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Calendar No. 525 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3341 

[Report No. 112–220] 

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 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 

Reported by Mr. KERRY, without amendment 

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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT 

2 REVIEW. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT.— 

4 (1) QUADRENNIAL REVIEWS REQUIRED.— 

5 Under the direction of the President, the Secretary 

6 of State shall every four years, during a year fol7 lowing a year evenly divisible by four, conduct a re8 view of United States diplomacy and development 

9 (to be known as a ‘‘quadrennial diplomacy and de10 velopment review’’). 

11 (2) SCOPE OF REVIEWS.—Each quadrennial di12 plomacy and development review shall be a com13 prehensive examination of the national diplomacy 

14 and development policy and strategic framework of 

15 the United States for the next four year period until 

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

17 The review shall include— 

18 (A) recommendations regarding the long19 term diplomacy and development policy and 

20 strategic framework of the United States; 

21 (B) priorities of the United States for di22 plomacy and development; and 

23 (C) guidance on the related programs, as24 sets, capabilities, budget, policies, and authori25 ties of the Department of State and United 

26 States Agency for International Development. 


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1 (3) CONSULTATION.—In conducting each quad2 rennial diplomacy and development review, after con3 sultation with Department of State and United 

4 States Agency for International Development offi5 cials, the Secretary of State should consult with— 

6 (A) the heads of other relevant Federal 

7 agencies, including the Secretary of Defense, 

8 the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of 

9 Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the 

10 Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 

11 Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Com12 merce, the Chief Executive Officer of the Mil13 lennium Challenge Corporation, and the Direc14 tor of National Intelligence; 

15 (B) any other Federal agency that provides 

16 foreign assistance, including at a minimum the 

17 Export-Import Bank of the United States and 

18 the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; 

19 (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

20 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

21 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

22 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

23 House of Representatives and, as appropriate, 

24 other members of Congress; and 


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1 (D) other relevant governmental and non2 governmental entities, including private sector 

3 representatives, academics, and other policy ex4 perts. 

5 (b) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—Each quadrennial diplo6 macy and development review shall— 

7 (1) delineate, as appropriate, the national diplo8 macy and development policy and strategic frame9 work of the United States, consistent with appro10 priate national, Department of State, and United 

11 States Agency for International Development strate12 gies, strategic plans, and relevant presidential direc13 tives, including the national security strategy pre14 scribed pursuant to section 108 of the National Se15 curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a); 

16 (2) outline and prioritize the full range of crit17 ical national diplomacy and development areas, capa18 bilities, and resources, including those implemented 

19 across agencies, and address the full range of chal20 lenges confronting the United States in this regard; 

21 (3) describe the interagency cooperation, and 

22 preparedness of relevant Federal assets, and the in23 frastructure, budget plan, and other elements of the 

24 diplomacy and development policies and programs of 

25 the United States required to execute successfully 


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1 the full range of mission priorities outlined under 

2 paragraph (2); 

3 (4) describe the roles of international organiza4 tions and multilateral institutions in advancing 

5 United States diplomatic and development objec6 tives, including the mechanisms for coordinating and 

7 harmonizing development policies and programs with 

8 partner countries and among donors; 

9 (5) identify the budget plan required to provide 

10 sufficient resources to successfully execute the full 

11 range of mission priorities outlined under paragraph 

12 (2); 

13 (6) include an assessment of the organizational 

14 alignment of the Department of State and the 

15 United States Agency for International Development 

16 with the national diplomacy and development policy 

17 and strategic framework referred to in paragraph 

18 (1) and the diplomacy and development mission pri19 orities outlined under paragraph (2); 

20 (7) review and assess the effectiveness of the 

21 management mechanisms of the Department of 

22 State and the United States Agency for Inter23 national Development for executing the strategic pri24 orities outlined in the quadrennial diplomacy and de25 velopment review, including the extent to which such 


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1 effectiveness has been enhanced since the previous 

2 report; and 

3 (8) the relationship between the requirements of 

4 the quadrennial diplomacy and development review 

5 and the acquisition strategy and expenditure plan 

6 within the Department of State and the United 

7 States Agency for International Development. 

8 (c) REPORTING.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the year fol10 lowing the year in which a quadrennial diplomacy 

11 and development review is conducted, but not later 

12 than the date on which the President submits the 

13 budget for the next fiscal year to Congress under 

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

15 Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report 

16 regarding that quadrennial diplomacy and develop17 ment review. 

18 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report sub19 mitted under paragraph (1) shall include— 

20 (A) the results of the quadrennial diplo21 macy and development review conducted in ac22 cordance with, and based on a detailed assess23 ment of, the provisions of and considerations 

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


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1 each of the key elements identified in such sub2 sections; 

3 (B) a description of the threats to the as4 sumed or defined national security interests of 

5 the United States that were examined for the 

6 purposes of that review; 

7 (C) an explanation of any underlying as8 sumptions used in conducting the review; and 

9 (D) any other matters the Secretary of 

10 State considers appropriate. 

11 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of 

12 State shall, consistent with the protection of national 

13 security and other sensitive matters, make each re14 port submitted under paragraph (1) publicly avail15 able on the Internet Web site of the Department of 

16 State. 

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

18 establish within the Department of State an Office of 

19 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, which 

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

21 staff in a manner to assist in discharging the functions 

22 under this section. 

23 (e) FOREIGN AFFAIRS POLICY BOARD REVIEW.— 

24 The Secretary of State should apprise the Foreign Affairs 

25 Policy Board on an ongoing basis of the work undertaken 


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1 in the conduct of the quadrennial diplomacy and develop2 ment review and, upon completion of the review, the 

3 Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Policy Board should, on 

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

5 an assessment of the review for inclusion in the report 

6 submitted under subsection (c). 


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Calendar No. 525 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3341 

[Report No. 112–220] 

A BILL 

To require a quadrennial diplomacy and 

development review, and for other purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 

Reported without amendment 


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