I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3352 
To provide for certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2019 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To provide for certain authorities of the Department of 
State, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Department of State Authorization Act of 2019’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
Sec. 101. Sense of Congress on importance of Department of State’s work. 
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Sec. 102. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 
Sec. 103. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 
Affairs. 
Sec. 104. Bureau of Consular Affairs; Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Mi-
gration. 
Sec. 105. Office of International Disability Rights. 
Sec. 106. Office of Global Women’s Issues. 
Sec. 107. Special appointments. 
Sec. 108. Anti-piracy information sharing. 
Sec. 109. Importance of foreign affairs training to national security. 
Sec. 110. Authorization for receipt of private funding for diplomatic studies 
and training. 
Sec. 111. Classification and assignment of Foreign Service officers. 
Sec. 112. Energy diplomacy and security within the Department of State. 
Sec. 113. Passport fees. 
Sec. 114. United States diplomacy center. 
Sec. 115. Extension of period for reimbursement of fishermen for costs in-
curred from the illegal seizure and detention of U.S.-flag fish-
ing vessels by foreign governments. 
Sec. 116. Art in embassies. 
Sec. 117. Amendment or repeal of reporting requirements. 
Sec. 118. Reporting on implementation of GAO recommendations. 
TITLE II—EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 201. Embassy security, construction, and maintenance. 
Sec. 202. Standard design in capital construction. 
Sec. 203. Capital construction transparency. 
Sec. 204. Contractor performance information. 
Sec. 205. Growth projections for new embassies and consulates. 
Sec. 206. Long-range planning process. 
Sec. 207. Value engineering and risk assessment. 
Sec. 208. Business volume. 
Sec. 209. Embassy security requests and deficiencies. 
Sec. 210. Overseas security briefings. 
Sec. 211. Contracting methods in capital construction. 
Sec. 212. Competition in embassy construction. 
Sec. 213. Definitions. 
TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 
Sec. 301. Defense Base Act insurance waivers. 
Sec. 302. Study on Foreign Service allowances. 
Sec. 303. Science and technology fellowships. 
Sec. 304. Travel for separated families. 
Sec. 305. Home leave travel for separated families. 
Sec. 306. Sense of Congress regarding certain fellowship programs. 
Sec. 307. Technical correction. 
Sec. 308. Foreign Service awards. 
Sec. 309. Diplomatic programs. 
Sec. 310. Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department 
of State. 
Sec. 311. Employee assignment restrictions and preclusions. 
Sec. 312. Recall and reemployment of career members. 
Sec. 313. Strategic staffing plan for the Department. 
Sec. 314. Consulting services. 
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Sec. 315. Incentives for critical posts. 
Sec. 316. Extension of authority for certain accountability review boards. 
Sec. 317. Foreign service suspension without pay. 
TITLE IV—A DIVERSE WORKFORCE: RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, 
AND PROMOTION 
Sec. 401. Definitions. 
Sec. 402. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data. 
Sec. 403. Exit interviews for workforce. 
Sec. 404. Recruitment and retention. 
Sec. 405. Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service. 
Sec. 406. Payne fellowship authorization. 
Sec. 407. Voluntary participation. 
TITLE V—INFORMATION SECURITY 
Sec. 501. Definitions. 
Sec. 502. Information system security. 
Sec. 503. Prohibition on contracting with certain telecommunications providers. 
Sec. 504. Preserving records of electronic communications conducted related to 
official duties of positions in the public trust of the American 
people. 
Sec. 505. Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series and declas-
sification. 
TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts. 
Sec. 603. Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy. 
Sec. 604. Permanent reauthorization of the United States Advisory Commission 
on Public Diplomacy. 
Sec. 605. Streamlining of support functions. 
Sec. 606. Guidance for closure of public diplomacy facilities. 
Sec. 607. Definitions. 
TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC CORRUPTION 
Sec. 701. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 702. Annual assessment. 
Sec. 703. Transparency and accountability. 
Sec. 704. Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact. 
Sec. 705. Reporting requirements. 
TITLE VIII—MATTERS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY 
Sec. 801. Short title. 
Sec. 802. Security assistance defined. 
Subtitle A—Reform Relating to Security Assistance 
Sec. 811. Organizational reform. 
Sec. 812. Workforce development. 
Sec. 813. Security assistance planning. 
Sec. 814. Interagency coordination of security assistance, transfers, and secu-
rity cooperation. 
Sec. 815. Rule of construction. 
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Subtitle B—Foreign Military Assistance 
Sec. 821. Strategic allocation of excess defense articles. 
Sec. 822. Modification of purposes for which military sales by the United 
States are authorized. 
Sec. 823. Return of defense articles. 
Sec. 824. Requirements relating to exemptions for licensing of defense items. 
Sec. 825. Amendment to general provisions. 
Sec. 826. Technical amendments to Arms Export Control Act. 
Sec. 827. Sense of Congress on licensing under United States arms export con-
trol programs. 
Sec. 828. Extension of war reserve stockpile authority. 
Sec. 829. Peacekeeping operations and other national security programs. 
Sec. 830. Other amendments to military assistance authorities. 
Sec. 831. Repeal of reports. 
Sec. 832. Defense trade controls registration fees. 
Sec. 833. Withholding of assistance to units of foreign security forces that en-
gaged in sexual exploitation or abuse in peacekeeping oper-
ations. 
Subtitle C—Studies on Authorities and Programs 
Sec. 841. Requirement for study by Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs. 
Sec. 842. Requirement for independent study of existing security assistance au-
thorities. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 901. Case-Zablocki Act reform. 
Sec. 902. Limitation on assistance to countries in default. 
Sec. 903. Prohibition on assistance to governments supporting international 
terrorism. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Unless otherwise specified, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
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(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—Unless otherwise specified, 
the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of 
State. 
(3) SECRETARY.—Unless otherwise specified, 
the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of State. 
TITLE 
I—ORGANIZATION 
AND 
OPERATIONS 
OF 
THE 
DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE 
SEC. 101. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE’S WORK. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) United States global engagement is key to 
a stable and prosperous world; 
(2) United States leadership is indispensable in 
light of the many complex and interconnected 
threats facing the United States and the world; 
(3) diplomacy and development are critical tools 
of national power, and full deployment of these tools 
is vital to United States national security; 
(4) challenges such as the global refugee and 
migration crises, terrorism, historic famine and food 
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insecurity, and fragile or repressive societies cannot 
be addressed without sustained and robust United 
States diplomatic and development leadership; 
(5) the United States Government must use all 
of the instruments of national security and foreign 
policy at its disposal to protect United States citi-
zens, promote United States interests and values, 
and support global stability and prosperity; 
(6) United States security and prosperity de-
pend on having partners and allies that share our in-
terests and values, and these partnerships are nur-
tured and our shared interests and values are pro-
moted through United States diplomatic engage-
ment, security cooperation, economic statecraft, and 
assistance that helps further economic development, 
good governance, including the rule of law and 
democratic institutions, and the development of 
shared responses to natural and humanitarian disas-
ters; 
(7) as the United States Government agencies 
primarily charged with conducting diplomacy and 
development, the Department and the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) re-
quire sustained and robust funding to carry out this 
important work, which is essential to our ability to 
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