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(2) strengthen the ability of such personnel to 
design, implement, and evaluate more effective anti- 
corruption programming around the world, including 
enhancing skills to better evaluate and mitigate pub-
lic corruption risks in assistance programs. 
SEC. 706. FOREIGN INVESTMENTS AND NATIONAL SECU-
RITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and biennially thereafter 
for the following 6 years, the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, and the heads of other agencies, as ap-
propriate, shall submit to Congress an interagency strat-
egy to work with foreign governments and multilateral in-
stitutions to guard against the risks of certain trans-
actions involving foreign investments. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each interagency strategy under 
paragraph (1) shall include plans relating to the following: 
(1) Information sharing with foreign govern-
ments and multilateral institutions regarding risks 
associated with potential foreign investments. 
(2) Promoting American and other alternatives 
to foreign investments identified as presenting sub-
stantial risk to the national security or sovereignty 
of a country. 
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(3) Providing technical assistance to foreign 
governments or multilateral institutions regarding 
screening foreign investments. 
(4) Designating points of contact at each 
United States mission to foreign governments and 
multilateral institutions, and in associated regional 
bureaus, to coordinate efforts described in this para-
graph. 
(c) COORDINATION.—If the Secretary determines 
such is appropriate, the designated points of contact re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(4) may be the same individual 
designated under section 704(a). 
TITLE VIII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY 
SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘International Security 
Assistance Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 802. SECURITY ASSISTANCE DEFINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘security assistance’’ means— 
(1) assistance under chapter 8 (relating to 
international narcotics control) of part I of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(2) assistance under chapter 2 (military assist-
ance), chapter 5 (international military education 
and training), chapter 6 (peacekeeping operations), 
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chapter 8 (antiterrorism assistance), and chapter 9 
(nonproliferation and export control assistance) of 
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(3) assistance under section 23 of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (relating to the Foreign Military 
Financing program); and 
(4) sales of defense articles or defense services, 
extensions of credits (including participations in 
credits), and guaranties of loans under the Arms 
Export Control Act. 
Subtitle A—Reform Relating to 
Security Assistance 
SEC. 811. ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM. 
(a) WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish a Working Group on matters relating to se-
curity assistance (in this subtitle referred to as the 
‘‘Working Group’’). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Working Group 
shall be composed of— 
(i) the Deputy Secretary of State; and 
(ii) each Under Secretary of State re-
sponsible for matters relating to security 
assistance. 
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(B) CHAIR.—The Deputy Secretary shall 
serve as the chair of the Working Group. 
(3) MEETINGS.—The Working Group shall 
meet not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act and on a quarterly basis there-
after. 
(4) DUTIES.—The duties of the Working Group 
shall include— 
(A) within the Department and across 
United States diplomatic posts— 
(i) providing strategic policy guidance 
on objectives and priorities for security as-
sistance; 
(ii) ensuring strategic integration of 
budgets and planning for security assist-
ance; and 
(iii) advising the Secretary on all 
budgets, programs, and activities for secu-
rity assistance; and 
(B) overseeing Department of State coordi-
nation with the Secretary of Defense, the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID), and the 
heads of other relevant Federal departments 
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and agencies on all matters relating to security 
assistance. 
(b) OFFICE OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall designate an existing office or establish a new 
office to be the Office of Security Assistance (in this 
subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Office’’), which shall re-
port to an Under Secretary who is a member of the 
Working Group. 
(2) COORDINATOR.—The head of the Office 
shall be the Coordinator for Security Assistance (in 
this subtitle referred to as the ‘‘Coordinator’’), who 
shall be an individual of demonstrated competency in 
the fields of security assistance and international di-
plomacy. 
(3) DUTIES.—The duties of the Coordinator 
shall include— 
(A) within the Department and across 
United States diplomatic posts— 
(i) guiding and supporting security as-
sistance; 
(ii) advising the Working Group on all 
matters relating to security assistance; 
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(iii) establishing the framework de-
scribed in section 813(a); 
(iv) coordinating the assessment, mon-
itoring, and evaluation program established 
under section 813(c); and 
(v) maintaining the common database 
described in section 814(a); and 
(B) acting as a Department of State point 
of contact with the Department of Defense, the 
United States Agency for International Devel-
opment (USAID), and other relevant Federal 
departments and agencies on all matters relat-
ing to security assistance. 
(c) COORDINATION WITHIN DEPARTMENT.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject 
to paragraph (2), the head of each bureau of the 
Department that is involved in directing or imple-
menting security assistance shall designate an officer 
of such bureau to be responsible for coordinating the 
responsibilities of such bureau with respect to secu-
rity assistance. 
(2) NON-ELIGIBILITY.—An officer of a bureau 
of the Department shall not be eligible to be des-
ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) if the officer is 
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responsible for conducting human rights vetting pur-
suant to 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d). 
(3) TRAINING.—Each individual designated 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall successfully com-
plete the training described in section 812. 
(d) COORDINATION WITHIN UNITED STATES DIPLO-
MATIC POSTS.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the chief of 
mission of the United States in a foreign country 
that receives security assistance shall designate a 
senior diplomatic officer at the embassy or highest 
ranking diplomatic post if no embassy exists in the 
foreign country to be responsible for coordinating se-
curity assistance for the foreign country. 
(2) DUTIES.—The senior diplomatic officer des-
ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be respon-
sible for— 
(A) overseeing personnel and activities of 
Federal departments and agencies at the rel-
evant embassy or diplomatic post with respect 
to the provision of security assistance for the 
country; and 
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(B) ensuring implementation of section 
620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 of title 10, 
United States Code, with respect to the coun-
try. 
(3) TRAINING.—Each individual designated 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall successfully com-
plete the training described in section 812. 
(e) PLAN FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a plan for 
the organizational structure of the Department re-
lating to security assistance programs. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An identification of each bureau and 
office of the Department that carries out func-
tions relating to planning, coordination, integra-
tion, implementation, or evaluation of security 
assistance, a description of the organizational 
hierarchy and decision-making processes used 
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to coordinate across such bureaus and offices 
and with United States diplomatic posts and 
other Federal departments and agencies, and a 
description of how the Working Group and the 
Coordinator will facilitate coordination among 
each such bureau and office. 
(B) A description of— 
(i) the reasons for— 
(I) designating an existing office 
or establishing a new office to serve as 
the Office; and 
(II) selecting the Under Sec-
retary to which the Office will report; 
(ii) the organizational structure of the 
Office; 
(iii) the specific mechanisms through 
which the Working Group and Coordinator 
could improve coordination among bureaus 
and offices of the Department involved in 
the planning or implementation of security 
assistance programs and activities; and 
(iv) the process by which the require-
ment for training described in section 812 
will be fulfilled. 
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(C) The benefits, feasibility, and steps nec-
essary to detail personnel— 
(i) on a reimbursable basis from the 
relevant bureaus and offices of the Depart-
ment to provide staff to the Office; and 
(ii) from USAID, the Department of 
Defense, and other relevant Federal de-
partments and agencies to provide staff to 
the Office. 
(D) An identification of lessons learned 
from the Security Governance Initiative (SGI), 
an assessment of the utility of expanding the 
SGI or a similar initiative globally, and a de-
scription of where best to locate the SGI or 
similar initiative within the Department. 
(E) An identification of an appropriate bu-
reau or office of the Department, whose head 
does not report to the Under Secretary de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1), to select and retain 
the independent research entity described in 
section 813(c)(4). 
(F) A list of recommendations for any ad-
ditional legislative measures necessary to im-
prove the capacity and capabilities of the De-
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partment to plan and implement security assist-
ance programs and activities. 
(3) FORM.—The plan required under paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
include a classified annex if necessary. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate re-
garding the development and implementation of the 
plan required under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 812. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Establish curriculum at the Department’s 
Foreign Service Institute to provide employees of the 
Department of State with specialized training with 
respect to security assistance. The training should 
be aligned with the Security Cooperation Workforce 
Development Program and developed in coordination 
with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, in-
cluding through an agreement under section 1535(a) 
of title 31, United States Code (commonly referred 
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to as the ‘‘Economy Act’’) or any other appropriate 
agency-specific authority. The training shall include 
the following: 
(A) Awareness of the full range of agen-
cies, offices, personnel, statutory authorities, 
funds, and programs involved in security assist-
ance and transfers and the respective decision- 
making timelines. 
(B) Familiarity with relevant military and 
police security force systems and structures and 
institutions at the time such training is occur-
ring. 
(C) Familiarity with security assistance re-
form, research regarding options for improve-
ment, and United States interagency and exter-
nal resources and experts. 
(D) Familiarity with planning, implemen-
tation, and monitoring and evaluation for pro-
grammatic activities. 
(E) Familiarity with implementation of— 
(i) section 620M of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) 
and section 362 of title 10, United States 
Code; 
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(ii) arms transfer requirements under 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2751 et seq.); and 
(iii) best practices related to human 
rights and civilian protection. 
(F) Awareness of common risks to effec-
tiveness of security assistance, including corrup-
tion, political instability, and challenges relating 
to absorptive capacity, partner commitment, 
and transparency. 
(2) Coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, 
to the extent feasible, to ensure that, in addition to 
the training described paragraph (1), individuals 
who serve in priority recipient countries or countries 
that do not meet baseline norms of governance, as 
determined by the Under Secretary for purposes of 
subsections (d)(1) and (d)(4) of section 813, obtain 
higher-level certification through the Defense Secu-
rity Cooperation Agency’s Defense Institute of Secu-
rity Cooperation Studies or through a commensurate 
program developed at the Department’s Foreign 
Service Institute prior to serving at the United 
States diplomatic post in such country. 
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SEC. 813. SECURITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING. 
(a) FRAMEWORK AND STANDARDS FOR SECURITY 
ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Coordinator shall create 
and submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a framework to be used by rel-
evant bureaus and diplomatic posts to guide regional and 
country-specific planning, such as joint regional strategies 
or integrated country strategies, with respect to security 
assistance. Such framework shall include the following: 
(1) Identification and prioritization of overall 
goals and objectives for security assistance, in ac-
cordance with the relevant National Security Strat-
egy. 
(2) Criteria for— 
(A) determining the commitment and polit-
ical will of countries receiving assistance to use 
such assistance in a manner that achieves 
United States objectives; 
(B) identifying opportunities and risks cre-
ated by the provision of security assistance; and 
(C) tailoring and sequencing such assist-
ance accordingly. 
(3) Guidance for— 
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(A) incorporating the assessment, moni-
toring, and evaluation program described in 
subsection (c) into the strategic planning cycle; 
(B) increasing coordination, as appro-
priate, with other major international donors to 
maximize resources and unity of efforts; 
(C) aligning the security assistance pro-
grams, projects, and activities of the Depart-
ment with other United States goals of engage-
ment with foreign countries, such as the pro-
motion of democracy, human rights, govern-
ance, and economic growth, as well as with 
other United States assistance authorities, re-
sources, programmatic capabilities, and activi-
ties; and 
(D) assessing the impact on Department 
security assistance objectives, programs, and 
activities of United States military activities in 
the country or region covered by country or re-
gional strategy, including the number of United 
States forces deployed, the duration of deploy-
ment, the purpose for which they were de-
ployed, and the authority under which they are 
operating. 
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(4) Metrics for assessing the effectiveness of se-
curity assistance in— 
(A) increasing the operational access and 
influence of the United States; 
(B) improving partner capacity and com-
mitment to countering shared threats and in-
creased burden sharing, including in ways that 
enable reallocation of United States military de-
ployments to other high priority missions; 
(C) reducing the underlying drivers of 
state fragility; and 
(D) contributing to the maintenance of ex-
isting peace treaties between recipients of as-
sistance. 
(5) A process to ensure that transfers regulated 
by the Department that are outside the scope of se-
curity assistance, such as certain direct commercial 
sales, are factored into— 
(A) the implementation of the assessment, 
monitoring, and evaluation program described 
in subsection (c); and 
(B) the planning process described in sub-
section (d). 
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country receiving significant security assistance, as 
defined in accordance with subsection (b)(1). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The program described in 
paragraph (1) shall include each of the following ele-
ments: 
(A) Baseline assessments that consider 
factors, including— 
(i) recipient country threat percep-
tions and the manner in which such per-
ceptions may inform the use of security as-
sistance; 
(ii) the recipient’s approach to govern-
ance and commitment to rule of law, in-
cluding the transparency and account-
ability of security forces, and the manner 
in which such approach is likely to be in-
fluenced by security assistance; 
(iii) the recipient’s capacity to absorb 
the security assistance given and to achieve 
the objectives of such assistance; 
(iv) the human rights record of the re-
cipient, including for purposes of section 
620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 
of title 10, United States Code, and any 
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relevant attempts by such recipient to rem-
edy such record; 
(v) country- or region-specific oppor-
tunities and risks that could enhance or 
impair the outcomes associated with pro-
viding security assistance; and 
(vi) indicators of efficacy for security 
assistance programs, projects, and activi-
ties, for purposes of planning, monitoring, 
and evaluation. 
(B) Monitoring implementation of security 
assistance programs, projects, and activities to 
measure progress toward achieving specific tar-
gets, metrics, or indicators, as well as desired 
outcomes. 
(C) Evaluation of the efficiency and effec-
tiveness of security assistance in achieving de-
sired outcomes. 
(D) Identification of lessons learned in car-
rying out security assistance and recommenda-
tions for improving future assistance. 
(3) OVERSIGHT AND FRAMEWORK.—The Coor-
dinator shall guide and support, in coordination with 
relevant regional and functional bureaus, the assess-
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ment and monitoring described in paragraph (1) and 
shall create a common evaluation framework. 
(4) INDEPENDENT
RESEARCH
ENTITY.—Not 
later than 18 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into a 
contract with an independent research entity, such 
as a federally funded research and development cen-
ter or other non-profit entity, that demonstrates ap-
propriate expertise and analytical capability to evalu-
ate the capacity of security assistance to achieve de-
sired outcomes in accordance with the framework 
created pursuant to paragraph (3). 
(5) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the ability of the Department to 
measure and assess the effects of United States se-
curity assistance programs and activities on govern-
ance, rule of law, professionalism of recipient secu-
rity forces, and institutional capacity weaknesses of 
recipient security forces would benefit from the in-
creased availability of independent research and 
data. 
(d) SECURITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING.— 
(1) PRIORITIZATION.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter, the Working Group shall develop 
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a list of priority recipient countries to receive secu-
rity assistance, on the basis of policy objectives de-
termined by the Department, and submit such infor-
mation in accordance with subsection (f). 
(2) INCLUSION
IN
REGIONAL
AND
COUNTRY 
STRATEGIES.—Any comprehensive regional strategy, 
such as a joint regional strategy or its equivalent, 
and any country strategy, such as an integrated 
country strategy or its equivalent, that is produced 
on or after the date that is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and each successor 
strategy to such strategy, shall integrate security as-
sistance planning in a manner that incorporates the 
elements of the framework created pursuant to sub-
section (a) and include an annex relating to security 
assistance, which shall include— 
(A) the assessment, monitoring, and eval-
uation metrics described in subsection (c); 
(B) requests to allocate security assistance 
with respect to the area covered by the strategy; 
and 
(C) a description of the manner in which 
such resources will be used. 
(3) COORDINATION OF RESOURCES.—In devel-
oping annexes relating to security assistance for in-
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clusion in comprehensive regional strategies or coun-
try strategies in accordance with paragraph (2), the 
relevant bureau, office, or diplomatic post shall co-
ordinate with— 
(A) the Office; 
(B) the Office of Foreign Assistance Re-
sources, or an equivalent entity in the Depart-
ment, regarding the allocation of resources in 
line with priorities of the Department of State 
for security assistance; and 
(C) the Department of Defense and other 
Federal departments and agencies that provide 
security assistance, security cooperation, or 
other forms of foreign assistance. 
(4) SECURITY ASSISTANCE, GOVERNANCE, AND 
RULE OF LAW.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, any annex relat-
ing to security assistance described in paragraph (2) 
that is included in a country strategy shall include 
an assessment by the Under Secretary responsible 
for civilian security, democracy, and human rights 
whether such country abides by baseline norms for 
governance and the rule of law using the rubric pro-
mulgated in accordance with subsection (b)(2). A se-
curity assistance annex developed in accordance with 
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paragraph (2) for a country receiving a negative de-
termination shall also include the following: 
(A) Reforms the recipient could undertake, 
where practicable, to improve governance and 
rule of law in order to create more effective se-
curity. 
(B) Conditions, which may also be included 
in the compacts described in subsection (e), 
under which the United States might— 
(i) expand or increase security assist-
ance upon verifiable progress made toward 
such reforms; and 
(ii) restrict or end security assistance 
as a result of lack of progress toward such 
reforms or further deterioration of norms 
for governance or the rule of law. 
(C) An assessment of the benefits and like-
lihood of reaching agreement with the recipient 
country to devote 1 percent of the total value 
of all security assistance to such country for 
training in-country civilian professionals on 
methods to evaluate the fiscal and functional ef-
fectiveness of the security institutions in such 
country. 
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(D) The manner in which security assist-
ance will be used to improve governance, rule of 
law, and human rights reforms in such country. 
(E) Steps to ensure consultation with the 
national legislature and with civil society groups 
that operate in such country on the provision of 
security assistance, including for the formula-
tion of a compact in accordance with subsection 
(e)(2). 
(e) SECURITY ASSISTANCE COMPACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall seek to enter into multi-year compacts where 
appropriate with the governments of countries that 
receive security assistance. Such compacts should in-
clude the following elements: 
(A) A joint diagnosis of the strengths and 
challenges of the recipient country’s security in-
stitutions, including priority capacity and capa-
bility requirements. 
(B) A plan for bilateral security assistance 
and cooperation that includes— 
(i) a commitment by the recipient 
specifying the manner in which security as-
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kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS