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Secretary of State shall establish a working group to ex-
plore the possibilities and cost-benefit analysis of 
transitioning to a shared services model as such pertains 
to human resources, travel, purchasing, budgetary plan-
ning, and all other executive support functions for all bu-
reaus of the Department that report to the Under Sec-
retary for Public Diplomacy of the Department. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 
to implement any such findings of the working group es-
tablished under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1606. GUIDANCE FOR CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DIPLO-
MACY FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall adopt, and include in the Foreign Affairs Manual, 
guidelines to collect and utilize information from each dip-
lomatic post at which the construction of a new embassy 
compound or new consulate compound would result in the 
closure or co-location of an American Space, American 
Center, American Corner, or any other public diplomacy 
facility under the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 et seq.).
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(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The guidelines required by 
subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Standardized notification to each chief of 
mission at a diplomatic post describing the require-
ments of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and the impact on the 
mission footprint of such requirements. 
(2) An assessment and recommendations from 
each chief of mission of potential impacts to public 
diplomacy programming at such diplomatic post if 
any public diplomacy facility referred to in sub-
section (a) is closed or staff is co-located in accord-
ance with such Act. 
(3) A process by which assessments and rec-
ommendations under paragraph (2) are considered 
by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Under 
Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Depart-
ment. 
(4) Notification to the appropriate congres-
sional committees, prior to the initiation of a new 
embassy compound or new consulate compound de-
sign, of the intent to close any such public diplomacy 
facility or co-locate public diplomacy staff in accord-
ance with such Act.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port containing the guidelines required under subsection 
(a) and any recommendations for any modifications to 
such guidelines. 
SEC. 1607. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) AUDIENCE
RESEARCH.—The term ‘‘audi-
ence research’’ means research conducted at the out-
set of a public diplomacy program or the outset of 
campaign planning and design regarding specific au-
dience segments to understand the attitudes, inter-
ests, knowledge, and behaviors of such audience seg-
ments. 
(2) DIGITAL
ANALYTICS.—The term ‘‘digital 
analytics’’ means the analysis of qualitative and 
quantitative data, accumulated in digital format, to 
indicate the outputs and outcomes of a public diplo-
macy program or campaign. 
(3) IMPACT EVALUATION.—The term ‘‘impact 
evaluation’’ means an assessment of the changes in 
the audience targeted by a public diplomacy program 
or campaign that can be attributed to such program 
or campaign.
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(4) PUBLIC
DIPLOMACY
BUREAUS
AND
OF-
FICES.—The term ‘‘public diplomacy bureaus and 
offices’’ means, with respect to the Department, the 
following: 
(A) The Bureau of Educational and Cul-
tural Affairs. 
(B) The Bureau of Global Public Affairs. 
(C) The Office of Policy, Planning, and 
Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Af-
fairs. 
(D) The Global Engagement Center. 
(E) The public diplomacy functions within 
the regional and functional bureaus. 
TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC 
CORRUPTION 
SEC. 1701. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) it is in the foreign policy interest of the 
United States to help foreign countries promote 
good governance and combat public corruption; 
(2) multiple Federal departments and agencies 
operate programs that promote good governance in 
foreign countries and enhance such countries’ ability 
to combat public corruption; and 
(3) the Department of State should—
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(A) promote coordination among the Fed-
eral departments and agencies implementing 
programs to promote good governance and com-
bat public corruption in foreign countries in 
order to improve effectiveness and efficiency; 
and 
(B) identify areas in which United States 
efforts to help other countries promote good 
governance and combat public corruption could 
be enhanced. 
SEC. 1702. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2022 
through 2027, the Secretary of State shall assess the ca-
pacity and commitment of foreign governments to which 
the United States provides foreign assistance under the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) 
or the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 
to combat public corruption. Each such assessment 
shall— 
(1) utilize independent, third party indicators 
that measure transparency, accountability, and cor-
ruption in the public sector in such countries, includ-
ing the extent to which public power is exercised for 
private gain, to identify those countries that are 
most vulnerable to public corruption;
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(2) consider, to the extent reliable information 
is available, whether the government of a country 
identified under paragraph (1)— 
(A) has adopted measures to prevent pub-
lic corruption, such as measures to inform and 
educate the public, including potential victims, 
about the causes and consequences of public 
corruption; 
(B) has enacted laws and established gov-
ernment structures, policies, and practices that 
prohibit public corruption; 
(C) enforces such laws through a fair judi-
cial process; 
(D) vigorously investigates, prosecutes, 
convicts, and sentences public officials who par-
ticipate in or facilitate public corruption, includ-
ing nationals of such country who are deployed 
in foreign military assignments, trade delega-
tions abroad, or other similar missions who en-
gage in or facilitate public corruption; 
(E) prescribes appropriate punishment for 
serious and significant corruption that is com-
mensurate with the punishment prescribed for 
serious crimes;