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Calendar No. 490 

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 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

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. 


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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. 

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: 


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1 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis2 trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 

3 States Agency for International Development. 

4 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT5 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com6 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 

7 of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

8 of the House of Representatives. 

9 (3) DEPARTMENT.—Unless otherwise specified, 

10 the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of 

11 State. 

12 (4) SECRETARY.—Unless otherwise specified, 

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

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

15 United States Agency for International Develop16 ment. 

17 TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND 

18 OPERATIONS OF THE DE19 PARTMENT OF STATE 

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

21 VERIFICATION, AND COMPLIANCE AND THE 

22 BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND 

23 NONPROLIFERATION. 

24 It is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (1) the Secretary should take steps to address 

2 staffing shortfalls in the chemical, biological, and 

3 nuclear weapons issue areas in the Bureau of Arms 

4 Control, Verification, and Compliance and in the 

5 Bureau of International Security and Nonprolifera6 tion; 

7 (2) maintaining a fully staffed and resourced 

8 Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compli9 ance and Bureau of International Security and Non10 proliferation is necessary to effectively confront the 

11 threat of increased global proliferation; and 

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

13 and Compliance and the Bureau of International Se14 curity and Nonproliferation should increase efforts 

15 and dedicate resources to combat the dangers posed 

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

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

18 nuclear weapons and new types of nuclear weapons, 

19 bioweapons proliferation, dual use of life sciences re20 search, and chemical weapons. 


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1 SEC. 102. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS FOR UNITED 

2 STATES NATIONALS UNLAWFULLY OR 

3 WRONGFULLY DETAINED ABROAD. 

4 Section 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recov5 ery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 

6 1741) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, as expedi8 tiously as possible,’’ after ‘‘review’’; and 

9 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol10 lows: 

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

12 TO CONGRESS.— 

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

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

15 circumstances, that there is credible information 

16 that the detention of a United States national 

17 abroad is unlawful or wrongful, and regardless of 

18 whether the detention is by a foreign government or 

19 a nongovernmental actor, the Secretary shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) expeditiously transfer responsibility 

21 for such case from the Bureau of Consular Af22 fairs of the Department of State to the Special 

23 Envoy for Hostage Affairs; and 

24 ‘‘(B) not later than 14 days after such de25 termination, notify the Committee on Foreign 

26 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 


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1 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

2 of such determination and provide such commit3 tees with a summary of the facts that led to 

4 such determination. 

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

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

7 SEC. 103. FAMILY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR. 

8 Section 303 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recov9 ery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 

10 1741a) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

13 for Hostage Affairs, a Family Engagement Coordinator, 

14 who shall ensure— 

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

16 wrongfully detained abroad, that— 

17 ‘‘(A) any interaction by executive branch 

18 officials with any family member of such United 

19 States national occurs in a coordinated fashion; 

20 ‘‘(B) such family member receives con21 sistent and accurate information from the 

22 United States Government; and 

23 ‘‘(C) appropriate coordination with the 

24 Family Engagement Coordinator described in 

25 section 304(c)(2); and 


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

2 abroad, that any engagement with a family member 

3 is coordinated with, consistent with, and not duplica4 tive of the efforts of the Family Engagement Coordi5 nator described in section 304(c)(2).’’. 

6 SEC. 104. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE. 

7 Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Au8 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended— 

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

10 inserting ‘‘(10), or (14);’’; 

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

12 end; 

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

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

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

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

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

18 identification, location, arrest, or conviction of a per19 son responsible for the hostage taking of a United 

20 States person, or the location of a United States 

21 person who has been taken hostage, in any coun22 try.’’. 


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1 SEC. 105. ENSURING GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND ACCES2 SIBILITY OF PASSPORT AGENCIES. 

3 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that Department initiatives to expand passport serv5 ices and accessibility, including through online moderniza6 tion projects, should include the construction of new phys7 ical passport agencies. 

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

9 of the geographic diversity and accessibility of existing 

10 passport agencies to identify— 

11 (1) the geographic areas in the United States 

12 that are farther than 6 hours’ driving distance from 

13 the nearest passport agency; 

14 (2) the per capita demand for passport services 

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

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

17 physical passport agencies are accessible to all eligi18 ble Americans, including Americans living in large 

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

20 a high per capita demand for passport services. 

21 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary shall consider 

22 the metrics identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub23 section (b) when determining locations for the establish24 ment of new physical passport agencies. 

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

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1 a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

2 Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 

3 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep4 resentatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives that contains the findings of the 

6 review conducted pursuant to subsection (b). 

7 SEC. 106. CULTURAL ANTIQUITIES TASK FORCE. 

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

9 for grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural Antiq10 uities Task Force. 

11 TITLE II—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

12 SEC. 201. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PAID STUDENT INTERN13 SHIP PROGRAM. 

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

15 Department of State Student Internship Program (re16 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’) to offer intern17 ship opportunities at the Department to eligible students 

18 to raise awareness of the essential role of diplomacy in 

19 the conduct of United States foreign policy and the real20 ization of United States foreign policy objectives. 

21 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—An applicant is eligible to partici22 pate in the Program if the applicant— 

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

24 (A) an institution of higher education (as 

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


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

2 1002(a))); or 

3 (B) an institution of higher education 

4 based outside the United States, as determined 

5 by the Secretary of State; and 

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

7 security clearance. 

8 (c) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall establish selec9 tion criteria for students to be admitted into the Program 

10 that includes a demonstrated interest in a career in for11 eign affairs. 

12 (d) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall— 

13 (1) widely advertise the Program, including— 

14 (A) on the internet; 

15 (B) through the Department’s Diplomats 

16 in Residence program; and 

17 (C) through other outreach and recruiting 

18 initiatives targeting undergraduate and grad19 uate students; and 

20 (2) conduct targeted outreach to encourage par21 ticipation in the Program from— 

22 (A) individuals belonging to traditionally 

23 underrepresented racial, ethnic, geographic, 

24 gender, and disability groups; and 


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1 (B) students enrolled at minority-serving 

2 institutions (which shall include any institution 

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

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

5 (e) COMPENSATION.— 

6 (1) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— 

7 (A) ABROAD.—The Secretary shall provide 

8 housing assistance to any student participating 

9 in the Program whose permanent address is 

10 within the United States if the location of the 

11 internship in which such student is partici12 pating is outside of the United States. 

13 (B) DOMESTIC.—The Secretary may pro14 vide housing assistance to a student partici15 pating in the Program whose permanent ad16 dress is within the United States if the location 

17 of the internship in which such student is par18 ticipating is more than 50 miles away from 

19 such student’s permanent address. 

20 (2) TRAVEL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

21 provide a student participating in the Program 

22 whose permanent address is within the United 

23 States with financial assistance that is sufficient to 

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1 tween the student’s permanent address and the loca2 tion of the internship in which such student is par3 ticipating if such location is— 

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

5 permanent address; or 

6 (B) outside of the United States. 

7 (f) WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU8 CATION.—The Secretary, to the maximum extent prac9 ticable, shall structure internships to ensure that such in10 ternships satisfy criteria for academic credit at the institu11 tions of higher education in which participants in such in12 ternships are enrolled. 

13 (g) TRANSITION PERIOD.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graphs (2) and (3), beginning not later than 2 years 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act— 

17 (A) the Secretary shall convert unpaid in18 ternship programs of the Department, including 

19 the Foreign Service Internship Program, to in20 ternship programs that offer compensation; and 

21 (B) upon selection as a candidate for entry 

22 into an internship program of the Department, 

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1 lows such participant to receive college or uni2 versity curricular credit. 

3 (2) EXCEPTION.—The transition required 

4 under paragraph (1) shall not apply to unpaid in5 ternship programs of the Department that are part 

6 of the Virtual Student Federal Service internship 

7 program. 

8 (3) WAIVER.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

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

11 with respect to a particular unpaid internship 

12 program if the Secretary, not later than 30 

13 days after making a determination that the con14 version of such internship program to a com15 pensated internship program would not be con16 sistent with effective management goals, sub17 mits a report explaining such determination 

18 to— 

19 (i) the appropriate congressional com20 mittees; 

21 (ii) the Committee on Appropriations 

22 of the Senate; and 

23 (iii) the Committee on Appropriations 

24 of the House of Representatives. 


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1 (B) REPORT.—The report required under 

2 subparagraph (A) shall— 

3 (i) describe the reasons why con4 verting an unpaid internship program of 

5 the Department to an internship program 

6 that offers compensation would not be con7 sistent with effective management goals; 

8 and 

9 (ii)(I) provide justification for main10 taining such unpaid status indefinitely; or 

11 (II) identify any additional authorities 

12 or resources that would be necessary to 

13 convert such unpaid internship program to 

14 offer compensation in the future. 

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

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

17 shall submit a report to the committees referred to in sub18 section (g)(3)(A) that includes— 

19 (1) data, to the extent the collection of such in20 formation is permissible by law, regarding the num21 ber of students who applied to the Program, were of22 fered a position, and participated, respectively, 

23 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, institution 

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1 student graduated from high school, and disability 

2 status; 

3 (2) data regarding the number of security clear4 ance investigations initiated for the students de5 scribed in paragraph (1), including the timeline for 

6 such investigations, whether such investigations were 

7 completed, and when an interim security clearance 

8 was granted; 

9 (3) information on Program expenditures; and 

10 (4) information regarding the Department’s 

11 compliance with subsection (g). 

12 (i) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.— 

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

14 be construed to compel any student who is a partici15 pant in an internship program of the Department to 

16 participate in the collection of the data or divulge 

17 any personal information. Such students shall be in18 formed that their participation in the data collection 

19 under this section is voluntary. 

20 (2) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Any data collected 

21 under this section shall be subject to the relevant 

22 privacy protection statutes and regulations applica23 ble to Federal employees. 

24 (j) SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 

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1 with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 

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

3 year, may— 

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

5 up to 1 year through compensated internships in the 

6 excepted service; and 

7 (2) remove any compensated intern employed 

8 pursuant to paragraph (1) without regard to the 

9 provisions of law governing appointments in the 

10 competitive excepted service. 

11 (k) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Intern12 ships offered and compensated by the Department under 

13 this section shall be funded solely by available amounts 

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

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

16 THE RESPONSE TO, HARASSMENT, DISCRIMI17 NATION, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND RELATED RE18 TALIATION. 

19 (a) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 

20 Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other Federal 

21 agencies that provide personnel to serve in overseas posts 

22 under Chief of Mission authority, should develop inter23 agency policies regarding harassment, discrimination, sex24 ual assault, and related retaliation, including policies 

25 for— 


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1 (1) addressing, reporting, and providing 

2 transitioning support; 

3 (2) advocacy, service referrals, and travel ac4 commodations; and 

5 (3) disciplining anyone who violates Depart6 ment policies regarding harassment, discrimination, 

7 sexual assault, or related retaliation occurring be8 tween covered individuals and noncovered individ9 uals. 

10 (b) DISCIPLINARY ACTION.— 

11 (1) SEPARATION FOR CAUSE.—Section 

12 610(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

13 U.S.C. 4010(a)(1)), is amended— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘decide to’’; and 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘upon receiving notifica16 tion from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security 

17 that such member has engaged in criminal mis18 conduct, such as murder, rape, or other sexual 

19 assault’’ before the period at the end. 

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

21 Global Talent shall— 

22 (A) update the ‘‘Grounds for Disciplinary 

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1 ual to reflect the amendments made under 

2 paragraph (1); and 

3 (B) communicate such updates to Depart4 ment staff through publication in Department 

5 Notices. 

6 (c) SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

7 VICTIM ADVOCATES.— 

8 (1) PLACEMENT.—The Secretary shall ensure 

9 that the Diplomatic Security Service’s Victims’ Re10 source Advocacy Program— 

11 (A) is appropriately staffed by advocates 

12 who are physically present at— 

13 (i) the headquarters of the Depart14 ment; and 

15 (ii) major domestic and international 

16 facilities and embassies, as determined by 

17 the Secretary; 

18 (B) considers the logistics that are nec19 essary to allow for the expedient travel of vic20 tims from Department facilities that do not 

21 have advocates; and 

22 (C) uses funds available to the Department 

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1 ters being investigated by the Diplomatic Secu2 rity Service. 

3 SEC. 203. INCREASING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT AUTHOR4 IZED FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FEL5 LOWSHIP GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE 

6 AGREEMENTS. 

7 Section 504(e)(3) of the Foreign Relations Author8 ization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d(e)(3)) is 

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

10 ‘‘$2,000,000’’. 

11 SEC. 204. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO ADDRESS BACK12 LOGS IN HIRING AND INVESTIGATIONS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to in14 crease the number of personnel within the Bureau of Glob15 al Talent Management and the Office of Civil Rights to 

16 address backlogs in hiring and investigations into com17 plaints conducted by the Office of Civil Rights. 

18 (b) EMPLOYMENT TARGETS.—The Secretary shall 

19 seek to employ— 

20 (1) not fewer than 15 additional personnel in 

21 the Bureau of Global Talent Management and the 

22 Office of Civil Rights (compared to the number of 

23 personnel so employed as of the day before the date 

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

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1 (2) not fewer than 15 additional personnel in 

2 such Bureau and Office (compared to the number of 

3 personnel so employed as of the day before the date 

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

5 year after such date of enactment. 

6 SEC. 205. COMMISSION ON REFORM AND MODERNIZATION 

7 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 

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

9 ‘‘Commission on Reform and Modernization of the De10 partment of State Act’’. 

11 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.—There is es12 tablished, in the legislative branch, the Commission on Re13 form and Modernization of the Department of State (re14 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

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

16 are— 

17 (1) to examine the changing nature of diplo18 macy in the 21st century and the ways in which the 

19 Department and its personnel can modernize to ad20 vance the interests of the United States; and 

21 (2) to offer recommendations to the President 

22 and Congress related to— 

23 (A) the organizational structure of the De24 partment of State; 


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1 (B) personnel-related matters, including 

2 recruitment, promotion, training, and retention 

3 of the Department’s workforce in order to re4 tain the best and brightest personnel and foster 

5 effective diplomacy worldwide, including meas6 ures to strengthen diversity and inclusion to en7 sure that the Department’s workforce rep8 resents all of America; 

9 (C) the Department of State’s infrastruc10 ture (both domestic and overseas), including in11 frastructure relating to information technology, 

12 transportation, and security; 

13 (D) the link among diplomacy and defense, 

14 intelligence, development, commercial, health, 

15 law enforcement, and other core United States 

16 interests; 

17 (E) core legislation that authorizes United 

18 States diplomacy, including the Foreign Service 

19 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465); 

20 (F) related regulations, rules, and proc21 esses that define United States diplomatic ef22 forts, including the Foreign Affairs Manual; 

23 (G) Chief of Mission authority at United 

24 States diplomatic missions overseas, including 


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1 authority over employees of other Federal de2 partments and agencies; and 

3 (H) treaties that impact United States 

4 overseas presence. 

5 (d) MEMBERSHIP.— 

6 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 

7 composed of 8 members, of whom— 

8 (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

9 chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Rela10 tions of the Senate, who shall serve as co-chair 

11 of the Commission; 

12 (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

13 ranking member of the Committee on Foreign 

14 Relations of the Senate, who shall serve as co15 chair of the Commission; 

16 (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

17 chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Af18 fairs of the House of Representatives; 

19 (D) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

20 ranking member of the Committee on Foreign 

21 Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

22 (E) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

23 majority leader of the Senate; 

24 (F) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

25 Speaker of the House of Representatives; 


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1 (G) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

2 minority leader of the Senate; and 

3 (H) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

4 minority leader of the House of Representa5 tives. 

6 (2) QUALIFICATIONS; MEETINGS.— 

7 (A) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the 

8 Commission should be prominent United States 

9 citizens, with national recognition and signifi10 cant depth of experience in international rela11 tions and with the Department. 

12 (B) POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION.—Not 

13 more than 4 members of the Commission may 

14 be from the same political party. 

15 (C) MEETINGS.— 

16 (i) INITIAL MEETING.—The Commis17 sion shall hold the first meeting and begin 

18 operations as soon as practicable. 

19 (ii) FREQUENCY.—The Commission 

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

21 (iii) QUORUM.—Five members of the 

22 Commission shall constitute a quorum for 

23 purposes of conducting business, except 

24 that 2 members of the Commission shall 


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1 constitute a quorum for purposes of receiv2 ing testimony. 

3 (D) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the 

4 Commission shall not affect the powers of the 

5 Commission, but shall be filled in the same 

6 manner as the original appointment. 

7 (e) FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION.— 

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

9 resolution agreed to by a majority of the members 

10 of the Commission voting and present. 

11 (2) PANELS.—The Commission may establish 

12 panels composed of less than the full membership of 

13 the Commission for purposes of carrying out the du14 ties of the Commission under this section. The ac15 tions of any such panel shall be subject to the review 

16 and control of the Commission. Any findings and de17 terminations made by such a panel may not be con18 sidered the findings and determinations of the Com19 mission unless such findings and determinations are 

20 approved by the Commission. 

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

22 of the Commission may, if authorized by the co23 chairs of the Commission, take any action which the 

24 Commission is authorized to take pursuant to this 

25 section. 


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1 (f) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 

2 (1) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Commis3 sion or any panel or member of the Commission, as 

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

5 carrying out this section— 

6 (A) hold such hearings and meetings, take 

7 such testimony, receive such evidence, and ad8 minister such oaths as the Commission or such 

9 designated subcommittee or designated member 

10 considers necessary; 

11 (B) require the attendance and testimony 

12 of such witnesses and the production of such 

13 correspondence, memoranda, papers, and docu14 ments, as the Commission or such designated 

15 subcommittee or designated member considers 

16 necessary; and 

17 (C) subject to applicable privacy laws and 

18 relevant regulations, secure directly from any 

19 Federal department or agency information and 

20 data necessary to enable it to carry out its mis21 sion, which shall be provided by the head or 

22 acting representative of the department or 

23 agency not later than 30 days after the Com24 mission provides a written request for such in25 formation and data. 


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1 (2) CONTRACTS.—The Commission, to such ex2 tent and in such amounts as are provided in appro3 priations Acts, may enter into contracts to enable 

4 the Commission to discharge its duties under this 

5 section. 

6 (3) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may 

8 secure directly from any executive department, 

9 bureau, agency, board, commission, office, inde10 pendent establishment, or instrumentality of the 

11 Government, information, suggestions, esti12 mates, and statistics for the purposes of this 

13 section. 

14 (B) FURNISHING INFORMATION.—Each 

15 department, bureau, agency, board, commission, 

16 office, independent establishment, or instrumen17 tality, to the extent authorized by law, shall fur18 nish such information, suggestions, estimates, 

19 and statistics directly to the Commission, upon 

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

21 panel created by a majority of the Commission, 

22 or any member designated by a majority of the 

23 Commission. 

24 (C) HANDLING.—Information may only be 

25 received, handled, stored, and disseminated by 


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1 members of the Commission and its staff in ac2 cordance with all applicable statutes, regula3 tions, and Executive orders. 

4 (4) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

5 (A) SECRETARY OF STATE.—The Sec6 retary shall provide to the Commission, on a 

7 nonreimbursable basis, such administrative 

8 services, funds, staff, facilities, and other sup9 port services as are necessary for the perform10 ance of the Commission’s duties under this sec11 tion. 

12 (B) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGEN13 CIES.—Other Federal departments and agencies 

14 may provide the Commission such services, 

15 funds, facilities, staff, and other support as 

16 such departments and agencies consider advis17 able and as may be authorized by law. 

18 (C) COOPERATION.—The Commission shall 

19 receive the full and timely cooperation of any 

20 official, department, or agency of the Federal 

21 Government whose assistance is necessary, as 

22 jointly determined by the co-chairs of the Com23 mission, for the fulfillment of the duties of the 

24 Commission, including the provision of full and 

25 current briefings and analyses. 


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1 (5) ASSISTANCE FROM INDEPENDENT ORGANI2 ZATIONS.— 

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

4 work, the Commission should review reports 

5 that were written during the 15-year period 

6 ending on the date of the enactment of this Act 

7 by independent organizations and outside ex8 perts relating to reform and modernization of 

9 the Department. 

10 (B) AVOIDING DUPLICATION.—In ana11 lyzing the reports referred to in subparagraph 

12 (A), the Commission should pay particular at13 tention to any specific reform proposals that 

14 have been recommended by 2 or more of such 

15 reports. 

16 (6) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may 

17 use the United States mails in the same manner and 

18 under the same conditions as other departments and 

19 agencies of the Federal Government. 

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

21 and dispose of gifts or donations of services or prop22 erty. 

23 (8) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.—Not less 

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1 vide a briefing to the appropriate congressional com2 mittees about the work of the Commission. 

3 (g) STAFF AND COMPENSATION.— 

4 (1) STAFF.— 

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

6 Commission, in accordance with rules estab7 lished by the Commission, shall appoint and fix 

8 the compensation of a staff director and such 

9 other personnel as may be necessary to enable 

10 the Commission to carry out its duties, without 

11 regard to the provisions of title 5, United 

12 States Code, governing appointments in the 

13 competitive service, and without regard to the 

14 provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 

15 chapter 53 of such title relating to classification 

16 and General Schedule pay rates, except that no 

17 rate of pay fixed under this subsection may ex18 ceed the equivalent of that payable to a person 

19 occupying a position at level V of the Executive 

20 Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 

21 (B) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOY22 EES.—A Federal Government employee may be 

23 detailed to the Commission without reimburse24 ment, and such detail shall be without interrup25 tion or loss of civil service status or privilege. 


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1 (C) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND

2 INTERMITTENT SERVICES.—The co-chairs of 

3 the Commission may procure temporary and 

4 intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 

5 title 5, United States Code, at rates for individ6 uals that do not exceed the daily equivalent of 

7 the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level 

8 IV of the Executive Schedule under section 

9 5315 of such title. 

10 (2) COMMISSION MEMBERS.— 

11 (A) COMPENSATION.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

13 in paragraph (2), each member of the 

14 Commission may be compensated at a rate 

15 not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 

16 annual rate of basic pay in effect for a po17 sition at level IV of the Executive Schedule 

18 under section 5315 of title 5, United 

19 States Code, for each day during which 

20 that member is engaged in the actual per21 formance of the duties of the Commission 

22 under this section. 

23 (ii) WAIVER OF CERTAIN PROVI24 SIONS.—Subsections (a) through (d) of 

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1 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064) are waived for an 

2 annuitant on a temporary basis so as to be 

3 compensated for work performed as part of 

4 the Commission. 

5 (3) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from 

6 their homes or regular places of business in the per7 formance of service for the Commission, members 

8 and staff of the Commission, and any Federal Gov9 ernment employees detailed to the Commission, shall 

10 be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 

11 of subsistence, in the same manner as persons em12 ployed intermittently in Government service are al13 lowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5, 

14 United States Code. 

15 (4) SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION

16 MEMBERS AND STAFF.—The appropriate Federal 

17 agencies or departments shall cooperate with the 

18 Commission in expeditiously providing to Commis19 sion members and staff appropriate security clear20 ances to the extent possible pursuant to existing pro21 cedures and requirements, except that no person 

22 shall be provided access to classified information 

23 under this section without the appropriate security 

24 clearances. 

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

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

3 Commission shall submit a final report to the Presi4 dent and to Congress that— 

5 (A) examines all substantive aspects of De6 partment personnel, management, and oper7 ations; and 

8 (B) contains such findings, conclusions, 

9 and recommendations for corrective measures 

10 as have been agreed to by a majority of Com11 mission members. 

12 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

13 paragraph (1) shall include findings, conclusions, 

14 and recommendations related to— 

15 (A) the organizational structure of the De16 partment; 

17 (B) personnel-related matters, including 

18 recruitment, promotion, training, and retention 

19 of the Department’s workforce in order to re20 tain the best and brightest personnel and foster 

21 effective diplomacy worldwide, including meas22 ures to strengthen diversity and inclusion to en23 sure that the Department’s workforce rep24 resents all of America; 


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1 (C) the Department of State’s infrastruc2 ture (both domestic and overseas), including in3 frastructure relating to information technology, 

4 transportation, and security; 

5 (D) the link between diplomacy and de6 fense, intelligence, development, commercial, 

7 health, law enforcement, and other core United 

8 States interests; 

9 (E) core legislation that authorizes United 

10 States diplomacy; 

11 (F) related regulations, rules, and proc12 esses that define United States diplomatic ef13 forts, including the Foreign Affairs Manual; 

14 (G) treaties that impact United States 

15 overseas presence; 

16 (H) the authority of Chiefs of Mission at 

17 United States diplomatic missions overseas, in18 cluding the degree of authority that Chiefs of 

19 Mission exercise in reality over Department em20 ployees and other Federal employees at overseas 

21 posts; 

22 (I) any other areas that the Commission 

23 considers necessary for a complete appraisal of 

24 United States diplomacy and Department man25 agement and operations; and 


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1 (J) the amount of time, manpower, and fi2 nancial resources that would be necessary to 

3 implement the recommendations specified under 

4 this paragraph. 

5 (3) DEPARTMENT RESPONSE.—The Secretary 

6 shall have the right to review and respond to all 

7 Commission recommendations— 

8 (A) before the Commission submits its re9 port to the President and to Congress; and 

10 (B) not later than 90 days after receiving 

11 such recommendations from the Commission. 

12 (i) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.— 

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

14 authorities under this section, shall terminate on the 

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

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

17 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES BEFORE TER18 MINATION.—The Commission may use the 60-day 

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

20 of concluding its activities, including providing testi21 mony to committees of Congress concerning its re22 ports and disseminating the report. 

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

2 appropriated to the Commission to carry out this 

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

4 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available to 

5 the Commission pursuant to paragraph (1) shall re6 main available until the date on which the Commis7 sion is terminated pursuant to subsection (i)(1). 

8 (k) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE

9 PROVISIONS.— 

10 (1) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The 

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

12 shall not apply to the Commission. 

13 (2) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.—The pro14 visions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 

15 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Freedom of Informa16 tion Act’’) shall not apply to the activities, records, 

17 and proceedings of the Commission. 

18 SEC. 206. FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING. 

19 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con20 gress that— 

21 (1) the Department is a crucial national secu22 rity agency, whose employees, both Foreign Service 

23 and Civil Service, require the best possible training 

24 and professional development at every stage of their 

25 careers to prepare them to promote and defend 


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1 United States national interests and the health and 

2 safety of United States citizens abroad; 

3 (2) the Department faces increasingly complex 

4 and rapidly evolving challenges, many of which are 

5 science- and technology-driven, and which demand 

6 continual, high-quality training and professional de7 velopment of its personnel; 

8 (3) the new and evolving challenges of national 

9 security in the 21st century necessitate the expan10 sion of standardized training and professional devel11 opment opportunities linked to equitable, account12 able, and transparent promotion and leadership 

13 practices for Department and other national security 

14 agency personnel; and 

15 (4) consistent with gift acceptance authority of 

16 the Department and other applicable laws in effect 

17 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the De18 partment and the Foreign Service Institute may ac19 cept funds and other resources from foundations, 

20 not-for-profit corporations, and other appropriate 

21 sources to help the Department and the Institute en22 hance the quantity and quality of training and pro23 fessional development offerings, especially in the in24 troduction of new, innovative, and pilot model 

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1 (b) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘ap2 propriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

3 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

4 Senate; 

5 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 Senate; 

7 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

8 House of Representatives; and 

9 (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

10 House of Representatives. 

11 (c) TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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

13 the Department and the Foreign Service with the level of 

14 professional development and training needed to effec15 tively advance United States interests across the world, 

16 the Secretary shall— 

17 (1) increase relevant offerings provided by the 

18 Department— 

19 (A) of interactive virtual instruction to 

20 make training and professional development 

21 more accessible and useful to personnel de22 ployed throughout the world; or 

23 (B) at partner organizations, including 

24 universities, industry entities, and nongovern25 mental organizations, throughout the United 


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1 States to provide useful outside perspectives to 

2 Department personnel by providing such per3 sonnel— 

4 (i) a more comprehensive outlook on 

5 different sectors of United States society; 

6 and 

7 (ii) practical experience dealing with 

8 commercial corporations, universities, labor 

9 unions, and other institutions critical to 

10 United States diplomatic success; 

11 (2) offer courses using computer-based or com12 puter-assisted simulations, allowing civilian officers 

13 to lead decision making in a crisis environment, and 

14 encourage officers of the Department, and recip15 rocally, officers of other Federal departments to par16 ticipate in similar exercises held by the Department 

17 or other government organizations and the private 

18 sector; and 

19 (3) increase the duration and expand the focus 

20 of certain training and professional development 

21 courses, including by extending— 

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

23 less than 12 weeks, which better matches the 

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1 development provided to the officers in other 

2 national security departments and agencies; and 

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

4 than 6 weeks for first time Chiefs of Mission 

5 and creating a comparable 6-week course for 

6 new Assistant Secretaries and Deputy Assistant 

7 Secretaries to more accurately reflect the sig8 nificant responsibilities accompanying such 

9 roles. 

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

11 Foreign Service shall— 

12 (1) establish new fellowship programs for For13 eign Service and Civil Service officers that include 

14 short- and long-term opportunities at organizations, 

15 including— 

16 (A) think tanks and nongovernmental or17 ganizations; 

18 (B) the Department of Defense, the ele19 ments of the intelligence community (as defined 

20 in section 3 of the National Security Act of 

21 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), and other relevant 

22 Federal agencies; 

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1 nance, and other fields directly relevant to 

2 international affairs; and 

3 (D) schools of international relations and 

4 other relevant programs at universities through5 out the United States; and 

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

7 the enactment of this Act, submit a report to Con8 gress that describes how the Department could ex9 pand the Pearson Fellows Program for Foreign 

10 Service Officers and the Brookings Fellow Program 

11 for Civil Servants to provide fellows in such pro12 grams with the opportunity to undertake a follow-on 

13 assignment within the Department in an office in 

14 which fellows will gain practical knowledge of the 

15 people and processes of Congress, including offices 

16 other than the Legislative Affairs Bureau, includ17 ing— 

18 (A) an assessment of the current state of 

19 congressional fellowships, including the demand 

20 for fellowships and the value the fellowships 

21 provide to both the career of the officer and to 

22 the Department; and 

23 (B) an assessment of the options for mak24 ing congressional fellowships for both the For25 eign and Civil Services more career-enhancing. 


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1 (e) BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE

2 INSTITUTE.— 

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

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec5 retary of State shall establish a Board of Visitors of 

6 the Foreign Service Institute (referred to in this 

7 subsection as the ‘‘Board’’). 

8 (2) DUTIES.—The Board shall provide the Sec9 retary with independent advice and recommenda10 tions regarding organizational management, stra11 tegic planning, resource management, curriculum de12 velopment, and other matters of interest to the For13 eign Service Institute, including regular observations 

14 about how well the Department is integrating train15 ing and professional development into the work of 

16 the Bureau for Global Talent Management. 

17 (3) MEMBERSHIP.— 

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

19 (i) nonpartisan; and 

20 (ii) composed of 12 members, of 

21 whom— 

22 (I) 2 members shall be appointed 

23 by the Chairperson of the Committee 

24 on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 


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1 (II) 2 members shall be ap2 pointed by the ranking member of the 

3 Committee on Foreign Relations of 

4 the Senate; 

5 (III) 2 members shall be ap6 pointed by the Chairperson of the 

7 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

8 House of Representatives; 

9 (IV) 2 members shall be ap10 pointed by the ranking member of the 

11 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

12 House of Representatives; and 

13 (V) 4 members shall be ap14 pointed by the Secretary. 

15 (B) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the 

16 Board shall be appointed from among individ17 uals who— 

18 (i) are not officers or employees of the 

19 Federal Government; 

20 (ii) have never been members of the 

21 Senior Foreign Service or the Senior Exec22 utive Service; and 

23 (iii) are eminent authorities in the 

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1 ship, economics, trade, technology, or ad2 vanced international relations education. 

3 (C) OUTSIDE EXPERTISE.—Not fewer than 

4 6 members of the Board shall have a minimum 

5 of 10 years of expertise outside the field of di6 plomacy. 

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

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

9 the members first appointed— 

10 (A) 4 members shall be appointed for a 

11 term of 3 years; 

12 (B) 4 members shall be appointed for a 

13 term of 2 years; and 

14 (C) 4 members shall be appointed for a 

15 term of 1 year. 

16 (5) REAPPOINTMENT; REPLACEMENT.—A mem17 ber of the Board may be reappointed or replaced at 

18 the discretion of the official who made the original 

19 appointment. 

20 (6) CHAIRPERSON; CO-CHAIRPERSON.— 

21 (A) APPROVAL.—The Chairperson and 

22 Vice Chairperson of the Board shall be ap23 proved by the Secretary of State based upon a 

24 recommendation from the members of the 

25 Board. 


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1 (B) SERVICE.—The Chairperson and Vice 

2 Chairperson shall serve at the discretion of the 

3 Secretary. 

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

5 (A) at the call of the Director of the For6 eign Service Institute and the Chairperson; and 

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

8 (8) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the 

9 Board shall serve without compensation, except that 

10 a member of the Board shall be allowed travel ex11 penses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at 

12 rates authorized for employees of agencies under 

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

14 Code, while away from their homes or regular places 

15 of business in the performance of service for the 

16 Board. Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, 

17 United States Code, the Secretary may accept the 

18 voluntary and uncompensated service of members of 

19 the Board. 

20 (9) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY

21 COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee 

22 Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Board estab23 lished under this subsection. 

24 (f) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVOST OF THE FOREIGN

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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

2 the Foreign Service Institute the position of Provost. 

3 (2) APPOINTMENT; REPORTING.—The Provost 

4 shall— 

5 (A) be appointed by the Board of Visitors 

6 of the Foreign Service Institute established 

7 under subsection (e); and 

8 (B) report to the Director of the Foreign 

9 Service Institute. 

10 (3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Provost— 

11 (A) may not be an individual who is an of12 ficer or employee of the Federal Government or 

13 who has ever been a career member of the Sen14 ior Foreign Service or the Senior Executive 

15 Service; and 

16 (B) shall be an eminent authority in the 

17 fields of diplomacy, education, management, 

18 leadership, economics, history, trade, or tech19 nology. 

20 (4) DUTIES.—The Provost shall— 

21 (A) oversee, review, evaluate, and coordi22 nate the academic curriculum for all courses 

23 taught and administered by the Foreign Service 

24 Institute; 


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1 (B) coordinate the implementation of a let2 ter or numerical grading system for the per3 formance of Foreign Service officers in courses 

4 of the Foreign Service Institute; and 

5 (C) report not less frequently than quar6 terly to the Board of Visitors regarding the de7 velopment of curriculum and the performance 

8 of Foreign Service officers. 

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

10 of not fewer than 5 years and may be reappointed 

11 for 1 additional 5-year term. 

12 (6) COMPENSATION.—The Provost shall receive 

13 a salary commensurate with the rank and experience 

14 of a member of the Senior Foreign Service or the 

15 Senior Executive Service, as determined by the 

16 Board of Visitors. 

17 (g) OTHER AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPOR18 TUNITIES FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF.— 

19 (1) OTHER AGENCIES.—National security agen20 cies other than the Department should be afforded 

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1 ernment approach to mitigating national security 

2 challenges. 

3 (2) CONGRESSIONAL STAFF.—Not later than 

4 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

5 the Secretary shall submit a report to the appro6 priate committees of Congress that describes— 

7 (A) the training and professional develop8 ment opportunities at the Foreign Service Insti9 tute and other Department facilities for con10 gressional staff; 

11 (B) the budget impacts of such opportuni12 ties; and 

13 (C) potential course offerings. 

14 (h) STRATEGY FOR ADAPTING TRAINING REQUIRE15 MENTS FOR MODERN DIPLOMATIC NEEDS.— 

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

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

18 shall develop and submit to the appropriate commit19 tees of Congress a strategy for adapting and evolv20 ing training requirements to better meet the Depart21 ment’s current and future needs for 21st century di22 plomacy. 

23 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under 

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1 (A) Integrating training requirements into 

2 the Department’s promotion policies, including 

3 establishing educational and professional devel4 opment standards for training and attainment 

5 to be used as a part of tenure and promotion 

6 guidelines. 

7 (B) Addressing multiple existing and 

8 emerging national security challenges, includ9 ing— 

10 (i) democratic backsliding and 

11 authoritarianism; 

12 (ii) countering, and assisting United 

13 States allies to address, state-sponsored 

14 disinformation, including through the 

15 Global Engagement Center; 

16 (iii) cyber threats; 

17 (iv) aggression and malign influence; 

18 (v) the implications of climate change 

19 for United States diplomacy; and 

20 (vi) nuclear threats. 

21 (C) Establishing residential training for 

22 the A–100 orientation course administered by 

23 the Foreign Service Institute and evaluating the 

24 feasibility of residential training for long-term 

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1 (3) UTILIZATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—In 

2 establishing the residential training program pursu3 ant to paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall— 

4 (A) collaborate with other national security 

5 departments and agencies that employ residen6 tial training for their orientation courses; and 

7 (B) consider using the Department’s For8 eign Affairs Security Training Center in Black9 stone, Virginia. 

10 (i) REPORT AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

13 shall submit a report to the appropriate committees 

14 of Congress that includes— 

15 (A) a strategy for broadening and deep16 ening professional development and training at 

17 the Department, including assessing current 

18 and future needs for 21st century diplomacy; 

19 (B) the process used and resources needed 

20 to implement the strategy referred to in sub21 paragraph (A) throughout the Department; and 

22 (C) the results and impact of the strategy 

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1 partment personnel, and the measurement and 

2 evaluation methods used to evaluate such re3 sults. 

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

5 date on which the Secretary submits the report re6 quired under paragraph (1), and annually thereafter 

7 for 2 years, the Secretary shall provide to the appro8 priate committees of Congress a briefing on the in9 formation required to be included in the report. 

10 (j) FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE INCENTIVE

11 PROGRAM.— 

12 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is author13 ized to establish and implement an incentive pro14 gram to encourage members of the Foreign Service 

15 who possess language proficiency in any of the lan16 guages that qualify for bonus points, as determined 

17 by the Secretary, to maintain critical foreign lan18 guage skills. 

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

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

21 State shall submit a report to the appropriate com22 mittees of Congress that includes a detailed plan for 

23 implementing the program authorized under para24 graph (1), including anticipated resource require25 ments to carry out such program. 


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1 (k) DEPARTMENT OF STATE WORKFORCE MANAGE2 MENT.— 

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

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

5 workforce management, including with respect to the 

6 Foreign Service, the Civil Service, locally employed 

7 staff, and contractors, is needed to align diplomatic 

8 priorities with the appropriate personnel and re9 sources. 

10 (2) ANNUAL WORKFORCE REPORT.— 

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

12 the Department’s long-term trends with respect 

13 to its workforce, the Secretary, is consultation 

14 with relevant bureaus and offices, including the 

15 Bureau of Global Talent Management, the Bu16 reau of Consular Affairs, and the Center for 

17 Analytics, shall submit a report to the appro18 priate committees of Congress that details the 

19 Department’s workforce, disaggregated by For20 eign Service, Civil Service, locally employed 

21 staff, and contractors, including, with respect to 

22 the reporting period— 

23 (i) the number of personnel who were 

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1 (ii) the number of personnel whose 

2 employment or contract was terminated or 

3 who voluntarily left the Department; 

4 (iii) the number of personnel who 

5 were promoted, including the grade to 

6 which they were promoted; 

7 (iv) the demographic breakdown of 

8 personnel; and 

9 (v) the distribution of the Depart10 ment’s workforce based on domestic and 

11 overseas assignments, including a break12 down of the number of personnel in geo13 graphic and functional bureaus, and the 

14 number of personnel in overseas missions 

15 by region. 

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

17 days after the date of the enactment of this 

18 Act, the Secretary shall submit the report de19 scribed in subparagraph (A) for each of the fis20 cal years 2002 through 2022. 

21 (C) RECURRING REPORT.—Not later than 

22 December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter for 

23 the following 9 years, the Secretary shall sub24 mit the report described in subparagraph (A) 

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

2 each of the reports required under this para3 graph shall be used by Congress, in coordina4 tion with the Secretary, to inform recommenda5 tions on the appropriate size and composition of 

6 the Department. 

7 (l) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF

8 FILLING THE POSITION OF UNDERSECRETARY FOR PUB9 LIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.—It is the sense 

10 of Congress that since a vacancy in the position of Under 

11 Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is det12 rimental to the national security interests of the United 

13 States, the President should expeditiously nominate a 

14 qualified individual to such position whenever such va15 cancy occurs to ensure that the bureaus reporting to such 

16 position are able to fulfill their mission of— 

17 (1) expanding and strengthening relationships 

18 between the people of the United States and citizens 

19 of other countries; and 

20 (2) engaging, informing, and understanding the 

21 perspectives of foreign audiences. 

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

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

24 the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 

25 committees of Congress that includes— 


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

2 the Bureau of Public Affairs and the Bureau of 

3 International Information Programs into the Bureau 

4 of Global Public Affairs with respect to— 

5 (A) the efficacy of the current configura6 tion of the bureaus reporting to the Under Sec7 retary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 

8 in achieving the mission of the Department; 

9 (B) the metrics before and after such 

10 merger, including personnel data, disaggregated 

11 by position and location, content production, 

12 opinion polling, program evaluations, and media 

13 appearances; 

14 (C) the results of a survey of public diplo15 macy practitioners to determine their opinion of 

16 the efficacy of such merger and any adjust17 ments that still need to be made; and 

18 (D) a plan for evaluating and monitoring, 

19 not less frequently than once every 2 years, the 

20 programs, activities, messaging, professional de21 velopment efforts, and structure of the Bureau 

22 of Global Public Affairs, and submitting a sum23 mary of each such evaluation to the appropriate 

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1 (2) a review of recent outside recommendations 

2 for modernizing diplomacy at the Department with 

3 respect to public diplomacy efforts, including— 

4 (A) efforts in each of the bureaus report5 ing to the Under Secretary for Public Diplo6 macy and Public Affairs to address issues of di7 versity and inclusion in their work, structure, 

8 data collection, programming, and personnel, 

9 including any collaboration with the Chief Offi10 cer for Diversity and Inclusion; 

11 (B) proposals to collaborate with think 

12 tanks and academic institutions working on 

13 public diplomacy issues to implement recent 

14 outside recommendations; and 

15 (C) additional authorizations and appro16 priations necessary to implement such rec17 ommendations. 

18 SEC. 207. SECURITY CLEARANCE APPROVAL PROCESS. 

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

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

21 shall submit recommendations to the appropriate congres22 sional committees for streamlining the security clearance 

23 approval process within the Bureau of Diplomatic Security 

24 so that the security clearance approval process for Civil 

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1 6 months, on average, and within 1 year, in the vast ma2 jority of cases. 

3 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the rec4 ommendations are submitted pursuant to subsection (a), 

5 the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate con6 gressional committees that— 

7 (1) describes the status of the efforts of the De8 partment to streamline the security clearance ap9 proval process; and 

10 (2) identifies any remaining obstacles pre11 venting security clearances from being completed 

12 within the time frames set forth in subsection (a), 

13 including lack of cooperation or other actions by 

14 other Federal departments and agencies. 

15 SEC. 208. ADDENDUM FOR STUDY ON FOREIGN SERVICE 

16 ALLOWANCES. 

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

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub19 mit to the appropriate congressional committees an adden20 dum to the report required under section 5302 of the De21 partment of State Authorization Act of 2021 (division E 

22 of Public Law 117–81), which shall be entitled the ‘‘Re23 port on Bidding for Domestic and Overseas Posts and 

24 Filling Unfilled Positions’’. The addendum shall be pre25 pared using input from the same federally funded research 


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1 and development center that prepared the analysis con2 ducted for purposes of such report. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The addendum required under sub4 section (a) shall include— 

5 (1) the total number of domestic and overseas 

6 positions open during the most recent summer bid7 ding cycle; 

8 (2) the total number of bids each position re9 ceived; 

10 (3) the number of unfilled positions at the con11 clusion of the most recent summer bidding cycle, 

12 disaggregated by bureau; and 

13 (4) detailed recommendations and a timeline 

14 for— 

15 (A) increasing the number of qualified bid16 ders for underbid positions; and 

17 (B) minimizing the number of unfilled po18 sitions at the end of bidding season. 

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

20 WAIVERS OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES. 

21 (a) CURTAILMENTS REPORT.— 

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

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

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1 mittees regarding curtailments of Department per2 sonnel from overseas posts. 

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

4 the report required under paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) relevant information about any post 

6 that, during the 6-month period preceding the 

7 report— 

8 (i) had more than 5 curtailments; or 

9 (ii) had curtailments representing 

10 more than 5 percent of Department per11 sonnel at such post; and 

12 (B) for each post referred to in subpara13 graph (A), the number of curtailments, 

14 disaggregated by month of occurrence. 

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

16 days after the date on which any United States personnel 

17 under Chief of Mission authority is declared persona non 

18 grata by a host government, the Secretary shall— 

19 (1) notify the appropriate congressional com20 mittees of such declaration; and 

21 (2) include with such notification— 

22 (A) the official reason for such declaration 

23 (if provided by the host government); 

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1 (C) whether the Department responded by 

2 declaring a host government’s diplomat in the 

3 United States persona non grata. 

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

5 later than 15 days after any waiver of privileges and im6 munities pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Diplo7 matic Relations, done at Vienna April 18, 1961, that is 

8 applicable to an entire diplomatic post or to the majority 

9 of United States personnel under Chief of Mission author10 ity, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congres11 sional committees of such waiver and the reason for such 

12 waiver. 

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

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

15 of this Act. 

16 SEC. 210. REPORT ON WORLDWIDE AVAILABILITY. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after en18 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report 

19 to the appropriate congressional committees on the feasi20 bility of requiring that each member of the Foreign Serv21 ice, at the time of entry into the Foreign Service and 

22 thereafter, be worldwide available, as determined by the 

23 Secretary. 

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1 (1) the feasibility of a worldwide availability re2 quirement for all members of the Foreign Service; 

3 (2) considerations if such a requirement were to 

4 be implemented, including the potential effect on re5 cruitment and retention; and 

6 (3) recommendations for exclusions and limita7 tions, including exemptions for medical reasons, dis8 ability, and other circumstances. 

9 SEC. 211. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

10 (a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall strongly 

11 encourage that Foreign Service officers seeking entry into 

12 the Senior Foreign Service participate in professional de13 velopment described in subsection (c). 

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

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

16 submit recommendations on requiring that Foreign Serv17 ice officers complete professional development described in 

18 subsection (c) to be eligible for entry into the Senior For19 eign Service. 

20 (c) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DESCRIBED.— 

21 Professional development described in this subsection is 

22 not less than 6 months of training or experience outside 

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

2 including Congress or a State, Tribal, or local gov3 ernment; 

4 (2) in Department-sponsored and -funded uni5 versity training that results in an advanced degree, 

6 excluding time spent at a university that is fully 

7 funded or operated by the Federal Government. 

8 (d) PROMOTION PRECEPTS.—The Secretary shall in9 struct promotion boards to consider positively long-term 

10 training and out-of-agency detail assignments. 

11 SEC. 212. MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC 

12 AND CONSULAR POSTS. 

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

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

15 shall annually conduct, at each diplomatic and consular 

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 be— 

23 (1) fully anonymized; and 

24 (2) made available to the Director General of 

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

2 (1) the general morale at post; 

3 (2) the presence of any hostile work environ4 ment; 

5 (3) the presence of any harassment, discrimina6 tion, retaliation, or other mistreatment; and 

7 (4) effective leadership and collegial work envi8 ronment. 

9 (d) DIRECTOR GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

10 Upon compilation and review of the surveys, the Director 

11 General of the Foreign Service shall issue recommenda12 tions to posts, as appropriate, based on the findings of 

13 the surveys. 

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

15 is grounds for referral to the Inspector General of the De16 partment of State and the Foreign Service, the Director 

17 General of the Foreign Service may refer the matter to 

18 the Inspector General of the Department of State and the 

19 Foreign Service, who shall, as the Inspector General con20 siders appropriate, conduct an inspection of the post in 

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

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

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

24 Foreign Service shall submit an annual report to the ap25 propriate congressional committees that includes— 


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

2 (2) the posts where corrective action was rec3 ommended or taken in response to any issues identi4 fied by the surveys; and 

5 (3) the number of referrals to the Inspector 

6 General of the Department of State and the Foreign 

7 Service, as applicable. 

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

9 the surveys required under this section on an initial basis 

10 for 5 years. 

11 TITLE III—EMBASSY SECURITY 

12 AND CONSTRUCTION 

13 SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO SECURE EMBASSY CONSTRUC14 TION AND COUNTERTERRORISM ACT OF 1999. 

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

16 ‘‘Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act 

17 of 2022’’. 

18 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find19 ings: 

20 (1) The Secure Embassy Construction and 

21 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A 

22 of appendix G of Public Law 106–113) was a nec23 essary response to bombings on August 7, 1998, at 

24 the United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and 

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1 simultaneously exploding bombs. The resulting ex2 plosions killed 220 persons and injured more than 

3 4,000 others. Twelve Americans and 40 Kenyan and 

4 Tanzanian employees of the United States Foreign 

5 Service were killed in the attacks. 

6 (2) Those bombings, followed by the expedi7 tionary diplomatic efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, 

8 demonstrated the need to prioritize the security of 

9 United States posts and personnel abroad above 

10 other considerations. 

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

12 of the Department impacted the ability of United 

13 States diplomats around the world to advance the 

14 interests of the United States through access to local 

15 populations, leaders, and places. 

16 (4) America’s competitors and adversaries do 

17 not have the same restrictions that United States 

18 diplomats have, especially in critically important me19 dium-threat and high-threat posts. 

20 (5) The Department’s 2021 Overseas Security 

21 Panel report states that— 

22 (A) the requirement for setback and col23 location of diplomatic posts under paragraphs 

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1 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)) has led to sky2 rocketing costs of new embassies and con3 sulates; and 

4 (B) the locations of such posts have be5 come less desirable, creating an extremely sub6 optimal nexus that further hinders United 

7 States diplomats who are willing to accept more 

8 risk in order to advance United States inter9 ests. 

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

12 (1) the setback and collocation requirements re13 ferred to in subsection (b)(5)(A), even with available 

14 waivers, no longer provide the security such require15 ments used to provide because of advancement in 

16 technologies, such as remote controlled drones, that 

17 can evade walls and other such static barriers; 

18 (2) the Department should focus on creating 

19 performance security standards that— 

20 (A) attempt to keep the setback require21 ments of diplomatic posts as limited as possible; 

22 and 

23 (B) provide diplomats access to local popu24 lations as much as possible, while still providing 

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1 (3) collocation of diplomatic facilities is often 

2 not feasible or advisable, particularly for public di3 plomacy spaces whose mission is to reach and be ac4 cessible to wide sectors of the public, including in 

5 countries with repressive governments, since such 

6 spaces are required to permit the foreign public to 

7 enter and exit the space easily and openly; 

8 (4) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security should— 

9 (A) fully utilize the waiver process pro10 vided under paragraphs (2)(B) and (3)(B) of 

11 section 606(a) of the Secure Embassy Con12 struction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 

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

14 (B) appropriately exercise such waiver 

15 process as a tool to right-size the appropriate 

16 security footing at each diplomatic post rather 

17 than only approving waivers in extreme cir18 cumstances; 

19 (5) the return of great power competition re20 quires— 

21 (A) United States diplomats to do all they 

22 can to outperform our adversaries; and 

23 (B) the Department to better optimize use 

24 of taxpayer funding to advance United States 

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1 (6) this section will better enable United States 

2 diplomats to compete in the 21st century, while sav3 ing United States taxpayers millions in reduced 

4 property and maintenance costs at embassies and 

5 consulates abroad. 

6 (d) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC

7 FACILITY.—Section 603 of the Secure Embassy Construc8 tion and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division 

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

10 read as follows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 603. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITY DE12 FINED. 

13 ‘‘In this title, the terms ‘United States diplomatic fa14 cility’ and ‘diplomatic facility’ mean any chancery, con15 sulate, or other office that— 

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

17 be diplomatic or consular premises, consistent with 

18 the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 

19 done at Vienna April 18, 1961, and the Vienna Con20 vention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 

21 24, 1963, and was notified to the host government 

22 as such; or 

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1 ment of State) that recognizes the official status of 

2 the United States Government personnel present at 

3 the facility.’’. 

4 (e) GUIDANCE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR DIPLO5 MATIC FACILITIES.— 

6 (1) GUIDANCE FOR CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DIPLO7 MACY FACILITIES.—Section 5606(a) of the Public 

8 Diplomacy Modernization Act of 2021 (Public Law 

9 117–81; 22 U.S.C. 1475g note) is amended to read 

10 as follows: 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to preserve public diplo12 macy facilities that are accessible to the publics of foreign 

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

14 enactment of the Secure Embassy Construction and 

15 Counterterrorism Act of 2022, the Secretary of State shall 

16 adopt guidelines to collect and utilize information from 

17 each diplomatic post at which the construction of a new 

18 embassy compound or new consulate compound could re19 sult in the closure or co-location of an American Space 

20 that is owned and operated by the United States Govern21 ment, generally known as an American Center, or any 

22 other public diplomacy facility under the Secure Embassy 

23 Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 

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1 (2) SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNITED

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

3 the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterter4 rorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)) is amend5 ed— 

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

7 threat’’ and inserting ‘‘a range of threats, in8 cluding that’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

11 (I) by inserting ‘‘in a location 

12 that has certain minimum ratings 

13 under the Security Environment 

14 Threat List as determined by the Sec15 retary in his or her discretion’’ after 

16 ‘‘abroad’’; and 

17 (II) by inserting ‘‘, personnel of 

18 the Peace Corps, and personnel of any 

19 other type or category of facility that 

20 the Secretary may identify’’ after 

21 ‘‘military commander’’; and 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

23 (I) by amending clause (i) to 

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

2 (ii), the Secretary of State may waive sub3 paragraph (A) if the Secretary, in con4 sultation with, as appropriate, the head of 

5 each agency employing personnel that 

6 would not be located at the site, if applica7 ble, determines that it is in the national in8 terest of the United States after taking ac9 count of any considerations the Secretary 

10 in his or her discretion considers relevant, 

11 which may include security conditions.’’; 

12 and 

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

14 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

15 BUILDING.—’’ and all that follows 

16 through ‘‘15 days prior’’ and inserting 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

19 BUILDING.—Prior’’; and 

20 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

21 (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

22 read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.— 

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1 a location that has certain minimum rat2 ings under the Security Environment 

3 Threat List as determined by the Sec4 retary of State in his or her discretion 

5 shall— 

6 ‘‘(I) be constructed or modified 

7 to meet the measured building blast 

8 performance standard applicable to a 

9 diplomatic facility sited not less than 

10 100 feet from the perimeter of the 

11 property on which the facility is situ12 ated; or 

13 ‘‘(II) fulfill the criteria described 

14 in clause (ii). 

15 ‘‘(ii) ALTERNATIVE ENGINEERING

16 EQUIVALENCY STANDARD REQUIRE17 MENT.—Each facility referred to in clause 

18 (i) may, instead of meeting the require19 ment under such clause, fulfill such other 

20 criteria as the Secretary is authorized to 

21 employ to achieve an engineering standard 

22 of security and degree of protection that is 

23 equivalent to the numerical perimeter dis24 tance setback described in such clause 

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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (I) in clause (i)— 

3 (aa) by striking ‘‘security 

4 considerations permit and’’; and 

5 (bb) by inserting ‘‘after tak6 ing account of any considerations 

7 the Secretary in his or her discre8 tion considers relevant, which 

9 may include security conditions’’ 

10 after ‘‘national interest of the 

11 United States’’; 

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

13 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

14 BUILDING.—’’ and all that follows 

15 through ‘‘15 days prior’’ and inserting 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

18 BUILDING.—Prior’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a quar21 terly’’. 

22 SEC. 302. DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT AND SECURITY. 

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

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1 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find2 ings: 

3 (1) A robust overseas diplomatic presence is 

4 part of an effective foreign policy, particularly in 

5 volatile environments where a flexible and timely 

6 diplomatic response can be decisive in preventing 

7 and addressing conflict. 

8 (2) Diplomats routinely put themselves and 

9 their families at great personal risk to serve their 

10 country overseas where they face threats related to 

11 international terrorism, violent conflict, and public 

12 health. 

13 (3) The Department has a remarkable record of 

14 protecting personnel while enabling an enormous 

15 amount of global diplomatic activity, often in unse16 cure and remote places and facing a variety of evolv17 ing risks and threats. With support from Congress, 

18 the Department of State has revised policy, im19 proved physical security through retrofitting and re20 placing old facilities, deployed additional security 

21 personnel and armored vehicles, and greatly en22 hanced training requirements and training facilities, 

23 including the new Foreign Affairs Security Training 

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1 (4) Diplomatic missions rely on robust staffing 

2 and ambitious external engagement to advance 

3 United States interests as diverse as competing with 

4 China’s malign influence around the world, fighting 

5 terrorism and transnational organized crime, pre6 venting and addressing violent conflict and humani7 tarian disasters, promoting United States businesses 

8 and trade, protecting the rights of marginalized 

9 groups, addressing climate change, and preventing 

10 pandemic disease. 

11 (5) Efforts to protect personnel overseas have 

12 often resulted in inhibiting diplomatic activity and 

13 limiting engagement between embassy personnel and 

14 local governments and populations. 

15 (6) Given that Congress currently provides an16 nual appropriations in excess of $1,900,000,000 for 

17 embassy security, construction, and maintenance, 

18 the Department should be able ensure a robust over19 seas presence without inhibiting the ability of dip20 lomats to— 

21 (A) meet outside United States secured fa22 cilities with foreign leaders to explain, defend, 

23 and advance United States priorities; 

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1 meeting and interacting with community offi2 cials outside of United States facilities; 

3 (C) provide United States citizen services; 

4 and 

5 (D) collaborate and, at times, compete 

6 with other diplomatic missions, particularly 

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

8 China, that do not have restrictions on meeting 

9 locations. 

10 (7) Given these stakes, Congress has a respon11 sibility to empower, support, and hold the Depart12 ment accountable for implementing an aggressive 

13 strategy to ensure a robust overseas presence that 

14 mitigates potential risks and adequately considers 

15 the myriad direct and indirect consequences of a 

16 lack of diplomatic presence. 

17 (c) ENCOURAGING EXPEDITIONARY DIPLOMACY.— 

18 (1) PURPOSE.—Section 102(b) of the Diplo19 matic Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4801(b)) is 

20 amended— 

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

22 follows: 

23 ‘‘(3) to promote strengthened security meas24 ures, institutionalize a culture of learning, and, in 

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1 duty, recommend that the Secretary investigate ac2 countability for United States Government personnel 

3 with security-related responsibilities;’’; 

4 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

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

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

7 following: 

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

9 instead of risk avoidance, that enables the Depart10 ment of State to pursue its vital goals with full 

11 knowledge that it is neither desirable nor possible 

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

13 (2) BRIEFINGS ON EMBASSY SECURITY.—Sec14 tion 105(a)(1) of the Diplomatic Security Act of 

15 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4804(a)) is amended— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘any plans to open or re17 open a high risk, high threat post’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘progress towards opening or reopening a 

19 high risk, high threat post, and the risk to na20 tional security of the continued closure or any 

21 suspension of operations and remaining barriers 

22 to doing so’’; 

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

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1 ations,’’ after ‘‘national security of the United 

2 States,’’; and 

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

4 type and level of security threats such post 

5 could encounter, and’’ before ‘‘security 

6 ‘tripwires’ ’’. 

7 (d) SECURITY REVIEW COMMITTEES.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 of the Diplo9 matic Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831) is 

10 amended— 

11 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

12 ‘‘ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘SECURITY REVIEW COMMIT14 TEES’’; 

15 (B) in subsection (a)— 

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

17 as follows: 

18 ‘‘(1) CONVENING THE SECURITY REVIEW COM19 MITTEE.—In any case of a serious security incident 

20 involving loss of life, serious injury, or significant 

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

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1 ernment directed at a United States Government 

2 mission abroad, the Secretary of State shall convene 

3 a Security Review Committee, which shall issue a re4 port providing a full account of what occurred, con5 sistent with section 304.’’; 

6 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

7 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

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

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(2) COMMITTEE COMPOSITION.—The Sec11 retary shall designate a Chairperson and may des12 ignate additional personnel of commensurate senior13 ity to serve on the Security Review Committee, 

14 which shall include— 

15 ‘‘(A) the Director of the Office of Manage16 ment Strategy and Solutions; 

17 ‘‘(B) the Assistant Secretary responsible 

18 for the region where the incident occurred; 

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

20 Diplomatic Security; 

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

22 Intelligence and Research; 

23 ‘‘(E) an Assistant Secretary-level rep24 resentative from any involved United States 

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1 ‘‘(F) other personnel determined to be nec2 essary or appropriate.’’; 

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

4 by clause (ii)— 

5 (I) in the paragraph heading, by 

6 striking ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

7 FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL’’ and in8 serting ‘‘EXCEPTIONS TO CONVENING

9 A SECURITY REVIEW COMMITTEE’’; 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘The Secretary 

11 of State is not required to convene a 

12 Board in the case’’ and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 

15 State is not required to convene a Security Re16 view Committee— 

17 ‘‘(i) if the Secretary determines that 

18 the incident involves only causes unrelated 

19 to security, such as when the security at 

20 issue is outside of the scope of the Sec21 retary of State’s security responsibilities 

22 under section 103; 

23 ‘‘(ii) if operational control of overseas 

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1 another agency in accordance with section 

2 106; 

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

4 incident and is covered by other review 

5 mechanisms; or 

6 ‘‘(iv) in the case’’; and 

7 (III) by striking ‘‘In any such 

8 case’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INVES10 TIGATIONS.—In the case of an incident de11 scribed in subparagraph (A)(iv)’’; and 

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

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

14 shall promulgate regulations defining the member15 ship and operating procedures for the Security Re16 view Committee and provide such guidance to the 

17 Chair and ranking members of the Committee on 

18 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 

19 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa20 tives.’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘BOARDS’’ and inserting ‘‘SECURITY REVIEW

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

2 follows: 

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

4 shall convene an SRC not later than 60 days after 

5 the occurrence of an incident described in subsection 

6 (a)(1), or 60 days after the Department first be7 comes aware of such an incident, whichever is ear8 lier, except that the 60-day period for convening an 

9 SRC may be extended for one additional 60-day pe10 riod if the Secretary determines that the additional 

11 period is necessary.’’; and 

12 (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol13 lows: 

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

15 Secretary of State convenes a Security Review Committee, 

16 the Secretary shall promptly inform the chair and ranking 

17 member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

18 Senate and the chair and ranking member of the Com19 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa20 tives.’’. 

21 (e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

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

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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AC2 COUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARD’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘SECURITY REVIEW COMMITTEE’’; and 

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

5 appears and inserting ‘‘a Security Review Com6 mittee’’. 

7 (f) SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION

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

9 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4833) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 303. SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 

11 PROCESS. 

12 ‘‘(a) INVESTIGATION PROCESS.— 

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

14 A United States mission shall submit an initial re15 port of a Serious Security Incident not later than 3 

16 days after such incident occurs, whenever feasible, at 

17 which time an investigation of the incident shall be 

18 initiated. 

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

20 after the submission of a report pursuant to para21 graph (1), the Secretary shall direct the Diplomatic 

22 Security Service to assemble an investigative team to 

23 investigate the incident and independently establish 

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

2 perpetrated or is suspected of having per3 petrated the Serious Security Incident, and 

4 whether applicable security procedures were fol5 lowed; 

6 ‘‘(B) in the event the Serious Security In7 cident involved a United States diplomatic com8 pound, motorcade, residence, or other facility, 

9 an assessment of whether adequate security 

10 countermeasures were in effect based on known 

11 threat at the time of the incident; 

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

13 or group of officers, employees, or family mem14 bers under Chief of Mission security responsi15 bility conducting approved operations or move16 ments outside the United States mission, an as17 sessment of whether proper security briefings 

18 and procedures were in place and whether 

19 weighing of risk of the operation or movement 

20 took place; and 

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

22 of any officials or employees to follow proce23 dures or perform their duties contributed to the 

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

2 team assembled pursuant to paragraph (2) shall 

3 consist of individuals from the Diplomatic Security 

4 Service who shall provide an independent examina5 tion of the facts surrounding the incident and what 

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

7 shall review the makeup of the investigative team for 

8 a conflict, appearance of conflict, or lack of inde9 pendence that could undermine the results of the in10 vestigation and may remove or replace any members 

11 of the team to avoid such an outcome. 

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

13 days after the occurrence of a Serious Security Incident, 

14 the investigative team investigating the incident shall pre15 pare and submit a Report of Investigation to the Security 

16 Review Committee that includes— 

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

18 forth in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of sub19 section (a)(2), including all related findings; 

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

21 casualties, injuries, and damage resulting from the 

22 incident; and 

23 ‘‘(3) a review of security procedures and direc24 tives in place at the time of the incident. 


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1 ‘‘(c) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The investigative team in2 vestigating a Serious Security Incident shall adopt such 

3 procedures with respect to confidentiality as determined 

4 necessary, including procedures relating to the conduct of 

5 closed proceedings or the submission and use of evidence 

6 in camera, to ensure in particular the protection of classi7 fied information relating to national defense, foreign pol8 icy, or intelligence matters. The Director of National In9 telligence shall establish the level of protection required 

10 for intelligence information and for information relating 

11 to intelligence personnel included in the report required 

12 under subsection (b). The Security Review Committee 

13 shall determine the level of classification of the final report 

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

15 the same confidentiality measures in such report to the 

16 maximum extent practicable.’’. 

17 (g) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SE18 CURITY REVIEW COMMITTEE.—Section 304 of the Diplo19 matic Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4834) is amended 

20 to read as follows: 

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

22 REPORT. 

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

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1 ‘‘(1) review the Report of Investigation pre2 pared pursuant to section 303(b), and all other evi3 dence, reporting, and relevant information relating 

4 to a Serious Security Incident at a United States 

5 mission abroad, including an examination of the 

6 facts and circumstances surrounding any serious in7 juries, loss of life, or significant destruction of prop8 erty resulting from the incident; and 

9 ‘‘(2) determine, in writing— 

10 ‘‘(A) whether the incident was security re11 lated and constituted a Serious Security Inci12 dent; 

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

14 compound, motorcade, residence, or other mis15 sion facility— 

16 ‘‘(i) whether the security systems, se17 curity countermeasures, and security pro18 cedures operated as intended; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) whether such systems worked to 

20 materially mitigate the attack or were 

21 found to be inadequate to mitigate the 

22 threat and attack; 

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

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1 process was followed in evaluating the requested 

2 operation and weighing the risk of the oper3 ation, which determination shall not seek to as4 sign accountability for the incident unless the 

5 Security Review Committee determines that an 

6 official breached his or her duty; 

7 ‘‘(D) the impact of intelligence and infor8 mation availability, and whether the mission 

9 was aware of the general operating threat envi10 ronment or any more specific threat intelligence 

11 or information and took that into account in 

12 ongoing and specific operations; and 

13 ‘‘(E) any other facts and circumstances 

14 that may be relevant to the appropriate security 

15 management of United States missions abroad. 

16 ‘‘(b) REPORT.— 

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

18 Not later than 60 days after receiving the Report of 

19 Investigation prepared pursuant to section 303(b), 

20 the Security Review Committee shall submit a report 

21 to the Secretary of State that includes— 

22 ‘‘(A) the findings described in subsection 

23 (a); and 

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

2 than 90 days after receiving the report pursuant to 

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

4 a copy of the report to the Committee on Foreign 

5 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For6 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

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

8 course of conducting an investigation under section 303, 

9 the investigative team finds reasonable cause to believe 

10 any individual described in section 303(a)(2)(D) has 

11 breached the duty of that individual or finds lesser failures 

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

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

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

15 determination, it shall be reported to the Secretary for ap16 propriate action.’’. 

17 (h) RELATION TO OTHER PROCEEDINGS.—Section 

18 305 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 

19 4835) is amended— 

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

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

22 this title’’; and 

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

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

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1 vening a followup public board of inquiry to investigate 

2 any security incident if the incident was of such magnitude 

3 or significance that an internal process is deemed insuffi4 cient to understand and investigate the incident. All mate5 rials gathered during the procedures provided under this 

6 title shall be provided to any related board of inquiry con7 vened by the Secretary.’’. 

8 TITLE IV—A DIVERSE WORK9 FORCE: RECRUITMENT, RE10 TENTION, AND PROMOTION 

11 SEC. 401. REPORT ON BARRIERS TO APPLYING FOR EM12 PLOYMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 

13 STATE. 

14 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

16 the appropriate congressional committees that— 

17 (1) identifies any barriers for applicants apply18 ing for employment with the Department; 

19 (2) provides demographic data of online appli20 cants during the most recent 3 years disaggregated 

21 by race, ethnicity, gender, age, veteran status, dis22 ability, geographic region, and any other categories 

23 determined by the Secretary; 

24 (3) assesses any barriers that exist for applying 

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1 disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, age, vet2 eran status, disability, geographic region, and any 

3 other categories determined by the Secretary; and 

4 (4) includes recommendations for addressing 

5 any disparities identified in the online application 

6 process. 

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

8 WORKFORCE DATA. 

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

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

11 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit12 tees that includes disaggregated demographic data and 

13 other information regarding the diversity of the workforce 

14 of the Department. 

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

16 shall include, to the maximum extent that the collection 

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

18 protects the confidentiality of individuals and is otherwise 

19 permissible by law— 

20 (1) demographic data on each element of the 

21 workforce of the Department during the 5-year pe22 riod ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

23 disaggregated by rank and grade or grade-equiva24 lent, with respect to— 

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1 (B) individuals promoted, including pro2 motions to and within the Senior Executive 

3 Service or the Senior Foreign Service; 

4 (C) individuals serving as special assistants 

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

6 the Deputy Secretary of State, the Counselor of 

7 the Department of State, the Secretary’s Policy 

8 Planning Staff, the Under Secretary of State 

9 for Arms Control and International Security, 

10 the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Secu11 rity, Democracy, and Human Rights, the Under 

12 Secretary of State for Economic Growth, En13 ergy, and the Environment, the Under Sec14 retary of State for Management, the Under 

15 Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and the 

16 Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy 

17 and Public Affairs; 

18 (D) individuals serving in each bureau’s 

19 front office; 

20 (E) individuals serving as detailees to the 

21 National Security Council; 

22 (F) individuals serving on applicable selec23 tion boards; 

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1 by individuals at senior positions in the Depart2 ment; 

3 (H) individuals participating in profes4 sional development programs of the Department 

5 and the extent to which such participants have 

6 been placed into senior positions within the De7 partment after such participation; 

8 (I) individuals participating in mentorship 

9 or retention programs; and 

10 (J) individuals who separated from the 

11 agency, including individuals in the Senior Ex12 ecutive Service or the Senior Foreign Service; 

13 (2) an assessment of agency compliance with 

14 the essential elements identified in Equal Employ15 ment Opportunity Commission Management Direc16 tive 715, effective October 1, 2003; and 

17 (3) data on the overall number of individuals 

18 who are part of the workforce, the percentages of 

19 such workforce corresponding to each element speci20 fied in paragraph (1), and the percentages cor21 responding to each rank, grade, or grade equivalent. 

22 (c) EFFECTIVENESS OF DEPARTMENT EFFORTS.— 

23 The report required under subsection (a) shall describe 

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1 (1) to propagate fairness, impartiality, and in2 clusion in the work environment, both domestically 

3 and abroad; 

4 (2) to enforce anti-harassment and anti-dis5 crimination policies, both domestically and at posts 

6 overseas; 

7 (3) to refrain from engaging in unlawful dis8 crimination in any phase of the employment process, 

9 including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, assign10 ments, promotion, retention, and training; 

11 (4) to prevent retaliation against employees for 

12 participating in a protected equal employment op13 portunity activity or for reporting sexual harassment 

14 or sexual assault; 

15 (5) to provide reasonable accommodation for 

16 qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; 

17 and 

18 (6) to recruit a representative workforce by— 

19 (A) recruiting women, persons with disabil20 ities, and minorities; 

21 (B) recruiting at women’s colleges, histori22 cally Black colleges and universities, minority23 serving institutions, and other institutions serv24 ing a significant percentage of minority stu25 dents; 


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1 (C) placing job advertisements in news2 papers, magazines, and job sites oriented to3 ward women and minorities; 

4 (D) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 

5 in urban and rural communities and at land6 grant colleges or universities; 

7 (E) providing opportunities through the 

8 Foreign Service Internship Program under 

9 chapter 12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

10 (22 U.S.C. 4141 et seq.), and other hiring ini11 tiatives; 

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

13 professionals through programs designed to in14 crease representation in international affairs of 

15 people belonging to traditionally under16 represented groups; 

17 (G) offering the Foreign Service written 

18 and oral assessment examinations in several lo19 cations throughout the United States or via on20 line platforms to reduce the burden of appli21 cants having to travel at their own expense to 

22 take either or both such examinations; 

23 (H) expanding the use of paid internships; 

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1 (I) supporting recruiting and hiring oppor2 tunities through— 

3 (i) the Charles B. Rangel Inter4 national Affairs Fellowship Program; 

5 (ii) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign 

6 Affairs Fellowship Program; and 

7 (iii) other initiatives, including agen8 cywide policy initiatives. 

9 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

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

11 the publication of the report required under sub12 section (a), the Secretary of State shall submit a re13 port to the appropriate congressional committees, 

14 and make such report available on the Department’s 

15 website, that includes, without compromising the 

16 confidentiality of individuals and to the extent other17 wise consistent with law— 

18 (A) disaggregated demographic data, to 

19 the maximum extent that collection of such 

20 data is permissible by law, relating to the work21 force and information on the status of diversity 

22 and inclusion efforts of the Department; 

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

24 the maximum extent that collection of such 

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1 (C) disaggregated demographic data relat2 ing to participants in professional development 

3 programs of the Department and the rate of 

4 placement into senior positions for participants 

5 in such programs. 

6 (2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER ANNUAL RE7 PORT.—The report required under paragraph (1) 

8 may be combined with another annual report re9 quired by law, to the extent practicable. 

10 SEC. 403. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

11 AND ASSISTANCE. 

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

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

14 United States overseas through programs that foster 

15 innovation, competitiveness, and a diversity of back16 grounds, views, and experience in the formulation 

17 and implementation of United States foreign policy 

18 and assistance; and 

19 (2) to create opportunities for specialized re20 search, education, training, professional develop21 ment, and leadership opportunities for historically 

22 under-represented populations within the Depart23 ment and USAID. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Ad2 ministrator of USAID shall conduct a study on the 

3 feasibility of establishing Centers of Excellence in 

4 Foreign Affairs and Assistance (referred to in this 

5 section as the ‘‘Centers of Excellence’’) within insti6 tutions that serve historically underrepresented pop7 ulations to focus on 1 or more of the areas described 

8 in paragraph (2). 

9 (2) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study re10 quired under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the 

11 Administrator, respectively, shall consider— 

12 (A) opportunities to enter into public-pri13 vate partnerships that will— 

14 (i) increase diversity in foreign affairs 

15 and foreign assistance Federal careers; 

16 (ii) prepare a diverse cadre of stu17 dents (including nontraditional, mid-career, 

18 part-time, and heritage students) and non19 profit or business professionals with the 

20 skills and education needed to meaning21 fully contribute to the formulation and exe22 cution of United States foreign policy and 

23 assistance; 

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1 flect diverse perspectives and a wide range 

2 of views of world regions and international 

3 affairs— 

4 (I) to assist in the development 

5 of regional and functional foreign pol6 icy skills; 

7 (II) to strengthen international 

8 development and humanitarian assist9 ance programs; and 

10 (III) to strengthen democratic in11 stitutions and processes in policy12 making, including supporting public 

13 policies that engender equitable and 

14 inclusive societies and focus on chal15 lenges and inequalities in education, 

16 health, wealth, justice, and other sec17 tors faced by diverse communities; 

18 (iv) enable domestic and international 

19 educational, internship, fellowship, faculty 

20 exchange, training, employment or other 

21 innovative programs to acquire or 

22 strengthen knowledge of foreign languages, 

23 cultures, societies, and international skills 

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1 (v) support collaboration among insti2 tutions of higher education, including com3 munity colleges, nonprofit organizations, 

4 and corporations, to strengthen the en5 gagement between experts and specialists 

6 in the foreign affairs and foreign assist7 ance fields; and 

8 (vi) leverage additional public-private 

9 partnerships with nonprofit organizations, 

10 foundations, corporations, institutions of 

11 higher education, and the Federal Govern12 ment; and 

13 (B) budget and staffing requirements, in14 cluding appropriate sources of funding, for the 

15 establishment and conduct of operations of such 

16 Centers of Excellence. 

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

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

19 a report to the appropriate congressional committees that 

20 contains the findings of the study conducted pursuant to 

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1 TITLE V—INFORMATION SECU2 RITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY 

3 SEC. 501. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL CYBERSPACE 

4 POLICY. 

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

6 States— 

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

8 interoperable, reliable, and secure internet governed 

9 by the multi-stakeholder model, which— 

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

11 and human rights, including freedom of expres12 sion; 

13 (B) supports the ability to innovate, com14 municate, and promote economic prosperity; 

15 and 

16 (C) is designed to protect privacy and 

17 guard against deception, fraud, and theft; 

18 (2) to encourage and aid United States allies 

19 and partners in improving their own technological 

20 capabilities and resiliency to pursue, defend, and 

21 protect shared interests and values, free from coer22 cion and external pressure; and 

23 (3) in furtherance of the efforts described in 

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1 (A) to provide incentives to the private sec2 tor to accelerate the development of the tech3 nologies referred to in such paragraphs; 

4 (B) to modernize and harmonize with allies 

5 and partners export controls and investment 

6 screening regimes and associated policies and 

7 regulations; and 

8 (C) to enhance United States leadership in 

9 technical standards-setting bodies and avenues 

10 for developing norms regarding the use of dig11 ital tools. 

12 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the policy 

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

14 with outside actors, as appropriate, including private sec15 tor companies, nongovernmental organizations, security 

16 researchers, and other relevant stakeholders, in the con17 duct of bilateral and multilateral relations, shall strive— 

18 (1) to clarify the applicability of international 

19 laws and norms to the use of information and com20 munications technology (referred to in this sub21 section as ‘‘ICT’’); 

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

23 and retaliation in cyberspace, damage to critical in24 frastructure, and other malicious cyber activity that 


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1 impairs the use and operation of critical infrastruc2 ture that provides services to the public; 

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

4 share common values and cyberspace policies with 

5 the United States, including respect for human 

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

7 such values and policies internationally; 

8 (4) to encourage the responsible development of 

9 new, innovative technologies and ICT products that 

10 strengthen a secure internet architecture that is ac11 cessible to all; 

12 (5) to secure and implement commitments on 

13 responsible country behavior in cyberspace, including 

14 commitments by countries— 

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

16 cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, in17 cluding trade secrets or other confidential busi18 ness information, with the intent of providing 

19 competitive advantages to companies or com20 mercial sectors; 

21 (B) to take all appropriate and reasonable 

22 efforts to keep their territories clear of inten23 tionally wrongful acts using ICT in violation of 

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1 (C) not to conduct or knowingly support 

2 ICT activity that intentionally damages or oth3 erwise impairs the use and operation of critical 

4 infrastructure providing services to the public, 

5 in violation of international law; 

6 (D) to take appropriate measures to pro7 tect the country’s critical infrastructure from 

8 ICT threats; 

9 (E) not to conduct or knowingly support 

10 malicious international activity that harms the 

11 information systems of authorized emergency 

12 response teams (also known as ‘‘computer 

13 emergency response teams’’ or ‘‘cybersecurity 

14 incident response teams’’) of another country or 

15 authorize emergency response teams to engage 

16 in malicious international activity, in violation 

17 of international law; 

18 (F) to respond to appropriate requests for 

19 assistance to mitigate malicious ICT activity 

20 emanating from their territory and aimed at the 

21 critical infrastructure of another country; 

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

23 or require local storage or processing of data; 

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1 (H) to protect the exercise of human rights 

2 and fundamental freedoms on the internet, 

3 while recognizing that the human rights that 

4 people have offline also need to be protected on5 line; and 

6 (6) to advance, encourage, and support the de7 velopment and adoption of internationally recognized 

8 technical standards and best practices. 

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

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1 of the State Depart11 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), 

12 is amended— 

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

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

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

16 by section 361(a)(1) of division FF of the Consoli17 dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 

18 260)) as subsection (l); and 

19 (3) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(i) BUREAU OF CYBERSPACE AND DIGITAL POL22 ICY.— 

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

24 the Department of State, the Bureau of Cyberspace 

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

2 the rank and status of ambassador and shall be ap3 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 

4 consent of the Senate. 

5 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of the Bu7 reau shall perform such duties and exercise 

8 such powers as the Secretary of State shall pre9 scribe, including implementing the policy de10 scribed in section 501(a) of the Department of 

11 State Authorization Act of 2022. 

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

13 duties and responsibilities of the head of the 

14 Bureau shall be— 

15 ‘‘(i) to serve as the principal cyber16 space policy official within the senior man17 agement of the Department of State and 

18 as the advisor to the Secretary of State for 

19 cyberspace and digital issues; 

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

21 in coordination with other relevant bureaus 

22 and offices, the Department of State’s dip23 lomatic cyberspace, cybersecurity (includ24 ing efforts related to data privacy, data 

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1 communications technology standards, and 

2 other issues that the Secretary has as3 signed to the Bureau); 

4 ‘‘(iii) to advance United States na5 tional security and foreign policy interests 

6 in cyberspace and to coordinate cyberspace 

7 policy and other relevant functions with 

8 the Department of State and with other 

9 components of the Federal Government; 

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

12 communications technology infrastructure 

13 globally; 

14 ‘‘(v) to represent the Secretary of 

15 State in interagency efforts to develop and 

16 advance Federal Government cyber prior17 ities and activities, including efforts to de18 velop credible national capabilities, strate19 gies, and policies to deter and counter 

20 cyber adversaries, and carry out the pur21 poses of title V of the Department of State 

22 Authorization Act of 2022; 

23 ‘‘(vi) to engage civil society, the pri24 vate sector, academia, and other public and 

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1 cyberspace and information and commu2 nications technology issues; 

3 ‘‘(vii) to lead United States Govern4 ment efforts to uphold and further develop 

5 global deterrence frameworks for malicious 

6 cyber activity; 

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

8 and coordinate with foreign governments 

9 regarding responses to national security10 level cyber incidents, including coordina11 tion on diplomatic response efforts to sup12 port allies and partners threatened by ma13 licious cyber activity, in conjunction with 

14 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Or15 ganization and like-minded countries; 

16 ‘‘(ix) to promote the building of for17 eign capacity relating to cyberspace policy 

18 priorities; 

19 ‘‘(x) to promote an open, interoper20 able, reliable, and secure information and 

21 communications technology infrastructure 

22 globally and an open, interoperable, secure, 

23 and reliable internet governed by the 

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1 ‘‘(xi) to promote an international reg2 ulatory environment for technology invest3 ments and the internet that benefits 

4 United States economic and national secu5 rity interests; 

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

7 data and combat international initiatives 

8 seeking to impose unreasonable require9 ments on United States businesses; 

10 ‘‘(xiii) to promote international poli11 cies to protect the integrity of United 

12 States and international telecommuni13 cations infrastructure from foreign-based 

14 threats, including cyber-enabled threats; 

15 ‘‘(xiv) to lead engagement, in coordi16 nation with relevant executive branch agen17 cies, with foreign governments on relevant 

18 international cyberspace, cybersecurity, 

19 cybercrime, and digital economy issues de20 scribed in title V of the Department of 

21 State Authorization Act of 2022; 

22 ‘‘(xv) to promote international policies 

23 to secure radio frequency spectrum for 

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1 ‘‘(xvi) to promote and protect the ex2 ercise of human rights, including freedom 

3 of speech and religion, through the inter4 net; 

5 ‘‘(xvii) to build capacity of United 

6 States diplomatic officials to engage on 

7 cyberspace issues; 

8 ‘‘(xviii) to encourage the development 

9 and adoption by foreign countries of inter10 nationally recognized standards, policies, 

11 and best practices; 

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

13 Engagement Center to counter cyber-en14 abled information operations against the 

15 United States or its allies and partners; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(xx) to conduct such other matters 

18 as the Secretary of State may assign. 

19 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The head of the Bu20 reau should be an individual of demonstrated com21 petency in the fields of— 

22 ‘‘(A) cybersecurity and other relevant 

23 cyberspace and information and communica24 tions technology policy issues; and 

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1 ‘‘(4) ORGANIZATIONAL PLACEMENT.— 

2 ‘‘(A) INITIAL PLACEMENT.—Except as 

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

4 Bureau shall report to the Deputy Secretary of 

5 State. 

6 ‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT PLACEMENT.—The 

7 head of the Bureau may report to an Under 

8 Secretary of State or to an official holding a 

9 higher position than Under Secretary if, not 

10 later than 15 days before any change in such 

11 reporting structure, the Secretary of State— 

12 ‘‘(i) consults with the Committee on 

13 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 

14 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

15 House of Representatives; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) submits a report to such commit17 tees that— 

18 ‘‘(I) indicates that the Secretary, 

19 with respect to the reporting structure 

20 of the Bureau, has consulted with and 

21 solicited feedback from— 

22 ‘‘(aa) other relevant Federal 

23 entities with a role in inter24 national aspects of cyber policy; 

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1 ‘‘(bb) the elements of the 

2 Department of State with respon3 sibility for aspects of cyber pol4 icy, including the elements re5 porting to— 

6 ‘‘(AA) the Under Sec7 retary of State for Political 

8 Affairs; 

9 ‘‘(BB) the Under Sec10 retary of State for Civilian 

11 Security, Democracy, and 

12 Human Rights; 

13 ‘‘(CC) the Under Sec14 retary of State for Economic 

15 Growth, Energy, and the 

16 Environment; 

17 ‘‘(DD) the Under Sec18 retary of State for Arms 

19 Control and International 

20 Security Affairs; 

21 ‘‘(EE) the Under Sec22 retary of State for Manage23 ment; and 

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1 Diplomacy and Public Af2 fairs; 

3 ‘‘(II) describes the new reporting 

4 structure for the head of the Bureau 

5 and the justification for such new 

6 structure; and 

7 ‘‘(III) includes a plan describing 

8 how the new reporting structure will 

9 better enable the head of the Bureau 

10 to carry out the duties described in 

11 paragraph (2), including the security, 

12 economic, and human rights aspects 

13 of cyber diplomacy. 

14 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITIES.—The Sec15 retary of State may— 

16 ‘‘(A) appoint employees without regard to 

17 the provisions of title 5, United States Code, re18 garding appointments in the competitive serv19 ice; and 

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

21 employees without regard to chapter 51 and 

22 subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title re23 garding classification and General Schedule pay 

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

2 this subsection may be construed to preclude the 

3 head of the Bureau from being designated as an As4 sistant Secretary, if such an Assistant Secretary po5 sition does not increase the number of Assistant 

6 Secretary positions at the Department above the 

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

8 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con9 gress that the Bureau established under section 1(i) of 

10 the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as 

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

12 composed of qualified individuals, including individuals 

13 from traditionally underrepresented groups. 

14 (c) UNITED NATIONS.—The Permanent Representa15 tive of the United States to the United Nations should 

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

17 oppose any measure that is inconsistent with the policy 

18 described in section 501(a). 

19 SEC. 503. INTERNATIONAL CYBERSPACE AND DIGITAL POL20 ICY STRATEGY. 

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

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

23 acting through the Secretary, and in coordination with the 

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1 shall develop an international cyberspace and digital policy 

2 strategy. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub4 section (a) shall include— 

5 (1) a review of actions and activities under6 taken to support the policy described in section 

7 501(a); 

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

9 the Department with regard to foreign countries, in10 cluding— 

11 (A) conducting bilateral and multilateral 

12 activities— 

13 (i) to develop and support the imple14 mentation of norms of responsible country 

15 behavior in cyberspace consistent with the 

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

17 (ii) to reduce the frequency and sever18 ity of cyberattacks on United States indi19 viduals, businesses, governmental agencies, 

20 and other organizations; 

21 (iii) to reduce cybersecurity risks to 

22 United States and allied critical infrastruc23 ture; 

24 (iv) to improve allies’ and partners’ 

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1 bersecurity issues, including information 

2 sharing, regulatory coordination and im3 provement, and joint investigatory and law 

4 enforcement operations related to 

5 cybercrime; and 

6 (v) to share best practices and ad7 vance proposals to strengthen civilian and 

8 private sector resiliency to threats and ac9 cess to opportunities in cyberspace; and 

10 (B) reviewing the status of existing efforts 

11 in relevant multilateral fora, as appropriate, to 

12 obtain commitments on international norms re13 garding cyberspace; 

14 (3) a review of alternative concepts for inter15 national norms regarding cyberspace offered by for16 eign countries; 

17 (4) a detailed description of new and evolving 

18 threats regarding cyberspace from foreign adver19 saries, state-sponsored actors, and non-state actors 

20 to— 

21 (A) United States national security; 

22 (B) the Federal and private sector cyber23 space infrastructure of the United States; 

24 (C) intellectual property in the United 

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1 (D) the privacy and security of citizens of 

2 the United States; 

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

4 President to deter and de-escalate tensions with for5 eign countries, state-sponsored actors, and private 

6 actors regarding— 

7 (A) threats in cyberspace; 

8 (B) the degree to which such tools have 

9 been used; and 

10 (C) whether such tools have been effective 

11 deterrents; 

12 (6) a review of resources required to conduct 

13 activities to build responsible norms of international 

14 cyber behavior; 

15 (7) a review to determine whether the budg16 etary resources, technical expertise, legal authorities, 

17 and personnel available to the Department and other 

18 relevant Federal agencies are adequate to achieve 

19 the actions and activities undertaken to support the 

20 policy described in section 501(a); 

21 (8) a review to determine whether the Depart22 ment is properly organized and coordinated with 

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

2 with relevant Federal departments and agencies as 

3 the President may direct, to guide the diplomacy of 

4 the Department with respect to the inclusion of 

5 cyber issues in mutual defense agreements. 

6 (c) FORM OF STRATEGY.— 

7 (1) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The strategy re8 quired under subsection (a) shall be available to the 

9 public in unclassified form, including through publi10 cation in the Federal Register. 

11 (2) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The strategy required 

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

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

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

15 the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional 

16 committees regarding the strategy, including any material 

17 contained in a classified annex. 

18 (e) UPDATES.—The strategy required under sub19 section (a) shall be updated— 

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

21 change to United States policy described in such 

22 strategy; and 

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

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1 SEC. 504. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT 

2 ON CYBER DIPLOMACY. 

3 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

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

6 appropriate congressional committees that includes— 

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

8 States diplomatic processes and other efforts with 

9 foreign countries, including through multilateral 

10 fora, bilateral engagements, and negotiated cyber11 space agreements, advance the full range of United 

12 States interests regarding cyberspace, including the 

13 policy described in section 501(a); 

14 (2) an assessment of the Department’s organi15 zational structure and approach to managing its dip16 lomatic efforts to advance the full range of United 

17 States interests regarding cyberspace, including a 

18 review of— 

19 (A) the establishment of a Bureau within 

20 the Department to lead the Department’s inter21 national cyber mission; 

22 (B) the current or proposed diplomatic 

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1 (C) how the establishment of such Bureau 

2 has impacted or is likely to impact the structure 

3 and organization of the Department; and 

4 (D) what challenges, if any, the Depart5 ment has faced or will face in establishing such 

6 Bureau; and 

7 (3) any other matters that the Comptroller 

8 General determines to be relevant. 

9 SEC. 505. REPORT ON DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS TO DETECT 

10 AND RESPOND TO CYBER THREATS AGAINST 

11 ALLIES AND PARTNERS. 

12 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the 

14 heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit a 

15 report to the appropriate congressional committees that 

16 assesses the capabilities of the Department to provide ci17 vilian-led support for acute cyber incident response in ally 

18 and partner countries that includes— 

19 (1) a description and assessment of the Depart20 ment’s coordination with cyber programs and oper21 ations of the Department of Defense and the De22 partment of Homeland Security; 

23 (2) recommendations on how to improve coordi24 nation and executive of Department involvement in 


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1 programs or operations to support allies and part2 ners in responding to acute cyber incidents; and 

3 (3) the budgetary resources, technical expertise, 

4 legal authorities, and personnel needed for the De5 partment to formulate and implement the programs 

6 described in this section. 

7 SEC. 506. CYBERSECURITY RECRUITMENT AND RETEN8 TION. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con10 gress that improving computer programming language 

11 proficiency will improve— 

12 (1) the cybersecurity effectiveness of the De13 partment; and 

14 (2) the ability of foreign service officers to en15 gage with foreign audiences on cybersecurity mat16 ters. 

17 (b) TECHNOLOGY TALENT ACQUISITION.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es19 tablish positions within the Bureau of Global Talent 

20 Management that are solely dedicated to the recruit21 ment and retention of Department personnel with 

22 backgrounds in cybersecurity, engineering, data 

23 science, application development, artificial intel24 ligence, critical and emerging technology, and tech25 nology and digital policy. 


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1 (2) GOALS.—The goals of the positions de2 scribed in paragraph (1) shall be— 

3 (A) to fulfill the critical need of the De4 partment to recruit and retain employees for 

5 cybersecurity, digital, and technology positions; 

6 (B) to actively recruit relevant candidates 

7 from academic institutions, the private sector, 

8 and related industries; 

9 (C) to work with the Office of Personnel 

10 Management and the United States Digital 

11 Service to develop and implement best strate12 gies for recruiting and retaining technology tal13 ent; and 

14 (D) to inform and train supervisors at the 

15 Department on the use of the authorities listed 

16 in subsection (c)(1). 

17 (3) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 

18 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

19 the Secretary shall submit a plan to the appropriate 

20 congressional committees that describes how the ob21 jectives and goals set forth in paragraphs (1) and 

22 (2) will be implemented. 

23 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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1 each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry 

2 out this subsection. 

3 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON HIRING AUTHORITIES.— 

4 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

5 this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, 

6 the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate con7 gressional committees that includes— 

8 (1) a list of the hiring authorities available to 

9 the Department to recruit and retain personnel with 

10 backgrounds in cybersecurity, engineering, data 

11 science, application development, artificial intel12 ligence, critical and emerging technology, and tech13 nology and digital policy; 

14 (2) a list of which hiring authorities described 

15 in paragraph (1) have been used during the previous 

16 5 years; 

17 (3) the number of employees in qualified posi18 tions hired, aggregated by position and grade level 

19 or pay band; 

20 (4) the number of employees who have been 

21 placed in qualified positions, aggregated by bureau 

22 and offices within the Department; 

23 (5) the rate of attrition of individuals who begin 

24 the hiring process and do not complete the process 

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1 (6) the number of individuals who are inter2 viewed by subject matter experts and the number of 

3 individuals who are not interviewed by subject mat4 ter experts; and 

5 (7) recommendations for— 

6 (A) reducing the attrition rate referred to 

7 in paragraph (5) by 5 percent each year; 

8 (B) additional hiring authorities needed to 

9 acquire needed technology talent; 

10 (C) hiring personnel to hold public trust 

11 positions until such personnel can obtain the 

12 necessary security clearance; and 

13 (D) informing and training supervisors 

14 within the Department on the use of the au15 thorities listed in paragraph (1). 

16 (d) INCENTIVE PAY FOR CYBERSECURITY PROFES17 SIONALS.—To increase the number of qualified candidates 

18 available to fulfill the cybersecurity needs of the Depart19 ment, the Secretary shall— 

20 (1) include computer programming languages 

21 within the Recruitment Language Program; and 

22 (2) provide appropriate language incentive pay. 

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

24 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 

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1 to the appropriate congressional committees that identi2 fies— 

3 (1) the computer programming languages in4 cluded within the Recruitment Language Program 

5 and the language incentive pay rate; and 

6 (2) the number of individuals benefitting from 

7 the inclusion of such computer programming lan8 guages in the Recruitment Language Program and 

9 language incentive pay. 

10 SEC. 507. SHORT COURSE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 

11 FOR SENIOR OFFICIALS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall de14 velop and begin providing, for senior officials of the De15 partment, a course addressing how the most recent and 

16 relevant technologies affect the activities of the Depart17 ment. 

18 (b) THROUGHPUT OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary 

19 should ensure that— 

20 (1) during the first year that the course devel21 oped pursuant to subsection (a) is offered, not fewer 

22 than 20 percent of senior officials are certified as 

23 having passed such course; and 

24 (2) in each subsequent year, until the date on 

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1 having passed such course, an additional 10 percent 

2 of senior officials are certified as having passed such 

3 course. 

4 SEC. 508. ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF REGIONAL 

5 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER PROGRAM. 

6 (a) REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY OFFICER PROGRAM.— 

7 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es8 tablish a program, which shall be known as the ‘‘Re9 gional Technology Officer Program’’ (referred to in 

10 this section as the ‘‘Program’’). 

11 (2) GOALS.—The goals of the Program shall in12 clude the following: 

13 (A) Promoting United States leadership in 

14 technology abroad. 

15 (B) Working with partners to increase the 

16 deployment of critical and emerging technology 

17 in support of democratic values. 

18 (C) Shaping diplomatic agreements in re19 gional and international fora with respect to 

20 critical and emerging technologies. 

21 (D) Building diplomatic capacity for han22 dling critical and emerging technology issues. 

23 (E) Facilitating the role of critical and 

24 emerging technology in advancing the foreign 

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1 engagement with research labs, incubators, and 

2 venture capitalists. 

3 (F) Maintaining the advantages of the 

4 United States with respect to critical and 

5 emerging technologies. 

6 (b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 180 

7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec8 retary shall submit an implementation plan to the appro9 priate congressional committees that outlines strategies 

10 for— 

11 (1) advancing the goals described in subsection 

12 (a)(2); 

13 (2) hiring Regional Technology Officers and in14 creasing the competitiveness of the Program within 

15 the Foreign Service bidding process; 

16 (3) expanding the Program to include a min17 imum of 15 Regional Technology Officers; and 

18 (4) assigning not fewer than 2 Regional Tech19 nology Officers to posts within— 

20 (A) each regional bureau of the Depart21 ment; and 

22 (B) the Bureau of International Organiza23 tion Affairs. 

24 (c) ANNUAL BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later 

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1 and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Sec2 retary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees 

3 regarding the status of the implementation plan required 

4 under subsection (b). 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the 

7 fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section. 

8 SEC. 509. VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY AND BUG 

9 BOUNTY PROGRAM REPORT. 

10 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘bug 

12 bounty program’’ means a program under which an 

13 approved individual, organization, or company is 

14 temporarily authorized to identify and report 

15 vulnerabilities of internet-facing information tech16 nology of the Department in exchange for compensa17 tion. 

18 (2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

19 ‘‘information technology’’ has the meaning given 

20 such term in section 11101 of title 40, United 

21 States Code. 

22 (b) VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY.— 

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

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1 known a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (referred to 

2 in this section as the ‘‘VDP’’) to improve Depart3 ment cybersecurity by— 

4 (A) creating Department policy and infra5 structure to receive reports of and remediate 

6 discovered vulnerabilities in line with existing 

7 policies of the Office of Management and Budg8 et and the Department of Homeland Security 

9 Binding Operational Directive 20–01 or any 

10 subsequent directive; and 

11 (B) providing a report on such policy and 

12 infrastructure to Congress. 

13 (2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 180 

14 days after the establishment of the VDP pursuant to 

15 paragraph (1), and annually thereafter for the fol16 lowing 5 years, the Secretary shall submit a report 

17 on the VDP to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

18 of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security 

19 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Com20 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep21 resentatives, and the Committee on Homeland Secu22 rity of the House of Representatives that includes 

23 information relating to— 

24 (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; 

22 (I) the incorporation of bug bounty pro23 gram identified vulnerabilities into existing De24 partment vulnerability prioritization and man25 agement processes; and 


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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 

22 (C) how the equipment was used in an un23 lawful manner. 


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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 

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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, 

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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. 

17 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

18 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘De19 partment of State Authorization Act of 2022’’. 

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

21 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT 

OF STATE 

Sec. 101. 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. 


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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. 

Sec. 107. Briefing on ‘‘China House’’. 

Sec. 108. Office of Sanctions Coordination. 

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. 

Sec. 213. Independent review of promotion policies. 

Sec. 214. Third party verification of permanent change of station (PCS) orders. 

Sec. 215. Post-employment restrictions on Senate-confirmed officials at the Department of State. 

Sec. 216. Expansion of authorities regarding special rules for certain monthly 

workers’ compensation payments and other payments. 

TITLE III—EMBASSY SECURITY AND CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 301. Amendments to Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act 

of 1999. 

Sec. 302. Diplomatic support and security. 

Sec. 303. Establishment of United States embassies in Vanuatu, Kiribati, and 

Tonga. 

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. 

Sec. 404. Institute for Transatlantic Engagement. 

Sec. 405. Rule of construction. 

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 

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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. 

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. 

Sec. 716. Return of supporting documents for passport applications through 

United States Postal Service certified mail. 

Sec. 717. Report on distribution of personnel and resources related to ordered departures and post closures. 

Sec. 718. Elimination of obsolete reports. 

Sec. 719. Locality pay for Federal employees working overseas under Domestic 

Employee Teleworking Overseas agreements. 

Sec. 720. Department of State diplomacy in response to the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Israel. 

Sec. 721. Prohibition on entry of officials of foreign governments involved in significant corruption or gross violations of human rights. 

Sec. 722. Modifications to sanctions with respect to human rights violations. 

Sec. 723. Report of shooting of Palestinian-American journalist in Jenin. 

Sec. 724. Report on countering the activities of malign actors. 

Sec. 725. Limitation on withdrawal from North Atlantic Treaty. 


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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. 

TITLE IX—COMBATING GLOBAL CORRUPTION 

Sec. 901. Short title. 

Sec. 902. Definitions. 

Sec. 903. Publication of tiered ranking list. 

Sec. 904. Minimum standards for the elimination of corruption and assessment 

of efforts to combat corruption. 

Sec. 905. Imposition of sanctions under Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. 

Sec. 906. Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact. 

TITLE X—GLOBAL RESPECT ACT 

Sec. 1001. Short title. 

Sec. 1002. Findings. 

Sec. 1003. Definitions. 

Sec. 1004. Identification of foreign persons responsible for violations of human 

rights of LGBTI individuals. 

Sec. 1005. Inadmissibility of individuals responsible for violations of human 

rights of LGBTI individuals. 

Sec. 1006. Sense of Congress with respect to additional sanctions. 

Sec. 1007. Report to Congress. 

Sec. 1008. Discrimination related to sexual orientation or gender identity. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

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

5 Agency for International Development. 

6 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit8 tees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

9 the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

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1 (3) DEPARTMENT.—Unless otherwise specified, 

2 the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of 

3 State. 

4 (4) SECRETARY.—Unless otherwise specified, the 

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

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

7 United States Agency for International Development. 

8 TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND 

9 OPERATIONS OF THE DE10 PARTMENT OF STATE 

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

12 VERIFICATION, AND COMPLIANCE AND THE 

13 BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND 

14 NONPROLIFERATION. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that— 

16 (1) the Secretary should take steps to address 

17 staffing shortfalls in the chemical, biological, and nu18 clear weapons issue areas in the Bureau of Arms Con19 trol, Verification, and Compliance and in the Bureau 

20 of International Security and Nonproliferation; 

21 (2) maintaining a fully staffed and resourced 

22 Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compli23 ance and Bureau of International Security and Non24 proliferation is necessary to effectively confront the 

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

2 and Compliance and the Bureau of International Se3 curity and Nonproliferation should increase efforts 

4 and dedicate resources to combat the dangers posed by 

5 the People’s Republic of China’s conventional and nu6 clear build-up, the Russian Federation’s tactical nu7 clear weapons and new types of nuclear weapons, bio8 weapons proliferation, dual use of life sciences re9 search, and chemical weapons. 

10 SEC. 102. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS FOR UNITED 

11 STATES NATIONALS UNLAWFULLY OR 

12 WRONGFULLY DETAINED ABROAD. 

13 Section 302 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery 

14 and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, as expedi17 tiously as possible,’’ after ‘‘review’’; and 

18 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol19 lows: 

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

21 TO CONGRESS.— 

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

23 Secretary of State, based on the totality of the cir24 cumstances, that there is credible information that the 

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1 lawful or wrongful, and regardless of whether the de2 tention is by a foreign government or a nongovern3 mental actor, the Secretary shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) expeditiously transfer responsibility 

5 for such case from the Bureau of Consular Af6 fairs of the Department of State to the Special 

7 Envoy for Hostage Affairs; and 

8 ‘‘(B) not later than 14 days after such de9 termination, notify the Committee on Foreign 

10 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 

11 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

12 of such determination and provide such commit13 tees with a summary of the facts that led to such 

14 determination. 

15 ‘‘(2) FORM.—The notification described in para16 graph (1)(B) may be classified, if necessary.’’. 

17 SEC. 103. FAMILY ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR. 

18 Section 303 of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery 

19 and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741a) 

20 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

22 shall be, in the Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for 

23 Hostage Affairs, a Family Engagement Coordinator, who 

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

2 wrongfully detained abroad, that— 

3 ‘‘(A) any interaction by executive branch of4 ficials with any family member of such United 

5 States national occurs in a coordinated fashion; 

6 ‘‘(B) such family member receives consistent 

7 and accurate information from the United States 

8 Government; and 

9 ‘‘(C) appropriate coordination with the 

10 Family Engagement Coordinator described in 

11 section 304(c)(2); and 

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

13 abroad, that any engagement with a family member 

14 is coordinated with, consistent with, and not duplica15 tive of the efforts of the Family Engagement Coordi16 nator described in section 304(c)(2).’’. 

17 SEC. 104. REWARDS FOR JUSTICE. 

18 Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authori19 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended— 

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

21 inserting ‘‘(10), or (14);’’; 

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

23 end; 

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

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

2 ‘‘(14) the prevention, frustration, or resolution of 

3 the hostage taking of a United States person, the 

4 identification, location, arrest, or conviction of a per5 son responsible for the hostage taking of a United 

6 States person, or the location of a United States per7 son who has been taken hostage, in any country.’’. 

8 SEC. 105. ENSURING GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND ACCES9 SIBILITY OF PASSPORT AGENCIES. 

10 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

11 that Department initiatives to expand passport services and 

12 accessibility, including through online modernization 

13 projects, should include the construction of new physical 

14 passport agencies. 

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

16 the geographic diversity and accessibility of existing pass17 port agencies to identify— 

18 (1) the geographic areas in the United States 

19 that are farther than 6 hours’ driving distance from 

20 the nearest passport agency; 

21 (2) the per capita demand for passport services 

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

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

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1 ulation centers, in rural areas, and in States with a 

2 high per capita demand for passport services. 

3 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary shall consider 

4 the metrics identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub5 section (b) when determining locations for the establishment 

6 of new physical passport agencies. 

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

8 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 

9 report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 

10 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Com11 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 

12 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep13 resentatives that contains the findings of the review con14 ducted pursuant to subsection (b). 

15 SEC. 106. CULTURAL ANTIQUITIES TASK FORCE. 

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

17 for grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural Antiq18 uities Task Force. 

19 SEC. 107. BRIEFING ON ‘‘CHINA HOUSE’’. 

20 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

21 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the appropriate 

22 congressional committees regarding the organizational 

23 structure, personnel, resources, and mission of the Depart24 ment of State’s ‘‘China House’’ team. 


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1 SEC. 108. OFFICE OF SANCTIONS COORDINATION. 

2 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.—Section 1 of the 

3 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

4 2651a) is amended, in paragraph (4)(B) of subsection (l), 

5 as redesignated by section 502(a)(2) of this Act, by striking 

6 ‘‘the date that is two years after the date of the enactment 

7 of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

8 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Sanctions Coordi10 nation shall brief the appropriate congressional committees 

11 with respect to the steps the Office has taken to coordinate 

12 its activities with the Office of Foreign Assets Control and 

13 humanitarian aid programs, in an effort to help ensure ap14 propriate flows of humanitarian assistance and goods to 

15 countries subject to United States sanctions. 

16 TITLE II—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

17 SEC. 201. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PAID STUDENT INTERN18 SHIP PROGRAM. 

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

20 Department of State Student Internship Program (referred 

21 to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’) to offer internship op22 portunities at the Department to eligible students to raise 

23 awareness of the essential role of diplomacy in the conduct 

24 of United States foreign policy and the realization of 

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1 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—An applicant is eligible to partici2 pate in the Program if the applicant— 

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

4 (A) an institution of higher education (as 

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

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

7 1002(a))); or 

8 (B) an institution of higher education based 

9 outside the United States, as determined by the 

10 Secretary of State; and 

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

12 security clearance. 

13 (c) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall establish selec14 tion criteria for students to be admitted into the Program 

15 that includes a demonstrated interest in a career in foreign 

16 affairs. 

17 (d) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall— 

18 (1) widely advertise the Program, including— 

19 (A) on the internet; 

20 (B) through the Department’s Diplomats in 

21 Residence program; and 

22 (C) through other outreach and recruiting 

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1 (2) conduct targeted outreach to encourage par2 ticipation in the Program from— 

3 (A) individuals belonging to an underrep4 resented group; and 

5 (B) students enrolled at minority-serving 

6 institutions (which shall include any institution 

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

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

9 (e) COMPENSATION.— 

10 (1) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— 

11 (A) ABROAD.—The Secretary shall provide 

12 housing assistance to any student participating 

13 in the Program whose permanent address is 

14 within the United States if the location of the in15 ternship in which such student is participating 

16 is outside of the United States. 

17 (B) DOMESTIC.—The Secretary may pro18 vide housing assistance to a student partici19 pating in the Program whose permanent address 

20 is within the United States if the location of the 

21 internship in which such student is partici22 pating is more than 50 miles away from such 

23 student’s permanent address. 

24 (2) TRAVEL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

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1 permanent address is within the United States with 

2 financial assistance that is sufficient to cover the 

3 travel costs of a single round trip by air, train, bus, 

4 or other appropriate transportation between the stu5 dent’s permanent address and the location of the in6 ternship in which such student is participating if 

7 such location is— 

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

9 permanent address; or 

10 (B) outside of the United States. 

11 (f) WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU12 CATION.—The Secretary, to the maximum extent prac13 ticable, shall structure internships to ensure that such in14 ternships satisfy criteria for academic credit at the institu15 tions of higher education in which participants in such in16 ternships are enrolled. 

17 (g) TRANSITION PERIOD.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para19 graphs (2) and (3), beginning not later than 2 years 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act— 

21 (A) the Secretary shall convert unpaid in22 ternship programs of the Department, including 

23 the Foreign Service Internship Program, to in24 ternship programs that offer compensation; and 


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1 (B) upon selection as a candidate for entry 

2 into an internship program of the Department, 

3 a participant in such internship program may 

4 refuse compensation, including if doing so allows 

5 such participant to receive college or university 

6 curricular credit. 

7 (2) EXCEPTION.—The transition required under 

8 paragraph (1) shall not apply to unpaid internship 

9 programs of the Department that are part of the Vir10 tual Student Federal Service internship program. 

11 (3) WAIVER.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

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

14 with respect to a particular unpaid internship 

15 program if the Secretary, not later than 30 days 

16 after making a determination that the conversion 

17 of such internship program to a compensated in18 ternship program would not be consistent with 

19 effective management goals, submits a report ex20 plaining such determination to— 

21 (i) the appropriate congressional com22 mittees; 

23 (ii) the Committee on Appropriations 

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1 (iii) the Committee on Appropriations 

2 of the House of Representatives. 

3 (B) REPORT.—The report required under 

4 subparagraph (A) shall— 

5 (i) describe the reasons why converting 

6 an unpaid internship program of the De7 partment to an internship program that of8 fers compensation would not be consistent 

9 with effective management goals; and 

10 (ii)(I) provide justification for main11 taining such unpaid status indefinitely; or 

12 (II) identify any additional authorities 

13 or resources that would be necessary to con14 vert such unpaid internship program to 

15 offer compensation in the future. 

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

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

18 shall submit a report to the committees referred to in sub19 section (g)(3)(A) that includes— 

20 (1) data, to the extent the collection of such in21 formation is permissible by law, regarding the num22 ber of students who applied to the Program, were of23 fered a position, and participated, respectively, 

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1 dent graduated from high school, and disability sta2 tus; 

3 (2) data regarding the number of security clear4 ance investigations initiated for the students described 

5 in paragraph (1), including the timeline for such in6 vestigations, whether such investigations were com7 pleted, and when an interim security clearance was 

8 granted; 

9 (3) information on Program expenditures; and 

10 (4) information regarding the Department’s com11 pliance with subsection (g). 

12 (i) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.— 

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

14 be construed to compel any student who is a partici15 pant in an internship program of the Department to 

16 participate in the collection of the data or divulge 

17 any personal information. Such students shall be in18 formed that their participation in the data collection 

19 under this section is voluntary. 

20 (2) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Any data collected 

21 under this section shall be subject to the relevant pri22 vacy protection statutes and regulations applicable to 

23 Federal employees. 

24 (j) SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 

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1 with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 

2 with respect to the number of interns to be hired each year, 

3 may— 

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

5 up to 1 year through compensated internships in the 

6 excepted service; and 

7 (2) remove any compensated intern employed 

8 pursuant to paragraph (1) without regard to the pro9 visions of law governing appointments in the com10 petitive excepted service. 

11 (k) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Internships 

12 offered and compensated by the Department under this sec13 tion shall be funded solely by available amounts appro14 priated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’. 

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

16 THE RESPONSE TO, HARASSMENT, DISCRIMI17 NATION, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND RELATED RE18 TALIATION. 

19 (a) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 

20 Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other Federal 

21 agencies that provide personnel to serve in overseas posts 

22 under Chief of Mission authority, should develop inter23 agency policies regarding harassment, discrimination, sex24 ual assault, and related retaliation, including policies for— 


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1 (1) addressing, reporting, and providing 

2 transitioning support; 

3 (2) advocacy, service referrals, and travel accom4 modations; and 

5 (3) disciplining anyone who violates Department 

6 policies regarding harassment, discrimination, sexual 

7 assault, or related retaliation occurring between cov8 ered individuals and noncovered individuals. 

9 (b) DISCIPLINARY ACTION.— 

10 (1) SEPARATION FOR CAUSE.—Section 610(a)(1) 

11 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

12 4010(a)(1)), is amended— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘decide to’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘upon receiving notifica15 tion from the Bureau of Diplomatic Security 

16 that such member has engaged in criminal mis17 conduct, such as murder, rape, or other sexual 

18 assault’’ before the period at the end. 

19 (2) UPDATE TO MANUAL.—The Director of Glob20 al Talent shall— 

21 (A) update the ‘‘Grounds for Disciplinary 

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

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1 (B) communicate such updates to Depart2 ment staff through publication in Department 

3 Notices. 

4 (c) SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

5 VICTIM ADVOCATES.— 

6 (1) PLACEMENT.—The Secretary shall ensure 

7 that the Diplomatic Security Service’s Victims’ Re8 source Advocacy Program— 

9 (A) is appropriately staffed by advocates 

10 who are physically present at— 

11 (i) the headquarters of the Department; 

12 and 

13 (ii) major domestic and international 

14 facilities and embassies, as determined by 

15 the Secretary; 

16 (B) considers the logistics that are necessary 

17 to allow for the expedient travel of victims from 

18 Department facilities that do not have advocates; 

19 and 

20 (C) uses funds available to the Department 

21 to provide emergency food, shelter, clothing, and 

22 transportation for victims involved in matters 

23 being investigated by the Diplomatic Security 

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1 SEC. 203. INCREASING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT AUTHOR2 IZED FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FEL3 LOWSHIP GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREE4 MENTS. 

5 Section 504(e)(3) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza6 tion Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d(e)(3)) is 

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

8 ‘‘$2,000,000’’. 

9 SEC. 204. ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO ADDRESS BACKLOGS 

10 IN HIRING AND INVESTIGATIONS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to increase 

12 the number of personnel within the Bureau of Global Talent 

13 Management and the Office of Civil Rights to address back14 logs in hiring and investigations into complaints conducted 

15 by the Office of Civil Rights. 

16 (b) EMPLOYMENT TARGETS.—The Secretary shall seek 

17 to employ— 

18 (1) not fewer than 15 additional personnel in the 

19 Bureau of Global Talent Management and the Office 

20 of Civil Rights (compared to the number of personnel 

21 so employed as of the day before the date of the enact22 ment of this Act) by the date that is 180 days after 

23 such date of enactment; and 

24 (2) not fewer than 15 additional personnel in 

25 such Bureau and Office (compared to the number of 

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

2 year after such date of enactment. 

3 SEC. 205. COMMISSION ON REFORM AND MODERNIZATION 

4 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 

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

6 ‘‘Commission on Reform and Modernization of the Depart7 ment of State Act’’. 

8 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.—There is estab9 lished, in the legislative branch, the Commission on Reform 

10 and Modernization of the Department of State (referred to 

11 in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

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

13 are— 

14 (1) to examine the changing nature of diplomacy 

15 in the 21st century and the ways in which the De16 partment and its personnel can modernize to advance 

17 the interests of the United States; and 

18 (2) to offer recommendations to the President 

19 and Congress related to— 

20 (A) the organizational structure of the De21 partment, including a review of the jurisdic22 tional responsibilities of all of the Department’s 

23 regional bureaus (the Bureau of African Affairs, 

24 the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 

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1 the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, the Bureau 

2 of South and Central Asian Affairs, and the Bu3 reau of Western Hemisphere Affairs); 

4 (B) personnel-related matters, including re5 cruitment, promotion, training, and retention of 

6 the Department’s workforce in order to retain the 

7 best and brightest personnel and foster effective 

8 diplomacy worldwide, including measures to 

9 strengthen diversity and inclusion to ensure that 

10 the Department’s workforce represents all of 

11 America; 

12 (C) the Department of State’s infrastructure 

13 (both domestic and overseas), including infra14 structure relating to information technology, 

15 transportation, and security; 

16 (D) the link among diplomacy and defense, 

17 intelligence, development, commercial, health, 

18 law enforcement, and other core United States 

19 interests; 

20 (E) core legislation that authorizes United 

21 States diplomacy, including the Foreign Service 

22 Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465); 

23 (F) related regulations, rules, and processes 

24 that define United States diplomatic efforts, in25 cluding the Foreign Affairs Manual; 


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1 (G) Chief of Mission authority at United 

2 States diplomatic missions overseas, including 

3 authority over employees of other Federal depart4 ments and agencies; and 

5 (H) treaties that impact United States over6 seas presence. 

7 (d) MEMBERSHIP.— 

8 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 

9 composed of 8 members, of whom— 

10 (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

11 chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Rela12 tions of the Senate, who shall serve as co-chair 

13 of the Commission; 

14 (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

15 ranking member of the Committee on Foreign 

16 Relations of the Senate, who shall serve as co17 chair of the Commission; 

18 (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

19 chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

20 of the House of Representatives; 

21 (D) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

22 ranking member of the Committee on Foreign 

23 Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

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1 (F) 1 member shall be appointed by the 

2 Speaker of the House of Representatives; 

3 (G) 1 member shall be appointed by the mi4 nority leader of the Senate; and 

5 (H) 1 member shall be appointed by the mi6 nority leader of the House of Representatives. 

7 (2) QUALIFICATIONS; MEETINGS.— 

8 (A) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the 

9 Commission should be prominent United States 

10 citizens, with national recognition and signifi11 cant depth of experience in international rela12 tions and with the Department. 

13 (B) POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION.—Not 

14 more than 4 members of the Commission may be 

15 from the same political party. 

16 (C) MEETINGS.— 

17 (i) INITIAL MEETING.—The Commis18 sion shall hold the first meeting and begin 

19 operations as soon as practicable. 

20 (ii) FREQUENCY.—The Commission 

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

22 (iii) QUORUM.—Five members of the 

23 Commission shall constitute a quorum for 

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1 stitute a quorum for purposes of receiving 

2 testimony. 

3 (D) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Com4 mission shall not affect the powers of the Com5 mission, but shall be filled in the same manner 

6 as the original appointment. 

7 (e) FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION.— 

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

9 resolution agreed to by a majority of the members of 

10 the Commission voting and present. 

11 (2) PANELS.—The Commission may establish 

12 panels composed of less than the full membership of 

13 the Commission for purposes of carrying out the du14 ties of the Commission under this section. The actions 

15 of any such panel shall be subject to the review and 

16 control of the Commission. Any findings and deter17 minations made by such a panel may not be consid18 ered the findings and determinations of the Commis19 sion unless such findings and determinations are ap20 proved by the Commission. 

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

22 of the Commission may, if authorized by the co-chairs 

23 of the Commission, take any action which the Com24 mission is authorized to take pursuant to this section. 

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1 (1) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Commission 

2 or any panel or member of the Commission, as dele3 gated by the co-chairs, may, for the purpose of car4 rying out this section— 

5 (A) hold such hearings and meetings, take 

6 such testimony, receive such evidence, and ad7 minister such oaths as the Commission or such 

8 designated subcommittee or designated member 

9 considers necessary; 

10 (B) require the attendance and testimony of 

11 such witnesses and the production of such cor12 respondence, memoranda, papers, and docu13 ments, as the Commission or such designated 

14 subcommittee or designated member considers 

15 necessary; and 

16 (C) subject to applicable privacy laws and 

17 relevant regulations, secure directly from any 

18 Federal department or agency information and 

19 data necessary to enable it to carry out its mis20 sion, which shall be provided by the head or act21 ing representative of the department or agency 

22 not later than 30 days after the Commission pro23 vides a written request for such information and 

24 data. 


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1 (2) CONTRACTS.—The Commission, to such ex2 tent and in such amounts as are provided in appro3 priations Acts, may enter into contracts to enable the 

4 Commission to discharge its duties under this section. 

5 (3) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may se7 cure directly from any executive department, bu8 reau, agency, board, commission, office, inde9 pendent establishment, or instrumentality of the 

10 Government, information, suggestions, estimates, 

11 and statistics for the purposes of this section. 

12 (B) FURNISHING INFORMATION.—Each de13 partment, bureau, agency, board, commission, of14 fice, independent establishment, or instrumen15 tality, to the extent authorized by law, shall fur16 nish such information, suggestions, estimates, 

17 and statistics directly to the Commission, upon 

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

19 panel created by a majority of the Commission, 

20 or any member designated by a majority of the 

21 Commission. 

22 (C) HANDLING.—Information may only be 

23 received, handled, stored, and disseminated by 

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1 cordance with all applicable statutes, regula2 tions, and Executive orders. 

3 (4) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 

4 (A) SECRETARY OF STATE.—The Secretary 

5 shall provide to the Commission, on a nonreim6 bursable basis, such administrative services, 

7 funds, staff, facilities, and other support services 

8 as are necessary for the performance of the Com9 mission’s duties under this section. 

10 (B) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGEN11 CIES.—Other Federal departments and agencies 

12 may provide the Commission such services, 

13 funds, facilities, staff, and other support as such 

14 departments and agencies consider advisable and 

15 as may be authorized by law. 

16 (C) COOPERATION.—The Commission shall 

17 receive the full and timely cooperation of any of18 ficial, department, or agency of the Federal Gov19 ernment whose assistance is necessary, as jointly 

20 determined by the co-chairs of the Commission, 

21 for the fulfillment of the duties of the Commis22 sion, including the provision of full and current 

23 briefings and analyses. 

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

2 work, the Commission should review reports that 

3 were written during the 15-year period ending 

4 on the date of the enactment of this Act by inde5 pendent organizations and outside experts relat6 ing to reform and modernization of the Depart7 ment. 

8 (B) AVOIDING DUPLICATION.—In analyzing 

9 the reports referred to in subparagraph (A), the 

10 Commission should pay particular attention to 

11 any specific reform proposals that have been rec12 ommended by 2 or more of such reports. 

13 (6) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may 

14 use the United States mails in the same manner and 

15 under the same conditions as other departments and 

16 agencies of the Federal Government. 

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

18 and dispose of gifts or donations of services or prop19 erty. 

20 (8) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.—Not less 

21 frequently than quarterly, the Commission shall pro22 vide a briefing to the appropriate congressional com23 mittees about the work of the Commission. 

24 (g) STAFF AND COMPENSATION.— 

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

2 Commission, in accordance with rules established 

3 by the Commission, shall appoint and fix the 

4 compensation of a staff director and such other 

5 personnel as may be necessary to enable the 

6 Commission to carry out its duties, without re7 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 

8 Code, governing appointments in the competitive 

9 service, and without regard to the provisions of 

10 chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 

11 such title relating to classification and General 

12 Schedule pay rates, except that no rate of pay 

13 fixed under this subsection may exceed the equiv14 alent of that payable to a person occupying a po15 sition at level V of the Executive Schedule under 

16 section 5316 of such title. 

17 (B) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOY18 EES.—A Federal Government employee may be 

19 detailed to the Commission without reimburse20 ment, and such detail shall be without interrup21 tion or loss of civil service status or privilege. 

22 (C) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND

23 INTERMITTENT SERVICES.—The co-chairs of the 

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1 United States Code, at rates for individuals that 

2 do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 

3 rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the 

4 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such 

5 title. 

6 (2) COMMISSION MEMBERS.— 

7 (A) COMPENSATION.— 

8 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

9 in paragraph (2), each member of the Com10 mission may be compensated at a rate not 

11 to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 

12 rate of basic pay in effect for a position at 

13 level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec14 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for 

15 each day during which that member is en16 gaged in the actual performance of the du17 ties of the Commission under this section. 

18 (ii) WAIVER OF CERTAIN PROVI19 SIONS.—Subsections (a) through (d) of sec20 tion 824 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

21 (22 U.S.C. 4064) are waived for an annu22 itant on a temporary basis so as to be com23 pensated for work performed as part of the 

24 Commission. 


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1 (3) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from their 

2 homes or regular places of business in the perform3 ance of service for the Commission, members and staff 

4 of the Commission, and any Federal Government em5 ployees detailed to the Commission, shall be allowed 

6 travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsist7 ence, in the same manner as persons employed inter8 mittently in Government service are allowed expenses 

9 under section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

10 (4) SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION

11 MEMBERS AND STAFF.—The appropriate Federal 

12 agencies or departments shall cooperate with the Com13 mission in expeditiously providing to Commission 

14 members and staff appropriate security clearances to 

15 the extent possible pursuant to existing procedures 

16 and requirements, except that no person shall be pro17 vided access to classified information under this sec18 tion without the appropriate security clearances. 

19 (h) REPORT.— 

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

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com22 mission shall submit a final report to the President 

23 and to Congress that— 


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1 (A) examines all substantive aspects of De2 partment personnel, management, and oper3 ations; and 

4 (B) contains such findings, conclusions, and 

5 recommendations for corrective measures as have 

6 been agreed to by a majority of Commission 

7 members. 

8 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

9 paragraph (1) shall include findings, conclusions, and 

10 recommendations related to— 

11 (A) the organizational structure of the De12 partment, including recommendations on wheth13 er any of the jurisdictional responsibilities 

14 among the bureaus referred to in subsection 

15 (c)(2)(A) should be adjusted, with particular 

16 focus on the opportunities and costs of adjusting 

17 jurisdictional responsibility between the Bureau 

18 of Near Eastern Affairs to the Bureau of African 

19 Affairs, the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific 

20 Affairs, the Bureau of South and Central Asian 

21 Affairs, and any other bureaus as may be nec22 essary to advance United States efforts to 

23 strengthen its diplomatic engagement in the 

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1 (B) personnel-related matters, including re2 cruitment, promotion, training, and retention of 

3 the Department’s workforce in order to retain the 

4 best and brightest personnel and foster effective 

5 diplomacy worldwide, including measures to 

6 strengthen diversity and inclusion to ensure that 

7 the Department’s workforce represents all of 

8 America; 

9 (C) the Department of State’s infrastructure 

10 (both domestic and overseas), including infra11 structure relating to information technology, 

12 transportation, and security; 

13 (D) the link between diplomacy and defense, 

14 intelligence, development, commercial, health, 

15 law enforcement, and other core United States 

16 interests; 

17 (E) core legislation that authorizes United 

18 States diplomacy; 

19 (F) related regulations, rules, and processes 

20 that define United States diplomatic efforts, in21 cluding the Foreign Affairs Manual; 

22 (G) treaties that impact United States over23 seas presence; 

24 (H) the authority of Chiefs of Mission at 

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1 cluding the degree of authority that Chiefs of 

2 Mission exercise in reality over Department em3 ployees and other Federal employees at overseas 

4 posts; 

5 (I) any other areas that the Commission 

6 considers necessary for a complete appraisal of 

7 United States diplomacy and Department man8 agement and operations; and 

9 (J) the amount of time, manpower, and fi10 nancial resources that would be necessary to im11 plement the recommendations specified under 

12 this paragraph. 

13 (3) DEPARTMENT RESPONSE.—The Secretary 

14 shall have the right to review and respond to all Com15 mission recommendations— 

16 (A) before the Commission submits its re17 port to the President and to Congress; and 

18 (B) not later than 90 days after receiving 

19 such recommendations from the Commission. 

20 (i) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.— 

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

22 authorities under this section, shall terminate on the 

23 date that is 60 days after the date on which the final 

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1 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES BEFORE TERMI2 NATION.—The Commission may use the 60-day period 

3 referred to in paragraph (1) for the purpose of con4 cluding its activities, including providing testimony 

5 to committees of Congress concerning its reports and 

6 disseminating the report. 

7 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap9 propriated to the Commission to carry out this sec10 tion $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

11 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available to 

12 the Commission pursuant to paragraph (1) shall re13 main available until the date on which the Commis14 sion is terminated pursuant to subsection (i)(1). 

15 (k) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE

16 PROVISIONS.— 

17 (1) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The 

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

19 shall not apply to the Commission. 

20 (2) FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.—The provi21 sions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code 

22 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Freedom of Informa23 tion Act’’) shall not apply to the activities, records, 

24 and proceedings of the Commission. 


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1 SEC. 206. FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING. 

2 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

3 that— 

4 (1) the Department is a crucial national security 

5 agency, whose employees, both Foreign Service and 

6 Civil Service, require the best possible training and 

7 professional development at every stage of their ca8 reers to prepare them to promote and defend United 

9 States national interests and the health and safety of 

10 United States citizens abroad; 

11 (2) the Department faces increasingly complex 

12 and rapidly evolving challenges, many of which are 

13 science- and technology-driven, and which demand 

14 continual, high-quality training and professional de15 velopment of its personnel; 

16 (3) the new and evolving challenges of national 

17 security in the 21st century necessitate the expansion 

18 of standardized training and professional develop19 ment opportunities linked to equitable, accountable, 

20 and transparent promotion and leadership practices 

21 for Department and other national security agency 

22 personnel; and 

23 (4) consistent with gift acceptance authority of 

24 the Department and other applicable laws in effect as 

25 of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Depart26 ment and the Foreign Service Institute may accept 


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1 funds and other resources from foundations, not-for2 profit corporations, and other appropriate sources to 

3 help the Department and the Institute enhance the 

4 quantity and quality of training and professional de5 velopment offerings, especially in the introduction of 

6 new, innovative, and pilot model courses. 

7 (b) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro8 priate committees of Congress’’ means— 

9 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

10 Senate; 

11 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen12 ate; 

13 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

14 House of Representatives; and 

15 (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 (c) TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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

19 the Department and the Foreign Service with the level of 

20 professional development and training needed to effectively 

21 advance United States interests across the world, the Sec22 retary shall— 

23 (1) increase relevant offerings provided by the 

24 Department— 


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1 (A) of interactive virtual instruction to 

2 make training and professional development 

3 more accessible and useful to personnel deployed 

4 throughout the world; or 

5 (B) at partner organizations, including 

6 universities, industry entities, and nongovern7 mental organizations, throughout the United 

8 States to provide useful outside perspectives to 

9 Department personnel by providing such per10 sonnel— 

11 (i) a more comprehensive outlook on 

12 different sectors of United States society; 

13 and 

14 (ii) practical experience dealing with 

15 commercial corporations, universities, labor 

16 unions, and other institutions critical to 

17 United States diplomatic success; 

18 (2) offer courses using computer-based or com19 puter-assisted simulations, allowing civilian officers 

20 to lead decision making in a crisis environment, and 

21 encourage officers of the Department, and recip22 rocally, officers of other Federal departments to par23 ticipate in similar exercises held by the Department 

24 or other government organizations and the private 

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1 (3) increase the duration and expand the focus 

2 of certain training and professional development 

3 courses, including by extending— 

4 (A) the A–100 entry-level course to as long 

5 as 12 weeks, which better matches the length of 

6 entry-level training and professional development 

7 provided to the officers in other national security 

8 departments and agencies; and 

9 (B) the Chief of Mission course to as long 

10 as 6 weeks for first time Chiefs of Mission and 

11 creating comparable courses for new Assistant 

12 Secretaries and Deputy Assistant Secretaries to 

13 more accurately reflect the significant respon14 sibilities accompanying such roles; and 

15 (4) ensure that Foreign Service officers who are 

16 assigned to a country experiencing significant popu17 lation displacement due to the impacts of climatic 

18 and non-climatic shocks and stresses, including rising 

19 sea levels and lack of access to affordable and reliable 

20 energy and electricity, receive specific instruction on 

21 United States policy with respect to resiliency and 

22 adaptation to such climatic and non-climatic shocks 

23 and stresses. 

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1 (1) expand and establish new fellowship pro2 grams for Foreign Service and Civil Service officers 

3 that include short- and long-term opportunities at or4 ganizations, including— 

5 (A) think tanks and nongovernmental orga6 nizations; 

7 (B) the Department of Defense, the elements 

8 of the intelligence community (as defined in sec9 tion 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

10 U.S.C. 3003)), and other relevant Federal agen11 cies; 

12 (C) industry entities, especially such enti13 ties related to technology, global operations, fi14 nance, and other fields directly relevant to inter15 national affairs; and 

16 (D) schools of international relations and 

17 other relevant programs at universities through18 out the United States; and 

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

20 enactment of this Act, submit a report to Congress 

21 that describes how the Department could expand the 

22 Pearson Fellows Program for Foreign Service Officers 

23 and the Brookings Fellow Program for Civil Servants 

24 to provide fellows in such programs with the oppor25 tunity to undertake a follow-on assignment within the 


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1 Department in an office in which fellows will gain 

2 practical knowledge of the people and processes of 

3 Congress, including offices other than the Legislative 

4 Affairs Bureau, including— 

5 (A) an assessment of the current state of 

6 congressional fellowships, including the demand 

7 for fellowships and the value the fellowships pro8 vide to both the career of the officer and to the 

9 Department; and 

10 (B) an assessment of the options for making 

11 congressional fellowships for both the Foreign 

12 and Civil Services more career-enhancing. 

13 (e) BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE IN14 STITUTE.— 

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

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec17 retary of State shall establish a Board of Visitors of 

18 the Foreign Service Institute (referred to in this sub19 section as the ‘‘Board’’). 

20 (2) DUTIES.—The Board shall provide the Sec21 retary with independent advice and recommendations 

22 regarding organizational management, strategic plan23 ning, resource management, curriculum development, 

24 and other matters of interest to the Foreign Service 

25 Institute, including regular observations about how 


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1 well the Department is integrating training and pro2 fessional development into the work of the Bureau for 

3 Global Talent Management. 

4 (3) MEMBERSHIP.— 

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

6 (i) nonpartisan; and 

7 (ii) composed of 12 members, of 

8 whom— 

9 (I) 2 members shall be appointed 

10 by the Chairperson of the Committee 

11 on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 

12 (II) 2 members shall be appointed 

13 by the ranking member of the Com14 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Sen15 ate; 

16 (III) 2 members shall be ap17 pointed by the Chairperson of the Com18 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

19 of Representatives; 

20 (IV) 2 members shall be appointed 

21 by the ranking member of the Com22 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

23 of Representatives; and 

24 (V) 4 members shall be appointed 

25 by the Secretary. 


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1 (B) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the 

2 Board shall be appointed from among individ3 uals who— 

4 (i) are not officers or employees of the 

5 Federal Government; and 

6 (ii) are eminent authorities in the 

7 fields of diplomacy, national security, man8 agement, leadership, economics, trade, tech9 nology, or advanced international relations 

10 education. 

11 (C) OUTSIDE EXPERTISE.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not fewer than 6 

13 members of the Board shall have a min14 imum of 10 years of relevant expertise out15 side the field of diplomacy. 

16 (ii) PRIOR SENIOR SERVICE AT THE

17 DEPARTMENT.—Not more than 6 members 

18 of the Board may be persons who previously 

19 served in the Senior Foreign Service or the 

20 Senior Executive Service at the Depart21 ment. 

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

23 appointed for a term of 3 years, except that of the 

24 members first appointed— 


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2 term of 3 years; 

3 (B) 4 members shall be appointed for a 

4 term of 2 years; and 

5 (C) 4 members shall be appointed for a 

6 term of 1 year. 

7 (5) REAPPOINTMENT; REPLACEMENT.—A mem8 ber of the Board may be reappointed or replaced at 

9 the discretion of the official who made the original 

10 appointment. 

11 (6) CHAIRPERSON; CO-CHAIRPERSON.— 

12 (A) APPROVAL.—The Chairperson and Vice 

13 Chairperson of the Board shall be approved by 

14 the Secretary of State based upon a rec15 ommendation from the members of the Board. 

16 (B) SERVICE.—The Chairperson and Vice 

17 Chairperson shall serve at the discretion of the 

18 Secretary. 

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

20 (A) at the call of the Director of the Foreign 

21 Service Institute and the Chairperson; and 

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

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1 cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates au2 thorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I 

3 of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 

4 away from their homes or regular places of business 

5 in the performance of service for the Board. Notwith6 standing section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, 

7 the Secretary may accept the voluntary and uncom8 pensated service of members of the Board. 

9 (9) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM10 MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

11 (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Board established 

12 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 Secretary; and 

20 (B) report to the Director of the Foreign 

21 Service Institute. 

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1 ment, leadership, economics, history, trade, adult 

2 education, or technology; and 

3 (B) a person with significant experience 

4 outside the Department, whether in other na5 tional security agencies or in the private sector, 

6 and preferably in positions of authority in edu7 cational institutions or the field of professional 

8 development and mid-career training with over9 sight for the evaluation of academic programs. 

10 (4) DUTIES.—The Provost shall— 

11 (A) oversee, review, evaluate, and coordinate 

12 the academic curriculum for all courses taught 

13 and administered by the Foreign Service Insti14 tute; 

15 (B) coordinate the development of an eval16 uation system to ascertain how well participants 

17 in Foreign Service Institute courses have ab18 sorbed and utilized the information, ideas, and 

19 skills imparted by each such course, such that 

20 performance assessments can be included in the 

21 personnel records maintained by the Bureau of 

22 Global Talent Management and utilized in For23 eign Service Selection Boards, which may in24 clude— 


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1 (i) the implementation of a letter or 

2 numerical grading system; and 

3 (ii) assessments done after the course 

4 has concluded; and 

5 (C) report not less frequently than quarterly 

6 to the Board of Visitors regarding the develop7 ment of curriculum and the performance of For8 eign Service officers. 

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

10 not fewer than 5 years and may be reappointed for 

11 1 additional 5-year term. 

12 (6) COMPENSATION.—The Provost shall receive a 

13 salary commensurate with the rank and experience of 

14 a member of the Senior Foreign Service or the Senior 

15 Executive Service, as determined by the Secretary. 

16 (g) OTHER AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPORTU17 NITIES FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF.— 

18 (1) OTHER AGENCIES.—National security agen19 cies other than the Department should be afforded the 

20 ability to increase the enrollment of their personnel in 

21 courses at the Foreign Service Institute and other 

22 training and professional development facilities of the 

23 Department to promote a whole-of-government ap24 proach to mitigating national security challenges. 


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1 (2) CONGRESSIONAL STAFF.—Not later than 180 

2 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

3 Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 

4 committees of Congress that describes— 

5 (A) the training and professional develop6 ment opportunities at the Foreign Service Insti7 tute and other Department facilities available to 

8 congressional staff; 

9 (B) the budget impacts of offering such op10 portunities to congressional staff; and 

11 (C) potential course offerings. 

12 (h) STRATEGY FOR ADAPTING TRAINING REQUIRE13 MENTS FOR MODERN DIPLOMATIC NEEDS.— 

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

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

16 shall develop and submit to the appropriate commit17 tees of Congress a strategy for adapting and evolving 

18 training requirements to better meet the Department’s 

19 current and future needs for 21st century diplomacy. 

20 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under 

21 subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 

22 (A) Integrating training requirements into 

23 the Department’s promotion policies, including 

24 establishing educational and professional devel25 opment standards for training and attainment 


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1 to be used as a part of tenure and promotion 

2 guidelines. 

3 (B) Addressing multiple existing and 

4 emerging national security challenges, includ5 ing— 

6 (i) democratic backsliding and 

7 authoritarianism; 

8 (ii) countering, and assisting United 

9 States allies to address, state-sponsored 

10 disinformation, including through the Glob11 al Engagement Center; 

12 (iii) cyber threats; 

13 (iv) the aggression and malign influ14 ence of Russia, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, 

15 the Maduro Regime, and the Chinese Com16 munist Party’s multi-faceted and com17 prehensive challenge to the rules-based 

18 order; 

19 (v) the implications of climate change 

20 for United States diplomacy; and 

21 (vi) nuclear threats. 

22 (C) An examination of the likely advantages 

23 and disadvantages of establishing residential 

24 training for the A–100 orientation course ad25 ministered by the Foreign Service Institute and 


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1 evaluating the feasibility of residential training 

2 for other long-term training opportunities. 

3 (D) An examination of the likely advan4 tages and disadvantages of establishing a press 

5 freedom curriculum for the National Foreign Af6 fairs Training Center that enables Foreign Serv7 ice officers to better understand issues of press 

8 freedom and the tools that are available to help 

9 protect journalists and promote freedom of the 

10 press norms, which may include— 

11 (i) the historic and current issues fac12 ing press freedom, including countries of 

13 specific concern; 

14 (ii) the Department’s role in pro15 moting press freedom as an American value, 

16 a human rights issue, and a national secu17 rity imperative; 

18 (iii) ways to incorporate press freedom 

19 promotion into other aspects of diplomacy; 

20 and 

21 (iv) existing tools to assist journalists 

22 in distress and methods for engaging foreign 

23 governments and institutions on behalf of 

24 individuals engaged in journalistic activity 

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1 (E) The expansion of external courses of2 fered by the Foreign Service Institute at aca3 demic institutions or professional associations on 

4 specific topics, including in-person and virtual 

5 courses on monitoring and evaluation, audience 

6 analysis, and the use of emerging technologies in 

7 diplomacy. 

8 (3) UTILIZATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—In 

9 examining the advantages and disadvantages of estab10 lishing a residential training program pursuant to 

11 paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary shall— 

12 (A) collaborate with other national security 

13 departments and agencies that employ residen14 tial training for their orientation courses; and 

15 (B) consider using the Department’s For16 eign Affairs Security Training Center in Black17 stone, Virginia. 

18 (i) REPORT AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

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

21 submit a report to the appropriate committees of Con22 gress that includes— 

23 (A) a strategy for broadening and deep24 ening professional development and training at 


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1 the Department, including assessing current and 

2 future needs for 21st century diplomacy; 

3 (B) the process used and resources needed to 

4 implement the strategy referred to in subpara5 graph (A) throughout the Department; and 

6 (C) the results and impact of the strategy 

7 on the workforce of the Department, particularly 

8 the relationship between professional development 

9 and training and promotions for Department 

10 personnel, and the measurement and evaluation 

11 methods used to evaluate such results. 

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

13 date on which the Secretary submits the report re14 quired under paragraph (1), and annually thereafter 

15 for 2 years, the Secretary shall provide to the appro16 priate committees of Congress a briefing on the infor17 mation required to be included in the report. 

18 (j) FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE INCENTIVE

19 PROGRAM.— 

20 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is author21 ized to establish and implement an incentive pro22 gram, with a similar structure as the Foreign Lan23 guage Proficiency Bonus offered by the Department of 

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1 guages that qualify for additional incentive pay, as 

2 determined by the Secretary, to maintain critical for3 eign language skills. 

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

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

6 State shall submit a report to the appropriate com7 mittees of Congress that includes a detailed plan for 

8 implementing the program authorized under para9 graph (1), including anticipated resource require10 ments to carry out such program. 

11 (k) DEPARTMENT OF STATE WORKFORCE MANAGE12 MENT.— 

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

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

15 workforce management, including with respect to the 

16 Foreign Service, the Civil Service, locally employed 

17 staff, and contractors, is needed to align diplomatic 

18 priorities with the appropriate personnel and re19 sources. 

20 (2) ANNUAL WORKFORCE REPORT.— 

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

22 the Department’s long-term trends with respect 

23 to its workforce, the Secretary, is consultation 

24 with relevant bureaus and offices, including the 

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1 Center for Analytics, shall submit a report to the 

2 appropriate committees of Congress that details 

3 the Department’s workforce, disaggregated by 

4 Foreign Service, Civil Service, locally employed 

5 staff, and contractors, including, with respect to 

6 the reporting period— 

7 (i) the number of personnel who were 

8 hired; 

9 (ii) the number of personnel whose em10 ployment or contract was terminated or 

11 who voluntarily left the Department; 

12 (iii) the number of personnel who were 

13 promoted, including the grade to which they 

14 were promoted; 

15 (iv) the demographic breakdown of per16 sonnel; and 

17 (v) the distribution of the Department’s 

18 workforce based on domestic and overseas 

19 assignments, including a breakdown of the 

20 number of personnel in geographic and 

21 functional bureaus, and the number of per22 sonnel in overseas missions by region. 

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

24 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

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1 subparagraph (A) for each of the fiscal years 

2 2016 through 2022. 

3 (C) RECURRING REPORT.—Not later than 

4 December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter for 

5 the following 5 years, the Secretary shall submit 

6 the report described in subparagraph (A) for the 

7 most recently concluded fiscal year. 

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

9 each of the reports required under this para10 graph shall be used by Congress, in coordination 

11 with the Secretary, to inform recommendations 

12 on the appropriate size and composition of the 

13 Department. 

14 (l) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF

15 FILLING THE POSITION OF UNDERSECRETARY FOR PUBLIC

16 DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.—It is the sense of Con17 gress that since a vacancy in the position of Under Sec18 retary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is detri19 mental to the national security interests of the United 

20 States, the President should expeditiously nominate a quali21 fied individual to such position whenever such vacancy oc22 curs to ensure that the bureaus reporting to such position 

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1 (1) expanding and strengthening relationships 

2 between the people of the United States and citizens 

3 of other countries; and 

4 (2) engaging, informing, and understanding the 

5 perspectives of foreign audiences. 

6 (m) REPORT ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—Not later than 

7 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

8 Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate commit9 tees of Congress that includes— 

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

11 Bureau of Public Affairs and the Bureau of Inter12 national Information Programs into the Bureau of 

13 Global Public Affairs with respect to— 

14 (A) the efficacy of the current configuration 

15 of the bureaus reporting to the Under Secretary 

16 for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in 

17 achieving the mission of the Department; 

18 (B) the metrics before and after such merg19 er, including personnel data, disaggregated by 

20 position and location, content production, opin21 ion polling, program evaluations, and media ap22 pearances; 

23 (C) the results of a survey of public diplo24 macy practitioners to determine their opinion of 


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1 the efficacy of such merger and any adjustments 

2 that still need to be made; 

3 (D) a plan for evaluating and monitoring, 

4 not less frequently than once every 2 years, the 

5 programs, activities, messaging, professional de6 velopment efforts, and structure of the Bureau of 

7 Global Public Affairs, and submitting a sum8 mary of each such evaluation to the appropriate 

9 committees of Congress; and 

10 (2) a review of recent outside recommendations 

11 for modernizing diplomacy at the Department with 

12 respect to public diplomacy efforts, including— 

13 (A) efforts in each of the bureaus reporting 

14 to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy 

15 and Public Affairs to address issues of diversity 

16 and inclusion in their work, structure, data col17 lection, programming, and personnel, including 

18 any collaboration with the Chief Officer for Di19 versity and Inclusion; 

20 (B) proposals to collaborate with think 

21 tanks and academic institutions working on 

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1 (C) additional authorizations and appro2 priations necessary to implement such rec3 ommendations. 

4 SEC. 207. SECURITY CLEARANCE APPROVAL PROCESS. 

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

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

7 shall submit recommendations to the appropriate congres8 sional committees for streamlining the security clearance 

9 approval process within the Bureau of Diplomatic Security 

10 so that the security clearance approval process for Civil 

11 Service and Foreign Service applicants is completed within 

12 6 months, on average, and within 1 year, in the vast major13 ity of cases. 

14 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the rec15 ommendations are submitted pursuant to subsection (a), the 

16 Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congres17 sional committees that— 

18 (1) describes the status of the efforts of the De19 partment to streamline the security clearance ap20 proval process; and 

21 (2) identifies any remaining obstacles preventing 

22 security clearances from being completed within the 

23 time frames set forth in subsection (a), including lack 

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1 SEC. 208. ADDENDUM FOR STUDY ON FOREIGN SERVICE AL2 LOWANCES. 

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

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

5 to the appropriate congressional committees an addendum 

6 to the report required under section 5302 of the Department 

7 of State Authorization Act of 2021 (division E of Public 

8 Law 117–81), which shall be entitled the ‘‘Report on Bid9 ding for Domestic and Overseas Posts and Filling Unfilled 

10 Positions’’. The addendum shall be prepared using input 

11 from the same federally funded research and development 

12 center that prepared the analysis conducted for purposes of 

13 such report. 

14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The addendum required under sub15 section (a) shall include— 

16 (1) the total number of domestic and overseas po17 sitions open during the most recent summer bidding 

18 cycle; 

19 (2) the total number of bids each position re20 ceived; 

21 (3) the number of unfilled positions at the con22 clusion of the most recent summer bidding cycle, 

23 disaggregated by bureau; and 

24 (4) detailed recommendations and a timeline 

25 for— 


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1 (A) increasing the number of qualified bid2 ders for underbid positions; and 

3 (B) minimizing the number of unfilled posi4 tions at the end of bidding season. 

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

6 WAIVERS OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES. 

7 (a) CURTAILMENTS REPORT.— 

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

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 

10 days thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

11 the appropriate congressional committees regarding 

12 curtailments of Department personnel from overseas 

13 posts. 

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

15 the report required under paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) relevant information about any post 

17 that, during the 6-month period preceding the re18 port— 

19 (i) had more than 5 curtailments; or 

20 (ii) had curtailments representing 

21 more than 5 percent of Department per22 sonnel at such post; and 

23 (B) for each post referred to in subpara24 graph (A), the number of curtailments, 

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

2 after the date on which any United States personnel under 

3 Chief of Mission authority is declared persona non grata 

4 by a host government, the Secretary shall— 

5 (1) notify the appropriate congressional commit6 tees of such declaration; and 

7 (2) include with such notification— 

8 (A) the official reason for such declaration 

9 (if provided by the host government); 

10 (B) the date of the declaration; and 

11 (C) whether the Department responded by 

12 declaring a host government’s diplomat in the 

13 United States persona non grata. 

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

15 later than 15 days after any waiver of privileges and im16 munities pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic 

17 Relations, done at Vienna April 18, 1961, that is applicable 

18 to an entire diplomatic post or to the majority of United 

19 States personnel under Chief of Mission authority, the Sec20 retary shall notify the appropriate congressional commit21 tees of such waiver and the reason for such waiver. 

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

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

24 this Act. 


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1 SEC. 210. REPORT ON WORLDWIDE AVAILABILITY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after en3 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

4 the appropriate congressional committees on the feasibility 

5 of requiring that each member of the Foreign Service, at 

6 the time of entry into the Foreign Service and thereafter, 

7 be worldwide available, as determined by the Secretary. 

8 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required under subsection 

9 (a) shall include— 

10 (1) the feasibility of a worldwide availability re11 quirement for all members of the Foreign Service; 

12 (2) considerations if such a requirement were to 

13 be implemented, including the potential effect on re14 cruitment and retention; and 

15 (3) recommendations for exclusions and limita16 tions, including exemptions for medical reasons, dis17 ability, and other circumstances. 

18 SEC. 211. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 

19 (a) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall strongly en20 courage that Foreign Service officers seeking entry into the 

21 Senior Foreign Service participate in professional develop22 ment described in subsection (c). 

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

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

25 submit recommendations on requiring that Foreign Service 

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1 section (c) to be eligible for entry into the Senior Foreign 

2 Service. 

3 (c) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DESCRIBED.—Pro4 fessional development described in this subsection is not less 

5 than 6 months of training or experience outside of the De6 partment, including time spent— 

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

8 including Congress or a State, Tribal, or local govern9 ment; 

10 (2) in Department-sponsored and -funded uni11 versity training that results in an advanced degree, 

12 excluding time spent at a university that is fully 

13 funded or operated by the Federal Government. 

14 (d) PROMOTION PRECEPTS.—The Secretary shall in15 struct promotion boards to consider positively long-term 

16 training and out-of-agency detail assignments. 

17 SEC. 212. MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS AT DIPLOMATIC 

18 AND CONSULAR POSTS. 

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

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

21 shall annually conduct, at each diplomatic and consular 

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

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

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


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1 and leadership of that post by the Chief of Mission, the Dep2 uty Chief of Mission, and the Charge d’Affaires. 

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

4 (1) fully anonymized; and 

5 (2) made available to the Director General of the 

6 Foreign Service. 

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

8 (1) the general morale at post; 

9 (2) the presence of any hostile work environment; 

10 (3) the presence of any harassment, discrimina11 tion, retaliation, or other mistreatment; and 

12 (4) effective leadership and collegial work envi13 ronment. 

14 (d) DIRECTOR GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS.—Upon 

15 compilation and review of the surveys, the Director General 

16 of the Foreign Service shall issue recommendations to posts, 

17 as appropriate, based on the findings of the surveys. 

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

19 is grounds for referral to the Inspector General of the De20 partment of State and the Foreign Service, the Director 

21 General of the Foreign Service may refer the matter to the 

22 Inspector General of the Department of State and the For23 eign Service, who shall, as the Inspector General considers 

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1 ance with section 209(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

2 (22 U.S.C. 3929(b)). 

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

4 Foreign Service shall submit an annual report to the appro5 priate congressional committees that includes— 

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

7 (2) the posts where corrective action was rec8 ommended or taken in response to any issues identi9 fied by the surveys; and 

10 (3) the number of referrals to the Inspector Gen11 eral of the Department of State and the Foreign Serv12 ice, as applicable. 

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

14 surveys required under this section on an initial basis for 

15 5 years. 

16 SEC. 213. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF PROMOTION POLICIES. 

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 conduct a comprehensive review of the policies, 

20 personnel, organization, and processes related to promotions 

21 within the Department, including— 

22 (1) a review of— 

23 (A) the selection and oversight of Foreign 

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1 (B) the use of quantitative data and metrics 

2 in such panels; 

3 (2) an assessment of the promotion practices of 

4 the Department, including how promotion processes 

5 are communicated to the workforce and appeals proc6 esses; and 

7 (3) recommendations for improving promotion 

8 panels and promotion practices. 

9 SEC. 214. THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION OF PERMANENT 

10 CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) ORDERS. 

11 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

12 of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a mechanism for 

13 third parties to verify the employment of, and the validity 

14 of permanent change of station (PCS) orders received by, 

15 members of the Foreign Service, in a manner that protects 

16 the safety, security, and privacy of sensitive employee infor17 mation. 

18 SEC. 215. POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS ON SENATE19 CONFIRMED OFFICIALS AT THE DEPARTMENT 

20 OF STATE. 

21 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

22 that— 

23 (1) Congress and the executive branch have rec24 ognized the importance of preventing and mitigating 

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1 ment service, including with respect to senior United 

2 States officials working on behalf of foreign govern3 ments; and 

4 (2) Congress and the executive branch should 

5 jointly evaluate the status and scope of post-employ6 ment restrictions. 

7 (b) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 1 of the State Depart8 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(m) EXTENDED POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS

11 FOR CERTAIN SENATE-CONFIRMED OFFICIALS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) SECRETARY OF STATE AND DEPUTY SEC13 RETARY OF STATE.—With respect to a person serving 

14 as the Secretary of State or Deputy Secretary of 

15 State, the restrictions described in section 207(f)(1) of 

16 title 18, United States Code, shall apply to rep17 resenting, aiding, or advising a foreign governmental 

18 entity before an officer or employee of the executive 

19 branch of the United States at any time after the ter20 mination of that person’s service as Secretary or Dep21 uty Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(2) UNDER SECRETARIES, ASSISTANT SECRE23 TARIES, AND AMBASSADORS.—With respect to a per24 son serving as an Under Secretary, Assistant Sec25 retary, or Ambassador at the Department of State or 


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1 the United States Permanent Representative to the 

2 United Nations, the restrictions described in section 

3 207(f)(1) of title 18, United States Code, shall apply 

4 to representing, aiding, or advising a foreign govern5 mental entity before an officer or employee of the ex6 ecutive branch of the United States for 3 years after 

7 the termination of that person’s service in a position 

8 described in this paragraph, or the duration of the 

9 term or terms of the President who appointed that 

10 person to their position, whichever is longer. 

11 ‘‘(3) ENHANCED RESTRICTIONS FOR POST-EM12 PLOYMENT WORK ON BEHALF OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES

13 OF CONCERN.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to all 

15 former officials listed in this subsection, the re16 strictions described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 

17 shall apply to representing, aiding, or advising 

18 a country of concern described in subparagraph 

19 (B) before an officer or employee of the executive 

20 branch of the United States at any time after the 

21 termination of that person’s service in a position 

22 described in paragraph (1) or (2). 

23 ‘‘(B) COUNTRIES SPECIFIED.—In this para24 graph, the term ‘country of concern’ means— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the Russian Federation; 

2 ‘‘(iii) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 

3 ‘‘(iv) the Democratic People’s Republic 

4 of Korea; 

5 ‘‘(v) the Republic of Cuba; and 

6 ‘‘(vi) the Syrian Arab Republic. 

7 ‘‘(4) PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIONS.—Any viola8 tions of the restrictions in paragraphs (1) or (2) shall 

9 be subject to the penalties and injunctions provided 

10 for under section 216 of title 18, United States Code. 

11 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

12 ‘‘(A) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ENTITY.—The 

13 term ‘foreign governmental entity’ includes— 

14 ‘‘(i) any person employed by— 

15 ‘‘(I) any department, agency, or 

16 other entity of a foreign government at 

17 the national, regional, or local level; 

18 ‘‘(II) any governing party or coa19 lition of a foreign government at the 

20 national, regional, or local level; or 

21 ‘‘(III) any entity majority-owned 

22 or majority-controlled by a foreign gov23 ernment at the national, regional, or 

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1 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a country described 

2 in paragraph (3)(B), any company, eco3 nomic project, cultural organization, ex4 change program, or nongovernmental orga5 nization that is more than 33 percent 

6 owned or controlled by the government of 

7 such country. 

8 ‘‘(B) REPRESENTATION.—The term ‘rep9 resentation’ does not include representation by 

10 an attorney, who is duly licensed and authorized 

11 to provide legal advice in a United States juris12 diction, of a person or entity in a legal capacity 

13 or for the purposes of rendering legal advice. 

14 ‘‘(6) NOTICE OF RESTRICTIONS.—Any person 

15 subject to the restrictions of this subsection shall be 

16 provided notice of these restrictions by the Depart17 ment of State upon appointment by the President, 

18 and subsequently upon termination of service with the 

19 Department of State. 

20 ‘‘(7) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The restrictions under 

21 this subsection shall apply only to persons who are 

22 appointed by the President to the positions referenced 

23 in this subsection on or after 120 days after the date 

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1 ‘‘(8) SUNSET.—The enhanced restrictions under 

2 paragraph (3) shall expire on the date that is 7 years 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act.’’. 

4 SEC. 216. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITIES REGARDING SPE5 CIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN MONTHLY WORK6 ERS’ COMPENSATION PAYMENTS AND OTHER 

7 PAYMENTS. 

8 Section 901 of division J of the Further Consolidated 

9 Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(j) EXPANSION OF AUTHORITIES.—The head of any 

12 Federal agency may exercise the authorities of this section, 

13 including to designate an incident, whether the incident oc14 curred in the United States or abroad, for purposes of sub15 paragraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) of subsection (e)(4) when the 

16 incident affects United States Government employees of the 

17 agency or their dependents who are not under the security 

18 responsibility of the Secretary of State as set forth in section 

19 103 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism 

20 Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4802) or when operational control 

21 of overseas security responsibility for such employees or de22 pendents has been delegated to the head of the agency.’’. 


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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 findings: 

9 (1) The Secure Embassy Construction and 

10 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A 

11 of appendix G of Public Law 106–113) was a nec12 essary response to bombings on August 7, 1998, at the 

13 United States embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and in 

14 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that were destroyed by si15 multaneously exploding bombs. The resulting explo16 sions killed 220 persons and injured more than 4,000 

17 others. Twelve Americans and 40 Kenyan and Tanza18 nian employees of the United States Foreign Service 

19 were killed in the attacks. 

20 (2) Those bombings, followed by the expedi21 tionary diplomatic efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, 

22 demonstrated the need to prioritize the security of 

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

2 the Department impacted the ability of United States 

3 diplomats around the world to advance the interests 

4 of the United States through access to local popu5 lations, leaders, and places. 

6 (4) America’s competitors and adversaries do not 

7 have the same restrictions that United States dip8 lomats 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 colloca13 tion of diplomatic posts under paragraphs (2) 

14 and (3) of section 606(a) of the Secure Embassy 

15 Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 

16 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)) has led to skyrocketing costs 

17 of new embassies and consulates; and 

18 (B) the locations of such posts have become 

19 less desirable, creating an extremely suboptimal 

20 nexus that further hinders United States dip21 lomats who are willing to accept more risk in 

22 order to advance United States interests. 

23 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

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1 (1) the setback and collocation requirements re2 ferred to in subsection (b)(5)(A), even with available 

3 waivers, no longer provide the security such require4 ments used to provide because of advancement in tech5 nologies, such as remote controlled drones, that can 

6 evade walls and other such static barriers; 

7 (2) the Department should focus on creating per8 formance security standards that— 

9 (A) attempt to keep the setback requirements 

10 of diplomatic posts as limited as possible; and 

11 (B) provide diplomats access to local popu12 lations as much as possible, while still providing 

13 a necessary level of security; 

14 (3) collocation of diplomatic facilities is often 

15 not feasible or advisable, particularly for public di16 plomacy spaces whose mission is to reach and be ac17 cessible to wide sectors of the public, including in 

18 countries with repressive governments, since such 

19 spaces are required to permit the foreign public to 

20 enter and exit the space easily and openly; 

21 (4) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security should— 

22 (A) fully utilize the waiver process provided 

23 under paragraphs (2)(B) and (3)(B) of section 

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1 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 

2 4865(a)); and 

3 (B) appropriately exercise such waiver 

4 process as a tool to right-size the appropriate se5 curity footing at each diplomatic post rather 

6 than only approving waivers in extreme cir7 cumstances; 

8 (5) the return of great power competition re9 quires— 

10 (A) United States diplomats to do all they 

11 can to outperform our adversaries; and 

12 (B) the Department to better optimize use of 

13 taxpayer funding to advance United States na14 tional interests; and 

15 (6) this section will better enable United States 

16 diplomats to compete in the 21st century, while sav17 ing United States taxpayers millions in reduced 

18 property and maintenance costs at embassies and 

19 consulates abroad. 

20 (d) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FA21 CILITY.—Section 603 of the Secure Embassy Construction 

22 and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A 

23 of appendix G of Public Law 106–113) is amended to read 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 603. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITY DEFINED. 

2 ‘‘In this title, the terms ‘United States diplomatic fa3 cility’ and ‘diplomatic facility’ mean any chancery, con4 sulate, or other office that— 

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

6 diplomatic or consular premises, consistent with the 

7 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, done at 

8 Vienna April 18, 1961, and the Vienna Convention 

9 on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 

10 1963, and was notified to the host government as 

11 such; or 

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

13 bilateral agreement with the host government (con14 tained in the records of the United States Department 

15 of State) that recognizes the official status of the 

16 United States Government personnel present at the 

17 facility.’’. 

18 (e) GUIDANCE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR DIPLOMATIC

19 FACILITIES.— 

20 (1) GUIDANCE FOR CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DIPLO21 MACY FACILITIES.—Section 5606(a) of the Public Di22 plomacy Modernization Act of 2021 (Public Law 

23 117–81; 22 U.S.C. 1475g note) is amended to read as 

24 follows: 

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1 countries, not later than 180 days after the date of the en2 actment of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter3 terrorism Act of 2022, the Secretary of State shall adopt 

4 guidelines to collect and utilize information from each dip5 lomatic post at which the construction of a new embassy 

6 compound or new consulate compound could result in the 

7 closure or co-location of an American Space that is owned 

8 and operated by the United States Government, generally 

9 known as an American Center, or any other public diplo10 macy facility under the Secure Embassy Construction and 

11 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 et seq.).’’. 

12 (2) SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNITED

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

14 the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterter15 rorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)) is amended— 

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

17 threat’’ and inserting ‘‘a range of threats, in18 cluding that’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

21 (I) by inserting ‘‘in a location 

22 that has certain minimum ratings 

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1 retary in his or her discretion’’ after 

2 ‘‘abroad’’; and 

3 (II) by inserting ‘‘, personnel of 

4 the Peace Corps, and personnel of any 

5 other type or category of facility that 

6 the Secretary may identify’’ after 

7 ‘‘military commander’’; and 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (I) by amending clause (i) to read 

10 as follows: 

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

12 (ii), the Secretary of State may waive sub13 paragraph (A) if the Secretary, in consulta14 tion with, as appropriate, the head of each 

15 agency employing personnel that would not 

16 be located at the site, if applicable, deter17 mines that it is in the national interest of 

18 the United States after taking account of 

19 any considerations the Secretary in his or 

20 her discretion considers relevant, which may 

21 include security conditions.’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

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1 through ‘‘15 days prior’’ and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

4 BUILDING.—Prior’’; and 

5 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

6 (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 

7 read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.— 

9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each newly ac10 quired United States diplomatic facility in 

11 a location that has certain minimum rat12 ings under the Security Environment 

13 Threat List as determined by the Secretary 

14 of State in his or her discretion shall— 

15 ‘‘(I) be constructed or modified to 

16 meet the measured building blast per17 formance standard applicable to a dip18 lomatic facility sited not less than 100 

19 feet from the perimeter of the property 

20 on which the facility is situated; or 

21 ‘‘(II) fulfill the criteria described 

22 in clause (ii). 

23 ‘‘(ii) ALTERNATIVE ENGINEERING

24 EQUIVALENCY STANDARD REQUIREMENT.— 

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1 instead of meeting the requirement under 

2 such clause, fulfill such other criteria as the 

3 Secretary is authorized to employ to achieve 

4 an engineering standard of security and de5 gree of protection that is equivalent to the 

6 numerical perimeter distance setback de7 scribed in such clause seeks to achieve.’’; 

8 and 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

10 (I) in clause (i)— 

11 (aa) by striking ‘‘security 

12 considerations permit and’’; and 

13 (bb) by inserting ‘‘after tak14 ing account of any considerations 

15 the Secretary in his or her discre16 tion considers relevant, which 

17 may include security conditions’’ 

18 after ‘‘national interest of the 

19 United States’’; 

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

21 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

22 BUILDING.—’’ and all that follows 

23 through ‘‘15 days prior’’ and inserting 

24 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(ii) CHANCERY OR CONSULATE

2 BUILDING.—Prior’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘an annual’’ and inserting ‘‘a quar5 terly’’. 

6 SEC. 302. DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT AND SECURITY. 

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

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

9 (b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

10 (1) A robust overseas diplomatic presence is part 

11 of an effective foreign policy, particularly in volatile 

12 environments where a flexible and timely diplomatic 

13 response can be decisive in preventing and addressing 

14 conflict. 

15 (2) Diplomats routinely put themselves and their 

16 families at great personal risk to serve their country 

17 overseas where they face threats related to inter18 national terrorism, violent conflict, and public health. 

19 (3) The Department has a remarkable record of 

20 protecting personnel while enabling an enormous 

21 amount of global diplomatic activity, often in unse22 cure and remote places and facing a variety of evolv23 ing risks and threats. With support from Congress, 

24 the Department of State has revised policy, improved 

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1 old facilities, deployed additional security personnel 

2 and armored vehicles, and greatly enhanced training 

3 requirements and training facilities, including the 

4 new Foreign Affairs Security Training Center in 

5 Blackstone, Virginia. 

6 (4) Diplomatic missions rely on robust staffing 

7 and ambitious external engagement to advance 

8 United States interests as diverse as competing with 

9 China’s malign influence around the world, fighting 

10 terrorism and transnational organized crime, pre11 venting and addressing violent conflict and humani12 tarian disasters, promoting United States businesses 

13 and trade, protecting the rights of marginalized 

14 groups, addressing climate change, and preventing 

15 pandemic disease. 

16 (5) Efforts to protect personnel overseas have 

17 often resulted in inhibiting diplomatic activity and 

18 limiting engagement between embassy personnel and 

19 local governments and populations. 

20 (6) Given that Congress currently provides an21 nual appropriations in excess of $1,900,000,000 for 

22 embassy security, construction, and maintenance, the 

23 Department should be able ensure a robust overseas 

24 presence without inhibiting the ability of diplomats 

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1 (A) meet outside United States secured fa2 cilities with foreign leaders to explain, defend, 

3 and advance United States priorities; 

4 (B) understand and report on foreign polit5 ical, social, and economic conditions through 

6 meeting and interacting with community offi7 cials outside of United States facilities; 

8 (C) provide United States citizen services; 

9 and 

10 (D) collaborate and, at times, compete with 

11 other diplomatic missions, particularly those, 

12 such as that of the People’s Republic of China, 

13 that do not have restrictions on meeting loca14 tions. 

15 (7) Given these stakes, Congress has a responsi16 bility to empower, support, and hold the Department 

17 accountable for implementing an aggressive strategy 

18 to ensure a robust overseas presence that mitigates po19 tential risks and adequately considers the myriad di20 rect and indirect consequences of a lack of diplomatic 

21 presence. 

22 (c) ENCOURAGING EXPEDITIONARY DIPLOMACY.— 

23 (1) PURPOSE.—Section 102(b) of the Diplomatic 

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

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(3) to promote strengthened security measures, 

4 institutionalize a culture of learning, and, in the case 

5 of apparent gross negligence or breach of duty, rec6 ommend that the Secretary investigate accountability 

7 for United States Government personnel with secu8 rity-related responsibilities;’’; 

9 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

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

11 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol12 lowing: 

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

14 instead of risk avoidance, that enables the Depart15 ment of State to pursue its vital goals with full 

16 knowledge that it is neither desirable nor possible for 

17 the Department to avoid all risks;’’. 

18 (2) BRIEFINGS ON EMBASSY SECURITY.—Section 

19 105(a)(1) of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (22 

20 U.S.C. 4804(a)) is amended— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘any plans to open or re22 open a high risk, high threat post’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘progress towards opening or reopening a high 

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1 sion of operations and remaining barriers to 

2 doing so’’; 

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

4 risk to United States national security of the 

5 post’s continued closure or suspension of oper6 ations,’’ after ‘‘national security of the United 

7 States,’’; and 

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

9 type and level of security threats such post could 

10 encounter, and’’ before ‘‘security ‘tripwires’ ’’. 

11 (d) SECURITY REVIEW COMMITTEES.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 of the Diplomatic 

13 Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831) is amended— 

14 (A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AC15 COUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘SECURITY REVIEW COMMITTEES’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (a)— 

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

19 as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) CONVENING THE SECURITY REVIEW COM21 MITTEE.—In any case of a serious security incident 

22 involving loss of life, serious injury, or significant de23 struction of property at, or related to, a United States 

24 Government diplomatic mission abroad (referred to in 

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1 any case of a serious breach of security involving in2 telligence activities of a foreign government directed 

3 at a United States Government mission abroad, the 

4 Secretary of State shall convene a Security Review 

5 Committee, which shall issue a report providing a full 

6 account of what occurred, consistent with section 

7 304.’’; 

8 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

9 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

10 (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(2) COMMITTEE COMPOSITION.—The Secretary 

13 shall designate a Chairperson and may designate ad14 ditional personnel of commensurate seniority to serve 

15 on the Security Review Committee, which shall in16 clude— 

17 ‘‘(A) the Director of the Office of Manage18 ment Strategy and Solutions; 

19 ‘‘(B) the Assistant Secretary responsible for 

20 the region where the incident occurred; 

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

22 Diplomatic Security; 

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1 ‘‘(E) an Assistant Secretary-level represent2 ative from any involved United States Govern3 ment department or agency; and 

4 ‘‘(F) other personnel determined to be nec5 essary or appropriate.’’; 

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

7 by clause (ii)— 

8 (I) in the paragraph heading, by 

9 striking ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

10 FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL’’ and in11 serting ‘‘EXCEPTIONS TO CONVENING A

12 SECURITY REVIEW COMMITTEE’’; 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of 

14 State is not required to convene a 

15 Board in the case’’ and inserting the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 

18 is not required to convene a Security Review 

19 Committee— 

20 ‘‘(i) if the Secretary determines that 

21 the incident involves only causes unrelated 

22 to security, such as when the security at 

23 issue is outside of the scope of the Secretary 

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1 ‘‘(ii) if operational control of overseas 

2 security functions has been delegated to an3 other agency in accordance with section 

4 106; 

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

6 incident and is covered by other review 

7 mechanisms; or 

8 ‘‘(iv) in the case’’; and 

9 (III) by striking ‘‘In any such 

10 case’’ and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(B) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INVESTIGA12 TIONS.—In the case of an incident described in 

13 subparagraph (A)(iv)’’; and 

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

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

16 promulgate regulations defining the membership and 

17 operating procedures for the Security Review Com18 mittee and provide such guidance to the Chair and 

19 ranking members of the Committee on Foreign Rela20 tions of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af21 fairs of the House of Representatives.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

23 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

24 ‘‘BOARDS’’ and inserting ‘‘SECURITY REVIEW

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

2 follows: 

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

4 convene an SRC not later than 60 days after the oc5 currence of an incident described in subsection (a)(1), 

6 or 60 days after the Department first becomes aware 

7 of such an incident, whichever is earlier, except that 

8 the 60-day period for convening an SRC may be ex9 tended for one additional 60-day period if the Sec10 retary determines that the additional period is nec11 essary.’’; and 

12 (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol13 lows: 

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

15 Secretary of State convenes a Security Review Committee, 

16 the Secretary shall promptly inform the chair and ranking 

17 member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen18 ate and the chair and ranking member of the Committee 

19 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.’’. 

20 (e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

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

22 U.S.C. 4832) is amended— 

23 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AC24 COUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARD’’ and inserting 

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

2 appears and inserting ‘‘a Security Review Com3 mittee’’. 

4 (f) SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION

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

6 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4833) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 303. SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 

8 PROCESS. 

9 ‘‘(a) INVESTIGATION PROCESS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) INITIATION UPON REPORTED INCIDENT.—A 

11 United States mission shall submit an initial report 

12 of a Serious Security Incident not later than 3 days 

13 after such incident occurs, whenever feasible, at which 

14 time an investigation of the incident shall be initi15 ated. 

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

17 after the submission of a report pursuant to para18 graph (1), the Secretary shall direct the Diplomatic 

19 Security Service to assemble an investigative team to 

20 investigate the incident and independently establish 

21 what occurred. Each investigation under this sub22 section shall cover— 

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

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1 the Serious Security Incident, and whether ap2 plicable security procedures were followed; 

3 ‘‘(B) in the event the Serious Security Inci4 dent involved a United States diplomatic com5 pound, motorcade, residence, or other facility, an 

6 assessment of whether adequate security counter7 measures were in effect based on known threat at 

8 the time of the incident; 

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

10 or group of officers, employees, or family mem11 bers under Chief of Mission security responsi12 bility conducting approved operations or move13 ments outside the United States mission, an as14 sessment of whether proper security briefings and 

15 procedures were in place and whether weighing 

16 of risk of the operation or movement took place; 

17 and 

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

19 any officials or employees to follow procedures or 

20 perform their duties contributed to the security 

21 incident. 

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

23 team assembled pursuant to paragraph (2) shall con24 sist of individuals from the Diplomatic Security 

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1 tion of the facts surrounding the incident and what 

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

3 shall review the makeup of the investigative team for 

4 a conflict, appearance of conflict, or lack of independ5 ence that could undermine the results of the investiga6 tion and may remove or replace any members of the 

7 team to avoid such an outcome. 

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

9 days after the occurrence of a Serious Security Incident, 

10 the investigative team investigating the incident shall pre11 pare and submit a Report of Investigation to the Security 

12 Review Committee that includes— 

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

14 forth in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection 

15 (a)(2), including all related findings; 

16 ‘‘(2) a complete and accurate account of the cas17 ualties, injuries, and damage resulting from the inci18 dent; and 

19 ‘‘(3) a review of security procedures and direc20 tives in place at the time of the incident. 

21 ‘‘(c) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The investigative team inves22 tigating a Serious Security Incident shall adopt such proce23 dures with respect to confidentiality as determined nec24 essary, including procedures relating to the conduct of 

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1 camera, to ensure in particular the protection of classified 

2 information relating to national defense, foreign policy, or 

3 intelligence matters. The Director of National Intelligence 

4 shall establish the level of protection required for intelligence 

5 information and for information relating to intelligence 

6 personnel included in the report required under subsection 

7 (b). The Security Review Committee shall determine the 

8 level of classification of the final report prepared pursuant 

9 to section 304(b), and shall incorporate the same confiden10 tiality measures in such report to the maximum extent 

11 practicable.’’. 

12 (g) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SECU13 RITY REVIEW COMMITTEE.—Section 304 of the Diplomatic 

14 Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4834) is amended to read 

15 as follows: 

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

17 REPORT. 

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

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) review the Report of Investigation prepared 

21 pursuant to section 303(b), and all other evidence, re22 porting, and relevant information relating to a Seri23 ous Security Incident at a United States mission 

24 abroad, including an examination of the facts and 

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1 of life, or significant destruction of property resulting 

2 from the incident; and 

3 ‘‘(2) determine, in writing— 

4 ‘‘(A) whether the incident was security re5 lated and constituted a Serious Security Inci6 dent; 

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

8 compound, motorcade, residence, or other mission 

9 facility— 

10 ‘‘(i) whether the security systems, secu11 rity countermeasures, and security proce12 dures operated as intended; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) whether such systems worked to 

14 materially mitigate the attack or were 

15 found to be inadequate to mitigate the 

16 threat and attack; 

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

18 or group of officers conducting an approved op19 eration outside the mission, whether a valid 

20 process was followed in evaluating the requested 

21 operation and weighing the risk of the operation, 

22 which determination shall not seek to assign ac23 countability for the incident unless the Security 

24 Review Committee determines that an official 

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1 ‘‘(D) the impact of intelligence and infor2 mation availability, and whether the mission 

3 was aware of the general operating threat envi4 ronment or any more specific threat intelligence 

5 or information and took that into account in on6 going and specific operations; and 

7 ‘‘(E) any other facts and circumstances that 

8 may be relevant to the appropriate security 

9 management of United States missions abroad. 

10 ‘‘(b) REPORT.— 

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

12 Not later than 60 days after receiving the Report of 

13 Investigation prepared pursuant to section 303(b), the 

14 Security Review Committee shall submit a report to 

15 the Secretary of State that includes— 

16 ‘‘(A) the findings described in subsection 

17 (a); and 

18 ‘‘(B) any related recommendations. 

19 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

20 90 days after receiving the report pursuant to para21 graph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit a copy 

22 of the report to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

23 of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

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

2 course of conducting an investigation under section 303, the 

3 investigative team finds reasonable cause to believe any in4 dividual described in section 303(a)(2)(D) has breached the 

5 duty of that individual or finds lesser failures on the part 

6 of an individual in the performance of his or her duties 

7 related to the incident, it shall be reported to the SRC. If 

8 the SRC find reasonable cause to support the determina9 tion, it shall be reported to the Secretary for appropriate 

10 action.’’. 

11 (h) RELATION TO OTHER PROCEEDINGS.—Section 305 

12 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4835) 

13 is amended— 

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

15 REMEDIES OR DEFENSES.—’’ before ‘‘Nothing in this 

16 title’’; and 

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

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

19 be construed to preclude the Secretary of State from con20 vening a followup public board of inquiry to investigate 

21 any security incident if the incident was of such magnitude 

22 or significance that an internal process is deemed insuffi23 cient to understand and investigate the incident. All mate24 rials gathered during the procedures provided under this 


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1 title shall be provided to any related board of inquiry con2 vened by the Secretary.’’. 

3 SEC. 303. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES EMBASSIES 

4 IN VANUATU, KIRIBATI, AND TONGA. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

6 (1) The Pacific Islands are vital to United 

7 States national security and national interests in the 

8 Indo-Pacific region and globally. 

9 (2) The Pacific Islands region spans 15 percent 

10 of the world’s surface area and controls access to open 

11 waters in the Central Pacific, sea lanes to the Western 

12 Hemisphere, supply lines to United States forward13 deployed forces in East Asia, and economically im14 portant fisheries. 

15 (3) The Pacific Islands region is home to the 

16 State of Hawaii, 11 United States territories, United 

17 States Naval Base Guam, and United States Ander18 sen Air Force Base. 

19 (4) Pacific Island countries cooperate with the 

20 United States and United States partners on mari21 time security and efforts to stop illegal, unreported, 

22 and destructive fishing. 

23 (5) The Pacific Islands are rich in biodiversity 

24 and are on the frontlines of environmental challenges 

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1 (6) The People’s Republic of China (PRC) seeks 

2 to increase its influence in the Pacific Islands region, 

3 including through infrastructure development under 

4 the PRC’s One Belt, One Road Initiative and its new 

5 security agreement with the Solomon Islands. 

6 (7) The United States Embassy in Papua New 

7 Guinea manages the diplomatic affairs of the United 

8 States to the Republic of Vanuatu, and the United 

9 States Embassy in Fiji manages the diplomatic af10 fairs of the United States to the Republic of Kiribati 

11 and the Kingdom of Tonga. 

12 (8) The United States requires a physical diplo13 matic presence in the Republic of Vanuatu, the Re14 public of Kiribati, and the Kingdom of Tonga, to en15 sure the physical and operational security of our ef16 forts in those countries to deepen relations, protect 

17 United States national security, and pursue United 

18 States national interests. 

19 (9) Increasing the number of United States em20 bassies dedicated solely to a Pacific Island country 

21 demonstrates the United States’ ongoing commitment 

22 to the region and to the Pacific Island countries. 

23 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF EMBASSIES.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as possible, and not 

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1 this Act, the Secretary of State shall establish phys2 ical United States embassies in the Republic of 

3 Kiribati and the Kingdom of Tonga, and a physical 

4 presence in the Republic of Vanuatu. 

5 (2) OTHER STRATEGIES.— 

6 (A) PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—In estab7 lishing embassies pursuant to paragraph (1) and 

8 creating the physical infrastructure to ensure the 

9 physical and operational safety of embassy per10 sonnel, the Secretary may pursue rent or pur11 chase existing buildings or co-locate personnel in 

12 embassies of like-minded partners, such as Aus13 tralia and New Zealand. 

14 (B) PERSONNEL.—In establishing a phys15 ical presence in the Republic of Vanuatu pursu16 ant to paragraph (1), the Secretary may assign 

17 1 or more United States Government personnel 

18 to the Republic of Vanuatu as part of the United 

19 States mission in Papua New Guinea. 

20 (3) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The President may 

21 waive the requirements under paragraph (1) for a pe22 riod of one year if the President determines and re23 ports to Congress in advance that such waiver is nec24 essary to protect the national security interests of the 

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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 

2 amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department 

3 of State for Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte4 nance, $40,200,000 is authorized to be appropriated for fis5 cal year 2023 for establishment and maintenance of the 

6 three embassies pursuant to subsection (b), and $3,000,000 

7 is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2024 to 

8 maintain the embassies. 

9 (d) REPORT.— 

10 (1) DEFINED TERM.—In this subsection, the 

11 term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 

12 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

13 the Senate; 

14 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

15 Senate; 

16 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

17 House of Representatives; and 

18 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives. 

20 (2) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 180 

21 days following the date of the enactment of this Act, 

22 the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 

23 committees of Congress a report that includes— 


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1 (A) a description of the status of activities 

2 carried out to achieve the objectives described in 

3 this section; 

4 (B) an estimate of when embassies and a 

5 physical presence will be fully established pursu6 ant to subsection (b)(1); and 

7 (C) an update on events in the Pacific Is8 lands region relevant to the establishment of 

9 United States embassies, including activities by 

10 the People’s Republic of China. 

11 (3) REPORT ON FINAL DISPOSITION.—Not later 

12 than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 

13 Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appro14 priate committees of Congress that— 

15 (A) confirms the establishment of the 2 em16 bassies and the physical presence required under 

17 subsection (b)(1); or 

18 (B) if the embassies and physical presence 

19 required in subsection (b)(1) has not been estab20 lished, a justification for such failure to comply 

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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 enactment 

8 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appro9 priate 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 by 

14 race, ethnicity, gender, age, veteran status, disability, 

15 geographic region, and any other categories deter16 mined 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, veteran 

20 status, disability, geographic region, and any other 

21 categories determined by the Secretary; and 

22 (4) includes recommendations for addressing any 

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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 committees 

6 that includes disaggregated demographic data and other in7 formation regarding the diversity of the workforce of the 

8 Department. 

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

10 shall include, to the maximum extent that the collection and 

11 dissemination of such data can be done in a way that pro12 tects the confidentiality of individuals and is otherwise per13 missible by law— 

14 (1) demographic data on each element of the 

15 workforce of the Department during the 5-year period 

16 ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

17 disaggregated by rank and grade or grade-equivalent, 

18 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, the 

25 Deputy Secretary of State, the Counselor of the 

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1 Planning Staff, the Under Secretary of State for 

2 Arms Control and International Security, the 

3 Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, 

4 Democracy, and Human Rights, the Under Sec5 retary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, 

6 and the Environment, the Under Secretary of 

7 State for Management, the Under Secretary of 

8 State for Political Affairs, and the Under Sec9 retary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public 

10 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 the 

7 essential elements identified in Equal Employment 

8 Opportunity Commission Management Directive 715, 

9 effective October 1, 2003; and 

10 (3) data on the overall number of individuals 

11 who are part of the workforce, the percentages of such 

12 workforce corresponding to each element specified in 

13 paragraph (1), and the percentages corresponding to 

14 each rank, grade, or grade equivalent. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVENESS OF DEPARTMENT EFFORTS.—The 

16 report required under subsection (a) shall describe and as17 sess the effectiveness of the efforts of the Department— 

18 (1) to propagate fairness, impartiality, and in19 clusion in the work environment, both domestically 

20 and abroad; 

21 (2) to enforce anti-harassment and anti-dis22 crimination policies, both domestically and at posts 

23 overseas; 

24 (3) to refrain from engaging in unlawful dis25 crimination in any phase of the employment process, 


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1 including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, assign2 ments, promotion, retention, and training; 

3 (4) to prevent retaliation against employees for 

4 participating in a protected equal employment oppor5 tunity activity or for reporting sexual harassment or 

6 sexual assault; 

7 (5) to provide reasonable accommodation for 

8 qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; 

9 and 

10 (6) to recruit a representative workforce by— 

11 (A) recruiting women, persons with disabil12 ities, and minorities; 

13 (B) recruiting at women’s colleges, histori14 cally Black colleges and universities, minority15 serving institutions, and other institutions serv16 ing a significant percentage of minority stu17 dents; 

18 (C) placing job advertisements in news19 papers, magazines, and job sites oriented toward 

20 women and minorities; 

21 (D) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 

22 in urban and rural communities and at land23 grant colleges or universities; 

24 (E) providing opportunities through the 

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1 ter 12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

2 U.S.C. 4141 et seq.), and other hiring initiatives; 

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

4 professionals through programs designed to in5 crease representation in international affairs of 

6 people belonging to traditionally under7 represented groups; 

8 (G) offering the Foreign Service written and 

9 oral assessment examinations in several locations 

10 throughout the United States or via online plat11 forms to reduce the burden of applicants having 

12 to travel at their own expense to take either or 

13 both such examinations; 

14 (H) expanding the use of paid internships; 

15 and 

16 (I) supporting recruiting and hiring oppor17 tunities through— 

18 (i) the Charles B. Rangel International 

19 Affairs Fellowship Program; 

20 (ii) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign 

21 Affairs Fellowship Program; and 

22 (iii) other initiatives, including agen23 cywide policy initiatives. 

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

2 the publication of the report required under subsection 

3 (a), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 

4 appropriate congressional committees, and make such 

5 report available on the Department’s website, that in6 cludes, without compromising the confidentiality of 

7 individuals and to the extent otherwise consistent 

8 with law— 

9 (A) disaggregated demographic data, to the 

10 maximum extent that collection of such data is 

11 permissible by law, relating to the workforce and 

12 information on the status of diversity and inclu13 sion efforts of the Department; 

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

15 the maximum extent that collection of such data 

16 is permissible by law; and 

17 (C) disaggregated demographic data relat18 ing to participants in professional development 

19 programs of the Department and the rate of 

20 placement into senior positions for participants 

21 in such programs. 

22 (2) COMBINATION WITH OTHER ANNUAL RE23 PORT.—The report required under paragraph (1) 

24 may be combined with another annual report re25 quired by law, to the extent practicable. 


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1 SEC. 403. CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

2 AND ASSISTANCE. 

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

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

5 United States overseas through programs that foster 

6 innovation, competitiveness, and a diversity of back7 grounds, views, and experience in the formulation 

8 and implementation of United States foreign policy 

9 and assistance; and 

10 (2) to create opportunities for specialized re11 search, education, training, professional development, 

12 and leadership opportunities for individuals belong13 ing to an underrepresented group within the Depart14 ment and USAID. 

15 (b) STUDY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Ad17 ministrator of USAID shall conduct a study on the 

18 feasibility of establishing Centers of Excellence in 

19 Foreign Affairs and Assistance (referred to in this 

20 section as the ‘‘Centers of Excellence’’) within institu21 tions that serve individuals belonging to an underrep22 resented group to focus on 1 or more of the areas de23 scribed in paragraph (2). 

24 (2) ELEMENTS.—In conducting the study re25 quired under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the 

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1 (A) opportunities to enter into public-pri2 vate partnerships that will— 

3 (i) increase diversity in foreign affairs 

4 and foreign assistance Federal careers; 

5 (ii) prepare a diverse cadre of students 

6 (including nontraditional, mid-career, part7 time, and heritage students) and nonprofit 

8 or business professionals with the skills and 

9 education needed to meaningfully contribute 

10 to the formulation and execution of United 

11 States foreign policy and assistance; 

12 (iii) support the conduct of research, 

13 education, and extension programs that re14 flect diverse perspectives and a wide range 

15 of views of world regions and international 

16 affairs— 

17 (I) to assist in the development of 

18 regional and functional foreign policy 

19 skills; 

20 (II) to strengthen international 

21 development and humanitarian assist22 ance programs; and 

23 (III) to strengthen democratic in24 stitutions and processes in policy25 making, including supporting public 


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1 policies that engender equitable and in2 clusive societies and focus on challenges 

3 and inequalities in education, health, 

4 wealth, justice, and other sectors faced 

5 by diverse communities; 

6 (iv) enable domestic and international 

7 educational, internship, fellowship, faculty 

8 exchange, training, employment or other in9 novative programs to acquire or strengthen 

10 knowledge of foreign languages, cultures, so11 cieties, and international skills and perspec12 tives; 

13 (v) support collaboration among insti14 tutions of higher education, including com15 munity colleges, nonprofit organizations, 

16 and corporations, to strengthen the engage17 ment between experts and specialists in the 

18 foreign affairs and foreign assistance fields; 

19 and 

20 (vi) leverage additional public-private 

21 partnerships with nonprofit organizations, 

22 foundations, corporations, institutions of 

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1 (B) budget and staffing requirements, in2 cluding appropriate sources of funding, for the 

3 establishment and conduct of operations of such 

4 Centers of Excellence. 

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

6 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 

7 report to the appropriate congressional committees that 

8 contains the findings of the study conducted pursuant to 

9 subsection (b). 

10 SEC. 404. INSTITUTE FOR TRANSATLANTIC ENGAGEMENT. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary is au13 thorized to establish the Institute for Transatlantic Engage14 ment (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Institute’’). 

15 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Institute shall be 

16 to strengthen national security by highlighting, to a geo17 graphically diverse set of populations from the United 

18 States and member countries of the European Union, the 

19 importance of the transatlantic relationship and the threats 

20 posed by adversarial countries, such as the Russian Federa21 tion and the People’s Republic of China, to democracy, free22 market economic principles, and human rights, with the 

23 aim that lessons learned from the Institute will be shared 

24 across the United States and Europe. 


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1 (c) DIRECTOR.—The Institute shall be headed by a Di2 rector, who shall have expertise in transatlantic relations 

3 and diverse populations in the United States and Europe. 

4 (d) SCOPE AND ACTIVITIES.—The Institute shall— 

5 (1) strengthen knowledge of the formation and 

6 implementation of transatlantic policies critical to 

7 national security, including the threats posed by the 

8 Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of 

9 China; 

10 (2) increase awareness of the roles of government 

11 and nongovernmental actors, such as multilateral or12 ganizations, businesses, civil society actors, academia, 

13 think tanks, and philanthropic institutions, in trans14 atlantic policy development and execution; 

15 (3) increase understanding of the manner in 

16 which diverse backgrounds and perspectives affect the 

17 development of transatlantic policies; 

18 (4) enhance the skills, abilities, and effectiveness 

19 of government officials at national and international 

20 levels; 

21 (5) increase awareness of the importance of, and 

22 interest in, international public service careers; 

23 (6) annually invite not fewer than 30 individ24 uals to participate in programs of the Institute; 


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1 (7) not less than 3 times annually, convene rep2 resentatives of United States and European Union 

3 governments for a program offered by the Institute 

4 that is not less than 2 days in duration; and 

5 (8) develop metrics to track the success and effi6 cacy of the program. 

7 (e) ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE.—Participants in 

8 the programs of the Institute shall include elected govern9 ment officials— 

10 (1) serving at national, regional, or local levels 

11 in the United States and member countries of the Eu12 ropean Union; and 

13 (2) who represent geographically diverse back14 grounds or constituencies in the United States and 

15 Europe. 

16 (f) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.— 

17 (1) UNITED STATES PARTICIPANTS.—Partici18 pants from the United States shall be appointed in 

19 an equally divided manner by the chairpersons and 

20 ranking members of the appropriate congressional 

21 committees. 

22 (2) EUROPEAN UNION PARTICIPANTS.—Partici23 pants from European Union member countries shall 

24 be appointed by the Secretary, in consultation with 


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1 the chairpersons and ranking members of the appro2 priate congressional committees. 

3 (g) RESTRICTIONS.— 

4 (1) UNPAID PARTICIPATION.—Participants in 

5 the Institute may not be paid a salary for such par6 ticipation. 

7 (2) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Institute may pay 

8 or reimburse participants for reasonable travel, lodg9 ing, and food in connection with participation in the 

10 program. 

11 (3) TRAVEL.—No funds authorized to be appro12 priated under subsection (h) may be used for travel 

13 for Members of Congress to participate in Institute 

14 activities. 

15 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

16 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

17 $750,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

18 SEC. 405. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

19 Nothing in this Act may be construed as altering exist20 ing law regarding merit system principles. 


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1 TITLE V—INFORMATION SECU2 RITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY 

3 SEC. 501. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL CYBERSPACE 

4 POLICY. 

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

6 States— 

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

8 interoperable, reliable, and secure internet governed 

9 by the multi-stakeholder model, which— 

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

11 and human rights, including freedom of expres12 sion; 

13 (B) supports the ability to innovate, com14 municate, and promote economic prosperity; and 

15 (C) is designed to protect privacy and 

16 guard against deception, fraud, and theft; 

17 (2) to encourage and aid United States allies 

18 and partners in improving their own technological 

19 capabilities and resiliency to pursue, defend, and pro20 tect shared interests and values, free from coercion 

21 and external pressure; and 

22 (3) in furtherance of the efforts described in 

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1 (A) to provide incentives to the private sec2 tor to accelerate the development of the tech3 nologies referred to in such paragraphs; 

4 (B) to modernize and harmonize with allies 

5 and partners export controls and investment 

6 screening regimes and associated policies and 

7 regulations; and 

8 (C) to enhance United States leadership in 

9 technical standards-setting bodies and avenues 

10 for developing norms regarding the use of digital 

11 tools. 

12 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the policy 

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

14 with outside actors, as appropriate, including private sector 

15 companies, nongovernmental organizations, security re16 searchers, and other relevant stakeholders, in the conduct 

17 of bilateral and multilateral relations, shall strive— 

18 (1) to clarify the applicability of international 

19 laws and norms to the use of information and com20 munications technology (referred to in this subsection 

21 as ‘‘ICT’’); 

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

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1 pairs the use and operation of critical infrastructure 

2 that provides services to the public; 

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

4 share common values and cyberspace policies with the 

5 United States, including respect for human rights, de6 mocracy, and the rule of law, to advance such values 

7 and policies internationally; 

8 (4) to encourage the responsible development of 

9 new, innovative technologies and ICT products that 

10 strengthen a secure internet architecture that is acces11 sible to all; 

12 (5) to secure and implement commitments on re13 sponsible country behavior in cyberspace, including 

14 commitments by countries— 

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

16 cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, in17 cluding trade secrets or other confidential busi18 ness information, with the intent of providing 

19 competitive advantages to companies or commer20 cial sectors; 

21 (B) to take all appropriate and reasonable 

22 efforts to keep their territories clear of inten23 tionally wrongful acts using ICT in violation of 

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1 (C) not to conduct or knowingly support 

2 ICT activity that intentionally damages or oth3 erwise impairs the use and operation of critical 

4 infrastructure providing services to the public, in 

5 violation of international law; 

6 (D) to take appropriate measures to protect 

7 the country’s critical infrastructure from ICT 

8 threats; 

9 (E) not to conduct or knowingly support 

10 malicious international activity that harms the 

11 information systems of authorized emergency re12 sponse teams (also known as ‘‘computer emer13 gency response teams’’ or ‘‘cybersecurity incident 

14 response teams’’) of another country or authorize 

15 emergency response teams to engage in malicious 

16 international activity, in violation of inter17 national law; 

18 (F) to respond to appropriate requests for 

19 assistance to mitigate malicious ICT activity 

20 emanating from their territory and aimed at the 

21 critical infrastructure of another country; 

22 (G) to not restrict cross-border data flows or 

23 require local storage or processing of data; and 

24 (H) to protect the exercise of human rights 

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1 recognizing that the human rights that people 

2 have offline also need to be protected online; and 

3 (6) to advance, encourage, and support the devel4 opment and adoption of internationally recognized 

5 technical standards and best practices. 

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

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1 of the State Department 

8 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), is amend9 ed— 

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

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

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

13 section 361(a)(1) of division FF of the Consolidated 

14 Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260)) as 

15 subsection (l); and 

16 (3) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(i) BUREAU OF CYBERSPACE AND DIGITAL POLICY.— 

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

20 the Department of State, the Bureau of Cyberspace 

21 and Digital Policy (referred to in this subsection as 

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

23 rank and status of ambassador and shall be ap24 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and 

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1 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of the Bureau 

3 shall perform such duties and exercise such pow4 ers as the Secretary of State shall prescribe, in5 cluding implementing the policy described in sec6 tion 501(a) of the Department of State Author7 ization Act of 2022. 

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

9 duties and responsibilities of the head of the Bu10 reau shall be— 

11 ‘‘(i) to serve as the principal cyber12 space policy official within the senior man13 agement of the Department of State and as 

14 the advisor to the Secretary of State for 

15 cyberspace and digital issues; 

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

17 in coordination with other relevant bureaus 

18 and offices, the Department of State’s diplo19 matic cyberspace, cybersecurity (including 

20 efforts related to data privacy, data flows, 

21 internet governance, information and com22 munications technology standards, and 

23 other issues that the Secretary has assigned 

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1 ‘‘(iii) to advance United States na2 tional security and foreign policy interests 

3 in cyberspace and to coordinate cyberspace 

4 policy and other relevant functions with the 

5 Department of State and with other compo6 nents of the Federal Government; 

7 ‘‘(iv) to promote an open, interoper8 able, reliable, and secure information and 

9 communications technology infrastructure 

10 globally; 

11 ‘‘(v) to represent the Secretary of State 

12 in interagency efforts to develop and ad13 vance Federal Government cyber priorities 

14 and activities, including efforts to develop 

15 credible national capabilities, strategies, 

16 and policies to deter and counter cyber ad17 versaries, and carry out the purposes of title 

18 V of the Department of State Authorization 

19 Act of 2022; 

20 ‘‘(vi) to engage civil society, the pri21 vate sector, academia, and other public and 

22 private entities on relevant international 

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1 ‘‘(vii) to lead United States Govern2 ment efforts to uphold and further develop 

3 global deterrence frameworks for malicious 

4 cyber activity; 

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

6 and coordinate with foreign governments re7 garding responses to national security-level 

8 cyber incidents, including coordination on 

9 diplomatic response efforts to support allies 

10 and partners threatened by malicious cyber 

11 activity, in conjunction with members of the 

12 North Atlantic Treaty Organization and 

13 like-minded countries; 

14 ‘‘(ix) to promote the building of foreign 

15 capacity relating to cyberspace policy prior16 ities; 

17 ‘‘(x) to promote an open, interoperable, 

18 reliable, and secure information and com19 munications technology infrastructure glob20 ally and an open, interoperable, secure, and 

21 reliable internet governed by the multi22 stakeholder model; 

23 ‘‘(xi) to promote an international regu24 latory environment for technology invest25 ments and the internet that benefits United 


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1 States economic and national security in2 terests; 

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

4 data and combat international initiatives 

5 seeking to impose unreasonable require6 ments on United States businesses; 

7 ‘‘(xiii) to promote international poli8 cies to protect the integrity of United States 

9 and international telecommunications in10 frastructure from foreign-based threats, in11 cluding cyber-enabled threats; 

12 ‘‘(xiv) to lead engagement, in coordina13 tion with relevant executive branch agen14 cies, with foreign governments on relevant 

15 international cyberspace, cybersecurity, 

16 cybercrime, and digital economy issues de17 scribed in title V of the Department of State 

18 Authorization Act of 2022; 

19 ‘‘(xv) to promote international policies 

20 to secure radio frequency spectrum for 

21 United States businesses and national secu22 rity needs; 

23 ‘‘(xvi) to promote and protect the exer24 cise of human rights, including freedom of 

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1 ‘‘(xvii) to build capacity of United 

2 States diplomatic officials to engage on 

3 cyberspace issues; 

4 ‘‘(xviii) to encourage the development 

5 and adoption by foreign countries of inter6 nationally recognized standards, policies, 

7 and best practices; 

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

9 Engagement Center to counter cyber-enabled 

10 information operations against the United 

11 States or its allies and partners; and 

12 ‘‘(xx) to conduct such other matters as 

13 the Secretary of State may assign. 

14 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The head of the Bureau 

15 should be an individual of demonstrated competency 

16 in the fields of— 

17 ‘‘(A) cybersecurity and other relevant cyber18 space and information and communications 

19 technology policy issues; and 

20 ‘‘(B) international diplomacy. 

21 ‘‘(4) ORGANIZATIONAL PLACEMENT.— 

22 ‘‘(A) INITIAL PLACEMENT.—Except as pro23 vided in subparagraph (B), the head of the Bu24 reau shall report to the Deputy Secretary of 

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1 ‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT PLACEMENT.—The head 

2 of the Bureau may report to an Under Secretary 

3 of State or to an official holding a higher posi4 tion than Under Secretary if, not later than 15 

5 days before any change in such reporting struc6 ture, the Secretary of State— 

7 ‘‘(i) consults with the Committee on 

8 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 

9 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

10 of Representatives; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) submits a report to such commit12 tees that— 

13 ‘‘(I) indicates that the Secretary, 

14 with respect to the reporting structure 

15 of the Bureau, has consulted with and 

16 solicited feedback from— 

17 ‘‘(aa) other relevant Federal 

18 entities with a role in inter19 national aspects of cyber policy; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(bb) the elements of the De22 partment of State with responsi23 bility for aspects of cyber policy, 

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1 ‘‘(AA) the Under Sec2 retary of State for Political 

3 Affairs; 

4 ‘‘(BB) the Under Sec5 retary of State for Civilian 

6 Security, Democracy, and 

7 Human Rights; 

8 ‘‘(CC) the Under Sec9 retary of State for Economic 

10 Growth, Energy, and the En11 vironment; 

12 ‘‘(DD) the Under Sec13 retary of State for Arms 

14 Control and International 

15 Security Affairs; 

16 ‘‘(EE) the Under Sec17 retary of State for Manage18 ment; and 

19 ‘‘(FF) the Under Sec20 retary of State for Public Di21 plomacy and Public Affairs; 

22 ‘‘(II) describes the new reporting 

23 structure for the head of the Bureau 

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1 ‘‘(III) includes a plan describing 

2 how the new reporting structure will 

3 better enable the head of the Bureau to 

4 carry out the duties described in para5 graph (2), including the security, eco6 nomic, and human rights aspects of 

7 cyber diplomacy. 

8 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITIES.—The Sec9 retary of State may— 

10 ‘‘(A) appoint employees without regard to 

11 the provisions of title 5, United States Code, re12 garding appointments in the competitive service; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) fix the basic compensation of such em15 ployees without regard to chapter 51 and sub16 chapter III of chapter 53 of such title regarding 

17 classification and General Schedule pay rates. 

18 ‘‘(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

19 subsection may be construed to preclude the head of 

20 the Bureau from being designated as an Assistant 

21 Secretary, if such an Assistant Secretary position 

22 does not increase the number of Assistant Secretary 

23 positions at the Department above the number author24 ized under subsection (c)(1).’’. 


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

2 that the Bureau established under section 1(i) of the State 

3 Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as added by sub4 section (a), should have a diverse workforce composed of 

5 qualified individuals, including individuals belonging to an 

6 underrepresented group. 

7 (c) UNITED NATIONS.—The Permanent Representative 

8 of the United States to the United Nations should use the 

9 voice, vote, and influence of the United States to oppose any 

10 measure that is inconsistent with the policy described in 

11 section 501(a). 

12 SEC. 503. INTERNATIONAL CYBERSPACE AND DIGITAL POL13 ICY STRATEGY. 

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

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

16 acting through the Secretary, and in coordination with the 

17 heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 

18 shall develop an international cyberspace and digital policy 

19 strategy. 

20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub21 section (a) shall include— 

22 (1) a review of actions and activities undertaken 

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

2 the Department with regard to foreign countries, in3 cluding— 

4 (A) conducting bilateral and multilateral 

5 activities— 

6 (i) to develop and support the imple7 mentation of norms of responsible country 

8 behavior in cyberspace consistent with the 

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

10 (ii) to reduce the frequency and sever11 ity of cyberattacks on United States indi12 viduals, businesses, governmental agencies, 

13 and other organizations; 

14 (iii) to reduce cybersecurity risks to 

15 United States and allied critical infrastruc16 ture; 

17 (iv) to improve allies’ and partners’ 

18 collaboration with the United States on cy19 bersecurity issues, including information 

20 sharing, regulatory coordination and im21 provement, and joint investigatory and law 

22 enforcement operations related to 

23 cybercrime; and 

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1 sector resiliency to threats and access to op2 portunities in cyberspace; and 

3 (B) reviewing the status of existing efforts 

4 in relevant multilateral fora, as appropriate, to 

5 obtain commitments on international norms re6 garding cyberspace; 

7 (3) a review of alternative concepts for inter8 national norms regarding cyberspace offered by for9 eign countries; 

10 (4) a detailed description of new and evolving 

11 threats regarding cyberspace from foreign adversaries, 

12 state-sponsored actors, and non-state actors to— 

13 (A) United States national security; 

14 (B) the Federal and private sector cyber15 space infrastructure of the United States; 

16 (C) intellectual property in the United 

17 States; and 

18 (D) the privacy and security of citizens of 

19 the United States; 

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

21 President to deter and de-escalate tensions with for22 eign countries, state-sponsored actors, and private ac23 tors regarding— 

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1 (B) the degree to which such tools have been 

2 used; and 

3 (C) whether such tools have been effective 

4 deterrents; 

5 (6) a review of resources required to conduct ac6 tivities to build responsible norms of international 

7 cyber behavior; 

8 (7) a review to determine whether the budgetary 

9 resources, technical expertise, legal authorities, and 

10 personnel available to the Department and other rel11 evant Federal agencies are adequate to achieve the ac12 tions and activities undertaken to support the policy 

13 described in section 501(a); 

14 (8) a review to determine whether the Depart15 ment is properly organized and coordinated with 

16 other Federal agencies to achieve the objectives de17 scribed in section 501(b); and 

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

19 with relevant Federal departments and agencies as 

20 the President may direct, to guide the diplomacy of 

21 the Department with respect to the inclusion of cyber 

22 issues in mutual defense agreements. 

23 (c) FORM OF STRATEGY.— 

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1 public in unclassified form, including through publi2 cation in the Federal Register. 

3 (2) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The strategy required 

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

5 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the com6 pletion of the strategy required under subsection (a), the 

7 Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional commit8 tees regarding the strategy, including any material con9 tained in a classified annex. 

10 (e) UPDATES.—The strategy required under subsection 

11 (a) shall be updated— 

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

13 change to United States policy described in such 

14 strategy; and 

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

16 of each new President. 

17 SEC. 504. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT 

18 ON CYBER DIPLOMACY. 

19 Not later than 18 months after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

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

22 appropriate congressional committees that includes— 

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

24 States diplomatic processes and other efforts with for25 eign countries, including through multilateral fora, 


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1 bilateral engagements, and negotiated cyberspace 

2 agreements, advance the full range of United States 

3 interests regarding cyberspace, including the policy 

4 described in section 501(a); 

5 (2) an assessment of the Department’s organiza6 tional structure and approach to managing its diplo7 matic efforts to advance the full range of United 

8 States interests regarding cyberspace, including a re9 view of— 

10 (A) the establishment of a Bureau within 

11 the Department to lead the Department’s inter12 national cyber mission; 

13 (B) the current or proposed diplomatic mis14 sion, structure, staffing, funding, and activities 

15 of such Bureau; 

16 (C) how the establishment of such Bureau 

17 has impacted or is likely to impact the structure 

18 and organization of the Department; and 

19 (D) what challenges, if any, the Department 

20 has faced or will face in establishing such Bu21 reau; and 

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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 enactment 

5 of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the heads 

6 of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit a report to 

7 the appropriate congressional committees that assesses the 

8 capabilities of the Department to provide civilian-led sup9 port for acute cyber incident response in ally and partner 

10 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 Depart14 ment 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 partners 

18 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 

22 described in this section. 

23 SEC. 506. CYBERSECURITY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. 

24 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

25 that improving computer programming language pro26 ficiency will improve— 


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1 (1) the cybersecurity effectiveness of the Depart2 ment; and 

3 (2) the ability of foreign service officers to engage 

4 with foreign audiences on cybersecurity matters. 

5 (b) TECHNOLOGY TALENT ACQUISITION.— 

6 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab7 lish positions within the Bureau of Global Talent 

8 Management that are solely dedicated to the recruit9 ment and retention of Department personnel with 

10 backgrounds in cybersecurity, engineering, data 

11 science, application development, artificial intel12 ligence, critical and emerging technology, and tech13 nology and digital policy. 

14 (2) GOALS.—The goals of the positions described 

15 in paragraph (1) shall be— 

16 (A) to fulfill the critical need of the Depart17 ment to recruit and retain employees for cyberse18 curity, digital, and technology positions; 

19 (B) to actively recruit relevant candidates 

20 from academic institutions, the private sector, 

21 and related industries; 

22 (C) to work with the Office of Personnel 

23 Management and the United States Digital Serv24 ice to develop and implement best strategies for 

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1 (D) to inform and train supervisors at the 

2 Department on the use of the authorities listed in 

3 subsection (c)(1). 

4 (3) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 180 

5 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

6 Secretary shall submit a plan to the appropriate con7 gressional committees that describes how the objectives 

8 and goals set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) will be 

9 implemented. 

10 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

11 There is authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for 

12 each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry 

13 out this subsection. 

14 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON HIRING AUTHORITIES.—Not 

15 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 

16 Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the 

17 Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congres18 sional committees that includes— 

19 (1) a list of the hiring authorities available to 

20 the Department to recruit and retain personnel with 

21 backgrounds in cybersecurity, engineering, data 

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1 (2) a list of which hiring authorities described in 

2 paragraph (1) have been used during the previous 5 

3 years; 

4 (3) the number of employees in qualified posi5 tions hired, aggregated by position and grade level or 

6 pay band; 

7 (4) the number of employees who have been 

8 placed in qualified positions, aggregated by bureau 

9 and offices within the Department; 

10 (5) the rate of attrition of individuals who begin 

11 the hiring process and do not complete the process 

12 and a description of the reasons for such attrition; 

13 (6) the number of individuals who are inter14 viewed by subject matter experts and the number of 

15 individuals who are not interviewed by subject matter 

16 experts; and 

17 (7) recommendations for— 

18 (A) reducing the attrition rate referred to in 

19 paragraph (5) by 5 percent each year; 

20 (B) additional hiring authorities needed to 

21 acquire needed technology talent; 

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1 (D) informing and training supervisors 

2 within the Department on the use of the authori3 ties listed in paragraph (1). 

4 (d) INCENTIVE PAY FOR CYBERSECURITY PROFES5 SIONALS.—To increase the number of qualified candidates 

6 available to fulfill the cybersecurity needs of the Depart7 ment, the Secretary shall— 

8 (1) include computer programming languages 

9 within the Recruitment Language Program; and 

10 (2) provide appropriate language incentive pay. 

11 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

12 the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the 

13 following 5 years, the Secretary shall provide a list to the 

14 appropriate congressional committees that identifies— 

15 (1) the computer programming languages in16 cluded within the Recruitment Language Program 

17 and the language incentive pay rate; and 

18 (2) the number of individuals benefitting from 

19 the inclusion of such computer programming lan20 guages in the Recruitment Language Program and 

21 language incentive pay. 

22 SEC. 507. SHORT COURSE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES 

23 FOR SENIOR OFFICIALS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

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1 begin providing, for senior officials of the Department, a 

2 course addressing how the most recent and relevant tech3 nologies affect the activities of the Department. 

4 (b) THROUGHPUT OBJECTIVES.—The Secretary should 

5 ensure that— 

6 (1) during the first year that the course devel7 oped pursuant to subsection (a) is offered, not fewer 

8 than 20 percent of senior officials are certified as hav9 ing passed such course; and 

10 (2) in each subsequent year, until the date on 

11 which 80 percent of senior officials are certified as 

12 having passed such course, an additional 10 percent 

13 of senior officials are certified as having passed such 

14 course. 

15 SEC. 508. ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF REGIONAL 

16 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER PROGRAM. 

17 (a) REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY OFFICER PROGRAM.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab19 lish a program, which shall be known as the ‘‘Re20 gional Technology Officer Program’’ (referred to in 

21 this section as the ‘‘Program’’). 

22 (2) GOALS.—The goals of the Program shall in23 clude the following: 

24 (A) Promoting United States leadership in 

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1 (B) Working with partners to increase the 

2 deployment of critical and emerging technology 

3 in support of democratic values. 

4 (C) Shaping diplomatic agreements in re5 gional and international fora with respect to 

6 critical and emerging technologies. 

7 (D) Building diplomatic capacity for han8 dling critical and emerging technology issues. 

9 (E) Facilitating the role of critical and 

10 emerging technology in advancing the foreign 

11 policy objectives of the United States through en12 gagement with research labs, incubators, and 

13 venture capitalists. 

14 (F) Maintaining the advantages of the 

15 United States with respect to critical and emerg16 ing technologies. 

17 (b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 180 days 

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

19 shall submit an implementation plan to the appropriate 

20 congressional committees that outlines strategies for— 

21 (1) advancing the goals described in subsection 

22 (a)(2); 

23 (2) hiring Regional Technology Officers and in24 creasing the competitiveness of the Program within 

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1 (3) expanding the Program to include a min2 imum of 15 Regional Technology Officers; and 

3 (4) assigning not fewer than 2 Regional Tech4 nology Officers to posts within— 

5 (A) each regional bureau of the Department; 

6 and 

7 (B) the Bureau of International Organiza8 tion Affairs. 

9 (c) ANNUAL BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

10 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

11 annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary 

12 shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regard13 ing the status of the implementation plan required under 

14 subsection (b). 

15 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

16 authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the 

17 fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section. 

18 SEC. 509. VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY AND BUG 

19 BOUNTY PROGRAM REPORT. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘bug 

22 bounty program’’ means a program under which an 

23 approved individual, organization, or company is 

24 temporarily authorized to identify and report 

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1 nology of the Department in exchange for compensa2 tion. 

3 (2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘in4 formation technology’’ has the meaning given such 

5 term in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code. 

6 (b) VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY.— 

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

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

9 shall design, establish, and make publicly known a 

10 Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (referred to in this 

11 section as the ‘‘VDP’’) to improve Department cyber12 security by— 

13 (A) creating Department policy and infra14 structure to receive reports of and remediate dis15 covered vulnerabilities in line with existing poli16 cies of the Office of Management and Budget and 

17 the Department of Homeland Security Binding 

18 Operational Directive 20–01 or any subsequent 

19 directive; and 

20 (B) providing a report on such policy and 

21 infrastructure to Congress. 

22 (2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the establishment of the VDP pursuant to para24 graph (1), and annually thereafter for the following 

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1 VDP to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

2 Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and 

3 Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on 

4 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and 

5 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

6 Representatives that includes information relating 

7 to— 

8 (A) the number and severity of all security 

9 vulnerabilities reported; 

10 (B) the number of previously unidentified 

11 security vulnerabilities remediated as a result; 

12 (C) the current number of outstanding pre13 viously unidentified security vulnerabilities and 

14 Department of State remediation plans; 

15 (D) the average time between the reporting 

16 of security vulnerabilities and remediation of 

17 such vulnerabilities;. 

18 (E) the resources, surge staffing, roles, and 

19 responsibilities within the Department used to 

20 implement the VDP and complete security vul21 nerability remediation; 

22 (F) how the VDP identified vulnerabilities 

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1 (G) any challenges in implementing the 

2 VDP and plans for expansion or contraction in 

3 the scope of the VDP across Department infor4 mation systems; and 

5 (H) any other topic that the Secretary de6 termines to be relevant. 

7 (c) BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM REPORT.— 

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

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

10 shall submit a report to Congress that describes any 

11 ongoing efforts by the Department or a third-party 

12 vendor under contract with the Department to estab13 lish or carry out a bug bounty program that identi14 fies security vulnerabilities of internet15 facing information technology of the Department. 

16 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

17 date on which any bug bounty program is established, 

18 the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee 

19 on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on 

20 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

21 Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

22 House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

23 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 

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1 (A) the number of approved individuals, or2 ganizations, or companies involved in such pro3 gram, disaggregated by the number of approved 

4 individuals, organizations, or companies that— 

5 (i) registered; 

6 (ii) were approved; 

7 (iii) submitted security vulnerabilities; 

8 and 

9 (iv) received compensation; 

10 (B) the number and severity of all security 

11 vulnerabilities reported as part of such program; 

12 (C) the number of previously unidentified 

13 security vulnerabilities remediated as a result of 

14 such program; 

15 (D) the current number of outstanding pre16 viously unidentified security vulnerabilities and 

17 Department remediation plans for such out18 standing vulnerabilities; 

19 (E) the average length of time between the 

20 reporting of security vulnerabilities and remedi21 ation of such vulnerabilities; 

22 (F) the types of compensation provided 

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1 (H) the public accessibility of contact infor2 mation for the Department regarding the bug 

3 bounty program; 

4 (I) the incorporation of bug bounty pro5 gram identified vulnerabilities into existing De6 partment vulnerability prioritization and man7 agement processes; and 

8 (J) any challenges in implementing the bug 

9 bounty program and plans for expansion or con10 traction in the scope of the bug bounty program 

11 across Department information systems. 

12 TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

13 SEC. 601. UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN INTER14 NATIONAL FAIRS AND EXPOSITIONS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 204 of the 

16 Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Rela17 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (22 

18 U.S.C. 2452b), and subject to subsection (b), amounts avail19 able under title I of the Department of State, Foreign Oper20 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 

21 (division K of Public Law 117–103), or under prior such 

22 Acts, may be made available to pay for expenses related 

23 to United States participation in international fairs and 

24 expositions abroad, including for construction and oper25 ation of pavilions or other major exhibits. 


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1 (b) LIMITATION ON SOLICITATION OF FUNDS.—Senior 

2 employees of the Department, in their official capacity, may 

3 not solicit funds to pay expenses for a United States pavil4 ion or other major exhibit at any international exposition 

5 or world’s fair registered by the Bureau of International 

6 Expositions. 

7 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 to the Depart9 ment for United States participation in international fairs 

10 and expositions abroad, including for construction and op11 eration of pavilions or other major exhibits. 

12 SEC. 602. PRESS FREEDOM CURRICULUM. 

13 The Secretary shall ensure that there is a press freedom 

14 curriculum for the National Foreign Affairs Training Cen15 ter that enables Foreign Service officers to better understand 

16 issues of press freedom and the tools that are available to 

17 help protect journalists and promote freedom of the press 

18 norms, which may include— 

19 (1) the historic and current issues facing press 

20 freedom, including countries of specific concern; 

21 (2) the Department’s role in promoting press 

22 freedom as an American value, a human rights issue, 

23 and a national security imperative; 

24 (3) ways to incorporate press freedom promotion 

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1 (4) existing tools to assist journalists in distress 

2 and methods for engaging foreign governments and 

3 institutions on behalf of individuals engaged in jour4 nalistic activity who are at risk of harm. 

5 SEC. 603. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1287(j) of the National De7 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 

8 2656 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 8 years 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘December 31, 2027’’. 

11 (b) HIRING AUTHORITY FOR GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT

12 CENTER.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

13 Secretary, during the 5-year period beginning on the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act and solely to carry out the func15 tions of the Global Engagement Center described in section 

16 1287(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis17 cal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note), may— 

18 (1) appoint employees without regard to ap19 pointment in the competitive service; and 

20 (2) fix the basic compensation of such employees 

21 regarding classification and General Schedule pay 

22 rates. 

23 SEC. 604. UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 

24 Section 1(b)(3) of the State Department Basic Au25 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

4 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(F) coordinate the allocation and manage7 ment of the financial and human resources for 

8 public diplomacy, including for— 

9 ‘‘(i) the Bureau of Educational and 

10 Cultural Affairs; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the Bureau of Global Public Af12 fairs; 

13 ‘‘(iii) the Office of Policy, Planning, 

14 and Resources for Public Diplomacy and 

15 Public Affairs; 

16 ‘‘(iv) the Global Engagement Center; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(v) the public diplomacy functions 

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1 TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 

2 SEC. 701. SUPPORTING THE EMPLOYMENT OF UNITED 

3 STATES CITIZENS BY INTERNATIONAL ORGA4 NIZATIONS. 

5 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

6 that— 

7 (1) the Department should continue to eliminate 

8 the unreasonable barriers United States nationals face 

9 to obtain employment in the United Nations Secre10 tariat, fund, programs, and agencies; and 

11 (2) the Department should bolster efforts to in12 crease the number of qualified United States nation13 als who are candidates for leadership and oversight 

14 positions in the United Nations system, agencies, and 

15 commissions, and in other international organiza16 tions. 

17 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to pro18 mote the employment and advancement of United States 

19 citizens by international organizations and bodies, includ20 ing by— 

21 (1) providing stipends, consultation, and analyt22 ical services to support United States citizen appli23 cants; and 

24 (2) making grants for the purposes described in 

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1 (c) USING DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS FUNDING TO PRO2 MOTE THE EMPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS BY

3 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Amounts appropriated 

4 under the heading ‘‘DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS’’ in any Act 

5 making appropriations for the Department of State, For6 eign Operations, and Related Programs may be made avail7 able for grants, programs, and activities described in sub8 section (b). 

9 (d) STRATEGY TO ESTABLISH JUNIOR PROFESSIONAL

10 PROGRAM.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

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

13 in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury 

14 and other relevant cabinet members, shall publish a 

15 strategy for encouraging United States citizens to 

16 pursue careers with international organizations, par17 ticularly organizations that— 

18 (A) set international scientific, technical, or 

19 commercial standards; or 

20 (B) are involved in international finance 

21 and development. 

22 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 

23 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

24 Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of the 

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1 submit a report to the appropriate congressional com2 mittees that identifies— 

3 (A) the number of United States citizens 

4 who are involved in relevant junior professional 

5 programs in an international organization; 

6 (B) the distribution of individuals described 

7 in subparagraph (A) among various inter8 national organizations; and 

9 (C) the types of predeployment training 

10 that are available to United States citizens 

11 through a junior professional program at an 

12 international organization. 

13 SEC. 702. INCREASING HOUSING AVAILABILITY FOR CER14 TAIN EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THE UNITED 

15 STATES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS. 

16 Section 9(2) of the United Nations Participation Act 

17 of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287e–1(2)), is amended by striking ‘‘30’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘41’’. 

19 SEC. 703. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS 

20 TO PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS NOT AU21 THORIZED BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECU22 RITY COUNCIL. 

23 The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 

24 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 12. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS 

2 TO PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS NOT AU3 THORIZED BY THE UNITED NATIONS SECU4 RITY COUNCIL. 

5 ‘‘None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 

6 otherwise made available to pay assessed and other expenses 

7 of international peacekeeping activities under this Act may 

8 be made available for an international peacekeeping oper9 ation that has not been expressly authorized by the United 

10 Nations Security Council.’’. 

11 SEC. 704. BOARDS OF RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, 

12 RADIO FREE ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST BROAD13 CASTING NETWORKS, AND THE OPEN TECH14 NOLOGY FUND. 

15 The United States International Broadcasting Act of 

16 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

17 section 306 (22 U.S.C. 6205) the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 307. GRANTEE CORPORATE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The corporate board of directors 

20 of each grantee under this title— 

21 ‘‘(1) shall be bipartisan; 

22 ‘‘(2) shall, except as otherwise provided in this 

23 Act, have the sole responsibility to operate their re24 spective grantees within the jurisdiction of their re25 spective States of incorporation; 


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1 ‘‘(3) shall be composed of not fewer than 5 mem2 bers, who shall be qualified individuals who are not 

3 employed in the public sector; and 

4 ‘‘(4) shall appoint successors in the event of va5 cancies on their respective boards, in accordance with 

6 applicable bylaws. 

7 ‘‘(b) NOT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—No employee of any 

8 grantee under this title may be a Federal employee.’’. 

9 SEC. 705. BROADCASTING ENTITIES NO LONGER REQUIRED 

10 TO CONSOLIDATE INTO A SINGLE PRIVATE, 

11 NONPROFIT CORPORATION. 

12 Section 310 of the United States International Broad13 casting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6209) is repealed. 

14 SEC. 706. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ACTIVITIES. 

15 Section 305(a) of the United States International 

16 Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)) is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) by striking paragraph (20); 

19 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (21), (22), and 

20 (23) as paragraphs (20), (21), and (22), respectively; 

21 and 

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1 SEC. 707. GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM. 

2 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

3 United States to promote internet freedom through pro4 grams of the Department and USAID that preserve and 

5 expand the internet as an open, global space for freedom 

6 of expression and association, which shall be prioritized for 

7 countries— 

8 (1) whose governments restrict freedom of expres9 sion on the internet; and 

10 (2) that are important to the national interest of 

11 the United States. 

12 (b) PURPOSE AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER PRO13 GRAMS.—Global internet freedom programming under this 

14 section— 

15 (1) shall be coordinated with other United States 

16 foreign assistance programs that promote democracy 

17 and support the efforts of civil society— 

18 (A) to counter the development of repressive 

19 internet-related laws and regulations, including 

20 countering threats to internet freedom at inter21 national organizations; 

22 (B) to combat violence against bloggers and 

23 other civil society activists who utilize the inter24 net; and 

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1 (2) shall seek to assist efforts— 

2 (A) to research key threats to internet free3 dom; 

4 (B) to continue the development of tech5 nologies that provide or enhance access to the 

6 internet, including circumvention tools that by7 pass internet blocking, filtering, and other cen8 sorship techniques used by authoritarian govern9 ments; and 

10 (C) to maintain the technological advantage 

11 of the Federal Government over the censorship 

12 techniques described in subparagraph (B); and 

13 (3) shall be incorporated into country assistance 

14 and democracy promotion strategies, as appropriate. 

15 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

16 authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023— 

17 (1) $75,000,000 to the Department and USAID, 

18 which shall be used to continue efforts to promote 

19 internet freedom globally, and shall be matched, to the 

20 maximum extent practicable, by sources other than 

21 the Federal Government, including the private sector; 

22 and 

23 (2) $49,000,000 to the United States Agency for 

24 Global Media (referred to in this section as the 

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1 internet freedom and circumvention technologies that 

2 are designed— 

3 (A) for open-source tools and techniques to 

4 securely develop and distribute digital content 

5 produced by the USAGM and its grantees; 

6 (B) to facilitate audience access to such dig7 ital content on websites that are censored; 

8 (C) to coordinate the distribution of such 

9 digital content to targeted regional audiences; 

10 and 

11 (D) to promote and distribute such tools 

12 and techniques, including digital security tech13 niques. 

14 (d) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA AC15 TIVITIES.— 

16 (1) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—For any new tools 

17 or techniques authorized under subsection (c)(2), the 

18 Chief Executive Officer of the USGAM, in consulta19 tion with the President of the Open Technology Fund 

20 (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘OTF’’) and rel21 evant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit 

22 an annual certification to the appropriate congres23 sional committees that verifies they— 

24 (A) have evaluated the risks and benefits of 

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1 (B) have established safeguards to minimize 

2 the use of such new tools or techniques for illicit 

3 purposes. 

4 (2) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Secretary may 

5 not direct programs or policy of the USAGM or the 

6 OTF, but may share any research and development 

7 with relevant Federal departments and agencies for 

8 the exclusive purposes of— 

9 (A) sharing information, technologies, and 

10 best practices; and 

11 (B) assessing the effectiveness of such tech12 nologies. 

13 (3) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL

14 MEDIA.—The Chief Executive Officer of the USAGM, 

15 in consultation with the President of the OTF, 

16 shall— 

17 (A) coordinate international broadcasting 

18 programs and incorporate such programs into 

19 country broadcasting strategies, as appropriate; 

20 (B) solicit project proposals through an 

21 open, transparent, and competitive application 

22 process, including by seeking input from tech23 nical and subject matter experts; and 

24 (C) support internet circumvention tools 

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1 are strategic priorities for the OTF, in accord2 ance with USAGM’s annual language service 

3 prioritization review. 

4 (e) USAGM REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive 

6 Office of the USAGM shall submit a report to the appro7 priate congressional committees that describes— 

8 (1) as of the date of the report— 

9 (A) the full scope of internet freedom pro10 grams within the USAGM, including— 

11 (i) the efforts of the Office of Internet 

12 Freedom; and 

13 (ii) the efforts of the Open Technology 

14 Fund; 

15 (B) the capacity of internet censorship cir16 cumvention tools supported by the Office of 

17 Internet Freedom and grantees of the Open Tech18 nology Fund that are available for use by indi19 viduals in foreign countries seeking to counteract 

20 censors; and 

21 (C) any barriers to the provision of the ef22 forts described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subpara23 graph (A), including access to surge funding; 

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1 (2) successful examples from the Office of Inter2 net Freedom and Open Technology Fund involving— 

3 (A) responding rapidly to internet shut4 downs in closed societies; and 

5 (B) ensuring uninterrupted circumvention 

6 services for USAGM entities to promote internet 

7 freedom within repressive regimes. 

8 (f) JOINT REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Ad10 ministrator of USAID shall jointly submit a report, which 

11 may include a classified annex, to the appropriate congres12 sional committees that describes— 

13 (1) as of the date of the report— 

14 (A) the full scope of internet freedom pro15 grams within the Department and USAID, in16 cluding— 

17 (i) Department circumvention efforts; 

18 and 

19 (ii) USAID efforts to support internet 

20 infrastructure; 

21 (B) the capacity of internet censorship cir22 cumvention tools supported by the Federal Gov23 ernment that are available for use by individuals 

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1 (C) any barriers to provision of the efforts 

2 enumerated in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection 

3 (e)(1)(A), including access to surge funding; and 

4 (2) any new resources needed to provide the Fed5 eral Government with greater capacity to provide and 

6 boost internet access— 

7 (A) to respond rapidly to internet shut8 downs in closed societies; and 

9 (B) to provide internet connectivity to for10 eign locations where the provision of additional 

11 internet access service would promote freedom 

12 from repressive regimes. 

13 (g) SECURITY AUDITS.—Before providing any support 

14 for open source technologies under this section, such tech15 nologies must undergo comprehensive security audits to en16 sure that such technologies are secure and have not been 

17 compromised in a manner that is detrimental to the interest 

18 of the United States or to the interests of individuals and 

19 organizations benefitting from programs supported by such 

20 funding. 

21 (h) SURGE.— 

22 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub23 ject to paragraph (2), there is authorized to be appro24 priated, in addition to amounts otherwise made 

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1 internet freedom programs in closed societies, includ2 ing programs that— 

3 (A) are carried out in crisis situations by 

4 vetted entities that are already engaged in inter5 net freedom programs; 

6 (B) involve circumvention tools; or 

7 (C) increase the overseas bandwidth for 

8 companies that received Federal funding during 

9 the previous fiscal year. 

10 (2) CERTIFICATION.—Amounts authorized to be 

11 appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be 

12 expended until the Secretary has certified to the ap13 propriate congressional committees, the Committee on 

14 Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 

15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives that 

16 the use of such funds is in the national interest of the 

17 United States. 

18 (i) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘inter19 net censorship circumvention tool’’ means a software appli20 cation or other tool that an individual can use to evade 

21 foreign government restrictions on internet access. 

22 SEC. 708. ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT ALIGNMENT WITH 

23 THE EXPORT CONTROL REFORM ACT. 

24 Section 38(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g) 

2 of section 11 of the Export Administration Act of 

3 1979, and by subsections (a) and (c) of section 12 of 

4 such Act’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c) and (d) of 

5 section 1760 of the Export Control Reform Act of 

6 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4819), and by subsections (a)(1), 

7 (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(7), (c), and (h) of section 

8 1761 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 4820)’’; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘11(c)(2)(B) of such Act’’ and in10 serting ‘‘1760(c)(2) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 

11 4819(c)(2))’’; 

12 (3) by striking ‘‘11(c) of the Export Administra13 tion Act of 1979’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1760(c) of 

14 the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

15 4819(c))’’; and 

16 (4) by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

17 greater of $1,200,000 or the amount that is twice the 

18 value of the transaction that is the basis of the viola19 tion with respect to which the penalty is imposed.’’. 

20 SEC. 709. INCREASING THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL LEASE PAY21 MENT AVAILABLE WITHOUT APPROVAL BY 

22 THE SECRETARY. 

23 Section 10(a) of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 

24 1926 (22 U.S.C. 301(a)), is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ 

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1 SEC. 710. REPORT ON UNITED STATES ACCESS TO CRITICAL 

2 MINERAL RESOURCES ABROAD. 

3 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 

4 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appro5 priate congressional committees that details, with regard to 

6 the Department— 

7 (1) diplomatic efforts to ensure United States ac8 cess to critical minerals acquired from outside of the 

9 United States that are used to manufacture clean en10 ergy technologies; and 

11 (2) collaboration with other parts of the Federal 

12 Government to build a robust supply chain for crit13 ical minerals necessary to manufacture clean energy 

14 technologies. 

15 SEC. 711. ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF COMMUNICATIONS 

16 COOPERATION. 

17 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro18 priate 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 Sen24 ate; 

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 pro8 vided by the United States Government to a foreign govern9 ment has been used for a purpose other than the purpose 

10 for which the equipment was authorized, the Secretary shall 

11 submit to the appropriate congressional committees— 

12 (1) an unclassified notification that indicates 

13 that such an incident occurred and the country in 

14 which it occurred; and 

15 (2) a classified notification that describes the in16 cident concerned, including a description of— 

17 (A) the Federal department or agency that 

18 provided the equipment; 

19 (B) the foreign entity or individual that 

20 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 MISSION 

4 FOR THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT RELATING 

5 TO CERTAIN UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 

6 OPERATIONS. 

7 (a) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

8 after the date on which a Chief of Mission provides concur9 rence for the provision of United States Government sup10 port to entities or individuals engaged in facilitating or 

11 supporting United States Government military- or secu12 rity-related operations within the area of responsibility of 

13 the Chief of Mission, the Secretary shall notify the appro14 priate congressional committees of the provision of such 

15 concurrence. 

16 (b) SEMIANNUAL REVIEW, DETERMINATION, AND

17 BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not less frequently than every 180 

18 days, the Secretary, in order to ensure that the support de19 scribed in subsection (a) continues to align with United 

20 States foreign policy objectives and the objectives of the De21 partment, shall— 

22 (1) conduct a review of any concurrence de23 scribed in subsection (a) in effect as of the date of the 

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1 (2) based on the review, determine whether to re2 voke any such concurrence pending further study and 

3 review; and 

4 (3) brief the appropriate congressional commit5 tees on the results of the review. 

6 (c) REVOCATION OF CONCURRENCE.—If the Secretary 

7 determines to revoke any concurrence described in sub8 section (a) pursuant to a review conducted under subsection 

9 (b), the Secretary may revoke such concurrence. 

10 (d) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than Jan11 uary 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the ap12 propriate congressional committees a report that includes 

13 the following: 

14 (1) A description of any support described in 

15 subsection (a) that was provided with the concurrence 

16 of a Chief of Mission during the calendar year pre17 ceding the calendar year in which the report is sub18 mitted. 

19 (2) An analysis of the effects of the support de20 scribed in paragraph (1) on diplomatic lines of effort, 

21 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 de13 posited into the appropriate account of the Depart14 ment, to remain available until expended for the pur15 poses of such account. 

16 SEC. 714. DIPLOMATIC RECEPTION AREAS. 

17 (a) DEFINED TERM.—In this section, the term ‘‘recep18 tion areas’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

19 41(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

20 (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 pursu2 ant to the authority provided under subsection (b) may be 

3 deposited into an account in the Treasury, to remain avail4 able 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 Visa 

8 Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1713) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘or surcharge’’ after ‘‘ma11 chine-readable visa fee’’; and 

12 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘The amount of the machine-readable visa fee or 

14 surcharge under this subsection may also account 

15 for the cost of other consular services that are not 

16 otherwise subject to a fee or surcharge retained 

17 by the Department of State.’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or sur19 charges’’ after ‘‘amounts collected as fees’’. 

20 SEC. 716. RETURN OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR PASS21 PORT APPLICATIONS THROUGH UNITED 

22 STATES POSTAL SERVICE CERTIFIED MAIL. 

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

24 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall estab25 lish a procedure that provides, to any individual applying 


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1 for a new United States passport or to renew the United 

2 States passport of the individual by mail, the option to have 

3 supporting documents for the application returned to the 

4 individual by the United States Postal Service through cer5 tified mail. 

6 (b) COST.— 

7 (1) RESPONSIBILITY.—The cost of returning sup8 porting documents to an individual as described in 

9 subsection (a) shall be the responsibility of the indi10 vidual. 

11 (2) FEE.—The fee charged to the individual by 

12 the Secretary for returning supporting documents as 

13 described in subsection (a) shall be the sum of— 

14 (A) the retail price charged by the United 

15 States Postal Service for the service; and 

16 (B) the estimated cost of processing the re17 turn of the supporting documents. 

18 (3) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a re19 port to the appropriate congressional committees 

20 that— 

21 (A) details the costs included in the proc22 essing fee described in paragraph (2); and 

23 (B) includes an estimate of the average cost 

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1 SEC. 717. REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONNEL AND 

2 RESOURCES RELATED TO ORDERED DEPAR3 TURES AND POST CLOSURES. 

4 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

5 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

6 the appropriate congressional committees that describes— 

7 (1) how Department personnel and resources 

8 dedicated to Mission Afghanistan were reallocated fol9 lowing the closure of diplomatic posts in Afghanistan 

10 in August 2021; and 

11 (2) the extent to which Department personnel 

12 and resources for Mission Iraq were reallocated fol13 lowing ordered departures for diplomatic posts in 

14 March 2020, and how such resources were reallocated. 

15 SEC. 718. ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE REPORTS. 

16 (a) CERTIFICATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AUS17 TRALIA GROUP.—Section 2(7) of Senate Resolution 75 

18 (105th Congress) is amended by striking subparagraph (C). 

19 (b) ACTIVITIES OF THE TALIBAN.—Section 7044(a)(4) 

20 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re21 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of 

22 Public Law 116–260) is amended by striking ‘‘the following 

23 purposes—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(B)’’. 

24 (c) PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THE GANDHI-KING SCHOL25 ARLY EXCHANGE INITIATIVE.—The Gandhi-King Scholarly 

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1 FF of Public Law 116–260) is amended by striking section 

2 336. 

3 (d) PROGRESS REPORT ON JERUSALEM EMBASSY.— 

4 The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–45) 

5 is amended by striking section 6. 

6 (e) BURMA’S TIMBER TRADE.—The Tom Lantos Block 

7 Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 

8 2008 (Public Law 110–286; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amend9 ed by striking section 12. 

10 (f) MONITORING OF ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN.— 

11 Section 103 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 

12 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7513) is amended by striking subsection 

13 (d). 

14 (g) PRESIDENTIAL ANTI-PEDOPHILIA CERTIFI15 CATION.—Section 102 of the Foreign Relations Authoriza16 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103– 

17 236) is amended by striking subsection (g). 

18 (h) MICROENTERPRISE FOR SELF-RELIANCE RE19 PORT.—Title III of the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance 

20 and International Anti-Corruption Act of 2000 (Public 

21 Law 106–309; 22 U.S.C. 2462 note) is amended by striking 

22 section 304. 

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1 VESTMENT.—The Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Account2 ability Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–208), is amended— 

3 (1) in the table of contents, by amending the 

4 item relating to section 202 to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 202. Reporting bribery and corruption in the Russian Federation to support United States trade and investment.’’. 

5 (2) by amending section 202 to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 202. REPORTING BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION IN THE 

7 RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO SUPPORT UNITED 

8 STATES TRADE AND INVESTMENT. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce shall 

10 establish and maintain a dedicated phone hotline and se11 cure website, accessible from within and outside the Russian 

12 Federation, for the purpose of allowing United States enti13 ties— 

14 ‘‘(1) to report instances of bribery, attempted 

15 bribery, or other forms of corruption in the Russian 

16 Federation that impact or potentially impact their 

17 operations; and 

18 ‘‘(2) to request the assistance of the United 

19 States with respect to issues relating to corruption in 

20 the Russian Federation. 

21 ‘‘(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

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

23 the effective date under section 102(b) of the extension 

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1 Russian Federation, and annually thereafter, the Sec2 retary of Commerce shall submit a report to the Com3 mittee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee 

4 on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 

5 that includes— 

6 ‘‘(A) the number of instances in which brib7 ery, attempted bribery, or other forms of corrup8 tion have been reported using the hotline or 

9 website established pursuant to subsection (a); 

10 ‘‘(B) a description of the regions in the 

11 Russian Federation in which such instances are 

12 alleged to have occurred; 

13 ‘‘(C) a summary of actions taken by the 

14 United States to provide assistance to United 

15 States entities pursuant to subsection (a)(2); and 

16 ‘‘(D) a description of the efforts taken by 

17 the Secretary of Commerce to inform United 

18 States entities conducting business in the Rus19 sian Federation, or considering conducting busi20 ness in the Russian Federation, of the avail21 ability of assistance through the hotline and 

22 website established pursuant to subsection (a). 

23 ‘‘(2) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Secretary of Com24 merce may not include, in the report required under 

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1 that reports instances of bribery, attempted bribery, 

2 or other forms of corruption in the Russian Federa3 tion or requests assistance pursuant to subsection 

4 (a).’’. 

5 SEC. 719. LOCALITY PAY FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WORK6 ING OVERSEAS UNDER DOMESTIC EMPLOYEE 

7 TELEWORKING OVERSEAS AGREEMENTS. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) CIVIL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘civil service’’ has 

10 the meaning given the term in section 2101 of title 

11 5, United States Code. 

12 (2) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘covered 

13 employee’’ means an employee who— 

14 (A) occupies a position in the civil service; 

15 and 

16 (B) is working overseas under a Domestic 

17 Employee Teleworking Overseas agreement. 

18 (3) LOCALITY PAY.—The term ‘‘locality pay’’ 

19 means a locality-based comparability payment paid 

20 in accordance with subsection (b). 

21 (4) NONFOREIGN AREA.—The term ‘‘nonforeign 

22 area’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

23 591.205 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or 

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1 (5) OVERSEAS.—The term ‘‘overseas’’ means any 

2 geographic location that is not in— 

3 (A) the continental United States; or 

4 (B) a nonforeign area. 

5 (b) PAYMENT OF LOCALITY PAY.—Each covered em6 ployee shall be paid locality pay in an amount that is equal 

7 to the lesser of— 

8 (1) the amount of a locality-based comparability 

9 payment that the covered employee would have been 

10 paid under section 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United 

11 States Code, had the official duty station of the cov12 ered employee not been changed to reflect an overseas 

13 location under the applicable Domestic Employee 

14 Teleworking Overseas agreement; or 

15 (2) the amount of a locality-based comparability 

16 payment that the covered employee would be paid 

17 under section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropria18 tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32), as limited 

19 under section 803(a)(4)(B) of this Act, if the covered 

20 employee were an eligible member of the Foreign 

21 Service (as defined in subsection (b) of such section 

22 1113). 

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1 (1) shall begin to be paid not later than 60 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

3 (2) shall be treated in the same manner, and 

4 subject to the same terms and conditions, as a local5 ity-based comparability payment paid under section 

6 5304 or 5304a of title 5, United States Code. 

7 (d) ANNUITY COMPUTATION.—Notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, for purposes of any annuity com9 putation under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States 

10 Code, the basic pay of a covered employee shall— 

11 (1) be considered to be the rate of basic pay that 

12 would have been paid to the covered employee had the 

13 official duty station of the covered employee not been 

14 changed to reflect an overseas location under the ap15 plicable Domestic Employee Teleworking Overseas 

16 agreement; and 

17 (2) include locality pay paid to the covered em18 ployee under this section. 

19 SEC. 720. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIPLOMACY IN RE20 SPONSE TO THE UNITED NATIONS INDE21 PENDENT INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF 

22 INQUIRY ON ISRAEL. 

23 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

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1 pation in United Nations’ fora, with respect to the United 

2 Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry 

3 on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Je4 rusalem, and in Israel (referred to in this subsection as the 

5 ‘‘Commission’’)— 

6 (1) the establishment of criteria for the dissolu7 tion of the Commission, mirroring standard criteria 

8 established in other recent Commissions of Inquiry on 

9 Syria, Libya, South Sudan, and Venezuela; 

10 (2) the dissolution of the Commission in the con11 text of the United States’— 

12 (A) participation in the United Nations 

13 General Assembly Third Committee; and 

14 (B) engagement on the United Nations 

15 Human Rights Council; 

16 (3) the determination of an expiration date for 

17 the Commission that is as soon as possible; 

18 (4) continued advocacy in the United Nations 

19 General Assembly Fifth Committee to limit resources 

20 available to the Commission commensurate with other 

21 recent Commissions of Inquiry; and 

22 (5) continued advocacy for membership in the 

23 United Nations Human Rights Council of countries 

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1 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 

3 report to the appropriate congressional committees describ4 ing the actions taken by the Department in pursuit of the 

5 goals set forth in subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 721. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY OF OFFICIALS OF FOR7 EIGN GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED IN SIGNIFI8 CANT CORRUPTION OR GROSS VIOLATIONS 

9 OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 

10 (a) INELIGIBILITY.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any official of a foreign gov12 ernment, and the immediate family members of such 

13 an official, about whom the Secretary has credible in14 formation has been involved, directly or indirectly, in 

15 significant corruption, including corruption related to 

16 the extraction of natural resources, or a gross viola17 tion of human rights shall be ineligible for entry into 

18 the United States. 

19 (2) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall publicly 

20 or privately designate or identify each official of a 

21 foreign government, and the immediate family mem22 bers of such official, about whom the Secretary has 

23 such credible information related to any act described 

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1 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to 

2 an individual if the entry of the individual into the United 

3 States would further important United States law enforce4 ment objectives or is necessary to permit the United States 

5 to fulfill its obligations under the Agreement regarding the 

6 Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success 

7 June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 

8 between the United Nations and the United States, or any 

9 other applicable international obligations of the United 

10 States. 

11 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the applica12 tion of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that such 

13 a waiver would serve a compelling national interest or that 

14 the circumstances that caused the individual concerned to 

15 be ineligible for entry or admission to the United States 

16 pursuant to subsection (a)(1) or to be designated pursuant 

17 to subsection (a)(2) have changed sufficiently. 

18 (d) REPORT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 

21 days thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the ap22 propriate congressional committees, the Committee on 

23 Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 

24 Appropriations of the House of Representatives a re25 port that, for the reporting period— 


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1 (A) includes the information related to cor2 ruption or violation of human rights concerning 

3 each individual found to be ineligible for entry 

4 into the United States under subsection (a)(1); 

5 (B) identifies— 

6 (i) each individual whom the Secretary 

7 designated or identified pursuant to sub8 section (a)(2); and 

9 (ii) each individual who would have 

10 been so ineligible but for the application of 

11 subsection (b); and 

12 (C) includes a list of waivers provided 

13 under subsection (c) and a justification for each 

14 waiver. 

15 (2) FORM.—Each report required by paragraph 

16 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

17 include a classified annex. 

18 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 

19 make available to the public on a publicly accessible 

20 internet website of the Department of State the un21 classified portion of each report required by para22 graph (1). 

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1 ury, through the Office of Foreign Assets Control, a list of 

2 persons who have been designated pursuant to subsection 

3 (a)(2) and related supporting information for review for 

4 the imposition of sanctions, in accordance with United 

5 States law, to block the transfer of property and interests 

6 in property, and all financial transactions, in the United 

7 States involving any person described in subsection (a). 

8 (f) CLARIFICATION.—For purposes of subsections (a) 

9 and (d), the records of the Department and of diplomatic 

10 and consular offices of the United States pertaining to the 

11 issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 

12 States shall not be considered confidential. 

13 SEC. 722. MODIFICATIONS TO SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 

14 TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. 

15 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Global Magnitsky 

17 Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 

18 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1262 the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 1262A. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

21 ‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the President should 

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1 grams similar in nature to those authorized under this sub2 title.’’. 

3 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con4 tents in section 2(b) and in title XII of division A of 

5 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

6 Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) are each amended 

7 by inserting after the items relating to section 1262 

8 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1262A. Sense of Congress.’’. 

9 (b) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1263(a) of the Global 

11 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 

12 U.S.C. 10102) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) 

13 through (4) and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(2) is a current or former government official, 

15 or a person acting for or on behalf of such an official, 

16 who is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly 

17 or indirectly engaged in— 

18 ‘‘(A) corruption, including— 

19 ‘‘(i) the misappropriation of state as20 sets; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the expropriation of private assets 

22 for personal gain; 

23 ‘‘(iii) corruption related to government 

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1 ‘‘(iv) bribery; or 

2 ‘‘(B) the transfer or facilitation of the 

3 transfer of the proceeds of corruption; 

4 ‘‘(3) is or has been a leader or official of— 

5 ‘‘(A) an entity, including a government en6 tity, that has engaged in, or whose members have 

7 engaged in, any of the activities described in 

8 paragraph (1) or (2) related to the tenure of the 

9 leader or official; or 

10 ‘‘(B) an entity whose property and interests 

11 in property are blocked pursuant to this section 

12 as a result of activities related to the tenure of 

13 the leader or official; 

14 ‘‘(4) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro15 vided financial, material, or technological support 

16 for, or goods or services to or in support of— 

17 ‘‘(A) an activity described in paragraph (1) 

18 or (2) that is conducted by a foreign person; 

19 ‘‘(B) a person whose property and interests 

20 in property are blocked pursuant to this section; 

21 or 

22 ‘‘(C) an entity, including a government en23 tity, that has engaged in, or whose members have 

24 engaged in, an activity described in paragraph 

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1 ‘‘(5) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or 

2 been purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 

3 indirectly, a person whose property and interests in 

4 property are blocked pursuant to this section.’’. 

5 (2) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN INFORMA6 TION.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended 

7 by inserting ‘‘corruption and’’ after ‘‘monitor’’. 

8 (3) REQUESTS BY CONGRESS.—Subsection (d)(2) 

9 of such section is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A request under para11 graph (1) with respect to whether a foreign person has 

12 engaged in an activity described in subsection (a) 

13 shall be submitted to the President in writing jointly 

14 by the chairperson and ranking member of one of the 

15 appropriate congressional committees.’’. 

16 (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 1264(a) of the 

17 Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 

18 U.S.C. 10103(a)) is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

20 inserting a semicolon; 

21 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 

22 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

23 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 gagement, and assistance to foreign or security sectors 

2 to address persistent underlying causes of conduct 

3 giving rise to the imposition of sanctions under this 

4 section, as amended on or after the date of the enact5 ment of this paragraph, in each country in which for6 eign persons with respect to which such sanctions 

7 have been imposed are located; and 

8 ‘‘(8) a description of additional steps taken by 

9 the President to ensure the pursuit of judicial ac10 countability in appropriate jurisdictions with respect 

11 to foreign persons subject to sanctions under this sec12 tion.’’. 

13 SEC. 723. REPORT OF SHOOTING OF PALESTINIAN-AMER14 ICAN JOURNALIST IN JENIN. 

15 Not later than 14 days after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

17 congressional committees a complete copy, in classified or 

18 unclassified format, as appropriate, of the report overseen 

19 by the United States Security Coordinator for Israel and 

20 the Palestinian Authority regarding the circumstances sur21 rounding the shooting of Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin on 

22 May 11, 2022. 

23 SEC. 724. REPORT ON COUNTERING THE ACTIVITIES OF MA24 LIGN ACTORS. 

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

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

3 in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury 

4 and the Administrator, shall submit a report to the 

5 appropriate congressional committees regarding 

6 United States diplomatic efforts in Africa in achiev7 ing United States policy goals and countering the ac8 tivities of malign actors. 

9 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

10 paragraph (1) shall include— 

11 (A) case studies from Mali, Sudan, the Cen12 tral African Republic, the Democratic Republic 

13 of the Congo, and South Sudan, with the goal of 

14 assessing the effectiveness of diplomatic tools dur15 ing the 5-year period ending on the date of the 

16 enactment of this Act; and 

17 (B) an assessment of— 

18 (i) the extent and effectiveness of cer19 tain diplomatic tools to advance United 

20 States priorities in the respective case study 

21 countries, including— 

22 (I) in-country diplomatic pres23 ence; 

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1 (III) support for increased 2-way 

2 trade and investment; 

3 (IV) United States security assist4 ance; 

5 (V) public diplomacy; and 

6 (VI) accountability measures, in7 cluding sanctions; 

8 (ii) whether the use of the diplomatic 

9 tools described in clause (i) achieved the 

10 diplomatic ends for which they were in11 tended; and 

12 (iii) the means by which the Russian 

13 Federation and the People’s Republic of 

14 China exploited any openings for diplo15 matic engagement in the case study coun16 tries. 

17 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (b) 

18 shall be submitted in classified form. 

19 (c) CLASSIFIED BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 

20 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec21 retary and the Administrator shall jointly brief Congress 

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1 SEC. 725. LIMITATION ON WITHDRAWAL FROM NORTH AT2 LANTIC TREATY. 

3 (a) OPPOSITION OF CONGRESS TO SUSPENSION, TER4 MINATION, DENUNCIATION, OR WITHDRAWAL FROM NORTH

5 ATLANTIC TREATY.—The President shall not suspend, ter6 minate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the 

7 North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington, DC, April 4, 

8 1949, except by and with the advice and consent of the Sen9 ate, provided that two-thirds of the Senators present concur, 

10 or pursuant to an Act of Congress. 

11 (b) LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS.—No funds 

12 authorized or appropriated by any Act may be used to sup13 port, directly or indirectly, any efforts on the part of any 

14 United States Government official to take steps to suspend, 

15 terminate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from 

16 the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington, DC, April 

17 4, 1949, until such time as both the Senate and the House 

18 of Representatives pass, by an affirmative vote of two-thirds 

19 of Members, a joint resolution approving the withdrawal 

20 of the United States from the treaty or pursuant to an Act 

21 of Congress. 

22 (c) NOTIFICATION OF TREATY ACTION.— 

23 (1) CONSULTATION.—Prior to the notification 

24 described in paragraph (2), the President shall con25 sult with the appropriate congressional committees in 

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1 or withdraw the United States from the North Atlan2 tic Treaty. 

3 (2) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall notify 

4 the appropriate congressional committees in writing 

5 of any effort to suspend, terminate, denounce, or with6 draw the United States from the North Atlantic Trea7 ty, as soon as possible, but in no event later than 180 

8 days before taking such action. 

9 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF LEGAL COUNSEL TO REP10 RESENT CONGRESS.—Both the Senate Legal Counsel and 

11 the General Counsel to the House of Representatives are au12 thorized to independently or collectively represent Congress 

13 in initiating or intervening in any judicial proceedings in 

14 any Federal court of competent jurisdiction on behalf of 

15 Congress in order to oppose any effort to suspend, termi16 nate, denounce, or withdraw the United States from the 

17 North Atlantic Treaty in a manner inconsistent with this 

18 section. 

19 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Any legal counsel op20 erating pursuant to subsection (d) shall report as soon as 

21 practicable to the appropriate congressional committees 

22 with respect to any judicial proceedings which the Senate 

23 Legal Counsel or the General Counsel to the House of Rep24 resentatives, as the case may be, initiates or in which it 

25 intervenes pursuant to subsection (d). 


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1 (f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

2 shall be construed to authorize, imply, or otherwise indicate 

3 that the President may suspend, terminate, denounce, or 

4 withdraw from any treaty to which the Senate has provided 

5 its advice and consent without the advice and consent of 

6 the Senate to such act or pursuant to an Act of Congress. 

7 (g) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section or 

8 the application of such provision is held by a Federal court 

9 to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this section and 

10 the application of the provisions of such to any person or 

11 circumstance shall not be affected thereby. 

12 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘with13 drawal’’, ‘‘denunciation’’, ‘‘suspension’’, and ‘‘termination’’ 

14 have the meaning given such terms in the Vienna Conven15 tion on the Law of Treaties, concluded at Vienna May 23, 

16 1969. 

17 TITLE VIII—EXTENSION OF 

18 AUTHORITIES 

19 SEC. 801. CONSULTING SERVICES. 

20 Any consulting services through procurement contracts 

21 shall be limited to contracts in which such expenditures are 

22 a matter of public record and available for public inspec23 tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, 

24 or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to exist25 ing law. 


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1 SEC. 802. DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES. 

2 For the purposes of calculating the costs of providing 

3 new United States diplomatic facilities in any fiscal year, 

4 in accordance with section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy 

5 Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 

6 4865 note), the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

7 Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall de8 termine the annual program level and agency shares for 

9 such fiscal year in a manner that is proportional to the 

10 contribution of the Department of State for this purpose. 

11 SEC. 803. EXTENSION OF EXISTING AUTHORITIES. 

12 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

13 (1) PASSPORT FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the 

14 Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) 

15 shall be applied by striking ‘‘September 30, 2010’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’. 

17 (2) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The au18 thority contained in section 1115(d) of the Supple19 mental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 

20 32) shall remain in effect through ‘‘September 30, 

21 2024’’. 

22 (3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV23 ER.—Section 625(j)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance 

24 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)(B)) shall be applied 

25 by striking ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep26 tember 30, 2024’’. 


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1 (4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMITA2 TION.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—The authority provided 

4 by section 1113 of the Supplemental Appropria5 tions Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) shall re6 main in effect through September 30, 2024. 

7 (B) LIMITATION.—The authority described 

8 in subparagraph (A) may not be used to pay an 

9 eligible member of the Foreign Service (as de10 fined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Ap11 propriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32)) a 

12 locality-based comparability payment (stated as 

13 a percentage) that exceeds two-thirds of the 

14 amount of the locality-based comparability pay15 ment (stated as a percentage) that would be pay16 able to such member under section 5304 of title 

17 5, United States Code, if such member’s official 

18 duty station were in the District of Columbia. 

19 (5) INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNUITANT WAIVER.— 

20 The authorities provided in section 1015(b) of the 

21 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 

22 111–212)— 

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1 (B) may be used to facilitate the assignment 

2 of persons for oversight of programs in Somalia, 

3 South Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen. 

4 (6) ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.—The au5 thority provided under section 301(a)(3) of the Omni6 bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 

7 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect for 

8 facilities in Afghanistan and shall apply to facilities 

9 in Ukraine through September 30, 2024, except that 

10 the notification and reporting requirements contained 

11 in such section shall include the appropriate congres12 sional committees, the Committee on Appropriations 

13 of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives. 

15 (7) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GEN16 ERAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General of 

17 the Department may waive the provisions of sub18 sections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the Foreign 

19 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064), on a case-by20 case basis, for an annuitant reemployed by the In21 spector General on a temporary basis, subject to the 

22 same constraints and in the same manner by which 

23 the Secretary of State may exercise such waiver au24 thority pursuant to subsection (g) of such section. 


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1 (b) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—Sec2 tion 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

3 and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division 

4 I of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect until Sep5 tember 30, 2024. 

6 SEC. 804. WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AND MILITARY TRAIN7 ING REPORT. 

8 (a) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE AU9 THORITY.—Section 12001(d) of the Department of Defense 

10 Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 

11 1011) is amended by striking ‘‘of this section’’ and all that 

12 follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘of this 

13 section after September 30, 2024.’’. 

14 (b) ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT.— 

15 For the purposes of implementing section 656 of the Foreign 

16 Assistance Act of 1961, the term ‘‘military training pro17 vided to foreign military personnel by the Department of 

18 Defense and the Department of State’’ shall be deemed to 

19 include all military training provided by foreign govern20 ments with funds appropriated to the Department of De21 fense or the Department of State, except for training pro22 vided by the government of a country designated under sec23 tion 517(b) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2321k(b)) as a major 

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1 country training shall be clearly identified in the report 

2 submitted pursuant to such section 656. 

3 TITLE IX—COMBATING GLOBAL 

4 CORRUPTION 

5 SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Combating Global Cor7 ruption Act of 2022’’. 

8 SEC. 902. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this title: 

10 (1) CORRUPT ACTOR.—The term ‘‘corrupt actor’’ 

11 means— 

12 (A) any foreign person or entity that is a 

13 government official or government entity respon14 sible for, or complicit in, an act of corruption; 

15 and 

16 (B) any company, in which a person or en17 tity described in subparagraph (A) has a signifi18 cant stake, which is responsible for, or complicit 

19 in, an act of corruption. 

20 (2) CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘corruption’’ means 

21 the unlawful exercise of entrusted public power for 

22 private gain, including by bribery, nepotism, fraud, 

23 or embezzlement. 

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1 a high level of government that has some or all of the 

2 following characteristics: 

3 (A) Illegitimately distorts major decision4 making, such as policy or resource determina5 tions, or other fundamental functions of govern6 ance. 

7 (B) Involves economically or socially large8 scale government activities. 

9 SEC. 903. PUBLICATION OF TIERED RANKING LIST. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall annually pub11 lish, on a publicly accessible website, a tiered ranking of 

12 all foreign countries. 

13 (b) TIER 1 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 

14 as a tier 1 country in the ranking published under sub15 section (a) if the government of such country is complying 

16 with the minimum standards set forth in section 904. 

17 (c) TIER 2 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 

18 as a tier 2 country in the ranking published under sub19 section (a) if the government of such country is making ef20 forts to comply with the minimum standards set forth in 

21 section 904, but is not achieving the requisite level of com22 pliance to be ranked as a tier 1 country. 

23 (d) TIER 3 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 

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1 minimis or no efforts to comply with the minimum stand2 ards set forth in section 904. 

3 SEC. 904. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 

4 CORRUPTION AND ASSESSMENT OF EFFORTS 

5 TO COMBAT CORRUPTION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The government of a country is 

7 complying with the minimum standards for the elimination 

8 of corruption if the government— 

9 (1) has enacted and implemented laws and es10 tablished government structures, policies, and prac11 tices that prohibit corruption, including significant 

12 corruption; 

13 (2) enforces the laws described in paragraph (1) 

14 by punishing any person who is found, through a fair 

15 judicial process, to have violated such laws; 

16 (3) prescribes punishment for significant corrup17 tion that is commensurate with the punishment pre18 scribed for serious crimes; and 

19 (4) is making serious and sustained efforts to ad20 dress corruption, including through prevention. 

21 (b) FACTORS FOR ASSESSING GOVERNMENT EFFORTS

22 TO COMBAT CORRUPTION.—In determining whether a gov23 ernment is making serious and sustained efforts to address 

24 corruption, the Secretary of State shall consider, to the ex25 tent relevant or appropriate, factors such as— 


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1 (1) whether the government of the country has 

2 criminalized corruption, investigates and prosecutes 

3 acts of corruption, and convicts and sentences persons 

4 responsible for such acts over which it has jurisdic5 tion, including, as appropriate, incarcerating indi6 viduals convicted of such acts; 

7 (2) whether the government of the country vigor8 ously investigates, prosecutes, convicts, and sentences 

9 public officials who participate in or facilitate cor10 ruption, including nationals of the country who are 

11 deployed in foreign military assignments, trade dele12 gations abroad, or other similar missions, who engage 

13 in or facilitate significant corruption; 

14 (3) whether the government of the country has 

15 adopted measures to prevent corruption, such as 

16 measures to inform and educate the public, including 

17 potential victims, about the causes and consequences 

18 of corruption; 

19 (4) what steps the government of the country has 

20 taken to prohibit government officials from partici21 pating in, facilitating, or condoning corruption, in22 cluding the investigation, prosecution, and conviction 

23 of such officials; 

24 (5) the extent to which the country provides ac25 cess, or, as appropriate, makes adequate resources 


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1 available, to civil society organizations and other in2 stitutions to combat corruption, including reporting, 

3 investigating, and monitoring; 

4 (6) whether an independent judiciary or judicial 

5 body in the country is responsible for, and effectively 

6 capable of, deciding corruption cases impartially, on 

7 the basis of facts and in accordance with the law, 

8 without any improper restrictions, influences, induce9 ments, pressures, threats, or interferences (direct or 

10 indirect); 

11 (7) whether the government of the country is as12 sisting in international investigations of 

13 transnational corruption networks and in other coop14 erative efforts to combat significant corruption, in15 cluding, as appropriate, cooperating with the govern16 ments of other countries to extradite corrupt actors; 

17 (8) whether the government of the country recog18 nizes the rights of victims of corruption, ensures their 

19 access to justice, and takes steps to prevent victims 

20 from being further victimized or persecuted by corrupt 

21 actors, government officials, or others; 

22 (9) whether the government of the country pro23 tects victims of corruption or whistleblowers from re24 prisal due to such persons having assisted in exposing 


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1 corruption, and refrains from other discriminatory 

2 treatment of such persons; 

3 (10) whether the government of the country is 

4 willing and able to recover and, as appropriate, re5 turn the proceeds of corruption; 

6 (11) whether the government of the country is 

7 taking steps to implement financial transparency 

8 measures in line with the Financial Action Task 

9 Force recommendations, including due diligence and 

10 beneficial ownership transparency requirements; 

11 (12) whether the government of the country is fa12 cilitating corruption in other countries in connection 

13 with state-directed investment, loans or grants for 

14 major infrastructure, or other initiatives; and 

15 (13) such other information relating to corrup16 tion as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. 

17 (c) ASSESSING GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT

18 CORRUPTION IN RELATION TO RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL

19 COMMITMENTS.—In determining whether a government is 

20 making serious and sustained efforts to address corruption, 

21 the Secretary shall consider the government of a country’s 

22 compliance with the following, as relevant: 

23 (1) The Inter-American Convention against Cor24 ruption of the Organization of American States, done 

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1 (2) The Convention on Combating Bribery of 

2 Foreign Public Officials in International Business 

3 Transactions of the Organisation of Economic Co-op4 eration and Development, done at Paris December 21, 

5 1997 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Anti-Bribery 

6 Convention’’). 

7 (3) The United Nations Convention against 

8 Transnational Organized Crime, done at New York 

9 November 15, 2000. 

10 (4) The United Nations Convention against Cor11 ruption, done at New York October 31, 2003. 

12 (5) Such other treaties, agreements, and inter13 national standards as the Secretary of State considers 

14 appropriate. 

15 SEC. 905. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS UNDER GLOBAL 

16 MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNT17 ABILITY ACT. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 

19 with the Secretary of the Treasury, should evaluate whether 

20 there are foreign persons engaged in significant corruption 

21 for the purposes of potential imposition of sanctions under 

22 the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 

23 (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 

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1 (1) in all countries identified as tier 3 countries 

2 under section 903; or 

3 (2) in relation to the planning or construction or 

4 any operation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. 

5 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

6 after publishing the list required under section 903(a) and 

7 annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the com8 mittees specified in subsection (f) a report that includes— 

9 (1) a list of foreign persons with respect to which 

10 the President imposed sanctions pursuant to the eval11 uation under subsection (a); 

12 (2) the dates on which such sanctions were im13 posed; 

14 (3) the reasons for imposing such sanctions; and 

15 (4) a list of all foreign persons found to have 

16 been engaged in significant corruption in relation to 

17 the planning, construction, or operation of the Nord 

18 Stream 2 pipeline. 

19 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required under 

20 subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

21 may include a classified annex. 

22 (d) BRIEFING IN LIEU OF REPORT.—The Secretary, 

23 in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, may 

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1 section (f) instead of submitting a written report required 

2 under subsection (b), if doing so would better serve existing 

3 United States anti-corruption efforts or the national inter4 ests of the Untied States. 

5 (e) TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO

6 NORD STREAM 2.—The requirements under subsections 

7 (a)(2) and (b)(4) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 (f) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The committees speci10 fied in this subsection are— 

11 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

12 Senate; 

13 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen14 ate; 

15 (3) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

16 Urban Affairs of the Senate; 

17 (4) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Sen18 ate; 

19 (5) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

20 House of Representatives; 

21 (6) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives; 

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1 (8) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

2 of Representatives. 

3 SEC. 906. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 

4 POINTS OF CONTACT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall annually des6 ignate an anti-corruption point of contact at the United 

7 States diplomatic post to each country identified as tier 2 

8 or tier 3 under section 3, or which the Secretary otherwise 

9 determines is in need of such a point of contact. The point 

10 of contact shall be the chief of mission or the chief of mis11 sion’s designee. 

12 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each anti-corruption point 

13 of contact designated under subsection (a) shall be respon14 sible for enhancing coordination and promoting the imple15 mentation of a whole-of-government approach among the 

16 relevant Federal departments and agencies undertaking ef17 forts to— 

18 (1) promote good governance in foreign coun19 tries; and 

20 (2) enhance the ability of such countries— 

21 (A) to combat public corruption; and 

22 (B) to develop and implement corruption 

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1 (c) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall implement appro2 priate training for anti-corruption points of contact des3 ignated under subsection (a). 

4 TITLE X—GLOBAL RESPECT ACT 

5 SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Global Respect Act of 

7 2022’’. 

8 SEC. 1002. FINDINGS. 

9 Congress makes the following findings: 

10 (1) The dignity, freedom, and equality of all 

11 human beings are fundamental to a thriving global 

12 community. 

13 (2) The rights to life, liberty, and security of the 

14 person, the right to privacy, and the right to freedom 

15 of expression and association are fundamental human 

16 rights. 

17 (3) An alarming trend of violence directed at les18 bian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (com19 monly referred to as ‘‘LGBTI’’) individuals around 

20 the world continues. 

21 (4) Approximately one-third of all countries have 

22 laws criminalizing consensual same-sex relations, and 

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1 (5) Every year thousands of individuals around 

2 the world are targeted for harassment, attack, arrest, 

3 and murder on the basis of their sexual orientation 

4 or gender identity. 

5 (6) Those who commit crimes against LGBTI in6 dividuals often do so with impunity, and are not held 

7 accountable for their crimes. 

8 (7) Homophobic and transphobic statements by 

9 government officials in many countries in every re10 gion of the world promote negative public attitudes 

11 and can lead to violence toward LGBTI individuals. 

12 (8) In many instances, police, prison, military, 

13 and civilian government authorities have been di14 rectly complicit in abuses aimed at LGBTI citizens, 

15 including arbitrary arrest, torture, and sexual abuse. 

16 (9) Celebrations of LGBTI individuals and com17 munities, such as film festivals, Pride events, and 

18 demonstrations are often forced underground due to 

19 inaction on the part of, or harassment by, local law 

20 enforcement and government officials, in violation of 

21 freedoms of assembly and expression. 

22 (10) Laws criminalizing consensual same-sex re23 lations severely hinder access to HIV/AIDS treatment, 

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1 (11) Many countries are making positive devel2 opments in the protection of the basic human rights 

3 of LGBTI individuals. 

4 SEC. 1003. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this title: 

6 (1) ADMISSION; ADMITTED.—The terms ‘‘admis7 sion’’ and ‘‘admitted’’ have the meanings given such 

8 terms in section 101 of the Immigration and Nation9 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101). 

10 (2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per11 son’’ means— 

12 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na13 tional of a foreign country (including any such 

14 individual who is also a citizen or national of 

15 the United States), including leaders or officials 

16 of governmental entities of a foreign country; 

17 and 

18 (B) any entity not organized solely under 

19 the laws of the United States or existing solely 

20 in the United States, including governmental en21 tities of a foreign country. 

22 SEC. 1004. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN PERSONS RESPON23 SIBLE FOR VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 

24 OF LGBTI INDIVIDUALS. 

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

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 

3 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the ap4 propriate congressional committees a list of each for5 eign person that the President determines, based on 

6 credible information, on or after such date of enact7 ment— 

8 (A) engages in, is responsible for, or is 

9 complicit in, conduct described in paragraph 

10 (2); 

11 (B) acts as an agent of or on behalf of a for12 eign person in a matter relating to conduct de13 scribed in paragraph (2); or 

14 (C) is responsible for, or complicit in, incit15 ing a foreign person to engage in conduct de16 scribed in paragraph (2). 

17 (2) CONDUCT DESCRIBED.—Conduct described in 

18 this paragraph is any of the following, conducted 

19 with respect to an individual based on the actual or 

20 perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex 

21 characteristics of the individual: 

22 (A) Cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment 

23 or punishment of the individual. 

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1 (C) Causing the disappearance of the indi2 vidual by the abduction and clandestine deten3 tion of the individual. 

4 (D) Other flagrant denial of the right to 

5 life, liberty, or the security of the individual. 

6 (3) CREDIBLE INFORMATION.—For purposes of 

7 paragraph (1), credible information includes informa8 tion obtained by other countries or nongovernmental 

9 organizations that monitor violations of human 

10 rights. 

11 (b) UPDATES.—The President shall submit to the ap12 propriate congressional committees an update of the list re13 quired under subsection (a) as new information becomes 

14 available. 

15 (c) REMOVAL.—A foreign person may be removed from 

16 the list required under subsection (a) if the President deter17 mines and reports to the appropriate congressional commit18 tees not later than 15 days before the removal of such foreign 

19 person from the list that— 

20 (1) credible information exists that the foreign 

21 person did not engage in the activity for which the 

22 person was added to the list; 

23 (2) the person has been prosecuted appropriately 

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1 (3) the person has credibly demonstrated a sig2 nificant change in behavior, has paid an appropriate 

3 consequence for the activity, and has credibly com4 mitted to not engage in an activity described in sub5 section (a) in the future. 

6 (d) FORM.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The list required under sub8 section (a)— 

9 (A) shall, notwithstanding the requirements 

10 of section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nation11 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with respect to con12 fidentiality of records pertaining to the issuance 

13 or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 

14 States, be submitted in unclassified form and be 

15 published in the Federal Register; and 

16 (B) may include a classified annex only as 

17 provided under paragraph (2). 

18 (2) USE OF CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The President 

19 may include a foreign person on the list required 

20 under subsection (a) in a classified annex to the list 

21 if the President— 

22 (A) determines that— 

23 (i) it is vital for the national security 

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1 (ii) the use of the annex, and the inclu2 sion of the foreign person in the annex, 

3 would not undermine the overall purpose of 

4 this section to publicly identify foreign per5 sons engaging in activities described in sub6 section (a) in order to increase account7 ability for such conduct; and 

8 (B) not later than 15 days before including 

9 the foreign person in the annex, submits to the 

10 appropriate congressional committees notice of, 

11 and a justification for, including or continuing 

12 to include the foreign person in the classified 

13 annex despite the existence of any publicly avail14 able credible information indicating that the for15 eign person engaged in an activity described in 

16 subsection (a). 

17 (e) PUBLIC SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—The 

18 President shall issue public guidance, including through 

19 United States diplomatic and consular posts, setting forth 

20 the manner by which the names of foreign persons that may 

21 meet the criteria to be included on the list required under 

22 subsection (a) may be submitted to the Secretary for evalua23 tion. 

24 (f) REQUESTS FROM APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL

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1 (1) CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION.—The 

2 President shall consider information provided by the 

3 chairperson or ranking member of any of the appro4 priate congressional committees in determining 

5 whether to include a foreign person on the list re6 quired under subsection (a). 

7 (2) REQUESTS.—Not later than 120 days after 

8 receiving a written request from the chairperson or 

9 ranking member of one of the appropriate congres10 sional committees with respect to whether a foreign 

11 person meets the criteria for being added to the list 

12 required under subsection (a), the President shall sub13 mit a response to the chairperson or ranking member, 

14 as the case may be, with respect to the determination 

15 of the President with respect to such foreign person. 

16 (3) REMOVAL.—If the President removes from 

17 the list required under subsection (a) a foreign person 

18 that had been placed on the list pursuant to a request 

19 the chairperson or ranking. member of one of the ap20 propriate congressional committees under paragraph 

21 (2), the President shall provide to the chairperson or 

22 ranking member any information that contributed to 

23 the decision to remove such foreign person from the 

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1 (4) FORM.—The President may submit a re2 sponse required by paragraph (2) or (3) in classified 

3 form if the President determines that it is necessary 

4 for the national security interests of the United States 

5 to do so. 

6 SEC. 1005. INADMISSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS RESPON7 SIBLE FOR VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS 

8 OF LGBTI INDIVIDUALS. 

9 (a) INELIGIBILITY FOR VISAS AND ADMISSION TO THE

10 UNITED STATES.—An individual who is a foreign person 

11 on the list required under section 1004(a) is ineligible— 

12 (1) to receive a visa to enter the United States; 

13 or 

14 (2) to be admitted to the United States. 

15 (b) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED AND REMOVAL FROM

16 UNITED STATES.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall revoke, in 

18 accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration 

19 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), the visa or 

20 other documentation of an individual on the list re21 quired under section 1004(a), and the Secretary of 

22 Homeland Security shall remove any such individual 

23 from the United States. 

24 (2) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later than 

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1 the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Secu2 rity shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary 

3 to carry out this subsection. 

4 (c) WAIVERS.—The President may waive the applica5 tion of subsection (a) or (b) with respect to a foreign person 

6 if the President— 

7 (1) determines that such a waiver— 

8 (A) is necessary to permit the United States 

9 to comply with the Agreement regarding the 

10 Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at 

11 Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into 

12 force November 21, 1947, between the United Na13 tions and the United States, the Convention on 

14 Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 

15 1963, and entered into force March 19, 1967, or 

16 other applicable international obligations of the 

17 United States; or 

18 (B) is in the national security interests of 

19 the United States; and 

20 (2) not less than 15 days before granting such 

21 waiver, submits to the appropriate congressional com22 mittees a notice of, and justification for, the waiver. 


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1 SEC. 1006. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO ADDI2 TIONAL SANCTIONS. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that the President should 

4 use existing authorities to impose targeted sanctions (in ad5 dition to section 1005) with respect to foreign persons on 

6 the list required under section 1004(a) to push for account7 ability for flagrant denials of the right to life, liberty, or 

8 the security of such foreign persons. 

9 SEC. 1007. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

10 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

11 of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall sub12 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

13 describing— 

14 (1) the actions taken to carry out this title, in15 cluding— 

16 (A) the number of foreign persons added to 

17 or removed from the list required under section 

18 1004(a) during the year preceding the report, the 

19 dates on which such foreign persons were added 

20 or removed, and the reasons for adding or remov21 ing such foreign persons; and 

22 (B) in each report after the first such re23 port, an analysis that compares increases or de24 creases in the number of foreign persons added to 

25 or removed from the list year-over-year and the 

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1 (2) any efforts by the President to coordinate 

2 with the governments of other countries, as appro3 priate, to impose sanctions that are similar to the 

4 sanctions imposed under this title. 

5 SEC. 1008. DISCRIMINATION RELATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTA6 TION OR GENDER IDENTITY. 

7 (a) TRACKING VIOLENCE OR CRIMINALIZATION RE8 LATED TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY.— 

9 The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human 

10 Rights, and Labor shall designate a Bureau-based senior 

11 officer or officers who shall be responsible for tracking vio12 lence, criminalization, and restrictions on the enjoyment of 

13 fundamental freedoms in foreign countries based on actual 

14 or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. 

15 (b) ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

16 PRACTICES.—The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))— 

19 (A) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking 

20 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (B) in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by striking 

22 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 ing widespread or systematic violation of the freedoms 

2 of expression, association, or assembly of an indi3 vidual in foreign countries that is based on actual or 

4 perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.’’; and 

5 (2) in section 502B(b) (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)), by 

6 inserting after the ninth sentence the following: 

7 ‘‘Wherever applicable, each report under this section 

8 shall also include information regarding violence or 

9 discrimination that affects the fundamental freedoms, 

10 including widespread or systematic violation of the 

11 freedoms of expression, association, or assembly of an 

12 individual in foreign countries that is based on actual 

13 or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex 

14 characteristics.’’. 


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Calendar No. 490 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4653 

A BILL 

To provide for certain authorities of the 

Department of State, and for other purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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