[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5235-S5236]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3459. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1265. REPORT ON BUREAU OF DIPLOMATIC SECURITY'S ``RETURN 
                   TO STANDARDS'' INITIATIVE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives a report that includes the impacts of the 
     Bureau of Diplomatic Security's initiative known as ``Return 
     to Standards'' on the security needs of United States 
     embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic installations 
     outside the United States.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall describe the impacts of the Return to Standards 
     initiative and other reductions in staffing and resources 
     from the beginning of the initiative to the date of enactment 
     of this Act for all embassies, consulates, and other overseas 
     diplomatic installations, including detailed descriptions and 
     explanations of all reductions of personnel or other 
     resources, including their effects on--
       (1) securing facilities and perimeters;
       (2) transporting United States personnel into the foreign 
     country;
       (3) gathering actionable intelligence; and
       (4) executing any other relevant operations for which they 
     are responsible.
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