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Union Calendar No. 140 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3352 

[Report No. 116–181] 

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

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19, 2019 

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

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

JULY 24, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 19, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To provide for certain authorities of the Department of 

State, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘De5 partment of State Authorization Act of 2019’’. 

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

Sec. 102. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 

Sec. 103. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 

Affairs. 

Sec. 104. Bureau of Consular Affairs; Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. 

Sec. 105. Office of International Disability Rights. 

Sec. 106. Office of Global Women’s Issues. 

Sec. 107. Special appointments. 

Sec. 108. Anti-piracy information sharing. 

Sec. 109. Importance of foreign affairs training to national security. 

Sec. 110. Authorization for receipt of private funding for diplomatic studies and 

training. 

Sec. 111. Classification and assignment of Foreign Service officers. 

Sec. 112. Energy diplomacy and security within the Department of State. 

Sec. 113. Passport fees. 

Sec. 114. United States diplomacy center. 

Sec. 115. 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. 116. Art in embassies. 

Sec. 117. Amendment or repeal of reporting requirements. 

Sec. 118. Reporting on implementation of GAO recommendations. 

Sec. 119. Office of Global Criminal Justice. 

TITLE II—EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 201. Embassy security, construction, and maintenance. 

Sec. 202. Standard design in capital construction. 

Sec. 203. Capital construction transparency. 

Sec. 204. Contractor performance information. 

Sec. 205. Growth projections for new embassies and consulates. 

Sec. 206. Long-range planning process. 

Sec. 207. Value engineering and risk assessment. 

Sec. 208. Business volume. 


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Sec. 209. Embassy security requests and deficiencies. 

Sec. 210. Overseas security briefings. 

Sec. 211. Contracting methods in capital construction. 

Sec. 212. Competition in embassy construction. 

Sec. 213. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 214. Definitions. 

TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

Sec. 301. Defense Base Act insurance waivers. 

Sec. 302. Study on Foreign Service allowances. 

Sec. 303. Science and technology fellowships. 

Sec. 304. Travel for separated families. 

Sec. 305. Home leave travel for separated families. 

Sec. 306. Sense of Congress regarding certain fellowship programs. 

Sec. 307. Technical correction. 

Sec. 308. Foreign Service awards. 

Sec. 309. Diplomatic programs. 

Sec. 310. Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of 

State. 

Sec. 311. Employee assignment restrictions and preclusions. 

Sec. 312. Recall and reemployment of career members. 

Sec. 313. Strategic staffing plan for the Department. 

Sec. 314. Consulting services. 

Sec. 315. Incentives for critical posts. 

Sec. 316. Extension of authority for certain accountability review boards. 

Sec. 317. Foreign service suspension without pay. 

Sec. 318. Foreign Affairs Manual and Foreign Affairs Handbook changes. 

Sec. 319. Waiver authority for individual occupational requirements of certain 

positions. 

Sec. 320. Standardizing Department parental leave policies. 

Sec. 321. Appointment of employees to the Global Engagement Center. 

Sec. 322. Rest and recuperation and overseas operations leave for Federal employees. 

TITLE IV—A DIVERSE WORKFORCE: RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, 

AND PROMOTION 

Sec. 401. Definitions. 

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

Sec. 403. Exit interviews for workforce. 

Sec. 404. Recruitment and retention. 

Sec. 405. Leadership engagement and accountability. 

Sec. 406. Professional development opportunities and tools. 

Sec. 407. Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service. 

Sec. 408. Payne fellowship authorization. 

Sec. 409. Voluntary participation. 

TITLE V—INFORMATION SECURITY 

Sec. 501. Definitions. 

Sec. 502. Information system security. 

Sec. 503. Prohibition on contracting with certain telecommunications providers. 

Sec. 504. Preserving records of electronic communications conducted related to official duties of positions in the public trust of the American people. 


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Sec. 505. Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series and declassification. 

Sec. 506. Vulnerability Disclosure Policy and Bug Bounty Pilot Program. 

TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

Sec. 601. Short title. 

Sec. 602. Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts. 

Sec. 603. Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy. 

Sec. 604. Permanent reauthorization of the United States Advisory Commission 

on Public Diplomacy. 

Sec. 605. Streamlining of support functions. 

Sec. 606. Guidance for closure of public diplomacy facilities. 

Sec. 607. Definitions. 

TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC CORRUPTION 

Sec. 701. Sense of Congress. 

Sec. 702. Annual assessment. 

Sec. 703. Transparency and accountability. 

Sec. 704. Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact. 

Sec. 705. Reporting requirements. 

Sec. 706. Foreign investments and national security. 

TITLE VIII—MATTERS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY 

Sec. 801. Short title. 

Sec. 802. Security assistance defined. 

Subtitle A—Reform Relating to Security Assistance 

Sec. 811. Organizational reform. 

Sec. 812. Workforce development. 

Sec. 813. Security assistance planning. 

Sec. 814. Interagency coordination of security assistance, transfers, and security 

cooperation. 

Sec. 815. Rule of construction. 

Subtitle B—Foreign Military Assistance 

Sec. 821. Strategic allocation of excess defense articles. 

Sec. 822. Modification of purposes for which military sales by the United States 

are authorized. 

Sec. 823. Return of defense articles. 

Sec. 824. Requirements relating to exemptions for licensing of defense items. 

Sec. 825. Amendment to general provisions. 

Sec. 826. Technical amendments to Arms Export Control Act. 

Sec. 827. Sense of Congress on licensing under United States arms export control 

programs. 

Sec. 828. Extension of war reserve stockpile authority. 

Sec. 829. Peacekeeping operations and other national security programs. 

Sec. 830. Other amendments to military assistance authorities. 

Sec. 831. Repeal of reports. 

Sec. 832. Defense trade controls registration fees. 

Sec. 833. Withholding of assistance to units of foreign security forces that engaged 

in sexual exploitation or abuse in peacekeeping operations. 

Sec. 834. Modification to limitations on assistance relating to human rights. 


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Subtitle C—Studies on Authorities and Programs 

Sec. 841. Requirement for study by Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 

Enforcement Affairs. 

Sec. 842. Requirement for independent study of existing security assistance authorities. 

TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 

Sec. 901. Case-Zablocki Act reform. 

Sec. 902. Limitation on assistance to countries in default. 

Sec. 903. Prohibition on assistance to governments supporting international terrorism. 

Sec. 904. Establishing a coordinator for ISIS detainee issues. 

Sec. 905. Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act 

of 2014 amendment. 

Sec. 906. Modification of authorities of Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—Unless otherwise specified, the term ‘‘appro5 priate congressional committees’’ means— 

6 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

7 the Senate; 

8 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

9 Senate; 

10 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

11 House of Representatives; and 

12 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 (2) DEPARTMENT.—Unless otherwise specified, 

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

16 State. 


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1 (3) SECRETARY.—Unless otherwise specified, the 

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

3 TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND 

4 OPERATIONS OF THE DE5 PARTMENT OF STATE 

6 SEC. 101. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF DE7 PARTMENT OF STATE’S WORK. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that— 

9 (1) United States global engagement is key to a 

10 stable and prosperous world; 

11 (2) United States leadership is indispensable in 

12 light of the many complex and interconnected threats 

13 facing the United States and the world; 

14 (3) diplomacy and development are critical tools 

15 of national power, and full deployment of these tools 

16 is vital to United States national security; 

17 (4) challenges such as the global refugee and mi18 gration crises, terrorism, historic famine and food in19 security, and fragile or repressive societies cannot be 

20 addressed without sustained and robust United States 

21 diplomatic and development leadership; 

22 (5) the United States Government must use all 

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1 zens, promote United States interests and values, and 

2 support global stability and prosperity; 

3 (6) United States security and prosperity depend 

4 on having partners and allies that share our interests 

5 and values, and these partnerships are nurtured and 

6 our shared interests and values are promoted through 

7 United States diplomatic engagement, security co8 operation, economic statecraft, and assistance that 

9 helps further economic development, good governance, 

10 including the rule of law and democratic institutions, 

11 and the development of shared responses to natural 

12 and humanitarian disasters; 

13 (7) as the United States Government agencies 

14 primarily charged with conducting diplomacy and 

15 development, the Department and the United States 

16 Agency for International Development (USAID) re17 quire sustained and robust funding to carry out this 

18 important work, which is essential to our ability to 

19 project United States leadership and values and to 

20 advance the United States interests around the world; 

21 (8) the work of the Department and USAID 

22 makes the United States and the world safer and 

23 more prosperous by alleviating global poverty and 

24 hunger, fighting HIV/AIDS and other infectious dis25 eases, strengthening alliances, expanding educational 


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1 opportunities for women and girls, promoting good 

2 governance and democracy, supporting anti-corrup3 tion efforts, driving economic development and trade, 

4 preventing armed conflicts and humanitarian crises, 

5 and creating American jobs and export opportunities; 

6 (9) the Department and USAID are vital na7 tional security agencies, whose work is critical to the 

8 projection of United States power and leadership 

9 worldwide, and without which Americans would be 

10 less safe, our economic power would be diminished, 

11 and global stability and prosperity would suffer; 

12 (10) investing in diplomacy and development be13 fore conflicts break out saves American lives while 

14 also being cost-effective; and 

15 (11) the contributions of personnel working at 

16 the Department and USAID are extraordinarily val17 uable and allow the United States to maintain its 

18 leadership around the world. 

19 SEC. 102. BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND 

20 LABOR. 

21 Paragraph (2) of section 1(c) of the State Department 

22 Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amend23 ed— 

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

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1 bassadors, and coordinators located within the Bu2 reau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall 

3 report directly to the Assistant Secretary.’’; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 

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

6 ‘‘sections 116 and’’; and 

7 (B) by inserting before the period at the end 

8 the following: ‘‘(commonly referred to as the an9 nual ‘Country Reports on Human Rights Prac10 tices’)’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub12 paragraphs: 

13 ‘‘(C) AUTHORITIES.—In addition to the duties, 

14 functions, and responsibilities specified in this para15 graph, the Assistant Secretary of State for Democ16 racy, Human Rights, and Labor is authorized to— 

17 ‘‘(i) promote democracy and actively sup18 port human rights throughout the world; 

19 ‘‘(ii) promote the rule of law and good gov20 ernance throughout the world; 

21 ‘‘(iii) strengthen, empower, and protect civil 

22 society representatives, programs, and organiza23 tions, and facilitate their ability to engage in 

24 dialogue with governments and other civil society 

25 entities; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) work with regional bureaus to ensure 

2 adequate personnel at diplomatic posts are as3 signed responsibilities relating to advancing de4 mocracy, human rights, labor rights, women’s 

5 equal participation in society, and the rule of 

6 law, with particular attention paid to adequate 

7 oversight and engagement on such issues by sen8 ior officials at such posts; 

9 ‘‘(v) review and, as appropriate, make rec10 ommendations to the Secretary of State regard11 ing the proposed transfer of— 

12 ‘‘(I) defense articles and defense serv13 ices authorized under the Foreign Assistance 

14 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) or the 

15 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 

16 et seq.); and 

17 ‘‘(II) military items listed on the ‘600 

18 series’ of the Commerce Control List con19 tained in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of 

20 subtitle B of title 15, Code of Federal Regu21 lations; 

22 ‘‘(vi) coordinate programs and activities 

23 that protect and advance the exercise of human 

24 rights and internet freedom in cyberspace; and 


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1 ‘‘(vii) implement other relevant policies and 

2 provisions of law. 

3 ‘‘(D) EFFICIENCY.—The Assistant Secretary for 

4 Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor shall take 

5 whatever actions may be necessary to minimize the 

6 duplication of efforts within the Bureau of Democ7 racy, Human Rights, and Labor. 

8 ‘‘(E) LOCAL OVERSIGHT.—United States mis9 sions, to the extent practicable, should assist in exer10 cising oversight authority and coordinate with the 

11 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor to 

12 ensure that funds are appropriately used and comply 

13 with anti-corruption practices.’’. 

14 SEC. 103. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

15 NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AF16 FAIRS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1(c) of the State Depart18 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(c)) 

19 is amended— 

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

22 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol23 lowing new paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL

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

2 be in the Department of State an Assistant Sec3 retary for International Narcotics and Law En4 forcement Affairs, who shall be responsible to the 

5 Secretary of State for all matters, programs, and 

6 related activities pertaining to international 

7 narcotics, anti-crime, and law enforcement af8 fairs in the conduct of foreign policy by the De9 partment, including, as appropriate, leading the 

10 coordination of programs carried out by United 

11 States Government agencies abroad, and such 

12 other related duties as the Secretary may from 

13 time to time designate. 

14 ‘‘(B) AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.—The As15 sistant Secretary for International Narcotics and 

16 Law Enforcement Affairs shall maintain contin17 uous observation and coordination of all matters 

18 pertaining to international narcotics, anti-crime, 

19 and law enforcement affairs in the conduct of 

20 foreign policy, including programs carried out 

21 by other United States Government agencies 

22 when such programs pertain to the following 

23 matters: 

24 ‘‘(i) Combating international narcotics 

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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 of 

5 recovered assets. 

6 ‘‘(iii) Training and equipping foreign 

7 police, border control, other government offi8 cials, 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 Democracy, 

18 Human Rights, and Labor, and other senior 

19 officials in regional and thematic bureaus 

20 and offices. 

21 ‘‘(v) Combating, in conjunction with 

22 other relevant bureaus of the Department, 

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1 erty, migrant smuggling, corruption, money 

2 laundering, the illicit smuggling of bulk 

3 cash, the licit use of financial systems for 

4 malign purposes, and other new and emerg5 ing forms of crime. 

6 ‘‘(vi) Identifying and responding to 

7 global corruption, including strengthening 

8 the capacity of foreign government institu9 tions responsible for addressing financial 

10 crimes and engaging with multilateral or11 ganizations responsible for monitoring and 

12 supporting foreign governments’ anti-cor13 ruption efforts. 

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

15 the responsibilities specified in subparagraph 

16 (B), the Assistant Secretary for International 

17 Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs shall 

18 also— 

19 ‘‘(i) carry out timely and substantive 

20 consultation with chiefs of mission and, as 

21 appropriate, the heads of other United 

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1 ried out overseas by the Department and 

2 such other agencies; 

3 ‘‘(ii) coordinate with the Office of Na4 tional Drug Control Policy to ensure lessons 

5 learned from other United States Govern6 ment agencies are available to the Bureau 

7 of International Narcotics and Law En8 forcement Affairs of the Department; 

9 ‘‘(iii) develop standard requirements 

10 for monitoring and evaluation of Bureau 

11 programs, including metrics for success that 

12 do not rely solely on the amounts of illegal 

13 drugs that are produced or seized; 

14 ‘‘(iv) in coordination with the Sec15 retary of State, annually certify in writing 

16 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Committee 

18 on Foreign Relations of the Senate that 

19 United States law enforcement personnel 

20 posted abroad whose activities are funded to 

21 any extent by the Bureau of International 

22 Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs are 

23 complying with section 207 of the Foreign 

24 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927); and 


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1 ‘‘(v) carry out such other relevant du2 ties as the Secretary may assign.’’. 

3 (b) MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL NAR4 COTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT.—Subsection (a) of 

5 section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

6 2291h) is amended by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol7 lowing new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(9) A separate section that contains an identi9 fication of all United States Government-supported 

10 units funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics 

11 and Law Enforcement Affairs and any Bureau-fund12 ed operations by such units in which United States 

13 law enforcement personnel have been physically 

14 present.’’. 

15 SEC. 104. BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS; BUREAU OF POP16 ULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION. 

17 Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 

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

19 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

20 (i); and 

21 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following 

22 new subsections: 

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

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1 shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Con2 sular Affairs 

3 ‘‘(h) BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MI4 GRATION.—There is in the Department of State the Bureau 

5 of Population, Refugees, and Migration, which shall be 

6 headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Population, 

7 Refugees, and Migration.’’. 

8 SEC. 105. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There should be established in 

10 the Department an Office of International Disability Rights 

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

12 (b) DUTIES.—The Office should— 

13 (1) seek to ensure that all United States foreign 

14 operations are accessible to, and inclusive of, persons 

15 with disabilities; 

16 (2) promote the human rights and full participa17 tion in international development activities of all per18 sons with disabilities; 

19 (3) promote disability inclusive practices and the 

20 training of Department staff on soliciting quality 

21 programs that are fully inclusive of people with dis22 abilities; 

23 (4) represent the United States in diplomatic 

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1 file of disability across a broader range of organiza2 tions contributing to international development ef3 forts; 

4 (5) conduct regular consultation with civil soci5 ety organizations working to advance international 

6 disability rights and empower persons with disabil7 ities internationally; 

8 (6) consult with other relevant offices at the De9 partment that are responsible for drafting annual re10 ports documenting progress on human rights, includ11 ing, wherever applicable, references to instances of 

12 discrimination, prejudice, or abuses of persons with 

13 disabilities; and 

14 (7) advise the Bureau of Human Resources De15 velopment of the Department regarding the hiring 

16 and recruitment and overseas practices of civil service 

17 employees and Foreign Service officers with disabil18 ities and their family members with chronic medical 

19 conditions or disabilities. 

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

21 (1) a senior advisor to the appropriate Assistant 

22 Secretary; or 

23 (2) an officer exercising significant authority 

24 who reports to the President or Secretary, appointed 

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


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1 (d) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary should direct Am2 bassadors at Large, Representatives, Special Envoys, and 

3 coordinators working on human rights to consult with the 

4 Office to promote the human rights and full participation 

5 in international development activities of all persons with 

6 disabilities. 

7 SEC. 106. OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—There should be established an Of9 fice of Global Women’s Issues (referred to in this section 

10 as the ‘‘Office’’), which may be placed within the organiza11 tional structure of the Department at the discretion of the 

12 Secretary. 

13 (b) PURPOSE.—The Office should coordinate efforts of 

14 the United States Government, as directed by the Secretary, 

15 regarding gender equality and advancing the status of 

16 women and girls in United States foreign policy. 

17 (c) DUTIES.—The Office should— 

18 (1) serve as the principal advisor to the Sec19 retary regarding gender equality, women’s and girls’ 

20 empowerment, and violence against women and girls 

21 as a priority of United States foreign policy; 

22 (2) represent the United States in diplomatic 

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1 (3) advise the Secretary and provide input on all 

2 activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to 

3 gender equality and the advancement of women and 

4 girls internationally for all bureaus and offices of the 

5 Department and in the international programs of all 

6 other Federal agencies; 

7 (4) work to ensure that efforts to advance gender 

8 equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment are 

9 fully integrated into the programs, structures, proc10 esses, and capacities of all bureaus and offices of the 

11 Department and in the international programs of 

12 other Federal agencies; and 

13 (5) conduct regular consultation with civil soci14 ety organizations working to advance gender equality 

15 and empower women and girls internationally. 

16 (d) SUPERVISION.—The Office should be headed by an 

17 Ambassador-at-large for Global Women’s Issues. 

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

19 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to 

20 the appropriate congressional committees a report or brief21 ing regarding this section. 

22 SEC. 107. SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS. 

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

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


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1 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

2 report that includes the following: 

3 (1) A description of the duties, responsibilities, 

4 and number of staff of each existing Special Envoy, 

5 Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Special 

6 Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Spe7 cial Advisor, and other similar position at the De8 partment. 

9 (2) Recommendations regarding whether to 

10 maintain in the Department each such position, in11 cluding those listed in the report submitted by the 

12 Secretary to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

13 the Senate on April 14, 2017, pursuant to section 418 

14 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal 

15 Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), that are not ex16 pressly authorized by a provision of law enacted by 

17 Congress. 

18 (3) Justifications supporting each of the Sec19 retary’s recommendations under paragraph (2). 

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

21 after the submission of the report required under subsection 

22 (a), the President shall submit the name of each Special 

23 Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordinator, Spe24 cial Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Spe25 cial Advisor, or other person occupying a similar position 


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1 at the Department exercising significant authority pursu2 ant to the laws of the United States that is not expressly 

3 authorized by a provision of law enacted by Congress who 

4 is included in such report to the Committee on Foreign Re5 lations of the Senate to seek the advice and consent of the 

6 Senate. 

7 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING ESTABLISH8 MENT OF POSITIONS.—Nothing in this section may be con9 strued as prohibiting the establishment or maintenance of 

10 any Special Envoy, Special Representative, Special Coordi11 nator, Special Negotiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordi12 nator, Special Advisor, or other similar position at the De13 partment exercising significant authority pursuant to the 

14 laws of the United States if the name of the appointee for 

15 each such position is submitted to the Committee on Foreign 

16 Relations of the Senate, to seek the advice and consent of 

17 the Senate, not later than 90 days after each such appoint18 ment. 

19 (d) LIMITED EXCEPTION FOR TEMPORARY APPOINT20 MENTS.—The Secretary may maintain or establish a posi21 tion with the title of Special Envoy, Special Representative, 

22 Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, Special Advisor, 

23 or a similar position not exercising significant authority 

24 pursuant to the laws of the United States for not longer 

25 than 180 days if the Secretary, not later than 15 days before 


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1 the appointment of a person to such a position, submits 

2 to the appropriate congressional committees a notification 

3 that includes the following: 

4 (1) A certification that the position is not ex5 pected to demand the exercise of significant authority 

6 pursuant to the laws of the United States. 

7 (2) A description of the duties and purpose of the 

8 position. 

9 (3) The rationale for giving the specific title to 

10 the position. 

11 (e) RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT.—Noth12 ing in this section may be construed as prohibiting the Sec13 retary from renewing for a period not to exceed 180 days 

14 any position maintained or established under subsection (d) 

15 if the Secretary complies with the notification requirements 

16 contained in such subsection. 

17 (f) FUNDING RESTRICTIONS.— 

18 (1) POSITIONS NOT SUBMITTED FOR ADVICE AND

19 CONSENT.—No funds may be authorized to be appro20 priated for— 

21 (A) any Special Envoy, Special Representa22 tive, Special Coordinator, Special Negotiator, 

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1 to the laws of the United States if the name of 

2 the person appointed to such position has not 

3 been submitted to the Committee on Foreign Re4 lations of the Senate for the advice and consent 

5 of the Senate in accordance with subsection (b); 

6 or 

7 (B) any staff or resources related to such a 

8 position until the person appointed to such posi9 tion has been submitted to the Committee on 

10 Foreign Relations of the Senate for the advice 

11 and consent of the Senate. 

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

13 authorized to be appropriated for any position de14 scribed in subsection (d) or for any staff or resources 

15 related to such position unless the Secretary has com16 plied with the notification requirements under such 

17 subsection. 

18 (3) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—The restrictions de19 scribed in this subsection shall not apply in fiscal 

20 year 2020 to positions or associated staff and re21 sources for which funding is expressly appropriated 

22 for such fiscal year in an Act of Congress. 

23 (g) CONFIRMATION FOR AUTHORIZED POSITIONS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—No Special Envoy, Special 

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1 tiator, Envoy, Representative, Coordinator, Special 

2 Advisor, or other similar position at the Department 

3 exercising significant authority pursuant to the laws 

4 of the United States that is authorized by an Act of 

5 Congress (except the position authorized by section 

6 621 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (subtitle B of 

7 title VI of Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 

8 note)) may be appointed without the advice and con9 sent of the Senate. 

10 (2) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—The restriction described 

11 in paragraph (1) shall not apply in fiscal year 2020 

12 to positions or associated staff and resources for 

13 which funding is expressly appropriated for such fis14 cal year in an Act of Congress. 

15 (h) ELIMINATION OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AND

16 POLICY COORDINATOR FOR BURMA.— 

17 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

18 (A) Congress established the Special Rep19 resentative and Policy Coordinator for Burma in 

20 July 2008 at a time when the United States did 

21 not maintain full diplomatic relations with 

22 Burma and had not appointed an Ambassador 

23 to Burma in 18 years. 

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1 appointed a United States Ambassador to 

2 Burma who, along with the Secretary of State, 

3 Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and 

4 the Pacific, and other United States Government 

5 officials, represents the United States’ interests 

6 in Burma. 

7 (2) REPEAL.—Section 7 of the Tom Lantos 

8 Block Burmese Jade (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Ef9 forts) Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–286; 50 U.S.C. 

10 1701 note; relating to the establishment of a Special 

11 Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma) is 

12 hereby repealed. 

13 SEC. 108. ANTI-PIRACY INFORMATION SHARING. 

14 The Secretary is authorized to provide for the partici15 pation by the United States in the Information Sharing 

16 Centre located in Singapore, as established by the Regional 

17 Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed 

18 Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). 

19 SEC. 109. IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING TO 

20 NATIONAL SECURITY. 

21 It is the sense of Congress that— 

22 (1) the Department is a crucial national security 

23 agency, whose employees, both Foreign and Civil 

24 Service, require the best possible training at every 

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1 defend United States national interests and the health 

2 and safety of United States citizens abroad; 

3 (2) the Secretary should explore establishing a 

4 ‘‘training float’’ requiring that a certain percentage 

5 of the Foreign Service shall be in long-term training 

6 at any given time; 

7 (3) the Department’s Foreign Service Institute 

8 should seek to substantially increase its educational 

9 and training offerings to Department personnel, in10 cluding developing new and innovative educational 

11 and training courses, methods, programs, and oppor12 tunities; and 

13 (4) consistent with existing Department gift ac14 ceptance authority and other applicable laws, the De15 partment and Foreign Service Institute should seek 

16 and accept funds and other resources from founda17 tions, not-for-profit corporations, and other appro18 priate sources to help the Department and the Insti19 tute accomplish the goals specified in paragraph (3). 

20 SEC. 110. AUTHORIZATION FOR RECEIPT OF PRIVATE 

21 FUNDING FOR DIPLOMATIC STUDIES AND 

22 TRAINING. 

23 Section 701 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

2 (h); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following 

4 new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(g)(1) The institution is authorized to receive private 

6 funds from private individuals and organizations to sup7 plement the institution’s funding and expand and enhance 

8 training, including for the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) Design and implementation of a degree 

10 granting program at the institution. 

11 ‘‘(B) Curriculum development. 

12 ‘‘(C) Training and classes for Members of Con13 gress and congressional staff. 

14 ‘‘(D) Hiring retired Department of State per15 sonnel to teach, notwithstanding other hiring limita16 tions. 

17 ‘‘(E) Other purposes as determined appropriate 

18 and necessary by the Secretary of State. 

19 ‘‘(2) Private funding received by the institution pursu20 ant to this subsection shall be provided at the discretion 

21 of the grantor individual or organization, as the case may 

22 be. 

23 ‘‘(3) Not less than once annually, and at the request 

24 of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or the Committee on 

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1 mittee on Foreign Relations or the Committee on Appro2 priations of the Senate, the Department shall provide the 

3 names of grantors and information relating to the nature 

4 and amounts of any contributions made.’’. 

5 SEC. 111. CLASSIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF FOREIGN 

6 SERVICE OFFICERS. 

7 The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended— 

8 (1) in section 501 (22 U.S.C. 3981), by inserting 

9 ‘‘If a position designated under this section is unfilled 

10 for more than 365 calendar days, such position may 

11 be filled, as appropriate, on a temporary basis, in ac12 cordance with section 309.’’ after ‘‘Positions des13 ignated under this section are excepted from the com14 petitive service.’’; and 

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

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

17 position working on issues relating to a particular 

18 country or geographic area,’’ after ‘‘geographic area’’. 

19 SEC. 112. ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND SECURITY WITHIN THE 

20 DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 1 of the 

22 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

23 2651a), as amended by section 103 of this Act, is further 

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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) (as redesig2 nated pursuant to such section 103) as paragraph 

3 (5); and 

4 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol5 lowing new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(4) ENERGY RESOURCES.— 

7 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANT SEC8 RETARY.—Subject to the numerical limitation 

9 specified in paragraph (1), there is authorized to 

10 be established in the Department of State an As11 sistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources. 

12 ‘‘(B) PERSONNEL.—The Secretary of State 

13 shall ensure that there are sufficient personnel 

14 dedicated to energy matters within the Depart15 ment of State whose responsibilities shall in16 clude— 

17 ‘‘(i) formulating and implementing 

18 international policies aimed at protecting 

19 and advancing United States energy secu20 rity interests by effectively managing 

21 United States bilateral and multilateral re22 lations; 

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1 flected in the decision making process with2 in the Department; 

3 ‘‘(iii) incorporating energy security 

4 priorities into the activities of the Depart5 ment; 

6 ‘‘(iv) coordinating energy activities of 

7 the Department with relevant Federal de8 partments and agencies; and 

9 ‘‘(v) working internationally to— 

10 ‘‘(I) support the development of 

11 energy resources and the distribution of 

12 such resources for the benefit of the 

13 United States and United States allies 

14 and trading partners for their energy 

15 security and economic development 

16 needs; 

17 ‘‘(II) promote availability of di18 versified energy supplies and a well19 functioning global market for energy 

20 resources, technologies, and expertise 

21 for the benefit of the United States and 

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1 opment, production, or distribution of 

2 energy resources; 

3 ‘‘(IV) support the economic and 

4 commercial interests of United States 

5 persons operating in the energy mar6 kets of foreign countries; 

7 ‘‘(V) support and coordinate 

8 international efforts to alleviate energy 

9 poverty; 

10 ‘‘(VI) leading the United States 

11 commitment to the Extractive Indus12 tries Transparency Initiative; 

13 ‘‘(VII) coordinating within the 

14 Department and with relevant Federal 

15 departments and agencies on devel16 oping and implementing international 

17 energy-related sanctions; and 

18 ‘‘(VIII) coordinating energy secu19 rity and other relevant functions with20 in the Department currently under21 taken by— 

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1 ‘‘(bb) the Bureau of Oceans 

2 and International Environmental 

3 and Scientific Affairs; and 

4 ‘‘(cc) other offices within the 

5 Department of State.’’. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 931 of the 

7 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 

8 17371) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); and 

10 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

11 subsections (a) and (b), respectively. 

12 SEC. 113. PASSPORT FEES. 

13 Paragraph (2) of section 1(b) of the Passport Act of 

14 June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘not’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 

16 and inserting the following: ‘‘be exercised beginning on the 

17 date of the enactment of the Department of State Authoriza18 tion Act of 2019.’’. 

19 SEC. 114. UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY CENTER. 

20 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

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

22 2735) the following new section: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 64. UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY CENTER. 

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

2 State is authorized to provide, by contract, grant, or 

3 otherwise, for the performance of appropriate museum 

4 visitor and educational outreach services and related 

5 events, including organizing programs and conference 

6 activities, museum shop services and food services in 

7 the public exhibition and related space utilized by the 

8 center for United States diplomacy. 

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

10 State is authorized to recover any revenues generated 

11 under the authority of paragraph (1) for visitor and 

12 outreach services and related events referred to in 

13 such paragraph, including fees for use of facilities at 

14 a center for United States diplomacy. Any such reve15 nues may be retained as a recovery of the costs of op16 erating the Center. 

17 ‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF UNITED STATES DIPLOMACY

18 CENTER DOCUMENTS, ARTIFACTS, AND OTHER ARTI19 CLES.— 

20 ‘‘(1) PROPERTY.—All historic documents, arti21 facts, or other articles permanently acquired by the 

22 Department of State and determined by the Secretary 

23 of State to be suitable for display by the center for 

24 United States diplomacy shall be considered to be the 

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1 be subject to disposition solely in accordance with this 

2 subsection. 

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

4 Secretary of State makes the determination described 

5 in paragraph (3) with respect to a document, artifact, 

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

7 may sell at fair market value, trade, or transfer such 

8 document, artifact, or other article without regard to 

9 the requirements of subtitle I of title 40, United 

10 States Code. The proceeds of any such sale may be 

11 used solely for the advancement of the mission of the 

12 center for United States diplomacy and may not be 

13 used for any purpose other than the acquisition and 

14 direct care of the collections of the center. 

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

16 OR TRANSFER.—The determination described in this 

17 paragraph with respect to a document, artifact, or 

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

19 that— 

20 ‘‘(A) such document, artifact, or other arti21 cle no longer serves to further the purposes of the 

22 center for United States diplomacy as set forth 

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1 ‘‘(B) the sale, trade, or transfer of such doc2 ument, artifact, or other article would serve to 

3 maintain the standards of the collection of the 

4 center; 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 loan 

12 such documents, artifacts, or other articles, when not 

13 needed for use or display by the center for United 

14 States diplomacy to the Smithsonian Institution or a 

15 similar institution for repair, study, or exhibition.’’. 

16 SEC. 115. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF 

17 FISHERMEN FOR COSTS INCURRED FROM 

18 THE ILLEGAL SEIZURE AND DETENTION OF 

19 U.S.-FLAG FISHING VESSELS BY FOREIGN 

20 GOVERNMENTS. 

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

22 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 pro3 vided in advance in appropriation Acts.’’. 

4 (b) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.— 

5 (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

6 subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the en7 actment of this Act and apply as if the date specified 

8 in subsection (e) of section 7 of the Fishermen’s Pro9 tective Act of 1967, as in effect on the day before the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, were the day after 

11 such date of enactment. 

12 (2) AGREEMENTS AND PAYMENTS.—The Sec13 retary shall— 

14 (A) enter into agreements pursuant to sec15 tion 7 of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 

16 for any claims to which such section would oth17 erwise apply but for the date specified in sub18 section (e) of such section, as in effect on the day 

19 before the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

20 (B) make payments in accordance with 

21 agreements entered into pursuant to such section 

22 if any such payments have not been made as a 

23 result of the expiration of the date specified in 

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1 SEC. 116. ART IN EMBASSIES. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds are authorized to be ap3 propriated for the purchase of any piece of art for the pur4 poses of installation or display in any embassy, consulate, 

5 or other foreign mission of the United States if the purchase 

6 price of such piece of art is in excess of $50,000, unless 

7 such purchase is subject to prior consultation with, and the 

8 regular notification procedures of, the appropriate congres9 sional committees. 

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

11 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

12 the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 

13 costs of the Art in Embassies Program for each of fiscal 

14 years 2012, 2013, and 2014. 

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

16 that is two years after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act. 

18 (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘art’’ in19 cludes paintings, sculptures, photographs, industrial design, 

20 and craft art. 

21 SEC. 117. AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF REPORTING RE22 QUIREMENTS. 

23 (a) BURMA.— 

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

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

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(c) MULTILATERAL STRATEGY.—The President shall 

4 develop, in coordination with members of ASEAN and other 

5 likeminded countries, a comprehensive, multilateral strat6 egy to bring about further democratic consolidation in 

7 Burma and improve human rights practices and the qual8 ity of life in Burma, including the development of a dia9 logue leading to genuine national reconciliation.’’; and 

10 (B) in subsection (d)— 

11 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

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

13 ‘‘year’’; 

14 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

15 paragraph (7); and 

16 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 

17 the following new paragraphs: 

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

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

20 economic growth; 

21 ‘‘(5) progress toward genuine national reconcili22 ation; 

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

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1 of forced labor in the tourism industry, and environ2 mental quality; and’’. 

3 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

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

5 enactment of this Act and apply with respect to the 

6 first report required under subsection (d) of section 

7 570 of Public Law 104–208 that is required after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act. 

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

10 hereby repealed: 

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

12 101–246. 

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

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

15 U.S.C. 2414a). 

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

17 96–465 (22 U.S.C. 4022). 

18 SEC. 118. REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO REC19 OMMENDATIONS. 

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

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

22 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

23 that lists all of the Government Accountability Office’s rec24 ommendations relating to the Department that have not 

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1 (b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 

2 30 days after the Secretary submits the report under sub3 section (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 

4 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

5 report that identifies any discrepancies between the list of 

6 recommendations included in such report and the Govern7 ment Accountability Office’s list of outstanding rec8 ommendations for the Department. 

9 (c) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.— 

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

11 the date of the submission of the Comptroller Gen12 eral’s report under subsection (b), the Secretary shall 

13 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

14 report that describes the implementation status of 

15 each recommendation from the Government Account16 ability Office included in the report submitted under 

17 subsection (a). 

18 (2) JUSTIFICATION.—The report under para19 graph (1) shall include— 

20 (A) a detailed justification for each decision 

21 not to fully implement a recommendation or to 

22 implement a recommendation in a different 

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1 (B) a timeline for the full implementation 

2 of any recommendation the Secretary has de3 cided to adopt, but has not yet fully imple4 mented; and 

5 (C) an explanation for any discrepancies 

6 included in the Comptroller General report sub7 mitted under subsection (b). 

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

9 under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

10 to the maximum extent practicable, but may be included 

11 in a classified annex to the extent necessary. 

12 SEC. 119. OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—There should be established within 

14 the Department an Office of Global Criminal Justice (re15 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’), which may be 

16 placed within the organizational structure of the Depart17 ment at the discretion of the Secretary. 

18 (b) DUTIES.—The Office should carry out the fol19 lowing: 

20 (1) Advise the Secretary and other relevant sen21 ior officials on issues related to war crimes, crimes 

22 against humanity, and genocide. 

23 (2) Assist in formulating United States policy 

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1 (3) Coordinate United States Government posi2 tions relating to the international and hybrid courts 

3 currently prosecuting persons responsible for genocide, 

4 war crimes, and crimes against humanity anywhere 

5 in the world. 

6 (4) Work with other governments, international 

7 organizations, and nongovernmental organizations, as 

8 appropriate, to establish and assist international and 

9 domestic commissions of inquiry, fact-finding mis10 sions, and tribunals to investigate, document, and 

11 prosecute atrocities in every region of the globe. 

12 (5) Coordinate the deployment of diplomatic, 

13 legal, economic, military, and other tools to help ex14 pose the truth, judge those responsible, protect and as15 sist victims, enable reconciliation, deter atrocities, 

16 and build the rule of law. 

17 (6) Provide advice and expertise on transitional 

18 justice to United States personnel operating in con19 flict and post-conflict environments. 

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

21 hybrid, and mixed tribunals exercising jurisdiction 

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1 (8) Represent the Department on any inter2 agency whole-of-government coordinating entities ad3 dressing genocide and other mass atrocities. 

4 (9) Perform any additional duties and exercise 

5 such powers as the Secretary of State may prescribe. 

6 (c) SUPERVISION.—The Office should be led by an Am7 bassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice. 

8 TITLE II—EMBASSY 

9 CONSTRUCTION 

10 SEC. 201. EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAIN11 TENANCE. 

12 For ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Mainte13 nance’’, there is authorized to be appropriated 

14 $1,987,211,000 for fiscal year 2020. 

15 SEC. 202. STANDARD DESIGN IN CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION. 

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

17 that the Department’s Bureau of Overseas Building Oper18 ations (OBO) or successor office should give appropriate 

19 consideration to standardization in construction, in which 

20 each new United States embassy and consulate starts with 

21 a standard design and keeps customization to a minimum. 

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

23 any new United States embassy compound or new consulate 

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1 phase as of the date of the enactment of this Act, only in 

2 consultation with the appropriate congressional committees. 

3 The Secretary shall provide the appropriate congressional 

4 committees, for each such project, the following documenta5 tion: 

6 (1) A comparison of the estimated full lifecycle 

7 costs of the project to the estimated full lifecycle costs 

8 of such project if it were to use a standard design. 

9 (2) A comparison of the estimated completion 

10 date of such project to the estimated completion date 

11 of such project if it were to use a standard design. 

12 (3) A comparison of the security of the completed 

13 project to the security of such completed project if it 

14 were to use a standard design. 

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

16 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 

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1 SEC. 203. CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION TRANSPARENCY. 

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

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

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in the section heading , by striking ‘‘AN6 NUAL REPORT ON EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION

7 COSTS’’ and inserting ‘‘BIANNUAL REPORT ON

8 OVERSEAS CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION

9 PROJECTS’’; and 

10 (2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in11 serting the following new subsections: 

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

13 date of the enactment of this subsection and every 180 days 

14 thereafter until the date that is four years after such date 

15 of enactment, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

16 congressional committees a comprehensive report regarding 

17 all ongoing overseas capital construction projects and major 

18 embassy security upgrade projects. 

19 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each report required under sub20 section (a) shall include the following with respect to each 

21 ongoing overseas capital construction project and major em22 bassy security upgrade project: 

23 ‘‘(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 by 

7 the Department to date. 

8 ‘‘(5) The value of any usage of the project’s con9 tingency fund to date and the value of the remainder 

10 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 equi15 table 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 and 

21 maintenance funds required by the Committees on 

22 Appropriations not later than 45 days after the date 

23 of the enactment of an Act making appropriations for 

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

2 (b) INITIAL REPORT.—The first report required under 

3 subsection (a) of section 118 of the Department of State Au4 thorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (as amended by this section) 

5 shall include an annex regarding all overseas capital con6 struction projects and major embassy security upgrade 

7 projects completed during the 10-year period ending on De8 cember 31, 2018, including, for each such project, the ele9 ments specified in subsection (b) of such section 118. 

10 SEC. 204. CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION. 

11 (a) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—The Secretary shall 

12 complete all contractor performance evaluations required by 

13 subpart 42.15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation for 

14 those contractors engaged in construction of new embassy 

15 or new consulate compounds by October 1, 2021. 

16 (b) PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM.— 

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

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

19 shall develop a prioritization system for clearing the 

20 current backlog of required evaluations referred to in 

21 subsection (a). 

22 (2) ELEMENTS.—The system required under 

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1 (A) Project completion evaluations should be 

2 prioritized over annual evaluations. 

3 (B) Evaluations for relatively large con4 tracts should have priority. 

5 (C) Evaluations that would be particularly 

6 informative for the awarding of government con7 tracts should have priority. 

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

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

10 brief the appropriate congressional committees on the De11 partment’s plan for completing all evaluations by October 

12 1, 2021, in accordance with subsection (a) and the 

13 prioritization system developed pursuant to subsection (b). 

14 (d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

15 that— 

16 (1) contractors deciding whether to bid on De17 partment contracts would benefit from greater under18 standing of the Department as a client; and 

19 (2) the Department should develop a forum 

20 where contractors can comment on the Department’s 

21 project management performance. 

22 SEC. 205. GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR NEW EMBASSIES AND 

23 CONSULATES. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each new United States em25 bassy compound (NEC) and new consulate compound 


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

2 date of the enactment of this Act, the Department shall 

3 project growth over the estimated life of the facility using 

4 all available and relevant data, including the following: 

5 (1) Relevant historical trends for Department 

6 personnel and personnel from other agencies rep7 resented at the NEC or NCC that is to be constructed. 

8 (2) An analysis of the tradeoffs between risk and 

9 the needs of United States Government policy con10 ducted as part of the most recent Vital Presence Vali11 dation Process, if applicable. 

12 (3) Reasonable assumptions about the strategic 

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

14 over the life of the building at issue. 

15 (4) Any other data that would be helpful in pro16 jecting the future growth of NEC or NCC. 

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

18 Federal agency represented at a United States embassy or 

19 consulate shall provide to the Secretary, upon request, 

20 growth projections for the personnel of each such agency 

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

22 case may be. 

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

24 base its growth assumption for all NECs and NCCs on the 

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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 in4 clude the growth assumption used pursuant to subsection 

5 (c). 

6 SEC. 206. LONG-RANGE PLANNING PROCESS. 

7 (a) PLANS REQUIRED.— 

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

9 the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

10 thereafter for five years, the Secretary shall develop— 

11 (A) a comprehensive six-year plan docu12 menting the Department’s overseas building pro13 gram for the replacement of overseas diplomatic 

14 posts taking into account security factors under 

15 the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter16 terrorism Act of 1999 and other relevant statutes 

17 and regulations, as well as occupational safety 

18 and health factors pursuant to the Occupational 

19 Safety and Health Act of 1970 and other rel20 evant statutes and regulations, including envi21 ronmental factors such as indoor air quality that 

22 impact employee health and safety; and 

23 (B) a comprehensive six-year plan detailing 

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1 lomatic posts, which takes into account security 

2 factors under the Secure Embassy Construction 

3 and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and other rel4 evant statutes and regulations, as well as occu5 pational safety and health factors pursuant to 

6 the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 

7 and other relevant statutes and regulations, in8 cluding environmental factors such as indoor air 

9 quality that impact employee health and safety. 

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

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

12 one-time status report on existing small diplomatic 

13 posts and a strategy for establishing a physical diplo14 matic presence in countries in which there is no cur15 rent physical diplomatic presence. Such report, which 

16 may include a classified annex, shall include the fol17 lowing: 

18 (A) A description of the extent to which 

19 each small diplomatic post furthers the national 

20 interest of the United States. 

21 (B) A description of how each small diplo22 matic post provides American Citizen Services, 

23 including data on specific services provided and 

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1 (C) A description of whether each small 

2 diplomatic post meets current security require3 ments. 

4 (D) A description of the full financial cost 

5 of maintaining each small diplomatic post. 

6 (E) Input from the relevant chiefs of mis7 sion on any unique operational or policy value 

8 the small diplomatic post provides. 

9 (3) UPDATED INFORMATION.—The annual up10 dates of each of the plans developed pursuant to para11 graph (1) shall highlight any changes from the pre12 vious year’s plan to the ordering of construction and 

13 maintenance projects. 

14 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

16 later than 60 days after the completion of each plan 

17 required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall sub18 mit the plans to the appropriate congressional com19 mittees. 

20 (2) REFERENCE IN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION MA21 TERIALS.—In the budget justification materials sub22 mitted to the appropriate congressional committees in 

23 support of the Department’s budget for any fiscal 

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1 the plans required under subsection (a) shall be ref2 erenced to justify funding requested for building and 

3 maintenance projects overseas. 

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

5 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi6 fied form but may include a classified annex. 

7 (c) SMALL DIPLOMATIC POST DEFINED.—In this sec8 tion, the term ‘‘small diplomatic post’’ means any United 

9 States embassy or consulate that has employed five or fewer 

10 United States Government employees on average over the 

11 36 months prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 207. VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT. 

13 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

14 (1) Federal departments and agencies are re15 quired to use value engineering (VE) as a manage16 ment tool, where appropriate, to reduce program and 

17 acquisition costs pursuant to OMB Circular A–131, 

18 Value Engineering, dated December 31, 2013. 

19 (2) OBO has a Policy Directive and Standard 

20 Operation Procedure, dated May 24, 2017, on con21 ducting risk management studies on all international 

22 construction projects. 

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1 tion and maintenance funds that is required by the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

3 House of Representatives not later than 45 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of an Act making appro5 priations for the Department of State, foreign oper6 ations, and related programs shall also be submitted 

7 to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

8 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

9 of Representatives. 

10 (2) REQUIREMENT TO CONFIRM COMPLETION OF

11 VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT STUD12 IES.—The notifications required under paragraph (1) 

13 shall include confirmation that the Department has 

14 completed the requisite VE and risk management 

15 studies described in subsection (a). 

16 (c) REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS.—The 

17 Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional 

18 committees upon request— 

19 (1) a description of each risk management study 

20 referred to in subsection (a)(2) and a table detailing 

21 which recommendations related to each such study 

22 were accepted and which were rejected; and 

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1 may otherwise yield significant cost savings to the 

2 Department if implemented. 

3 SEC. 208. BUSINESS VOLUME. 

4 Section 402(c)(2)(E) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Secu5 rity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 

6 4852(c)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘in 3 years’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘cumulatively over 3 years’’. 

8 SEC. 209. EMBASSY SECURITY REQUESTS AND DEFI9 CIENCIES. 

10 The Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congres11 sional committees upon request information on security de12 ficiencies at United States diplomatic posts, including re13 lating to the following: 

14 (1) Requests made over the previous year by 

15 United States diplomatic posts for security upgrades. 

16 (2) Significant security deficiencies at United 

17 States diplomatic posts that are not operating out of 

18 a new embassy compound or new consulate com19 pound. 

20 SEC. 210. OVERSEAS SECURITY BRIEFINGS. 

21 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

22 of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the Foreign Affairs 

23 Manual to stipulate that information on the current threat 

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1 to a foreign country on official business. To the extent prac2 ticable, such material shall be provided to such employees 

3 prior to their arrival at a United States diplomatic post 

4 or as soon as possible thereafter. 

5 SEC. 211. CONTRACTING METHODS IN CAPITAL CONSTRUC6 TION. 

7 (a) DELIVERY.—Unless the Secretary notifies the ap8 propriate congressional committees that the use of the de9 sign-build project delivery method would not be appro10 priate, the Secretary shall make use of such method at 

11 United States diplomatic posts that have not yet received 

12 design or capital construction contracts as of the date of 

13 the enactment of this Act. 

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

15 delivery method other than design-build in accordance with 

16 subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate 

17 congressional committees in writing of the decision, includ18 ing the reasons therefor. The notification required by this 

19 subsection may be included in any other report regarding 

20 a new United States diplomatic post that is required to 

21 be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees. 

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1 ance with GAO’s ‘‘Standards for Internal Control in the 

2 Federal Government’’ that will be applicable to design and 

3 construction, lifecycle cost, and building maintenance pro4 grams of the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations of 

5 the Department. 

6 SEC. 212. COMPETITION IN EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION. 

7 Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment 

8 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

9 congressional committee a report detailing steps the Depart10 ment is taking to expand the embassy construction con11 tractor base in order to increase competition and maximize 

12 value. 

13 SEC. 213. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

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

15 of Overseas Building Operations of the Department or its 

16 successor office shall continue to balance functionality and 

17 security with accessibility, as defined by guidelines estab18 lished by the United States Access Board in constructing 

19 embassies and consulates, and shall ensure compliance with 

20 the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4151 et 

21 seq.) to the fullest extent possible. 

22 SEC. 214. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this title: 

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1 ty works under a single contract with the Department 

2 to provide design and construction services. 

3 (2) NON-STANDARD DESIGN.—The term ‘‘non4 standard design’’ means a design for a new embassy 

5 compound project or new consulate compound project 

6 that does not utilize a standardized design for the 

7 structural, spatial, or security requirements of such 

8 embassy compound or consulate compound, as the 

9 case may be. 

10 TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 

11 SEC. 301. DEFENSE BASE ACT INSURANCE WAIVERS. 

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

13 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec14 retary shall apply to the Department of Labor for a waiver 

15 from insurance requirements under the Defense Base Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) for all countries with respect to 

17 which the requirement was waived prior to January 2017, 

18 and for which there is not currently a waiver. 

19 (b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 45 

20 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec21 retary shall certify to the appropriate congressional com22 mittees that the requirement in subsection (a) has been met. 

23 SEC. 302. STUDY ON FOREIGN SERVICE ALLOWANCES. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after 

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

3 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

4 report detailing an empirical analysis on the effect of 

5 overseas allowances on the foreign assignment of For6 eign Service officers (FSOs), to be conducted by a fed7 erally-funded research and development center with 

8 appropriate expertise in labor economics and mili9 tary compensation. 

10 (2) CONTENTS.—The analysis required under 

11 paragraph (1) shall— 

12 (A) identify all allowances paid to FSOs 

13 assigned permanently or on temporary duty to 

14 foreign areas; 

15 (B) examine the efficiency of the Foreign 

16 Service bidding system in determining foreign 

17 assignments; 

18 (C) examine the factors that incentivize 

19 FSOs to bid on particular assignments, includ20 ing danger levels and hardship conditions; 

21 (D) examine the Department’s strategy and 

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1 whether monetary compensation is necessary for 

2 assignments in higher demand; 

3 (E) make any relevant comparisons to mili4 tary compensation and allowances, noting which 

5 allowances are shared or based on the same regu6 lations; 

7 (F) recommend options for restructuring al8 lowances to improve the efficiency of the assign9 ments system and better align FSO incentives 

10 with the needs of the Foreign Service, including 

11 any cost savings associated with such restruc12 turing; 

13 (G) recommend any statutory changes nec14 essary to implement subparagraph (F), such as 

15 consolidating existing legal authorities for the 

16 provision of hardship and danger pay; and 

17 (H) detail any effects of recommendations 

18 made pursuant to subparagraphs (F) and (G) on 

19 other United States Government departments 

20 and agencies with civilian employees perma21 nently assigned or on temporary duty in foreign 

22 areas, following consultation with such depart23 ments and agencies. 

24 (b) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Before initiating the 

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

2 the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Foreign 

3 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af4 fairs in the House of Representatives a briefing on the im5 plementation of this section that includes the following: 

6 (1) The name of the federally-funded research 

7 and development center that will conduct such anal8 ysis. 

9 (2) The scope of such analysis and terms of ref10 erence for such analysis as specified between the De11 partment and such federally-funded research and de12 velopment center. 

13 (c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 

15 available to the federally-funded research and develop16 ment center carrying out the analysis required under 

17 subsection (a)(1) all necessary and relevant informa18 tion to allow such center to conduct such analysis in 

19 a quantitative and analytical manner, including his20 torical data on the number of bids for each foreign as21 signment and any survey data collected by the De22 partment from eligible bidders on their bid decision23 making. 

24 (2) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall work 

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1 ernment departments and agencies to ensure such de2 partments and agencies provide all necessary and rel3 evant information to the federally-funded research 

4 and development center carrying out the analysis re5 quired under subsection (a)(1). 

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

7 shall require that the chief executive officer of the federally8 funded research and development center that carries out the 

9 analysis required under subsection (a)(1) submit to the 

10 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com11 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

12 an interim report on such analysis not later than 120 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 303. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS. 

15 Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

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

17 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(e) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS RE19 LATED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PRO20 GRAMS.— 

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

22 to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements 

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1 cruiting fellows and the payment of stipends, travel, 

2 and other appropriate expenses to fellows. 

3 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM CONSIDERATION AS COM4 PENSATION.—Stipends under paragraph (1) shall not 

5 be considered compensation for purposes of section 

6 209 of title 18, United States Code. 

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

8 amount of grants made pursuant to this subsection 

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

10 SEC. 304. TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES. 

11 Section 901(15) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

12 U.S.C. 4081(15)) is amended— 

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

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

15 below age 21 of a member of the Service assigned 

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

17 children below age 21 of a member of the Service as18 signed abroad, 1 round-trip per year’’; 

19 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

21 visit the member abroad’’; and 

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

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

2 visit the other parent’’; and 

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

4 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol5 lowing new subparagraph: 

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

7 the child or children abroad if the child or chil8 dren do not regularly reside with that parent 

9 and that parent is not receiving an education al10 lowance or educational travel allowance for the 

11 child or children under section 5924(4) of title 5, 

12 United States Code,’’; and 

13 (5) in the matter following subparagraph (C), as 

14 added by paragraph (4) of this section, by striking ‘‘a 

15 payment’’ and inserting ‘‘the cost of round-trip trav16 el’’. 

17 SEC. 305. HOME LEAVE TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES. 

18 Section 903(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

19 U.S.C. 4083(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing new sentence: ‘‘In cases in which the family members 

21 of a member of the Service reside apart from the member 

22 at authorized locations outside the United States because 

23 they are prevented by official order from residing with the 

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1 side, notwithstanding section 6305 of title 5, United States 

2 Code.’’. 

3 SEC. 306. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CERTAIN FEL4 LOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) Department fellowships that promote the em7 ployment of candidates belonging to under-represented 

8 groups, including the Charles B. Rangel International 

9 Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, the Thomas R. 

10 Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program, and 

11 the Donald M. Payne International Development Fel12 lowship Program, represent smart investments vital 

13 for building a strong, capable, and representative na14 tional security workforce; and 

15 (2) the Secretary of State and the Administrator 

16 of the United States Agency for International Devel17 opment should fulfill the terms of their fellowship 

18 agreements with each participant in the Fellowship 

19 Programs referred to in paragraph (1), as specified in 

20 the original contractual agreements with each such 

21 participant. 

22 SEC. 307. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 

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

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

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1 (1) striking ‘‘promotion’’ and inserting ‘‘pro2 motion, on or after January 1, 2017,’’; and 

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

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

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

6 who has general responsibility for carrying out the 

7 functions of the Service’’. 

8 SEC. 308. FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 614 of the Foreign Service 

10 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4013) is amended— 

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

12 follows: ‘‘DEPARTMENT AWARDS’’; and 

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

14 Service’’ after ‘‘the Service’’. 

15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 

16 section 614 in the table of contents of the Foreign Service 

17 Act of 1980 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 614. Department awards.’’. 

18 SEC. 309. DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS. 

19 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON WORKFORCE RECRUIT20 MENT.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should 

21 continue to hold entry-level classes for Foreign Service offi22 cers and specialists and continue to recruit civil servants 

23 through programs such as the Presidential Management 

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1 consistent with the need to maintain a pool of experienced 

2 personnel effectively distributed across skill codes and 

3 ranks. It is further the sense of Congress that absent contin4 uous recruitment and training of Foreign Service officers 

5 and civil servants, the Department will lack experienced, 

6 qualified personnel in the short, medium, and long terms. 

7 (b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not obligate or 

8 expend any amounts for any reduction-in-force action 

9 under section 3502 or 3595 of title 5, United States Code, 

10 or for any incentive payments for early separation or re11 tirement under any other provision of law unless— 

12 (1) the appropriate congressional committees are 

13 notified not less than 15 days in advance of such obli14 gation or expenditure; and 

15 (2) the Secretary has provided to the appropriate 

16 congressional committees a detailed report that de17 scribes the Department’s strategic staffing goals, in18 cluding— 

19 (A) a justification that describes how any 

20 proposed workforce reduction enhances the effec21 tiveness of the Department; 

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1 (C) a comprehensive strategic staffing plan 

2 for the Department, including five-year work3 force forecasting and a description of the antici4 pated impact of any proposed workforce reduc5 tion; and 

6 (D) a dataset displaying comprehensive 

7 workforce data for all current and planned em8 ployees of the Department, disaggregated by— 

9 (i) Foreign Service officer and Foreign 

10 Service specialist rank; 

11 (ii) civil service job skill code, grade 

12 level, and bureau of assignment; 

13 (iii) contracted employees, including 

14 the equivalent job skill code and bureau of 

15 assignment; and 

16 (iv) employees hired under schedule C 

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

18 Federal Regulations, including their equiva19 lent grade and job skill code and bureau of 

20 assignment. 

21 SEC. 310. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VETERANS EM22 PLOYMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 

23 It is the sense of Congress that— 

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1 tion 301 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

2 U.S.C. 3941), as amended by section 405 of this Act, 

3 including those veterans belonging to traditionally 

4 underrepresented groups at the Department; 

5 (2) veterans employed by the Department have 

6 made significant contributions to United States for7 eign policy in a variety of regional and global affairs 

8 bureaus and diplomatic posts overseas; and 

9 (3) the Department should continue to encourage 

10 veteran employment and facilitate their participation 

11 in the workforce. 

12 SEC. 311. EMPLOYEE ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS AND 

13 PRECLUSIONS. 

14 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

15 that the Department should expand the appeal process it 

16 makes available to employees related to assignment 

17 preclusions and restrictions. 

18 (b) APPEAL OF ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTION OR PRE19 CLUSION.—Section 502(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 

20 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3982(a)(2)), as amended by section 111 

21 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 

22 following new sentences: ‘‘Any employee subjected to an as23 signment restriction or preclusion shall have the same ap24 peal rights as provided by the Department regarding denial 

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1 be resolved not later than 60 days after such appeal is 

2 filed.’’. 

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

4 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec5 retary shall revise, and certify to the appropriate congres6 sional committees regarding such revision, the Foreign Af7 fairs Manual guidance regarding denial or revocation of a 

8 security clearance to expressly state that all review and ap9 peal rights relating thereto shall also apply to any rec10 ommendation or decision to impose an assignment restric11 tion or preclusion to an employee. 

12 SEC. 312. RECALL AND REEMPLOYMENT OF CAREER MEM13 BERS. 

14 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

15 that— 

16 (1) career Department employees provide invalu17 able service to the United States as nonpartisan pro18 fessionals who contribute subject matter expertise and 

19 professional skills to the successful development and 

20 execution of United States foreign policy; and 

21 (2) re-employment of skilled former members of 

22 the Foreign and civil service who have voluntarily 

23 separated from the Foreign or civil service due to 

24 family reasons or to obtain professional skills outside 

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

2 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948) is amend3 ed by adding at the end the following new sentence: 

4 ‘‘Former career tenured members of the Service seeking re5 appointment, if separated for other than cause for up to 

6 three years prior to the date of the enactment of this sen7 tence, shall be eligible to participate in the regular assign8 ment bidding process without restriction and shall not be 

9 required to accept a directed first assignment upon re10 appointment.’’. 

11 (c) NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.— 

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

13 amended by inserting after chapter 102 the following 

14 new chapter: 

15 ‘‘CHAPTER 103—NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT 

16 OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEPARTMENT 

17 OF STATE AND USAID POSITIONS 

18 ‘‘§ 10301. Notice of Employment Opportunities for De19 partment of State and USAID positions 

20 ‘‘To ensure that individuals who have separated from 

21 the Department of State or the United States Agency for 

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1 ment opportunities, including positions for which the rel2 evant agency is accepting applications from individuals 

3 within the agency’s workforce under merit promotion proce4 dures, on publicly accessible sites, including 

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

6 notice shall expressly state that former employees eligible 

7 for reinstatement may apply.’’. 

8 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec9 tions for subpart I of title 5, United States Code, is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

positions’’. 

11 (d) RECALL.—Subsection (a) of section 308 of the For12 eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948) is amended to 

13 read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(a) Whenever the Secretary determines that the needs 

15 of the Department so require, the Secretary may recall any 

16 retired or voluntarily separated career member of the Serv17 ice, or any retired or voluntarily separated career employee 

18 of the civil service (within the meaning of section 315.201 

19 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor sec20 tion)), for active duty in the same personnel category as 

21 such member or employee was serving at the time of retire22 ment or voluntary separation. A recalled retired or volun23 tarily separated career member of the Service or retired or 

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1 may not be recalled to a salary class higher than the one 

2 in which such member or employee was serving at the time 

3 of retirement or voluntary separation, unless appointed to 

4 such higher class by the President, by and with the advice 

5 and consent of the Senate.’’. 

6 SEC. 313. STRATEGIC STAFFING PLAN FOR THE DEPART7 MENT. 

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

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

10 to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehen11 sive five-year strategic staffing plan for the Department 

12 that is aligned with and furthers the objectives of the Na13 tional Security Strategy of the United States of America 

14 issued in December 2017, or any subsequent strategy issued 

15 not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act, which shall include the following: 

17 (1) A dataset displaying comprehensive work18 force data, including all shortages in bureaus de19 scribed in GAO report GAO-19-220, for all current 

20 and planned employees of the Department, 

21 disaggregated by— 

22 (A) Foreign Service officer and Foreign 

23 Service specialist rank; 

24 (B) civil service job skill code, grade level, 

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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 Federal 

6 Regulations, including the equivalent grade and 

7 job skill code and bureau of assignment of such 

8 employee. 

9 (2) Recommendations on the number of Foreign 

10 Service officers disaggregated by service cone that 

11 should be posted at each United States diplomatic 

12 post and in the District of Columbia, with a detailed 

13 basis for such recommendations. 

14 (3) Recommendations on the number of civil 

15 service officers that should be employed by the Depart16 ment, with a detailed basis for such recommendations. 

17 (b) MAINTENANCE.—The dataset required under sub18 section (a)(1) shall be maintained and updated on a regular 

19 basis. 

20 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall lead the de21 velopment of the plan required under subsection (a) but 

22 may consult or partner with private sector entities with ex23 pertise in labor economics, management, or human re24 sources, as well as organizations familiar with the demands 

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

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

3 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

4 regarding root causes of Foreign Service and civil service 

5 shortages, the effect of such shortages on national security 

6 objectives, and the Department’s plan to implement rec7 ommendations described in GAO-19-220. 

8 SEC. 314. CONSULTING SERVICES. 

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

10 States Code, as added by section 313 of this Act, is amended 

11 by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘§ 10302. Consulting services for the Department of 

13 State 

14 ‘‘Any consulting service obtained by the Department 

15 of State through procurement contract pursuant to section 

16 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 

17 contracts with respect to which expenditures are a matter 

18 of public record and available for public inspection, except 

19 if otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

20 executive order issued pursuant to existing law.’’. 

21 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

22 subpart I of title 5, United States Code, is amended by add23 ing after the item relating to section 10302 the following 

24 new item: 

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1 SEC. 315. INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS. 

2 Section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations 

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

4 last sentence. 

5 SEC. 316. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN AC6 COUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. 

7 Section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security 

8 and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) is 

9 amended— 

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

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

12 AND’’; and 

13 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

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

16 or’’; and 

17 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘beginning on 

18 October 1, 2005, and ending on September 30, 

19 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on October 1, 

20 2019, and ending on September 30, 2022’’. 

21 SEC. 317. FOREIGN SERVICE SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY. 

22 Subsection (c) of section 610 of the Foreign Service Act 

23 of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended— 

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

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1 (2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para2 graph (7); 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol4 lowing new paragraphs: 

5 ‘‘(5) Any member of the Service suspended from duties 

6 under this subsection may be suspended without pay only 

7 after a final written decision is provided to such member 

8 under paragraph (2). 

9 ‘‘(6) If no final written decision under paragraph (2) 

10 has been provided within one calendar year of the date the 

11 suspension at issue was proposed, not later than 30 days 

12 thereafter the Secretary of State shall report to the Com13 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in 

15 writing regarding the specific reasons for such delay.’’; and 

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

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

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

19 The term’’ and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(7) In this subsection, the term’’; 

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

22 to the definition of ‘‘suspend’’ and ‘‘suspension’’); 

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

2 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and 

3 moving such subparagraphs two ems to the left. 

4 SEC. 318. FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUAL AND FOREIGN AF5 FAIRS HANDBOOK CHANGES. 

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

7 date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 days there8 after for five years, the Secretary shall submit to the appro9 priate congressional committees a report detailing all 

10 changes made to the Foreign Affairs Manual or the Foreign 

11 Affairs Handbook. 

12 (b) COVERED PERIODS.—The first report required 

13 under subsection (a) shall cover the five year period pre14 ceding the submission of such report. Each subsequent re15 port shall cover the 180 day period preceding submission. 

16 (c) CONTENTS.—Each report required under sub17 section (a) shall contain the following: 

18 (1) The location within the Foreign Affairs Man19 ual or the Foreign Affairs Handbook where a change 

20 has been made. 

21 (2) The statutory basis for each such change. 

22 (3) A side-by-side comparison of the Foreign Af23 fairs Manual or Foreign Affairs Handbook before and 

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1 (4) A summary of such changes displayed in 

2 spreadsheet form. 

3 SEC. 319. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPA4 TIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN POSI5 TIONS. 

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

7 individual occupational requirements with respect to an 

8 employee or prospective employee of the Department of 

9 State for a civilian position categorized under the GS-0130 

10 occupational series if the Secretary determines that the in11 dividual possesses significant scientific, technological, engi12 neering, or mathematical expertise that is integral to per13 forming the duties of the applicable position, based on dem14 onstrated job performance and qualifying experience. With 

15 respect to each waiver granted under this subsection, the 

16 Secretary shall set forth in a written document that is 

17 transmitted to the Director of the Office of Personnel Man18 agement the rationale for the decision of the Secretary to 

19 waive such requirements . 

20 SEC. 320. STANDARDIZING DEPARTMENT PARENTAL LEAVE 

21 POLICIES. 

22 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to— 

23 (1) afford every employee at the Department 

24 equal access to leave and workplace flexibilities for 

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1 (2) encourage the Department to work towards a 

2 parental leave policy that will help recruit and retain 

3 a dynamic, multi-talented, and diverse workforce ca4 pable of meeting the national security and foreign 

5 policy goals of the United States; and 

6 (3) determine the impacts of flexible leave poli7 cies on recruitment and retention rates. 

8 (b) ESTABLISHING STANDARD PARENTAL LEAVE

9 POLICIES.— 

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

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

12 shall establish and implement a standard parental 

13 leave policy applicable to Department employees 

14 across all bureaus and offices within the Department 

15 and Missions abroad. Nothing in this section shall be 

16 construed to provide any new category of leave not 

17 otherwise provided by law. 

18 (2) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

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

20 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

21 report describing— 

22 (A) the steps taken to implement the policy 

23 required under paragraph (1) across all bureaus 

24 and offices within the Department and Missions 

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1 (B) any costs associated with such policy. 

2 SEC. 321. APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES TO THE GLOBAL 

3 ENGAGEMENT CENTER. 

4 The Secretary may appoint, for a three year period 

5 that may be extended for up to an additional two years, 

6 solely to carry out the functions of the Global Engagement 

7 Center, employees of the Department without regard to the 

8 provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing ap9 pointment in the competitive service, and may fix the basic 

10 compensation of such employees without regard to chapter 

11 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title. 

12 SEC. 322. REST AND RECUPERATION AND OVERSEAS OPER13 ATIONS LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 

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

15 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

16 the following new sections: 

17 ‘‘§ 6329d. Rest and recuperation leave 

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

19 ‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive agen20 cy (as that term is defined in section 105), but does 

21 not include the Government Accountability Office; 

22 ‘‘(2) the term ‘combat zone’ means a geographic 

23 area designated by an Executive Order of the Presi24 dent as an area in which the Armed Forces are en25 gaging or have engaged in combat, an area designated 


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1 by law to be treated as a combat zone, or a location 

2 the Department of Defense has certified for combat 

3 zone tax benefits due to its direct support of military 

4 operations; 

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

6 that term in section 6301; 

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

8 meaning given that term in section 104 of the Omni9 bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 

10 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4803); and 

11 ‘‘(5) the term ‘leave year’ means the period be12 ginning on the first day of the first complete pay pe13 riod in a calendar year and ending on the day imme14 diately before the first day of the first complete pay 

15 period in the following calendar year. 

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

17 head of an agency may prescribe regulations to grant up 

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

19 of rest and recuperation to an employee of the agency serv20 ing in a combat zone, any other high risk, high threat post, 

21 or any other location presenting significant security or 

22 operational challenges. 

23 ‘‘(c) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF AGENCY HEAD.— 

24 Use of the authority under subsection (b) is at the sole and 

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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 ‘‘§ 6329e. Overseas operations leave 

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

6 ‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive agen7 cy (as that term is defined in section 105), but does 

8 not include the Government Accountability Office; 

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

10 that term in section 6301; and 

11 ‘‘(3) the term ‘leave year’ means the period be12 ginning with the first day of the first complete pay 

13 period in a calendar year and ending with the day 

14 immediately before the first day of the first complete 

15 pay period in the following calendar year. 

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

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

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

19 agency serving abroad where the conduct of business could 

20 pose potential security or safety related risks or would be 

21 inconsistent with host-country practice. Such regulations 

22 may provide that additional leave days may be granted 

23 during such leave year if the head of the agency determines 

24 that to do so is necessary to advance the national security 

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1 ‘‘(c) DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF AGENCY HEAD.— 

2 Use of the authority under subsection (b) is at the sole and 

3 exclusive discretion of the head of the agency concerned. 

4 ‘‘(d) RECORDS.—An agency shall record leave pro5 vided under this section separately from leave authorized 

6 under any other provision of law.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections at 

8 the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 

9 the item relating to section 6329c the following new items: 

‘‘6329d. Rest and recuperation leave. 

‘‘6329e. Overseas operations leave.’’. 

10 TITLE IV—A DIVERSE WORK11 FORCE: RECRUITMENT, RE12 TENTION, AND PROMOTION 

13 SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this title: 

15 (1) APPLICANT FLOW DATA.—The term ‘‘appli16 cant flow data’’ means data that tracks the rate of 

17 applications for job positions among demographic 

18 categories. 

19 (2) DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.—The term ‘‘demo20 graphic data’’ means facts or statistics relating to the 

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1 senting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’’ (81 

2 Fed. Reg. 67398). 

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

4 those classes of persons protected under the Civil 

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

6 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

7 12101 et seq.). 

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

9 means— 

10 (A) individuals serving in a position in the 

11 civil service (as defined in section 2101 of title 

12 5, United States Code); 

13 (B) individuals who are members of the 

14 Foreign Service (as defined in section 103 of the 

15 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3902)); 

16 (C) all individuals serving under a personal 

17 services agreement or personal services contract; 

18 (D) all individuals serving under a Foreign 

19 Service Limited appointment under section 309 

20 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980; or 

21 (E) individuals working in the Department 

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

2 WORKFORCE DATA. 

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

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

5 in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel 

6 Management and the Director of the Office of Management 

7 and Budget, submit to the appropriate congressional com8 mittees a report, which shall also be posted on a publicly 

9 available website of the Department in a searchable data10 base format, that includes disaggregated demographic data 

11 and other information regarding the diversity of the work12 force of the Department. 

13 (b) DATA.—The report under subsection (a) shall in14 clude the following data: 

15 (1) Demographic data on each element of the 

16 workforce of the Department, disaggregated by rank 

17 and grade or grade-equivalent, with respect to the fol18 lowing groups: 

19 (A) Applicants for positions in the Depart20 ment. 

21 (B) Individuals hired to join the workforce. 

22 (C) Individuals promoted during the 2-year 

23 period ending on the date of the enactment of 

24 this Act, including promotions to and within the 

25 Senior Executive Service or the Senior Foreign 

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1 (D) Individuals serving on applicable selec2 tion boards. 

3 (E) Members of any external advisory com4 mittee or board who are subject to appointment 

5 by individuals at senior positions in the Depart6 ment. 

7 (F) Individuals participating in profes8 sional development programs of the Department, 

9 and the extent to which such participants have 

10 been placed into senior positions within the De11 partment after such participation. 

12 (G) Individuals participating in 

13 mentorship or retention programs. 

14 (H) Individuals who separated from the 

15 agency during the 2-year period ending on the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, including indi17 viduals in the Senior Executive Service or the 

18 Senior Foreign Service. 

19 (2) An assessment of agency compliance with the 

20 essential elements identified in Equal Employment 

21 Opportunity Commission Management Directive 715, 

22 effective October 1, 2003. 

23 (3) Data on the overall number of individuals 

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1 tion 401(4), and the percentages corresponding to 

2 each rank, grade, or grade-equivalent. 

3 (c) RECOMMENDATION.—The Secretary may include 

4 in the report under subsection (a) a recommendation to the 

5 Director of Office of Management and Budget and to the 

6 appropriate congressional committees regarding whether the 

7 Department should collect more detailed data on demo8 graphic categories in addition to the race and ethnicity cat9 egories specified in the Office of Management and Budget 

10 statistical policy directive entitled ‘‘Standards for Main11 taining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race 

12 and Ethnicity’’ (81 Fed. Reg. 67398). 

13 (d) OTHER CONTENTS.—The report under subsection 

14 (a) shall also describe and assess the effectiveness of the ef15 forts of the Department— 

16 (1) to propagate fairness, impartiality, and in17 clusion in the work environment, both domestically 

18 and abroad; 

19 (2) to enforce anti-harassment and anti-dis20 crimination policies, both domestically and at posts 

21 overseas; 

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

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1 (4) to prevent illegal retaliation against employ2 ees for participating in a protected equal employment 

3 opportunity activity or for reporting sexual harass4 ment or sexual assault; 

5 (5) to provide reasonable accommodation for 

6 qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; 

7 and 

8 (6) to recruit a representative workforce by— 

9 (A) recruiting women and minorities; 

10 (B) recruiting at women’s colleges, histori11 cally Black colleges and universities, minority12 serving institutions, and other institutions serv13 ing a significant percentage of minority stu14 dents; 

15 (C) placing job advertisements in news16 papers, magazines, and job sites oriented toward 

17 women and minorities; 

18 (D) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 

19 in urban and rural communities and land-grant 

20 colleges or universities; 

21 (E) providing opportunities through the 

22 Foreign Service Internship Program under chap23 ter 12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

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

2 professionals through programs designed to in3 crease minority representation in international 

4 affairs; 

5 (G) offering the Foreign Service written and 

6 oral assessment examinations in several locations 

7 throughout the United States to reduce the bur8 den of applicants having to travel at their own 

9 expense to take either or both such examinations; 

10 and 

11 (H) support recruiting and hiring opportu12 nities through— 

13 (i) the Charles B. Rangel International 

14 Affairs Fellowship Program; 

15 (ii) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign 

16 Affairs Fellowship Program; 

17 (iii) the Donald M. Payne Inter18 national Development Fellowship Program; 

19 and 

20 (iv) other initiatives, including agen21 cy-wide policy initiatives. 

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

23 the publication of the report required under subsection (a) 

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1 sonnel Management and the Director of the Office of Man2 agement and Budget to provide a report to the appropriate 

3 congressional committees, which shall be posted on the De4 partment’s website, which may be included in another an5 nual report required under another provision of law, that 

6 includes— 

7 (1) disaggregated demographic data relating to 

8 the workforce and information on the status of diver9 sity and inclusion efforts of the Department; 

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

11 (3) disaggregated demographic data relating to 

12 participants in professional development programs of 

13 the Department and the rate of placement into senior 

14 positions for participants in such programs. 

15 SEC. 403. EXIT INTERVIEWS FOR WORKFORCE. 

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

17 the Foreign Service and the Director of Human Resources 

18 of the Department should conduct periodic interviews with 

19 a representative and diverse cross-section of the workforce 

20 of the Department— 

21 (1) to understand the reasons of individuals in 

22 such workforce for remaining in a position in the De23 partment; and 

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1 affecting the decision of individuals in the workforce 

2 to remain in the Department. 

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

4 the Foreign Service and the Director of Human Resources 

5 shall provide an opportunity for an exit interview to each 

6 individual in the workforce of the Department who sepa7 rates from service with the Department to better understand 

8 the reasons of such individual for leaving such service. 

9 (c) USE OF ANALYSIS FROM INTERVIEWS.—The Direc10 tor General of the Foreign Service and the Director of 

11 Human Resources shall analyze demographic data and 

12 other information obtained through interviews under sub13 sections (a) and (b) to determine— 

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

15 participating in such interviews impacts the results; 

16 and 

17 (2) whether to implement any policy changes or 

18 include any recommendations in a report required 

19 under subsection (a) or (e) of section 402 relating to 

20 the determination reached pursuant to paragraph (1). 

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

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

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1 (2) annually evaluate such data— 

2 (A) to identify ways to improve outreach 

3 and recruitment for such programs, consistent 

4 with merit system principles; and 

5 (B) to understand 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. 404. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. 

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

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

17 of applicants; and 

18 (2) instruct the Director General of the Foreign 

19 Service and the Director of the Bureau of Human Re20 sources of the Department to have a recruitment plan 

21 of action for the recruitment of people belonging to 

22 traditionally under-represented groups, which should 

23 include outreach at appropriate colleges, universities, 

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

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

4 Black colleges and universities, minority-serving in5 stitutions, and other institutions serving a significant 

6 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 focus 

15 on diversity recruitment and retention; and 

16 (5) cultivating partnerships with organizations 

17 dedicated to the advancement of the profession of 

18 international affairs and national security to advance 

19 shared diversity goals. 

20 (c) EXPAND TRAINING ON ANTI-HARASSMENT AND

21 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, through 

23 the Foreign Service Institute and other educational 

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1 (A) ensure the provision of training on 

2 anti-harassment and anti-discrimination infor3 mation and policies to all individuals in the 

4 workforce; 

5 (B) expand the provision of training on 

6 workplace rights and responsibilities to focus on 

7 anti-harassment and anti-discrimination infor8 mation and policies, including policies relating 

9 to sexual assault prevention and response; and 

10 (C) make such expanded training manda11 tory for— 

12 (i) individuals in senior and super13 visory positions; 

14 (ii) individuals having responsibilities 

15 related to recruitment, retention, or pro16 motion of employees; and 

17 (iii) any other individual determined 

18 by the Department who needs such training 

19 based on analysis by the Department or 

20 OPM analysis. 

21 (2) BEST PRACTICES.—The Department shall 

22 give special attention to ensuring the continuous in23 corporation of research-based best practices in train24 ing provided under this subsection. 


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1 SEC. 405. LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT AND ACCOUNT2 ABILITY. 

3 (a) REWARD AND RECOGNIZE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE

4 DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall imple6 ment performance and advancement requirements 

7 that reward and recognize the efforts of individuals in 

8 senior positions and supervisors in the Department in 

9 fostering an inclusive environment and cultivating 

10 talent consistent with merit system principles, such as 

11 through participation in mentoring programs or 

12 sponsorship initiatives, recruitment events, and other 

13 similar opportunities. 

14 (2) OUTREACH EVENTS.—The Secretary shall 

15 create opportunities for individuals in senior posi16 tions and supervisors in the Department to partici17 pate in outreach events and to discuss issues relating 

18 to diversity and inclusion with the workforce on a 

19 regular basis, including with employee resource 

20 groups. 

21 (b) EXTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND

22 BOARDS.—For each external advisory committee or board 

23 to which individuals in senior positions in the Department 

24 appoint members, the Secretary is strongly encouraged by 

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1 board is developed, reviewed, and carried out by qualified 

2 teams that represent the diversity of the organization. 

3 SEC. 406. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES 

4 AND TOOLS. 

5 (a) EXPAND PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOP6 MENT AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

8 expand professional development opportunities that 

9 support the mission needs of the Department, such 

10 as— 

11 (A) academic programs; 

12 (B) private-public exchanges; and 

13 (C) detail assignments to relevant positions 

14 in— 

15 (i) private or international organiza16 tions; 

17 (ii) State, local, and Tribal govern18 ments; 

19 (iii) other branches of the Federal Gov20 ernment; or 

21 (iv) professional schools of inter22 national affairs. 

23 (2) TRAINING FOR SENIOR POSITIONS.— 

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1 pate in, a Senior Executive Service candidate 

2 development program or other program that 

3 trains members on the skills required for ap4 pointment to senior positions in the Department. 

5 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—In determining 

6 which members of the workforce are granted pro7 fessional development or career advancement op8 portunities under subparagraph (A), the Sec9 retary shall— 

10 (i) ensure any program offered or 

11 sponsored by the Department under such 

12 subparagraph comports with the require13 ments of subpart C of part 412 of title 5, 

14 Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc15 cessor thereto, including merit staffing and 

16 assessment requirements; 

17 (ii) consider the number of expected 

18 vacancies in senior positions as a factor in 

19 determining the number of candidates to se20 lect for such programs; 

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1 ability status, or other demographic cat2 egories; and 

3 (iv) actively encourage participation 

4 from a range of demographic categories, es5 pecially from categories with consistently 

6 low participation. 

7 SEC. 407. EXAMINATION AND ORAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE 

8 FOREIGN SERVICE. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

10 that the Department should offer both the Foreign Service 

11 written examination and oral assessment in more locations 

12 throughout the United States. Doing so would ease the fi13 nancial burden on potential candidates who do not cur14 rently reside in and must travel at their own expense to 

15 one of the few locations where these assessments are offered. 

16 (b) FOREIGN SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.—Section 

17 301(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3941) 

18 is amended— 

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

20 ‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following new para22 graph: 

23 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall ensure that the Board of Ex24 aminers for the Foreign Service annually offers the oral as25 sessment examinations described in paragraph (1) in cities, 


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1 chosen on a rotating basis, located in at least three different 

2 time zones across the United States.’’. 

3 SEC. 408. PAYNE FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZATION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Undergraduate and graduate com5 ponents of the Donald M. Payne International Development 

6 Fellowship Program may conduct outreach to attract out7 standing students with an interest in pursuing a Foreign 

8 Service career who represent diverse ethnic and socio9 economic backgrounds. 

10 (b) REVIEW OF PAST PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall 

11 review past programs designed to increase minority rep12 resentation in international affairs positions. 

13 SEC. 409. VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title should be con15 strued so as to compel any employee to participate in the 

16 collection of the data or divulge any personal information. 

17 Department employees shall be informed that their partici18 pation in the data collection contemplated by this title is 

19 voluntary. 

20 (b) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Any data collected under 

21 this title shall be subject to the relevant privacy protection 

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1 TITLE V—INFORMATION 

2 SECURITY 

3 SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this title: 

5 (1) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘informa6 tion system’’ has the meaning given such term in sec7 tion 3502 of title 44, United States Code. 

8 (2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘in9 telligence community’’ has the meaning given such 

10 term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 

11 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 

12 (3) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

13 The term ‘‘relevant congressional committees’’ 

14 means— 

15 (A) the appropriate congressional commit16 tees; 

17 (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

18 the Senate; and 

19 (C) the Permanent Select Committee on In20 telligence of the House of Representatives. 

21 SEC. 502. INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

24 meaning given such term in section 3552(b) of title 

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1 (2) PENETRATION TEST.—The term ‘‘penetration 

2 test’’ means a test methodology in which assessors at3 tempt to circumvent or defeat the security features of 

4 an information system. 

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

6 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary shall establish a process for conducting semiannual 

8 consultations with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of 

9 National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

10 and any other department or agency representative who the 

11 Secretary determines to be appropriate regarding the secu12 rity of United States Government and nongovernmental in13 formation systems used or operated by the Department, a 

14 contractor of the Department, or another organization on 

15 behalf of the Department, including any such systems or 

16 networks facilitating the use of sensitive or classified infor17 mation. 

18 (c) INDEPENDENT PENETRATION TESTING OF INFOR19 MATION SYSTEMS.—In coordination with the consultations 

20 under subsection (b), the Secretary shall commission inde21 pendent, semiannual penetration tests, which shall be car22 ried out by an appropriate Federal department or agency 

23 other than the Department, such as the Department of 

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1 to detect and prevent penetrations or compromises of such 

2 information systems, including malicious intrusions by any 

3 unauthorized individual, state actor, or other entity. 

4 (d) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the require5 ment under subsection (c) for up to one year if the Sec6 retary— 

7 (1) determines that such requirement would have 

8 adverse effects on national security or the diplomatic 

9 mission of the Department; and 

10 (2) not later than 30 days after the commence11 ment of such a determination, submits to the relevant 

12 congressional committees a written justification that 

13 describes how such penetration tests would undermine 

14 national security or the diplomatic mission of the De15 partment. 

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

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 

18 thereafter for three years, the Secretary, in consultation 

19 with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the National 

20 Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and any 

21 other department or agency representative who the Sec22 retary determines to be appropriate, shall securely submit 

23 to the relevant congressional committees a classified report 

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1 (1) For the first reporting period, all known and 

2 suspected incidents affecting the information systems 

3 specified in subsection (b) that occurred during the 

4 180-day period immediately preceding the date of the 

5 enactment of this Act. 

6 (2) For all subsequent reporting periods, all 

7 known and suspected incidents affecting the informa8 tion systems specified in subsection (b) that occurred 

9 since the submission of the most recent report. 

10 (f) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (e) shall 

11 include, for the relevant reporting period, a summary over12 view addressing the following: 

13 (1) A description of the relevant information sys14 tem, as specified in subsection (b), that experienced a 

15 known or suspected incident. 

16 (2) An assessment of the date and time each such 

17 incident occurred or was suspected to have occurred. 

18 (3) An assessment of the duration over which 

19 each such incident took place or is suspected of having 

20 taken place, including whether such incident is ongo21 ing. 

22 (4) An assessment of the volume and sensitivity 

23 of information accessed, compromised, or potentially 

24 compromised by each incident, including any such 

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1 operated, managed, or utilized by any other Federal 

2 department or agency. 

3 (5) An assessment of whether such information 

4 system was compromised by such incident, including 

5 an assessment of the following: 

6 (A) The known or suspected perpetrators, 

7 including state actors. 

8 (B) The methods used to carry out the inci9 dent. 

10 (C) The known or suspected intent of the ac11 tors in accessing the information system. 

12 (6) A description of the actions the Department 

13 has taken or plans to take, including timelines and 

14 descriptions of any progress on plans described in 

15 prior reports, to prevent future, similar incidents af16 fecting such information systems. 

17 SEC. 503. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH CERTAIN 

18 TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS. 

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

20 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec21 retary, in consultation with the Director of National Intel22 ligence, shall develop or maintain, as the case may be, and 

23 update as frequently as the Secretary determines appro24 priate, a list of covered contractors with respect to which 

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1 later than 30 days after the initial development of the list 

2 under this subsection, any update thereto, and annually 

3 thereafter for five years after such initial 30 day period, 

4 the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees a copy of such list. 

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

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

8 list described in subsection (a). 

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

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

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

12 Secretary determines appropriate. The Secretary, in con13 sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 

14 determine a process for removing covered contractors from 

15 the list, as appropriate, and publicly disclose such process. 

16 (d) WAIVERS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President or the Sec18 retary may waive the prohibition specified in sub19 section (b) if the President or the Secretary deter20 mines that such waiver is justified for national secu21 rity reasons. 

22 (2) WAIVER FOR OVERSEAS OPERATIONS.—The 

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1 sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 

2 determines that no suitable alternatives are available. 

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

4 the term ‘‘covered contractor’’ means a provider of tele5 communications, telecommunications equipment, or infor6 mation technology equipment, including hardware, soft7 ware, or services, that has knowingly assisted or facilitated 

8 a cyber attack or conducted surveillance, including passive 

9 or active monitoring, carried out against— 

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

11 government, or persons associated with such govern12 ment, listed as a cyber threat actor in the intelligence 

13 community’s 2017 assessment of worldwide threats to 

14 United States national security or any subsequent 

15 worldwide threat assessment of the intelligence com16 munity; or 

17 (2) individuals, including activists, journalists, 

18 opposition politicians, or other individuals for the 

19 purposes of suppressing dissent or intimidating crit20 ics, on behalf of a country included in the annual 

21 country reports on human rights practices of the De22 partment for systematic acts of political repression, 

23 including arbitrary arrest or detention, torture, 

24 extrajudicial or politically motivated killing, or other 

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

2 respect to contracts of a covered contractor entered into on 

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

4 SEC. 504. PRESERVING RECORDS OF ELECTRONIC COMMU5 NICATIONS CONDUCTED RELATED TO OFFI6 CIAL DUTIES OF POSITIONS IN THE PUBLIC 

7 TRUST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 

8 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

9 that, as a matter of rule of law and transparency in a 

10 democratic government, all officers and employees of the De11 partment and the United States Agency for International 

12 Development must preserve all records of communications 

13 conducted in their official capacities or related to their offi14 cial duties with entities outside of the United States Gov15 ernment. It is further the sense of Congress that such prac16 tice should include foreign government officials or other for17 eign entities which may seek to influence United States 

18 Government policies and actions. 

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

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

21 in the Foreign Affairs Manual guidance implementing 

22 chapter 31 of title 44, United States Code (commonly re23 ferred to as the ‘‘Federal Records Act’’), to treat electronic 

24 messaging systems, software, and applications as equivalent 

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1 records, and shall also publish in the Foreign Affairs Man2 ual the statutory penalties for failure to comply with such 

3 guidance. No funds are authorized to be appropriated or 

4 made available to the Department of State under any Act 

5 to support the use or establishment of accounts on third6 party messaging applications or other non-Government on7 line communication tools if the Secretary does not certify 

8 to the relevant congressional committees that the Secretary 

9 has carried out this section. 

10 SEC. 505. FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 

11 (FRUS) SERIES AND DECLASSIFICATION. 

12 The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

13 is amended— 

14 (1) in section 401(c) (22 U.S.C. 4351(c)), by 

15 striking ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’; 

16 (2) in section 402(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 4352(a)(2)), 

17 by striking ‘‘26’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’; and 

18 (3) in section 404 (22 U.S.C. 4354)— 

19 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 

20 ‘‘30’’and inserting ‘‘25’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking 

22 ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’. 

23 SEC. 506. VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY AND BUG 

24 BOUNTY PILOT PROGRAM. 

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1 (1) BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘bug 

2 bounty program’’ means a program under which an 

3 approved individual, organization, or company is 

4 temporarily authorized to identify and report 

5 vulnerabilities of internet-facing information tech6 nology of the Department in exchange for compensa7 tion. 

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

9 means the Department of State. 

10 (3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘in11 formation technology’’ has the meaning given such 

12 term in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code. 

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

14 the Secretary of State. 

15 (b) DEPARTMENT OF STATE VULNERABILITY DISCLO16 SURE PROCESS.— 

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

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

19 shall design, establish, and make publicly known a 

20 Vulnerability Disclosure Process (VDP) to improve 

21 Department cybersecurity by— 

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1 (i) conducting vulnerability discovery 

2 activities directed at Department informa3 tion technology; and 

4 (ii) submitting discovered security 

5 vulnerabilities to the Department; and 

6 (B) creating Department procedures and 

7 infrastructure to receive and fix discovered 

8 vulnerabilities. 

9 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the VDP 

10 pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 

11 (A) identify which Department information 

12 technology should be included in the process; 

13 (B) determine whether the process should 

14 differentiate among and specify the types of secu15 rity vulnerabilities that may be targeted; 

16 (C) provide a readily available means of re17 porting discovered security vulnerabilities and 

18 the form in which such vulnerabilities should be 

19 reported; 

20 (D) identify which Department offices and 

21 positions will be responsible for receiving, 

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1 zations, and companies that comply with the re2 quirements of the process are protected from 

3 prosecution under section 1030 of title 18, 

4 United States Code, and similar provisions of 

5 law for specific activities authorized under the 

6 process; 

7 (F) consult with the relevant offices at the 

8 Department of Defense that were responsible for 

9 launching the 2016 Vulnerability Disclosure Pro10 gram, ‘‘Hack the Pentagon’’, and subsequent De11 partment of Defense bug bounty programs; 

12 (G) engage qualified interested persons, in13 cluding nongovernmental sector representatives, 

14 about the structure of the process as constructive 

15 and to the extent practicable; and 

16 (H) award contracts to entities, as nec17 essary, to manage the process and implement the 

18 remediation of discovered security 

19 vulnerabilities. 

20 (3) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days 

21 after the establishment of the VDP under paragraph 

22 (1) and annually thereafter for the next six years, the 

23 Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on 

24 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 

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1 report on the VDP, including information relating to 

2 the following: 

3 (A) The number and severity, in accordance 

4 with the National Vulnerabilities Database of the 

5 National Institute of Standards and Technology, 

6 of security vulnerabilities reported. 

7 (B) The number of previously unidentified 

8 security vulnerabilities remediated as a result. 

9 (C) The current number of outstanding pre10 viously unidentified security vulnerabilities and 

11 Department of State remediation plans. 

12 (D) The average length of time between the 

13 reporting of security vulnerabilities and remedi14 ation of such vulnerabilities. 

15 (E) The resources, surge staffing, roles, and 

16 responsibilities within the Department used to 

17 implement the VDP and complete security vul18 nerability remediation. 

19 (F) Any other information the Secretary de20 termines relevant. 

21 (c) DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUG BOUNTY PILOT PRO22 GRAM.— 

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

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1 mize security vulnerabilities of internet-facing infor2 mation technology of the Department. 

3 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the pilot 

4 program described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 

5 shall— 

6 (A) provide compensation for reports of pre7 viously unidentified security vulnerabilities 

8 within the websites, applications, and other 

9 internet-facing information technology of the De10 partment that are accessible to the public; 

11 (B) award contracts to entities, as nec12 essary, to manage such pilot program and for 

13 executing the remediation of security vulnerabili14 ties identified pursuant to subparagraph (A); 

15 (C) identify which Department information 

16 technology should be included in such pilot pro17 gram; 

18 (D) consult with the Attorney General on 

19 how to ensure that individuals, organizations, or 

20 companies that comply with the requirements of 

21 such pilot program are protected from prosecu22 tion under section 1030 of title 18, United States 

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1 (E) consult with the relevant offices at the 

2 Department of Defense that were responsible for 

3 launching the 2016 ‘‘Hack the Pentagon’’ pilot 

4 program and subsequent Department of Defense 

5 bug bounty programs; 

6 (F) develop a process by which an approved 

7 individual, organization, or company can reg8 ister with the entity referred to in subparagraph 

9 (B), submit to a background check as determined 

10 by the Department, and receive a determination 

11 as to eligibility for participation in such pilot 

12 program; 

13 (G) engage qualified interested persons, in14 cluding nongovernmental sector representatives, 

15 about the structure of such pilot program as con16 structive and to the extent practicable; and 

17 (H) consult with relevant United States 

18 Government officials to ensure that such pilot 

19 program complements persistent network and 

20 vulnerability scans of the Department of State’s 

21 internet-accessible systems, such as the scans con22 ducted pursuant to Binding Operational Direc23 tive BOD–15–01. 


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1 (3) DURATION.—The pilot program established 

2 under paragraph (1) should be short-term in duration 

3 and not last longer than one year. 

4 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date on which the bug bounty pilot program under 

6 subsection (a) is completed, the Secretary shall submit 

7 to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

8 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

9 of Representatives a report on such pilot program, in10 cluding information relating to— 

11 (A) the number of approved individuals, or12 ganizations, or companies involved in such pilot 

13 program, broken down by the number of ap14 proved individuals, organizations, or companies 

15 that— 

16 (i) registered; 

17 (ii) were approved; 

18 (iii) submitted security vulnerabilities; 

19 and 

20 (iv) received compensation; 

21 (B) the number and severity, in accordance 

22 with the National Vulnerabilities Database of the 

23 National Institute of Standards and Technology, 

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1 (C) the number of previously unidentified 

2 security vulnerabilities remediated as a result of 

3 such pilot program; 

4 (D) the current number of outstanding pre5 viously unidentified security vulnerabilities and 

6 Department remediation plans; 

7 (E) the average length of time between the 

8 reporting of security vulnerabilities and remedi9 ation of such vulnerabilities; 

10 (F) the types of compensation provided 

11 under such pilot program; and 

12 (G) the lessons learned from such pilot pro13 gram. 

14 TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

15 SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public Diplomacy Mod17 ernization Act of 2019’’. 

18 SEC. 602. AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF PROGRAMS AND EF19 FORTS. 

20 The Secretary shall— 

21 (1) identify opportunities for greater efficiency of 

22 operations, including through improved coordination 

23 of efforts across public diplomacy bureaus and offices 

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1 (2) maximize shared use of resources between, 

2 and within, such public diplomacy bureaus and of3 fices in cases in which programs, facilities, or admin4 istrative functions are duplicative or substantially 

5 overlapping. 

6 SEC. 603. IMPROVING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF PUB7 LIC DIPLOMACY. 

8 (a) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.—The 

9 Secretary, acting through the Director of Research and 

10 Evaluation appointed pursuant to subsection (b), shall— 

11 (1) conduct regular research and evaluation of 

12 public diplomacy programs and activities of the De13 partment, including through the routine use of audi14 ence research, digital analytics, and impact evalua15 tions, to plan and execute such programs and activi16 ties; and 

17 (2) make available to Congress the findings of 

18 the research and evaluations conducted under para19 graph (1). 

20 (b) DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

21 (1) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

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

23 shall appoint a Director of Research and Evaluation 

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1 the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Pub2 lic Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the Department. 

3 (2) LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT.—The ap4 pointment of the Director pursuant to paragraph (1) 

5 shall not result in an increase in the overall full-time 

6 equivalent positions within the Department. 

7 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director shall— 

8 (A) report to the Director of Policy Plan9 ning of the Office of Policy, Planning, and Re10 sources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 

11 of the Department; 

12 (B) coordinate and oversee the research and 

13 evaluation of public diplomacy programs and 

14 activities of the Department to— 

15 (i) improve public diplomacy strategies 

16 and tactics; and 

17 (ii) ensure that such programs and ac18 tivities are increasing the knowledge, under19 standing, and trust of the United States by 

20 relevant target audiences; 

21 (C) routinely organize and oversee audience 

22 research, digital analytics, and impact evalua23 tions across all public diplomacy bureaus and of24 fices of the Department; 


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1 (D) support United States diplomatic posts’ 

2 public affairs sections; 

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

5 Department and with other appropriate Federal 

6 departments and agencies; 

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

9 procedures to ensure that public diplomacy pro10 grams and activities across all public diplomacy 

11 bureaus and offices are designed to meet appro12 priate foreign policy objectives; and 

13 (G) report biannually to the United States 

14 Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 

15 through the Subcommittee on Research and 

16 Evaluation established pursuant to subsection 

17 (f), regarding the research and evaluation of all 

18 public diplomacy bureaus and offices. 

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

20 one year after the appointment of the Director pursu21 ant to paragraph (1), the Director shall develop guid22 ance and training, including curriculum for use by 

23 the Foreign Service Institute, for all public diplomacy 

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1 tivity evaluation findings to ensure that such findings 

2 and related lessons learned are implemented in the 

3 planning and evaluation of all public diplomacy pro4 grams and activities of the Department. 

5 (c) PRIORITIZING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of Policy Plan7 ning of the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources 

8 for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the De9 partment shall ensure that research and evaluation of 

10 public diplomacy and activities of the Department, as 

11 coordinated and overseen by the Director pursuant to 

12 subsection (b), supports strategic planning and re13 source allocation across all public diplomacy bureaus 

14 and offices of the Department. 

15 (2) ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.—Amounts allo16 cated for the purpose of research and evaluation of 

17 public diplomacy programs and activities of the De18 partment pursuant to subsection (b) shall be made 

19 available to be disbursed at the direction of the Direc20 tor among the research and evaluation staff across all 

21 public diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Depart22 ment. 

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

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1 the headings ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange 

2 Programs’’ and ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for research 

3 and evaluation of public diplomacy programs and ac4 tivities of the Department pursuant to subsection (b) 

5 to a percentage of program funds that is commensu6 rate with Federal Government best practices. 

7 (d) LIMITED EXEMPTION RELATING TO THE PAPER8 WORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United 

9 States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduc10 tion Act’’) shall not apply to the collection of information 

11 directed at any individuals conducted by, or on behalf of, 

12 the Department for the purpose of audience research, moni13 toring, and evaluations, and in connection with the Depart14 ment’s activities conducted pursuant to any of the fol15 lowing: 

16 (1) The United States Information and Edu17 cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et 

18 seq.). 

19 (2) The Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex20 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.). 

21 (3) Section 1287 of the National Defense Author22 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 

23 328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 

24 (4) The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

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1 (e) LIMITED EXEMPTION RELATING TO THE PRIVACY

2 ACT.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Department shall main4 tain, collect, use, and disseminate records (as such 

5 term is defined in section 552a(a)(4) of title 5, 

6 United States Code) for audience research, digital 

7 analytics, and impact evaluation of communications 

8 related to public diplomacy efforts intended for for9 eign audiences. 

10 (2) CONDITIONS.—Audience research, digital 

11 analytics, and impact evaluations under paragraph 

12 (1) shall be— 

13 (A) reasonably tailored to meet the purposes 

14 of this subsection; and 

15 (B) carried out with due regard for privacy 

16 and civil liberties guidance and oversight. 

17 (f) UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUB18 LIC DIPLOMACY.— 

19 (1) SUBCOMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH AND EVAL20 UATION.—The United States Advisory Commission on 

21 Public Diplomacy shall establish a Subcommittee on 

22 Research and Evaluation to monitor and advise re23 garding audience research, digital analytics, and im24 pact evaluations carried out by the Department and 

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1 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Subcommittee on Re2 search and Evaluation established pursuant to para3 graph (1) shall submit to the appropriate congres4 sional committees an annual report, in conjunction 

5 with the United States Advisory Commission on Pub6 lic Diplomacy’s Comprehensive Annual Report on the 

7 performance of the Department and the United States 

8 Agency for Global Media, describing all actions taken 

9 by the Subcommittee pursuant to paragraph (1) and 

10 any findings made as a result of such actions. 

11 SEC. 604. PERMANENT REAUTHORIZATION OF THE UNITED 

12 STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC 

13 DIPLOMACY. 

14 Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Re15 structuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is amended— 

16 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘SUN17 SET’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTINUATION’’; and 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘until October 1, 2020’’. 

19 SEC. 605. STREAMLINING OF SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. 

20 (a) WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED.—Not later than 

21 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec22 retary shall establish a working group to explore the possi23 bilities and cost-benefit analysis of transitioning to a 

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1 tive support functions for all bureaus of the Department 

2 that report to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy 

3 of the Department. 

4 (b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

6 the appropriate congressional committees a plan to imple7 ment any such findings of the working group established 

8 under subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 606. GUIDANCE FOR CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 

10 FACILITIES. 

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

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

13 shall adopt, and include in the Foreign Affairs Manual, 

14 guidelines to collect and utilize information from each dip15 lomatic post at which the construction of a new embassy 

16 compound or new consulate compound would result in the 

17 closure or co-location of an American Space, American Cen18 ter, American Corner, or any other public diplomacy facil19 ity under the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter20 terrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 et seq.). 

21 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The guidelines required by sub22 section (a) shall include the following: 

23 (1) Standardized notification to each chief of 

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1 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and the impact on the 

2 mission footprint of such requirements. 

3 (2) An assessment and recommendations from 

4 each chief of mission of potential impacts to public 

5 diplomacy programming at such diplomatic post if 

6 any public diplomacy facility referred to in sub7 section (a) is closed or staff is co-located in accord8 ance with such Act. 

9 (3) A process by which assessments and rec10 ommendations under paragraph (2) are considered by 

11 the Secretary and the appropriate Under Secretaries 

12 and Assistant Secretaries of the Department. 

13 (4) Notification to the appropriate congressional 

14 committees, prior to the initiation of a new embassy 

15 compound or new consulate compound design, of the 

16 intent to close any such public diplomacy facility or 

17 co-locate public diplomacy staff in accordance with 

18 such Act. 

19 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

21 the appropriate congressional committees a report con22 taining the guidelines required under subsection (a) and 

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1 SEC. 607. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this title: 

3 (1) AUDIENCE RESEARCH.—The term ‘‘audience 

4 research’’ means research conducted at the outset of a 

5 public diplomacy program or the outset of campaign 

6 planning and design regarding specific audience seg7 ments to understand the attitudes, interests, knowl8 edge, and behaviors of such audience segments. 

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

10 analytics’’ means the analysis of qualitative and 

11 quantitative data, accumulated in digital format, to 

12 indicate the outputs and outcomes of a public diplo13 macy program or campaign. 

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

15 evaluation’’ means an assessment of the changes in 

16 the audience targeted by a public diplomacy program 

17 or campaign that can be attributed to such program 

18 or campaign. 

19 (4) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BUREAUS AND OF20 FICES.—The term ‘‘public diplomacy bureaus and of21 fices’’ means, with respect to the Department, the fol22 lowing: 

23 (A) The Bureau of Educational and Cul24 tural Affairs. 

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1 (C) The Office of Policy, Planning, and Re2 sources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. 

3 (D) The Global Engagement Center. 

4 (E) The public diplomacy functions within 

5 the regional and functional bureaus. 

6 TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC 

7 CORRUPTION 

8 SEC. 701. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that— 

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

11 United States to help foreign countries promote good 

12 governance and combat public corruption; 

13 (2) multiple Federal departments and agencies 

14 operate programs that promote good governance in 

15 foreign countries and enhance such countries’ ability 

16 to combat public corruption; 

17 (3) the Department should promote coordination 

18 among the Federal departments and agencies imple19 menting programs to promote good governance and 

20 combat public corruption in foreign countries in 

21 order to improve effectiveness and efficiency; and 

22 (4) the Department should identify areas in 

23 which United States efforts to help other countries 

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1 SEC. 702. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2020 

3 through 2026, the Secretary shall assess the capacity and 

4 commitment of foreign countries to combat public corrup5 tion. Each such assessment shall— 

6 (1) utilize independent, third party indicators 

7 that measure transparency, accountability, and cor8 ruption in the public sector in such countries, includ9 ing the extent to which public power is exercised for 

10 private gain, to identify those countries that are most 

11 vulnerable to public corruption; 

12 (2) consider, to the extent reliable information is 

13 available, whether the government of a country identi14 fied under paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) has adopted measures to prevent public 

16 corruption, such as measures to inform and edu17 cate the public, including potential victims, 

18 about the causes and consequences of public cor19 ruption; 

20 (B) has enacted laws and established gov21 ernment structures, policies, and practices that 

22 prohibit public corruption; 

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1 pate in or facilitate public corruption, including 

2 nationals of such country who are deployed in 

3 foreign military assignments, trade delegations 

4 abroad, or other similar missions who engage in 

5 or facilitate public corruption; 

6 (E) prescribes appropriate punishment for 

7 serious, significant corruption that is commensu8 rate with the punishment prescribed for serious 

9 crimes; 

10 (F) prescribes appropriate punishment for 

11 significant corruption that provides a suffi12 ciently stringent deterrent and adequately re13 flects the nature of the offense; 

14 (G) convicts and sentences persons respon15 sible for such acts that take place wholly or part16 ly within the country of such government, in17 cluding, as appropriate, requiring the incarcer18 ation of individuals convicted of such acts; 

19 (H) holds private sector representatives ac20 countable for their role in public corruption; and 

21 (I) addresses threats for civil society to 

22 monitor anti-corruption efforts; and 

23 (3) further consider— 

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1 (1) to prohibit government officials from partici2 pating in, facilitating, or condoning public cor3 ruption, including the investigation, prosecution, 

4 and conviction of such officials; 

5 (B) the extent to which such government 

6 provides access, or, as appropriate, makes ade7 quate resources available, to civil society organi8 zations and other institutions to combat public 

9 corruption, including reporting, investigating, 

10 and monitoring; 

11 (C) the extent to which an independent ju12 diciary or judicial body in such country is re13 sponsible for, and effectively capable of, deciding 

14 public corruption cases impartially, on the basis 

15 of facts and in accordance with law, without any 

16 improper restrictions, influences, inducements, 

17 pressures, threats, or interferences, whether direct 

18 or indirect, from any source or for any reason; 

19 (D) the extent to which such government co20 operates meaningfully with the United States to 

21 strengthen government and judicial institutions 

22 and the rule of law to prevent, prohibit, and 

23 punish public corruption; 

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1 (i) is assisting in international inves2 tigations of transnational public corruption 

3 networks and in other cooperative efforts to 

4 combat serious, significant corruption, in5 cluding cooperating with the governments of 

6 other countries to extradite corrupt actors; 

7 (ii) recognizes the rights of victims of 

8 public corruption, ensures their access to 

9 justice, and takes steps to prevent such vic10 tims from being further victimized or per11 secuted by corrupt actors, government offi12 cials, or others; and 

13 (iii) refrains from prosecuting legiti14 mate victims of public corruption or whis15 tleblowers due to such persons having as16 sisted in exposing public corruption, and 

17 refrains from other discriminatory treat18 ment of such persons; and 

19 (F) contain such other information relating 

20 to public corruption as the Secretary considers 

21 appropriate. 

22 (b) IDENTIFICATION.—After conducting each assess23 ment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify the 

24 countries described in paragraph (1) of such subsection that 

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1 (1) meeting minimum standards to combat pub2 lic corruption; 

3 (2) not meeting such minimum standards but 

4 making significant efforts to do so; and 

5 (3) neither meeting such minimum standards 

6 nor making significant efforts to do so. 

7 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter through 

9 fiscal year 2026, the Secretary shall submit to the appro10 priate congressional committees and make publicly avail11 able a report that identifies the countries described in sub12 section (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b), 

13 including a description of the methodology and data uti14 lized in the assessments under subsection (a) and the rea15 sons for such identifications. 

16 (d) BRIEFING IN LIEU OF REPORT.—The Secretary 

17 may waive the requirement to submit and make publicly 

18 available a written report under subsection (c) if the Sec19 retary— 

20 (1) determines that publication of such report 

21 would— 

22 (A) undermine existing United States anti23 corruption efforts in one or more countries; or 

24 (B) threaten the national interests of the 

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1 (2) provides a briefing to the appropriate con2 gressional committees that identifies the countries de3 scribed in subsection (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and 

4 (3) of subsection (b), including a description of the 

5 methodology and data utilized in the assessment 

6 under subsection (a) and the reasons for such identi7 fications. 

8 SEC. 703. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

9 For each country identified under paragraphs (2) and 

10 (3) of section 702(b), the Secretary, in coordination with 

11 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter12 national Development, as appropriate, shall— 

13 (1) ensure that a corruption risk assessment and 

14 mitigation strategy is included in the integrated 

15 country strategy for such country; and 

16 (2) utilize appropriate mechanisms to combat 

17 corruption in such countries, including by ensuring— 

18 (A) the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses 

19 in contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements 

20 entered into by the Department or the Agency for 

21 or in such countries, which allow for the termi22 nation of such contracts, grants, or cooperative 

23 agreements, as the case may be, without penalty 

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1 (B) the inclusion of appropriate clawback 

2 or flowdown clauses within the procurement in3 struments of the Department and the Agency 

4 that provide for the recovery of funds misappro5 priated through corruption; 

6 (C) the appropriate disclosure to the United 

7 States Government, in confidential form, if nec8 essary, of the beneficial ownership of contractors, 

9 subcontractors, grantees, cooperative agreement 

10 participants, and other organizations imple11 menting programs on behalf of the Department 

12 or Agency; and 

13 (D) the establishment of mechanisms for in14 vestigating allegations of misappropriated re15 sources and equipment. 

16 SEC. 704. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 

17 POINTS OF CONTACT. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall annually des19 ignate an anti-corruption point of contact at the United 

20 States diplomatic post to each country identified under 

21 paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 702(b), or which the Sec22 retary otherwise determines is in need of such a point of 

23 contact. 

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1 sible for coordinating and overseeing implementation of a 

2 whole-of-government approach among the relevant Federal 

3 departments and agencies that operate programs that pro4 mote good governance in foreign countries and enhance such 

5 countries’ ability to combat public corruption in order to 

6 accomplish such objectives in the country to which such 

7 point of contact is posted, including through the develop8 ment and implementation of corruption risk assessment 

9 tools and mitigation strategies. 

10 (c) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall implement appro11 priate training for designated anti-corruption points of 

12 contact under subsection (a). 

13 SEC. 705. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

14 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, for each 

16 of fiscal years 2020 through 2026, submit to the ap17 propriate congressional committees a report on imple18 mentation of this title, including a description of the 

19 following: 

20 (A) The offices within the Department and 

21 the United States Agency for International De22 velopment that are engaging in significant anti23 corruption activities. 

24 (B) The findings and actions of designated 

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1 implement risk mitigation strategies and ensure 

2 compliance with section 703. 

3 (C) The training implemented under section 

4 704(c). 

5 (D) Management of the whole-of-government 

6 effort referred to in section 704(b) to combat cor7 ruption within the countries identified in section 

8 702 and efforts to improve coordination across 

9 Federal departments and agencies. 

10 (E) The risk assessment tools and mitiga11 tion strategies utilized by the Department and 

12 the Agency. 

13 (F) Other information determined by the 

14 Secretary to be necessary and appropriate. 

15 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report under this 

16 subsection shall be submitted in an unclassified for17 mat but may include a classified annex. 

18 (b) ONLINE PLATFORM.—The Secretary shall consoli19 date existing reports with anti-corruption components into 

20 one online, public platform, which should— 

21 (1) include— 

22 (A) the annual Country Reports on Human 

23 Rights Practices; 

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1 (C) the annual Investment Climate State2 ments; 

3 (D) the annual International Narcotics 

4 Control Strategy Report; 

5 (E) the Country Scorecards of the Millen6 nium Challenge Corporation; and 

7 (F) any other relevant public reports; and 

8 (2) link to third-party indicators and compli9 ance mechanisms used by the United States Govern10 ment to inform policy and programming, such as— 

11 (A) the International Finance Corporation’s 

12 Doing Business surveys; 

13 (B) the International Budget Partnership’s 

14 Open Budget Index; and 

15 (C) multilateral peer review anti-corruption 

16 compliance mechanisms, such as the Organiza17 tion for Economic Co-operation and Develop18 ment’s Working Group on Bribery in Inter19 national Business Transactions and the United 

20 Nations Convention Against Corruption, done at 

21 New York October 31, 2003, to further highlight 

22 expert international views on country challenges 

23 and country efforts. 

24 (c) TRAINING.—The Secretary and the Administrator 

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1 shall incorporate anti-corruption components into existing 

2 Foreign Service and Civil Service training courses to— 

3 (1) increase the ability of Department and Agen4 cy personnel to support anti-corruption as a foreign 

5 policy priority; and 

6 (2) strengthen the ability of such personnel to de7 sign, implement, and evaluate more effective anti-cor8 ruption programming around the world, including 

9 enhancing skills to better evaluate and mitigate pub10 lic corruption risks in assistance programs. 

11 SEC. 706. FOREIGN INVESTMENTS AND NATIONAL SECU12 RITY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter 

15 for the following six years, the Secretary, in consultation 

16 with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of National 

17 Intelligence, and the heads of other agencies, as appropriate, 

18 shall submit to Congress an interagency strategy to work 

19 with foreign governments and multilateral institutions to 

20 guard against the risks of certain transactions involving 

21 foreign investments. 

22 (b) CONTENTS.—Each interagency strategy under 

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1 (1) Information sharing with foreign govern2 ments and multilateral institutions regarding risks 

3 associated with potential foreign investments. 

4 (2) Promoting American and other alternatives 

5 to foreign investments identified as presenting sub6 stantial risk to the national security or sovereignty of 

7 a country. 

8 (3) Providing technical assistance to foreign gov9 ernments or multilateral institutions regarding 

10 screening foreign investments. 

11 (4) Designating points of contact at each United 

12 States mission to foreign governments and multilat13 eral institutions, and in associated regional bureaus, 

14 to coordinate efforts described in this paragraph. 

15 (c) COORDINATION.—If the Secretary determines such 

16 is appropriate, the designated points of contact referred to 

17 in subsection (b)(4) may be the same individual designated 

18 under section 704(a). 

19 TITLE VIII—MATTERS RELATING 

20 TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY 

21 SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Security 

23 Assistance Act of 2019’’. 

24 SEC. 802. SECURITY ASSISTANCE DEFINED. 

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1 (1) assistance under chapter 8 (relating to inter2 national narcotics control) of part I of the Foreign 

3 Assistance Act of 1961; 

4 (2) assistance under chapter 2 (military assist5 ance), chapter 5 (international military education 

6 and training), chapter 6 (peacekeeping operations), 

7 chapter 8 (antiterrorism assistance), and chapter 9 

8 (nonproliferation and export control assistance) of 

9 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

10 (3) assistance under section 23 of the Arms Ex11 port Control Act (relating to the Foreign Military Fi12 nancing program); and 

13 (4) sales of defense articles or defense services, ex14 tensions of credits (including participations in cred15 its), and guaranties of loans under the Arms Export 

16 Control Act. 

17 Subtitle A—Reform Relating to 

18 Security Assistance 

19 SEC. 811. ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM. 

20 (a) WORKING GROUP.— 

21 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab22 lish a Working Group on matters relating to security 

23 assistance (in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Working 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Working Group 

2 shall be composed of— 

3 (i) the Deputy Secretary of State; and 

4 (ii) each Under Secretary of State re5 sponsible for matters relating to security as6 sistance. 

7 (B) CHAIR.—The Deputy Secretary shall 

8 serve as the chair of the Working Group. 

9 (3) MEETINGS.—The Working Group shall meet 

10 not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

11 of this Act and on a quarterly basis thereafter. 

12 (4) DUTIES.—The duties of the Working Group 

13 shall include— 

14 (A) within the Department and across 

15 United States diplomatic posts— 

16 (i) providing strategic policy guidance 

17 on objectives and priorities for security as18 sistance; 

19 (ii) ensuring strategic integration of 

20 budgets and planning for security assist21 ance; and 

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1 (B) overseeing Department of State coordi2 nation with the Secretary of Defense, the Admin3 istrator of the United States Agency for Inter4 national Development (USAID), and the heads 

5 of other relevant Federal departments and agen6 cies on all matters relating to security assist7 ance. 

8 (b) OFFICE OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

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

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

11 shall designate an existing office or establish a new 

12 office to be the Office of Security Assistance (in this 

13 subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Office’’), which shall report 

14 to an Under Secretary who is a member of the Work15 ing Group. 

16 (2) COORDINATOR.—The head of the Office shall 

17 be the Coordinator for Security Assistance (in this 

18 subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’), who shall 

19 be an individual of demonstrated competency in the 

20 fields of security assistance and international diplo21 macy. 

22 (3) DUTIES.—The duties of the Coordinator shall 

23 include— 

24 (A) within the Department and across 

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1 (i) guiding and supporting security as2 sistance; 

3 (ii) advising the Working Group on all 

4 matters relating to security assistance; 

5 (iii) establishing the framework de6 scribed in section 813(a); 

7 (iv) coordinating the assessment, moni8 toring, and evaluation program established 

9 under section 813(c); and 

10 (v) maintaining the common database 

11 described in section 814(a); and 

12 (B) acting as a Department of State point 

13 of contact with the Department of Defense, the 

14 United States Agency for International Develop15 ment (USAID), and other relevant Federal de16 partments and agencies on all matters relating 

17 to security assistance. 

18 (c) COORDINATION WITHIN DEPARTMENT.— 

19 (1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than one year after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to 

21 paragraph (2), the head of each bureau of the Depart22 ment that is involved in directing or implementing 

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1 sibilities of such bureau with respect to security as2 sistance. 

3 (2) NON-ELIGIBILITY.—An officer of a bureau of 

4 the Department shall not be eligible to be designated 

5 pursuant to paragraph (1) if the officer is responsible 

6 for conducting human rights vetting pursuant to 

7 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2378d). 

9 (3) TRAINING.—Each individual designated pur10 suant to paragraph (1) shall successfully complete the 

11 training described in section 812. 

12 (d) COORDINATION WITHIN UNITED STATES DIPLO13 MATIC POSTS.— 

14 (1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than one year after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, the chief of mis16 sion of the United States in a foreign country that re17 ceives security assistance shall designate a senior dip18 lomatic officer at the embassy or highest ranking dip19 lomatic post if no embassy exists in the foreign coun20 try to be responsible for coordinating security assist21 ance for the foreign country. 

22 (2) DUTIES.—The senior diplomatic officer des23 ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be respon24 sible for— 


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1 (A) overseeing personnel and activities of 

2 Federal departments and agencies at the relevant 

3 embassy or diplomatic post with respect to the 

4 provision of security assistance for the country; 

5 and 

6 (B) ensuring implementation of section 

7 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 of title 10, United 

9 States Code, with respect to the country. 

10 (3) TRAINING.—Each individual designated pur11 suant to paragraph (1) shall successfully complete the 

12 training described in section 812 

13 (e) PLAN FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.— 

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

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

16 shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

17 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

18 Foreign Relations of the Senate a plan for the organi19 zational structure of the Department relating to secu20 rity assistance programs. 

21 (2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan re22 quired under paragraph (1) shall include the fol23 lowing: 

24 (A) An identification of each bureau and of25 fice of the Department that carries out functions 


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1 relating to planning, coordination, integration, 

2 implementation, or evaluation of security assist3 ance, a description of the organizational hier4 archy and decision-making processes used to co5 ordinate across such bureaus and offices and 

6 with United States diplomatic posts and other 

7 Federal departments and agencies, and a de8 scription of how the Working Group and the Co9 ordinator will facilitate coordination among 

10 each such bureau and office. 

11 (B) A description of— 

12 (i) the reasons for— 

13 (I) designating an existing office 

14 or establishing a new office to serve as 

15 the Office; and 

16 (II) selecting the Under Secretary 

17 to which the Office will report; 

18 (ii) the organizational structure of the 

19 Office; 

20 (iii) the specific mechanisms through 

21 which the Working Group and Coordinator 

22 could improve coordination among bureaus 

23 and offices of the Department involved in 

24 the planning or implementation of security 

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1 (iv) the process by which the require2 ment for training described in section 812 

3 will be fulfilled. 

4 (C) The benefits, feasibility, and steps nec5 essary to detail personnel— 

6 (i) on a reimbursable basis from the 

7 relevant bureaus and offices of the Depart8 ment to provide staff to the Office; and 

9 (ii) from USAID, the Department of 

10 Defense, and other relevant Federal depart11 ments and agencies to provide staff to the 

12 Office. 

13 (D) An identification of lessons learned 

14 from the Security Governance Initiative (SGI), 

15 an assessment of the utility of expanding the 

16 SGI or a similar initiative globally, and a de17 scription of where best to locate the SGI or simi18 lar initiative within the Department. 

19 (E) An identification of an appropriate bu20 reau or office of the Department, whose head does 

21 not report to the Under Secretary described in 

22 subsection (b)(1), to select and retain the inde23 pendent research entity described in section 

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1 (F) A list of recommendations for any addi2 tional legislative measures necessary to improve 

3 the capacity and capabilities of the Department 

4 to plan and implement security assistance pro5 grams and activities. 

6 (3) FORM.—The plan required under paragraph 

7 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

8 include a classified annex if necessary. 

9 (4) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 90 days 

10 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec11 retary shall consult with the Committee on Foreign 

12 Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com13 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate regarding 

14 the development and implementation of the plan re15 quired under paragraph (1). 

16 SEC. 812. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 

17 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

18 of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out the following: — 

19 (1) Establish curriculum at the Department’s 

20 Foreign Service Institute to provide employees of the 

21 Department of State with specialized training with 

22 respect to security assistance. The training should be 

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1 cluding through an agreement under section 1535(a) 

2 of title 31, United States Code (commonly referred to 

3 as the ‘‘Economy Act’’) or any other appropriate 

4 agency-specific authority. The training shall include 

5 the following: 

6 (A) Awareness of the full range of agencies, 

7 offices, personnel, statutory authorities, funds, 

8 and programs involved in security assistance 

9 and transfers and the respective decision-making 

10 timelines. 

11 (B) Familiarity with relevant military and 

12 police security force systems and structures and 

13 institutions at the time such training is occur14 ring. 

15 (C) Familiarity with security assistance re16 form, research regarding options for improve17 ment, and United States interagency and exter18 nal resources and experts. 

19 (D) Familiarity with planning, implemen20 tation, and monitoring and evaluation for pro21 grammatic activities. 

22 (E) Familiarity with implementation of— 

23 (i) section 620M of the Foreign Assist24 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) and 

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1 (ii) arms transfer requirements under 

2 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

3 2751 et seq.); and 

4 (iii) best practices related to human 

5 rights and civilian protection. 

6 (F) Awareness of common risks to effective7 ness of security assistance, including corruption, 

8 political instability, and challenges relating to 

9 absorptive capacity, partner commitment, and 

10 transparency. 

11 (2) Coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, to 

12 the extent feasible, to ensure that, in addition to the 

13 training described paragraph (1), individuals who 

14 serve in priority recipient countries or countries that 

15 do not meet baseline norms of governance, as deter16 mined by the Under Secretary for purposes of sub17 sections (d)(1) and (d)(4) of section 813, obtain high18 er-level certification through the Defense Security Co19 operation Agency’s Defense Institute of Security Co20 operation Studies or through a commensurate pro21 gram developed at the Department’s Foreign Service 

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1 SEC. 813. SECURITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING. 

2 (a) FRAMEWORK AND STANDARDS FOR SECURITY AS3 SISTANCE.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the 

4 enactment of this Act, the Coordinator shall create and sub5 mit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

6 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

7 the Senate a framework to be used by relevant bureaus and 

8 diplomatic posts to guide regional and country-specific 

9 planning, such as joint regional strategies or integrated 

10 country strategies, with respect to security assistance. Such 

11 framework shall include the following: 

12 (1) Identification and prioritization of overall 

13 goals and objectives for security assistance, in accord14 ance with the relevant National Security Strategy. 

15 (2) Criteria for— 

16 (A) determining the commitment and polit17 ical will of countries receiving assistance to use 

18 such assistance in a manner that achieves 

19 United States objectives; 

20 (B) identifying opportunities and risks cre21 ated by the provision of security assistance; and 

22 (C) tailoring and sequencing such assistance 

23 accordingly. 

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1 (A) incorporating the assessment, moni2 toring, and evaluation program described in sub3 section (c) into the strategic planning cycle; 

4 (B) increasing coordination, as appro5 priate, with other major international donors to 

6 maximize resources and unity of efforts; 

7 (C) aligning the security assistance pro8 grams, projects, and activities of the Department 

9 with other United States goals of engagement 

10 with foreign countries, such as the promotion of 

11 democracy, human rights, governance, and eco12 nomic growth, as well as with other United 

13 States assistance authorities, resources, pro14 grammatic capabilities, and activities; and 

15 (D) assessing the impact on Department se16 curity assistance objectives, programs, and ac17 tivities of United States military activities in 

18 the country or region covered by country or re19 gional strategy, including the number of United 

20 States forces deployed, the duration of deploy21 ment, the purpose for which they were deployed, 

22 and the authority under which they are oper23 ating. 

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1 (A) increasing the operational access and 

2 influence of the United States; 

3 (B) improving partner capacity and com4 mitment to countering shared threats and in5 creased burden sharing, including in ways that 

6 enable reallocation of United States military de7 ployments to other high priority missions; 

8 (C) reducing the underlying drivers of state 

9 fragility; and 

10 (D) contributing to the maintenance of ex11 isting peace treaties between recipients of assist12 ance. 

13 (5) A process to ensure that transfers regulated 

14 by the Department that are outside the scope of secu15 rity assistance, such as certain direct commercial 

16 sales, are factored into— 

17 (A) the implementation of the assessment, 

18 monitoring, and evaluation program described 

19 in subsection (c); and 

20 (B) the planning process described in sub21 section (d). 

22 (b) DEFINITIONS PROMULGATED BY THE WORKING

23 GROUP.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the 

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1 (1) in consultation with the Coordinator and bu2 reaus and offices of the Department that are involved 

3 in the planning, coordination, integration, implemen4 tation, or evaluation of security assistance, develop 

5 and promulgate a definition of the level of security 

6 assistance programs, projects, or activities that mark 

7 a country as a recipient of ‘‘significant’’ security as8 sistance to merit inclusion in the assessment, moni9 toring, and evaluation process described in subsection 

10 (c); and 

11 (2) in consultation with the Coordinator, the Bu12 reau of Democracy , Human Rights, and Labor, and 

13 the heads of other relevant bureaus of the Department, 

14 develop and promulgate a definition of baseline 

15 norms for governance and the rule of law, including 

16 a rubric to assess whether a recipient of security as17 sistance is abiding by such baseline. 

18 (c) ASSESSMENT, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Coordi21 nator shall develop an assessment, monitoring, and 

22 evaluation program to be conducted for any country 

23 receiving significant security assistance, as defined in 

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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The program described in 

2 paragraph (1) shall include each of the following ele3 ments: 

4 (A) Baseline assessments that consider fac5 tors, including— 

6 (i) recipient country threat perceptions 

7 and the manner in which such perceptions 

8 may inform the use of security assistance; 

9 (ii) the recipient’s approach to govern10 ance and commitment to rule of law, in11 cluding the transparency and account12 ability of security forces, and the manner in 

13 which such approach is likely to be influ14 enced by security assistance; 

15 (iii) the recipient’s capacity to absorb 

16 the security assistance given and to achieve 

17 the objectives of such assistance; 

18 (iv) the human rights record of the re19 cipient, including for purposes of section 

20 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

21 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 of title 

22 10, United States Code, and any relevant 

23 attempts by such recipient to remedy such 

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1 (v) country- or region-specific opportu2 nities and risks that could enhance or im3 pair the outcomes associated with providing 

4 security assistance; and 

5 (vi) indicators of efficacy for security 

6 assistance programs, projects, and activi7 ties, for purposes of planning, monitoring, 

8 and evaluation. 

9 (B) Monitoring implementation of security 

10 assistance programs, projects, and activities to 

11 measure progress toward achieving specific tar12 gets, metrics, or indicators, as well as desired 

13 outcomes. 

14 (C) Evaluation of the efficiency and effec15 tiveness of security assistance in achieving de16 sired outcomes. 

17 (D) Identification of lessons learned in car18 rying out security assistance and recommenda19 tions for improving future assistance. 

20 (3) OVERSIGHT AND FRAMEWORK.—The Coordi21 nator shall guide and support, in coordination with 

22 relevant regional and functional bureaus, the assess23 ment and monitoring described in paragraph (1) and 

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1 (4) INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ENTITY.—Not later 

2 than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 

3 Act, the Secretary shall enter into a contract with an 

4 independent research entity, such as a federally fund5 ed research and development center or other non-prof6 it entity, that demonstrates appropriate expertise and 

7 analytical capability to evaluate the capacity of secu8 rity assistance to achieve desired outcomes in accord9 ance with the framework created pursuant to para10 graph (3). 

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

12 Congress that the ability of the Department to meas13 ure and assess the effects of United States security as14 sistance programs and activities on governance, rule 

15 of law, professionalism of recipient security forces, 

16 and institutional capacity weaknesses of recipient se17 curity forces would benefit from the increased avail18 ability of independent research and data. 

19 (d) SECURITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING.— 

20 (1) PRIORITIZATION.—Not later than two years 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu22 ally thereafter, the Working Group shall develop a list 

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1 by the Department, and submit such information in 

2 accordance with subsection (f). 

3 (2) INCLUSION IN REGIONAL AND COUNTRY

4 STRATEGIES.—Any comprehensive regional strategy, 

5 such as a joint regional strategy or its equivalent, 

6 and any country strategy, such as an integrated 

7 country strategy or its equivalent, that is produced on 

8 or after the date that is 2 years after the date of the 

9 enactment of this Act, and each successor strategy to 

10 such strategy, shall integrate security assistance plan11 ning in a manner that incorporates the elements of 

12 the framework created pursuant to subsection (a) and 

13 include an annex relating to security assistance, 

14 which shall include— 

15 (A) the assessment, monitoring, and evalua16 tion metrics described in subsection (c); 

17 (B) requests to allocate security assistance 

18 with respect to the area covered by the strategy; 

19 and 

20 (C) a description of the manner in which 

21 such resources will be used. 

22 (3) COORDINATION OF RESOURCES.—In devel23 oping annexes relating to security assistance for in24 clusion in comprehensive regional strategies or coun25 try strategies in accordance with paragraph (2), the 


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1 relevant bureau, office, or diplomatic post shall co2 ordinate with— 

3 (A) the Office; 

4 (B) the Office of Foreign Assistance Re5 sources, or an equivalent entity in the Depart6 ment, regarding the allocation of resources in 

7 line with priorities of the Department of State 

8 for security assistance; and 

9 (C) the Department of Defense and other 

10 Federal departments and agencies that provide 

11 security assistance, security cooperation, or other 

12 forms of foreign assistance. 

13 (4) SECURITY ASSISTANCE, GOVERNANCE, AND

14 RULE OF LAW.—Not later than two years after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, any annex relating 

16 to security assistance described in paragraph (2) that 

17 is included in a country strategy shall include an as18 sessment by the Under Secretary responsible for civil19 ian security, democracy, and human rights whether 

20 such country abides by baseline norms for governance 

21 and the rule of law using the rubric promulgated in 

22 accordance with subsection (b)(2). A security assist23 ance annex developed in accordance with paragraph 

24 (2) for a country receiving a negative determination 

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1 (A) Reforms the recipient could undertake, 

2 where practicable, to improve governance and 

3 rule of law in order to create more effective secu4 rity. 

5 (B) Conditions, which may also be included 

6 in the compacts described in subsection (e), 

7 under which the United States might— 

8 (i) expand or increase security assist9 ance upon verifiable progress made toward 

10 such reforms; and 

11 (ii) restrict or end security assistance 

12 as a result of lack of progress toward such 

13 reforms or further deterioration of norms 

14 for governance or the rule of law. 

15 (C) An assessment of the benefits and likeli16 hood of reaching agreement with the recipient 

17 country to devote 1 percent of the total value of 

18 all security assistance to such country for train19 ing in-country civilian professionals on methods 

20 to evaluate the fiscal and functional effectiveness 

21 of the security institutions in such country. 

22 (D) The manner in which security assist23 ance will be used to improve governance, rule of 

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1 (E) Steps to ensure consultation with the 

2 national legislature and with civil society groups 

3 that operate in such country on the provision of 

4 security assistance, including for the formulation 

5 of a compact in accordance with subsection 

6 (e)(2). 

7 (e) SECURITY ASSISTANCE COMPACTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years after 

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

10 shall seek to enter into multi-year compacts where ap11 propriate with the governments of countries that re12 ceive security assistance. Such compacts should in13 clude the following elements: 

14 (A) A joint diagnosis of the strengths and 

15 challenges of the recipient country’s security in16 stitutions, including priority capacity and capa17 bility requirements. 

18 (B) A plan for bilateral security assistance 

19 and cooperation that includes— 

20 (i) a commitment by the recipient 

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1 (ii) plans for sustainment by the re2 cipient of any capacity or capabilities built 

3 as a result of such assistance; and 

4 (iii) mutually agreed oversight mecha5 nisms for security assistance and metrics, to 

6 determine whether such assistance is accom7 plishing the agreed-upon objectives. 

8 (2) SPECIAL PROVISIONS.—If the Under Sec9 retary described in subsection (d)(3) assesses that a 

10 country is not abiding by baseline norms for govern11 ance or the rule of law, a compact under this sub12 section with such country should, where practicable, 

13 be formulated in consultation with the national legis14 lature and domestic civil society groups and include 

15 mutually agreed upon reforms and conditions based 

16 on those established as a result of such determination 

17 in accordance with subsection (d)(4). 

18 (f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Beginning three 

19 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and annu20 ally thereafter, the Secretary shall include with any mate21 rials submitted in support of the budget for that fiscal year 

22 that is submitted to Congress by the President under section 

23 1105(a) of title 31 an unclassified report, that may include 

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1 (1) A list of priority security assistance recipi2 ents, along with descriptions of the policy objectives 

3 that the Secretary seeks to achieve by providing such 

4 assistance to such recipients, developed pursuant to 

5 subsection (d)(1). 

6 (2) A description of the results of the evaluations 

7 conducted pursuant to subsection (c)(4). 

8 (3) A description of the manner in which the De9 partment will allocate, monitor, and evaluate all se10 curity assistance pursuant to the program described 

11 in subsection (c) and the planning process described 

12 in subsection (d). 

13 (4) A description of any updates made during 

14 the previous year to the framework described in sub15 section (d)(1) and annex relating to security assist16 ance required under subsection (d)(2). 

17 (5) The status and impact on United States ob18 jectives of any compacts entered into in accordance 

19 with subsection (e) and of any ongoing efforts to enter 

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1 SEC. 814. INTERAGENCY COORDINATION OF SECURITY AS2 SISTANCE, TRANSFERS, AND SECURITY CO3 OPERATION. 

4 (a) CREATION OF A COMMON DATABASE.—Not later 

5 than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

6 the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense 

7 and other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, 

8 shall maintain a common database of information to per9 mit the identification of security assistance programs, fund10 ing, and transfers by recipient country. 

11 (b) COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DE12 FENSE.— 

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

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

15 in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 

16 submit a report to the appropriate congressional com17 mittees that assesses existing mechanisms, including 

18 provisions under title 10, United States Code, that re19 quire the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and 

20 other applicable provisions of law that provide for co21 ordination between security assistance programs, 

22 projects, and activities of the Department of State 

23 and security cooperation programs, projects, and ac24 tivities of the Department of Defense that includes the 

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1 (A) An identification of existing coordina2 tion mechanisms for planning, executing, and 

3 overseeing security assistance and security co4 operation programs, projects, and activities, the 

5 purpose of such mechanisms, and their efficacy 

6 in practice. 

7 (B) An identification of additional meas8 ures that would improve the speed, simplicity, or 

9 agility of each identified mechanism, with a 

10 focus on mechanisms requiring the concurrence 

11 of the Secretary. 

12 (C) An identification of any programs, au13 thorities, or resources that do not require coordi14 nation under existing law. 

15 (D) An identification of the specific mecha16 nisms to improve coordination between Depart17 ment of State bureaus and offices involved in 

18 planning, executing, or overseeing security as19 sistance programs and activities and the United 

20 States combatant command or commands rel21 evant to such bureaus and offices. 

22 (E) An assessment of the advisability and 

23 feasibility of expanding existing mechanisms or 

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1 volved in planning, executing, or overseeing secu2 rity assistance programs and activities to United 

3 States combatant commands and from the De4 partment of Defense to such Department of State 

5 bureaus and offices for the purpose of improving 

6 coordination on security assistance planning 

7 and implementation. 

8 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

9 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

10 congressional committees’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

12 the Committee on Armed Services of the House 

13 of Representatives; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

15 and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

16 Senate. 

17 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

18 that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense 

19 should jointly establish a pilot program to evaluate the ad20 visability and feasibility of a joint entity to conduct col21 laborative planning of security assistance and security co22 operation. The pilot program should— 

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1 rity assistance and security cooperation programs, 

2 projects, and activities in a specific region or regions; 

3 (2) assign personnel from relevant offices and 

4 agencies within each Department to staff the joint 

5 planning cell or cells; and 

6 (3) assess the advantages and disadvantages of 

7 collaborative interagency planning of security assist8 ance, and determine whether there are organizational, 

9 legal, policy, or resource barriers to broader adoption 

10 of such a model. 

11 SEC. 815. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

12 Nothing in this subtitle shall affect the implementation 

13 of subsection (h) of section 36 of the Arms Export Control 

14 Act (22 U.S.C. 2776). 

15 Subtitle B—Foreign Military 

16 Assistance 

17 SEC. 821. STRATEGIC ALLOCATION OF EXCESS DEFENSE AR18 TICLES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 516 of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j), is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘(1) The President’’ and in23 serting ‘‘The President’’; 

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1 spectively, and moving the margins of each such 

2 paragraph two ems to the left; 

3 (C) in paragraph (2), as redesignated, by 

4 inserting ‘‘except as provided in subsection 

5 (c)(3),’’ before ‘‘funds available’’; and 

6 (D) by striking ‘‘(2) Accordingly,’’ and all 

7 that follows through ‘‘1990.’’ ; 

8 (2) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any other pro12 vision of law, excess defense articles under this section 

13 shall be transferred in accordance with United States 

14 foreign policy, including national security priorities 

15 as jointly determined by the Secretary of State, in 

16 consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to the 

17 maximum extent feasible.’’; and 

18 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(3) SUPPORTING COSTS.—Funds available to 

20 the Department of State for security assistance may 

21 be expended for the refurbishment or upgrade of excess 

22 defense articles transferred under the authority of this 

23 section and for training of foreign security forces di24 rectly in relation to excess defense articles transferred 

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1 ‘‘(A) such assistance is necessary to advance 

2 the national security objectives of the United 

3 States in relation to the recipient country or 

4 countries; and 

5 ‘‘(B) such costs do not exceed $10 million in 

6 relation to a single transfer of excess defense ar7 ticles under this section.’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘$7,000,000’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’; and 

10 (4) in subsection (g)(1), by striking 

11 ‘‘$500,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$600,000,000’’. 

12 SEC. 822. MODIFICATION OF PURPOSES FOR WHICH MILI13 TARY SALES BY THE UNITED STATES ARE AU14 THORIZED. 

15 Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

16 2754) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘internal 

17 security’’ and inserting ‘‘legitimate internal security (in18 cluding for anti-terrorism purposes)’’. 

19 SEC. 823. RETURN OF DEFENSE ARTICLES. 

20 Section 21(m)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act 

21 (22 U.S.C. 2761(m)(1)(B)) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘(B) is not’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘(B)(i) is not’’; 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) is significant military equipment (as 

2 defined in section 47(9) of this Act) and the Sec3 retary of State has provided prior approval of 

4 the return of such defense article from the foreign 

5 country or international organization; and’’. 

6 SEC. 824. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FOR 

7 LICENSING OF DEFENSE ITEMS. 

8 Section 38(j) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

9 U.S.C. 2778(j)) is amended— 

10 (1) in the subsection heading— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘COUNTRY’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

14 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘the North Atlantic Treaty Orga17 nization, any member country of that Orga18 nization, the Republic of Korea, Australia, 

19 New Zealand, Japan, or Israel’’; 

20 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(except that the 

21 President may not so exempt such Organi22 zation, member country, or other country 

23 that is not eligible to acquire defense items 

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1 ‘‘with respect to exports of defense items’’; 

2 and 

3 (iii) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 

5 country, or other country’’; and 

6 (B) in clause (ii)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 

9 country, or other country’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘under their domestic 

11 laws’’; 

12 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘, at a min16 imum,’’; 

17 (II) by striking ‘‘the foreign coun18 try’’ and inserting ‘‘the Organization, 

19 member country, or other country re20 ferred to in paragraph (1)’’; and 

21 (III) by striking ‘‘to revise its 

22 policies and practices, and promulgate 

23 or enact necessary modifications to its 

24 laws and regulations to establish’’ and 

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1 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the for2 eign country’’ and inserting ‘‘such Organi3 zation, member country, or other country’’; 

4 and 

5 (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘re6 transfer control commitments, including se7 curing’’ and inserting ‘‘retransfer controls 

8 that secure’’; 

9 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

10 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘, at a min12 imum,’’; 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘the foreign coun14 try’’ and inserting ‘‘the Organization, 

15 member country, or other country re16 ferred to in paragraph (1)’’; and 

17 (III) by striking ‘‘to revise its 

18 policies and practices, and promulgate 

19 or enact necessary modifications to its 

20 laws and regulations’’; and 

21 (ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘the for22 eign country’’ and inserting ‘‘the member 

23 country or other country’’; and 

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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘the Organization, member country, or other 

4 country referred to in paragraph (1)’’; 

5 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘that 

6 foreign country’’ and inserting ‘‘such Organiza7 tion, member country, or other country’’; 

8 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 

11 country, or other country’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘has promulgated or 

13 enacted all necessary modifications to its 

14 laws and regulations to comply’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘has taken such actions to comply’’; 

16 and 

17 (D) in subparagraph (C)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 

20 country, or other country’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘that country’’ and in22 serting ‘‘such Organization, member coun23 try, or other country’’. 


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1 SEC. 825. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

2 Section 42(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

3 U.S.C. 2791(a)) is amended in the first sentence by insert4 ing ‘‘on a competitive basis’’ after ‘‘procurement in the 

5 United States’’. 

6 SEC. 826. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CON7 TROL ACT. 

8 Section 36(b)(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

9 U.S.C. 2776(b)(6)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the North At10 lantic Treaty Organization or’’ before ‘‘a member country’’. 

11 SEC. 827. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LICENSING UNDER 

12 UNITED STATES ARMS EXPORT CONTROL 

13 PROGRAMS. 

14 It is the sense of Congress that, in implementing re15 forms of United States arms export licensing regimes, the 

16 President should prioritize the development of a new frame17 work to improve and streamline licensing, including by 

18 seeking to revise the Special Comprehensive Export Author19 izations for exports to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza20 tion, any member country of that Organization, Sweden, 

21 or any other country described in section 36(c)(2)(A) of the 

22 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A)) under 

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1 SEC. 828. EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVE STOCKPILE AU2 THORITY. 

3 (a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 

4 2005.—Section 12001(d) of the Department of Defense Ap5 propriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 

6 1011) is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

7 (b) STOCKPILING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR FOR8 EIGN COUNTRIES.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign As9 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘and 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, and 2021’’. 

11 SEC. 829. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND OTHER NA12 TIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) AUTHORITY.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 551 of the Foreign 

15 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348) is amend16 ed— 

17 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

18 President’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) The President’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(b) Funds authorized to be appropriated under this 

22 chapter may also be used to provide assistance to enhance 

23 the capacity of foreign civilian security forces (as such term 

24 is defined in section 841(c) of the International Security 

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1 counterterrorism operations, and to promote greater par2 ticipation of women in such peacekeeping operations. 

3 ‘‘(c) Funds authorized to be appropriated under this 

4 chapter to provide assistance to friendly foreign countries 

5 for purposes other than support for multilateral peace6 keeping operations shall be subject to the certification re7 quirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act 

8 (22 U.S.C. 2776).’’. 

9 (2) DISARMAMENT AND REINTEGRATION.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

11 other provision of law, funds authorized to be 

12 appropriated under any provision of law for 

13 peacekeeping operations may be made available 

14 to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and 

15 reintegrate into civilian society former members 

16 of foreign terrorist organizations, and to promote 

17 greater participation of women in such pro18 grams. 

19 (B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall 

20 consult with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Committee 

22 on Foreign Relations of the Senate prior to obli23 gating funds described in subparagraph (A). 

24 (C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

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1 organization designated as a terrorist organiza2 tion under section 219(a) of the Immigration 

3 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 

4 (b) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall notify the 

5 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa6 tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

7 at least 15 days prior to obligating funds under any provi8 sion of law for peacekeeping operations. 

9 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for chap10 ter 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

11 U.S.C. 2348 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

12 following: ‘‘AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS’’. 

13 SEC. 830. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

14 AUTHORITIES. 

15 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as fol16 lows: 

17 (1) In section 516 (22 U.S.C. 2321j)— 

18 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘coun19 tries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries, regional organi20 zations, and international organizations’’; 

21 (B) in subsection (b)(5), as redesignated by 

22 section 821(a)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘countries’’ and 

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1 (C) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘recipi2 ent country’’ and inserting ‘‘recipient country or 

3 organization’’; 

4 (D) in subsection (f)(2)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

6 ‘‘country’’ each place it appears and insert7 ing ‘‘country or organization’’; and 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

9 ‘‘countries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries or or10 ganizations’’; and 

11 (E) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘country’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘country and organization’’. 

13 (2) In section 620M (22 U.S.C. 2378d)— 

14 (A) in subsection (d)(7), by striking ‘‘to the 

15 maximum extent practicable’’ and inserting ‘‘un16 less such disclosure would endanger the safety of 

17 human sources or reveal sensitive intelligence 

18 sources and methods’’; and 

19 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(e) REPORT.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31 

22 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 

23 Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 

24 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

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1 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, a report on 

2 the vetting process of units of security forces of foreign 

3 countries established to comply with this section. 

4 ‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re5 quired under paragraph (1) shall include the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(A) The total number of units submitted 

8 for vetting during the prior calendar year, and 

9 the number of such units that were approved, 

10 suspended, or rejected for human rights reasons. 

11 ‘‘(B) The name of such units rejected during 

12 the prior calendar year and a description of the 

13 steps taken to assist the government of the for14 eign country in bringing the responsible mem15 bers of such units to justice, in accordance with 

16 subsection (c). 

17 ‘‘(C) An updated list of the units with re18 spect to which no assistance is to be furnished 

19 pursuant to subsection (a).’’. 

20 (3) In section 622(c) (22 U.S.C. 2382(c)), by in21 serting ‘‘law enforcement and justice sector assist22 ance,’’ before ‘‘military assistance,’’. 

23 (4) In section 656(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2416(a)(1)), 

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1 SEC. 831. REPEAL OF REPORTS. 

2 (a) REPEAL OF ANNUAL REPORT ON WORLD MILITARY

3 EXPENDITURES AND ARMS TRANSFERS.—Section 404 of 

4 the Arms Control and Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593b) 

5 is hereby repealed. 

6 (b) REPEAL OF ANNUAL REPORT RELATING TO THE

7 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EU8 ROPE.—Section 5 of Public Law 94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3005) 

9 is hereby repealed. 

10 (c) REPEAL OF REPORT ON ASSISTANCE RELATING TO

11 INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—Section 502 of the Inter12 national Security and Development Cooperation Act of 

13 1985 (22 U.S.C. 2349aa-7) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking subsection (b); and 

15 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 

16 (b). 

17 SEC. 832. DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS REGISTRATION FEES. 

18 Section 45 of the State Department Basic Authorities 

19 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717) is amended— 

20 (1) in the first sentence— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘defense trade controls’’ 

22 after ‘‘100 percent of the’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘the Office of Defense Trade 

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

2 by inserting ‘‘management, licensing, compli3 ance, and policy activities in the defense trade 

4 controls function, including’’ after ‘‘incurred 

5 for’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘contract 

7 personnel to assist in’’; 

8 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

9 the end; 

10 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe11 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

12 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(4) the facilitation of defense trade policy devel14 opment and implementation, review of commodity ju15 risdiction determinations, public outreach to industry 

16 and foreign parties, and analysis of scientific and 

17 technological developments as they relate to the exer18 cise of defense trade control authorities; and 

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1 SEC. 833. WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE TO UNITS OF FOR2 EIGN SECURITY FORCES THAT ENGAGED IN 

3 SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OR ABUSE IN PEACE4 KEEPING OPERATIONS. 

5 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by in6 serting after section 554 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 555. WITHHOLDING OF ASSISTANCE TO UNITS OF 

8 FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES THAT ENGAGED 

9 IN SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OR ABUSE IN 

10 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State should 

12 withhold assistance to any unit of the security forces of a 

13 foreign country if the Secretary has credible information 

14 that such unit has engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse, 

15 including while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping 

16 operation, until the Secretary determines that the govern17 ment of such country is taking effective steps to hold the 

18 responsible members of such unit accountable and to pre19 vent future incidents. 

20 ‘‘(b) NOTICE.—The Secretary of State— 

21 ‘‘(1) shall promptly notify the government of 

22 each country subject to any withholding of assistance 

23 pursuant to this section; and 

24 ‘‘(2) shall notify the appropriate congressional 

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1 after a determination to withhold such assistance is 

2 made. 

3 ‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State shall, to the 

4 maximum extent practicable, assist the government of each 

5 country subject to any withholding of assistance pursuant 

6 to this section in bringing the responsible members of such 

7 unit of the security forces of the country to justice. 

8 ‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE9 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres10 sional committees’ means— 

11 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

12 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep13 resentatives; and 

14 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

15 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.’’. 

16 SEC. 834. MODIFICATION TO LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE 

17 RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS. 

18 (a) MODIFICATION TO THE LIMITATION ON ASSIST19 ANCE TO SECURITY FORCES.—Subsection (a) of section 

20 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

21 2378d) is amended— 

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘, including any combined secu23 rity activities or operations with any such unit,’’ 

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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘, including any act that con2 stitutes a war crime, as such term is defined in sec3 tion 2441 of title 18, United States Code’’ after ‘‘gross 

4 violation of human rights’’. 

5 (b) MODIFICATION TO LIMITATION ON SECURITY AS6 SISTANCE.—Subsection (d)(1) of section 502B of the For7 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304) is amended 

8 by inserting ‘‘any act that constitutes a war crime, as such 

9 term is defined in section 2441 of title 18, United States 

10 Code,’’ after ‘‘the abduction and clandestine detention of 

11 those persons,’’. 

12 Subtitle C—Studies on Authorities 

13 and Programs 

14 SEC. 841. REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY BY BUREAU OF INTER15 NATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCE16 MENT AFFAIRS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

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

19 the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforce20 ment, in consultation with the heads of other relevant bu21 reaus of the Department, shall submit to the Committee on 

22 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 

23 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report de24 tailing all existing programs, and their statutory authori25 ties, that provide training, advice, equipment, and other 


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1 support to eligible foreign civilian security forces and insti2 tutions. 

3 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Such a report shall 

4 assess the following: 

5 (1) The benefits and costs of consolidating the 

6 number of such programs and expanding the scope of 

7 such programs, as appropriate. 

8 (2) The prospects for improving coordination 

9 among such programs. 

10 (3) The impact of repealing section 660 of the 

11 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420), in12 cluding— 

13 (A) the potential opportunities such repeal 

14 would create for expanding existing programs or 

15 establishing new programs to improve the capac16 ity, capabilities, and professionalism of such ci17 vilian security forces and institutions, including 

18 with respect to pay and promotions, benefits, 

19 leadership, and administration; and 

20 (B) the required elements necessary to en21 sure that any such program would enhance rule 

22 of law and safeguard human rights. 

23 (c) CIVILIAN SECURITY FORCES.—In this section, the 

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1 are responsible for internal security, do not report to a de2 fense ministry or similar or related defense or military en3 tity of a foreign government, and are assigned responsi4 bility for one or more of the following: 

5 (1) Law enforcement. 

6 (2) Border security. 

7 (3) Maritime and port security. 

8 (4) Customs law enforcement. 

9 (5) Sanctions monitoring and enforcement. 

10 (6) Counterterrorism. 

11 (7) Counter-narcotics. 

12 (8) Counterproliferation. 

13 (9) Counter-transnational organized crime. 

14 (10) Improving the administration of justice. 

15 (11) Promoting respect for human rights. 

16 (12) Promoting the rule of law. 

17 SEC. 842. REQUIREMENT FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY OF EX18 ISTING SECURITY ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES. 

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

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

21 into a contract with a federally funded research and devel22 opment center with appropriate expertise and analytical 

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1 (b) STUDY.—The study required by subsection (a) shall 

2 provide for a comprehensive examination of— 

3 (1) the history and evolution of existing security 

4 assistance authorities and the original intent of such 

5 authorities; 

6 (2) areas in which— 

7 (A) such authorities have deviated from 

8 such original intent and explanations why; and 

9 (B) such authorities overlap or compete 

10 with one another; and 

11 (3) recommendations for consolidating, replac12 ing, or otherwise adapting such authorities, as well as 

13 for establishing new ones, to include recommendations 

14 for differentiating authorities based on the capacity 

15 and capabilities they build as opposed to by issue or 

16 purpose. 

17 (c) REPORT.— 

18 (1) TO THE SECRETARY.—Not later than one 

19 year after the date on which , the Secretary enters 

20 into a contract pursuant to subsection (a), the inde21 pendent research entity that has entered into a con22 tract with the Secretary shall submit to the Secretary 

23 a report containing— 

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1 (B) such recommendations to improve the 

2 effectiveness of existing security assistance au3 thorities as the entity considers to be appro4 priate. 

5 (2) TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days after 

6 receipt of the report under paragraph (1), the Sec7 retary shall submit such report, together with any ad8 ditional views or recommendations of the Secretary, 

9 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

10 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela11 tions of the Senate. 

12 TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 

13 SEC. 901. CASE-ZABLOCKI ACT REFORM. 

14 Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, is amend15 ed— 

16 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Committee on 

17 International Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee 

18 on Foreign Affairs’’; and 

19 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol20 lows: 

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

22 Government that enters into any international agreement 

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

24 shall designate a Chief International Agreements Officer, 

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1 ‘‘(1) shall be a current employee of such depart2 ment or agency; 

3 ‘‘(2) shall serve concurrently as Chief Inter4 national Agreements Officer; and 

5 ‘‘(3) subject to the authority of the head of such 

6 department or agency, shall have department or agen7 cy-wide responsibility for efficient and appropriate 

8 compliance with subsection (a) to transmit the text of 

9 any international agreement to the Department of 

10 State not later than 20 days after such agreement has 

11 been signed.’’. 

12 SEC. 902. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN 

13 DEFAULT. 

14 Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

15 (22 U.S.C. 2370(q)) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘No assistance’’ and inserting the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(1) No assistance’’; 

19 (2) by inserting ‘‘the government of’’ before ‘‘any 

20 country’’; 

21 (3) by inserting ‘‘the government of’’ before ‘‘such 

22 country’’ each place it appears; 

23 (4) by striking ‘‘determines’’ and all that follows 

24 and inserting ‘‘determines, after consultation with the 

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1 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

2 the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com3 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, that assist4 ance for such country is in the national interest of the 

5 United States.’’; and 

6 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(2) No assistance shall be furnished under this 

8 Act, the Peace Corps Act, the Millennium Challenge 

9 Act of 2003, the African Development Foundation 

10 Act, the BUILD Act of 2018, section 504 of the 

11 FREEDOM Support Act, or section 23 of the Arms 

12 Export Control Act to the government of any country 

13 which is in default during a period in excess of 1 cal14 endar year in payment to the United States of prin15 cipal or interest or any loan made to the government 

16 of such country by the United States pursuant to a 

17 program for which funds are appropriated under such 

18 Act unless the President determines, following con19 sultation with the congressional committees specified 

20 in paragraph (1), that assistance for such country is 

21 in the national interest of the United States.’’. 

22 SEC. 903. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 

23 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. 

24 (a) PROHIBITION.—Subsection (a) of section 620A of 

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1 amended by striking ‘‘that the government of that country’’ 

2 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘that the government of 

3 that country— 

4 ‘‘(1) has repeatedly provided support for acts of 

5 international terrorism; 

6 ‘‘(2) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 

7 individual or group which has committed an act of 

8 international terrorism; 

9 ‘‘(3) otherwise supports international terrorism; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(4) is controlled by an organization designated 

12 as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 

13 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

14 1189).’’. 

15 (b) RESCISSION.—Subsection (c) of such section is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘and the Chairman of the Committee 

17 on Foreign Relations of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 

18 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa19 tives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 

20 and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep21 resentatives and the Senate’’. 

22 (c) WAIVER.—Subsection (d)(2) of such section is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘and the chairman of the Committee 

24 on Foreign Relations of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 

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1 tives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 

2 and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Senate’’. 

4 (d) PROHIBITION ON LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT

5 EXPORTS.—Such section, as so amended, is further amend6 ed by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT

8 EXPORTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The United States shall 

11 not provide any assistance under this Act or sec12 tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act to any 

13 foreign government that provides lethal military 

14 equipment to a country the government of which 

15 the Secretary of State has determined supports 

16 international terrorism for purposes of section 

17 1754(c) of the Export Control Reform Act of 

18 2018. 

19 ‘‘(B) TERMINATION.—The prohibition on 

20 assistance under subparagraph (A) with respect 

21 to a foreign government shall terminate 12 

22 months after such government ceases to provide 

23 the lethal military equipment described in such 

24 subparagraph. 


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1 ‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection ap2 plies with respect to lethal military equipment 

3 provided under a contract entered into after Oc4 tober 1, 1997. 

5 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the 

6 prohibition on assistance under paragraph (1) with 

7 respect to a foreign government if the President deter8 mines that to do so is important to the national in9 terest of the United States. 

10 ‘‘(3) REPORT.—Upon the exercise of the waiver 

11 authority pursuant to paragraph (2), the President 

12 shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit13 tees a report with respect to the furnishing of assist14 ance under the waiver authority, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) a detailed explanation of the assistance 

16 to be provided; 

17 ‘‘(B) the estimated dollar amount of such 

18 assistance; and 

19 ‘‘(C) an explanation of how the assistance 

20 furthers the national interest of the United 

21 States. 

22 ‘‘(4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

23 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 

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1 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

2 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

3 Representatives; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

5 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

6 Senate.’’. 

7 SEC. 904. ESTABLISHING A COORDINATOR FOR ISIS DE8 TAINEE ISSUES. 

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

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting 

11 through the Secretary, may designate an existing official 

12 within the Department to serve as senior-level coordinator 

13 to coordinate, in conjunction with other relevant Federal 

14 departments and agencies, all matters for the United States 

15 Government relating to the long-term disposition of ISIS 

16 detainees, including all matters in connection with— 

17 (1) repatriation, transfer, prosecution, and intel18 ligence-gathering; 

19 (2) coordinating a whole-of-government approach 

20 with other countries and international organizations, 

21 including INTERPOL, to ensure secure chains of cus22 tody and locations of ISIS detainees; 

23 (3) coordinating the provision of technical and 

24 evidentiary assistance to foreign countries to aid in 

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1 (4) all multilateral and international engage2 ments led by the Department and other relevant Fed3 eral departments and agencies that are related to the 

4 current and future handling, detention, or prosecution 

5 of ISIS detainees. 

6 (b) RETENTION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY.—The ap7 pointment of a senior-level coordinator pursuant to sub8 section (a) shall not deprive any Federal department or 

9 agency of any existing authority to independently perform 

10 the functions of that agency relating to ISIS detainees. 

11 (c) ISIS DETAINEE DEFINED.—In this section, the 

12 term ‘‘ISIS detainee’’ means a captured individual— 

13 (1) who allegedly fought for or supported the Is14 lamic State of Iraq and Syria; and 

15 (2) who is a national of a country other than 

16 Iraq or Syria. 

17 SEC. 905. SEAN AND DAVID GOLDMAN CHILD ABDUCTION 

18 PREVENTION AND RETURN ACT OF 2014 

19 AMENDMENT. 

20 Subsection (b) of section 101 of the Sean and David 

21 Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and 

22 Return Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 9111; Public Law 113–150) 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘, respectively,’’ after 

2 ‘‘access cases’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and the number of 

4 children involved’’ before the semicolon at 

5 the end; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘re7 spectively, the number of children involved,’’ 

8 after ‘‘access cases,’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘, and num10 ber of children involved in such cases’’ before the 

11 semicolon at the end; 

12 (3) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

13 semicolon at the end; 

14 (4) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at 

15 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (5) by adding at the end the following new para17 graph: 

18 ‘‘(10) the total number of pending cases the De19 partment of State has assigned to case officers and 

20 number of children involved for each country and as 

21 a total for all countries.’’. 


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1 SEC. 906. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES OF COMMISSION 

2 FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HER3 ITAGE ABROAD. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3123 of title 54, United 

5 States Code, is amended as follows: 

6 (1) In section 312302, by inserting ‘‘, and 

7 unimpeded access to those sites,’’ after ‘‘and historic 

8 buildings’’. 

9 (2) In section 312304(a)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘and historic buildings’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘and historic buildings, and 

13 unimpeded access to those sites’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘and protected’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘, protected, and made accessible’’; 

16 and 

17 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and pro18 tecting’’ and inserting ‘‘, protecting, and making 

19 accessible’’. 

20 (3) In section 312305, by inserting ‘‘and to the 

21 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

23 of the Senate’’ after ‘‘President’’. 

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

25 of the enactment of this Act, the Commission for the Preser26 vation of America’s Heritage Abroad shall submit to the 


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1 President and to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Re3 lations of the Senate a report that contains an evaluation 

4 of the extent to which the Commission is prepared to con5 tinue its activities and accomplishments with respect to the 

6 foreign heritage of United States citizens from eastern and 

7 central Europe, were the Commission’s duties and powers 

8 extended to include other regions, including the Middle East 

9 and North Africa, and any additional resources or per10 sonnel the Commission would require. 


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Union Calendar No. 140 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3352 

[Report No. 116–181] 

A BILL 

To provide for certain authorities of the 

Department of State, and for other purposes. 

JULY 24, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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