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Calendar No. 705 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4989 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 18, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 
Reported by Mr. CORKER, without amendment 
AN ACT 
To require the Department of State to establish a policy 
regarding the use of location-tracking consumer devices 
by employees at diplomatic and consular facilities, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Diplomats 
from Surveillance Through Consumer Devices Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SECURE UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC AND CON-
SULAR FACILITIES AGAINST CYBERSURVEIL-
LANCE. 
(a) POLICY ON LOCATION-TRACKING CONSUMER DE-
VICES.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall establish 
a policy on the use of location-tracking consumer devices, 
including GPS-enabled devices, at United States diplo-
matic and consular facilities by United States Government 
employees, contractors, locally employed staff and mem-
bers of other agencies deployed to or stationed at such 
facilities. 
(b) SECURITY BRIEFING.—Existing and new employ-
ees at United States diplomatic and consular facilities, in-
cluding contractors, locally employed staff, and members 
of other agencies deployed to or stationed at such facili-
ties, shall, as a part of the security briefings provided to 
such employees, be informed of the policy described in sub-
section (a) and given instructions on the use of location- 
tracking consumer devices both on and off the premises 
of such facilities. 
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of State may co-
ordinate with the heads of any other agencies whose em-
ployees are deployed to or stationed at United States dip-
lomatic and consular facilities in the formulation of the 
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policy described in subsection (a) and the dissemination 
of such policy pursuant to subsection (b). 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the for-
mulation of the policy described in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the 
details of such policy. 
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Calendar No. 705 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4989 
AN ACT 
To require the Department of State to establish a 
policy regarding the use of location-tracking con-
sumer devices by employees at diplomatic and 
consular facilities, and for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 
Reported without amendment 
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