sponsibilities described in this Act, including as-
sisting Ambassadors and other United States 
officials in each nondemocratic country or 
democratic transition country in the geographic 
region to design and implement strategies for a 
transition to democracy in such county, includ-
ing regional strategies as appropriate. 
(C) ACCREDITATION.—As appropriate, the 
Department should seek accreditation for the 
Director to all nondemocratic countries in each 
geographic region for which each Hub is re-
sponsible. 
(D) TERMINATION.—The Secretary may 
terminate each Hub established under this 
paragraph five years after each is established. 
(E) 
CONTINUING
RESPONSIBILITIES.—
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as 
removing any responsibility under this or any 
other Act of any chief of mission or other em-
ployees of United States diplomatic missions, 
including the development and implementation 
of strategies to promote democracy. 
(F) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the responsibilities de-
scribed in subparagraph (B), including hiring 
additional staff to carry out such responsibil-
ities. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BUREAU OF IN-
TELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH.—The Assistant Sec-
retary of State for Intelligence and Research should 
coordinate with the Department of the Treasury, the 
Department of Justice, the Central Intelligence 
Agency, other appropriate intelligence agencies, and, 
as appropriate, with foreign governments to—
(A) monitor and document financial assets 
inside and outside the United States held by 
leaders of countries determined to be nondemo-
cratic countries or democratic transition coun-
tries in the Annual Report on Democracy under 
section 612(a); 
(B) identify close associates of such lead-
ers; and 
(C) monitor and document financial assets 
inside and outside the United States held by 
such close associates. 
(4) COORDINATION.—
(A) DEPUTY
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
OF 
STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
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LABOR.—There should be in the Department of 
State a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Any 
such Deputy Assistant Secretary shall be in ad-
dition to the current number of Deputy Assist-
ant Secretaries. In addition to considering 
qualified noncareer candidates, the Secretary of 
State should seek to recruit senior members of 
the Senior Foreign Service to serve in such po-
sition. 
(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition to 
the responsibilities described in paragraph 
(1)(C) and such other responsibilities as the 
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of State for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor may 
from time to time designate, the Deputy Assist-
ant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor should—
(i) coordinate the work of the office 
described in paragraph (1) with the work 
of other offices and bureaus at the Depart-
ment of State and other United States 
Government agencies that provide grants 
and other assistance to nongovernmental 
organizations, individuals, and movements;
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(ii) forge connections between the 
United States and nongovernmental orga-
nizations, individuals, and movements com-
mitted to the promotion of democracy and 
democratic principles, practices, and values 
and seek to embrace the work of such or-
ganizations, individuals, and movements; 
and 
(iii) evaluate the effectiveness of 
United States programs that promote de-
mocracy. 
(5) RECRUITMENT.—The Secretary shall seek 
to ensure that, not later than December 31, 2012, 
not less than 50 percent of the nonadministrative 
employees serving in the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor are members of the For-
eign Service. 
SEC. 612. REPORTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT ON DEMOCRACY.—
(1) PREPARATION AND DEADLINE FOR SUBMIS-
SION.—The Secretary of State shall prepare an An-
nual Report on Democracy. The Under Secretary of 
State for Democracy and Global Affairs, with the as-
sistance of the Assistant Secretary of State for De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, shall have the
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principal responsibility of assisting the Secretary in 
the preparation of the Annual Report. The Under 
Secretary and Assistant Secretary shall consult with 
the regional bureaus of the Department of State in 
the preparation of the Annual Report. Not later 
than July 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees the An-
nual Report on Democracy. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The Annual Report on De-
mocracy shall contain the following: 
(A) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.—An Executive 
Summary with a table listing every foreign 
country that the Secretary determines to be 
‘‘nondemocratic’’, and a list of countries the 
Secretary determines to be ‘‘democratic transi-
tion countries’’ because they are at the early 
stages of their transition to democracy. The Ex-
ecutive Summary shall contain a short narrative 
highlighting the status of democracy in each 
such country. 
(i) DETERMINATION OF CATEGORIZA-
TION.—With respect to a country listed in 
the Executive Summary, the Secretary 
shall determine which of the categoriza-
tions specified under subparagraph (A) is
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appropriate by reference to the principles 
enshrined in the United Nations Charter, 
the Universal Declaration of Human 
Rights, the International Covenant on Civil 
and Political Rights, the United Nations 
Commission on Human Rights Resolution 
1499/57 (entitled ‘‘Promotion of the Right 
to Democracy’’), the assessments used to 
determine eligibility for financial assistance 
disbursed from the Millennium Challenge 
Account, the assessments of nongovern-
mental organizations of eligibility to par-
ticipate in the meetings of the Community 
of Democracies, and the standards estab-
lished and adopted by the Community of 
Democracies. In addition, the categoriza-
tion of a country should be informed by 
the general consensus regarding the status 
of civil and political rights in such country 
by major nongovernmental organizations 
that conduct assessments of such condi-
tions in such countries. 
(ii) DETERMINATION
OF
NONDEMO-
CRATIC CATEGORIZATION.—
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(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall categorize a country as non-
democratic if such country fails to 
satisfy any of the following require-
ments: 
(aa) All citizens of such 
county have the right to, and are 
not restricted in practice from, 
fully and freely participating in 
the political life of such country 
regardless of gender, race, lan-
guage, religion, or beliefs. 
(bb) The national legislative 
body of such country and, if di-
rectly elected, the head of govern-
ment of such country, are chosen 
by free, fair, open, and periodic 
elections, by universal and equal 
suffrage, and by secret ballot. 
(cc) More than one political 
party in such country has can-
didates who seek elected office at 
the national level and such par-
ties are not restricted in their po-
litical activities or their process
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for selecting such candidates, ex-
cept for reasonable administra-
tive requirements commonly ap-
plied in countries categorized as 
fully democratic. 
(dd) All citizens in such 
country have a right to, and are 
not restricted in practice from, 
fully exercising the freedoms of 
thought, conscience, belief, peace-
ful assembly and association, 
speech, opinion, and expression, 
and such country has a free, 
independent, 
and 
pluralistic 
media. 
(ee) The current government 
of such country did not come to 
power in a manner contrary to 
the rule of law. 
(ff) Such country possesses 
an independent judiciary and the 
government of such country gen-
erally respects the rule of law. 
(II) 
ADDITIONAL
CONSIDER-
ATIONS.—Notwithstanding the satis-
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faction by a country of the require-
ments specified under subclause (I), 
the Secretary may categorize a coun-
try as nondemocratic if the Secretary 
determines that such is appropriate 
after consideration of the principles 
specified under clause (i) with respect 
to such country. 
(B) STATUS OF DEMOCRACY.—A descrip-
tion of each country on the list described in 
subparagraph (A), including—
(i) an evaluation of trends over the 
preceding 12 months towards improvement 
or deterioration in the commitment to and 
protection of democratic principles, prac-
tices, values, institutions, and processes in 
each such country; 
(ii) an evaluation of the political 
rights and freedoms enjoyed by individuals 
in each such country and an evaluation of 
the factors that prevent each such country 
from being categorized as fully democratic; 
and 
(iii) for each country previously cat-
egorized as nondemocratic in the Executive
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Summary from the preceding 12 months, 
an evaluation of any progress made over 
the previous calendar year towards achiev-
ing a categorization of democratic transi-
tion country. 
(C) 
STRATEGY
FOR
NONDEMOCRATIC 
COUNTRIES.—An in-depth examination of each 
country categorized as nondemocratic in the 
Executive Summary, including—
(i) a strategy developed following con-
sultations with nongovernmental organiza-
tions, individuals, and movements that pro-
mote democratic principles, practices, and 
values in each such country to promote 
and achieve transition to full democracy in 
each such country; 
(ii) a summary of any actions taken 
by the President with respect to any such 
country, the effects of any such actions, 
and if no such actions have been taken, a 
statement explaining why not; 
(iii) a summary of any actions taken 
by the chief of mission and officials of the 
United States in each such country with 
which the United States maintains diplo-
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matic and consular posts with respect to 
promoting such a transition within such 
country and any activities of the embassy 
or consulate in such country to support in-
dividuals and organizations in such coun-
try that actively advocate for such a transi-
tion; 
(iv) a summary of efforts taken by of-
ficials of the United States to speak di-
rectly to the people in each such country, 
and in particular, a description of any vis-
its taken by the chief of mission and other 
officials of the United States in each such 
country to the colleges and universities and 
other institutions in each such country 
where young people congregate and learn; 
(v) a summary of any communications 
between United States Government offi-
cials, including the chief of mission in each 
such country, and the leader and other 
high government officials of each such 
country concerning respect for liberty, de-
mocracy, and political, social, and eco-
nomic freedoms; and
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(vi) a description and evaluation of 
the efforts undertaken by other democratic 
countries belonging to the Community of 
Democracies to advance democracy in each 
such county, including through relevant 
bodies of the United Nations, regional or-
ganizations and bilateral policies and for-
eign assistance and the extent to which the 
United States coordinated United States 
actions and policies with such efforts. 
(3) CLASSIFIED ADDENDUM.—If the Secretary 
determines that it is in the national security inter-
ests of the United States, is necessary for the safety 
of individuals identified in the Annual Report on De-
mocracy, or is necessary to further the purposes of 
this Act, any information required by paragraph (2), 
including policies adopted or actions taken by the 
United States, may be summarized in the Annual 
Report on Democracy or in the Executive Summary 
and submitted to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees in more detail in a classified addendum. 
(b) ONE-TIME REPORT ON TRAINING AND GUIDE-
LINES FOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS AND CHIEFS OF 
MISSION.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global