priate size and composition of the Department of 
State. 
SEC. 13. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 
FILLING THE POSITION OF UNDERSECRE-
TARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC 
AFFAIRS. 
It is the sense of Congress that since a vacancy in 
the position of Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and 
Public Affairs is detrimental to the national security inter-
ests of the United States, the President should expedi-
tiously nominate a qualified individual to such position 
whenever such vacancy occurs to ensure that the bureaus 
reporting to such position are able to fulfill their mission 
of— 
(1) expanding and strengthening relationships 
between the people of the United States and citizens 
of other countries; and 
(2) engaging, informing, and understanding the 
perspectives of foreign audiences. 
SEC. 14. REPORT ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional committees that 
includes— 
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(1) an evaluation of the May 2019 merger of 
the Bureau of Public Affairs and the Bureau of 
International Information Programs into the Bureau 
of Global Public Affairs with respect to— 
(A) the efficacy of the current bureau con-
figuration of the bureaus reporting to the 
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and 
Public Affairs in achieving the mission of the 
Department of State; 
(B) the metrics before and after such 
merger, including personnel data, disaggregated 
by positions and location, content production, 
opinion polling, program evaluations, and media 
appearances; 
(C) the results of a survey of public diplo-
macy practitioners to determine their opinion of 
the efficacy of such merger and any adjust-
ments that still need to be made; and 
(D) a plan for evaluating and monitoring, 
not less frequently than once every 2 years, the 
programs, activities, messaging, professional de-
velopment efforts, and structure of the Bureau 
of Global Public Affairs, and submitting a sum-
mary of each such evaluation to the appropriate 
congressional committees; and 
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(2) a review of recent outside recommendations 
for modernizing diplomacy at the Department of 
State with respect to public diplomacy efforts, in-
cluding— 
(A) efforts in each of the bureaus report-
ing to the Under Secretary for Public Diplo-
macy and Public Affairs to address issues of di-
versity and inclusion in their work, structure, 
data collection, programming, and personnel, 
including any collaboration with the Chief Offi-
cer for Diversity and Inclusion; 
(B) proposals to collaborate with think 
tanks and academic institutions working on 
public diplomacy issues to implement recent 
outside recommendations; and 
(C) additional authorizations and appro-
priations necessary to implement such rec-
ommendations. 
Æ 
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