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 one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall revise the 
Foreign Affairs Manual to stipulate that information on 
the current threat environment shall be provided to all 
United States Government employees under chief of mis-
sion authority traveling to a foreign country on official 
business. To the extent practicable, such material shall be 
provided to employees prior to their arrival at a post or 
as soon as possible thereafter. 
SEC. 12. CONTRACTING METHODS IN CAPITAL CONSTRUC-
TION. 
(a) DELIVERY.—Unless the Secretary of State noti-
fies the appropriate congressional committees that the use 
of the design-build project delivery method would not be 
appropriate, the Secretary shall make use of such method 
at diplomatic posts that have not yet received design or 
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capital construction contracts as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—Before executing a contract for 
a delivery method other than design-build in accordance 
with subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall notify the 
appropriate congressional committees in writing of the de-
cision, including the reasons therefor. The notification re-
quired by this subsection may be included in any other 
report regarding a new diplomatic facility that is required 
to be submitted to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees. 
(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. COMPETITION IN EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION. 
Not later than 45 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committee a report detailing 
steps the Department of State is taking to expand the em-
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bassy construction contractor base in order to increase 
competition and maximize value. 
SEC. 14. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) 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 of State to provide design and construction 
services. 
(3) 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 
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