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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2387 

To require the use of long-term strategies for United States national security, 

diplomacy, and foreign assistance and the full use of performance-based 

budgeting for foreign assistance programs, projects, and activities, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 13, 2009 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. PENCE, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 

GALLEGLY, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. MACK, and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the use of long-term strategies for United States 

national security, diplomacy, and foreign assistance and 

the full use of performance-based budgeting for foreign 

assistance programs, projects, and activities, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strategy and Effective5 ness of Foreign Policy and Assistance Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Section 108 of the National Security Act of 

4 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a) requires that the President 

5 shall transmit to Congress each year a comprehen6 sive report on the national security strategy of the 

7 United States at the same time that the President 

8 submits the budget for the following fiscal year 

9 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code. 

10 (2) The national security strategy report sets 

11 forth the national security strategy of the United 

12 States and includes a comprehensive description and 

13 discussion of the worldwide interests, goals, and ob14 jectives of the United States that are vital to the na15 tional security of the United States and also the pro16 posed short-term and long-term uses of the political, 

17 economic, military, and other elements of the na18 tional power of the United States to protect or pro19 mote United States national security interests. 

20 (3) The Government Performance and Results 

21 Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–62) requires United 

22 States Government departments and agencies to set 

23 goals, measure performance, report on their accom24 plishments, establish long-term strategic goals as 

25 well as annual goals, define clear missions and de26 sired outcomes, measure performance as a means of 


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1 gauging progress, and utilize performance informa2 tion as a basis for decisionmaking. 

3 (4) Under the administration of President 

4 George W. Bush and in accordance with the Govern5 ment Performance and Results Act of 1993, all 

6 United States Government departments and agen7 cies were required to conduct performance-based 

8 budgeting and planning as guided by the Office of 

9 Management and Budget’s Program Assessment 

10 Rating Tool (PART), in order to ensure more accu11 rate assessment of program performance and to 

12 drive a sustained focus on program results. 

13 (5) In January 2006, Secretary of State 

14 Condoleezza Rice stated that the United States for15 eign assistance structure risks incoherent policies, 

16 ineffective programs, and wasted resources when 

17 spending is not strategically tied to overarching 

18 United States goals. 

19 (6) The Department of State and the United 

20 States Agency for International Development 

21 (USAID) developed a Joint Strategic Plan for Fiscal 

22 Years 2007–2012, which outlines strategic goals 

23 shared by both agencies, and implemented a joint 

24 Department of State-USAID foreign assistance 


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1 budget process starting with the fiscal year 2008 

2 budget request. 

3 (7) In 2008, the Department of State approved 

4 plans for new Department of State-USAID Country 

5 Assistance Strategies that would take a comprehen6 sive approach by including the efforts of all United 

7 States agencies providing foreign assistance in a 

8 country and by including an overall strategic ap9 proach for such foreign assistance. 

10 (8) The Department of State and USAID have 

11 participated in a pilot performance-reporting pro12 gram launched by the Office of Budget and Manage13 ment aimed at streamlining Federal agency report14 ing while retaining ongoing efforts to directly inte15 grate budget and performance planning and report16 ing. 

17 (9) USAID seeks to apply ‘‘performance man18 agement’’ by implementing a five-step strategic man19 agement process that includes mission performance 

20 plans, the Department of State and USAID Joint 

21 Strategic Plan, annual reports, a performance and 

22 accountability report, agency policy frameworks, and 

23 bureau strategic frameworks. 

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1 nation, and Operational Improvements Would Bol2 ster Current Efforts’’, the Government Account3 ability Office found that, until the Department of 

4 State develops and implements a comprehensive, in5 tegrated United States foreign assistance strategy, it 

6 will lack assurance that programs are strategically 

7 tied to overarching United States goals and that, by 

8 basing its annual operational plans and Country As9 sistance Strategies on a standardized program struc10 ture, the Department of State was, in fact, attempt11 ing to tie its planning and budgeting to strategic 

12 foreign policy objectives. 

13 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

14 It is the sense of Congress that— 

15 (1) under the direction of the President, the 

16 Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 

17 United States Agency for International Development 

18 (USAID) should, to the maximum extent prac19 ticable, make funding decisions on the basis of a 

20 long-term strategy that addresses national security, 

21 diplomatic, and foreign assistance objectives and 

22 needs of the United States; and 

23 (2) while steps already taken towards perform24 ance management and budgeting by the Department 

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1 mains a need for budget requests for the Depart2 ment of State, USAID, and other foreign affairs 

3 agencies to be more effectively integrated with na4 tional security objectives and program evaluation 

5 and management. 

6 SEC. 4. REPORT ON LONG-TERM STRATEGIES FOR UNITED 

7 STATES NATIONAL SECURITY, DIPLOMACY, 

8 AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 

9 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—On the date on which the 

10 President transmits to Congress the comprehensive report 

11 on the national security strategy of the United States 

12 under section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 

13 and the budget for the following fiscal year under section 

14 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the President shall 

15 transmit to the Congress a comprehensive report on— 

16 (1) the organizational structures of the Depart17 ment of State, the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development (USAID), and other foreign 

19 affairs agencies; and 

20 (2) the extent to which the organizational struc21 tures of such departments and agencies and United 

22 States foreign assistance programs, budget plans, 

23 personnel decisions, and public diplomacy are related 

24 to a long-term strategy that advances national secu25 rity objectives and needs of the United States. 


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1 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re2 quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

3 (1) An outline of the Department of State’s and 

4 USAID’s staffing and operation of United States 

5 embassies, consulates, and missions abroad and 

6 staffing and operation of the Department of State’s 

7 and USAID’s headquarters and other offices in the 

8 United States and an analysis of how decisions relat9 ing to organization, staffing, and operations relate to 

10 and advance specific objectives of the national secu11 rity strategy of the United States. 

12 (2) A review of the means through which co13 operation is ensured between the Department of 

14 State and USAID and the Departments of Defense, 

15 Homeland Security, Treasury, and Commerce and 

16 the Office of the United States Trade Representa17 tive, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and United 

18 States intelligence agencies. 

19 (3) An explanation of the scenarios for possible 

20 United States responses to crisis management and 

21 long-term policy challenges and of the processes by 

22 which the Department of State develops such sce23 narios. 

24 (4) Recommendations for improving the proc25 esses by which the Department of State develops 


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1 scenarios for possible United States responses to cri2 sis management and long-term policy challenges in 

3 order to incorporate nontraditional threat planning 

4 circumstances and input from other Federal depart5 ments and agencies and nongovernmental organiza6 tions. 

7 (c) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—With 

8 respect to each foreign assistance funding request of the 

9 Department of State, USAID, and other foreign affairs 

10 agencies contained in the budget for the following fiscal 

11 year under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 

12 the report required by subsection (a) shall include the fol13 lowing: 

14 (1) The short-term and long-term justification 

15 for the funding request. 

16 (2) In the case of a funding request for a new 

17 program, project, or activity or an increased funding 

18 request of an existing program, project, or activity, 

19 a comprehensive explanation of how and the extent 

20 to which the new or increased funding will meet the 

21 requirements of this section. 

22 SEC. 5. REORGANIZATION OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF 

23 STATE AND USAID OFFICES AND BUREAUS. 

24 (a) REORGANIZATION.—In furtherance of the objec25 tives and requirements of this Act, the President shall 


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1 take such actions as are necessary to integrate the offices 

2 and bureaus described in subsection (b) into a single office 

3 in the Department of State to be known as the Office of 

4 Long-Term Planning and Resource Management. 

5 (b) OFFICES AND BUREAUS DESCRIBED.—The of6 fices and bureaus described in this subsection shall include 

7 the following: 

8 (1) The Office of Policy Planning, the Office of 

9 Resource Management, and the Office of the Direc10 tor of Foreign Assistance of the Department of 

11 State. 

12 (2) The Bureau of Budget/Performance/Ac13 countability of the United States Agency for Inter14 national Development. 

15 SEC. 6. REPORT ON PERFORMANCE-BASED BUDGETING BY 

16 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, USAID, AND 

17 OTHER FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES. 

18 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—On the date on which the 

19 President transmits to Congress the comprehensive report 

20 on the national security strategy of the United States 

21 under section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947, 

22 the budget for the following fiscal year under section 1105 

23 of title 31, United States Code, and the report required 

24 by section 4 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 


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1 United States shall submit to the specified congressional 

2 committees a report on— 

3 (1) uses by the Department of State, the 

4 United States Agency for International Develop5 ment, and other foreign affairs agencies of perform6 ance-based or performance management budgeting 

7 with respect to foreign assistance programs, 

8 projects, and activities; 

9 (2) the relation of such performance-based or 

10 performance management budgeting to the require11 ments under the Government Performance and Re12 sults Act of 1993 and the requirements under this 

13 Act; and 

14 (3) recommendations for improving such per15 formance-based or performance management budg16 eting. 

17 (b) SPECIFIED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The 

18 congressional committees specified in subsection (a) are— 

19 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

20 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep21 resentatives; and 

22 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

23 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

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