114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1635 

AN ACT 

To authorize the Department of State for fiscal year 2016, 

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, 
2 

†S 1635 ES

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Department of State Operations Authorization and Em4 bassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016’’. 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES 

Subtitle A—Basic Authorities and Activities 

Sec. 101. American spaces review. 

Sec. 102. Identifying bilateral investment treaty opportunities. 

Sec. 103. Reinstatement of Hong Kong report. 

Sec. 104. Interagency hostage recovery coordinator. 

Sec. 105. United States-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue review. 

Sec. 106. Report on human rights violations in Burma. 

Sec. 107. Combating anti-semitism. 

Sec. 108. Biotechnology grants. 

Sec. 109. Definition of ‘‘use’’ in passport and visa offenses. 

Sec. 110. Science and technology fellowships. 

Sec. 111. Name changes. 

Sec. 112. Anti-piracy information sharing. 

Sec. 113. Report reform. 

Sec. 114. Sense of Congress on the United States alliance with Japan. 

Sec. 115. Sense of Congress on the defense relationship between the United 

States and the Republic of India. 

Sec. 116. Sense of Congress on the United States alliance with the Republic 

of Korea. 

Sec. 117. Sense of Congress on the relationship between the United States and 

Taiwan. 

Sec. 118. Report on political freedom in Venezuela. 

Sec. 119. Strategy for the Middle East in the event of a comprehensive nuclear 

agreement with Iran. 

Sec. 120. Department of State international cyberspace policy strategy. 

Sec. 121. Waiver of fees for renewal of immigrant visa for adopted child in certain situations. 

Sec. 122. Sense of Congress on anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within 

the Palestinian Authority. 

Sec. 123. Support for the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and 

inviolability of post-Soviet countries in light of Russian aggression and interference. 

Sec. 124. Russian propaganda report. 

Sec. 125. Approval of export licences and letters of request to assist the Government of Ukraine. 

Subtitle B—Additional Matters 
3 

†S 1635 ES

Sec. 131. Atrocities prevention board. 

Sec. 132. United States engagement in the Indo-Pacific. 

Sec. 133. Joint action plan to combat prejudice and discrimination and to foster inclusion. 

Sec. 134. Report on developing country debt sustainability. 

Sec. 135. United States strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally. 

Sec. 136. International corruption and accountability. 

Sec. 137. Quadrennial diplomacy and development review. 

Sec. 138. Disappeared persons in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. 

Sec. 139. Report on implementation by the Government of Bahrain of recommendations from the Bahrain Independent Commission of 

Inquiry. 

Sec. 140. Report on United States humanitarian assistance to Haiti and whether recent elections in Haiti meet international election standards. 

Sec. 141. Sense of Congress with respect to the imposition of additional sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 

TITLE II—ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Subtitle A—Organizational Matters 

Sec. 201. Rightsizing accountability. 

Sec. 202. Integration of foreign economic policy. 

Sec. 203. Review of Bureau of African Affairs and Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs jurisdictions. 

Sec. 204. Special envoys, representatives, advisors, and coordinators. 

Sec. 205. Conflict prevention, mitigation and resolution, and the inclusion and 

participation of women. 

Sec. 206. Information technology system security. 

Sec. 207. Analysis of embassy cost sharing. 

Sec. 208. Parent advisory committee to the Interagency Working Group to Prevent International Parental Child Abduction. 

Sec. 209. Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy. 

Sec. 210. Enhanced institutional capacity of the Bureau of African Affairs. 

Subtitle B—Personnel Matters 

Sec. 211. Review of Foreign Service Officer compensation. 

Sec. 212. Repeal of recertification requirement for senior Foreign Service. 

Sec. 213. Compensatory time off for travel. 

Sec. 214. Certificates of demonstrated competence. 

Sec. 215. Foreign Service assignment restrictions. 

Sec. 216. Security clearance suspensions. 

Sec. 217. Economic statecraft education and training. 

Sec. 218. Report on diversity recruitment, employment, retention, and promotion. 

Sec. 219. Expansion of the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, 

the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program, 

and the Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program. 

Sec. 220. Retention of mid- and senior-level professionals from underrepresented groups. 
4 

†S 1635 ES

Sec. 221. Review of jurisdictional responsibilities of the Special Representative 

to Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Bureau of South and 

Central Asian Affairs. 

Sec. 222. Congressional notification of countries compliance with minimum 

standards for the elimination of trafficking. 

Sec. 223. International religious freedom training program. 

TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

Subtitle A—United States Contributions to International Organizations 

Sec. 301. Reports concerning the United Nations. 

Sec. 302. Annual report on financial contributions to international organizations. 

Sec. 303. Report on peacekeeping arrears, credits, and contributions. 

Sec. 304. Assessment rate transparency. 

Subtitle B—Accountability at International Organizations 

Sec. 311. Preventing abuse in peacekeeping. 

Sec. 312. Inclusion of peacekeeping abuses in country report on human rights 

practices. 

Sec. 313. Evaluation of United Nations peacekeeping missions. 

Subtitle C—Personnel Matters 

Sec. 321. Encouraging employment of United States citizens at the United Nations. 

Sec. 322. Ensuring appropriate United Nations personnel salaries. 

TITLE IV—CONSULAR AUTHORITIES 

Sec. 401. Visa ineligibility for international child abductors. 

Sec. 402. Presumption of immigrant intent for H and L visa classifications. 

Sec. 403. Visa information sharing. 

TITLE V—EMBASSY SECURITY 

Subtitle A—Allocation of Authorized Security Appropriations. 

Sec. 501. Worldwide security protection. 

Sec. 502. Embassy security, construction and maintenance. 

Subtitle B—Contracting and Other Matters. 

Sec. 511. Local guard contracts abroad under diplomatic security program. 

Sec. 512. Disciplinary action resulting from unsatisfactory leadership in relation to a security incident. 

Sec. 513. Management and staff accountability. 

Sec. 514. Security enhancements for soft targets. 

Subtitle C—Marine Corps Security Guard Program 

Sec. 521. Additional reports on expansion and enhancement of Marine Corps 

Security Guard Program. 

Subtitle D—Defending High Threat, High Risk Posts 

Sec. 531. Designation and reporting for high threat, high risk posts. 
5 

†S 1635 ES

Sec. 532. Designation and reporting for high-risk counterintelligence threat 

posts. 

Sec. 533. Enhanced qualifications for Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 

high threat, high risk posts. 

Sec. 534. Security environment threat list briefings. 

Sec. 535. Comptroller General of the United States report on implementation 

of Benghazi Accountability Review Board recommendations. 

Sec. 536. Foreign Affairs Security Training Center. 

Sec. 537. Language training. 

Subtitle E—Accountability Review Boards 

Sec. 541. Provision of copies of accountability review board reports to Congress. 

Sec. 542. Staffing. 

TITLE VI—MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 

Sec. 601. Short title. 

Sec. 602. Competitive hiring status for former employees of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. 

Sec. 603. Assurance of independence of IT systems. 

Sec. 604. Protecting the integrity of internal investigations. 

Sec. 605. Report on Inspector General inspection and auditing of Foreign Service posts and bureaus and operating units Department of 

State. 

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. 
6 

†S 1635 ES

1 (2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

2 means the Department of State. 

3 (3) PEACEKEEPING CREDITS.—The term 

4 ‘‘peacekeeping credits’’ means the amounts by which 

5 United States assessed peacekeeping contributions 

6 exceed actual expenditures, apportioned to the 

7 United States, of peacekeeping operations by the 

8 United Nations during a United Nations peace9 keeping fiscal year. 

10 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of State. 

12 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF 

13 STATE AUTHORITIES AND AC14 TIVITIES 

15 Subtitle A—Basic Authorities and 

16 Activities 

17 SEC. 101. AMERICAN SPACES REVIEW. 

18 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

20 the appropriate congressional committees that includes— 

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

22 provide American Spaces, including— 

23 (A) American Centers, American Corners, 

24 Binational Centers, Information Resource Cen25 ters, and Science Centers; and 
7 

†S 1635 ES

1 (B) the total costs of all associated— 

2 (i) employee salaries, including foreign 

3 service, American civilian, and locally em4 ployed staff; 

5 (ii) programming expenses; 

6 (iii) operating expenses; 

7 (iv) contracting expenses; and 

8 (v) security expenses; 

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

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

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

12 use of, American Spaces and related resources, in13 cluding a breakdown by the type of fee for each 

14 space and type of space; and 

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

16 service, for each space and type of space. 

17 SEC. 102. IDENTIFYING BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY 

18 OPPORTUNITIES. 

19 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

21 with the United States Trade Representative, shall submit 

22 a report to the appropriate congressional committees that 

23 includes a detailed description of— 
8 

†S 1635 ES

1 (1) the status of all ongoing investment treaty 

2 negotiations, including a strategy and timetable for 

3 concluding each such negotiation; 

4 (2) a strategy to expand the investment treaty 

5 agenda, including through— 

6 (A) launching new investment treaty nego7 tiations with foreign partners that are currently 

8 capable of entering into such negotiations; and 

9 (B) building the capacity of foreign part10 ners to enter into such negotiations, including 

11 by encouraging the adoption of best practices 

12 with respect to investment; and 

13 (3) an estimate of any resources that will be 

14 needed, including anticipated staffing levels— 

15 (A) to conclude all ongoing negotiations 

16 described in paragraph (1); 

17 (B) to launch new investment treaty nego18 tiations, as described in paragraph (2)(A); and 

19 (C) to build the capacity of foreign part20 ners, as described in paragraph (2)(B). 

21 SEC. 103. REINSTATEMENT OF HONG KONG REPORT. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

24 through 2020, the Secretary shall submit the report re25 quired under section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong 
9 

†S 1635 ES

1 Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731) to the appropriate 

2 congressional committees. 

3 (b) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—The report submitted 

4 under subsection (a) should be unclassified and made pub5 licly available, including through the Department’s public 

6 website. 

7 (c) TREATMENT OF HONG KONG UNDER UNITED

8 STATES LAW.— 

9 (1) SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATION RE10 QUIREMENT.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

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

13 annually thereafter, the Secretary shall certify 

14 to Congress whether Hong Kong Special Ad15 ministrative Region is sufficiently autonomous 

16 to justify different treatment for its citizens 

17 from the treatment accorded to other citizens of 

18 the People’s Republic of China in any new laws, 

19 agreements, treaties, or arrangements entered 

20 into between the United States and Hong Kong 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

22 (B) FACTOR FOR CONSIDERATION.—In 

23 making a certification under subparagraph (A), 

24 the Secretary should consider the terms, obliga-
10 

†S 1635 ES

1 tions, and expectations expressed in the Joint 

2 Declaration with respect to Hong Kong. 

3 (C) EXCEPTION.—A certification shall not 

4 be required under this subsection with respect 

5 to any new laws, agreements, treaties, or ar6 rangements that support human rights, rule of 

7 law, or democracy in the Hong Kong Special 

8 Administrative Region. 

9 (2) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 

10 waive the application of paragraph (1) if the Sec11 retary— 

12 (A) determines that such a waiver is in the 

13 national interests of the United States; and 

14 (B) on or before the date on which such 

15 waiver would take effect, submits a notice of, 

16 and justification for, the waiver to the Com17 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

18 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

19 of Representatives. 

20 SEC. 104. INTERAGENCY HOSTAGE RECOVERY COORDI21 NATOR. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

25 shall designate an existing Federal officer to coordi-
11 

†S 1635 ES

1 nate efforts to secure the release of United States 

2 persons who are hostages of hostile groups or state 

3 sponsors of terrorism. For purposes of carrying out 

4 the duties described in paragraph (2), such officer 

5 shall have the title of ‘‘Interagency Hostage Recov6 ery Coordinator’’. 

7 (2) DUTIES.—The Coordinator shall have the 

8 following duties: 

9 (A) Coordinate and direct all activities of 

10 the Federal Government relating to each hos11 tage situation described in paragraph (1) to en12 sure efforts to secure the release of all hostages 

13 in the hostage situation are properly resourced 

14 and correct lines of authority are established 

15 and maintained. 

16 (B) Establish and direct a fusion cell con17 sisting of appropriate personnel of the Federal 

18 Government with purview over each hostage sit19 uation described in paragraph (1). 

20 (C) Develop a strategy to keep family 

21 members of hostages described in paragraph (1) 

22 informed of the status of such hostages and in23 form such family members of updates, proce24 dures, and policies that do not compromise the 

25 national security of the United States. 
12 

†S 1635 ES

1 (b) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY.—The authority of 

2 the Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator shall be 

3 limited to hostage cases outside the United States. 

4 (c) QUARTERLY REPORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—On a quarterly basis, the 

6 Coordinator shall submit to the appropriate congres7 sional committees and the members of Congress de8 scribed in paragraph (2) a report that includes a 

9 summary of each hostage situation described in sub10 section (a)(1) and efforts to secure the release of all 

11 hostages in such hostage situation. 

12 (2) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DESCRIBED.—The 

13 members of Congress described in this subparagraph 

14 are, with respect to a United States person hostage 

15 covered by a report under paragraph (1), the Sen16 ators representing the State, and the Member, Dele17 gate, or Resident Commissioner of the House of 

18 Representatives representing the district, where a 

19 hostage described in subjection (a)(1) resides. 

20 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report under this 

21 subsection may be submitted in classified or unclas22 sified form. 

23 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec24 tion shall be construed as authorizing the Federal Govern25 ment to negotiate with a state sponsor of terrorism or an 
13 

†S 1635 ES

1 organization that the Secretary has designated as a for2 eign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the 

3 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) or any 

4 other hostage-takers. 

5 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) HOSTILE GROUP.—The term ‘‘hostile 

7 group’’ means— 

8 (A) a group that is designated as a foreign 

9 terrorist organization under section 219(a) of 

10 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

11 1189(a)); 

12 (B) a group that is engaged in armed con13 flict with the United States; or 

14 (C) any other group that the President de15 termines to be a hostile group for purposes of 

16 this paragraph. 

17 (2) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—The term 

18 ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’— 

19 (A) means a country the government of 

20 which the Secretary has determined, for pur21 poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administra22 tion Act of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign 

23 Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms 

24 Export Control Act, or any other provision of 

25 law, to be a government that has repeatedly 
14 

†S 1635 ES

1 provided support for acts of international ter2 rorism; and 

3 (B) includes North Korea. 

4 SEC. 105. UNITED STATES-CHINA STRATEGIC AND ECO5 NOMIC DIALOGUE REVIEW. 

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

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordi8 nation with the Secretary of the Treasury, and in con9 sultation with other departments and agencies, as appro10 priate, shall— 

11 (1) conduct a review of the United States-China 

12 Strategic and Economic Dialogue (referred to in this 

13 section as the ‘‘Dialogue’’); and 

14 (2) submit a report to the appropriate congres15 sional committees that contains the findings of such 

16 review. 

17 (b) CONTENTS.—The report described in subsection 

18 (a) shall include— 

19 (1) a list of all commitments agreed to by the 

20 United States and China at each of the first 6 

21 rounds of meetings; 

22 (2) an assessment of the status of each commit23 ment agreed to by the United States and China at 

24 each of the first 6 rounds of meetings, including a 

25 detailed description of— 
15 

†S 1635 ES

1 (A) any actions that have been taken with 

2 respect to such commitments; 

3 (B) any aspects of such commitments that 

4 remain unfulfilled; and 

5 (C) any actions that remain necessary to 

6 fulfill any unfulfilled commitments described in 

7 subparagraph (B); 

8 (3) an assessment of the effectiveness of the 

9 Dialogue in achieving and fulfilling significant com10 mitments on United States priorities in the bilateral 

11 relationship, including— 

12 (A) the security situation in the East and 

13 South China Seas, including a peaceful resolu14 tion of maritime disputes in the region; 

15 (B) denuclearization of the Korean Penin16 sula; 

17 (C) cybertheft of United States intellectual 

18 property; 

19 (D) the treatment of political dissidents, 

20 media representatives, and ethnic and religious 

21 minorities; 

22 (E) reciprocal treatment of United States 

23 journalists and academics in China, including 

24 issuance of visas; 
16 

†S 1635 ES

1 (F) expanding investment and trade oppor2 tunities for United States businesses; 

3 (G) repatriation of North Korean refugees 

4 from China to North Korea; and 

5 (H) promoting and protecting rule of law 

6 and democratic institutions in Hong Kong; and 

7 (4) recommendations for enhancing the effec8 tiveness of the Dialogue in achieving and fulfilling 

9 significant commitments on United States priorities 

10 described in paragraph (3), including consideration 

11 of the use of predetermined benchmarks for assess12 ing whether the commitments achieved are signifi13 cantly furthering such priorities. 

14 SEC. 106. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN 

15 BURMA. 

16 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

18 the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of 

19 the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

20 the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the 

21 minority leader of the House of Representatives, the Com22 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Com23 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

24 that— 
17 

†S 1635 ES

1 (1) describes in detail all known widespread or 

2 systematic civil or political rights violations, includ3 ing violations that may constitute crimes against hu4 manity against ethnic, racial, or religious minorities 

5 in Burma, including the Rohingya people; and 

6 (2) provides recommendations for holding per7 petrators of the violations described in paragraph 

8 (1) accountable for their actions. 

9 SEC. 107. COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM. 

10 Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for Dip11 lomatic and Consular Programs, $500,000 shall be made 

12 available to the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, 

13 and Labor, to be used in support of efforts by American 

14 and European Jewish and other civil society organizations, 

15 focusing on youth, to combat anti-Semitism and other 

16 forms of religious, ethnic, or racial intolerance in Europe. 

17 SEC. 108. BIOTECHNOLOGY GRANTS. 

18 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

19 of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.), is amended by adding 

20 at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 63. BIOTECHNOLOGY GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is au23 thorized to support, through grants, cooperative agree24 ments, contracts, outreach, and public diplomacy activi25 ties, activities promoting the benefits of agricultural bio-
18 

†S 1635 ES

1 technology, biofuels, science-based regulatory systems, and 

2 the application of such technologies for trade and develop3 ment. 

4 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The total amount of grants pro5 vided pursuant to subsection (a) shall not exceed $500,000 

6 in any fiscal year.’’. 

7 SEC. 109. DEFINITION OF ‘‘USE’’ IN PASSPORT AND VISA OF8 FENSES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 75 of title 18, United 

10 States Code, is amended by inserting before section 1541 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 1540. DEFINITION OF ‘USE’ AND ‘USES’. 

13 ‘‘In this chapter, the terms ‘use’ and ‘uses’ shall be 

14 given their plain meaning, which shall include use for iden15 tification purposes.’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

17 for chapter 75 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

18 by inserting before the item relating to section 1541 the 

19 following: 

‘‘1540. Definition of ‘use’ and ‘uses’.’’. 

20 SEC. 110. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS. 

21 Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

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

23 adding at the end the following: 
19 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(e) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS RE2 LATED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP

3 PROGRAMS.— 

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

5 to provide grants or enter into cooperative agree6 ments for science and technology fellowship pro7 grams of the Department of State. 

8 ‘‘(2) RECRUITMENT; STIPENDS.—Assistance au9 thorized under paragraph (1) may be used— 

10 ‘‘(A) to recruit fellows; and 

11 ‘‘(B) to pay stipends, travel, and other ap12 propriate expenses to fellows. 

13 ‘‘(3) CLASSIFICATION OF STIPENDS.—Stipends 

14 paid under paragraph (2)(B) shall not be considered 

15 compensation for purposes of section 209 of title 18, 

16 United States Code. 

17 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—The total amount of assist18 ance provided under this subsection may not exceed 

19 $500,000 in any fiscal year.’’. 

20 SEC. 111. NAME CHANGES. 

21 (a) PUBLIC LAW 87–195.—Section 607(d) of the 

22 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2357(d)) is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary of State for 

24 Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific 
20 

†S 1635 ES

1 Affairs’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary of State for 

2 Oceans, Environment, and Science’’. 

3 (b) PUBLIC LAW 88–206.—Section 617(a) of the 

4 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671p(a)) is amended by strik5 ing ‘‘Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Inter6 national Environmental and Scientific Affairs’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environ8 ment, and Science’’. 

9 (c) PUBLIC LAW 93–126.—Section 9(a) of the De10 partment of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 

11 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2655a) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘Bureau of Oceans and Inter13 national Environmental and Scientific Affairs’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and 

15 Science’’; and 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary of State 

17 for Oceans and International Environmental and 

18 Scientific Affairs’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Sec19 retary of State for Oceans, Environment, and 

20 Science’’. 

21 (d) PUBLIC LAW 106–113.—Section 1112(a) of the 

22 Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Re23 lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 

24 (22 U.S.C. 2652c(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Verification 

25 and Compliance.’’ and inserting ‘‘Arms Control, 
21 

†S 1635 ES

1 Verification, and Compliance (referred to in this section 

2 as the ‘Assistant Secretary’).’’. 

3 SEC. 112. ANTI-PIRACY INFORMATION SHARING. 

4 The Secretary is authorized to provide for the partici5 pation of the United States in the Information Sharing 

6 Centre located in Singapore, as established by the Re7 gional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and 

8 Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia, done at Singapore 

9 November 11, 2004. 

10 SEC. 113. REPORT REFORM. 

11 (a) HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT.—Section 549 of the 

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347h) is re13 pealed. 

14 (b) ROUGH DIAMONDS ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 

15 12 of the Clean Diamond Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 3911) 

16 is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 12. REPORTS. 

18 ‘‘For each country that, during the preceding 12- 

19 month period, exported rough diamonds to the United 

20 States, the exportation of which was not controlled 

21 through the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, and 

22 if the failure to do so has significantly increased the likeli23 hood that those diamonds not so controlled are being im24 ported into the United States, the President shall submit 

25 a semi-annual report to Congress that explains what ac-
22 

†S 1635 ES

1 tions have been taken by the United States or such coun2 try since the previous report to ensure that diamonds, the 

3 exportation of which was not controlled through the Kim4 berley Process Certification Scheme, are not being im5 ported from that country into the United States. A coun6 try shall be included in the report required under this sec7 tion until the country is controlling the importation and 

8 exportation of rough diamonds through the Kimberley 

9 Process Certification Scheme.’’. 

10 SEC. 114. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE UNITED STATES AL11 LIANCE WITH JAPAN. 

12 It is the sense of Congress that— 

13 (1) the alliance between the United States and 

14 Japan is a cornerstone of peace, security, and sta15 bility in the Asia-Pacific region and around the 

16 world; 

17 (2) Prime Minister Shiuzo Abe’s visit to the 

18 United States in April 2015 and historic address to 

19 a Joint Session of Congress symbolized the strength 

20 and importance of ties between the United States 

21 and Japan; 

22 (3) in 2015, which marks 70 years since the 

23 end of World War II, the United States and Japan 

24 continue to strengthen the alliance and work to-
23 

†S 1635 ES

1 gether to ensure a peaceful and prosperous future 

2 for the Asia-Pacific region and the world; 

3 (4) the Governments and people of the United 

4 States and Japan share values, interests, and capa5 bilities that have helped to build a strong rules-based 

6 international order, based on a commitment to rules, 

7 norms and institutions; 

8 (5) the revised Guidelines for United States9 Japan Defense Cooperation and Japan’s policy of 

10 ‘‘Proactive Contribution to Peace’’ will reinforce de11 terrence, update the roles and missions of the 

12 United States and Japan, enable Japan to expand 

13 its contributions to regional and global security, and 

14 allow the United States Government and the Gov15 ernment of Japan to enhance cooperation on secu16 rity issues in the region and beyond; 

17 (6) the United States remain resolute in its 

18 commitments under the Treaty of Mutual Coopera19 tion and Security to respond to any armed attack in 

20 the territories under the administration of Japan; 

21 (7) although the United States Government 

22 does not take a position on the ultimate sovereignty 

23 of the Senkaku Islands, the United States Govern24 ment acknowledges that they are under the adminis-
24 

†S 1635 ES

1 tration of Japan and opposes any unilateral actions 

2 that would seek to undermine such administration; 

3 (8) the United States Government reaffirms 

4 that the unilateral actions of a third party will not 

5 affect the United States acknowledgment of the ad6 ministration of Japan over the Senkaku Islands; 

7 (9) the United States Government and the Gov8 ernment of Japan continue to work together on com9 mon security interests, including to confront the 

10 threat posed by the nuclear and ballistic missile pro11 grams of the Democratic People’s Republic of 

12 Korea; 

13 (10) the United States Government and the 

14 Government of Japan remain committed to ensuring 

15 maritime security and respect for international law, 

16 including freedom of navigation and overflight; and 

17 (11) the United States Government and the 

18 Government of Japan continue to oppose the use of 

19 coercion, intimidation, or force to change the status 

20 quo, including in the East and South China Seas. 

21 SEC. 115. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSE RELA22 TIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES 

23 AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find25 ings: 
25 

†S 1635 ES

1 (1) The United States has an upgraded, stra2 tegic-plus relationship with India based on regional 

3 cooperation, space science cooperation, and defense 

4 cooperation. 

5 (2) The defense relationship between the United 

6 States and the Republic of India is strengthened by 

7 the common commitment of both countries to de8 mocracy. 

9 (3) The United States and the Republic of 

10 India share a common and long-standing commit11 ment to civilian control of the military. 

12 (4) The United States and the Republic of 

13 India have increasingly worked together on defense 

14 cooperation across a range of activities, exercises, 

15 initiatives, and research. 

16 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con17 gress that the United States should— 

18 (1) continue to expand defense cooperation with 

19 the Republic of India; 

20 (2) welcome the role of the Republic of India in 

21 providing security and stability in the Indo-Pacific 

22 region and beyond; 

23 (3) work cooperatively with the Republic of 

24 India on matters relating to our common defense; 
26 

†S 1635 ES

1 (4) vigorously support the implementation of 

2 the United States-India Defense Framework Agree3 ment; and 

4 (5) support the India Defense Trade and Tech5 nology Initiative. 

6 SEC. 116. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE UNITED STATES AL7 LIANCE WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that— 

9 (1) the alliance between the United States and 

10 the Republic of Korea has served as an anchor for 

11 stability, security, and prosperity on the Korean Pe12 ninsula, in the Asia-Pacific region, and around the 

13 world; 

14 (2) the United States and the Republic of 

15 Korea continue to strengthen and adapt the bilat16 eral, regional, and global scope of the comprehensive 

17 strategic alliance between the 2 nations, to serve as 

18 a linchpin of peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific 

19 region, recognizing the shared values of democracy, 

20 human rights, free and open markets, and the rule 

21 of law, as reaffirmed in the May 2013 ‘‘Joint Dec22 laration in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary 

23 of the Alliance between the Republic of Korea and 

24 the United States of America’’; 
27 

†S 1635 ES

1 (3) the United States and the Republic of 

2 Korea continue to broaden and deepen the alliance 

3 by strengthening the combined defense posture on 

4 the Korean Peninsula, enhancing mutual security 

5 based on the Republic of Korea-United States Mu6 tual Defense Treaty, and promoting cooperation for 

7 regional and global security in the 21st century; 

8 (4) the United States and the Republic of 

9 Korea share deep concerns that the nuclear, cyber, 

10 and ballistic missiles programs of North Korea and 

11 its repeated provocations pose grave threats to peace 

12 and stability on the Korean Peninsula and North13 east Asia and recognize that both nations are deter14 mined to achieve the peaceful denuclearization of 

15 North Korea and remain fully committed to con16 tinuing close cooperation on the full range of issues 

17 related to North Korea; 

18 (5) the United States and the Republic of 

19 Korea are particularly concerned that the nuclear 

20 and ballistic missile programs of North Korea, in21 cluding North Korean efforts to miniaturize their 

22 nuclear technology and improve the mobility of their 

23 ballistic missiles, have gathered significant momen24 tum and are poised to expand in the coming years; 
28 

†S 1635 ES

1 (6) the Republic of Korea has made progress in 

2 enhancing future warfighting and interoperability 

3 capabilities by taking steps toward procuring Patriot 

4 Advanced Capability missiles, F–35 Joint Strike 

5 Fighter Aircraft, and RQ–4 Global Hawk Surveil6 lance Aircraft; 

7 (7) the United States supports the vision of a 

8 Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons, free from 

9 the fear of war, and peacefully reunited on the basis 

10 of democratic and free market principles, as articu11 lated in President Park’s address in Dresden, Ger12 many; and 

13 (8) the United States and the Republic of 

14 Korea share the future interests of both nations in 

15 securing peace and stability on the Korean Penin16 sula and in Northeast Asia. 

17 SEC. 117. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BE18 TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN. 

19 It is the sense of the Congress that— 

20 (1) the United States policy toward Taiwan is 

21 based upon the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 

22 96–8), which was enacted in 1979, and the Six As23 surances given by President Ronald Reagan in 1982; 
29 

†S 1635 ES

1 (2) provision of defensive weapons to Taiwan 

2 should continue as mandated in the Taiwan Rela3 tions Act; and 

4 (3) enhanced trade relations with Taiwan 

5 should be pursued to mutually benefit the citizens of 

6 both countries. 

7 SEC. 118. REPORT ON POLITICAL FREEDOM IN VENEZUELA. 

8 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

10 the appropriate congressional committees that includes— 

11 (1) an assessment of the support provided by 

12 the United States to the people of Venezuela in their 

13 aspiration to live under conditions of peace and rep14 resentative democracy (as defined by the Inter15 American Democratic Charter of the Organization of 

16 American States, done at Lima September 11, 

17 2001); 

18 (2) an assessment of work carried out by the 

19 United States, in cooperation with the other member 

20 states of the Organization of American States and 

21 countries of the European Union, to ensure— 

22 (A) the peaceful resolution of the current 

23 political situation in Venezuela; and 

24 (B) the immediate cessation of violence 

25 against antigovernment protestors; 
30 

†S 1635 ES

1 (3) a list of the government and security offi2 cials in Venezuela who— 

3 (A) are responsible for, or complicit in, the 

4 use of force in relation to antigovernment pro5 tests and similar acts of violence; and 

6 (B) have had their financial assets in the 

7 United States frozen or been placed on a visa 

8 ban by the United States; and 

9 (4) an assessment of United States support for 

10 the development of democratic political processes 

11 and independent civil society in Venezuela. 

12 SEC. 119. STRATEGY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE EVENT 

13 OF A COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR AGREE14 MENT WITH IRAN. 

15 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of State 

16 shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, other 

17 members of the National Security Council, and the heads 

18 of other appropriate departments and agencies of the 

19 United States Government, develop a strategy for the 

20 United States for the Middle East. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy shall include the fol22 lowing: 

23 (1) Efforts to counter Iranian-sponsored ter24 rorism in Middle East region. 
31 

†S 1635 ES

1 (2) Efforts to reassure United States allies and 

2 partners in Middle East. 

3 (3) Efforts to address the potential for a con4 ventional or nuclear arms race in the Middle East. 

5 (c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 60 

6 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary shall submit the strategy developed under sub8 section (a) to— 

9 (1) the majority leader, the minority leader, the 

10 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

11 Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on In12 telligence of the Senate; and 

13 (2) the Speaker, the majority leader, the minor14 ity leader, the Committee on Armed Services, the 

15 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent 

16 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

17 Representatives. 

18 SEC. 120. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL CYBER19 SPACE POLICY STRATEGY. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

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

22 shall produce a comprehensive strategy, with a classified 

23 annex if necessary, relating to United States international 

24 policy with regard to cyberspace. 
32 

†S 1635 ES

1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required in subsection 

2 (a) shall include: 

3 (1) A review of actions and activities under4 taken by the Secretary of State to date to support 

5 the goal of the President’s International Strategy for 

6 Cyberspace, released in May 2011, to ‘‘work inter7 nationally to promote an open, interoperable, secure, 

8 and reliable information and communications infra9 structure that supports international trade and com10 merce, strengthens international security, and fos11 ters free expression and innovation’’. 

12 (2) A plan of action to guide the Secretary’s di13 plomacy with regard to nation-states, including con14 ducting bilateral and multilateral activities to de15 velop the norms of responsible international behavior 

16 in cyberspace, and status review of existing discus17 sions in multilateral fora to obtain agreements on 

18 international norms in cyberspace. 

19 (3) A review of the alternative concepts with re20 gard to international norms in cyberspace offered by 

21 other prominent nation-state actors, including 

22 China, Russia, Brazil, and India. 

23 (4) A detailed description of threats to United 

24 States national security in cyberspace from other na25 tion-states, state-sponsored actors and private ac-
33 

†S 1635 ES

1 tors, to United States Federal and private sector in2 frastructure, United States intellectual property, and 

3 the privacy of United States citizens. 

4 (5) A review of policy tools available to the 

5 President of United States to deter nation-states, 

6 state-sponsored actors, and private actors, including, 

7 but not limited to, those outlined in Executive Order 

8 13694, released on April 1, 2015. 

9 (6) A review of resources required by the Sec10 retary, including the Office of the Coordinator for 

11 Cyber Issues, to conduct activities to build respon12 sible norms of international cyber behavior. 

13 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall consult 

14 with other United States Government agencies, including 

15 the intelligence community, and, as appropriate, the 

16 United States private sector, and United States non17 governmental organizations with recognized credentials 

18 and expertise in foreign policy, national security, and cy19 bersecurity. 

20 (d) RELEASE.—The Secretary shall publicly release 

21 the strategy required in subsection (a) and brief the Com22 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com23 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

24 upon its release, including on the classified annex, should 

25 the strategy include such an annex. 
34 

†S 1635 ES

1 SEC. 121. WAIVER OF FEES FOR RENEWAL OF IMMIGRANT 

2 VISA FOR ADOPTED CHILD IN CERTAIN SITU3 ATIONS. 

4 Section 221(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 

5 Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(c)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(c) PERIOD OF VALIDITY; RENEWAL OR REPLACE7 MENT.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IMMIGRANT VISAS.—An immigrant visa 

9 shall be valid for such period, not exceeding 6 

10 months, as shall be by regulations prescribed, except 

11 that any visa issued to a child lawfully adopted by 

12 a United States citizen and spouse while such citizen 

13 is serving abroad in the United States Armed 

14 Forces, or is employed abroad by the United States 

15 Government, or is temporarily abroad on business, 

16 shall be valid until such time, for a period not to ex17 ceed 3 years, as the adoptive citizen parent returns 

18 to the United States in due course of his service, 

19 employment, or business. 

20 ‘‘(2) NONIMMIGRANT VISAS.—A nonimmigrant 

21 visa shall be valid for such periods as shall be pre22 scribed by regulations. In prescribing the period of 

23 validity of a nonimmigrant visa in the case of na24 tionals of any foreign country who are eligible for 

25 such visas, the Secretary of State shall, insofar as 

26 practicable, accord to such nationals the same treat-
35 

†S 1635 ES

1 ment upon a reciprocal basis as such foreign country 

2 accords to nationals of the United States who are 

3 within a similar class, except that in the case of 

4 aliens who are nationals of a foreign country and 

5 who either are granted refugee status and firmly re6 settled in another foreign country or are granted 

7 permanent residence and residing in another foreign 

8 country, the Secretary of State may prescribe the 

9 period of validity of such a visa based upon the 

10 treatment granted by that other foreign country to 

11 alien refugees and permanent residents, respectively, 

12 in the United States. 

13 ‘‘(3) VISA REPLACEMENT.—An immigrant visa 

14 may be replaced under the original number during 

15 the fiscal year in which the original visa was issued 

16 for an immigrant who establishes to the satisfaction 

17 of the consular officer that the immigrant— 

18 ‘‘(A) was unable to use the original immi19 grant visa during the period of its validity be20 cause of reasons beyond his control and for 

21 which he was not responsible; 

22 ‘‘(B) is found by a consular officer to be 

23 eligible for an immigrant visa; and 

24 ‘‘(C) pays again the statutory fees for an 

25 application and an immigrant visa. 
36 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(4) FEE WAIVER.—If an immigrant visa was 

2 issued, on or after March 27, 2013, for a child who 

3 has been lawfully adopted, or who is coming to the 

4 United States to be adopted, by a United States cit5 izen, any statutory immigrant visa fees relating to a 

6 renewal or replacement of such visa may be waived 

7 or, if already paid, may be refunded upon request, 

8 subject to such criteria as the Secretary of State 

9 may prescribe, if— 

10 ‘‘(A) the immigrant child was unable to 

11 use the original immigrant visa during the pe12 riod of its validity as a direct result of extraor13 dinary circumstances, including the denial of an 

14 exit permit; and 

15 ‘‘(B) if such inability was attributable to 

16 factors beyond the control of the adopting par17 ent or parents and of the immigrant.’’. 

18 SEC. 122. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ANTI-ISRAEL AND ANTI19 SEMITIC INCITEMENT WITHIN THE PALES20 TINIAN AUTHORITY. 

21 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the 1995 In22 terim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, 

23 commonly referred to as Oslo II, specifically details that 

24 Israel and the Palestinian Authority shall ‘‘abstain from 

25 incitement, including hostile propaganda, against each 
37 

†S 1635 ES

1 other and, without derogating from the principle of free2 dom of expression, shall take legal measures to prevent 

3 such incitement by any organizations, groups or individ4 uals within their jurisdiction’’. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 

6 (1) expresses support and admiration for indi7 viduals and organizations working to encourage co8 operation between Israeli Jews and Palestinians, in9 cluding— 

10 (A) Professor Mohammed Dajani Daoudi, 

11 who took students from al-Quds University in 

12 Jerusalem to visit Auschwitz in March 2014 

13 only to return to death threats by fellow Pal14 estinians and expulsion from his teacher’s 

15 union; 

16 (B) the Israel Palestine Center for Re17 search and Information, the only joint Israeli18 Palestinian public policy think-tank, 

19 (C) United Hatzalah, a nonprofit, fully vol20 unteer Emergency Medical Services organiza21 tion that, mobilizing volunteers who are reli22 gious or secular Jews, Arabs, Muslims, and 

23 Christians, provides EMS services to all people 

24 in Israel regardless of race, religion, or national 

25 origin; and 
38 

†S 1635 ES

1 (D) Breaking the Impasse, an apolitical 

2 initiative of Palestinian and Israeli business and 

3 civil society leaders who advocate for a two4 state solution and an urgent diplomatic solution 

5 to the conflict; 

6 (2) reiterates strong condemnation of anti7 Israel and anti-Semitic incitement in the Palestinian 

8 Authority as antithetical to the stated desire to 

9 achieve a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace set10 tlement; and 

11 (3) urges President Abbas and Palestinian Au12 thority officials to discontinue all official incitement 

13 that runs contrary to the determination to put an 

14 end to decades of confrontation. 

15 SEC. 123. SUPPORT FOR THE SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPEND16 ENCE, TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, AND INVIO17 LABILITY OF POST-SOVIET COUNTRIES IN 

18 LIGHT OF RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AND INTER19 FERENCE. 

20 It is the sense of Congress that Congress— 

21 (1) supports the sovereignty, independence, ter22 ritorial integrity, and inviolability of post-Soviet 

23 countries within their internationally recognized bor24 ders; 
39 

†S 1635 ES

1 (2) expresses deep concern over increasingly ag2 gressive actions by the Russian Federation; 

3 (3) is committed to providing sufficient funding 

4 for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs of 

5 the Department of State to address subversive and 

6 destabilizing activities by the Russian Federation 

7 within post-Soviet countries; 

8 (4) supports robust engagement between the 

9 United States and post-Soviet countries through— 

10 (A) the promotion of strengthened people11 to-people ties, including through educational 

12 and cultural exchange programs; 

13 (B) anticorruption assistance; 

14 (C) public diplomacy; 

15 (D) economic diplomacy; and 

16 (E) other democratic reform efforts; 

17 (5) encourages the President to further enhance 

18 nondefense cooperation and diplomatic engagement 

19 with post-Soviet countries; 

20 (6) condemns the subversive and destabilizing 

21 activities undertaken by the Russian Federation 

22 within post-Soviet countries; 

23 (7) encourages enhanced cooperation between 

24 the United States and the European Union to pro-
40 

†S 1635 ES

1 mote greater Euro-Atlantic integration, including 

2 through— 

3 (A) the enlargement of the European 

4 Union; and 

5 (B) the Open Door policy of the North At6 lantic Treaty Organization; 

7 (8) urges continued cooperation between the 

8 United States and the European Union to maintain 

9 sanctions against the Russian Federation until the 

10 Government of Russia has— 

11 (A) fully implemented all provisions of the 

12 Minsk agreements, done at Minsk September 5, 

13 2014 and February 12, 2015; and 

14 (B) demonstrated respect for the territorial 

15 sovereignty of Ukraine; 

16 (9) calls on the member states of the European 

17 Union to extend the current sanctions regime 

18 against the Russian Federation; and 

19 (10) urges the consideration of additional sanc20 tions if the Russian Federation continue to engage 

21 in subversive and destabilizing activities within post22 Soviet countries. 

23 SEC. 124. RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA REPORT. 

24 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con25 gress that— 
41 

†S 1635 ES

1 (1) the Russian Federation is waging a propa2 ganda war against the United States and our allies; 

3 and 

4 (2) a successful strategy must be implemented 

5 to counter the threat posed by Russian propaganda. 

6 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, and annually for the fol8 lowing 3 years, the Secretary, in consultation with appro9 priate Federal officials, shall submit an unclassified re10 port, with a classified annex, to the Committee on Foreign 

11 Relations of the Senate, the Select Committee on Intel12 ligence of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

13 of the House of Representatives, and the Permanent Se14 lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent15 atives that contains a detailed analysis of— 

16 (1) the recent use of propaganda by the Gov17 ernment of Russia, including— 

18 (A) the forms of propaganda used, includ19 ing types of media and programming; 

20 (B) the principal countries and regions tar21 geted by Russian propaganda; and 

22 (C) the impact of Russian propaganda on 

23 such targets; 
42 

†S 1635 ES

1 (2) the response by United States allies, par2 ticularly European allies, to counter the threat of 

3 Russian propaganda; 

4 (3) the response by the United States to the 

5 threat of Russian propaganda; 

6 (4) the extent of the effectiveness of programs 

7 currently in use to counter Russian propaganda; 

8 (5) a strategy for improving the effectiveness of 

9 such programs; 

10 (6) any additional authority needed to counter 

11 the threat of Russian propaganda; and 

12 (7) the additional funding needed to success13 fully implement the strategy referred to in para14 graph (5). 

15 SEC. 125. APPROVAL OF EXPORT LICENCES AND LETTERS 

16 OF REQUEST TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT 

17 OF UKRAINE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

19 (1) EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATIONS.— 

20 (A) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Sec21 retary shall submit to the specified congres22 sional committees a detailed list of all export li23 cense applications, including requests for mar24 keting licenses, for the sale of defense articles 

25 and defense services to Ukraine. 
43 

†S 1635 ES

1 (B) CONTENTS.—The list submitted under 

2 subparagraph (A) shall include— 

3 (i) the date on which the application 

4 or request was first submitted; 

5 (ii) the current status of each applica6 tion or request; and 

7 (iii) the estimated timeline for adju8 dication of such applications or requests. 

9 (C) PRIORITY.—The Secretary should give 

10 priority to processing the applications and re11 quests included on the list submitted under sub12 paragraph (A). 

13 (2) LETTERS OF REQUEST.—The Secretary 

14 shall submit to the specified congressional commit15 tees a detailed list of all pending Letters of Request 

16 for Foreign Military Sales to Ukraine, including— 

17 (A) the date on which each such letter was 

18 first submitted; 

19 (B) the current status of each such letter; 

20 and 

21 (C) the estimated timeline for the adju22 dication of each such letter. 

23 (b) REPORTS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

25 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 
44 

†S 1635 ES

1 days thereafter until the date set forth in paragraph 

2 (2), the Secretary shall submit a report to the speci3 fied congressional committees that describes the sta4 tus of the applications, requests for marketing li5 censes, and Letters of Request described in sub6 section (a). 

7 (2) TERMINATION DATE.—The date set forth in 

8 this paragraph is the earlier of— 

9 (A) the date on which the President cer10 tifies to Congress that the sovereignty and ter11 ritorial integrity of the Government of Ukraine 

12 has been restored; or 

13 (B) the date that is 5 years after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act. 

15 (c) SPECIFIED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE16 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘specified congressional 

17 committees’’ means— 

18 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

19 Senate; 

20 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

21 House of Representatives; 

22 (3) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

23 Senate; and 

24 (4) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

25 House of Representatives. 
45 

†S 1635 ES

1 Subtitle B—Additional Matters 

2 SEC. 131. ATROCITIES PREVENTION BOARD. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President is authorized 

4 to establish, within the Executive Office of the President, 

5 an Interagency Atrocities Prevention Board (referred to 

6 in this section as the ‘‘Board’’). 

7 (b) DUTIES.—The Board is authorized— 

8 (1) to coordinate an interagency approach to 

9 preventing mass atrocities; 

10 (2) to propose policies to integrate the early 

11 warning systems of national security agencies, in12 cluding intelligence agencies, with respect to inci13 dents of mass atrocities and to coordinate the policy 

14 response to such incidents; 

15 (3) to identify relevant Federal agencies, which 

16 shall track and report on Federal funding spent on 

17 atrocity prevention efforts; 

18 (4) to oversee the development and implementa19 tion of comprehensive atrocities prevention and re20 sponse strategies; 

21 (5) to identify available resources and policy op22 tions necessary to prevent the emergence or esca23 lation of mass atrocities; 

24 (6) to identify and propose policies to close gaps 

25 in expertise, readiness, and planning for atrocities 
46 

†S 1635 ES

1 prevention and early action across Federal agencies, 

2 including training for employees at relevant Federal 

3 agencies; 

4 (7) to engage relevant civil society and non5 governmental organization stakeholders in regular 

6 consultations to solicit current information on coun7 tries of concern; and 

8 (8) to conduct an atrocity-specific expert review 

9 of policy and programming of all countries at risk 

10 for mass atrocities. 

11 (c) LEADERSHIP.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be headed 

13 by a Senior Director, who— 

14 (A) shall be appointed by the President; 

15 and 

16 (B) shall report to the Assistant to the 

17 President for National Security Affairs. 

18 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Senior Director is 

19 authorized to have primary responsibility for— 

20 (A) recommending and, if adopted, pro21 moting United States Government policies on 

22 preventing mass atrocities; and 

23 (B) carrying out the duties described in 

24 subsection (b). 
47 

†S 1635 ES

1 (d) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be composed 

2 of— 

3 (1) representatives from— 

4 (A) the Department of State; 

5 (B) the United States Agency for Inter6 national Development; 

7 (C) the Department of Defense; 

8 (D) the Department of Justice; 

9 (E) the Department of the Treasury; 

10 (F) the Department of Homeland Security; 

11 (G) the Central Intelligence Agency; 

12 (H) the Office of the Director of National 

13 Intelligence; 

14 (I) the United States Mission to the 

15 United Nations; and 

16 (J) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

17 and 

18 (2) such other individuals as the President may 

19 appoint. 

20 (e) COORDINATION.—The Board is authorized to co21 ordinate with relevant officials and government agencies 

22 responsible for foreign policy with respect to particular re23 gions and countries to help provide a cohesive, whole of 

24 government response and policy direction to emerging and 

25 ongoing atrocities. 
48 

†S 1635 ES

1 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 

3 to the appropriate congressional committees a classified 

4 report, with an unclassified annex, which shall include— 

5 (1) an update on the interagency review man6 dated by Presidential Study Directive 10 that in7 cludes— 

8 (A) an evaluation of current mechanisms 

9 and capacities for government-wide detection, 

10 early warning, information-sharing, contingency 

11 planning, and coordination of efforts to prevent 

12 and respond to situations of genocide, mass 

13 atrocities, and other mass violence, including 

14 such mass gender- and ethnicity-based violence; 

15 (B) an assessment of the funding spent by 

16 relevant Federal agencies on atrocity prevention 

17 activities; 

18 (C) current annual global assessments of 

19 sources of conflict and instability; 

20 (D) recommendations to further strength21 en United States capabilities to improve the 

22 mechanisms described in subparagraph (A); and 

23 (E) evaluations of the various approaches 

24 to enhancing capabilities and improving the 

25 mechanisms described in subparagraph (A); 
49 

†S 1635 ES

1 (2) recommendations to ensure burden sharing 

2 by— 

3 (A) improving international cooperation 

4 and coordination to enhance multilateral mech5 anisms for preventing genocide and atrocities, 

6 including improving the role of regional and 

7 international organizations in conflict preven8 tion, mitigation, and response; and 

9 (B) strengthening regional organizations; 

10 and 

11 (3) the implementation status of the rec12 ommendations contained in the interagency review 

13 described in paragraph (1). 

14 (g) MATERIALS AND BRIEFINGS.—The Senior Direc15 tor and the members of the Board shall brief the Com16 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com17 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

18 at least annually. 

19 (h) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective 

20 on June 30, 2017. 

21 SEC. 132. UNITED STATES ENGAGEMENT IN THE INDO-PA22 CIFIC. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

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

25 shall submit a comprehensive assessment to the Chairmen 
50 

†S 1635 ES

1 and Ranking Members of the Committee on Foreign Rela2 tions of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

3 of the House of Representatives of the United States en4 gagement in the Indo-Pacific, including with partners 

5 across the Indo-Pacific region. 

6 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment submitted under 

7 subsection (a) shall include— 

8 (1) a review of current and emerging United 

9 States diplomatic, national security, and economic 

10 interests and trends in the Indo-Pacific region; 

11 (2) a review of resources devoted to United 

12 States diplomatic, economic, trade, development, and 

13 cultural engagement and plans in the Indo-Pacific 

14 region during the 10-year period ending on the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act; 

16 (3) options for the realignment of United States 

17 engagement in the Indo-Pacific region to respond to 

18 new opportunities and challenges, including linking 

19 United States strategy more broadly across the 

20 Indo-Pacific region; and 

21 (4) the views of noted policy leaders and re22 gional experts, including leaders and experts in the 

23 Indo-Pacific region, on the opportunities and chal24 lenges to United States engagement across the Indo25 Pacific region. 
51 

†S 1635 ES

1 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary, as appropriate, 

2 shall consult with— 

3 (1) other United States Government agencies; 

4 and 

5 (2) independent, nongovernmental organizations 

6 with recognized credentials and expertise in foreign 

7 policy, national security, and international economic 

8 affairs that have access to policy experts throughout 

9 the United States and from the Indo-Pacific region. 

10 SEC. 133. JOINT ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT PREJUDICE AND 

11 DISCRIMINATION AND TO FOSTER INCLU12 SION. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

14 enter into a bilateral joint action plan with the European 

15 Union to combat prejudice and discrimination and to fos16 ter inclusion (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Joint Ac17 tion Plan’’). 

18 (b) CONTENTS OF JOINT ACTION PLAN.—The Joint 

19 Action Plan shall— 

20 (1) address anti-Semitism; 

21 (2) address prejudice against, and the discrimi22 natory treatment of, racial, ethnic, and religious mi23 norities; 

24 (3) promote equality of opportunity for access 

25 to quality education and economic opportunities; and 
52 

†S 1635 ES

1 (4) promote equal treatment by the justice sys2 tem. 

3 (c) COOPERATION.—In developing the Joint Action 

4 Plan, the Secretary shall— 

5 (1) leverage interagency policy expertise in the 

6 United States and Europe; 

7 (2) develop partnerships among civil society and 

8 private sector stakeholders; and 

9 (3) draw upon the extensive work done by the 

10 Organization for Security and Co-operation in Eu11 rope to address anti-Semitism. 

12 (d) INITIATIVES.—The Joint Action Plan may in13 clude initiatives for promoting equality of opportunity and 

14 methods of eliminating prejudice and discrimination based 

15 on religion, race, or ethnicity, including— 

16 (1) training programs; 

17 (2) regional initiatives to promote equality of 

18 opportunity through the strengthening of democratic 

19 institutions; 

20 (3) public-private partnerships with enterprises 

21 and nongovernmental organizations; 

22 (4) exchanges of technical experts; 

23 (5) scholarships and fellowships; and 

24 (6) political empowerment and leadership initia25 tives. 
53 

†S 1635 ES

1 (e) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The Secretary 

2 shall task an existing Deputy Assistant Secretary with the 

3 responsibility for coordinating the implementation of the 

4 Joint Action Plan with his or her European Union coun5 terpart. 

6 (f) LEGAL EFFECTS.—Any Joint Action Plan adopt7 ed under this section— 

8 (1) shall not be legally binding; and 

9 (2) shall create no rights or obligations under 

10 international or United States law. 

11 (g) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec12 tion may be construed to authorize— 

13 (1) the Secretary to enter into a legally binding 

14 agreement or Joint Action Plan with the European 

15 Union; or 

16 (2) any additional appropriations for the pur17 poses and initiatives described in this section. 

18 (h) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

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

20 shall submit a progress report on the development of the 

21 Joint Action Plan to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

22 of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

23 the House of Representatives. 
54 

†S 1635 ES

1 SEC. 134. REPORT ON DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEBT SUS2 TAINABILITY. 

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

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordi5 nation with the Secretary of Treasury, shall submit a re6 port containing an assessment of the current external debt 

7 environment for developing countries and identifying par8 ticular near-term risks to debt sustainability to— 

9 (1) the appropriate congressional committees; 

10 (2) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

11 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

12 (3) the Committee on Financial Services of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 (b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under sub15 section (a) shall assess— 

16 (1) the impact of new lending relationships, in17 cluding the role of new creditors; 

18 (2) the adequacy of current multilateral surveil19 lance mechanisms in guarding against debt distress 

20 in developing countries; 

21 (3) the ability of developing countries to borrow 

22 on global capital markets; and 

23 (4) the interaction between debt sustainability 

24 objectives of the developing world and the develop25 ment-oriented investment agenda of the G–20, in26 cluding the impact of— 
55 

†S 1635 ES

1 (A) current debt sustainability objectives 

2 on investment in developing countries; and 

3 (B) investment objectives proposed by the 

4 G–20 on the ability to meet the goals of— 

5 (i) the Heavily Indebted Poor Country 

6 Initiative; and 

7 (ii) the Multilateral Debt Relief Initia8 tive. 

9 SEC. 135. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO PREVENT AND RE10 SPOND TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE GLOB11 ALLY. 

12 (a) GLOBAL STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later 

13 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 and biennially thereafter for 6 years, the Secretary of 

15 State shall develop or update a United States global strat16 egy to prevent and respond to violence against women and 

17 girls. The strategy shall be transmitted to the appropriate 

18 congressional committees and made publicly available on 

19 the Internet. 

20 (b) INITIAL STRATEGY.—For the purposes of this 

21 section, the ‘‘United States Strategy to Prevent and Re22 spond to Gender-Based Violence Globally’’, issued in Au23 gust 2012, shall be deemed to fulfill the initial require24 ment of subsection (a). 
56 

†S 1635 ES

1 (c) COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION.—In devel2 oping the strategy under subsection (a), the Secretary of 

3 State shall consult with— 

4 (1) the heads of relevant Federal agencies; 

5 (2) the Senior Policy Operating Group on Traf6 ficking in Persons; and 

7 (3) representatives of civil society and multilat8 eral organizations with demonstrated experience in 

9 addressing violence against women and girls or pro10 moting gender equality internationally. 

11 (d) PRIORITY COUNTRY SELECTION.—To further the 

12 objectives of the strategy described in subsection (a), the 

13 Secretary shall identify no less than 4 eligible low-income 

14 and lower-middle income countries with significant levels 

15 of violence against women and girls, including within dis16 placed communities, that have the governmental or non17 governmental organizational capacity to manage and im18 plement gender-based violence prevention and response 

19 program activities and should, when possible, be geo20 graphically, ethnically, and culturally diverse from one an21 other. 

22 (e) COUNTRY PLANS.—In each country identified 

23 under subsection (d) the Secretary shall develop com24 prehensive, multisectoral, and holistic individual country 
57 

†S 1635 ES

1 plans designed to address and respond to violence against 

2 women and girls that include— 

3 (1) an assessment and description of the cur4 rent or potential capacity of the government of each 

5 identified country and civil society organizations in 

6 each such identified country to address and respond 

7 to violence against women and girls; 

8 (2) an identification of coordination mecha9 nisms with Federal agencies that— 

10 (A) have existing programs relevant to the 

11 strategy; 

12 (B) will be involved in new program activi13 ties; and 

14 (C) are engaged in broader United States 

15 strategies around development; 

16 (3) a description of the monitoring and evalua17 tion mechanisms established for each identified 

18 country, and their intended use in assessing overall 

19 progress in prevention and response; 

20 (4) a projection of the general levels of re21 sources needed to achieve the stated objectives in 

22 each identified country, including an accounting of— 

23 (A) activities and funding already ex24 pended by the Department of State, the United 

25 States Agency for International Development, 
58 

†S 1635 ES

1 other Federal agencies, donor country govern2 ments, and multilateral institutions; and 

3 (B) leveraged private sector resources; and 

4 (5) strategies, as appropriate, designed to ac5 commodate the needs of stateless, disabled, inter6 nally displaced, refugee, or religious or ethnic minor7 ity women and girls. 

8 (f) REPORT ON PRIORITY COUNTRY SELECTION AND

9 COUNTRY PLANS.—Not more than 90 days after selection 

10 of the priority countries required under subsection (d), 

11 and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall sub12 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

13 detailing the priority country selection process, the devel14 opment of specific country plans, and include an overview 

15 of all programming and specific activities being under16 taken, the budget resources requested, and the specific ac17 tivities to be supported by each Executive agency under 

18 the strategy if such resources are provided. 

19 (g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec20 tion may be construed to authorize any additional appro21 priations for the purposes and initiatives of this section. 

22 SEC. 136. INTERNATIONAL CORRUPTION AND ACCOUNT23 ABILITY. 

24 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than June 1 of each 

25 year, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator 
59 

†S 1635 ES

1 of the United States Agency for International Develop2 ment (referred to in this section as the ‘‘USAID Adminis3 trator’’), the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of ap4 propriate intelligence agencies, shall submit to the appro5 priate congressional committees a Country Report on Cor6 ruption Practices, with a classified annex, which shall in7 clude information about countries for which a corruption 

8 analysis was conducted under subsection (b). 

9 (b) CORRUPTION ANALYSIS ELEMENTS.—The cor10 ruption analysis conducted under this subsection should 

11 include, among other elements— 

12 (1) an analysis of individuals and associations 

13 that comprise corruption networks in the country, 

14 including, as applicable— 

15 (A) government officials; 

16 (B) private sector actors; 

17 (C) criminals; and 

18 (D) members of illegal armed groups; 

19 (2) the identification of the state functions that 

20 have been captured by corrupt networks in the coun21 try, including, as applicable functions of— 

22 (A) the judicial branch; 

23 (B) the taxing authority; 

24 (C) the central bank; and 

25 (D) specific military or police units; 
60 

†S 1635 ES

1 (3) the identification of— 

2 (A) the key economic activities, whether 

3 licit or illicit, which are dominated by members 

4 of the corrupt network; and 

5 (B) other revenue streams that enrich such 

6 members; and 

7 (4) the identification of enablers of corrupt 

8 practices, within the country and outside the coun9 try. 

10 (c) PUBLICATION AND BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary 

11 shall— 

12 (1) publish the Country Report on Corruption 

13 and Accountability submitted under subsection (a) 

14 on the website of the Department; and 

15 (2) brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

16 the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

17 the House of Representatives on the information 

18 contained in the report published under paragraph 

19 (1). 

20 SEC. 137. QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT 

21 REVIEW. 

22 (a) REQUIREMENT.— 

23 (1) QUADRENNIAL REVIEWS REQUIRED.— 

24 Under the direction of the President, the Secretary 

25 of State shall every 4 years, during a year following 
61 

†S 1635 ES

1 a year evenly divisible by 4, conduct a review of 

2 United States diplomacy and development (to be 

3 known as a ‘‘quadrennial diplomacy and develop4 ment review’’). 

5 (2) SCOPE OF REVIEWS.—Each quadrennial di6 plomacy and development review shall be a com7 prehensive examination of the national diplomacy 

8 and development policy and strategic framework of 

9 the United States for the next 4-year period until a 

10 subsequent review is due under paragraph (1). The 

11 review shall include— 

12 (A) recommendations regarding the long13 term diplomacy and development policy and 

14 strategic framework of the United States; 

15 (B) priorities of the United States for di16 plomacy and development; and 

17 (C) guidance on the related programs, as18 sets, capabilities, budget, policies, and authori19 ties of the Department of State and United 

20 States Agency for International Development. 

21 (3) CONSULTATION.—In conducting each quad22 rennial diplomacy and development review, after con23 sultation with Department of State and United 

24 States Agency for International Development offi25 cials, the Secretary of State should consult with— 
62 

†S 1635 ES

1 (A) the heads of other relevant Federal 

2 agencies, including the Secretary of Defense, 

3 the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 

4 Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the 

5 Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 

6 Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Com7 merce, the Chief Executive Officer of the Mil8 lennium Challenge Corporation, and the Direc9 tor of National Intelligence; 

10 (B) any other Federal agency that provides 

11 foreign assistance, including at a minimum the 

12 Export-Import Bank of the United States and 

13 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; 

14 (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

15 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

16 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

17 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and, as appropriate, 

19 other members of Congress; and 

20 (D) other relevant governmental and non21 governmental entities, including private sector 

22 representatives, academics, and other policy ex23 perts. 

24 (b) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—Each quadrennial diplo25 macy and development review shall— 
63 

†S 1635 ES

1 (1) delineate, as appropriate, the national diplo2 macy and development policy and strategic frame3 work of the United States, consistent with appro4 priate national, Department of State, and United 

5 States Agency for International Development strate6 gies, strategic plans, and relevant presidential direc7 tives, including the national security strategy pre8 scribed pursuant to section 108 of the National Se9 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a); 

10 (2) outline and prioritize the full range of crit11 ical national diplomacy and development areas, capa12 bilities, and resources, including those implemented 

13 across agencies, and address the full range of chal14 lenges confronting the United States in this regard; 

15 (3) describe the interagency cooperation, and 

16 preparedness of relevant Federal assets, and the in17 frastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the 

18 diplomacy and development policies and programs of 

19 the United States required to execute successfully 

20 the full range of mission priorities outlined under 

21 paragraph (2); 

22 (4) describe the roles of international organiza23 tions and multilateral institutions in advancing 

24 United States diplomatic and development objec25 tives, including the mechanisms for coordinating and 
64 

†S 1635 ES

1 harmonizing development policies and programs with 

2 partner countries and among donors; 

3 (5) identify the budget plan required to provide 

4 sufficient resources to successfully execute the full 

5 range of mission priorities outlined under paragraph 

6 (2); 

7 (6) include an assessment of the organizational 

8 alignment of the Department of State and the 

9 United States Agency for International Development 

10 with the national diplomacy and development policy 

11 and strategic framework referred to in paragraph 

12 (1) and the diplomacy and development mission pri13 orities outlined under paragraph (2); 

14 (7) review and assess the effectiveness of the 

15 management mechanisms of the Department of 

16 State and the United States Agency for Inter17 national Development for executing the strategic pri18 orities outlined in the quadrennial diplomacy and de19 velopment review, including the extent to which such 

20 effectiveness has been enhanced since the previous 

21 report; and 

22 (8) the relationship between the requirements of 

23 the quadrennial diplomacy and development review 

24 and the acquisition strategy and expenditure plan 
65 

†S 1635 ES

1 within the Department of State and the United 

2 States Agency for International Development. 

3 (c) FOREIGN AFFAIRS POLICY BOARD REVIEW.— 

4 The Secretary of State should apprise the Foreign Affairs 

5 Policy Board on an ongoing basis of the work undertaken 

6 in the conduct of the quadrennial diplomacy and develop7 ment review. 

8 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec9 tion may be construed to authorize any additional appro10 priations for the purposes and initiatives under this sec11 tion. 

12 SEC. 138. DISAPPEARED PERSONS IN MEXICO, GUATEMALA, 

13 HONDURAS, AND EL SALVADOR. 

14 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find15 ings: 

16 (1) The United States— 

17 (A) values governance, security, and the 

18 rule of law in Mexico and Central America; and 

19 (B) has reemphasized its commitment to 

20 this region following the humanitarian crisis of 

21 unaccompanied children from these countries 

22 across the international border between the 

23 United States and Mexico in 2014. 

24 (2) Individuals migrating from Central America 

25 to the United States face great peril during their 
66 

†S 1635 ES

1 journey. Many go missing along the way and are 

2 often never heard from again. 

3 (b) REPORT OF DISAPPEARED PERSONS.—Not later 

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

5 and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in close consulta6 tion with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement 

7 Agency, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director 

8 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the heads of 

9 other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit a report to 

10 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

11 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep12 resentatives that includes— 

13 (1) the number of cases of enforced disappear14 ances in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Sal15 vador; 

16 (2) an assessment of causes for the disappear17 ances described in paragraph (1); 

18 (3) the primary individuals and groups respon19 sible for such disappearances; and 

20 (4) the official government response in those 

21 countries to account for such disappeared persons. 
67 

†S 1635 ES

1 SEC. 139. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION BY THE GOVERN2 MENT OF BAHRAIN OF RECOMMENDATIONS 

3 FROM THE BAHRAIN INDEPENDENT COMMIS4 SION OF INQUIRY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub7 mit an unclassified report to the appropriate congressional 

8 committees that describes the implementation by the Gov9 ernment of Bahrain of the recommendations contained in 

10 the 2011 Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission 

11 of Inquiry (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Bahrain Re12 port’’). 

13 (b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection 

14 (a) shall include— 

15 (1) a description of the specific steps taken by 

16 the Government of Bahrain to implement each of the 

17 26 recommendations contained in the Bahrain Re18 port; 

19 (2) an assessment of whether the Government 

20 of Bahrain has ‘‘fully complied with’’, ‘‘partially im21 plemented’’, or ‘‘not meaningfully implemented’’ 

22 each recommendation referred to in paragraph (1); 

23 and 

24 (3) an assessment of the impact of the findings 

25 in the Bahrain Report for the United States security 
68 

†S 1635 ES

1 posture in the Arab Gulf and the area of responsi2 bility of the United States Central Command. 

3 SEC. 140. REPORT ON UNITED STATES HUMANITARIAN AS4 SISTANCE TO HAITI AND WHETHER RECENT 

5 ELECTIONS IN HAITI MEET INTERNATIONAL 

6 ELECTION STANDARDS. 

7 (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 5(a) of the Assess8 ing Progress in Haiti Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) 

9 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 

11 (b) REPORT.—Section 5(b) of the Assessing Progress 

12 in Haiti Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

14 end; 

15 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking the period at 

16 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(14) a determination of whether recent Hai19 tian elections are free, fair and responsive to the 

20 people of Haiti; and 

21 ‘‘(15) a description of any attempts to dis22 qualify candidates for political officers in Haiti for 

23 political reasons.’’. 
69 

†S 1635 ES

1 SEC. 141. SENSE OF CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO THE IM2 POSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS 

3 AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S RE4 PUBLIC OF KOREA. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find6 ings: 

7 (1) The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 

8 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘DPRK’’) tested 

9 nuclear weapons on 3 separate occasions, in October 

10 2006, in May 2009, and in February 2013. 

11 (2) Nuclear experts have reported that the 

12 DPRK may currently have as many as 20 nuclear 

13 warheads and has the potential to possess as many 

14 as 100 warheads within the next 5 years. 

15 (3) According to the 2014 Department of De16 fense report, ‘‘Military and Security Developments 

17 Involving the Democratic People’s Republic of 

18 Korea’’ (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘2014 

19 DoD report’’), the DPRK has proliferated nuclear 

20 technology to Libya via the proliferation network of 

21 Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan. 

22 (4) According to the 2014 DoD report, ‘‘North 

23 Korea also provided Syria with nuclear reactor tech24 nology until 2007.’’. 
70 

†S 1635 ES

1 (5) On September 6, 2007, as part of ‘‘Oper2 ation Orchard’’, the Israeli Air Force destroyed the 

3 suspected nuclear facility in Syria. 

4 (6) According to the 2014 DoD report, ‘‘North 

5 Korea has exported conventional and ballistic mis6 sile-related equipment, components, materials, and 

7 technical assistance to countries in Africa, Asia, and 

8 the Middle East.’’. 

9 (7) On November 29, 1987, DPRK agents 

10 planted explosive devices onboard Korean Air flight 

11 858, which killed all 115 passengers and crew on 

12 board. 

13 (8) On March 26, 2010, the DPRK fired upon 

14 and sank the South Korean warship Cheonan, killing 

15 46 of her crew. 

16 (9) On November 23, 2010, the DPRK shelled 

17 South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island, killing 4 South 

18 Korean citizens. 

19 (10) On February 7, 2014, the United Nations 

20 Commission of Inquiry on human rights in DPRK 

21 (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Commission 

22 of Inquiry’’) released a report detailing the atrocious 

23 human rights record of the DPRK. 

24 (11) Dr. Michael Kirby, Chair of the Commis25 sion of Inquiry, stated on March 17, 2014, ‘‘The 
71 

†S 1635 ES

1 Commission of Inquiry has found systematic, wide2 spread, and grave human rights violations occurring 

3 in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It has 

4 also found a disturbing array of crimes against hu5 manity. These crimes are committed against inmates 

6 of political and other prison camps; against starving 

7 populations; against religious believers; against per8 sons who try to flee the country—including those 

9 forcibly repatriated by China.’’. 

10 (12) Dr. Michael Kirby also stated, ‘‘These 

11 crimes arise from policies established at the highest 

12 level of the State. They have been committed, and 

13 continue to take place in the Democratic People’s 

14 Republic of Korea, because the policies, institutions, 

15 and patterns of impunity that lie at their heart re16 main in place. The gravity, scale, duration, and na17 ture of the unspeakable atrocities committed in the 

18 country reveal a totalitarian State that does not 

19 have any parallel in the contemporary world.’’. 

20 (13) The Commission of Inquiry also notes, 

21 ‘‘Since 1950, the Democratic People’s Republic of 

22 Korea has engaged in the systematic abduction, de23 nial of repatriation, and subsequent enforced dis24 appearance of persons from other countries on a 

25 large scale and as a matter of State policy. Well over 
72 

†S 1635 ES

1 200,000 persons, including children, who were 

2 brought from other countries to the Democratic Peo3 ple’s Republic of Korea may have become victims of 

4 enforced disappearance,’’ and states that the DPRK 

5 has failed to account or address this injustice in any 

6 way. 

7 (14) According to reports and analysis from or8 ganizations such as the International Network for 

9 the Human Rights of North Korean Overseas Labor, 

10 the Korea Policy Research Center, NK Watch, the 

11 Asian Institute for Policy Studies, the Center for 

12 International and Strategic Studies, and the George 

13 W. Bush Institute, there may currently be as many 

14 as 100,000 North Korean overseas laborers in var15 ious nations around the world. 

16 (15) Such forced North Korean laborers are 

17 often subjected to harsh working conditions under 

18 the direct supervision of DPRK officials, and their 

19 salaries contribute to anywhere from $150,000,000 

20 to $230,000,000 a year to the DPRK state coffers. 

21 (16) According to the Director of National 

22 Intelligence’s 2015 Worldwide Threat Assessment, 

23 ‘‘North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile pro24 grams pose a serious threat to the United States 

25 and to the security environment in East Asia.’’. 
73 

†S 1635 ES

1 (17) The Worldwide Threat Assessment states, 

2 ‘‘North Korea has also expanded the size and so3 phistication of its ballistic missile forces, ranging 

4 from close-range ballistic missiles to ICBMs, while 

5 continuing to conduct test launches. In 2014, North 

6 Korea launched an unprecedented number of bal7 listic missiles.’’. 

8 (18) On December 19, 2015, the Federal Bu9 reau of Investigation declared that the DPRK was 

10 responsible for a cyberattack on Sony Pictures con11 ducted on November 24, 2014. 

12 (19) From 1988 to 2008, the DPRK was des13 ignated by the United States Government as a state 

14 sponsor of terrorism. 

15 (20) The DPRK is currently in violation of 

16 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1695 

17 (2006), 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013), 

18 and 2094 (2013). 

19 (21) The DPRK repeatedly violated agreements 

20 with the United States and the other so-called Six21 Party Talks partners (the Republic of Korea, Japan, 

22 the Russian Federation, and the People’s Republic 

23 of China) designed to halt its nuclear weapons pro24 gram, while receiving significant concessions, includ25 ing fuel, oil, and food aid. 
74 

†S 1635 ES

1 (22) The Six-Party Talks have not been held 

2 since December 2008. 

3 (23) On May 9, 2015, the DPRK claimed that 

4 it has test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine. 

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

7 (1) the DPRK represents a serious threat to 

8 the national security of the United States and 

9 United States allies in East Asia and to inter10 national peace and stability, and grossly violates the 

11 human rights of its own people; 

12 (2) the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 

13 the Treasury should impose additional sanctions 

14 against the DPRK, including targeting its financial 

15 assets around the world, specific designations relat16 ing to human rights abuses, and a redesignation of 

17 the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror; and 

18 (3) the President should not resume the nego19 tiations with the DPRK, either bilaterally or as part 

20 of the Six-Party Talks, without strict preconditions, 

21 including that the DPRK— 

22 (A) adhere to its denuclearization commit23 ments outlined in the 2005 Joint Statement of 

24 the Six-Party Talks; 
75 

†S 1635 ES

1 (B) commit to halting its ballistic missile 

2 programs and its proliferation activities; 

3 (C) cease military provocations; and 

4 (D) measurably and significantly improve 

5 its human rights record. 

6 TITLE II—ORGANIZATION AND 

7 PERSONNEL OF THE DEPART8 MENT OF STATE 

9 Subtitle A—Organizational Matters 

10 SEC. 201. RIGHTSIZING ACCOUNTABILITY. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after re12 ceiving rightsizing recommendations pursuant to a review 

13 conducted by the Office of Management, Policy, 

14 Rightsizing, and Innovation relating to overseas staffing 

15 levels at United States overseas posts, the relevant chief 

16 of mission, in coordination with the relevant regional bu17 reau, shall submit a response to the Office of Manage18 ment, Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation that describes— 

19 (1) any rightsizing recommendations that are 

20 accepted by such chief of mission and regional bu21 reau; 

22 (2) a detailed schedule for implementation of 

23 any such recommendations; 

24 (3) any recommendations that are rejected; and 
76 

†S 1635 ES

1 (4) a detailed justification providing the basis 

2 for the rejection of any such recommendations. 

3 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—On the date on which the 

4 President’s annual budget request is submitted to Con5 gress, the Secretary shall submit an annual report to the 

6 appropriate congressional committees that describes the 

7 status of all rightsizing recommendations and responses 

8 described in subsection (a) from the preceding 5 years, 

9 including— 

10 (1) a list of all such rightsizing recommenda11 tions made, including whether each such rec12 ommendation was accepted or rejected by the rel13 evant chief of mission and regional bureau; 

14 (2) for each accepted recommendation, a de15 tailed description of the current status of its imple16 mentation according to the schedule provided pursu17 ant to subsection (a)(2), including an explanation 

18 for any departure from, or changes to, such sched19 ule; and 

20 (3) for any rejected recommendations, the jus21 tification provided pursuant to subsection (a)(4). 

22 (c) REPORT ON REGIONAL BUREAU STAFFING.—In 

23 conjunction with each report required under subsection 

24 (b), the Secretary shall submit a supplemental report to 

25 the appropriate congressional committees that includes— 
77 

†S 1635 ES

1 (1) an enumeration of the domestic staff posi2 tions in each regional bureau of the Department; 

3 (2) a detailed explanation of the extent to which 

4 the staffing of each regional bureau reflects the 

5 overseas requirements of the United States within 

6 each such region; 

7 (3) a detailed plan, including an implementa8 tion schedule, for how the Department will seek to 

9 rectify any significant imbalances in staffing among 

10 regional bureaus or between any regional bureau and 

11 the overseas requirements of the United States with12 in such region if the Secretary determines that such 

13 staffing does not reflect— 

14 (A) the foreign policy priorities of the 

15 United States; or 

16 (B) the effective conduct of the foreign af17 fairs of the United States; and 

18 (4) a detailed description of the implementation 

19 status of any plan provided pursuant to paragraph 

20 (3), including an explanation for any departure 

21 from, or changes to, the implementation schedule 

22 provided with such plan. 
78 

†S 1635 ES

1 SEC. 202. INTEGRATION OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in conjunction 

3 with the Under Secretary of Economic Growth, Energy, 

4 and the Environment, shall establish— 

5 (1) foreign economic policy priorities for each 

6 regional bureau, including for individual countries, 

7 as appropriate; and 

8 (2) policies and guidance for integrating such 

9 foreign economic policy priorities throughout the De10 partment. 

11 (b) DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—Within each 

12 regional bureau of the Department, the Secretary shall 

13 task an existing Deputy Assistant Secretary with appro14 priate training and background in economic and commer15 cial affairs with the responsibility for economic matters 

16 and interests within the responsibilities of such regional 

17 bureau, including the integration of the foreign economic 

18 policy priorities established pursuant to subsection (a). 

19 (c) COORDINATION.—The Deputy Assistant Sec20 retary given the responsibility for economic matters and 

21 interests pursuant to subsection (b) within each bureau 

22 shall— 

23 (1) at the direction of the relevant Assistant 

24 Secretary, review and report to the Assistant Sec25 retary of such bureau on all economic matters and 

26 interests; and 
79 

†S 1635 ES

1 (2) serve as liaison with the Office of the Under 

2 Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the 

3 Environment. 

4 SEC. 203. REVIEW OF BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS AND 

5 BUREAU OF NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS JURIS6 DICTIONS. 

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

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 

9 (1) conduct a review of the jurisdictional re10 sponsibility of the Bureau of African Affairs and 

11 that of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs relating 

12 to the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria, 

13 Tunisia, and Libya; and 

14 (2) submit a report to the appropriate congres15 sional committees that includes— 

16 (A) the findings of the review conducted 

17 under paragraph (1); and 

18 (B) recommendations on whether jurisdic19 tional responsibility among the bureaus referred 

20 to in paragraph (1) should be adjusted. 

21 (b) REVIEW.—The review conducted under sub22 section (a)(1) shall— 

23 (1) identify regional strategic priorities; 

24 (2) assess regional dynamics between the North 

25 Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa regions, including 
80 

†S 1635 ES

1 the degree to which the priorities identified pursuant 

2 to paragraph (1)— 

3 (A) are distinct between each such region; 

4 or 

5 (B) have similar application across such 

6 regions; 

7 (3) identify current priorities and effectiveness 

8 of United States Government regional engagement 

9 in North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, including 

10 through security assistance, economic assistance, hu11 manitarian assistance, and trade; 

12 (4) assess the degree to which such engagement 

13 is— 

14 (A) inefficient, duplicative, or uncoordi15 nated between the North Africa and Sub-Saha16 ran Africa regions; or 

17 (B) otherwise harmed or limited as a re18 sult of the current division of jurisdictional re19 sponsibilities; 

20 (5) assess the overall coherence and effective21 ness of the current division of jurisdictional respon22 sibilities in Africa between the Bureau of African 

23 Affairs and the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, in24 cluding with regard to coordination with other 

25 United States departments or agencies; and 
81 

†S 1635 ES

1 (6) assess any opportunities and costs of trans2 ferring jurisdictional responsibility of Morocco, Alge3 ria, Tunisia and Libya from the Bureau of Near 

4 Eastern Affairs to the Bureau of African Affairs. 

5 SEC. 204. SPECIAL ENVOYS, REPRESENTATIVES, ADVISORS, 

6 AND COORDINATORS. 

7 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

9 the appropriate congressional committees on special en10 voys, representatives, advisors, and coordinators of the 

11 Department, which shall include— 

12 (1) a tabulation of the current names, ranks, 

13 positions, and responsibilities of all special envoy, 

14 representative, advisor, and coordinator positions at 

15 the Department, with a separate accounting of all 

16 such positions at the level of Assistant Secretary (or 

17 equivalent) or above; and 

18 (2) for each position identified pursuant to 

19 paragraph (1)— 

20 (A) the date on which the position was cre21 ated; 

22 (B) the mechanism by which the position 

23 was created, including the authority under 

24 which the position was created; 
82 

†S 1635 ES

1 (C) the positions authorized under section 

2 1(d) of the State Department Basic Authorities 

3 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(d)); 

4 (D) a description of whether, and the ex5 tent to which, the responsibilities assigned to 

6 the position duplicate the responsibilities of 

7 other current officials within the Department, 

8 including other special envoys, representatives, 

9 and advisors; 

10 (E) which current official within the De11 partment would be assigned the responsibilities 

12 of the position in the absence of the position; 

13 (F) to which current official within the De14 partment the position directly reports; 

15 (G) the total number of staff assigned to 

16 support the position; and 

17 (H) with the exception of those created by 

18 statute, a detailed explanation of the necessity 

19 of the position to the effective conduct of the 

20 foreign affairs of the United States. 
83 

†S 1635 ES

1 SEC. 205. CONFLICT PREVENTION, MITIGATION AND RESO2 LUTION, AND THE INCLUSION AND PARTICI3 PATION OF WOMEN. 

4 Section 704 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

5 U.S.C. 4024) is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(e) The Secretary, in conjunction with the Adminis8 trator of the United States Agency for International De9 velopment, shall ensure that all appropriate personnel, re10 sponsible for, or deploying to, countries or regions consid11 ered to be at risk of, undergoing, or emerging from violent 

12 conflict, including special envoys, members of mediation 

13 or negotiation teams, relevant members of the civil service 

14 or foreign service, and contractors, obtain training, as ap15 propriate, in the following areas, each of which shall in16 clude a focus on women and ensuring women’s meaningful 

17 inclusion and participation: 

18 ‘‘(1) Conflict prevention, mitigation, and resolu19 tion. 

20 ‘‘(2) Protecting civilians from violence, exploi21 tation, and trafficking in persons. 

22 ‘‘(3) International human rights law and inter23 national humanitarian law.’’. 

24 SEC. 206. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM SECURITY. 

25 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall regularly con26 sult with the Director of the National Security Agency and 
84 

†S 1635 ES

1 any other departments or agencies the Secretary deter2 mines to be appropriate regarding the security of United 

3 States Government and nongovernment information tech4 nology systems and networks owned, operated, managed, 

5 or utilized by the Department, including any such systems 

6 or networks facilitating the use of sensitive or classified 

7 information. 

8 (b) CONSULTATION.—In performing the consulta9 tions required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

10 make all such systems and networks available to the Di11 rector of the National Security Agency and any other such 

12 departments or agencies to carry out such tests and proce13 dures as are necessary to ensure adequate policies and 

14 protections are in place to prevent penetrations or com15 promises of such systems and networks, including by mali16 cious intrusions by any unauthorized individual or state 

17 actor or other entity. 

18 (c) SECURITY BREACH REPORTING.—Not later than 

19 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

20 every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation 

21 with the Director of the National Security Agency and any 

22 other departments or agencies the Secretary determines 

23 to be appropriate, shall submit a report to the appropriate 

24 congressional committees and to the Select Committee on 

25 Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Com-
85 

†S 1635 ES

1 mittee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives 

2 that describes in detail— 

3 (1) all known or suspected penetrations or com4 promises of the systems or networks described in 

5 subsection (a) facilitating the use of classified infor6 mation; and 

7 (2) all known or suspected significant penetra8 tions or compromises of any other such systems and 

9 networks that occurred since the submission of the 

10 prior report. 

11 (d) CONTENT.—Each report submitted under sub12 section (c) shall include— 

13 (1) a description of the relevant information 

14 technology system or network penetrated or com15 promised; 

16 (2) an assessment of the date and time such 

17 penetration or compromise occurred; 

18 (3) an assessment of the duration for which 

19 such system or network was penetrated or com20 promised, including whether such penetration or 

21 compromise is ongoing; 

22 (4) an assessment of the amount and sensitivity 

23 of information accessed and available to have been 

24 accessed by such penetration or compromise, includ25 ing any such information contained on systems and 
86 

†S 1635 ES

1 networks owned, operated, managed, or utilized by 

2 any other department or agency of the United States 

3 Government; 

4 (5) an assessment of whether such system or 

5 network was penetrated by a malicious intrusion, in6 cluding an assessment of— 

7 (A) the known or suspected perpetrators, 

8 including state actors; and 

9 (B) the methods used to conduct such pen10 etration or compromise; and 

11 (6) a description of the actions the Department 

12 has taken, or plans to take, to prevent future, simi13 lar penetrations or compromises of such systems and 

14 networks. 

15 SEC. 207. ANALYSIS OF EMBASSY COST SHARING. 

16 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

18 States shall submit a report to the appropriate congres19 sional committees and to the Select Committee on Intel20 ligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee 

21 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives that as22 sesses the cost-effectiveness and performance of the Inter23 national Cooperative Administrative Support Services sys24 tem (referred to in this section as the ‘‘ICASS system’’), 

25 including by assessing— 
87 

†S 1635 ES

1 (1) the general performance of the ICASS sys2 tem in providing cost-effective, timely, efficient, ap3 propriate, and reliable services that meet the needs 

4 of all departments and agencies served; 

5 (2) the extent to which additional cost savings 

6 and greater performance can be achieved under the 

7 current ICASS system and rules; 

8 (3) the standards applied in the selection of the 

9 ICASS provider and the extent to which such stand10 ards are consistently applied; and 

11 (4) potential reforms to the ICASS system, in12 cluding— 

13 (A) the selection of more than 1 service 

14 provider under certain circumstances; 

15 (B) options for all departments or agencies 

16 to opt out of ICASS entirely or to opt out of 

17 individual services, including by debundling 

18 service packages; 

19 (C) increasing the reliance on locally em20 ployed staff or outsourcing to local firms, as ap21 propriate; and 

22 (D) other modifications to the current 

23 ICASS system and rules that would incentivize 

24 greater effectiveness and cost efficiency. 
88 

†S 1635 ES

1 SEC. 208. PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE INTER2 AGENCY WORKING GROUP TO PREVENT 

3 INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUC4 TION. 

5 Section 433(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

6 (6 U.S.C. 241(b)) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—The 

9 Secretary of State shall convene and chair an inter10 agency working group to prevent international pa11 rental child abduction, which shall be composed of 

12 presidentially appointed, Senate confirmed, officials 

13 from— 

14 ‘‘(A) the Department of State; 

15 ‘‘(B) the Department of Homeland Secu16 rity, including U.S. Customs and Border Pro17 tection and U.S. Immigration and Customs En18 forcement; and 

19 ‘‘(C) the Department of Justice, including 

20 the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

21 ‘‘(2) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Secretary of 

22 State shall convene an advisory committee to the 

23 interagency working group established pursuant to 

24 paragraph (1), for the duration of the working 

25 group’s existence, which shall be composed of not 
89 

†S 1635 ES

1 less than 3 left-behind parents, serving for 2-year 

2 terms, who— 

3 ‘‘(A) shall be selected by the Secretary; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(B) shall periodically consult with the 

6 interagency working group on all activities of 

7 the interagency working group, as appro8 priate.’’. 

9 SEC. 209. IMPROVING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF 

10 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 

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

12 (1) conduct regular research and evaluation of 

13 public diplomacy programs and activities of the De14 partment, including through the routine use of audi15 ence research, digital analytics, and impact evalua16 tions, to plan and execute such programs and activi17 ties; and 

18 (2) make the findings of the research and eval19 uations conducted under paragraph (1) available to 

20 Congress. 

21 (b) DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

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

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec24 retary shall appoint a Director of Research and 

25 Evaluation in the Office of Policy, Planning, and 
90 

†S 1635 ES

1 Resources for the Under Secretary for Public Diplo2 macy and Public Affairs. 

3 (2) LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT.—The ap4 pointment of a Director of Research and Evaluation 

5 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not result in an in6 crease in the overall full-time equivalent positions 

7 within the Department. 

8 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of Re9 search and Evaluation shall— 

10 (A) coordinate and oversee the research 

11 and evaluation of public diplomacy programs of 

12 the Department— 

13 (i) to improve public diplomacy strate14 gies and tactics; and 

15 (ii) to ensure that programs are in16 creasing the knowledge, understanding, 

17 and trust of the United States by relevant 

18 target audiences; 

19 (B) report to the Director of Policy and 

20 Planning; 

21 (C) routinely organize and oversee audi22 ence research, digital analytics and impact eval23 uations across all public diplomacy bureaus and 

24 offices of the Department; 
91 

†S 1635 ES

1 (D) support embassy public affairs sec2 tions; 

3 (E) share appropriate public diplomacy re4 search and evaluation information within the 

5 Department and with other Federal depart6 ments and agencies; 

7 (F) regularly design and coordinate stand8 ardized research questions, methodologies, and 

9 procedures to ensure that public diplomacy ac10 tivities across all public diplomacy bureaus and 

11 offices are designed to meet appropriate foreign 

12 policy objectives; and 

13 (G) report quarterly to the United States 

14 Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 

15 through the Commission’s Subcommittee on Re16 search and Evaluation established pursuant to 

17 subsection (e), regarding the research and eval18 uation of all public diplomacy bureaus and of19 fices of the Department. 

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

21 180 days after his or her appointment pursuant to 

22 paragraph (1), the Director of Research and Evalua23 tion shall create guidance and training for all public 

24 diplomacy officers regarding the reading and inter25 pretation of public diplomacy program evaluation 
92 

†S 1635 ES

1 findings to ensure that such findings and lessons 

2 learned are implemented in the planning and evalua3 tion of all public diplomacy programs and activities 

4 throughout the Department. 

5 (c) PRIORITIZING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

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

7 Planning, and Resources shall ensure that research 

8 and evaluation, as coordinated and overseen by the 

9 Director of Research and Evaluation, supports stra10 tegic planning and resource allocation across all pub11 lic diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department. 

12 (2) ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.—Amounts al13 located for the purposes of research and evaluation 

14 of public diplomacy programs and activities pursu15 ant to subsection (a) shall be made available to be 

16 disbursed at the direction of the Director of Re17 search and Evaluation among the research and eval18 uation staff across all public diplomacy bureaus and 

19 offices of the Department. 

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

21 Congress that the Department should allocate, for 

22 the purposes of research and evaluation of public di23 plomacy activities and programs pursuant to sub24 section (a)— 
93 

†S 1635 ES

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

2 available under the heading ‘‘EDUCATIONAL

3 AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS’’; and 

4 (B) 3 to 5 percent of program funds allo5 cated for public diplomacy programs under the 

6 heading ‘‘DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PRO7 GRAMS’’. 

8 (d) LIMITED EXEMPTION.—The Paperwork Reduc9 tion Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) shall not apply 

10 to collections of information directed at foreign individuals 

11 conducted by, or on behalf of, the Department for the pur12 pose of audience research and impact evaluations, in ac13 cordance with the requirements under this section and in 

14 connection with the Department’s activities conducted 

15 pursuant to the United States Information and Edu16 cational Exchange Act (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) or the 

17 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 

18 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.). 

19 (e) ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLO20 MACY.— 

21 (1) SUBCOMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH AND EVAL22 UATION.—The Advisory Commission on Public Di23 plomacy shall establish a Subcommittee for Research 

24 and Evaluation to monitor and advise on the re-
94 

†S 1635 ES

1 search and evaluation activities of the Department 

2 and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 

3 (2) REPORT.—The Subcommittee for Research 

4 and Evaluation established pursuant to paragraph 

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

6 conjunction with the Commission on Public Diplo7 macy’s Comprehensive Annual Report on the per8 formance of the Department and the Broadcasting 

9 Board of Governors in carrying out research and 

10 evaluations of their respective public diplomacy pro11 gramming. 

12 (3) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 1334 of the 

13 Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 

14 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is amended by striking ‘‘Oc15 tober 1, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2020’’. 

16 (f) 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 

25 quantitative data, accumulated in digital format, to 
95 

†S 1635 ES

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 SEC. 210. ENHANCED INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY OF THE 

9 BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall strengthen 

11 the institutional capacity of the Bureau of African Affairs 

12 to oversee programs and engage in strategic planning and 

13 crisis management by— 

14 (1) establishing an office within the Bureau of 

15 African Affairs that is separate and distinct from 

16 the regional affairs office specifically charged with 

17 overseeing strategy development and program imple18 mentation related to security assistance; 

19 (2) planning to facilitate the long-term planning 

20 process; and 

21 (3) developing a concrete plan to rightsize the 

22 Bureau of African Affairs not later than 180 days 

23 after the date enactment of this Act. 

24 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

25 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
96 

†S 1635 ES

1 a report to the appropriate congressional committees that 

2 describes the actions that have been taken to carry out 

3 subsection (a). 

4 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Nothing 

5 in this section may be construed to authorize the appro6 priation of additional amounts to carry out this section, 

7 and the Secretary shall use existing resources to carry out 

8 the provisions of this section. 

9 Subtitle B—Personnel Matters 

10 SEC. 211. REVIEW OF FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER COM11 PENSATION. 

12 (a) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

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

15 shall commission an independent assessment of For16 eign Service Officer compensation to ensure that 

17 such compensation is achieving its purposes and the 

18 goals of the Department, including to recruit, retain, 

19 and maintain the world’s premier diplomatic corps. 

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

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

22 shall submit a report to the appropriate congres23 sional committees that includes— 
97 

†S 1635 ES

1 (A) the results of the independent assess2 ment commissioned pursuant to paragraph (1); 

3 and 

4 (B) the views of the Secretary regarding 

5 Foreign Service Officer compensation. 

6 (b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection 

7 (a) shall include— 

8 (1) a list of all compensation received by For9 eign Service Officers assigned domestically or over10 seas, including base salary and any other benefits, 

11 allowances, differentials, or other financial incen12 tives; 

13 (2) for each form of compensation described in 

14 paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) an explanation of its stated purpose; 

16 (B) a description of all relevant authori17 ties, including statutory authority; and 

18 (C) an assessment of the degree to which 

19 its historical and current use matches its stated 

20 purpose; and 

21 (3) an assessment of the effectiveness of each 

22 form of compensation described in paragraph (1) 

23 in— 

24 (A) achieving its stated purpose; 
98 

†S 1635 ES

1 (B) achieving the recruiting and retention 

2 goals of the Department; and 

3 (C) achieving the assignment placement 

4 needs of the Department. 

5 SEC. 212. REPEAL OF RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT 

6 FOR SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE. 

7 Section 305 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

8 U.S.C. 3945) is amended by striking subsection (d). 

9 SEC. 213. COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR TRAVEL. 

10 Section 5550b of title 5, United States Code, is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(c) The maximum amount of compensatory time off 

13 that may be earned under this section may not exceed 104 

14 hours during any leave year (as defined in section 

15 630.201(b) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations).’’. 

16 SEC. 214. CERTIFICATES OF DEMONSTRATED COM17 PETENCE. 

18 Not later than 7 days after submitting the report re19 quired under section 304(a)(4) of the Foreign Service Act 

20 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3944(a)(4)) to the Committee on For21 eign Relations of the Senate, the President shall make the 

22 report available to the public, including by posting the on 

23 the website of the Department in a conspicuous manner 

24 and location. 
99 

†S 1635 ES

1 SEC. 215. FOREIGN SERVICE ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS. 

2 (a) APPEAL OF ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTION.—The 

3 Secretary shall establish a right and process for employees 

4 to appeal any assignment restriction or preclusion. 

5 (b) CERTIFICATION.—Upon full implementation of a 

6 right and process for employees to appeal an assignment 

7 restriction or preclusion, the Secretary shall submit a re8 port to the appropriate congressional committees that— 

9 (1) certifies that such appeals process has been 

10 fully implemented; and 

11 (2) includes a detailed description of such proc12 ess. 

13 (c) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall— 

14 (1) publish the right and process established 

15 pursuant to subsection (a) in the Foreign Affairs 

16 Manual; and 

17 (2) include a reference to such publication in 

18 the report required under subsection (b). 

19 (d) PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION.—Section 

20 502(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

21 3982(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(2) In making assignments under paragraph 

23 (1), the Secretary shall ensure that a member of the 

24 Service is not assigned to, or restricted from, a posi25 tion at a post in a particular geographic area, or do26 mestically in a position working on issues relating to 
100 

†S 1635 ES

1 a particular geographic area, exclusively on the basis 

2 of the race, ethnicity, or religion of that member.’’. 

3 SEC. 216. SECURITY CLEARANCE SUSPENSIONS. 

4 (a) SUSPENSION.—Section 610 of the Foreign Serv5 ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking the section heading and insert7 ing the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 610. SEPARATION FOR CAUSE; SUSPENSION.’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(c)(1) In order to promote the efficiency of the Serv11 ice, the Secretary may suspend a member of the Service 

12 without pay when— 

13 ‘‘(A) the member’s security clearance is sus14 pended; or 

15 ‘‘(B) there is reasonable cause to believe that 

16 the member has committed a crime for which a sen17 tence of imprisonment may be imposed. 

18 ‘‘(2) Any member of the Foreign Service for whom 

19 a suspension is proposed under this subsection shall be 

20 entitled to— 

21 ‘‘(A) written notice stating the specific reasons 

22 for the proposed suspension; 

23 ‘‘(B) a reasonable time to respond orally and in 

24 writing to the proposed suspension; 
101 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(C) representation by an attorney or other 

2 representative; and 

3 ‘‘(D) a final written decision, including the spe4 cific reasons for such decision, as soon as prac5 ticable. 

6 ‘‘(3) Any member suspended under this subsection 

7 may file a grievance in accordance with the procedures ap8 plicable to grievances under chapter 11. 

9 ‘‘(4) If a grievance is filed under paragraph (3)— 

10 ‘‘(A) the review by the Foreign Service Griev11 ance Board shall be limited to a determination of 

12 whether the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) 

13 have been fulfilled; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the Board may not exercise the authority 

15 provided under section 1106(8). 

16 ‘‘(5) In this subsection: 

17 ‘‘(A) The term ‘reasonable time’ means— 

18 ‘‘(i) with respect to a member of the For19 eign Service assigned to duty in the United 

20 States, 15 days after receiving notice of the 

21 proposed suspension; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) with respect to a member of the For23 eign Service assigned to duty outside the 

24 United States, 30 days after receiving notice of 

25 the proposed suspension. 
102 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(B) The terms ‘suspend’ and ‘suspension’ 

2 mean placing a member of the Foreign Service in a 

3 temporary status without duties and pay.’’. 

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

5 in section 2 of such Act is amended by striking the item 

6 relating to section 610 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 610. Separation for cause; suspension.’’. 

7 SEC. 217. ECONOMIC STATECRAFT EDUCATION AND TRAIN8 ING. 

9 The Secretary shall establish curriculum at the For10 eign Services Institute to develop the practical foreign eco11 nomic policy expertise and skill sets of Foreign Service 

12 officers, including by making available distance-learning 

13 courses in commercial, economic, and business affairs, in14 cluding in— 

15 (1) the global business environment; 

16 (2) the economics of development; 

17 (3) development and infrastructure finance; 

18 (4) current trade and investment agreements 

19 negotiations; 

20 (5) implementing existing multilateral and 

21 World Trade Organization agreements, and United 

22 States trade and investment agreements; 

23 (6) best practices for customs and export proce24 dures; and 
103 

†S 1635 ES

1 (7) market analysis and global supply chain 

2 management. 

3 SEC. 218. REPORT ON DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT, EMPLOY4 MENT, RETENTION, AND PROMOTION. 

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

6 date of the enactment of this Act, and quadrennially there7 after, the Secretary of State shall submit a comprehensive 

8 report to Congress that— 

9 (1) describes the efforts, consistent with exist10 ing law, including procedures, effects, and results of 

11 the Department since the period covered by the prior 

12 such report, to promote equal opportunity and inclu13 sion for all American employees in direct hire and 

14 personal service contractors status, particularly em15 ployees of the Foreign Service, to include equal op16 portunity for all races, ethnicities, ages, genders, 

17 and service-disabled veterans, with a focus on tradi18 tionally underrepresented minority groups; 

19 (2) includes a section on— 

20 (A) the diversity of selection boards; 

21 (B) the employment of minority and serv22 ice-disabled veterans during the most recent 10- 

23 year period, including— 
104 

†S 1635 ES

1 (i) the number hired through direct 

2 hires, internships, and fellowship pro3 grams; 

4 (ii) the number promoted to senior 

5 positions, including FS–01, GS–15, Senior 

6 Executive Service, and Senior Foreign 

7 Service; and 

8 (iii) attrition rates by grade, civil and 

9 foreign services, and the senior level ranks 

10 listed in clause (ii); 

11 (C) mentorship and retention programs; 

12 and 

13 (3) is organized in terms of real numbers and 

14 percentages at all levels. 

15 (b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under sub16 section (a) shall describe the efforts of the Department— 

17 (1) to propagate fairness, impartiality, and in18 clusion in the work environment domestically and 

19 abroad; 

20 (2) to eradicate harassment, intolerance, and 

21 discrimination; 

22 (3) to refrain from engaging in unlawful dis23 crimination in any phase of the employment process, 

24 including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, assign25 ments, promotion, retention, and training; 
105 

†S 1635 ES

1 (4) to eliminate illegal retaliation against em2 ployees for participating in a protected equal em3 ployment opportunity activity; 

4 (5) to provide reasonable accommodation for 

5 qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; 

6 (6) to resolve workplace conflicts, confronta7 tions, and complaints in a prompt, impartial, con8 structive, and timely manner; 

9 (7) to improve demographic data availability 

10 and analysis regarding recruitment, hiring, pro11 motion, training, length in service, assignment re12 strictions, and pass-through programs; 

13 (8) to recruit a diverse staff by— 

14 (A) recruiting women, minorities, veterans, 

15 and undergraduate and graduate students; 

16 (B) recruiting at historically Black colleges 

17 and universities, Hispanic serving institutions, 

18 women’s colleges, and colleges that typically 

19 serve majority minority populations; 

20 (C) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 

21 in urban communities; 

22 (D) placing job advertisements in news23 papers, magazines, and job sites oriented to24 ward women and people of color; 
106 

†S 1635 ES

1 (E) providing opportunities through the 

2 Foreign Service Internship Program and other 

3 hiring initiatives; and 

4 (F) recruiting mid- and senior-level profes5 sionals through programs such as— 

6 (i) the International Career Advance7 ment Program; 

8 (ii) the Public Policy and Inter9 national Affairs Fellowship Program; 

10 (iii) the Institute for International 

11 Public Policy Fellowship Program; 

12 (iv) Seminar XXI at the Massachu13 setts Institute of Technology’s Center for 

14 International Studies; and 

15 (v) other similar, highly respected, 

16 international leadership programs; and 

17 (9) to provide opportunities through— 

18 (A) the Charles B. Rangel International 

19 Affairs Fellowship Program; 

20 (B) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Af21 fairs Fellowship Program; and 

22 (C) the Donald M. Payne International 

23 Development Fellowship Program. 

24 (c) SCOPE OF INITIAL REPORT.—The first report 

25 submitted to Congress under this section shall include the 
107 

†S 1635 ES

1 information described in subsection (b) for the 3 fiscal 

2 years immediately preceding the fiscal year in which the 

3 report is submitted. 

4 SEC. 219. EXPANSION OF THE CHARLES B. RANGEL INTER5 NATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM, THE THOMAS 

6 R. PICKERING FOREIGN AFFAIRS FELLOW7 SHIP PROGRAM, AND THE DONALD M. PAYNE 

8 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FELLOW9 SHIP PROGRAM. 

10 (a) ADDITIONAL FELLOWSHIPS AUTHORIZED.—Be11 ginning in fiscal year 2016, the Secretary shall— 

12 (1) increase by 10 the number of fellows se13 lected for the Charles B. Rangel International Af14 fairs Program; 

15 (2) increase by 10 the number of fellows se16 lected for the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs 

17 Fellowship Program; and 

18 (3) increase by 5 the number of fellows selected 

19 for the Donald M. Payne International Development 

20 Fellowship Program. 

21 (b) PAYNE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—Undergraduate 

22 and graduate components of the Donald M. Payne Inter23 national Development Fellowship Program are authorized 

24 to conduct outreach to attract outstanding students who 
108 

†S 1635 ES

1 represent diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds 

2 with an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career. 

3 SEC. 220. RETENTION OF MID- AND SENIOR-LEVEL PROFES4 SIONALS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED 

5 GROUPS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary should provide at7 tention and oversight to the employment, retention, and 

8 promotion of underrepresented groups to promote a di9 verse ethnic representation among mid- and senior-level 

10 career professionals through programs such as— 

11 (1) the International Career Advancement Pro12 gram; 

13 (2) Seminar XXI at the Massachusetts Insti14 tute of Technology’s Center for International Stud15 ies; and 

16 (3) other highly respected international leader17 ship programs. 

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

19 should review past programs designed to increase minority 

20 representation in international affairs positions, includ21 ing— 

22 (1) the USAID Undergraduate Cooperative and 

23 Graduate Economics Program; 

24 (2) the Public Policy and International Affairs 

25 Fellowship Program; and 
109 

†S 1635 ES

1 (3) the Institute for International Public Policy 

2 Fellowship Program. 

3 SEC. 221. REVIEW OF JURISDICTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES 

4 OF THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO AF5 GHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN AND THE BU6 REAU OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AF7 FAIRS. 

8 (a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of State shall conduct 

9 a review of the jurisdictional responsibilities of the Special 

10 Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) and 

11 the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA). 

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

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

14 to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

15 the findings of the review conducted under subsection (a), 

16 including recommendations on whether jurisdictional re17 sponsibility between the 2 offices should be adjusted. 

18 SEC. 222. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF COUNTRIES 

19 COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM STANDARDS 

20 FOR THE ELIMINATION OF TRAFFICKING. 

21 Section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

22 of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) is amended by adding at the 

23 end the following: 

24 ‘‘(g) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later 

25 than 30 days before the anticipated submission of each 
110 

†S 1635 ES

1 annual report under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary of 

2 State shall notify and brief the appropriate congressional 

3 committees concerning the countries that will be upgraded 

4 to a higher tier or downgraded to a lower tier in such re5 port.’’. 

6 SEC. 223. INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TRAINING 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

9 U.S.C. 4028) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

11 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

12 (2) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by insert13 ing ‘‘REFUGEES’’ before ‘‘The Secretary of State’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by insert15 ing ‘‘CHILD SOLDIERS’’ before ‘‘The Secretary of 

16 State’’; and 

17 (4) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULUM.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Ambassador at Large 

21 for International Religious Freedom appointed under 

22 section 101(b) of the International Religious Free23 dom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6411(b)) shall develop 

24 a curriculum for Foreign Service Officers that in25 cludes training on— 
111 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(A) the scope and strategic value of inter2 national religious freedom; 

3 ‘‘(B) how violations of international reli4 gious freedom harm fundamental United States 

5 interests; 

6 ‘‘(C) how the advancement of international 

7 religious freedom can advance such interests; 

8 ‘‘(D) how United States international reli9 gious freedom policy should be carried out in 

10 practice by United States diplomats and other 

11 Foreign Service Officers; and 

12 ‘‘(E) the relevance and relationship of 

13 international religious freedom to United States 

14 defense, diplomacy, development, and public af15 fairs efforts to combat violent extremism. 

16 ‘‘(2) ROLE OF OTHER OFFICIALS.—The Ambas17 sador at Large for International Religious Freedom 

18 shall carry out paragraph (1)— 

19 ‘‘(A) in coordination with the Director of 

20 the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs 

21 Training Center and other Federal officials, as 

22 appropriate; and 

23 ‘‘(B) in consultation with the United 

24 States Commission on International Religious 

25 Freedom established under section 201(a) of 
112 

†S 1635 ES

1 the International Religious Freedom Act of 

2 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(a)). 

3 ‘‘(3) RESOURCES.—The Secretary of State shall 

4 ensure the availability of sufficient resources to de5 velop and implement the curriculum required under 

6 this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(b) RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TRAINING.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date 

9 that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of the 

10 Department of State Operations Authorization and 

11 Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016, the Direc12 tor of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs 

13 Training Center shall begin training on religious 

14 freedom, using the curriculum developed under sub15 section (a), for Foreign Service officers, including— 

16 ‘‘(A) entry level officers; 

17 ‘‘(B) officers prior to departure for posting 

18 outside the United States; and 

19 ‘‘(C) incoming deputy chiefs of mission 

20 and ambassadors. 

21 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The training required under 

22 paragraph (1) shall be substantively incorporated 

23 into— 

24 ‘‘(A) the A–100 course attended by For25 eign Service Officers; 
113 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(B) the specific country courses required 

2 of Foreign Service Officers prior to a posting 

3 outside the United States, with training tailored 

4 to— 

5 ‘‘(i) the particular religious demog6 raphy of such country; 

7 ‘‘(ii) religious freedom conditions in 

8 such country; 

9 ‘‘(iii) religious engagement strategies; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(iv) United States strategies for ad12 vancing religious freedom. 

13 ‘‘(C) the courses required of incoming dep14 uty chiefs of mission and ambassadors. 

15 ‘‘(c) INFORMATION SHARING.—The curriculum and 

16 training materials developed pursuant to subsections (a) 

17 and (b) shall be shared with the United States Armed 

18 Forces and all other Federal departments and agencies 

19 whose personnel serve as attache ́s, advisors, detailees, or 

20 otherwise in United States embassies globally to provide 

21 training on— 

22 ‘‘(1) United States religious freedom policies; 

23 ‘‘(2) religious traditions; 

24 ‘‘(3) religious engagement strategies; 

25 ‘‘(4) religious and cultural issues; and 
114 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(5) efforts to combat terrorism and violent re2 ligious extremism.’’. 

3 TITLE III—INTERNATIONAL 

4 ORGANIZATIONS 

5 Subtitle A—United States Con6 tributions to International Or7 ganizations 

8 SEC. 301. REPORTS CONCERNING THE UNITED NATIONS. 

9 (a) REPORT ON ANTI-SEMITIC ACTIVITY AT THE

10 UNITED NATIONS AND ITS AGENCIES.—Not later than 

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

12 annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report 

13 to the appropriate congressional committees that de14 scribes— 

15 (1) all activities at the United Nations and its 

16 subagencies that can be construed to exhibit an anti17 Semitic bias, including official statements, proposed 

18 resolutions, and United Nations investigations; 

19 (2) the use of United Nations resources to pro20 mote anti-Semitic or anti-Israel rhetoric or propa21 ganda, including publications, internet websites, and 

22 textbooks or other educational materials used to 

23 propagate political rhetoric regarding the Israeli-Pal24 estinian conflict; and 
115 

†S 1635 ES

1 (3) specific actions taken by the United States 

2 Government to address any of the activities de3 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2). 

4 (b) REPORT ON ALL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

5 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS.—Section 4(c) 

6 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 

7 U.S.C. 287b(c)) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 

9 (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6), and 

10 (7), respectively; and 

11 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re12 designated, the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NA14 TIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A detailed description 

16 of all assessed and voluntary contributions, in17 cluding in-kind contributions, of the United 

18 States to the United Nations and to each of its 

19 affiliated agencies and related bodies— 

20 ‘‘(i) during the preceding fiscal year; 

21 ‘‘(ii) estimated for the fiscal year in 

22 which the report is submitted; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) requested in the budget of the 

24 President submitted to Congress under 
116 

†S 1635 ES

1 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

2 Code, for the following fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(B) CONTENT.—The description required 

4 under subparagraph (A) shall, for each fiscal 

5 year specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of 

6 that subparagraph, include— 

7 ‘‘(i) the total amount or value of all 

8 contributions described in that subpara9 graph; 

10 ‘‘(ii) the approximate percentage of all 

11 such contributions by the United States 

12 compared to all contributions to the United 

13 Nations and to each of its affiliated agen14 cies and related bodies from any source; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(iii) for each such contribution de17 scribed in subparagraph (A)— 

18 ‘‘(I) the amount or value of the 

19 contribution; 

20 ‘‘(II) whether the contribution 

21 was assessed by the United Nations 

22 or voluntary; 

23 ‘‘(III) the purpose of the con24 tribution; 
117 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(IV) the department or agency 

2 of the United States Government re3 sponsible for the contribution; and 

4 ‘‘(V) whether the United Nations 

5 or an affiliated agency or related body 

6 received the contribution and, if an af7 filiated agency or related body re8 ceived the contribution, which such 

9 agency or body. 

10 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMA11 TION.—Not later than 14 days after submitting 

12 a report required under this subsection to the 

13 designated congressional committees, the Direc14 tor of the Office of Management and Budget 

15 shall post a text-based, searchable version of 

16 the description required by subparagraph (A) 

17 on a publicly available Internet website of that 

18 Office.’’. 

19 SEC. 302. ANNUAL REPORT ON FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS 

20 TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

21 Section 4(b) of the United Nations Participation Act 

22 of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘in 

23 which the United States participates as a member’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘, including— 
118 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(1) the amount of such contributions that 

2 were assessed by an international organization and 

3 the amount of such contributions that were vol4 untary; and 

5 ‘‘(2) the ratio of United States contributions to 

6 total contributions received for— 

7 ‘‘(A) the United Nations, specialized agen8 cies of the United Nations, and other United 

9 Nations funds, programs, and organizations; 

10 ‘‘(B) peacekeeping; 

11 ‘‘(C) inter-American organizations; 

12 ‘‘(D) regional organizations; and 

13 ‘‘(E) other international organizations.’’. 

14 SEC. 303. REPORT ON PEACEKEEPING ARREARS, CREDITS, 

15 AND CONTRIBUTIONS. 

16 Section 4(c) of the United Nations Participation Act 

17 (22 U.S.C. 287b(c)), as amended by section 301(b), is fur18 ther amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(6) PEACEKEEPING CREDITS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A complete and full 

21 accounting of United States peacekeeping as22 sessments and contributions for United Nations 

23 peacekeeping operations, including the fol24 lowing: 
119 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(i) A tabulation of annual United 

2 Nations peacekeeping assessment rates, 

3 the peacekeeping contribution rate author4 ized by the United States, and the United 

5 States public law that authorized the con6 tribution rate for the United Nations 

7 peacekeeping budget for each fiscal year 

8 beginning in fiscal year 1995 through the 

9 fiscal year following the date of the report. 

10 ‘‘(ii) A tabulation of current United 

11 States accrued shortfalls and arrears in 

12 each respective ongoing or closed United 

13 Nations peacekeeping mission. 

14 ‘‘(iii) A tabulation of all peacekeeping 

15 credits, including— 

16 ‘‘(I) the total amount of peace17 keeping credits determined by the 

18 United Nations to be available to the 

19 United States; 

20 ‘‘(II) the total amount of peace21 keeping credits determined by the 

22 United Nations to be unavailable to 

23 the United States; 

24 ‘‘(III) the total amount of peace25 keeping credits determined by the 
120 

†S 1635 ES

1 United Nations to be available to the 

2 United States from each open and 

3 closed peacekeeping mission; 

4 ‘‘(IV) the total amount of peace5 keeping credits determined by the 

6 United Nations to be unavailable to 

7 the United States from each open and 

8 closed peacekeeping mission; 

9 ‘‘(V) the total amount of peace10 keeping credits applied by the United 

11 Nations toward shortfalls from pre12 vious years that are apportioned to 

13 the United States; 

14 ‘‘(VI) the total amount of peace15 keeping credits applied by the United 

16 Nations toward offsetting future con17 tributions of the United States; and 

18 ‘‘(VII) the total amount of peace19 keeping credits determined by the 

20 United Nations to be available to the 

21 United States that could be applied 

22 toward offsetting United States con23 tributions in the following fiscal year. 

24 ‘‘(iv) An explanation of any claim of 

25 unavailability by the United Nations of any 
121 

†S 1635 ES

1 peacekeeping credits described in clause 

2 (iii)(IV). 

3 ‘‘(v) A description of any efforts by 

4 the United States to obtain reimbursement 

5 in accordance with the requirements of this 

6 Act, including Department of Defense ma7 teriel and services, and an explanation of 

8 any failure to obtain any such reimburse9 ment. 

10 ‘‘(B) PEACEKEEPING CREDITS DEFINED.— 

11 In this paragraph, the term ‘peacekeeping cred12 its’ means the amounts by which, during a 

13 United Nations peacekeeping fiscal year, the 

14 contributions of the United States to the 

15 United Nations for peacekeeping operations ex16 ceed the actual expenditures for peacekeeping 

17 operations by the United Nations that are ap18 portioned to the United States.’’. 

19 SEC. 304. ASSESSMENT RATE TRANSPARENCY. 

20 (a) REPORT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

22 each time the United Nations General Assembly 

23 modifies the assessment levels for peacekeeping op24 erations, the Secretary shall submit a report, which 

25 may include a classified annex, to the Committee on 
122 

†S 1635 ES

1 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 

2 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 

4 paragraph (1) shall describe— 

5 (A) the change, by amount and percentage, 

6 of the peacekeeping assessment charged to each 

7 member state; and 

8 (B) how the economic and strategic inter9 ests of each of the permanent members of the 

10 Security Council is being served by each peace11 keeping mission currently in force. 

12 (b) AVAILABILITY OF PEACEKEEPING ASSESSMENT

13 DATA.—The Secretary shall direct the United States Per14 manent Representative to the United Nations to use the 

15 voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 

16 United Nations to urge the United Nations— 

17 (1) to share the raw data used to calculate 

18 member state peacekeeping assessment rates; and 

19 (2) to make available the formula for deter20 mining peacekeeping assessments. 

21 Subtitle B—Accountability at 

22 International Organizations 

23 SEC. 311. PREVENTING ABUSE IN PEACEKEEPING. 

24 Not later than 15 days before the anticipated date 

25 of a vote (or, in the case of exigent circumstances, as far 
123 

†S 1635 ES

1 in advance of the vote as is practicable) on a resolution 

2 approving a new peacekeeping mission under the auspices 

3 of the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organi4 zation, or any other multilateral organization in which the 

5 United States participates, or to reauthorize an existing 

6 such mission, the Secretary shall submit to the appro7 priate congressional committees a report on that mission 

8 that includes the following: 

9 (1) A description of the specific measures taken 

10 and planned to be taken by the organization related 

11 to the mission— 

12 (A) to prevent individuals who are employ13 ees or contractor personnel of the organization, 

14 or members of the forces serving in the mission 

15 from engaging in acts of trafficking in persons, 

16 exploitation of victims of trafficking, or sexual 

17 exploitation or abuse; and 

18 (B) to hold accountable any such individ19 uals who engage in any such acts while partici20 pating in the mission. 

21 (2) An assessment of the effectiveness of each 

22 of the measures described in paragraph (1). 

23 (3) An accounting and assessment of all cases 

24 in which the organization has taken action to inves25 tigate allegations that individuals described in para-
124 

†S 1635 ES

1 graph (1)(A) have engaged in acts described in that 

2 paragraph, including a description of the status of 

3 all such cases as of the date of the report. 

4 SEC. 312. INCLUSION OF PEACEKEEPING ABUSES IN COUN5 TRY REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES. 

6 Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

7 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

9 and inserting a semicolon; 

10 (2) in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by striking the pe11 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

13 ‘‘(13) for each country that contributes per14 sonnel to United Nations peacekeeping missions, a 

15 description of— 

16 ‘‘(A) any allegations of such personnel en17 gaging in acts of trafficking in persons, exploi18 tation of victims of trafficking, or sexual exploi19 tation and abuse while participating in such a 

20 peacekeeping mission; 

21 ‘‘(B) any repatriations of such personnel 

22 resulting from an allegation described in sub23 paragraph (A); 

24 ‘‘(C) any actions taken by such country 

25 with respect to personnel repatriated as a result 
125 

†S 1635 ES

1 of allegations described in subparagraph (A), 

2 including whether such personnel faced prosecu3 tion related to such allegations; and 

4 ‘‘(D) the extent to which any actions taken 

5 as described in subparagraph (C) have been 

6 communicated by such country to the United 

7 Nations.’’. 

8 SEC. 313. EVALUATION OF UNITED NATIONS PEACE9 KEEPING MISSIONS. 

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

11 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub12 mit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 

13 that includes— 

14 (1) a comprehensive evaluation of current 

15 United Nations peacekeeping missions; 

16 (2) a prioritization of the peacekeeping mis17 sions; 

18 (3) plans for phasing out and ending any mis19 sion that— 

20 (A) has substantially met its objectives and 

21 goals; or 

22 (B) will not be able to meet its objectives 

23 and goals; and 

24 (4) a plan for reviewing the status of open25 ended mandates for— 
126 

†S 1635 ES

1 (A) the United Nations Interim Adminis2 tration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK); 

3 (B) the United Nations Truce Supervision 

4 Organization (UNTSO); and 

5 (C) the United Nations Military Observer 

6 Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP). 

7 (b) APPROVAL OF FUTURE PEACEKEEPING MIS8 SIONS.—The President shall direct the United States Per9 manent Representative to the United Nations to use the 

10 voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 

11 United Nations to ensure that no new United Nations 

12 peacekeeping mission is approved without a periodic man13 date renewal. 

14 (c) FUNDING LIMITATION.—The United States shall 

15 not provide funding for any United Nations peacekeeping 

16 mission beginning after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act unless the mission has a periodic mandate renewal. 

18 Subtitle C—Personnel Matters 

19 SEC. 321. ENCOURAGING EMPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES 

20 CITIZENS AT THE UNITED NATIONS. 

21 Section 181 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

22 Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 276c–4) is 

23 amended to read as follows: 
127 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘SEC. 181. EMPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS BY 

2 CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

3 ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact4 ment of the Department of State Operations Authoriza5 tion and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016, and 

6 annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 

7 to Congress a report that provides— 

8 ‘‘(1) for each international organization that 

9 had a geographic distribution formula in effect on 

10 January 1, 1991, an assessment of whether that or11 ganization— 

12 ‘‘(A) is taking good faith steps to increase 

13 the staffing of United States citizens, including, 

14 as appropriate, as assessment of any additional 

15 steps the organization could be taking to in16 crease such staffing; and 

17 ‘‘(B) has met the requirements of its geo18 graphic distribution formula; and 

19 ‘‘(2) an assessment of United States represen20 tation among professional and senior-level positions 

21 at the United Nations, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) an assessment of the proportion of 

23 United States citizens employed at the United 

24 Nations Secretariat and at all United Nations 

25 specialized agencies, funds, and programs rel26 ative to the total employment at the United Na-
128 

†S 1635 ES

1 tions Secretariat and at all such agencies, 

2 funds, and programs; 

3 ‘‘(B) as assessment of compliance by the 

4 United Nations Secretariat and such agencies, 

5 funds, and programs with any applicable geo6 graphic distribution formula; and 

7 ‘‘(C) a description of any steps taken or 

8 planned to be taken by the United States to in9 crease the staffing of United States citizens at 

10 the United Nations Secretariat and such agen11 cies, funds and programs.’’. 

12 SEC. 322. ENSURING APPROPRIATE UNITED NATIONS PER13 SONNEL SALARIES. 

14 (a) COMPENSATION OF UNITED NATIONS PER15 SONNEL.—The President shall direct the United States 

16 Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use 

17 the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 

18 United Nations— 

19 (1) to establish appropriate policies, procedures, 

20 and assumptions for— 

21 (A) determining comparable positions be22 tween officials in the professional and higher 

23 categories of employment at the United Nations 

24 headquarters in New York, New York, and in 

25 the United States Federal civil service; 
129 

†S 1635 ES

1 (B) calculating the margin between the 

2 compensation of such officials at the United 

3 Nations headquarters and the civil service; and 

4 (C) determining the appropriate margin 

5 for adoption by the United Nations to govern 

6 compensation for such officials; 

7 (2) to make all policies, procedures, and as8 sumptions described in paragraph (1) available to 

9 the public; and 

10 (3) to limit increases in the compensation of 

11 United Nations officials to ensure that such officials 

12 remain within the margin range established by 

13 United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/ 

14 RES/40/244, or any subsequent margin range 

15 adopted by the United Nations to govern compensa16 tion for United Nations officials. 

17 (b) REPORT ON SALARY MARGINS.—The Secretary 

18 shall submit an annual report to the appropriate congres19 sional committees, at the time of the submission of the 

20 budget of the President to Congress under section 1105(a) 

21 of title 31, United States Code, that 

22 (1) describes the policies, procedures, and as23 sumptions established or used by the United Na24 tions— 
130 

†S 1635 ES

1 (A) to determine comparable positions be2 tween officials in the professional and higher 

3 categories of employment at the United Nations 

4 headquarters in New York, New York, and in 

5 the United States Federal civil service; 

6 (B) to calculate the percentage difference, 

7 or margin, between the compensation of such 

8 officials at the United Nations headquarters 

9 and the civil service; and 

10 (C) to determine the margin range estab11 lished in United Nations General Assembly Res12 olution A/RES/40/244, or any subsequent mar13 gin range adopted by the United Nations to 

14 govern compensation for United Nations offi15 cials; 

16 (2) assesses, in accordance with the policies, 

17 procedures, and assumptions described in paragraph 

18 (1), the margin between net salaries of officials in 

19 the professional and higher categories of employ20 ment at the United Nations in New York and those 

21 of comparable positions in the United States Federal 

22 civil service; 

23 (3) assesses any changes in the margin de24 scribed in paragraph (2) from the previous year; 
131 

†S 1635 ES

1 (4) assesses the extent to which any changes in 

2 that margin resulted from modifications to the poli3 cies, procedures, and assumptions described in para4 graph (1); and 

5 (5) provides the views of the Secretary on any 

6 changes in that margin and any such modifications. 

7 TITLE IV—CONSULAR 

8 AUTHORITIES 

9 SEC. 401. VISA INELIGIBILITY FOR INTERNATIONAL CHILD 

10 ABDUCTORS. 

11 Section 212(a)(10)(C)(iii) of the Immigration and 

12 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(C)(iii)) is amend13 ed— 

14 (1) in subclause (I), by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

15 (2) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘; or’’ at the 

16 end and inserting a period; and 

17 (3) by striking subclause (III). 

18 SEC. 402. PRESUMPTION OF IMMIGRANT INTENT FOR H 

19 AND L VISA CLASSIFICATIONS. 

20 Section 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 

21 Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(b)) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘(other than a nonimmigrant 

23 described in subparagraph (L) or (V) of section 

24 101(a)(15), and other than a nonimmigrant de-
132 

†S 1635 ES

1 scribed in any provision of section 101(a)(15)(H)(i) 

2 except subclause (b1) of such section)’’; 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘under section 101(a)(15).’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘under the immigration laws.’’; and 

5 (3) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place such term ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘the alien’’. 

7 SEC. 403. VISA INFORMATION SHARING. 

8 Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 

9 Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)(2)) is amended— 

10 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

11 striking ‘‘issuance or refusal’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘issuance, refusal, or revocation’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

15 (A), by striking ‘‘and on the basis of reci16 procity’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘il18 licit weapons; or’’ and inserting ‘‘illicit weapons, 

19 or in determining the removability or eligibility 

20 for a visa, admission, or another immigration 

21 benefit of persons who would be inadmissible to, 

22 or removable from, the United States;’’; 

23 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 

24 (i) by striking ‘‘for the purposes’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘for 1 of the purposes’’; and 
133 

†S 1635 ES

1 (ii) by striking ‘‘or to deny visas to 

2 persons who would be inadmissible to the 

3 United States.’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(C) with regard to any or all aliens in the 

6 database, specified data elements from each 

7 record, if the Secretary of State determines that 

8 it is in the national interest to provide such in9 formation to a foreign government.’’. 

10 TITLE V—EMBASSY SECURITY 

11 Subtitle A—Allocation of Author12 ized Security Appropriations. 

13 SEC. 501. WORLDWIDE SECURITY PROTECTION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available in fiscal 

15 year 2016 for worldwide security protection shall to the 

16 extent practicable, before any such funds may be allocated 

17 to any other authorized purpose, be allocated for— 

18 (1) immediate threat mitigation support in ac19 cordance with subsection (b) at facilities determined 

20 to be high threat, high risk pursuant to section 531; 

21 (2) immediate threat mitigation support in ac22 cordance with subsection (b) at other facilities; and 

23 (3) locations with high vulnerabilities. 

24 (b) IMMEDIATE THREAT MITIGATION SUPPORT

25 PRIORITIZATION.—In allocating funding for immediate 
134 

†S 1635 ES

1 threat mitigation support pursuant to this section, the 

2 Secretary shall prioritize funding for— 

3 (1) the purchasing of additional security equip4 ment, including additional defensive weaponry; 

5 (2) the paying of expenses of additional security 

6 forces; and 

7 (3) any other purposes necessary to mitigate 

8 immediate threats to United States personnel serv9 ing overseas. 

10 SEC. 502. EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION AND MAIN11 TENANCE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available in fiscal 

13 year 2016 for Worldwide Security Upgrades within ‘‘em14 bassy security, construction and maintenance’’ shall to the 

15 extent practicable, before any funds may be allocated to 

16 any other authorized purpose, be allocated in the 

17 prioritized order of— 

18 (1) immediate threat mitigation projects in ac19 cordance with subsection (b) at facilities determined 

20 to be high threat, high risk pursuant to section 531; 

21 (2) other security upgrades to facilities deter22 mined to be high threat, high risk pursuant to sec23 tion 531; 

24 (3) all other immediate threat mitigation 

25 projects in accordance with subsection (b); and 
135 

†S 1635 ES

1 (4) security upgrades to all other facilities or 

2 new construction for facilities determined to be high 

3 threat, high risk pursuant to section 531. 

4 (b) IMMEDIATE THREAT MITIGATION PROJECTS

5 PRIORITIZATION.—In allocating funding for immediate 

6 threat mitigation projects pursuant to this section, the 

7 Secretary shall prioritize funding for the construction of 

8 safeguards that provide immediate security benefits and 

9 any other purposes necessary to mitigate immediate 

10 threats to United States personnel serving overseas. 

11 (c) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION.—No funds authorized 

12 to be appropriated shall be obligated for new embassy con13 struction, other than for high threat, high risk facilities, 

14 unless the Secretary certifies to the appropriate congres15 sional committees that— 

16 (1) the Department has fully complied with the 

17 requirements of subsection (a); 

18 (2) high threat, high risk facilities are being se19 cured to the best of the United States Government’s 

20 ability; and 

21 (3) the Secretary will make funds available 

22 from the Embassy Security, Construction and Main23 tenance account or other sources to address any 

24 changed security threats or new or emergent secu-
136 

†S 1635 ES

1 rity needs, including new immediate threat mitiga2 tion projects. 

3 (d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report to the ap4 propriate congressional committees not later than 180 

5 days after the date of the enactment of this Act on— 

6 (1) funding for the priorities described in sub7 section (a); 

8 (2) efforts to secure high threat, high risk fa9 cilities as well as high vulnerability locations facili10 ties; and 

11 (3) plans to make funds available from the Em12 bassy Security, Construction and Maintenance ac13 count or other sources to address any changed secu14 rity threats or new or emergent security needs, in15 cluding new immediate threat mitigation projects. 

16 Subtitle B—Contracting and Other 

17 Matters. 

18 SEC. 511. LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS ABROAD UNDER DIP19 LOMATIC SECURITY PROGRAM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 136(c)(3) of the Foreign 

21 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 

22 (22 U.S.C. 4864(c)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(3) in evaluating proposals for such contracts, 

24 award contracts to technically acceptable firms offer25 ing the lowest evaluated price, except that— 
137 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(A) the Secretary may award contracts on 

2 the basis of best value (as determined by a cost3 technical tradeoff analysis), especially for posts 

4 determined to be high threat, high risk pursu5 ant to section 531 of the Department of State 

6 Operations Authorization and Embassy Secu7 rity Act, Fiscal Year 2016; and 

8 ‘‘(B) proposals received from United 

9 States persons and qualified United States joint 

10 venture persons shall be evaluated by reducing 

11 the bid price by 10 percent;’’. 

12 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

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

14 a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

15 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

16 House of Representatives that includes— 

17 (1) an explanation of the implementation of sec18 tion 136(c)(3) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza19 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, as amended 

20 by subsection (a); and 

21 (2) for each instance in which a contract is 

22 awarded pursuant to subparagraph (A) of such sec23 tion, a written justification and approval that de24 scribes the basis for such award and an explanation 

25 of the inability of the Secretary to satisfy the needs 
138 

†S 1635 ES

1 of the Department by awarding a contract to the 

2 technically acceptable firm offering the lowest evalu3 ated price. 

4 SEC. 512. DISCIPLINARY ACTION RESULTING FROM UNSAT5 ISFACTORY LEADERSHIP IN RELATION TO A 

6 SECURITY INCIDENT. 

7 Section 304(c) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 

8 U.S.C. 4834 (c)) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 

10 (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, 

11 and moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 

12 2 ems to the right; 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ in the first sentence 

14 immediately following the subsection heading and in15 serting the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever’’; and 

17 (3) by inserting at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN SECURITY INCIDENTS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) UNSATISFACTORY LEADERSHIP.—Un20 satisfactory leadership by a senior official with 

21 respect to a security incident involving loss of 

22 life, serious injury, or significant destruction of 

23 property at or related to a United States Gov24 ernment mission abroad may be grounds for 

25 disciplinary action. 
139 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(B) DISCIPLINARY ACTION.—If a Board 

2 finds reasonable cause to believe that a senior 

3 official provided such unsatisfactory leadership, 

4 the Board may recommend disciplinary action 

5 subject to the procedures in paragraph (1).’’. 

6 SEC. 513. MANAGEMENT AND STAFF ACCOUNTABILITY. 

7 (a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE.—Nothing 

8 in this Act or in any other provision of law may be con9 strued to prevent the Secretary from using all authorities 

10 invested in the office of Secretary to take personnel action 

11 against any employee or official of the Department that 

12 the Secretary determines has breached the duty of that 

13 individual or has engaged in misconduct or unsatis14 factorily performed the duties of employment of that indi15 vidual, and such misconduct or unsatisfactory perform16 ance has significantly contributed to the serious injury, 

17 loss of life, or significant destruction of property, or a seri18 ous breach of security, even if such action is the subject 

19 of an Accountability Review Board’s examination under 

20 section 304(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 U.S.C. 

21 4834(a)). 

22 (b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Section 304 of the Diplo23 matic Security Act (22 U.S.C. 4834) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or has en25 gaged in misconduct or unsatisfactorily performed 
140 

†S 1635 ES

1 the duties of employment of that individual, and 

2 such misconduct or unsatisfactory performance has 

3 significantly contributed to the serious injury, loss of 

4 life, or significant destruction of property, or the se5 rious breach of security that is the subject of the 

6 Board’s examination as described in subsection (a),’’ 

7 after ‘‘breached the duty of that individual’’; 

8 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub9 section (e); and 

10 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(d) MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY.—Whenever a 

13 Board determines that an individual has engaged in any 

14 conduct described in subsection (c), the Board shall evalu15 ate the level and effectiveness of management and over16 sight conducted by employees or officials in the manage17 ment chain of such individual.’’. 

18 SEC. 514. SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR SOFT TARGETS. 

19 Section 29 of the State Department Basic Authorities 

20 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2701) is amended, in the third 

21 sentence, by inserting ‘‘physical security enhancements 

22 and’’ after ‘‘Such assistance may include’’. 
141 

†S 1635 ES

1 Subtitle C—Marine Corps Security 

2 Guard Program 

3 SEC. 521. ADDITIONAL REPORTS ON EXPANSION AND EN4 HANCEMENT OF MARINE CORPS SECURITY 

5 GUARD PROGRAM. 

6 Section 1269(a)(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

7 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

8 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 10 U.S.C. 5983 

9 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘and not less frequently 

10 than once each year thereafter until the date that is three 

11 years after such date’’ after ‘‘of this Act’’. 

12 Subtitle D—Defending High 

13 Threat, High Risk Posts 

14 SEC. 531. DESIGNATION AND REPORTING FOR HIGH 

15 THREAT, HIGH RISK POSTS. 

16 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

18 thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director 

19 of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, 

20 shall submit, to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

21 the Senate, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

22 Senate, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 

23 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep24 resentatives, the Permanent Select Committee on Intel25 ligence of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
142 

†S 1635 ES

1 mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, 

2 a classified report, with an unclassified summary, evalu3 ating Department facilities that the Secretary determines 

4 to be high threat, high risk in accordance with subsection 

5 (c). 

6 (b) CONTENTS.—For each facility determined to be 

7 high threat, high risk pursuant to subsection (a), the re8 port submitted under subsection (a) shall include— 

9 (1) a narrative assessment describing the secu10 rity threats and risks facing posts overseas and the 

11 overall threat level to United States personnel under 

12 chief of mission authority; 

13 (2) the number of diplomatic security per14 sonnel, Marine Corps security guards, and other De15 partment personnel dedicated to providing security 

16 for United States personnel, information, and facili17 ties; 

18 (3) an assessment of host nation willingness 

19 and capability to provide protection in the event of 

20 a security threat or incident, pursuant to the obliga21 tions of the United States under the Vienna Conven22 tion on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 

23 1963, and the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplo24 matic Relations, done at Vienna April 18, 1961; 
143 

†S 1635 ES

1 (4) an assessment of the quality and experience 

2 level of the team of United States senior security 

3 personnel assigned to the facility, considering collec4 tively the assignment durations and lengths of gov5 ernment experience; 

6 (5) the number of Foreign Service Officers who 

7 have received Foreign Affairs Counter Threat train8 ing; 

9 (6) a summary of the requests made during the 

10 previous calendar year for additional resources, 

11 equipment, or personnel related to the security of 

12 the facility and the status of such requests; 

13 (7) an assessment of the ability of United 

14 States personnel to respond to and survive a fire at15 tack, including— 

16 (A) whether the facility has adequate fire 

17 safety and security equipment for safe havens 

18 and safe areas; and 

19 (B) whether the employees working at the 

20 facility have been adequately trained on the 

21 equipment available; 

22 (8) if it is a new facility, a detailed description 

23 of the steps taken to provide security for the new fa24 cility, including whether a dedicated support cell was 
144 

†S 1635 ES

1 established in the Department to ensure proper and 

2 timely resourcing of security; and 

3 (9) a listing of any high threat, high risk facili4 ties where the facilities of the Department and other 

5 government agencies are not collocated, including— 

6 (A) a rationale for the lack of collocation; 

7 and 

8 (B) a description of what steps, if any, are 

9 being taken to mitigate potential security 

10 vulnerabilities associated with the lack of col11 location. 

12 (c) DETERMINATION OF HIGH THREAT, HIGH RISK

13 FACILITY.—In determining which facilities of the Depart14 ment constitute high threat, high risk facilities under this 

15 section, the Secretary shall take into account with respect 

16 to each facility whether there are— 

17 (1) high to critical levels of political violence or 

18 terrorism; 

19 (2) national or local governments with inad20 equate capacity or political will to provide appro21 priate protection; and 

22 (3) in locations where there are high to critical 

23 levels of political violence or terrorism or where na24 tional or local governments lack the capacity or po25 litical will to provide appropriate protection— 
145 

†S 1635 ES

1 (A) mission physical security platforms 

2 that fall well below the Department’s estab3 lished standards; or 

4 (B) security personnel levels that are in5 sufficient for the circumstances. 

6 (d) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW AND REPORT.— 

7 The Inspector General for the Department of State and 

8 the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall annually— 

9 (1) review the determinations of the Secretary 

10 with respect to high threat, high risk facilities, in11 cluding the basis for making such determinations; 

12 (2) review contingency planning for high threat, 

13 high risk facilities and evaluate the measures in 

14 place to respond to attacks on such facilities; 

15 (3) review the risk mitigation measures in place 

16 at high threat, high risk facilities to determine how 

17 the Secretary evaluates risk and whether the meas18 ures put in place sufficiently address the relevant 

19 risks; 

20 (4) review early warning systems in place at 

21 high threat, high risk facilities and evaluate the 

22 measures being taken to preempt and disrupt 

23 threats to such facilities; and 

24 (5) provide to the appropriate congressional 

25 committees— 
146 

†S 1635 ES

1 (A) an assessment of the determinations of 

2 the Secretary with respect to high threat, high 

3 risk facilities, including recommendations for 

4 additions or changes to the list of such facili5 ties; and 

6 (B) a report on the reviews and evalua7 tions undertaken pursuant to paragraphs (1) 

8 through (4). 

9 SEC. 532. DESIGNATION AND REPORTING FOR HIGH-RISK 

10 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THREAT POSTS. 

11 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON13 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con14 gress’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

16 the Senate; 

17 (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 

18 of the Senate; 

19 (C) the Committee on Armed Services of 

20 the Senate; 

21 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

22 the Senate; 

23 (E) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

24 the House of Representatives; 
147 

†S 1635 ES

1 (F) the Permanent Select Committee on 

2 Intelligence of the House of Representatives; 

3 (G) the Committee on Armed Services of 

4 the House of Representatives; and 

5 (H) the Committee on Appropriations of 

6 the House of Representatives 

7 (2) PRIORITY 1 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE

8 THREAT NATION.—The term ‘‘Priority 1 Counter9 intelligence Threat Nation’’ means a country des10 ignated as such by the October 2012 National Intel11 ligence Priorities Framework (NIPF). 

12 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

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

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec15 retary, in conjunction with appropriate officials in 

16 the intelligence community and the Secretary of De17 fense, shall submit a report to the appropriate com18 mittees of Congress that assesses the counterintel19 ligence threat to United States diplomatic facilities 

20 in Priority 1 Counterintelligence Threat Nations. 

21 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

22 paragraph (1) shall include— 

23 (A) an assessment of the use of locally em24 ployed staff and guard forces and a listing of 

25 diplomatic facilities in Priority 1 Counterintel-
148 

†S 1635 ES

1 ligence Threat Nations without controlled ac2 cess areas; and 

3 (B) recommendations for mitigating any 

4 counterintelligence threats and for any nec5 essary facility upgrades, including costs assess6 ment of any recommended mitigation or up7 grades. 

8 SEC. 533. ENHANCED QUALIFICATIONS FOR DEPUTY AS9 SISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HIGH 

10 THREAT, HIGH RISK POSTS. 

11 The Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism 

12 Act of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 206 (22 

13 U.S.C. 4824) the following new section: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 207. DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR 

15 HIGH THREAT, HIGH RISK POSTS. 

16 ‘‘The individual serving as Deputy Assistant Sec17 retary of State for High Threat, High Risk Posts shall 

18 have 1 or more of the following qualifications: 

19 ‘‘(1) Service during the last 6 years at 1 or 

20 more posts designated as high threat, high risk by 

21 the Secretary of State at the time of service. 

22 ‘‘(2) Previous service as the office director or 

23 deputy director of 1 or more of the following De24 partment of State offices or successor entities car25 rying out substantively equivalent functions: 
149 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(A) The Office of Mobile Security Deploy2 ments. 

3 ‘‘(B) The Office of Special Programs and 

4 Coordination. 

5 ‘‘(C) The Office of Overseas Protective Op6 erations. 

7 ‘‘(D) The Office of Physical Security Pro8 grams. 

9 ‘‘(E) The Office of Intelligence and Threat 

10 Analysis. 

11 ‘‘(3) Previous service as the Regional Security 

12 Officer at two or more overseas posts. 

13 ‘‘(4) Other government or private sector experi14 ence substantially equivalent to service in the posi15 tions listed in paragraphs (1) through (3).’’. 

16 SEC. 534. SECURITY ENVIRONMENT THREAT LIST BRIEF17 INGS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act and upon each subse20 quent update of the Security Environment Threat List 

21 (SETL), the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic 

22 Security shall provide classified briefings to the appro23 priate congressional committees on the Security Environ24 ment Threat List. 
150 

†S 1635 ES

1 (b) CONTENT.—The briefings required under sub2 section (a) shall include— 

3 (1) an overview of the Security Environment 

4 Threat List; and 

5 (2) a summary assessment of the security pos6 ture of those facilities where the Security Environ7 ment Threat List assesses the threat environment to 

8 be most acute, including factors that informed such 

9 assessment. 

10 SEC. 535. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 

11 STATES REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 

12 BENGHAZI ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARD 

13 RECOMMENDATIONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

16 of the United States shall submit a report to the Com17 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com18 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

19 that describes the progress of the Secretary in imple20 menting the recommendations of the Benghazi Account21 ability Review Board. 

22 (b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection 

23 (a) shall include— 

24 (1) an assessment of the progress the Secretary 

25 has made in implementing each specific rec-
151 

†S 1635 ES

1 ommendation of the Accountability Review Board; 

2 and 

3 (2) a description of any impediments to rec4 ommended reforms, such as budget constraints, bu5 reaucratic obstacles within the Department or in the 

6 broader interagency community, or limitations under 

7 current law. 

8 (c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

9 shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain 

10 a classified annex. 

11 SEC. 536. FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECURITY TRAINING CENTER. 

12 (a) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.—Not 

13 later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 

14 Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

15 shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees 

16 all documents and materials related to its consideration 

17 and analysis concerning the Foreign Affairs Security 

18 Training Center at Fort Picket, Virginia, and any alter19 native facilities. 

20 (b) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—Not later than 60 

21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec22 retary shall provide to the appropriate congressional com23 mittees all documents and materials related to the deter24 mination to construct a new Foreign Affairs Security 

25 Training Center at Fort Picket, Virginia, including any 
152 

†S 1635 ES

1 that are related to the development and adoption of all 

2 related training requirements, including any documents 

3 and materials related to the consideration and analysis of 

4 such facility performed by the Office of Management and 

5 Budget. 

6 SEC. 537. LANGUAGE TRAINING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Diplomatic Secu8 rity Act (22 U.S.C. 4851 et seq.) is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 416. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR DIPLOMATIC 

11 SECURITY PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO HIGH 

12 THREAT, HIGH RISK POSTS. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Diplomatic security personnel 

14 assigned permanently to, or who are serving in, long-term 

15 temporary duty status as designated by the Secretary of 

16 State at a high threat, high risk post should receive lan17 guage training described in subsection (b) in order to pre18 pare such personnel for duty requirements at such post. 

19 ‘‘(b) LANGUAGE TRAINING DESCRIBED.—Language 

20 training referred to in subsection (a) should prepare per21 sonnel described in such subsection— 

22 ‘‘(1) to speak the language at issue with suffi23 cient structural accuracy and vocabulary to partici24 pate effectively in most formal and informal con25 versations on subjects germane to security; and 
153 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(2) to read within an adequate range of speed 

2 and with almost complete comprehension on subjects 

3 germane to security. 

4 ‘‘(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 

5 September 30, 2016, the Inspector General of the Depart6 ment of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors 

7 shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) review the language training conducted 

9 pursuant to this section; and 

10 ‘‘(2) make the results of such review available 

11 to the Secretary of State and the appropriate con12 gressional committees.’’. 

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

14 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism 

15 Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–399) is amended by inserting 

16 after the item relating the section 415 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 416. Language requirements for diplomatic security personnel assigned to 

high threat, high risk posts.’’. 

17 Subtitle E—Accountability Review 

18 Boards 

19 SEC. 541. PROVISION OF COPIES OF ACCOUNTABILITY RE20 VIEW BOARD REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

21 Not later than 2 days after an Accountability Review 

22 Board provides its report to the Secretary of State in ac23 cordance with title III of the Omnibus Diplomatic and 

24 Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831 et seq.), the 
154 

†S 1635 ES

1 Secretary shall provide copies of the report to the majority 

2 leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, 

3 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority 

4 leader of the House of Representatives, and the minority 

5 leader of the House of Representatives, and to the appro6 priate congressional committees for retention and review 

7 by those committees. 

8 SEC. 542. STAFFING. 

9 Section 302(b)(2) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 

10 U.S.C. 4832(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 

11 following: ‘‘Such persons shall be drawn from bureaus or 

12 other agency subunits that are not impacted by the inci13 dent that is the subject of the Board’s review.’’. 

14 TITLE VI—MANAGEMENT AND 

15 ACCOUNTABILITY 

16 SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

17 This title may be cited at the ‘‘Improving Depart18 ment of State Oversight Act of 2015’’. 

19 SEC. 602. COMPETITIVE HIRING STATUS FOR FORMER EM20 PLOYEES OF THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GEN21 ERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION. 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any em23 ployee of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Recon24 struction who completes at least 12 months of service at 

25 any time prior to the date of the termination of the Special 
155 

†S 1635 ES

1 Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (October 5, 

2 2013), and was not terminated for cause shall acquire 

3 competitive status for appointment to any position in the 

4 competitive service for which the employee possesses the 

5 required qualifications. 

6 SEC. 603. ASSURANCE OF INDEPENDENCE OF IT SYSTEMS. 

7 The Secretary, with the concurrence of the Inspector 

8 General of the Department of State and Broadcasting 

9 Board of Governors, shall certify to the appropriate con10 gressional committees that the Department has made rea11 sonable efforts to ensure the integrity and independence 

12 of the Office of the Inspector General Information Tech13 nology systems. 

14 SEC. 604. PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF INTERNAL IN15 VESTIGATIONS. 

16 Section 209(c)(5) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

17 (22 U.S.C. 3929(c)(5)) is amended by inserting at the end 

18 the following new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(C) REQUIRED REPORTING OF ALLEGA20 TIONS AND INVESTIGATIONS AND INSPECTOR

21 GENERAL AUTHORITY.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each bureau, post 

23 or other office (in this subparagraph, an 

24 ‘entity’) of the Department of State shall, 
156 

†S 1635 ES

1 within five business days, report to the In2 spector General any allegations of— 

3 ‘‘(I) waste, fraud, or abuse in a 

4 Department program or operation; 

5 ‘‘(II) criminal or serious mis6 conduct on the part of a Department 

7 employee at the FS–1, GS–15, GM– 

8 15 level or higher; 

9 ‘‘(III) criminal misconduct on the 

10 part of any Department employee; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(IV) serious, noncriminal mis13 conduct on the part of any individual 

14 who is authorized to carry a weapon, 

15 make arrests, or conduct searches, 

16 such as conduct that, if proved, would 

17 constitute perjury or material dishon18 esty, warrant suspension as discipline 

19 for a first offense, or result in loss of 

20 law enforcement authority. 

21 ‘‘(ii) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUTHOR22 ITY.—The Inspector General may, pursu23 ant to existing authority, investigate mat24 ters covered by clause (i). 
157 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(iii) LIMITATION ON INVESTIGATIONS

2 OUTSIDE OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GEN3 ERAL.—No entity in the Department of 

4 State with concurrent jurisdiction over 

5 matters covered by clause (i), including the 

6 Bureau of Diplomatic Security, may ini7 tiate an investigation of such matter unless 

8 it has first reported the allegations to the 

9 Inspector General as required by clause (i), 

10 except as provided in clause (v) and (vi). 

11 ‘‘(iv) COOPERATION.—If an entity in 

12 the Department of State initiates an inves13 tigation of a matter covered in clause (i) 

14 the entity must, except as provided in 

15 clause (v), fully cooperate with the Inspec16 tor General, including— 

17 ‘‘(I) by providing to the Inspector 

18 General all data and records obtained 

19 in connection with its investigation 

20 upon request of the Inspector General; 

21 ‘‘(II) by coordinating, at the re22 quest of the Inspector General, such 

23 entity’s investigation with the Inspec24 tor General; and 
158 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(III) by providing to the Inspec2 tor General requested support in aid 

3 of the Inspector General’s oversight 

4 and investigative responsibilities. 

5 ‘‘(v) EXCEPTIONS.—The Inspector 

6 General may prescribe general rules under 

7 which any requirement of clause (iii) or 

8 clause (iv) may be dispensed with. 

9 ‘‘(vi) EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES.— 

10 Compliance with clauses (i), (iii), and (iv) 

11 of this subparagraph may be dispensed 

12 with by an entity of the Department of 

13 State if complying with them in an exigent 

14 circumstance would pose an imminent 

15 threat to human life, health or safety, or 

16 result in the irretrievable loss or destruc17 tion of critical evidence or witness testi18 mony, in which case a report of the allega19 tion shall be made not later than 48 hours 

20 after an entity begins an investigation 

21 under the authority of this clause and co22 operation required under clause (iv) shall 

23 commence not later than 48 hours after 

24 the relevant exigent circumstance has 

25 ended. 
159 

†S 1635 ES

1 ‘‘(vii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

2 Nothing in this subparagraph may be in3 terpreted to affect any duty or authority of 

4 the Inspector General under any provision 

5 of law, including the Inspector General’s 

6 duties or authorities under the Inspector 

7 General Act.’’. 

8 SEC. 605. REPORT ON INSPECTOR GENERAL INSPECTION 

9 AND AUDITING OF FOREIGN SERVICE POSTS 

10 AND BUREAUS AND OPERATING UNITS DE11 PARTMENT OF STATE. 

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

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub14 mit a report to Congress on the requirement under section 

15 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

16 3929(a)(1)) that the Inspector General of the Department 

17 of State and Broadcasting Board of Governors inspect and 

18 audit, at least every 5 years, the administration of activi19 ties and operations of each Foreign Service post and each 

20 bureau and other operating unit of the Department. 

21 (b) CONSIDERATION OF MULTI-TIER SYSTEM.—The 

22 report required under subsection (a) shall assess the advis23 ability and feasibility of implementing a multi-tier system 

24 for inspecting Foreign Service posts featuring more (or 

25 less) frequent inspections and audits of posts based on 
160 

†S 1635 ES

1 risk, including security risk, as may be determined by the 

2 Inspector General. 

3 (c) COMPOSITION.—The report required under sub4 section (a) shall include separate portions prepared by the 

5 Inspector General of the Department of State and Broad6 casting Board of Governors, and the Comptroller General 

7 of the United States, respectively. 

Passed the Senate April 28, 2016. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1635 

AN ACT 

To authorize the Department of State for fiscal 

year 2016, and for other purposes.