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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4390 
To require a review of the United States diplomatic posture, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2025 
Mr. BERA (for himself, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. CASE, and Ms. MCBRIDE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 
A BILL 
To require a review of the United States diplomatic posture, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘U.S. Diplomatic Pos-
ture Review Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The allocation of personnel and resources of 
the Department of State in areas of strategic con-
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cern should reflect United States national security 
and foreign policy priorities. 
(2) The Department of State Strategic Staffing 
Initiative of 2020 demonstrated a recognition of a 
need for a continuous, high-level examination of the 
Department’s diplomatic posture. 
(3) The Department of State should strengthen 
its capacity to advance United States national secu-
rity and foreign policy objectives through adjusting 
its diplomatic posture and strategic goals to reflect 
United States national security and foreign policy 
priorities and clearly and consistently commu-
nicating such adjustments to Congress. 
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC POSTURE REVIEW. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State, acting through the Coordinator ap-
pointed pursuant to subsection (c) and in coordina-
tion with the heads of other relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that includes a 
classified, comprehensive diplomatic posture review 
(‘‘USDPR Report’’), and which shall contain an un-
classified summary. 
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(2) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—Not later than 1 
year after the submission to Congress of the initial 
report required by paragraph (1), and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an updated 
USDPR Report in the same form as the initial re-
port. 
(b) CONTENT.—Each USDPR report required under 
subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, include a comprehen-
sive description and discussion of the following matters: 
(1) A list of all diplomatic and consular posts 
and domestic offices operated by the Department of 
State, whether inside the United States or overseas, 
including— 
(A) domestic field offices; 
(B) permanent bilateral missions and 
branch offices; 
(C) special bilateral or multilateral mis-
sions; 
(D) multilateral missions accredited to 
international organizations; 
(E) legations; 
(F) United States interest sections; 
(G) United States liaison offices; 
(H) consulates general; 
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(I) consulates; 
(J) consular agencies; 
(K) American presence posts; 
(L) remote missions; and 
(M) virtual presence posts. 
(2) A review of the degree to which United 
States diplomatic and consular posts serve the needs 
of American citizens overseas well, including for con-
sular services, travel advisories, and emergency as-
sistance. 
(3) A description of any additional resources 
needed to sufficiently serve such overseas needs. 
(4) An analysis of how existing, statutorily- 
mandated, strategic priorities of the Department af-
fect, inform, or alter the Department’s approach to-
ward implementing goals and objectives. 
(5) A list of the amounts and kind of foreign 
assistance provided to other countries and public 
international organizations, disaggregated by coun-
try and by specific account within budget function 
150 (international affairs). 
(6) A list of any international financial obliga-
tions for which the Department is in arrears, and 
how the Department will meet these obligations 
within the next fiscal year. 
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(7) A description of the costs incurred during 
the preceding year in connection with operating, 
maintaining, and supporting Department of State 
missions, broken out by country and post. 
(8) A description of major changes the Sec-
retary of State has made or intends to make in the 
forthcoming year focused on significant alterations, 
additions, or reductions, to the allocation of per-
sonnel and resources across the world to ensure that 
the Department is optimally positioned to execute 
statutorily-mandated strategic plans and priorities. 
(9) Identification of needed military, economic, 
informational, and additional resources outside the 
Department of State that are critical to the success-
ful implementation of the strategic priorities de-
scribed pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(c) COORDINATOR FOR THE UNITED STATES DIPLO-
MATIC POSTURE REVIEW.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT
OF
COORDINATOR.—The 
Secretary shall appoint from among the officers and 
employees of the Department of State a Coordinator 
to develop and submit the USDPR Report. The Co-
ordinator shall report directly to the Secretary and 
may, at the discretion of the Secretary, retain the 
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position and responsibilities held by such individual 
prior to such appointment. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Coordinator shall 
be a person who has significant depth of experience 
and expertise in international relations, data-driven 
management, and the policymaking, programmatic, 
and personnel aspects of the Department. 
(3) STAFF.—The Secretary shall assign suffi-
cient personnel from the Secretary’s Policy Planning 
staff or other operating units of the Department of 
State as the Secretary deems appropriate to support 
the Coordinator in carrying out the duties required 
by this section. 
(d) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the sub-
mission of each report required by subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of State shall provide an annual classified briefing 
to the appropriate congressional committees on— 
(1) the posture review; 
(2) actionable steps the Department of State 
has taken or intends to take to make adjustments to 
the United States diplomatic posture and strategic 
approach; and 
(3) additional statutory resources required from 
Congress to help meet the United States national se-
curity strategy priorities. 
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