 
     development activities of all persons with disabilities.

     SEC. 106. OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES.

       (a) In General.--There should be established an Office of 
     Global Women's Issues (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Office''), which may be placed within the organizational 
     structure of the Department at the discretion of the 
     Secretary.
       (b) Purpose.--The Office should coordinate efforts of the 
     United States Government, as directed by the Secretary, 
     regarding gender equality and advancing the status of women 
     and girls in United States foreign policy.
       (c) Duties.--The Office should--
       (1) serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary 
     regarding gender equality, women's and girls' empowerment, 
     and violence against women and girls as a priority of United 
     States foreign policy;
       (2) represent the United States in diplomatic and 
     multilateral fora on matters relevant to the status of women 
     and girls;
       (3) advise the Secretary and provide input on all 
     activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to 
     gender equality and the advancement of women and girls 
     internationally for all bureaus and offices of the Department 
     and in the international programs of all other Federal 
     agencies;
       (4) work to ensure that efforts to advance gender equality 
     and women's and girls' empowerment are fully integrated into 
     the programs, structures, processes, and capacities of all 
     bureaus and offices of the Department and in the 
     international programs of other Federal agencies; and
       (5) conduct regular consultation with civil society 
     organizations working to advance gender equality and empower 
     women and girls internationally.
       (d) Supervision.--The Office should be headed by an 
     Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues.
       (e) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report or briefing 
     regarding this section.

     SEC. 107. SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS.

       (a) Report on Positions.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
     includes the following:
       (1) A description of the duties, responsibilities, and 
     number of staff of each existing Special Envoy, Special 
     Representative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, 
     Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special Advisor, and 
     other similar position at the Department.
       (2) Recommendations regarding whether to maintain in the 
     Department each such position, including those listed in the 
     report submitted by the Secretary to the Committee

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     on Foreign Relations of the Senate on April 14, 2017, 
     pursuant to section 418 of the Department of State 
     Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323), that 
     are not expressly authorized by a provision of law enacted by 
     Congress.
       (3) Justifications supporting each of the Secretary's 
     recommendations under paragraph (2).
       (b) Advice and Consent.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     submission of the report required under subsection (a), the 
     President shall submit the name of each Special Envoy, 
     Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special 
     Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special 
     Advisor, or other person occupying a similar position at the 
     Department exercising significant authority pursuant to the 
     laws of the United States that is not expressly authorized by 
     a provision of law enacted by Congress who is included in 
     such report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate to seek the advice and consent of the Senate.
       (c) Rule of Construction Regarding Establishment of 
     Positions.--Nothing in this section may be construed as 
     prohibiting the establishment or maintenance of any Special 
     Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special 
     Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special 
     Advisor, or other similar position at the Department 
     exercising significant authority pursuant to the laws of the 
     United States if the name of the appointee for each such 
     position is submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
     of the Senate, to seek the advice and consent of the Senate, 
     not later than 90 days after each such appointment.
       (d) Limited Exception for Temporary Appointments.--The 
     Secretary may maintain or establish a position with the title 
     of Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special 
     Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Special Advisor, or a 
     similar position not exercising significant authority 
     pursuant to the laws of the United States for not longer than 
     180 days if the Secretary, not later than 15 days before the 
     appointment of a person to such a position, submits to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a notification that 
     includes the following:
       (1) A certification that the position is not expected to 
     demand the exercise of significant authority pursuant to the 
     laws of the United States.
       (2) A description of the duties and purpose of the 
     position.
       (3) The rationale for giving the specific title to the 
     position.
       (e) Renewal of Temporary Appointment.--Nothing in this 
     section may be construed as prohibiting the Secretary from 
     renewing for a period not to exceed 180 days any position 
     maintained or established under subsection (d) if the 
     Secretary complies with the notification requirements 
     contained in such subsection.
       (f) Funding Restrictions.--
       (1) Positions not submitted for advice and consent.--No 
     funds may be authorized to be appropriated for--
       (A) any Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special 
     Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, 
     Coordinator, Special Advisor, or other similar position at 
     the Department exercising significant authority pursuant to 
     the laws of the United States if the name of the person 
     appointed to such position has not been submitted to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate for the advice 
     and consent of the Senate in accordance with subsection (b); 
     or
       (B) any staff or resources related to such a position until 
     the person appointed to such position has been submitted to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate for the 
     advice and consent of the Senate.
       (2) Temporary positions.--No funds may be authorized to be 
     appropriated for any position described in subsection (d) or 
     for any staff or resources related to such position unless 
     the Secretary has complied with the notification requirements 
     under such subsection.
       (3) Fiscal year 2020.--The restrictions described in this 
     subsection shall not apply in fiscal year 2020 to positions 
     or associated staff and resources for which funding is 
     expressly appropriated for such fiscal year in an Act of 
     Congress.
       (g) Confirmation for Authorized Positions.--
       (1) In general.--No Special Envoy, Special Representative, 
     Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, 
     Representative, Coordinator, Special Advisor, or other 
     similar position at the Department exercising significant 
     authority pursuant to the laws of the United States that is 
     authorized by an Act of Congress (except the position 
     authorized by section 621 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 
     (subtitle B of title VI of Public Law 107-228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 
     note)) may be appointed without the advice and consent of the 
     Senate.
       (2) Fiscal year 2020.--The restriction described in 
     paragraph (1) shall not apply in fiscal year 2020 to 
     positions or associated staff and resources for which funding 
     is expressly appropriated for such fiscal year in an Act of 
     Congress.
       (h) Elimination of Special Representative and Policy 
     Coordinator for Burma.--
       (1) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (A) Congress established the Special Representative and 
     Policy Coordinator for Burma in July 2008 at a time when the 
     United States did not maintain full diplomatic relations with 
     Burma and had not appointed an Ambassador to Burma in 18 
     years.
       (B) In 2012, the United States re-established full 
     diplomatic relations with Burma and appointed a United States 
     Ambassador to Burma who, along with the Secretary of State, 
     Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific, 
     and other United States Government officials, represents the 
     United States' interests in Burma.
       (2) Repeal.--Section 7 of the Tom Lantos Block Burmese Jade 
     (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 (Public Law 
     110-286; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to the establishment 
     of a Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma) 
     is hereby repealed.

     SEC. 108. ANTI-PIRACY INFORMATION SHARING.

       The Secretary is authorized to provide for the 
     participation by the United States in the Information Sharing 
     Centre located in Singapore, as established by the Regional 
     Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery 
     against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP).

     SEC. 109. IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING TO NATIONAL 
                   SECURITY.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Department is a crucial national security agency, 
     whose employees, both Foreign and Civil Service, require the 
     best possible training 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;
       (2) the Secretary should explore establishing a ``training 
     float'' requiring that a certain percentage of the Foreign 
     Service shall be in long-term training at any given time;
       (3) the Department's Foreign Service Institute should seek 
     to substantially increase its educational and training 
     offerings to Department personnel, including developing new 
     and innovative educational and training courses, methods, 
     programs, and opportunities; and
       (4) consistent with existing Department gift acceptance 
     authority and other applicable laws, the Department and 
     Foreign Service Institute should seek and accept funds and 
     other resources from foundations, not-for-profit 
     corporations, and other appropriate sources to help the 
     Department and the Institute accomplish the goals specified 
     in paragraph (3).

     SEC. 110. CLASSIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE 
                   OFFICERS.

       The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended--
       (1) in section 501 (22 U.S.C. 3981), by inserting ``If a 
     position designated under this section is unfilled for more 
     than 365 calendar days, such position may be filled, as 
     appropriate, on a temporary basis, in accordance with section 
     309.'' after ``Positions designated under this section are 
     excepted from the competitive service.''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2) of section 502(a) (22 U.S.C. 3982(a)), 
     by inserting ``, or domestically, in a position working on 
     issues relating to a particular country or geographic area,'' 
     after ``geographic area''.

     SEC. 111. ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND SECURITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT 
                   OF STATE.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 1 of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), 
     as amended by section 103 of this Act, is further amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) (as redesignated 
     pursuant to such section 103) as paragraph (5); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(4) Energy resources.--
       ``(A) Authorization for assistant secretary.--Subject to 
     the numerical limitation specified in paragraph (1), there is 
     authorized to be established in the Department of State an 
     Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources.
       ``(B) Personnel.--The Secretary of State shall ensure that 
     there are sufficient personnel dedicated to energy matters 
     within the Department of State whose responsibilities shall 
     include--
       ``(i) formulating and implementing international policies 
     aimed at protecting and advancing United States energy 
     security interests by effectively managing United States 
     bilateral and multilateral relations;
       ``(ii) ensuring that analyses of the national security 
     implications of global energy and environmental developments 
     are reflected in the decision making process within the 
     Department;
       ``(iii) incorporating energy security priorities into the 
     activities of the Department;
       ``(iv) coordinating energy activities of the Department 
     with relevant Federal departments and agencies; and
       ``(v) working internationally to--

       ``(I) support the development of energy resources and the 
     distribution of such resources for the benefit of the United 
     States and United States allies and trading partners for 
     their energy security and economic development needs;
       ``(II) promote availability of diversified energy supplies 
     and a well-functioning global market for energy resources, 
     technologies, and expertise for the benefit of the United 
     States and United States allies and trading partners;
       ``(III) resolve international disputes regarding the 
     exploration, development, production, or distribution of 
     energy resources;
       ``(IV) support the economic and commercial interests of 
     United States persons operating in the energy markets of 
     foreign countries;
       ``(V) support and coordinate international efforts to 
     alleviate energy poverty;

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       ``(VI) leading the United States commitment to the 
     Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative;
       ``(VII) coordinating within the Department and with 
     relevant Federal departments and agencies on developing and 
     implementing international energy-related sanctions; and
       ``(VIII) coordinating energy security and other relevant 
     functions within the Department currently undertaken by--

       ``(aa) the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs;
       ``(bb) the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental 
     and Scientific Affairs; and
       ``(cc) other offices within the Department of State.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 931 of the Energy 
     Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17371) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); and
       (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
     (a) and (b), respectively.

     SEC. 112. PASSPORT FEES.

       Paragraph (2) of section 1(b) of the Passport Act of June 
     4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)) is amended by striking ``not'' and 
     all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
     the following: ``be exercised beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of the Department of State Authorization Act of 
     2019.''.

     SEC. 113. UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY CENTER.

       Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 is amended by adding after section 63 (22 U.S.C. 2735) 
     the following new section:

     ``SEC. 64. UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY CENTER.

       ``(a) Activities.--
       ``(1) Support authorized.--The Secretary of State is 
     authorized to provide, by contract, grant, or otherwise, for 
     the performance of appropriate museum visitor and educational 
     outreach services and related events, including organizing 
     programs and conference activities, museum shop services and 
     food services in the public exhibition and related space 
     utilized by the center for United States diplomacy.
       ``(2) Recovery of costs.--The Secretary of State is 
     authorized to recover any revenues generated under the 
     authority of paragraph (1) for visitor and outreach services 
     and related events referred to in such paragraph, including 
     fees for use of facilities at a center for United States 
     diplomacy. Any such revenues may be retained as a recovery of 
     the costs of operating the Center.
       ``(b) Disposition of United States Diplomacy Center 
     Documents, Artifacts, and Other Articles.--
       ``(1) Property.--All historic documents, artifacts, or 
     other articles permanently acquired by the Department of 
     State and determined by the Secretary of State to be suitable 
     for display by the center for United States diplomacy shall 
     be considered to be the property of the United States 
     Government and shall be subject to disposition solely in 
     accordance with this subsection.
       ``(2) Sale, trade, or transfer.--Whenever the Secretary of 
     State makes the determination described in paragraph (3) with 
     respect to a document, artifact, or other article under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary may sell at fair market value, 
     trade, or transfer such document, artifact, or other article 
     without regard to the requirements of subtitle I of title 40, 
     United States Code. The proceeds of any such sale may be used 
     solely for the advancement of the mission of the center for 
     United States diplomacy and may not be used for any purpose 
     other than the acquisition and direct care of the collections 
     of the center.
       ``(3) Determinations prior to sale, trade, or transfer.--
     The determination described in this paragraph with respect to 
     a document, artifact, or other article under paragraph (1), 
     is a determination that--
       ``(A) such document, artifact, or other article no longer 
     serves to further the purposes of the center for United 
     States diplomacy as set forth in the collections management 
     policy of the center;
       ``(B) the sale, trade, or transfer of such document, 
     artifact, or other article would serve to maintain the 
     standards of the collection of the center; or
       ``(C) sale, trade, or transfer of such document, artifact, 
     or other article would be in the best interests of the United 
     States.
       ``(4) Loans.--In addition to the authorization under 
     paragraph (2) relating to the sale, trade, or transfer of 
     documents, artifacts, or other articles under paragraph (1), 
     the Secretary of State may loan such documents, artifacts, or 
     other articles, when not needed for use or display by the 
     center for United States diplomacy to the Smithsonian 
     Institution or a similar institution for repair, study, or 
     exhibition.''.

     SEC. 114. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF FISHERMEN 
                   FOR COSTS INCURRED FROM THE ILLEGAL SEIZURE AND 
                   DETENTION OF U.S.-FLAG FISHING VESSELS BY 
                   FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 7 of the 
     Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1977) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(e) Amounts.--Payments may be made under this section 
     only to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in 
     advance in appropriation Acts.''.
       (b) Retroactive Applicability.--
       (1) Effective date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and apply as if the date specified in subsection (e) of 
     section 7 of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967, as in 
     effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, were the day after such date of enactment.
       (2) Agreements and payments.--The Secretary shall--
       (A) enter into agreements pursuant to section 7 of the 
     Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 for any claims to which 
     such section would otherwise apply but for the date specified 
     in subsection (e) of such section, as in effect on the day 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act; and
       (B) make payments in accordance with agreements entered 
     into pursuant to such section if any such payments have not 
     been made as a result of the expiration of the date specified 
     in such section, as in effect on the day before the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 115. ART IN EMBASSIES.

       (a) In General.--No funds are authorized to be appropriated 
     for the purchase of any piece of art for the purposes of 
     installation or display in any embassy, consulate, or other 
     foreign mission of the United States if the purchase price of 
     such piece of art is in excess of $50,000, unless such 
     purchase is subject to prior consultation with, and the 
     regular notification procedures of, the appropriate 
     congressional committees.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the costs of 
     the Art in Embassies Program for each of fiscal years 2012, 
     2013, and 2014.
       (c) Sunset.--This section shall terminate on the date that 
     is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``art'' includes 
     paintings, sculptures, photographs, industrial design, and 
     craft art.

     SEC. 116. AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Burma.--
       (1) In general.--Section 570 of Public Law 104-208 is 
     amended--
       (A) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
       ``(c) Multilateral Strategy.--The President shall develop, 
     in coordination with members of ASEAN and other likeminded 
     countries, a comprehensive, multilateral strategy to bring 
     about further democratic consolidation in Burma and improve 
     human rights practices and the quality of life in Burma, 
     including the development of a dialogue leading to genuine 
     national reconciliation.''; and
       (B) in subsection (d)--
       (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``six months'' and inserting ``year'';
       (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (7); and
       (iii) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(3) improvements in human rights practices;
       ``(4) progress toward broad-based and inclusive economic 
     growth;
       ``(5) progress toward genuine national reconciliation;
       ``(6) progress on improving the quality of life of the 
     Burmese people, including progress relating to market 
     reforms, living standards, labor standards, use of forced 
     labor in the tourism industry, and environmental quality; 
     and''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and apply with respect to the first report required under 
     subsection (d) of section 570 of Public Law 104-208 that is 
     required after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Repeals.--The following provisions of law are hereby 
     repealed:
       (1) Subsection (b) of section 804 of Public Law 101-246.
       (2) Section 6 of Public Law 104-45.
       (3) Section 406 of Public Law 101-246 (22 U.S.C. 2414a).
       (4) Subsection (c) of section 702 of Public Law 96-465 (22 
     U.S.C. 4022).

     SEC. 117. REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS.

       (a) Initial Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report that lists 
     all of the Government Accountability Office's recommendations 
     relating to the Department that have not been fully 
     implemented.
       (b) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the Secretary submits the report under subsection (a), 
     the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
     identifies any discrepancies between the list of 
     recommendations included in such report and the Government 
     Accountability Office's list of outstanding recommendations 
     for the Department.
       (c) Implementation Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the submission of the Comptroller General's report under 
     subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report that describes the 
     implementation status of each recommendation from the 
     Government Accountability Office included in the report 
     submitted under subsection (a).
       (2) Justification.--The report under paragraph (1) shall 
     include--
       (A) a detailed justification for each decision not to fully 
     implement a recommendation or to implement a recommendation 
     in a different manner than specified by the Government 
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       (B) a timeline for the full implementation of any 
     recommendation the Secretary has decided to adopt, but has 
     not yet fully implemented; and
       (C) an explanation for any discrepancies included in the 
     Comptroller General report submitted under subsection (b).
       (d) Form.--The information required in each report under 
     this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, but may be included in a 
     classified annex to the extent necessary.

     SEC. 118. OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

       (a) In General.--There should be established within the 
     Department an Office of Global Criminal Justice (referred to 
     in this section as the ``Office''), which may be placed 
     within the organizational structure of the Department at the 
     discretion of the Secretary.
       (b) Duties.--The Office should carry out the following:
       (1) Advise the Secretary and other relevant senior 
     officials on issues related to war crimes, crimes against 
     humanity, and genocide.
       (2) Assist in formulating United States policy on the 
     prevention of, responses to, and accountability for mass 
     atrocities.
       (3) Coordinate United States Government positions relating 
     to the international and hybrid courts currently prosecuting 
     persons responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes 
     against humanity anywhere in the world.
       (4) Work with other governments, international 
     organizations, and nongovernmental organizations, as 
     appropriate, to establish and assist international and 
     domestic commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions, and 
     tribunals to investigate, document, and prosecute atrocities 
     in every region of the globe.
       (5) Coordinate the deployment of diplomatic, legal, 
     economic, military, and other tools to help expose the truth, 
     judge those responsible, protect and assist victims, enable 
     reconciliation, deter atrocities, and build the rule of law.
       (6) Provide advice and expertise on transitional justice to 
     United States personnel operating in conflict and post-
     conflict environments.
       (7) Act as a point of contact for international, hybrid, 
     and mixed tribunals exercising jurisdiction over war crimes, 
     crimes against humanity, and genocide committed around the 
     world.
       (8) Represent the Department on any interagency whole-of-
     government coordinating entities addressing genocide and 
     other mass atrocities.
       (9) Perform any additional duties and exercise such powers 
     as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
       (c) Supervision.--The Office should be led by an 
     Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice.

                     TITLE II--EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION

     SEC. 201. EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE.

       For ``Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance'', 
     there is authorized to be appropriated $1,987,211,000 for 
     fiscal year 2020.

     SEC. 202. STANDARD DESIGN IN CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Department's Bureau of Overseas Building Operations (OBO) 
     or successor office should give appropriate consideration to 
     standardization in construction, in which each new United 
     States embassy and consulate starts with a standard design 
     and keeps customization to a minimum.
       (b) Consultation.--The Secretary shall carry out any new 
     United States embassy compound or new consulate compound 
     project that utilizes a non-standard design, including those 
     projects that are in the design or pre-design phase as of the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, only in consultation with 
     the appropriate congressional committees. The Secretary shall 
     provide the appropriate congressional committees, for each 
     such project, the following documentation:
       (1) A comparison of the estimated full lifecycle costs of 
     the project to the estimated full lifecycle costs of such 
     project if it were to use a standard design.
       (2) A comparison of the estimated completion date of such 
     project to the estimated completion date of such project if 
     it were to use a standard design.
       (3) A comparison of the security of the completed project 
     to the security of such completed project if it were to use a 
     standard design.
       (4) A justification for the Secretary's selection of a non-
     standard design over a standard design for such project.
       (5) A written explanation if any of the documentation 
     necessary to support the comparisons and justification, as 
     the case may be, described in paragraphs (1) through (4) 
     cannot be provided.
       (c) Sunset.--The consultation requirement under subsection 
     (b) shall expire on the date that is four years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 203. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) In General.--Section 118 of the Department of State 
     Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 304) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the section heading , by striking ``annual report on 
     embassy construction costs'' and inserting ``biannual report 
     on overseas capital construction projects''; and
       (2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the 
     following new subsections:
       ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this subsection and every 180 days 
     thereafter until the date that is four years after such date 
     of enactment, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a comprehensive report regarding all 
     ongoing overseas capital construction projects and major 
     embassy security upgrade projects.
       ``(b) Contents.--Each report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following with respect to each ongoing 
     overseas capital construction project and major embassy 
     security upgrade project:
       ``(1) The initial cost estimate as specified in the 
     proposed allocation of capital construction and maintenance 
     funds required by the Committees on Appropriations for Acts 
     making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs.
       ``(2) The current cost estimate.
       ``(3) The value of each request for equitable adjustment 
     received by the Department to date.
       ``(4) The value of each certified claim received by the 
     Department to date.
       ``(5) The value of any usage of the project's contingency 
     fund to date and the value of the remainder of the project's 
     contingency fund.
       ``(6) An enumerated list of each request for adjustment and 
     certified claim that remains outstanding or unresolved.
       ``(7) An enumerated list of each request for equitable 
     adjustment and certified claim that has been fully 
     adjudicated or that the Department has settled, and the final 
     dollar amount of each adjudication or settlement.
       ``(8) The date of estimated completion specified in the 
     proposed allocation of capital construction and maintenance 
     funds required by the Committees on Appropriations not later 
     than 45 days after the date of the enactment of an Act making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs.
       ``(9) The current date of estimated completion.''.
       (b) Initial Report.--The first report required under 
     subsection (a) of section 118 of the Department of State 
     Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (as amended by this 
     section) shall include an annex regarding all overseas 
     capital construction projects and major embassy security 
     upgrade projects completed during the 10-year period ending 
     on December 31, 2018, including, for each such project, the 
     elements specified in subsection (b) of such section 118.

     SEC. 204. CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.

       (a) Deadline for Completion.--The Secretary shall complete 
     all contractor performance evaluations required by subpart 
     42.15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation for those 
     contractors engaged in construction of new embassy or new 
     consulate compounds by October 1, 2021.
       (b) Prioritization System.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a 
     prioritization system for clearing the current backlog of 
     required evaluations referred to in subsection (a).
       (2) Elements.--The system required under paragraph (1) 
     should prioritize the evaluations as follows:
       (A) Project completion evaluations should be prioritized 
     over annual evaluations.
       (B) Evaluations for relatively large contracts should have 
     priority.
       (C) Evaluations that would be particularly informative for 
     the awarding of government contracts should have priority.
       (c) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the 
     appropriate congressional committees on the Department's plan 
     for completing all evaluations by October 1, 2021, in 
     accordance with subsection (a) and the prioritization system 
     developed pursuant to subsection (b).
       (d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) contractors deciding whether to bid on Department 
     contracts would benefit from greater understanding of the 
     Department as a client; and
       (2) the Department should develop a forum where contractors 
     can comment on the Department's project management 
     performance.

     SEC. 205. GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR NEW EMBASSIES AND 
                   CONSULATES.

       (a) In General.--For each new United States embassy 
     compound (NEC) and new consulate compound project (NCC) in or 
     not yet in the design phase as of the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Department shall project growth over the 
     estimated life of the facility using all available and 
     relevant data, including the following:
       (1) Relevant historical trends for Department personnel and 
     personnel from other agencies represented at the NEC or NCC 
     that is to be constructed.
       (2) An analysis of the tradeoffs between risk and the needs 
     of United States Government policy conducted as part of the 
     most recent Vital Presence Validation Process, if applicable.
       (3) Reasonable assumptions about the strategic importance 
     of the NEC or NCC, as the case may be, over the life of the 
     building at issue.
       (4) Any other data that would be helpful in projecting the 
     future growth of NEC or NCC.
       (b) Other Federal Agencies.--The head of each Federal 
     agency represented at a United

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     States embassy or consulate shall provide to the Secretary, 
     upon request, growth projections for the personnel of each 
     such agency over the estimated life of each embassy or 
     consulate, as the case may be.
       (c) Basis for Estimates.--The Department shall base its 
     growth assumption for all NECs and NCCs on the estimates 
     required under subsections (a) and (b).
       (d) Congressional Notification.--Any congressional 
     notification of site selection for a NEC or NCC submitted 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act shall include the 
     growth assumption used pursuant to subsection (c).

     SEC. 206. LONG-RANGE PLANNING PROCESS.

       (a) Plans Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for five 
     years, the Secretary shall develop--
       (A) a comprehensive six-year plan documenting the 
     Department's overseas building program for the replacement of 
     overseas diplomatic posts taking into account security 
     factors under the Secure Embassy Construction and 
     Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and other relevant statutes and 
     regulations, as well as occupational safety and health 
     factors pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
     1970 and other relevant statutes and regulations, including 
     environmental factors such as indoor air quality that impact 
     employee health and safety; and
       (B) a comprehensive six-year plan detailing the 
     Department's long-term planning for the maintenance and 
     sustainment of completed diplomatic posts, which takes into 
     account security factors under the Secure Embassy 
     Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and other 
     relevant statutes and regulations, as well as occupational 
     safety and health factors pursuant to the Occupational Safety 
     and Health Act of 1970 and other relevant statutes and 
     regulations, including environmental factors such as indoor 
     air quality that impact employee health and safety.
       (2) Initial report.--The first plan developed pursuant to 
     paragraph (1)(A) shall also include a one-time status report 
     on existing small diplomatic posts and a strategy for 
     establishing a physical diplomatic presence in countries in 
     which there is no current physical diplomatic presence. Such 
     report, which may include a classified annex, shall include 
     the following:
       (A) A description of the extent to which each small 
     diplomatic post furthers the national interest of the United 
     States.
       (B) A description of how each small diplomatic post 
     provides American Citizen Services, including data on 
     specific services provided and the number of Americans 
     receiving services over the previous year.
       (C) A description of whether each small diplomatic post 
     meets current security requirements.
       (D) A description of the full financial cost of maintaining 
     each small diplomatic post.
       (E) Input from the relevant chiefs of mission on any unique 
     operational or policy value the small diplomatic post 
     provides.
       (3) Updated information.--The annual updates of each of the 
     plans developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall highlight any 
     changes from the previous year's plan to the ordering of 
     construction and maintenance projects.
       (b) Reporting Requirements.--
       (1) Submission of plans to congress.--Not later than 60 
     days after the completion of each plan required under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit the plans to the 
     appropriate congressional committees.
       (2) Reference in budget justification materials.--In the 
     budget justification materials submitted to the appropriate 
     congressional committees in support of the Department's 
     budget for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of 
     the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
     States Code), the plans required under subsection (a) shall 
     be referenced to justify funding requested for building and 
     maintenance projects overseas.
       (3) Form of report.--Each report required under paragraph 
     (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (c) Small Diplomatic Post Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``small diplomatic post'' means any United States 
     embassy or consulate that has employed five or fewer United 
     States Government employees on average over the 36 months 
     prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 207. VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Federal departments and agencies are required to use 
     value engineering (VE) as a management tool, where 
     appropriate, to reduce program and acquisition costs pursuant 
     to OMB Circular A-131, Value Engineering, dated December 31, 
     2013.
       (2) OBO has a Policy Directive and Standard Operation 
     Procedure, dated May 24, 2017, on conducting risk management 
     studies on all international construction projects.
       (b) Notification Requirements.--
       (1) Submission to authorizing committees.--The proposed 
     allocation of capital construction and maintenance funds that 
     is required by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
     and the House of Representatives not later than 45 days after 
     the date of the enactment of an Act making appropriations for 
     the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
     programs shall also be submitted to the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Requirement to confirm completion of value engineering 
     and risk assessment studies.--The notifications required 
     under paragraph (1) shall include confirmation that the 
     Department has completed the requisite VE and risk management 
     studies described in subsection (a).
       (c) Reporting and Briefing Requirements.--The Secretary 
     shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees 
     upon request--
       (1) a description of each risk management study referred to 
     in subsection (a)(2) and a table detailing which 
     recommendations related to each such study were accepted and 
     which were rejected; and
       (2) a report or briefing detailing the rationale for not 
     implementing any such recommendations that may otherwise 
     yield significant cost savings to the Department if 
     implemented.

     SEC. 208. BUSINESS VOLUME.

       Section 402(c)(2)(E) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
     Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4852(c)(2)(E)) is 
     amended by striking ``in 3 years'' and inserting 
     ``cumulatively over 3 years''.

     SEC. 209. EMBASSY SECURITY REQUESTS AND DEFICIENCIES.

       The Secretary shall provide to the appropriate 
     congressional committees upon request information on security 
     deficiencies at United States diplomatic posts, including 
     relating to the following:
       (1) Requests made over the previous year by United States 
     diplomatic posts for security upgrades.
       (2) Significant security deficiencies at United States 
     diplomatic posts that are not operating out of a new embassy 
     compound or new consulate compound.

     SEC. 210. OVERSEAS SECURITY BRIEFINGS.

       Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall revise the Foreign Affairs 
     Manual to stipulate that information on the current threat 
     environment shall be provided to all United States Government 
     employees under chief of mission authority traveling to a 
     foreign country on official business. To the extent 
     practicable, such material shall be provided to such 
     employees prior to their arrival at a United States 
     diplomatic post or as soon as possible thereafter.

     SEC. 211. CONTRACTING METHODS IN CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION.

       (a) Delivery.--Unless the Secretary notifies the 
     appropriate congressional committees that the use of the 
     design-build project delivery method would not be 
     appropriate, the Secretary shall make use of such method at 
     United States diplomatic posts that have not yet received 
     design or capital construction contracts as of the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Notification.--Before executing a contract for a 
     delivery method other than design-build in accordance with 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate 
     congressional committees in writing of the decision, 
     including the reasons therefor. The notification required by 
     this subsection may be included in any other report regarding 
     a new United States diplomatic post that is required to be 
     submitted to the appropriate congressional committees.
       (c) Performance Evaluation.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding 
     performance evaluation measures in accordance with GAO's 
     ``Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government'' 
     that will be applicable to design and construction, lifecycle 
     cost, and building maintenance programs of the Bureau of 
     Overseas Building Operations of the Department.

     SEC. 212. COMPETITION IN EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION.

       Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committee a report detailing steps the 
     Department is taking to expand the embassy construction 
     contractor base in order to increase competition and maximize 
     value.

     SEC. 213. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       It is the policy of the United States that the Bureau of 
     Overseas Building Operations of the Department or its 
     successor office shall continue to balance functionality and 
     security with accessibility, as defined by guidelines 
     established by the United States Access Board in constructing 
     embassies and consulates, and shall ensure compliance with 
     the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4151 et 
     seq.) to the fullest extent possible.

     SEC. 214. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Design-build.--The term ``design-build'' means a method 
     of project delivery in which one entity works under a single 
     contract with the Department to provide design and 
     construction services.
       (2) Non-standard design.--The term ``non-standard design'' 
     means a design for a new embassy compound project or new 
     consulate compound project that does not utilize a 
     standardized design for the structural, spatial, or security 
     requirements of such embassy compound or consulate compound, 
     as the case may be.

                      TITLE III--PERSONNEL ISSUES

     SEC. 301. DEFENSE BASE ACT INSURANCE WAIVERS.

       (a) Application for Waivers.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date of the enactment

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     of this Act, the Secretary shall apply to the Department of 
     Labor for a waiver from insurance requirements under the 
     Defense Base Act (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) for all countries 
     with respect to which the requirement was waived prior to 
     January 2017, and for which there is not currently a waiver.
       (b) Certification Requirement.--Not later than 45 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees 
     that the requirement in subsection (a) has been met.

     SEC. 302. STUDY ON FOREIGN SERVICE ALLOWANCES.

       (a) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report detailing an 
     empirical analysis on the effect of overseas allowances on 
     the foreign assignment of Foreign Service officers (FSOs), to 
     be conducted by a federally-funded research and development 
     center with appropriate expertise in labor economics and 
     military compensation.
       (2) Contents.--The analysis required under paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) identify all allowances paid to FSOs assigned 
     permanently or on temporary duty to foreign areas;
       (B) examine the efficiency of the Foreign Service bidding 
     system in determining foreign assignments;
       (C) examine the factors that incentivize FSOs to bid on 
     particular assignments, including danger levels and hardship 
     conditions;
       (D) examine the Department's strategy and process for 
     incentivizing FSOs to bid on assignments that are 
     historically in lower demand, including with monetary 
     compensation, and whether monetary compensation is necessary 
     for assignments in higher demand;
       (E) make any relevant comparisons to military compensation 
     and allowances, noting which allowances are shared or based 
     on the same regulations;
       (F) recommend options for restructuring allowances to 
     improve the efficiency of the assignments system and better 
     align FSO incentives with the needs of the Foreign Service, 
     including any cost savings associated with such 
     restructuring;
       (G) recommend any statutory changes necessary to implement 
     subparagraph (F), such as consolidating existing legal 
     authorities for the provision of hardship and danger pay; and
       (H) detail any effects of recommendations made pursuant to 
     subparagraphs (F) and (G) on other United States Government 
     departments and agencies with civilian employees permanently 
     assigned or on temporary duty in foreign areas, following 
     consultation with such departments and agencies.
       (b) Briefing Requirement.--Before initiating the analysis 
     required under subsection (a)(1), and not later than 60 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall provide to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House of 
     Representatives a briefing on the implementation of this 
     section that includes the following:
       (1) The name of the federally-funded research and 
     development center that will conduct such analysis.
       (2) The scope of such analysis and terms of reference for 
     such analysis as specified between the Department and such 
     federally-funded research and development center.
       (c) Availability of Information.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall make available to the 
     federally-funded research and development center carrying out 
     the analysis required under subsection (a)(1) all necessary 
     and relevant information to allow such center to conduct such 
     analysis in a quantitative and analytical manner, including 
     historical data on the number of bids for each foreign 
     assignment and any survey data collected by the Department 
     from eligible bidders on their bid decision-making.
       (2) Cooperation.--The Secretary shall work with the heads 
     of other relevant United States Government departments and 
     agencies to ensure such departments and agencies provide all 
     necessary and relevant information to the federally-funded 
     research and development center carrying out the analysis 
     required under subsection (a)(1).
       (d) Interim Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall 
     require that the chief executive officer of the federally-
     funded research and development center that carries out the 
     analysis required under subsection (a)(1) submit to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     an interim report on such analysis not later than 120 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 303. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS.

       Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e) Grants and Cooperative Agreements Related to Science 
     and Technology Fellowship Programs.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to make 
     grants or enter into cooperative agreements related to 
     Department of State science and technology fellowship 
     programs, including for assistance in recruiting fellows and 
     the payment of stipends, travel, and other appropriate 
     expenses to fellows.
       ``(2) Exclusion from consideration as compensation.--
     Stipends under paragraph (1) shall not be considered 
     compensation for purposes of section 209 of title 18, United 
     States Code.
       ``(3) Maximum annual amount.--The total amount of grants 
     made pursuant to this subsection may not exceed $500,000 in 
     any fiscal year.''.

     SEC. 304. TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES.

       Section 901(15) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4081(15)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``1 round-trip per year for each child below age 21 of a 
     member of the Service assigned abroad'' and inserting ``in 
     the case of one or more children below age 21 of a member of 
     the Service assigned abroad, 1 round-trip per year'';
       (2) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) by inserting ``for each child'' before ``to visit the 
     member abroad''; and
       (B) by striking ``; or'' and inserting a comma;
       (3) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) by inserting ``for each child'' before ``to visit the 
     other parent''; and
       (B) by inserting ``or'' after ``resides,'';
       (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(C) for one of the child's parents to visit the child or 
     children abroad if the child or children do not regularly 
     reside with that parent and that parent is not receiving an 
     education allowance or educational travel allowance for the 
     child or children under section 5924(4) of title 5, United 
     States Code,''; and
       (5) in the matter following subparagraph (C), as added by 
     paragraph (4) of this section, by striking ``a payment'' and 
     inserting ``the cost of round-trip travel''.

     SEC. 305. HOME LEAVE TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES.

       Section 903(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4083(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new sentence: ``In cases in which the family members of a 
     member of the Service reside apart from the member at 
     authorized locations outside the United States because they 
     are prevented by official order from residing with the member 
     at post, the member may take the leave ordered under this 
     section where that member's family members reside, 
     notwithstanding section 6305 of title 5, United States 
     Code.''.

     SEC. 306. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CERTAIN FELLOWSHIP 
                   PROGRAMS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) Department fellowships that promote the employment of 
     candidates belonging to under-represented groups, including 
     the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate 
     Fellowship Program, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs 
     Fellowship Program, and the Donald M. Payne International 
     Development Fellowship Program, represent smart investments 
     vital for building a strong, capable, and representative 
     national security workforce; and
       (2) the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development should 
     fulfill the terms of their fellowship agreements with each 
     participant in the Fellowship Programs referred to in 
     paragraph (1), as specified in the original contractual 
     agreements with each such participant.

     SEC. 307. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

       Subparagraph (A) of section 601(c)(6) of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(6)) is amended, in the 
     matter preceding clause (i), by--
       (1) striking ``promotion'' and inserting ``promotion, on or 
     after January 1, 2017,''; and
       (2) striking ``individual joining the Service on or after 
     January 1, 2017,'' and inserting ``Foreign Service officer, 
     appointed under section 302(a)(1), who has general 
     responsibility for carrying out the functions of the 
     Service''.

     SEC. 308. FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS.

       (a) In General.--Section 614 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (22 U.S.C. 4013) is amended--
       (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 
     ``Department Awards''; and
       (2) in the first sentence, by inserting ``or Civil 
     Service'' after ``the Service''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 614 
     in the table of contents of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
     is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 614. Department awards.''.

     SEC. 309. DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS.

       (a) Sense of Congress on Workforce Recruitment.--It is the 
     sense of Congress that the Secretary should continue to hold 
     entry-level classes for Foreign Service officers and 
     specialists and continue to recruit civil servants through 
     programs such as the Presidential Management Fellows Program 
     and Pathways Internship Programs in a manner and at a 
     frequency consistent with prior years and consistent with the 
     need to maintain a pool of experienced personnel effectively 
     distributed across skill codes and ranks. It is further the 
     sense of Congress that absent continuous recruitment and 
     training of Foreign Service officers and civil servants, the 
     Department will lack experienced, qualified personnel in the 
     short, medium, and long terms.
       (b) Limitation.--The Secretary may not implement any 
     reduction-in-force action under section 3502 or 3595 of title 
     5, United States Code, or for any incentive payments

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     for early separation or retirement under any other provision 
     of law unless--
       (1) the appropriate congressional committees are notified 
     not less than 15 days in advance of such obligation or 
     expenditure; and
       (2) the Secretary has provided to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a detailed report that describes the 
     Department's strategic staffing goals, including--
       (A) a justification that describes how any proposed 
     workforce reduction enhances the effectiveness of the 
     Department;
       (B) a certification that such workforce reduction is in the 
     national interest of the United States;
       (C) a comprehensive strategic staffing plan for the 
     Department, including five-year workforce forecasting and a 
     description of the anticipated impact of any proposed 
     workforce reduction; and
       (D) a dataset displaying comprehensive workforce data for 
     all current and planned employees of the Department, 
     disaggregated by--
       (i) Foreign Service officer and Foreign Service specialist 
     rank;
       (ii) civil service job skill code, grade level, and bureau 
     of assignment;
       (iii) contracted employees, including the equivalent job 
     skill code and bureau of assignment; and
       (iv) employees hired under schedule C of subpart C of part 
     213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, including their 
     equivalent grade and job skill code and bureau of assignment.

     SEC. 310. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AT 
                   THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Department should continue to promote the 
     employment of veterans, in accordance with section 301 of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3941), as amended by 
     section 405 of this Act, including those veterans belonging 
     to traditionally underrepresented groups at the Department;
       (2) veterans employed by the Department have made 
     significant contributions to United States foreign policy in 
     a variety of regional and global affairs bureaus and 
     diplomatic posts overseas; and
       (3) the Department should continue to encourage veteran 
     employment and facilitate their participation in the 
     workforce.

     SEC. 311. EMPLOYEE ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS AND PRECLUSIONS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Department should expand the appeal process it makes 
     available to employees related to assignment preclusions and 
     restrictions.
       (b) Appeal of Assignment Restriction or Preclusion.--
     Section 502(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 3982(a)(2)), as amended by section 111 of this Act, is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     sentences: ``Any employee subjected to an assignment 
     restriction or preclusion shall have the same appeal rights 
     as provided by the Department regarding denial or revocation 
     of a security clearance. Any such appeal shall be resolved 
     not later than 60 days after such appeal is filed.''.
       (c) Notice and Certification.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     revise, and certify to the appropriate congressional 
     committees regarding such revision, the Foreign Affairs 
     Manual guidance regarding denial or revocation of a security 
     clearance to expressly state that all review and appeal 
     rights relating thereto shall also apply to any 
     recommendation or decision to impose an assignment 
     restriction or preclusion to an employee.

     SEC. 312. RECALL AND REEMPLOYMENT OF CAREER MEMBERS.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) career Department employees provide invaluable service 
     to the United States as nonpartisan professionals who 
     contribute subject matter expertise and professional skills 
     to the successful development and execution of United States 
     foreign policy; and
       (2) re-employment of skilled former members of the Foreign 
     and civil service who have voluntarily separated from the 
     Foreign or civil service due to family reasons or to obtain 
     professional skills outside government is of benefit to the 
     Department.
       (b) Reemployment.--Subsection (b) of section 308 of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Former career 
     tenured members of the Service seeking reappointment, if 
     separated for other than cause for up to three years prior to 
     the date of the enactment of this sentence, shall be eligible 
     to participate in the regular assignment bidding process 
     without restriction and shall not be required to accept a 
     directed first assignment upon reappointment.''.
       (c) Notice of Employment Opportunities.--
       (1) In general.--Title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting after chapter 102 the following new chapter:

  ``CHAPTER 103--NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
                       STATE AND USAID POSITIONS

     ``Sec. 10301. Notice of Employment Opportunities for 
       Department of State and USAID positions

       ``To ensure that individuals who have separated from the 
     Department of State or the United States Agency for 
     International Development and who are eligible for 
     reappointment are aware of such opportunities, the Department 
     of State and the United States Agency for International 
     Development shall publicize notice of all employment 
     opportunities, including positions for which the relevant 
     agency is accepting applications from individuals within the 
     agency's workforce under merit promotion procedures, on 
     publicly accessible sites, including www.usajobs.gov. If 
     using merit promotion procedures, the notice shall expressly 
     state that former employees eligible for reinstatement may 
     apply.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for subpart 
     I of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:

``10301. Notice of employment opportunities for Department of State and 
              USAID positions''.

     SEC. 313. STRATEGIC STAFFING PLAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive five-
     year strategic staffing plan for the Department that is 
     aligned with and furthers the objectives of the National 
     Security Strategy of the United States of America issued in 
     December 2017, or any subsequent strategy issued not later 
     than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     which shall include the following:
       (1) A dataset displaying comprehensive workforce data, 
     including all shortages in bureaus described in GAO report 
     GAO-19-220, for all current and planned employees of the 
     Department, disaggregated by--
       (A) Foreign Service officer and Foreign Service specialist 
     rank;
       (B) civil service job skill code, grade level, and bureau 
     of assignment;
       (C) contracted employees, including the equivalent job 
     skill code and bureau of assignment; and
       (D) employees hired under schedule C of subpart C of part 
     213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, including the 
     equivalent grade and job skill code and bureau of assignment 
     of such employee.
       (2) Recommendations on the number of Foreign Service 
     officers disaggregated by service cone that should be posted 
     at each United States diplomatic post and in the District of 
     Columbia, with a detailed basis for such recommendations.
       (3) Recommendations on the number of civil service officers 
     that should be employed by the Department, with a detailed 
     basis for such recommendations.
       (b) Maintenance.--The dataset required under subsection 
     (a)(1) shall be maintained and updated on a regular basis.
       (c) Consultation.--The Secretary shall lead the development 
     of the plan required under subsection (a) but may consult or 
     partner with private sector entities with expertise in labor 
     economics, management, or human resources, as well as 
     organizations familiar with the demands and needs of the 
     Department's workforce.
       (d) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report regarding 
     root causes of Foreign Service and civil service shortages, 
     the effect of such shortages on national security objectives, 
     and the Department's plan to implement recommendations 
     described in GAO-19-220.

     SEC. 314. CONSULTING SERVICES.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 103 of title 5, United States 
     Code, as added by section 313 of this Act, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 10302. Consulting services for the Department of State

       ``Any consulting service obtained by the Department of 
     State through procurement contract pursuant to section 3109 
     of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
     contracts with respect to which expenditures are a matter of 
     public record and available for public inspection, except if 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     executive order issued pursuant to existing law.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for subpart 
     I of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after 
     the item relating to section 10302 the following new item:

``10302. Consulting services for the Department of State''.

     SEC. 315. INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.

       Section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     2009 (Public Law 111-32) is amended by striking the last 
     sentence.

     SEC. 316. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY 
                   REVIEW BOARDS.

       Section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
     Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) is amended--
       (1) in the heading, by striking ``afghanistan and'' and 
     inserting ``afghanistan, yemen, syria, and''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``Afghanistan or'' and 
     inserting ``Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, or''; and
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``beginning on October 1, 
     2005, and ending on September 30, 2009'' and inserting 
     ``beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on September 30, 
     2022''.

     SEC. 317. FOREIGN SERVICE SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY.

       Subsection (c) of section 610 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended--

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       (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by striking ``suspend'' and inserting ``indefinitely 
     suspend without duties'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7);
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(5) Any member of the Service suspended from duties under 
     this subsection may be suspended without pay only after a 
     final written decision is provided to such member under 
     paragraph (2).
       ``(6) If no final written decision under paragraph (2) has 
     been provided within one calendar year of the date the 
     suspension at issue was proposed, not later than 30 days 
     thereafter the Secretary of State shall report to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in 
     writing regarding the specific reasons for such delay.''; and
       (4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated--
       (A) by striking ``(7) In this subsection:'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(a) The term'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(7) In this subsection, the term'';
       (C) by striking subparagraph (B) (relating to the 
     definition of ``suspend'' and ``suspension''); and
       (D) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs 
     (A) and (B), respectively; and moving such subparagraphs two 
     ems to the left.

     SEC. 318. FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUAL AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS HANDBOOK 
                   CHANGES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and every 180 days thereafter for 
     five years, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report detailing all changes made 
     to the Foreign Affairs Manual or the Foreign Affairs 
     Handbook.
       (b) Covered Periods.--The first report required under 
     subsection (a) shall cover the five year period preceding the 
     submission of such report. Each subsequent report shall cover 
     the 180 day period preceding submission.
       (c) Contents.--Each report required under subsection (a) 
     shall contain the following:
       (1) The location within the Foreign Affairs Manual or the 
     Foreign Affairs Handbook where a change has been made.
       (2) The statutory basis for each such change.
       (3) A side-by-side comparison of the Foreign Affairs Manual 
     or Foreign Affairs Handbook before and after such change.
       (4) A summary of such changes displayed in spreadsheet 
     form.

     SEC. 319. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL 
                   REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN POSITIONS.

       The Secretary of State may waive any or all of the 
     individual occupational requirements with respect to an 
     employee or prospective employee of the Department of State 
     for a civilian position categorized under the GS-0130 
     occupational series if the Secretary determines that the 
     individual possesses significant scientific, technological, 
     engineering, or mathematical expertise that is integral to 
     performing the duties of the applicable position, based on 
     demonstrated job performance and qualifying experience. With 
     respect to each waiver granted under this subsection, the 
     Secretary shall set forth in a written document that is 
     transmitted to the Director of the Office of Personnel 
     Management the rationale for the decision of the Secretary to 
     waive such requirements.

     SEC. 320. STANDARDIZING DEPARTMENT PARENTAL LEAVE POLICIES.

       (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to--
       (1) afford every employee at the Department equal access to 
     leave and workplace flexibilities for childbirth, adoption, 
     and foster care;
       (2) encourage the Department to work towards a parental 
     leave policy that will help recruit and retain a dynamic, 
     multi-talented, and diverse workforce capable of meeting the 
     national security and foreign policy goals of the United 
     States; and
       (3) determine the impacts of flexible leave policies on 
     recruitment and retention rates.
       (b) Establishing Standard Parental Leave Policies.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and 
     implement a standard parental leave policy applicable to 
     Department employees across all bureaus and offices within 
     the Department and Missions abroad. Nothing in this section 
     shall be construed to provide any new category of leave not 
     otherwise provided by law.
       (2) Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report describing--
       (A) the steps taken to implement the policy required under 
     paragraph (1) across all bureaus and offices within the 
     Department and Missions abroad; and
       (B) any costs associated with such policy.

     SEC. 321. APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES TO THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT 
                   CENTER.

       The Secretary may appoint, for a three year period that may 
     be extended for up to an additional two years, solely to 
     carry out the functions of the Global Engagement Center, 
     employees of the Department without regard to the provisions 
     of title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in the 
     competitive service, and may fix the basic compensation of 
     such employees without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter 
     III of chapter 53 of such title.

     SEC. 322. REST AND RECUPERATION AND OVERSEAS OPERATIONS LEAVE 
                   FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new sections:

     ``Sec. 6329d. Rest and recuperation leave

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
       ``(1) the term `agency' means an Executive agency (as that 
     term is defined in section 105), but does not include the 
     Government Accountability Office;
       ``(2) the term `combat zone' means a geographic area 
     designated by an Executive Order of the President as an area 
     in which the Armed Forces are engaging or have engaged in 
     combat, an area designated by law to be treated as a combat 
     zone, or a location the Department of Defense has certified 
     for combat zone tax benefits due to its direct support of 
     military operations;
       ``(3) the term `employee' has the meaning given that term 
     in section 6301;
       ``(4) the term `high risk, high threat post' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 104 of the Omnibus 
     Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 
     4803); and
       ``(5) the term `leave year' means the period beginning on 
     the first day of the first complete pay period in a calendar 
     year and ending on the day immediately before the first day 
     of the first complete pay period in the following calendar 
     year.
       ``(b) Leave for Rest and Recuperation.--The head of an 
     agency may prescribe regulations to grant up to 20 days of 
     paid leave, per leave year, for the purposes of rest and 
     recuperation to an employee of the agency serving in a combat 
     zone, any other high risk, high threat post, or any other 
     location presenting significant security or operational 
     challenges.
       ``(c) Discretionary Authority of Agency Head.--Use of the 
     authority under subsection (b) is at the sole and exclusive 
     discretion of the head of the agency concerned.
       ``(d) Records.--An agency shall record leave provided under 
     this section separately from leave authorized under any other 
     provision of law.

     ``Sec. 6329e. Overseas operations leave

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
       ``(1) the term `agency' means an Executive agency (as that 
     term is defined in section 105), but does not include the 
     Government Accountability Office;
       ``(2) the term `employee' has the meaning given that term 
     in section 6301; and
       ``(3) the term `leave year' means the period beginning with 
     the first day of the first complete pay period in a calendar 
     year and ending with the day immediately before the first day 
     of the first complete pay period in the following calendar 
     year.
       ``(b) Leave for Overseas Operations.--The head of an agency 
     may prescribe regulations to grant up to 10 days of paid 
     leave, per leave year, to an employee of the agency serving 
     abroad where the conduct of business could pose potential 
     security or safety related risks or would be inconsistent 
     with host-country practice. Such regulations may provide that 
     additional leave days may be granted during such leave year 
     if the head of the agency determines that to do so is 
     necessary to advance the national security or foreign policy 
     interests of the United States.
       ``(c) Discretionary Authority of Agency Head.--Use of the 
     authority under subsection (b) is at the sole and exclusive 
     discretion of the head of the agency concerned.
       ``(d) Records.--An agency shall record leave provided under 
     this section separately from leave authorized under any other 
     provision of law.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendments.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 6329c the following new items:

``6329d. Rest and recuperation leave.
``6329e. Overseas operations leave.''.

  TITLE IV--A DIVERSE WORKFORCE: RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND PROMOTION

     SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Applicant flow data.--The term ``applicant flow data'' 
     means data that tracks the rate of applications for job 
     positions among demographic categories.
       (2) Demographic data.--The term ``demographic data'' means 
     facts or statistics relating to the demographic categories 
     specified in the Office of Management and Budget statistical 
     policy directive entitled ``Standards for Maintaining, 
     Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and 
     Ethnicity'' (81 Fed. Reg. 67398).
       (3) Diversity.--The term ``diversity'' means those classes 
     of persons protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
     U.S.C. 2000a et seq.) and the Americans with Disabilities Act 
     of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).
       (4) Workforce.--The term ``workforce'' means--
       (A) individuals serving in a position in the civil service 
     (as defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code);
       (B) individuals who are members of the Foreign Service (as 
     defined in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 3902));

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       (C) all individuals serving under a personal services 
     agreement or personal services contract;
       (D) all individuals serving under a Foreign Service Limited 
     appointment under section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 
     1980; or
       (E) individuals working in the Department of State under 
     any other authority.

     SEC. 402. COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND DISSEMINATION OF 
                   WORKFORCE DATA.

       (a) Initial Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, in 
     consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel 
     Management and the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report, which shall also be posted on a publicly available 
     website of the Department in a searchable database format, 
     that includes disaggregated demographic data and other 
     information regarding the diversity of the workforce of the 
     Department.
       (b) Data.--The report under subsection (a) shall include 
     the following data:
       (1) Demographic data on each element of the workforce of 
     the Department, disaggregated by rank and grade or grade-
     equivalent, with respect to the following groups:
       (A) Applicants for positions in the Department.
       (B) Individuals hired to join the workforce.
       (C) Individuals promoted during the 2-year period ending on 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, including promotions 
     to and within the Senior Executive Service or the Senior 
     Foreign Service.
       (D) Individuals serving on applicable selection boards.
       (E) Members of any external advisory committee or board who 
     are subject to appointment by individuals at senior positions 
     in the Department.
       (F) 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.
       (G) Individuals participating in mentorship or retention 
     programs.
       (H) Individuals who separated from the agency during the 2-
     year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     including individuals in the Senior Executive Service or the 
     Senior Foreign Service.
       (2) An assessment of agency compliance with the essential 
     elements identified in Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission Management Directive 715, effective October 1, 
     2003.
       (3) Data on the overall number of individuals who are part 
     of the workforce, the percentages of such workforce 
     corresponding to each element listed in section 401(4), and 
     the percentages corresponding to each rank, grade, or grade-
     equivalent.
       (c) Recommendation.--The Secretary may include in the 
     report under subsection (a) a recommendation to the Director 
     of Office of Management and Budget and to the appropriate 
     congressional committees regarding whether the Department 
     should collect more detailed data on demographic categories 
     in addition to the race and ethnicity categories specified in 
     the Office of Management and Budget statistical policy 
     directive entitled ``Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, 
     and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity'' (81 Fed. 
     Reg. 67398).
       (d) Other Contents.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
     also describe and assess the effectiveness of the efforts of 
     the Department--
       (1) to propagate fairness, impartiality, and inclusion in 
     the work environment, both domestically and abroad;
       (2) to enforce anti-harassment and anti-discrimination 
     policies, both domestically and at posts overseas;
       (3) to refrain from engaging in unlawful discrimination in 
     any phase of the employment process, including recruitment, 
     hiring, evaluation, assignments, promotion, retention, and 
     training;
       (4) to prevent illegal retaliation against employees for 
     participating in a protected equal employment opportunity 
     activity or for reporting sexual harassment or sexual 
     assault;
       (5) to provide reasonable accommodation for qualified 
     employees and applicants with disabilities; and
       (6) to recruit a representative workforce by--
       (A) recruiting women and minorities;
       (B) recruiting at women's colleges, historically Black 
     colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, and 
     other institutions serving a significant percentage of 
     minority students;
       (C) placing job advertisements in newspapers, magazines, 
     and job sites oriented toward women and minorities;
       (D) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban and 
     rural communities and land-grant colleges or universities;
       (E) providing opportunities through the Foreign Service 
     Internship Program under chapter 12 of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4141 et seq.) and other hiring 
     initiatives;
       (F) recruiting mid-level and senior-level professionals 
     through programs designed to increase minority representation 
     in international affairs;
       (G) offering the Foreign Service written and oral 
     assessment examinations in several locations throughout the 
     United States to reduce the burden of applicants having to 
     travel at their own expense to take either or both such 
     examinations; and
       (H) support recruiting and hiring opportunities through--
       (i) the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship 
     Program;
       (ii) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship 
     Program;
       (iii) the Donald M. Payne International Development 
     Fellowship Program; and
       (iv) other initiatives, including agency-wide policy 
     initiatives.
       (e) Annual Updates.--Not later than one year after the 
     publication of the report required under subsection (a) and 
     annually thereafter for the following five years, the 
     Secretary shall work with the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management and the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget to provide a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees, which shall be posted on the 
     Department's website, which may be included in another annual 
     report required under another provision of law, that 
     includes--
       (1) disaggregated demographic data relating to the 
     workforce and information on the status of diversity and 
     inclusion efforts of the Department;
       (2) an analysis of applicant flow data; and
       (3) 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.

     SEC. 403. EXIT INTERVIEWS FOR WORKFORCE.

       (a) Retained Members.--The Director General of the Foreign 
     Service and the Director of Human Resources of the Department 
     should conduct periodic interviews with a representative and 
     diverse cross-section of the workforce of the Department--
       (1) to understand the reasons of individuals in such 
     workforce for remaining in a position in the Department; and
       (2) to receive feedback on workplace policies, professional 
     development opportunities, and other issues affecting the 
     decision of individuals in the workforce to remain in the 
     Department.
       (b) Departing Members.--The Director General of the Foreign 
     Service and the Director of Human Resources shall provide an 
     opportunity for an exit interview to each individual in the 
     workforce of the Department who separates from service with 
     the Department to better understand the reasons of such 
     individual for leaving such service.
       (c) Use of Analysis From Interviews.--The Director General 
     of the Foreign Service and the Director of Human Resources 
     shall analyze demographic data and other information obtained 
     through interviews under subsections (a) and (b) to 
     determine--
       (1) to what extent, if any, the diversity of those 
     participating in such interviews impacts the results; and
       (2) whether to implement any policy changes or include any 
     recommendations in a report required under subsection (a) or 
     (e) of section 402 relating to the determination reached 
     pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (d) Tracking Data.--The Department shall--
       (1) track demographic data relating to participants in 
     professional development programs and the rate of placement 
     into senior positions for participants in such programs;
       (2) annually evaluate such data--
       (A) to identify ways to improve outreach and recruitment 
     for such programs, consistent with merit system principles; 
     and
       (B) to understand the extent to which participation in any 
     professional development program offered or sponsored by the 
     Department differs among the demographic categories of the 
     workforce; and
       (3) actively encourage participation from a range of 
     demographic categories, especially from categories with 
     consistently low participation, in such professional 
     development programs.

     SEC. 404. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary should--
       (1) continue to seek a diverse and talented pool of 
     applicants; and
       (2) instruct the Director General of the Foreign Service 
     and the Director of the Bureau of Human Resources of the 
     Department to have a recruitment plan of action for the 
     recruitment of people belonging to traditionally under-
     represented groups, which should include outreach at 
     appropriate colleges, universities, affinity groups, and 
     professional associations.
       (b) Scope.--The diversity recruitment initiatives described 
     in subsection (a) should include--
       (1) recruiting at women's colleges, historically Black 
     colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions, and 
     other institutions serving a significant percentage of 
     minority students;
       (2) placing job advertisements in newspapers, magazines, 
     and job sites oriented toward diverse groups;
       (3) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban and 
     rural communities and land-grant colleges or universities;
       (4) providing opportunities through highly respected, 
     international leadership programs, that focus on diversity 
     recruitment and retention; and
       (5) cultivating partnerships with organizations dedicated 
     to the advancement of the profession of international affairs 
     and national security to advance shared diversity goals.
       (c) Expand Training on Anti-harassment and Anti-
     discrimination.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall, through the Foreign 
     Service Institute and

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     other educational and training opportunities--
       (A) ensure the provision of training on anti-harassment and 
     anti-discrimination information and policies to all 
     individuals in the workforce;
       (B) expand the provision of training on workplace rights 
     and responsibilities to focus on anti-harassment and anti-
     discrimination information and policies, including policies 
     relating to sexual assault prevention and response; and
       (C) make such expanded training mandatory for--
       (i) individuals in senior and supervisory positions;
       (ii) individuals having responsibilities related to 
     recruitment, retention, or promotion of employees; and
       (iii) any other individual determined by the Department who 
     needs such training based on analysis by the Department or 
     OPM analysis.
       (2) Best practices.--The Department shall give special 
     attention to ensuring the continuous incorporation of 
     research-based best practices in training provided under this 
     subsection.

     SEC. 405. LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

       (a) Reward and Recognize Efforts to Promote Diversity and 
     Inclusion.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall implement performance 
     and advancement requirements that reward and recognize the 
     efforts of individuals in senior positions and supervisors in 
     the Department in fostering an inclusive environment and 
     cultivating talent consistent with merit system principles, 
     such as through participation in mentoring programs or 
     sponsorship initiatives, recruitment events, and other 
     similar opportunities.
       (2) Outreach events.--The Secretary shall create 
     opportunities for individuals in senior positions and 
     supervisors in the Department to participate in outreach 
     events and to discuss issues relating to diversity and 
     inclusion with the workforce on a regular basis, including 
     with employee resource groups.
       (b) External Advisory Committees and Boards.--For each 
     external advisory committee or board to which individuals in 
     senior positions in the Department appoint members, the 
     Secretary is strongly encouraged by Congress to ensure such 
     external advisory committee or board is developed, reviewed, 
     and carried out by qualified teams that represent the 
     diversity of the organization.

     SEC. 406. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND TOOLS.

       (a) Expand Provision of Professional Development and Career 
     Advancement Opportunities.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to expand 
     professional development opportunities that support the 
     mission needs of the Department, such as--
       (A) academic programs;
       (B) private-public exchanges; and
       (C) detail assignments to relevant positions in--
       (i) private or international organizations;
       (ii) State, local, and Tribal governments;
       (iii) other branches of the Federal Government; or
       (iv) professional schools of international affairs.
       (2) Training for senior positions.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall offer, or sponsor 
     members of the workforce to participate in, a Senior 
     Executive Service candidate development program or other 
     program that trains members on the skills required for 
     appointment to senior positions in the Department.
       (B) Requirements.--In determining which members of the 
     workforce are granted professional development or career 
     advancement opportunities under subparagraph (A), the 
     Secretary shall--
       (i) ensure any program offered or sponsored by the 
     Department under such subparagraph comports with the 
     requirements of subpart C of part 412 of title 5, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto, including 
     merit staffing and assessment requirements;
       (ii) consider the number of expected vacancies in senior 
     positions as a factor in determining the number of candidates 
     to select for such programs;
       (iii) understand how participation in any program offered 
     or sponsored by the Department under such subparagraph 
     differs by gender, race, national origin, disability status, 
     or other demographic categories; and
       (iv) actively encourage participation from a range of 
     demographic categories, especially from categories with 
     consistently low participation.

     SEC. 407. EXAMINATION AND ORAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE FOREIGN 
                   SERVICE.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Department should offer both the Foreign Service written 
     examination and oral assessment in more locations throughout 
     the United States. Doing so would ease the financial burden 
     on potential candidates who do not currently reside in and 
     must travel at their own expense to one of the few locations 
     where these assessments are offered.
       (b) Foreign Service Examinations.--Section 301(b) of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3941) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting: ``(1) The 
     Secretary''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) The Secretary shall ensure that the Board of 
     Examiners for the Foreign Service annually offers the oral 
     assessment examinations described in paragraph (1) in cities, 
     chosen on a rotating basis, located in at least three 
     different time zones across the United States.''.

     SEC. 408. PAYNE FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZATION.

       (a) In General.--Undergraduate and graduate components of 
     the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship 
     Program may conduct outreach to attract outstanding students 
     with an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career who 
     represent diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
       (b) Review of Past Programs.--The Secretary shall review 
     past programs designed to increase minority representation in 
     international affairs positions.

     SEC. 409. VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.

       (a) In General.--Nothing in this title should be construed 
     so as to compel any employee to participate in the collection 
     of the data or divulge any personal information. Department 
     employees shall be informed that their participation in the 
     data collection contemplated by this title is voluntary.
       (b) Privacy Protection.--Any data collected under this 
     title shall be subject to the relevant privacy protection 
     statutes and regulations applicable to Federal employees.

                     TITLE V--INFORMATION SECURITY

     SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Information system.--The term ``information system'' 
     has the meaning given such term in section 3502 of title 44, 
     United States Code.
       (2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
     community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) 
     of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
       (3) Relevant congressional committees.--The term ``relevant 
     congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the appropriate congressional committees;
       (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (C) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.

     SEC. 502. INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Incident.--The term ``incident'' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 3552(b) of title 44, United States Code.
       (2) Penetration test.--The term ``penetration test'' means 
     a test methodology in which assessors attempt to circumvent 
     or defeat the security features of an information system.
       (b) Consultations Process.--Not later than 60 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     establish a process for conducting semiannual consultations 
     with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and any 
     other department or agency representative who the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate regarding the security of United 
     States Government and nongovernmental information systems 
     used or operated by the Department, a contractor of the 
     Department, or another organization on behalf of the 
     Department, including any such systems or networks 
     facilitating the use of sensitive or classified information.
       (c) Independent Penetration Testing of Information 
     Systems.--In coordination with the consultations under 
     subsection (b), the Secretary shall commission independent, 
     semiannual penetration tests, which shall be carried out by 
     an appropriate Federal department or agency other than the 
     Department, such as the Department of Homeland Security or 
     the National Security Agency, to ensure that adequate 
     policies and protections are implemented to detect and 
     prevent penetrations or compromises of such information 
     systems, including malicious intrusions by any unauthorized 
     individual, state actor, or other entity.
       (d) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the requirement under 
     subsection (c) for up to one year if the Secretary--
       (1) determines that such requirement would have adverse 
     effects on national security or the diplomatic mission of the 
     Department; and
       (2) not later than 30 days after the commencement of such a 
     determination, submits to the relevant congressional 
     committees a written justification that describes how such 
     penetration tests would undermine national security or the 
     diplomatic mission of the Department.
       (e) Incident Reporting.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for 
     three years, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense, the Director of the National 
     Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and any 
     other department or agency representative who the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate, shall securely submit to the 
     relevant congressional committees a classified report that 
     describes in detail the following:
       (1) For the first reporting period, all known and suspected 
     incidents affecting the information systems specified in 
     subsection (b) that occurred during the 180-day period 
     immediately preceding the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) For all subsequent reporting periods, all known and 
     suspected incidents affecting the information systems 
     specified in subsection (b) that occurred since the 
     submission of the most recent report.

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       (f) Contents.--Each report under subsection (e) shall 
     include, for the relevant reporting period, a summary 
     overview addressing the following:
       (1) A description of the relevant information system, as 
     specified in subsection (b), that experienced a known or 
     suspected incident.
       (2) An assessment of the date and time each such incident 
     occurred or was suspected to have occurred.
       (3) An assessment of the duration over which each such 
     incident took place or is suspected of having taken place, 
     including whether such incident is ongoing.
       (4) An assessment of the volume and sensitivity of 
     information accessed, compromised, or potentially compromised 
     by each incident, including any such information contained on 
     information systems owned, operated, managed, or utilized by 
     any other Federal department or agency.
       (5) An assessment of whether such information system was 
     compromised by such incident, including an assessment of the 
     following:
       (A) The known or suspected perpetrators, including state 
     actors.
       (B) The methods used to carry out the incident.
       (C) The known or suspected intent of the actors in 
     accessing the information system.
       (6) A description of the actions the Department has taken 
     or plans to take, including timelines and descriptions of any 
     progress on plans described in prior reports, to prevent 
     future, similar incidents affecting such information systems.

     SEC. 503. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH CERTAIN 
                   TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS.

       (a) List of Covered Contractors.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 
     in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
     shall develop or maintain, as the case may be, and update as 
     frequently as the Secretary determines appropriate, a list of 
     covered contractors with respect to which the prohibition 
     specified in subsection (b) shall apply. Not later than 30 
     days after the initial development of the list under this 
     subsection, any update thereto, and annually thereafter for 
     five years after such initial 30 day period, the Secretary 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     copy of such list.
       (b) Prohibition on Contracts.--The Secretary may not enter 
     into a contract with a covered contractor on the list 
     described in subsection (a).
       (c) Removal From List.--To be removed from the list 
     described in subsection (a), a covered contractor may submit 
     a request to the Secretary in such manner as the Secretary 
     determines appropriate. The Secretary, in consultation with 
     the Director of National Intelligence, shall determine a 
     process for removing covered contractors from the list, as 
     appropriate, and publicly disclose such process.
       (d) Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--The President or the Secretary may waive 
     the prohibition specified in subsection (b) if the President 
     or the Secretary determines that such waiver is justified for 
     national security reasons.
       (2) Waiver for overseas operations.--The Secretary may 
     waive the prohibition specified in subsection (b) for United 
     States diplomatic posts or diplomatic personnel overseas if 
     the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of National 
     Intelligence, determines that no suitable alternatives are 
     available.
       (e) Covered Contractor Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered contractor'' means a provider of 
     telecommunications, telecommunications equipment, or 
     information technology equipment, including hardware, 
     software, or services, that has knowingly assisted or 
     facilitated a cyber attack or conducted surveillance, 
     including passive or active monitoring, carried out against--
       (1) the United States by, or on behalf of, any government, 
     or persons associated with such government, listed as a cyber 
     threat actor in the intelligence community's 2017 assessment 
     of worldwide threats to United States national security or 
     any subsequent worldwide threat assessment of the 
     intelligence community; or
       (2) individuals, including activists, journalists, 
     opposition politicians, or other individuals for the purposes 
     of suppressing dissent or intimidating critics, on behalf of 
     a country included in the annual country reports on human 
     rights practices of the Department for systematic acts of 
     political repression, including arbitrary arrest or 
     detention, torture, extrajudicial or politically motivated 
     killing, or other gross violations of human rights.
       (f) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
     to contracts of a covered contractor entered into on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 504. PRESERVING RECORDS OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS 
                   CONDUCTED RELATED TO OFFICIAL DUTIES OF 
                   POSITIONS IN THE PUBLIC TRUST OF THE AMERICAN 
                   PEOPLE.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, 
     as a matter of rule of law and transparency in a democratic 
     government, all officers and employees of the Department and 
     the United States Agency for International Development must 
     preserve all records of communications conducted in their 
     official capacities or related to their official duties with 
     entities outside of the United States Government. It is 
     further the sense of Congress that such practice should 
     include foreign government officials or other foreign 
     entities which may seek to influence United States Government 
     policies and actions.
       (b) Publication.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the 
     Foreign Affairs Manual guidance implementing chapter 31 of 
     title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
     ``Federal Records Act''), to treat electronic messaging 
     systems, software, and applications as equivalent to 
     electronic mail for the purpose of identifying Federal 
     records, and shall also publish in the Foreign Affairs Manual 
     the statutory penalties for failure to comply with such 
     guidance. No funds are authorized to be appropriated or made 
     available to the Department of State under any Act to support 
     the use or establishment of accounts on third-party messaging 
     applications or other non-Government online communication 
     tools if the Secretary does not certify to the relevant 
     congressional committees that the Secretary has carried out 
     this section.

     SEC. 505. FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES (FRUS) 
                   SERIES AND DECLASSIFICATION.

       The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 401(c) (22 U.S.C. 4351(c)), by striking 
     ``30'' and inserting ``25'';
       (2) in section 402(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 4352(a)(2)), by 
     striking ``26'' and inserting ``20''; and
       (3) in section 404 (22 U.S.C. 4354)--
       (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``30''and inserting 
     ``25''; and
       (B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking ``30'' and 
     inserting ``25''.

     SEC. 506. VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY AND BUG BOUNTY 
                   PILOT PROGRAM.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Bug bounty program.--The term ``bug bounty program'' 
     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.
       (2) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Department of State.
       (3) Information technology.--The term ``information 
     technology'' has the meaning given such term in section 11101 
     of title 40, United States Code.
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of State.
       (b) Department of State Vulnerability Disclosure Process.--
       (1) In general.--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 
     Process (VDP) to improve Department cybersecurity by--
       (A) providing security researchers with clear guidelines 
     for--
       (i) conducting vulnerability discovery activities directed 
     at Department information technology; and
       (ii) submitting discovered security vulnerabilities to the 
     Department; and
       (B) creating Department procedures and infrastructure to 
     receive and fix discovered vulnerabilities.
       (2) Requirements.--In establishing the VDP pursuant to 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
       (A) identify which Department information technology should 
     be included in the process;
       (B) determine whether the process should differentiate 
     among and specify the types of security vulnerabilities that 
     may be targeted;
       (C) provide a readily available means of reporting 
     discovered security vulnerabilities and the form in which 
     such vulnerabilities should be reported;
       (D) identify which Department offices and positions will be 
     responsible for receiving, prioritizing, and addressing 
     security vulnerability disclosure reports;
       (E) consult with the Attorney General regarding how to 
     ensure that individuals, organizations, and companies that 
     comply with the requirements of the process are protected 
     from prosecution under section 1030 of title 18, United 
     States Code, and similar provisions of law for specific 
     activities authorized under the process;
       (F) consult with the relevant offices at the Department of 
     Defense that were responsible for launching the 2016 
     Vulnerability Disclosure Program, ``Hack the Pentagon'', and 
     subsequent Department of Defense bug bounty programs;
       (G) engage qualified interested persons, including 
     nongovernmental sector representatives, about the structure 
     of the process as constructive and to the extent practicable; 
     and
       (H) award contracts to entities, as necessary, to manage 
     the process and implement the remediation of discovered 
     security vulnerabilities.
       (3) Annual reports.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     establishment of the VDP under paragraph (1) and annually 
     thereafter for the next six years, the Secretary of State 
     shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
     of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
     the Senate a report on the VDP, including information 
     relating to the following:
       (A) The number and severity, in accordance with the 
     National Vulnerabilities Database of the National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology, of security vulnerabilities 
     reported.

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       (B) The number of previously unidentified security 
     vulnerabilities remediated as a result.
       (C) The current number of outstanding previously 
     unidentified security vulnerabilities and Department of State 
     remediation plans.
       (D) The average length of time between the reporting of 
     security vulnerabilities and remediation of such 
     vulnerabilities.
       (E) The resources, surge staffing, roles, and 
     responsibilities within the Department used to implement the 
     VDP and complete security vulnerability remediation.
       (F) Any other information the Secretary determines 
     relevant.
       (c) Department of State Bug Bounty Pilot Program.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     bug bounty pilot program to minimize security vulnerabilities 
     of internet-facing information technology of the Department.
       (2) Requirements.--In establishing the pilot program 
     described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
       (A) provide compensation for reports of previously 
     unidentified security vulnerabilities within the websites, 
     applications, and other internet-facing information 
     technology of the Department that are accessible to the 
     public;
       (B) award contracts to entities, as necessary, to manage 
     such pilot program and for executing the remediation of 
     security vulnerabilities identified pursuant to subparagraph 
     (A);
       (C) identify which Department information technology should 
     be included in such pilot program;
       (D) consult with the Attorney General on how to ensure that 
     individuals, organizations, or companies that comply with the 
     requirements of such pilot program are protected from 
     prosecution under section 1030 of title 18, United States 
     Code, and similar provisions of law for specific activities 
     authorized under such pilot program;
       (E) consult with the relevant offices at the Department of 
     Defense that were responsible for launching the 2016 ``Hack 
     the Pentagon'' pilot program and subsequent Department of 
     Defense bug bounty programs;
       (F) develop a process by which an approved individual, 
     organization, or company can register with the entity 
     referred to in subparagraph (B), submit to a background check 
     as determined by the Department, and receive a determination 
     as to eligibility for participation in such pilot program;
       (G) engage qualified interested persons, including 
     nongovernmental sector representatives, about the structure 
     of such pilot program as constructive and to the extent 
     practicable; and
       (H) consult with relevant United States Government 
     officials to ensure that such pilot program complements 
     persistent network and vulnerability scans of the Department 
     of State's internet-accessible systems, such as the scans 
     conducted pursuant to Binding Operational Directive BOD-15-
     01.
       (3) Duration.--The pilot program established under 
     paragraph (1) should be short-term in duration and not last 
     longer than one year.
       (4) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on 
     which the bug bounty pilot program under subsection (a) is 
     completed, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on such 
     pilot program, including information relating to--
       (A) the number of approved individuals, organizations, or 
     companies involved in such pilot program, broken down by the 
     number of approved individuals, organizations, or companies 
     that--
       (i) registered;
       (ii) were approved;
       (iii) submitted security vulnerabilities; and
       (iv) received compensation;
       (B) the number and severity, in accordance with the 
     National Vulnerabilities Database of the National Institute 
     of Standards and Technology, of security vulnerabilities 
     reported as part of such pilot program;
       (C) the number of previously unidentified security 
     vulnerabilities remediated as a result of such pilot program;
       (D) the current number of outstanding previously 
     unidentified security vulnerabilities and Department 
     remediation plans;
       (E) the average length of time between the reporting of 
     security vulnerabilities and remediation of such 
     vulnerabilities;
       (F) the types of compensation provided under such pilot 
     program; and
       (G) the lessons learned from such pilot program.

                       TITLE VI--PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

     SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Public Diplomacy 
     Modernization Act of 2019''.

     SEC. 602. AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF PROGRAMS AND EFFORTS.

       The Secretary shall--
       (1) identify opportunities for greater efficiency of 
     operations, including through improved coordination of 
     efforts across public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the 
     Department; and
       (2) maximize shared use of resources between, and within, 
     such public diplomacy bureaus and offices in cases in which 
     programs, facilities, or administrative functions are 
     duplicative or substantially overlapping.

     SEC. 603. IMPROVING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF PUBLIC 
                   DIPLOMACY.

       (a) Research and Evaluation Activities.--The Secretary, 
     acting through the Director of Research and Evaluation 
     appointed pursuant to subsection (b), shall--
       (1) conduct regular research and evaluation of public 
     diplomacy programs and activities of the Department, 
     including through the routine use of audience research, 
     digital analytics, and impact evaluations, to plan and 
     execute such programs and activities; and
       (2) make available to Congress the findings of the research 
     and evaluations conducted under paragraph (1).
       (b) Director of Research and Evaluation.--
       (1) Appointment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall appoint a 
     Director of Research and Evaluation (referred to in this 
     subsection as the ``Director'') in the Office of Policy, 
     Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public 
     Affairs of the Department.
       (2) Limitation on appointment.--The appointment of the 
     Director pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not result in an 
     increase in the overall full-time equivalent positions within 
     the Department.
       (3) Responsibilities.--The Director shall--
       (A) report to the Director of Policy Planning of the Office 
     of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and 
     Public Affairs of the Department;
       (B) coordinate and oversee the research and evaluation of 
     public diplomacy programs and activities of the Department 
     to--
       (i) improve public diplomacy strategies and tactics; and
       (ii) ensure that such programs and activities are 
     increasing the knowledge, understanding, and trust of the 
     United States by relevant target audiences;
       (C) routinely organize and oversee audience research, 
     digital analytics, and impact evaluations across all public 
     diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department;
       (D) support United States diplomatic posts' public affairs 
     sections;
       (E) share appropriate public diplomacy research and 
     evaluation information within the Department and with other 
     appropriate Federal departments and agencies;
       (F) regularly design and coordinate standardized research 
     questions, methodologies, and procedures to ensure that 
     public diplomacy programs and activities across all public 
     diplomacy bureaus and offices are designed to meet 
     appropriate foreign policy objectives; and
       (G) report biannually to the United States Advisory 
     Commission on Public Diplomacy, through the Subcommittee on 
     Research and Evaluation established pursuant to subsection 
     (f), regarding the research and evaluation of all public 
     diplomacy bureaus and offices.
       (4) Guidance and training.--Not later than one year after 
     the appointment of the Director pursuant to paragraph (1), 
     the Director shall develop guidance and training, including 
     curriculum for use by the Foreign Service Institute, for all 
     public diplomacy officers of the Department regarding the 
     reading and interpretation of public diplomacy program and 
     activity evaluation findings to ensure that such findings and 
     related lessons learned are implemented in the planning and 
     evaluation of all public diplomacy programs and activities of 
     the Department.
       (c) Prioritizing Research and Evaluation.--
       (1) In general.--The Director of Policy Planning of the 
     Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public 
     Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the Department shall ensure 
     that research and evaluation of public diplomacy and 
     activities of the Department, as coordinated and overseen by 
     the Director pursuant to subsection (b), supports strategic 
     planning and resource allocation across all public diplomacy 
     bureaus and offices of the Department.
       (2) Allocation of resources.--Amounts allocated for the 
     purpose of research and evaluation of public diplomacy 
     programs and activities of the Department pursuant to 
     subsection (b) shall be made available to be disbursed at the 
     direction of the Director among the research and evaluation 
     staff across all public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the 
     Department.
       (3) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Department should gradually increase its allocation of 
     funds made available under the headings ``Educational and 
     Cultural Exchange Programs'' and ``Diplomatic Programs'' for 
     research and evaluation of public diplomacy programs and 
     activities of the Department pursuant to subsection (b) to a 
     percentage of program funds that is commensurate with Federal 
     Government best practices.
       (d) Limited Exemption Relating to the Paperwork Reduction 
     Act.--Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'') shall not apply to 
     the collection of information directed at any individuals 
     conducted by, or on behalf of, the Department for the purpose 
     of audience research, monitoring, and evaluations, and in 
     connection with the Department's activities conducted 
     pursuant to any of the following:
       (1) The United States Information and Educational Exchange 
     Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.).
       (2) The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.).
       (3) Section 1287 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 
     note).

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       (4) The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 
     seq.).
       (e) Limited Exemption Relating to the Privacy Act.--
       (1) In general.--The Department shall maintain, collect, 
     use, and disseminate records (as such term is defined in 
     section 552a(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code) for 
     audience research, digital analytics, and impact evaluation 
     of communications related to public diplomacy efforts 
     intended for foreign audiences.
       (2) Conditions.--Audience research, digital analytics, and 
     impact evaluations under paragraph (1) shall be--
       (A) reasonably tailored to meet the purposes of this 
     subsection; and
       (B) carried out with due regard for privacy and civil 
     liberties guidance and oversight.
       (f) United States Advisory Commission on Public 
     Diplomacy.--
       (1) Subcommittee for research and evaluation.--The United 
     States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy shall 
     establish a Subcommittee on Research and Evaluation to 
     monitor and advise regarding audience research, digital 
     analytics, and impact evaluations carried out by the 
     Department and the United States Agency for Global Media.
       (2) Annual report.--The Subcommittee on Research and 
     Evaluation established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report, 
     in conjunction with the United States Advisory Commission on 
     Public Diplomacy's Comprehensive Annual Report on the 
     performance of the Department and the United States Agency 
     for Global Media, describing all actions taken by the 
     Subcommittee pursuant to paragraph (1) and any findings made 
     as a result of such actions.

     SEC. 604. PERMANENT REAUTHORIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES 
                   ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

       Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
     Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``sunset'' and 
     inserting ``continuation''; and
       (2) by striking ``until October 1, 2020''.

     SEC. 605. STREAMLINING OF SUPPORT FUNCTIONS.

       (a) Working Group Established.--Not later than 90 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall establish a working group to explore the possibilities 
     and cost-benefit analysis of transitioning to a shared 
     services model as such pertains to human resources, travel, 
     purchasing, budgetary planning, and all other executive 
     support functions for all bureaus of the Department that 
     report to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy of the 
     Department.
       (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a plan to implement any 
     such findings of the working group established under 
     subsection (a).

     SEC. 606. GUIDANCE FOR CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 
                   FACILITIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     adopt, and include in the Foreign Affairs Manual, guidelines 
     to collect and utilize information from each diplomatic post 
     at which the construction of a new embassy compound or new 
     consulate compound would result in the closure or co-location 
     of an American Space, American Center, American Corner, or 
     any other public diplomacy facility under the Secure Embassy 
     Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 
     et seq.).
       (b) Requirements.--The guidelines required by subsection 
     (a) shall include the following:
       (1) Standardized notification to each chief of mission at a 
     diplomatic post describing the requirements of the Secure 
     Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and the 
     impact on the mission footprint of such requirements.
       (2) An assessment and recommendations from each chief of 
     mission of potential impacts to public diplomacy programming 
     at such diplomatic post if any public diplomacy facility 
     referred to in subsection (a) is closed or staff is co-
     located in accordance with such Act.
       (3) A process by which assessments and recommendations 
     under paragraph (2) are considered by the Secretary and the 
     appropriate Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of 
     the Department.
       (4) Notification to the appropriate congressional 
     committees, prior to the initiation of a new embassy compound 
     or new consulate compound design, of the intent to close any 
     such public diplomacy facility or co-locate public diplomacy 
     staff in accordance with such Act.
       (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report containing the 
     guidelines required under subsection (a) and any 
     recommendations for any modifications to such guidelines.

     SEC. 607. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Audience research.--The term ``audience research'' 
     means research conducted at the outset of a public diplomacy 
     program or the outset of campaign planning and design 
     regarding specific audience segments to understand the 
     attitudes, interests, knowledge, and behaviors of such 
     audience segments.
       (2) Digital analytics.--The term ``digital analytics'' 
     means the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, 
     accumulated in digital format, to indicate the outputs and 
     outcomes of a public diplomacy program or campaign.
       (3) Impact evaluation.--The term ``impact evaluation'' 
     means an assessment of the changes in the audience targeted 
     by a public diplomacy program or campaign that can be 
     attributed to such program or campaign.
       (4) Public diplomacy bureaus and offices.--The term 
     ``public diplomacy bureaus and offices'' means, with respect 
     to the Department, the following:
       (A) The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
       (B) The Bureau of Global Public Affairs.
       (C) The Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for 
     Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
       (D) The Global Engagement Center.
       (E) The public diplomacy functions within the regional and 
     functional bureaus.

                 TITLE VII--COMBATING PUBLIC CORRUPTION

     SEC. 701. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) it is in the foreign policy interest of the United 
     States to help foreign countries promote good governance and 
     combat public corruption;
       (2) multiple Federal departments and agencies operate 
     programs that promote good governance in foreign countries 
     and enhance such countries' ability to combat public 
     corruption;
       (3) the Department should promote coordination among the 
     Federal departments and agencies implementing programs to 
     promote good governance and combat public corruption in 
     foreign countries in order to improve effectiveness and 
     efficiency; and
       (4) the Department should identify areas in which United 
     States efforts to help other countries promote good 
     governance and combat public corruption could be enhanced.

     SEC. 702. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.

       (a) In General.--For each of fiscal years 2020 through 
     2026, the Secretary shall assess the capacity and commitment 
     of foreign countries to combat public corruption. Each such 
     assessment shall--
       (1) utilize independent, third party indicators that 
     measure transparency, accountability, and corruption in the 
     public sector in such countries, including the extent to 
     which public power is exercised for private gain, to identify 
     those countries that are most vulnerable to public 
     corruption;
       (2) consider, to the extent reliable information is 
     available, whether the government of a country identified 
     under paragraph (1)--
       (A) has adopted measures to prevent public corruption, such 
     as measures to inform and educate the public, including 
     potential victims, about the causes and consequences of 
     public corruption;
       (B) has enacted laws and established government structures, 
     policies, and practices that prohibit public corruption;
       (C) enforces such laws through a fair judicial process;
       (D) vigorously investigates, prosecutes, convicts, and 
     sentences public officials who participate in or facilitate 
     public corruption, including nationals of such country who 
     are deployed in foreign military assignments, trade 
     delegations abroad, or other similar missions who engage in 
     or facilitate public corruption;
       (E) prescribes appropriate punishment for serious, 
     significant corruption that is commensurate with the 
     punishment prescribed for serious crimes;
       (F) prescribes appropriate punishment for significant 
     corruption that provides a sufficiently stringent deterrent 
     and adequately reflects the nature of the offense;
       (G) convicts and sentences persons responsible for such 
     acts that take place wholly or partly within the country of 
     such government, including, as appropriate, requiring the 
     incarceration of individuals convicted of such acts;
       (H) holds private sector representatives accountable for 
     their role in public corruption; and
       (I) addresses threats for civil society to monitor anti-
     corruption efforts; and
       (3) further consider--
       (A) verifiable measures taken by the government of a 
     country identified under paragraph (1) to prohibit government 
     officials from participating in, facilitating, or condoning 
     public corruption, including the investigation, prosecution, 
     and conviction of such officials;
       (B) the extent to which such government provides access, 
     or, as appropriate, makes adequate resources available, to 
     civil society organizations and other institutions to combat 
     public corruption, including reporting, investigating, and 
     monitoring;
       (C) the extent to which an independent judiciary or 
     judicial body in such country is responsible for, and 
     effectively capable of, deciding public corruption cases 
     impartially, on the basis of facts and in accordance with 
     law, without any improper restrictions, influences, 
     inducements, pressures, threats, or interferences, whether 
     direct or indirect, from any source or for any reason;
       (D) the extent to which such government cooperates 
     meaningfully with the United States to strengthen government 
     and judicial institutions and the rule of law to prevent, 
     prohibit, and punish public corruption;
       (E) the extent to which such government--

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       (i) is assisting in international investigations of 
     transnational public corruption networks and in other 
     cooperative efforts to combat serious, significant 
     corruption, including cooperating with the governments of 
     other countries to extradite corrupt actors;
       (ii) recognizes the rights of victims of public corruption, 
     ensures their access to justice, and takes steps to prevent 
     such victims from being further victimized or persecuted by 
     corrupt actors, government officials, or others; and
       (iii) refrains from prosecuting legitimate victims of 
     public corruption or whistleblowers due to such persons 
     having assisted in exposing public corruption, and refrains 
     from other discriminatory treatment of such persons; and
       (F) contain such other information relating to public 
     corruption as the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (b) Identification.--After conducting each assessment under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify the countries 
     described in paragraph (1) of such subsection that are--
       (1) meeting minimum standards to combat public corruption;
       (2) not meeting such minimum standards but making 
     significant efforts to do so; and
       (3) neither meeting such minimum standards nor making 
     significant efforts to do so.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and annually thereafter through fiscal 
     year 2026, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees and make publicly available a report 
     that identifies the countries described in subsection (a)(1) 
     and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b), including a 
     description of the methodology and data utilized in the 
     assessments under subsection (a) and the reasons for such 
     identifications.
       (d) Briefing in Lieu of Report.--The Secretary may waive 
     the requirement to submit and make publicly available a 
     written report under subsection (c) if the Secretary--
       (1) determines that publication of such report would--
       (A) undermine existing United States anti-corruption 
     efforts in one or more countries; or
       (B) threaten the national interests of the United States; 
     and
       (2) provides a briefing to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that identifies the countries described in 
     subsection (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection 
     (b), including a description of the methodology and data 
     utilized in the assessment under subsection (a) and the 
     reasons for such identifications.

     SEC. 703. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

       For each country identified under paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
     section 702(b), the Secretary, in coordination with the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development, as appropriate, shall--
       (1) ensure that a corruption risk assessment and mitigation 
     strategy is included in the integrated country strategy for 
     such country; and
       (2) utilize appropriate mechanisms to combat corruption in 
     such countries, including by ensuring--
       (A) the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses in contracts, 
     grants, and cooperative agreements entered into by the 
     Department or the Agency for or in such countries, which 
     allow for the termination of such contracts, grants, or 
     cooperative agreements, as the case may be, without penalty 
     if credible indicators of public corruption are discovered;
       (B) the inclusion of appropriate clawback or flowdown 
     clauses within the procurement instruments of the Department 
     and the Agency that provide for the recovery of funds 
     misappropriated through corruption;
       (C) the appropriate disclosure to the United States 
     Government, in confidential form, if necessary, of the 
     beneficial ownership of contractors, subcontractors, 
     grantees, cooperative agreement participants, and other 
     organizations implementing programs on behalf of the 
     Department or Agency; and
       (D) the establishment of mechanisms for investigating 
     allegations of misappropriated resources and equipment.

     SEC. 704. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION POINTS OF 
                   CONTACT.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall annually designate an 
     anti-corruption point of contact at the United States 
     diplomatic post to each country identified under paragraphs 
     (2) and (3) of section 702(b), or which the Secretary 
     otherwise determines is in need of such a point of contact.
       (b) Responsibilities.--Each designated anti-corruption 
     point of contact under subsection (a) shall be responsible 
     for coordinating and overseeing implementation of a whole-of-
     government approach among the relevant Federal departments 
     and agencies that operate programs that promote good 
     governance in foreign countries and enhance such countries' 
     ability to combat public corruption in order to accomplish 
     such objectives in the country to which such point of contact 
     is posted, including through the development and 
     implementation of corruption risk assessment tools and 
     mitigation strategies.
       (c) Training.--The Secretary shall implement appropriate 
     training for designated anti-corruption points of contact 
     under subsection (a).

     SEC. 705. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Annual Report.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall, for each of fiscal 
     years 2020 through 2026, submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on implementation of this 
     title, including a description of the following:
       (A) The offices within the Department and the United States 
     Agency for International Development that are engaging in 
     significant anti-corruption activities.
       (B) The findings and actions of designated anti-corruption 
     points of contact to develop and implement risk mitigation 
     strategies and ensure compliance with section 703.
       (C) The training implemented under section 704(c).
       (D) Management of the whole-of-government effort referred 
     to in section 704(b) to combat corruption within the 
     countries identified in section 702 and efforts to improve 
     coordination across Federal departments and agencies.
       (E) The risk assessment tools and mitigation strategies 
     utilized by the Department and the Agency.
       (F) Other information determined by the Secretary to be 
     necessary and appropriate.
       (2) Form of report.--Each report under this subsection 
     shall be submitted in an unclassified format but may include 
     a classified annex.
       (b) Online Platform.--The Secretary shall consolidate 
     existing reports with anti-corruption components into one 
     online, public platform, which should--
       (1) include--
       (A) the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices;
       (B) the annual Fiscal Transparency Report;
       (C) the annual Investment Climate Statements;
       (D) the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy 
     Report;
       (E) the Country Scorecards of the Millennium Challenge 
     Corporation; and
       (F) any other relevant public reports; and
       (2) link to third-party indicators and compliance 
     mechanisms used by the United States Government to inform 
     policy and programming, such as--
       (A) the International Finance Corporation's Doing Business 
     surveys;
       (B) the International Budget Partnership's Open Budget 
     Index; and
       (C) multilateral peer review anti-corruption compliance 
     mechanisms, such as the Organization for Economic Co-
     operation and Development's Working Group on Bribery in 
     International Business Transactions and the United Nations 
     Convention Against Corruption, done at New York October 31, 
     2003, to further highlight expert international views on 
     country challenges and country efforts.
       (c) Training.--The Secretary and the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development shall 
     incorporate anti-corruption components into existing Foreign 
     Service and Civil Service training courses to--
       (1) increase the ability of Department and Agency personnel 
     to support anti-corruption as a foreign policy priority; and
       (2) strengthen the ability of such personnel to design, 
     implement, and evaluate more effective anti-corruption 
     programming around the world, including enhancing skills to 
     better evaluate and mitigate public corruption risks in 
     assistance programs.

     SEC. 706. FOREIGN INVESTMENTS AND NATIONAL SECURITY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter for the 
     following six years, the Secretary, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, and the heads of other agencies, as 
     appropriate, shall submit to Congress an interagency strategy 
     to work with foreign governments and multilateral 
     institutions to guard against the risks of certain 
     transactions involving foreign investments.
       (b) Contents.--Each interagency strategy under paragraph 
     (1) shall include plans relating to the following:
       (1) Information sharing with foreign governments and 
     multilateral institutions regarding risks associated with 
     potential foreign investments.
       (2) Promoting American and other alternatives to foreign 
     investments identified as presenting substantial risk to the 
     national security or sovereignty of a country.
       (3) Providing technical assistance to foreign governments 
     or multilateral institutions regarding screening foreign 
     investments.
       (4) Designating points of contact at each United States 
     mission to foreign governments and multilateral institutions, 
     and in associated regional bureaus, to coordinate efforts 
     described in this paragraph.
       (c) Coordination.--If the Secretary determines such is 
     appropriate, the designated points of contact referred to in 
     subsection (b)(4) may be the same individual designated under 
     section 704(a).

         TITLE VIII--MATTERS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

     SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``International Security 
     Assistance Act of 2019''.

     SEC. 802. SECURITY ASSISTANCE DEFINED.

       In this title, the term ``security assistance'' means--
       (1) assistance under chapter 8 (relating to international 
     narcotics control) of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961;
       (2) assistance under chapter 2 (military assistance), 
     chapter 5 (international military education and training), 
     chapter 6 (peacekeeping operations), chapter 8 (antiterrorism

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     assistance), and chapter 9 (nonproliferation and export 
     control assistance) of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961;
       (3) assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export Control 
     Act (relating to the Foreign Military Financing program); and
       (4) sales of defense articles or defense services, 
     extensions of credits (including participations in credits), 
     and guaranties of loans under the Arms Export Control Act.

           Subtitle A--Reform Relating to Security Assistance

     SEC. 811. ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM.

       (a) Working Group.--
       (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a Working 
     Group on matters relating to security assistance (in this 
     subtitle referred to as the ``Working Group'').
       (2) Membership.--
       (A) In general.--The Working Group shall be composed of--
       (i) the Deputy Secretary of State; and
       (ii) each Under Secretary of State responsible for matters 
     relating to security assistance.
       (B) Chair.--The Deputy Secretary shall serve as the chair 
     of the Working Group.
       (3) Meetings.--The Working Group shall meet not later than 
     90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and on a 
     quarterly basis thereafter.
       (4) Duties.--The duties of the Working Group shall 
     include--
       (A) within the Department and across United States 
     diplomatic posts--
       (i) providing strategic policy guidance on objectives and 
     priorities for security assistance;
       (ii) ensuring strategic integration of budgets and planning 
     for security assistance; and
       (iii) advising the Secretary on all budgets, programs, and 
     activities for security assistance; and
       (B) overseeing Department of State coordination with the 
     Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development (USAID), and the heads 
     of other relevant Federal departments and agencies on all 
     matters relating to security assistance.
       (b) Office of Security Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate an 
     existing office or establish a new office to be the Office of 
     Security Assistance (in this subtitle referred to as the 
     ``Office''), which shall report to an Under Secretary who is 
     a member of the Working Group.
       (2) Coordinator.--The head of the Office shall be the 
     Coordinator for Security Assistance (in this subtitle 
     referred to as the ``Coordinator''), who shall be an 
     individual of demonstrated competency in the fields of 
     security assistance and international diplomacy.
       (3) Duties.--The duties of the Coordinator shall include--
       (A) within the Department and across United States 
     diplomatic posts--
       (i) guiding and supporting security assistance;
       (ii) advising the Working Group on all matters relating to 
     security assistance;
       (iii) establishing the framework described in section 
     813(a);
       (iv) coordinating the assessment, monitoring, and 
     evaluation program established under section 813(c); and
       (v) maintaining the common database described in section 
     814(a); and
       (B) acting as a Department of State point of contact with 
     the Department of Defense, the United States Agency for 
     International Development (USAID), and other relevant Federal 
     departments and agencies on all matters relating to security 
     assistance.
       (c) Coordination Within Department.--
       (1) Designation.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and subject to paragraph (2), the 
     head of each bureau of the Department that is involved in 
     directing or implementing security assistance shall designate 
     an officer of such bureau to be responsible for coordinating 
     the responsibilities of such bureau with respect to security 
     assistance.
       (2) Non-eligibility.--An officer of a bureau of the 
     Department shall not be eligible to be designated pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) if the officer is responsible for conducting 
     human rights vetting pursuant to 620M of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d).
       (3) Training.--Each individual designated pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) shall successfully complete the training 
     described in section 812.
       (d) Coordination Within United States Diplomatic Posts.--
       (1) Designation.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the chief of mission of the United 
     States in a foreign country that receives security assistance 
     shall designate a senior diplomatic officer at the embassy or 
     highest ranking diplomatic post if no embassy exists in the 
     foreign country to be responsible for coordinating security 
     assistance for the foreign country.
       (2) Duties.--The senior diplomatic officer designated 
     pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be responsible for--
       (A) overseeing personnel and activities of Federal 
     departments and agencies at the relevant embassy or 
     diplomatic post with respect to the provision of security 
     assistance for the country; and
       (B) ensuring implementation of section 620M of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 of 
     title 10, United States Code, with respect to the country.
       (3) Training.--Each individual designated pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) shall successfully complete the training 
     described in section 812
       (e) Plan for Organizational Structure.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a plan 
     for the organizational structure of the Department relating 
     to security assistance programs.
       (2) Matters to be included.--The plan required under 
     paragraph (1) shall include the following:
       (A) An identification of each bureau and office of the 
     Department that carries out functions relating to planning, 
     coordination, integration, implementation, or evaluation of 
     security assistance, a description of the organizational 
     hierarchy and decision-making processes used to coordinate 
     across such bureaus and offices and with United States 
     diplomatic posts and other Federal departments and agencies, 
     and a description of how the Working Group and the 
     Coordinator will facilitate coordination among each such 
     bureau and office.
       (B) A description of--
       (i) the reasons for--

       (I) designating an existing office or establishing a new 
     office to serve as the Office; and
       (II) selecting the Under Secretary to which the Office will 
     report;

       (ii) the organizational structure of the Office;
       (iii) the specific mechanisms through which the Working 
     Group and Coordinator could improve coordination among 
     bureaus and offices of the Department involved in the 
     planning or implementation of security assistance programs 
     and activities; and
       (iv) the process by which the requirement for training 
     described in section 812 will be fulfilled.
       (C) The benefits, feasibility, and steps necessary to 
     detail personnel--
       (i) on a reimbursable basis from the relevant bureaus and 
     offices of the Department to provide staff to the Office; and
       (ii) from USAID, the Department of Defense, and other 
     relevant Federal departments and agencies to provide staff to 
     the Office.
       (D) An identification of lessons learned from the Security 
     Governance Initiative (SGI), an assessment of the utility of 
     expanding the SGI or a similar initiative globally, and a 
     description of where best to locate the SGI or similar 
     initiative within the Department.
       (E) An identification of an appropriate bureau or office of 
     the Department, whose head does not report to the Under 
     Secretary described in subsection (b)(1), to select and 
     retain the independent research entity described in section 
     813(c)(4).
       (F) A list of recommendations for any additional 
     legislative measures necessary to improve the capacity and 
     capabilities of the Department to plan and implement security 
     assistance programs and activities.
       (3) Form.--The plan required under paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex if necessary.
       (4) Consultation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall consult with 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate regarding the development and implementation of the 
     plan required under paragraph (1).

     SEC. 812. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall carry out the following: --
       (1) Establish curriculum at the Department's Foreign 
     Service Institute to provide employees of the Department of 
     State with specialized training with respect to security 
     assistance. The training should be aligned with the Security 
     Cooperation Workforce Development Program and developed in 
     coordination with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
     including through an agreement under section 1535(a) of title 
     31, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Economy 
     Act'') or any other appropriate agency-specific authority. 
     The training shall include the following:
       (A) Awareness of the full range of agencies, offices, 
     personnel, statutory authorities, funds, and programs 
     involved in security assistance and transfers and the 
     respective decision-making timelines.
       (B) Familiarity with relevant military and police security 
     force systems and structures and institutions at the time 
     such training is occurring.
       (C) Familiarity with security assistance reform, research 
     regarding options for improvement, and United States 
     interagency and external resources and experts.
       (D) Familiarity with planning, implementation, and 
     monitoring and evaluation for programmatic activities.
       (E) Familiarity with implementation of--
       (i) section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 of title 10, United States 
     Code;
       (ii) arms transfer requirements under the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); and
       (iii) best practices related to human rights and civilian 
     protection.

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       (F) Awareness of common risks to effectiveness of security 
     assistance, including corruption, political instability, and 
     challenges relating to absorptive capacity, partner 
     commitment, and transparency.
       (2) Coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, to the extent 
     feasible, to ensure that, in addition to the training 
     described paragraph (1), individuals who serve in priority 
     recipient countries or countries that do not meet baseline 
     norms of governance, as determined by the Under Secretary for 
     purposes of subsections (d)(1) and (d)(4) of section 813, 
     obtain higher-level certification through the Defense 
     Security Cooperation Agency's Defense Institute of Security 
     Cooperation Studies or through a commensurate program 
     developed at the Department's Foreign Service Institute prior 
     to serving at the United States diplomatic post in such 
     country.

     SEC. 813. SECURITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING.

       (a) Framework and Standards for Security Assistance.--Not 
     later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Coordinator shall create and submit to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a framework to 
     be used by relevant bureaus and diplomatic posts to guide 
     regional and country-specific planning, such as joint 
     regional strategies or integrated country strategies, with 
     respect to security assistance. Such framework shall include 
     the following:
       (1) Identification and prioritization of overall goals and 
     objectives for security assistance, in accordance with the 
     relevant National Security Strategy.
       (2) Criteria for--
       (A) determining the commitment and political will of 
     countries receiving assistance to use such assistance in a 
     manner that achieves United States objectives;
       (B) identifying opportunities and risks created by the 
     provision of security assistance; and
       (C) tailoring and sequencing such assistance accordingly.
       (3) Guidance for--
       (A) incorporating the assessment, monitoring, and 
     evaluation program described in subsection (c) into the 
     strategic planning cycle;
       (B) increasing coordination, as appropriate, with other 
     major international donors to maximize resources and unity of 
     efforts;
       (C) aligning the security assistance programs, projects, 
     and activities of the Department with other United States 
     goals of engagement with foreign countries, such as the 
     promotion of democracy, human rights, governance, and 
     economic growth, as well as with other United States 
     assistance authorities, resources, programmatic capabilities, 
     and activities; and
       (D) assessing the impact on Department security assistance 
     objectives, programs, and activities of United States 
     military activities in the country or region covered by 
     country or regional strategy, including the number of United 
     States forces deployed, the duration of deployment, the 
     purpose for which they were deployed, and the authority under 
     which they are operating.
       (4) Metrics for assessing the effectiveness of security 
     assistance in--
       (A) increasing the operational access and influence of the 
     United States;
       (B) improving partner capacity and commitment to countering 
     shared threats and increased burden sharing, including in 
     ways that enable reallocation of United States military 
     deployments to other high priority missions;
       (C) reducing the underlying drivers of state fragility; and
       (D) contributing to the maintenance of existing peace 
     treaties between recipients of assistance.
       (5) A process to ensure that transfers regulated by the 
     Department that are outside the scope of security assistance, 
     such as certain direct commercial sales, are factored into--
       (A) the implementation of the assessment, monitoring, and 
     evaluation program described in subsection (c); and
       (B) the planning process described in subsection (d).
       (b) Definitions Promulgated by the Working Group.--Not 
     later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Working Group shall--
       (1) in consultation with the Coordinator and bureaus and 
     offices of the Department that are involved in the planning, 
     coordination, integration, implementation, or evaluation of 
     security assistance, develop and promulgate a definition of 
     the level of security assistance programs, projects, or 
     activities that mark a country as a recipient of 
     ``significant'' security assistance to merit inclusion in the 
     assessment, monitoring, and evaluation process described in 
     subsection (c); and
       (2) in consultation with the Coordinator, the Bureau of 
     Democracy , Human Rights, and Labor, and the heads of other 
     relevant bureaus of the Department, develop and promulgate a 
     definition of baseline norms for governance and the rule of 
     law, including a rubric to assess whether a recipient of 
     security assistance is abiding by such baseline.
       (c) Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Coordinator shall develop an 
     assessment, monitoring, and evaluation program to be 
     conducted for any country receiving significant security 
     assistance, as defined in accordance with subsection (b)(1).
       (2) Elements.--The program described in paragraph (1) shall 
     include each of the following elements:
       (A) Baseline assessments that consider factors, including--
       (i) recipient country threat perceptions and the manner in 
     which such perceptions may inform the use of security 
     assistance;
       (ii) the recipient's approach to governance and commitment 
     to rule of law, including the transparency and accountability 
     of security forces, and the manner in which such approach is 
     likely to be influenced by security assistance;
       (iii) the recipient's capacity to absorb the security 
     assistance given and to achieve the objectives of such 
     assistance;
       (iv) the human rights record of the recipient, including 
     for purposes of section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 of title 10, United 
     States Code, and any relevant attempts by such recipient to 
     remedy such record;
       (v) country- or region-specific opportunities and risks 
     that could enhance or impair the outcomes associated with 
     providing security assistance; and
       (vi) indicators of efficacy for security assistance 
     programs, projects, and activities, for purposes of planning, 
     monitoring, and evaluation.
       (B) Monitoring implementation of security assistance 
     programs, projects, and activities to measure progress toward 
     achieving specific targets, metrics, or indicators, as well 
     as desired outcomes.
       (C) Evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of 
     security assistance in achieving desired outcomes.
       (D) Identification of lessons learned in carrying out 
     security assistance and recommendations for improving future 
     assistance.
       (3) Oversight and framework.--The Coordinator shall guide 
     and support, in coordination with relevant regional and 
     functional bureaus, the assessment and monitoring described 
     in paragraph (1) and shall create a common evaluation 
     framework.
       (4) Independent research entity.--Not later than 18 months 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall enter into a contract with an independent research 
     entity, such as a federally funded research and development 
     center or other non-profit entity, that demonstrates 
     appropriate expertise and analytical capability to evaluate 
     the capacity of security assistance to achieve desired 
     outcomes in accordance with the framework created pursuant to 
     paragraph (3).
       (5) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the ability of the Department to measure and assess the 
     effects of United States security assistance programs and 
     activities on governance, rule of law, professionalism of 
     recipient security forces, and institutional capacity 
     weaknesses of recipient security forces would benefit from 
     the increased availability of independent research and data.
       (d) Security Assistance Planning.--
       (1) Prioritization.--Not later than two years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
     the Working Group shall develop a list of priority recipient 
     countries to receive security assistance, on the basis of 
     policy objectives determined by the Department, and submit 
     such information in accordance with subsection (f).
       (2) Inclusion in regional and country strategies.--Any 
     comprehensive regional strategy, such as a joint regional 
     strategy or its equivalent, and any country strategy, such as 
     an integrated country strategy or its equivalent, that is 
     produced on or after the date that is 2 years after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and each successor strategy to 
     such strategy, shall integrate security assistance planning 
     in a manner that incorporates the elements of the framework 
     created pursuant to subsection (a) and include an annex 
     relating to security assistance, which shall include--
       (A) the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation metrics 
     described in subsection (c);
       (B) requests to allocate security assistance with respect 
     to the area covered by the strategy; and
       (C) a description of the manner in which such resources 
     will be used.
       (3) Coordination of resources.--In developing annexes 
     relating to security assistance for inclusion in 
     comprehensive regional strategies or country strategies in 
     accordance with paragraph (2), the relevant bureau, office, 
     or diplomatic post shall coordinate with--
       (A) the Office;
       (B) the Office of Foreign Assistance Resources, or an 
     equivalent entity in the Department, regarding the allocation 
     of resources in line with priorities of the Department of 
     State for security assistance; and
       (C) the Department of Defense and other Federal departments 
     and agencies that provide security assistance, security 
     cooperation, or other forms of foreign assistance.
       (4) Security assistance, governance, and rule of law.--Not 
     later than two years after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, any annex relating to security assistance described in 
     paragraph (2) that is included in a country strategy shall 
     include an assessment by the Under Secretary responsible for 
     civilian security, democracy, and human rights whether such 
     country abides by baseline norms for governance and the rule 
     of law using the rubric promulgated in accordance with 
     subsection (b)(2). A security assistance

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     annex developed in accordance with paragraph (2) for a 
     country receiving a negative determination shall also include 
     the following:
       (A) Reforms the recipient could undertake, where 
     practicable, to improve governance and rule of law in order 
     to create more effective security.
       (B) Conditions, which may also be included in the compacts 
     described in subsection (e), under which the United States 
     might--
       (i) expand or increase security assistance upon verifiable 
     progress made toward such reforms; and
       (ii) restrict or end security assistance as a result of 
     lack of progress toward such reforms or further deterioration 
     of norms for governance or the rule of law.
       (C) An assessment of the benefits and likelihood of 
     reaching agreement with the recipient country to devote 1 
     percent of the total value of all security assistance to such 
     country for training in-country civilian professionals on 
     methods to evaluate the fiscal and functional effectiveness 
     of the security institutions in such country.
       (D) The manner in which security assistance will be used to 
     improve governance, rule of law, and human rights reforms in 
     such country.
       (E) Steps to ensure consultation with the national 
     legislature and with civil society groups that operate in 
     such country on the provision of security assistance, 
     including for the formulation of a compact in accordance with 
     subsection (e)(2).
       (e) Security Assistance Compacts.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than two years after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter 
     into multi-year compacts where appropriate with the 
     governments of countries that receive security assistance. 
     Such compacts should include the following elements:
       (A) A joint diagnosis of the strengths and challenges of 
     the recipient country's security institutions, including 
     priority capacity and capability requirements.
       (B) A plan for bilateral security assistance and 
     cooperation that includes--
       (i) a commitment by the recipient specifying the manner in 
     which security assistance will be used, within a defined 
     timeframe;
       (ii) plans for sustainment by the recipient of any capacity 
     or capabilities built as a result of such assistance; and
       (iii) mutually agreed oversight mechanisms for security 
     assistance and metrics, to determine whether such assistance 
     is accomplishing the agreed-upon objectives.
       (2) Special provisions.--If the Under Secretary described 
     in subsection (d)(3) assesses that a country is not abiding 
     by baseline norms for governance or the rule of law, a 
     compact under this subsection with such country should, where 
     practicable, be formulated in consultation with the national 
     legislature and domestic civil society groups and include 
     mutually agreed upon reforms and conditions based on those 
     established as a result of such determination in accordance 
     with subsection (d)(4).
       (f) Reporting Requirements.--Beginning three years after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
     thereafter, the Secretary shall include with any materials 
     submitted in support of the budget for that fiscal year that 
     is submitted to Congress by the President under section 
     1105(a) of title 31 an unclassified report, that may include 
     a classified annex, with the following:
       (1) A list of priority security assistance recipients, 
     along with descriptions of the policy objectives that the 
     Secretary seeks to achieve by providing such assistance to 
     such recipients, developed pursuant to subsection (d)(1).
       (2) A description of the results of the evaluations 
     conducted pursuant to subsection (c)(4).
       (3) A description of the manner in which the Department 
     will allocate, monitor, and evaluate all security assistance 
     pursuant to the program described in subsection (c) and the 
     planning process described in subsection (d).
       (4) A description of any updates made during the previous 
     year to the framework described in subsection (d)(1) and 
     annex relating to security assistance required under 
     subsection (d)(2).
       (5) The status and impact on United States objectives of 
     any compacts entered into in accordance with subsection (e) 
     and of any ongoing efforts to enter into new compacts in 
     accordance with such subsection.

     SEC. 814. INTERAGENCY COORDINATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE, 
                   TRANSFERS, AND SECURITY COOPERATION.

       (a) Creation of a Common Database.--Not later than two 
     years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and 
     other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall 
     maintain a common database of information to permit the 
     identification of security assistance programs, funding, and 
     transfers by recipient country.
       (b) Coordination With the Department of Defense.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that assesses existing 
     mechanisms, including provisions under title 10, United 
     States Code, that require the concurrence of the Secretary of 
     State, and other applicable provisions of law that provide 
     for coordination between security assistance programs, 
     projects, and activities of the Department of State and 
     security cooperation programs, projects, and activities of 
     the Department of Defense that includes the following:
       (A) An identification of existing coordination mechanisms 
     for planning, executing, and overseeing security assistance 
     and security cooperation programs, projects, and activities, 
     the purpose of such mechanisms, and their efficacy in 
     practice.
       (B) An identification of additional measures that would 
     improve the speed, simplicity, or agility of each identified 
     mechanism, with a focus on mechanisms requiring the 
     concurrence of the Secretary.
       (C) An identification of any programs, authorities, or 
     resources that do not require coordination under existing 
     law.
       (D) An identification of the specific mechanisms to improve 
     coordination between Department of State bureaus and offices 
     involved in planning, executing, or overseeing security 
     assistance programs and activities and the United States 
     combatant command or commands relevant to such bureaus and 
     offices.
       (E) An assessment of the advisability and feasibility of 
     expanding existing mechanisms or establishing new mechanisms 
     to detail employees from Department of State bureaus and 
     offices involved in planning, executing, or overseeing 
     security assistance programs and activities to United States 
     combatant commands and from the Department of Defense to such 
     Department of State bureaus and offices for the purpose of 
     improving coordination on security assistance planning and 
     implementation.
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate.
       (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense should 
     jointly establish a pilot program to evaluate the 
     advisability and feasibility of a joint entity to conduct 
     collaborative planning of security assistance and security 
     cooperation. The pilot program should--
       (1) establish one or more joint planning cells to conduct 
     collaborative planning between the Department of State and 
     the Department of Defense for security assistance and 
     security cooperation programs, projects, and activities in a 
     specific region or regions;
       (2) assign personnel from relevant offices and agencies 
     within each Department to staff the joint planning cell or 
     cells; and
       (3) assess the advantages and disadvantages of 
     collaborative interagency planning of security assistance, 
     and determine whether there are organizational, legal, 
     policy, or resource barriers to broader adoption of such a 
     model.

     SEC. 815. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

       Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the implementation of 
     subsection (h) of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2776).

                Subtitle B--Foreign Military Assistance

     SEC. 821. STRATEGIC ALLOCATION OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.

       (a) In General.--Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j), is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking ``(1) The President'' and inserting ``The 
     President'';
       (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (F) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (6), respectively, and moving the 
     margins of each such paragraph two ems to the left; and
       (C) by striking ``(2) Accordingly,'' and all that follows 
     through ``1990.'' ;
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Priority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, excess defense articles under this section shall be 
     transferred in accordance with United States foreign policy, 
     including national security priorities as jointly determined 
     by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary 
     of Defense, to the maximum extent feasible.''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Supporting costs.--The Department of State is 
     authorized to expend funds available for security assistance 
     for the refurbishment or upgrade of excess defense articles 
     transferred under the authority of this section and for 
     training of foreign security forces directly in relation to 
     excess defense articles transferred under the authority of 
     this section, if--
       ``(A) such assistance is necessary to advance the national 
     security objectives of the United States in relation to the 
     recipient country or countries; and
       ``(B) such costs do not exceed $10 million in relation to a 
     single transfer of excess defense articles under this 
     section.'';
       (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``$7,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$25,000,000''; and
       (4) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``$500,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$600,000,000''.

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     SEC. 822. MODIFICATION OF PURPOSES FOR WHICH MILITARY SALES 
                   BY THE UNITED STATES ARE AUTHORIZED.

       Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2754) 
     is amended in the first sentence by striking ``internal 
     security'' and inserting ``legitimate internal security 
     (including for anti-terrorism purposes)''.

     SEC. 823. RETURN OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.

       Section 21(m)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2761(m)(1)(B)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(B) is not'' and inserting ``(B)(i) is 
     not'';
       (2) by striking ``; and'' and inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ii) is significant military equipment (as defined in 
     section 47(9) of this Act) and the Secretary of State has 
     provided prior approval of the return of such defense article 
     from the foreign country or international organization; 
     and''.

     SEC. 824. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FOR LICENSING 
                   OF DEFENSE ITEMS.

       Section 38(j) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2778(j)) is amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading--
       (A) by striking ``Country''; and
       (B) by striking ``to Foreign Countries'';
       (2) in paragraph (1)(A)--
       (A) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
       (i) by striking ``a foreign country'' and inserting ``the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country of 
     that Organization, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New 
     Zealand, Japan, or Israel'';
       (ii) by inserting ``(except that the President may not so 
     exempt such Organization, member country, or other country 
     that is not eligible to acquire defense items under any other 
     provision of law)'' after ``with respect to exports of 
     defense items''; and
       (iii) by striking ``the foreign country'' and inserting 
     ``such Organization, member country, or other country''; and
       (B) in clause (ii)--
       (i) by striking ``the foreign country'' and inserting 
     ``such Organization, member country, or other country''; and
       (ii) by striking ``under their domestic laws'';
       (3) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)--

       (I) by striking ``, at a minimum,'';
       (II) by striking ``the foreign country'' and inserting 
     ``the Organization, member country, or other country referred 
     to in paragraph (1)''; and
       (III) by striking ``to revise its policies and practices, 
     and promulgate or enact necessary modifications to its laws 
     and regulations to establish'' and inserting ``to establish 
     and maintain'';

       (ii) in clause (i), by striking ``the foreign country'' and 
     inserting ``such Organization, member country, or other 
     country''; and
       (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ``retransfer control 
     commitments, including securing'' and inserting ``retransfer 
     controls that secure'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)--

       (I) by striking ``, at a minimum,'';
       (II) by striking ``the foreign country'' and inserting 
     ``the Organization, member country, or other country referred 
     to in paragraph (1)''; and
       (III) by striking ``to revise its policies and practices, 
     and promulgate or enact necessary modifications to its laws 
     and regulations''; and

       (ii) in clause (iv), by striking ``the foreign country'' 
     and inserting ``the member country or other country''; and
       (4) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``a foreign country'' and inserting ``the Organization, 
     member country, or other country referred to in paragraph 
     (1)'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``that foreign 
     country'' and inserting ``such Organization, member country, 
     or other country'';
       (C) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) by striking ``the foreign country'' and inserting 
     ``such Organization, member country, or other country''; and
       (ii) by striking ``has promulgated or enacted all necessary 
     modifications to its laws and regulations to comply'' and 
     inserting ``has taken such actions to comply''; and
       (D) in subparagraph (C)--
       (i) by striking ``a foreign country'' and inserting ``such 
     Organization, member country, or other country''; and
       (ii) by striking ``that country'' and inserting ``such 
     Organization, member country, or other country''.

     SEC. 825. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PROVISIONS.

       Section 42(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2791(a)) is amended in the first sentence by inserting ``on a 
     competitive basis'' after ``procurement in the United 
     States''.

     SEC. 826. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.

       Section 36(b)(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2776(b)(6)) is amended by inserting ``the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization or'' before ``a member country''.

     SEC. 827. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LICENSING UNDER UNITED STATES 
                   ARMS EXPORT CONTROL PROGRAMS.

       It is the sense of Congress that, in implementing reforms 
     of United States arms export licensing regimes, the President 
     should prioritize the development of a new framework to 
     improve and streamline licensing, including by seeking to 
     revise the Special Comprehensive Export Authorizations for 
     exports to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member 
     country of that Organization, Sweden, or any other country 
     described in section 36(c)(2)(A) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A)) under section 126.14 of title 
     15, Code of Federal Regulations (relating to the 
     International Traffic in Arms Regulations).

     SEC. 828. EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVE STOCKPILE AUTHORITY.

       (a) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005.--
     Section 12001(d) of the Department of Defense Appropriations 
     Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by 
     striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2021''.
       (b) Stockpiling of Defense Articles for Foreign 
     Countries.--Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking 
     ``and 2020'' and inserting ``2020, and 2021''.

     SEC. 829. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) Authority.--
       (1) In general.--Section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348) is amended--
       (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``The President'' 
     and inserting ``(a) The President''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Funds authorized to be appropriated under this 
     chapter may also be used to provide assistance to enhance the 
     capacity of foreign civilian security forces (as such term is 
     defined in section 841(c) of the International Security 
     Assistance Act of 2019) to participate in peacekeeping and 
     counterterrorism operations, and to promote greater 
     participation of women in such peacekeeping operations.
       ``(c) Funds authorized to be appropriated under this 
     chapter to provide assistance to friendly foreign countries 
     for purposes other than support for multilateral peacekeeping 
     operations shall be subject to the certification requirements 
     of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2776).''.
       (2) Disarmament and reintegration.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, funds authorized to be appropriated under any provision 
     of law for peacekeeping operations may be made available to 
     support programs to disarm, demobilize, and reintegrate into 
     civilian society former members of foreign terrorist 
     organizations, and to promote greater participation of women 
     in such programs.
       (B) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult with the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate prior to obligating funds 
     described in subparagraph (A).
       (C) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term ``foreign 
     terrorist organization'' means an organization designated as 
     a terrorist organization under section 219(a) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).
       (b) Notification.--The Secretary shall notify the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
     at least 15 days prior to obligating funds under any 
     provision of law for peacekeeping operations.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for chapter 6 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348 
     et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``and 
     Other National Security Programs''.

     SEC. 830. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
                   AUTHORITIES.

       The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows:
       (1) In section 516 (22 U.S.C. 2321j)--
       (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``countries'' and 
     inserting ``countries, regional organizations, and 
     international organizations'';
       (B) in subsection (b)(5), as redesignated by section 
     821(a)(1)(B), by striking ``countries'' and inserting 
     ``countries, regional organizations, and international 
     organizations'';
       (C) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``recipient country'' 
     and inserting ``recipient country or organization'';
       (D) in subsection (f)(2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``country'' each place 
     it appears and inserting ``country or organization''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``countries'' and 
     inserting ``countries or organizations''; and
       (E) in subsection (h), by striking ``country'' and 
     inserting ``country and organization''.
       (2) In section 620M (22 U.S.C. 2378d)--
       (A) in subsection (d)(7), by striking ``to the maximum 
     extent practicable'' and inserting ``unless such disclosure 
     would endanger the safety of human sources or reveal 
     sensitive intelligence sources and methods''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Report.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than January 31 of each year, 
     the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
     a report on the vetting process of units of security forces 
     of foreign countries established to comply with this section.

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       ``(2) Matters to be included.--The report required under 
     paragraph (1) shall include the following:
       ``(A) The total number of units submitted for vetting 
     during the prior calendar year, and the number of such units 
     that were approved, suspended, or rejected for human rights 
     reasons.
       ``(B) The name of such units rejected during the prior 
     calendar year and a description of the steps taken to assist 
     the government of the foreign country in bringing the 
     responsible members of such units to justice, in accordance 
     with subsection (c).
       ``(C) An updated list of the units with respect to which no 
     assistance is to be furnished pursuant to subsection (a).''.
       (3) In section 622(c) (22 U.S.C. 2382(c)), by inserting 
     ``law enforcement and justice sector assistance,'' before 
     ``military assistance,''.
       (4) In section 656(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2416(a)(1)), by 
     striking ``January 31'' and inserting ``March 1''.

     SEC. 831. REPEAL OF REPORTS.

       (a) Repeal of Annual Report on World Military Expenditures 
     and Arms Transfers.--Section 404 of the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593b) is hereby repealed.
       (b) Repeal of Annual Report Relating to the Commission on 
     Security and Cooperation in Europe.--Section 5 of Public Law 
     94-304 (22 U.S.C. 3005) is hereby repealed.
       (c) Repeal of Report on Assistance Relating to 
     International Terrorism.--Section 502 of the International 
     Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 (22 U.S.C. 
     2349aa-7) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (b); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).

     SEC. 832. DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS REGISTRATION FEES.

       Section 45 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by inserting ``defense trade controls'' after ``100 
     percent of the''; and
       (B) by striking ``the Office of Defense Trade Controls 
     of''; and
       (2) in the second sentence--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
     ``management, licensing, compliance, and policy activities in 
     the defense trade controls function, including'' after 
     ``incurred for'';
       (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``contract personnel to 
     assist in'';
       (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (D) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (E) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) the facilitation of defense trade policy development 
     and implementation, review of commodity jurisdiction 
     determinations, public outreach to industry and foreign 
     parties, and analysis of scientific and technological 
     developments as they relate to the exercise of defense trade 
     control authorities; and
       ``(5) contract personnel to assist in such activities.''.

     SEC. 833. WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE TO UNITS OF FOREIGN 
                   SECURITY FORCES THAT ENGAGED IN SEXUAL 
                   EXPLOITATION OR ABUSE IN PEACEKEEPING 
                   OPERATIONS.

       The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by inserting 
     after section 554 the following:

     ``SEC. 555. WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE TO UNITS OF FOREIGN 
                   SECURITY FORCES THAT ENGAGED IN SEXUAL 
                   EXPLOITATION OR ABUSE IN PEACEKEEPING 
                   OPERATIONS.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of State should withhold 
     assistance to any unit of the security forces of a foreign 
     country if the Secretary has credible information that such 
     unit has engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse, including 
     while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping operation, 
     until the Secretary determines that the government of such 
     country is taking effective steps to hold the responsible 
     members of such unit accountable and to prevent future 
     incidents.
       ``(b) Notice.--The Secretary of State--
       ``(1) shall promptly notify the government of each country 
     subject to any withholding of assistance pursuant to this 
     section; and
       ``(2) shall notify the appropriate congressional committees 
     of such withholding not later than 10 days after a 
     determination to withhold such assistance is made.
       ``(c) Assistance.--The Secretary of State shall, to the 
     maximum extent practicable, assist the government of each 
     country subject to any withholding of assistance pursuant to 
     this section in bringing the responsible members of such unit 
     of the security forces of the country to justice.
       ``(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In 
     this section, the term `appropriate congressional committees' 
     means--
       ``(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
       ``(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the Senate.''.

     SEC. 834. MODIFICATION TO LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE RELATING 
                   TO HUMAN RIGHTS.

       (a) Modification to the Limitation on Assistance to 
     Security Forces.--Subsection (a) of section 620M of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``, including any combined security 
     activities or operations with any such unit,'' after ``of a 
     foreign country''; and
       (2) by inserting ``, including any act that constitutes a 
     war crime, as such term is defined in section 2441 of title 
     18, United States Code'' after ``gross violation of human 
     rights''.
       (b) Modification to Limitation on Security Assistance.--
     Subsection (d)(1) of section 502B of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304) is amended by inserting ``any 
     act that constitutes a war crime, as such term is defined in 
     section 2441 of title 18, United States Code,'' after ``the 
     abduction and clandestine detention of those persons,''.

            Subtitle C--Studies on Authorities and Programs

     SEC. 841. REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY BY BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL 
                   NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau 
     of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, in 
     consultation with the heads of other relevant bureaus of the 
     Department, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate a report detailing all existing 
     programs, and their statutory authorities, that provide 
     training, advice, equipment, and other support to eligible 
     foreign civilian security forces and institutions.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--Such a report shall assess the 
     following:
       (1) The benefits and costs of consolidating the number of 
     such programs and expanding the scope of such programs, as 
     appropriate.
       (2) The prospects for improving coordination among such 
     programs.
       (3) The impact of repealing section 660 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420), including--
       (A) the potential opportunities such repeal would create 
     for expanding existing programs or establishing new programs 
     to improve the capacity, capabilities, and professionalism of 
     such civilian security forces and institutions, including 
     with respect to pay and promotions, benefits, leadership, and 
     administration; and
       (B) the required elements necessary to ensure that any such 
     program would enhance rule of law and safeguard human rights.
       (c) Civilian Security Forces.--In this section, the term 
     ``civilian security forces'' includes non-military security 
     forces at the national, state, district, or local level that 
     are responsible for internal security, do not report to a 
     defense ministry or similar or related defense or military 
     entity of a foreign government, and are assigned 
     responsibility for one or more of the following:
       (1) Law enforcement.
       (2) Border security.
       (3) Maritime and port security.
       (4) Customs law enforcement.
       (5) Sanctions monitoring and enforcement.
       (6) Counterterrorism.
       (7) Counter-narcotics.
       (8) Counterproliferation.
       (9) Counter-transnational organized crime.
       (10) Improving the administration of justice.
       (11) Promoting respect for human rights.
       (12) Promoting the rule of law.

     SEC. 842. REQUIREMENT FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY OF EXISTING 
                   SECURITY ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a 
     contract with a federally funded research and development 
     center with appropriate expertise and analytical capability 
     to carry out the study described in subsection (b).
       (b) Study.--The study required by subsection (a) shall 
     provide for a comprehensive examination of--
       (1) the history and evolution of existing security 
     assistance authorities and the original intent of such 
     authorities;
       (2) areas in which--
       (A) such authorities have deviated from such original 
     intent and explanations why; and
       (B) such authorities overlap or compete with one another; 
     and
       (3) recommendations for consolidating, replacing, or 
     otherwise adapting such authorities, as well as for 
     establishing new ones, to include recommendations for 
     differentiating authorities based on the capacity and 
     capabilities they build as opposed to by issue or purpose.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) To the secretary.--Not later than one year after the 
     date on which , the Secretary enters into a contract pursuant 
     to subsection (a), the independent research entity that has 
     entered into a contract with the Secretary shall submit to 
     the Secretary a report containing--
       (A) the results of the study required by subsection (a); 
     and
       (B) such recommendations to improve the effectiveness of 
     existing security assistance authorities as the entity 
     considers to be appropriate.
       (2) To congress.--Not later than 30 days after receipt of 
     the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit 
     such report, together with any additional views or 
     recommendations of the Secretary, to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate.

                        TITLE IX--MISCELLANEOUS

     SEC. 901. CASE-ZABLOCKI ACT REFORM.

       Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, is amended--

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       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Committee on 
     International Relations'' and inserting ``Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs''; and
       (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
       ``(b) Each department or agency of the United States 
     Government that enters into any international agreement 
     described in subsection (a) on behalf of the United States, 
     shall designate a Chief International Agreements Officer, 
     who--
       ``(1) shall be a current employee of such department or 
     agency;
       ``(2) shall serve concurrently as Chief International 
     Agreements Officer; and
       ``(3) subject to the authority of the head of such 
     department or agency, shall have department or agency-wide 
     responsibility for efficient and appropriate compliance with 
     subsection (a) to transmit the text of any international 
     agreement to the Department of State not later than 20 days 
     after such agreement has been signed.''.

     SEC. 902. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT.

       Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2370(q)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``No assistance'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) No assistance'';
       (2) by inserting ``the government of'' before ``any 
     country'';
       (3) by inserting ``the government of'' before ``such 
     country'' each place it appears;
       (4) by striking ``determines'' and all that follows and 
     inserting ``determines, after consultation with the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
     that assistance for such country is in the national interest 
     of the United States.''; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) No assistance shall be furnished under this Act, the 
     Peace Corps Act, the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, the 
     African Development Foundation Act, the BUILD Act of 2018, 
     section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, or section 23 of the 
     Arms Export Control Act to the government of any country 
     which is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar 
     year in payment to the United States of principal or interest 
     or any loan made to the government of such country by the 
     United States unless the President determines, following 
     consultation with the congressional committees specified in 
     paragraph (1), that assistance for such country is in the 
     national interest of the United States.''.

     SEC. 903. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS SUPPORTING 
                   INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.

       (a) Prohibition.--Subsection (a) of section 620A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371) is amended by 
     striking ``that the government of that country'' and all that 
     follows and inserting ``that the government of that country--
       ``(1) has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
     international terrorism;
       ``(2) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual 
     or group which has committed an act of international 
     terrorism;
       ``(3) otherwise supports international terrorism; or
       ``(4) is controlled by an organization designated as a 
     foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).''.
       (b) Rescission.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended 
     by striking ``and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate'' and inserting ``, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate''.
       (c) Waiver.--Subsection (d)(2) of such section is amended 
     by striking ``and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate'' and inserting ``, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate''.
       (d) Prohibition on Lethal Military Equipment Exports.--Such 
     section, as so amended, is further amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(e) Prohibition on Lethal Military Equipment Exports.--
       ``(1) Prohibition.--
       ``(A) In general.--The United States shall not provide any 
     assistance under this Act or section 23 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act to any foreign government that provides lethal 
     military equipment to a country the government of which the 
     Secretary of State has determined supports international 
     terrorism for purposes of section 1754(c) of the Export 
     Control Reform Act of 2018.
       ``(B) Termination.--The prohibition on assistance under 
     subparagraph (A) with respect to a foreign government shall 
     terminate 12 months after such government ceases to provide 
     the lethal military equipment described in such subparagraph.
       ``(C) Applicability.--This subsection applies with respect 
     to lethal military equipment provided under a contract 
     entered into after October 1, 1997.
       ``(2) Waiver.--The President may waive the prohibition on 
     assistance under paragraph (1) with respect to a foreign 
     government if the President determines that to do so is 
     important to the national interest of the United States.
       ``(3) Report.--Upon the exercise of the waiver authority 
     pursuant to paragraph (2), the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report with respect to 
     the furnishing of assistance under the waiver authority, 
     including--
       ``(A) a detailed explanation of the assistance to be 
     provided;
       ``(B) the estimated dollar amount of such assistance; and
       ``(C) an explanation of how the assistance furthers the 
     national interest of the United States.
       ``(4) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In 
     this subsection, the term `appropriate congressional 
     committees' means--
       ``(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
       ``(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 
     on Appropriations of the Senate.''.

     SEC. 904. ESTABLISHING A COORDINATOR FOR ISIS DETAINEE 
                   ISSUES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the 
     Secretary, may designate an existing official within the 
     Department to serve as senior-level coordinator to 
     coordinate, in conjunction with other relevant Federal 
     departments and agencies, all matters for the United States 
     Government relating to the long-term disposition of ISIS 
     detainees, including all matters in connection with--
       (1) repatriation, transfer, prosecution, and intelligence-
     gathering;
       (2) coordinating a whole-of-government approach with other 
     countries and international organizations, including 
     INTERPOL, to ensure secure chains of custody and locations of 
     ISIS detainees;
       (3) coordinating the provision of technical and evidentiary 
     assistance to foreign countries to aid in the successful 
     prosecution of ISIS detainees; and
       (4) all multilateral and international engagements led by 
     the Department and other relevant Federal departments and 
     agencies that are related to the current and future handling, 
     detention, or prosecution of ISIS detainees.
       (b) Retention of Existing Authority.--The appointment of a 
     senior-level coordinator pursuant to subsection (a) shall not 
     deprive any Federal department or agency of any existing 
     authority to independently perform the functions of that 
     agency relating to ISIS detainees.
       (c) ISIS Detainee Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``ISIS detainee'' means a captured individual--
       (1) who allegedly fought for or supported the Islamic State 
     of Iraq and Syria; and
       (2) who is a national of a country other than Iraq or 
     Syria.

     SEC. 905. SEAN AND DAVID GOLDMAN CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION 
                   AND RETURN ACT OF 2014 AMENDMENT.

       Subsection (b) of section 101 of the Sean and David Goldman 
     International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 
     2014 (22 U.S.C. 9111; Public Law 113-150) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by inserting ``, respectively,'' after ``access 
     cases''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``and the number of children involved'' 
     before the semicolon at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``respectively, the 
     number of children involved,'' after ``access cases,'';
       (2) in paragraph (7), by inserting ``, and number of 
     children involved in such cases'' before the semicolon at the 
     end;
       (3) in paragraph (8), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon at the end;
       (4) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(10) the total number of pending cases the Department of 
     State has assigned to case officers and number of children 
     involved for each country and as a total for all 
     countries.''.

     SEC. 906. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES OF COMMISSION FOR THE 
                   PRESERVATION OF AMERICA'S HERITAGE ABROAD.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 3123 of title 54, United States 
     Code, is amended as follows:
       (1) In section 312302, by inserting ``, and unimpeded 
     access to those sites,'' after ``and historic buildings''.
       (2) In section 312304(a)--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by striking ``and historic buildings'' and inserting 
     ``and historic buildings, and unimpeded access to those 
     sites''; and
       (ii) by striking ``and protected'' and inserting ``, 
     protected, and made accessible''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and protecting'' and 
     inserting ``, protecting, and making accessible''.
       (3) In section 312305, by inserting ``and to the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate'' after 
     ``President''.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission for the Preservation of 
     America's Heritage Abroad shall submit to the President and 
     to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate a report that contains an evaluation of the extent to 
     which the Commission is prepared to continue its activities 
     and accomplishments with respect to the foreign

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     heritage of United States citizens from eastern and central 
     Europe, were the Commission's duties and powers extended to 
     include other regions, including the Middle East and North 
     Africa, and any additional resources or personnel the 
     Commission would require.

                       TITLE X--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

     SEC. 1001. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

       The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
     complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall 
     be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
     ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, 
     submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
     Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such 
     statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Engel) and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul) each will 
control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York.


                             General Leave

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 
5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material on H.R. 3352.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Let me first of all thank our ranking member on the Foreign Affairs 
Committee, Mr. McCaul of Texas, for working with me closely to bring 
this bipartisan piece of legislation forward.
  Mr. Speaker, one of our top priorities on the Foreign Affairs 
Committee is making sure that diplomacy is a pillar of American foreign 
policy. Diplomacy is the tool, Mr. Speaker, that we use around the 
world to defuse crises, to prevent conflicts, and to help build peace, 
stability, and prosperity. We use diplomacy, along with development, to 
strengthen friendships and to bridge divides.
  We invest in these efforts because they help us project our values 
around the world, support democracy, human rights, and our country's 
spirit of compassion and generosity. We invest in diplomacy and 
development because they enhance our security.
  Countries in regions that are more stable and governments that are 
more transparent and accountable mean that we have better partners on 
the world stage; they mean fewer places where conflict may erupt or 
extremism may take root.
  The violence we can forestall through diplomacy means one less place 
where we may need to put American servicemembers in harm's way. So you 
would think, Mr. Speaker, with all the tremendous dividends we see from 
diplomacy and development, that the Congress would make sure that our 
agencies and our personnel responsible for this work always have the 
support and resources they need and that we are working constantly to 
provide the tools needed to meet 21st century global challenges. That 
is why it is so amazing, Mr. Speaker, that the last time a State 
Department authorization was signed into law was the year 2002.
  Just think of all the issues we are grappling with around the world 
that we could not have envisioned 17 years ago. We are asking the State 
Department to counter terrorist propaganda on social media. But the 
last time Congress gave the State Department its legislative due was 2 
years before Facebook was invented, right around the time the first 
smartphones were coming on the market.
  Let me be clear. Our diplomats have done a great job dealing with the 
challenges America faces, and our inability to get a State Department 
authorization signed into law is not for lack of trying. The Foreign 
Affairs Committee and the House have passed a number of bills that just 
did not make it across the finish line.
  With the bill we are considering today, I hope we are starting a new 
trend. It contains a wealth of good provisions. I view it as an 
important start in breathing new life into the comprehensive, regular 
authorizing work Congress should do to support America's diplomacy and 
development efforts.
  It will help the Department recruit and retain a diverse workforce so 
that our diplomats--our face to the world--look like the country they 
are representing.
  It will enhance our Embassy and information security to keep these 
dedicated public servants safe. It authorizes absolutely essential 
investments in Embassy security, construction, and maintenance.
  It will help to streamline the Department's management structure, 
strip out duplication, and cut away the deadwood from outdated reports. 
This will make sure the agency is flexible and nimble in a rapidly 
changing world.
  It will focus on smart planning and rigorous evaluation so we know we 
are being effective in our diplomatic efforts.
  Beyond what is in the bill, Mr. Speaker, I am especially proud of 
what this bill stands for. I have tremendous respect for our colleagues 
on the Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence. I salute their work in regularly passing authorizing 
legislation for the agencies they oversee.
  If we are serious about diplomacy and development as critical parts 
of our foreign policy and essential to our national security, then 
there is absolutely no reason that a State Department authorization 
bill should not be part of Congress' regular work.

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  Our committee has shown again and again that we can work together in 
a bipartisan way to advance our country's security. We pass a lot of 
legislation, often small fixes around the edges to get at a particular 
challenge.
  With an authorization bill, we are sending a stronger message to our 
diplomats: As you carry out your critical and often dangerous work, we 
are going to have your backs.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased that we are advancing this bill today, and 
I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the State Department 
Authorization Act of 2019, which I was proud to draft with the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel), my friend and chairman of the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and I thank him for his strong 
bipartisanship.
  The last State Department reauthorization was signed into law in 
2002. Imagine that, 2002, 1 year after 9/11.
  In the 16 years since that authority lapsed, we have seen too many 
taxpayer dollars wasted on inefficient hiring and procurements, an 
expanding bureaucracy, and an outdated IT system that left us 
vulnerable to cyberattacks from foreign nations, states, and hackers.
  It is the fundamental duty of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs 
to pass an annual authorization bill. This is necessary to fulfill our 
constitutional Article I oversight responsibilities and our obligation 
to be good stewards of the people's money.
  For these reasons, I am proud of this bipartisan bill that our 
committee has produced. It will address numerous longstanding 
difficulties. It will also fortify the Department and our diplomats 
with the tools they need to fulfill their missions to promote America 
overseas and enhance our national security.
  Among other important reforms, the bill before us will modernize the 
workforce, eliminate outdated reports and special offices, prohibit 
expensive and unnecessary construction practices, impose rigorous 
monitoring and evaluation metrics, save taxpayer dollars, and reassert, 
as I mentioned before, our Article I prerogatives of Congress.
  As the United States faces growing challenges from nation-states 
around the world, like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, we need 
our Secretary and our diplomats to know that Congress fully supports 
them, and this bill does just that.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Engel, again, and his team for working 
with my staff and our members to ensure that this is a strongly 
bipartisan product; otherwise, it could not pass the House, Senate, and 
be signed into law. The chairman knows that, and I want to thank him, 
again, for working with me on this important legislation that we really 
haven't seen in over a decade.
  This type of collaboration has been a hallmark of our work in this 
committee. I, for one, am very proud of

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that work, and I know Chairman Engel is as well.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to vote in favor of this long 
overdue bill, which deserves our unanimous support, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul) 
for his kind words and his hard work.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Virginia (Ms. 
Spanberger), a valued member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  Ms. SPANBERGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3352, 
the Department of State Authorization Act.
  I would like to first take a moment to thank Chairman Engel and 
Ranking Member McCaul for their leadership on this authorization, the 
first in more than a decade. Truly, we are overdue.
  As a former intelligence officer who has served abroad, I can attest 
to the vital contributions of the State Department and its workforce in 
keeping our American families safe and secure.
  We need to give our diplomatic corps, civil service officers, and 
support staff the tools, resources, and training they deserve as they 
protect and uphold U.S. interests and values around the world.
  Among this bill's strong provisions, I am proud to see my amendment 
pass committee to keep the State Department workforce safe from sexual 
harassment and assault.
  Additionally, I urge my colleagues to approve my amendment to approve 
the security assistance coordination between the Department of State 
and the Department of Defense. This amendment would help Congress and 
the American people better understand how our military deployments 
support our diplomatic priorities.
  I encourage my colleagues to support this important bill and to 
recognize and reinforce our appreciation for the tireless work of our 
diplomatic and civil service corps.
  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Yoho), ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee 
on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation.
  Mr. YOHO. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Engel), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
for bringing this bill up, and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul), 
my good friend and colleague, the lead Republican on the House 
Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  I can't tell you how important this bill is, and I rise today in 
support of H.R. 3352, the Department of State Authorization Act of 
2019.
  You heard how long it has been since we have passed this. It recently 
passed out of the Foreign Affairs Committee with wide bipartisan 
support. This is the hallmark of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and it 
shows the good work that is done and how important this is, and that is 
why the Foreign Affairs Committee is the most important committee in 
the House.
  This legislation helps support the important work that the State 
Department does and its diplomats do to protect our national security.
  I have had the honor to travel on codels that are so important, and I 
encourage Members to do that, because it strengthens America's foreign 
policy, our engagement, and it leaves a belief in those other countries 
that America is here to be allies.
  What I am always amazed at is the hard work of our State Department 
employees; and not reauthorizing a bill that gives them the ability to 
work, it kind of affects their attitude. So this is a critical bill to 
be approved at this time.
  Despite the essential need for a fully functioning, operational 
Department, this is the first time in 6 years that there has been a 
comprehensive Department of State authorization bill.
  It is the duty of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the 
Congress as a whole to provide our departments with the necessary tools 
to advance the United States' foreign policy.
  Again, I thank Chairman Engel and Ranking Member McCaul for including 
the language from my bill, H.R. 1677, which repeals certain foreign 
affairs reporting requirements within the State Department. This 
provision will repeal, again, the unnecessary, redundant requirements 
that are outdated and no longer needed.
  I would also like to commend my colleagues in the House Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, the staff for coming together and supporting a 
bipartisan bill that will protect America's national security. We must 
not let partisan divide continue to handicap our diplomats and their 
mission.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
support the passage of this bill.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Connolly).
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3352, the Department of 
State Authorization Act of 2019. This legislation helps put our 
diplomacy and development missions on firm footing by updating long-
neglected authorities to reflect facts on the ground and strengthening 
the State Department's operations and workforce.
  Diversity is a unique source of that strength and for our economy and 
national security. We must ensure that our Federal workforce reflects 
the American people it serves. That is why I am grateful that this bill 
includes the bulk of my National Security Diversity and Inclusion 
Workforce Act, H.R. 2979, promoting diversity in Federal national 
security offices.
  That bill and the authorization bill before us today require regular 
reporting on demographic data related to State Department's workforce 
and diversity efforts and encourages State to expand recruitment and 
retention programs to facilitate a diverse workforce that looks like 
America.
  I want to thank the chairman, in particular, and the ranking member 
for including this amendment as part of the bill to incentivize senior 
leaders to foster an inclusive environment and offer a career 
advancement program for senior positions, also encouraging a diverse 
participation.
  I have collaborated with Federal employee groups to promote diversity 
within Federal agencies, and I welcome the opportunity to take a 
comprehensive approach in this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I was a staff member on the Senate Foreign Relations 
Committee for 10 years, and I helped write the last foreign aid bill, 
and that was in 1985. As the ranking member noted, it has been 17 years 
since we have brought a State Department authorization bill to full 
force in the law.
  Credit goes to Chairman Engel and Ranking Member McCaul and their 
respective staffs for bringing us to this point and, frankly, without 
any kind of adversity. It was the smoothest markup of a State 
Department bill I ever recall, and my hat is off to them. Mr. Speaker, 
they deserve a lot of congratulations. It is a good model for this 
bill.
  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Wright), a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  Mr. WRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Department of 
State Authorization Act of 2019.
  For our government to function as efficiently and effectively as 
possible, it is critical for us to revisit the resources and 
responsibilities of each department from time to time. As everyone has 
noted, but it is worth repeating, it has been 17 years since we enacted 
a comprehensive authorization bill for the State Department.
  H.R. 3352, which enjoys broad bipartisan support, will bring our 
diplomacy into the future and save valuable taxpayer dollars by 
reasserting congressional authority, streamlining programs, eliminating 
duplicative reporting, and requiring measurements of programs' success.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Engel and lead Republican McCaul for 
including my bill, the Energy Diplomacy Act, in H.R. 3352.
  Since 1977, when Congress formally gave the Secretary of State 
primary authority over energy-related foreign policy, there have been 
significant changes in the global energy landscape:
  The United States is now the world's top producer of petroleum 
natural gas;
  We have also seen increased weaponization of energy by Russia against 
our EU and NATO allies, transforming energy into a critical national 
security issue.
  This new challenge requires reaffirmed dedication and focus. The 
Energy Diplomacy Act does just that by

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authorizing an Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources and 
defining our energy security and diplomatic priorities.
  This will ensure the State Department has adequate personnel to carry 
out its mandate and protect and advance the energy security interests 
of the United States, as well as those of our allies abroad.
  Finally, this will advance U.S. energy exports by instructing our 
diplomats to work in tandem with U.S. energy companies operating 
abroad.

  Combating Russia's maligned influence in Europe has been at the 
forefront of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs' agenda this year, 
and I firmly believe pushing back on Russia's energy dominance in 
Europe must be part of our strategy.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank, again, the gentleman from New York (Mr. 
Engel), the chair, and the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul), the lead 
Republican, for including the Energy Diplomacy Act in this bill, and I 
urge my colleagues to support the Department of State Authorization 
Act.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume to 
close.
  I just want to say, as I said at the beginning, how proud I am to 
work with Chairman Engel, to draft this critical and overdue 
authorization bill.
  I think it was mentioned previously, I think this is the most 
bipartisan committee on the Hill, and it should be, because we 
shouldn't bring partisanship to this body on issues of importance like 
this.
  I want to thank the staff on the majority side for working with my 
staff on the minority side, and particularly, I want to thank Grant 
Mullins on my staff for his excellent work on this bill.
  This doesn't happen by accident. It happens by design, and it happens 
when the staff can work together because the chair and the ranking 
member send a message, a message of leadership, in a tone that we want 
to get this done in a bipartisan way. And the beauty of that is, Mr. 
Speaker, that will give this bill, this authorization, the first one we 
have seen since 2002, the best opportunity to pass the Senate and be 
signed into law.
  And, Mr. Speaker, this will be a hallmark of this Congress, I 
believe, when that fine event happens. It is exercising our 
constitutional prerogatives under Article I and our oversight role on 
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume for 
purposes of closing.
  Mr. Speaker, once again, let me thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
McCaul), my friend and partner, for his partnership.
  This legislation really does represent the product of close 
bipartisan work on this committee since the start of this Congress. So 
I wish to thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul) and other members 
of the committee, both Democrats and Republicans.
  And, again, I hope with this bill's passage today, the House is 
turning over a new leaf. Mr. Speaker, I am committed to making sure 
authorizing legislation for the State Department is something we do 
regularly and is something that this body considers as a must pass.
  I am proud of our work on this bill. I want to thank my staff. I want 
to thank the staff on the minority side, as well. I am very proud of 
all of us working together as a team.
  I urge all Members to support this, and, again, I thank the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. McCaul).
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 3352, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the 
rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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