(c) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 14 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector 
General of the Intelligence Community, in consultation 
with the Inspector General of the Department of State 
and the Broadcasting Board of Governors, shall— 
(1) review the Department’s implementation of 
the plan required under subsection (a); and 
(2) submit a report to the relevant congres-
sional committees that assesses the extent to which 
the Department has implemented the reforms re-
quired under subsection (b). 
SEC. 504. ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY VIOLATIONS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-
after for five years, the Secretary shall submit to the rel-
evant congressional committees a report, in classified or 
unclassified format as the Secretary determines appro-
priate, that includes information on the security violations 
issued to Department employees during the most recently 
completed fiscal year, including the unauthorized transfer 
of marked or unmarked classified information into docu-
ments, electronic media or systems, electronic trans-
missions, or other records or storage not certified for the 
handling, storage, or transmittal of such information. 
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The reporting of security violations 
submitted under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) the total number of security violations 
issued to Department employees during the current 
reporting period, including the number of security 
violations that occurred within each office or bureau 
of the Department; 
(2) the number of security violations committed 
by an employee with a history of one or more prior 
security violations; and 
(3) the number and nature of actions taken by 
the Department in response to security violations, 
including— 
(A) disciplinary actions taken or criminal 
referrals; and 
(B) the administration of remedial training 
in response to any security violation or viola-
tions. 
SEC. 505. CLASSIFIED INFORMATION SPILLAGE. 
(a) DETECTION
OF
CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION 
SPILLAGE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the rel-
evant congressional committees on a plan that describes 
how the reforms described in subsection (b) will be com-
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pleted within one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(b) TRAINING PROGRAM.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
develop or maintain, as the case may be, a training pro-
gram for appropriate officials reporting to the Under Sec-
retary of Management of the Department regarding best 
practices for detecting and recognizing classified informa-
tion spillage, including information originating from the 
intelligence community. 
(c) RANDOMIZED SAMPLING TO DETECT SPILL-
AGE.—The officials receiving the training described in 
subsection (b) shall, not less frequently than quarterly— 
(1) collect statistically valid random samples of 
electronic mail sent by or received from employees of 
the Department who hold a security clearance grant-
ing such employees authorized access to information 
classified at the level of Secret or above; and 
(2) use such samples, in a manner provided for 
in the training described in subsection (b), to detect 
spillage of data that was classified at the time such 
electronic mail was sent or received, as part of the 
Department’s program for safeguarding classified 
information. 
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(d) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 180 days 
after the implementation of the training program de-
scribed in subsection (b), the Inspector General for the 
Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Gov-
ernors shall— 
(1) conduct an audit of the program and activi-
ties carried out under this section; and 
(2) submit a report containing the results of 
the audit conducted under paragraph (1) to the rel-
evant congressional committees. 
SEC. 506. REFRESHER TRAINING ON THE HANDLING OF 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 
(a) REFRESHER TRAINING.—Except as provided in 
subsection (d), not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 
written certification to the relevant congressional commit-
tees that all Department personnel who possess a security 
clearance have completed refresher training, developed by 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, in the rules and procedures governing 
the appropriate identification and handling of classified in-
formation, including information originating from the in-
telligence community. 
(b) CERTIFICATION
BY PERSONNEL UNDERGOING 
TRAINING.—Each employee of the Department who un-
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dergoes the training required under subsection (a) shall 
certify in writing that the employee— 
(1) has received such training; 
(2) has read and understands the rules and 
procedures for identifying and handling classified in-
formation, including information originating from 
the intelligence community; 
(3) understands the legal responsibilities accom-
panying access to classified information; and 
(4) commits to following such rules and proce-
dures, under penalty of all applicable laws, regula-
tions, and policies of the Department. 
(c) PRIORITIZATION.—In administering the refresher 
training required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
prioritize the retraining of employees in the following 
order: 
(1) Employees who possess a security clearance 
at the Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Infor-
mation level. 
(2) Employees who possess a security clearance 
at the Top Secret level. 
(3) Employees who possess a security clearance 
at the Secret level. 
(4) Employees who possess a security clearance 
at the Confidential Information level. 
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(d) DELAY IN TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may delay the 
provision of refresher training required under sub-
section (a) for up to 30 days for any specific official 
or employee of the Department or any group of offi-
cials or employees, up to the level of an individual 
office, if the Secretary considers such delay to be 
critical to the foreign policy interests of the United 
States. 
(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 
days after authorizing a delay under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall submit a written notice of such 
delay, including a justification for the delay, to the 
relevant congressional committees. 
SEC. 507. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH CERTAIN 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS. 
(a) LIST OF COVERED CONTRACTORS.—Not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence, shall develop or maintain, as the case 
may be, a list of covered contractors to be updated as fre-
quently as the Secretary determines appropriate. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS.—The Secretary 
may not enter into a contract with a covered contractor 
on the list described under subsection (a). 
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(c) REMOVAL FROM LIST.—To be removed from the 
list described in subsection (a), a covered contractor may 
submit a request to the Secretary in such manner as the 
Secretary determines appropriate. The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
determine a process for removing covered contractors from 
the list, as appropriate, and publicly disclose such process. 
(d) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President or the Sec-
retary may waive the requirements under subsection 
(b) if the President or the Secretary determines that 
such waiver is justified for national security reasons. 
(2) WAIVER FOR OVERSEAS OPERATIONS.—The 
Secretary may waive the requirements under sub-
section (b) for United States diplomatic posts or dip-
lomatic personnel overseas if the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 
determines that no suitable alternatives are avail-
able. 
(e) COVERED CONTRACTOR DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered contractor’’ means a provider of 
telecommunications, telecommunications equipment, or in-
formation technology equipment, including hardware, soft-
ware, or services, that has knowingly assisted or facilitated 
a cyber attack or conducted surveillance, including passive 
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or active monitoring, carried out against the United States 
by, or on behalf of, any government, or persons associated 
with such government, listed as a cyber threat actor in 
the intelligence community’s 2017 assessment of world-
wide threats to United States national security or any fol-
lowing worldwide threat assessment of the intelligence 
community. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to contracts of a covered contractor entered into 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 508. REPORT ON CONTRACTS WITH KASPERSKY LABS 
AND HUAWEI. 
(a) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
develop a process and timeframe for determining whether 
or not the Department purchased software, hardware, or 
services from Kaspersky Lab, Huawei, ZTE Corporation, 
or from any affiliates from which Kaspersky Lab, Huawei, 
or ZTE Corporation equipment, software, or services may 
be contained, and if so, if any of those products or services 
are still in use. 
(b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief 
the relevant congressional committees on the findings pur-
suant to the review under subsection (a), and shall provide 
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updates every 30 days thereafter until the review is com-
plete. 
TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 
SEC. 601. AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF PROGRAMS AND EF-
FORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Public 
Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the Department shall— 
(1) identify opportunities for greater efficiency 
of operations, including through improved coordina-
tion of efforts across public diplomacy bureaus and 
offices of the Department; and 
(2) maximize shared use of resources between, 
and within, such public diplomacy bureaus and of-
fices in cases in which programs, facilities, or admin-
istrative functions are duplicative or substantially 
overlapping. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘public 
diplomacy bureaus and offices’’ means the Bureau of Edu-
cational and Cultural Affairs, the Bureau of Public Af-
fairs, the Bureau of International Information Programs, 
the Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources, and the 
Global Engagement Center, and the public diplomacy 
functions within the regional and functional bureaus. 
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SEC. 602. AMERICAN SPACES REVIEW. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees that includes— 
(1) the full costs incurred by the Department to 
provide American Spaces, including— 
(A) American Centers, American Corners, 
Binational Centers, and Information Resource 
Centers; and 
(B) the total costs of all associated— 
(i) employee salaries, including mem-
bers of the Foreign Service, other United 
States civilian personnel, and locally em-
ployed staff; 
(ii) programming expenses; 
(iii) operating expenses; 
(iv) contracting expenses; and 
(v) security expenses; 
(2) a breakdown of the total costs described in 
paragraph (1) by each space and type of space; 
(3) the total fees collected for entry to, or the 
use of, American Spaces and related resources, in-
cluding a breakdown by the type of fee for each 
space and type of space; 
(4) the total usage rates, including by type of 
service, for each space and type of space; and 
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(5) an assessment of the significance, utility, 
and benefit of the American Spaces program in pro-
moting mutual understanding and the value of 
American culture. 
SEC. 603. IMPROVING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF 
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) conduct regular research and evaluation of 
public diplomacy programs and activities of the De-
partment, including through the routine use of audi-
ence research, digital analytics, and impact evalua-
tions, to plan and execute such programs and activi-
ties; and 
(2) make the findings of the research and eval-
uations conducted under paragraph (1) available to 
Congress. 
(b) DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall appoint a Director of Research and 
Evaluation in the Office of Policy, Planning, and 
Resources for the Under Secretary for Public Diplo-
macy and Public Affairs. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
APPOINTMENT.—The ap-
pointment of a Director of Research and Evaluation 
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pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not result in an in-
crease in the overall full-time equivalent positions 
within the Department. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of Re-
search and Evaluation shall— 
(A) coordinate and oversee the research 
and evaluation of public diplomacy programs of 
the Department— 
(i) to improve public diplomacy strate-
gies and tactics; and 
(ii) to ensure that programs are in-
creasing the knowledge, understanding, 
and trust of the United States by relevant 
target audiences; 
(B) report to the Director of Policy and 
Planning in the Office of Policy, Planning, and 
Resources under the Under Secretary for Public 
Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the Depart-
ment; 
(C) routinely organize and oversee audi-
ence research, digital analytics, and impact 
evaluations across all public diplomacy bureaus 
and offices of the Department; 
(D) support embassy public affairs sec-
tions; 
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(E) share appropriate public diplomacy re-
search and evaluation information within the 
Department and with other Federal depart-
ments and agencies; 
(F) regularly design and coordinate stand-
ardized research questions, methodologies, and 
procedures to ensure that public diplomacy ac-
tivities across all public diplomacy bureaus and 
offices are designed to meet appropriate foreign 
policy objectives; and 
(G) report biannually to the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, 
through the Commission’s Subcommittee on Re-
search and Evaluation established pursuant to 
subsection (e), regarding the research and eval-
uation of all public diplomacy bureaus and of-
fices of the Department. 
(4) GUIDANCE AND TRAINING.—Not later than 
one year after the appointment of the Director of 
Research and Evaluation pursuant to paragraph (1), 
the Director shall create guidance and training, in-
cluding curriculum for use by the Foreign Service 
Institute, for all public diplomacy officers regarding 
the reading and interpretation of public diplomacy 
program evaluation findings to ensure that such 
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findings and lessons learned are implemented in the 
planning and evaluation of all public diplomacy pro-
grams and activities throughout the Department. 
(c) PRIORITIZING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of Policy, 
Planning, and Resources shall ensure that research 
and evaluation, as coordinated and overseen by the 
Director of Research and Evaluation, supports stra-
tegic planning and resource allocation across all pub-
lic diplomacy bureaus and offices of the Department. 
(2) ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES.—Amounts al-
located for the purposes of research and evaluation 
of public diplomacy programs and activities pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall be made available to be 
disbursed at the direction of the Director of Re-
search and Evaluation among the research and eval-
uation staff across all public diplomacy bureaus and 
offices of the Department. 
(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Under Secretary for Public Diplo-
macy and Public Affairs of the Department should 
coordinate the human and financial resources that 
support the Department’s public diplomacy and pub-
lic affairs programs and activities, that proposals or 
plans related to resource allocations for public diplo-
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macy bureaus and offices be routed through the Of-
fice of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy 
and Public Affairs for review and clearance and that 
the Department should allocate, for the purposes of 
research and evaluation of public diplomacy activi-
ties and programs pursuant to subsection (a)— 
(A) 3 to 5 percent of program funds made 
available under the heading ‘‘EDUCATIONAL 
AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS’’; and 
(B) 3 to 5 percent of program funds allo-
cated for public diplomacy programs under the 
heading ‘‘DIPLOMATIC
AND CONSULAR PRO-
GRAMS’’. 
(d) LIMITED EXEMPTION.—Chapter 35 of title 44, 
United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork 
Reduction Act’’) shall not apply to collections of informa-
tion directed at any individuals conducted by, or on behalf 
of, the Department for the purpose of audience research, 
monitoring, and evaluations, and in connection with the 
Department’s activities conducted pursuant to the United 
States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et 
seq.), section 1287 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 
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2656 note), or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.). 
(e) LIMITED EXEMPTION TO THE PRIVACY ACT.— 
The Department shall maintain, collect, use, and dissemi-
nate records (as such term is defined in section 552a(a)(4) 
of title 5, United States Code) for research and data anal-
ysis of communications related to public diplomacy efforts 
intended for foreign audiences. Such research and data 
analysis shall be reasonably tailored to meet the purposes 
of this subsection and shall be carried out with due regard 
for privacy and civil liberties guidance and oversight. 
(f) ADVISORY
COMMISSION
ON
PUBLIC
DIPLO-
MACY.— 
(1) SUBCOMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH AND EVAL-
UATION.—The Advisory Commission on Public Di-
plomacy shall establish a Subcommittee for Research 
and Evaluation to monitor and advise on the re-
search and evaluation activities of the Department 
and the Broadcasting Board of Governors. 
(2) REPORT.—The Subcommittee for Research 
and Evaluation established pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall submit an annual report to Congress in 
conjunction with the Commission on Public Diplo-
macy’s Comprehensive Annual Report on the per-
formance of the Department and the Broadcasting 
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Board of Governors in carrying out research and 
evaluations of their respective public diplomacy pro-
gramming. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AUDIENCE
RESEARCH.—The term ‘‘audi-
ence research’’ means research conducted at the out-
set of public diplomacy program or campaign plan-
ning and design on specific audience segments to un-
derstand the attitudes, interests, knowledge, and be-
haviors of such audience segments. 
(2) DIGITAL
ANALYTICS.—The term ‘‘digital 
analytics’’ means the analysis of qualitative and 
quantitative data, accumulated in digital format, to 
indicate the outputs and outcomes of a public diplo-
macy program or campaign. 
(3) IMPACT EVALUATION.—The term ‘‘impact 
evaluation’’ means an assessment of the changes in 
the audience targeted by a public diplomacy program 
or campaign that can be attributed to such program 
or campaign. 
(4) PUBLIC
DIPLOMACY
BUREAUS
AND
OF-
FICES.—The term ‘‘public diplomacy bureaus and 
offices’’ means the Bureau of Educational and Cul-
tural Affairs, the Bureau of Public Affairs, the Bu-
reau of International Information Programs, the Of-
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fice of Policy, Planning, and Resources, and the 
Global Engagement Center, and the public diplo-
macy functions within the regional and functional 
bureaus. 
TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC 
CORRUPTION 
SEC. 701. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) it is in the foreign policy interest of the 
United States to help foreign countries promote 
good governance and combat public corruption, par-
ticularly grand corruption; 
(2) multiple Federal departments and agencies 
operate programs that promote good governance in 
foreign countries and enhance such countries’ ability 
to combat public corruption; 
(3) the Department should promote coordina-
tion among the Federal departments and agencies 
implementing programs to promote good governance 
and combat public corruption in foreign countries in 
order to improve effectiveness and efficiency; and 
(4) the Department should identify areas in 
which United States efforts to help other countries 
promote good governance and combat public corrup-
tion could be enhanced. 
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SEC. 702. ANNUAL ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2025, the Secretary shall assess the capacity and 
commitment of foreign countries to combat public corrup-
tion. Each such assessment shall— 
(1) utilize independent, third party indicators 
that measure transparency, accountability, and cor-
ruption in the public sector, including the extent to 
which public power is exercised for private gain, to 
identify those countries that are most vulnerable to 
public corruption; 
(2) consider, to the extent reliable information 
is available, whether the government of a country 
identified under paragraph (1)— 
(A) has adopted measures to prevent pub-
lic corruption, such as measures to inform and 
educate the public, including potential victims, 
about the causes and consequences of public 
corruption; 
(B) has enacted laws and established gov-
ernment structures, policies, and practices that 
prohibit public corruption, including grand cor-
ruption and petty corruption; 
(C) enforces such laws through a fair judi-
cial process; 
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(D) vigorously investigates, prosecutes, 
convicts, and sentences public officials who par-
ticipate in or facilitate public corruption, includ-
ing nationals of the country who are deployed 
in foreign military assignments, trade delega-
tions abroad, or other similar missions who en-
gage in or facilitate public corruption; 
(E) prescribes appropriate punishment for 
grand corruption that is commensurate with the 
punishment prescribed for serious crimes; 
(F) prescribes appropriate punishment for 
petty corruption that provides a sufficiently 
stringent deterrent and adequately reflects the 
nature of the offense; and 
(G) convicts and sentences persons respon-
sible for such acts that take place wholly or 
partly within the country of the government, in-
cluding, as appropriate, requiring the incarcer-
ation of individuals convicted of such acts; and 
(3) further consider— 
(A) verifiable measures taken by the gov-
ernment of a country identified under para-
graph (1) to prohibit government officials from 
participating in, facilitating, or condoning pub-
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lic corruption, including the investigation, pros-
ecution, and conviction of such officials; 
(B) the extent to which such government 
provides access, or, as appropriate, makes ade-
quate resources available, to civil society organi-
zations and other institutions to combat public 
corruption, including reporting, investigating, 
and monitoring; 
(C) the extent to which an independent ju-
diciary or judicial body in such country is re-
sponsible for, and effectively capable of, decid-
ing public corruption cases impartially, on the 
basis of facts and in accordance with law, with-
out any improper restrictions, influences, in-
ducements, pressures, threats, or interferences, 
whether direct or indirect, from any source or 
for any reason; 
(D) the extent to which such govern-
ment— 
(i) is assisting in international inves-
tigations of transnational public corruption 
networks and in other cooperative efforts 
to combat grand corruption, including co-
operating with the governments of other 
countries to extradite corrupt actors; 
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(ii) recognizes the rights of victims of 
public corruption, ensures their access to 
justice, and takes steps to prevent victims 
from being further victimized or persecuted 
by corrupt actors, government officials, or 
others; and 
(iii) refrains from prosecuting legiti-
mate victims of public corruption or whis-
tleblowers due to such persons having as-
sisted in exposing public corruption, and 
refrains from other discriminatory treat-
ment of such persons; and 
(E) contain such other information relat-
ing to public corruption as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION.—After conducting the assess-
ment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify the 
countries described in paragraph (1) of such subsection 
that are— 
(1) meeting minimum standards to combat pub-
lic corruption; 
(2) not meeting minimum standards to combat 
public corruption but making significant efforts to 
do so; or 
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(3) neither meeting minimum standards to com-
bat public corruption nor making significant efforts 
to do so. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter 
through fiscal year 2025, the Secretary shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees and make pub-
licly available a report that identifies the countries de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) and (3) 
of subsection (b), including a description of the method-
ology and data utilized in the assessment under subsection 
(a) and the reasons for such identification. 
(d) BRIEFING IN LIEU OF REPORT.—The Secretary 
may waive the requirement to submit and make publicly 
available a written report under subsection (c) if the Sec-
retary— 
(1) determines that publication of such report 
would— 
(A) undermine existing United States anti- 
corruption efforts in one or more countries; or 
(B) threaten the national interests of the 
United States; and 
(2) provides a briefing to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that identifies the countries 
described in subsection (a)(1) and paragraphs (2) 
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and (3) of subsection (b), including a description of 
the methodology and data utilized in the assessment 
under subsection (a) and the reasons for such identi-
fication. 
SEC. 703. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
For each country identified under paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of section 702(b), the Secretary, in coordination with 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, as appropriate, shall— 
(1) ensure that a corruption risk assessment 
and mitigation strategy is included in the integrated 
country strategy for such country; and 
(2) utilize appropriate mechanisms to combat 
corruption in such countries, including by ensur-
ing— 
(A) the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses 
in contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments entered into by the Department or the 
Agency for or in such countries, which allow for 
the termination of such contracts, grants, or co-
operative agreements, as the case may be, with-
out penalty if credible indicators of public cor-
ruption are discovered; 
(B) the inclusion of appropriate clawback 
or flowdown clauses within the procurement in-
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struments of the Department and the Agency 
that provide for the recovery of funds misappro-
priated through corruption; 
(C) the appropriate disclosure to the 
United States Government, in confidential 
form, if necessary, of the beneficial ownership 
of contractors, subcontractors, grantees, cooper-
ative agreement participants, and other organi-
zations implementing programs on behalf of the 
Department or Agency; and 
(D) the establishment of mechanisms for 
investigating allegations of misappropriated re-
sources and equipment. 
SEC. 704. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 
POINTS OF CONTACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall annually des-
ignate an anti-corruption point of contact at the United 
States mission to each country identified under para-
graphs (2) and (3) of section 702(b), or which the Sec-
retary otherwise determines is in need of such a point of 
contact. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each designated anti-cor-
ruption point of contact shall be responsible for coordi-
nating and overseeing implementation of a whole-of-gov-
ernment approach among the relevant Federal depart-
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ments and agencies that operate programs that promote 
good governance in foreign countries and enhance such 
countries’ ability to combat public corruption in order to 
accomplish such objectives in the country to which such 
point of contact is posted, including through the develop-
ment and implementation of corruption risk assessment 
tools and mitigation strategies. 
(c) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall implement ap-
propriate training for designated anti-corruption points of 
contact. 
SEC. 705. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, for each 
of fiscal years 2019 through 2025, submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on im-
plementation of this title, including a description 
of— 
(A) the offices within the Department and 
the United States Agency for International De-
velopment that are engaging in significant anti- 
corruption activities; 
(B) the findings and actions of designated 
anti-corruption points of contact to develop and 
implement risk mitigation strategies and ensure 
compliance with section 703; 
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(C) the training implemented under section 
704(c); 
(D) management of the whole-of-govern-
ment effort referred to in section 701 to combat 
corruption within the countries identified in sec-
tion 702 and efforts to improve coordination 
across Federal departments and agencies; 
(E) the risk assessment tools and mitiga-
tion strategies utilized by the Department and 
the Agency; and 
(F) other information determined by the 
Secretary to be necessary and appropriate. 
(2) FORM
OF
REPORT.—Reports under this 
subsection shall be submitted in an unclassified for-
mat but may include a classified annex. 
(b) ONLINE PLATFORM.—The Secretary shall con-
solidate existing reports with anti-corruption components 
into one online, public platform, which should— 
(1) include— 
(A) the annual Country Reports on 
Human Rights Practices; 
(B) the annual Fiscal Transparency Re-
port; 
(C) the annual Investment Climate State-
ments; 
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(D) the annual International Narcotics 
Control Strategy Report; 
(E) the Country Scorecards of the Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation; and 
(F) any other relevant public reports; and 
(2) link to third-party indicators and compli-
ance mechanisms used by the Federal Government 
to inform policy and programming, such as— 
(A) the International Finance Corpora-
tion’s Doing Business surveys; 
(B) the International Budget Partnership’s 
Open Budget Index; and 
(C) multilateral peer review anti-corruption 
compliance mechanisms, such as the Organiza-
tion for Economic Co-operation and Develop-
ment’s Working Group on Bribery in Inter-
national Business Transactions and the United 
Nations Convention Against Corruption, done 
at New York October 31, 2003, to further high-
light expert international views on country chal-
lenges and country efforts. 
(c) TRAINING.—The Secretary and the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment shall incorporate anti-corruption components into 
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existing Foreign Service and Civil Service training courses 
to— 
(1) increase the ability of Department and 
Agency personnel to support anti-corruption as a 
foreign policy priority; and 
(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. 
TITLE VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 801. CASE-ZABLOCKI REFORM. 
Section 112b(b) of title 1, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) Each department or agency of the United States 
Government that enters into any international agreement 
described in subsection (a) on behalf of the United States, 
shall designate a Chief International Agreements Officer, 
who— 
‘‘(1) shall be a current employee of such depart-
ment or agency; 
‘‘(2) shall serve concurrently as Chief Inter-
national Agreements Officer; and 
‘‘(3) subject to the authority of the head of 
such department or agency, shall have department- 
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or agency-wide responsibility for efficient and appro-
priate compliance with subsection (a) to transmit the 
text of any international agreement to the Depart-
ment of State not later than 20 days after such 
agreement has been signed.’’. 
SEC. 802. REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO REC-
OMMENDATIONS. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that lists all of the Government Accountability Of-
fice’s recommendations relating to the Department that 
have not been fully implemented. 
(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later 
than 30 days after the Secretary submits the report under 
subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that identifies any discrepancies be-
tween the list of recommendations included in such report 
and the Government Accountability Office’s list of out-
standing recommendations for the Department. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit a report to the appropriate con-
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gressional committees that describes the implemen-
tation status of each recommendation from the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office included in the report 
submitted under subsection (a). 
(2) JUSTIFICATION.—The report under para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) a detailed justification for each deci-
sion not to fully implement a recommendation 
or to implement a recommendation in a dif-
ferent manner than specified by the Govern-
ment Accountability Office; 
(B) a timeline for the full implementation 
of any recommendation the Secretary has de-
cided to adopt, but has not yet fully imple-
mented; and 
(C) an explanation for any discrepancies 
included in the Comptroller General report sub-
mitted under subsection (b). 
(d) FORM.—The information required in each report 
under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
to the maximum extent practicable, but may be included 
in a classified annex to the extent necessary. 
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SEC. 803. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN AC-
COUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. 
Paragraph (3) of section 301(a) the Omnibus Diplo-
matic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 
4831(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND IRAQ’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or Iraq’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘beginning 
on October 1, 2005, and ending on September 
30, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on October 
1, 2018, and ending on September 30, 2021’’. 
TITLE IX—MATTERS RELATING 
TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SEC. 901. MODIFICATION OF PURPOSES FOR WHICH MILI-
TARY SALES BY THE UNITED STATES ARE AU-
THORIZED. 
Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2754) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘inter-
nal security’’ and inserting ‘‘legitimate internal security 
(including for anti-terrorism purposes)’’. 
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SEC. 902. RETURN OF DEFENSE ARTICLES. 
Section 21(m)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2761(m)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(B) is not’’ and inserting 
‘‘(B)(i) is not’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) is significant military equipment (as 
defined in section 47(9) of this Act) and the 
Secretary of State has provided prior approval 
of the return of such defense article from the 
foreign country or international organization; 
and’’. 
SEC. 903. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FOR 
LICENSING OF DEFENSE ITEMS. 
Section 38(j) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(j)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading— 
(A) by striking ‘‘COUNTRY’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘TO
FOREIGN
COUN-
TRIES’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the North Atlantic Treaty 
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Organization, any member country of that 
Organization, the Republic of Korea, Aus-
tralia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(except that the 
President may not so exempt such Organi-
zation, member country, or other country 
that is not eligible to acquire defense items 
under any other provision of law)’’ after 
‘‘with respect to exports of defense items’’; 
and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 
country, or other country’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 
country, or other country’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘under their domestic 
laws’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause 
(i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, at a min-
imum,’’; 
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(II) by striking ‘‘the foreign 
country’’ and inserting ‘‘the Organiza-
tion, member country, or other coun-
try referred to in paragraph (1)’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘to revise its 
policies and practices, and promulgate 
or enact necessary modifications to its 
laws and regulations’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the for-
eign country’’ and inserting ‘‘such Organi-
zation, member country, or other country’’; 
and 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘re-
transfer control commitments, including 
securing’’ and inserting ‘‘retransfer con-
trols that secure’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause 
(i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, at a min-
imum,’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘the foreign 
country’’ and inserting ‘‘the Organiza-
tion, member country, or other coun-
try referred to in paragraph (1)’’; and 
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(III) by striking ‘‘to revise its 
policies and practices, and promulgate 
or enact necessary modifications to its 
laws and regulations’’; and 
(ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘the for-
eign country’’ and inserting ‘‘the member 
country or other country’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Organization, member country, or 
other country referred to in paragraph (1)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘that 
foreign country’’ and inserting ‘‘such Organiza-
tion, member country, or other country’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 
country, or other country’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘has promulgated or 
enacted all necessary modifications to its 
laws and regulations to comply’’ and in-
serting ‘‘has taken such actions to com-
ply’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (C)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 
country, or other country’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘that country’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such Organization, member coun-
try, or other country’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (4)(A), by adding at the end 
before the period the following: ‘‘that are not signifi-
cant military equipment, or otherwise classified 
under section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or contained on the list of items con-
trolled for reasons of missile technology under sec-
tion 71 of this Act’’. 
SEC. 904. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
Section 42(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2791(a)) is amended in the first sentence by insert-
ing ‘‘on a competitive basis’’ after ‘‘procurement in the 
United States’’. 
SEC. 905. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT 
CONTROL ACT. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
RELATING
TO
SALES
FROM 
STOCKS.—Section 21(e)(3) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Support Organization’’ and inserting 
‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
Support and Procurement Organization’’; and 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘support 
partnership agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘support 
or procurement partnership agreement’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(i), in the matter pre-
ceding subclause (I)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization (NATO) Support Organization’’ and 
inserting ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) Support and Procurement Organiza-
tion’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘weapon system partner-
ship agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘support or pro-
curement partnership agreement’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REPORTS.—Section 
36(b)(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776(b)(6)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization or’’ before ‘‘a member country’’. 
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SEC. 906. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LICENSING UNDER 
UNITED STATES ARMS EXPORT CONTROL 
PROGRAMS. 
It is the sense of Congress that, in implementing re-
forms of United States arms export control programs, the 
President should prioritize the development of a new 
framework to improve and streamline licensing under such 
programs, including by seeking to revise the Special Com-
prehensive Export Authorizations for the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization, any member country of that Organi-
zation, or any other country described in section 
36(c)(2)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776(c)(2)(A)) under section 126.14 of title 15, Code of 
Federal Regulations (relating to the International Traffic 
in Arms Regulations). 
SEC. 907. EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVE STOCKPILE AU-
THORITY. 
(a) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2005.—Section 12001(d) of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 
118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2019’’. 
(b) STOCKPILING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018, 
and 2019’’. 
SEC. 908. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND OTHER NA-
TIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 551 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
President’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) The President’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) Assistance authorized to be appropriated under 
this chapter may also be used to provide assistance to en-
hance the capacity of foreign civilian security forces, in-
cluding gendarmes, to participate in peacekeeping oper-
ations. 
‘‘(c) Assistance authorized to be appropriated under 
this chapter to provide assistance to friendly countries for 
purposes other than support for multilateral peacekeeping 
operations shall be subject to the applicable requirements 
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.).’’. 
(2) DISARMAMENT AND REINTEGRATION.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds authorized to be 
appropriated under any provision of law for 
peacekeeping operations may be made available 
to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and 
reintegrate into civilian society former members 
of foreign terrorist organizations. 
(B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall 
consult with the appropriate congressional com-
mittees prior to obligating or expending funds 
pursuant to this any provision of law described 
in subparagraph (A). 
(C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an 
organization designated as a terrorist organiza-
tion under section 219(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall notify the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate at least 15 days prior to obligating or expending funds 
under any provision of law for peacekeeping operations. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for 
chapter 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2348 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
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the following: ‘‘AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY PRO-
GRAMS’’. 
SEC. 909. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
AUTHORITIES. 
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as 
follows: 
(1) 
In 
section 
506(b)(2) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2318(b)(2)), by striking ‘‘a report’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
report on an annual basis’’. 
(2) In section 516 (22 U.S.C. 2321j)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘coun-
tries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries, regional organi-
zations, and international organizations’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(E), by striking 
‘‘countries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries, regional 
organizations, and international organizations’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘re-
cipient country’’ and inserting ‘‘recipient 
country or organization’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘other countries’’ and inserting ‘‘other 
countries or organizations’’; 
(D) in subsection (f)(2)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘country’’ and inserting ‘‘country or orga-
nization’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘countries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries or or-
ganizations’’; and 
(E) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘coun-
try’’ and inserting ‘‘country and organization’’. 
(3) In section 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2382(c)), by inserting ‘‘law 
enforcement and justice sector assistance,’’ before 
‘‘military assistance,’’. 
(4) 
In 
section 
656(a)(1) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2416(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘January 31’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 1’’. 
Subtitle B—Security Sector Reform 
SEC. 921. LIST OF PRIORITY COUNTRIES FOR SECURITY 
SECTOR ASSISTANCE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that United States security sector assistance is a 
critically important tool of United States foreign policy 
and the Secretary, acting under the direction of the Presi-
dent, should set foreign security sector policy priorities re-
lated to United States security sector assistance. 
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(b) LIST.—The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense and the heads of other appropriate 
Federal departments and agencies, shall include in the an-
nual congressional budget justification of the Department 
a list that— 
(1) those foreign countries identified by the 
Secretary as priority countries to receive security 
sector assistance; and 
(2) indicates for each country identified under 
paragraph (1) the policy objectives that the Sec-
retary seeks to achieve with respect to the provision 
of such assistance. 
SEC. 922. COORDINATOR FOR SECURITY SECTOR ASSIST-
ANCE IN PRIORITY COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall designate an 
appropriately senior individual or individuals assigned to 
an appropriate diplomatic or consular post in each foreign 
country identified on the list required under section 
921(b) to be responsible for— 
(1) tracking, reporting on, and coordinating se-
curity sector assistance and related policy for the 
foreign country; and 
(2) assisting in and ensuring implementation of 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
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(22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(b) TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that each individual designated under subsection (a) 
receives the specialized training described in para-
graph (2) to prepare such individual to carry out the 
duties described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a). 
(2) 
TRAINING
DESCRIBED.—The 
Secretary 
shall establish curriculum at the George P. Schultz 
National Foreign Affairs Training Center to provide 
specialized training for individuals designated under 
subsection (a) to develop policy expertise relating to 
security sector assistance, including— 
(A) awareness of the full range of agencies, 
offices, personnel, congressional authorities and 
funds, and programs involved in security sector 
assistance and the respective decision-making 
timelines; 
(B) familiarity with models of military and 
police security force systems and basic knowl-
edge of structures and forces of the region to 
which the individual is deployed; and 
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(C) familiarity with security sector reform 
and United States interagency and external re-
sources and experts. 
(3) COORDINATION.—The curriculum estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (2) should be provided 
in coordination with the Defense Security Coopera-
tion Agency’s Defense Institute of Security Coopera-
tion Studies. 
SEC. 923. POLICIES AND GUIDANCE FOR REGIONAL BU-
REAUS OF THE DEPARTMENT. 
(a) POLICIES AND GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall 
establish policies and guidance for each regional bureau 
of the Department to coordinate security sector assistance 
and related policy for foreign countries identified on the 
list required under section 921(b). 
(b) COORDINATOR FOR REGIONAL BUREAU.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The assistant secretary for 
each regional bureau of the Department shall des-
ignate an individual who is an officer of the regional 
bureau to be responsible for coordinating security 
sector assistance and related policy within the re-
sponsibilities of such regional bureau, including the 
integration of the foreign security sector policy pri-
orities established by the Secretary, acting under the 
direction of the President. 
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(2) TRAINING.—The assistant secretary for 
each regional bureau of the Department shall ensure 
that each individual designated under paragraph (1) 
for such regional bureau receives the specialized 
training described in section 2(b) to prepare such in-
dividual to carry out the duties described in para-
graph (1). 
SEC. 924. OFFICE FOR SECURITY SECTOR ASSISTANCE IN 
THE DEPARTMENT. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of State shall des-
ignate an office in the Department, to be known as the 
Office for Security Sector Assistance, to serve as a central 
coordinating point for security sector assistance. 
(b) PERSONNEL.—The Office of Security Sector As-
sistance should include personnel detailed from within the 
Department’s relevant functional bureaus and personnel 
from the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment and other relevant Federal departments and agen-
cies. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Office for Security Sector Assist-
ance shall— 
(1) create, respond to, and coordinate security 
sector assistance strategies and plans, particularly in 
support of development of interagency country strat-
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egies by United States embassies and regular plan-
ning by regional bureaus of the Department; 
(2) maintain awareness of security sector as-
sistance programs administered by the Department, 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, and other Federal departments and agencies, 
including managing the Department’s review and 
concurrence process under section 333 of title 10, 
United States Code; 
(3) convene appropriate offices and personnel 
required for working-level interagency coordination; 
and 
(4) ensure awareness of and making use of best 
practices in the design, implementation, monitoring 
and evaluation of security sector assistance. 
(d) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of this section 
shall not apply if the Secretary certifies to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that 
the Department has established an alternative mechanism 
for the effective coordination of security sector assistance. 
Such certification shall describe such alternative mecha-
nism to achieve the objectives described in this section. 
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SEC. 925. DATABASE FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President should seek to en-
sure that the Department, the Department of Defense, 
and other appropriate Federal agencies are able to share 
a common database of information that permits the identi-
fication of security assistance programs and funding by 
country. 
(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report that assesses existing bar-
riers to data sharing and exchanges that would assist in 
planning, assessing, and tracking security sector assist-
ance. 
SEC. 926. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) means the Committee on Appropria-
tions, the Committee on Armed Services, and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
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(2) SECURITY SECTOR ASSISTANCE.—The term 
‘‘security sector assistance’’ means— 
(A) assistance under chapter 8 (relating to 
international narcotics control) of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(B) assistance under chapter 2 (military 
assistance), chapter 5 (international military 
education and training), chapter 6 (peace-
keeping operations), chapter 8 (antiterrorism 
assistance), and chapter 9 (nonproliferation and 
export control assistance) of part II of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(C) assistance under section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (relating to the For-
eign Military Financing program); or 
(D) sales of defense articles or defense 
services, extensions of credits (including partici-
pations in credits), and guaranties of loans 
under the Arms Export Control Act. 
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Subtitle C—Modifications of Au-
thorities That Provide for Re-
scission of Determinations of 
Countries as State Sponsors of 
Terrorism 
SEC. 931. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE 
FOR RESCISSION OF DETERMINATIONS OF 
COUNTRIES AS STATE SPONSORS OF TER-
RORISM. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING
INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.—Section 
620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2371) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 
days’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘6- 
month period’’ and inserting ‘‘24-month pe-
riod’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(d) DISAPPROVAL OF RESCISSION.—No rescission 
under subsection (c)(2) of a determination under sub-
section (a) with respect to the government of a country 
may be made if the Congress, within 90 days after receipt 
of a report under subsection (c)(2), enacts a joint resolu-
tion described in subsection (f)(2) of section 40 of the 
Arms Export Control Act with respect to a rescission 
under subsection (f)(1) of such section of a determination 
under subsection (d) of such section with respect to the 
government of such country.’’; 
(4) in subsection (e) (as redesignated), in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may 
be’’ and inserting ‘‘may, on a case-by-case basis, 
be’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) NOTIFICATION
AND
BRIEFING.—Not later 
than— 
‘‘(1) ten days after initiating a review of the ac-
tivities of the government of the country concerned 
within the 24-month period referred to in subsection 
(c)(2)(A), the President, acting through the Sec-
retary of State, shall notify the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
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Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of 
such initiation; and 
‘‘(2) 20 days after the notification described in 
paragraph (1), the President, acting through the 
Secretary of State, shall brief such committees on 
the status of such review.’’. 
(b) ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.—Section 40 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 
days’’; and 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘6-month 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘24-month period’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘45-day period’’ and inserting ‘‘90-day pe-
riod’’; 
(2) in subsection (g), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may waive’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘may, on a case-by-case basis, waive’’; 
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(3) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection 
(m); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(l) NOTIFICATION
AND
BRIEFING.—Not later 
than— 
‘‘(1) ten days after initiating a review of the ac-
tivities of the government of the country concerned 
within the 24-month period referred to in subsection 
(f)(1)(B)(i), the President, acting through the Sec-
retary of State, shall notify the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of 
such initiation; and 
‘‘(2) 20 days after the notification described in 
paragraph (1), the President, acting through the 
Secretary of State, shall brief such committees on 
the status of such review.’’. 
(c) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(j) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2405(j)), as continued in effect under the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act, is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4)(B)— 
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(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 
days’’; and 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘6-month 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘24-month period’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) DISAPPROVAL OF RESCISSION.—No rescission 
under paragraph (4)(B) of a determination under para-
graph (1)(A) with respect to the government of a country 
may be made if the Congress, within 90 days after receipt 
of a report under paragraph (4)(B), enacts a joint resolu-
tion described in subsection (f)(2) of section 40 of the 
Arms Export Control Act with respect to a rescission 
under subsection (f)(1) of such section of a determination 
under subsection (d) of such section with respect to the 
government of such country. 
‘‘(6) NOTIFICATION
AND
BRIEFING.—Not later 
than— 
‘‘(A) ten days after initiating a review of the 
activities of the government of the country concerned 
within the 24-month period referred to in paragraph 
(4)(B)(i), the President, acting through the Sec-
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retary and the Secretary of State, shall notify the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate of such initiation; and 
‘‘(B) 20 days after the notification described in 
paragraph (1), the President, acting through the 
Secretary and the Secretary of State, shall brief 
such committees on the status of such review.’’. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—The President shall amend 
the Export Administration Regulations under sub-
chapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to the extent necessary and appropriate 
to carry out the amendment made by paragraph (1). 
Æ 
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