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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3341 

To require a quadrennial diplomacy and development review, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 26, 2012 

Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To require a quadrennial diplomacy and development review, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Quadrennial Diplo5 macy and Development Review Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT 

7 REVIEW. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENT.— 

9 (1) QUADRENNIAL REVIEWS REQUIRED.— 

10 Under the direction of the President, the Secretary 


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1 of State shall every four years, during a year fol2 lowing a year evenly divisible by four, conduct a re3 view of United States diplomacy and development 

4 (to be known as a ‘‘quadrennial diplomacy and de5 velopment review’’). 

6 (2) SCOPE OF REVIEWS.—Each quadrennial di7 plomacy and development review shall be a com8 prehensive examination of the national diplomacy 

9 and development policy and strategic framework of 

10 the United States for the next four year period until 

11 a subsequent review is due under paragraph (1). 

12 The review shall include— 

13 (A) recommendations regarding the long14 term diplomacy and development policy and 

15 strategic framework of the United States; 

16 (B) priorities of the United States for di17 plomacy and development; and 

18 (C) guidance on the related programs, as19 sets, capabilities, budget, policies, and authori20 ties of the Department of State and United 

21 States Agency for International Development. 

22 (3) CONSULTATION.—In conducting each quad23 rennial diplomacy and development review, after con24 sultation with Department of State and United 


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1 States Agency for International Development offi2 cials, the Secretary of State should consult with— 

3 (A) the heads of other relevant Federal 

4 agencies, including the Secretary of Defense, 

5 the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 

6 Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the 

7 Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 

8 Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Com9 merce, the Chief Executive Officer of the Mil10 lennium Challenge Corporation, and the Direc11 tor of National Intelligence; 

12 (B) any other Federal agency that provides 

13 foreign assistance, including at a minimum the 

14 Export-Import Bank of the United States and 

15 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; 

16 (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

17 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

18 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

19 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and, as appropriate, 

21 other members of Congress; and 

22 (D) other relevant governmental and non23 governmental entities, including private sector 

24 representatives, academics, and other policy ex25 perts. 


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1 (b) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—Each quadrennial diplo2 macy and development review shall— 

3 (1) delineate, as appropriate, the national diplo4 macy and development policy and strategic frame5 work of the United States, consistent with appro6 priate national, Department of State, and United 

7 States Agency for International Development strate8 gies, strategic plans, and relevant presidential direc9 tives, including the national security strategy pre10 scribed pursuant to section 108 of the National Se11 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a); 

12 (2) outline and prioritize the full range of crit13 ical national diplomacy and development areas, capa14 bilities, and resources, including those implemented 

15 across agencies, and address the full range of chal16 lenges confronting the United States in this regard; 

17 (3) describe the interagency cooperation, and 

18 preparedness of relevant Federal assets, and the in19 frastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the 

20 diplomacy and development policies and programs of 

21 the United States required to execute successfully 

22 the full range of mission priorities outlined under 

23 paragraph (2); 

24 (4) describe the roles of international organiza25 tions and multilateral institutions in advancing 


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1 United States diplomatic and development objec2 tives, including the mechanisms for coordinating and 

3 harmonizing development policies and programs with 

4 partner countries and among donors; 

5 (5) identify the budget plan required to provide 

6 sufficient resources to successfully execute the full 

7 range of mission priorities outlined under paragraph 

8 (2); 

9 (6) include an assessment of the organizational 

10 alignment of the Department of State and the 

11 United States Agency for International Development 

12 with the national diplomacy and development policy 

13 and strategic framework referred to in paragraph 

14 (1) and the diplomacy and development mission pri15 orities outlined under paragraph (2); 

16 (7) review and assess the effectiveness of the 

17 management mechanisms of the Department of 

18 State and the United States Agency for Inter19 national Development for executing the strategic pri20 orities outlined in the quadrennial diplomacy and de21 velopment review, including the extent to which such 

22 effectiveness has been enhanced since the previous 

23 report; and 

24 (8) the relationship between the requirements of 

25 the quadrennial diplomacy and development review 


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1 and the acquisition strategy and expenditure plan 

2 within the Department of State and the United 

3 States Agency for International Development. 

4 (c) REPORTING.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the year fol6 lowing the year in which a quadrennial diplomacy 

7 and development review is conducted, but not later 

8 than the date on which the President submits the 

9 budget for the next fiscal year to Congress under 

10 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the 

11 Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report 

12 regarding that quadrennial diplomacy and develop13 ment review. 

14 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report sub15 mitted under paragraph (1) shall include— 

16 (A) the results of the quadrennial diplo17 macy and development review conducted in ac18 cordance with, and based on a detailed assess19 ment of, the provisions of and considerations 

20 set out in subsections (a)(2) and (b), addressing 

21 each of the key elements identified in such sub22 sections; 

23 (B) a description of the threats to the as24 sumed or defined national security interests of 


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1 the United States that were examined for the 

2 purposes of that review; 

3 (C) an explanation of any underlying as4 sumptions used in conducting the review; and 

5 (D) any other matters the Secretary of 

6 State considers appropriate. 

7 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of 

8 State shall, consistent with the protection of national 

9 security and other sensitive matters, make each re10 port submitted under paragraph (1) publicly avail11 able on the Internet Web site of the Department of 

12 State. 

13 (d) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State may 

14 establish within the Department of State an Office of 

15 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, which 

16 the Secretary of State may, using only existing resources, 

17 staff in a manner to assist in discharging the functions 

18 under this section. 

19 (e) FOREIGN AFFAIRS POLICY BOARD REVIEW.— 

20 The Secretary of State should apprise the Foreign Affairs 

21 Policy Board on an ongoing basis of the work undertaken 

22 in the conduct of the quadrennial diplomacy and develop23 ment review and, upon completion of the review, the 

24 Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Policy Board should, on 

25 behalf of the Board, prepare and submit to the Secretary 


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1 an assessment of the review for inclusion in the report 

2 submitted under subsection (c). 

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