(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 2 ems to the left. 
SEC. 1318. FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUAL AND FOREIGN AF-
FAIRS HANDBOOK CHANGES. 
(a) APPLICABILITY.—The Foreign Affairs Manual 
and the Foreign Affairs Handbook apply with equal force 
and effect and without exception to all Department of 
State personnel, including the Secretary of State, Depart-
ment employees, contractors, and political appointees, re-
gardless of an individual’s status as a Foreign Service offi-
cer, Civil Service employee, contractor, or political ap-
pointee hired under any legal authority. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a certification in unclassified form that the Office 
of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State has com-
municated the applicability described in subsection (a) to 
all Department personnel, including the personnel referred 
to in such subsection. 
(c) REPORT.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 
180 days thereafter for five years, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report detailing all changes made to 
the Foreign Affairs Manual or the Foreign Affairs 
Handbook. 
(2) COVERED PERIODS.—The first report re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall cover the 5-year 
period preceding the submission of such report. 
Each subsequent report shall cover the 180-day pe-
riod preceding submission. 
(3) CONTENTS.—Each report required under 
paragraph (1) shall contain the following: 
(A) The location within the Foreign Af-
fairs Manual or the Foreign Affairs Handbook 
where a change has been made. 
(B) The statutory basis for each such 
change. 
(C) A side-by-side comparison of the For-
eign Affairs Manual or Foreign Affairs Hand-
book before and after such change. 
(D) A summary of such changes displayed 
in spreadsheet form. 
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SEC. 1319. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPA-
TIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN POSI-
TIONS. 
The Secretary of State may waive any or all of the 
individual occupational requirements with respect to an 
employee or prospective employee of the Department of 
State for a civilian position categorized under the GS– 
0130 occupational series if the Secretary determines that 
the individual possesses significant scientific, techno-
logical, engineering, or mathematical expertise that is inte-
gral to performing the duties of the applicable position, 
based on demonstrated job performance and qualifying ex-
perience. With respect to each waiver granted under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall set forth in a written docu-
ment that is transmitted to the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management the rationale for the decision of 
the Secretary to waive such requirements. 
SEC. 1320. APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES TO THE GLOBAL 
ENGAGEMENT CENTER. 
The Secretary of State may appoint, for a 3-year pe-
riod that may be extended for up to an additional two 
years, solely to carry out the functions of the Global En-
gagement Center, employees of the Department of State 
without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, governing appointment in the competitive service, 
and may fix the basic compensation of such employees 
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without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap-
ter 53 of such title. 
SEC. 1321. REST AND RECUPERATION AND OVERSEAS OP-
ERATIONS LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 63 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sections: 
‘‘§ 6329d. Rest and recuperation leave 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive 
agency (as that term is defined in section 105), but 
does not include the Government Accountability Of-
fice; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘combat zone’ means a geo-
graphic area designated by an Executive order of the 
President as an area in which the Armed Forces are 
engaging or have engaged in combat, an area des-
ignated by law to be treated as a combat zone, or 
a location the Department of Defense has certified 
for combat zone tax benefits due to its direct sup-
port of military operations; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘employee’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 6301; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘high risk, high threat post’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 104 of the 
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Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act 
of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4803); and 
‘‘(5) the term ‘leave year’ means the period be-
ginning on the first day of the first complete pay pe-
riod in a calendar year and ending on the day imme-
diately before the first day of the first complete pay 
period in the following calendar year. 
‘‘(b) LEAVE FOR REST AND RECUPERATION.—The 
head of an agency may prescribe regulations to grant up 
to 20 days of paid leave, per leave year, for the purposes 
of rest and recuperation to an employee of the agency 
serving in a combat zone, any other high risk, high threat 
post, or any other location presenting significant security 
or operational challenges. 
‘‘(c) 
DISCRETIONARY
AUTHORITY
OF
AGENCY 
HEAD.—Use of the authority under subsection (b) is at 
the sole and exclusive discretion of the head of the agency 
concerned. 
‘‘(d) RECORDS.—An agency shall record leave pro-
vided under this section separately from leave authorized 
under any other provision of law. 
‘‘§ 6329e. Overseas operations leave 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘agency’ means an Executive 
agency (as that term is defined in section 105), but 
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does not include the Government Accountability Of-
fice; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘employee’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 6301; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘leave year’ means the period be-
ginning with the first day of the first complete pay 
period in a calendar year and ending with the day 
immediately before the first day of the first complete 
pay period in the following calendar year. 
‘‘(b) LEAVE FOR OVERSEAS OPERATIONS.—The head 
of an agency may prescribe regulations to grant up to 10 
days of paid leave, per leave year, to an employee of the 
agency serving abroad where the conduct of business could 
pose potential security or safety related risks or would be 
inconsistent with host-country practice. Such regulations 
may provide that additional leave days may be granted 
during such leave year if the head of the agency deter-
mines that to do so is necessary to advance the national 
security or foreign policy interests of the United States. 
‘‘(c) 
DISCRETIONARY
AUTHORITY
OF
AGENCY 
HEAD.—Use of the authority under subsection (b) is at 
the sole and exclusive discretion of the head of the agency 
concerned. 
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‘‘(d) RECORDS.—An agency shall record leave pro-
vided under this section separately from leave authorized 
under any other provision of law.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 6329c the following new 
items: 
‘‘6329d. Rest and recuperation leave 
‘‘6329e. Overseas operations leave’’. 
SEC. 1322. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AUTHORITY. 
Section 3 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in subsection (m), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(n) in exigent circumstances, as determined by the 
Secretary, provide emergency medical services or related 
support for private United States citizens, nationals, and 
permanent resident aliens abroad, or third country nation-
als connected to such persons or to the diplomatic or devel-
opment missions of the United States abroad, who are un-
able to obtain such services or support otherwise, with 
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such assistance provided on a reimbursable basis to the 
extent feasible.’’. 
SEC. 1323. DEPARTMENT OF STATE STUDENT INTERNSHIP 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall es-
tablish the Department of State Student Internship Pro-
gram (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) to 
offer internship opportunities at the Department of State 
to eligible students to raise awareness of the essential role 
of diplomacy in the conduct of United States foreign policy 
and the realization of United States foreign policy objec-
tives. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in the 
Program, an applicant shall— 
(1) be enrolled, not less than half-time, at— 
(A) an institution of higher education (as 
such term is defined in section 102 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); or 
(B) an institution of higher education 
based outside the United States, as determined 
by the Secretary of State; 
(2) be able to receive and hold an appropriate 
security clearance; and 
(3) satisfy such other criteria as established by 
the Secretary. 
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(c) SELECTION.—The Secretary of State shall estab-
lish selection criteria for students to be admitted into the 
Program that includes the following: 
(1) Demonstrable interest in a career in foreign 
affairs. 
(2) Academic performance. 
(3) Such other criteria as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(d) OUTREACH.—The Secretary of State shall adver-
tise the Program widely, including on the internet, 
through the Department of State’s Diplomats in Resi-
dence program, and through other outreach and recruiting 
initiatives targeting undergraduate and graduate students. 
The Secretary shall actively encourage people belonging to 
traditionally underrepresented groups in terms of racial, 
ethnic, geographic, and gender diversity, and disability 
status to apply to the Program, including by conducting 
targeted outreach at minority-serving institutions (as such 
term is described in section 371(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 
(e) COMPENSATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Students participating in the 
Program shall be paid at least— 
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(A) the amount specified in section 6(a)(1) 
of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 206(a)(1)), or 
(B) the minimum wage of the jurisdiction 
in which the internship is located, 
whichever is greatest. 
(2) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) ABROAD.—The Secretary of State 
shall provide housing assistance to a student 
participating in the Program whose permanent 
address is within the United States if the loca-
tion of the internship in which such student is 
participating is outside the United States. 
(B) DOMESTIC.—The Secretary of State is 
authorized to provide housing assistance to a 
student participating in the Program whose 
permanent address is within the United States 
if the location of the internship in which such 
student is participating is more than 50 miles 
away from such student’s permanent address. 
(3) TRAVEL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
State shall provide a student participating in the 
Program whose permanent address is within the 
United States financial assistance to cover the costs 
of travel once to and once from the location of the 
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internship in which such student is participating, in-
cluding travel by air, train, bus, or other transit as 
appropriate, if the location of such internship is— 
(A) more than 50 miles from such stu-
dent’s permanent address; or 
(B) outside the United States. 
(f) WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—The Secretary of State is authorized to enter 
into agreements with institutions of higher education to 
structure internships to ensure such internships satisfy 
criteria for academic programs in which participants in 
such internships are enrolled. 
(g) TRANSITION PERIOD.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall transition all unpaid internship programs 
of the Department of State, including the Foreign Service 
Internship Program, to internship programs that offer 
compensation. Upon selection as a candidate for entry into 
an internship program of the Department after such date, 
a participant in such internship program shall be afforded 
the opportunity to forgo compensation if doing so allows 
such participant to receive college or university curricular 
credit. 
(h) REPORTS.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
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shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of a Senate a report that includes the following: 
(1) Information regarding the number of stu-
dents, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, insti-
tution of higher learning, home State, State where 
each student graduated from high school, and dis-
ability status, who applied to the Program, were of-
fered a position, and participated. 
(2) Information on the number of security 
clearance investigations started and the timeline for 
such investigations, including whether such inves-
tigations were completed or if, and when, an interim 
security clearance was granted. 
(3) Information on expenditures on the Pro-
gram. 
(4) Information regarding the Department of 
State’s compliance with subsection (g). 
(i) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section may 
be construed to compel any student who is a partici-
pant in an internship program of the Department of 
State to participate in the collection of the data or 
divulge any personal information. Such students 
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shall be informed that their participation in the data 
collection contemplated by this section is voluntary. 
(2) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—Any data collected 
under this section shall be subject to the relevant 
privacy protection statutes and regulations applica-
ble to Federal employees. 
SEC. 1324. COMPETITIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOY-
EES HIRED BY INSPECTORS GENERAL TO 
SUPPORT THE LEAD IG MISSION. 
Subparagraph (A) of section 8L(d)(5) of the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 
striking ‘‘a lead Inspector General for’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
of the Inspectors General specified in subsection (c) for 
oversight of’’. 
SEC. 1325. COOPERATION WITH OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR 
GENERAL. 
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINE.—Not later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall make explicit in writing to all De-
partment of State personnel, including the Secretary of 
State, Department employees, contractors, and political 
appointees, and shall consider updating the Foreign Af-
fairs Manual and the Foreign Affairs Handbook to explic-
itly specify, that if any of such personnel does not comply 
within 60 days with a request for an interview or access 
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to documents from the Office of the Inspector General of 
the Department such personnel shall be subject to appro-
priate administrative discipline including, when cir-
cumstances warrant, suspension without pay or removal. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and on 
a quarterly basis thereafter, the Office of the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for Global Media shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
in unclassified form detailing the following: 
(A) The title of any individual who has not 
complied within 60 days with a request for an 
interview or access to documents from the Of-
fice of the Inspector General. 
(B) The date on which such request was 
initially made. 
(C) Any extension of time that was volun-
tarily granted to such individual by the Office 
of the Inspector General. 
(D) The general subject matter regarding 
which the Office of the Inspector General has 
requested of such individual. 
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(2) FORM.—Additional information pertaining 
solely to the subject matter of a request described in 
paragraph (1) may be provided in a supplemental 
classified annex, if necessary, but all other informa-
tion required by the reports required under such 
paragraph shall be provided in unclassified form. 
TITLE 
IV—A 
DIVERSE 
WORK-
FORCE: 
RECRUITMENT, 
RE-
TENTION, AND PROMOTION 
SEC. 1401. 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 
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the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.). 
(4) 
WORKFORCE.—The 
term 
‘‘workforce’’ 
means— 
(A) individuals serving in a position in the 
civil service (as such term is defined in section 
2101 of title 5, United States Code); 
(B) individuals who are members of the 
Foreign Service (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 3902)); 
(C) all individuals serving under a personal 
services contract; 
(D) all individuals serving under a Foreign 
Service limited appointment under section 309 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
3949); or 
(E) individuals other than Locally Em-
ployed Staff working in the Department of 
State under any other authority. 
SEC. 1402. 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 of 
State shall, in consultation with the Director of the Office 
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of Personnel Management and the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report, which shall also be 
posted on a publicly available website of the Department 
in 
a 
searchable 
database 
format, 
that 
includes 
disaggregated demographic data and other information re-
garding the diversity of the workforce of the Department 
of State. 
(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 of State, 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 5-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 during the 5-year 
period ending on the date of the enactment of 
this Act as special assistants in any of the of-
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fices of the Secretary of State, the Deputy Sec-
retary of State, the Counselor of the Depart-
ment of State, the Secretary’s Policy Planning 
Staff, the Under Secretary for Arms Control 
and International Security, the Under Secretary 
for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human 
Rights, the Under Secretary for Economic 
Growth, Energy, and the Environment, the 
Under Secretary for Management, the Under 
Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and the 
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and 
Public Affairs. 
(E) Individuals serving in the 5-year pe-
riod ending on the date of the enactment of this 
Act in each bureau’s front office. 
(F) Individuals serving in the 5-year pe-
riod ending on the date of the enactment of this 
Act as detailees to the National Security Coun-
cil. 
(G) Individuals serving on applicable selec-
tion boards. 
(H) Members of any external advisory 
committee or board who are subject to appoint-
ment by individuals at senior positions in the 
Department. 
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(I) Individuals participating in professional 
development programs of the Department, and 
the extent to which such participants have been 
placed into senior positions within the Depart-
ment after such participation. 
(J) Individuals participating in mentorship 
or retention programs. 
(K) 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 speci-
fied in section 1401(4), and the percentages cor-
responding to each rank, grade, or grade-equivalent. 
(c) RECOMMENDATION.—The Secretary of State may 
include in the report under subsection (a) a recommenda-
tion to the Director of Office of Management and Budget 
and to the appropriate congressional committees regarding 
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whether the Department of State should collect more de-
tailed data on demographic categories in addition to the 
race and ethnicity categories specified in the Office of 
Management and Budget statistical policy directive enti-
tled ‘‘Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Pre-
senting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’’ (81 Fed. 
Reg. 67398). 
(d) OTHER CONTENTS.—The report under sub-
section (a) shall also describe and assess the effectiveness 
of the efforts of the Department of State— 
(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, both domestically and at posts 
overseas; 
(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 or for reporting sexual 
harassment or sexual assault; 
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(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- 
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; 
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(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; 
(H) expanding the use of paid internships; 
and 
(I) supporting recruiting and hiring oppor-
tunities through— 
(i) the Charles B. Rangel Inter-
national Affairs Fellowship Program; 
(ii) the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign 
Affairs Fellowship Program; and 
(iii) other initiatives, including agen-
cy-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 of State shall work with the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management and the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget to provide a re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees, which 
shall be posted on the Department’s website, which may 
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be included in another annual report required under an-
other 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 
(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. 1403. EXIT INTERVIEWS FOR WORKFORCE. 
(a) RETAINED MEMBERS.—The Director General of 
the Foreign Service and the Director of the Bureau of 
Human Resources or its equivalent shall conduct periodic 
interviews with a representative and diverse cross-section 
of the workforce of the Department of State— 
(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 the Bureau of 
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Human Resources or its equivalent shall provide an oppor-
tunity for an exit interview to each individual in the work-
force of the Department of State who separates from serv-
ice with the Department to better understand the reasons 
of such individual for leaving such service. 
(c) USE OF ANALYSIS FROM INTERVIEWS.—The Di-
rector General of the Foreign Service and the Director of 
the Bureau of Human Resources or its equivalent shall 
analyze demographic data and other information obtained 
through interviews under subsections (a) and (b) to deter-
mine— 
(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 1402 relating 
to the determination reached pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
(d) TRACKING DATA.—The Department of State 
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; 
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(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 
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. 1404. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall— 
(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 of State to have a re-
cruitment plan of action for the recruitment of peo-
ple belonging to traditionally underrepresented 
groups, which should include outreach at appro-
priate colleges, universities, affinity groups, and pro-
fessional associations. 
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(b) SCOPE.—The diversity recruitment initiatives de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall 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; 
(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; 
(5) expanding the use of paid internships; and 
(6) 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 of State shall, 
through the Foreign Service Institute and other edu-
cational and training opportunities— 
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(A) ensure the provision to all individuals 
in the workforce of training on anti-harassment 
and anti-discrimination information and poli-
cies, including in existing Foreign Service Insti-
tute courses or modules prioritized in the De-
partment of State’s Diversity and Inclusion 
Strategic Plan for 2016–2020 to promote diver-
sity in Bureau awards or mitigate unconscious 
bias; 
(B) expand the provision of training on 
workplace rights and responsibilities to focus on 
anti-harassment and anti-discrimination infor-
mation and policies, including policies relating 
to sexual assault prevention and response; and 
(C) make such expanded training manda-
tory for— 
(i) individuals in senior and super-
visory positions; 
(ii) individuals having responsibilities 
related to recruitment, retention, or pro-
motion of employees; and 
(iii) any other individual determined 
by the Department who needs such train-
ing based on analysis by the Department 
or OPM analysis. 
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(2) BEST
PRACTICES.—The Department of 
State shall give special attention to ensuring the 
continuous incorporation of research-based best 
practices in training provided under this subsection. 
SEC. 1405. PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE 
NATIONAL SECURITY WORKFORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall en-
sure that individuals in senior and supervisory positions 
of the Department of State, or Department individuals 
having responsibilities related to recruitment, retention, or 
promotion of employees, should have a demonstrated com-
mitment to equal opportunity, diversity, and inclusion. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—In making any recommenda-
tions on nominations, conducting interviews, or appointing 
acting individuals for positions equivalent to an Assistant 
Secretary or above, the Secretary of State shall use best 
efforts to consider at least one individual reflective of di-
versity. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
establish a mechanism to ensure that appointments 
of Department of State employees to staff positions 
in the Offices of the Secretary, the Deputy Sec-
retary, the Counselor of the Department, the Sec-
retary’s Policy Planning Staff, or any of the Under 
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Secretaries of State, and details to the National Se-
curity Council, are transparent, competitive, equi-
table, and inclusive. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report regarding the mechanism re-
quired under paragraph (1). 
(d) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of State shall use 
best efforts to consider at least one individual reflective 
of diversity for the staff positions specified in subsection 
(c)(1) and ensure such positions are equitably available 
to employees of the civil service and Foreign Service. 
SEC. 1406. LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT AND ACCOUNT-
ABILITY. 
(a) REWARD AND RECOGNIZE EFFORTS TO PRO-
MOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
implement performance and advancement require-
ments that reward and recognize the efforts of indi-
viduals in senior positions and supervisors in the De-
partment of State in fostering an inclusive environ-
ment and cultivating talent consistent with merit 
system principles, such as through participation in 
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mentoring programs or sponsorship initiatives, re-
cruitment events, and other similar opportunities. 
(2) OUTREACH
EVENTS.—The Secretary of 
State shall create opportunities for individuals in 
senior positions and supervisors in the Department 
of State to participate in outreach events and to dis-
cuss issues relating to diversity and inclusion with 
the workforce on a regular basis, including with em-
ployee resource groups. 
(b) 
EXTERNAL
ADVISORY
COMMITTEES
AND 
BOARDS.—For each external advisory committee or board 
to which individuals in senior positions in the Department 
of State appoint members, the Secretary of State is 
strongly encouraged by Congress to ensure such external 
advisory committee or board is developed, reviewed, and 
carried out by qualified teams that represent the diversity 
of the organization. 
SEC. 1407. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES 
AND TOOLS. 
(a) EXPAND PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVEL-
OPMENT AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is 
authorized to expand professional development op-
portunities that support the mission needs of the 
Department of State, such as— 
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(A) academic programs; 
(B) private-public exchanges; and 
(C) detail assignments to relevant positions 
in— 
(i) private or international organiza-
tions; 
(ii) State, local, and Tribal govern-
ments; 
(iii) other branches of the Federal 
Government; or 
(iv) professional schools of inter-
national affairs. 
(2) TRAINING FOR SENIOR POSITIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
shall offer, or sponsor members of the work-
force to participate in, a Senior Executive Serv-
ice candidate development program or other 
program that trains members on the skills re-
quired for appointment to senior positions in 
the Department of State. 
(B) 
REQUIREMENTS.—In 
determining 
which members of the workforce are granted 
professional development or career advancement 
opportunities under subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary of State shall— 
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(i) ensure any program offered or 
sponsored by the Department of State 
under such subparagraph comports with 
the requirements of subpart C of part 412 
of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any successor thereto, including merit 
staffing and assessment requirements; 
(ii) consider the number of expected 
vacancies in senior positions as a factor in 
determining the number of candidates to 
select for such programs; 
(iii) understand how participation in 
any program offered or sponsored by the 
Department under such subparagraph dif-
fers by gender, race, national origin, dis-
ability status, or other demographic cat-
egories; and 
(iv) actively encourage participation 
from a range of demographic categories, 
especially from categories with consistently 
low participation. 
SEC. 1408. EXAMINATION AND ORAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE 
FOREIGN SERVICE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Department of State should offer both the 
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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 expense to one of the few locations where these as-
sessments 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 
(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. 1409. 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. 
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(b) REVIEW OF PAST PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of 
State shall review past programs designed to increase mi-
nority representation in international affairs positions. 
SEC. 1410. 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 of State employees shall be informed 
that their participation in the data collection contemplated 
by this title is voluntary. 
(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. 1501. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) 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)). 
(2) 
RELEVANT
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
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(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. 
SEC. 1502. LIST OF CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRO-
VIDERS. 
(a) LIST OF COVERED CONTRACTORS.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director 
of National Intelligence, shall develop or maintain, as the 
case may be, and update as frequently as the Secretary 
determines appropriate, a list of covered contractors with 
respect to which the Department should seek to avoid en-
tering into contracts. Not later than 30 days after the ini-
tial development of the list under this subsection, any up-
date thereto, and annually thereafter for five years after 
such initial 30-day period, the Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a copy of such 
list. 
(b) 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-
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ware, or services, that has knowingly assisted or facilitated 
a cyber attack or conducted surveillance, including passive 
or active monitoring, carried out against— 
(1) the United States by, or on behalf of, any 
government, or persons associated with such govern-
ment, listed as a cyber threat actor in the intel-
ligence community’s 2017 assessment of worldwide 
threats to United States national security or any 
subsequent worldwide threat assessment of the intel-
ligence community; or 
(2) individuals, including activists, journalists, 
opposition politicians, or other individuals for the 
purposes of suppressing dissent or intimidating crit-
ics, on behalf of a country included in the annual 
country reports on human rights practices of the 
Department for systematic acts of political repres-
sion, including arbitrary arrest or detention, torture, 
extrajudicial or politically motivated killing, or other 
gross violations of human rights. 
SEC. 1503. PRESERVING RECORDS OF ELECTRONIC COM-
MUNICATIONS CONDUCTED RELATED TO OF-
FICIAL 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 
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in a democratic government, all officers and employees of 
the Department of State and the United States Agency 
for International Development must preserve all records 
of communications 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 Con-
gress that such practice should include foreign government 
officials or other foreign entities which may seek to influ-
ence United States Government policies and actions. 
(b) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall publish in the Foreign Affairs Manual guidance im-
plementing chapter 31 of title 44, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the ‘‘Federal Records Act’’), to 
treat electronic messaging systems, software, and applica-
tions as equivalent to electronic mail for the purpose of 
identifying Federal records, and shall also publish in the 
Foreign Affairs Manual the statutory penalties for failure 
to comply with such guidance. Beginning on the date that 
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
no funds are authorized to be appropriated or made avail-
able to the Department of State under any Act to support 
the use or establishment of accounts on third-party mes-
saging applications or other non-Government online com-
munication tools if the Secretary does not certify to the 
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relevant congressional committees that the Secretary has 
carried out this section. The prohibition described in this 
subsection shall not apply to warden or embassy security 
messages. 
SEC. 1504. FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 
(FRUS) SERIES AND DECLASSIFICATION. 
The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
is amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
402(a)(2) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
4352(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘26’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’; 
and 
(2) 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’’. 
SEC. 1505. VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY AND BUG 
BOUNTY PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘bug 
bounty program’’ means a program under which an 
approved individual, organization, or company is 
temporarily authorized to identify and report 
vulnerabilities of internet-facing information tech-
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nology of the Department of State in exchange for 
compensation. 
(2) INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.—The term 
‘‘information technology’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 11101 of title 40, United 
States Code. 
(b) VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE PROCESS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall design, establish, and make 
publicly known a Vulnerability Disclosure Process 
(VDP) to improve Department of State cybersecu-
rity by— 
(A) providing security researchers with 
clear guidelines for— 
(i) conducting vulnerability discovery 
activities directed at Department informa-
tion technology; and 
(ii) submitting discovered security 
vulnerabilities to the Department; and 
(B) creating Department procedures and 
infrastructure to receive and fix discovered 
vulnerabilities. 
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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the VDP 
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State 
shall— 
(A) identify which Department of State in-
formation technology should be included in the 
process; 
(B) determine whether the process should 
differentiate among and specify the types of se-
curity vulnerabilities that may be targeted; 
(C) provide a readily available means of re-
porting discovered security vulnerabilities and 
the form in which such vulnerabilities should be 
reported; 
(D) identify which Department offices and 
positions will be responsible for receiving, 
prioritizing, and addressing security vulner-
ability disclosure reports; 
(E) consult with the Attorney General re-
garding how to ensure that individuals, organi-
zations, and companies that comply with the re-
quirements of the process are protected from 
prosecution under section 1030 of title 18, 
United States Code, and similar provisions of 
law for specific activities authorized under the 
process; 
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(F) consult with the relevant offices at the 
Department of Defense that were responsible 
for launching the 2016 Vulnerability Disclosure 
Program, ‘‘Hack the Pentagon’’, and subse-
quent Department of Defense bug bounty pro-
grams; 
(G) engage qualified interested persons, in-
cluding nongovernmental sector representatives, 
about the structure of the process as construc-
tive and to the extent practicable; and 
(H) award contracts to entities, as nec-
essary, to manage the process and implement 
the 
remediation 
of 
discovered 
security 
vulnerabilities. 
(3) ANNUAL
REPORTS.—Not later than 180 
days after the establishment of the VDP under para-
graph (1) and annually thereafter for the next five 
years, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate a report on the VDP, including 
information relating to the following: 
(A) The number and severity of all secu-
rity vulnerabilities reported. 
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(B) The number of previously unidentified 
security vulnerabilities remediated as a result. 
(C) The current number of outstanding 
previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 
and Department of State remediation plans. 
(D) The average length of time between 
the reporting of security vulnerabilities and re-
mediation of such vulnerabilities. 
(E) The resources, surge staffing, roles, 
and responsibilities within the Department used 
to implement the VDP and complete security 
vulnerability remediation. 
(F) Any other information the Secretary 
determines relevant. 
(c) BUG BOUNTY PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall establish a bug bounty pilot 
program to minimize security vulnerabilities of inter-
net-facing information technology of the Department 
of State. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the pilot 
program described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
of State shall— 
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(A) provide compensation for reports of 
previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 
within the websites, applications, and other 
internet-facing information technology of the 
Department of State that are accessible to the 
public; 
(B) award contracts to entities, as nec-
essary, to manage such pilot program and for 
executing 
the 
remediation 
of 
security 
vulnerabilities identified pursuant to subpara-
graph (A); 
(C) identify which Department of State in-
formation technology should be included in such 
pilot program; 
(D) consult with the Attorney General on 
how to ensure that individuals, organizations, 
or companies that comply with the requirements 
of such pilot program are protected from pros-
ecution under section 1030 of title 18, United 
States Code, and similar provisions of law for 
specific activities authorized under such pilot 
program; 
(E) consult with the relevant offices at the 
Department of Defense that were responsible 
for launching the 2016 ‘‘Hack the Pentagon’’ 
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pilot program and subsequent Department of 
Defense bug bounty programs; 
(F) develop a process by which an ap-
proved individual, organization, or company can 
register with the entity referred to in subpara-
graph (B), submit to a background check as de-
termined by the Department of State, and re-
ceive a determination as to eligibility for par-
ticipation in such pilot program; 
(G) engage qualified interested persons, in-
cluding nongovernmental sector representatives, 
about the structure of such pilot program as 
constructive and to the extent practicable; and 
(H) consult with relevant United States 
Government officials to ensure that such pilot 
program complements persistent network and 
vulnerability scans of the Department of State’s 
internet-accessible systems, such as the scans 
conducted pursuant to Binding Operational Di-
rective BOD–15–01. 
(3) DURATION.—The pilot program established 
under paragraph (1) should be short-term in dura-
tion and not last longer than one year. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date on which the bug bounty pilot program 
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under subsection (a) is completed, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on 
such pilot program, including information relating 
to— 
(A) the number of approved individuals, 
organizations, or companies involved in such 
pilot program, broken down by the number of 
approved individuals, organizations, or compa-
nies that— 
(i) registered; 
(ii) were approved; 
(iii) submitted security vulnerabilities; 
and 
(iv) received compensation; 
(B) the number and severity of all security 
vulnerabilities reported as part of such pilot 
program; 
(C) the number of previously unidentified 
security vulnerabilities remediated as a result of 
such pilot program; 
(D) the current number of outstanding 
previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 
and Department remediation plans; 
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(E) the average length of time between the 
reporting of security vulnerabilities and remedi-
ation of such vulnerabilities; 
(F) the types of compensation provided 
under such pilot program; and 
(G) the lessons learned from such pilot 
program. 
TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 
SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public Diplomacy 
Modernization Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 1602. AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF PROGRAMS AND EF-
FORTS. 
The Secretary of State 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 of State; 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. 
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SEC. 1603. IMPROVING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF 
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 
(a) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.—The 
Secretary of State, acting through the Director of Re-
search 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). 
(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 of State 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) 
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shall not result in an increase in the overall full-time 
equivalent positions within the Department of State. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director shall— 
(A) coordinate and oversee the research 
and evaluation of public diplomacy programs 
and activities of the Department of State in 
order to— 
(i) improve public diplomacy strate-
gies and tactics; and 
(ii) ensure that such programs and 
activities are increasing the knowledge, un-
derstanding, and trust of the United 
States by relevant target audiences; 
(B) routinely organize and oversee audi-
ence research, digital analytics, and impact 
evaluations across all public diplomacy bureaus 
and offices of the Department; 
(C) support United States diplomatic 
posts’ public affairs sections; 
(D) share appropriate public diplomacy re-
search and evaluation information within the 
Department and with other appropriate Federal 
departments and agencies; 
(E) regularly design and coordinate stand-
ardized research questions, methodologies, and 
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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 
(F) 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. 
(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 head of the Office of 
Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplo-
macy and Public Affairs of the Department of State 
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shall ensure that research and evaluation of public 
diplomacy and activities of the Department, as co-
ordinated and overseen by the Director pursuant to 
subsection (b), supports strategic planning and re-
source allocation across all public diplomacy 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 of State pursuant to subsection (b) shall 
be made available to be disbursed at the direction of 
the Director of Research and Evaluation among the 
research and evaluation staff across all public diplo-
macy bureaus and offices of the Department. 
(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Department of State should 
gradually increase its allocation of funds made avail-
able under the headings ‘‘Educational and Cultural 
Exchange Programs’’ and ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ 
for research and evaluation of public diplomacy pro-
grams and activities of the Department pursuant to 
subsection (b) to a percentage of program funds that 
is commensurate with Federal Government best 
practices. 
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(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 of State for the purpose of audience re-
search, monitoring, and evaluations, and in connection 
with the Department’s activities conducted pursuant to 
any of the following: 
(1) The Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.). 
(2) Section 1287 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 
114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note). 
(3) 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 of State 
shall maintain, 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 commu-
nications related to public diplomacy efforts intended 
for foreign audiences. 
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(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.— 
(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 of 
State 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 
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all actions taken by the Subcommittee pursuant to 
paragraph (1) and any findings made as a result of 
such actions. 
SEC. 
1604. 
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 
(2) by striking ‘‘until October 1, 2021’’. 
SEC. 1605. STREAMLINING OF SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. 
(a) WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall establish a working group to ex-
plore the possibilities and cost-benefit analysis of 
transitioning to a shared services model as such pertains 
to human resources, travel, purchasing, budgetary plan-
ning, and all other executive support functions for all bu-
reaus of the Department that report to the Under Sec-
retary for Public Diplomacy of the Department. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan 
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to implement any such findings of the working group es-
tablished under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1606. GUIDANCE FOR CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DIPLO-
MACY 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 
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-
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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 of State and the appropriate Under 
Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Depart-
ment. 
(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 
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 of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port containing the guidelines required under subsection 
(a) and any recommendations for any modifications to 
such guidelines. 
SEC. 1607. 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-
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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 format, 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 
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. 
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