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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1631 

To authorize the Department of State for Fiscal Year 2018, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2017 

Mr. CORKER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To authorize the Department of State for Fiscal Year 2018, 

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 Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2018’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Sec. 101. Sense of Congress on importance of Department of State’s work. 

Sec. 102. Reorganization authority. 


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Sec. 103. National diplomacy and development strategy. 

Sec. 104. Office of Global Women’s Issues. 

Sec. 105. Office of International Religious Freedom. 

Sec. 106. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 

Sec. 107. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 

Affairs. 

Sec. 108. Office of International Disability Rights. 

TITLE II—EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 201. Standard design in capital construction. 

Sec. 202. Capital construction transparency. 

Sec. 203. Contractor performance information. 

Sec. 204. Growth projections for new embassies and consulates. 

Sec. 205. Consolidation of small diplomatic posts. 

Sec. 206. Long-range planning process. 

Sec. 207. Value engineering and risk assessment. 

Sec. 208. Business volume. 

Sec. 209. Comptroller General report on project management skills. 

Sec. 210. Embassy security requests and deficiencies. 

TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

Sec. 301. Special appointments. 

Sec. 302. Defense Base Act insurance waivers. 

Sec. 303. Allowances. 

Sec. 304. Science and technology fellowships. 

Sec. 305. Travel for separated families. 

Sec. 306. Home leave travel for separated families. 

TITLE IV—DIVERSITY 

Sec. 401. Definitions. 

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

Sec. 403. Exit interviews or surveys. 

Sec. 404. Recruitment. 

Sec. 405. Payne fellowship authorization. 

Sec. 406. Voluntary participation. 

TITLE V—INFORMATION SECURITY 

Sec. 501. Definitions. 

Sec. 502. Information technology system security. 

Sec. 503. Improving FOIA process. 

Sec. 504. Annual report on security violations. 

Sec. 505. Classified information spillage. 

Sec. 506. Emergency refresher training on the handling of classified information. 

TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

Sec. 601. American Spaces review. 

Sec. 602. Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy. 

TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC CORRUPTION 

Sec. 701. Definitions. 

Sec. 702. Sense of Congress. 


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Sec. 703. Annual report. 

Sec. 704. Additional factors for assessing government efforts to combat public 

corruption. 

Sec. 705. Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact. 

Sec. 706. Interagency working group. 

Sec. 707. Transparency and accountability. 

Sec. 708. Resources and reporting requirements. 

TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 

Sec. 801. Recurring reports. 

Sec. 802. Case-Zablocki reform. 

Sec. 803. Reporting on implementation of GAO recommendations. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

7 the Senate; 

8 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of 

9 the Senate; 

10 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

11 the House of Representatives; and 

12 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

13 the House of Representatives. 

14 (2) DEPARTMENT.—Unless otherwise specified, 

15 the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of 

16 State. 

17 (3) SECRETARY.—Unless otherwise specified, 

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


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1 TITLE I—ORGANIZATION OF THE 

2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

3 SEC. 101. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF DE4 PARTMENT OF STATE’S WORK. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) United States global engagement is key to 

7 a stable and prosperous world; 

8 (2) United States leadership is indispensable in 

9 light of the many complex and interconnected 

10 threats facing the United States and the world; 

11 (3) challenges such as the global refugee and 

12 migration crises, terrorism, historic famine and food 

13 insecurity, and fragile or repressive societies cannot 

14 be addressed without sustained and robust United 

15 States diplomatic and development leadership; 

16 (4) the United States Government must use all 

17 of the instruments of national security and foreign 

18 policy at our disposal to protect United States citi19 zens, promote United States interests and values, 

20 and support global stability and prosperity; 

21 (5) United States security and prosperity de22 pend on having partners and allies who share our in23 terests and values, and these partnerships are nur24 tured through United States diplomatic engagement, 

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1 ance that helps to develop shared responses to nat2 ural and humanitarian disasters, economic develop3 ment, and good governance, including the rule of law 

4 and democratic institutions; 

5 (6) as the United States Government agencies 

6 primarily charged with conducting diplomacy and 

7 development, the Department and the United States 

8 Agency for International Development (USAID) re9 quire sustained, robust funding and resources to 

10 carry out this important work, which is essential to 

11 our ability to project United States leadership and 

12 values and to advance the United States interests 

13 around the world; 

14 (7) the work of the Department and USAID 

15 makes the United States and the world safer and 

16 more prosperous by alleviating global poverty and 

17 hunger, fighting HIV/AIDS and other infectious dis18 eases, strengthening alliances, expanding educational 

19 opportunities for women and girls, promoting good 

20 governance and democracy, supporting anti-corrup21 tion efforts, driving economic development and 

22 trade, preventing armed conflicts and humanitarian 

23 crises, and creating American jobs and export oppor24 tunities; and 


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1 (8) the Department and USAID are vital na2 tional security agencies, whose work is critical to the 

3 projection of American power and leadership world4 wide, and without which Americans would be less 

5 safe, our economic power would be diminished, and 

6 global stability and prosperity would suffer. 

7 SEC. 102. REORGANIZATION AUTHORITY. 

8 (a) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days before 

9 the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submits its 

10 final Government-wide Reform Plan pursuant to the 

11 March 31, 2017, Executive Order 13781 entitled, ‘‘Com12 prehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch’’, 

13 the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of OMB 

14 and the USAID Administrator, shall report to the appro15 priate congressional committees on the details of the plans 

16 for the reorganization of the Department and USAID. 

17 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report referred to in subsection 

18 (a) may be a brief or a written report and shall include 

19 the following elements: 

20 (1) The principles and goals of such reorganiza21 tion. 

22 (2) The justification for the reorganization. 

23 (3) An assessment of the projected impact of 

24 the reorganization. 


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1 (4) Recommendations for any legislative au2 thorities required to implement the proposed reorga3 nization. 

4 (c) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 30 days after 

5 the notification referred to in subsection (a), the Sec6 retary, in coordination with the Director of OMB and the 

7 USAID Administrator, shall consult with the appropriate 

8 congressional committees regarding the reorganization 

9 plan. 

10 (d) REPORTING OR BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not 

11 later than 60 days after the notification referred to in sub12 section (a), the Secretary, in coordination with the Direc13 tor of OMB and the USAID Administrator, shall— 

14 (1) brief or submit a report to the appropriate 

15 congressional committees on how advice received 

16 pursuant to subsection (c) will be incorporated into 

17 the reform plan; or 

18 (2) submit the plan to such committees. 

19 (e) TEMPORARY LIMITATION.—The Department and 

20 USAID may not implement any provisions of the Govern21 ment-wide Reform Plan until 30 days after the plan is 

22 submitted pursuant to subsection (a). 

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1 quires the establishment of certain bureaus and offices of 

2 the Department or USAID. 

3 SEC. 103. NATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT 

4 STRATEGY. 

5 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con6 gress that— 

7 (1) the latest iteration of the Joint Strategic 

8 Plan developed by the Department and USAID does 

9 not adequately address the strategic priorities of the 

10 United States, identify key threats and opportuni11 ties, or offer the rationale for making hard choices 

12 with regard to limited resources; and 

13 (2) additional requirements to the Joint Stra14 tegic Plan are necessary to encourage the develop15 ment of a national diplomacy and development strat16 egy, elements of which shall be provided to Congress 

17 in classified form. 

18 (b) ENHANCEMENT OF JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR

19 THE DEPARTMENT AND USAID.—In addition to meeting 

20 the requirements described in section 306 of title 5, 

21 United States Code, the strategic plan developed by the 

22 Department and USAID shall— 

23 (1) refer to and support the most recent na24 tional security strategy report submitted pursuant to 


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1 section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 

2 (50 U.S.C. 3043); 

3 (2) be integrated and coordinated with other 

4 relevant national-level plans and with the strategic 

5 plans of other Federal departments and agencies, in6 cluding the current National Defense Strategy; 

7 (3) prioritize the leading worldwide diplomatic 

8 and development interests and objectives of the 

9 United States and the leading threats and challenges 

10 associated with those interests and objectives; 

11 (4) identify the major diplomatic, economic, and 

12 assistance approaches designed to support and fur13 ther the worldwide interests, goals, commitments, 

14 and policies that are vital to the national security of 

15 the United States; 

16 (5) describe how the diplomatic and develop17 ment community will utilize personnel, partnerships, 

18 alliances, industry, technology, international and 

19 nongovernmental organizations, and other capabili20 ties to execute the efforts described in paragraph 

21 (4); 

22 (6) outline the organizational roles and missions 

23 of the elements of the diplomatic and development 

24 community as part of an integrated enterprise, and 

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1 other Federal departments and agencies supporting 

2 the national security strategy of the United States; 

3 (7) include an assessment of each bureau head4 ed by an Assistant Secretary of State or an Assist5 ant Administrator of USAID regarding its current 

6 and anticipated contribution to the overall strategic 

7 plan, including analysis of personnel, responsibilities, 

8 performance, and chain of management; 

9 (8) identify sources of strategic, institutional, 

10 programmatic, fiscal, and technological risk; 

11 (9) analyze factors that may affect the diplo12 matic and development community’s performance in 

13 pursuing the efforts described in paragraph (4) dur14 ing the following 10-year period; and 

15 (10) identify extraordinary resources and statu16 tory authorities that may be necessary to implement 

17 this strategy. 

18 (c) FORM.—The plan required under subsection (b) 

19 shall be transmitted in both classified and unclassified 

20 form. 

21 (d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 

22 days after submission of the strategic plan required under 

23 section 306 of title 5, United States Code, the Secretary 

24 shall submit the classified annex under subsection (c) to 

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1 mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

2 of Representatives. 

3 SEC. 104. OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary should establish an 

5 Office of Global Women’s Issues (referred to in this sec6 tion as the ‘‘Office’’), and place the Office within the De7 partment as the Secretary sees fit. 

8 (b) PURPOSE.—The Office should coordinate efforts 

9 of the United States Government, as directed by the Sec10 retary, regarding gender equality and advancing the status 

11 of women and girls in United States foreign policy. 

12 (c) DUTIES.—The Office— 

13 (1) should serve as the principal advisor to the 

14 Secretary regarding gender equality, women’s em15 powerment, and violence against women and girls as 

16 a foreign policy matter; 

17 (2) should represent the United States in diplo18 matic and multilateral fora on matters relevant to 

19 the status of women and girls; 

20 (3) should advise the Secretary and provide 

21 input on all activities, policies, programs, and fund22 ing relating to gender equality and the advancement 

23 of women and girls internationally for all bureaus 

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1 (4) should work to ensure that efforts to ad2 vance gender equality and women’s empowerment 

3 are fully integrated into the programs, structures, 

4 processes, and capacities of all bureaus and offices 

5 of the Department and in the international pro6 grams of other Federal agencies; 

7 (5) should direct, as appropriate, United States 

8 resources to respond to needs for gender equality 

9 and empowerment of women in United States for10 eign policies and international programs; 

11 (6) may design, support, and implement activi12 ties regarding empowerment of women internation13 ally; and 

14 (7) should conduct regular consultation with 

15 civil society organizations working to advance gender 

16 equality and empower women and girls internation17 ally. 

18 (d) SUPERVISION.—The Office should be headed 

19 by— 

20 (1) a senior advisor to the appropriate Assist21 ant Secretary; or 

22 (2) an officer exercising significant authority 

23 who reports to the President or Secretary, appointed 

24 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 


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1 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide 

3 a report or briefing to the appropriate congressional com4 mittees of the steps taken to fulfill the duties of the Office 

5 set forth in subsection (c). 

6 SEC. 105. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE7 DOM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(c)(4) of the Inter9 national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

10 6411(c)(4)) is amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

12 and inserting a semicolon; 

13 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

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

15 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub16 paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(C) shall supervise any special envoy, spe18 cial representative, or office with responsibility 

19 for protecting international religious freedom, 

20 protecting religious minorities, or advising the 

21 Secretary on matters relating to religion.’’. 

22 (b) IN GENERAL.—Section 59(a)(2) of the State De23 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by 

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1 ‘‘(C) OVERSIGHT.—To promote a cohesive 

2 and integrated foreign policy regarding inter3 national religious freedom, the Special Envoy 

4 shall be placed under the supervision of the 

5 Ambassador at Large for International Reli6 gious Freedom.’’. 

7 SEC. 106. BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND 

8 LABOR. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of the ADVANCE De10 mocracy Act of 2007 (22 U.S.C. 8211 et seq.) is amended 

11 by adding at the end the following new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 2114. BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND 

13 LABOR. 

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There should be established 

15 in the Department a Bureau of Democracy, Human 

16 Rights, and Labor (referred to in this section as the ‘Bu17 reau’), which should be headed by the Assistant Secretary. 

18 All special envoys, ambassadors, and coordinators located 

19 within the Bureau shall report directly to the Assistant 

20 Secretary. 

21 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Bureau is authorized— 

22 ‘‘(1) to promote democracy and actively support 

23 human rights throughout the world in accordance 

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1 ‘‘(2) to promote the rule of law and good gov2 ernance throughout the world; 

3 ‘‘(3) to strengthen civil society programs and 

4 organizations; 

5 ‘‘(4) to produce the annual Country Reports on 

6 Human Rights, in conjunction with embassies and 

7 regional bureaus; 

8 ‘‘(5) to lead the implementation of section 

9 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

10 U.S.C. 2378d; commonly known as the ‘Leahy Law’) 

11 and the Child Soldiers Act (22 U.S.C. 2370c et 

12 seq.), and to implement those provisions of the Arms 

13 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) related 

14 to human rights concerns; and 

15 ‘‘(6) coordinate programs to implement the May 

16 2011 Department of State International Cyberspace 

17 Policy Strategy. 

18 ‘‘(c) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PRO19 GRAMS.—The Bureau is authorized to provide bilateral 

20 economic assistance from amounts appropriated or other21 wise made available for the Economic Support Fund and 

22 other foreign assistance accounts to support activities de23 scribed in subsection (b) and for the purpose of oversight 

24 and control of— 

25 ‘‘(1) the Human Rights and Democracy Fund; 


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1 ‘‘(2) the Human Rights Defenders Fund; 

2 ‘‘(3) the Global Equality Fund; 

3 ‘‘(4) the Global Anti-Corruption Consortium; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(5) the Global Internet Freedom Fund; 

6 ‘‘(d) EFFICIENCY.—The Assistant Secretary shall 

7 take whatever actions may be necessary to minimize the 

8 duplication of efforts within the Bureau. 

9 ‘‘(e) LOCAL OVERSIGHT.—United States missions, to 

10 the extent practicable, should assist in exercising oversight 

11 authority and coordinate with the Bureau to ensure that 

12 funds are appropriately used and comply with anti-corrup13 tion practices.’’. 

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

15 in section 1(b) of the Implementing Recommendations of 

16 the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53) 

17 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

18 2113 the following new item: 

‘‘2114. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.’’. 

19 SEC. 107. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

20 NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AF21 FAIRS. 

22 Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authori23 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended— 

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1 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol2 lowing new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTER4 NATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AF5 FAIRS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There should be in 

7 the Department of State an Assistant Secretary 

8 for International Narcotics and Law Enforce9 ment Affairs who should be responsible to the 

10 Secretary for matters pertaining to inter11 national narcotics and law enforcement affairs 

12 in the conduct of foreign policy and such other 

13 related duties as the Secretary may from time 

14 to time designate. 

15 ‘‘(B) AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.—The 

16 Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics 

17 and Law Enforcement Affairs should maintain 

18 continuous observation of and review all mat19 ters pertaining to international narcotics and 

20 law enforcement in the conduct of foreign pol21 icy, including the following matters: 

22 ‘‘(i) Combatting international nar23 cotics production and trafficking, including 

24 the illicit cultivation of crops used to 

25 produce narcotics. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Strengthening foreign justice sys2 tems, including judicial and prosecutorial 

3 capacity, appeals systems, law enforcement 

4 agencies, and prison systems. 

5 ‘‘(iii) Training foreign military and 

6 police, including vetting all foreign per7 sonnel who receive such assistance from 

8 the United States Government. 

9 ‘‘(iv) Ensuring the inclusion of human 

10 rights issues in law enforcement programs, 

11 in consultation with the Assistant Sec12 retary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 

13 Labor. 

14 ‘‘(v) Combating all forms of illicit 

15 trafficking, including human trafficking 

16 arms trafficking, and the illicit smuggling 

17 of bulk cash. 

18 ‘‘(vi) Identifying and responding to 

19 global corruption, including strengthening 

20 the capacity of foreign government institu21 tions responsible for addressing financial 

22 crimes.’’. 


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1 SEC. 108. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There should be established 

3 in the Department an Office of International Disability 

4 Rights (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’). 

5 (b) DUTIES.—The Office should— 

6 (1) seek to ensure that all United States for7 eign operations are accessible to, and inclusive of, 

8 persons with disabilities; 

9 (2) promote the human rights and full partici10 pation of persons with disabilities in all international 

11 development activities funded by the United States 

12 Government; and 

13 (3) promote disability inclusive practices and 

14 the training of Department staff on soliciting quality 

15 programs that are fully inclusive of people with dis16 abilities. 

17 (c) SUPERVISION.—The Office may be headed by— 

18 (1) a senior advisor to the appropriate Assist19 ant Secretary; or 

20 (2) an officer exercising significant authority 

21 who reports to the President or Secretary, appointed 

22 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

23 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 579(b) of 

24 the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

25 Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 (division D of Public 

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1 TITLE II—EMBASSY 

2 CONSTRUCTION 

3 SEC. 201. STANDARD DESIGN IN CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the decision by 

5 the Department’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Oper6 ations (‘‘OBO’’) to transition from Standard Embassy De7 sign to Design Excellence has in some cases— 

8 (1) increased the cost of building new embassies 

9 and consulates; 

10 (2) delayed the move of thousands of staff from 

11 facilities that do not meet current security standards 

12 to new, secure facilities; 

13 (3) exacerbated certain deficiencies in the qual14 ity of the Bureau’s program management; and 

15 (4) been a factor in reduced competition for 

16 capital construction projects. 

17 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con18 gress that the OBO should give appropriate consideration 

19 to Standard Embassy Design, in which each new embassy 

20 and consulate starts with a standard design and keeps 

21 customization to a minimum. 

22 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall carry out 

23 any new embassy compound or new consulate compound 

24 project that is in the design phase or pre-design phase as 

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1 a non-standard design in consultation with the appropriate 

2 congressional committees. The Department shall provide 

3 the appropriate congressional committees, for each such 

4 project, the following documentation: 

5 (1) A comparison of the estimated full lifecycle 

6 costs of the project to the estimated full lifecycle 

7 costs of the project if it were to use a standard em8 bassy design. 

9 (2) A comparison of the estimated completion 

10 date of the project to the estimated completion date 

11 of the project if it were to use a standard embassy 

12 design. 

13 (3) A comparison of the security of the com14 pleted project to the security of the completed 

15 project if it were to use a standard embassy design. 

16 (4) A justification for the Secretary’s selection 

17 of a non-standard design over a standard design for 

18 the project. 

19 (d) NON-STANDARD DESIGN DEFINED.—In this sec20 tion the term ‘‘non-standard design’’ means a new em21 bassy compound or new consulate compound design that 

22 does not utilize a standardized design template for the 

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1 pound project that does not utilize a design-build delivery 

2 method. 

3 SEC. 202. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION TRANSPARENCY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 118 of the Department of 

5 State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 304) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AN8 NUAL REPORT ON EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION

9 COSTS’’ and inserting ‘‘QUARTERLY REPORT ON

10 OVERSEAS CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION

11 PROJECTS’’; and 

12 (2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in13 serting the following new subsections: 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days 

16 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

17 congressional committees a comprehensive report regard18 ing all ongoing overseas capital construction projects and 

19 major embassy security upgrade projects. 

20 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report required under sub21 section (a) shall include the following with respect to each 

22 ongoing overseas capital construction project and major 

23 embassy security upgrade project: 

24 ‘‘(1) The initial cost estimate as specified in the 

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1 tenance funds required by the Committees on Appro2 priations for Acts making appropriations for the De3 partment of State, foreign operations, and related 

4 programs. 

5 ‘‘(2) The current cost estimate. 

6 ‘‘(3) The value of each request for equitable ad7 justment received by the Department of State to 

8 date. 

9 ‘‘(4) The value of each certified claim received 

10 by the Department of State to date. 

11 ‘‘(5) The value of any usage of the project’s 

12 contingency fund to date and the value of the re13 mainder of the project’s contingency fund. 

14 ‘‘(6) An enumerated list of each request for ad15 justment and certified claim that remains out16 standing or unresolved. 

17 ‘‘(7) An enumerated list of each request for eq18 uitable adjustment and certified claim that has been 

19 fully adjudicated or that the Department has settled, 

20 and the final dollar amount of each adjudication or 

21 settlement. 

22 ‘‘(8) The date of estimated completion specified 

23 in the proposed allocation of capital construction 

24 and maintenance funds required by the Committees 

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1 date of the enactment of an Act making appropria2 tions for the Department of State, foreign oper3 ations, and related programs. 

4 ‘‘(9) The current date of estimated comple5 tion.’’. 

6 SEC. 203. CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION. 

7 (a) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—The Secretary 

8 shall complete all contractor performance evaluations re9 quired by subpart 42.15 of the Federal Acquisition Regu10 lation by October 1, 2020. 

11 (b) PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

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

14 shall develop a prioritization system for clearing the 

15 current backlog of required evaluations. 

16 (2) ELEMENTS.—The system required under 

17 paragraph (1) should prioritize the evaluations as 

18 follows: 

19 (A) Project completion evaluations should 

20 be prioritized over annual evaluations. 

21 (B) Evaluations for relatively large con22 tracts should have priority. 

23 (C) Evaluations that would be particularly 

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1 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the 

3 appropriate congressional committees on the Depart4 ment’s plan for completing all evaluations by October 1, 

5 2020, and the prioritization system developed pursuant to 

6 this section. 

7 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con8 gress that— 

9 (1) contractors deciding whether to bid on De10 partment contracts would benefit from greater un11 derstanding of the Department as a client; and 

12 (2) the Department should develop a forum 

13 where contractors can rate the Department’s project 

14 management performance. 

15 SEC. 204. GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR NEW EMBASSIES 

16 AND CONSULATES. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each new embassy compound 

18 (NEC) and new consulate compound project (NCC) in or 

19 not yet in the design phase as of the date of the enactment 

20 of this Act, the Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing, 

21 and Innovation shall project growth over the estimated life 

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1 (1) relevant historical trends for Department 

2 personnel and personnel from other agencies rep3 resented at post; 

4 (2) an analysis of the tradeoffs between risk 

5 and the needs of United States Government policy 

6 conducted as part of the most recent Vital Presence 

7 Validation Process, if applicable; and 

8 (3) reasonable assumptions about the strategic 

9 importance of the post over the life of the building. 

10 (b) OTHER AGENCIES.—Other agencies represented 

11 at the post shall provide to the Department, upon request, 

12 growth projections for their own personnel over the esti13 mated life of the facility. 

14 (c) BASIS FOR ESTIMATES.—The Department shall 

15 base its growth assumption for all NECs and NCCs on 

16 the estimates required under subsections (a) and (b). 

17 (d) ZERO NET GROWTH REQUIREMENT.—The 

18 growth assumed for NECs and NCCs pursuant to sub19 section (c) should be offset by staff reductions at other 

20 posts such that there is zero net growth over the period 

21 covered by the Long-Range Overseas Building Plan re22 quired under section 206. 

23 SEC. 205. CONSOLIDATION OF SMALL DIPLOMATIC POSTS. 

24 (a) NEW EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES.—Prior to 

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1 or consulate for a diplomatic post that has employed 10 

2 or fewer United States Government employees on average 

3 over the 3 years prior to the date of the enactment of 

4 this Act, the Secretary shall conduct an analysis of alter5 natives, including consolidating such post with other near6 by diplomatic posts. 

7 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after 

8 conducting an analysis of alternatives pursuant to sub9 section (a), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate con10 gressional committees of the results of the analysis. 

11 (c) EXISTING SMALL DIPLOMATIC POSTS.—Not later 

12 than 305 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

13 the Department shall complete a cost-benefit analysis for 

14 maintaining any consulate that has employed five or fewer 

15 United States Government employees on average over the 

16 three years prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 Each analysis shall include, at minimum— 

18 (1) the full cost of maintaining the consulate; 

19 (2) any policy value or value that other United 

20 States Government tenants derive from having a 

21 presence at such location; 

22 (3) the value of having a consular presence in 

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1 (4) input from the consulate on any unique 

2 operational or policy value it provides; and 

3 (5) alternative locations for consular and 

4 United States citizen services. 

5 (d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act, the Department shall brief 

7 or report to Congress on the results of the analyses re8 quired under this section. 

9 SEC. 206. LONG-RANGE PLANNING PROCESS. 

10 (a) PLANS REQUIRED.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Department shall annu12 ally develop— 

13 (A) a comprehensive 6-year plan docu14 menting the Department’s overseas building 

15 program for the replacement of the least secure 

16 embassies and consulates around the world, 

17 known as a Long-Range Overseas Buildings 

18 Plan (LROBP); and 

19 (B) a comprehensive 6-year plan detailing 

20 the Department’s long-term planning for the 

21 maintenance and sustainment of completed fa22 cilities, known as a Long-Range Overseas Main23 tenance Plan (LROMP). 

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1 (1) shall highlight any changes from the previous 

2 year’s plan to the ordering of construction and 

3 maintenance projects. 

4 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 (1) SUBMISSION OF PLANS TO CONGRESS.—Not 

6 later than 60 days after the completion of the 

7 LROBP and the LROMP, the Department shall 

8 submit the plans to the appropriate congressional 

9 committees. 

10 (2) REFERENCE IN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION

11 MATERIALS.—In the budget justification materials 

12 submitted to the appropriate congressional commit13 tees in support of the Department’s budget for any 

14 fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the 

15 President under section 1105(a) of title 31), the 

16 plans outlined in the LROBP and LROMP shall be 

17 referenced to justify funding requested for building 

18 and maintenance projects overseas. 

19 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required 

20 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi21 fied form but may include a classified index. 

22 SEC. 207. VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT. 

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1 (1) Federal departments and agencies are re2 quired to use value engineering (VE) as a manage3 ment tool, where appropriate, to reduce program and 

4 acquisition costs pursuant to OMB Circular A–131, 

5 Value Engineering, dated December 31, 2013. 

6 (2) OBO has a Standard Operation Procedure, 

7 dated March 7, 2005, on conducting risk assessment 

8 studies in the International Project Risk Assessment 

9 (IPRA) method on all international construction 

10 projects. 

11 (b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 (1) SUBMISSION TO AUTHORIZING COMMIT13 TEES.—The proposed allocation of capital construc14 tion and maintenance funds that is required by the 

15 Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 

16 days after the date of the enactment of an Act mak17 ing appropriations for the Department of State, for18 eign operations, and related programs shall also be 

19 submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

20 the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

21 the House of Representatives. 

22 (2) REQUIREMENT TO CONFIRM COMPLETION

23 OF VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT

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1 partment has completed the requisite VE and risk 

2 assessment studies described in subsection (a). 

3 (c) REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 The Department shall provide to the appropriate congres5 sional committees upon request— 

6 (1) a description of each recommendation from 

7 each study described in subsection (a) and a table 

8 detailing which recommendations were accepted and 

9 which were rejected; and 

10 (2) a report or briefing detailing the rationale 

11 for not implementing recommendations made by VE 

12 studies that may yield significant cost savings to the 

13 Department, if implemented. 

14 SEC. 208. BUSINESS VOLUME. 

15 Section 402(c)(2)(E) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Se16 curity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 

17 4852(c)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘in 3 years’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘cumulatively over 3 years’’. 

19 SEC. 209. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON PROJECT 

20 MANAGEMENT SKILLS. 

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1 struction engineers and program management practices, 

2 including— 

3 (1) an evaluation of the Department’s efforts 

4 to— 

5 (A) recruit qualified construction engi6 neers; 

7 (B) improve the skills of its construction 

8 engineers, especially in the area of project man9 agement; and 

10 (C) rate the performance of its construc11 tion engineers, especially during their assign12 ments as project directors of new embassy com13 pounds or new consulate compounds; 

14 (2) an evaluation of the Department’s imple15 mentation of the Program Management Improve16 ment Accountability Act of 2016; and 

17 (3) recommendations stemming from the eval18 uations conducted pursuant to paragraphs (1) and 

19 (2). 

20 SEC. 210. EMBASSY SECURITY REQUESTS AND DEFI21 CIENCIES. 

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1 (1) requests made over the previous year by 

2 United States diplomatic posts abroad for security 

3 upgrades; and 

4 (2) significant security deficiencies at United 

5 States diplomatic posts abroad that are not oper6 ating out of a new embassy compound or new con7 sulate compound. 

8 TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

9 SEC. 301. SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS. 

10 (a) REPORT ON POSITIONS.—Not later than 30 days 

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

12 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

13 a report including— 

14 (1) recommendations regarding whether to 

15 maintain in the Department each currently existing 

16 Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coor17 dinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, 

18 Coordinator, or Special Advisor, including those list19 ed in the report submitted by the Department to the 

20 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on 

21 April 14, 2017, pursuant to section 418 of the De22 partment of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 

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1 (2) the justification supporting each of the Sec2 retary’s recommendations made under paragraph 

3 (1). 

4 (b) ADVICE AND CONSENT.—Not later than 90 days 

5 after the report required by subsection (a) is submitted 

6 to the appropriate congressional committees, the Secretary 

7 shall present any Special Envoy, Special Representative, 

8 Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Rep9 resentative, Coordinator, or Special Advisor that is to be 

10 maintained by the Department and that is not expressly 

11 authorized by a provision of law enacted by Congress to 

12 the Committee on Foreign Relations for the advice and 

13 consent of the Senate. 

14 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING ESTAB15 LISHMENT OF POSITIONS.—Nothing in this section shall 

16 be construed as prohibiting the Secretary from estab17 lishing or maintaining any Special Envoy, Special Rep18 resentative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, 

19 Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, or Special Advisor 

20 position so long as the appointee is established for a speci21 fied term and presented to the Committee on Foreign Re22 lations for the advice and consent of the Senate within 

23 90 days of appointment. 

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1 position with the title Special Envoy, Special Representa2 tive, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, or Special 

3 Advisor for a limited period not longer than 180 days 

4 without seeking the advice and consent of the Senate if 

5 the Secretary notifies the Committee on Foreign Relations 

6 of the Senate at least 15 days prior to appointment, in7 cluding— 

8 (1) a certification that the position is not ex9 pected to demand the exercise of significant author10 ity pursuant to the laws of the United States; 

11 (2) a description of the duties and purpose of 

12 the appointment; and 

13 (3) the rationale for assigning the specific title. 

14 (e) RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT.— 

15 Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting 

16 the Secretary from renewing any position established 

17 under subsection (d) so long as the Secretary complies 

18 with the notification requirements contained therein. 

19 (f) FUNDING RESTRICTIONS.— 

20 (1) POSITIONS NOT PRESENTED FOR ADVICE

21 AND CONSENT.—Beginning not later than 120 days 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, no funds 

23 may be obligated or expended for— 

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1 Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, or Special 

2 Advisor position at the Department exercising 

3 significant authority pursuant to the laws of the 

4 United States that is not being served by an in5 dividual who has been presented to the Com6 mittee on Foreign Relations for the advice and 

7 consent of the Senate pursuant to subsection 

8 (b); or 

9 (B) any staff or resources related to such 

10 a position until such time as the appointed indi11 vidual has been presented to the Committee on 

12 Foreign Relations for the advice and consent of 

13 the Senate. 

14 (2) TEMPORARY POSITIONS.—No funds may be 

15 obligated or expended for any position described in 

16 subsection (d) or for any staff or resources related 

17 to such position unless the Secretary has complied 

18 with the notification provisions contained therein. 

19 (g) CONFIRMATION FOR AUTHORIZED POSITIONS.— 

20 No Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordi21 nator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordi22 nator, or Special Advisor authorized by a provision of law 

23 enacted by Congress shall be appointed absent the advice 

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1 (h) ELIMINATION OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

2 AND POLICY COORDINATOR FOR BURMA.—Section 7 of 

3 the Tom Lantos Block Burmese Jade Act of 2008 (Public 

4 Law 110–286; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is hereby repealed. 

5 SEC. 302. DEFENSE BASE ACT INSURANCE WAIVERS. 

6 (a) APPLICATION FOR WAIVERS.—Not later than 30 

7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec8 retary shall apply to the Department of Labor for a waiver 

9 from insurance requirements under the Defense Base Act 

10 (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) for all countries where the re11 quirement was waived prior to January 2017, and for 

12 which there is not currently a waiver. 

13 (b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

14 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

15 Secretary shall certify to the appropriate congressional 

16 committees that the requirement in subsection (a) has 

17 been met. 

18 SEC. 303. ALLOWANCES. 

19 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

20 United States that— 

21 (1) pay differentials for staffing overseas posts 

22 should reflect the various factors affecting the desir23 ability of such posts, including the preference of em24 ployees bidding and the dangers or overall hardships 

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1 the actual employees eligible to bid for positions in 

2 such locations; and 

3 (2) the Secretary should periodically analyze 

4 fluctuations in such bidding patterns to ensure that 

5 pay differentials reflect— 

6 (A) the changing conditions in each post; 

7 and 

8 (B) the impact of staffing incentives 

9 through pay differentials offered during the 

10 previous year. 

11 (b) STAFFING INCENTIVE.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 59 of title 5, United 

13 States Code, is amended— 

14 (A) by striking sections 5925 and 5928; 

15 and 

16 (B) by inserting after section 5924 the fol17 lowing new section: 

18 ‘‘§ 5925. Staffing incentive 

19 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—A staffing incentive, not to 

20 exceed 70 percent of the basic pay of the employee, may 

21 be granted to an employee serving at an overseas post 

22 based on the recruitment and retention needs for filling 

23 positions at that post if such incentive— 

24 ‘‘(1) compensates the employee for conditions of 

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1 different than conditions of environment in the con2 tinental United States; 

3 ‘‘(2) compensates the employee for exposure to 

4 conditions of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism, 

5 or wartime conditions that threaten physical harm 

6 or imminent danger to the health or well-being of 

7 the employee; or 

8 ‘‘(3) motivates the employee to serve at a post 

9 that is in low demand despite compensation for 

10 hardship and danger conditions. 

11 ‘‘(b) EXTENDED DETAIL IN A FOREIGN AREA.—A 

12 staffing incentive may be granted to an employee who is 

13 officially stationed in the United States and is on extended 

14 detail in a foreign area for as long as the employee con15 tinues to serve on such extended detail. 

16 ‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 

17 of State shall notify the appropriate congressional commit18 tees of— 

19 ‘‘(1) the implementation of each staffing incen20 tive authorized under this section that applies to em21 ployees of the Department of State stationed at an 

22 overseas post; and 

23 ‘‘(2) each instance in which implementation of 

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1 or a decrease of 5 percent or more from the staffing 

2 incentive offered for service at that post during the 

3 previous year. 

4 ‘‘(d) HARDSHIP INDEX; DANGER LEVEL.—The Sec5 retary of State shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) annually publish a hardship index for each 

7 diplomatic post that is based on conditions of envi8 ronment at that post that differ substantially from 

9 conditions of environment in the continental United 

10 States; and 

11 ‘‘(2) semiannually rate the danger level of each 

12 post based on the Security Environment Threat 

13 List. 

14 ‘‘(e) NUMBER OF BIDS.—The Secretary of State 

15 shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) track the number of bids made and how 

17 they are ranked for each open position at each over18 seas post within the Department of State and collect 

19 both quantitative and qualitative survey data from 

20 eligible bidders on their bid decision-making; 

21 ‘‘(2) collect data from the other foreign service 

22 agencies subject to this section on the factors that 

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1 ‘‘(3) use the information described in para2 graphs (1) and (2) to set appropriate staffing incen3 tives at such overseas posts; and 

4 ‘‘(4) make the information described in para5 graphs (1) and (2) available, upon request, to the 

6 appropriate congressional committees. 

7 ‘‘(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

8 DEFINED.—in this section, the term ‘appropriate congres9 sional committees’ means— 

10 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

11 Senate; and 

12 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

13 House of Representatives.’’. 

14 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

15 chapter 59 of title 5, United States Code, is amend16 ed— 

17 (A) by striking the items relating to sec18 tions 5925 and 5928; and 

19 (B) by inserting after the item relating to 

20 section 5924 the following new item: 

‘‘5925. Staffing incentive.’’. 

21 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 270 days 

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

23 each Federal agency subject to the amendment made by 

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1 House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the 

2 Senate that describes how the agency intends— 

3 (1) to comply with the policy set forth in sub4 section (a); and 

5 (2) to implement the staffing incentives set 

6 forth in section 5925 of title 5, United States Code, 

7 as added by subsection (b). 

8 SEC. 304. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS. 

9 Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

10 Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d) is amended by 

11 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

12 ‘‘(e) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS RE13 LATED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP

14 PROGRAMS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 

16 to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements 

17 related to Department of State science and tech18 nology fellowship programs, including, for assistance 

19 in recruiting fellows and the payment of stipends, 

20 travel, and other appropriate expenses to fellows. 

21 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM CONSIDERATION AS

22 COMPENSATION.—Stipends shall not be considered 

23 compensation for purposes of section 209 of title 18, 

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1 ‘‘(3) MAXIMUM ANNUAL AMOUNT.—The total 

2 amount of grants made pursuant to this subsection 

3 shall not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year.’’. 

4 SEC. 305. TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES. 

5 Section 901(15) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

6 (22 U.S.C. 4081(15)) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘1 round-trip per year for each 

8 child below age 21 of a member of the Service as9 signed abroad’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of one or 

10 more children below age 21 of a member of the 

11 Service assigned abroad, 1 round-trip per year’’; 

12 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘for each child’’ before 

14 ‘‘to visit the member abroad’’; and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 

16 semicolon; 

17 (3) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (A) by inserting ‘‘for each child’’ before 

19 ‘‘to visit the other parent’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘resides,’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘resides; or’’; 

22 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol23 lowing new subparagraph: 

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1 dren do not regularly reside with that parent 

2 and that parent is not receiving an education 

3 allowance or educational travel allowance for 

4 the child or children under section 5924(4) of 

5 title 5,’’; and 

6 (5) by striking ‘‘a payment’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

7 cost of a round-trip’’. 

8 SEC. 306. HOME LEAVE TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES. 

9 Section 903(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

10 (22 U.S.C. 4083(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 

11 following: ‘‘In cases where the member’s family members 

12 reside apart from the member at authorized locations out13 side the United States because they are prevented by offi14 cial order from residing at the member’s post of assign15 ment, the member may take the leave ordered under this 

16 section where that member’s family members reside.’’. 

17 TITLE IV—DIVERSITY 

18 SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 

19 In this title: 

20 (1) APPLICANT FLOW DATA.—The term ‘‘appli21 cant flow data’’ means data that tracks the rate of 

22 applications for job positions among demographic 

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1 (A) those classes of persons protected 

2 under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

3 2000a et seq.) and the Americans with Disabil4 ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); 

5 and 

6 (B) veterans (as defined in section 3.1(d) 

7 of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations). 

8 (3) FOREIGN SERVICE.—The term ‘‘Foreign 

9 Service’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

10 102 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

11 3902). 

12 (4) MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE.—The 

13 term ‘‘member of the Foreign Service’’ means an in14 dividual listed in section 103 of the Foreign Service 

15 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903). 

16 (5) WORKFORCE.—The term ‘‘workforce’’ 

17 means all individuals serving in a position— 

18 (A) in the civil service (as defined in sec19 tion 2101 of title 5, United States Code); or 

20 (B) as a member of the Foreign Service. 

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

22 WORKFORCE DATA. 

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

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

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1 mographic data and other information regarding the diver2 sity of the workforce of the Department. 

3 (b) DATA.—The report under subsection (a)— 

4 (1) shall include aggregate demographic data— 

5 (A) by segment of the workforce of the De6 partment and grade or rank; 

7 (B) by foreign service code and civil service 

8 job code; 

9 (C) relating to attrition and promotion 

10 rates; 

11 (D) that addresses Department compliance 

12 with validated inclusion metrics; 

13 (E) that provides demographic compari14 sons to the relevant civilian labor force; 

15 (F) on the diversity of selection boards; 

16 (G) on the employment of minority and 

17 service-disabled veterans during the most recent 

18 10-year period, including— 

19 (i) the number hired through direct 

20 hires, internships, and fellowship pro21 grams; 

22 (ii) the number promoted to senior 

23 positions, including positions at class 1 of 

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1 ecutive Service, or in the Senior Foreign 

2 Service; and 

3 (iii) attrition rates by grade, in the 

4 civil service and foreign service, and in the 

5 senior positions described in clause (ii); 

6 and 

7 (H) on mentorship and retention pro8 grams; 

9 (2) shall include an analysis of applicant flow 

10 data, including the percentage, actual numbers, and 

11 level of positions for which data are collected, and a 

12 discussion of any resulting policy changes or rec13 ommendations; 

14 (3) shall include demographic data relating to 

15 participants in professional development programs of 

16 the Department, and the rate of placement into sen17 ior positions for participants in such programs; 

18 (4) shall include any demographic data relating 

19 to the membership of any external advisory com20 mittee or board to which individuals in senior posi21 tions in the Department appoint members; 

22 (5) shall be organized in terms of real numbers 

23 and percentages at all levels; and 

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1 (c) RECOMMENDATION.—The Secretary may submit 

2 a recommendation to the Office of Management and 

3 Budget and to the appropriate congressional committees 

4 regarding whether the Department should collect more de5 tailed data on demographic categories in addition to the 

6 race and ethnicity categories specified in the Office of 

7 Management and Budget statistical policy directive enti8 tled ‘‘Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Pre9 senting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’’ (81 Fed. 

10 Reg. 67398). 

11 (d) OTHER CONTENTS.—The report under sub12 section (a) shall describe the efforts of the Department— 

13 (1) to propagate fairness, impartiality, and in14 clusion in the work environment domestically and 

15 abroad; 

16 (2) to ensure that harassment, intolerance, and 

17 discrimination are not tolerated; 

18 (3) to refrain from engaging in unlawful dis19 crimination in any phase of the employment process, 

20 including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, assign21 ments, promotion, retention, and training; 

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1 (5) to provide reasonable accommodation for 

2 qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; 

3 (6) to resolve workplace conflicts, confronta4 tions, and complaints in a prompt, impartial, con5 structive, and timely manner; 

6 (7) to recruit a diverse workforce by— 

7 (A) recruiting women, minorities, veterans, 

8 and undergraduate and graduate students; 

9 (B) recruiting at historically Black colleges 

10 and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, 

11 women’s colleges, and colleges that typically 

12 serve majority minority populations; 

13 (C) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 

14 in urban communities; 

15 (D) placing job advertisements in news16 papers, magazines, and job sites oriented to17 ward women and people of color; 

18 (E) providing opportunities through the 

19 Foreign Service Internship Program and other 

20 hiring initiatives; and 

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

22 professionals through programs designed to in23 crease minority representation in international 

24 affairs; and 

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1 (A) the Charles B. Rangel International 

2 Affairs Fellowship Program; 

3 (B) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Af4 fairs Fellowship Program; and 

5 (C) the Donald M. Payne International 

6 Development Fellowship Program. 

7 (e) ANNUAL UPDATES.—Not later than one year 

8 after the publication of the report under subsection (a), 

9 and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall provide a re10 port to the public, which may be included in another an11 nual report required under another provision of law, that 

12 includes, in a searchable database format— 

13 (1) demographic data and information on the 

14 status of diversity and inclusion efforts of the De15 partment; 

16 (2) an analysis of applicant flow data; and 

17 (3) demographic data relating to participants in 

18 professional development programs of the Depart19 ment and the rate of placement into senior positions 

20 for participants in such programs. 

21 SEC. 403. EXIT INTERVIEWS OR SURVEYS. 

22 (a) RETAINED MEMBERS.—The Director General of 

23 the Foreign Service should conduct periodic interviews or 

24 surveys with a representative and diverse cross-section of 

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1 (1) to understand the reasons of the members 

2 for remaining in a position in the Department; and 

3 (2) to receive feedback on workplace policies, 

4 professional development opportunities, and other 

5 issues affecting the decision of the members to re6 main in the Department. 

7 (b) DEPARTING MEMBERS.—The Director General of 

8 the Foreign Service shall provide an opportunity for an 

9 exit interview or survey to each member of the workforce 

10 of the Department who separates from service with the 

11 Department to better understand the member’s reasons 

12 for leaving such service. 

13 (c) USE OF ANALYSIS FROM INTERVIEWS AND SUR14 VEYS.—The Director General of the Foreign Service shall 

15 analyze information obtained through interviews and sur16 veys under subsections (a) and (b) to determine— 

17 (1) if and how the diversity of those partici18 pating in such interviews and surveys impacts the 

19 results; and 

20 (2) whether to implement any policy changes or 

21 make any recommendations as part of the report re22 quired under section 402. 

23 (d) TRACKING DATA.—The Department shall— 

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1 rate of placement into senior positions for partici2 pants in such programs; 

3 (2) annually evaluate such data— 

4 (A) to identify ways to improve outreach 

5 and recruitment for such programs, consistent 

6 with merit system principles; and 

7 (B) to understand how participation in any 

8 program offered or sponsored by the Depart9 ment under paragraph (1) differs among the di10 versity groups of the workforce; and 

11 (3) actively encourage participation from a 

12 range of demographic categories, especially from cat13 egories with consistently low participation. 

14 SEC. 404. RECRUITMENT. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary should— 

16 (1) continue to seek a diverse and talented pool 

17 of applicants; and 

18 (2) instruct the Director of Human Resources 

19 to have a diversity recruitment goal, which should 

20 include outreach at appropriate colleges, universities, 

21 diversity organizations, and professional associa22 tions. 

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1 (1) recruiting at historically Black colleges and 

2 universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, women’s 

3 colleges, and colleges that typically serve majority 

4 minority populations; 

5 (2) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in 

6 urban communities; 

7 (3) placing job advertisements in newspapers, 

8 magazines, and job sites oriented toward diverse 

9 groups; 

10 (4) providing opportunities through highly re11 spected, international leadership programs, that 

12 focus on diversity recruitment and retention; and 

13 (5) cultivating partnerships with organizations 

14 dedicated to the advancement of the profession of 

15 international affairs and national security to advance 

16 shared diversity goals. 

17 SEC. 405. PAYNE FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZATION. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Undergraduate and graduate 

19 components of the Donald M. Payne International Devel20 opment Fellowship Program may conduct outreach to at21 tract outstanding students who represent diverse ethnic 

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1 (b) REVIEW OF PAST PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 

2 shall review past programs designed to increase minority 

3 representation in international affairs positions. 

4 SEC. 406. VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title should be 

6 construed so as to compel any employee to participate in 

7 the collection of the data or divulge any personal informa8 tion. Department employees shall be informed that their 

9 participation in the data collection contemplated by this 

10 title is voluntary. 

11 (b) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Any data collected 

12 under this title shall be subject to the relevant privacy pro13 tection statutes and regulations applicable to Federal em14 ployees. 

15 TITLE V—INFORMATION 

16 SECURITY 

17 SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this title: 

19 (1) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT20 TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit21 tees’’ means— 

22 (A) the appropriate congressional commit23 tees; 

24 (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 

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1 (C) the Permanent Select Committee on 

2 Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

3 (2) VIOLATION.—The term ‘‘violation’’ means 

4 any knowing, willful, or negligent action— 

5 (A) that could reasonably be expected to 

6 result in an unauthorized disclosure of classified 

7 information; 

8 (B) to classify or continue the classifica9 tion of information contrary to the require10 ments of an active Executive order or its imple11 menting directives; or 

12 (C) to create or continue a special access 

13 program contrary to the requirements of an ac14 tive Executive order. 

15 SEC. 502. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM SECURITY. 

16 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) INCIDENT.—The term ‘‘incident’’ has the 

18 meaning given the term in section 3552(b) of title 

19 44, United States Code. 

20 (2) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘infor21 mation system’’ has the meaning given the term in 

22 section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. 

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1 sors attempt to circumvent or defeat the security 

2 features of an information system. 

3 (b) CONSULTATIONS PROCESS.—Not later than 60 

4 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec5 retary shall establish a process for conducting semiannual 

6 consultations with the Secretary of Defense, the Director 

7 of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Secu8 rity, and any other department or agency representative 

9 that the Secretary determines to be appropriate regarding 

10 the security of United States Government and nongovern11 mental information systems used or operated by the De12 partment, a contractor of the Department, or another or13 ganization on behalf of the Department, including any 

14 such systems or networks facilitating the use of sensitive 

15 or classified information. 

16 (c) INDEPENDENT PENETRATION TESTING OF IN17 FORMATION SYSTEMS.—In coordination with the consulta18 tions under subsection (b), the Secretary shall commission 

19 independent, semiannual penetration tests, which shall be 

20 carried out by an appropriate Federal agency other than 

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1 formation systems, including malicious intrusions by any 

2 unauthorized individual, state actor, or other entity. 

3 (d) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the require4 ment under subsection (c) for up to 180 days if the Sec5 retary— 

6 (1) determines that such requirement would 

7 have adverse effects on national security or the dip8 lomatic mission of the Department; and 

9 (2) not later than 30 days after the commence10 ment of such a waiver, submits a written justifica11 tion to the relevant congressional committees that 

12 describes how such penetration tests would under13 mine national security or the diplomatic mission of 

14 the Department. 

15 (e) INCIDENT REPORTING.—Not later than 180 days 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 

17 days thereafter for five years, the Secretary, in consulta18 tion with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the 

19 National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

20 and any other department or agency representative that 

21 the Secretary determines to be appropriate, shall securely 

22 submit a classified report to the relevant congressional 

23 committees that describes in detail— 

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1 fied in subsection (b) that occurred during the 180- 

2 day period immediately preceding the date of the en3 actment of this Act; and 

4 (2) for all subsequent reporting periods, all 

5 known and suspected incidents of the information 

6 systems specified in subsection (b) that occurred 

7 since the submission of the most recent report. 

8 (f) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (e) 

9 shall include, for the relevant reporting period— 

10 (1) a description of the relevant information 

11 system, as specified in subsection (b), that experi12 enced a known or suspected incident; 

13 (2) an assessment of the date and time each 

14 such incident occurred; 

15 (3) an assessment of the duration over which 

16 each such incident took place, including whether it 

17 is ongoing; 

18 (4) an assessment of the volume and sensitivity 

19 of information accessed, compromised, or potentially 

20 compromised by each incident, including any such 

21 information contained on information systems 

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1 (5) an assessment of whether such information 

2 system was compromised by a malicious intrusion, 

3 including an assessment of— 

4 (A) the known or suspected perpetrators, 

5 including state actors; 

6 (B) the methods used to carry out the inci7 dent; and 

8 (C) the known or suspected intent of the 

9 actors in accessing the information system; and 

10 (6) a description of the actions the Department 

11 has taken or plans to take, including timelines and 

12 descriptions of any progress on plans described in 

13 prior reports, to prevent future, similar incidents of 

14 such information systems. 

15 (g) INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT.—The Sec16 retary shall— 

17 (1) notify the Inspector General for the Depart18 ment of State and the Broadcasting Board of Gov19 ernors about all planned penetration tests required 

20 under subsection (c); and 

21 (2) provide the Inspector General for the De22 partment of State and the Broadcasting Board of 

23 Governors with any reports, conclusions, or analyses 

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1 SEC. 503. IMPROVING FOIA PROCESS. 

2 (a) REFORM PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub4 mit a plan to the relevant congressional committees that 

5 describes how the reforms described in subsection (b) will 

6 be completed within one year after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act. 

8 (b) REFORMS.—The Secretary, in consultation with 

9 the Director of National Intelligence, shall develop and im10 plement a cost-effective plan for training and maintaining 

11 an appropriate number of officials of the Department in— 

12 (1) the identification of marked or unmarked 

13 classified information in documents or media subject 

14 to requests under section 552 of title 5, United 

15 States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Freedom 

16 of Information Act’’), including information origi17 nating with the intelligence community; and 

18 (2) appropriate procedures for coordinating 

19 with intelligence officials to ensure that such offi20 cials have an opportunity to make a classification 

21 determination regarding the classification status and 

22 level, if any, of any information potentially origi23 nating with the intelligence community. 

24 (c) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 14 months 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector 

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1 with the Inspector General of the Department of State 

2 and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, shall— 

3 (1) review the Department’s implementation of 

4 the plan required under subsection (a); and 

5 (2) submit a report to the relevant congres6 sional committees that assesses the extent to which 

7 the Department has implemented the reforms re8 quired under subsection (b). 

9 SEC. 504. ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY VIOLATIONS. 

10 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there12 after for five years, the Secretary shall submit a report 

13 to the relevant congressional committees that includes in14 formation on the security violations that occurred during 

15 the most recently completed fiscal year, including the un16 authorized transfer of marked or unmarked classified in17 formation into documents, electronic media or systems, 

18 electronic transmissions, or other records or storage not 

19 certified for the handling, storage, or transmittal of such 

20 information. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—The reporting of security violations 

22 submitted under subsection (a) shall include— 

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1 ing the number of violations that occurred within 

2 each office or bureau of the Department; 

3 (2) the number of violations where there was an 

4 indication that classified information was com5 promised or potentially compromised; 

6 (3) the number of violations committed by an 

7 employee with a history of one or more prior viola8 tions; and 

9 (4) the number and nature of actions taken by 

10 the Department in response to security violations, 

11 including— 

12 (A) disciplinary actions taken or criminal 

13 referrals; and 

14 (B) the administration of remedial training 

15 in response to any violation or violations. 

16 SEC. 505. CLASSIFIED INFORMATION SPILLAGE. 

17 (a) DETECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

18 SPILLAGE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 

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

20 to the relevant congressional committees that describes 

21 how the reforms described in subsection (b) will be com22 pleted within one year after the date of the enactment of 

23 this Act. 

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1 develop a training program for appropriate officials of the 

2 Bureau of Diplomatic Security in the best practices for 

3 detecting and recognizing classified information spillage, 

4 including information originating from the Intelligence 

5 Community. 

6 (c) RANDOMIZED SAMPLING TO DETECT SPILL7 AGE.—The officials receiving the training described in 

8 subsection (b) shall, not less frequently than quarterly— 

9 (1) collect statistically valid random samples of 

10 electronic mail sent by or received from employees of 

11 the Department who hold a security clearance grant12 ing such employees authorized access to information 

13 classified at the level of Secret or above; and 

14 (2) use such samples, in a manner provided for 

15 in the training described in subsection (b), to detect 

16 classified information spillage as part of the Depart17 ment’s program for safeguarding classified informa18 tion. 

19 (d) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 90 days after 

20 the implementation of the training program described in 

21 subsection (b), the Inspector General for the Department 

22 of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, in con23 sultation with the Inspector General for the Intelligence 

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1 (1) conduct an audit of the program and activi2 ties carried out under this section; and 

3 (2) submit a report containing the results of 

4 the audit conducted under paragraph (1) to the rel5 evant congressional committees. 

6 SEC. 506. EMERGENCY REFRESHER TRAINING ON THE HAN7 DLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 

8 (a) EMERGENCY REFRESHER TRAINING.—Except as 

9 provided in subsection (d), not later than 180 days after 

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

11 submit a written certification to the relevant congressional 

12 committees that all Department personnel who possess a 

13 security clearance have completed special emergency re14 fresher training, developed by the Secretary, in consulta15 tion with the Director of National Intelligence, in the rules 

16 and procedures governing the appropriate identification 

17 and handling of classified information, including informa18 tion originating from the Intelligence Community. 

19 (b) CERTIFICATION BY PERSONNEL UNDERGOING

20 TRAINING.—Each employee of the Department who un21 dergoes the training required under subsection (a) shall 

22 certify in writing that the employee— 

23 (1) has received such training; 

24 (2) has read and understands the rules and 

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1 formation, including information originating from 

2 the Intelligence Community; 

3 (3) understands the grave responsibilities ac4 companying the privilege of access to classified infor5 mation; and 

6 (4) commits to following such rules and proce7 dures, under penalty of all applicable laws, regula8 tions, and policies of the Department. 

9 (c) PRIORITIZATION.—In administering the emer10 gency refresher training required under subsection (a), the 

11 Secretary shall prioritize the retraining of employees in 

12 the following order: 

13 (1) Employees who possess a security clearance 

14 at the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Infor15 mation level. 

16 (2) Employees who possess a security clearance 

17 at the Top Secret level. 

18 (3) Employees who possess a security clearance 

19 at the Secret level. 

20 (4) Employees who possess a security clearance 

21 at the Confidential Information level. 

22 (d) DELAY IN TRAINING.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may delay the 

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1 cific official or employee of the Department or any 

2 group of officials or employees, up to the level of an 

3 individual office, if the Secretary considers such 

4 delay to be critical to the foreign policy interests of 

5 the United States. 

6 (2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 

7 days after authorizing a delay under paragraph (1) 

8 the Secretary shall submit a written notice of such 

9 delay, including a justification for the delay, to the 

10 relevant congressional committees. 

11 TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

12 SEC. 601. AMERICAN SPACES REVIEW. 

13 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

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

15 shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 

16 committees that includes— 

17 (1) the full costs incurred by the Department to 

18 provide American Spaces, including— 

19 (A) American Centers, American Corners, 

20 Binational Centers, Information Resource Cen21 ters, and Science Centers; and 

22 (B) the total costs of all associated— 

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1 States civilian personnel, and locally em2 ployed staff; 

3 (ii) programming expenses; 

4 (iii) operating expenses; 

5 (iv) contracting expenses; and 

6 (v) security expenses; 

7 (2) a breakdown of the total costs described in 

8 paragraph (1) by each space and type of space; 

9 (3) the total fees collected for entry to, or the 

10 use of, American Spaces and related resources, in11 cluding a breakdown by the type of fee for each 

12 space and type of space; 

13 (4) the total usage rates, including by type of 

14 service, for each space and type of space; and 

15 (5) an assessment of the significance, utility, 

16 and benefit of the American Spaces program in pro17 moting mutual understanding and the value of 

18 American culture. 

19 SEC. 602. IMPROVING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF 

20 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

22 (1) conduct regular research and evaluation of 

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1 tions, to plan and execute such programs and activi2 ties; and 

3 (2) make the findings of the research and eval4 uations conducted under paragraph (1) available to 

5 Congress. 

6 (b) DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

7 (1) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec9 retary shall appoint a Director of Research and 

10 Evaluation in the Office of Policy, Planning, and 

11 Resources for the Under Secretary for Public Diplo12 macy and Public Affairs. 

13 (2) LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT.—The ap14 pointment of a Director of Research and Evaluation 

15 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not result in an in16 crease in the overall full-time equivalent positions 

17 within the Department. 

18 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of Re19 search and Evaluation shall— 

20 (A) coordinate and oversee the research 

21 and evaluation of public diplomacy programs of 

22 the Department— 

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1 (ii) to ensure that programs are in2 creasing the knowledge, understanding, 

3 and trust of the United States by relevant 

4 target audiences; 

5 (B) report to the Director of Policy and 

6 Planning; 

7 (C) routinely organize and oversee audi8 ence research, digital analytics, and impact 

9 evaluations across all public diplomacy bureaus 

10 and offices of the Department; 

11 (D) support embassy public affairs sec12 tions; 

13 (E) share appropriate public diplomacy re14 search and evaluation information within the 

15 Department and with other Federal depart16 ments and agencies; 

17 (F) regularly design and coordinate stand18 ardized research questions, methodologies, and 

19 procedures to ensure that public diplomacy ac20 tivities across all public diplomacy bureaus and 

21 offices are designed to meet appropriate foreign 

22 policy objectives; and 

23 (G) report quarterly to the United States 

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1 search and Evaluation established pursuant to 

2 subsection (e), regarding the research and eval3 uation of all public diplomacy bureaus and of4 fices of the Department. 

5 (4) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—Not later than 

6 180 days after the appointment of the Director of 

7 Research and Evaluation pursuant to paragraph (1), 

8 the Director shall create guidance and training for 

9 all public diplomacy officers regarding the reading 

10 and interpretation of public diplomacy program eval11 uation findings to ensure that such findings and les12 sons learned are implemented in the planning and 

13 evaluation of all public diplomacy programs and ac14 tivities throughout the Department. 

15 (c) PRIORITIZING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of Policy, 

17 Planning, and Resources shall ensure that research 

18 and evaluation, as coordinated and overseen by the 

19 Director of Research and Evaluation, supports stra20 tegic planning and resource allocation across all pub21 lic diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department. 

22 (2) ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.—Amounts al23 located for the purposes of research and evaluation 

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1 disbursed at the direction of the Director of Re2 search and Evaluation among the research and eval3 uation staff across all public diplomacy bureaus and 

4 offices of the Department. 

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

6 Congress that the Department should allocate, for 

7 the purposes of research and evaluation of public di8 plomacy activities and programs pursuant to sub9 section (a)— 

10 (A) 3 to 5 percent of program funds made 

11 available under the heading ‘‘EDUCATIONAL

12 AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS’’; and 

13 (B) 3 to 5 percent of program funds allo14 cated for public diplomacy programs under the 

15 heading ‘‘DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PRO16 GRAMS’’. 

17 (d) LIMITED EXEMPTION.—Chapter 35 of title 44, 

18 United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork 

19 Reduction Act’’), shall not apply to collections of informa20 tion directed at foreign individuals conducted by, or on 

21 behalf of, the Department for the purpose of audience re22 search and impact evaluations, in accordance with the re23 quirements under this section and in connection with the 

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1 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) or the Mutual Educational 

2 and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et 

3 seq.). 

4 (e) LIMITED EXEMPTION TO THE PRIVACY ACT.— 

5 The Department shall maintain, collect, use, and dissemi6 nate records (as such term is defined in section 552a(a)(4) 

7 of title 5, United States Code) for research and data anal8 ysis of public diplomacy efforts intended for foreign audi9 ences. Such research and data analysis shall be reasonably 

10 tailored to meet the purposes of this subsection and shall 

11 be carried out with due regard for privacy and civil lib12 erties guidance and oversight. 

13 (f) ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLO14 MACY.— 

15 (1) SUBCOMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH AND EVAL16 UATION.—The Advisory Commission on Public Di17 plomacy shall establish a Subcommittee for Research 

18 and Evaluation to monitor and advise on the re19 search and evaluation activities of the Department 

20 and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

21 (2) REPORT.—The Subcommittee for Research 

22 and Evaluation established pursuant to paragraph 

23 (1) shall submit an annual report to Congress in 

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1 formance of the Department and the Broadcasting 

2 Board of Governors in carrying out research and 

3 evaluations of their respective public diplomacy pro4 gramming. 

5 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) AUDIENCE RESEARCH.—The term ‘‘audi7 ence research’’ means research conducted at the out8 set of public diplomacy program or campaign plan9 ning and design on specific audience segments to un10 derstand the attitudes, interests, knowledge, and be11 haviors of such audience segments. 

12 (2) DIGITAL ANALYTICS.—The term ‘‘digital 

13 analytics’’ means the analysis of qualitative and 

14 quantitative data, accumulated in digital format, to 

15 indicate the outputs and outcomes of a public diplo16 macy program or campaign. 

17 (3) IMPACT EVALUATION.—The term ‘‘impact 

18 evaluation’’ means an assessment of the changes in 

19 the audience targeted by a public diplomacy program 

20 or campaign that can be attributed to such program 

21 or campaign. 

22 TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC 

23 CORRUPTION 

24 SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS. 

25 In this title: 


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1 (1) CORRUPT ACTOR.—The term ‘‘corrupt 

2 actor’’ means— 

3 (A) any foreign person or entity that is a 

4 government official or government entity re5 sponsible for, or complicit in, an act of public 

6 corruption; and 

7 (B) any company, in which a person or en8 tity described in subparagraph (A) has a sig9 nificant stake, which is responsible for, or 

10 complicit in, an act of public corruption. 

11 (2) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘foreign 

12 assistance’’ means assistance made available 

13 under— 

14 (A) the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

15 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); or 

16 (B) the Arms Export Control Act (22 

17 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). 

18 (3) GRAND CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘grand 

19 corruption’’ means public corruption committed at a 

20 high level of government that— 

21 (A) distorts policies or the central func22 tioning of the country; and 

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1 (4) PETTY CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘petty cor2 ruption’’ means the unlawful exercise of entrusted 

3 public power for private gain by low- or mid-level 

4 public officials in their interactions with ordinary 

5 citizens, including by bribery, nepotism, fraud, or 

6 embezzlement. 

7 (5) PUBLIC CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘public 

8 corruption’’ means the unlawful exercise of entrusted 

9 public power for private gain, including by bribery, 

10 nepotism, fraud, or embezzlement. 

11 SEC. 702. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

12 It is the sense of Congress that— 

13 (1) it is in the foreign policy interest of the 

14 United States to help other countries promote good 

15 governance and combat public corruption, particu16 larly grand corruption; 

17 (2) multiple departments and agencies across 

18 the United States Government operate programs 

19 that promote good governance in foreign countries 

20 and enhance foreign countries’ ability to combat 

21 public corruption; 

22 (3) the Department should promote coordina23 tion among programs described in paragraph (2) to 

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1 (4) the Department should identify areas in 

2 which United States efforts to help other countries 

3 promote good governance and combat public corrup4 tion could be enhanced. 

5 SEC. 703. ANNUAL REPORT. 

6 The Secretary shall annually submit to the appro7 priate congressional committees and publish, on a publicly 

8 accessible website, a report that— 

9 (1) groups foreign countries, by quintile, based 

10 on— 

11 (A) the World Bank Worldwide Govern12 ance Indicator on Control of Corruption; and 

13 (B) the World Bank Worldwide Govern14 ance Indicator on Voice and Accountability; 

15 (2) adds context and commentary, as appro16 priate, to the World Bank Worldwide Governance 

17 Indicator on Control of Corruption and the World 

18 Bank Worldwide Governance Indicator on Voice and 

19 Accountability groupings under paragraph (1), as 

20 appropriate, based on the factors outlined in section 

21 704; 

22 (3) describes, based on the World Bank World23 wide Governance Indicators and the factors outlined 

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1 (4) describes the status of each foreign coun2 try’s active membership in voluntary multi-sectoral 

3 global governance initiatives as evidence of the coun4 try’s government-led efforts to combat public corrup5 tion. 

6 SEC. 704. ADDITIONAL FACTORS FOR ASSESSING GOVERN7 MENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT PUBLIC COR8 RUPTION. 

9 (a) FACTORS FOR ASSESSING GOVERNMENT EF10 FORTS TO COMBAT PUBLIC CORRUPTION.—In assessing 

11 a government’s efforts to combat public corruption, the 

12 Secretary should consider, to the extent reliable informa13 tion is available— 

14 (1) whether the country— 

15 (A) has enacted laws and established gov16 ernment structures, policies, and practices that 

17 prohibit public corruption, including grand cor18 ruption and petty corruption; and 

19 (B) enforces such laws through a fair judi20 cial process; 

21 (2) whether the country prescribes appropriate 

22 punishment for grand corruption that is commensu23 rate with the punishment prescribed for serious 

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1 (3) whether the country prescribes appropriate 

2 punishment for petty corruption that provides a suf3 ficiently stringent deterrent and adequately reflects 

4 the nature of the offense; 

5 (4) the extent to which the government of the 

6 country— 

7 (A) vigorously investigates and prosecutes 

8 acts of public corruption; and 

9 (B) convicts and sentences persons respon10 sible for such acts that take place wholly or 

11 partly within such country, including, as appro12 priate, requiring the incarceration of individuals 

13 convicted of such acts; 

14 (5) the extent to which the government of the 

15 country vigorously investigates, prosecutes, convicts, 

16 and sentences public officials who participate in or 

17 facilitate public corruption, including nationals of 

18 the country who are deployed in foreign military as19 signments, trade delegations abroad, or other similar 

20 missions who engage in or facilitate severe forms of 

21 public corruption; 

22 (6) the extent to which the government of the 

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1 public, including potential victims, about the causes 

2 and consequences of public corruption; 

3 (7) steps taken by the government of the coun4 try to prohibit government officials from partici5 pating in, facilitating, or condoning public corrup6 tion, including the investigation, prosecution, and 

7 conviction of such officials; 

8 (8) the extent to which the country government 

9 provides access, or, as appropriate, makes adequate 

10 resources available, to civil society organizations and 

11 other institutions to combat public corruption, in12 cluding reporting, investigating, and monitoring; 

13 (9) the extent to which an independent judici14 ary or judicial body in the country is responsible for, 

15 and effectively capable of, deciding public corruption 

16 cases impartially, on the basis of facts and in ac17 cordance with the law, without any improper restric18 tions, influences, inducements, pressures, threats, or 

19 interferences (direct or indirect) from any source or 

20 for any reason; 

21 (10) the extent to which the government of the 

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1 tion, including cooperating with the governments of 

2 other countries to extradite corrupt actors; 

3 (11) the extent to which the government of the 

4 country recognizes the rights of victims of public 

5 corruption, ensures their access to justice, and takes 

6 steps to prevent victims from being further victim7 ized or persecuted by corrupt actors, government of8 ficials, or others; 

9 (12) the extent to which the government of the 

10 country refrains from prosecuting legitimate victims 

11 of public corruption or whistleblowers due to such 

12 persons having assisted in exposing public corrup13 tion, and refrains from other discriminatory treat14 ment of such persons; and 

15 (13) such other information relating to public 

16 corruption as the Secretary considers appropriate. 

17 SEC. 705. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 

18 POINTS OF CONTACT. 

19 (a) DESIGNATED COUNTRIES.—The Secretary shall 

20 annually designate an anti-corruption point of contact at 

21 the United States Mission to each country that he or she 

22 determines is in need of such a point of contact. 

23 (b) POINTS OF CONTACT DUTIES.—Each designated 

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1 public corruption in his or her posted country among rel2 evant United States Government departments or agencies 

3 with a presence in that country, including, as applicable, 

4 the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the 

5 Department of the Treasury, the Department of Home6 land Security, and USAID. 

7 (c) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall develop and im8 plement appropriate training for designated anti-corrup9 tion points of contact. 

10 (d) INTERNAL REPORTING.—Each anti-corruption 

11 point of contact shall submit an annual report to the Sec12 retary regarding anti-corruption activities within his or 

13 her posted country that— 

14 (1) evaluates the effectiveness of current pro15 grams that promote good governance and have an 

16 effect of combating public corruption; and 

17 (2) identifies areas in which the United States 

18 Government’s approach could be enhanced, including 

19 specific programs that could be used to enhance the 

20 whole-of-government approach. 

21 SEC. 706. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall have primary 

23 responsibility for managing a whole-of-government effort 

24 to improve coordination among United States Government 

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1 good governance in foreign countries and enhancing for2 eign countries’ ability to combat public corruption. 

3 (b) TASK FORCE.— 

4 (1) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 180 

5 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

6 Secretary shall establish and convene an initial 

7 meeting of an interagency task force, which shall be 

8 composed of— 

9 (A) representatives appointed by the Presi10 dent from the departments and agency listed in 

11 section 705(b); and 

12 (B) representatives from any other United 

13 States Government departments or agencies, as 

14 determined by the Secretary. 

15 (2) ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.—The task force 

16 described in paragraph (1) shall meet not less fre17 quently than twice per year. 

18 (c) TASK FORCE DUTIES.—The task force estab19 lished pursuant to subsection (b) shall— 

20 (1) assist the Secretary in managing the whole21 of-government effort described in subsection (a); 

22 (2) evaluate, on a general basis, the effective23 ness of current programs that have an effect of com24 bating public corruption; 


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1 (3) identify general areas in which the United 

2 States Government’s approach could be enhanced; 

3 and 

4 (4) identify specific programs for specific coun5 tries that could be used to enhance the whole-of-gov6 ernment approach. 

7 SEC. 707. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after pub9 lishing the report required under section 703, and prior 

10 to obligation by any United States agency of foreign as11 sistance to the government of a country ranked in the low12 est 2 quintiles in the World Bank Worldwide Governance 

13 Indicator on Control of Corruption grouping described in 

14 section 703(1), the Secretary, in coordination with the Ad15 ministrator of USAID, as appropriate, shall— 

16 (1) conduct a corruption risk assessment and 

17 create a corruption mitigation strategy for all United 

18 States foreign assistance programs to that country; 

19 (2) require the inclusion of anti-corruption 

20 clauses for all foreign assistance contracts, grants, 

21 and cooperative agreements, which allow for the ter22 mination of the contract, grant, or cooperative 

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1 (3) require the inclusion of appropriate 

2 clawback clauses for all foreign assistance that has 

3 been misappropriated through corruption; 

4 (4) require the appropriate disclosure to the 

5 United States Government, in confidential form, if 

6 necessary, of the beneficial ownership of contractors, 

7 subcontractors, grantees, cooperative agreement par8 ticipants, and other organizations receiving funding 

9 from the United States Government for foreign as10 sistance programs; and 

11 (5) establish a mechanism for investigating alle12 gations of misappropriated foreign assistance funds 

13 or equipment. 

14 (b) EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVER.— 

15 (1) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not 

16 apply to humanitarian assistance, disaster assist17 ance, or assistance to combat corruption. 

18 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the re19 quirement to delay foreign assistance under sub20 section (a) if the Secretary certifies to the appro21 priate congressional committees that such waiver is 

22 important to the national security interests of the 

23 United States. 

24 SEC. 708. RESOURCES AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

25 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an3 nually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report 

4 to the appropriate congressional committees that 

5 outlines the resources needed to meet the objectives 

6 of this title, including— 

7 (A) personnel needs; and 

8 (B) a description of the bureaucratic struc9 ture of the offices within the Department and 

10 USAID that are engaged in anti-corruption ac11 tivities. 

12 (b) ANNUAL BRIEFING.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an15 nually thereafter, the Secretary shall brief the ap16 propriate congressional committees on the implemen17 tation of this title, including— 

18 (A) the designation of anti-corruption 

19 points of contact for countries under section 

20 705(a); 

21 (B) the training implemented under sec22 tion 705(c); 

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1 (D) the management of the whole-of-gov2 ernment effort to improve coordination under 

3 section 706(a); 

4 (E) the establishment of the task force 

5 under section 706(b); and 

6 (F) the activities of the task force under 

7 section 706(c). 

8 (2) FORM OF BRIEFING.—The briefings under 

9 subsection (b) shall be conducted on an in-person 

10 basis to members or staff of the appropriate con11 gressional committees. Portions of the briefings may 

12 be conducted in a classified setting, as needed. 

13 (c) ONLINE PLATFORM.—The Secretary and the 

14 USAID Administrator shall consolidate existing reports 

15 with anti-corruption components into one online, public 

16 platform, which shall— 

17 (1) include— 

18 (A) the Human Rights Report; 

19 (B) the Fiscal Transparency Report; 

20 (C) the Investment Climate Statement re21 ports; 

22 (D) the International Narcotics Control 

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1 (2) link to third-party indicators and compli2 ance mechanisms used by the United States Govern3 ment to inform policy and programming, such as— 

4 (A) the International Finance Corpora5 tion’s Doing Business surveys; 

6 (B) the International Budget Partnership’s 

7 Open Budget Index; and 

8 (C) multilateral peer review anti-corruption 

9 compliance mechanisms, such as the 

10 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and 

11 Development’s Working Group on Bribery in 

12 International Business Transactions and the 

13 United Nations Convention Against Corruption, 

14 done at New York October 31, 2003, to further 

15 highlight expert international views on country 

16 challenges and country efforts. 

17 (d) TRAINING.—The Secretary and the USAID Ad18 ministrator shall incorporate anti-corruption components 

19 into existing Foreign Service and Civil Service training 

20 courses— 

21 (1) to increase the ability of Department and 

22 USAID personnel to support anti-corruption as a 

23 foreign policy and development priority; and 

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1 programming around the world, including enhancing 

2 skills to better evaluate and mitigate public corrup3 tion risks in assistance programs. 

4 TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 

5 SEC. 801. RECURRING REPORTS. 

6 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact7 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a list to the 

8 appropriate congressional committees that identifies all re9 curring reports that the Department is statutorily re10 quired to complete, including a statutory citation and brief 

11 description of each such report. 

12 SEC. 802. CASE-ZABLOCKI REFORM. 

13 Section 112b(b) of title 1, United States Code, is 

14 amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(b) Each department or agency of the United States 

16 Government that enters into any international agreement 

17 described in subsection (a), on behalf of the United States, 

18 shall designate a Chief International Agreements Officer, 

19 who— 

20 ‘‘(1) shall be a current employee of such depart21 ment or agency; 

22 ‘‘(2) shall serve concurrently as Chief Inter23 national Agreements Officer; and 

24 ‘‘(3) subject to the authority of the head of the 

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1 agency-wide responsibility for efficient and appro2 priate compliance with subsection (a) to transmit the 

3 text of any international agreement to the Depart4 ment of State not later than 20 days after such 

5 agreement has been signed.’’. 

6 SEC. 803. REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO REC7 OMMENDATIONS. 

8 (a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 

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

10 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit11 tees that lists all of the Government Accountability Of12 fice’s recommendations relating to the Department that 

13 have not been fully implemented. 

14 (b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later 

15 than 30 days after the Secretary submits the report under 

16 subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 

17 States shall submit a report to the appropriate congres18 sional committees that identifies any discrepancies be19 tween the list of recommendations included in such report 

20 and the Government Accountability Office’s list of out21 standing recommendations for the Department. 

22 (c) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 

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1 gressional committees that describes the implemen2 tation status of each recommendation from the Gov3 ernment Accountability Office included in the report 

4 submitted under subsection (a). 

5 (2) JUSTIFICATION.—The report under para6 graph (1) shall include— 

7 (A) a detailed justification for each deci8 sion not to fully implement a recommendation 

9 or to implement a recommendation in a dif10 ferent manner than specified by the Govern11 ment Accountability Office; 

12 (B) a timeline for the full implementation 

13 of any recommendation the Secretary has de14 cided to adopt, but has not yet fully imple15 mented; and 

16 (C) an explanation for any discrepancies 

17 included in the Comptroller General report sub18 mitted under subsection (b). 

19 (d) FORM.—The information required in each report 

20 under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

21 to the maximum extent practicable, but may be included 

22 in a classified annex to the extent necessary. 

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