velop and submit, as part of the annual budget submission, 
a public diplomacy strategy which specifies goals, agency 
responsibilities, and necessary resources and mechanisms 
for achieving such goals during the next fiscal year. The 
plan may be submitted in classified form. 
SEC. 204. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TRAINING. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) The Foreign Service should recruit individ-
uals with expertise and professional experience in 
public diplomacy. 
(2) Ambassadors should have a prominent role 
in the formulation of public diplomacy strategies for 
the countries and regions to which they are assigned 
and be accountable for the operation and success of 
public diplomacy efforts at their posts. 
(3) Initial and subsequent training of Foreign 
Service officers should be enhanced to include infor-
mation and training on public diplomacy and the 
tools and technology of mass communication. 
(b) PERSONNEL.—
(1) In the recruitment, training, and assignment 
of members of the Foreign Service, the Secretary shall 
emphasize the importance of public diplomacy and of 
applicable skills and techniques. The Secretary shall
consider the priority recruitment into the Foreign 
Service, at middle-level entry, of individuals with ex-
pertise and professional experience in public diplo-
macy, mass communications, or journalism, espe-
cially individuals with language facility and experi-
ence in particular countries and regions. 
(2) The Secretary of State shall seek to increase 
the number of Foreign Service officers proficient in 
languages spoken in predominantly Muslim countries. 
Such increase shall be accomplished through the re-
cruitment of new officers and incentives for officers in 
service. 
SEC. 205. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUB-
LIC DIPLOMACY. 
(a) STUDY AND REPORT BY UNITED STATES ADVISORY 
COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—Section 604(c)(2) of 
the United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469(c)(2)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) Not less often than every two years, the Com-
mission shall undertake an in-depth review of United States 
public diplomacy programs, policies, and activities. Each 
study shall assess the effectiveness of the various mecha-
nisms of United States public diplomacy, in light of factors 
including public and media attitudes around the world to-
ward the United States, Americans, United States foreign 
policy, and the role of the American private-sector commu-
nity abroad, and make appropriate recommendations. 
‘‘(B) A comprehensive report of each study under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be submitted to the Secretary of State 
and the appropriate congressional committees. At the dis-
cretion of the Commission, any report under this subsection 
may be submitted in classified or unclassified form, as ap-
propriate.’’. 
(b) INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FROM OTHER AGEN-
CIES.—Upon request of the United States Advisory Com-
mission on Public Diplomacy, the Secretary of State, the 
Director of the United States International Broadcasting 
Agency, and the head of any other Federal agency that con-
ducts public diplomacy programs and activities shall pro-
vide information to the Advisory Commission to assist in 
carrying out the responsibilities under section 604(c)(2) of 
the United States Information and Educational Exchange 
Act of 1948 (as amended by subsection (a)). 
(c) ENHANCING THE EXPERTISE OF UNITED STATES 
ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.—
(1) QUALIFICATIONS
OF
MEMBERS.—Section 
604(a)(2) of the United States Information and Edu-
cational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469(a)(2)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘At
least 4 members shall have substantial experience in 
the conduct of public diplomacy or comparable activi-
ties in the private sector. At least 1 member shall be 
an American residing abroad. No member may be an 
officer or employee of the United States.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The amend-
ments made by paragraph (1) shall not apply to indi-
viduals who are members of the United States Advi-
sory Commission on Public Diplomacy on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 206. LIBRARY PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of State shall develop and implement 
a demonstration program to assist foreign governments to 
establish or upgrade their public library systems to improve 
literacy and support public education. The program should 
provide training in the library sciences. The purpose of the 
program shall be to advance American values and society, 
particularly the importance of freedom and democracy.
SEC. 207. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING PUBLIC DI-
PLOMACY EFFORTS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) A significant number of sub-Saharan African 
countries have predominantly Muslim populations,
including such key countries as Nigeria, Senegal, 
Djibouti, Mauritania, and Guinea. 
(2) In several of these countries, groups with 
links to militant religious organizations are active 
among the youth, primarily young men, promoting a 
philosophy and practice of intolerance and radical 
clerics are effectively mobilizing public sentiment 
against the United States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the Secretary should include countries in sub-
Saharan Africa with predominantly Muslim populations in 
the public diplomacy activities authorized by this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act.
SEC. 208. THE COLIN POWELL CENTER FOR AMERICAN DI-
PLOMACY. 
Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
of 1956 is amended by adding after section 59 (22 U.S.C. 
2730) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 60. COLIN POWELL CENTER FOR AMERICAN DIPLO-
MACY. 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—The diplomacy center of the De-
partment of State, located in the Harry S Truman build-
ing, is hereby designated as the ‘Colin Powell Center for 
American Diplomacy’ (hereinafter in this section referred 
to as the ‘Center’).
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) SUPPORT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
State is authorized to provide by contract, grant, or 
otherwise, for the performance of appropriate museum 
visitor and educational outreach services, including 
organizing conference activities, museum shop serv-
ices, and food services, in the public exhibit and re-
lated space utilized by the Center. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT
OF
EXPENSES.—The Secretary 
may pay all reasonable expenses of conference activi-
ties conducted by the Center, including refreshments 
and reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by 
participants. 
‘‘(3) RECOVERY OF COSTS.—Any revenues gen-
erated under the authority of paragraph (1) for vis-
itor services may be retained, as a recovery of the 
costs of operating the Center, and credited to any De-
partment of State appropriation. 
‘‘(c) DISPOSITION OF CENTER ARTIFACTS AND MATE-
RIALS.—
‘‘(1) PROPERTY
OF
SECRETARY.—All historic 
documents, artifacts, or other articles permanently ac-
quired by the Department of State and determined by 
the Secretary to be suitable for display in the Center 
shall be considered to be the property of the Secretary
in the Secretary’s official capacity and shall be sub-
ject to disposition solely in accordance with this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) SALE OR TRADE.—Whenever the Secretary 
makes the determination under paragraph (3) with 
respect to an item, the Secretary may sell at fair 
market value, trade, or transfer the item, without re-
gard to the requirements of subtitle I of title 40, 
United States Code. The proceeds of any such sale 
may be used solely for the advancement of the Center’s 
mission and may not be used for any purpose other 
than the acquisition and direct care of collections. 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATIONS
PRIOR
TO
SALE
OR 
TRADE.—The determination referred to in paragraph 
(2), with respect to an item, is a determination 
that—
‘‘(A) the item no longer serves to further the 
purposes of the Center established in the collec-
tions management policy of the Center; or 
‘‘(B) in order to maintain the standards of 
the collections of the Center, the sale or exchange 
of the item would be a better use of the item. 
‘‘(4) LOANS.—The Secretary may also lend items 
covered by paragraph (1), when not needed for use or 
display in the Center, to the Smithsonian Institution
or a similar institution for repair, study, or exhi-
bition.’’. 
Subtitle B—Basic Authorities and 
Activities 
SEC. 221. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO JERU-
SALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CONSULATE 
IN JERUSALEM.—None of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act may be expended for the operation of 
a United States consulate or diplomatic facility in Jeru-
salem unless such consulate or diplomatic facility is under 
the supervision of the United States Ambassador to Israel. 
(b) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PUBLICA-
TIONS.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act may be available for the publication of any offi-
cial government document which lists countries and their 
capital cities unless the publication identifies Jerusalem as 
the capital of Israel. 
(c) RECORD OF PLACE OF BIRTH AS ISRAEL FOR 
PASSPORT PURPOSES.—The first section of ‘‘An Act to reg-
ulate the issue and validity of passports, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a; 44 Stat. 
887) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the 
following: ‘‘For purposes of the issuance of a passport of 
a United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem, the
Secretary shall, upon the request of the citizen or the citi-
zen’s legal guardian, record the place of birth as Israel.’’. 
SEC. 222. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 805 of the Admiral James W. 
Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (section 805(a) of division 
A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) 
of Public Law 106-113; appendix G; 113 Stat. 1501A-470) 
(relating to reports on terrorist activity in which United 
States citizens were killed and related matters) is hereby 
repealed. 
(b) ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM.—
Section 140(b)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 22 
U.S.C. 2656f(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) for the reports due through May 1, 
2005, information concerning terrorist attacks in 
Israel, territory administered by Israel, and ter-
ritory administered by the Palestinian Author-
ity, including—
‘‘(i) a list of all citizens of the United 
States killed or injured in such attacks dur-
ing the previous year; 
‘‘(ii) the date of each attack and the 
total number of people killed or injured in 
each attack; 
‘‘(iii) the person or group claiming re-
sponsibility for the attack and where such 
person or group has found refuge or sup-
port; 
‘‘(iv) to the extent possible, a list of 
suspects implicated in each attack and the 
nationality of each suspect, including infor-
mation on their whereabouts (or suspected 
whereabouts); 
‘‘(v) a list of any terrorist suspects in 
these cases who are members of Palestinian 
police or security forces, the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization, or any Palestinian 
governing body; 
‘‘(vi) the status of each case pending 
against a suspect, including information on 
whether the suspect has been arrested, de-
tained, indicted, prosecuted, or convicted by 
the Palestinian Authority or Israel, and if
detained and then released, the date of such 
release, and whether any released suspect 
was implicated in subsequent acts of ter-
rorism; 
‘‘(vii) available information on convic-
tions, releases or changes in the situation of 
suspects involved in attacks committed 
prior to December 31, 2003, and not covered 
in previous reports submitted under section 
805(a) of the Admiral James W. Nance and 
Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001; and 
‘‘(viii) the policy of the Department of 
State with respect to offering rewards for 
information on terrorist suspects, including 
any information on whether a reward has 
been posted for suspects involved in terrorist 
attacks listed in the report.’’. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall, in 
preparing the portion of the annual country reports on ter-
rorism required by subparagraph (F) of section 140(b)(2) 
of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100–204; 22 U.S.C. 
2656f(b)(2)), as added by subsection (b), consult and coordi-
nate with all other Government officials who have informa-
tion necessary to complete that portion of the report. Noth-
ing contained in this subsection shall require the disclosure, 
on a classified or unclassified basis, of information that 
would jeopardize sensitive sources and methods or other 
vital national security interests or jeopardize ongoing 
criminal investigations or proceedings. 
SEC. 223. REPORT CONCERNING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE 
ISRAEL’S 
DIPLOMATIC 
RELATIONS 
WITH 
OTHER COUNTRIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) Israel is a friend and ally of the United 
States whose security is vital to regional stability and 
United States interests. 
(2) Israel currently maintains diplomatic rela-
tions with approximately 160 countries. Approxi-
mately 30 countries do not have any diplomatic rela-
tions with Israel. 
(3) The State of Israel has been actively seeking 
to establish formal relations with a number of coun-
tries. 
(4) The United States should assist its ally, 
Israel, in its efforts to establish diplomatic relations.
(5) After more than 50 years of existence, Israel 
deserves to be treated as an equal nation by its neigh-
bors and the world community. 
(b) REPORT CONCERNING UNITED STATES EFFORTS 
TO PROMOTE ISRAEL’S DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH 
OTHER COUNTRIES.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees that in-
cludes the following information (in classified or unclassi-
fied form, as appropriate): 
(1) Actions taken by the United States to encour-
age other countries to establish full diplomatic rela-
tions with Israel. 
(2) Specific responses solicited and received by 
the Secretary from countries that do not maintain 
full diplomatic relations with Israel with respect to 
the status of negotiations to enter into diplomatic re-
lations with Israel. 
(3) Other measures being undertaken, and meas-
ures that will be undertaken, by the United States to 
ensure and promote Israel’s full participation in the 
world diplomatic community.
SEC. 224. REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR AIRLIFT SERVICES 
PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 
Section 2642 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) in the heading by inserting ‘‘and Depart-
ment of State’’ after ‘‘Central Intelligence Agency’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Agency,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Agency or the Department of State,’’.
SEC. 224. REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR CERTAIN AIRLIFT 
SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
TO 
THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of section 
2642 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘provided by a compo-
nent of the Department of Defense to the’’ 
and inserting ‘‘provided by a component 
of the Department of Defense as follows: 
‘‘(1) To the’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) To the Department of State for 
the transportation of armored motor ve-
hicles to a foreign country to meet
unfulfilled requirements of the Depart-
ment of State for armored motor vehicles 
in that foreign country.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AND
CLERICAL
AMEND-
MENTS.—(1) The heading for such section is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2642. Airlift services provided to Central Intel-
ligence Agency and Department of State: 
reimbursement rate’’. 
(2) The item relating to such section in the 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
157 of such title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘2642. Airlift services provided to Central Intelligence Agency 
and Department of State: reimbursement rate.’’.
SEC. 225. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ADDITIONAL 
UNITED STATES CONSULAR POSTS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that to help advance 
United States economic, political, and public diplomacy in-
terests, the Secretary of State should make best efforts to 
establish consulates or other appropriate diplomatic pres-
ence in: Pusan, South Korea; Medan, Indonesia; and Hat 
Yai, Thailand.
SEC. 226. VALIDITY OF UNITED STATES PASSPORTS FOR 
TRAVEL TO COUNTRIES RECEIVING UNITED 
STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE. 
The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to regulate 
the issue and validity of passports, and for other purposes’’, 
approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a) is amended by 
striking ‘‘travellers.’’ and inserting ‘‘travellers, and no such 
restriction may apply to a country in which the United 
States is providing assistance authorized by the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961.’’.
SEC. 227. SECURITY CAPITAL COST SHARING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The first section of the Foreign 
Service Buildings Act, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) SECURITY CAPITAL COST-SHARING PROGRAM.—
(1) The Secretary of State, as the single manager of all 
buildings and grounds acquired under this Act or otherwise 
acquired or authorized for the use of the diplomatic and 
consular establishments in foreign countries, is authorized 
to establish and implement a Security Capital Cost-Shar-
ing Program to collect funds from each agency on the basis 
of its total overseas presence in a manner that encourages 
rightsizing of its overseas presence, and expend those funds 
to accelerate the provision of safe, secure, functional build-
ings for United States Government personnel overseas.
‘‘(2) The Secretary is authorized to determine annu-
ally and charge each Federal agency the amount to be col-
lected under paragraph (1) from the agency. To determine 
such amount, the Secretary may prescribe and use a for-
mula that takes into account the number of authorized posi-
tions of each agency, including contractors and locally hired 
personnel, who are assigned to United States diplomatic fa-
cilities and are under the authority of a chief of mission 
pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 3927). 
‘‘(3) The head of an agency charged a fee under this 
section shall remit the amount of the fee to the Secretary 
of State through the Intra-Governmental Payment and Col-
lection System or other appropriate means. 
‘‘(4) There shall be established on the books of the 
Treasury an account to be known as the ‘Security Capital 
Cost-Sharing Program Fund’, which shall be administered 
by the Secretary. There shall be deposited into the account 
all amounts collected by the Secretary pursuant to the au-
thority under paragraph (1), and such funds shall remain 
available until expended. Such funds shall be used solely 
for the provision of new safe, secure, functional diplomatic 
facilities that comply with all applicable legal standards, 
including those standards established under the authority 
of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism
Act of 1999. The Secretary shall include in the Department 
of State’s Congressional Presentation Document an ac-
counting of the sources and uses of the amounts deposited 
into the account. 
‘‘(5) The Secretary shall not collect a fee for an author-
ized position of an agency of the Federal Government that 
has been or would be granted a waiver pursuant to section 
606(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)(2)(B)(i)). 
‘‘(6) In this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘agency of the Federal Govern-
ment’—
‘‘(i) includes the Interagency Cooperative 
Administrative Support Service; and 
‘‘(ii) does not include the Marine Security 
Guard; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘United States diplomatic facility’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 603 of the 
Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 
Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2004.
SEC. 227. GAO ASSESSMENT OF SECURITY CAPITAL COST 
SHARING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Congress a report on plans 
for security capital cost sharing between the 
Department of State and other Federal agen-
cies with personnel assigned to United States 
diplomatic facilities under the authority of a 
chief of mission pursuant to section 207 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927). 
(b) REPORT
ELEMENTS.—In addition to 
such other information as the Comptroller 
General considers appropriate, the report de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall address and 
make recommendations regarding the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The anticipated projected costs 
that the Department of State proposes to 
be paid through an inter-agency security 
capital cost sharing program. 
(2) The mechanism the Department of 
State proposes to use in allocating assess-
ments under such a program and any al-
ternatives the General Accounting Office 
suggests be considered. 
(3) Factors that should be incor-
porated into any process for imple-
menting such a program and a financial 
assessment of such factors, including the 
cost of services provided to the Depart-
ment of State by other Federal agencies. 
(4) The means of ensuring trans-
parency in the cost assessment process of 
such a program. 
(5) Mechanisms for adjudicating dis-
agreements among Federal agencies re-
garding assessed fees under such a pro-
gram.
SEC. 228. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ADMINISTRATIVE SUB-
POENAS. 
Section 37 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENAS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines 
that there is an imminent threat against a person, 
foreign mission, or international organization pro-
tected under the authority of subsection (a)(3), the
Secretary may issue in writing, and cause to be 
served, a subpoena requiring—
‘‘(A) the production of any records or other 
items relevant to the threat; and 
‘‘(B) testimony by the custodian of the 
items required to be produced concerning the 
production and authenticity of those items. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(A) RETURN
DATE.—A subpoena under 
this subsection shall describe the items required 
to be produced and shall specify a return date 
within a reasonable period of time within which 
the requested items may be assembled and made 
available. The return date specified may not be 
less than 24 hours after service of the subpoena. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION
TO
ATTORNEY
GEN-
ERAL.—As soon as practicable following the 
issuance of a subpoena under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall notify the Attorney General of its 
issuance. 
‘‘(C) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—The fol-
lowing provisions of section 3486 of title 18, 
United States Code, shall apply to the exercise of 
the authority of paragraph (1):
‘‘(i) Paragraphs (4) through (8) of sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(ii) Subsections (b), (c), and (d). 
‘‘(3) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—The author-
ity under this subsection may be delegated only to the 
Deputy Secretary of State. 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than February 
1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on International Relations of the House of 
Representatives a report regarding the exercise of the 
authority under this subsection during the previous 
calendar year.’’.
SEC. 229. ENHANCING REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND 
MAINTAINING THE UNITED STATES COMMIT-
MENT TO REFUGEES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(1) The United States has a longstanding tradi-
tion of providing refugee assistance and relief through 
the Department of State’s migration and refugee as-
sistance account for refugees throughout the world 
who have been subjected to religious and other forms 
of persecution.
(2) A strong refugee resettlement and assistance 
program is a critical component of the United States’ 
strong commitment to freedom. 
(3) The United States refugee admissions pro-
gram has been in decline for much of the last five 
years, resulting in a chronic inability of the United 
States to meet the ceiling on refugee admissions that 
has been set by the President each year. 
(4) Refugee applicants have always undergone 
rigorous security screenings. The September 11, 2001, 
terrorist attacks on the United States has rightfully 
increased the awareness of the need to ensure that all 
aliens seeking admission to the United States would 
not endanger the United States. 
(5) Private voluntary organizations and non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) have and con-
tinue to provide valuable information to State De-
partment officials for refugee processing, and along 
with Embassy personnel, can be utilized to assist in 
the preliminary screening of refugees so that State 
Department officials can focus to a greater extent on 
security. 
(6) Currently there are 15 million refugees 
worldwide. In order to meet the ceiling set by the Ad-
ministration, which has been 70,000 in recent years,
a broader cross-section could be considered for resettle-
ment in the United States if the Department of State 
were to expand existing refugee processing priority 
categories in a reasonable and responsible manner. 
Expansion of refugee selection should include the ex-
panded use of both the existing category reserved for 
refugees of special interest to the United States as well 
as the existing categories reserved for family reunifi-
cation. 
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to pro-
vide the Department of State with tools to enable it to carry 
out its responsibilities with greater efficiency with respect 
to the identification and processing of refugee applicants. 
(c) ENHANCEMENT OF REFUGEE IDENTIFICATION AND 
PROCESSING.—
(1) In addition to traditional agencies currently 
used in the processing of refugees for admission to the 
United States, where applicable, the Secretary shall 
develop and utilize partnerships with voluntary reset-
tlement organizations that permit such organizations 
to assist in the identification and referral of refugees. 
(2) In addition to traditional agencies currently 
used in the processing of refugees for admission to the 
United States, where applicable, the Secretary shall 
utilize private voluntary organizations with ties to