Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy 
and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). 
Subtitle B—Consular Services and 
Related Matters 
SEC. 211. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSESS PASSPORT 
SURCHARGE. 
Paragraph (2) of section 1(b) of the Act of June 4, 
1920 (41 Stat. 750; chapter 223; 22 U.S.C. 214(b)), is 
amended by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 
SEC. 212. BORDER CROSSING CARD FEE FOR MINORS. 
Section 410(a)(1)(A) of the Department of State and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (contained in 
division A of Public Law 105–277) is amended by striking 
‘‘a fee of $13’’ and inserting ‘‘a fee equal to one-half the 
fee that would otherwise apply for processing a machine 
readable combined border crossing identification card and 
nonimmigrant visa’’. 
Subtitle C—Reporting 
Requirements 
SEC. 221. REPORTING REFORM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of law 
are repealed: 
(1) Subsections (c)(4) and (c)(5) of section 601 
of Public Law 96–465. 
(2) Section 585 of Public Law 104–208. 
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(3) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 11 of 
Public Law 107–245. 
(4) Section 181 of Public Law 102–138. 
(5) Section 1012(c) of Public Law 103–337. 
(6) Section 527(f) of Public Law 103–236. 
(7) Section 304(f) of Public Law 107–173. 
(8) Section 4(b) of Public Law 79–264. 
(9) Sections 3202 and 3204(f) of Public Law 
106–246. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 11 of Pub-
lic Law 107–245 is amended by striking ‘‘(a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—’’. 
(c) REPORT ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
THE UNITED NATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall submit to Congress a report on all 
assessed and voluntary contributions, including in- 
kind, of the United States Government to the United 
Nations and its affiliated agencies and related bodies 
during the previous fiscal year. 
(2) CONTENT.—Each report required under 
subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 
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(A) The total amount of all assessed and 
voluntary contributions, including in-kind, of 
the United States Government to the United 
Nations and its affiliated agencies and related 
bodies during the previous fiscal year. 
(B) The approximate percentage of United 
States 
Government 
contributions 
to 
each 
United Nations affiliated agency or related 
body in such fiscal year when compared with all 
contributions to each such agency or body from 
any source in such fiscal year. 
(C) For each such United States Govern-
ment contribution— 
(i) the amount of the contribution; 
(ii) a description of the contribution 
(including whether assessed or voluntary); 
(iii) the department or agency of the 
United States Government responsible for 
the contribution; 
(iv) the purpose of the contribution; 
and 
(v) the United Nations or its affiliated 
agency or related body receiving the con-
tribution. 
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(d) SCOPE OF INITIAL REPORT.—The first report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include the information 
required under this section for the previous three fiscal 
years. 
(e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Not 
later than 14 days after submitting a report under sub-
section (a), the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall post a public version of such report on a text- 
based, searchable, and publicly available Internet Web 
site. 
TITLE III—ORGANIZATION AND 
PERSONNEL AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 301. SUSPENSION OF FOREIGN SERVICE MEMBERS 
WITHOUT PAY. 
(a) SUSPENSION.—Section 610 of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) In order to promote the efficiency of the Serv-
ice, the Secretary may suspend a member of the Foreign 
Service without pay when the member’s security clearance 
is suspended or when there is reasonable cause to believe 
that the member has committed a crime for which a sen-
tence of imprisonment may be imposed. 
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‘‘(2) Any member of the Foreign Service for whom 
a suspension is proposed in accordance with paragraph (1) 
shall be entitled to— 
‘‘(A) written notice stating the specific reasons 
for the proposed suspension; 
‘‘(B) a reasonable time to respond orally and in 
writing to the proposed suspension; 
‘‘(C) representation by an attorney or other 
representative; and 
‘‘(D) a final written decision, including the spe-
cific reasons for such decision, as soon as prac-
ticable. 
‘‘(3) Any member suspended under this section may 
file a grievance in accordance with the procedures applica-
ble to grievances under chapter 11. 
‘‘(4) In the case of a grievance filed under paragraph 
(3)— 
‘‘(A) the review by the Foreign Service Griev-
ance Board shall be limited to a determination of 
whether the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) 
have been fulfilled; and 
‘‘(B) the Foreign Service Grievance Board may 
not exercise the authority provided under section 
1106(8). 
‘‘(5) In this subsection: 
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‘‘(A) The term ‘reasonable time’ means— 
‘‘(i) with respect to a member of the For-
eign Service assigned to duty in the United 
States, 15 days after receiving notice of the 
proposed suspension; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to a member of the For-
eign Service assigned to duty outside the 
United States, 30 days after receiving notice of 
the proposed suspension. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘suspend’ or ‘suspension’ means 
the placing of a member of the Foreign Service in 
a temporary status without duties and pay.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) AMENDMENT OF SECTION HEADING.—Sec-
tion 610 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as 
amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further 
amended, in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘; 
SUSPENSION’’ before the period at the end. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating 
to section 610 in the table of contents in section 2 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 610. Separation for cause; suspension.’’. 
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SEC. 302. REPEAL OF RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT 
FOR SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE. 
Subsection (d) of section 305 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3945) is repealed. 
SEC. 303. LIMITED APPOINTMENTS IN THE FOREIGN SERV-
ICE. 
Section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 3949) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b) or (c)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(A),’’ after ‘‘if’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon 
at the end the following: ‘‘, or (B), the ca-
reer candidate is serving in the uniformed 
services, as defined by the Uniformed Serv-
ices 
Employment 
and 
Reemployment 
Rights Act of 1994 (38 U.S.C. 4301 et 
seq.), and the limited appointment expires 
in the course of such service’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(D) by adding after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) in exceptional circumstances where the 
Secretary determines the needs of the Service re-
quire the extension of a limited appointment, (A), 
for a period of time not to exceed 12 months (if 
such period of time does not permit additional re-
view by boards under section 306), or (B), for the 
minimum time needed to settle a grievance, claim, or 
complaint not otherwise provided for in this sec-
tion.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) Non-career Foreign Service employees who have 
served five consecutive years under a limited appointment 
may be reappointed to a subsequent limited appointment 
if there is a one year break in service between each such 
appointment. The Secretary may in cases of special need 
waive the requirement for a one year break in service.’’. 
SEC. 304. LIMITATION OF COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR 
TRAVEL. 
Section 5550b of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(c) The maximum amount of compensatory time off 
earned under this section may not exceed 104 hours dur-
ing any leave year (as defined by regulations established 
by the Office of Personnel Management).’’. 
SEC. 305. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ORGANIZATION. 
The Secretary of State may, after consultation with 
the appropriate congressional committees, transfer to such 
other officials or offices of the Department of State as 
the Secretary may determine from time to time any au-
thority, duty, or function assigned by statute to the Coor-
dinator for Counterterrorism, the Coordinator for Recon-
struction and Stabilization, or the Coordinator for Inter-
national Energy Affairs. 
SEC. 306. OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY LIMITATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitation de-
scribed in subsection (b), the authority provided by section 
1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub-
lic Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1904), shall remain in effect 
through September 30, 2014. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The authority described in sub-
section (a) may not be used to pay an eligible member 
of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009) a locality- 
based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
exceeds two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based 
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comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
would be payable to such member under section 5304 of 
title 5, United States Code, if such member’s official duty 
station were in the District of Columbia. 
TITLE IV—EMBASSY SECURITY 
AND PERSONNEL PROTECTION 
Subtitle A—Review and Planning 
Requirements 
SEC. 411. DESIGNATION OF HIGH RISK, HIGH THREAT 
POSTS AND WORKING GROUPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Diplomatic 
Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4801 
et seq.; relating to diplomatic security) is amended by in-
serting after section 103 the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 104. DESIGNATION OF HIGH RISK, HIGH THREAT 
POSTS. 
‘‘(a) INITIAL DESIGNATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report, in classified form, that contains an initial 
list of diplomatic and consular posts designated as high 
risk, high threat posts. 
‘‘(b) DESIGNATIONS BEFORE OPENING OR REOPEN-
ING POSTS.—Before opening or reopening a diplomatic or 
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consular post, the Secretary shall determine if such post 
should be designated as a high risk, high threat post. 
‘‘(c) DESIGNATING EXISTING POSTS.—The Secretary 
shall regularly review existing diplomatic and consular 
posts to determine if any such post should be designated 
as a high risk, high threat post if conditions at such post 
or the surrounding security environment require such a 
designation. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 105: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) HIGH
RISK, HIGH
THREAT
POST.—The 
term ‘high risk, high threat post’ means a United 
States diplomatic or consular post, as determined by 
the Secretary, that, among other factors, is— 
‘‘(A) located in a country— 
‘‘(i) with high to critical levels of po-
litical violence and terrorism; and 
‘‘(ii) the government of which lacks 
the ability or willingness to provide ade-
quate security; and 
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‘‘(B) with mission physical security plat-
forms that fall below the Department of State’s 
established standards. 
‘‘SEC. 105. WORKING GROUPS FOR HIGH RISK, HIGH 
THREAT POSTS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Before opening or reopening 
a high risk, high threat post, the Secretary shall establish 
a working group that is responsible for the geographic 
area in which such post is to be opened or reopened. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the working group es-
tablished in accordance with subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) evaluating the importance and appro-
priateness of the objectives of the proposed post to 
the national security of the United States, and the 
type and level of security threats such post could en-
counter; 
‘‘(2) completing working plans to expedite the 
approval and funding for establishing and operating 
such post, implementing physical security measures, 
providing necessary security and management per-
sonnel, and the provision of necessary equipment; 
‘‘(3) establishing security ‘tripwires’ that would 
determine specific action, including enhanced secu-
rity measures or evacuation of such post, based on 
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the improvement or deterioration of the local secu-
rity environment; and 
‘‘(4) identifying and reporting any costs that 
may be associated with opening or reopening such 
post. 
‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.—The working group should be 
composed of representatives of the— 
‘‘(1) appropriate regional bureau; 
‘‘(2) Bureau of Diplomatic Security; 
‘‘(3) Bureau of Overseas Building Operations; 
‘‘(4) Bureau of Intelligence and Research; and 
‘‘(5) other bureaus or offices as determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not less than 
30 days before opening or reopening a high risk, high 
threat post, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate con-
gressional committees in classified form of— 
‘‘(1) the decision to open or reopen such post; 
and 
‘‘(2) the results of the working group under 
subsection (b).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents 
of 
the 
Omnibus 
Diplomatic 
Security 
and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986 is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 103 the following new items: 
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‘‘Sec. 104. Designation of high risk, high threat posts. 
‘‘Sec. 105. Working groups for high risk, high threat posts.’’. 
SEC. 412. CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR HIGH RISK, HIGH 
THREAT POSTS. 
Section 606(a) of the Secure Embassy Construction 
and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a); 
relating to diplomatic security) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and from complex at-
tacks (as such term is defined in section 416 of 
the 
Omnibus 
Diplomatic 
Security 
and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986),’’ after ‘‘attacks 
from vehicles’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or such a complex at-
tack’’ before the period at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, including at high 
risk, high threat posts (as such term is defined in 
section 104 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986), including options for the 
deployment of additional military personnel or equip-
ment to bolster security and rapid deployment of 
armed or surveillance assets in response to an at-
tack’’. 
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SEC. 413. STRATEGIC REVIEW OF BUREAU OF DIPLOMATIC 
SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall com-
plete a strategic review of the Bureau of Diplomatic Secu-
rity of the Department of State to ensure that the mission 
and activities of the Bureau are fulfilling the current and 
projected needs of the Department of State. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REVIEW.—The strategic review de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall include assessments of— 
(1) staffing needs for both domestic and inter-
national operations; 
(2) facilities under chief of mission authority 
adhering to security standards; 
(3) security personnel with the necessary lan-
guage skills for assignment to overseas posts; 
(4) programs being carried out by personnel 
with the necessary experience and at commensurate 
grade levels; 
(5) necessary security training provided to per-
sonnel under chief of mission authority for expected 
assignments and objectives; 
(6) balancing security needs with an ability to 
carry out the diplomatic mission of the Department 
of State; 
(7) the budgetary implications of balancing 
multiple missions; and 
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(8) how to resolve any identified deficiencies in 
the mission or activities of the Bureau. 
Subtitle B—Physical Security and 
Personnel Requirements 
SEC. 421. CAPITAL SECURITY COST SHARING PROGRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE CAPITAL SECURITY 
COST SHARING PROGRAM.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program should 
prioritize the construction of new facilities and the mainte-
nance of existing facilities at high risk, high threat posts. 
(b) RESTRICTION
ON CONSTRUCTION
OF OFFICE 
SPACE.—Section 604(e)(2) of the Secure Embassy Con-
struction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of 
division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 
1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113; 113 Stat. 1501A– 
453; 22 U.S.C. 4865 note) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ‘‘A project to construct 
a diplomatic facility of the United States may not include 
office space or other accommodations for an employee of 
a Federal department or agency if the Secretary of State 
determines that such department or agency has not pro-
vided to the Department of State the full amount of fund-
ing required by paragraph (1), except that such project 
may include office space or other accommodations for 
members of the United States Marine Corps.’’. 
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SEC. 422. LOCAL GUARD CONTRACTS ABROAD UNDER DIP-
LOMATIC SECURITY PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 136 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 
U.S.C. 4864) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘With respect’’ and inserting ‘‘Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (d), with re-
spect’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), 
and (g) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respec-
tively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) AWARD OF LOCAL GUARD AND PROTECTIVE 
SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR HIGH RISK, HIGH THREAT 
POSTS.—With respect to any local guard contract for a 
high risk, high threat post (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 104 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986) that is entered into after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of 
State— 
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