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shall submit such plans to the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
(2) REFERENCE
IN
BUDGET
JUSTIFICATION 
MATERIALS.—In the budget justification materials 
submitted to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees in support of the Department of State’s budget 
for any fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of 
the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code), the plans specified in the 
LROBP and LROMP shall be referenced to justify 
funding requested for building and maintenance 
projects overseas. 
(3) FORM OF REPORT.—The plans required to 
be submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form but may include classified an-
nexes. 
(c) SMALL DIPLOMATIC POST DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘small diplomatic post’’ means any con-
sulate that has employed five or fewer United States Gov-
ernment employees on average over the 36 months before 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
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(1) Federal departments and agencies are re-
quired to use value engineering (VE) as a manage-
ment tool, where appropriate, to reduce program and 
acquisition costs pursuant to OMB Circular A–131, 
Value Engineering, dated December 31, 2013. 
(2) OBO has a Policy Directive and Standard 
Operation Procedure, dated May 24, 2017, on con-
ducting risk management studies on all international 
construction projects. 
(b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) SUBMISSION
TO
AUTHORIZING
COMMIT-
TEES.—The proposed allocation of capital construc-
tion and maintenance funds that is required by the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate not later than 45 days 
after the date of the enactment of an Act making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs shall also be sub-
mitted to the appropriate congressional committees. 
(2) REQUIREMENT TO CONFIRM COMPLETION 
OF
VALUE
ENGINEERING
AND
RISK
ASSESSMENT 
STUDIES.—The notifications required under para-
graph (1) shall include confirmation that the De-
partment of State has completed the requisite VE 
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and risk management studies described in subsection 
(a). 
(c) REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS.— 
The Secretary of State shall provide to the appropriate 
congressional committees upon request— 
(1) a description of each recommendation from 
each study described in subsection (a) and a table 
detailing which recommendations were accepted and 
which were rejected; and 
(2) a report or briefing detailing the rationale 
for not implementing recommendations made by VE 
studies that may yield significant cost savings to the 
Department of State, if implemented. 
SEC. 9. BUSINESS VOLUME. 
Subparagraph (E) of section 402(c)(2) of the Omni-
bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 
(22 U.S.C. 4852(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘in 3 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘cumulatively over 3 years’’. 
SEC. 
10. 
EMBASSY 
SECURITY 
REQUESTS 
AND 
DEFI-
CIENCIES. 
The Secretary of State shall provide to the appro-
priate congressional committees, upon request, informa-
tion on security deficiencies at United States diplomatic 
posts, including— 
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(1) requests made over the previous year by 
United States diplomatic posts for security up-
grades; and 
(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. 11. OVERSEAS SECURITY BRIEFINGS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall revise the 
Foreign Affairs Manual to stipulate that the Bureau of 
Diplomatic Security of the Department of State shall pro-
vide a security briefing or written materials with up-to- 
date information on the current threat environment in 
writing or orally to all United States Government employ-
ees traveling to a foreign country on official business. To 
the extent practicable, such briefing or written materials 
shall be provided to traveling Department employees via 
teleconference prior to their arrival at a post. 
SEC. 12. CONTRACTING METHODS IN CAPITAL CONSTRUC-
TION. 
(a) DELIVERY.—Except in cases in which the Sec-
retary of State determines that such would not be appro-
priate, the Secretary shall make use of the design-build 
project delivery system at diplomatic posts that have not 
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yet received design or capital construction contracts as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days after 
any determination to make use of a delivery system other 
than design-build in accordance with subsection (a), the 
Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate congres-
sional committees in writing of such determination, includ-
ing the reasons therefor. 
(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 
line with GAO’s ‘‘Standards for Internal Control in the 
Federal Government’’ that will be applicable to design and 
construction, lifecycle cost, and building maintenance pro-
grams of the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations of 
the Department of State. 
SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$2,314,474,000 for fiscal year 2019 for the purposes of 
the ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance’’ 
account 
of 
the 
Department 
of 
State, 
of 
which 
$1,549,015,000 is authorized to be appropriated for the 
costs of worldwide security upgrades. 
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