112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3341 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Quadrennial Diplo3 macy and Development Review Act of 2012’’. 

4 SEC. 2. QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT 

5 REVIEW. 

6 (a) REQUIREMENT.— 

7 (1) QUADRENNIAL REVIEWS REQUIRED.— 

8 Under the direction of the President, the Secretary 

9 of State shall every four years, during a year fol10 lowing a year evenly divisible by four, conduct a re11 view of United States diplomacy and development 

12 (to be known as a ‘‘quadrennial diplomacy and de13 velopment review’’). 

14 (2) SCOPE OF REVIEWS.—Each quadrennial di15 plomacy and development review shall be a com16 prehensive examination of the national diplomacy 

17 and development policy and strategic framework of 

18 the United States for the next four year period until 

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

20 The review shall include— 

21 (A) recommendations regarding the long22 term diplomacy and development policy and 

23 strategic framework of the United States; 

24 (B) priorities of the United States for di25 plomacy and development; and 
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1 (C) guidance on the related programs, as2 sets, capabilities, budget, policies, and authori3 ties of the Department of State and United 

4 States Agency for International Development. 

5 (3) CONSULTATION.—In conducting each quad6 rennial diplomacy and development review, after con7 sultation with Department of State and United 

8 States Agency for International Development offi9 cials, the Secretary of State should consult with— 

10 (A) the heads of other relevant Federal 

11 agencies, including the Secretary of Defense, 

12 the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 

13 Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the 

14 Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 

15 Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Com16 merce, the Chief Executive Officer of the Mil17 lennium Challenge Corporation, and the Direc18 tor of National Intelligence; 

19 (B) any other Federal agency that provides 

20 foreign assistance, including at a minimum the 

21 Export-Import Bank of the United States and 

22 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; 

23 (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

24 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

25 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
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1 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and, as appropriate, 

3 other members of Congress; and 

4 (D) other relevant governmental and non5 governmental entities, including private sector 

6 representatives, academics, and other policy ex7 perts. 

8 (b) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—Each quadrennial diplo9 macy and development review shall— 

10 (1) delineate, as appropriate, the national diplo11 macy and development policy and strategic frame12 work of the United States, consistent with appro13 priate national, Department of State, and United 

14 States Agency for International Development strate15 gies, strategic plans, and relevant presidential direc16 tives, including the national security strategy pre17 scribed pursuant to section 108 of the National Se18 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a); 

19 (2) outline and prioritize the full range of crit20 ical national diplomacy and development areas, capa21 bilities, and resources, including those implemented 

22 across agencies, and address the full range of chal23 lenges confronting the United States in this regard; 

24 (3) describe the interagency cooperation, and 

25 preparedness of relevant Federal assets, and the in-
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1 frastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the 

2 diplomacy and development policies and programs of 

3 the United States required to execute successfully 

4 the full range of mission priorities outlined under 

5 paragraph (2); 

6 (4) describe the roles of international organiza7 tions and multilateral institutions in advancing 

8 United States diplomatic and development objec9 tives, including the mechanisms for coordinating and 

10 harmonizing development policies and programs with 

11 partner countries and among donors; 

12 (5) identify the budget plan required to provide 

13 sufficient resources to successfully execute the full 

14 range of mission priorities outlined under paragraph 

15 (2); 

16 (6) include an assessment of the organizational 

17 alignment of the Department of State and the 

18 United States Agency for International Development 

19 with the national diplomacy and development policy 

20 and strategic framework referred to in paragraph 

21 (1) and the diplomacy and development mission pri22 orities outlined under paragraph (2); 

23 (7) review and assess the effectiveness of the 

24 management mechanisms of the Department of 

25 State and the United States Agency for Inter-
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1 national Development for executing the strategic pri2 orities outlined in the quadrennial diplomacy and de3 velopment review, including the extent to which such 

4 effectiveness has been enhanced since the previous 

5 report; and 

6 (8) the relationship between the requirements of 

7 the quadrennial diplomacy and development review 

8 and the acquisition strategy and expenditure plan 

9 within the Department of State and the United 

10 States Agency for International Development. 

11 (c) REPORTING.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the year fol13 lowing the year in which a quadrennial diplomacy 

14 and development review is conducted, but not later 

15 than the date on which the President submits the 

16 budget for the next fiscal year to Congress under 

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

18 Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report 

19 regarding that quadrennial diplomacy and develop20 ment review. 

21 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report sub22 mitted under paragraph (1) shall include— 

23 (A) the results of the quadrennial diplo24 macy and development review conducted in ac25 cordance with, and based on a detailed assess-
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1 ment of, the provisions of and considerations 

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

3 each of the key elements identified in such sub4 sections; 

5 (B) a description of the threats to the as6 sumed or defined national security interests of 

7 the United States that were examined for the 

8 purposes of that review; 

9 (C) an explanation of any underlying as10 sumptions used in conducting the review; and 

11 (D) any other matters the Secretary of 

12 State considers appropriate. 

13 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of 

14 State shall, consistent with the protection of national 

15 security and other sensitive matters, make each re16 port submitted under paragraph (1) publicly avail17 able on the Internet Web site of the Department of 

18 State. 

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

20 establish within the Department of State an Office of 

21 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, which 

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

23 staff in a manner to assist in discharging the functions 

24 under this section. 
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1 (e) FOREIGN AFFAIRS POLICY BOARD REVIEW.— 

2 The Secretary of State should apprise the Foreign Affairs 

3 Policy Board on an ongoing basis of the work undertaken 

4 in the conduct of the quadrennial diplomacy and develop5 ment review and, upon completion of the review, the 

6 Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Policy Board should, on 

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

8 an assessment of the review for inclusion in the report 

9 submitted under subsection (c). 

Passed the Senate September 22 (legislative day, 

September 21), 2012. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3341 

AN ACT 

To require a quadrennial diplomacy and 

development review, and for other purposes.