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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to develop appropriate programs and materials to 
accomplish the training required under subsection (c) of sec-
tion 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4028), as added by subsection (a). 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 708 of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980, as amended by subsection (a), is 
further amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) The’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a) TRAINING ON HUMAN RIGHTS.—The’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘(b) The’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(b) TRAINING ON REFUGEE LAW AND RE-
LIGIOUS PERSECUTION.—The’’. 
SEC. 619. PERFORMANCE PAY; PROMOTIONS; FOREIGN 
SERVICE AWARDS. 
(a) PERFORMANCE PAY.—Section 405(d) of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965(d)) is amended 
by inserting after the second sentence the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Meritorious or distinguished service in the pro-
motion of democracy in foreign countries, including contact 
with and support of individuals and nongovernmental or-
ganizations that promote democracy in a foreign country 
categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Re-
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port on Democracy (as required under section 612(a) of the 
Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Coun-
tries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005), shall also serve 
as a basis for granting awards under this section.’’. 
(b) PROMOTIONS.—Section 603(b) of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4003(b)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Precepts for selection 
boards shall also, where applicable, include an evaluation 
of whether members of the Service and members of the Sen-
ior Foreign Service have met the standards of performance 
established by the Secretary pursuant to section 619(c) of 
the Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic 
Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2005, or have 
served in a position in which the primary responsibility 
is to monitor or promote democracy or human rights.’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS
AND EVALUATIONS CONCERNING 
STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE AND PROGRAMS TO PRO-
MOTE DEMOCRACY.—With respect to members of the For-
eign Service, including all chiefs of mission, who are as-
signed to foreign countries categorized as nondemocratic in 
the most recent Annual Report on Democracy, the Secretary 
shall prescribe regulations concerning the standards of per-
formance to be met under sections 405(d) and 603(b) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3965(d) and 
4003(b)), as amended by subsections (a) and (b), respec-
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tively, and the development of programs to promote democ-
racy in foreign countries under section 617. The require-
ments of sections 617 and 618(a) shall serve as one of the 
bases for performance criteria in evaluating chiefs of mis-
sion and those officers at posts so designated by the chief 
of mission. 
(d) FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS.—Section 614 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4013) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Distin-
guished or meritorious service in the promotion of democ-
racy in foreign countries, including contact with and sup-
port of individuals and nongovernmental organizations 
that promote democracy in a foreign country categorized 
as nondemocratic in the most recent Annual Report on De-
mocracy (as required under section 612(a) of the Advance 
Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and 
Enhance Democracy Act of 2005), shall also serve as a basis 
for granting awards under this section.’’. 
SEC. 620. APPOINTMENTS. 
(a) APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.—Section 302 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3942) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) If an individual (with respect to subsection (a)) 
or a member of the Service (with respect to subsection (b)) 
is appointed by the President to be a chief of mission in
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a country at the time such country is categorized as non-
democratic in an Annual Report on Democracy (required 
under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Values, Ad-
dress Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy 
Act of 2005), and if such individual or such member has 
previously served as chief of mission in a country that was 
so categorized, the President shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a written report 
summarizing the actions that such individual or member 
took during the period of such prior service to promote de-
mocracy and human rights in such country, including ac-
tions in furtherance of the strategy contained in such re-
port.’’. 
(b) CHIEFS OF MISSION.—Section 304(a)(1) of such 
Act (22 U.S.C. 3944(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ‘‘If the country in which 
the individual is to serve is categorized as nondemocratic 
in the most recent Annual Report on Democracy (as re-
quired under section 612(a) of the Advance Democratic Val-
ues, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance De-
mocracy Act of 2005), the individual should possess clearly 
demonstrated competence in and commitment to the pro-
motion of democracy in such country, including competence 
in promoting democratic principles, practices, and values 
through regular interaction with individuals, including stu-
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dents and young people within such country, who support 
and advocate such principles, practices, and values.’’. 
Subtitle B—Alliances With Other 
Democratic Countries 
SEC. 631. ALLIANCES WITH OTHER DEMOCRATIC COUN-
TRIES. 
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that it is in the national 
interest of the United States, including for humanitarian, 
economic, social, political, and security reasons, to forge al-
liances with democratic countries to work together to pro-
mote and protect—
(1) shared democratic principles, practices, and 
values; and 
(2) political, social, and economic freedoms 
around the world. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this subtitle are to 
encourage new ways of forging alliances with democratic 
countries in order to—
(1) promote and protect democratic principles, 
practices, and values, including the right to free, fair, 
and open elections, secret balloting, and universal suf-
frage; 
(2) promote and protect fundamental shared po-
litical, social, and economic freedoms, including the
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freedoms of association, of expression, of the press, of 
religion, and to own private property; 
(3) promote and protect respect for the rule of 
law; 
(4) develop, adopt, and pursue strategies to ad-
vance common interests in international organiza-
tions and multilateral institutions to which members 
of the alliance of democratic countries belong; and 
(5) provide political, economic, and other nec-
essary support to countries that are undergoing a 
transition to democracy. 
(c) SENSE
OF CONGRESS REGARDING PARTICIPA-
TION.—It is the sense of Congress that any foreign country 
that is categorized as nondemocratic in the most recent An-
nual Report on Democracy under section 612(a) should not 
participate in any alliance of democratic countries aimed 
at working together to promote democracy. 
SEC. 632. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF A DEMOCRACY CAUCUS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that with the passage 
of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act 
of 2004 (Public Law 108–458), Congress—
(1) encouraged the establishment of a Democracy 
Caucus within the United Nations, the United Na-
tions Human Rights Commission, the United Nations