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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4653 

To provide for certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. RISCH) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To provide for certain authorities of the Department of 

State, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Department of State Authorization Act of 2022’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 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 


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Sec. 101. Modernizing the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance and the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. 

Sec. 102. Notification to Congress for United States nationals unlawfully or 

wrongfully detained abroad. 

Sec. 103. Family Engagement Coordinator. 

Sec. 104. Rewards for Justice. 

Sec. 105. Ensuring geographic diversity and accessibility of passport agencies. 

Sec. 106. Cultural Antiquities Task Force. 

TITLE II—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

Sec. 201. Department of State paid Student Internship Program. 

Sec. 202. Improvements to the prevention of, and the response to, harassment, 

discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation. 

Sec. 203. Increasing the maximum amount authorized for science and technology fellowship grants and cooperative agreements. 

Sec. 204. Additional personnel to address backlogs in hiring and investigations. 

Sec. 205. Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Department of 

State. 

Sec. 206. Foreign affairs training. 

Sec. 207. Security clearance approval process. 

Sec. 208. Addendum for study on foreign service allowances. 

Sec. 209. Curtailments, removals from post, and waivers of privileges and immunities. 

Sec. 210. Report on worldwide availability. 

Sec. 211. Professional development. 

Sec. 212. Management assessments at diplomatic and consular posts. 

TITLE III—EMBASSY SECURITY AND CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 301. Amendments to Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 

Act of 1999. 

Sec. 302. Diplomatic support and security. 

TITLE IV—A DIVERSE WORKFORCE: RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, 

AND PROMOTION 

Sec. 401. Report on barriers to applying for employment with the Department 

of State. 

Sec. 402. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data. 

Sec. 403. Centers of Excellence in Foreign Affairs and Assistance. 

TITLE V—INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY 

Sec. 501. United States international cyberspace policy. 

Sec. 502. Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. 

Sec. 503. International cyberspace and digital policy strategy. 

Sec. 504. Government Accountability Office report on cyber diplomacy. 

Sec. 505. Report on diplomatic programs to detect and respond to cyber threats 

against allies and partners. 

Sec. 506. Cybersecurity recruitment and retention. 

Sec. 507. Short course on emerging technologies for senior officials. 

Sec. 508. Establishment and expansion of Regional Technology Officer Program. 

Sec. 509. Vulnerability disclosure policy and bug bounty program report. 


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TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

Sec. 601. United States participation in international fairs and expositions. 

Sec. 602. Press freedom curriculum. 

Sec. 603. Global Engagement Center. 

Sec. 604. Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy. 

TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 701. Supporting the employment of United States citizens by international 

organizations. 

Sec. 702. Increasing housing availability for certain employees assigned to the 

United States Mission to the United Nations. 

Sec. 703. Limitation on United States contributions to peacekeeping operations 

not authorized by the United Nations Security Council. 

Sec. 704. Boards of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the 

Middle East Broadcasting Networks, and the Open Technology 

Fund. 

Sec. 705. Broadcasting entities no longer required to consolidate into a single 

private, nonprofit corporation. 

Sec. 706. International broadcasting activities. 

Sec. 707. Global internet freedom. 

Sec. 708. Arms Export Control Act alignment with the Export Control Reform 

Act. 

Sec. 709. Increasing the maximum annual lease payment available without approval by the Secretary. 

Sec. 710. Report on United States access to critical mineral resources abroad. 

Sec. 711. Ensuring the integrity of communications cooperation. 

Sec. 712. Congressional oversight, quarterly review, and authority relating to 

concurrence provided by chiefs of mission for the provision of 

support relating to certain United States Government operations. 

Sec. 713. Provision of parking services and retention of parking fees. 

Sec. 714. Diplomatic reception areas. 

Sec. 715. Consular and border security programs visa services cost recovery 

proposal. 

TITLE VIII—EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES 

Sec. 801. Consulting services. 

Sec. 802. Diplomatic facilities. 

Sec. 803. Extension of existing authorities. 

Sec. 804. War reserves stockpile and military training report. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis4 trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 

5 States Agency for International Development. 


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1 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 

4 of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

5 of the House of Representatives. 

6 (3) DEPARTMENT.—Unless otherwise specified, 

7 the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of 

8 State. 

9 (4) SECRETARY.—Unless otherwise specified, 

10 the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of State. 

11 (5) USAID.—The term ‘‘USAID’’ means the 

12 United States Agency for International Develop13 ment. 

14 TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND 

15 OPERATIONS OF THE DE16 PARTMENT OF STATE 

17 SEC. 101. MODERNIZING THE BUREAU OF ARMS CONTROL, 

18 VERIFICATION, AND COMPLIANCE AND THE 

19 BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND 

20 NONPROLIFERATION. 

21 It is the sense of Congress that— 

22 (1) the Secretary should take steps to address 

23 staffing shortfalls in the chemical, biological, and 

24 nuclear weapons issue areas in the Bureau of Arms 

25 Control, Verification, and Compliance and in the 


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1 Bureau of International Security and Nonprolifera2 tion; 

3 (2) maintaining a fully staffed and resourced 

4 Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compli5 ance and Bureau of International Security and Non6 proliferation is necessary to effectively confront the 

7 threat of increased global proliferation; and 

8 (3) the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, 

9 and Compliance and the Bureau of International Se10 curity and Nonproliferation should increase efforts 

11 and dedicate resources to combat the dangers posed 

12 by the People’s Republic of China’s conventional and 

13 nuclear build-up, the Russian Federation’s tactical 

14 nuclear weapons and new types of nuclear weapons, 

15 bioweapons proliferation, dual use of life sciences re16 search, and chemical weapons. 

17 SEC. 102. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS FOR UNITED 

18 STATES NATIONALS UNLAWFULLY OR 

19 WRONGFULLY DETAINED ABROAD. 

20 Section 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recov21 ery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 

22 1741) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, as expedi24 tiously as possible,’’ after ‘‘review’’; and 


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1 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(b) REFERRALS TO SPECIAL ENVOY; NOTIFICATION

4 TO CONGRESS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon a determination by 

6 the Secretary of State, based on the totality of the 

7 circumstances, that there is credible information 

8 that the detention of a United States national 

9 abroad is unlawful or wrongful, and regardless of 

10 whether the detention is by a foreign government or 

11 a nongovernmental actor, the Secretary shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) expeditiously transfer responsibility 

13 for such case from the Bureau of Consular Af14 fairs of the Department of State to the Special 

15 Envoy for Hostage Affairs; and 

16 ‘‘(B) not later than 14 days after such de17 termination, notify the Committee on Foreign 

18 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 

19 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

20 of such determination and provide such commit21 tees with a summary of the facts that led to 

22 such determination. 

23 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The notification described in 

24 paragraph (1)(B) may be classified, if necessary.’’. 


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1 SEC. 103. FAMILY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR. 

2 Section 303 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recov3 ery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 

4 1741a) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(d) FAMILY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR.—There 

6 shall be, in the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy 

7 for Hostage Affairs, a Family Engagement Coordinator, 

8 who shall ensure— 

9 ‘‘(1) for a United States national unlawfully or 

10 wrongfully detained abroad, that— 

11 ‘‘(A) any interaction by executive branch 

12 officials with any family member of such United 

13 States national occurs in a coordinated fashion; 

14 ‘‘(B) such family member receives con15 sistent and accurate information from the 

16 United States Government; and 

17 ‘‘(C) appropriate coordination with the 

18 Family Engagement Coordinator described in 

19 section 304(c)(2); and 

20 ‘‘(2) for a United States national held hostage 

21 abroad, that any engagement with a family member 

22 is coordinated with, consistent with, and not duplica23 tive of the efforts of the Family Engagement Coordi24 nator described in section 304(c)(2).’’. 


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1 SEC. 104. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE. 

2 Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Au3 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or (10);’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘(10), or (14);’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (3) in paragraph (13), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

10 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(14) the prevention, frustration, or resolution 

12 of the hostage taking of a United States person, the 

13 identification, location, arrest, or conviction of a per14 son responsible for the hostage taking of a United 

15 States person, or the location of a United States 

16 person who has been taken hostage, in any coun17 try.’’. 

18 SEC. 105. ENSURING GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND ACCES19 SIBILITY OF PASSPORT AGENCIES. 

20 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con21 gress that Department initiatives to expand passport serv22 ices and accessibility, including through online moderniza23 tion projects, should include the construction of new phys24 ical passport agencies. 


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1 (b) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall conduct a review 

2 of the geographic diversity and accessibility of existing 

3 passport agencies to identify— 

4 (1) the geographic areas in the United States 

5 that are farther than 6 hours’ driving distance from 

6 the nearest passport agency; 

7 (2) the per capita demand for passport services 

8 in the areas described in paragraph (1); and 

9 (3) a plan to ensure that in-person services at 

10 physical passport agencies are accessible to all eligi11 ble Americans, including Americans living in large 

12 population centers, in rural areas, and in States with 

13 a high per capita demand for passport services. 

14 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary shall consider 

15 the metrics identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub16 section (b) when determining locations for the establish17 ment of new physical passport agencies. 

18 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

20 a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

21 Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 

22 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep23 resentatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives that contains the findings of the 

25 review conducted pursuant to subsection (b). 


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1 SEC. 106. CULTURAL ANTIQUITIES TASK FORCE. 

2 The Secretary is authorized to use up to $1,000,000 

3 for grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural Antiq4 uities Task Force. 

5 TITLE II—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

6 SEC. 201. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PAID STUDENT INTERN7 SHIP PROGRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish the 

9 Department of State Student Internship Program (re10 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’) to offer intern11 ship opportunities at the Department to eligible students 

12 to raise awareness of the essential role of diplomacy in 

13 the conduct of United States foreign policy and the real14 ization of United States foreign policy objectives. 

15 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—An applicant is eligible to partici16 pate in the Program if the applicant— 

17 (1) is enrolled at least half-time at— 

18 (A) an institution of higher education (as 

19 such term is defined in section 102(a) of the 

20 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

21 1002(a))); or 

22 (B) an institution of higher education 

23 based outside the United States, as determined 

24 by the Secretary of State; and 

25 (2) is eligible to receive and hold an appropriate 

26 security clearance. 


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1 (c) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall establish selec2 tion criteria for students to be admitted into the Program 

3 that includes a demonstrated interest in a career in for4 eign affairs. 

5 (d) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall— 

6 (1) widely advertise the Program, including— 

7 (A) on the internet; 

8 (B) through the Department’s Diplomats 

9 in Residence program; and 

10 (C) through other outreach and recruiting 

11 initiatives targeting undergraduate and grad12 uate students; and 

13 (2) conduct targeted outreach to encourage par14 ticipation in the Program from— 

15 (A) individuals belonging to traditionally 

16 underrepresented racial, ethnic, geographic, 

17 gender, and disability groups; and 

18 (B) students enrolled at minority-serving 

19 institutions (which shall include any institution 

20 listed in section 371(a) of the Higher Education 

21 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 

22 (e) COMPENSATION.— 

23 (1) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— 

24 (A) ABROAD.—The Secretary shall provide 

25 housing assistance to any student participating 


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1 in the Program whose permanent address is 

2 within the United States if the location of the 

3 internship in which such student is partici4 pating is outside of the United States. 

5 (B) DOMESTIC.—The Secretary may pro6 vide housing assistance to a student partici7 pating in the Program whose permanent ad8 dress is within the United States if the location 

9 of the internship in which such student is par10 ticipating is more than 50 miles away from 

11 such student’s permanent address. 

12 (2) TRAVEL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

13 provide a student participating in the Program 

14 whose permanent address is within the United 

15 States with financial assistance that is sufficient to 

16 cover the travel costs of a single round trip by air, 

17 train, bus, or other appropriate transportation be18 tween the student’s permanent address and the loca19 tion of the internship in which such student is par20 ticipating if such location is— 

21 (A) more than 50 miles from the student’s 

22 permanent address; or 

23 (B) outside of the United States. 

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1 ticable, shall structure internships to ensure that such in2 ternships satisfy criteria for academic credit at the institu3 tions of higher education in which participants in such in4 ternships are enrolled. 

5 (g) TRANSITION PERIOD.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graphs (2) and (3), beginning not later than 2 years 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act— 

9 (A) the Secretary shall convert unpaid in10 ternship programs of the Department, including 

11 the Foreign Service Internship Program, to in12 ternship programs that offer compensation; and 

13 (B) upon selection as a candidate for entry 

14 into an internship program of the Department, 

15 a participant in such internship program may 

16 refuse compensation, including if doing so al17 lows such participant to receive college or uni18 versity curricular credit. 

19 (2) EXCEPTION.—The transition required 

20 under paragraph (1) shall not apply to unpaid in21 ternship programs of the Department that are part 

22 of the Virtual Student Federal Service internship 

23 program. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

2 waive the requirement under paragraph (1)(A) 

3 with respect to a particular unpaid internship 

4 program if the Secretary, not later than 30 

5 days after making a determination that the con6 version of such internship program to a com7 pensated internship program would not be con8 sistent with effective management goals, sub9 mits a report explaining such determination 

10 to— 

11 (i) the appropriate congressional com12 mittees; 

13 (ii) the Committee on Appropriations 

14 of the Senate; and 

15 (iii) the Committee on Appropriations 

16 of the House of Representatives. 

17 (B) REPORT.—The report required under 

18 subparagraph (A) shall— 

19 (i) describe the reasons why con20 verting an unpaid internship program of 

21 the Department to an internship program 

22 that offers compensation would not be con23 sistent with effective management goals; 

24 and 


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1 (ii)(I) provide justification for main2 taining such unpaid status indefinitely; or 

3 (II) identify any additional authorities 

4 or resources that would be necessary to 

5 convert such unpaid internship program to 

6 offer compensation in the future. 

7 (h) REPORTS.—Not later than 18 months after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

9 shall submit a report to the committees referred to in sub10 section (g)(3)(A) that includes— 

11 (1) data, to the extent the collection of such in12 formation is permissible by law, regarding the num13 ber of students who applied to the Program, were of14 fered a position, and participated, respectively, 

15 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, institution 

16 of higher education, home State, State where each 

17 student graduated from high school, and disability 

18 status; 

19 (2) data regarding the number of security clear20 ance investigations initiated for the students de21 scribed in paragraph (1), including the timeline for 

22 such investigations, whether such investigations were 

23 completed, and when an interim security clearance 

24 was granted; 

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1 (4) information regarding the Department’s 

2 compliance with subsection (g). 

3 (i) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section may 

5 be construed to compel any student who is a partici6 pant in an internship program of the Department to 

7 participate in the collection of the data or divulge 

8 any personal information. Such students shall be in9 formed that their participation in the data collection 

10 under this section is voluntary. 

11 (2) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Any data collected 

12 under this section shall be subject to the relevant 

13 privacy protection statutes and regulations applica14 ble to Federal employees. 

15 (j) SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 

16 any other provision of law, the Secretary, in consultation 

17 with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 

18 with respect to the number of interns to be hired each 

19 year, may— 

20 (1) select, appoint, and employ individuals for 

21 up to 1 year through compensated internships in the 

22 excepted service; and 

23 (2) remove any compensated intern employed 

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1 provisions of law governing appointments in the 

2 competitive excepted service. 

3 (k) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Intern4 ships offered and compensated by the Department under 

5 this section shall be funded solely by available amounts 

6 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’. 

7 SEC. 202. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PREVENTION OF, AND 

8 THE RESPONSE TO, HARASSMENT, DISCRIMI9 NATION, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND RELATED RE10 TALIATION. 

11 (a) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 

12 Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other Federal 

13 agencies that provide personnel to serve in overseas posts 

14 under Chief of Mission authority, should develop inter15 agency policies regarding harassment, discrimination, sex16 ual assault, and related retaliation, including policies 

17 for— 

18 (1) addressing, reporting, and providing 

19 transitioning support; 

20 (2) advocacy, service referrals, and travel ac21 commodations; and 

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1 tween covered individuals and noncovered individ2 uals. 

3 (b) DISCIPLINARY ACTION.— 

4 (1) SEPARATION FOR CAUSE.—Section 

5 610(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

6 U.S.C. 4010(a)(1)), is amended— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘decide to’’; and 

8 (B) by inserting ‘‘upon receiving notifica9 tion from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security 

10 that such member has engaged in criminal mis11 conduct, such as murder, rape, or other sexual 

12 assault’’ before the period at the end. 

13 (2) UPDATE TO MANUAL.—The Director of 

14 Global Talent shall— 

15 (A) update the ‘‘Grounds for Disciplinary 

16 Action’’ and ‘‘List of Disciplinary Offenses and 

17 Penalties’’ sections of the Foreign Affairs Man18 ual to reflect the amendments made under 

19 paragraph (1); and 

20 (B) communicate such updates to Depart21 ment staff through publication in Department 

22 Notices. 

23 (c) SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

24 VICTIM ADVOCATES.— 


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1 (1) PLACEMENT.—The Secretary shall ensure 

2 that the Diplomatic Security Service’s Victims’ Re3 source Advocacy Program— 

4 (A) is appropriately staffed by advocates 

5 who are physically present at— 

6 (i) the headquarters of the Depart7 ment; and 

8 (ii) major domestic and international 

9 facilities and embassies, as determined by 

10 the Secretary; 

11 (B) considers the logistics that are nec12 essary to allow for the expedient travel of vic13 tims from Department facilities that do not 

14 have advocates; and 

15 (C) uses funds available to the Department 

16 to provide emergency food, shelter, clothing, 

17 and transportation for victims involved in mat18 ters being investigated by the Diplomatic Secu19 rity Service. 

20 SEC. 203. INCREASING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT AUTHOR21 IZED FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FEL22 LOWSHIP GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE 

23 AGREEMENTS. 

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1 amended by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$2,000,000’’. 

3 SEC. 204. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO ADDRESS BACK4 LOGS IN HIRING AND INVESTIGATIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to in6 crease the number of personnel within the Bureau of Glob7 al Talent Management and the Office of Civil Rights to 

8 address backlogs in hiring and investigations into com9 plaints conducted by the Office of Civil Rights. 

10 (b) EMPLOYMENT TARGETS.—The Secretary shall 

11 seek to employ— 

12 (1) not fewer than 15 additional personnel in 

13 the Bureau of Global Talent Management and the 

14 Office of Civil Rights (compared to the number of 

15 personnel so employed as of the day before the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act) by the date that is 180 

17 days after such date of enactment; and 

18 (2) not fewer than 15 additional personnel in 

19 such Bureau and Office (compared to the number of 

20 personnel so employed as of the day before the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act) by the date that is 1 

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1 SEC. 205. COMMISSION ON REFORM AND MODERNIZATION 

2 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 

3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

4 ‘‘Commission on Reform and Modernization of the De5 partment of State Act’’. 

6 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.—There is es7 tablished, in the legislative branch, the Commission on Re8 form and Modernization of the Department of State (re9 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

10 (c) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Commission 

11 are— 

12 (1) to examine the changing nature of diplo13 macy in the 21st century and the ways in which the 

14 Department and its personnel can modernize to ad15 vance the interests of the United States; and 

16 (2) to offer recommendations to the President 

17 and Congress related to— 

18 (A) the organizational structure of the De19 partment of State; 

20 (B) personnel-related matters, including 

21 recruitment, promotion, training, and retention 

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1 sure that the Department’s workforce rep2 resents all of America; 

3 (C) the Department of State’s infrastruc4 ture (both domestic and overseas), including in5 frastructure relating to information technology, 

6 transportation, and security; 

7 (D) the link among diplomacy and defense, 

8 intelligence, development, commercial, health, 

9 law enforcement, and other core United States 

10 interests; 

11 (E) core legislation that authorizes United 

12 States diplomacy, including the Foreign Service 

13 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465); 

14 (F) related regulations, rules, and proc15 esses that define United States diplomatic ef16 forts, including the Foreign Affairs Manual; 

17 (G) Chief of Mission authority at United 

18 States diplomatic missions overseas, including 

19 authority over employees of other Federal de20 partments and agencies; and 

21 (H) treaties that impact United States 

22 overseas presence. 

23 (d) MEMBERSHIP.— 

24 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 

25 composed of 8 members, of whom— 


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1 (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

2 chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Rela3 tions of the Senate, who shall serve as co-chair 

4 of the Commission; 

5 (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

6 ranking member of the Committee on Foreign 

7 Relations of the Senate, who shall serve as co8 chair of the Commission; 

9 (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

10 chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Af11 fairs of the House of Representatives; 

12 (D) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

13 ranking member of the Committee on Foreign 

14 Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

15 (E) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

16 majority leader of the Senate; 

17 (F) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

18 Speaker of the House of Representatives; 

19 (G) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

20 minority leader of the Senate; and 

21 (H) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

22 minority leader of the House of Representa23 tives. 

24 (2) QUALIFICATIONS; MEETINGS.— 


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1 (A) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the 

2 Commission should be prominent United States 

3 citizens, with national recognition and signifi4 cant depth of experience in international rela5 tions and with the Department. 

6 (B) POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION.—Not 

7 more than 4 members of the Commission may 

8 be from the same political party. 

9 (C) MEETINGS.— 

10 (i) INITIAL MEETING.—The Commis11 sion shall hold the first meeting and begin 

12 operations as soon as practicable. 

13 (ii) FREQUENCY.—The Commission 

14 shall meet at the call of the co-chairs. 

15 (iii) QUORUM.—Five members of the 

16 Commission shall constitute a quorum for 

17 purposes of conducting business, except 

18 that 2 members of the Commission shall 

19 constitute a quorum for purposes of receiv20 ing testimony. 

21 (D) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the 

22 Commission shall not affect the powers of the 

23 Commission, but shall be filled in the same 

24 manner as the original appointment. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall act by 

2 resolution agreed to by a majority of the members 

3 of the Commission voting and present. 

4 (2) PANELS.—The Commission may establish 

5 panels composed of less than the full membership of 

6 the Commission for purposes of carrying out the du7 ties of the Commission under this section. The ac8 tions of any such panel shall be subject to the review 

9 and control of the Commission. Any findings and de10 terminations made by such a panel may not be con11 sidered the findings and determinations of the Com12 mission unless such findings and determinations are 

13 approved by the Commission. 

14 (3) DELEGATION.—Any member, agent, or staff 

15 of the Commission may, if authorized by the co16 chairs of the Commission, take any action which the 

17 Commission is authorized to take pursuant to this 

18 section. 

19 (f) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 

20 (1) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Commis21 sion or any panel or member of the Commission, as 

22 delegated by the co-chairs, may, for the purpose of 

23 carrying out this section— 

24 (A) hold such hearings and meetings, take 

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1 minister such oaths as the Commission or such 

2 designated subcommittee or designated member 

3 considers necessary; 

4 (B) require the attendance and testimony 

5 of such witnesses and the production of such 

6 correspondence, memoranda, papers, and docu7 ments, as the Commission or such designated 

8 subcommittee or designated member considers 

9 necessary; and 

10 (C) subject to applicable privacy laws and 

11 relevant regulations, secure directly from any 

12 Federal department or agency information and 

13 data necessary to enable it to carry out its mis14 sion, which shall be provided by the head or 

15 acting representative of the department or 

16 agency not later than 30 days after the Com17 mission provides a written request for such in18 formation and data. 

19 (2) CONTRACTS.—The Commission, to such ex20 tent and in such amounts as are provided in appro21 priations Acts, may enter into contracts to enable 

22 the Commission to discharge its duties under this 

23 section. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may 

2 secure directly from any executive department, 

3 bureau, agency, board, commission, office, inde4 pendent establishment, or instrumentality of the 

5 Government, information, suggestions, esti6 mates, and statistics for the purposes of this 

7 section. 

8 (B) FURNISHING INFORMATION.—Each 

9 department, bureau, agency, board, commission, 

10 office, independent establishment, or instrumen11 tality, to the extent authorized by law, shall fur12 nish such information, suggestions, estimates, 

13 and statistics directly to the Commission, upon 

14 request made by a co-chair, the chair of any 

15 panel created by a majority of the Commission, 

16 or any member designated by a majority of the 

17 Commission. 

18 (C) HANDLING.—Information may only be 

19 received, handled, stored, and disseminated by 

20 members of the Commission and its staff in ac21 cordance with all applicable statutes, regula22 tions, and Executive orders. 

23 (4) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

24 (A) SECRETARY OF STATE.—The Sec25 retary shall provide to the Commission, on a 


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1 nonreimbursable basis, such administrative 

2 services, funds, staff, facilities, and other sup3 port services as are necessary for the perform4 ance of the Commission’s duties under this sec5 tion. 

6 (B) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGEN7 CIES.—Other Federal departments and agencies 

8 may provide the Commission such services, 

9 funds, facilities, staff, and other support as 

10 such departments and agencies consider advis11 able and as may be authorized by law. 

12 (C) COOPERATION.—The Commission shall 

13 receive the full and timely cooperation of any 

14 official, department, or agency of the Federal 

15 Government whose assistance is necessary, as 

16 jointly determined by the co-chairs of the Com17 mission, for the fulfillment of the duties of the 

18 Commission, including the provision of full and 

19 current briefings and analyses. 

20 (5) ASSISTANCE FROM INDEPENDENT ORGANI21 ZATIONS.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—In order to inform its 

23 work, the Commission should review reports 

24 that were written during the 15-year period 

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1 by independent organizations and outside ex2 perts relating to reform and modernization of 

3 the Department. 

4 (B) AVOIDING DUPLICATION.—In ana5 lyzing the reports referred to in subparagraph 

6 (A), the Commission should pay particular at7 tention to any specific reform proposals that 

8 have been recommended by 2 or more of such 

9 reports. 

10 (6) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may 

11 use the United States mails in the same manner and 

12 under the same conditions as other departments and 

13 agencies of the Federal Government. 

14 (7) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, 

15 and dispose of gifts or donations of services or prop16 erty. 

17 (8) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.—Not less 

18 frequently than quarterly, the Commission shall pro19 vide a briefing to the appropriate congressional com20 mittees about the work of the Commission. 

21 (g) STAFF AND COMPENSATION.— 

22 (1) STAFF.— 

23 (A) COMPENSATION.—The co-chairs of the 

24 Commission, in accordance with rules estab25 lished by the Commission, shall appoint and fix 


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1 the compensation of a staff director and such 

2 other personnel as may be necessary to enable 

3 the Commission to carry out its duties, without 

4 regard to the provisions of title 5, United 

5 States Code, governing appointments in the 

6 competitive service, and without regard to the 

7 provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 

8 chapter 53 of such title relating to classification 

9 and General Schedule pay rates, except that no 

10 rate of pay fixed under this subsection may ex11 ceed the equivalent of that payable to a person 

12 occupying a position at level V of the Executive 

13 Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 

14 (B) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOY15 EES.—A Federal Government employee may be 

16 detailed to the Commission without reimburse17 ment, and such detail shall be without interrup18 tion or loss of civil service status or privilege. 

19 (C) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND

20 INTERMITTENT SERVICES.—The co-chairs of 

21 the Commission may procure temporary and 

22 intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 

23 title 5, United States Code, at rates for individ24 uals that do not exceed the daily equivalent of 

25 the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level 


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1 IV of the Executive Schedule under section 

2 5315 of such title. 

3 (2) COMMISSION MEMBERS.— 

4 (A) COMPENSATION.— 

5 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

6 in paragraph (2), each member of the 

7 Commission may be compensated at a rate 

8 not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 

9 annual rate of basic pay in effect for a po10 sition at level IV of the Executive Schedule 

11 under section 5315 of title 5, United 

12 States Code, for each day during which 

13 that member is engaged in the actual per14 formance of the duties of the Commission 

15 under this section. 

16 (ii) WAIVER OF CERTAIN PROVI17 SIONS.—Subsections (a) through (d) of 

18 section 824 of the Foreign Service Act of 

19 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064) are waived for an 

20 annuitant on a temporary basis so as to be 

21 compensated for work performed as part of 

22 the Commission. 

23 (3) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from 

24 their homes or regular places of business in the per25 formance of service for the Commission, members 


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1 and staff of the Commission, and any Federal Gov2 ernment employees detailed to the Commission, shall 

3 be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 

4 of subsistence, in the same manner as persons em5 ployed intermittently in Government service are al6 lowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (4) SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION

9 MEMBERS AND STAFF.—The appropriate Federal 

10 agencies or departments shall cooperate with the 

11 Commission in expeditiously providing to Commis12 sion members and staff appropriate security clear13 ances to the extent possible pursuant to existing pro14 cedures and requirements, except that no person 

15 shall be provided access to classified information 

16 under this section without the appropriate security 

17 clearances. 

18 (h) REPORT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

21 Commission shall submit a final report to the Presi22 dent and to Congress that— 

23 (A) examines all substantive aspects of De24 partment personnel, management, and oper25 ations; and 


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1 (B) contains such findings, conclusions, 

2 and recommendations for corrective measures 

3 as have been agreed to by a majority of Com4 mission members. 

5 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

6 paragraph (1) shall include findings, conclusions, 

7 and recommendations related to— 

8 (A) the organizational structure of the De9 partment; 

10 (B) personnel-related matters, including 

11 recruitment, promotion, training, and retention 

12 of the Department’s workforce in order to re13 tain the best and brightest personnel and foster 

14 effective diplomacy worldwide, including meas15 ures to strengthen diversity and inclusion to en16 sure that the Department’s workforce rep17 resents all of America; 

18 (C) the Department of State’s infrastruc19 ture (both domestic and overseas), including in20 frastructure relating to information technology, 

21 transportation, and security; 

22 (D) the link between diplomacy and de23 fense, intelligence, development, commercial, 

24 health, law enforcement, and other core United 

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1 (E) core legislation that authorizes United 

2 States diplomacy; 

3 (F) related regulations, rules, and proc4 esses that define United States diplomatic ef5 forts, including the Foreign Affairs Manual; 

6 (G) treaties that impact United States 

7 overseas presence; 

8 (H) the authority of Chiefs of Mission at 

9 United States diplomatic missions overseas, in10 cluding the degree of authority that Chiefs of 

11 Mission exercise in reality over Department em12 ployees and other Federal employees at overseas 

13 posts; 

14 (I) any other areas that the Commission 

15 considers necessary for a complete appraisal of 

16 United States diplomacy and Department man17 agement and operations; and 

18 (J) the amount of time, manpower, and fi19 nancial resources that would be necessary to 

20 implement the recommendations specified under 

21 this paragraph. 

22 (3) DEPARTMENT RESPONSE.—The Secretary 

23 shall have the right to review and respond to all 

24 Commission recommendations— 


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1 (A) before the Commission submits its re2 port to the President and to Congress; and 

3 (B) not later than 90 days after receiving 

4 such recommendations from the Commission. 

5 (i) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, and all the 

7 authorities under this section, shall terminate on the 

8 date that is 60 days after the date on which the 

9 final report is submitted pursuant to subsection (h). 

10 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES BEFORE TER11 MINATION.—The Commission may use the 60-day 

12 period referred to in paragraph (1) for the purpose 

13 of concluding its activities, including providing testi14 mony to committees of Congress concerning its re15 ports and disseminating the report. 

16 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

18 appropriated to the Commission to carry out this 

19 section $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

20 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available to 

21 the Commission pursuant to paragraph (1) shall re22 main available until the date on which the Commis23 sion is terminated pursuant to subsection (i)(1). 

24 (k) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE

25 PROVISIONS.— 


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1 (1) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The 

2 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 

3 shall not apply to the Commission. 

4 (2) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.—The pro5 visions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 

6 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Freedom of Informa7 tion Act’’) shall not apply to the activities, records, 

8 and proceedings of the Commission. 

9 SEC. 206. FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING. 

10 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con11 gress that— 

12 (1) the Department is a crucial national secu13 rity agency, whose employees, both Foreign Service 

14 and Civil Service, require the best possible training 

15 and professional development at every stage of their 

16 careers to prepare them to promote and defend 

17 United States national interests and the health and 

18 safety of United States citizens abroad; 

19 (2) the Department faces increasingly complex 

20 and rapidly evolving challenges, many of which are 

21 science- and technology-driven, and which demand 

22 continual, high-quality training and professional de23 velopment of its personnel; 

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1 sion of standardized training and professional devel2 opment opportunities linked to equitable, account3 able, and transparent promotion and leadership 

4 practices for Department and other national security 

5 agency personnel; and 

6 (4) consistent with gift acceptance authority of 

7 the Department and other applicable laws in effect 

8 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the De9 partment and the Foreign Service Institute may ac10 cept funds and other resources from foundations, 

11 not-for-profit corporations, and other appropriate 

12 sources to help the Department and the Institute en13 hance the quantity and quality of training and pro14 fessional development offerings, especially in the in15 troduction of new, innovative, and pilot model 

16 courses. 

17 (b) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘ap18 propriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

19 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

20 Senate; 

21 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

22 Senate; 

23 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

24 House of Representatives; and 


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1 (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 (c) TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

4 PRIORITIZATION.—In order to provide the Civil Service of 

5 the Department and the Foreign Service with the level of 

6 professional development and training needed to effec7 tively advance United States interests across the world, 

8 the Secretary shall— 

9 (1) increase relevant offerings provided by the 

10 Department— 

11 (A) of interactive virtual instruction to 

12 make training and professional development 

13 more accessible and useful to personnel de14 ployed throughout the world; or 

15 (B) at partner organizations, including 

16 universities, industry entities, and nongovern17 mental organizations, throughout the United 

18 States to provide useful outside perspectives to 

19 Department personnel by providing such per20 sonnel— 

21 (i) a more comprehensive outlook on 

22 different sectors of United States society; 

23 and 

24 (ii) practical experience dealing with 

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1 unions, and other institutions critical to 

2 United States diplomatic success; 

3 (2) offer courses using computer-based or com4 puter-assisted simulations, allowing civilian officers 

5 to lead decision making in a crisis environment, and 

6 encourage officers of the Department, and recip7 rocally, officers of other Federal departments to par8 ticipate in similar exercises held by the Department 

9 or other government organizations and the private 

10 sector; and 

11 (3) increase the duration and expand the focus 

12 of certain training and professional development 

13 courses, including by extending— 

14 (A) the A–100 entry-level course to not 

15 less than 12 weeks, which better matches the 

16 length of entry-level training and professional 

17 development provided to the officers in other 

18 national security departments and agencies; and 

19 (B) the Chief of Mission course to not less 

20 than 6 weeks for first time Chiefs of Mission 

21 and creating a comparable 6-week course for 

22 new Assistant Secretaries and Deputy Assistant 

23 Secretaries to more accurately reflect the sig24 nificant responsibilities accompanying such 

25 roles. 


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1 (d) FELLOWSHIPS.—The Director General of the 

2 Foreign Service shall— 

3 (1) establish new fellowship programs for For4 eign Service and Civil Service officers that include 

5 short- and long-term opportunities at organizations, 

6 including— 

7 (A) think tanks and nongovernmental or8 ganizations; 

9 (B) the Department of Defense, the ele10 ments of the intelligence community (as defined 

11 in section 3 of the National Security Act of 

12 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), and other relevant 

13 Federal agencies; 

14 (C) industry entities, especially such enti15 ties related to technology, global operations, fi16 nance, and other fields directly relevant to 

17 international affairs; and 

18 (D) schools of international relations and 

19 other relevant programs at universities through20 out the United States; and 

21 (2) not later than 180 days after the date of 

22 the enactment of this Act, submit a report to Con23 gress that describes how the Department could ex24 pand the Pearson Fellows Program for Foreign 

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1 for Civil Servants to provide fellows in such pro2 grams with the opportunity to undertake a follow-on 

3 assignment within the Department in an office in 

4 which fellows will gain practical knowledge of the 

5 people and processes of Congress, including offices 

6 other than the Legislative Affairs Bureau, includ7 ing— 

8 (A) an assessment of the current state of 

9 congressional fellowships, including the demand 

10 for fellowships and the value the fellowships 

11 provide to both the career of the officer and to 

12 the Department; and 

13 (B) an assessment of the options for mak14 ing congressional fellowships for both the For15 eign and Civil Services more career-enhancing. 

16 (e) BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE

17 INSTITUTE.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec20 retary of State shall establish a Board of Visitors of 

21 the Foreign Service Institute (referred to in this 

22 subsection as the ‘‘Board’’). 

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1 tegic planning, resource management, curriculum de2 velopment, and other matters of interest to the For3 eign Service Institute, including regular observations 

4 about how well the Department is integrating train5 ing and professional development into the work of 

6 the Bureau for Global Talent Management. 

7 (3) MEMBERSHIP.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be— 

9 (i) nonpartisan; and 

10 (ii) composed of 12 members, of 

11 whom— 

12 (I) 2 members shall be appointed 

13 by the Chairperson of the Committee 

14 on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

15 (II) 2 members shall be ap16 pointed by the ranking member of the 

17 Committee on Foreign Relations of 

18 the Senate; 

19 (III) 2 members shall be ap20 pointed by the Chairperson of the 

21 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

22 House of Representatives; 

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1 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

2 House of Representatives; and 

3 (V) 4 members shall be ap4 pointed by the Secretary. 

5 (B) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the 

6 Board shall be appointed from among individ7 uals who— 

8 (i) are not officers or employees of the 

9 Federal Government; 

10 (ii) have never been members of the 

11 Senior Foreign Service or the Senior Exec12 utive Service; and 

13 (iii) are eminent authorities in the 

14 fields of diplomacy, management, leader15 ship, economics, trade, technology, or ad16 vanced international relations education. 

17 (C) OUTSIDE EXPERTISE.—Not fewer than 

18 6 members of the Board shall have a minimum 

19 of 10 years of expertise outside the field of di20 plomacy. 

21 (4) TERMS.—Each member of the Board shall 

22 be appointed for a term of 3 years, except that of 

23 the members first appointed— 

24 (A) 4 members shall be appointed for a 

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1 (B) 4 members shall be appointed for a 

2 term of 2 years; and 

3 (C) 4 members shall be appointed for a 

4 term of 1 year. 

5 (5) REAPPOINTMENT; REPLACEMENT.—A mem6 ber of the Board may be reappointed or replaced at 

7 the discretion of the official who made the original 

8 appointment. 

9 (6) CHAIRPERSON; CO-CHAIRPERSON.— 

10 (A) APPROVAL.—The Chairperson and 

11 Vice Chairperson of the Board shall be ap12 proved by the Secretary of State based upon a 

13 recommendation from the members of the 

14 Board. 

15 (B) SERVICE.—The Chairperson and Vice 

16 Chairperson shall serve at the discretion of the 

17 Secretary. 

18 (7) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet— 

19 (A) at the call of the Director of the For20 eign Service Institute and the Chairperson; and 

21 (B) not fewer than 2 times per year. 

22 (8) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the 

23 Board shall serve without compensation, except that 

24 a member of the Board shall be allowed travel ex25 penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at 


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1 rates authorized for employees of agencies under 

2 subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 

3 Code, while away from their homes or regular places 

4 of business in the performance of service for the 

5 Board. Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, 

6 United States Code, the Secretary may accept the 

7 voluntary and uncompensated service of members of 

8 the Board. 

9 (9) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY

10 COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee 

11 Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Board estab12 lished under this subsection. 

13 (f) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVOST OF THE FOREIGN

14 SERVICE INSTITUTE.— 

15 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

16 the Foreign Service Institute the position of Provost. 

17 (2) APPOINTMENT; REPORTING.—The Provost 

18 shall— 

19 (A) be appointed by the Board of Visitors 

20 of the Foreign Service Institute established 

21 under subsection (e); and 

22 (B) report to the Director of the Foreign 

23 Service Institute. 

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1 (A) may not be an individual who is an of2 ficer or employee of the Federal Government or 

3 who has ever been a career member of the Sen4 ior Foreign Service or the Senior Executive 

5 Service; and 

6 (B) shall be an eminent authority in the 

7 fields of diplomacy, education, management, 

8 leadership, economics, history, trade, or tech9 nology. 

10 (4) DUTIES.—The Provost shall— 

11 (A) oversee, review, evaluate, and coordi12 nate the academic curriculum for all courses 

13 taught and administered by the Foreign Service 

14 Institute; 

15 (B) coordinate the implementation of a let16 ter or numerical grading system for the per17 formance of Foreign Service officers in courses 

18 of the Foreign Service Institute; and 

19 (C) report not less frequently than quar20 terly to the Board of Visitors regarding the de21 velopment of curriculum and the performance 

22 of Foreign Service officers. 

23 (5) TERM.—The Provost shall serve for a term 

24 of not fewer than 5 years and may be reappointed 

25 for 1 additional 5-year term. 


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1 (6) COMPENSATION.—The Provost shall receive 

2 a salary commensurate with the rank and experience 

3 of a member of the Senior Foreign Service or the 

4 Senior Executive Service, as determined by the 

5 Board of Visitors. 

6 (g) OTHER AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPOR7 TUNITIES FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF.— 

8 (1) OTHER AGENCIES.—National security agen9 cies other than the Department should be afforded 

10 the ability to increase the enrollment of their per11 sonnel in courses at the Foreign Service Institute 

12 and other training and professional development fa13 cilities of the Department to promote a whole-of-gov14 ernment approach to mitigating national security 

15 challenges. 

16 (2) CONGRESSIONAL STAFF.—Not later than 

17 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

18 the Secretary shall submit a report to the appro19 priate committees of Congress that describes— 

20 (A) the training and professional develop21 ment opportunities at the Foreign Service Insti22 tute and other Department facilities for con23 gressional staff; 

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1 (C) potential course offerings. 

2 (h) STRATEGY FOR ADAPTING TRAINING REQUIRE3 MENTS FOR MODERN DIPLOMATIC NEEDS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

6 shall develop and submit to the appropriate commit7 tees of Congress a strategy for adapting and evolv8 ing training requirements to better meet the Depart9 ment’s current and future needs for 21st century di10 plomacy. 

11 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under 

12 subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 

13 (A) Integrating training requirements into 

14 the Department’s promotion policies, including 

15 establishing educational and professional devel16 opment standards for training and attainment 

17 to be used as a part of tenure and promotion 

18 guidelines. 

19 (B) Addressing multiple existing and 

20 emerging national security challenges, includ21 ing— 

22 (i) democratic backsliding and 

23 authoritarianism; 

24 (ii) countering, and assisting United 

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1 disinformation, including through the 

2 Global Engagement Center; 

3 (iii) cyber threats; 

4 (iv) aggression and malign influence; 

5 (v) the implications of climate change 

6 for United States diplomacy; and 

7 (vi) nuclear threats. 

8 (C) Establishing residential training for 

9 the A–100 orientation course administered by 

10 the Foreign Service Institute and evaluating the 

11 feasibility of residential training for long-term 

12 training opportunities. 

13 (3) UTILIZATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—In 

14 establishing the residential training program pursu15 ant to paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall— 

16 (A) collaborate with other national security 

17 departments and agencies that employ residen18 tial training for their orientation courses; and 

19 (B) consider using the Department’s For20 eign Affairs Security Training Center in Black21 stone, Virginia. 

22 (i) REPORT AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 (1) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

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1 shall submit a report to the appropriate committees 

2 of Congress that includes— 

3 (A) a strategy for broadening and deep4 ening professional development and training at 

5 the Department, including assessing current 

6 and future needs for 21st century diplomacy; 

7 (B) the process used and resources needed 

8 to implement the strategy referred to in sub9 paragraph (A) throughout the Department; and 

10 (C) the results and impact of the strategy 

11 on the workforce of the Department, particu12 larly the relationship between professional de13 velopment and training and promotions for De14 partment personnel, and the measurement and 

15 evaluation methods used to evaluate such re16 sults. 

17 (2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 1 year after the 

18 date on which the Secretary submits the report re19 quired under paragraph (1), and annually thereafter 

20 for 2 years, the Secretary shall provide to the appro21 priate committees of Congress a briefing on the in22 formation required to be included in the report. 

23 (j) FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE INCENTIVE

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1 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is author2 ized to establish and implement an incentive pro3 gram to encourage members of the Foreign Service 

4 who possess language proficiency in any of the lan5 guages that qualify for bonus points, as determined 

6 by the Secretary, to maintain critical foreign lan7 guage skills. 

8 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

10 State shall submit a report to the appropriate com11 mittees of Congress that includes a detailed plan for 

12 implementing the program authorized under para13 graph (1), including anticipated resource require14 ments to carry out such program. 

15 (k) DEPARTMENT OF STATE WORKFORCE MANAGE16 MENT.— 

17 (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

18 Congress that informed, data-driven, and long-term 

19 workforce management, including with respect to the 

20 Foreign Service, the Civil Service, locally employed 

21 staff, and contractors, is needed to align diplomatic 

22 priorities with the appropriate personnel and re23 sources. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—In order to understand 

2 the Department’s long-term trends with respect 

3 to its workforce, the Secretary, is consultation 

4 with relevant bureaus and offices, including the 

5 Bureau of Global Talent Management, the Bu6 reau of Consular Affairs, and the Center for 

7 Analytics, shall submit a report to the appro8 priate committees of Congress that details the 

9 Department’s workforce, disaggregated by For10 eign Service, Civil Service, locally employed 

11 staff, and contractors, including, with respect to 

12 the reporting period— 

13 (i) the number of personnel who were 

14 hired; 

15 (ii) the number of personnel whose 

16 employment or contract was terminated or 

17 who voluntarily left the Department; 

18 (iii) the number of personnel who 

19 were promoted, including the grade to 

20 which they were promoted; 

21 (iv) the demographic breakdown of 

22 personnel; and 

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1 down of the number of personnel in geo2 graphic and functional bureaus, and the 

3 number of personnel in overseas missions 

4 by region. 

5 (B) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 

6 days after the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act, the Secretary shall submit the report de8 scribed in subparagraph (A) for each of the fis9 cal years 2002 through 2022. 

10 (C) RECURRING REPORT.—Not later than 

11 December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter for 

12 the following 9 years, the Secretary shall sub13 mit the report described in subparagraph (A) 

14 for the most recently concluded fiscal year. 

15 (D) USE OF REPORT DATA.—The data in 

16 each of the reports required under this para17 graph shall be used by Congress, in coordina18 tion with the Secretary, to inform recommenda19 tions on the appropriate size and composition of 

20 the Department. 

21 (l) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF

22 FILLING THE POSITION OF UNDERSECRETARY FOR PUB23 LIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.—It is the sense 

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1 rimental to the national security interests of the United 

2 States, the President should expeditiously nominate a 

3 qualified individual to such position whenever such va4 cancy occurs to ensure that the bureaus reporting to such 

5 position are able to fulfill their mission of— 

6 (1) expanding and strengthening relationships 

7 between the people of the United States and citizens 

8 of other countries; and 

9 (2) engaging, informing, and understanding the 

10 perspectives of foreign audiences. 

11 (m) REPORT ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—Not later 

12 than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

13 the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 

14 committees of Congress that includes— 

15 (1) an evaluation of the May 2019 merger of 

16 the Bureau of Public Affairs and the Bureau of 

17 International Information Programs into the Bureau 

18 of Global Public Affairs with respect to— 

19 (A) the efficacy of the current configura20 tion of the bureaus reporting to the Under Sec21 retary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 

22 in achieving the mission of the Department; 

23 (B) the metrics before and after such 

24 merger, including personnel data, disaggregated 

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1 opinion polling, program evaluations, and media 

2 appearances; 

3 (C) the results of a survey of public diplo4 macy practitioners to determine their opinion of 

5 the efficacy of such merger and any adjust6 ments that still need to be made; and 

7 (D) a plan for evaluating and monitoring, 

8 not less frequently than once every 2 years, the 

9 programs, activities, messaging, professional de10 velopment efforts, and structure of the Bureau 

11 of Global Public Affairs, and submitting a sum12 mary of each such evaluation to the appropriate 

13 committees of Congress; and 

14 (2) a review of recent outside recommendations 

15 for modernizing diplomacy at the Department with 

16 respect to public diplomacy efforts, including— 

17 (A) efforts in each of the bureaus report18 ing to the Under Secretary for Public Diplo19 macy and Public Affairs to address issues of di20 versity and inclusion in their work, structure, 

21 data collection, programming, and personnel, 

22 including any collaboration with the Chief Offi23 cer for Diversity and Inclusion; 

24 (B) proposals to collaborate with think 

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1 public diplomacy issues to implement recent 

2 outside recommendations; and 

3 (C) additional authorizations and appro4 priations necessary to implement such rec5 ommendations. 

6 SEC. 207. SECURITY CLEARANCE APPROVAL PROCESS. 

7 (a) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 270 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 shall submit recommendations to the appropriate congres10 sional committees for streamlining the security clearance 

11 approval process within the Bureau of Diplomatic Security 

12 so that the security clearance approval process for Civil 

13 Service and Foreign Service applicants is completed within 

14 6 months, on average, and within 1 year, in the vast ma15 jority of cases. 

16 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the rec17 ommendations are submitted pursuant to subsection (a), 

18 the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate con19 gressional committees that— 

20 (1) describes the status of the efforts of the De21 partment to streamline the security clearance ap22 proval process; and 

23 (2) identifies any remaining obstacles pre24 venting security clearances from being completed 

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1 including lack of cooperation or other actions by 

2 other Federal departments and agencies. 

3 SEC. 208. ADDENDUM FOR STUDY ON FOREIGN SERVICE 

4 ALLOWANCES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub7 mit to the appropriate congressional committees an adden8 dum to the report required under section 5302 of the De9 partment of State Authorization Act of 2021 (division E 

10 of Public Law 117–81), which shall be entitled the ‘‘Re11 port on Bidding for Domestic and Overseas Posts and 

12 Filling Unfilled Positions’’. The addendum shall be pre13 pared using input from the same federally funded research 

14 and development center that prepared the analysis con15 ducted for purposes of such report. 

16 (b) ELEMENTS.—The addendum required under sub17 section (a) shall include— 

18 (1) the total number of domestic and overseas 

19 positions open during the most recent summer bid20 ding cycle; 

21 (2) the total number of bids each position re22 ceived; 

23 (3) the number of unfilled positions at the con24 clusion of the most recent summer bidding cycle, 

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1 (4) detailed recommendations and a timeline 

2 for— 

3 (A) increasing the number of qualified bid4 ders for underbid positions; and 

5 (B) minimizing the number of unfilled po6 sitions at the end of bidding season. 

7 SEC. 209. CURTAILMENTS, REMOVALS FROM POST, AND 

8 WAIVERS OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES. 

9 (a) CURTAILMENTS REPORT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

12 every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary shall sub13 mit a report to the appropriate congressional com14 mittees regarding curtailments of Department per15 sonnel from overseas posts. 

16 (2) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall include in 

17 the report required under paragraph (1)— 

18 (A) relevant information about any post 

19 that, during the 6-month period preceding the 

20 report— 

21 (i) had more than 5 curtailments; or 

22 (ii) had curtailments representing 

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1 (B) for each post referred to in subpara2 graph (A), the number of curtailments, 

3 disaggregated by month of occurrence. 

4 (b) REMOVAL OF DIPLOMATS.—Not later than 5 

5 days after the date on which any United States personnel 

6 under Chief of Mission authority is declared persona non 

7 grata by a host government, the Secretary shall— 

8 (1) notify the appropriate congressional com9 mittees of such declaration; and 

10 (2) include with such notification— 

11 (A) the official reason for such declaration 

12 (if provided by the host government); 

13 (B) the date of the declaration; and 

14 (C) whether the Department responded by 

15 declaring a host government’s diplomat in the 

16 United States persona non grata. 

17 (c) WAIVER OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.—Not 

18 later than 15 days after any waiver of privileges and im19 munities pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Diplo20 matic Relations, done at Vienna April 18, 1961, that is 

21 applicable to an entire diplomatic post or to the majority 

22 of United States personnel under Chief of Mission author23 ity, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congres24 sional committees of such waiver and the reason for such 

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1 (d) TERMINATION.—This section shall terminate on 

2 the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act. 

4 SEC. 210. REPORT ON WORLDWIDE AVAILABILITY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after en6 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report 

7 to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasi8 bility of requiring that each member of the Foreign Serv9 ice, at the time of entry into the Foreign Service and 

10 thereafter, be worldwide available, as determined by the 

11 Secretary. 

12 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub13 section (a) shall include— 

14 (1) the feasibility of a worldwide availability re15 quirement for all members of the Foreign Service; 

16 (2) considerations if such a requirement were to 

17 be implemented, including the potential effect on re18 cruitment and retention; and 

19 (3) recommendations for exclusions and limita20 tions, including exemptions for medical reasons, dis21 ability, and other circumstances. 

22 SEC. 211. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

23 (a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall strongly 

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1 the Senior Foreign Service participate in professional de2 velopment described in subsection (c). 

3 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

5 submit recommendations on requiring that Foreign Serv6 ice officers complete professional development described in 

7 subsection (c) to be eligible for entry into the Senior For8 eign Service. 

9 (c) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DESCRIBED.— 

10 Professional development described in this subsection is 

11 not less than 6 months of training or experience outside 

12 of the Department, including time spent— 

13 (1) as a detailee to another government agency, 

14 including Congress or a State, Tribal, or local gov15 ernment; 

16 (2) in Department-sponsored and -funded uni17 versity training that results in an advanced degree, 

18 excluding time spent at a university that is fully 

19 funded or operated by the Federal Government. 

20 (d) PROMOTION PRECEPTS.—The Secretary shall in21 struct promotion boards to consider positively long-term 

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1 SEC. 212. MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC 

2 AND CONSULAR POSTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 1 year 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

5 shall annually conduct, at each diplomatic and consular 

6 post, a voluntary survey, which shall be offered to all staff 

7 assigned to that post who are citizens of the United States 

8 (excluding the Chief of Mission) to assess the management 

9 and leadership of that post by the Chief of Mission, the 

10 Deputy Chief of Mission, and the Charge d’Affaires. 

11 (b) ANONYMITY.—All responses to the survey shall 

12 be— 

13 (1) fully anonymized; and 

14 (2) made available to the Director General of 

15 the Foreign Service. 

16 (c) SURVEY.—The survey shall seek to assess— 

17 (1) the general morale at post; 

18 (2) the presence of any hostile work environ19 ment; 

20 (3) the presence of any harassment, discrimina21 tion, retaliation, or other mistreatment; and 

22 (4) effective leadership and collegial work envi23 ronment. 

24 (d) DIRECTOR GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

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1 tions to posts, as appropriate, based on the findings of 

2 the surveys. 

3 (e) REFERRAL.—If the surveys reveal any action that 

4 is grounds for referral to the Inspector General of the De5 partment of State and the Foreign Service, the Director 

6 General of the Foreign Service may refer the matter to 

7 the Inspector General of the Department of State and the 

8 Foreign Service, who shall, as the Inspector General con9 siders appropriate, conduct an inspection of the post in 

10 accordance with section 209(b) of the Foreign Service Act 

11 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(b)). 

12 (f) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director General of the 

13 Foreign Service shall submit an annual report to the ap14 propriate congressional committees that includes— 

15 (1) any trends or summaries from the surveys; 

16 (2) the posts where corrective action was rec17 ommended or taken in response to any issues identi18 fied by the surveys; and 

19 (3) the number of referrals to the Inspector 

20 General of the Department of State and the Foreign 

21 Service, as applicable. 

22 (g) INITIAL BASIS.—The Secretary shall carry out 

23 the surveys required under this section on an initial basis 

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1 TITLE III—EMBASSY SECURITY 

2 AND CONSTRUCTION 

3 SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO SECURE EMBASSY CONSTRUC4 TION AND COUNTERTERRORISM ACT OF 1999. 

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

6 ‘‘Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act 

7 of 2022’’. 

8 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find9 ings: 

10 (1) The Secure Embassy Construction and 

11 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A 

12 of appendix G of Public Law 106–113) was a nec13 essary response to bombings on August 7, 1998, at 

14 the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and 

15 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that were destroyed by 

16 simultaneously exploding bombs. The resulting ex17 plosions killed 220 persons and injured more than 

18 4,000 others. Twelve Americans and 40 Kenyan and 

19 Tanzanian employees of the United States Foreign 

20 Service were killed in the attacks. 

21 (2) Those bombings, followed by the expedi22 tionary diplomatic efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, 

23 demonstrated the need to prioritize the security of 

24 United States posts and personnel abroad above 

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1 (3) Between 1999 and 2022, the risk calculus 

2 of the Department impacted the ability of United 

3 States diplomats around the world to advance the 

4 interests of the United States through access to local 

5 populations, leaders, and places. 

6 (4) America’s competitors and adversaries do 

7 not have the same restrictions that United States 

8 diplomats have, especially in critically important me9 dium-threat and high-threat posts. 

10 (5) The Department’s 2021 Overseas Security 

11 Panel report states that— 

12 (A) the requirement for setback and col13 location of diplomatic posts under paragraphs 

14 (2) and (3) of section 606(a) of the Secure Em15 bassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 

16 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)) has led to sky17 rocketing costs of new embassies and con18 sulates; and 

19 (B) the locations of such posts have be20 come less desirable, creating an extremely sub21 optimal nexus that further hinders United 

22 States diplomats who are willing to accept more 

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1 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con2 gress that— 

3 (1) the setback and collocation requirements re4 ferred to in subsection (b)(5)(A), even with available 

5 waivers, no longer provide the security such require6 ments used to provide because of advancement in 

7 technologies, such as remote controlled drones, that 

8 can evade walls and other such static barriers; 

9 (2) the Department should focus on creating 

10 performance security standards that— 

11 (A) attempt to keep the setback require12 ments of diplomatic posts as limited as possible; 

13 and 

14 (B) provide diplomats access to local popu15 lations as much as possible, while still providing 

16 a necessary level of security; 

17 (3) collocation of diplomatic facilities is often 

18 not feasible or advisable, particularly for public di19 plomacy spaces whose mission is to reach and be ac20 cessible to wide sectors of the public, including in 

21 countries with repressive governments, since such 

22 spaces are required to permit the foreign public to 

23 enter and exit the space easily and openly; 

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1 (A) fully utilize the waiver process pro2 vided under paragraphs (2)(B) and (3)(B) of 

3 section 606(a) of the Secure Embassy Con4 struction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 

5 U.S.C. 4865(a)); and 

6 (B) appropriately exercise such waiver 

7 process as a tool to right-size the appropriate 

8 security footing at each diplomatic post rather 

9 than only approving waivers in extreme cir10 cumstances; 

11 (5) the return of great power competition re12 quires— 

13 (A) United States diplomats to do all they 

14 can to outperform our adversaries; and 

15 (B) the Department to better optimize use 

16 of taxpayer funding to advance United States 

17 national interests; and 

18 (6) this section will better enable United States 

19 diplomats to compete in the 21st century, while sav20 ing United States taxpayers millions in reduced 

21 property and maintenance costs at embassies and 

22 consulates abroad. 

23 (d) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC

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1 A of appendix G of Public Law 106–113) is amended to 

2 read as follows: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 603. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITY DE4 FINED. 

5 ‘‘In this title, the terms ‘United States diplomatic fa6 cility’ and ‘diplomatic facility’ mean any chancery, con7 sulate, or other office that— 

8 ‘‘(1) is considered by the Secretary of State to 

9 be diplomatic or consular premises, consistent with 

10 the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 

11 done at Vienna April 18, 1961, and the Vienna Con12 vention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 

13 24, 1963, and was notified to the host government 

14 as such; or 

15 ‘‘(2) is otherwise subject to a publicly available 

16 bilateral agreement with the host government (con17 tained in the records of the United States Depart18 ment of State) that recognizes the official status of 

19 the United States Government personnel present at 

20 the facility.’’. 

21 (e) GUIDANCE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR DIPLO22 MATIC FACILITIES.— 

23 (1) GUIDANCE FOR CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DIPLO24 MACY FACILITIES.—Section 5606(a) of the Public 

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1 117–81; 22 U.S.C. 1475g note) is amended to read 

2 as follows: 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to preserve public diplo4 macy facilities that are accessible to the publics of foreign 

5 countries, not later than 180 days after the date of the 

6 enactment of the Secure Embassy Construction and 

7 Counterterrorism Act of 2022, the Secretary of State shall 

8 adopt guidelines to collect and utilize information from 

9 each diplomatic post at which the construction of a new 

10 embassy compound or new consulate compound could re11 sult in the closure or co-location of an American Space 

12 that is owned and operated by the United States Govern13 ment, generally known as an American Center, or any 

14 other public diplomacy facility under the Secure Embassy 

15 Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 

16 U.S.C. 4865 et seq.).’’. 

17 (2) SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNITED

18 STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—Section 606(a) of 

19 the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterter20 rorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)) is amend21 ed— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘the 

23 threat’’ and inserting ‘‘a range of threats, in24 cluding that’’; 

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1 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

2 (I) by inserting ‘‘in a location 

3 that has certain minimum ratings 

4 under the Security Environment 

5 Threat List as determined by the Sec6 retary in his or her discretion’’ after 

7 ‘‘abroad’’; and 

8 (II) by inserting ‘‘, personnel of 

9 the Peace Corps, and personnel of any 

10 other type or category of facility that 

11 the Secretary may identify’’ after 

12 ‘‘military commander’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

14 (I) by amending clause (i) to 

15 read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

17 (ii), the Secretary of State may waive sub18 paragraph (A) if the Secretary, in con19 sultation with, as appropriate, the head of 

20 each agency employing personnel that 

21 would not be located at the site, if applica22 ble, determines that it is in the national in23 terest of the United States after taking ac24 count of any considerations the Secretary 

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1 which may include security conditions.’’; 

2 and 

3 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 

4 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

5 BUILDING.—’’ and all that follows 

6 through ‘‘15 days prior’’ and inserting 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

9 BUILDING.—Prior’’; and 

10 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

11 (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

12 read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each newly ac15 quired United States diplomatic facility in 

16 a location that has certain minimum rat17 ings under the Security Environment 

18 Threat List as determined by the Sec19 retary of State in his or her discretion 

20 shall— 

21 ‘‘(I) be constructed or modified 

22 to meet the measured building blast 

23 performance standard applicable to a 

24 diplomatic facility sited not less than 

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1 property on which the facility is situ2 ated; or 

3 ‘‘(II) fulfill the criteria described 

4 in clause (ii). 

5 ‘‘(ii) ALTERNATIVE ENGINEERING

6 EQUIVALENCY STANDARD REQUIRE7 MENT.—Each facility referred to in clause 

8 (i) may, instead of meeting the require9 ment under such clause, fulfill such other 

10 criteria as the Secretary is authorized to 

11 employ to achieve an engineering standard 

12 of security and degree of protection that is 

13 equivalent to the numerical perimeter dis14 tance setback described in such clause 

15 seeks to achieve.’’; and 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (I) in clause (i)— 

18 (aa) by striking ‘‘security 

19 considerations permit and’’; and 

20 (bb) by inserting ‘‘after tak21 ing account of any considerations 

22 the Secretary in his or her discre23 tion considers relevant, which 

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1 after ‘‘national interest of the 

2 United States’’; 

3 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 

4 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

5 BUILDING.—’’ and all that follows 

6 through ‘‘15 days prior’’ and inserting 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

9 BUILDING.—Prior’’; and 

10 (III) in clause (iii), by striking 

11 ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a quar12 terly’’. 

13 SEC. 302. DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT AND SECURITY. 

14 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

15 ‘‘Diplomatic Support and Security Act of 2022’’. 

16 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find17 ings: 

18 (1) A robust overseas diplomatic presence is 

19 part of an effective foreign policy, particularly in 

20 volatile environments where a flexible and timely 

21 diplomatic response can be decisive in preventing 

22 and addressing conflict. 

23 (2) Diplomats routinely put themselves and 

24 their families at great personal risk to serve their 

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1 international terrorism, violent conflict, and public 

2 health. 

3 (3) The Department has a remarkable record of 

4 protecting personnel while enabling an enormous 

5 amount of global diplomatic activity, often in unse6 cure and remote places and facing a variety of evolv7 ing risks and threats. With support from Congress, 

8 the Department of State has revised policy, im9 proved physical security through retrofitting and re10 placing old facilities, deployed additional security 

11 personnel and armored vehicles, and greatly en12 hanced training requirements and training facilities, 

13 including the new Foreign Affairs Security Training 

14 Center in Blackstone, Virginia. 

15 (4) Diplomatic missions rely on robust staffing 

16 and ambitious external engagement to advance 

17 United States interests as diverse as competing with 

18 China’s malign influence around the world, fighting 

19 terrorism and transnational organized crime, pre20 venting and addressing violent conflict and humani21 tarian disasters, promoting United States businesses 

22 and trade, protecting the rights of marginalized 

23 groups, addressing climate change, and preventing 

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1 (5) Efforts to protect personnel overseas have 

2 often resulted in inhibiting diplomatic activity and 

3 limiting engagement between embassy personnel and 

4 local governments and populations. 

5 (6) Given that Congress currently provides an6 nual appropriations in excess of $1,900,000,000 for 

7 embassy security, construction, and maintenance, 

8 the Department should be able ensure a robust over9 seas presence without inhibiting the ability of dip10 lomats to— 

11 (A) meet outside United States secured fa12 cilities with foreign leaders to explain, defend, 

13 and advance United States priorities; 

14 (B) understand and report on foreign po15 litical, social, and economic conditions through 

16 meeting and interacting with community offi17 cials outside of United States facilities; 

18 (C) provide United States citizen services; 

19 and 

20 (D) collaborate and, at times, compete 

21 with other diplomatic missions, particularly 

22 those, such as that of the People’s Republic of 

23 China, that do not have restrictions on meeting 

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1 (7) Given these stakes, Congress has a respon2 sibility to empower, support, and hold the Depart3 ment accountable for implementing an aggressive 

4 strategy to ensure a robust overseas presence that 

5 mitigates potential risks and adequately considers 

6 the myriad direct and indirect consequences of a 

7 lack of diplomatic presence. 

8 (c) ENCOURAGING EXPEDITIONARY DIPLOMACY.— 

9 (1) PURPOSE.—Section 102(b) of the Diplo10 matic Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4801(b)) is 

11 amended— 

12 (A) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(3) to promote strengthened security meas15 ures, institutionalize a culture of learning, and, in 

16 the case of apparent gross negligence or breach of 

17 duty, recommend that the Secretary investigate ac18 countability for United States Government personnel 

19 with security-related responsibilities;’’; 

20 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

21 (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

22 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

23 following: 

24 ‘‘(4) to support a culture of risk management, 

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1 ment of State to pursue its vital goals with full 

2 knowledge that it is neither desirable nor possible 

3 for the Department to avoid all risks;’’. 

4 (2) BRIEFINGS ON EMBASSY SECURITY.—Sec5 tion 105(a)(1) of the Diplomatic Security Act of 

6 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4804(a)) is amended— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘any plans to open or re8 open a high risk, high threat post’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘progress towards opening or reopening a 

10 high risk, high threat post, and the risk to na11 tional security of the continued closure or any 

12 suspension of operations and remaining barriers 

13 to doing so’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the 

15 risk to United States national security of the 

16 post’s continued closure or suspension of oper17 ations,’’ after ‘‘national security of the United 

18 States,’’; and 

19 (C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘the 

20 type and level of security threats such post 

21 could encounter, and’’ before ‘‘security 

22 ‘tripwires’ ’’. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 of the Diplo2 matic Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

5 ‘‘ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘SECURITY REVIEW COMMIT7 TEES’’; 

8 (B) in subsection (a)— 

9 (i) by amending paragraph (1) to read 

10 as follows: 

11 ‘‘(1) CONVENING THE SECURITY REVIEW COM12 MITTEE.—In any case of a serious security incident 

13 involving loss of life, serious injury, or significant 

14 destruction of property at, or related to, a United 

15 States Government diplomatic mission abroad (re16 ferred to in this title as a ‘Serious Security Inci17 dent’), and in any case of a serious breach of secu18 rity involving intelligence activities of a foreign gov19 ernment directed at a United States Government 

20 mission abroad, the Secretary of State shall convene 

21 a Security Review Committee, which shall issue a re22 port providing a full account of what occurred, con23 sistent with section 304.’’; 

24 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

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1 (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(2) COMMITTEE COMPOSITION.—The Sec4 retary shall designate a Chairperson and may des5 ignate additional personnel of commensurate senior6 ity to serve on the Security Review Committee, 

7 which shall include— 

8 ‘‘(A) the Director of the Office of Manage9 ment Strategy and Solutions; 

10 ‘‘(B) the Assistant Secretary responsible 

11 for the region where the incident occurred; 

12 ‘‘(C) the Assistant Secretary of State for 

13 Diplomatic Security; 

14 ‘‘(D) the Assistant Secretary of State for 

15 Intelligence and Research; 

16 ‘‘(E) an Assistant Secretary-level rep17 resentative from any involved United States 

18 Government department or agency; and 

19 ‘‘(F) other personnel determined to be nec20 essary or appropriate.’’; 

21 (i) in paragraph (3), as redesignated 

22 by clause (ii)— 

23 (I) in the paragraph heading, by 

24 striking ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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1 serting ‘‘EXCEPTIONS TO CONVENING

2 A SECURITY REVIEW COMMITTEE’’; 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘The Secretary 

4 of State is not required to convene a 

5 Board in the case’’ and inserting the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

8 State is not required to convene a Security Re9 view Committee— 

10 ‘‘(i) if the Secretary determines that 

11 the incident involves only causes unrelated 

12 to security, such as when the security at 

13 issue is outside of the scope of the Sec14 retary of State’s security responsibilities 

15 under section 103; 

16 ‘‘(ii) if operational control of overseas 

17 security functions has been delegated to 

18 another agency in accordance with section 

19 106; 

20 ‘‘(iii) if the incident is a cybersecurity 

21 incident and is covered by other review 

22 mechanisms; or 

23 ‘‘(iv) in the case’’; and 

24 (III) by striking ‘‘In any such 

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1 ‘‘(B) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INVES2 TIGATIONS.—In the case of an incident de3 scribed in subparagraph (A)(iv)’’; and 

4 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(5) RULEMAKING.—The Secretary of State 

6 shall promulgate regulations defining the member7 ship and operating procedures for the Security Re8 view Committee and provide such guidance to the 

9 Chair and ranking members of the Committee on 

10 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 

11 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa12 tives.’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b)— 

14 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

15 ‘‘BOARDS’’ and inserting ‘‘SECURITY REVIEW

16 COMMITTEES’’; and 

17 (B) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

18 follows: 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 

20 shall convene an SRC not later than 60 days after 

21 the occurrence of an incident described in subsection 

22 (a)(1), or 60 days after the Department first be23 comes aware of such an incident, whichever is ear24 lier, except that the 60-day period for convening an 

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1 riod if the Secretary determines that the additional 

2 period is necessary.’’; and 

3 (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Whenever the 

6 Secretary of State convenes a Security Review Committee, 

7 the Secretary shall promptly inform the chair and ranking 

8 member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

9 Senate and the chair and ranking member of the Com10 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa11 tives.’’. 

12 (e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

13 Section 302 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (22 

14 U.S.C. 4832) is amended— 

15 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AC16 COUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARD’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘SECURITY REVIEW COMMITTEE’’; and 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘a Board’’ each place such term 

19 appears and inserting ‘‘a Security Review Com20 mittee’’. 

21 (f) SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION

22 PROCESS.—Section 303 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 303. SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 

2 PROCESS. 

3 ‘‘(a) INVESTIGATION PROCESS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) INITIATION UPON REPORTED INCIDENT.— 

5 A United States mission shall submit an initial re6 port of a Serious Security Incident not later than 3 

7 days after such incident occurs, whenever feasible, at 

8 which time an investigation of the incident shall be 

9 initiated. 

10 ‘‘(2) INVESTIGATION.—Not later than 10 days 

11 after the submission of a report pursuant to para12 graph (1), the Secretary shall direct the Diplomatic 

13 Security Service to assemble an investigative team to 

14 investigate the incident and independently establish 

15 what occurred. Each investigation under this sub16 section shall cover— 

17 ‘‘(A) an assessment of what occurred, who 

18 perpetrated or is suspected of having per19 petrated the Serious Security Incident, and 

20 whether applicable security procedures were fol21 lowed; 

22 ‘‘(B) in the event the Serious Security In23 cident involved a United States diplomatic com24 pound, motorcade, residence, or other facility, 

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1 countermeasures were in effect based on known 

2 threat at the time of the incident; 

3 ‘‘(C) if the incident involved an individual 

4 or group of officers, employees, or family mem5 bers under Chief of Mission security responsi6 bility conducting approved operations or move7 ments outside the United States mission, an as8 sessment of whether proper security briefings 

9 and procedures were in place and whether 

10 weighing of risk of the operation or movement 

11 took place; and 

12 ‘‘(D) an assessment of whether the failure 

13 of any officials or employees to follow proce14 dures or perform their duties contributed to the 

15 security incident. 

16 ‘‘(3) INVESTIGATIVE TEAM.—The investigative 

17 team assembled pursuant to paragraph (2) shall 

18 consist of individuals from the Diplomatic Security 

19 Service who shall provide an independent examina20 tion of the facts surrounding the incident and what 

21 occurred. The Secretary, or the Secretary’s designee, 

22 shall review the makeup of the investigative team for 

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1 vestigation and may remove or replace any members 

2 of the team to avoid such an outcome. 

3 ‘‘(b) REPORT OF INVESTIGATION.—Not later than 90 

4 days after the occurrence of a Serious Security Incident, 

5 the investigative team investigating the incident shall pre6 pare and submit a Report of Investigation to the Security 

7 Review Committee that includes— 

8 ‘‘(1) a detailed description of the matters set 

9 forth in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of sub10 section (a)(2), including all related findings; 

11 ‘‘(2) a complete and accurate account of the 

12 casualties, injuries, and damage resulting from the 

13 incident; and 

14 ‘‘(3) a review of security procedures and direc15 tives in place at the time of the incident. 

16 ‘‘(c) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The investigative team in17 vestigating a Serious Security Incident shall adopt such 

18 procedures with respect to confidentiality as determined 

19 necessary, including procedures relating to the conduct of 

20 closed proceedings or the submission and use of evidence 

21 in camera, to ensure in particular the protection of classi22 fied information relating to national defense, foreign pol23 icy, or intelligence matters. The Director of National In24 telligence shall establish the level of protection required 

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1 to intelligence personnel included in the report required 

2 under subsection (b). The Security Review Committee 

3 shall determine the level of classification of the final report 

4 prepared pursuant to section 304(b), and shall incorporate 

5 the same confidentiality measures in such report to the 

6 maximum extent practicable.’’. 

7 (g) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SE8 CURITY REVIEW COMMITTEE.—Section 304 of the Diplo9 matic Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4834) is amended 

10 to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 304. SECURITY REVIEW COMMITTEE FINDINGS AND 

12 REPORT. 

13 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Security Review Committee 

14 shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) review the Report of Investigation pre16 pared pursuant to section 303(b), and all other evi17 dence, reporting, and relevant information relating 

18 to a Serious Security Incident at a United States 

19 mission abroad, including an examination of the 

20 facts and circumstances surrounding any serious in21 juries, loss of life, or significant destruction of prop22 erty resulting from the incident; and 

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1 ‘‘(A) whether the incident was security re2 lated and constituted a Serious Security Inci3 dent; 

4 ‘‘(B) if the incident involved a diplomatic 

5 compound, motorcade, residence, or other mis6 sion facility— 

7 ‘‘(i) whether the security systems, se8 curity countermeasures, and security pro9 cedures operated as intended; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) whether such systems worked to 

11 materially mitigate the attack or were 

12 found to be inadequate to mitigate the 

13 threat and attack; 

14 ‘‘(C) if the incident involved an individual 

15 or group of officers conducting an approved op16 eration outside the mission, whether a valid 

17 process was followed in evaluating the requested 

18 operation and weighing the risk of the oper19 ation, which determination shall not seek to as20 sign accountability for the incident unless the 

21 Security Review Committee determines that an 

22 official breached his or her duty; 

23 ‘‘(D) the impact of intelligence and infor24 mation availability, and whether the mission 

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1 ronment or any more specific threat intelligence 

2 or information and took that into account in 

3 ongoing and specific operations; and 

4 ‘‘(E) any other facts and circumstances 

5 that may be relevant to the appropriate security 

6 management of United States missions abroad. 

7 ‘‘(b) REPORT.— 

8 ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION TO SECRETARY OF STATE.— 

9 Not later than 60 days after receiving the Report of 

10 Investigation prepared pursuant to section 303(b), 

11 the Security Review Committee shall submit a report 

12 to the Secretary of State that includes— 

13 ‘‘(A) the findings described in subsection 

14 (a); and 

15 ‘‘(B) any related recommendations. 

16 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

17 than 90 days after receiving the report pursuant to 

18 paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit 

19 a copy of the report to the Committee on Foreign 

20 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For21 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

22 ‘‘(c) PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS.—If in the 

23 course of conducting an investigation under section 303, 

24 the investigative team finds reasonable cause to believe 

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1 breached the duty of that individual or finds lesser failures 

2 on the part of an individual in the performance of his or 

3 her duties related to the incident, it shall be reported to 

4 the SRC. If the SRC find reasonable cause to support the 

5 determination, it shall be reported to the Secretary for ap6 propriate action.’’. 

7 (h) RELATION TO OTHER PROCEEDINGS.—Section 

8 305 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 

9 4835) is amended— 

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING

11 REMEDIES OR DEFENSES.—’’ before ‘‘Nothing in 

12 this title’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(b) FUTURE INQUIRIES.—Nothing in this title may 

15 be construed to preclude the Secretary of State from con16 vening a followup public board of inquiry to investigate 

17 any security incident if the incident was of such magnitude 

18 or significance that an internal process is deemed insuffi19 cient to understand and investigate the incident. All mate20 rials gathered during the procedures provided under this 

21 title shall be provided to any related board of inquiry con22 vened by the Secretary.’’. 


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1 TITLE IV—A DIVERSE WORK2 FORCE: RECRUITMENT, RE3 TENTION, AND PROMOTION 

4 SEC. 401. REPORT ON BARRIERS TO APPLYING FOR EM5 PLOYMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 

6 STATE. 

7 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

9 the appropriate congressional committees that— 

10 (1) identifies any barriers for applicants apply11 ing for employment with the Department; 

12 (2) provides demographic data of online appli13 cants during the most recent 3 years disaggregated 

14 by race, ethnicity, gender, age, veteran status, dis15 ability, geographic region, and any other categories 

16 determined by the Secretary; 

17 (3) assesses any barriers that exist for applying 

18 online for employment with the Department, 

19 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, age, vet20 eran status, disability, geographic region, and any 

21 other categories determined by the Secretary; and 

22 (4) includes recommendations for addressing 

23 any disparities identified in the online application 

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1 SEC. 402. COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND DISSEMINATION OF 

2 WORKFORCE DATA. 

3 (a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

5 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit6 tees that includes disaggregated demographic data and 

7 other information regarding the diversity of the workforce 

8 of the Department. 

9 (b) DATA.—The report required under subsection (a) 

10 shall include, to the maximum extent that the collection 

11 and dissemination of such data can be done in a way that 

12 protects the confidentiality of individuals and is otherwise 

13 permissible by law— 

14 (1) demographic data on each element of the 

15 workforce of the Department during the 5-year pe16 riod ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

17 disaggregated by rank and grade or grade-equiva18 lent, with respect to— 

19 (A) individuals hired to join the workforce; 

20 (B) individuals promoted, including pro21 motions to and within the Senior Executive 

22 Service or the Senior Foreign Service; 

23 (C) individuals serving as special assistants 

24 in any of the offices of the Secretary of State, 

25 the Deputy Secretary of State, the Counselor of 

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1 Planning Staff, the Under Secretary of State 

2 for Arms Control and International Security, 

3 the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Secu4 rity, Democracy, and Human Rights, the Under 

5 Secretary of State for Economic Growth, En6 ergy, and the Environment, the Under Sec7 retary of State for Management, the Under 

8 Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and the 

9 Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy 

10 and Public Affairs; 

11 (D) individuals serving in each bureau’s 

12 front office; 

13 (E) individuals serving as detailees to the 

14 National Security Council; 

15 (F) individuals serving on applicable selec16 tion boards; 

17 (G) members of any external advisory com18 mittee or board who are subject to appointment 

19 by individuals at senior positions in the Depart20 ment; 

21 (H) individuals participating in profes22 sional development programs of the Department 

23 and the extent to which such participants have 

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1 (I) individuals participating in mentorship 

2 or retention programs; and 

3 (J) individuals who separated from the 

4 agency, including individuals in the Senior Ex5 ecutive Service or the Senior Foreign Service; 

6 (2) an assessment of agency compliance with 

7 the essential elements identified in Equal Employ8 ment Opportunity Commission Management Direc9 tive 715, effective October 1, 2003; and 

10 (3) data on the overall number of individuals 

11 who are part of the workforce, the percentages of 

12 such workforce corresponding to each element speci13 fied in paragraph (1), and the percentages cor14 responding to each rank, grade, or grade equivalent. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVENESS OF DEPARTMENT EFFORTS.— 

16 The report required under subsection (a) shall describe 

17 and assess the effectiveness of the efforts of the Depart18 ment— 

19 (1) to propagate fairness, impartiality, and in20 clusion in the work environment, both domestically 

21 and abroad; 

22 (2) to enforce anti-harassment and anti-dis23 crimination policies, both domestically and at posts 

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1 (3) to refrain from engaging in unlawful dis2 crimination in any phase of the employment process, 

3 including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, assign4 ments, promotion, retention, and training; 

5 (4) to prevent retaliation against employees for 

6 participating in a protected equal employment op7 portunity activity or for reporting sexual harassment 

8 or sexual assault; 

9 (5) to provide reasonable accommodation for 

10 qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; 

11 and 

12 (6) to recruit a representative workforce by— 

13 (A) recruiting women, persons with disabil14 ities, and minorities; 

15 (B) recruiting at women’s colleges, histori16 cally Black colleges and universities, minority17 serving institutions, and other institutions serv18 ing a significant percentage of minority stu19 dents; 

20 (C) placing job advertisements in news21 papers, magazines, and job sites oriented to22 ward women and minorities; 

23 (D) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 

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1 (E) providing opportunities through the 

2 Foreign Service Internship Program under 

3 chapter 12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

4 (22 U.S.C. 4141 et seq.), and other hiring ini5 tiatives; 

6 (F) recruiting mid-level and senior-level 

7 professionals through programs designed to in8 crease representation in international affairs of 

9 people belonging to traditionally under10 represented groups; 

11 (G) offering the Foreign Service written 

12 and oral assessment examinations in several lo13 cations throughout the United States or via on14 line platforms to reduce the burden of appli15 cants having to travel at their own expense to 

16 take either or both such examinations; 

17 (H) expanding the use of paid internships; 

18 and 

19 (I) supporting recruiting and hiring oppor20 tunities through— 

21 (i) the Charles B. Rangel Inter22 national Affairs Fellowship Program; 

23 (ii) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign 

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1 (iii) other initiatives, including agen2 cywide policy initiatives. 

3 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

5 the publication of the report required under sub6 section (a), the Secretary of State shall submit a re7 port to the appropriate congressional committees, 

8 and make such report available on the Department’s 

9 website, that includes, without compromising the 

10 confidentiality of individuals and to the extent other11 wise consistent with law— 

12 (A) disaggregated demographic data, to 

13 the maximum extent that collection of such 

14 data is permissible by law, relating to the work15 force and information on the status of diversity 

16 and inclusion efforts of the Department; 

17 (B) an analysis of applicant flow data, to 

18 the maximum extent that collection of such 

19 data is permissible by law; and 

20 (C) disaggregated demographic data relat21 ing to participants in professional development 

22 programs of the Department and the rate of 

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1 (2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER ANNUAL RE2 PORT.—The report required under paragraph (1) 

3 may be combined with another annual report re4 quired by law, to the extent practicable. 

5 SEC. 403. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

6 AND ASSISTANCE. 

7 (a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section are— 

8 (1) to advance the values and interests of the 

9 United States overseas through programs that foster 

10 innovation, competitiveness, and a diversity of back11 grounds, views, and experience in the formulation 

12 and implementation of United States foreign policy 

13 and assistance; and 

14 (2) to create opportunities for specialized re15 search, education, training, professional develop16 ment, and leadership opportunities for historically 

17 under-represented populations within the Depart18 ment and USAID. 

19 (b) STUDY.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Ad21 ministrator of USAID shall conduct a study on the 

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1 ulations to focus on 1 or more of the areas described 

2 in paragraph (2). 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study re4 quired under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the 

5 Administrator, respectively, shall consider— 

6 (A) opportunities to enter into public-pri7 vate partnerships that will— 

8 (i) increase diversity in foreign affairs 

9 and foreign assistance Federal careers; 

10 (ii) prepare a diverse cadre of stu11 dents (including nontraditional, mid-career, 

12 part-time, and heritage students) and non13 profit or business professionals with the 

14 skills and education needed to meaning15 fully contribute to the formulation and exe16 cution of United States foreign policy and 

17 assistance; 

18 (iii) support the conduct of research, 

19 education, and extension programs that re20 flect diverse perspectives and a wide range 

21 of views of world regions and international 

22 affairs— 

23 (I) to assist in the development 

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1 (II) to strengthen international 

2 development and humanitarian assist3 ance programs; and 

4 (III) to strengthen democratic in5 stitutions and processes in policy6 making, including supporting public 

7 policies that engender equitable and 

8 inclusive societies and focus on chal9 lenges and inequalities in education, 

10 health, wealth, justice, and other sec11 tors faced by diverse communities; 

12 (iv) enable domestic and international 

13 educational, internship, fellowship, faculty 

14 exchange, training, employment or other 

15 innovative programs to acquire or 

16 strengthen knowledge of foreign languages, 

17 cultures, societies, and international skills 

18 and perspectives; 

19 (v) support collaboration among insti20 tutions of higher education, including com21 munity colleges, nonprofit organizations, 

22 and corporations, to strengthen the en23 gagement between experts and specialists 

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1 (vi) leverage additional public-private 

2 partnerships with nonprofit organizations, 

3 foundations, corporations, institutions of 

4 higher education, and the Federal Govern5 ment; and 

6 (B) budget and staffing requirements, in7 cluding appropriate sources of funding, for the 

8 establishment and conduct of operations of such 

9 Centers of Excellence. 

10 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

12 a report to the appropriate congressional committees that 

13 contains the findings of the study conducted pursuant to 

14 subsection (b). 

15 TITLE V—INFORMATION SECU16 RITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY 

17 SEC. 501. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL CYBERSPACE 

18 POLICY. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 

20 States— 

21 (1) to work internationally to promote an open, 

22 interoperable, reliable, and secure internet governed 

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1 (A) promotes democracy, the rule of law, 

2 and human rights, including freedom of expres3 sion; 

4 (B) supports the ability to innovate, com5 municate, and promote economic prosperity; 

6 and 

7 (C) is designed to protect privacy and 

8 guard against deception, fraud, and theft; 

9 (2) to encourage and aid United States allies 

10 and partners in improving their own technological 

11 capabilities and resiliency to pursue, defend, and 

12 protect shared interests and values, free from coer13 cion and external pressure; and 

14 (3) in furtherance of the efforts described in 

15 paragraphs (1) and (2)— 

16 (A) to provide incentives to the private sec17 tor to accelerate the development of the tech18 nologies referred to in such paragraphs; 

19 (B) to modernize and harmonize with allies 

20 and partners export controls and investment 

21 screening regimes and associated policies and 

22 regulations; and 

23 (C) to enhance United States leadership in 

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1 for developing norms regarding the use of dig2 ital tools. 

3 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the policy 

4 described in subsection (a), the President, in consultation 

5 with outside actors, as appropriate, including private sec6 tor companies, nongovernmental organizations, security 

7 researchers, and other relevant stakeholders, in the con8 duct of bilateral and multilateral relations, shall strive— 

9 (1) to clarify the applicability of international 

10 laws and norms to the use of information and com11 munications technology (referred to in this sub12 section as ‘‘ICT’’); 

13 (2) to reduce and limit the risk of escalation 

14 and retaliation in cyberspace, damage to critical in15 frastructure, and other malicious cyber activity that 

16 impairs the use and operation of critical infrastruc17 ture that provides services to the public; 

18 (3) to cooperate with like-minded countries that 

19 share common values and cyberspace policies with 

20 the United States, including respect for human 

21 rights, democracy, and the rule of law, to advance 

22 such values and policies internationally; 

23 (4) to encourage the responsible development of 

24 new, innovative technologies and ICT products that 


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1 strengthen a secure internet architecture that is ac2 cessible to all; 

3 (5) to secure and implement commitments on 

4 responsible country behavior in cyberspace, including 

5 commitments by countries— 

6 (A) to not conduct, or knowingly support, 

7 cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, in8 cluding trade secrets or other confidential busi9 ness information, with the intent of providing 

10 competitive advantages to companies or com11 mercial sectors; 

12 (B) to take all appropriate and reasonable 

13 efforts to keep their territories clear of inten14 tionally wrongful acts using ICT in violation of 

15 international commitments; 

16 (C) not to conduct or knowingly support 

17 ICT activity that intentionally damages or oth18 erwise impairs the use and operation of critical 

19 infrastructure providing services to the public, 

20 in violation of international law; 

21 (D) to take appropriate measures to pro22 tect the country’s critical infrastructure from 

23 ICT threats; 

24 (E) not to conduct or knowingly support 

25 malicious international activity that harms the 


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1 information systems of authorized emergency 

2 response teams (also known as ‘‘computer 

3 emergency response teams’’ or ‘‘cybersecurity 

4 incident response teams’’) of another country or 

5 authorize emergency response teams to engage 

6 in malicious international activity, in violation 

7 of international law; 

8 (F) to respond to appropriate requests for 

9 assistance to mitigate malicious ICT activity 

10 emanating from their territory and aimed at the 

11 critical infrastructure of another country; 

12 (G) to not restrict cross-border data flows 

13 or require local storage or processing of data; 

14 and 

15 (H) to protect the exercise of human rights 

16 and fundamental freedoms on the internet, 

17 while recognizing that the human rights that 

18 people have offline also need to be protected on19 line; and 

20 (6) to advance, encourage, and support the de21 velopment and adoption of internationally recognized 

22 technical standards and best practices. 


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1 SEC. 502. BUREAU OF CYBERSPACE AND DIGITAL POLICY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1 of the State Depart3 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 

6 subsection (j) and (k), respectively; 

7 (2) by redesignating subsection (h) (as added 

8 by section 361(a)(1) of division FF of the Consoli9 dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 

10 260)) as subsection (l); and 

11 (3) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(i) BUREAU OF CYBERSPACE AND DIGITAL POL14 ICY.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established, within 

16 the Department of State, the Bureau of Cyberspace 

17 and Digital Policy (referred to in this subsection as 

18 the ‘Bureau’). The head of the Bureau shall have 

19 the rank and status of ambassador and shall be ap20 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 

21 consent of the Senate. 

22 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.— 

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1 scribed in section 501(a) of the Department of 

2 State Authorization Act of 2022. 

3 ‘‘(B) DUTIES DESCRIBED.—The principal 

4 duties and responsibilities of the head of the 

5 Bureau shall be— 

6 ‘‘(i) to serve as the principal cyber7 space policy official within the senior man8 agement of the Department of State and 

9 as the advisor to the Secretary of State for 

10 cyberspace and digital issues; 

11 ‘‘(ii) to lead, coordinate, and execute, 

12 in coordination with other relevant bureaus 

13 and offices, the Department of State’s dip14 lomatic cyberspace, cybersecurity (includ15 ing efforts related to data privacy, data 

16 flows, internet governance, information and 

17 communications technology standards, and 

18 other issues that the Secretary has as19 signed to the Bureau); 

20 ‘‘(iii) to advance United States na21 tional security and foreign policy interests 

22 in cyberspace and to coordinate cyberspace 

23 policy and other relevant functions with 

24 the Department of State and with other 

25 components of the Federal Government; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) to promote an open, interoper2 able, reliable, and secure information and 

3 communications technology infrastructure 

4 globally; 

5 ‘‘(v) to represent the Secretary of 

6 State in interagency efforts to develop and 

7 advance Federal Government cyber prior8 ities and activities, including efforts to de9 velop credible national capabilities, strate10 gies, and policies to deter and counter 

11 cyber adversaries, and carry out the pur12 poses of title V of the Department of State 

13 Authorization Act of 2022; 

14 ‘‘(vi) to engage civil society, the pri15 vate sector, academia, and other public and 

16 private entities on relevant international 

17 cyberspace and information and commu18 nications technology issues; 

19 ‘‘(vii) to lead United States Govern20 ment efforts to uphold and further develop 

21 global deterrence frameworks for malicious 

22 cyber activity; 

23 ‘‘(viii) to advise the Secretary of State 

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1 level cyber incidents, including coordina2 tion on diplomatic response efforts to sup3 port allies and partners threatened by ma4 licious cyber activity, in conjunction with 

5 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Or6 ganization and like-minded countries; 

7 ‘‘(ix) to promote the building of for8 eign capacity relating to cyberspace policy 

9 priorities; 

10 ‘‘(x) to promote an open, interoper11 able, reliable, and secure information and 

12 communications technology infrastructure 

13 globally and an open, interoperable, secure, 

14 and reliable internet governed by the 

15 multi-stakeholder model; 

16 ‘‘(xi) to promote an international reg17 ulatory environment for technology invest18 ments and the internet that benefits 

19 United States economic and national secu20 rity interests; 

21 ‘‘(xii) to promote cross-border flow of 

22 data and combat international initiatives 

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1 ‘‘(xiii) to promote international poli2 cies to protect the integrity of United 

3 States and international telecommuni4 cations infrastructure from foreign-based 

5 threats, including cyber-enabled threats; 

6 ‘‘(xiv) to lead engagement, in coordi7 nation with relevant executive branch agen8 cies, with foreign governments on relevant 

9 international cyberspace, cybersecurity, 

10 cybercrime, and digital economy issues de11 scribed in title V of the Department of 

12 State Authorization Act of 2022; 

13 ‘‘(xv) to promote international policies 

14 to secure radio frequency spectrum for 

15 United States businesses and national se16 curity needs; 

17 ‘‘(xvi) to promote and protect the ex18 ercise of human rights, including freedom 

19 of speech and religion, through the inter20 net; 

21 ‘‘(xvii) to build capacity of United 

22 States diplomatic officials to engage on 

23 cyberspace issues; 

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1 nationally recognized standards, policies, 

2 and best practices; 

3 ‘‘(xix) to support efforts by the Global 

4 Engagement Center to counter cyber-en5 abled information operations against the 

6 United States or its allies and partners; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(xx) to conduct such other matters 

9 as the Secretary of State may assign. 

10 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The head of the Bu11 reau should be an individual of demonstrated com12 petency in the fields of— 

13 ‘‘(A) cybersecurity and other relevant 

14 cyberspace and information and communica15 tions technology policy issues; and 

16 ‘‘(B) international diplomacy. 

17 ‘‘(4) ORGANIZATIONAL PLACEMENT.— 

18 ‘‘(A) INITIAL PLACEMENT.—Except as 

19 provided in subparagraph (B), the head of the 

20 Bureau shall report to the Deputy Secretary of 

21 State. 

22 ‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT PLACEMENT.—The 

23 head of the Bureau may report to an Under 

24 Secretary of State or to an official holding a 

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1 later than 15 days before any change in such 

2 reporting structure, the Secretary of State— 

3 ‘‘(i) consults with the Committee on 

4 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 

5 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

6 House of Representatives; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) submits a report to such commit8 tees that— 

9 ‘‘(I) indicates that the Secretary, 

10 with respect to the reporting structure 

11 of the Bureau, has consulted with and 

12 solicited feedback from— 

13 ‘‘(aa) other relevant Federal 

14 entities with a role in inter15 national aspects of cyber policy; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(bb) the elements of the 

18 Department of State with respon19 sibility for aspects of cyber pol20 icy, including the elements re21 porting to— 

22 ‘‘(AA) the Under Sec23 retary of State for Political 

24 Affairs; 


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1 ‘‘(BB) the Under Sec2 retary of State for Civilian 

3 Security, Democracy, and 

4 Human Rights; 

5 ‘‘(CC) the Under Sec6 retary of State for Economic 

7 Growth, Energy, and the 

8 Environment; 

9 ‘‘(DD) the Under Sec10 retary of State for Arms 

11 Control and International 

12 Security Affairs; 

13 ‘‘(EE) the Under Sec14 retary of State for Manage15 ment; and 

16 ‘‘(FF) the Under Sec17 retary of State for Public 

18 Diplomacy and Public Af19 fairs; 

20 ‘‘(II) describes the new reporting 

21 structure for the head of the Bureau 

22 and the justification for such new 

23 structure; and 

24 ‘‘(III) includes a plan describing 

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1 better enable the head of the Bureau 

2 to carry out the duties described in 

3 paragraph (2), including the security, 

4 economic, and human rights aspects 

5 of cyber diplomacy. 

6 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITIES.—The Sec7 retary of State may— 

8 ‘‘(A) appoint employees without regard to 

9 the provisions of title 5, United States Code, re10 garding appointments in the competitive serv11 ice; and 

12 ‘‘(B) fix the basic compensation of such 

13 employees without regard to chapter 51 and 

14 subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title re15 garding classification and General Schedule pay 

16 rates. 

17 ‘‘(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

18 this subsection may be construed to preclude the 

19 head of the Bureau from being designated as an As20 sistant Secretary, if such an Assistant Secretary po21 sition does not increase the number of Assistant 

22 Secretary positions at the Department above the 

23 number authorized under subsection (c)(1).’’. 

24 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con25 gress that the Bureau established under section 1(i) of 


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1 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as 

2 added by subsection (a), should have a diverse workforce 

3 composed of qualified individuals, including individuals 

4 from traditionally underrepresented groups. 

5 (c) UNITED NATIONS.—The Permanent Representa6 tive of the United States to the United Nations should 

7 use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to 

8 oppose any measure that is inconsistent with the policy 

9 described in section 501(a). 

10 SEC. 503. INTERNATIONAL CYBERSPACE AND DIGITAL POL11 ICY STRATEGY. 

12 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, 

14 acting through the Secretary, and in coordination with the 

15 heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 

16 shall develop an international cyberspace and digital policy 

17 strategy. 

18 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub19 section (a) shall include— 

20 (1) a review of actions and activities under21 taken to support the policy described in section 

22 501(a); 

23 (2) a plan of action to guide the diplomacy of 

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1 (A) conducting bilateral and multilateral 

2 activities— 

3 (i) to develop and support the imple4 mentation of norms of responsible country 

5 behavior in cyberspace consistent with the 

6 objectives specified in section 501(b)(5); 

7 (ii) to reduce the frequency and sever8 ity of cyberattacks on United States indi9 viduals, businesses, governmental agencies, 

10 and other organizations; 

11 (iii) to reduce cybersecurity risks to 

12 United States and allied critical infrastruc13 ture; 

14 (iv) to improve allies’ and partners’ 

15 collaboration with the United States on cy16 bersecurity issues, including information 

17 sharing, regulatory coordination and im18 provement, and joint investigatory and law 

19 enforcement operations related to 

20 cybercrime; and 

21 (v) to share best practices and ad22 vance proposals to strengthen civilian and 

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1 (B) reviewing the status of existing efforts 

2 in relevant multilateral fora, as appropriate, to 

3 obtain commitments on international norms re4 garding cyberspace; 

5 (3) a review of alternative concepts for inter6 national norms regarding cyberspace offered by for7 eign countries; 

8 (4) a detailed description of new and evolving 

9 threats regarding cyberspace from foreign adver10 saries, state-sponsored actors, and non-state actors 

11 to— 

12 (A) United States national security; 

13 (B) the Federal and private sector cyber14 space infrastructure of the United States; 

15 (C) intellectual property in the United 

16 States; and 

17 (D) the privacy and security of citizens of 

18 the United States; 

19 (5) a review of the policy tools available to the 

20 President to deter and de-escalate tensions with for21 eign countries, state-sponsored actors, and private 

22 actors regarding— 

23 (A) threats in cyberspace; 

24 (B) the degree to which such tools have 

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1 (C) whether such tools have been effective 

2 deterrents; 

3 (6) a review of resources required to conduct 

4 activities to build responsible norms of international 

5 cyber behavior; 

6 (7) a review to determine whether the budg7 etary resources, technical expertise, legal authorities, 

8 and personnel available to the Department and other 

9 relevant Federal agencies are adequate to achieve 

10 the actions and activities undertaken to support the 

11 policy described in section 501(a); 

12 (8) a review to determine whether the Depart13 ment is properly organized and coordinated with 

14 other Federal agencies to achieve the objectives de15 scribed in section 501(b); and 

16 (9) a plan of action, developed in consultation 

17 with relevant Federal departments and agencies as 

18 the President may direct, to guide the diplomacy of 

19 the Department with respect to the inclusion of 

20 cyber issues in mutual defense agreements. 

21 (c) FORM OF STRATEGY.— 

22 (1) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The strategy re23 quired under subsection (a) shall be available to the 

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1 (2) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The strategy required 

2 under subsection (a) may include a classified annex. 

3 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the 

4 completion of the strategy required under subsection (a), 

5 the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional 

6 committees regarding the strategy, including any material 

7 contained in a classified annex. 

8 (e) UPDATES.—The strategy required under sub9 section (a) shall be updated— 

10 (1) not later than 90 days after any material 

11 change to United States policy described in such 

12 strategy; and 

13 (2) not later than 1 year after the inauguration 

14 of each new President. 

15 SEC. 504. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT 

16 ON CYBER DIPLOMACY. 

17 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

19 States shall submit a report and provide a briefing to the 

20 appropriate congressional committees that includes— 

21 (1) an assessment of the extent to which United 

22 States diplomatic processes and other efforts with 

23 foreign countries, including through multilateral 

24 fora, bilateral engagements, and negotiated cyber25 space agreements, advance the full range of United 


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1 States interests regarding cyberspace, including the 

2 policy described in section 501(a); 

3 (2) an assessment of the Department’s organi4 zational structure and approach to managing its dip5 lomatic efforts to advance the full range of United 

6 States interests regarding cyberspace, including a 

7 review of— 

8 (A) the establishment of a Bureau within 

9 the Department to lead the Department’s inter10 national cyber mission; 

11 (B) the current or proposed diplomatic 

12 mission, structure, staffing, funding, and activi13 ties of such Bureau; 

14 (C) how the establishment of such Bureau 

15 has impacted or is likely to impact the structure 

16 and organization of the Department; and 

17 (D) what challenges, if any, the Depart18 ment has faced or will face in establishing such 

19 Bureau; and 

20 (3) any other matters that the Comptroller 

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1 SEC. 505. REPORT ON DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS TO DETECT 

2 AND RESPOND TO CYBER THREATS AGAINST 

3 ALLIES AND PARTNERS. 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the 

6 heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit a 

7 report to the appropriate congressional committees that 

8 assesses the capabilities of the Department to provide ci9 vilian-led support for acute cyber incident response in ally 

10 and partner countries that includes— 

11 (1) a description and assessment of the Depart12 ment’s coordination with cyber programs and oper13 ations of the Department of Defense and the De14 partment of Homeland Security; 

15 (2) recommendations on how to improve coordi16 nation and executive of Department involvement in 

17 programs or operations to support allies and part18 ners in responding to acute cyber incidents; and 

19 (3) the budgetary resources, technical expertise, 

20 legal authorities, and personnel needed for the De21 partment to formulate and implement the programs 

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1 SEC. 506. CYBERSECURITY RECRUITMENT AND RETEN2 TION. 

3 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that improving computer programming language 

5 proficiency will improve— 

6 (1) the cybersecurity effectiveness of the De7 partment; and 

8 (2) the ability of foreign service officers to en9 gage with foreign audiences on cybersecurity mat10 ters. 

11 (b) TECHNOLOGY TALENT ACQUISITION.— 

12 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es13 tablish positions within the Bureau of Global Talent 

14 Management that are solely dedicated to the recruit15 ment and retention of Department personnel with 

16 backgrounds in cybersecurity, engineering, data 

17 science, application development, artificial intel18 ligence, critical and emerging technology, and tech19 nology and digital policy. 

20 (2) GOALS.—The goals of the positions de21 scribed in paragraph (1) shall be— 

22 (A) to fulfill the critical need of the De23 partment to recruit and retain employees for 

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1 (B) to actively recruit relevant candidates 

2 from academic institutions, the private sector, 

3 and related industries; 

4 (C) to work with the Office of Personnel 

5 Management and the United States Digital 

6 Service to develop and implement best strate7 gies for recruiting and retaining technology tal8 ent; and 

9 (D) to inform and train supervisors at the 

10 Department on the use of the authorities listed 

11 in subsection (c)(1). 

12 (3) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 

13 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 the Secretary shall submit a plan to the appropriate 

15 congressional committees that describes how the ob16 jectives and goals set forth in paragraphs (1) and 

17 (2) will be implemented. 

18 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

19 There is authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for 

20 each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry 

21 out this subsection. 

22 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON HIRING AUTHORITIES.— 

23 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

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1 the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate con2 gressional committees that includes— 

3 (1) a list of the hiring authorities available to 

4 the Department to recruit and retain personnel with 

5 backgrounds in cybersecurity, engineering, data 

6 science, application development, artificial intel7 ligence, critical and emerging technology, and tech8 nology and digital policy; 

9 (2) a list of which hiring authorities described 

10 in paragraph (1) have been used during the previous 

11 5 years; 

12 (3) the number of employees in qualified posi13 tions hired, aggregated by position and grade level 

14 or pay band; 

15 (4) the number of employees who have been 

16 placed in qualified positions, aggregated by bureau 

17 and offices within the Department; 

18 (5) the rate of attrition of individuals who begin 

19 the hiring process and do not complete the process 

20 and a description of the reasons for such attrition; 

21 (6) the number of individuals who are inter22 viewed by subject matter experts and the number of 

23 individuals who are not interviewed by subject mat24 ter experts; and 

25 (7) recommendations for— 


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1 (A) reducing the attrition rate referred to 

2 in paragraph (5) by 5 percent each year; 

3 (B) additional hiring authorities needed to 

4 acquire needed technology talent; 

5 (C) hiring personnel to hold public trust 

6 positions until such personnel can obtain the 

7 necessary security clearance; and 

8 (D) informing and training supervisors 

9 within the Department on the use of the au10 thorities listed in paragraph (1). 

11 (d) INCENTIVE PAY FOR CYBERSECURITY PROFES12 SIONALS.—To increase the number of qualified candidates 

13 available to fulfill the cybersecurity needs of the Depart14 ment, the Secretary shall— 

15 (1) include computer programming languages 

16 within the Recruitment Language Program; and 

17 (2) provide appropriate language incentive pay. 

18 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 

20 the following 5 years, the Secretary shall provide a list 

21 to the appropriate congressional committees that identi22 fies— 

23 (1) the computer programming languages in24 cluded within the Recruitment Language Program 

25 and the language incentive pay rate; and 


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1 (2) the number of individuals benefitting from 

2 the inclusion of such computer programming lan3 guages in the Recruitment Language Program and 

4 language incentive pay. 

5 SEC. 507. SHORT COURSE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 

6 FOR SENIOR OFFICIALS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall de9 velop and begin providing, for senior officials of the De10 partment, a course addressing how the most recent and 

11 relevant technologies affect the activities of the Depart12 ment. 

13 (b) THROUGHPUT OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary 

14 should ensure that— 

15 (1) during the first year that the course devel16 oped pursuant to subsection (a) is offered, not fewer 

17 than 20 percent of senior officials are certified as 

18 having passed such course; and 

19 (2) in each subsequent year, until the date on 

20 which 80 percent of senior officials are certified as 

21 having passed such course, an additional 10 percent 

22 of senior officials are certified as having passed such 

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1 SEC. 508. ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF REGIONAL 

2 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER PROGRAM. 

3 (a) REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY OFFICER PROGRAM.— 

4 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es5 tablish a program, which shall be known as the ‘‘Re6 gional Technology Officer Program’’ (referred to in 

7 this section as the ‘‘Program’’). 

8 (2) GOALS.—The goals of the Program shall in9 clude the following: 

10 (A) Promoting United States leadership in 

11 technology abroad. 

12 (B) Working with partners to increase the 

13 deployment of critical and emerging technology 

14 in support of democratic values. 

15 (C) Shaping diplomatic agreements in re16 gional and international fora with respect to 

17 critical and emerging technologies. 

18 (D) Building diplomatic capacity for han19 dling critical and emerging technology issues. 

20 (E) Facilitating the role of critical and 

21 emerging technology in advancing the foreign 

22 policy objectives of the United States through 

23 engagement with research labs, incubators, and 

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1 (F) Maintaining the advantages of the 

2 United States with respect to critical and 

3 emerging technologies. 

4 (b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 180 

5 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec6 retary shall submit an implementation plan to the appro7 priate congressional committees that outlines strategies 

8 for— 

9 (1) advancing the goals described in subsection 

10 (a)(2); 

11 (2) hiring Regional Technology Officers and in12 creasing the competitiveness of the Program within 

13 the Foreign Service bidding process; 

14 (3) expanding the Program to include a min15 imum of 15 Regional Technology Officers; and 

16 (4) assigning not fewer than 2 Regional Tech17 nology Officers to posts within— 

18 (A) each regional bureau of the Depart19 ment; and 

20 (B) the Bureau of International Organiza21 tion Affairs. 

22 (c) ANNUAL BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later 

23 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

24 and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Sec25 retary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees 


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1 regarding the status of the implementation plan required 

2 under subsection (b). 

3 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the 

5 fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section. 

6 SEC. 509. VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY AND BUG 

7 BOUNTY PROGRAM REPORT. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘bug 

10 bounty program’’ means a program under which an 

11 approved individual, organization, or company is 

12 temporarily authorized to identify and report 

13 vulnerabilities of internet-facing information tech14 nology of the Department in exchange for compensa15 tion. 

16 (2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

17 ‘‘information technology’’ has the meaning given 

18 such term in section 11101 of title 40, United 

19 States Code. 

20 (b) VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec23 retary shall design, establish, and make publicly 

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1 in this section as the ‘‘VDP’’) to improve Depart2 ment cybersecurity by— 

3 (A) creating Department policy and infra4 structure to receive reports of and remediate 

5 discovered vulnerabilities in line with existing 

6 policies of the Office of Management and Budg7 et and the Department of Homeland Security 

8 Binding Operational Directive 20–01 or any 

9 subsequent directive; and 

10 (B) providing a report on such policy and 

11 infrastructure to Congress. 

12 (2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 180 

13 days after the establishment of the VDP pursuant to 

14 paragraph (1), and annually thereafter for the fol15 lowing 5 years, the Secretary shall submit a report 

16 on the VDP to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

17 of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security 

18 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Com19 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep20 resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Secu21 rity of the House of Representatives that includes 

22 information relating to— 

23 (A) the number and severity of all security 

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1 (B) the number of previously unidentified 

2 security vulnerabilities remediated as a result; 

3 (C) the current number of outstanding 

4 previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 

5 and Department of State remediation plans; 

6 (D) the average time between the reporting 

7 of security vulnerabilities and remediation of 

8 such vulnerabilities;. 

9 (E) the resources, surge staffing, roles, 

10 and responsibilities within the Department used 

11 to implement the VDP and complete security 

12 vulnerability remediation; 

13 (F) how the VDP identified vulnerabilities 

14 are incorporated into existing Department vul15 nerability prioritization and management proc16 esses; 

17 (G) any challenges in implementing the 

18 VDP and plans for expansion or contraction in 

19 the scope of the VDP across Department infor20 mation systems; and 

21 (H) any other topic that the Secretary de22 termines to be relevant. 

23 (c) BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM REPORT.— 

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1 retary shall submit a report to Congress that de2 scribes any ongoing efforts by the Department or a 

3 third-party vendor under contract with the Depart4 ment to establish or carry out a bug bounty program 

5 that identifies security vulnerabilities of internet6 facing information technology of the Department. 

7 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date on which any bug bounty program is estab9 lished, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 

10 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the 

11 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

12 Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Af13 fairs of the House of Representatives, and the Com14 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep15 resentatives regarding such program, including in16 formation relating to— 

17 (A) the number of approved individuals, 

18 organizations, or companies involved in such 

19 program, disaggregated by the number of ap20 proved individuals, organizations, or companies 

21 that— 

22 (i) registered; 

23 (ii) were approved; 

24 (iii) submitted security vulnerabilities; 

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1 (iv) received compensation; 

2 (B) the number and severity of all security 

3 vulnerabilities reported as part of such pro4 gram; 

5 (C) the number of previously unidentified 

6 security vulnerabilities remediated as a result of 

7 such program; 

8 (D) the current number of outstanding 

9 previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 

10 and Department remediation plans for such 

11 outstanding vulnerabilities; 

12 (E) the average length of time between the 

13 reporting of security vulnerabilities and remedi14 ation of such vulnerabilities; 

15 (F) the types of compensation provided 

16 under such program; 

17 (G) the lessons learned from such pro18 gram; 

19 (H) the public accessibility of contact in20 formation for the Department regarding the 

21 bug bounty program; 

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1 (J) any challenges in implementing the bug 

2 bounty program and plans for expansion or 

3 contraction in the scope of the bug bounty pro4 gram across Department information systems. 

5 TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

6 SEC. 601. UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN INTER7 NATIONAL FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 204 of 

9 the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign 

10 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 

11 (22 U.S.C. 2452b), and subject to subsection (b), amounts 

12 available under title I of the Department of State, Foreign 

13 Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

14 2022 (division K of Public Law 117–103), or under prior 

15 such Acts, may be made available to pay for expenses re16 lated to United States participation in international fairs 

17 and expositions abroad, including for construction and op18 eration of pavilions or other major exhibits. 

19 (b) LIMITATION ON SOLICITATION OF FUNDS.—Sen20 ior employees of the Department, in their official capacity, 

21 may not solicit funds to pay expenses for a United States 

22 pavilion or other major exhibit at any international expo23 sition or world’s fair registered by the Bureau of Inter24 national Expositions. 


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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 to the Depart3 ment for United States participation in international fairs 

4 and expositions abroad, including for construction and op5 eration of pavilions or other major exhibits. 

6 SEC. 602. PRESS FREEDOM CURRICULUM. 

7 The Secretary shall ensure that there is a press free8 dom curriculum for the National Foreign Affairs Training 

9 Center that enables Foreign Service officers to better un10 derstand issues of press freedom and the tools that are 

11 available to help protect journalists and promote freedom 

12 of the press norms, which may include— 

13 (1) the historic and current issues facing press 

14 freedom, including countries of specific concern; 

15 (2) the Department’s role in promoting press 

16 freedom as an American value, a human rights 

17 issue, and a national security imperative; 

18 (3) ways to incorporate press freedom pro19 motion into other aspects of diplomacy; and 

20 (4) existing tools to assist journalists in distress 

21 and methods for engaging foreign governments and 

22 institutions on behalf of individuals engaged in jour23 nalistic activity who are at risk of harm. 


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1 SEC. 603. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1287(j) of the National 

3 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 

4 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the date that 

5 is 8 years after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2027’’. 

7 (b) HIRING AUTHORITY FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

8 CENTER.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 the Secretary, during the 5-year period beginning on the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act and solely to carry out 

11 the functions of the Global Engagement Center described 

12 in section 1287(b) of the National Defense Authorization 

13 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note), may— 

14 (1) appoint employees without regard to ap15 pointment in the competitive service; and 

16 (2) fix the basic compensation of such employ17 ees regarding classification and General Schedule 

18 pay rates. 

19 SEC. 604. UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 

20 Section 1(b)(3) of the State Department Basic Au21 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended— 

22 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

23 the end; 

24 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

25 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(F) coordinate the allocation and manage2 ment of the financial and human resources for 

3 public diplomacy, including for— 

4 ‘‘(i) the Bureau of Educational and 

5 Cultural Affairs; 

6 ‘‘(ii) the Bureau of Global Public Af7 fairs; 

8 ‘‘(iii) the Office of Policy, Planning, 

9 and Resources for Public Diplomacy and 

10 Public Affairs; 

11 ‘‘(iv) the Global Engagement Center; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(v) the public diplomacy functions 

14 within the regional and functional bu15 reaus.’’. 

16 TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 

17 SEC. 701. SUPPORTING THE EMPLOYMENT OF UNITED 

18 STATES CITIZENS BY INTERNATIONAL ORGA19 NIZATIONS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

21 promote the employment and advancement of United 

22 States citizens by international organizations and bodies, 

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1 (1) providing stipends, consultation, and analyt2 ical services to support United States citizen appli3 cants; and 

4 (2) making grants for the purposes described in 

5 paragraph (1). 

6 (b) USING DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS FUNDING TO

7 PROMOTE THE EMPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES CITI8 ZENS BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Amounts 

9 appropriated under the heading ‘‘DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS’’ 

10 in any Act making appropriations for the Department of 

11 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs may be 

12 made available for grants, programs, and activities de13 scribed in subsection (a). 

14 SEC. 702. INCREASING HOUSING AVAILABILITY FOR CER15 TAIN EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THE UNITED 

16 STATES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS. 

17 (a) ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES.—Section 9(2) of the 

18 United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 

19 287e–1(2)), is amended by striking ‘‘30’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘41’’. 

21 (b) HEALTH SYSTEMS AND RESILIENCE FUND.— 

22 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

23 the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 

24 known as the ‘‘Health Systems and Resilience 

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1 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Health 

3 Systems and Resilience Fund $10,000,000, which— 

4 (A) shall be used by USAID for global 

5 health activities in challenging environments 

6 and countries in crisis; and 

7 (B) shall remain available until expended. 

8 SEC. 703. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS 

9 TO PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS NOT AU10 THORIZED BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECU11 RITY COUNCIL. 

12 The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 

13 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 12. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS 

16 TO PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS NOT AU17 THORIZED BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECU18 RITY COUNCIL. 

19 ‘‘None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 

20 otherwise made available to pay assessed and other ex21 penses of international peacekeeping activities under this 

22 Act may be made available for an international peace23 keeping operation that has not been expressly authorized 

24 by the United Nations Security Council.’’. 


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1 SEC. 704. BOARDS OF RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIB2 ERTY, RADIO FREE ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST 

3 BROADCASTING NETWORKS, AND THE OPEN 

4 TECHNOLOGY FUND. 

5 The United States International Broadcasting Act of 

6 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended by inserting 

7 after section 306 (22 U.S.C. 6205) the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 307. GRANTEE CORPORATE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The corporate board of directors 

10 of each grantee under this title— 

11 ‘‘(1) shall be bipartisan; 

12 ‘‘(2) shall have the sole responsibility to operate 

13 their respective grantees within the jurisdiction of 

14 their respective States of incorporation; 

15 ‘‘(3) shall be composed of not fewer than 5 

16 members and not more than 7 members, who shall 

17 be qualified individuals who are not employed in the 

18 public sector; and 

19 ‘‘(4) shall appoint successors in the event of va20 cancies on their respective boards, in accordance 

21 with applicable bylaws. 

22 ‘‘(b) NOT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—No employee of 

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1 SEC. 705. BROADCASTING ENTITIES NO LONGER REQUIRED 

2 TO CONSOLIDATE INTO A SINGLE PRIVATE, 

3 NONPROFIT CORPORATION. 

4 Section 310 of the United States International 

5 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6209) is repealed. 

6 SEC. 706. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVITIES. 

7 Section 305(a) of the United States International 

8 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) by striking paragraph (20); 

11 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (21), (22), and 

12 (23) as paragraphs (20), (21), and (22), respec13 tively; and 

14 (3) in paragraph (20), as redesignated, by 

15 striking ‘‘or between grantees,’’. 

16 SEC. 707. GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM. 

17 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

18 United States to promote internet freedom through pro19 grams of the Department and USAID that preserve and 

20 expand the internet as an open, global space for freedom 

21 of expression and association, which shall be prioritized 

22 for countries— 

23 (1) whose governments restrict freedom of ex24 pression on the internet; and 

25 (2) that are important to the national interest 

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1 (b) PURPOSE AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER

2 PROGRAMS.—Global internet freedom programming under 

3 this section— 

4 (1) shall be coordinated with other United 

5 States foreign assistance programs that promote de6 mocracy and support the efforts of civil society— 

7 (A) to counter the development of repres8 sive internet-related laws and regulations, in9 cluding countering threats to internet freedom 

10 at international organizations; 

11 (B) to combat violence against bloggers 

12 and other civil society activists who utilize the 

13 internet; and 

14 (C) to enhance digital security training 

15 and capacity building for democracy activists; 

16 (2) shall seek to assist efforts— 

17 (A) to research key threats to internet 

18 freedom; 

19 (B) to continue the development of tech20 nologies that provide or enhance access to the 

21 internet, including circumvention tools that by22 pass internet blocking, filtering, and other cen23 sorship techniques used by authoritarian gov24 ernments; and 


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1 (C) to maintain the technological advan2 tage of the Federal Government over the cen3 sorship techniques described in subparagraph 

4 (B); and 

5 (3) shall be incorporated into country assistance 

6 and democracy promotion strategies, as appropriate. 

7 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

8 are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023— 

9 (1) $75,000,000 to the Department and 

10 USAID, which shall be used to continue efforts to 

11 promote internet freedom globally, and shall be 

12 matched, to the maximum extent practicable, by 

13 sources other than the Federal Government, includ14 ing the private sector; and 

15 (2) $49,000,000 to the United States Agency 

16 for Global Media (referred to in this section as the 

17 ‘‘USAGM’’) and its grantees, which shall be used for 

18 internet freedom and circumvention technologies 

19 that are designed— 

20 (A) for open-source tools and techniques to 

21 securely develop and distribute digital content 

22 produced by the USAGM and its grantees; 

23 (B) to facilitate audience access to such 

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1 (C) to coordinate the distribution of such 

2 digital content to targeted regional audiences; 

3 and 

4 (D) to promote and distribute such tools 

5 and techniques, including digital security tech6 niques. 

7 (d) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA

8 ACTIVITIES.— 

9 (1) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—For any new 

10 tools or techniques authorized under subsection 

11 (c)(2), the Chief Executive Officer of the USGAM, 

12 in consultation with the President of the Open Tech13 nology Fund (referred to in this subsection as the 

14 ‘‘OTF’’) and relevant Federal departments and 

15 agencies, shall submit an annual certification to the 

16 appropriate congressional committees that verifies 

17 they— 

18 (A) have evaluated the risks and benefits 

19 of such new tools or techniques; and 

20 (B) have established safeguards to mini21 mize the use of such new tools or techniques for 

22 illicit purposes. 

23 (2) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Secretary 

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1 ment with relevant Federal departments and agen2 cies for the exclusive purposes of— 

3 (A) sharing information, technologies, and 

4 best practices; and 

5 (B) assessing the effectiveness of such 

6 technologies. 

7 (3) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL

8 MEDIA.—The Chief Executive Officer of the 

9 USAGM, in consultation with the President of the 

10 OTF, shall— 

11 (A) coordinate international broadcasting 

12 programs and incorporate such programs into 

13 country broadcasting strategies, as appropriate; 

14 (B) solicit project proposals through an 

15 open, transparent, and competitive application 

16 process, including by seeking input from tech17 nical and subject matter experts; and 

18 (C) support internet circumvention tools 

19 and techniques for audiences in countries that 

20 are strategic priorities for the OTF, in accord21 ance with USAGM’s annual language service 

22 prioritization review. 

23 (e) USAGM REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 

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1 Office of the USAGM shall submit a report to the appro2 priate congressional committees that describes— 

3 (1) as of the date of the report— 

4 (A) the full scope of internet freedom pro5 grams within the USAGM, including— 

6 (i) the efforts of the Office of Internet 

7 Freedom; and 

8 (ii) the efforts of the Open Tech9 nology Fund; 

10 (B) the capacity of internet censorship cir11 cumvention tools supported by the Office of 

12 Internet Freedom and grantees of the Open 

13 Technology Fund that are available for use by 

14 individuals in foreign countries seeking to coun15 teract censors; and 

16 (C) any barriers to the provision of the ef17 forts described in clauses (i) and (ii) of sub18 paragraph (A), including access to surge fund19 ing; and 

20 (2) successful examples from the Office of 

21 Internet Freedom and Open Technology Fund in22 volving— 

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1 (B) ensuring uninterrupted circumvention 

2 services for USAGM entities to promote inter3 net freedom within repressive regimes. 

4 (f) JOINT REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the 

6 Administrator of USAID shall jointly submit a report, 

7 which may include a classified annex, to the appropriate 

8 congressional committees that describes— 

9 (1) as of the date of the report— 

10 (A) the full scope of internet freedom pro11 grams within the Department and USAID, in12 cluding— 

13 (i) Department circumvention efforts; 

14 and 

15 (ii) USAID efforts to support internet 

16 infrastructure; 

17 (B) the capacity of internet censorship cir18 cumvention tools supported by the Federal Gov19 ernment that are available for use by individ20 uals in foreign countries seeking to counteract 

21 censors; and 

22 (C) any barriers to provision of the efforts 

23 enumerated in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection 

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1 (2) any new resources needed to provide the 

2 Federal Government with greater capacity to provide 

3 and boost internet access— 

4 (A) to respond rapidly to internet shut5 downs in closed societies; and 

6 (B) to provide internet connectivity to for7 eign locations where the provision of additional 

8 internet access service would promote freedom 

9 from repressive regimes. 

10 (g) SECURITY AUDITS.—Before providing any sup11 port for open source technologies under this section, such 

12 technologies must undergo comprehensive security audits 

13 to ensure that such technologies are secure and have not 

14 been compromised in a manner that is detrimental to the 

15 interest of the United States or to the interests of individ16 uals and organizations benefitting from programs sup17 ported by such funding. 

18 (h) SURGE.— 

19 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

20 Subject to paragraph (2), there is authorized to be 

21 appropriated, in addition to amounts otherwise made 

22 available for such purposes, $2,500,000 to support 

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1 (A) are carried out in crisis situations by 

2 vetted entities that are already engaged in 

3 internet freedom programs; 

4 (B) involve circumvention tools; or 

5 (C) increase the overseas bandwidth for 

6 companies that received Federal funding during 

7 the previous fiscal year. 

8 (2) CERTIFICATION.—Amounts authorized to be 

9 appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be 

10 expended until the Secretary has certified to the ap11 propriate congressional committees, the Committee 

12 on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee 

13 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

14 that the use of such funds is in the national interest 

15 of the United States. 

16 (i) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘inter17 net censorship circumvention tool’’ means a software ap18 plication or other tool that an individual can use to evade 

19 foreign government restrictions on internet access. 

20 SEC. 708. ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT ALIGNMENT WITH 

21 THE EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT. 

22 Section 38(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

23 U.S.C. 2778(e)) is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘subsections (c), (d), (e), and 

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1 of 1979, and by subsections (a) and (c) of section 

2 12 of such Act’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c) and 

3 (d) of section 1760 of the Export Control Reform 

4 Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4819), and by subsections 

5 (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(7), (c), and (h) of 

6 section 1761 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 4820)’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘11(c)(2)(B) of such Act’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘1760(c)(2) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 

9 4819(c)(2))’’; 

10 (3) by striking ‘‘11(c) of the Export Adminis11 tration Act of 1979’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1760(c) 

12 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 

13 U.S.C. 4819(c))’’; and 

14 (4) by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

15 greater of $1,200,000 or the amount that is twice 

16 the value of the transaction that is the basis of the 

17 violation with respect to which the penalty is im18 posed.’’. 

19 SEC. 709. INCREASING THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL LEASE PAY20 MENT AVAILABLE WITHOUT APPROVAL BY 

21 THE SECRETARY. 

22 Section 10(a) of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 

23 1926 (22 U.S.C. 301(a)), is amended by striking 

24 ‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’. 


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1 SEC. 710. REPORT ON UNITED STATES ACCESS TO CRIT2 ICAL MINERAL RESOURCES ABROAD. 

3 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

5 the appropriate congressional committees that details, 

6 with regard to the Department— 

7 (1) diplomatic efforts to ensure United States 

8 access to critical minerals acquired from outside of 

9 the United States that are used to manufacture 

10 clean energy technologies; and 

11 (2) collaboration with other parts of the Fed12 eral Government to build a robust supply chain for 

13 critical minerals necessary to manufacture clean en14 ergy technologies. 

15 SEC. 711. ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF COMMUNICATIONS 

16 COOPERATION. 

17 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘ap18 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

19 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

20 Senate; 

21 (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

22 Senate; 

23 (3) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

24 Senate; 

25 (4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

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1 (5) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel2 ligence of the House of Representatives; and 

3 (6) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

4 House of Representatives. 

5 (b) DETERMINATION.—Notwithstanding any other 

6 provision of law, not later than 15 days after any Chief 

7 of Mission determines that communications equipment 

8 provided by the United States Government to a foreign 

9 government has been used for a purpose other than the 

10 purpose for which the equipment was authorized, the Sec11 retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com12 mittees— 

13 (1) an unclassified notification that indicates 

14 that such an incident occurred and the country in 

15 which it occurred; and 

16 (2) a classified notification that describes the 

17 incident concerned, including a description of— 

18 (A) the Federal department or agency that 

19 provided the equipment; 

20 (B) the foreign entity or individual that 

21 used the equipment for unlawful purposes; and 

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1 SEC. 712. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, QUARTERLY RE2 VIEW, AND AUTHORITY RELATING TO CON3 CURRENCE PROVIDED BY CHIEFS OF MIS4 SION FOR THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT RE5 LATING TO CERTAIN UNITED STATES GOV6 ERNMENT OPERATIONS. 

7 (a) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 

8 days after the date on which a Chief of Mission provides 

9 concurrence for the provision of United States Govern10 ment support to entities or individuals engaged in facili11 tating or supporting United States Government military12 or security-related operations within the area of responsi13 bility of the Chief of Mission, the Secretary shall notify 

14 the appropriate congressional committees of the provision 

15 of such concurrence. 

16 (b) SEMIANNUAL REVIEW, DETERMINATION, AND

17 BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not less frequently than every 

18 180 days, the Secretary, in order to ensure that the sup19 port described in subsection (a) continues to align with 

20 United States foreign policy objectives and the objectives 

21 of the Department, shall— 

22 (1) conduct a review of any concurrence de23 scribed in subsection (a) in effect as of the date of 

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1 (2) based on the review, determine whether to 

2 revoke any such concurrence pending further study 

3 and review; and 

4 (3) brief the appropriate congressional commit5 tees on the results of the review. 

6 (c) REVOCATION OF CONCURRENCE.—If the Sec7 retary determines to revoke any concurrence described in 

8 subsection (a) pursuant to a review conducted under sub9 section (b), the Secretary may revoke such concurrence. 

10 (d) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 

11 January 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to 

12 the appropriate congressional committees a report that in13 cludes the following: 

14 (1) A description of any support described in 

15 subsection (a) that was provided with the concur16 rence of a Chief of Mission during the calendar year 

17 preceding the calendar year in which the report is 

18 submitted. 

19 (2) An analysis of the effects of the support de20 scribed in paragraph (1) on diplomatic lines of ef21 fort, including with respect to— 

22 (A) Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 

23 Demining, and Related Programs (NADR) and 

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1 (B) International Narcotics Control and 

2 Law Enforcement (INCLE) programs; and 

3 (C) Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Foreign 

4 Military Financing (FMF), and associated 

5 training programs. 

6 SEC. 713. PROVISION OF PARKING SERVICES AND RETEN7 TION OF PARKING FEES. 

8 The Secretary of State may— 

9 (1) provide parking services, including electric 

10 vehicle charging and other parking services, in facili11 ties operated by or for the Department; and 

12 (2) charge fees for such services that may be 

13 deposited into the appropriate account of the De14 partment, to remain available until expended for the 

15 purposes of such account. 

16 SEC. 714. DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION AREAS. 

17 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘re18 ception areas’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

19 41(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 

20 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2713(c)). 

21 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may sell goods and 

22 services and use the proceeds of such sales for administra23 tion and related support of the reception areas consistent 

24 with section 41(a) of the State Department Basic Authori25 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2713(a)). 


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1 (c) AMOUNTS COLLECTED.—Amounts collected pur2 suant to the authority provided under subsection (b) may 

3 be deposited into an account in the Treasury, to remain 

4 available until expended. 

5 SEC. 715. CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS 

6 VISA SERVICES COST RECOVERY PROPOSAL. 

7 Section 103 of the Enhanced Border Security and 

8 Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1713) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘or surcharge’’ after ‘‘ma12 chine-readable visa fee’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘The amount of the machine-readable visa fee 

15 or surcharge under this subsection may also ac16 count for the cost of other consular services 

17 that are not otherwise subject to a fee or sur18 charge retained by the Department of State.’’; 

19 and 

20 (2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or sur21 charges’’ after ‘‘amounts collected as fees’’. 


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1 TITLE VIII—EXTENSION OF 

2 AUTHORITIES 

3 SEC. 801. CONSULTING SERVICES. 

4 Any consulting services through procurement con5 tracts shall be limited to contracts in which such expendi6 tures are a matter of public record and available for public 

7 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

8 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 

9 existing law. 

10 SEC. 802. DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES. 

11 For the purposes of calculating the costs of providing 

12 new United States diplomatic facilities in any fiscal year, 

13 in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy 

14 Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 

15 U.S.C. 4865 note), the Secretary of State, in consultation 

16 with the Director of the Office of Management and Budg17 et, shall determine the annual program level and agency 

18 shares for such fiscal year in a manner that is proportional 

19 to the contribution of the Department of State for this 

20 purpose. 

21 SEC. 803. EXTENSION OF EXISTING AUTHORITIES. 

22 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

23 (1) PASSPORT FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the 

24 Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) 


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1 shall be applied by striking ‘‘September 30, 2010’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 

3 (2) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The 

4 authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup5 plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 

6 111–32) shall remain in effect through ‘‘September 

7 30, 2023’’. 

8 (3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV9 ER.—Section 625(j)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance 

10 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)(B)) shall be ap11 plied by striking ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 

13 (4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMI14 TATION.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The authority provided 

16 by section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropria17 tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall re18 main in effect through September 30, 2023. 

19 (B) LIMITATION.—The authority described 

20 in subparagraph (A) may not be used to pay an 

21 eligible member of the Foreign Service (as de22 fined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental 

23 Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 

24 32)) a locality-based comparability payment 

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1 of the amount of the locality-based com2 parability payment (stated as a percentage) 

3 that would be payable to such member under 

4 section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, if 

5 such member’s official duty station were in the 

6 District of Columbia. 

7 (5) INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNUITANT WAIV8 ER.—The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of 

9 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 

10 Law 111–212)— 

11 (A) shall remain in effect through Sep12 tember 30, 2023; and 

13 (B) may be used to facilitate the assign14 ment of persons for oversight of programs in 

15 Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and 

16 Yemen. 

17 (6) ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.—The 

18 authority provided under section 301(a)(3) of the 

19 Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act 

20 of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in ef21 fect for facilities in Afghanistan and shall apply to 

22 facilities in Ukraine through September 30, 2023, 

23 except that the notification and reporting require24 ments contained in such section shall include the ap25 propriate congressional committees, the Committee 


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1 on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee 

2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

3 (7) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GEN4 ERAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 

5 of the Department may waive the provisions of sub6 sections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the For7 eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064), on a 

8 case-by-case basis, for an annuitant reemployed by 

9 the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject 

10 to the same constraints and in the same manner by 

11 which the Secretary of State may exercise such waiv12 er authority pursuant to subsection (g) of such sec13 tion. 

14 (b) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.— 

15 Section 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper16 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 

17 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect 

18 until September 30, 2023. 

19 SEC. 804. WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AND MILITARY 

20 TRAINING REPORT. 

21 (a) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AU22 THORITY.—Section 12001(d) of the Department of De23 fense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 

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1 and all that follows through the period at the end and 

2 inserting ‘‘of this section after September 30, 2023.’’. 

3 (b) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING RE4 PORT.—For the purposes of implementing section 656 of 

5 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the term ‘‘military 

6 training provided to foreign military personnel by the De7 partment of Defense and the Department of State’’ shall 

8 be deemed to include all military training provided by for9 eign governments with funds appropriated to the Depart10 ment of Defense or the Department of State, except for 

11 training provided by the government of a country des12 ignated under section 517(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

13 2321k(b)) as a major non-North Atlantic Treaty Organi14 zation ally. Such third-country training shall be clearly 

15 identified in the report submitted pursuant to such section 

16 656. 

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