(2) Significant security deficiencies at United 
States diplomatic posts that are not operating out of 
a new embassy compound or new consulate com-
pound. 
SEC. 210. OVERSEAS SECURITY BRIEFINGS. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the Foreign 
Affairs Manual to stipulate that information on the cur-
rent threat environment shall be provided to all United 
States Government employees under chief of mission au-
thority traveling to a foreign country on official business. 
To the extent practicable, such material shall be provided 
to such employees prior to their arrival at a United States 
diplomatic post or as soon as possible thereafter. 
SEC. 211. CONTRACTING METHODS IN CAPITAL CONSTRUC-
TION. 
(a) DELIVERY.—Unless the Secretary notifies the ap-
propriate congressional committees that the use of the de-
sign-build project delivery method would not be appro-
priate, the Secretary shall make use of such method at 
United States diplomatic posts that have not yet received 
design or capital construction contracts as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Before executing a contract for 
a delivery method other than design-build in accordance 
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with subsection (a), the Secretary shall notify the appro-
priate congressional committees in writing of the decision, 
including the reasons therefor. The notification required 
by this subsection may be included in any other report 
regarding a new United States diplomatic post that is re-
quired to be submitted to the appropriate congressional 
committees. 
(c) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall report to the appropriate congressional 
committees regarding performance evaluation measures in 
accordance with GAO’s ‘‘Standards for Internal Control 
in the Federal Government’’ that will be applicable to de-
sign and construction, lifecycle cost, and building mainte-
nance programs of the Bureau of Overseas Building Oper-
ations of the Department. 
SEC. 212. COMPETITION IN EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION. 
Not later than 45 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committee a report detailing steps the 
Department is taking to expand the embassy construction 
contractor base in order to increase competition and maxi-
mize value. 
SEC. 213. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
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(1) DESIGN-BUILD.—The term ‘‘design-build’’ 
means a method of project delivery in which one en-
tity works under a single contract with the Depart-
ment to provide design and construction services. 
(2) NON-STANDARD DESIGN.—The term ‘‘non- 
standard design’’ means a design for a new embassy 
compound project or new consulate compound 
project that does not utilize a standardized design 
for the structural, spatial, or security requirements 
of such embassy compound or consulate compound, 
as the case may be. 
TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 
SEC. 301. DEFENSE BASE ACT INSURANCE WAIVERS. 
(a) APPLICATION FOR WAIVERS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall apply to the Department of Labor for a waiver 
from insurance requirements under the Defense Base Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.) for all countries with respect to 
which the requirement was waived prior to January 2017, 
and for which there is not currently a waiver. 
(b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall certify to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the requirement in subsection (a) has 
been met. 
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SEC. 302. STUDY ON FOREIGN SERVICE ALLOWANCES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report detailing an empirical analysis 
on the effect of overseas allowances on the foreign 
assignment of Foreign Service officers (FSOs), to be 
conducted by a federally funded research and devel-
opment center with appropriate expertise in labor ec-
onomics and military compensation. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The analysis required under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) identify all allowances paid to FSOs 
assigned permanently or on temporary duty to 
foreign areas; 
(B) examine the efficiency of the Foreign 
Service bidding system in determining foreign 
assignments; 
(C) examine the factors that incentivize 
FSOs to bid on particular assignments, includ-
ing danger levels and hardship conditions; 
(D) examine the Department’s strategy 
and process for incentivizing FSOs to bid on 
assignments that are historically in lower de-
mand, including with monetary compensation, 
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and whether monetary compensation is nec-
essary for assignments in higher demand; 
(E) make any relevant comparisons to 
military compensation and allowances, noting 
which allowances are shared or based on the 
same regulations; 
(F) recommend options for restructuring 
allowances to improve the efficiency of the as-
signments system and better align FSO incen-
tives with the needs of the Foreign Service, in-
cluding any cost savings associated with such 
restructuring; 
(G) recommend any statutory changes nec-
essary to implement subparagraph (F), such as 
consolidating existing legal authorities for the 
provision of hardship and danger pay; and 
(H) detail any effects of recommendations 
made pursuant to subparagraphs (F) and (G) 
on other United States Government depart-
ments and agencies with civilian employees per-
manently assigned or on temporary duty in for-
eign areas, following consultation with such de-
partments and agencies. 
(b) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Before initiating the 
analysis required under subsection (a)(1), and not later 
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than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs in the House of Representatives a briefing on the 
implementation of this section that includes the following: 
(1) The name of the federally funded research 
and development center that will conduct such anal-
ysis. 
(2) The scope of such analysis and terms of ref-
erence for such analysis as specified between the De-
partment and such federally funded research and de-
velopment center. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
available to the federally funded research and devel-
opment center carrying out the analysis required 
under subsection (a)(1) all necessary and relevant 
information to allow such center to conduct such 
analysis in a quantitative and analytical manner, in-
cluding historical data on the number of bids for 
each foreign assignment and any survey data col-
lected by the Department from eligible bidders on 
their bid decision-making. 
(2) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall work 
with the heads of other relevant United States Gov-
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ernment departments and agencies to ensure such 
departments and agencies provide all necessary and 
relevant information to the federally funded research 
and development center carrying out the analysis re-
quired under subsection (a)(1). 
(d) INTERIM REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
shall require that the chief executive officer of the feder-
ally funded research and development center that carries 
out the analysis required under subsection (a)(1) submit 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives an interim report on such analysis not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 303. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS. 
Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS RE-
LATED
TO SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP 
PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to make grants or enter into cooperative agreements 
related to Department of State science and tech-
nology fellowship programs, including for assistance 
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in recruiting fellows and the payment of stipends, 
travel, and other appropriate expenses to fellows. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION
FROM
CONSIDERATION
AS 
COMPENSATION.—Stipends under paragraph (1) 
shall not be considered compensation for purposes of 
section 209 of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM
ANNUAL
AMOUNT.—The total 
amount of grants made pursuant to this subsection 
may not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 304. TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES. 
Section 901(15) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4081(15)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘1 round-trip per year for each child 
below age 21 of a member of the Service assigned 
abroad’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of one or more 
children below age 21 of a member of the Service as-
signed abroad, 1 round-trip per year’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘for each child’’ before 
‘‘to visit the member abroad’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 
comma; 
(3) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘for each child’’ before 
‘‘to visit the other parent’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘resides,’’; 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) for one of the child’s parents to visit 
the child or children abroad if the child or chil-
dren do not regularly reside with that parent 
and that parent is not receiving an education 
allowance or educational travel allowance for 
the child or children under section 5924(4) of 
title 5, United States Code,’’; and 
(5) in the matter following subparagraph (C), 
as added by paragraph (4) of this section, by strik-
ing ‘‘a payment’’ and inserting ‘‘the cost of round- 
trip travel’’. 
SEC. 305. HOME LEAVE TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES. 
Section 903(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4083(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘In cases in which the family 
members of a member of the Service reside apart from 
the member at authorized locations outside the United 
States because they are prevented by official order from 
residing with the member at post, the member may take 
the leave ordered under this section where that member’s 
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family members reside, notwithstanding section 6305 of 
title 5, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 306. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CERTAIN FEL-
LOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) Department fellowships that promote the 
employment of candidates belonging to under-rep-
resented groups, including the Charles B. Rangel 
International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, 
the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship 
Program, and the Donald M. Payne International 
Development Fellowship Program, represent smart 
investments vital for building a strong, capable, and 
representative national security workforce; and 
(2) the Secretary of State and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development should fulfill the terms of their fellow-
ship agreements with each participant in the Fellow-
ship Programs referred to in paragraph (1), as spec-
ified in the original contractual agreements with 
each such participant. 
SEC. 307. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Subparagraph (A) of section 601(c)(6) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(6)) is amended, 
in the matter preceding clause (i), by— 
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