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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1157 

To provide for certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 18, 2021 

Mr. MEEKS (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide for certain authorities of the Department of 

State, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Department of State Authorization Act of 2021’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

Sec. 1001. Diplomatic Programs. 


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Sec. 1002. Sense of Congress on importance of Department of State’s work. 

Sec. 1003. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 

Sec. 1004. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. 

Sec. 1005. Bureau of Consular Affairs; Bureau of Population, Refugees, and 

Migration. 

Sec. 1006. Office of International Disability Rights. 

Sec. 1007. Anti-piracy information sharing. 

Sec. 1008. Importance of foreign affairs training to national security. 

Sec. 1009. Classification and assignment of Foreign Service officers. 

Sec. 1010. Energy diplomacy and security within the Department of State. 

Sec. 1011. National Museum of American Diplomacy. 

Sec. 1012. Extension of period for reimbursement of fishermen for costs incurred from the illegal seizure and detention of U.S.-flag fishing vessels by foreign governments. 

Sec. 1013. Art in embassies. 

Sec. 1014. Amendment or repeal of reporting requirements. 

Sec. 1015. Reporting on implementation of GAO recommendations. 

Sec. 1016. Office of Global Criminal Justice. 

TITLE II—EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 1201. Embassy security, construction, and maintenance. 

Sec. 1202. Standard design in capital construction. 

Sec. 1203. Capital construction transparency. 

Sec. 1204. Contractor performance information. 

Sec. 1205. Growth projections for new embassies and consulates. 

Sec. 1206. Long-range planning process. 

Sec. 1207. Value engineering and risk assessment. 

Sec. 1208. Business volume. 

Sec. 1209. Embassy security requests and deficiencies. 

Sec. 1210. Overseas security briefings. 

Sec. 1211. Contracting methods in capital construction. 

Sec. 1212. Competition in embassy construction. 

Sec. 1213. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 1214. Definitions. 

TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

Sec. 1301. Defense Base Act insurance waivers. 

Sec. 1302. Study on Foreign Service allowances. 

Sec. 1303. Science and technology fellowships. 

Sec. 1304. Travel for separated families. 

Sec. 1305. Home leave travel for separated families. 

Sec. 1306. Sense of Congress regarding certain fellowship programs. 

Sec. 1307. Technical correction. 

Sec. 1308. Foreign Service awards. 

Sec. 1309. Diplomatic programs. 

Sec. 1310. Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State. 

Sec. 1311. Employee assignment restrictions and preclusions. 

Sec. 1312. Recall and reemployment of career members. 

Sec. 1313. Strategic staffing plan for the Department of State. 

Sec. 1314. Consulting services. 

Sec. 1315. Incentives for critical posts. 

Sec. 1316. Extension of authority for certain accountability review boards. 


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Sec. 1317. Foreign Service suspension without pay. 

Sec. 1318. Foreign Affairs Manual and Foreign Affairs Handbook changes. 

Sec. 1319. Waiver authority for individual occupational requirements of certain 

positions. 

Sec. 1320. Appointment of employees to the Global Engagement Center. 

Sec. 1321. Rest and recuperation and overseas operations leave for Federal employees. 

Sec. 1322. Emergency medical services authority. 

Sec. 1323. Department of State Student Internship Program. 

Sec. 1324. Competitive status for certain employees hired by Inspectors General to support the lead IG mission. 

Sec. 1325. Cooperation with Office of the Inspector General. 

TITLE IV—A DIVERSE WORKFORCE: RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, 

AND PROMOTION 

Sec. 1401. Definitions. 

Sec. 1402. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data. 

Sec. 1403. Exit interviews for workforce. 

Sec. 1404. Recruitment and retention. 

Sec. 1405. Promoting diversity and inclusion in the national security workforce. 

Sec. 1406. Leadership engagement and accountability. 

Sec. 1407. Professional development opportunities and tools. 

Sec. 1408. Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service. 

Sec. 1409. Payne fellowship authorization. 

Sec. 1410. Voluntary participation. 

TITLE V—INFORMATION SECURITY 

Sec. 1501. Definitions. 

Sec. 1502. List of certain telecommunications providers. 

Sec. 1503. Preserving records of electronic communications conducted related 

to official duties of positions in the public trust of the American people. 

Sec. 1504. Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series and declassification. 

Sec. 1505. Vulnerability Disclosure Policy and Bug Bounty Pilot Program. 

TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

Sec. 1601. Short title. 

Sec. 1602. Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts. 

Sec. 1603. Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy. 

Sec. 1604. Permanent reauthorization of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. 

Sec. 1605. Streamlining of support functions. 

Sec. 1606. Guidance for closure of public diplomacy facilities. 

Sec. 1607. Definitions. 

TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC CORRUPTION 

Sec. 1701. Sense of congress. 

Sec. 1702. Annual assessment. 

Sec. 1703. Transparency and accountability. 

Sec. 1704. Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact. 

TITLE VIII—OTHER MATTERS 


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Sec. 1801. Case-Zablocki Act reform. 

Sec. 1802. Limitation on assistance to countries in default. 

Sec. 1803. Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return 

Act of 2014 amendment. 

Sec. 1804. Modification of authorities of Commission for the Preservation of 

America’s Heritage Abroad. 

Sec. 1805. Chief of mission concurrence. 

Sec. 1806. Report on efforts of the Coronavirus Repatriation Task Force. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

6 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

7 Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

8 (2) DEPARTMENT.—If not otherwise specified, 

9 the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of 

10 State. 

11 (3) SECRETARY.—If not otherwise specified, the 

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

13 TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND 

14 OPERATIONS OF THE DE15 PARTMENT OF STATE 

16 SEC. 1001. DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS. 

17 For ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, there is authorized to 

18 be appropriated $9,170,013,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

19 SEC. 1002. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF DE20 PARTMENT OF STATE’S WORK. 

21 It is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (1) United States global engagement is key to 

2 a stable and prosperous world; 

3 (2) United States leadership is indispensable in 

4 light of the many complex and interconnected 

5 threats facing the United States and the world; 

6 (3) diplomacy and development are critical tools 

7 of national power, and full deployment of these tools 

8 is vital to United States national security; 

9 (4) challenges such as the global refugee and 

10 migration crises, terrorism, historic famine and food 

11 insecurity, and fragile or repressive societies cannot 

12 be addressed without sustained and robust United 

13 States diplomatic and development leadership; 

14 (5) the United States Government must use all 

15 of the instruments of national security and foreign 

16 policy at its disposal to protect United States citi17 zens, promote United States interests and values, 

18 and support global stability and prosperity; 

19 (6) United States security and prosperity de20 pend on having partners and allies that share our in21 terests and values, and these partnerships are nur22 tured and our shared interests and values are pro23 moted through United States diplomatic engage24 ment, security cooperation, economic statecraft, and 

25 assistance that helps further economic development, 


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1 good governance, including the rule of law and 

2 democratic institutions, and the development of 

3 shared responses to natural and humanitarian disas4 ters; 

5 (7) as the United States Government agencies 

6 primarily charged with conducting diplomacy and 

7 development, the Department and the United States 

8 Agency for International Development (USAID) re9 quire sustained and robust funding to carry out this 

10 important work, which is essential to our ability to 

11 project United States leadership and values and to 

12 advance United States interests around the world; 

13 (8) the work of the Department and USAID 

14 makes the United States and the world safer and 

15 more prosperous by alleviating global poverty and 

16 hunger, fighting HIV/AIDS and other infectious dis17 eases, strengthening alliances, expanding educational 

18 opportunities for women and girls, promoting good 

19 governance and democracy, supporting anti-corrup20 tion efforts, driving economic development and 

21 trade, preventing armed conflicts and humanitarian 

22 crises, and creating American jobs and export oppor23 tunities; 

24 (9) the Department and USAID are vital na25 tional security agencies, whose work is critical to the 


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1 projection of United States power and leadership 

2 worldwide, and without which Americans would be 

3 less safe, United States economic power would be di4 minished, and global stability and prosperity would 

5 suffer; 

6 (10) investing in diplomacy and development 

7 before conflicts break out saves American lives while 

8 also being cost-effective; and 

9 (11) the contributions of personnel working at 

10 the Department and USAID are extraordinarily val11 uable and allow the United States to maintain its 

12 leadership around the world. 

13 SEC. 1003. BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND 

14 LABOR. 

15 Paragraph (2) of section 1(c) of the State Depart16 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) 

17 is amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end 

19 the following new sentence: ‘‘All special envoys, am20 bassadors, and coordinators located within the Bu21 reau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall 

22 report directly to the Assistant Secretary unless oth23 erwise provided by law.’’; 

24 (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘section’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘sections 116 and’’; and 

3 (B) by inserting before the period at the 

4 end the following: ‘‘(commonly referred to as 

5 the annual ‘Country Reports on Human Rights 

6 Practices’)’’; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub8 paragraphs: 

9 ‘‘(C) AUTHORITIES.—In addition to the 

10 duties, functions, and responsibilities specified 

11 in this paragraph, the Assistant Secretary of 

12 State for Democracy, Human Rights, and 

13 Labor is authorized to— 

14 ‘‘(i) promote democracy and actively 

15 support human rights throughout the 

16 world; 

17 ‘‘(ii) promote the rule of law and good 

18 governance throughout the world; 

19 ‘‘(iii) strengthen, empower, and pro20 tect civil society representatives, programs, 

21 and organizations, and facilitate their abil22 ity to engage in dialogue with governments 

23 and other civil society entities; 

24 ‘‘(iv) work with regional bureaus to 

25 ensure adequate personnel at diplomatic 


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1 posts are assigned responsibilities relating 

2 to advancing democracy, human rights, 

3 labor rights, women’s equal participation 

4 in society, and the rule of law, with par5 ticular attention paid to adequate oversight 

6 and engagement on such issues by senior 

7 officials at such posts; 

8 ‘‘(v) review and, as appropriate, make 

9 recommendations that shall be given equal 

10 weight to those of other bureaus or offices 

11 to the Secretary of State regarding the 

12 proposed transfer of— 

13 ‘‘(I) defense articles and defense 

14 services authorized under the Foreign 

15 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

16 2151 et seq.) or the Arms Export 

17 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(II) military items listed on the 

20 ‘600 series’ of the Commerce Control 

21 List contained in Supplement No. 1 to 

22 part 774 of subtitle B of title 15, 

23 Code of Federal Regulations; 

24 ‘‘(vi) coordinate programs and activi25 ties that protect and advance the exercise 


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1 of human rights and internet freedom in 

2 cyberspace; and 

3 ‘‘(vii) implement other relevant poli4 cies and provisions of law. 

5 ‘‘(D) LOCAL OVERSIGHT.—United States 

6 missions, when executing DRL programming, 

7 to the extent practicable, should assist in exer8 cising oversight authority and coordinate with 

9 the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 

10 Labor to ensure that funds are appropriately 

11 used and comply with anti-corruption prac12 tices.’’. 

13 SEC. 1004. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

14 NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AF15 FAIRS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(c) of the State Depart17 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) 

18 is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para20 graph (4); and 

21 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol22 lowing new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTER24 NATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AF25 FAIRS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 

2 be in the Department of State an Assistant 

3 Secretary for International Narcotics and Law 

4 Enforcement Affairs, who shall be responsible 

5 to the Secretary of State for all matters, pro6 grams, and related activities pertaining to inter7 national narcotics, anti-crime, and law enforce8 ment affairs in the conduct of foreign policy by 

9 the Department, including, as appropriate, lead10 ing the coordination of programs carried out by 

11 United States Government agencies abroad, and 

12 such other related duties as the Secretary may 

13 from time to time designate. 

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

15 Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics 

16 and Law Enforcement Affairs shall maintain 

17 continuous observation and coordination of all 

18 matters pertaining to international narcotics, 

19 anti-crime, and law enforcement affairs in the 

20 conduct of foreign policy, including programs 

21 carried out by other United States Government 

22 agencies when such programs pertain to the fol23 lowing matters: 

24 ‘‘(i) Combating international narcotics 

25 production and trafficking. 


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

3 capacity, appeals systems, law enforcement 

4 agencies, prison systems, and the sharing 

5 of recovered assets. 

6 ‘‘(iii) Training and equipping foreign 

7 police, border control, other government of8 ficials, and other civilian law enforcement 

9 authorities for anti-crime purposes, includ10 ing ensuring that no foreign security unit 

11 or member of such unit shall receive such 

12 assistance from the United States Govern13 ment absent appropriate vetting. 

14 ‘‘(iv) Ensuring the inclusion of human 

15 rights and women’s participation issues in 

16 law enforcement programs, in consultation 

17 with the Assistant Secretary for Democ18 racy, Human Rights, and Labor, and other 

19 senior officials in regional and thematic 

20 bureaus and offices. 

21 ‘‘(v) Combating, in conjunction with 

22 other relevant bureaus of the Department 

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1 ficking, illicit trafficking in arms, wildlife, 

2 and cultural property, migrant smuggling, 

3 corruption, money laundering, the illicit 

4 smuggling of bulk cash, the licit use of fi5 nancial systems for malign purposes, and 

6 other new and emerging forms of crime. 

7 ‘‘(vi) Identifying and responding to 

8 global corruption, including strengthening 

9 the capacity of foreign government institu10 tions responsible for addressing financial 

11 crimes and engaging with multilateral or12 ganizations responsible for monitoring and 

13 supporting foreign governments’ anti-cor14 ruption efforts. 

15 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—In addition to 

16 the responsibilities specified in subparagraph 

17 (B), the Assistant Secretary for International 

18 Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs shall 

19 also— 

20 ‘‘(i) carry out timely and substantive 

21 consultation with chiefs of mission and, as 

22 appropriate, the heads of other United 

23 States Government agencies to ensure ef24 fective coordination of all international 

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1 carried out overseas by the Department 

2 and such other agencies; 

3 ‘‘(ii) coordinate with the Office of Na4 tional Drug Control Policy to ensure les5 sons learned from other United States 

6 Government agencies are available to the 

7 Bureau of International Narcotics and 

8 Law Enforcement Affairs of the Depart9 ment; 

10 ‘‘(iii) develop standard requirements 

11 for monitoring and evaluation of Bureau 

12 programs, including metrics for success 

13 that do not rely solely on the amounts of 

14 illegal drugs that are produced or seized; 

15 ‘‘(iv) in coordination with the Sec16 retary of State, annually certify in writing 

17 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Com19 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

20 that United States law enforcement per21 sonnel posted abroad whose activities are 

22 funded to any extent by the Bureau of 

23 International Narcotics and Law Enforce24 ment Affairs are complying with section 


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1 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

2 (22 U.S.C. 3927); and 

3 ‘‘(v) carry out such other relevant du4 ties as the Secretary may assign. 

5 ‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

6 in this paragraph may be construed to limit or 

7 impair the authority or responsibility of any 

8 other Federal agency with respect to law en9 forcement, domestic security operations, or in10 telligence activities as defined in Executive 

11 Order 12333.’’. 

12 (b) MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL

13 NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT.—Subsection 

14 (a) of section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

15 (22 U.S.C. 2291h) is amended by inserting after para16 graph (9) the following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(10) A separate section that contains an iden18 tification of all United States Government-supported 

19 units funded by the Bureau of International Nar20 cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and any Bu21 reau-funded operations by such units in which 

22 United States law enforcement personnel have been 

23 physically present.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1005. BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS; BUREAU OF 

2 POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION. 

3 Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 

4 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub6 section (i); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol8 lowing new subsections: 

9 ‘‘(g) BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS.—There is in 

10 the Department of State the Bureau of Consular Affairs, 

11 which shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary of State 

12 for Consular Affairs. 

13 ‘‘(h) BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MI14 GRATION.—There is in the Department of State the Bu15 reau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, which shall 

16 be headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Popu17 lation, Refugees, and Migration.’’. 

18 SEC. 1006. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS. 

19 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There should be established 

20 in the Department of State an Office of International Dis21 ability Rights (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’). 

22 (b) DUTIES.—The Office should— 

23 (1) seek to ensure that all United States for24 eign operations are accessible to, and inclusive of, 

25 persons with disabilities; 


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1 (2) promote the human rights and full partici2 pation in international development activities of all 

3 persons with disabilities; 

4 (3) promote disability inclusive practices and 

5 the training of Department of State staff on solic6 iting quality programs that are fully inclusive of peo7 ple with disabilities; 

8 (4) represent the United States in diplomatic 

9 and multilateral fora on matters relevant to the 

10 rights of persons with disabilities, and work to raise 

11 the profile of disability across a broader range of or12 ganizations contributing to international develop13 ment efforts; 

14 (5) conduct regular consultation with civil soci15 ety organizations working to advance international 

16 disability rights and empower persons with disabil17 ities internationally; 

18 (6) consult with other relevant offices at the 

19 Department that are responsible for drafting annual 

20 reports documenting progress on human rights, in21 cluding, wherever applicable, references to instances 

22 of discrimination, prejudice, or abuses of persons 

23 with disabilities; 

24 (7) advise the Bureau of Human Resources or 

25 its equivalent within the Department regarding the 


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1 hiring and recruitment and overseas practices of civil 

2 service employees and Foreign Service officers with 

3 disabilities and their family members with chronic 

4 medical conditions or disabilities; and 

5 (8) carry out such other relevant duties as the 

6 Secretary of State may assign. 

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

8 (1) a senior advisor to the appropriate Assist9 ant Secretary of State; or 

10 (2) an officer exercising significant authority 

11 who reports to the President or Secretary of State, 

12 appointed by and with the advice and consent of the 

13 Senate. 

14 (d) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State should 

15 direct Ambassadors at Large, Representatives, Special 

16 Envoys, and coordinators working on human rights to con17 sult with the Office to promote the human rights and full 

18 participation in international development activities of all 

19 persons with disabilities. 

20 SEC. 1007. ANTI-PIRACY INFORMATION SHARING. 

21 The Secretary is authorized to provide for the partici22 pation by the United States in the Information Sharing 

23 Centre located in Singapore, as established by the Re24 gional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and 

25 Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). 


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1 SEC. 1008. IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING 

2 TO NATIONAL SECURITY. 

3 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that— 

5 (1) the Department is a crucial national secu6 rity agency, whose employees, both Foreign and Civil 

7 Service, require the best possible training at every 

8 stage of their careers to prepare them to promote 

9 and defend United States national interests and the 

10 health and safety of United States citizens abroad; 

11 (2) the Department’s Foreign Service Institute 

12 should seek to substantially increase its educational 

13 and training offerings to Department personnel, in14 cluding developing new and innovative educational 

15 and training courses, methods, programs, and oppor16 tunities; and 

17 (3) consistent with existing Department gift ac18 ceptance authority and other applicable laws, the 

19 Department and Foreign Service Institute may ac20 cept funds and other resources from foundations, 

21 not-for-profit corporations, and other appropriate 

22 sources to help the Department and the Institute ac23 complish the goals specified in paragraph (3). 

24 (b) TRAINING FLOAT.—Not later than 90 days after 

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

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1 sional committees a strategy to establish a ‘‘training float’’ 

2 to allow for up to 15 percent of the Foreign Service to 

3 participate in long-term training at any given time. The 

4 strategy should identify steps necessary to ensure suffi5 cient training capacity and opportunities are available to 

6 Foreign Service officers, mechanisms to ensure equitable 

7 distribution of long-term training opportunities to Foreign 

8 Service officers, and resources and any additional authori9 ties necessary to facilitate such a training float. The strat10 egy shall identify which types of training would be 

11 prioritized, the extent (if any) to which such training is 

12 already being provided to Foreign Service officers by the 

13 Department of State, and why such training cannot be 

14 achieved without Foreign Service officers leaving the 

15 workforce. 

16 SEC. 1009. CLASSIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF FOREIGN 

17 SERVICE OFFICERS. 

18 The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended— 

19 (1) in section 501 (22 U.S.C. 3981), by insert20 ing ‘‘If a position designated under this section is 

21 unfilled for more than 365 calendar days, such posi22 tion may be filled, as appropriate, on a temporary 

23 basis, in accordance with section 309.’’ after ‘‘Posi24 tions designated under this section are excepted 

25 from the competitive service.’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2) of section 502(a) (22 

2 U.S.C. 3982(a)), by inserting ‘‘, or domestically, in 

3 a position working on issues relating to a particular 

4 country or geographic area,’’ after ‘‘geographic 

5 area’’. 

6 SEC. 1010. ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND SECURITY WITHIN 

7 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 

8 Section 1(c) of the State Department Basic Authori9 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), as amended by sec10 tion 1004 of this Act, is further amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) (as redesig12 nated pursuant to such section 1003) as paragraph 

13 (5); and 

14 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol15 lowing new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(4) ENERGY RESOURCES.— 

17 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANT SEC18 RETARY.—Subject to the numerical limitation 

19 specified in paragraph (1), there is authorized 

20 to be established in the Department of State an 

21 Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Re22 sources. 

23 ‘‘(B) PERSONNEL.—If the Department es24 tablishes an Assistant Secretary of State for 

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1 thorization provided in subparagraph (A), the 

2 Secretary of State shall ensure there are suffi3 cient personnel dedicated to energy matters 

4 within the Department of State whose respon5 sibilities shall include— 

6 ‘‘(i) formulating and implementing 

7 international policies aimed at protecting 

8 and advancing United States energy secu9 rity interests by effectively managing 

10 United States bilateral and multilateral re11 lations; 

12 ‘‘(ii) ensuring that analyses of the na13 tional security implications of global en14 ergy and environmental developments are 

15 reflected in the decision-making process 

16 within the Department; 

17 ‘‘(iii) incorporating energy security 

18 priorities into the activities of the Depart19 ment; 

20 ‘‘(iv) coordinating energy activities of 

21 the Department with relevant Federal de22 partments and agencies; 

23 ‘‘(v) coordinating with the Office of 

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1 tions pertaining to the international energy 

2 sector; and 

3 ‘‘(vi) working internationally to— 

4 ‘‘(I) support the development of 

5 energy resources and the distribution 

6 of such resources for the benefit of 

7 the United States and United States 

8 allies and trading partners for their 

9 energy security and economic develop10 ment needs; 

11 ‘‘(II) promote availability of di12 versified energy supplies and a well13 functioning global market for energy 

14 resources, technologies, and expertise 

15 for the benefit of the United States 

16 and United States allies and trading 

17 partners; 

18 ‘‘(III) resolve international dis19 putes regarding the exploration, devel20 opment, production, or distribution of 

21 energy resources; 

22 ‘‘(IV) support the economic and 

23 commercial interests of United States 

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1 ‘‘(V) support and coordinate 

2 international efforts to alleviate en3 ergy poverty; 

4 ‘‘(VI) leading the United States 

5 commitment to the Extractive Indus6 tries Transparency Initiative; and 

7 ‘‘(VII) coordinating energy secu8 rity and other relevant functions with9 in the Department currently under10 taken by— 

11 ‘‘(aa) the Bureau of Eco12 nomic and Business Affairs; 

13 ‘‘(bb) the Bureau of Oceans 

14 and International Environmental 

15 and Scientific Affairs; and 

16 ‘‘(cc) other offices within the 

17 Department of State.’’. 

18 SEC. 1011. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. 

19 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

20 of 1956 is amended by adding after section 63 (22 U.S.C. 

21 2735) the following new section: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 64. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. 

23 ‘‘(a) ACTIVITIES.— 

24 ‘‘(1) SUPPORT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

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1 otherwise, for the performance of appropriate mu2 seum visitor and educational outreach services and 

3 related events, including organizing programs and 

4 conference activities, museum shop services and food 

5 services in the public exhibition and related space 

6 utilized by the National Museum of American Diplo7 macy. 

8 ‘‘(2) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—The Secretary of 

9 State is authorized to recover any revenues gen10 erated under the authority of paragraph (1) for vis11 itor and outreach services and related events re12 ferred to in such paragraph, including fees for use 

13 of facilities at the National Museum for American 

14 Diplomacy. Any such revenues may be retained as a 

15 recovery of the costs of operating the museum. 

16 ‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMER17 ICAN DIPLOMACY DOCUMENTS, ARTIFACTS, AND OTHER

18 ARTICLES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) PROPERTY.—All historic documents, arti20 facts, or other articles permanently acquired by the 

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1 ernment and shall be subject to disposition solely in 

2 accordance with this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(2) SALE, TRADE, OR TRANSFER.—Whenever 

4 the Secretary of State makes the determination de5 scribed in paragraph (3) with respect to a document, 

6 artifact, or other article under paragraph (1), the 

7 Secretary may sell at fair market value, trade, or 

8 transfer such document, artifact, or other article 

9 without regard to the requirements of subtitle I of 

10 title 40, United States Code. The proceeds of any 

11 such sale may be used solely for the advancement of 

12 the mission of the National Museum of American 

13 Diplomacy and may not be used for any purpose 

14 other than the acquisition and direct care of the col15 lections of the museum. 

16 ‘‘(3) DETERMINATIONS PRIOR TO SALE, TRADE, 

17 OR TRANSFER.—The determination described in this 

18 paragraph with respect to a document, artifact, or 

19 other article under paragraph (1), is a determination 

20 that— 

21 ‘‘(A) such document, artifact, or other arti22 cle no longer serves to further the purposes of 

23 the National Museum of American Diplomacy 

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1 ‘‘(B) the sale, trade, or transfer of such 

2 document, artifact, or other article would serve 

3 to maintain the standards of the collection of 

4 the museum; or 

5 ‘‘(C) sale, trade, or transfer of such docu6 ment, artifact, or other article would be in the 

7 best interests of the United States. 

8 ‘‘(4) LOANS.—In addition to the authorization 

9 under paragraph (2) relating to the sale, trade, or 

10 transfer of documents, artifacts, or other articles 

11 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may 

12 loan such documents, artifacts, or other articles, 

13 when not needed for use or display by the National 

14 Museum of American Diplomacy to the Smithsonian 

15 Institution or a similar institution for repair, study, 

16 or exhibition.’’. 

17 SEC. 1012. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR REIMBURSEMENT 

18 OF FISHERMEN FOR COSTS INCURRED FROM 

19 THE ILLEGAL SEIZURE AND DETENTION OF 

20 U.S.-FLAG FISHING VESSELS BY FOREIGN 

21 GOVERNMENTS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section 7 of the 

23 Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1977) is 

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1 ‘‘(e) AMOUNTS.—Payments may be made under this 

2 section only to such extent and in such amounts as are 

3 provided in advance in appropriation Acts.’’. 

4 (b) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.— 

5 (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

6 by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the 

7 enactment of this Act and apply as if the date speci8 fied in subsection (e) of section 7 of the Fishermen’s 

9 Protective Act of 1967, as in effect on the day be10 fore the date of the enactment of this Act, were the 

11 day after such date of enactment. 

12 (2) AGREEMENTS AND PAYMENTS.—The Sec13 retary of State is authorized to— 

14 (A) enter into agreements pursuant to sec15 tion 7 of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 

16 1967 for any claims to which such section 

17 would otherwise apply but for the date specified 

18 in subsection (e) of such section, as in effect on 

19 the day before the date of the enactment of this 

20 Act; and 

21 (B) make payments in accordance with 

22 agreements entered into pursuant to such sec23 tion if any such payments have not been made 

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1 fied in such section, as in effect on the day be2 fore the date of the enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 1013. ART IN EMBASSIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds are authorized to be ap5 propriated for the purchase of any piece of art for the 

6 purposes of installation or display in any embassy, con7 sulate, or other foreign mission of the United States if 

8 the purchase price of such piece of art is in excess of 

9 $25,000, unless such purchase is subject to prior consulta10 tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

11 appropriate congressional committees. 

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

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

14 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re15 port on the costs of the Art in Embassies Program for 

16 fiscal years 2012 through 2020. 

17 (c) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the 

18 date that is two years after the date of the enactment of 

19 this Act. 

20 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘art’’ in21 cludes paintings, sculptures, photographs, industrial de22 sign, and craft art. 

23 SEC. 1014. AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF REPORTING RE24 QUIREMENTS. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 570 of Public Law 

2 104–208 is amended— 

3 (A) by amending subsection (c) to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘(c) MULTILATERAL STRATEGY.—The President 

6 shall develop, in coordination with like-minded countries, 

7 a comprehensive, multilateral strategy to— 

8 ‘‘(1) assist Burma in addressing corrosive ma9 lign influence of the People’s Republic of China; and 

10 ‘‘(2) support democratic, constitutional, eco11 nomic, and security sector reforms in Burma de12 signed to— 

13 ‘‘(A) advance democratic development and 

14 improve human rights practices and the quality 

15 of life; and 

16 ‘‘(B) promote genuine national reconcili17 ation.’’; and 

18 (B) in subsection (d)— 

19 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

20 (1), by striking ‘‘six months’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘year’’; 

22 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

23 paragraph (7); and 

24 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 

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1 ‘‘(3) improvements in human rights practices; 

2 ‘‘(4) progress toward broad-based and inclusive 

3 economic growth; 

4 ‘‘(5) progress toward genuine national reconcili5 ation; 

6 ‘‘(6) progress on improving the quality of life of 

7 the Burmese people, including progress relating to 

8 market reforms, living standards, labor standards, 

9 use of forced labor in the tourism industry, and en10 vironmental quality; and’’. 

11 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

12 by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the 

13 enactment of this Act and apply with respect to the 

14 first report required under subsection (d) of section 

15 570 of Public Law 104–208 that is required after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 (b) REPEALS.—The following provisions of law are 

18 hereby repealed: 

19 (1) Subsection (b) of section 804 of Public Law 

20 101–246. 

21 (2) Section 6 of Public Law 104–45. 

22 (3) Section 406 of Public Law 101–246 (22 

23 U.S.C. 2414a). 

24 (4) Subsection (c) of section 702 of Public Law 

25 96–465 (22 U.S.C. 4022). 


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1 (5) Section 404 of the Arms Control and Disar2 mament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593b). 

3 (6) Section 5 of Public Law 94–304 (22 U.S.C. 

4 3005). 

5 (7) Subsection (b) of section 502 of the Inter6 national Security and Development Cooperation Act 

7 of 1985 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa–7). 

8 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

9 Subsection (c) of section 502 of the International Security 

10 and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 (22 U.S.C. 

11 2349aa–7) is redesignated as subsection (b). 

12 SEC. 1015. REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO REC13 OMMENDATIONS. 

14 (a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after 

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

16 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional com17 mittees a report that lists all of the Government Account18 ability Office’s recommendations relating to the Depart19 ment that have not been fully implemented. 

20 (b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later 

21 than 30 days after the Secretary submits the report under 

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

23 States shall submit to the appropriate congressional com24 mittees a report that identifies any discrepancies between 

25 the list of recommendations included in such report and 


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1 the Government Accountability Office’s list of outstanding 

2 recommendations for the Department. 

3 (c) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.— 

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

5 after the date of the submission of the Comptroller 

6 General’s report under subsection (b), the Secretary 

7 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com8 mittees a report that describes the implementation 

9 status of each recommendation from the Govern10 ment Accountability Office included in the report 

11 submitted under subsection (a). 

12 (2) JUSTIFICATION.—The report under para13 graph (1) shall include— 

14 (A) a detailed justification for each deci15 sion not to fully implement a recommendation 

16 or to implement a recommendation in a dif17 ferent manner than specified by the Govern18 ment Accountability Office; 

19 (B) a timeline for the full implementation 

20 of any recommendation the Secretary has de21 cided to adopt, but has not yet fully imple22 mented; and 

23 (C) an explanation for any discrepancies 

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

2 under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

3 to the maximum extent practicable, but may be included 

4 in a classified annex to the extent necessary. 

5 SEC. 1016. OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—There should be established with7 in the Department of State an Office of Global Criminal 

8 Justice (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’), which 

9 may be placed within the organizational structure of the 

10 Department at the discretion of the Secretary. 

11 (b) DUTIES.—The Office should carry out the fol12 lowing: 

13 (1) Advise the Secretary of State and other rel14 evant senior officials on issues related to atrocities, 

15 including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and 

16 genocide. 

17 (2) Assist in formulating United States policy 

18 on the prevention of, responses to, and account19 ability for atrocities. 

20 (3) Coordinate, as appropriate and with other 

21 relevant Federal departments and agencies, United 

22 States Government positions relating to the inter23 national and hybrid courts currently prosecuting 

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1 (4) Work with other governments, international 

2 organizations, and nongovernmental organizations, 

3 as appropriate, to establish and assist international 

4 and domestic commissions of inquiry, fact-finding 

5 missions, and tribunals to investigate, document, 

6 and prosecute atrocities around the world. 

7 (5) Coordinate, as appropriate and with other 

8 relevant Federal departments and agencies, the de9 ployment of diplomatic, legal, economic, military, 

10 and other tools to help collect evidence of atrocities, 

11 judge those responsible, protect and assist victims, 

12 enable reconciliation, prevent and deter atrocities, 

13 and promote the rule of law. 

14 (6) Provide advice and expertise on transitional 

15 justice mechanisms to United States personnel oper16 ating in conflict and post-conflict environments. 

17 (7) Act as a point of contact for international, 

18 hybrid, and domestic tribunals exercising jurisdiction 

19 over atrocities committed around the world. 

20 (8) Represent the Department on any inter21 agency whole-of-government coordinating entities ad22 dressing genocide and other atrocities. 

23 (9) Perform any additional duties and exercise 

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1 (c) SUPERVISION.—If established, the Office shall be 

2 led by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Jus3 tice who is nominated by the President and appointed by 

4 and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

5 TITLE II—EMBASSY 

6 CONSTRUCTION 

7 SEC. 1201. EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAIN8 TENANCE. 

9 For ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte10 nance’’, there is authorized to be appropriated 

11 $1,950,449,000 for fiscal year 2021. 

12 SEC. 1202. STANDARD DESIGN IN CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION. 

13 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that the Department’s Bureau of Overseas Building 

15 Operations (OBO) or successor office should give appro16 priate consideration to standardization in construction, in 

17 which each new United States embassy and consulate 

18 starts with a standard design and keeps customization to 

19 a minimum. 

20 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

21 carry out any new United States embassy compound or 

22 new consulate compound project that utilizes a non-stand23 ard design, including those projects that are in the design 

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1 gressional committees. The Secretary shall provide the ap2 propriate congressional committees, for each such project, 

3 the following documentation: 

4 (1) A comparison of the estimated full lifecycle 

5 costs of the project to the estimated full lifecycle 

6 costs of such project if it were to use a standard de7 sign. 

8 (2) A comparison of the estimated completion 

9 date of such project to the estimated completion 

10 date of such project if it were to use a standard de11 sign. 

12 (3) A comparison of the security of the com13 pleted project to the security of such completed 

14 project if it were to use a standard design. 

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

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

17 such project. 

18 (5) A written explanation if any of the docu19 mentation necessary to support the comparisons and 

20 justification, as the case may be, described in para21 graphs (1) through (4) cannot be provided. 

22 (c) SUNSET.—The consultation requirement under 

23 subsection (b) shall expire on the date that is 4 years after 

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1 SEC. 1203. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION TRANSPARENCY. 

2 Section 118 of the Department of State Authorities 

3 Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 304) is amended— 

4 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AN5 NUAL REPORT ON EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION

6 COSTS’’ and inserting ‘‘BIANNUAL REPORT ON

7 OVERSEAS CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION

8 PROJECTS’’; and 

9 (2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in10 serting the following new subsections: 

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

12 the date of the enactment of this subsection and every 180 

13 days thereafter until the date that is four years after such 

14 date of enactment, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

15 the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive 

16 report regarding all ongoing overseas capital construction 

17 projects and major embassy security upgrade projects. 

18 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report required under sub19 section (a) shall include the following with respect to each 

20 ongoing overseas capital construction project and major 

21 embassy security upgrade project: 

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

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1 partment of State, foreign operations, and related 

2 programs. 

3 ‘‘(2) The current cost estimate. 

4 ‘‘(3) The value of each request for equitable ad5 justment received by the Department to date. 

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

7 by the Department to date. 

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

9 contingency fund to date and the value of the re10 mainder of the project’s contingency fund. 

11 ‘‘(6) An enumerated list of each request for ad12 justment and certified claim that remains out13 standing or unresolved. 

14 ‘‘(7) An enumerated list of each request for eq15 uitable adjustment and certified claim that has been 

16 fully adjudicated or that the Department has settled, 

17 and the final dollar amount of each adjudication or 

18 settlement. 

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

20 in the proposed allocation of capital construction 

21 and maintenance funds required by the Committees 

22 on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of an Act making appropria24 tions for the Department of State, foreign oper25 ations, and related programs. 


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1 ‘‘(9) The current date of estimated comple2 tion.’’. 

3 SEC. 1204. CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION. 

4 (a) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—The Secretary of 

5 State shall complete all contractor performance evalua6 tions outstanding as of the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act required by subpart 42.15 of the Federal Acquisition 

8 Regulation for those contractors engaged in construction 

9 of new embassy or new consulate compounds by April 1, 

10 2022. 

11 (b) PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM.— 

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

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

14 of State shall develop a prioritization system for 

15 clearing the current backlog of required evaluations 

16 referred to in subsection (a). 

17 (2) ELEMENTS.—The system required under 

18 paragraph (1) should prioritize the evaluations as 

19 follows: 

20 (A) Project completion evaluations should 

21 be prioritized over annual evaluations. 

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1 (C) Evaluations that would be particularly 

2 informative for the awarding of government 

3 contracts should have priority. 

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

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

6 brief the appropriate congressional committees on the De7 partment’s plan for completing all evaluations by October 

8 1, 2021, in accordance with subsection (a) and the 

9 prioritization system developed pursuant to subsection (b). 

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

12 (1) contractors deciding whether to bid on De13 partment contracts would benefit from greater un14 derstanding of the Department as a client; and 

15 (2) the Department should develop a forum 

16 where contractors can comment on the Department’s 

17 project management performance. 

18 SEC. 1205. GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR NEW EMBASSIES 

19 AND CONSULATES. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each new United States em21 bassy compound (NEC) and new consulate compound 

22 project (NCC) in or not yet in the design phase as of the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, the Department of State 

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1 using all available and relevant data, including the fol2 lowing: 

3 (1) Relevant historical trends for Department 

4 personnel and personnel from other agencies rep5 resented at the NEC or NCC that is to be con6 structed. 

7 (2) An analysis of the tradeoffs between risk 

8 and the needs of United States Government policy 

9 conducted as part of the most recent Vital Presence 

10 Validation Process, if applicable. 

11 (3) Reasonable assumptions about the strategic 

12 importance of the NEC or NCC, as the case may be, 

13 over the life of the building at issue. 

14 (4) Any other data that would be helpful in pro15 jecting the future growth of NEC or NCC. 

16 (b) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The head of each 

17 Federal agency represented at a United States embassy 

18 or consulate shall provide to the Secretary, upon request, 

19 growth projections for the personnel of each such agency 

20 over the estimated life of each embassy or consulate, as 

21 the case may be. 

22 (c) BASIS FOR ESTIMATES.—The Department of 

23 State shall base its growth assumption for all NECs and 

24 NCCs on the estimates required under subsections (a) and 

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1 (d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Any congres2 sional notification of site selection for a NEC or NCC sub3 mitted after the date of the enactment of this Act shall 

4 include the growth assumption used pursuant to sub5 section (c). 

6 SEC. 1206. LONG-RANGE PLANNING PROCESS. 

7 (a) PLANS REQUIRED.— 

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

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act and an10 nually thereafter for the next five years as the Sec11 retary of State considers appropriate, the Secretary 

12 shall develop— 

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

15 program for the replacement of overseas diplo16 matic posts taking into account security factors 

17 under the Secure Embassy Construction and 

18 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and other rel19 evant statutes and regulations, as well as occu20 pational safety and health factors pursuant to 

21 the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

22 1970 and other relevant statutes and regula23 tions, including environmental factors such as 

24 indoor air quality that impact employee health 

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1 (B) a comprehensive 6-year plan detailing 

2 the Department’s long-term planning for the 

3 maintenance and sustainment of completed dip4 lomatic posts, which takes into account security 

5 factors under the Secure Embassy Construction 

6 and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and other 

7 relevant statutes and regulations, as well as oc8 cupational safety and health factors pursuant to 

9 the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 

10 1970 and other relevant statutes and regula11 tions, including environmental factors such as 

12 indoor air quality that impact employee health 

13 and safety. 

14 (2) INITIAL REPORT.—The first plan developed 

15 pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) shall also include a 

16 one-time status report on existing small diplomatic 

17 posts and a strategy for establishing a physical dip18 lomatic presence in countries in which there is no 

19 current physical diplomatic presence and with which 

20 the United States maintains diplomatic relations. 

21 Such report, which may include a classified annex, 

22 shall include the following: 

23 (A) A description of the extent to which 

24 each small diplomatic post furthers the national 

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1 (B) A description of how each small diplo2 matic post provides American Citizen Services, 

3 including data on specific services provided and 

4 the number of Americans receiving services over 

5 the previous year. 

6 (C) A description of whether each small 

7 diplomatic post meets current security require8 ments. 

9 (D) A description of the full financial cost 

10 of maintaining each small diplomatic post. 

11 (E) Input from the relevant chiefs of mis12 sion on any unique operational or policy value 

13 the small diplomatic post provides. 

14 (F) A recommendation of whether any 

15 small diplomatic posts should be closed. 

16 (3) UPDATED INFORMATION.—The annual up17 dates of each of the plans developed pursuant to 

18 paragraph (1) shall highlight any changes from the 

19 previous year’s plan to the ordering of construction 

20 and maintenance projects. 

21 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

23 later than 60 days after the completion of each plan 

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1 shall submit the plans to the appropriate congres2 sional committees. 

3 (2) REFERENCE IN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION

4 MATERIALS.—In the budget justification materials 

5 submitted to the appropriate congressional commit6 tees in support of the Department of State’s budget 

7 for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of 

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

9 United States Code), the plans required under sub10 section (a) shall be referenced to justify funding re11 quested for building and maintenance projects over12 seas. 

13 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report required 

14 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi15 fied form but may include a classified annex. 

16 (c) SMALL DIPLOMATIC POST DEFINED.—In this 

17 section, the term ‘‘small diplomatic post’’ means any 

18 United States embassy or consulate that has employed five 

19 or fewer United States Government employees or contrac20 tors on average over the 36 months prior to the date of 

21 the enactment of this Act. 

22 SEC. 1207. VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT. 

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

4 acquisition costs pursuant to OMB Circular A–131, 

5 Value Engineering, dated December 31, 2013. 

6 (2) OBO has a Policy Directive and Standard 

7 Operation Procedure, dated May 24, 2017, on con8 ducting risk management studies on all international 

9 construction projects. 

10 (b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

11 (1) SUBMISSION TO AUTHORIZING COMMIT12 TEES.—Any operating plan that includes the alloca13 tion of capital construction and maintenance funds 

14 shall be submitted to the Committee on Foreign Re15 lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 

16 Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

17 (2) REQUIREMENT TO CONFIRM COMPLETION

18 OF VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT

19 STUDIES.—The notifications required under para20 graph (1) shall include confirmation that the De21 partment has completed the requisite VE and risk 

22 management process described in subsection (a), or 

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1 (c) REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS.— 

2 The Secretary of State shall provide to the appropriate 

3 congressional committees upon request— 

4 (1) a description of each risk management 

5 study referred to in subsection (a)(2) and a table de6 tailing which recommendations related to each such 

7 study were accepted and which were rejected; and 

8 (2) a report or briefing detailing the rationale 

9 for not implementing any such recommendations 

10 that may otherwise yield significant cost savings to 

11 the Department if implemented. 

12 SEC. 1208. BUSINESS VOLUME. 

13 Section 402(c)(2)(E) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Se14 curity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 

15 4852(c)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘in 3 years’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘cumulatively over 3 years’’. 

17 SEC. 1209. EMBASSY SECURITY REQUESTS AND DEFI18 CIENCIES. 

19 The Secretary of State shall provide to the appro20 priate congressional committees, the Committee on Armed 

21 Services of the House of Representatives, and the Com22 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate upon request in23 formation on physical security deficiencies at United 

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1 (1) Requests made over the previous year by 

2 United States diplomatic posts for security up3 grades. 

4 (2) Significant security deficiencies at United 

5 States diplomatic posts that are not operating out of 

6 a new embassy compound or new consulate com7 pound. 

8 SEC. 1210. OVERSEAS SECURITY BRIEFINGS. 

9 Not later than one year after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall revise the 

11 Foreign Affairs Manual to stipulate that information on 

12 the current threat environment shall be provided to all 

13 United States Government employees under chief of mis14 sion authority traveling to a foreign country on official 

15 business. To the extent practicable, such material shall be 

16 provided to such employees prior to their arrival at a 

17 United States diplomatic post or as soon as possible there18 after. 

19 SEC. 1211. CONTRACTING METHODS IN CAPITAL CON20 STRUCTION. 

21 (a) DELIVERY.—Unless the Secretary of State noti22 fies the appropriate congressional committees that the use 

23 of the design-build project delivery method would not be 

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1 ceived design or capital construction contracts as of the 

2 date of the enactment of this Act. 

3 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Before executing a contract for 

4 a delivery method other than design-build in accordance 

5 with subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall notify the 

6 appropriate congressional committees in writing of the de7 cision, including the reasons therefor. The notification re8 quired by this subsection may be included in any other 

9 report regarding a new United States diplomatic post that 

10 is required to be submitted to the appropriate congres11 sional committees. 

12 (c) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.—Not later than 

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

14 Secretary of State shall report to the appropriate congres15 sional committees regarding performance evaluation meas16 ures in accordance with GAO’s ‘‘Standards for Internal 

17 Control in the Federal Government’’ that will be applica18 ble to design and construction, lifecycle cost, and building 

19 maintenance programs of the Bureau of Overseas Build20 ing Operations of the Department. 

21 SEC. 1212. COMPETITION IN EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION. 

22 Not later than 45 days after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

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1 bassy construction contractor base in order to increase 

2 competition and maximize value. 

3 SEC. 1213. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

4 It is the policy of the United States that the Bureau 

5 of Overseas Building Operations of the Department or its 

6 successor office shall continue to balance functionality and 

7 security with accessibility, as defined by guidelines estab8 lished by the United States Access Board in constructing 

9 embassies and consulates, and shall ensure compliance 

10 with the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

11 4151 et seq.) to the fullest extent possible. 

12 SEC. 1214. DEFINITIONS. 

13 In this title: 

14 (1) DESIGN-BUILD.—The term ‘‘design-build’’ 

15 means a method of project delivery in which one en16 tity works under a single contract with the Depart17 ment to provide design and construction services. 

18 (2) NON-STANDARD DESIGN.—The term ‘‘non19 standard design’’ means a design for a new embassy 

20 compound project or new consulate compound 

21 project that does not utilize a standardized design 

22 for the structural, spatial, or security requirements 

23 of such embassy compound or consulate compound, 

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1 TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

2 SEC. 1301. DEFENSE BASE ACT INSURANCE WAIVERS. 

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

4 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec5 retary of State shall apply to the Department of Labor 

6 for a waiver from insurance requirements under the De7 fense Base Act (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) for all countries 

8 with respect to which the requirement was waived prior 

9 to January 2017, and for which there is not currently a 

10 waiver. 

11 (b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

12 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

13 Secretary of State shall certify to the appropriate congres14 sional committees that the requirement in subsection (a) 

15 has been met. 

16 SEC. 1302. STUDY ON FOREIGN SERVICE ALLOWANCES. 

17 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

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

19 after date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec20 retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con21 gressional committees a report detailing an empirical 

22 analysis on the effect of overseas allowances on the 

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1 pertise in labor economics and military compensa2 tion. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—The analysis required under 

4 paragraph (1) shall— 

5 (A) identify all allowances paid to FSOs 

6 assigned permanently or on temporary duty to 

7 foreign areas; 

8 (B) examine the efficiency of the Foreign 

9 Service bidding system in determining foreign 

10 assignments; 

11 (C) examine the factors that incentivize 

12 FSOs to bid on particular assignments, includ13 ing danger levels and hardship conditions; 

14 (D) examine the Department’s strategy 

15 and process for incentivizing FSOs to bid on 

16 assignments that are historically in lower de17 mand, including with monetary compensation, 

18 and whether monetary compensation is nec19 essary for assignments in higher demand; 

20 (E) make any relevant comparisons to 

21 military compensation and allowances, noting 

22 which allowances are shared or based on the 

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1 signments system and better align FSO incen2 tives with the needs of the Foreign Service, in3 cluding any cost savings associated with such 

4 restructuring; 

5 (G) recommend any statutory changes nec6 essary to implement subparagraph (F), such as 

7 consolidating existing legal authorities for the 

8 provision of hardship and danger pay; and 

9 (H) detail any effects of recommendations 

10 made pursuant to subparagraphs (F) and (G) 

11 on other United States Government depart12 ments and agencies with civilian employees per13 manently assigned or on temporary duty in for14 eign areas, following consultation with such de15 partments and agencies. 

16 (b) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Before initiating the 

17 analysis required under subsection (a)(1), and not later 

18 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

19 the Secretary of State shall provide to the Committee on 

20 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 

21 Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives a briefing 

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1 (1) The name of the federally funded research 

2 and development center that will conduct such anal3 ysis. 

4 (2) The scope of such analysis and terms of ref5 erence for such analysis as specified between the De6 partment of State and such federally funded re7 search and development center. 

8 (c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

10 make available to the federally funded research and 

11 development center carrying out the analysis re12 quired under subsection (a)(1) all necessary and rel13 evant information to allow such center to conduct 

14 such analysis in a quantitative and analytical man15 ner, including historical data on the number of bids 

16 for each foreign assignment and any survey data col17 lected by the Department of State from eligible bid18 ders on their bid decision making. 

19 (2) COOPERATION.—The Secretary of State 

20 shall work with the heads of other relevant United 

21 States Government departments and agencies to en22 sure such departments and agencies provide all nec23 essary and relevant information to the federally 

24 funded research and development center carrying 

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1 (d) INTERIM REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 

2 of State shall require that the chief executive officer of 

3 the federally funded research and development center that 

4 carries out the analysis required under subsection (a)(1) 

5 submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen6 ate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

7 of Representatives an interim report on such analysis not 

8 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

9 this Act. 

10 SEC. 1303. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS. 

11 Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

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

13 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(e) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS RE15 LATED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP

16 PROGRAMS.— 

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

18 authorized to make grants or enter into cooperative 

19 agreements related to Department of State science 

20 and technology fellowship programs, including for 

21 assistance in recruiting fellows and the payment of 

22 stipends, travel, and other appropriate expenses to 

23 fellows. 

24 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM CONSIDERATION AS

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1 shall not be considered compensation for purposes of 

2 section 209 of title 18, United States Code. 

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

4 amount of grants made pursuant to this subsection 

5 may not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year.’’. 

6 SEC. 1304. TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES. 

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

8 (22 U.S.C. 4081(15)) is amended— 

9 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

10 by striking ‘‘1 round-trip per year for each child 

11 below age 21 of a member of the Service assigned 

12 abroad’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of one or more 

13 children below age 21 of a member of the Service as14 signed abroad, one round-trip per year’’; 

15 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

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

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

19 comma; 

20 (3) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

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

23 (B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘resides,’’; 

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

2 the child or children abroad if the child or chil3 dren do not regularly reside with that parent 

4 and that parent is not receiving an education 

5 allowance or educational travel allowance for 

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

7 title 5, United States Code,’’; and 

8 (5) in the matter following subparagraph (C), 

9 as added by paragraph (4) of this section, by strik10 ing ‘‘a payment’’ and inserting ‘‘the cost of round11 trip travel’’. 

12 SEC. 1305. HOME LEAVE TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMI13 LIES. 

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

15 (22 U.S.C. 4083(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 

16 following new sentence: ‘‘In cases in which a member of 

17 the Service has official orders to an unaccompanied post 

18 and in which the family members of the member reside 

19 apart from the member at authorized locations outside the 

20 United States, the member may take the leave ordered 

21 under this section where that member’s family members 

22 reside, notwithstanding section 6305 of title 5, United 

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1 SEC. 1306. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CERTAIN FEL2 LOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that Department fellow4 ships that promote the employment of candidates belong5 ing to underrepresented groups, including the Charles B. 

6 Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Pro7 gram, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow8 ship Program, and the Donald M. Payne International De9 velopment Fellowship Program, represent smart invest10 ments vital for building a strong, capable, and representa11 tive national security workforce. 

12 SEC. 1307. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

13 Subparagraph (A) of section 601(c)(6) of the Foreign 

14 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(6)) is amended, 

15 in the matter preceding clause (i), by— 

16 (1) striking ‘‘promotion’’ and inserting ‘‘pro17 motion, on or after January 1, 2017,’’; and 

18 (2) striking ‘‘individual joining the Service on 

19 or after January 1, 2017,’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign 

20 Service officer, appointed under section 302(a)(1), 

21 who has general responsibility for carrying out the 

22 functions of the Service’’. 

23 SEC. 1308. FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 614 of the Foreign Serv25 ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4013) is amended— 


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1 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

2 follows: ‘‘DEPARTMENT AWARDS’’; and 

3 (2) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or Civil 

4 Service’’ after ‘‘the Service’’. 

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating 

6 to section 614 in the table of contents of the Foreign Serv7 ice Act of 1980 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 614. Department awards.’’. 

8 SEC. 1309. DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON WORKFORCE RECRUIT10 MENT.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of 

11 State should continue to hold entry-level classes for For12 eign Service officers and specialists and continue to recruit 

13 civil servants through programs such as the Presidential 

14 Management Fellows Program and Pathways Internship 

15 Programs in a manner and at a frequency consistent with 

16 prior years and consistent with the need to maintain a 

17 pool of experienced personnel effectively distributed across 

18 skill codes and ranks. It is further the sense of Congress 

19 that absent continuous recruitment and training of For20 eign Service officers and civil servants, the Department 

21 of State will lack experienced, qualified personnel in the 

22 short, medium, and long terms. 

23 (b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of State should not 

24 implement any reduction-in-force action under section 

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1 incentive payments for early separation or retirement 

2 under any other provision of law unless— 

3 (1) the appropriate congressional committees 

4 are notified not less than 15 days in advance of such 

5 obligation or expenditure; and 

6 (2) the Secretary has provided to the appro7 priate congressional committees a detailed report 

8 that describes the Department of State’s strategic 

9 staffing goals, including— 

10 (A) a justification that describes how any 

11 proposed workforce reduction enhances the ef12 fectiveness of the Department; 

13 (B) a certification that such workforce re14 duction is in the national interest of the United 

15 States; 

16 (C) a comprehensive strategic staffing plan 

17 for the Department, including 5-year workforce 

18 forecasting and a description of the anticipated 

19 impact of any proposed workforce reduction; 

20 and 

21 (D) a dataset displaying comprehensive 

22 workforce data for all current and planned em23 ployees of the Department, disaggregated by— 

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1 (ii) civil service job skill code, grade 

2 level, and bureau of assignment; 

3 (iii) contracted employees, including 

4 the equivalent job skill code and bureau of 

5 assignment; and 

6 (iv) employees hired under schedule C 

7 of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code 

8 of Federal Regulations, including their 

9 equivalent grade and job skill code and bu10 reau of assignment. 

11 SEC. 1310. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VETERANS 

12 EMPLOYMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 

13 STATE. 

14 It is the sense of Congress that— 

15 (1) the Department of State should continue to 

16 promote the employment of veterans, in accordance 

17 with section 301 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

18 (22 U.S.C. 3941), as amended by section 1407 of 

19 this Act, including those veterans belonging to tradi20 tionally underrepresented groups at the Department; 

21 (2) veterans employed by the Department have 

22 made significant contributions to United States for23 eign policy in a variety of regional and global affairs 

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1 (3) the Department should continue to encour2 age veteran employment and facilitate their partici3 pation in the workforce. 

4 SEC. 1311. EMPLOYEE ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS AND 

5 PRECLUSIONS. 

6 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con7 gress that the Department of State should expand the ap8 peal process it makes available to employees related to as9 signment preclusions and restrictions. 

10 (b) APPEAL OF ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTION OR PRE11 CLUSION.—Subsection (a) of section 414 of the Depart12 ment of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (22 

13 U.S.C. 2734c(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

14 following new sentences: ‘‘Such right and process shall en15 sure that any employee subjected to an assignment restric16 tion or preclusion shall have the same appeal rights as 

17 provided by the Department regarding denial or revocation 

18 of a security clearance. Any such appeal shall be resolved 

19 not later than 60 days after such appeal is filed.’’. 

20 (c) NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 

21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec22 retary of State shall revise, and certify to the Committee 

23 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 

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1 regarding denial or revocation of a security clearance to 

2 expressly state that all review and appeal rights relating 

3 thereto shall also apply to any recommendation or decision 

4 to impose an assignment restriction or preclusion to an 

5 employee. 

6 SEC. 1312. RECALL AND REEMPLOYMENT OF CAREER MEM7 BERS. 

8 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con9 gress that— 

10 (1) career Department of State employees pro11 vide invaluable service to the United States as non12 partisan professionals who contribute subject matter 

13 expertise and professional skills to the successful de14 velopment and execution of United States foreign 

15 policy; and 

16 (2) reemployment of skilled former members of 

17 the Foreign and civil service who have voluntarily 

18 separated from the Foreign or civil service due to 

19 family reasons or to obtain professional skills outside 

20 government is of benefit to the Department. 

21 (b) REEMPLOYMENT.—Subsection (b) of section 308 

22 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948) is 

23 amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 

24 ‘‘Former career tenured members of the Service seeking 

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1 for up to five years prior to the date of the enactment 

2 of this sentence, shall not be required to accept a directed 

3 first assignment as a condition of reappointment.’’. 

4 (c) NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title 5, United States Code, 

6 is amended by inserting after chapter 102 the fol7 lowing new chapter: 

8 ‘‘CHAPTER 103—NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT 

9 OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEPARTMENT 

10 OF STATE AND USAID POSITIONS 

11 ‘‘§ 10301. Notice of employment opportunities for De12 partment of State and USAID positions 

13 ‘‘To ensure that individuals who have separated from 

14 the Department of State or the United States Agency for 

15 International Development and who are eligible for re16 appointment are aware of such opportunities, the Depart17 ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development shall publicize notice of all employ19 ment opportunities, including positions for which the rel20 evant agency is accepting applications from individuals 

21 within the agency’s workforce under merit promotion pro22 cedures, on publicly accessible sites, including 

23 www.usajobs.gov. If using merit promotion procedures, the 

24 notice shall expressly state that former employees eligible 

25 for reinstatement may apply.’’. 


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1 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec2 tions for subpart I of title 5, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘10301. Notice of employment opportunities for Department of State and 

USAID positions’’. 

4 SEC. 1313. STRATEGIC STAFFING PLAN FOR THE DEPART5 MENT OF STATE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 

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

8 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional com9 mittees a comprehensive 5-year strategic staffing plan for 

10 the Department of State that is aligned with and furthers 

11 the objectives of the National Security Strategy of the 

12 United States of America issued in December 2017, or 

13 any subsequent strategy issued not later than 18 months 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, which shall 

15 include the following: 

16 (1) A dataset displaying comprehensive work17 force data, including all shortages in bureaus de18 scribed in GAO report GAO–19–220, for all current 

19 and planned employees of the Department, 

20 disaggregated by— 

21 (A) Foreign Service officer and Foreign 

22 Service specialist rank; 

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1 (C) contracted employees, including the 

2 equivalent job skill code and bureau of assign3 ment; and 

4 (D) employees hired under schedule C of 

5 subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Fed6 eral Regulations, including the equivalent grade 

7 and job skill code and bureau of assignment of 

8 such employee. 

9 (2) Recommendations on the number of For10 eign Service officers disaggregated by service cone 

11 that should be posted at each United States diplo12 matic post and in the District of Columbia, with a 

13 detailed basis for such recommendations. 

14 (3) Recommendations on the number of civil 

15 service officers that should be employed by the De16 partment, with a detailed basis for such rec17 ommendations. 

18 (b) MAINTENANCE.—The dataset required under 

19 subsection (a)(1) shall be maintained and updated on a 

20 regular basis. 

21 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

22 lead the development of the plan required under sub23 section (a) but may consult or partner with private sector 

24 entities with expertise in labor economics, management, 

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1 the demands and needs of the Department of State’s 

2 workforce. 

3 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

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

5 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re6 port regarding root causes of Foreign Service and civil 

7 service shortages, the effect of such shortages on national 

8 security objectives, and the Department of State’s plan to 

9 implement recommendations described in GAO–19–220. 

10 SEC. 1314. CONSULTING SERVICES. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 103 of title 5, United 

12 States Code, as added by section 1312 of this Act, is 

13 amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘§ 10302. Consulting services for the Department of 

15 State 

16 ‘‘Any consulting service obtained by the Department 

17 of State through procurement contract pursuant to section 

18 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to 

19 those contracts with respect to which expenditures are a 

20 matter of public record and available for public inspection, 

21 except if otherwise provided under existing law, or under 

22 existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.’’. 

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

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1 by adding after the item relating to section 10302 the fol2 lowing new item: 

‘‘10302. Consulting services for the Department of State’’. 

3 SEC. 1315. INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS. 

4 Section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations 

5 Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) is amended by striking 

6 the last sentence. 

7 SEC. 1316. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN AC8 COUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. 

9 Section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Secu10 rity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 

11 4831(a)(3)) is amended— 

12 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AFGHANISTAN

13 AND’’ and inserting ‘‘AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN, SYRIA, 

14 AND’’; and 

15 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

16 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Afghanistan 

17 or’’ and inserting ‘‘Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, 

18 or’’; and 

19 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘beginning 

20 on October 1, 2005, and ending on September 

21 30, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on October 

22 1, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2022’’. 

23 SEC. 1317. FOREIGN SERVICE SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY. 

24 Subsection (c) of section 610 of the Foreign Service 

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1 (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 

2 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘suspend’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘indefinitely suspend without duties’’; 

4 (2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para5 graph (7); 

6 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol7 lowing new paragraphs: 

8 ‘‘(5) Any member of the Service suspended 

9 from duties under this subsection may be suspended 

10 without pay only after a final written decision is pro11 vided to such member under paragraph (2). 

12 ‘‘(6) If no final written decision under para13 graph (2) has been provided within one calendar 

14 year of the date the suspension at issue was pro15 posed, not later than 30 days thereafter the Sec16 retary of State shall report to the Committee on 

17 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 

18 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

19 in writing regarding the specific reasons for such 

20 delay.’’; and 

21 (4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘(7) In this subsection:’’; 

23 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(A) 

24 The term’’ and inserting the following: 

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1 (C) by striking subparagraph (B) (relating 

2 to the definition of ‘‘suspend’’ and ‘‘suspen3 sion’’); and 

4 (D) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 

5 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and 

6 moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to the left. 

7 SEC. 1318. FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUAL AND FOREIGN AF8 FAIRS HANDBOOK CHANGES. 

9 (a) APPLICABILITY.—The Foreign Affairs Manual 

10 and the Foreign Affairs Handbook apply with equal force 

11 and effect and without exception to all Department of 

12 State personnel, including the Secretary of State, Depart13 ment employees, contractors, and political appointees, re14 gardless of an individual’s status as a Foreign Service offi15 cer, Civil Service employee, contractor, or political ap16 pointee hired under any legal authority. 

17 (b) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after 

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

19 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional com20 mittees a certification in unclassified form that the Office 

21 of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State has com22 municated the applicability described in subsection (a) to 

23 all Department personnel, including the personnel referred 

24 to in such subsection. 

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

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 

3 180 days thereafter for five years, the Secretary of 

4 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees a report detailing all changes made to 

6 the Foreign Affairs Manual or the Foreign Affairs 

7 Handbook. 

8 (2) COVERED PERIODS.—The first report re9 quired under paragraph (1) shall cover the 5-year 

10 period preceding the submission of such report. 

11 Each subsequent report shall cover the 180-day pe12 riod preceding submission. 

13 (3) CONTENTS.—Each report required under 

14 paragraph (1) shall contain the following: 

15 (A) The location within the Foreign Af16 fairs Manual or the Foreign Affairs Handbook 

17 where a change has been made. 

18 (B) The statutory basis for each such 

19 change. 

20 (C) A side-by-side comparison of the For21 eign Affairs Manual or Foreign Affairs Hand22 book before and after such change. 

23 (D) A summary of such changes displayed 

24 in spreadsheet form. 


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1 SEC. 1319. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPA2 TIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN POSI3 TIONS. 

4 The Secretary of State may waive any or all of the 

5 individual occupational requirements with respect to an 

6 employee or prospective employee of the Department of 

7 State for a civilian position categorized under the GS– 

8 0130 occupational series if the Secretary determines that 

9 the individual possesses significant scientific, techno10 logical, engineering, or mathematical expertise that is inte11 gral to performing the duties of the applicable position, 

12 based on demonstrated job performance and qualifying ex13 perience. With respect to each waiver granted under this 

14 subsection, the Secretary shall set forth in a written docu15 ment that is transmitted to the Director of the Office of 

16 Personnel Management the rationale for the decision of 

17 the Secretary to waive such requirements. 

18 SEC. 1320. APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES TO THE GLOBAL 

19 ENGAGEMENT CENTER. 

20 The Secretary of State may appoint, for a 3-year pe21 riod that may be extended for up to an additional two 

22 years, solely to carry out the functions of the Global En23 gagement Center, employees of the Department of State 

24 without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 

25 Code, governing appointment in the competitive service, 

26 and may fix the basic compensation of such employees 


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1 without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap2 ter 53 of such title. 

3 SEC. 1321. REST AND RECUPERATION AND OVERSEAS OP4 ERATIONS LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 63 of 

6 title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

7 end the following new sections: 

8 ‘‘§ 6329d. Rest and recuperation leave 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

10 ‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive 

11 agency (as that term is defined in section 105), but 

12 does not include the Government Accountability Of13 fice; 

14 ‘‘(2) the term ‘combat zone’ means a geo15 graphic area designated by an Executive order of the 

16 President as an area in which the Armed Forces are 

17 engaging or have engaged in combat, an area des18 ignated by law to be treated as a combat zone, or 

19 a location the Department of Defense has certified 

20 for combat zone tax benefits due to its direct sup21 port of military operations; 

22 ‘‘(3) the term ‘employee’ has the meaning given 

23 that term in section 6301; 

24 ‘‘(4) the term ‘high risk, high threat post’ has 

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1 Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act 

2 of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4803); and 

3 ‘‘(5) the term ‘leave year’ means the period be4 ginning on the first day of the first complete pay pe5 riod in a calendar year and ending on the day imme6 diately before the first day of the first complete pay 

7 period in the following calendar year. 

8 ‘‘(b) LEAVE FOR REST AND RECUPERATION.—The 

9 head of an agency may prescribe regulations to grant up 

10 to 20 days of paid leave, per leave year, for the purposes 

11 of rest and recuperation to an employee of the agency 

12 serving in a combat zone, any other high risk, high threat 

13 post, or any other location presenting significant security 

14 or operational challenges. 

15 ‘‘(c) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF AGENCY

16 HEAD.—Use of the authority under subsection (b) is at 

17 the sole and exclusive discretion of the head of the agency 

18 concerned. 

19 ‘‘(d) RECORDS.—An agency shall record leave pro20 vided under this section separately from leave authorized 

21 under any other provision of law. 

22 ‘‘§ 6329e. Overseas operations leave 

23 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

24 ‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive 

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1 does not include the Government Accountability Of2 fice; 

3 ‘‘(2) the term ‘employee’ has the meaning given 

4 that term in section 6301; and 

5 ‘‘(3) the term ‘leave year’ means the period be6 ginning with the first day of the first complete pay 

7 period in a calendar year and ending with the day 

8 immediately before the first day of the first complete 

9 pay period in the following calendar year. 

10 ‘‘(b) LEAVE FOR OVERSEAS OPERATIONS.—The head 

11 of an agency may prescribe regulations to grant up to 10 

12 days of paid leave, per leave year, to an employee of the 

13 agency serving abroad where the conduct of business could 

14 pose potential security or safety related risks or would be 

15 inconsistent with host-country practice. Such regulations 

16 may provide that additional leave days may be granted 

17 during such leave year if the head of the agency deter18 mines that to do so is necessary to advance the national 

19 security or foreign policy interests of the United States. 

20 ‘‘(c) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF AGENCY

21 HEAD.—Use of the authority under subsection (b) is at 

22 the sole and exclusive discretion of the head of the agency 

23 concerned. 


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1 ‘‘(d) RECORDS.—An agency shall record leave pro2 vided under this section separately from leave authorized 

3 under any other provision of law.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 

5 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

6 after the item relating to section 6329c the following new 

7 items: 

‘‘6329d. Rest and recuperation leave 

‘‘6329e. Overseas operations leave’’. 

8 SEC. 1322. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AUTHORITY. 

9 Section 3 of the State Department Basic Authorities 

10 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

12 the semicolon; 

13 (2) in subsection (m), by striking the period 

14 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(n) in exigent circumstances, as determined by the 

18 Secretary, provide emergency medical services or related 

19 support for private United States citizens, nationals, and 

20 permanent resident aliens abroad, or third country nation21 als connected to such persons or to the diplomatic or devel22 opment missions of the United States abroad, who are un23 able to obtain such services or support otherwise, with 


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1 such assistance provided on a reimbursable basis to the 

2 extent feasible.’’. 

3 SEC. 1323. DEPARTMENT OF STATE STUDENT INTERNSHIP 

4 PROGRAM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall es6 tablish the Department of State Student Internship Pro7 gram (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) to 

8 offer internship opportunities at the Department of State 

9 to eligible students to raise awareness of the essential role 

10 of diplomacy in the conduct of United States foreign policy 

11 and the realization of United States foreign policy objec12 tives. 

13 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in the 

14 Program, an applicant shall— 

15 (1) be enrolled, not less than half-time, at— 

16 (A) an institution of higher education (as 

17 such term is defined in section 102 of the High18 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); or 

19 (B) an institution of higher education 

20 based outside the United States, as determined 

21 by the Secretary of State; 

22 (2) be able to receive and hold an appropriate 

23 security clearance; and 

24 (3) satisfy such other criteria as established by 

25 the Secretary. 


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1 (c) SELECTION.—The Secretary of State shall estab2 lish selection criteria for students to be admitted into the 

3 Program that includes the following: 

4 (1) Demonstrable interest in a career in foreign 

5 affairs. 

6 (2) Academic performance. 

7 (3) Such other criteria as determined by the 

8 Secretary. 

9 (d) OUTREACH.—The Secretary of State shall adver10 tise the Program widely, including on the internet, 

11 through the Department of State’s Diplomats in Resi12 dence program, and through other outreach and recruiting 

13 initiatives targeting undergraduate and graduate students. 

14 The Secretary shall actively encourage people belonging to 

15 traditionally underrepresented groups in terms of racial, 

16 ethnic, geographic, and gender diversity, and disability 

17 status to apply to the Program, including by conducting 

18 targeted outreach at minority-serving institutions (as such 

19 term is described in section 371(a) of the Higher Edu20 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 

21 (e) COMPENSATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Students participating in the 

23 Program shall be paid at least— 


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1 (A) the amount specified in section 6(a)(1) 

2 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 

3 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)), or 

4 (B) the minimum wage of the jurisdiction 

5 in which the internship is located, 

6 whichever is greatest. 

7 (2) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— 

8 (A) ABROAD.—The Secretary of State 

9 shall provide housing assistance to a student 

10 participating in the Program whose permanent 

11 address is within the United States if the loca12 tion of the internship in which such student is 

13 participating is outside the United States. 

14 (B) DOMESTIC.—The Secretary of State is 

15 authorized to provide housing assistance to a 

16 student participating in the Program whose 

17 permanent address is within the United States 

18 if the location of the internship in which such 

19 student is participating is more than 50 miles 

20 away from such student’s permanent address. 

21 (3) TRAVEL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 

22 State shall provide a student participating in the 

23 Program whose permanent address is within the 

24 United States financial assistance to cover the costs 

25 of travel once to and once from the location of the 


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1 internship in which such student is participating, in2 cluding travel by air, train, bus, or other transit as 

3 appropriate, if the location of such internship is— 

4 (A) more than 50 miles from such stu5 dent’s permanent address; or 

6 (B) outside the United States. 

7 (f) WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU8 CATION.—The Secretary of State is authorized to enter 

9 into agreements with institutions of higher education to 

10 structure internships to ensure such internships satisfy 

11 criteria for academic programs in which participants in 

12 such internships are enrolled. 

13 (g) TRANSITION PERIOD.—Not later than one year 

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

15 of State shall transition all unpaid internship programs 

16 of the Department of State, including the Foreign Service 

17 Internship Program, to internship programs that offer 

18 compensation. Upon selection as a candidate for entry into 

19 an internship program of the Department after such date, 

20 a participant in such internship program shall be afforded 

21 the opportunity to forgo compensation if doing so allows 

22 such participant to receive college or university curricular 

23 credit. 

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

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1 shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

3 Relations of a Senate a report that includes the following: 

4 (1) Information regarding the number of stu5 dents, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, insti6 tution of higher learning, home State, State where 

7 each student graduated from high school, and dis8 ability status, who applied to the Program, were of9 fered a position, and participated. 

10 (2) Information on the number of security 

11 clearance investigations started and the timeline for 

12 such investigations, including whether such inves13 tigations were completed or if, and when, an interim 

14 security clearance was granted. 

15 (3) Information on expenditures on the Pro16 gram. 

17 (4) Information regarding the Department of 

18 State’s compliance with subsection (g). 

19 (i) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.— 

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

21 be construed to compel any student who is a partici22 pant in an internship program of the Department of 

23 State to participate in the collection of the data or 

24 divulge any personal information. Such students 


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1 shall be informed that their participation in the data 

2 collection contemplated by this section is voluntary. 

3 (2) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Any data collected 

4 under this section shall be subject to the relevant 

5 privacy protection statutes and regulations applica6 ble to Federal employees. 

7 SEC. 1324. COMPETITIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOY8 EES HIRED BY INSPECTORS GENERAL TO 

9 SUPPORT THE LEAD IG MISSION. 

10 Subparagraph (A) of section 8L(d)(5) of the Inspec11 tor General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 

12 striking ‘‘a lead Inspector General for’’ and inserting ‘‘any 

13 of the Inspectors General specified in subsection (c) for 

14 oversight of’’. 

15 SEC. 1325. COOPERATION WITH OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR 

16 GENERAL. 

17 (a) ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINE.—Not later than 

18 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

19 Secretary of State shall make explicit in writing to all De20 partment of State personnel, including the Secretary of 

21 State, Department employees, contractors, and political 

22 appointees, and shall consider updating the Foreign Af23 fairs Manual and the Foreign Affairs Handbook to explic24 itly specify, that if any of such personnel does not comply 

25 within 60 days with a request for an interview or access 


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1 to documents from the Office of the Inspector General of 

2 the Department such personnel shall be subject to appro3 priate administrative discipline including, when cir4 cumstances warrant, suspension without pay or removal. 

5 (b) REPORT.— 

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

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act and on 

8 a quarterly basis thereafter, the Office of the Inspec9 tor General of the Department of State and the 

10 United States Agency for Global Media shall submit 

11 to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

12 in unclassified form detailing the following: 

13 (A) The title of any individual who has not 

14 complied within 60 days with a request for an 

15 interview or access to documents from the Of16 fice of the Inspector General. 

17 (B) The date on which such request was 

18 initially made. 

19 (C) Any extension of time that was volun20 tarily granted to such individual by the Office 

21 of the Inspector General. 

22 (D) The general subject matter regarding 

23 which the Office of the Inspector General has 

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1 (2) FORM.—Additional information pertaining 

2 solely to the subject matter of a request described in 

3 paragraph (1) may be provided in a supplemental 

4 classified annex, if necessary, but all other informa5 tion required by the reports required under such 

6 paragraph shall be provided in unclassified form. 

7 TITLE IV—A DIVERSE WORK8 FORCE: RECRUITMENT, RE9 TENTION, AND PROMOTION 

10 SEC. 1401. DEFINITIONS. 

11 In this title: 

12 (1) APPLICANT FLOW DATA.—The term ‘‘appli13 cant flow data’’ means data that tracks the rate of 

14 applications for job positions among demographic 

15 categories. 

16 (2) DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.—The term ‘‘demo17 graphic data’’ means facts or statistics relating to 

18 the demographic categories specified in the Office of 

19 Management and Budget statistical policy directive 

20 entitled ‘‘Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and 

21 Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’’ 

22 (81 Fed. Reg. 67398). 

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

24 those classes of persons protected under the Civil 

25 Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.) and 


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1 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 

2 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). 

3 (4) WORKFORCE.—The term ‘‘workforce’’ 

4 means— 

5 (A) individuals serving in a position in the 

6 civil service (as such term is defined in section 

7 2101 of title 5, United States Code); 

8 (B) individuals who are members of the 

9 Foreign Service (as such term is defined in sec10 tion 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

11 U.S.C. 3902)); 

12 (C) all individuals serving under a personal 

13 services contract; 

14 (D) all individuals serving under a Foreign 

15 Service limited appointment under section 309 

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

17 3949); or 

18 (E) individuals other than Locally Em19 ployed Staff working in the Department of 

20 State under any other authority. 

21 SEC. 1402. COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND DISSEMINATION 

22 OF WORKFORCE DATA. 

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

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

25 State shall, in consultation with the Director of the Office 


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1 of Personnel Management and the Director of the Office 

2 of Management and Budget, submit to the appropriate 

3 congressional committees a report, which shall also be 

4 posted on a publicly available website of the Department 

5 in a searchable database format, that includes 

6 disaggregated demographic data and other information re7 garding the diversity of the workforce of the Department 

8 of State. 

9 (b) DATA.—The report under subsection (a) shall in10 clude the following data: 

11 (1) Demographic data on each element of the 

12 workforce of the Department of State, disaggregated 

13 by rank and grade or grade-equivalent, with respect 

14 to the following groups: 

15 (A) Applicants for positions in the Depart16 ment. 

17 (B) Individuals hired to join the workforce. 

18 (C) Individuals promoted during the 5-year 

19 period ending on the date of the enactment of 

20 this Act, including promotions to and within the 

21 Senior Executive Service or the Senior Foreign 

22 Service. 

23 (D) Individuals serving during the 5-year 

24 period ending on the date of the enactment of 

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1 fices of the Secretary of State, the Deputy Sec2 retary of State, the Counselor of the Depart3 ment of State, the Secretary’s Policy Planning 

4 Staff, the Under Secretary for Arms Control 

5 and International Security, the Under Secretary 

6 for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human 

7 Rights, the Under Secretary for Economic 

8 Growth, Energy, and the Environment, the 

9 Under Secretary for Management, the Under 

10 Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and the 

11 Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and 

12 Public Affairs. 

13 (E) Individuals serving in the 5-year pe14 riod ending on the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act in each bureau’s front office. 

16 (F) Individuals serving in the 5-year pe17 riod ending on the date of the enactment of this 

18 Act as detailees to the National Security Coun19 cil. 

20 (G) Individuals serving on applicable selec21 tion boards. 

22 (H) Members of any external advisory 

23 committee or board who are subject to appoint24 ment by individuals at senior positions in the 

25 Department. 


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1 (I) Individuals participating in professional 

2 development programs of the Department, and 

3 the extent to which such participants have been 

4 placed into senior positions within the Depart5 ment after such participation. 

6 (J) Individuals participating in mentorship 

7 or retention programs. 

8 (K) Individuals who separated from the 

9 agency during the 2-year period ending on the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, including in11 dividuals in the Senior Executive Service or the 

12 Senior Foreign Service. 

13 (2) An assessment of agency compliance with 

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

17 (3) Data on the overall number of individuals 

18 who are part of the workforce, the percentages of 

19 such workforce corresponding to each element speci20 fied in section 1401(4), and the percentages cor21 responding to each rank, grade, or grade-equivalent. 

22 (c) RECOMMENDATION.—The Secretary of State may 

23 include in the report under subsection (a) a recommenda24 tion to the Director of Office of Management and Budget 

25 and to the appropriate congressional committees regarding 


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1 whether the Department of State should collect more de2 tailed data on demographic categories in addition to the 

3 race and ethnicity categories specified in the Office of 

4 Management and Budget statistical policy directive enti5 tled ‘‘Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Pre6 senting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’’ (81 Fed. 

7 Reg. 67398). 

8 (d) OTHER CONTENTS.—The report under sub9 section (a) shall also describe and assess the effectiveness 

10 of the efforts of the Department of State— 

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

13 and abroad; 

14 (2) to enforce anti-harassment and anti-dis15 crimination policies, both domestically and at posts 

16 overseas; 

17 (3) to refrain from engaging in unlawful dis18 crimination in any phase of the employment process, 

19 including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, assign20 ments, promotion, retention, and training; 

21 (4) to prevent illegal retaliation against employ22 ees for participating in a protected equal employ23 ment opportunity activity or for reporting sexual 

24 harassment or sexual assault; 


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1 (5) to provide reasonable accommodation for 

2 qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; 

3 and 

4 (6) to recruit a representative workforce by— 

5 (A) recruiting women and minorities; 

6 (B) recruiting at women’s colleges, histori7 cally Black colleges and universities, minority8 serving institutions, and other institutions serv9 ing a significant percentage of minority stu10 dents; 

11 (C) placing job advertisements in news12 papers, magazines, and job sites oriented to13 ward women and minorities; 

14 (D) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 

15 in urban and rural communities and land-grant 

16 colleges or universities; 

17 (E) providing opportunities through the 

18 Foreign Service Internship Program under 

19 chapter 12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

20 (22 U.S.C. 4141 et seq.) and other hiring ini21 tiatives; 

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

23 professionals through programs designed to in24 crease minority representation in international 

25 affairs; 


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1 (G) offering the Foreign Service written 

2 and oral assessment examinations in several lo3 cations throughout the United States to reduce 

4 the burden of applicants having to travel at 

5 their own expense to take either or both such 

6 examinations; 

7 (H) expanding the use of paid internships; 

8 and 

9 (I) supporting recruiting and hiring oppor10 tunities through— 

11 (i) the Charles B. Rangel Inter12 national Affairs Fellowship Program; 

13 (ii) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign 

14 Affairs Fellowship Program; and 

15 (iii) other initiatives, including agen16 cy-wide policy initiatives. 

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

18 after the publication of the report required under sub19 section (a) and annually thereafter for the following five 

20 years, the Secretary of State shall work with the Director 

21 of the Office of Personnel Management and the Director 

22 of the Office of Management and Budget to provide a re23 port to the appropriate congressional committees, which 

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1 be included in another annual report required under an2 other provision of law, that includes— 

3 (1) disaggregated demographic data relating to 

4 the workforce and information on the status of di5 versity and inclusion efforts of the Department; 

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

7 (3) disaggregated demographic data relating to 

8 participants in professional development programs of 

9 the Department and the rate of placement into sen10 ior positions for participants in such programs. 

11 SEC. 1403. EXIT INTERVIEWS FOR WORKFORCE. 

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

13 the Foreign Service and the Director of the Bureau of 

14 Human Resources or its equivalent shall conduct periodic 

15 interviews with a representative and diverse cross-section 

16 of the workforce of the Department of State— 

17 (1) to understand the reasons of individuals in 

18 such workforce for remaining in a position in the 

19 Department; and 

20 (2) to receive feedback on workplace policies, 

21 professional development opportunities, and other 

22 issues affecting the decision of individuals in the 

23 workforce to remain in the Department. 

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

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1 Human Resources or its equivalent shall provide an oppor2 tunity for an exit interview to each individual in the work3 force of the Department of State who separates from serv4 ice with the Department to better understand the reasons 

5 of such individual for leaving such service. 

6 (c) USE OF ANALYSIS FROM INTERVIEWS.—The Di7 rector General of the Foreign Service and the Director of 

8 the Bureau of Human Resources or its equivalent shall 

9 analyze demographic data and other information obtained 

10 through interviews under subsections (a) and (b) to deter11 mine— 

12 (1) to what extent, if any, the diversity of those 

13 participating in such interviews impacts the results; 

14 and 

15 (2) whether to implement any policy changes or 

16 include any recommendations in a report required 

17 under subsection (a) or (e) of section 1402 relating 

18 to the determination reached pursuant to paragraph 

19 (1). 

20 (d) TRACKING DATA.—The Department of State 

21 shall— 

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

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1 (2) annually evaluate such data— 

2 (A) to identify ways to improve outreach 

3 and recruitment for such programs, consistent 

4 with merit system principles; and 

5 (B) to understand the extent to which par6 ticipation in any professional development pro7 gram offered or sponsored by the Department 

8 differs among the demographic categories of the 

9 workforce; and 

10 (3) actively encourage participation from a 

11 range of demographic categories, especially from cat12 egories with consistently low participation, in such 

13 professional development programs. 

14 SEC. 1404. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall— 

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

17 of applicants; and 

18 (2) instruct the Director General of the Foreign 

19 Service and the Director of the Bureau of Human 

20 Resources of the Department of State to have a re21 cruitment plan of action for the recruitment of peo22 ple belonging to traditionally underrepresented 

23 groups, which should include outreach at appro24 priate colleges, universities, affinity groups, and pro25 fessional associations. 


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1 (b) SCOPE.—The diversity recruitment initiatives de2 scribed in subsection (a) shall include— 

3 (1) recruiting at women’s colleges, historically 

4 Black colleges and universities, minority-serving in5 stitutions, and other institutions serving a signifi6 cant percentage of minority students; 

7 (2) placing job advertisements in newspapers, 

8 magazines, and job sites oriented toward diverse 

9 groups; 

10 (3) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in 

11 urban and rural communities and land-grant colleges 

12 or universities; 

13 (4) providing opportunities through highly re14 spected, international leadership programs that 

15 focus on diversity recruitment and retention; 

16 (5) expanding the use of paid internships; and 

17 (6) cultivating partnerships with organizations 

18 dedicated to the advancement of the profession of 

19 international affairs and national security to advance 

20 shared diversity goals. 

21 (c) EXPAND TRAINING ON ANTI-HARASSMENT AND

22 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, 

24 through the Foreign Service Institute and other edu25 cational and training opportunities— 


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1 (A) ensure the provision to all individuals 

2 in the workforce of training on anti-harassment 

3 and anti-discrimination information and poli4 cies, including in existing Foreign Service Insti5 tute courses or modules prioritized in the De6 partment of State’s Diversity and Inclusion 

7 Strategic Plan for 2016–2020 to promote diver8 sity in Bureau awards or mitigate unconscious 

9 bias; 

10 (B) expand the provision of training on 

11 workplace rights and responsibilities to focus on 

12 anti-harassment and anti-discrimination infor13 mation and policies, including policies relating 

14 to sexual assault prevention and response; and 

15 (C) make such expanded training manda16 tory for— 

17 (i) individuals in senior and super18 visory positions; 

19 (ii) individuals having responsibilities 

20 related to recruitment, retention, or pro21 motion of employees; and 

22 (iii) any other individual determined 

23 by the Department who needs such train24 ing based on analysis by the Department 

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1 (2) BEST PRACTICES.—The Department of 

2 State shall give special attention to ensuring the 

3 continuous incorporation of research-based best 

4 practices in training provided under this subsection. 

5 SEC. 1405. PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE 

6 NATIONAL SECURITY WORKFORCE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall en8 sure that individuals in senior and supervisory positions 

9 of the Department of State, or Department individuals 

10 having responsibilities related to recruitment, retention, or 

11 promotion of employees, should have a demonstrated com12 mitment to equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion. 

13 (b) CONSIDERATION.—In making any recommenda14 tions on nominations, conducting interviews, or appointing 

15 acting individuals for positions equivalent to an Assistant 

16 Secretary or above, the Secretary of State shall use best 

17 efforts to consider at least one individual reflective of di18 versity. 

19 (c) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

21 establish a mechanism to ensure that appointments 

22 of Department of State employees to staff positions 

23 in the Offices of the Secretary, the Deputy Sec24 retary, the Counselor of the Department, the Sec25 retary’s Policy Planning Staff, or any of the Under 


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1 Secretaries of State, and details to the National Se2 curity Council, are transparent, competitive, equi3 table, and inclusive. 

4 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

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

6 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

7 committees a report regarding the mechanism re8 quired under paragraph (1). 

9 (d) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of State shall use 

10 best efforts to consider at least one individual reflective 

11 of diversity for the staff positions specified in subsection 

12 (c)(1) and ensure such positions are equitably available 

13 to employees of the civil service and Foreign Service. 

14 SEC. 1406. LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT AND ACCOUNT15 ABILITY. 

16 (a) REWARD AND RECOGNIZE EFFORTS TO PRO17 MOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

19 implement performance and advancement require20 ments that reward and recognize the efforts of indi21 viduals in senior positions and supervisors in the De22 partment of State in fostering an inclusive environ23 ment and cultivating talent consistent with merit 

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1 mentoring programs or sponsorship initiatives, re2 cruitment events, and other similar opportunities. 

3 (2) OUTREACH EVENTS.—The Secretary of 

4 State shall create opportunities for individuals in 

5 senior positions and supervisors in the Department 

6 of State to participate in outreach events and to dis7 cuss issues relating to diversity and inclusion with 

8 the workforce on a regular basis, including with em9 ployee resource groups. 

10 (b) EXTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND

11 BOARDS.—For each external advisory committee or board 

12 to which individuals in senior positions in the Department 

13 of State appoint members, the Secretary of State is 

14 strongly encouraged by Congress to ensure such external 

15 advisory committee or board is developed, reviewed, and 

16 carried out by qualified teams that represent the diversity 

17 of the organization. 

18 SEC. 1407. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES 

19 AND TOOLS. 

20 (a) EXPAND PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVEL21 OPMENT AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is 

23 authorized to expand professional development op24 portunities that support the mission needs of the 

25 Department of State, such as— 


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1 (A) academic programs; 

2 (B) private-public exchanges; and 

3 (C) detail assignments to relevant positions 

4 in— 

5 (i) private or international organiza6 tions; 

7 (ii) State, local, and Tribal govern8 ments; 

9 (iii) other branches of the Federal 

10 Government; or 

11 (iv) professional schools of inter12 national affairs. 

13 (2) TRAINING FOR SENIOR POSITIONS.— 

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

15 shall offer, or sponsor members of the work16 force to participate in, a Senior Executive Serv17 ice candidate development program or other 

18 program that trains members on the skills re19 quired for appointment to senior positions in 

20 the Department of State. 

21 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—In determining 

22 which members of the workforce are granted 

23 professional development or career advancement 

24 opportunities under subparagraph (A), the Sec25 retary of State shall— 


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1 (i) ensure any program offered or 

2 sponsored by the Department of State 

3 under such subparagraph comports with 

4 the requirements of subpart C of part 412 

5 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or 

6 any successor thereto, including merit 

7 staffing and assessment requirements; 

8 (ii) consider the number of expected 

9 vacancies in senior positions as a factor in 

10 determining the number of candidates to 

11 select for such programs; 

12 (iii) understand how participation in 

13 any program offered or sponsored by the 

14 Department under such subparagraph dif15 fers by gender, race, national origin, dis16 ability status, or other demographic cat17 egories; and 

18 (iv) actively encourage participation 

19 from a range of demographic categories, 

20 especially from categories with consistently 

21 low participation. 

22 SEC. 1408. EXAMINATION AND ORAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE 

23 FOREIGN SERVICE. 

24 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con25 gress that the Department of State should offer both the 


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1 Foreign Service written examination and oral assessment 

2 in more locations throughout the United States. Doing so 

3 would ease the financial burden on potential candidates 

4 who do not currently reside in and must travel at their 

5 own expense to one of the few locations where these as6 sessments are offered. 

7 (b) FOREIGN SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.—Section 

8 301(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

9 3941) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting: 

11 ‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 

12 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall ensure that the Board of 

15 Examiners for the Foreign Service annually offers the oral 

16 assessment examinations described in paragraph (1) in 

17 cities, chosen on a rotating basis, located in at least three 

18 different time zones across the United States.’’. 

19 SEC. 1409. PAYNE FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZATION. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Undergraduate and graduate 

21 components of the Donald M. Payne International Devel22 opment Fellowship Program may conduct outreach to at23 tract outstanding students with an interest in pursuing 

24 a Foreign Service career who represent diverse ethnic and 

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

2 State shall review past programs designed to increase mi3 nority representation in international affairs positions. 

4 SEC. 1410. VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION. 

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

6 construed so as to compel any employee to participate in 

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

9 that their participation in the data collection contemplated 

10 by this title is voluntary. 

11 (b) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Any data collected 

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

15 TITLE V—INFORMATION 

16 SECURITY 

17 SEC. 1501. DEFINITIONS. 

18 In this title: 

19 (1) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

20 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 

21 such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 

22 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

23 (2) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT24 TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit25 tees’’ means— 


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1 (A) the appropriate congressional commit2 tees; 

3 (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 

4 of the Senate; and 

5 (C) the Permanent Select Committee on 

6 Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

7 SEC. 1502. LIST OF CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRO8 VIDERS. 

9 (a) LIST OF COVERED CONTRACTORS.—Not later 

10 than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

11 the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 

12 of National Intelligence, shall develop or maintain, as the 

13 case may be, and update as frequently as the Secretary 

14 determines appropriate, a list of covered contractors with 

15 respect to which the Department should seek to avoid en16 tering into contracts. Not later than 30 days after the ini17 tial development of the list under this subsection, any up18 date thereto, and annually thereafter for five years after 

19 such initial 30-day period, the Secretary shall submit to 

20 the appropriate congressional committees a copy of such 

21 list. 

22 (b) COVERED CONTRACTOR DEFINED.—In this sec23 tion, the term ‘‘covered contractor’’ means a provider of 

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1 ware, or services, that has knowingly assisted or facilitated 

2 a cyber attack or conducted surveillance, including passive 

3 or active monitoring, carried out against— 

4 (1) the United States by, or on behalf of, any 

5 government, or persons associated with such govern6 ment, listed as a cyber threat actor in the intel7 ligence community’s 2017 assessment of worldwide 

8 threats to United States national security or any 

9 subsequent worldwide threat assessment of the intel10 ligence community; or 

11 (2) individuals, including activists, journalists, 

12 opposition politicians, or other individuals for the 

13 purposes of suppressing dissent or intimidating crit14 ics, on behalf of a country included in the annual 

15 country reports on human rights practices of the 

16 Department for systematic acts of political repres17 sion, including arbitrary arrest or detention, torture, 

18 extrajudicial or politically motivated killing, or other 

19 gross violations of human rights. 

20 SEC. 1503. PRESERVING RECORDS OF ELECTRONIC COM21 MUNICATIONS CONDUCTED RELATED TO OF22 FICIAL DUTIES OF POSITIONS IN THE PUBLIC 

23 TRUST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 

24 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con25 gress that, as a matter of rule of law and transparency 


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1 in a democratic government, all officers and employees of 

2 the Department of State and the United States Agency 

3 for International Development must preserve all records 

4 of communications conducted in their official capacities or 

5 related to their official duties with entities outside of the 

6 United States Government. It is further the sense of Con7 gress that such practice should include foreign government 

8 officials or other foreign entities which may seek to influ9 ence United States Government policies and actions. 

10 (b) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

12 shall publish in the Foreign Affairs Manual guidance im13 plementing chapter 31 of title 44, United States Code 

14 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Federal Records Act’’), to 

15 treat electronic messaging systems, software, and applica16 tions as equivalent to electronic mail for the purpose of 

17 identifying Federal records, and shall also publish in the 

18 Foreign Affairs Manual the statutory penalties for failure 

19 to comply with such guidance. Beginning on the date that 

20 is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

21 no funds are authorized to be appropriated or made avail22 able to the Department of State under any Act to support 

23 the use or establishment of accounts on third-party mes24 saging applications or other non-Government online com25 munication tools if the Secretary does not certify to the 


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1 relevant congressional committees that the Secretary has 

2 carried out this section. The prohibition described in this 

3 subsection shall not apply to warden or embassy security 

4 messages. 

5 SEC. 1504. FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 

6 (FRUS) SERIES AND DECLASSIFICATION. 

7 The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) in section 402(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 

10 4352(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘26’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’; 

11 and 

12 (2) in section 404 (22 U.S.C. 4354)— 

13 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 

14 ‘‘30’’and inserting ‘‘25’’; and 

15 (B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking 

16 ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’. 

17 SEC. 1505. VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY AND BUG 

18 BOUNTY PILOT PROGRAM. 

19 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘bug 

21 bounty program’’ means a program under which an 

22 approved individual, organization, or company is 

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1 nology of the Department of State in exchange for 

2 compensation. 

3 (2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

4 ‘‘information technology’’ has the meaning given 

5 such term in section 11101 of title 40, United 

6 States Code. 

7 (b) VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE PROCESS.— 

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

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec10 retary of State shall design, establish, and make 

11 publicly known a Vulnerability Disclosure Process 

12 (VDP) to improve Department of State cybersecu13 rity by— 

14 (A) providing security researchers with 

15 clear guidelines for— 

16 (i) conducting vulnerability discovery 

17 activities directed at Department informa18 tion technology; and 

19 (ii) submitting discovered security 

20 vulnerabilities to the Department; and 

21 (B) creating Department procedures and 

22 infrastructure to receive and fix discovered 

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1 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the VDP 

2 pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State 

3 shall— 

4 (A) identify which Department of State in5 formation technology should be included in the 

6 process; 

7 (B) determine whether the process should 

8 differentiate among and specify the types of se9 curity vulnerabilities that may be targeted; 

10 (C) provide a readily available means of re11 porting discovered security vulnerabilities and 

12 the form in which such vulnerabilities should be 

13 reported; 

14 (D) identify which Department offices and 

15 positions will be responsible for receiving, 

16 prioritizing, and addressing security vulner17 ability disclosure reports; 

18 (E) consult with the Attorney General re19 garding how to ensure that individuals, organi20 zations, and companies that comply with the re21 quirements of the process are protected from 

22 prosecution under section 1030 of title 18, 

23 United States Code, and similar provisions of 

24 law for specific activities authorized under the 

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1 (F) consult with the relevant offices at the 

2 Department of Defense that were responsible 

3 for launching the 2016 Vulnerability Disclosure 

4 Program, ‘‘Hack the Pentagon’’, and subse5 quent Department of Defense bug bounty pro6 grams; 

7 (G) engage qualified interested persons, in8 cluding nongovernmental sector representatives, 

9 about the structure of the process as construc10 tive and to the extent practicable; and 

11 (H) award contracts to entities, as nec12 essary, to manage the process and implement 

13 the remediation of discovered security 

14 vulnerabilities. 

15 (3) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 180 

16 days after the establishment of the VDP under para17 graph (1) and annually thereafter for the next five 

18 years, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 

19 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela21 tions of the Senate a report on the VDP, including 

22 information relating to the following: 

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1 (B) The number of previously unidentified 

2 security vulnerabilities remediated as a result. 

3 (C) The current number of outstanding 

4 previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 

5 and Department of State remediation plans. 

6 (D) The average length of time between 

7 the reporting of security vulnerabilities and re8 mediation of such vulnerabilities. 

9 (E) The resources, surge staffing, roles, 

10 and responsibilities within the Department used 

11 to implement the VDP and complete security 

12 vulnerability remediation. 

13 (F) Any other information the Secretary 

14 determines relevant. 

15 (c) BUG BOUNTY PILOT PROGRAM.— 

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

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec18 retary of State shall establish a bug bounty pilot 

19 program to minimize security vulnerabilities of inter20 net-facing information technology of the Department 

21 of State. 

22 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the pilot 

23 program described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 

24 of State shall— 


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1 (A) provide compensation for reports of 

2 previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 

3 within the websites, applications, and other 

4 internet-facing information technology of the 

5 Department of State that are accessible to the 

6 public; 

7 (B) award contracts to entities, as nec8 essary, to manage such pilot program and for 

9 executing the remediation of security 

10 vulnerabilities identified pursuant to subpara11 graph (A); 

12 (C) identify which Department of State in13 formation technology should be included in such 

14 pilot program; 

15 (D) consult with the Attorney General on 

16 how to ensure that individuals, organizations, 

17 or companies that comply with the requirements 

18 of such pilot program are protected from pros19 ecution under section 1030 of title 18, United 

20 States Code, and similar provisions of law for 

21 specific activities authorized under such pilot 

22 program; 

23 (E) consult with the relevant offices at the 

24 Department of Defense that were responsible 

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1 pilot program and subsequent Department of 

2 Defense bug bounty programs; 

3 (F) develop a process by which an ap4 proved individual, organization, or company can 

5 register with the entity referred to in subpara6 graph (B), submit to a background check as de7 termined by the Department of State, and re8 ceive a determination as to eligibility for par9 ticipation in such pilot program; 

10 (G) engage qualified interested persons, in11 cluding nongovernmental sector representatives, 

12 about the structure of such pilot program as 

13 constructive and to the extent practicable; and 

14 (H) consult with relevant United States 

15 Government officials to ensure that such pilot 

16 program complements persistent network and 

17 vulnerability scans of the Department of State’s 

18 internet-accessible systems, such as the scans 

19 conducted pursuant to Binding Operational Di20 rective BOD–15–01. 

21 (3) DURATION.—The pilot program established 

22 under paragraph (1) should be short-term in dura23 tion and not last longer than one year. 

24 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

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1 under subsection (a) is completed, the Secretary of 

2 State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Re3 lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 

4 Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on 

5 such pilot program, including information relating 

6 to— 

7 (A) the number of approved individuals, 

8 organizations, or companies involved in such 

9 pilot program, broken down by the number of 

10 approved individuals, organizations, or compa11 nies that— 

12 (i) registered; 

13 (ii) were approved; 

14 (iii) submitted security vulnerabilities; 

15 and 

16 (iv) received compensation; 

17 (B) the number and severity of all security 

18 vulnerabilities reported as part of such pilot 

19 program; 

20 (C) the number of previously unidentified 

21 security vulnerabilities remediated as a result of 

22 such pilot program; 

23 (D) the current number of outstanding 

24 previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 

25 and Department remediation plans; 


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1 (E) the average length of time between the 

2 reporting of security vulnerabilities and remedi3 ation of such vulnerabilities; 

4 (F) the types of compensation provided 

5 under such pilot program; and 

6 (G) the lessons learned from such pilot 

7 program. 

8 TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

9 SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public Diplomacy 

11 Modernization Act of 2021’’. 

12 SEC. 1602. AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF PROGRAMS AND EF13 FORTS. 

14 The Secretary of State shall— 

15 (1) identify opportunities for greater efficiency 

16 of operations, including through improved coordina17 tion of efforts across public diplomacy bureaus and 

18 offices of the Department of State; and 

19 (2) maximize shared use of resources between, 

20 and within, such public diplomacy bureaus and of21 fices in cases in which programs, facilities, or admin22 istrative functions are duplicative or substantially 

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1 SEC. 1603. IMPROVING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF 

2 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 

3 (a) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.—The 

4 Secretary of State, acting through the Director of Re5 search and Evaluation appointed pursuant to subsection 

6 (b), shall— 

7 (1) conduct regular research and evaluation of 

8 public diplomacy programs and activities of the De9 partment, including through the routine use of audi10 ence research, digital analytics, and impact evalua11 tions, to plan and execute such programs and activi12 ties; and 

13 (2) make available to Congress the findings of 

14 the research and evaluations conducted under para15 graph (1). 

16 (b) DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

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

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary of State shall appoint a Director of Research 

20 and Evaluation (referred to in this subsection as the 

21 ‘‘Director’’) in the Office of Policy, Planning, and 

22 Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 

23 of the Department. 

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1 shall not result in an increase in the overall full-time 

2 equivalent positions within the Department of State. 

3 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director shall— 

4 (A) coordinate and oversee the research 

5 and evaluation of public diplomacy programs 

6 and activities of the Department of State in 

7 order to— 

8 (i) improve public diplomacy strate9 gies and tactics; and 

10 (ii) ensure that such programs and 

11 activities are increasing the knowledge, un12 derstanding, and trust of the United 

13 States by relevant target audiences; 

14 (B) routinely organize and oversee audi15 ence research, digital analytics, and impact 

16 evaluations across all public diplomacy bureaus 

17 and offices of the Department; 

18 (C) support United States diplomatic 

19 posts’ public affairs sections; 

20 (D) share appropriate public diplomacy re21 search and evaluation information within the 

22 Department and with other appropriate Federal 

23 departments and agencies; 

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1 procedures to ensure that public diplomacy pro2 grams and activities across all public diplomacy 

3 bureaus and offices are designed to meet appro4 priate foreign policy objectives; and 

5 (F) report biannually to the United States 

6 Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 

7 through the Subcommittee on Research and 

8 Evaluation established pursuant to subsection 

9 (f), regarding the research and evaluation of all 

10 public diplomacy bureaus and offices. 

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

12 one year after the appointment of the Director pur13 suant to paragraph (1), the Director shall develop 

14 guidance and training, including curriculum for use 

15 by the Foreign Service Institute, for all public diplo16 macy officers of the Department regarding the read17 ing and interpretation of public diplomacy program 

18 and activity evaluation findings to ensure that such 

19 findings and related lessons learned are implemented 

20 in the planning and evaluation of all public diplo21 macy programs and activities of the Department. 

22 (c) PRIORITIZING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The head of the Office of 

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1 shall ensure that research and evaluation of public 

2 diplomacy and activities of the Department, as co3 ordinated and overseen by the Director pursuant to 

4 subsection (b), supports strategic planning and re5 source allocation across all public diplomacy bureaus 

6 and offices of the Department. 

7 (2) ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.—Amounts al8 located for the purpose of research and evaluation of 

9 public diplomacy programs and activities of the De10 partment of State pursuant to subsection (b) shall 

11 be made available to be disbursed at the direction of 

12 the Director of Research and Evaluation among the 

13 research and evaluation staff across all public diplo14 macy bureaus and offices of the Department. 

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

16 Congress that the Department of State should 

17 gradually increase its allocation of funds made avail18 able under the headings ‘‘Educational and Cultural 

19 Exchange Programs’’ and ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ 

20 for research and evaluation of public diplomacy pro21 grams and activities of the Department pursuant to 

22 subsection (b) to a percentage of program funds that 

23 is commensurate with Federal Government best 

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1 (d) LIMITED EXEMPTION RELATING TO THE PAPER2 WORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United 

3 States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduc4 tion Act’’) shall not apply to the collection of information 

5 directed at any individuals conducted by, or on behalf of, 

6 the Department of State for the purpose of audience re7 search, monitoring, and evaluations, and in connection 

8 with the Department’s activities conducted pursuant to 

9 any of the following: 

10 (1) The Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex11 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.). 

12 (2) Section 1287 of the National Defense Au13 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 

14 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

15 (3) The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

16 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.). 

17 (e) LIMITED EXEMPTION RELATING TO THE PRI18 VACY ACT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of State 

20 shall maintain, collect, use, and disseminate records 

21 (as such term is defined in section 552a(a)(4) of 

22 title 5, United States Code) for audience research, 

23 digital analytics, and impact evaluation of commu24 nications related to public diplomacy efforts intended 

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1 (2) CONDITIONS.—Audience research, digital 

2 analytics, and impact evaluations under paragraph 

3 (1) shall be— 

4 (A) reasonably tailored to meet the pur5 poses of this subsection; and 

6 (B) carried out with due regard for privacy 

7 and civil liberties guidance and oversight. 

8 (f) UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUB9 LIC DIPLOMACY.— 

10 (1) SUBCOMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH AND EVAL11 UATION.—The United States Advisory Commission 

12 on Public Diplomacy shall establish a Subcommittee 

13 on Research and Evaluation to monitor and advise 

14 regarding audience research, digital analytics, and 

15 impact evaluations carried out by the Department of 

16 State and the United States Agency for Global 

17 Media. 

18 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Subcommittee on 

19 Research and Evaluation established pursuant to 

20 paragraph (1) shall submit to the appropriate con21 gressional committees an annual report, in conjunc22 tion with the United States Advisory Commission on 

23 Public Diplomacy’s Comprehensive Annual Report 

24 on the performance of the Department and the 

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1 all actions taken by the Subcommittee pursuant to 

2 paragraph (1) and any findings made as a result of 

3 such actions. 

4 SEC. 1604. PERMANENT REAUTHORIZATION OF THE 

5 UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON 

6 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 

7 Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Re8 structuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is amended— 

9 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘SUN10 SET’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTINUATION’’; and 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘until October 1, 2021’’. 

12 SEC. 1605. STREAMLINING OF SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. 

13 (a) WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED.—Not later than 

14 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

15 Secretary of State shall establish a working group to ex16 plore the possibilities and cost-benefit analysis of 

17 transitioning to a shared services model as such pertains 

18 to human resources, travel, purchasing, budgetary plan19 ning, and all other executive support functions for all bu20 reaus of the Department that report to the Under Sec21 retary for Public Diplomacy of the Department. 

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

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

24 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 


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1 to implement any such findings of the working group es2 tablished under subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 1606. GUIDANCE FOR CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DIPLO4 MACY FACILITIES. 

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

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

7 shall adopt, and include in the Foreign Affairs Manual, 

8 guidelines to collect and utilize information from each dip9 lomatic post at which the construction of a new embassy 

10 compound or new consulate compound would result in the 

11 closure or co-location of an American Space, American 

12 Center, American Corner, or any other public diplomacy 

13 facility under the Secure Embassy Construction and 

14 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 et seq.). 

15 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The guidelines required by 

16 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

17 (1) Standardized notification to each chief of 

18 mission at a diplomatic post describing the require19 ments of the Secure Embassy Construction and 

20 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and the impact on the 

21 mission footprint of such requirements. 

22 (2) An assessment and recommendations from 

23 each chief of mission of potential impacts to public 

24 diplomacy programming at such diplomatic post if 

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1 section (a) is closed or staff is co-located in accord2 ance with such Act. 

3 (3) A process by which assessments and rec4 ommendations under paragraph (2) are considered 

5 by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Under 

6 Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Depart7 ment. 

8 (4) Notification to the appropriate congres9 sional committees, prior to the initiation of a new 

10 embassy compound or new consulate compound de11 sign, of the intent to close any such public diplomacy 

12 facility or co-locate public diplomacy staff in accord13 ance with such Act. 

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

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

16 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re17 port containing the guidelines required under subsection 

18 (a) and any recommendations for any modifications to 

19 such guidelines. 

20 SEC. 1607. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this title: 

22 (1) AUDIENCE RESEARCH.—The term ‘‘audi23 ence research’’ means research conducted at the out24 set of a public diplomacy program or the outset of 

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1 dience segments to understand the attitudes, inter2 ests, knowledge, and behaviors of such audience seg3 ments. 

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

5 analytics’’ means the analysis of qualitative and 

6 quantitative data, accumulated in digital format, to 

7 indicate the outputs and outcomes of a public diplo8 macy program or campaign. 

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

10 evaluation’’ means an assessment of the changes in 

11 the audience targeted by a public diplomacy program 

12 or campaign that can be attributed to such program 

13 or campaign. 

14 (4) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BUREAUS AND OF15 FICES.—The term ‘‘public diplomacy bureaus and 

16 offices’’ means, with respect to the Department, the 

17 following: 

18 (A) The Bureau of Educational and Cul19 tural Affairs. 

20 (B) The Bureau of Global Public Affairs. 

21 (C) The Office of Policy, Planning, and 

22 Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Af23 fairs. 

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1 (E) The public diplomacy functions within 

2 the regional and functional bureaus. 

3 TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC 

4 CORRUPTION 

5 SEC. 1701. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that— 

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

8 United States to help foreign countries promote 

9 good governance and combat public corruption; 

10 (2) multiple Federal departments and agencies 

11 operate programs that promote good governance in 

12 foreign countries and enhance such countries’ ability 

13 to combat public corruption; and 

14 (3) the Department of State should— 

15 (A) promote coordination among the Fed16 eral departments and agencies implementing 

17 programs to promote good governance and com18 bat public corruption in foreign countries in 

19 order to improve effectiveness and efficiency; 

20 and 

21 (B) identify areas in which United States 

22 efforts to help other countries promote good 

23 governance and combat public corruption could 

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1 SEC. 1702. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2021 

3 through 2026, the Secretary of State shall assess the ca4 pacity and commitment of foreign governments to which 

5 the United States provides foreign assistance under the 

6 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) 

7 or the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 

8 to combat public corruption. Each such assessment 

9 shall— 

10 (1) utilize independent, third-party indicators 

11 that measure transparency, accountability, and cor12 ruption in the public sector in such countries, includ13 ing the extent to which public power is exercised for 

14 private gain, to identify those countries that are 

15 most vulnerable to public corruption; 

16 (2) consider, to the extent reliable information 

17 is available, whether the government of a country 

18 identified under paragraph (1)— 

19 (A) has adopted measures to prevent pub20 lic corruption, such as measures to inform and 

21 educate the public, including potential victims, 

22 about the causes and consequences of public 

23 corruption; 

24 (B) has enacted laws and established gov25 ernment structures, policies, and practices that 

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1 (C) enforces such laws through a fair judi2 cial process; 

3 (D) vigorously investigates, prosecutes, 

4 convicts, and sentences public officials who par5 ticipate in or facilitate public corruption, includ6 ing nationals of such country who are deployed 

7 in foreign military assignments, trade delega8 tions abroad, or other similar missions who en9 gage in or facilitate public corruption; 

10 (E) prescribes appropriate punishment for 

11 serious and significant corruption that is com12 mensurate with the punishment prescribed for 

13 serious crimes; 

14 (F) prescribes appropriate punishment for 

15 significant corruption that provides a suffi16 ciently stringent deterrent and adequately re17 flects the nature of the offense; 

18 (G) convicts and sentences persons respon19 sible for such acts that take place wholly or 

20 partly within the country of such government, 

21 including, as appropriate, requiring the incar22 ceration of individuals convicted of such acts; 

23 (H) holds private sector representatives ac24 countable for their role in public corruption; 

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1 (I) addresses threats for civil society to 

2 monitor anti-corruption efforts; 

3 (3) further consider— 

4 (A) verifiable measures taken by the gov5 ernment of a country identified under para6 graph (1) to prohibit government officials from 

7 participating in, facilitating, or condoning pub8 lic corruption, including the investigation, pros9 ecution, and conviction of such officials; 

10 (B) the extent to which such government 

11 provides access, or, as appropriate, makes ade12 quate resources available, to civil society organi13 zations and other institutions to combat public 

14 corruption, including reporting, investigating, 

15 and monitoring; 

16 (C) the extent to which an independent ju17 diciary or judicial body in such country is re18 sponsible for, and effectively capable of, decid19 ing public corruption cases impartially, on the 

20 basis of facts and in accordance with law, with21 out any improper restrictions, influences, in22 ducements, pressures, threats, or interferences, 

23 whether direct or indirect, from any source or 

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1 (D) the extent to which such government 

2 cooperates meaningfully with the United States 

3 to strengthen government and judicial institu4 tions and the rule of law to prevent, prohibit, 

5 and punish public corruption; and 

6 (E) the extent to which such government— 

7 (i) is assisting in international inves8 tigations of transnational public corruption 

9 networks and in other cooperative efforts 

10 to combat serious, significant corruption, 

11 including cooperating with the govern12 ments of other countries to extradite cor13 rupt actors; 

14 (ii) recognizes the rights of victims of 

15 public corruption, ensures their access to 

16 justice, and takes steps to prevent such 

17 victims from being further victimized or 

18 persecuted by corrupt actors, government 

19 officials, or others; and 

20 (iii) refrains from prosecuting legiti21 mate victims of public corruption or whis22 tleblowers due to such persons having as23 sisted in exposing public corruption, and 

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1 (4) contain such other information relating to 

2 public corruption as the Secretary of State considers 

3 appropriate. 

4 (b) IDENTIFICATION.—After conducting each assess5 ment under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall 

6 identify, of the countries described in subsection (a)(1)— 

7 (1) which countries are meeting minimum 

8 standards to combat public corruption; 

9 (2) which countries are not meeting such min10 imum standards but are making significant efforts 

11 to do so; and 

12 (3) which countries are not meeting such min13 imum standards and are not making significant ef14 forts to do so. 

15 (c) REPORT.—Except as provided in subsection (d), 

16 not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

17 of this Act and annually thereafter through fiscal year 

18 2027, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro19 priate congressional committees, the Committee on Appro20 priations of the House of Representatives, and the Com21 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate a report, and make 

22 such report publicly available, that— 

23 (1) identifies the countries described in sub24 section (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of sub25 section (b); 


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1 (2) describes the methodology and data utilized 

2 in the assessments under subsection (a); and 

3 (3) identifies the reasons for the identifications 

4 referred to in paragraph (1). 

5 (d) BRIEFING IN LIEU OF REPORT.—The Secretary 

6 of State may waive the requirement to submit and make 

7 publicly available a written report under subsection (c) if 

8 the Secretary— 

9 (1) determines that publication of such report 

10 would— 

11 (A) undermine existing United States anti12 corruption efforts in one or more countries; or 

13 (B) threaten the national interests of the 

14 United States; and 

15 (2) provides to the appropriate congressional 

16 committees a briefing that— 

17 (A) identifies the countries described in 

18 subsection (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of 

19 subsection (b); 

20 (B) describes the methodology and data 

21 utilized in the assessment under subsection (a); 

22 and 

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1 SEC. 1703. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

2 For each country identified under paragraphs (2) and 

3 (3) of section 1702(b), the Secretary of State, in coordina4 tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 

5 for International Development, as appropriate, shall— 

6 (1) ensure that a corruption risk assessment 

7 and mitigation strategy is included in the integrated 

8 country strategy for such country; and 

9 (2) utilize appropriate mechanisms to combat 

10 corruption in such countries, including by ensur11 ing— 

12 (A) the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses 

13 in contracts, grants, and cooperative agree14 ments entered into by the Department of State 

15 or the United States Agency for International 

16 Development for or in such countries, which 

17 allow for the termination of such contracts, 

18 grants, or cooperative agreements, as the case 

19 may be, without penalty if credible indicators of 

20 public corruption are discovered; 

21 (B) the inclusion of appropriate clawback 

22 or flowdown clauses within the procurement in23 struments of the Department of State and the 

24 United States Agency for International Devel25 opment that provide for the recovery of funds 

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1 (C) the appropriate disclosure to the 

2 United States Government, in confidential 

3 form, if necessary, of the beneficial ownership 

4 of contractors, subcontractors, grantees, cooper5 ative agreement participants, and other organi6 zations implementing programs on behalf of the 

7 Department of State or the United States 

8 Agency for International Development; and 

9 (D) the establishment of mechanisms for 

10 investigating allegations of misappropriated re11 sources and equipment. 

12 SEC. 1704. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 

13 POINTS OF CONTACT. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall an15 nually designate an anti-corruption point of contact at the 

16 United States diplomatic post to each country identified 

17 under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1702(b), or which 

18 the Secretary otherwise determines is in need of such a 

19 point of contact. The point of contact shall be the chief 

20 of mission or the chief of mission’s designee. 

21 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each anti-corruption point 

22 of contact designated under subsection (a) shall be respon23 sible for coordinating and overseeing the implementation 

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1 Federal departments and agencies operating programs 

2 that— 

3 (1) promote good governance in foreign coun4 tries; and 

5 (2) enhance the ability of such countries to— 

6 (A) combat public corruption; and 

7 (B) develop and implement corruption risk 

8 assessment tools and mitigation strategies. 

9 (c) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State shall imple10 ment appropriate training for anti-corruption points of 

11 contact designated under subsection (a). 

12 TITLE VIII—OTHER MATTERS 

13 SEC. 1801. CASE-ZABLOCKI ACT REFORM. 

14 Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in the first sentence, by striking 

18 ‘‘sixty’’ and inserting ‘‘30’’; and 

19 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

20 ‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and in21 serting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’; and 

22 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol23 lows: 

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

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

2 shall designate a Chief International Agreements Officer, 

3 who— 

4 ‘‘(1) shall be a current employee of such depart5 ment or agency; 

6 ‘‘(2) shall serve concurrently as Chief Inter7 national Agreements Officer; and 

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

9 such department or agency, shall have department 

10 or agency-wide responsibility for efficient and appro11 priate compliance with subsection (a) to transmit the 

12 text of any international agreement to the Depart13 ment of State expeditiously after such agreement 

14 has been signed.’’. 

15 SEC. 1802. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN 

16 DEFAULT. 

17 Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

18 (22 U.S.C. 2370(q)) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘No assistance’’ and inserting 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) No assistance’’; 

22 (2) by inserting ‘‘the government of’’ before 

23 ‘‘any country’’; 

24 (3) by inserting ‘‘the government of’’ before 

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1 (4) by striking ‘‘determines’’ and all that fol2 lows and inserting ‘‘determines, after consultation 

3 with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

4 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep5 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela6 tions and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

7 Senate, that assistance for such country is in the na8 tional interest of the United States.’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(2) No assistance shall be furnished under this 

11 Act, the Peace Corps Act, the Millennium Challenge 

12 Act of 2003, the African Development Foundation 

13 Act, the BUILD Act of 2018, section 504 of the 

14 FREEDOM Support Act, or section 23 of the Arms 

15 Export Control Act to the government of any coun16 try which is in default during a period in excess of 

17 1 calendar year in payment to the United States of 

18 principal or interest or any loan made to the govern19 ment of such country by the United States unless 

20 the President determines, following consultation with 

21 the congressional committees specified in paragraph 

22 (1), that assistance for such country is in the na23 tional interest of the United States.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1803. SEAN AND DAVID GOLDMAN CHILD ABDUCTION 

2 PREVENTION AND RETURN ACT OF 2014 

3 AMENDMENT. 

4 Subsection (b) of section 101 of the Sean and David 

5 Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and 

6 Return Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 9111; Public Law 113– 

7 150) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

10 (i) by inserting ‘‘, respectively,’’ after 

11 ‘‘access cases’’; and 

12 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and the number of 

13 children involved’’ before the semicolon at 

14 the end; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘re16 spectively, the number of children involved,’’ 

17 after ‘‘access cases,’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘, and num19 ber of children involved in such cases’’ before the 

20 semicolon at the end; 

21 (3) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

22 the semicolon at the end; 

23 (4) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 

24 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

25 (5) by adding at the end the following new 

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1 ‘‘(10) the total number of pending cases the 

2 Department of State has assigned to case officers 

3 and number of children involved for each country 

4 and as a total for all countries.’’. 

5 SEC. 1804. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES OF COMMIS6 SION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 

7 HERITAGE ABROAD. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3123 of title 54, United 

9 States Code, is amended as follows: 

10 (1) In section 312302, by inserting ‘‘, and 

11 unimpeded access to those sites,’’ after ‘‘and historic 

12 buildings’’. 

13 (2) In section 312304(a)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘and historic build16 ings’’ and inserting ‘‘and historic buildings, 

17 and unimpeded access to those sites’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘and protected’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘, protected, and made acces20 sible’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and 

22 protecting’’ and inserting ‘‘, protecting, and 

23 making accessible’’. 

24 (3) In section 312305, by inserting ‘‘and to the 

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1 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela2 tions of the Senate’’ after ‘‘President’’. 

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

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Commission for the Pres5 ervation of America’s Heritage Abroad shall submit to the 

6 President and to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

8 Relations of the Senate a report that contains an evalua9 tion of the extent to which the Commission is prepared 

10 to continue its activities and accomplishments with respect 

11 to the foreign heritage of United States citizens from east12 ern and central Europe, were the Commission’s duties and 

13 powers extended to include other regions, including the 

14 Middle East and North Africa, and any additional re15 sources or personnel the Commission would require. 

16 SEC. 1805. CHIEF OF MISSION CONCURRENCE. 

17 In the course of providing concurrence to the exercise 

18 of the authority pursuant to section 127e of title 10, 

19 United State Code, or section 1202 of the National De20 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018— 

21 (1) each relevant chief of mission shall inform 

22 and consult in a timely manner with relevant indi23 viduals at relevant missions or bureaus of the De24 partment of State; and 


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1 (2) the Secretary of State shall take such steps 

2 as may be necessary to ensure that such relevant in3 dividuals have the security clearances necessary and 

4 access to relevant compartmented and special pro5 grams to so consult in a timely manner with respect 

6 to such concurrence. 

7 SEC. 1806. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS RE8 PATRIATION TASK FORCE. 

9 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 

11 the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee 

12 on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, and 

13 the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report 

14 evaluating the efforts of the Coronavirus Repatriation 

15 Task Force of the Department of State to repatriate 

16 United States citizens and legal permanent residents in 

17 response to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak. The report 

18 shall identify— 

19 (1) the most significant impediments to repa20 triating such persons; 

21 (2) the lessons learned from such repatriations; 

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1 (3) any changes planned to future repatriation 

2 efforts of the Department of State to incorporate 

3 such lessons learned. 

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