‘‘(5) Any member of the Service suspended from du-
ties under this subsection may be suspended without pay 
only after a final written decision is provided to such mem-
ber under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(6) If no final written decision under paragraph (2) 
has been provided within one calendar year of the date 
the suspension at issue was proposed, not later than 30 
days thereafter the Secretary of State shall report to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate in writing regarding the specific reasons for such 
delay.’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(7) In this subsection:’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(A) 
The term’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) In this subsection, the term’’; 
(C) by striking subparagraph (B) (relating 
to the definition of ‘‘suspend’’ and ‘‘suspen-
sion’’); and 
(D) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and 
moving such subparagraphs two ems to the left. 
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TITLE 
IV—A 
DIVERSE 
WORK-
FORCE: 
RECRUITMENT, 
RE-
TENTION, AND PROMOTION 
SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) APPLICANT FLOW DATA.—The term ‘‘appli-
cant flow data’’ means data that tracks the rate of 
applications for job positions among demographic 
categories. 
(2) DEMOGRAPHIC
DATA.—The term ‘‘demo-
graphic data’’ means facts or statistics relating to 
the demographic categories specified in the Office of 
Management and Budget statistical policy directive 
entitled ‘‘Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and 
Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’’ 
(81 Fed. Reg. 67398). 
(3) DIVERSITY.—The term ‘‘diversity’’ means 
those classes of persons protected under the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.) and 
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). 
(4) 
WORKFORCE.—The 
term 
‘‘workforce’’ 
means— 
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(A) individuals serving in a position in the 
civil service (as defined in section 2101 of title 
5, United States Code); 
(B) individuals who are members of the 
Foreign Service (as defined in section 103 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3902)); 
(C) all individuals serving under a personal 
services agreement or personal services con-
tract; 
(D) all individuals serving under a Foreign 
Service Limited appointment under section 309 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980; or 
(E) individuals working in the Department 
of State under any other authority. 
SEC. 402. COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND DISSEMINATION OF 
WORKFORCE DATA. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, 
in consultation with the Director of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management and the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report, which shall also be posted on 
a publicly available website of the Department in a search-
able database format, that includes disaggregated demo-
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graphic data and other information regarding the diversity 
of the workforce of the Department. 
(b) DATA.—The report under subsection (a) shall in-
clude the following data: 
(1) Demographic data on each element of the 
workforce of the Department, disaggregated by rank 
and grade or grade-equivalent, with respect to the 
following groups: 
(A) Applicants for positions in the Depart-
ment. 
(B) Individuals hired to join the workforce. 
(C) Individuals promoted during the 2-year 
period ending on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, including promotions to and within the 
Senior Executive Service or the Senior Foreign 
Service. 
(D) Individuals serving on applicable selec-
tion boards. 
(E) Members of any external advisory com-
mittee or board who are subject to appointment 
by individuals at senior positions in the Depart-
ment. 
(F) Individuals participating in profes-
sional development programs of the Depart-
ment, and the extent to which such participants 
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have been placed into senior positions within 
the Department after such participation. 
(G) Individuals participating in mentorship 
or retention programs. 
(H) Individuals who separated from the 
agency during the 2-year period ending on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, including in-
dividuals in the Senior Executive Service or the 
Senior Foreign Service. 
(2) An assessment of agency compliance with 
the essential elements identified in Equal Employ-
ment Opportunity Commission Management Direc-
tive 715, effective October 1, 2003. 
(3) Data on the overall number of individuals 
who are part of the workforce, the percentages of 
such workforce corresponding to each element listed 
in section 401(4), and the percentages corresponding 
to each rank, grade, or grade-equivalent. 
(c) RECOMMENDATION.—The Secretary may include 
in the report under subsection (a) a recommendation to 
the Director of Office of Management and Budget and to 
the appropriate congressional committees regarding 
whether the Department should collect more detailed data 
on demographic categories in addition to the race and eth-
nicity categories specified in the Office of Management 
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and Budget statistical policy directive entitled ‘‘Standards 
for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data 
on Race and Ethnicity’’ (81 Fed. Reg. 67398). 
(d) OTHER CONTENTS.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall also describe the efforts of the Depart-
ment— 
(1) to propagate fairness, impartiality, and in-
clusion in the work environment, both domestically 
and abroad; 
(2) to enforce anti-harassment and anti-dis-
crimination policies; 
(3) to refrain from engaging in unlawful dis-
crimination in any phase of the employment process, 
including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, assign-
ments, promotion, retention, and training; 
(4) to prevent illegal retaliation against employ-
ees for participating in a protected equal employ-
ment opportunity activity; 
(5) to provide reasonable accommodation for 
qualified employees and applicants with disabilities; 
and 
(6) to recruit a representative workforce by— 
(A) recruiting women and minorities; 
(B) recruiting at women’s colleges, histori-
cally Black colleges and universities, minority- 
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serving institutions, and other institutions serv-
ing a significant percentage of minority stu-
dents; 
(C) placing job advertisements in news-
papers, magazines, and job sites oriented to-
ward women and minorities; 
(D) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 
in urban and rural communities and land-grant 
colleges or universities; 
(E) providing opportunities through the 
Foreign Service Internship Program under 
chapter 12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4141 et seq.) and other hiring ini-
tiatives; 
(F) recruiting mid-level and senior-level 
professionals through programs designed to in-
crease minority representation in international 
affairs; 
(G) offering the Foreign Service written 
and oral assessment examinations in several lo-
cations throughout the United States to reduce 
the burden of applicants having to travel at 
their own expense to take either or both such 
examinations; and 
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(H) support recruiting and hiring opportu-
nities through— 
(i) the Charles B. Rangel Inter-
national Affairs Fellowship Program; 
(ii) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign 
Affairs Fellowship Program; 
(iii) the Donald M. Payne Inter-
national Development Fellowship Program; 
and 
(iv) other initiatives, including agency- 
wide policy initiatives. 
(e) ANNUAL UPDATES.—Not later than one year 
after the publication of the report required under sub-
section (a) and annually thereafter for the following five 
years, the Secretary shall work with the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management and the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget to provide a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees, which shall be 
posted on the Department’s website, which may be in-
cluded in another annual report required under another 
provision of law, that includes— 
(1) disaggregated demographic data relating to 
the workforce and information on the status of di-
versity and inclusion efforts of the Department; 
(2) an analysis of applicant flow data; and 
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(3) disaggregated demographic data relating to 
participants in professional development programs of 
the Department and the rate of placement into sen-
ior positions for participants in such programs. 
SEC. 403. EXIT INTERVIEWS FOR WORKFORCE. 
(a) RETAINED MEMBERS.—The Director General of 
the Foreign Service and the Director of Human Resources 
of the Department should conduct periodic interviews with 
a representative and diverse cross-section of the workforce 
of the Department— 
(1) to understand the reasons of individuals in 
such workforce for remaining in a position in the 
Department; and 
(2) to receive feedback on workplace policies, 
professional development opportunities, and other 
issues affecting the decision of individuals in the 
workforce to remain in the Department. 
(b) DEPARTING MEMBERS.—The Director General of 
the Foreign Service and the Director of Human Resources 
shall provide an opportunity for an exit interview to each 
individual in the workforce of the Department who sepa-
rates from service with the Department to better under-
stand the reasons of such individual for leaving such serv-
ice. 
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(c) USE OF ANALYSIS FROM INTERVIEWS.—The Di-
rector General of the Foreign Service and the Director of 
Human Resources shall analyze demographic data and 
other information obtained through interviews under sub-
sections (a) and (b) to determine— 
(1) to what extent, if any, the diversity of those 
participating in such interviews impacts the results; 
and 
(2) whether to implement any policy changes or 
include any recommendations in a report required 
under subsection (a) or (e) of section 402 relating 
to the determination reached pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
(d) TRACKING DATA.—The Department shall— 
(1) track demographic data relating to partici-
pants in professional development programs and the 
rate of placement into senior positions for partici-
pants in such programs; 
(2) annually evaluate such data— 
(A) to identify ways to improve outreach 
and recruitment for such programs, consistent 
with merit system principles; and 
(B) to understand the extent to which par-
ticipation in any professional development pro-
gram offered or sponsored by the Department 
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differs among the demographic categories of the 
workforce; and 
(3) actively encourage participation from a 
range of demographic categories, especially from cat-
egories with consistently low participation, in such 
professional development programs. 
SEC. 404. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary should— 
(1) continue to seek a diverse and talented pool 
of applicants; and 
(2) instruct the Director General of the Foreign 
Service and the Director of the Bureau of Human 
Resources of the Department to have a recruitment 
plan of action for the recruitment of people belong-
ing to traditionally under-represented groups, which 
should include outreach at appropriate colleges, uni-
versities, affinity groups, and professional associa-
tions. 
(b) SCOPE.—The diversity recruitment initiatives de-
scribed in subsection (a) should include— 
(1) recruiting at women’s colleges, historically 
Black colleges and universities, minority-serving in-
stitutions, and other institutions serving a signifi-
cant percentage of minority students; 
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(2) placing job advertisements in newspapers, 
magazines, and job sites oriented toward diverse 
groups; 
(3) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in 
urban and rural communities and land-grant colleges 
or universities; 
(4) providing opportunities through highly re-
spected, international leadership programs, that 
focus on diversity recruitment and retention; and 
(5) cultivating partnerships with organizations 
dedicated to the advancement of the profession of 
international affairs and national security to advance 
shared diversity goals. 
(c) EXPAND TRAINING ON ANTI-HARASSMENT AND 
ANTI-DISCRIMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, through 
the Foreign Service Institute and other educational 
and training opportunities— 
(A) expand the provision of training on 
workplace rights and responsibilities to focus on 
anti-harassment and anti-discrimination infor-
mation and policies; and 
(B) make such expanded training manda-
tory for— 
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(i) individuals in senior and super-
visory positions; and 
(ii) individuals having responsibilities 
related to recruitment, retention, or pro-
motion of employees. 
(2) BEST PRACTICES.—Each agency shall give 
special attention to ensuring the continuous incorpo-
ration of research-based best practices in training 
provided under this subsection. 
SEC. 405. EXAMINATION AND ORAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE 
FOREIGN SERVICE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Department should offer both the Foreign 
Service written examination and oral assessment in more 
locations throughout the United States. Doing so would 
ease the financial burden on potential candidates who do 
not currently reside in and must travel at their own ex-
pense to one of the few locations where these assessments 
are offered. 
(b) FOREIGN
SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS.—Section 
301(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3941) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting: 
‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall ensure that the Board of 
Examiners for the Foreign Service annually offers the oral 
assessment examinations described in paragraph (1) in 
cities, chosen on a rotating basis, located in at least three 
different time zones across the United States.’’. 
SEC. 406. PAYNE FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Undergraduate and graduate 
components of the Donald M. Payne International Devel-
opment Fellowship Program may conduct outreach to at-
tract outstanding students with an interest in pursuing 
a Foreign Service career who represent diverse ethnic and 
socioeconomic backgrounds. 
(b) REVIEW OF PAST PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 
shall review past programs designed to increase minority 
representation in international affairs positions. 
SEC. 407. VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title should be 
construed so as to compel any employee to participate in 
the collection of the data or divulge any personal informa-
tion. Department employees shall be informed that their 
participation in the data collection contemplated by this 
title is voluntary. 
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(b) PRIVACY
PROTECTION.—Any data collected 
under this title shall be subject to the relevant privacy pro-
tection statutes and regulations applicable to Federal em-
ployees. 
TITLE V—INFORMATION 
SECURITY 
SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘infor-
mation system’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 3(4) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). 
(3) 
RELEVANT
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the appropriate congressional commit-
tees; 
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the Senate; and 
(C) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 
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SEC. 502. INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INCIDENT.—The term ‘‘incident’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3552(b) of title 
44, United States Code. 
(2) PENETRATION TEST.—The term ‘‘penetra-
tion test’’ means a test methodology in which asses-
sors attempt to circumvent or defeat the security 
features of an information system. 
(b) CONSULTATIONS PROCESS.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish a process for conducting semiannual 
consultations with the Secretary of Defense, the Director 
of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, and any other department or agency representative 
who the Secretary determines to be appropriate regarding 
the security of United States Government and nongovern-
mental information systems used or operated by the De-
partment, a contractor of the Department, or another or-
ganization on behalf of the Department, including any 
such systems or networks facilitating the use of sensitive 
or classified information. 
(c) INDEPENDENT PENETRATION TESTING OF IN-
FORMATION SYSTEMS.—In coordination with the consulta-
tions under subsection (b), the Secretary shall commission 
independent, semiannual penetration tests, which shall be 
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carried out by an appropriate Federal department or agen-
cy other than the Department, such as the Department 
of Homeland Security or the National Security Agency, 
to ensure that adequate policies and protections are imple-
mented to detect and prevent penetrations or compromises 
of such information systems, including malicious intru-
sions by any unauthorized individual, state actor, or other 
entity. 
(d) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the require-
ment under subsection (c) for up to one year if the Sec-
retary— 
(1) determines that such requirement would 
have adverse effects on national security or the dip-
lomatic mission of the Department; and 
(2) not later than 30 days after the commence-
ment of such a determination, submits to the rel-
evant congressional committees a written justifica-
tion that describes how such penetration tests would 
undermine national security or the diplomatic mis-
sion of the Department. 
(e) INCIDENT REPORTING.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually 
thereafter for three years, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of the Na-
tional Intelligence, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
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and any other department or agency representative who 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate, shall securely 
submit to the relevant congressional committees a classi-
fied report that describes in detail the following: 
(1) For the first reporting period, all known 
and suspected incidents affecting the information 
systems specified in subsection (b) that occurred 
during the 180-day period immediately preceding the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) For all subsequent reporting periods, all 
known and suspected incidents affecting the infor-
mation systems specified in subsection (b) that oc-
curred since the submission of the most recent re-
port. 
(f) CONTENTS.—Each report under subsection (e) 
shall include, for the relevant reporting period, a summary 
overview addressing the following: 
(1) A description of the relevant information 
system, as specified in subsection (b), that experi-
enced a known or suspected incident. 
(2) An assessment of the date and time each 
such incident occurred or was suspected to have oc-
curred. 
(3) An assessment of the duration over which 
each such incident took place or is suspected of hav-
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ing taken place, including whether such incident is 
ongoing. 
(4) An assessment of the volume and sensitivity 
of information accessed, compromised, or potentially 
compromised by each incident, including any such 
information 
contained 
on 
information 
systems 
owned, operated, managed, or utilized by any other 
Federal department or agency. 
(5) An assessment of whether such information 
system was compromised by such incident, including 
an assessment of the following: 
(A) The known or suspected perpetrators, 
including state actors. 
(B) The methods used to carry out the in-
cident. 
(C) The known or suspected intent of the 
actors in accessing the information system. 
(6) A description of the actions the Department 
has taken or plans to take, including timelines and 
descriptions of any progress on plans described in 
prior reports, to prevent future, similar incidents af-
fecting such information systems. 
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SEC. 503. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH CERTAIN 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS. 
(a) LIST OF COVERED CONTRACTORS.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, shall develop or maintain, as the case 
may be, and update as frequently as the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate, a list of covered contractors with re-
spect to which the prohibition specified in subsection (b) 
shall apply. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS.—The Secretary 
may not enter into a contract with a covered contractor 
on the list described in subsection (a). 
(c) REMOVAL FROM LIST.—To be removed from the 
list described in subsection (a), a covered contractor may 
submit a request to the Secretary in such manner as the 
Secretary determines appropriate. The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
determine a process for removing covered contractors from 
the list, as appropriate, and publicly disclose such process. 
(d) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President or the Sec-
retary may waive the prohibition specified in sub-
section (b) if the President or the Secretary deter-
mines that such waiver is justified for national secu-
rity reasons. 
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(2) WAIVER FOR OVERSEAS OPERATIONS.—The 
Secretary may waive the prohibition specified in sub-
section (b) for United States diplomatic posts or dip-
lomatic personnel overseas if the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
determines that no suitable alternatives are avail-
able. 
(e) COVERED CONTRACTOR DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered contractor’’ means a provider of 
telecommunications, telecommunications equipment, or in-
formation technology equipment, including hardware, soft-
ware, or services, that has knowingly assisted or facilitated 
a cyber attack or conducted surveillance, including passive 
or active monitoring, carried out against the United States 
by, or on behalf of, any government, or persons associated 
with such government, listed as a cyber threat actor in 
the intelligence community’s 2017 assessment of world-
wide threats to United States national security or any sub-
sequent worldwide threat assessment of the intelligence 
community. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to contracts of a covered contractor entered into 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 504. PRESERVING RECORDS OF ELECTRONIC COMMU-
NICATIONS CONDUCTED RELATED TO OFFI-
CIAL DUTIES OF POSITIONS IN THE PUBLIC 
TRUST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that, as a matter of rule of law and transparency 
in a democratic government, all officers and employees of 
the Department and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development must preserve all records of commu-
nications conducted in their official capacities or related 
to their official duties with entities outside of the United 
States Government. It is further the sense of Congress 
that such practice should include foreign government offi-
cials or other foreign entities which may seek to influence 
United States Government policies and actions. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pub-
lish in the Foreign Affairs Manual guidance implementing 
chapter 31 of title 44, United States Code (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Federal Records Act’’), to treat elec-
tronic messaging systems, software, and applications as 
equivalent to electronic mail for the purpose of identifying 
Federal records, and shall also publish in the Foreign Af-
fairs Manual the statutory penalties for failure to comply 
with such guidance. No funds are authorized to be appro-
priated or made available to the Department of State 
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under any Act to support the use or establishment of ac-
counts on third-party messaging applications or other non- 
Government online communication tools if the Secretary 
does not certify to the relevant congressional committees 
that the Secretary has carried out this section. 
SEC. 505. FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 
(FRUS) SERIES AND DECLASSIFICATION. 
The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
is amended— 
(1) in section 401(c) (22 U.S.C. 4351(c)), by 
striking ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’; 
(2) 
in 
section 
402(a)(2) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
4352(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘26’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’; 
and 
(3) in section 404 (22 U.S.C. 4354)— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘30’’ 
and inserting ‘‘25’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking 
‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’. 
TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public Diplomacy 
Modernization Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 602. AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF PROGRAMS AND EF-
FORTS. 
The Secretary shall— 
(1) identify opportunities for greater efficiency 
of operations, including through improved coordina-
tion of efforts across public diplomacy bureaus and 
offices of the Department; and 
(2) maximize shared use of resources between, 
and within, such public diplomacy bureaus and of-
fices in cases in which programs, facilities, or admin-
istrative functions are duplicative or substantially 
overlapping. 
SEC. 603. IMPROVING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF 
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 
(a) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Director of Research and 
Evaluation appointed pursuant to subsection (b), shall— 
(1) conduct regular research and evaluation of 
public diplomacy programs and activities of the De-
partment, including through the routine use of audi-
ence research, digital analytics, and impact evalua-
tions, to plan and execute such programs and activi-
ties; and 
(2) make available to Congress the findings of 
the research and evaluations conducted under para-
graph (1). 
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(b) DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall appoint a Director of Research and 
Evaluation (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘‘Director’’) in the Office of Policy, Planning, and 
Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 
of the Department. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
APPOINTMENT.—The ap-
pointment of the Director pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall not result in an increase in the overall full-time 
equivalent positions within the Department. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director shall— 
(A) report to the Director of Policy Plan-
ning of the Office of Policy, Planning, and Re-
sources for Public Diplomacy and Public Af-
fairs of the Department; 
(B) coordinate and oversee the research 
and evaluation of public diplomacy programs 
and activities of the Department to— 
(i) improve public diplomacy strate-
gies and tactics; and 
(ii) ensure that such programs and 
activities are increasing the knowledge, un-
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derstanding, and trust of the United 
States by relevant target audiences; 
(C) routinely organize and oversee audi-
ence research, digital analytics, and impact 
evaluations across all public diplomacy bureaus 
and offices of the Department; 
(D) support United States diplomatic 
posts’ public affairs sections; 
(E) share appropriate public diplomacy re-
search and evaluation information within the 
Department and with other appropriate Federal 
departments and agencies; 
(F) regularly design and coordinate stand-
ardized research questions, methodologies, and 
procedures to ensure that public diplomacy pro-
grams and activities across all public diplomacy 
bureaus and offices are designed to meet appro-
priate foreign policy objectives; and 
(G) report biannually to the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 
through the Subcommittee on Research and 
Evaluation established pursuant to subsection 
(f), regarding the research and evaluation of all 
public diplomacy bureaus and offices. 
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(4) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—Not later than 
one year after the appointment of the Director pur-
suant to paragraph (1), the Director shall develop 
guidance and training, including curriculum for use 
by the Foreign Service Institute, for all public diplo-
macy officers of the Department regarding the read-
ing and interpretation of public diplomacy program 
and activity evaluation findings to ensure that such 
findings and related lessons learned are implemented 
in the planning and evaluation of all public diplo-
macy programs and activities of the Department. 
(c) PRIORITIZING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of Policy Plan-
ning of the Office of Policy, Planning, and Re-
sources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of 
the Department shall ensure that research and eval-
uation of public diplomacy and activities of the De-
partment, as coordinated and overseen by the Direc-
tor pursuant to subsection (b), supports strategic 
planning and resource allocation across all public di-
plomacy bureaus and offices of the Department. 
(2) ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.—Amounts al-
located for the purpose of research and evaluation of 
public diplomacy programs and activities of the De-
partment pursuant to subsection (b) shall be made 
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available to be disbursed at the direction of the Di-
rector among the research and evaluation staff 
across all public diplomacy bureaus and offices of 
the Department. 
(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Department should gradually in-
crease its allocation of funds made available under 
the headings ‘‘Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Programs’’ and ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ for research 
and evaluation of public diplomacy programs and ac-
tivities of the Department pursuant to subsection (b) 
to a percentage of program funds that is commensu-
rate with Federal Government best practices. 
(d) LIMITED EXEMPTION RELATING TO THE PAPER-
WORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduc-
tion Act’’) shall not apply to the collection of information 
directed at any individuals conducted by, or on behalf of, 
the Department for the purpose of audience research, 
monitoring, and evaluations, and in connection with the 
Department’s activities conducted pursuant to any of the 
following: 
(1) The United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et 
seq.). 
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(2) The Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.). 
(3) Section 1287 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
(4) The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.). 
(e) LIMITED EXEMPTION RELATING TO THE PRI-
VACY ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Department shall main-
tain, collect, use, and disseminate records (as such 
term is defined in section 552a(a)(4) of title 5, 
United States Code) for audience research, digital 
analytics, and impact evaluation of communications 
related to public diplomacy efforts intended for for-
eign audiences. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—Audience research, digital 
analytics, and impact evaluations under paragraph 
(1) shall be— 
(A) reasonably tailored to meet the pur-
poses of this subsection; and 
(B) carried out with due regard for privacy 
and civil liberties guidance and oversight. 
(f) UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUB-
LIC DIPLOMACY.— 
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(1) SUBCOMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH AND EVAL-
UATION.—The United States Advisory Commission 
on Public Diplomacy shall establish a Subcommittee 
on Research and Evaluation to monitor and advise 
regarding audience research, digital analytics, and 
impact evaluations carried out by the Department 
and the United States Agency for Global Media. 
(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Subcommittee on 
Research and Evaluation established pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees an annual report, in conjunc-
tion with the United States Advisory Commission on 
Public Diplomacy’s Comprehensive Annual Report 
on the performance of the Department and the 
United States Agency for Global Media, describing 
all actions taken by the Subcommittee pursuant to 
paragraph (1) and any findings made as a result of 
such actions. 
SEC. 604. PERMANENT REAUTHORIZATION OF THE UNITED 
STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC 
DIPLOMACY. 
Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Re-
structuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘SUN-
SET’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTINUATION’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘until October 1, 2020’’. 
SEC. 605. STREAMLINING OF SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. 
(a) WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED.—Not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall establish a working group to explore the 
possibilities and cost-benefit analysis of transitioning to a 
shared services mode as such pertains to human resources, 
travel, purchasing, budgetary planning, and all other exec-
utive support functions for all bureaus of the Department 
that report to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy 
of the Department. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to im-
plement any such findings of the working group estab-
lished under subsection (a). 
SEC. 606. GUIDANCE FOR CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 
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 
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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.). 
(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 and the appropriate Under Secre-
taries and Assistant Secretaries of the Department. 
(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 
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facility or co-locate public diplomacy staff in accord-
ance with such Act. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report con-
taining the guidelines required under subsection (a) and 
any recommendations for any modifications to such guide-
lines. 
SEC. 607. 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 formats, 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 
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or campaign that can be attributed to such program 
or campaign. 
(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. 701. 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, par-
ticularly grand corruption; 
(2) multiple Federal departments and agencies 
operate programs that promote good governance in 
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foreign countries and enhance such countries’ ability 
to combat public corruption; 
(3) the Department should promote coordina-
tion among the Federal departments and agencies 
implementing programs to promote good governance 
and combat public corruption in foreign countries in 
order to improve effectiveness and efficiency; and 
(4) the Department should identify areas in 
which United States efforts to help other countries 
promote good governance and combat public corrup-
tion could be enhanced. 
SEC. 702. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2020 
through 2026, the Secretary shall assess the capacity and 
commitment of foreign countries to combat public corrup-
tion. 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; 
(2) consider, to the extent reliable information 
is available, whether the government of a country 
identified under paragraph (1)— 
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(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, including grand cor-
ruption and petty 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 
grand corruption that is commensurate with the 
punishment prescribed for serious crimes; 
(F) prescribes appropriate punishment for 
petty corruption that provides a sufficiently 
stringent deterrent and adequately reflects the 
nature of the offense; and 
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(G) convicts and sentences persons respon-
sible for such acts that take place wholly or 
partly within the country of such government, 
including, as appropriate, requiring the incar-
ceration of individuals convicted of such acts; 
and 
(3) further consider— 
(A) verifiable measures taken by the gov-
ernment of a country identified under para-
graph (1) to prohibit government officials from 
participating in, facilitating, or condoning pub-
lic corruption, including the investigation, pros-
ecution, and conviction of such officials; 
(B) the extent to which such government 
provides access, or, as appropriate, makes ade-
quate resources available, to civil society organi-
zations and other institutions to combat public 
corruption, including reporting, investigating, 
and monitoring; 
(C) the extent to which an independent ju-
diciary or judicial body in such country is re-
sponsible for, and effectively capable of, decid-
ing public corruption cases impartially, on the 
basis of facts and in accordance with law, with-
out any improper restrictions, influences, in-
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ducements, pressures, threats, or interferences, 
whether direct or indirect, from any source or 
for any reason; 
(D) the extent to which such govern-
ment— 
(i) is assisting in international inves-
tigations of transnational public corruption 
networks and in other cooperative efforts 
to combat grand corruption, including co-
operating with the governments of other 
countries to extradite corrupt actors; 
(ii) recognizes the rights of victims of 
public corruption, ensures their access to 
justice, and takes steps to prevent such 
victims from being further victimized or 
persecuted by corrupt actors, government 
officials, or others; and 
(iii) refrains from prosecuting legiti-
mate victims of public corruption or whis-
tleblowers due to such persons having as-
sisted in exposing public corruption, and 
refrains from other discriminatory treat-
ment of such persons; and 
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(E) contain such other information relat-
ing to public corruption as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION.—After conducting each assess-
ment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify the 
countries described in paragraph (1) of such subsection 
that are— 
(1) meeting minimum standards to combat pub-
lic corruption; 
(2) not meeting such minimum standards but 
making significant efforts to do so; and 
(3) neither meeting such minimum standards 
nor making significant efforts to do so. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter 
through fiscal year 2026, the Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees and make pub-
licly available a report that identifies the countries de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) 
of subsection (b), including a description of the method-
ology and data utilized in the assessments under sub-
section (a) and the reasons for such identifications. 
(d) BRIEFING IN LIEU OF REPORT.—The Secretary 
may waive the requirement to submit and make publicly 
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available a written report under subsection (c) if the Sec-
retary— 
(1) determines that publication of such report 
would— 
(A) undermine existing United States anti- 
corruption efforts in one or more countries; or 
(B) threaten the national interests of the 
United States; and 
(2) provides a briefing to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that identifies the countries 
described in subsection (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) 
and (3) of subsection (b), including a description of 
the methodology and data utilized in the assessment 
under subsection (a) and the reasons for such identi-
fications. 
SEC. 703. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
For each country identified under paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of section 702(b), the Secretary, in coordination with 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as appropriate, shall— 
(1) ensure that a corruption risk assessment 
and mitigation strategy is included in the integrated 
country strategy for such country; and 
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(2) utilize appropriate mechanisms to combat 
corruption in such countries, including by ensur-
ing— 
(A) the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses 
in contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments entered into by the Department or the 
Agency for or in such countries, which allow for 
the termination of such contracts, grants, or co-
operative agreements, as the case may be, with-
out penalty if credible indicators of public cor-
ruption are discovered; 
(B) the inclusion of appropriate clawback 
or flowdown clauses within the procurement in-
struments of the Department and the Agency 
that provide for the recovery of funds misappro-
priated through corruption; 
(C) the appropriate disclosure to the 
United States Government, in confidential 
form, if necessary, of the beneficial ownership 
of contractors, subcontractors, grantees, cooper-
ative agreement participants, and other organi-
zations implementing programs on behalf of the 
Department or Agency; and 
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(D) the establishment of mechanisms for 
investigating allegations of misappropriated re-
sources and equipment. 
SEC. 704. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 
POINTS OF CONTACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall annually des-
ignate an anti-corruption point of contact at the United 
States diplomatic post to each country identified under 
paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 702(b), or which the 
Secretary otherwise determines is in need of such a point 
of contact. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each designated anti-cor-
ruption point of contact under subsection (a) shall be re-
sponsible for coordinating and overseeing implementation 
of a whole-of-government approach among the relevant 
Federal departments and agencies that operate programs 
that promote good governance in foreign countries and en-
hance such countries’ ability to combat public corruption 
in order to accomplish such objectives in the country to 
which such point of contact is posted, including through 
the development and implementation of corruption risk as-
sessment tools and mitigation strategies. 
(c) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall implement ap-
propriate training for designated anti-corruption points of 
contact under subsection (a). 
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SEC. 705. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, for each 
of fiscal years 2020 through 2026, submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on im-
plementation of this title, including a description of 
the following: 
(A) The offices within the Department and 
the United States Agency for International De-
velopment that are engaging in significant anti- 
corruption activities. 
(B) The findings and actions of designated 
anti-corruption points of contact to develop and 
implement risk mitigation strategies and ensure 
compliance with section 703. 
(C) The training implemented under sec-
tion 704(c). 
(D) Management of the whole-of-govern-
ment effort referred to in section 704(b) to 
combat corruption within the countries identi-
fied in section 702 and efforts to improve co-
ordination across Federal departments and 
agencies. 
(E) The risk assessment tools and mitiga-
tion strategies utilized by the Department and 
the Agency. 
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(F) Other information determined by the 
Secretary to be necessary and appropriate. 
(2) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report under this 
subsection shall be submitted in an unclassified for-
mat but may include a classified annex. 
(b) ONLINE PLATFORM.—The Secretary shall con-
solidate existing reports with anti-corruption components 
into one online, public platform, which should— 
(1) include— 
(A) the annual Country Reports on 
Human Rights Practices; 
(B) the annual Fiscal Transparency Re-
port; 
(C) the annual Investment Climate State-
ments; 
(D) the annual International Narcotics 
Control Strategy Report; 
(E) the Country Scorecards of the Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation; and 
(F) any other relevant public reports; and 
(2) link to third-party indicators and compli-
ance mechanisms used by the United States Govern-
ment to inform policy and programming, such as— 
(A) the International Finance Corpora-
tion’s Doing Business surveys; 
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(B) the International Budget Partnership’s 
Open Budget Index; and 
(C) multilateral peer review anti-corruption 
compliance mechanisms, such as the Organiza-
tion for Economic Co-operation and Develop-
ment’s Working Group on Bribery in Inter-
national Business Transactions and the United 
Nations Convention Against Corruption, done 
at New York October 31, 2003, to further high-
light expert international views on country chal-
lenges and country efforts. 
(c) TRAINING.—The Secretary and the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment shall incorporate anti-corruption components into 
existing Foreign Service and Civil Service training courses 
to— 
(1) increase the ability of Department and 
Agency personnel to support anti-corruption as a 
foreign policy priority; and 
(2) strengthen the ability of such personnel to 
design, implement, and evaluate more effective anti- 
corruption programming around the world, including 
enhancing skills to better evaluate and mitigate pub-
lic corruption risks in assistance programs. 
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TITLE VIII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY 
SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Security 
Assistance Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 802. SECURITY ASSISTANCE DEFINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘security assistance’’ means— 
(1) assistance under chapter 8 (relating to 
international narcotics control) of part I of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(2) assistance under chapter 2 (military assist-
ance), chapter 5 (international military education 
and training), chapter 6 (peacekeeping operations), 
chapter 8 (antiterrorism assistance), and chapter 9 
(nonproliferation and export control assistance) of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(3) assistance under section 23 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (relating to the Foreign Military 
Financing program); and 
(4) sales of defense articles or defense services, 
extensions of credits (including participations in 
credits), and guaranties of loans under the Arms 
Export Control Act. 
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Subtitle A—Reform Relating to 
Security Assistance 
SEC. 811. ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM. 
(a) WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a Working Group on matters relating to se-
curity assistance (in this subtitle referred to as the 
‘‘Working Group’’). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Working Group 
shall be composed of— 
(i) the Deputy Secretary of State; and 
(ii) each Under Secretary of State re-
sponsible for matters relating to security 
assistance. 
(B) CHAIR.—The Deputy Secretary shall 
serve as the chair of the Working Group. 
(3) MEETINGS.—The Working Group shall 
meet not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act and on a quarterly basis there-
after. 
(4) DUTIES.—The duties of the Working Group 
shall include— 
(A) within the Department and across 
United States diplomatic posts— 
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(i) providing strategic policy guidance 
on objectives and priorities for security as-
sistance; 
(ii) ensuring strategic integration of 
budgets and planning for security assist-
ance; and 
(iii) advising the Secretary on all 
budgets, programs, and activities for secu-
rity assistance; and 
(B) overseeing Department of State coordi-
nation with the Secretary of Defense, the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID), and the 
heads of other relevant Federal departments 
and agencies on all matters relating to security 
assistance. 
(b) OFFICE OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall designate an existing office or establish 
a new office to be the Office of Security Assistance 
(in this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Office’’), which 
shall report to an Under Secretary who is a member 
of the Working Group. 
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(2) COORDINATOR.—The head of the Office 
shall be the Coordinator for Security Assistance (in 
this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’), who 
shall be an individual of demonstrated competency in 
the fields of security assistance and international di-
plomacy. 
(3) DUTIES.—The duties of the Coordinator 
shall include— 
(A) within the Department and across 
United States diplomatic posts— 
(i) guiding and supporting security as-
sistance; 
(ii) advising the Working Group on all 
matters relating to security assistance; 
(iii) establishing the framework de-
scribed in section 813(a); 
(iv) coordinating the assessment, mon-
itoring, and evaluation program established 
under section 813(c); and 
(v) maintaining the common database 
described in section 814(a); and 
(B) acting as a Department of State point 
of contact with the Department of Defense, the 
United States Agency for International Devel-
opment (USAID), and other relevant Federal 
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departments and agencies on all matters relat-
ing to security assistance. 
(c) COORDINATION WITHIN DEPARTMENT.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and sub-
ject to paragraph (2), the head of each bureau of the 
Department that is involved in directing or imple-
menting security assistance shall designate an officer 
of such bureau to be responsible for coordinating the 
responsibilities of such bureau with respect to secu-
rity assistance. 
(2) NON-ELIGIBILITY.—An officer of a bureau 
of the Department shall not be eligible to be des-
ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) if the officer is 
responsible for conducting human rights vetting pur-
suant to 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d). 
(3) TRAINING.—Each individual designated 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall successfully com-
plete the training described in section 812. 
(d) COORDINATION WITHIN UNITED STATES DIPLO-
MATIC POSTS.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the chief 
of mission of the United States in a foreign country 
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that receives security assistance shall designate a 
senior diplomatic officer at the embassy or highest 
ranking diplomatic post if no embassy exists in the 
foreign country to be responsible for coordinating se-
curity assistance for the foreign country. 
(2) DUTIES.—The senior diplomatic officer des-
ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be respon-
sible for— 
(A) overseeing personnel and activities of 
Federal departments and agencies at the rel-
evant embassy or diplomatic post with respect 
to the provision of security assistance for the 
country; and 
(B) ensuring implementation of section 
620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 of title 10, 
United States Code, with respect to the coun-
try. 
(3) TRAINING.—Each individual designated 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall successfully com-
plete the training described in section 812. 
(e) PLAN FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Af-
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fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a plan for 
the organizational structure of the Department re-
lating to security assistance programs. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An identification of each bureau and 
office of the Department that carries out func-
tions relating to planning, coordination, integra-
tion, implementation, or evaluation of security 
assistance, a description of the organizational 
hierarchy and decision-making processes used 
to coordinate across such bureaus and offices, 
and a description of how the Working Group 
and the Coordinator will facilitate coordination 
among each such bureau and office. 
(B) A description of— 
(i) the reasons for— 
(I) designating an existing office 
or establishing a new office to serve as 
the Office; and 
(II) selecting the Under Sec-
retary to which the Office will report; 
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(ii) the organizational structure of the 
Office; 
(iii) the specific mechanisms through 
which the Working Group and Coordinator 
could improve coordination among bureaus 
and offices of the Department involved in 
the planning or implementation of security 
assistance programs and activities; and 
(iv) the process by which the require-
ment for training described in section 812 
will be fulfilled. 
(C) The benefits, feasibility, and steps nec-
essary to detail personnel— 
(i) on a reimbursable basis from the 
relevant bureaus and offices of the Depart-
ment to provide staff to the Office; and 
(ii) from USAID, the Department of 
Defense, and other relevant Federal de-
partments and agencies to provide staff to 
the Office. 
(D) An identification of lessons learned 
from the Security Governance Initiative (SGI), 
an assessment of the utility of expanding the 
SGI or a similar initiative globally, and a de-
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scription of where best to locate the SGI or 
similar initiative within the Department. 
(E) An identification of an appropriate bu-
reau or office of the Department, whose head 
does not report to the Under Secretary de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1), to select and retain 
the independent research entity described in 
section 813(c)(4). 
(F) A list of recommendations for any ad-
ditional legislative measures necessary to im-
prove the capacity and capabilities of the De-
partment to plan and implement security assist-
ance programs and activities. 
(3) FORM.—The plan required under paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex if necessary. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate re-
garding the development and implementation of the 
plan required under paragraph (1). 
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SEC. 812. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Establish curriculum at the Department’s 
Foreign Service Institute to provide employees of the 
Department of State with specialized training with 
respect to security assistance. The training should 
be aligned with the Security Cooperation Workforce 
Development Program and developed in coordination 
with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, in-
cluding through an agreement under section 1535(a) 
of title 31, United States Code (commonly referred 
to as the ‘‘Economy Act’’) or any other appropriate 
agency-specific authority. The training shall include 
the following: 
(A) Awareness of the full range of agen-
cies, offices, personnel, statutory authorities, 
funds, and programs involved in security assist-
ance and transfers and the respective decision- 
making timelines. 
(B) Familiarity with relevant military and 
police security force systems and structures and 
institutions at the time such training is occur-
ring. 
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(C) Familiarity with security assistance re-
form, research regarding options for improve-
ment, and United States interagency and exter-
nal resources and experts. 
(D) Familiarity with planning, implemen-
tation, and monitoring and evaluation for pro-
grammatic activities. 
(E) Familiarity with implementation of— 
(i) section 620M of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) 
and section 362 of title 10, United States 
Code; 
(ii) arms transfer requirements under 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2751 et seq.); and 
(iii) best practices related to human 
rights and civilian protection. 
(F) Awareness of common risks to effec-
tiveness of security assistance, including corrup-
tion, political instability, and challenges relating 
to absorptive capacity, partner commitment, 
and transparency. 
(2) Coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, 
to the extent feasible, to ensure that, in addition to 
the training described paragraph (1), individuals 
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who serve in priority recipient countries or countries 
that do not meet baseline norms of governance, as 
determined by the Under Secretary for purposes of 
subsections (d)(1) and (d)(4) of section 813, obtain 
higher-level certification through the Defense Secu-
rity Cooperation Agency’s Defense Institute of Secu-
rity Cooperation Studies or through a commensurate 
program developed at the Department’s Foreign 
Service Institute prior to serving at the United 
States diplomatic post in such country. 
SEC. 813. SECURITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING. 
(a) FRAMEWORK AND STANDARDS FOR SECURITY 
ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Coordinator shall create 
and submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a framework to be used by rel-
evant bureaus and diplomatic posts to guide regional and 
country-specific planning, such as joint regional strategies 
or integrated country strategies, with respect to security 
assistance. Such framework shall include the following: 
(1) Identification and prioritization of overall 
goals and objectives for security assistance, in ac-
cordance with the relevant National Security Strat-
egy. 
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(2) Criteria for— 
(A) determining the commitment and polit-
ical will of countries receiving assistance to use 
such assistance in a manner that achieves 
United States objectives; 
(B) identifying opportunities and risks cre-
ated by the provision of security assistance; and 
(C) tailoring and sequencing such assist-
ance accordingly. 
(3) Guidance for— 
(A) incorporating the assessment, moni-
toring, and evaluation program described in 
subsection (c) into the strategic planning cycle; 
(B) increasing coordination, as appro-
priate, with other major international donors to 
maximize resources and unity of efforts; 
(C) aligning the security assistance pro-
grams, projects, and activities of the Depart-
ment with other United States goals of engage-
ment with foreign countries, such as the pro-
motion of democracy, human rights, govern-
ance, and economic growth, as well as with 
other United States assistance authorities, re-
sources, programmatic capabilities, and activi-
ties. 
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(4) Metrics for assessing the effectiveness of se-
curity assistance in— 
(A) increasing the operational access and 
influence of the United States; 
(B) improving partner capacity and com-
mitment to counter shared threats; 
(C) reducing the underlying drivers of 
state fragility; and 
(D) contributing to the maintenance of ex-
isting peace treaties between recipients of as-
sistance. 
(5) A process to ensure that transfers regulated 
by the Department that are outside the scope of se-
curity assistance, such as certain direct commercial 
sales, are factored into— 
(A) the implementation of the assessment, 
monitoring, and evaluation program described 
in subsection (c); and 
(B) the planning process described in sub-
section (d). 
(b) DEFINITIONS PROMULGATED BY THE WORKING 
GROUP.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall— 
(1) in consultation with the Coordinator and 
bureaus and offices of the Department that are in-
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volved in the planning, coordination, integration, im-
plementation, or evaluation of security assistance, 
develop and promulgate a definition of the level of 
security assistance programs, projects, or activities 
that mark a country as a recipient of ‘‘significant’’ 
security assistance to merit inclusion in the assess-
ment, monitoring, and evaluation process described 
in subsection (c); and 
(2) in consultation with the Coordinator, the 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 
and the heads of other relevant bureaus of the De-
partment, develop and promulgate a definition of 
baseline norms for governance and the rule of law, 
including a rubric to assess whether a recipient of 
security assistance is abiding by such baseline. 
(c) ASSESSMENT, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Co-
ordinator shall develop an assessment, monitoring, 
and evaluation program to be conducted for any 
country receiving significant security assistance, as 
defined in accordance with subsection (b)(1). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The program described in 
paragraph (1) shall include each of the following ele-
ments: 
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(A) Baseline assessments that consider 
factors, including— 
(i) recipient country threat percep-
tions and the manner in which such per-
ceptions may inform the use of security as-
sistance; 
(ii) the recipient’s approach to govern-
ance and commitment to rule of law, in-
cluding the transparency and account-
ability of security forces, and the manner 
in which such approach is likely to be in-
fluenced by security assistance; 
(iii) the recipient’s capacity to absorb 
the security assistance given and to achieve 
the objectives of such assistance; 
(iv) the human rights record of the re-
cipient, including for purposes of section 
620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 
of title 10, United States Code, and any 
relevant attempts by such recipient to rem-
edy such record; 
(v) country- or region-specific oppor-
tunities and risks that could enhance or 
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(i) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 
country, or other country’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘has promulgated or 
enacted all necessary modifications to its 
laws and regulations to comply’’ and in-
serting ‘‘has taken such actions to com-
ply’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 
country, or other country’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘that country’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such Organization, member coun-
try, or other country’’. 
SEC. 825. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
Section 42(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2791(a)) is amended in the first sentence by insert-
ing ‘‘on a competitive basis’’ after ‘‘procurement in the 
United States’’. 
SEC. 826. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT 
CONTROL ACT. 
Section 36(b)(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2776(b)(6)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the North 
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(B) the required elements necessary to en-
sure that any such program would enhance rule 
of law and safeguard human rights. 
(c) CIVILIAN SECURITY FORCES.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘civilian security forces’’ includes non-military 
security forces at the national, State, district, or local level 
that are responsible for internal security, do not report 
to a defense ministry or similar or related defense or mili-
tary entity of a foreign government, and are assigned re-
sponsibility for one or more of the following: 
(1) Law enforcement. 
(2) Border security. 
(3) Maritime and port security. 
(4) Customs law enforcement. 
(5) Sanctions monitoring and enforcement. 
(6) Counterterrorism. 
(7) Counternarcotics. 
(8) Counterproliferation. 
(9) Countertransnational organized crime. 
(10) Improving the administration of justice. 
(11) Promoting respect for human rights. 
(12) Promoting the rule of law. 
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