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Federal records management statutes, regu-
lations, or policies for the Department of 
State and USAID; 
(iii) direct departing employees that 
all Federal records generated by such em-
ployees, including senior officials, belong to 
the Federal Government; and 
(iv) measurably improve the response 
time for identifying and retrieving Federal 
records. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State and 
USAID Administrator shall each submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations and to the Na-
tional Archives and Records Administration detail-
ing, as appropriate and where applicable— 
(A) the policy of each agency regarding the 
use or the establishment of email accounts or 
email servers created outside the .gov domain or 
not fitted for automated records management as 
part of a Federal government records manage-
ment program; 
(B) the extent to which each agency is in 
compliance with applicable Federal records man-
agement statutes, regulations, and policies; and
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(C) the steps required, including steps al-
ready taken, and the associated costs, to— 
(i) comply with paragraph (1)(B) of 
this subsection; 
(ii) ensure that all employees at every 
level have been instructed in procedures and 
processes to ensure that the documentation 
of their official duties is captured, pre-
served, managed, protected, and accessible 
in official Government systems of the De-
partment of State and USAID; 
(iii) implement the recommendations 
of the Office of Inspector General, United 
States Department of State (OIG), in the 
March 2015 Review of State Messaging and 
Archive Retrieval Toolset and Record Email 
(ISP–1–15–15) and any recommendations 
from the OIG review of the records manage-
ment practices of the Department of State 
requested by the Secretary on March 25, 
2015, if completed; 
(iv) reduce the backlog of Freedom of 
Information Act and Congressional over-
sight requests, and measurably improve the 
response time for answering such requests;
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(v) strengthen cyber security measures 
to mitigate vulnerabilities, including those 
resulting from the use of personal email ac-
counts or servers outside the .gov domain; 
and 
(vi) codify in the Foreign Affairs Man-
ual and Automated Directives System the 
updates referenced in paragraph (1)(B) of 
this subsection, where appropriate. 
(3) REPORT ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the submission of the reports required by 
paragraph (2), the Comptroller General of the United 
States, in consultation with National Archives and 
Records Administration, as appropriate, shall con-
duct an assessment of such reports, and shall consult 
with the Committees on Appropriations on the scope 
and requirements of such assessment. 
(4) FUNDING.—Of funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in 
title I, $10,000,000 shall be withheld from obligation 
until the Secretary submits the report required by 
paragraph (2). 
GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM 
SEC. 7078. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2016 under the headings
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‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Euraisa and Central Asia’’, not less than $50,500,000 
shall be made available for programs to promote Internet 
freedom globally: Provided, That such programs shall be 
prioritized for countries whose governments restrict freedom 
of expression on the Internet, and that are important to 
the national interests of the United States: Provided further, 
That funds made available pursuant to this section shall 
be matched, to the maximum extent practicable, by sources 
other than the United States Government, including from 
the private sector. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds made available pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) coordinated with other democracy, govern-
ance, and broadcasting programs funded by this Act 
under the headings ‘‘International Broadcasting Op-
erations’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 
Fund’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for 
Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and shall be in-
corporated into country assistance, democracy pro-
motion, and broadcasting strategies, as appropriate; 
(2) made available to the Bureau of Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State for 
programs to implement the May 2011, International
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Strategy for Cyberspace and the comprehensive strat-
egy to promote Internet freedom and access to infor-
mation in Iran, as required by section 414 of the 
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 
of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754); 
(3) made available to the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors (BBG) to provide tools and techniques to 
access the Web sites of BBG broadcasters that are 
censored, and to work with such broadcasters to pro-
mote and distribute such tools and techniques, includ-
ing digital security techniques; 
(4) made available for programs that support the 
efforts of civil society to counter the development of 
repressive Internet-related laws and regulations, in-
cluding countering threats to Internet freedom at 
international 
organizations; 
to 
combat 
violence 
against bloggers and other users; and to enhance dig-
ital security training and capacity building for de-
mocracy activists; 
(5) made available for research of key threats to 
Internet freedom; the continued development of tech-
nologies that provide or enhance access to the Inter-
net, including circumvention tools that bypass Inter-
net blocking, filtering, and other censorship techniques 
used by authoritarian governments; and maintenance
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of the technological advantage of the United States 
Government over such censorship techniques: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the BBG Chairman, shall coordinate any such 
research and development programs with other rel-
evant United States Government departments and 
agencies in order to share information, technologies, 
and best practices, and to assess the effectiveness of 
such technologies; and 
(6) coordinated by the Assistant Secretary of 
State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, De-
partment of State, except that the uses of such funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘International 
Broadcasting Operations’’ shall be the responsibility 
of the BBG Chairman. 
(c) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After con-
sultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate 
and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and 
the BBG Chairman shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations spend plans for funds made available by this 
Act for programs to promote Internet freedom globally, 
which shall include a description of safeguards established 
by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs are not 
used for illicit purposes: Provided, That the Department of