A bill to require a quadrennial diplomacy and development review, and for other purposes.

Summary: Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of State to conduct a review every four years of U.S. diplomacy and development for the next four-year period (quadrennial diplomacy and development review) which shall include: (1) recommendations regarding the long-term diplomacy and development policy and strategic framework of the United States; (2) U.S. diplomatic priorities; and (3) guidance on the related programs, assets, capabilities, budget, policies, and authorities of the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Provides for interagency consultations in the conduct of the diplomacy and development review.

 Requires each diplomacy and development review to: (1) delineate the U.S. national diplomacy and development policy and strategic framework; (2) prioritize critical national diplomacy and development areas, capabilities, and resources; (3) describe interagency cooperation and preparedness of relevant federal assets; (4) describe the roles of international organizations and multilateral institutions in advancing U.S. diplomatic and development objectives; (5) identify the necessary budget plan; and (6) assess the organizational alignment and management mechanisms of the Department and USAID with the national diplomacy and development policy and strategic framework.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish within the Department an Office of Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review.

Urges the Secretary to apprise the Foreign Affairs Policy Board on an ongoing basis of the work undertaken in the quadrennial diplomacy and development review.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.

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

            Passed the Senate September 22 (legislative day, September 
      21), 2012.

            Attest:

                                                NANCY ERICKSON,

                                                             Secretary.