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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6034 

To amend the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 to empower diplomats to 

pursue vital diplomatic goals and mitigate security risks at United States 

Government missions abroad, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 18, 2021 

Ms. JACOBS of California (for herself and Mr. KINZINGER) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 to empower 

diplomats to pursue vital diplomatic goals and mitigate 

security risks at United States Government missions 

abroad, 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 ‘‘Diplomatic Support 

5 and Security Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 


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1 (1) it is a United States national security pri2 ority that United States Government mission per3 sonnel are able to fully execute their duties, includ4 ing— 

5 (A) providing United States citizen services 

6 that are often a matter of life and death in in7 secure places; 

8 (B) meeting with foreign officials, includ9 ing government and nongovernment, civil soci10 ety, private sector, and members of the press, 

11 to advance United States national security pri12 orities; and 

13 (C) understanding, engaging, and report14 ing on foreign political, social, and economic 

15 conditions; 

16 (2) a risk-averse environment that inhibits the 

17 execution of these fundamental duties undermines 

18 the national security interests of the United States 

19 and contributes to the further militarization of 

20 United States foreign policy as military and intel21 ligence agencies may experience fewer security re22 strictions and greater risk tolerance in the wake of 

23 security incidents; and 

24 (3) Congress has a role to play in addressing 

25 the negative impacts of an increasingly risk-averse 


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1 culture at the Department of State and United 

2 States Agency for International Development and 

3 helping to create an appropriate balance of security 

4 and safety for United States diplomats and per5 sonnel with greater flexibility to carry out their most 

6 important duties, and in removing politics from the 

7 review of post-security incident evaluations. 

8 SEC. 3. ENCOURAGING EXPEDITIONARY DIPLOMACY. 

9 (a) PURPOSE.—Subsection (b) of section 102 of the 

10 Diplomatic Security Act (22 U.S.C. 4801(b)) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(3) to promote strengthened security meas15 ures, institutionalize a culture of learning, and, in 

16 the case of apparent gross negligence or breach of 

17 duty, recommend the Director General of the For18 eign Service investigate accountability for United 

19 States Government personnel with security-related 

20 responsibilities;’’; 

21 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 

22 paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

23 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol24 lowing new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(4) to support a culture of effective risk man2 agement that enables the Department of State to 

3 pursue its vital goals with full knowledge that it is 

4 neither desirable nor possible for the Department to 

5 avoid all risks;’’. 

6 (b) BRIEFINGS ON EMBASSY SECURITY.—Paragraph 

7 (1) of section 105(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 

8 U.S.C. 4804(a)) is amended— 

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

10 by striking ‘‘any plans to open or reopen a high risk, 

11 high threat post’’ and inserting ‘‘progress towards 

12 opening or reopening high risk, high threat posts, 

13 and the risk to national security of the continued 

14 closure and remaining barriers to doing so’’; 

15 (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the type 

16 and level of security threats such post could encoun17 ter’’ and inserting ‘‘the risk to national security of 

18 the post’s continued closure’’; and 

19 (3) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘the type 

20 and level of security threats such post could encoun21 ter, and’’ before ‘‘security ‘tripwires’ ’’. 

22 SEC. 4. INVESTIGATION OF SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENTS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 of the Diplomatic Se24 curity Act (22 U.S.C. 4831) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking the head2 ing and inserting ‘‘INVESTIGATION OF SERIOUS

3 SECURITY INCIDENTS’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) CONVENING THE SERIOUS SECURITY INCI8 DENT INVESTIGATION PERMANENT COORDINATING

9 COMMITTEE PROCESS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In any case of an inci11 dent involving loss of life, serious injury, or sig12 nificant destruction of property at, or related 

13 to, a United States Government (USG) mission 

14 abroad, and in any case of a serious breach of 

15 security involving intelligence activities of a for16 eign government directed at a USG mission 

17 abroad, an investigation, to be referred to as a 

18 ‘Serious Security Incident Investigation’ (SSII), 

19 into such incident shall be convened by the De20 partment of State and a report produced for 

21 the Secretary of State providing a full account 

22 of such incident, including— 

23 ‘‘(i) whether security provisions perti24 nent to such incident were in place and 

25 functioning; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) whether any malfeasance or 

2 breach of duty took place that materially 

3 contributed to the outcome of such inci4 dent; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) any recommendations of relevant 

6 security improvements or follow-up meas7 ures. 

8 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does 

9 not apply in the case of an incident that clearly 

10 involves only causes unrelated to security.’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Board’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘Serious Security Incident Inves13 tigation’’; and 

14 (C) by striking paragraph (3); 

15 (3) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘Except as’’ and all 

18 that follows through ‘‘convene a Board’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of State shall 

20 conduct a Serious Security Incident Inves21 tigation (SSII) under subsection (a) and 

22 establish a subsequent process under sec23 tion 302 to be carried out by the ‘Serious 

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1 Coordinating Committee’ (SSII/PCC) es2 tablished pursuant to such section’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘for the convening of 

4 the Board’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Board’’ 

6 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘SSII/ 

7 PCC’’; and 

8 (4) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘Board’’ the first place 

10 such term appears and inserting ‘‘Serious Secu11 rity Incident Investigation and begins the SSII/ 

12 PCC process’’; 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘chairman’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘chair and ranking member’’; and 

15 (C) by striking ‘‘Speaker’’ and all that fol16 lows through the period at the end of para17 graph (3) and inserting ‘‘chair and ranking 

18 member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

19 the House of Representatives.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

21 in section 2 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 

22 Antiterrorism Act of 1986 is amended by striking the item 

23 relating to section 301 and inserting the following new 

24 item: 

‘‘Sec. 301. Investigation of serious security incidents.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION PER2 MANENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Diplomatic Se4 curity Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4832) is amended to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 302. SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 

7 PERMANENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE. 

8 ‘‘(a) BUREAU OF DIPLOMATIC SECURITY RESPONSI9 BILITY FOR INVESTIGATIONS.—The Diplomatic Security 

10 Service of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the De11 partment of State shall be responsible for conducting the 

12 investigation of an incident involving loss of life, serious 

13 injury, or significant destruction of property at, or related 

14 to, a United States Government (USG) mission abroad 

15 that may be determined to be a serious security incident 

16 and providing investigative personnel and other resources 

17 as may be necessary. The results of every investigation 

18 of all such incidents shall be referred to the Serious Secu19 rity Incident Investigation Permanent Coordinating Com20 mittee established and convened pursuant to subsection 

21 (b) for final determinations regarding whether such inci22 dents are serious security incidents. 

23 ‘‘(b) SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT PERMANENT CO24 ORDINATING COMMITTEE.— 

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

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1 as a ‘Serious Security Incident Investigation Perma2 nent Coordinating Committee’ (in this title referred 

3 to as the ‘SSII/PCC’), to review each incident de4 scribed in subsection (a) to determine, in accordance 

5 with section 304, if each such incident is a serious 

6 security incident. The SSII/PCC shall review the Re7 port of Investigation prepared under section 303(c) 

8 and any other available reporting and evidence, in9 cluding video recordings, and shall prepare the SSII/ 

10 PCC Report under section 304(b). 

11 ‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The SSII/PCC shall be 

12 composed primarily of Assistant Secretary-level per13 sonnel or their designated representatives in the De14 partment of State, and shall at a minimum include 

15 the following personnel: 

16 ‘‘(A) A representative of the Under Sec17 retary of State for Management, who shall 

18 serve as chair of the SSII/PCC. 

19 ‘‘(B) The Assistant Secretary or des20 ignated representative responsible for the region 

21 in which the serious security incident occurred. 

22 ‘‘(C) The Assistant Secretary or des23 ignated representative for Diplomatic Security. 


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1 ‘‘(D) The Assistant Secretary or des2 ignated representative for the Bureau of Intel3 ligence and Research. 

4 ‘‘(E) An Assistant Secretary-level or des5 ignated representative from any involved United 

6 States Government department or agency. 

7 ‘‘(F) Other personnel as determined nec8 essary or appropriate. 

9 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘des10 ignated representative’ means an official of the Depart11 ment of State with a rank and status not lower than a 

12 Deputy Assistant Secretary-level or equivalent relevant to 

13 the office in which the Assistant Secretary referred to in 

14 paragraph (2) is a part and who is acting on behalf of 

15 the Assistant Secretary and with respect to whom the As16 sistant Secretary is responsible for the conduct and ac17 tions during the investigation process.’’. 

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

19 in section 2 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 

20 Antiterrorism Act of 1986 is amended by striking the item 

21 relating to section 302 and inserting the following new 

22 item: 

‘‘Sec. 302. Serious Security Incident Investigation Permanent Coordinating 

Committee.’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 

2 PROCESS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Diplomatic Se4 curity Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4833) is amended to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 303. SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 

7 PROCESS. 

8 ‘‘(a) INVESTIGATION PROCESS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) INITIATION.—The Serious Security Inci10 dent Investigation process shall commence when a 

11 United States Government (USG) mission reports to 

12 the Secretary of State information relating to an in13 cident involving loss of life, serious injury, or signifi14 cant destruction of property at, or related to, a USG 

15 mission abroad, including detailed information about 

16 such incident, not later than 72 hours after the oc17 currence of such incident. 

18 ‘‘(2) INVESTIGATION.—The Diplomatic Security 

19 Service of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the 

20 Department of State shall assemble an investigative 

21 team to carry out the investigation of an incident re22 ported under paragraph (1). The investigation shall 

23 cover the following matters with respect to such inci24 dent: 

25 ‘‘(A) An assessment of what occurred, an 

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1 pected of having carried out such incident, and 

2 whether applicable security procedures were fol3 lowed. 

4 ‘‘(B) If such incident was an attack on a 

5 USG mission abroad, a determination regarding 

6 whether security systems, security counter7 measures, and security procedures operated as 

8 intended. 

9 ‘‘(C) If such incident was an attack on an 

10 individual or group of officers, employees, or 

11 family members under chief of mission author12 ity conducting approved operations or move13 ments outside a USG mission, a determination 

14 regarding whether proper security briefings and 

15 procedures were in place and whether security 

16 systems, security countermeasures, and security 

17 procedures operated as intended, and whether 

18 such systems, countermeasures, and procedures 

19 worked to materially mitigate such attack or 

20 were inadequate to mitigate any threat associ21 ated with such attack. 

22 ‘‘(D) An assessment of whether any offi23 cials’ or employees’ failure to follow procedures 

24 or perform their duties contributed to such inci25 dent. 


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1 ‘‘(b) REFERRAL AND RECOMMENDATION.—The in2 vestigative team assembled pursuant to subsection (a)(2) 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) in accordance with section 302(a), refer to 

5 the SSII/PCC the results, including the Report of 

6 Investigation under subsection (c), of each investiga7 tion carried out under subsection (a); and 

8 ‘‘(2) make a recommendation to the SSII/PCC, 

9 based upon each such investigation, regarding 

10 whether the incident that is the subject of each such 

11 investigation, should be determined to be a serious 

12 security incident. 

13 ‘‘(c) REPORT OF INVESTIGATION.—At the conclusion 

14 of a Serious Security Incident Investigation under sub15 section (a), the investigative team shall prepare a Report 

16 of Investigation and submit such Report to the SSII/PCC. 

17 Such Report shall include the following elements: 

18 ‘‘(1) A detailed description of the matters set 

19 forth in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of sub20 section (a)(2), including all related findings. 

21 ‘‘(2) An accurate account of the casualties, in22 juries, and damage resulting from the incident that 

23 is the subject of the investigation. 

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1 ‘‘(4) A recommendation, pursuant to subsection 

2 (b)(2), regarding whether such incident should be 

3 determined to be a serious security incident. 

4 ‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The investigative team 

5 shall adopt such procedures with respect to confidentiality 

6 as determined necessary, including procedures relating to 

7 the conduct of closed proceedings or the submission and 

8 use of evidence on camera, to ensure in particular the pro9 tection of classified information relating to national de10 fense, foreign policy, or intelligence matters. The Director 

11 of National Intelligence shall establish the level of protec12 tion required for intelligence information and for informa13 tion relating to intelligence personnel included in the Re14 port of Investigation under subsection (b). The SSII/PCC 

15 shall determine the level of classification of the final report 

16 prepared under section 304(b), but shall incorporate in 

17 such report, to the maximum extent practicable, the con18 fidentiality measures referred to in this subsection. 

19 ‘‘(e) INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In this section and sec20 tion 304, the term ‘individual’ means— 

21 ‘‘(1) employees, as such term is defined in sec22 tion 2105 of title 5 (including members of the For23 eign Service); 

24 ‘‘(2) members of the uniformed services, as 

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1 ‘‘(3) employees of instrumentalities of the 

2 United States; and 

3 ‘‘(4) individuals employed by any person or en4 tity under contract with agencies or instrumental5 ities of the United States Government to provide 

6 services, equipment, or personnel.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

8 in section 2 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 

9 Antiterrorism Act of 1986 is amended by striking the item 

10 relating to section 303 and inserting the following new 

11 item: 

‘‘Sec. 303. Serious security incident investigation process.’’. 

12 SEC. 7. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SERI13 OUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 

14 PERMANENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Diplomatic Se16 curity Act (22 U.S.C. 4834) is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 304. SERIOUS SECURITY INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 

18 PERMANENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE 

19 FINDINGS AND REPORT. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The SSII/PCC shall review the 

21 Report of Investigation prepared pursuant to section 

22 303(c), all other evidence, reporting, and relevant informa23 tion relating to an incident involving loss of life, serious 

24 injury, or significant destruction of property at, or related 

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1 including an examination of the facts and circumstances 

2 surrounding any serious injuries, loss of life, or significant 

3 destruction of property resulting from such incident and 

4 shall make the following written findings and final deter5 minations: 

6 ‘‘(1) Whether such incident was security related 

7 and is determined to be a serious security incident. 

8 ‘‘(2) If such incident was an attack on a USG 

9 mission abroad, whether the security systems, secu10 rity countermeasures, and security procedures oper11 ated as intended, and whether such systems, coun12 termeasures, and procedures worked to materially 

13 mitigate such attack or were inadequate to mitigate 

14 any threat associated with such attack. 

15 ‘‘(3) If such incident involved an individual or 

16 group of officers conducting an approved operation 

17 outside a USG mission, a determination regarding 

18 whether a valid process was followed in evaluating 

19 such operation for approval and weighing any risks 

20 associated with such operation, except that such a 

21 determination shall not seek to assign accountability 

22 for such incident unless the SSII/PCC determines a 

23 breach of duty has occurred. 

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1 dent, and whether the USG mission was aware of 

2 the general operating threat environment or any 

3 more specific threat intelligence or information and 

4 the extent to which such was taken into account in 

5 ongoing and specific operations. 

6 ‘‘(5) Such other facts and circumstances that 

7 may be relevant to the appropriate security manage8 ment of USG missions abroad. 

9 ‘‘(b) SSII/PCC REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 

10 after receiving the Report of Investigation prepared under 

11 section 303(b), the SSII/PCC shall submit to the Sec12 retary of State a SSII/PCC Report on the incident at 

13 issue, including the determination and findings under sub14 section (a) and any related recommendations related to 

15 preventing and responding to similar such incidents. Not 

16 later than 90 days after receiving such SSII/PCC Report, 

17 the Secretary of State shall submit such SSII/PCC Report 

18 to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

19 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep20 resentatives. Such SSII/PCC Report shall be submitted in 

21 unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 

22 ‘‘(c) PERSONNEL FINDINGS.—If in the course of con23 ducting an investigation under section 303, the investiga24 tive team finds reasonable cause to believe any official or 

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1 tion has breached the duty of such official or employee, 

2 or finds lesser failures on the part of an official or em3 ployee in the performance of his or her duties related to 

4 the serious security incident at issue, the investigative 

5 team shall report such to the SSII/PCC. If the SSII/PCC 

6 finds reasonable cause to support a finding relating to 

7 such a breach or failure, the SSII/PCC shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) notify the official or employee concerned; 

9 ‘‘(2) if such official or employee is employed by 

10 the Department of State, transmit to the Director 

11 General of the Foreign Service for appropriate ac12 tion such finding, together with all information rel13 evant to such finding; or 

14 ‘‘(3) if such official or employee is employed by 

15 a Federal agency other than the Department of 

16 State, transmit to the head of such Federal agency 

17 for appropriate action such finding, together with all 

18 information relevant to such finding.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

20 in section 2 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 

21 Antiterrorism Act of 1986 is amended by striking the item 

22 relating to section 304 and inserting the following new 

23 item: 

‘‘Sec. 304. Serious Security Incident Investigation Permanent Coordinating 

Committee findings and report.’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. RELATION TO OTHER PROCEEDINGS. 

2 Section 305 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 

3 (22 U.S.C. 4835) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘Nothing in this title shall’’ and 

5 inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(a) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING REMEDIES OR DE7 FENSES.—Nothing in this title may’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end of the following new 

9 subsection: 

10 ‘‘(b) FUTURE INQUIRIES.—Nothing in this title may 

11 be construed to preclude the Secretary of State from con12 vening a follow-up public board of inquiry to investigate 

13 any serious security incident if such incident was of such 

14 magnitude or significance that an internal process is de15 termined to be insufficient to understand and investigate 

16 such incident. All materials gathered during the proce17 dures provided under this title shall be provided to any 

18 such related board of inquiry convened by the Secretary.’’. 

19 SEC. 9. TRAINING FOR FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL ON 

20 RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. 

21 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall develop and 

23 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

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1 ducting their duties in high risk, high threat environ2 ments. Such strategy shall include the following elements: 

3 (1) Plans to develop and offer additional train4 ing courses, or augment existing courses, for For5 eign Service officers regarding the conduct of their 

6 duties in high risk, high threat environments outside 

7 of diplomatic compounds, including for diplomatic 

8 personnel such as political officers, economic offi9 cers, consular officers, and others. 

10 (2) Plans to educate Senior Foreign Service 

11 personnel serving abroad, including ambassadors, 

12 chiefs of mission, deputy chiefs of missions, and re13 gional security officers, on appropriate risk manage14 ment practices to employ when evaluating requests 

15 for diplomatic operations in high risk, high threat 

16 environments outside of diplomatic compounds. 

17 SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ESTABLISH18 MENT OF EXPEDITIONARY DIPLOMACY 

19 AWARD. 

20 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State 

21 should— 

22 (1) encourage expeditionary diplomacy, proper 

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1 nual award to be known as the ‘‘Expeditionary Di2 plomacy Award’’ that would be awarded to officers 

3 or employees of the Department; and 

4 (2) establish procedures for selecting recipients 

5 of such award, including any financial terms associ6 ated with such award. 

7 SEC. 11. PROMOTION IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE. 

8 Subsection (b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

9 (22 U.S.C. 4003) is amended— 

10 (1) by inserting after ‘‘as the case may be,’’ the 

11 following: ‘‘and when occupying positions for which 

12 the following is, to any degree, an element of the 

13 member’s duties,’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘when occu15 pying positions for which such willingness and ability 

16 is, to any degree, an element of the member’s du17 ties’’; 

18 (3) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, or’’ and in19 serting a semicolon; 

20 (4) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 

21 inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

22 (5) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para23 graph (3); 

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1 ‘‘(2) a willingness and ability to regularly and 

2 meaningfully engage with civil society and other 

3 local actors in-country;’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(4) the ability to effectively manage and assess 

7 risk associated with the conduct of diplomatic oper8 ations.’’. 

9 SEC. 12. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 

10 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact11 ment of this Act and for every 180 days thereafter for 

12 the following two years, the Secretary of State shall sub13 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

14 on the Department of State’s risk management efforts, in15 cluding information relating to progress in implementing 

16 this Act, subsection (b) of section 102 of the Diplomatic 

17 Security Act (22 U.S.C. 4801), as amended by section 

18 3(a) of this Act, and the following elements: 

19 (1) Progress on encouraging and incentivizing 

20 appropriate Foreign Service personnel to regularly 

21 and meaningfully engage with civil society and other 

22 local actors in-country. 

23 (2) Efforts to promote a more effective culture 

24 of risk management and greater risk tolerance 

25 among all Foreign Service personnel, including 


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1 through additional risk management training and 

2 education opportunities. 

3 (3) Progress on efforts to incorporate the provi4 sions of this Act into the Foreign Affairs Manual 

5 regulations and implement the Serious Security Inci6 dent Investigation Permanent Coordinating Com7 mittee (SSII/PCC) established and convened pursu8 ant to section 302(b) of the Diplomatic Security Act 

9 (22 U.S.C. 4832), as amended by section 5 of this 

10 Act, to more closely align Department of State pro11 cedures with how other Federal departments and 

12 agencies analyze, weigh, and manage risk. 

13 SEC. 13. IMPLEMENTATION. 

14 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall identify and 

16 report to the appropriate congressional committees which 

17 official of the Department of State, with a rank not lower 

18 than Assistant Secretary or equivalent, will be responsible 

19 for leading the implementation of this Act and the amend20 ments made by this Act. 

21 SEC. 14. DEFINITION. 

22 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com23 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 


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1 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

2 Relations of the Senate. 

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