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Calendar No. 210 

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 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 

Reported by Mr. CORKER, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

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: 


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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. 

Sec. 103. Sense of Congress regarding need for congressional authorization prior 

to USAID reorganization. 

Sec. 103104. National diplomacy and development strategy. 

Sec. 104105. Office of Global Women’s Issues. 

Sec. 105106. Office of International Religious Freedom. 

Sec. 106107. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 

Sec. 107108. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. 

Sec. 108109. 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. 

Sec. 307. Sense of Congress regarding certain fellowship programs. 

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. 


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

Sec. 507. Prohibition on contracting with certain telecommunications providers. 

Sec. 508. Report on contracts with Kaspersky Labs and Huawei. 

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. 

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. 


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1 (2) DEPARTMENT.—Unless otherwise specified, 

2 the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of 

3 State. 

4 (3) SECRETARY.—Unless otherwise specified, 

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

6 TITLE I—ORGANIZATION OF THE 

7 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

8 SEC. 101. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF DE9 PARTMENT OF STATE’S WORK. 

10 It is the sense of Congress that— 

11 (1) United States global engagement is key to 

12 a stable and prosperous world; 

13 (2) United States leadership is indispensable in 

14 light of the many complex and interconnected 

15 threats facing the United States and the world; 

16 (3) challenges such as the global refugee and 

17 migration crises, terrorism, historic famine and food 

18 insecurity, and fragile or repressive societies cannot 

19 be addressed without sustained and robust United 

20 States diplomatic and development leadership; 

21 (4) the United States Government must use all 

22 of the instruments of national security and foreign 

23 policy at our disposal to protect United States citi24 zens, promote United States interests and values, 

25 and support global stability and prosperity; 


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1 (5) United States security and prosperity de2 pend on having partners and allies who share our in3 terests and values, and these partnerships are nur4 tured through United States diplomatic engagement, 

5 security partnership, economic statecraft, and assist6 ance that helps to develop shared responses to nat7 ural and humanitarian disasters, economic develop8 ment, and good governance, including the rule of law 

9 and democratic institutions; 

10 (6) as the United States Government agencies 

11 primarily charged with conducting diplomacy and 

12 development, the Department and the United States 

13 Agency for International Development (USAID) re14 quire sustained, robust funding and resources to 

15 carry out this important work, which is essential to 

16 our ability to project United States leadership and 

17 values and to advance the United States interests 

18 around the world; 

19 (7) the work of the Department and USAID 

20 makes the United States and the world safer and 

21 more prosperous by alleviating global poverty and 

22 hunger, fighting HIV/AIDS and other infectious dis23 eases, strengthening alliances, expanding educational 

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1 tion efforts, driving economic development and 

2 trade, preventing armed conflicts and humanitarian 

3 crises, and creating American jobs and export oppor4 tunities; and 

5 (8) the Department and USAID are vital na6 tional security agencies, whose work is critical to the 

7 projection of American power and leadership world8 wide, and without which Americans would be less 

9 safe, our economic power would be diminished, and 

10 global stability and prosperity would suffer. 

11 SEC. 102. REORGANIZATION AUTHORITY. 

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

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

14 final Government-wide Reform Plan pursuant to the 

15 March 31, 2017 March 13, 2017, Executive Order 13781 

16 entitled, ‘‘Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Exec17 utive Branch’’, the Secretary, in coordination with the Di18 rector of OMB and the USAID Administrator, shall report 

19 to the appropriate congressional committees on the details 

20 of the plans for the reorganization of the Department and 

21 USAID. 

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

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

24 the following elements: 


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1 (1) The principles and goals of such reorganiza2 tion. 

3 (2) The justification for the reorganization. 

4 (3) An assessment of the projected impact of 

5 the reorganization. 

6 (4) Recommendations for any legislative au7 thorities required to implement the proposed reorga8 nization. 

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

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

11 the following elements: 

12 (1) The principles and goals of such reorganiza13 tion, including the timeline under which the proposed 

14 organizational changes will be implemented. 

15 (2) The justification for the reorganization, spe16 cifically with reference to the bureaus, offices, or posi17 tions of the Department or of USAID that would be 

18 proposed to be eliminated, created, or altered by such 

19 reorganization. 

20 (3) An assessment of the projected impact of the 

21 reorganization on United States diplomacy and devel22 opment efforts. 

23 (4) Recommendations for any legislative authori24 ties required to implement the proposed reorganiza25 tion. 


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

2 the notification referred to in subsection (a), the Sec3 retary, in coordination with the Director of OMB and the 

4 USAID Administrator, shall consult with the appropriate 

5 congressional committees regarding the reorganization 

6 plan. 

7 (d) REPORTING OR BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not 

8 later than 60 days after the notification referred to in sub9 section (a), the Secretary, in coordination with the Direc10 tor of OMB and the USAID Administrator, shall— 

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

12 congressional committees on how advice received 

13 pursuant to subsection (c) will be incorporated into 

14 the reform plan; or 

15 (2) submit the plan to such committees. 

16 (e) TEMPORARY LIMITATION.—The Department and 

17 USAID may not implement any provisions of the Govern18 ment-wide Reform Plan until 30 days after the plan is 

19 submitted pursuant to subsection (a). 

20 (e) TEMPORARY LIMITATION.—The Department and 

21 USAID shall not implement any provisions of the Govern22 ment-wide Reform Plan until 60 days after it is submitted 

23 by OMB. 

24 (f) LIMITATION.—Any plan for the reorganization of 

25 the Department and USAID— 


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1 (1) shall preserve the independence of USAID 

2 and its authority to directly oversee its mission to 

3 end extreme poverty and promote resilient, demo4 cratic societies, while advancing the security and 

5 prosperity of the United States; and 

6 (2) may not involve the subordination of USAID 

7 to the Department or any other Federal agency. 

8 (f)(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

9 section may be construed as superseding any law that re10 quires the establishment of certain bureaus and offices of 

11 the Department or USAID. 

12 SEC. 103. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NEED FOR 

13 CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION PRIOR TO 

14 USAID REORGANIZATION. 

15 It is the sense of Congress that, pursuant to section 

16 1413 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act 

17 of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6563), congressional authorization is a 

18 prerequisite to any reorganization of the United States 

19 Agency for International Development that would change 

20 its current status as an independent establishment within 

21 the Executive branch. 

22 SEC. 103104. NATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT 

23 STRATEGY. 

24 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con25 gress that— 


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1 (1) the latest iteration of the Joint Strategic 

2 Plan developed by the Department and USAID does 

3 not adequately address the strategic priorities of the 

4 United States, identify key threats and opportuni5 ties, or offer the rationale for making hard choices 

6 with regard to limited resources; and 

7 (2) additional requirements to the Joint Stra8 tegic Plan are necessary to encourage the develop9 ment of a national diplomacy and development strat10 egy, elements of which shall be provided to Congress 

11 in classified form. 

12 (b) ENHANCEMENT OF JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR

13 THE DEPARTMENT AND USAID.—In addition to meeting 

14 the requirements described in section 306 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, the strategic plan developed by the 

16 Department and USAID shall— 

17 (1) refer to and support the most recent na18 tional security strategy report submitted pursuant to 

19 section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 

20 (50 U.S.C. 3043); 

21 (2) be integrated and coordinated with other 

22 relevant national-level plans and with the strategic 

23 plans of other Federal departments and agencies, in24 cluding the current National Defense Strategy; 


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1 (3) prioritize the leading worldwide diplomatic 

2 and development interests and objectives of the 

3 United States and the leading threats and challenges 

4 associated with those interests and objectives; 

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

6 assistance approaches designed to support and fur7 ther the worldwide interests, goals, commitments, 

8 and policies that are vital to the national security of 

9 the United States; 

10 (5) describe how the diplomatic and develop11 ment community will utilize personnel, partnerships, 

12 alliances, industry, technology, international and 

13 nongovernmental organizations, and other capabili14 ties to execute the efforts described in paragraph 

15 (4); 

16 (6) outline the organizational roles and missions 

17 of the elements of the diplomatic and development 

18 community as part of an integrated enterprise, and 

19 how those elements coordinate and collaborate with 

20 other Federal departments and agencies supporting 

21 the national security strategy of the United States; 

22 (7) include an assessment of each bureau head23 ed by an Assistant Secretary of State or an Assist24 ant Administrator of USAID regarding its current 

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1 plan, including analysis of personnel, responsibilities, 

2 performance, and chain of management; 

3 (8) identify sources of strategic, institutional, 

4 programmatic, fiscal, and technological risk; 

5 (9) analyze factors that may affect the diplo6 matic and development community’s performance in 

7 pursuing the efforts described in paragraph (3 4) 

8 during the following 10-year period; and 

9 (10) identify extraordinary resources and statu10 tory authorities that may be necessary to implement 

11 this strategy. 

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

13 shall be transmitted in both classified and unclassified 

14 form. 

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

16 days after submission of the strategic plan required under 

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

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

19 the appropriate congressional committees and to the Com20 mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

21 of Representatives. 

22 SEC. 104105. OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES. 

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

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1 tion as the ‘‘Office’’), and place the Office within the De2 partment as the Secretary sees fit. 

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

4 of the United States Government, as directed by the Sec5 retary, regarding gender equality and advancing the status 

6 of women and girls in United States foreign policy. 

7 (c) DUTIES.—The Office— 

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

9 Secretary regarding gender equality, women’s em10 powerment, and violence against women and girls as 

11 a foreign policy matter; 

12 (2) should represent the United States in diplo13 matic and multilateral fora on matters relevant to 

14 the status of women and girls; 

15 (3) should advise the Secretary and provide 

16 input on all activities, policies, programs, and fund17 ing relating to gender equality and the advancement 

18 of women and girls internationally for all bureaus 

19 and offices of the Department and in the inter20 national programs of all other Federal agencies; 

21 (4) should work to ensure that efforts to ad22 vance gender equality and women’s empowerment 

23 are fully integrated into the programs, structures, 

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1 of the Department and in the international pro2 grams of other Federal agencies; 

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

4 resources to respond to needs for gender equality 

5 and empowerment of women in United States for6 eign policies and international programs; 

7 (6) may design, support, and implement activi8 ties regarding empowerment of women internation9 ally; and 

10 (7) should conduct regular consultation with 

11 civil society organizations working to advance gender 

12 equality and empower women and girls internation13 ally. 

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

15 by— an Ambassador-at-large for Global Women’s Issues 

16 who exercises significant authority, reports to the President 

17 or Secretary, and is appointed by the President or Sec18 retary with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

19 (1) a senior advisor to the appropriate Assist20 ant Secretary; or 

21 (2) an officer exercising significant authority 

22 who reports to the President or Secretary, appointed 

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

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

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1 a report or briefing to the appropriate congressional com2 mittees of the steps taken to fulfill the duties of the Office 

3 set forth in subsection (c). 

4 SEC. 105106. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE5 DOM. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(c)(4) of the Inter7 national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 

8 6411(c)(4)) is amended— 

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

10 and inserting a semicolon; 

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

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

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(C) shall supervise any special envoy, spe16 cial representative, or office with responsibility 

17 for protecting international religious freedom, 

18 protecting religious minorities, or advising the 

19 Secretary on matters relating to religion.’’. 

20 (b) IN GENERAL.—Section 59(a)(2) of the State De21 partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by 

22 adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

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

24 and integrated foreign policy regarding inter25 national religious freedom, the Special Envoy 


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1 shall be placed under the supervision of the 

2 Ambassador at Large for International Reli3 gious Freedom.’’. 

4 SEC. 106107. BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, 

5 AND LABOR. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of the ADVANCE De7 mocracy Act of 2007 (22 U.S.C. 8211 et seq.) is amended 

8 by adding at the end the following new section: 

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

10 LABOR. 

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There should shall be estab12 lished in the Department a Bureau of Democracy, Human 

13 Rights, and Labor (referred to in this section as the ‘Bu14 reau’), which should shall be headed by the Assistant Sec15 retary. All special envoys, ambassadors, and coordinators 

16 located within the Bureau shall report directly to the As17 sistant Secretary. 

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

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

20 human rights throughout the world in accordance 

21 with this subtitle; 

22 ‘‘(2) to promote the rule of law and good gov23 ernance throughout the world; 

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

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

2 Human Rights, in conjunction with embassies and 

3 regional bureaus; 

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

5 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

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

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

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

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

10 to human rights concerns; and 

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

12 2011 Department of State International Cyberspace 

13 Policy Strategy. 

14 ‘‘(c) BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PRO15 GRAMS.—The Bureau is authorized to provide bilateral 

16 economic assistance from amounts appropriated or other17 wise made available for the Economic Support Fund and 

18 other foreign assistance accounts to support activities de19 scribed in subsection (b) and for the purpose of oversight 

20 and control of— 

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

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

23 ‘‘(3) the Global Equality Fund; 

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

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

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

3 take whatever actions may be necessary to minimize the 

4 duplication of efforts within the Bureau. 

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

6 the extent practicable, should assist in exercising oversight 

7 authority and coordinate with the Bureau to ensure that 

8 funds are appropriately used and comply with anti-corrup9 tion practices.’’. 

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

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

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

13 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

14 2113 the following new item: 

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

15 SEC. 107108. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

16 NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AF17 FAIRS. 

18 Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authori19 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para21 graph (4); and 

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1 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTER2 NATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AF3 FAIRS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There should shall be 

5 in the Department of State an Assistant Sec6 retary for International Narcotics and Law En7 forcement Affairs who should shall be respon8 sible to the Secretary for matters pertaining to 

9 international narcotics and law enforcement af10 fairs in the conduct of foreign policy and such 

11 other related duties as the Secretary may from 

12 time to time designate. 

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

14 Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics 

15 and Law Enforcement Affairs should shall 

16 maintain continuous observation of and review 

17 all matters pertaining to international narcotics 

18 and law enforcement in the conduct of foreign 

19 policy, including the following matters: 

20 ‘‘(i) Combatting international nar21 cotics production and trafficking, including 

22 the illicit cultivation of crops used to 

23 produce narcotics. 

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1 capacity, appeals systems, law enforcement 

2 agencies, and prison systems. 

3 ‘‘(iii) Training foreign military and 

4 police, including vetting all foreign per5 sonnel who receive such assistance from 

6 the United States Government. 

7 ‘‘(iv) Ensuring the inclusion of human 

8 rights issues in law enforcement programs, 

9 in consultation with the Assistant Sec10 retary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 

11 Labor. 

12 ‘‘(v) Combating all forms of illicit 

13 trafficking, including human trafficking 

14 arms trafficking, and the illicit smuggling 

15 of bulk cash. 

16 ‘‘(vi) Identifying and responding to 

17 global corruption, including strengthening 

18 the capacity of foreign government institu19 tions responsible for addressing financial 

20 crimes.’’. 

21 SEC. 108109. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY 

22 RIGHTS. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There should be established 

24 in the Department an Office of International Disability 

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


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1 (b) DUTIES.—The Office should— 

2 (1) seek to ensure that all United States for3 eign operations are accessible to, and inclusive of, 

4 persons with disabilities; 

5 (2) promote the human rights and full partici6 pation of persons with disabilities in all international 

7 development activities funded by the United States 

8 Government; and 

9 (3) promote disability inclusive practices and 

10 the training of Department staff on soliciting quality 

11 programs that are fully inclusive of people with dis12 abilities. 

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

14 (1) a senior advisor to the appropriate Assist15 ant Secretary; or 

16 (2) an officer exercising significant authority 

17 who reports to the President or Secretary, appointed 

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

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

20 the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 

21 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 

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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 (3) reasonable assumptions about the strategic 

11 importance of the post over the life of the building; 

12 and 

13 (4) any other data that would be helpful in pro14 jecting the future growth of the post. 

15 (b) OTHER AGENCIES.—Other agencies represented 

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

17 growth projections for their own personnel over the esti18 mated life of the facility. 

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

20 base its growth assumption for all NECs and NCCs on 

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

22 (d) ZERO NET GROWTH REQUIREMENT.—The 

23 growth assumed for NECs and NCCs pursuant to sub24 section (c) should be offset by staff reductions at other 

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1 covered by the Long-Range Overseas Building Plan re2 quired under section 206. 

3 (d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Any congres4 sional notification of site selection for a NEC or NCC sub5 mitted after the date of enactment of this Act shall include 

6 the growth assumption used pursuant to subsection (c). 

7 SEC. 205. CONSOLIDATION OF SMALL DIPLOMATIC POSTS. 

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

9 initiating the site selection process for any new embassy 

10 or consulate for a diplomatic post that has employed 10 

11 or fewer United States Government employees on average 

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

13 this Act, the Secretary shall conduct an analysis of alter14 natives, including consolidating such post with other near15 by diplomatic posts. 

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

17 conducting an analysis of alternatives pursuant to sub18 section (a), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate con19 gressional committees of the results of the analysis. 

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

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

22 the Department shall complete a cost-benefit analysis for 

23 maintaining any consulate that has employed five or fewer 

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

2 Each analysis shall include, at minimum— 

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

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

5 States Government tenants derive from having a 

6 presence at such location; 

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

8 such location, including for the provision of United 

9 States citizen services; 

10 (4) input from the consulate on any unique 

11 operational or policy value it provides; and 

12 (5) alternative locations for consular and 

13 United States citizen services. 

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

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

16 or report to Congress on the results of the analyses re17 quired under this section. 

18 SEC. 206. LONG-RANGE PLANNING PROCESS. 

19 (a) PLANS REQUIRED.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Department shall annu21 ally develop— 

22 (A) a comprehensive 6-year plan docu23 menting the Department’s overseas building 

24 program for the replacement of the least secure 

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1 known as a Long-Range Overseas Buildings 

2 Plan (LROBP); and 

3 (B) a comprehensive 6-year plan detailing 

4 the Department’s long-term planning for the 

5 maintenance and sustainment of completed fa6 cilities, known as a Long-Range Overseas Main7 tenance Plan (LROMP). 

8 (2) UPDATED INFORMATION.—The annual up9 dates of the plans developed pursuant to paragraph 

10 (1) shall highlight any changes from the previous 

11 year’s plan to the ordering of construction and 

12 maintenance projects. 

13 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

15 later than 60 days after the completion of the 

16 LROBP and the LROMP, the Department shall 

17 submit the plans to the appropriate congressional 

18 committees. 

19 (2) REFERENCE IN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION

20 MATERIALS.—In the budget justification materials 

21 submitted to the appropriate congressional commit22 tees in support of the Department’s budget for any 

23 fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the 

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

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1 referenced to justify funding requested for building 

2 and maintenance projects overseas. 

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

4 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi5 fied form but may include a classified index. 

6 SEC. 207. VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find8 ings: 

9 (1) Federal departments and agencies are re10 quired to use value engineering (VE) as a manage11 ment tool, where appropriate, to reduce program and 

12 acquisition costs pursuant to OMB Circular A–131, 

13 Value Engineering, dated December 31, 2013. 

14 (2) OBO has a Standard Operation Procedure, 

15 dated March 7, 2005, on conducting risk assessment 

16 studies in the International Project Risk Assessment 

17 (IPRA) method on all international construction 

18 projects. 

19 (b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 (1) SUBMISSION TO AUTHORIZING COMMIT21 TEES.—The proposed allocation of capital construc22 tion and maintenance funds that is required by the 

23 Committees on Appropriations not later than 45 

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1 eign operations, and related programs shall also be 

2 submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

3 the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

4 the House of Representatives. 

5 (2) REQUIREMENT TO CONFIRM COMPLETION

6 OF VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT

7 STUDIES.—The notifications required under para8 graph (1) shall include confirmation that the De9 partment has completed the requisite VE and risk 

10 assessment studies described in subsection (a). 

11 (c) REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 The Department shall provide to the appropriate congres13 sional committees upon request— 

14 (1) a description of each recommendation from 

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

16 detailing which recommendations were accepted and 

17 which were rejected; and 

18 (2) a report or briefing detailing the rationale 

19 for not implementing recommendations made by VE 

20 studies that may yield significant cost savings to the 

21 Department, if implemented. 

22 SEC. 208. BUSINESS VOLUME. 

23 Section 402(c)(2)(E) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Se24 curity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 


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1 4852(c)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘in 3 years’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘cumulatively over 3 years’’. 

3 SEC. 209. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON PROJECT 

4 MANAGEMENT SKILLS. 

5 Not later than 270 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

7 States shall submit to the appropriate congressional com8 mittees a report on the Department’s development of con9 struction engineers and program management practices, 

10 including— 

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

12 to— 

13 (A) recruit qualified construction engi14 neers; 

15 (B) improve the skills of its construction 

16 engineers, especially in the area of project man17 agement; and 

18 (C) rate the performance of its construc19 tion engineers, especially during their assign20 ments as project directors of new embassy com21 pounds or new consulate compounds; 

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1 (3) recommendations stemming from the eval2 uations conducted pursuant to paragraphs (1) and 

3 (2). 

4 SEC. 210. EMBASSY SECURITY REQUESTS AND DEFI5 CIENCIES. 

6 The Secretary shall provide to the appropriate con7 gressional committees upon request information on secu8 rity deficiencies at United States diplomatic posts, includ9 ing— 

10 (1) requests made over the previous year by 

11 United States diplomatic posts abroad for security 

12 upgrades; and 

13 (2) significant security deficiencies at United 

14 States diplomatic posts abroad that are not oper15 ating out of a new embassy compound or new con16 sulate compound. 

17 TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

18 SEC. 301. SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS. 

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

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

21 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

22 a report including— 

23 (1) recommendations regarding whether to 

24 maintain in the Department each currently existing 

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1 dinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, 

2 Coordinator, or Special Advisor, including those list3 ed in the report submitted by the Department to the 

4 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on 

5 April 14, 2017, pursuant to section 418 of the De6 partment of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 

7 (Public Law 114–323), that is not expressly author8 ized by a provision of law enacted by Congress; and 

9 (2) the justification supporting each of the Sec10 retary’s recommendations made under paragraph 

11 (1). 

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

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

14 to the appropriate congressional committees, the Secretary 

15 shall present any Special Envoy, Special Representative, 

16 Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Rep17 resentative, Coordinator, or Special Advisor that is to be 

18 maintained by the Department and that is not expressly 

19 authorized by a provision of law enacted by Congress to 

20 the Committee on Foreign Relations for the advice and 

21 consent of the Senate. 

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1 resentative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, 

2 Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, or Special Advisor 

3 position so long as the appointee is established for a speci4 fied term and presented to the Committee on Foreign Re5 lations for the advice and consent of the Senate within 

6 90 days of appointment. 

7 (d) LIMITED EXCEPTION FOR THE TEMPORARY AP8 POINTMENT.—The Secretary may maintain or establish a 

9 position with the title Special Envoy, Special Representa10 tive, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, or Special 

11 Advisor for a limited period not longer than 180 days 

12 without seeking the advice and consent of the Senate if 

13 the Secretary notifies the Committee on Foreign Relations 

14 of the Senate at least 15 days prior to appointment, in15 cluding— 

16 (1) a certification that the position is not ex17 pected to demand the exercise of significant author18 ity pursuant to the laws of the United States; 

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

20 the appointment; and 

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

22 (e) RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT.— 

23 Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting 

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

2 with the notification requirements contained therein. 

3 (f) FUNDING RESTRICTIONS.— 

4 (1) POSITIONS NOT PRESENTED FOR ADVICE

5 AND CONSENT.—Beginning not later than 120 days 

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

7 may be obligated or expended for— 

8 (A) any Special Envoy, Special Represent9 ative, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, 

10 Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, or Special 

11 Advisor position at the Department exercising 

12 significant authority pursuant to the laws of the 

13 United States that is not being served by an in14 dividual who has been presented to the Com15 mittee on Foreign Relations for the advice and 

16 consent of the Senate pursuant to subsection 

17 (b); or 

18 (B) any staff or resources related to such 

19 a position until such time as the appointed indi20 vidual has been presented to the Committee on 

21 Foreign Relations for the advice and consent of 

22 the Senate. 

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

24 obligated or expended for any position described in 

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1 to such position unless the Secretary has complied 

2 with the notification provisions contained therein. 

3 (g) CONFIRMATION FOR AUTHORIZED POSITIONS.— 

4 No Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordi5 nator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordi6 nator, or Special Advisor authorized by a provision of law 

7 enacted by Congress (except the position authorized by sec8 tion 621 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (subtitle B of 

9 title VI of Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note)) shall 

10 be appointed absent the advice and consent of the Senate. 

11 (h) ELIMINATION OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

12 AND POLICY COORDINATOR FOR BURMA.—Section 7 of 

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

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

15 SEC. 302. DEFENSE BASE ACT INSURANCE WAIVERS. 

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

17 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec18 retary shall apply to the Department of Labor for a waiver 

19 from insurance requirements under the Defense Base Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) for all countries where the re21 quirement was waived prior to January 2017, and for 

22 which there is not currently a waiver. 

23 (b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

24 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

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1 committees that the requirement in subsection (a) has 

2 been met. 

3 SEC. 303. ALLOWANCES. 

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

5 United States that— 

6 (1) pay differentials for staffing overseas posts 

7 should reflect the various factors affecting the desir8 ability of such posts, including the preference of em9 ployees bidding and the dangers or overall hardships 

10 of serving in a particular location, as perceived by 

11 the actual employees eligible to bid for positions in 

12 such locations; and 

13 (2) the Secretary should periodically analyze 

14 fluctuations in such bidding patterns to ensure that 

15 pay differentials reflect— 

16 (A) the changing conditions in each post; 

17 and 

18 (B) the impact of staffing incentives 

19 through pay differentials offered during the 

20 previous year. 

21 (b) STAFFING INCENTIVE.— 

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

23 States Code, is amended— 

24 (A) by striking sections 5925 and 5928; 

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1 (B) by inserting after section 5924 the fol2 lowing new section: 

3 ‘‘§ 5925. Staffing incentive 

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

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

6 be granted to an employee serving at an overseas post 

7 based on the recruitment and retention needs for filling 

8 positions at that post if such incentive— 

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

10 environment that are substantially and unfavorably 

11 different than conditions of environment in the con12 tinental United States; 

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

14 conditions of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism, 

15 or wartime conditions that threaten physical harm 

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

17 the employee; or 

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

19 that is in low demand despite compensation for 

20 hardship and danger conditions. 

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

22 staffing incentive may be granted to an employee who is 

23 officially stationed in the United States and is on extended 

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

2 of State shall notify the appropriate congressional commit3 tees of— 

4 ‘‘(1) the implementation of each staffing incen5 tive authorized under this section that applies to em6 ployees of the Department of State stationed at an 

7 overseas post; and 

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

9 a staffing incentive under this section for an over10 seas post results in an increase of 5 percent or more 

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

12 incentive offered for service at that post during the 

13 previous year. 

14 ‘‘(d) HARDSHIP INDEX; DANGER LEVEL.—The Sec15 retary of State shall— 

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

17 diplomatic post that is based on conditions of envi18 ronment at that post that differ substantially from 

19 conditions of environment in the continental United 

20 States; and 

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

22 post based on the Security Environment Threat 

23 List. 

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

2 they are ranked for each open position at each over3 seas post within the Department of State and collect 

4 both quantitative and qualitative survey data from 

5 eligible bidders on their bid decision-making; 

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

7 agencies subject to this section on the factors that 

8 incentivize their employees to serve at each overseas 

9 post; 

10 ‘‘(3) use the information described in para11 graphs (1) and (2) to set appropriate staffing incen12 tives at such overseas posts; and 

13 ‘‘(4) make the information described in para14 graphs (1) and (2) available, upon request, to the 

15 appropriate congressional committees. 

16 ‘‘(f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

17 DEFINED.—in this section, the term ‘appropriate congres18 sional committees’ means— 

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

20 Senate; and 

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

22 House of Representatives.’’. 

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1 (A) by striking the items relating to sec2 tions 5925 and 5928; and 

3 (B) by inserting after the item relating to 

4 section 5924 the following new item: 

‘‘5925. Staffing incentive.’’. 

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

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

7 each Federal agency subject to the amendment made by 

8 subsection (b) shall submit a plan to the Speaker of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Majority Leader of the 

10 Senate that describes how the agency intends— 

11 (1) to comply with the policy set forth in sub12 section (a); and 

13 (2) to implement the staffing incentives set 

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

15 as added by subsection (b). 

16 SEC. 304. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS. 

17 Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

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

19 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

20 ‘‘(e) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS RE21 LATED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP

22 PROGRAMS.— 

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

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1 nology fellowship programs, including, for assistance 

2 in recruiting fellows and the payment of stipends, 

3 travel, and other appropriate expenses to fellows. 

4 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM CONSIDERATION AS

5 COMPENSATION.—Stipends shall not be considered 

6 compensation for purposes of section 209 of title 18, 

7 United States Code (18 U.S.C. 209). 

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

9 amount of grants made pursuant to this subsection 

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

11 SEC. 305. TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES. 

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

13 (22 U.S.C. 4081(15)) is amended— 

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

15 child below age 21 of a member of the Service as16 signed abroad’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of one or 

17 more children below age 21 of a member of the 

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

19 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

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

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

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

2 ‘‘to visit the other parent’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘resides; or’’; 

5 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol6 lowing new subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(C) for one of the child’s parents to visit 

8 the child or children abroad if the child or chil9 dren do not regularly reside with that parent 

10 and that parent is not receiving an education 

11 allowance or educational travel allowance for 

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

13 title 5,’’; and 

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

15 cost of a round-trip’’. 

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

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

18 (22 U.S.C. 4083(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 

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

20 reside apart from the member at authorized locations out21 side the United States because they are prevented by offi22 cial order from residing at the member’s post of assign23 ment, the member may take the leave ordered under this 

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1 SEC. 307. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CERTAIN FEL2 LOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 

3 It is the Sense of Congress that— 

4 (1) the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs 

5 Graduate Fellowship Program, the Thomas R. Pick6 ering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program, and the 

7 Donald M. Payne International Development Fellow8 ship Program represent smart investments vital for 

9 building a strong, capable, and representative na10 tional security workforce; and 

11 (2) the Secretary of State and the Administrator 

12 of the United States Agency for International Devel13 opment should fulfill their obligations to each of the 

14 Fellows as defined in their original contractual agree15 ment with each Fellow. 

16 TITLE IV—DIVERSITY 

17 SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this title: 

19 (1) APPLICANT FLOW DATA.—The term ‘‘appli20 cant flow data’’ means data that tracks the rate of 

21 applications for job positions among demographic 

22 categories. 

23 (2) DIVERSITY.—The term ‘‘diversity’’ means— 

24 (A) those classes of persons protected 

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1 ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); 

2 and 

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

4 of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations). 

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

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

7 102 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

8 3902). 

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

10 term ‘‘member of the Foreign Service’’ means an in11 dividual listed in section 103 of the Foreign Service 

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

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

14 means all individuals serving in a position— 

15 (A) in the civil service (as defined in sec16 tion 2101 of title 5, United States Code); or 

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

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

19 WORKFORCE DATA. 

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

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

22 provide a report to the public that includes aggregate de23 mographic data and other information regarding the diver24 sity of the workforce of the Department. 

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1 (1) shall include aggregate demographic data— 

2 (A) by segment of the workforce of the De3 partment and grade or rank; 

4 (B) by foreign service code and civil service 

5 job code; 

6 (C) relating to attrition and promotion 

7 rates; 

8 (D) that addresses Department compliance 

9 with validated inclusion metrics; 

10 (E) that provides demographic compari11 sons to the relevant civilian labor force; 

12 (F) on the diversity of selection boards; 

13 (G) on the employment of minority and 

14 service-disabled veterans during the most recent 

15 10-year period, including— 

16 (i) the number hired through direct 

17 hires, internships, and fellowship pro18 grams; 

19 (ii) the number promoted to senior 

20 positions, including positions at class 1 of 

21 the Foreign Service Schedule, at level 15 

22 of the General Schedule, in the Senior Ex23 ecutive Service, or in the Senior Foreign 

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1 (iii) attrition rates by grade, in the 

2 civil service and foreign service, and in the 

3 senior positions described in clause (ii); 

4 and 

5 (H) on mentorship and retention pro6 grams; 

7 (2) shall include an analysis of applicant flow 

8 data, including the percentage, actual numbers, and 

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

10 discussion of any resulting policy changes or rec11 ommendations; 

12 (3) shall include demographic data relating to 

13 participants in professional development programs of 

14 the Department, and the rate of placement into sen15 ior positions for participants in such programs; 

16 (4) shall include any demographic data relating 

17 to the membership of any external advisory com18 mittee or board to which individuals in senior posi19 tions in the Department appoint members; 

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

21 and percentages at all levels; and 

22 (6) shall be made available in a searchable 

23 database format. 

24 (c) RECOMMENDATION.—The Secretary may submit 

25 a recommendation to the Office of Management and 


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1 Budget and to the appropriate congressional committees 

2 regarding whether the Department should collect more de3 tailed data on demographic categories in addition to the 

4 race and ethnicity categories specified in the Office of 

5 Management and Budget statistical policy directive enti6 tled ‘‘Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Pre7 senting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’’ (81 Fed. 

8 Reg. 67398). 

9 (d) OTHER CONTENTS.—The report under sub10 section (a) shall describe the efforts of the Department— 

11 (1) to propagate fairness, impartiality, and in12 clusion in the work environment domestically and 

13 abroad; 

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

15 discrimination are not tolerated; 

16 (3) to refrain from engaging in unlawful dis17 crimination in any phase of the employment process, 

18 including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, assign19 ments, promotion, retention, and training; 

20 (4) to prevent illegal retaliation against employ21 ees for participating in a protected equal employ22 ment opportunity activity; 

23 (5) to provide reasonable accommodation for 

24 qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; 


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1 (6) to resolve workplace conflicts, confronta2 tions, and complaints in a prompt, impartial, con3 structive, and timely manner; 

4 (7) to recruit a diverse workforce by— 

5 (A) recruiting women, minorities, veterans, 

6 and undergraduate and graduate students; 

7 (B) recruiting at historically Black colleges 

8 and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, 

9 women’s colleges, and colleges that typically 

10 serve majority minority populations; 

11 (C) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 

12 in urban communities; 

13 (D) placing job advertisements in news14 papers, magazines, and job sites oriented to15 ward women and people of color; 

16 (E) providing opportunities through the 

17 Foreign Service Internship Program and other 

18 hiring initiatives; and 

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

20 professionals through programs designed to in21 crease minority representation in international 

22 affairs; and 

23 (8) provide opportunities through— 

24 (A) the Charles B. Rangel International 

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1 (B) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Af2 fairs Fellowship Program; and 

3 (C) the Donald M. Payne International 

4 Development Fellowship Program. 

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

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

7 and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall provide a re8 port to the public, which may be included in another an9 nual report required under another provision of law, that 

10 includes, in a searchable database format— 

11 (1) demographic data and information on the 

12 status of diversity and inclusion efforts of the De13 partment; 

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

15 (3) demographic data relating to participants in 

16 professional development programs of the Depart17 ment and the rate of placement into senior positions 

18 for participants in such programs. 

19 SEC. 403. EXIT INTERVIEWS OR SURVEYS. 

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

21 the Foreign Service should conduct periodic interviews or 

22 surveys with a representative and diverse cross-section of 

23 the workforce of the Department— 

24 (1) to understand the reasons of the members 

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1 (2) to receive feedback on workplace policies, 

2 professional development opportunities, and other 

3 issues affecting the decision of the members to re4 main in the Department. 

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

6 the Foreign Service shall provide an opportunity for an 

7 exit interview or survey to each member of the workforce 

8 of the Department who separates from service with the 

9 Department to better understand the member’s reasons 

10 for leaving such service. 

11 (c) USE OF ANALYSIS FROM INTERVIEWS AND SUR12 VEYS.—The Director General of the Foreign Service shall 

13 analyze information obtained through interviews and sur14 veys under subsections (a) and (b) to determine— 

15 (1) if and how the diversity of those partici16 pating in such interviews and surveys impacts the 

17 results; and 

18 (2) whether to implement any policy changes or 

19 make any recommendations as part of the report re20 quired under section 402. 

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

22 (1) track demographic data relating to partici23 pants in professional development programs and the 

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1 (2) annually evaluate such data— 

2 (A) to identify ways to improve outreach 

3 and recruitment for such programs, consistent 

4 with merit system principles; and 

5 (B) to understand how participation in any 

6 program offered or sponsored by the Depart7 ment under paragraph (1) differs among the di8 versity groups of the workforce; and 

9 (3) actively encourage participation from a 

10 range of demographic categories, especially from cat11 egories with consistently low participation. 

12 SEC. 404. RECRUITMENT. 

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

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

15 of applicants; and 

16 (2) instruct the Director of Human Resources 

17 to have a diversity recruitment goal, which should 

18 include outreach at appropriate colleges, universities, 

19 diversity organizations, and professional associa20 tions. 

21 (b) SCOPE.—The diversity recruitment initiatives de22 scribed in subsection (a) should include— 

23 (1) recruiting at historically Black colleges and 

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1 colleges, and colleges that typically serve majority 

2 minority populations; 

3 (2) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in 

4 urban communities; 

5 (3) placing job advertisements in newspapers, 

6 magazines, and job sites oriented toward diverse 

7 groups; 

8 (4) providing opportunities through highly re9 spected, international leadership programs, that 

10 focus on diversity recruitment and retention; and 

11 (5) cultivating partnerships with organizations 

12 dedicated to the advancement of the profession of 

13 international affairs and national security to advance 

14 shared diversity goals. 

15 SEC. 405. PAYNE FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZATION. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Undergraduate and graduate 

17 components of the Donald M. Payne International Devel18 opment Fellowship Program may conduct outreach to at19 tract outstanding students who represent diverse ethnic 

20 and socioeconomic backgrounds with an interest in pur21 suing a Foreign Service career. 

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

23 shall review past programs designed to increase minority 

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1 SEC. 406. VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION. 

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

3 construed so as to compel any employee to participate in 

4 the collection of the data or divulge any personal informa5 tion. Department employees shall be informed that their 

6 participation in the data collection contemplated by this 

7 title is voluntary. 

8 (b) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Any data collected 

9 under this title shall be subject to the relevant privacy pro10 tection statutes and regulations applicable to Federal em11 ployees. 

12 TITLE V—INFORMATION 

13 SECURITY 

14 SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 

15 In this title: 

16 (1) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit18 tees’’ means— 

19 (A) the appropriate congressional commit20 tees; 

21 (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 

22 of the Senate; and 

23 (C) the Permanent Select Committee on 

24 Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

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

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1 (A) that could reasonably be expected to 

2 result in an unauthorized disclosure of classified 

3 information; 

4 (B) to classify or continue the classifica5 tion of information contrary to the require6 ments of an active Executive order or its imple7 menting directives; or 

8 (C) to create or continue a special access 

9 program contrary to the requirements of an ac10 tive Executive order. 

11 SEC. 502. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM SECURITY. 

12 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

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

15 44, United States Code. 

16 (2) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘infor17 mation system’’ has the meaning given the term in 

18 section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. 

19 (3) PENETRATION TEST.—The term ‘‘penetra20 tion test’’ means a test methodology in which asses21 sors attempt to circumvent or defeat the security 

22 features of an information system. 

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

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1 consultations with the Secretary of Defense, the Director 

2 of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Secu3 rity, and any other department or agency representative 

4 that the Secretary determines to be appropriate regarding 

5 the security of United States Government and nongovern6 mental information systems used or operated by the De7 partment, a contractor of the Department, or another or8 ganization on behalf of the Department, including any 

9 such systems or networks facilitating the use of sensitive 

10 or classified information. 

11 (c) INDEPENDENT PENETRATION TESTING OF IN12 FORMATION SYSTEMS.—In coordination with the consulta13 tions under subsection (b), the Secretary shall commission 

14 independent, semiannual penetration tests, which shall be 

15 carried out by an appropriate Federal agency other than 

16 the Department, such as the Department of Homeland Se17 curity or the National Security Agency, to ensure that 

18 adequate policies and protections are implemented to de19 tect and prevent penetrations or compromises of such in20 formation systems, including malicious intrusions by any 

21 unauthorized individual, state actor, or other entity. 

22 (d) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the require23 ment under subsection (c) for up to 180 days if the Sec24 retary— 


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1 (1) determines that such requirement would 

2 have adverse effects on national security or the dip3 lomatic mission of the Department; and 

4 (2) not later than 30 days after the commence5 ment of such a waiver, submits a written justifica6 tion to the relevant congressional committees that 

7 describes how such penetration tests would under8 mine national security or the diplomatic mission of 

9 the Department. 

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

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

12 days thereafter for five years, the Secretary, in consulta13 tion with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the 

14 National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

15 and any other department or agency representative that 

16 the Secretary determines to be appropriate, shall securely 

17 submit a classified report to the relevant congressional 

18 committees that describes in detail— 

19 (1) for the first reporting period, all known and 

20 suspected incidents of the information systems speci21 fied in subsection (b) that occurred during the 180- 

22 day period immediately preceding the date of the en23 actment of this Act; and 

24 (2) for all subsequent reporting periods, all 

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1 systems specified in subsection (b) that occurred 

2 since the submission of the most recent report. 

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

4 shall include, for the relevant reporting period— 

5 (1) a description of the relevant information 

6 system, as specified in subsection (b), that experi7 enced a known or suspected incident; 

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

9 such incident occurred; 

10 (3) an assessment of the duration over which 

11 each such incident took place, including whether it 

12 is ongoing; 

13 (4) an assessment of the volume and sensitivity 

14 of information accessed, compromised, or potentially 

15 compromised by each incident, including any such 

16 information contained on information systems 

17 owned, operated, managed, or utilized by any other 

18 Federal department or agency; 

19 (5) an assessment of whether such information 

20 system was compromised by a malicious intrusion, 

21 including an assessment of— 

22 (A) the known or suspected perpetrators, 

23 including state actors; 

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1 (C) the known or suspected intent of the 

2 actors in accessing the information system; and 

3 (6) a description of the actions the Department 

4 has taken or plans to take, including timelines and 

5 descriptions of any progress on plans described in 

6 prior reports, to prevent future, similar incidents of 

7 such information systems. 

8 (g) INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT.—The Sec9 retary shall— 

10 (1) notify the Inspector General for the Depart11 ment of State and the Broadcasting Board of Gov12 ernors about all planned penetration tests required 

13 under subsection (c); and 

14 (2) provide the Inspector General for the De15 partment of State and the Broadcasting Board of 

16 Governors with any reports, conclusions, or analyses 

17 that are a result of such testing. 

18 SEC. 503. IMPROVING FOIA PROCESS. 

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

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub21 mit a plan to the relevant congressional committees that 

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

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

2 the Director of National Intelligence, shall develop and im3 plement a cost-effective plan for training and maintaining 

4 an appropriate number of officials of the Department in— 

5 (1) the identification of marked or unmarked 

6 classified information in documents or media subject 

7 to requests under section 552 of title 5, United 

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

9 of Information Act’’), including information origi10 nating with the intelligence community; and 

11 (2) appropriate procedures for coordinating 

12 with intelligence officials to ensure that such offi13 cials have an opportunity to make a classification 

14 determination regarding the classification status and 

15 level, if any, of any information potentially origi16 nating with the intelligence community. 

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

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

19 General of the Intelligence Community, in consultation 

20 with the Inspector General of the Department of State 

21 and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, shall— 

22 (1) review the Department’s implementation of 

23 the plan required under subsection (a); and 

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1 the Department has implemented the reforms re2 quired under subsection (b). 

3 SEC. 504. ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY VIOLATIONS. 

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

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there6 after for five years, the Secretary shall submit a report 

7 to the relevant congressional committees that includes in8 formation on the security violations that occurred during 

9 the most recently completed fiscal year, including the un10 authorized transfer of marked or unmarked classified in11 formation into documents, electronic media or systems, 

12 electronic transmissions, or other records or storage not 

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

14 information. 

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

16 submitted under subsection (a) shall include— 

17 (1) the total number of security violations that 

18 occurred during the current reporting period, includ19 ing the number of violations that occurred within 

20 each office or bureau of the Department; 

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

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1 (3) the number of violations committed by an 

2 employee with a history of one or more prior viola3 tions; and 

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

5 the Department in response to security violations, 

6 including— 

7 (A) disciplinary actions taken or criminal 

8 referrals; and 

9 (B) the administration of remedial training 

10 in response to any violation or violations. 

11 SEC. 505. CLASSIFIED INFORMATION SPILLAGE. 

12 (a) DETECTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

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

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

15 to the relevant congressional committees that describes 

16 how the reforms described in subsection (b) will be com17 pleted within one year after the date of the enactment of 

18 this Act. 

19 (b) TRAINING PROGRAM.—The Secretary, in con20 sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 

21 develop a training program for appropriate officials of the 

22 Bureau of Diplomatic Security in the best practices for 

23 detecting and recognizing classified information spillage, 

24 including information originating from the Intelligence 

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1 (c) RANDOMIZED SAMPLING TO DETECT SPILL2 AGE.—The officials receiving the training described in 

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

4 (1) collect statistically valid random samples of 

5 electronic mail sent by or received from employees of 

6 the Department who hold a security clearance grant7 ing such employees authorized access to information 

8 classified at the level of Secret or above; and 

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

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

11 classified information spillage as part of the Depart12 ment’s program for safeguarding classified informa13 tion. 

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

15 the implementation of the training program described in 

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

17 of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, in con18 sultation with the Inspector General for the Intelligence 

19 Community, shall— 

20 (1) conduct an audit of the program and activi21 ties carried out under this section; and 

22 (2) submit a report containing the results of 

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1 SEC. 506. EMERGENCY REFRESHER TRAINING ON THE HAN2 DLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 

3 (a) EMERGENCY REFRESHER TRAINING.—Except as 

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

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

6 submit a written certification to the relevant congressional 

7 committees that all Department personnel who possess a 

8 security clearance have completed special emergency re9 fresher training, developed by the Secretary, in consulta10 tion with the Director of National Intelligence, in the rules 

11 and procedures governing the appropriate identification 

12 and handling of classified information, including informa13 tion originating from the Intelligence Community. 

14 (b) CERTIFICATION BY PERSONNEL UNDERGOING

15 TRAINING.—Each employee of the Department who un16 dergoes the training required under subsection (a) shall 

17 certify in writing that the employee— 

18 (1) has received such training; 

19 (2) has read and understands the rules and 

20 procedures for identifying and handling classified in21 formation, including information originating from 

22 the Intelligence Community; 

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1 (4) commits to following such rules and proce2 dures, under penalty of all applicable laws, regula3 tions, and policies of the Department. 

4 (c) PRIORITIZATION.—In administering the emer5 gency refresher training required under subsection (a), the 

6 Secretary shall prioritize the retraining of employees in 

7 the following order: 

8 (1) Employees who possess a security clearance 

9 at the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Infor10 mation level. 

11 (2) Employees who possess a security clearance 

12 at the Top Secret level. 

13 (3) Employees who possess a security clearance 

14 at the Secret level. 

15 (4) Employees who possess a security clearance 

16 at the Confidential Information level. 

17 (d) DELAY IN TRAINING.— 

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

19 provision of emergency refresher training required 

20 under subsection (a), for up to 30 days, for any spe21 cific official or employee of the Department or any 

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

23 individual office, if the Secretary considers such 

24 delay to be critical to the foreign policy interests of 

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

2 days after authorizing a delay under paragraph (1) 

3 the Secretary shall submit a written notice of such 

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

5 relevant congressional committees. 

6 SEC. 507. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH CERTAIN 

7 TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS. 

8 (a) LIST OF COVERED CONTRACTORS.—Not later than 

9 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec10 retary, in consultation with the Director of National Intel11 ligence, shall develop a list of covered contractors to be up12 dated as frequently as the Secretary determines appro13 priate. 

14 (b) PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS.—The Secretary may 

15 not enter into a contract with a covered contractor on the 

16 list described under subsection (a). 

17 (c) REMOVAL FROM LIST.—To be removed from the 

18 list described in subsection (a), a covered contractor may 

19 submit a request to the Secretary in such manner as the 

20 Secretary determines appropriate. The Secretary, in con21 sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 

22 determine a process for removing covered contractors from 

23 the list as appropriate. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President, or the Assist2 ant to the President for National Security Affairs, 

3 may waive the requirements under subsection (b) if 

4 the President, or the Assistant to the President, deter5 mines that such waiver is justified for national secu6 rity reasons. 

7 (2) SECRETARY OF STATE.—The Secretary may 

8 waive the requirements under subsection (b) for 

9 United States diplomatic posts or diplomatic per10 sonnel overseas if the Secretary, in consultation with 

11 the Director of National Intelligence, determines that 

12 no suitable alternatives are available. 

13 (e) COVERED CONTRACTOR DEFINED.—In this section, 

14 the term ‘‘covered contractor’’ means a provider of tele15 communications, telecommunications equipment, or infor16 mation technology equipment, including hardware, software 

17 and services, that has knowingly assisted or facilitated a 

18 cyber attack or conducted surveillance, including passive or 

19 active monitoring, carried out against the United States by, 

20 or on behalf of, any government, or persons associated with 

21 such government, listed as a cyber threat actor in the 

22 United States Intelligence Community’s 2017 assessment of 

23 worldwide threats to United States national security or any 

24 following worldwide threat assessment of the United States 

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1 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

2 respect to contracts of a covered contractor entered into on 

3 or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 508. REPORT ON CONTRACTS WITH KASPERSKY LABS 

5 AND HUAWEI. 

6 (a) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 

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

8 shall develop a process and timeframe for determining 

9 whether or not the Department of State purchased software, 

10 hardware, or services from Kaspersky Lab, Huawei, ZTE 

11 Corporation, or from any affiliates where Kaspersky Lab, 

12 Huawei, or ZTE Corporation equipment, software, or serv13 ices may be contained, and if so, if any of those products 

14 or services are still in use. 

15 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

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

17 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

18 on the findings pursuant to the review under subsection (a), 

19 and shall provide updates every 30 days thereafter until 

20 the review is complete. 

21 TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

22 SEC. 601. AMERICAN SPACES REVIEW. 

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

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1 shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees that includes— 

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

4 provide American Spaces, including— 

5 (A) American Centers, American Corners, 

6 Binational Centers, Information Resource Cen7 ters, and Science Centers; and 

8 (B) the total costs of all associated— 

9 (i) employee salaries, including mem10 bers of the foreign service, other United 

11 States civilian personnel, and locally em12 ployed staff; 

13 (ii) programming expenses; 

14 (iii) operating expenses; 

15 (iv) contracting expenses; and 

16 (v) security expenses; 

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

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

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

20 use of, American Spaces and related resources, in21 cluding a breakdown by the type of fee for each 

22 space and type of space; 

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

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

2 and benefit of the American Spaces program in pro3 moting mutual understanding and the value of 

4 American culture. 

5 SEC. 602. IMPROVING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF 

6 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 

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

8 (1) conduct regular research and evaluation of 

9 public diplomacy programs and activities of the De10 partment, including through the routine use of audi11 ence research, digital analytics, and impact evalua12 tions, to plan and execute such programs and activi13 ties; and 

14 (2) make the findings of the research and eval15 uations conducted under paragraph (1) available to 

16 Congress. 

17 (b) DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

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

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec20 retary shall appoint a Director of Research and 

21 Evaluation in the Office of Policy, Planning, and 

22 Resources for the Under Secretary for Public Diplo23 macy and Public Affairs. 

24 (2) LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT.—The ap25 pointment of a Director of Research and Evaluation 


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1 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not result in an in2 crease in the overall full-time equivalent positions 

3 within the Department. 

4 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of Re5 search and Evaluation shall— 

6 (A) coordinate and oversee the research 

7 and evaluation of public diplomacy programs of 

8 the Department— 

9 (i) to improve public diplomacy strate10 gies and tactics; and 

11 (ii) to ensure that programs are in12 creasing the knowledge, understanding, 

13 and trust of the United States by relevant 

14 target audiences; 

15 (B) report to the Director of Policy and 

16 Planning; 

17 (C) routinely organize and oversee audi18 ence research, digital analytics, and impact 

19 evaluations across all public diplomacy bureaus 

20 and offices of the Department; 

21 (D) support embassy public affairs sec22 tions; 

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1 Department and with other Federal depart2 ments and agencies; 

3 (F) regularly design and coordinate stand4 ardized research questions, methodologies, and 

5 procedures to ensure that public diplomacy ac6 tivities across all public diplomacy bureaus and 

7 offices are designed to meet appropriate foreign 

8 policy objectives; and 

9 (G) report quarterly to the United States 

10 Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 

11 through the Commission’s Subcommittee on Re12 search and Evaluation established pursuant to 

13 subsection (e), regarding the research and eval14 uation of all public diplomacy bureaus and of15 fices of the Department. 

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

17 180 days after the appointment of the Director of 

18 Research and Evaluation pursuant to paragraph (1), 

19 the Director shall create guidance and training for 

20 all public diplomacy officers regarding the reading 

21 and interpretation of public diplomacy program eval22 uation findings to ensure that such findings and les23 sons learned are implemented in the planning and 

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1 (c) PRIORITIZING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

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

3 Planning, and Resources shall ensure that research 

4 and evaluation, as coordinated and overseen by the 

5 Director of Research and Evaluation, supports stra6 tegic planning and resource allocation across all pub7 lic diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department. 

8 (2) ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.—Amounts al9 located for the purposes of research and evaluation 

10 of public diplomacy programs and activities pursu11 ant to subsection (a) shall be made available to be 

12 disbursed at the direction of the Director of Re13 search and Evaluation among the research and eval14 uation staff across all public diplomacy bureaus and 

15 offices of the Department. 

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

17 Congress that the Department should allocate, for 

18 the purposes of research and evaluation of public di19 plomacy activities and programs pursuant to sub20 section (a)— 

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

22 available under the heading ‘‘EDUCATIONAL

23 AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS’’; and 

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1 heading ‘‘DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PRO2 GRAMS’’. 

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

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

5 Reduction Act’’) shall not apply to collections of informa6 tion directed at foreign individuals conducted by, or on 

7 behalf of, the Department for the purpose of audience re8 search and impact evaluations, in accordance with the re9 quirements under this section and in connection with the 

10 Department’s activities conducted pursuant to the United 

11 States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 

12 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) or the Mutual Educational 

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

14 seq.). 

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

16 The Department shall maintain, collect, use, and dissemi17 nate records (as such term is defined in section 552a(a)(4) 

18 of title 5, United States Code) for research and data anal19 ysis of public diplomacy efforts intended for foreign audi20 ences. Such research and data analysis shall be reasonably 

21 tailored to meet the purposes of this subsection and shall 

22 be carried out with due regard for privacy and civil lib23 erties guidance and oversight. 

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1 (1) SUBCOMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH AND EVAL2 UATION.—The Advisory Commission on Public Di3 plomacy shall establish a Subcommittee for Research 

4 and Evaluation to monitor and advise on the re5 search and evaluation activities of the Department 

6 and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

7 (2) REPORT.—The Subcommittee for Research 

8 and Evaluation established pursuant to paragraph 

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

10 conjunction with the Commission on Public Diplo11 macy’s Comprehensive Annual Report on the per12 formance of the Department and the Broadcasting 

13 Board of Governors in carrying out research and 

14 evaluations of their respective public diplomacy pro15 gramming. 

16 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) AUDIENCE RESEARCH.—The term ‘‘audi18 ence research’’ means research conducted at the out19 set of public diplomacy program or campaign plan20 ning and design on specific audience segments to un21 derstand the attitudes, interests, knowledge, and be22 haviors of such audience segments. 

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

24 analytics’’ means the analysis of qualitative and 

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1 indicate the outputs and outcomes of a public diplo2 macy program or campaign. 

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

4 evaluation’’ means an assessment of the changes in 

5 the audience targeted by a public diplomacy program 

6 or campaign that can be attributed to such program 

7 or campaign. 

8 TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC 

9 CORRUPTION 

10 SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this title: 

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

13 actor’’ means— 

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

15 government official or government entity re16 sponsible for, or complicit in, an act of public 

17 corruption; and 

18 (B) any company, in which a person or en19 tity described in subparagraph (A) has a sig20 nificant stake, which is responsible for, or 

21 complicit in, an act of public corruption. 

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

23 assistance’’ means assistance made available 

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1 (A) the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

2 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); or 

3 (B) the Arms Export Control Act (22 

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

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

6 corruption’’ means public corruption committed at a 

7 high level of government that— 

8 (A) distorts policies or the central func9 tioning of the country; and 

10 (B) enables leaders to benefit at the ex11 pense of the public good. 

12 (4) PETTY CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘petty cor13 ruption’’ means the unlawful exercise of entrusted 

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

15 public officials in their interactions with ordinary 

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

17 embezzlement. 

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

19 corruption’’ means the unlawful exercise of entrusted 

20 public power for private gain, including by bribery, 

21 nepotism, fraud, or embezzlement. 

22 SEC. 702. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

23 It is the sense of Congress that— 

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

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1 governance and combat public corruption, particu2 larly grand corruption; 

3 (2) multiple departments and agencies across 

4 the United States Government operate programs 

5 that promote good governance in foreign countries 

6 and enhance foreign countries’ ability to combat 

7 public corruption; 

8 (3) the Department should promote coordina9 tion among programs described in paragraph (2) to 

10 improve their effectiveness and efficiency; and 

11 (4) the Department should identify areas in 

12 which United States efforts to help other countries 

13 promote good governance and combat public corrup14 tion could be enhanced. 

15 SEC. 703. ANNUAL REPORT. 

16 The Secretary shall annually submit to the appro17 priate congressional committees and publish, on a publicly 

18 accessible website, a report that— 

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

20 on— 

21 (A) the World Bank Worldwide Govern22 ance Indicator on Control of Corruption; and 

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1 (2) adds context and commentary, as appro2 priate, to the World Bank Worldwide Governance 

3 Indicator on Control of Corruption and the World 

4 Bank Worldwide Governance Indicator on Voice and 

5 Accountability groupings under paragraph (1), as 

6 appropriate, based on the factors outlined in section 

7 704; 

8 (3) describes, based on the World Bank World9 wide Governance Indicators and the factors outlined 

10 in section 704, the status of foreign governments’ ef11 forts to combat public corruption; and 

12 (4) describes the status of each foreign coun13 try’s active membership in voluntary multi-sectoral 

14 global governance initiatives as evidence of the coun15 try’s government-led efforts to combat public corrup16 tion. 

17 SEC. 704. ADDITIONAL FACTORS FOR ASSESSING GOVERN18 MENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT PUBLIC COR19 RUPTION. 

20 (a) FACTORS FOR ASSESSING GOVERNMENT EF21 FORTS TO COMBAT PUBLIC CORRUPTION.—In assessing 

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

23 Secretary should consider, to the extent reliable informa24 tion is available— 

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1 (A) has enacted laws and established gov2 ernment structures, policies, and practices that 

3 prohibit public corruption, including grand cor4 ruption and petty corruption; and 

5 (B) enforces such laws through a fair judi6 cial process; 

7 (2) whether the country prescribes appropriate 

8 punishment for grand corruption that is commensu9 rate with the punishment prescribed for serious 

10 crimes; 

11 (3) whether the country prescribes appropriate 

12 punishment for petty corruption that provides a suf13 ficiently stringent deterrent and adequately reflects 

14 the nature of the offense; 

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

16 country— 

17 (A) vigorously investigates and prosecutes 

18 acts of public corruption; and 

19 (B) convicts and sentences persons respon20 sible for such acts that take place wholly or 

21 partly within such country, including, as appro22 priate, requiring the incarceration of individuals 

23 convicted of such acts; 

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

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1 and sentences public officials who participate in or 

2 facilitate public corruption, including nationals of 

3 the country who are deployed in foreign military as4 signments, trade delegations abroad, or other similar 

5 missions who engage in or facilitate severe forms of 

6 public corruption; 

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

8 country has adopted measures to prevent public cor9 ruption, such as measures to inform and educate the 

10 public, including potential victims, about the causes 

11 and consequences of public corruption; 

12 (7) steps taken by the government of the coun13 try to prohibit government officials from partici14 pating in, facilitating, or condoning public corrup15 tion, including the investigation, prosecution, and 

16 conviction of such officials; 

17 (8) the extent to which the country government 

18 provides access, or, as appropriate, makes adequate 

19 resources available, to civil society organizations and 

20 other institutions to combat public corruption, in21 cluding reporting, investigating, and monitoring; 

22 (9) the extent to which an independent judici23 ary or judicial body in the country is responsible for, 

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1 cordance with the law, without any improper restric2 tions, influences, inducements, pressures, threats, or 

3 interferences (direct or indirect) from any source or 

4 for any reason; 

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

6 country is assisting in international investigations of 

7 transnational public corruption networks and in 

8 other cooperative efforts to combat grand corrup9 tion, including cooperating with the governments of 

10 other countries to extradite corrupt actors; 

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

12 country recognizes the rights of victims of public 

13 corruption, ensures their access to justice, and takes 

14 steps to prevent victims from being further victim15 ized or persecuted by corrupt actors, government of16 ficials, or others; 

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

18 country refrains from prosecuting legitimate victims 

19 of public corruption or whistleblowers due to such 

20 persons having assisted in exposing public corrup21 tion, and refrains from other discriminatory treat22 ment of such persons; and 

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1 SEC. 705. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 

2 POINTS OF CONTACT. 

3 (a) DESIGNATED COUNTRIES.—The Secretary shall 

4 annually designate an anti-corruption point of contact at 

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

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

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

8 anti-corruption point of contact shall be responsible for co9 ordinating a whole-of-government approach to combating 

10 public corruption in his or her posted country among rel11 evant United States Government departments or agencies 

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

13 the Department of State, the Department of Justice, the 

14 Department of the Treasury, the Department of Home15 land Security, and USAID. 

16 (c) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall develop and im17 plement appropriate training for designated anti-corrup18 tion points of contact. 

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

20 point of contact shall submit an annual report to the Sec21 retary regarding anti-corruption activities within his or 

22 her posted country that— 

23 (1) evaluates the effectiveness of current pro24 grams that promote good governance and have an 

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1 (2) identifies areas in which the United States 

2 Government’s approach could be enhanced, including 

3 specific programs that could be used to enhance the 

4 whole-of-government approach. 

5 SEC. 706. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 

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

7 responsibility for managing a whole-of-government effort 

8 to improve coordination among United States Government 

9 departments and agencies that have a role in promoting 

10 good governance in foreign countries and enhancing for11 eign countries’ ability to combat public corruption. 

12 (b) TASK FORCE.— 

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

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

15 Secretary shall establish and convene an initial 

16 meeting of an interagency task force, which shall be 

17 composed of— 

18 (A) representatives appointed by the Presi19 dent from the departments and agency listed in 

20 section 705(b); and 

21 (B) representatives from any other United 

22 States Government departments or agencies, as 

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1 (2) ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.—The task force 

2 described in paragraph (1) shall meet not less fre3 quently than twice per year. 

4 (c) TASK FORCE DUTIES.—The task force estab5 lished pursuant to subsection (b) shall— 

6 (1) assist the Secretary in managing the whole7 of-government effort described in subsection (a); 

8 (2) evaluate, on a general basis, the effective9 ness of current programs that have an effect of com10 bating public corruption; 

11 (3) identify general areas in which the United 

12 States Government’s approach could be enhanced; 

13 and 

14 (4) identify specific programs for specific coun15 tries that could be used to enhance the whole-of-gov16 ernment approach. 

17 SEC. 707. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after pub19 lishing the report required under section 703, and prior 

20 to obligation by any United States agency of foreign as21 sistance to the government of a country ranked in the low22 est 2 quintiles in the World Bank Worldwide Governance 

23 Indicator on Control of Corruption grouping described in 

24 section 703(1), the Secretary, in coordination with the Ad25 ministrator of USAID, as appropriate, shall— 


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1 (1) conduct a corruption risk assessment and 

2 create a corruption mitigation strategy for all United 

3 States foreign assistance programs to that country; 

4 (2) require the inclusion of anti-corruption 

5 clauses for all foreign assistance contracts, grants, 

6 and cooperative agreements, which allow for the ter7 mination of the contract, grant, or cooperative 

8 agreement without penalty if credible indicators of 

9 public corruption are discovered; 

10 (3) require the inclusion of appropriate 

11 clawback clauses for all foreign assistance that has 

12 been misappropriated through corruption; 

13 (4) require the appropriate disclosure to the 

14 United States Government, in confidential form, if 

15 necessary, of the beneficial ownership of contractors, 

16 subcontractors, grantees, cooperative agreement par17 ticipants, and other organizations receiving funding 

18 from the United States Government for foreign as19 sistance programs; and 

20 (5) establish a mechanism for investigating alle21 gations of misappropriated foreign assistance funds 

22 or equipment. 

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

2 apply to humanitarian assistance, disaster assist3 ance, or assistance to combat corruption. 

4 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the re5 quirement to delay foreign assistance under sub6 section (a) if the Secretary certifies to the appro7 priate congressional committees that such waiver is 

8 important to the national security interests of the 

9 United States. 

10 SEC. 708. RESOURCES AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

11 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

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

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an14 nually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report 

15 to the appropriate congressional committees that 

16 outlines the resources needed to meet the objectives 

17 of this title, including— 

18 (A) personnel needs; and 

19 (B) a description of the bureaucratic struc20 ture of the offices within the Department and 

21 USAID that are engaged in anti-corruption ac22 tivities. 

23 (b) ANNUAL BRIEFING.— 

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

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1 nually thereafter, the Secretary shall brief the ap2 propriate congressional committees on the implemen3 tation of this title, including— 

4 (A) the designation of anti-corruption 

5 points of contact for countries under section 

6 705(a); 

7 (B) the training implemented under sec8 tion 705(c); 

9 (C) the reports received from anti-corrup10 tion points of contact under section 705(d); 

11 (D) the management of the whole-of-gov12 ernment effort to improve coordination under 

13 section 706(a); 

14 (E) the establishment of the task force 

15 under section 706(b); and 

16 (F) the activities of the task force under 

17 section 706(c). 

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

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

20 basis to members or staff of the appropriate con21 gressional committees. Portions of the briefings may 

22 be conducted in a classified setting, as needed. 

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

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1 with anti-corruption components into one online, public 

2 platform, which shall— 

3 (1) include— 

4 (A) the Human Rights Report; 

5 (B) the Fiscal Transparency Report; 

6 (C) the Investment Climate Statement re7 ports; 

8 (D) the International Narcotics Control 

9 Strategy Report; and 

10 (E) any other relevant public reports; 

11 (2) link to third-party indicators and compli12 ance mechanisms used by the United States Govern13 ment to inform policy and programming, such as— 

14 (A) the International Finance Corpora15 tion’s Doing Business surveys; 

16 (B) the International Budget Partnership’s 

17 Open Budget Index; and 

18 (C) multilateral peer review anti-corruption 

19 compliance mechanisms, such as the 

20 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and 

21 Development’s Working Group on Bribery in 

22 International Business Transactions and the 

23 United Nations Convention Against Corruption, 

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1 highlight expert international views on country 

2 challenges and country efforts. 

3 (d) TRAINING.—The Secretary and the USAID Ad4 ministrator shall incorporate anti-corruption components 

5 into existing Foreign Service and Civil Service training 

6 courses— 

7 (1) to increase the ability of Department and 

8 USAID personnel to support anti-corruption as a 

9 foreign policy and development priority; and 

10 (2) to strengthen their ability to design, imple11 ment, and evaluate more effective anti-corruption 

12 programming around the world, including enhancing 

13 skills to better evaluate and mitigate public corrup14 tion risks in assistance programs. 

15 TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 

16 SEC. 801. RECURRING REPORTS. 

17 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a list to the 

19 appropriate congressional committees that identifies all re20 curring reports that the Department is statutorily re21 quired to complete, including a statutory citation and brief 

22 description of each such report. 

23 SEC. 802. CASE-ZABLOCKI REFORM. 

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

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

2 Government that enters into any international agreement 

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

4 shall designate a Chief International Agreements Officer, 

5 who— 

6 ‘‘(1) shall be a current employee of such depart7 ment or agency; 

8 ‘‘(2) shall serve concurrently as Chief Inter9 national Agreements Officer; and 

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

11 department or agency, shall have department- or 

12 agency-wide responsibility for efficient and appro13 priate compliance with subsection (a) to transmit the 

14 text of any international agreement to the Depart15 ment of State not later than 20 days after such 

16 agreement has been signed.’’. 

17 SEC. 803. REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO REC18 OMMENDATIONS. 

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

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

21 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit22 tees that lists all of the Government Accountability Of23 fice’s recommendations relating to the Department that 

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1 (b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later 

2 than 30 days after the Secretary submits the report under 

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

4 States shall submit a report to the appropriate congres5 sional committees that identifies any discrepancies be6 tween the list of recommendations included in such report 

7 and the Government Accountability Office’s list of out8 standing recommendations for the Department. 

9 (c) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.— 

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

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec12 retary shall submit a report to the appropriate con13 gressional committees that describes the implemen14 tation status of each recommendation from the Gov15 ernment Accountability Office included in the report 

16 submitted under subsection (a). 

17 (2) JUSTIFICATION.—The report under para18 graph (1) shall include— 

19 (A) a detailed justification for each deci20 sion not to fully implement a recommendation 

21 or to implement a recommendation in a dif22 ferent manner than specified by the Govern23 ment Accountability Office; 

24 (B) a timeline for the full implementation 

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1 cided to adopt, but has not yet fully imple2 mented; and 

3 (C) an explanation for any discrepancies 

4 included in the Comptroller General report sub5 mitted under subsection (b). 

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

7 under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

8 to the maximum extent practicable, but may be included 

9 in a classified annex to the extent necessary. 


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Calendar No. 210 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1631 

A BILL 

To authorize the Department of State for Fiscal 

Year 2018, and for other purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 

Reported with amendments 


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