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‘‘(3) UNDER
SECRETARIES, ASSISTANT
SECRETARIES, AND 
AMBASSADORS.—With respect to a person serving as an Under 
Secretary, Assistant Secretary, or Ambassador at the Depart-
ment of State or as the United States Permanent Representa-
tive to the United Nations, the restrictions described in section 
207(f)(1) of title 18, United States Code, shall apply to any 
such person who knowingly represents, aids, or advises— 
‘‘(A) a foreign governmental entity before an officer 
or employee of the executive branch of the United States 
with the intent to influence a decision of such officer or 
employee in carrying out his or her official duties for 3 
years after the termination of such person’s service in 
a position described in this paragraph, or the duration 
of the term or terms of the President who appointed that 
person to their position, whichever is longer; or 
‘‘(B) a foreign governmental entity of a country of con-
cern before an officer or employee of the executive branch 
of the United States with the intent to influence a decision 
of such officer or employee in carrying out his or her 
official duties at any time after the termination of such 
person’s service in a position described in this paragraph. 
‘‘(4) PENALTIES AND INJUNCTIONS.—Any violations of the 
restrictions under paragraphs (2) or (3) shall be subject to 
the penalties and injunctions provided for under section 216 
of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(5) NOTICE OF RESTRICTIONS.—Any person subject to the 
restrictions under this subsection shall be provided notice of 
these restrictions by the Department of State— 
‘‘(A) upon appointment by the President; and 
‘‘(B) upon termination of service with the Department 
of State. 
‘‘(6) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The restrictions under this sub-
section shall apply only to persons who are appointed by the 
President to the positions referenced in this subsection on or 
after 120 days after the date of the enactment of the Depart-
ment of State Authorization Act of 2022. 
‘‘(7) SUNSET.—The restrictions under this subsection shall 
expire on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 
of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2022.’’. 
SEC. 9216. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITIES REGARDING SPECIAL RULES 
FOR CERTAIN MONTHLY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PAY-
MENTS AND OTHER PAYMENTS. 
Section 901 of division J of the Further Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(j) EXPANSION
OF AUTHORITIES.—The head of any Federal 
agency may exercise the authorities of this section, including to 
designate an incident, whether the incident occurred in the United 
States or abroad, for purposes of subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) 
of subsection (e)(4) when the incident affects United States Govern-
ment employees of the agency or their dependents who are not 
under the security responsibility of the Secretary of State as set 
forth in section 103 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and 
Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4802) or when operational 
control of overseas security responsibility for such employees or 
dependents has been delegated to the head of the agency.’’.
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SEC. 9217. REPORT ON PILOT PROGRAM FOR LATERAL ENTRY INTO 
THE FOREIGN SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of State for Manage-
ment shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees describing the implementation of the pilot program for lateral 
entry into the Foreign Service required under section 404(b) of 
the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–323; 130 Stat. 1928). 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) the current status of implementation of the pilot pro-
gram, including a summary of concrete steps taken by the 
Department to implement the pilot program; 
(2) an explanation of any delays in implementation of the 
pilot program; 
(3) the number of mid-career individuals from the Civil 
Service of the Department and the private sector who are 
expected to participate in the pilot program during fiscal year 
2023, disaggregated, to the extent practicable and to the max-
imum extent that the collection of such data is permissible 
by law, by sex, age, race and ethnicity, geographic origin, and 
past occupation; 
(4) an analysis of the skills gap identified by the Depart-
ment for the use of the pilot program’s flexible-hiring mecha-
nism; 
(5) any legal justification provided by the Office of the 
Legal Adviser of the Department if the Department did not 
implement the pilot program; and 
(6) the estimated date by which the Department is expected 
to implement the pilot program. 
SEC. 9218. REPORT ON CHANGES TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER 
TEST. 
Not later than December 1, 2023, the Secretary shall submit 
a report to the appropriate congressional committees describing 
and justifying any changes made during fiscal years 2022 and 
2023 to the Foreign Service entry process, including— 
(1) the use of artificial intelligence, including deep textual 
analysis, in any portion of the entry process and its impacts 
on recruitment into the Foreign Service; 
(2) the use of virtual formats for any portion of the entry 
process and its impacts on recruitment into the Foreign Service; 
and 
(3) the entities, groups, or individuals informed of or con-
sulted on any changes to the Foreign Service entry process 
during 
the 
1-year 
period 
immediately 
preceding 
the 
implementation of such changes. 
SEC. 9219. DIGNITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SERVING IN THE 
FOREIGN SERVICE. 
The Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 101(b)(2) (22 U.S.C. 3901(b)(2)), by striking 
‘‘handicapping condition’’ and inserting ‘‘disability’’;
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(2) in section 105 (22 U.S.C. 3905), by striking ‘‘handi-
capping condition’’ each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘disability’’; 
(3) in section 1002(11)(A) (22 U.S.C. 4102(11)(A)), by 
striking ‘‘handicapping condition’’ and inserting ‘‘disability’’; and 
(4) in section 1015(b)(4) (22 U.S.C. 4115(b)(4)), by striking 
‘‘handicapping condition’’ and inserting ‘‘disability’’. 
SEC. 9220. EXPANDING SCOPE OF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS TO 
INCLUDE CIVIL SERVANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 47 of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2719) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or the Civil Service’’ after ‘‘with the 
Foreign Service’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Foreign service Act of 1980’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Foreign Service Act of 1980’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘or the Civil 
Service’’ after ‘‘Foreign Service’’. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days before expanding 
participation to include civil servants in any fellowship program 
of the Department, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees that— 
(1) identifies the affected fellowship program; and 
(2) justifies expanding participation in such program. 
(c) FOLLOW-UP REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the expan-
sion of any fellowship program authorized under this section, the 
Secretary shall submit a follow-up report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that describes how the expansion of participation 
in such program has impacted the effectiveness of the program. 
TITLE XCIII—EMBASSY SECURITY AND 
CONSTRUCTION 
SEC. 9301. AMENDMENTS TO SECURE EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION AND 
COUNTERTERRORISM ACT OF 1999. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Secure 
Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 2022’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Secure Embassy Construction and Counterter-
rorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of appendix G of 
Public Law 106–113) was a necessary response to bombings 
on August 7, 1998, at the United States embassies in Nairobi, 
Kenya, and in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that were destroyed 
by simultaneously exploding bombs. The resulting explosions 
killed 220 persons and injured more than 4,000 others. Twelve 
Americans and 40 Kenyan and Tanzanian employees of the 
United States Foreign Service were killed in the attacks. 
(2) Those bombings, followed by the expeditionary diplo-
matic efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, demonstrated the need 
to prioritize the security of United States posts and personnel 
abroad above other considerations. 
(3) Between 1999 and 2022, the risk calculus of the Depart-
ment impacted the ability of United States diplomats around 
the world to advance the interests of the United States through 
access to local populations, leaders, and places.
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(4) America’s competitors and adversaries do not have the 
same restrictions that United States diplomats have, especially 
in critically important medium-threat and high-threat posts. 
(5) The Department’s 2021 Overseas Security Panel report 
states that— 
(A) the requirement for setback and collocation of diplo-
matic posts under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 606(a) 
of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 
Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)) has led to skyrocketing 
costs of new embassies and consulates; and 
(B) the locations of such posts have become less desir-
able, creating an extremely suboptimal nexus that further 
hinders United States diplomats who are willing to accept 
more risk in order to advance United States interests. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the setback and collocation requirements referred to 
in subsection (b)(5)(A), even with available waivers, no longer 
provide the security such requirements used to provide because 
of advancement in technologies, such as remote controlled 
drones, that can evade walls and other such static barriers; 
(2) the Department should focus on creating performance 
security standards that— 
(A) attempt to keep the setback requirements of diplo-
matic posts as limited as possible; and 
(B) provide diplomats access to local populations as 
much as possible, while still providing a necessary level 
of security; 
(3) collocation of diplomatic facilities is often not feasible 
or advisable, particularly for public diplomacy spaces whose 
mission is to reach and be accessible to wide sectors of the 
public, including in countries with repressive governments, 
since such spaces are required to permit the foreign public 
to enter and exit the space easily and openly; 
(4) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security should— 
(A) fully utilize the waiver process provided under 
paragraphs (2)(B) and (3)(B) of section 606(a) of the Secure 
Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 
(22 U.S.C. 4865(a)); and 
(B) appropriately exercise such waiver process as a 
tool to right-size the appropriate security footing at each 
diplomatic post rather than only approving waivers in 
extreme circumstances; 
(5) the return of great power competition requires— 
(A) United States diplomats to do all they can to out-
perform our adversaries; and 
(B) the Department to better optimize use of taxpayer 
funding to advance United States national interests; and 
(6) this section will better enable United States diplomats 
to compete in the 21st century, while saving United States 
taxpayers millions in reduced property and maintenance costs 
at embassies and consulates abroad. 
(d) DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITY.—Sec-
tion 603 of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism 
Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of appendix G of Public Law 
106–113) is amended to read as follows: