Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act

Bill: 115-s-371
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]
Introduced: 2017-02-14
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia

Broadcasting Board of Governors

Building construction

Caribbean area

China

Colombia

Congressional oversight

Crime victims

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Department of State

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Employee performance

Executive agency funding and structure

Foreign aid and international relief

Foreign and international banking

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government studies and investigations

House Committee on Appropriations

Human rights

Human trafficking

International exchange and broadcasting

Latin America

Military operations and strategy

Military personnel and dependents

Religion

Senate Committee on Appropriations

Sex offenses

Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Terrorism

Tibet

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

United Nations

Western Hemisphere
Latest action: action_date: 2017-12-18
text: Signed by President.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes technical changes to the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 and other related Acts.</p> <p>The bill provides the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with oversight authority regarding congressional reports on: (1) high-risk diplomatic and consular posts, (2) embassy construction costs, (3) combating sexual exploitation in United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping operations, (4) Department of State overseas staffing levels, and (5) reducing illicit drug supply and abuse in the Western Hemisphere. </p> <p>The bill provides such committees with oversight authority regarding the granting of consular immunity.</p> <p>The Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 is amended regarding: (1) replacement of a specified reference to anti-Semitism with a reference to intolerance; (2) the definition of &quot;change to the federal status&quot; with respect to the Cuba Service and the Television Marti Service; (3) the report on the costs, strengths, and limitations of U.S. and U.N. peacekeeping operations; (4) U.N. peacekeeper training to reduce sexual exploitation; (5) the U.N. Secretary General; (6) Foreign Service entry; (7) completion of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report; and (8) ransoms to foreign terrorist organizations.</p> <p>The United States should use its influence to prohibit U.N. Human Rights Council membership to a country: (1) designated as a Tier 3 human trafficking country, or (2) identified as having failed to prevent or address gross violations of human rights. </p> <p> The President shall report to Congress regarding steps taken to encourage China to enter into a dialogue with the Dalai Lama leading to a negotiated agreement on Tibet. </p>

action_date: 2017-12-18
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p /><b>Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act</b> <p />This bill provides the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with oversight authority regarding congressional reports on: (1) high-risk diplomatic and consular posts, (2) embassy construction costs, (3) combating sexual exploitation in United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping operations, (4) Department of State overseas staffing levels, and (5) reducing illicit drug supply and abuse in the Western Hemisphere. <p />The bill provides such committees with oversight authority regarding the granting of consular immunity. <p />The Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 is amended regarding: (1) replacement of a specified reference to anti-Semitism with a reference to intolerance; (2) the definition of &quot;change to the federal status&quot; with respect to the Cuba Service and the Television Marti Service; (3) the report on the costs, strengths, and limitations of U.S. and U.N. peacekeeping operations; (4) U.N. peacekeeper training to reduce sexual exploitation; (5) the U.N. Secretary General; (6) Foreign Service entry; (7) completion of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report; and (8) ransoms to foreign terrorist organizations. <p />The United States is urged to use its influence to prohibit U.N. Human Rights Council membership to a country: (1) designated as a Tier 3 human trafficking country, or (2) identified as having failed to prevent or address gross violations of human rights. <p />The President shall report to Congress regarding steps taken to encourage China to enter into a dialogue with the Dalai Lama, his representatives, or successor leading to a negotiated agreement on Tibet. <p />The bill requires inclusion of the foreign affairs committees as recipients of the report made by the State Department before implementation of any reorganization of the department or the U.S. Agency for International Development.

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 371 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 14, 2017 Mr. Corker introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To make technical changes and other improvements to the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act . 2. Oversight by Committees on Appropriations (a) Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 Section 104(a) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as added by section 101 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (b) Annual report on embassy construction costs Section 118(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (c) Oversight of and accountability for peacekeeper abuses Section 301(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (d) Workforce rightsizing report Section 405(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (e) Consular immunity Subsection (b)(2) of section 4 of the Diplomatic Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 254c ), as added by section 501 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is amended by striking of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and inserting and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations . (f) Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report Section 602(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) by inserting and the Committee on Appropriations after Committee on Foreign Affairs ; and (2) by inserting and the Committee on Appropriations after Committee on Foreign Relations ; 3. Peacekeeping training Section 301 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking enhance the discovery and inserting investigate allegations ; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking adequately respond to complaints about such offenses by carrying out swift and effective disciplinary action against the personnel and inserting appropriately hold accountable personnel ; and (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting , including compensation to victims, as appropriate after responses to such offenses ; (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking any individual who commits an act and inserting personnel who are found to have committed acts ; and (3) in subsection (g)(1), by striking noteworthy . 4. Qualifications of the United Nations Secretary General Section 310 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking The descriptions referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following elements and inserting In addition to the descriptions referred to in subsection (a), each such candidate shall be urged to describe the following ; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking such l and inserting such agenda . 5. Policy regarding the United Nations Human Rights Council Section 311(a)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (E) which has been designated as a Tier 3 country in the annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107 ); or (F) which is identified as having failed to prevent or address gross violations of human rights in the annual Department of State Human Rights Report under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974. . 6. Comparative report on peacekeeping operations Section 313 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees ; and (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) a comparison of the costs of current United Nations peacekeeping operations, including the costs incurred by the United States for such operations, and the estimated cost of such operations if implemented unilaterally by the United States; and . 7. Lateral entry into the Foreign Service Section 404(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking outstanding . 8. Combating intolerance The section heading of section 419 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking anti-semitism and inserting intolerance . 9. Technical correction regarding completion of Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report Section 603(f)(1) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking section 362 and inserting section 602(c) . 10. Broadcasting Board of Governors Section 703(b)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking any significant restructuring, . 11. Ransoms to foreign terrorist organizations Section 709(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting , to the extent practicable, before transmit . 12. Restoration of Tibet report Section 613 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 ( Public Law 107–228 , 22 U.S.C. 6901 note), as amended by section 715(b)(1) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking In general and inserting the following: “ Policy .— (1) In general ; (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as paragraph (2) and moving such paragraph, as so redesignated, two ems to the right; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Periodic reports Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act , and annually thereafter until December 31, 2021, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on— (1) the steps taken by the President and the Secretary in accordance with subsection (a)(1); and (2) the status of any discussions between the People's Republic of China and the Dalai Lama or his representatives. .

tv_txt: 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 371 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To make technical changes and other improvements to the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act . 2. Oversight by Committees on Appropriations (a) Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 Section 104(a) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as added by section 101 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (b) Annual report on embassy construction costs Section 118(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (c) Oversight of and accountability for peacekeeper abuses Section 301(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (d) Workforce rightsizing report Section 405(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (e) Consular immunity Subsection (b)(2) of section 4 of the Diplomatic Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 254c ), as added by section 501 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is amended by striking of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and inserting and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations . (f) Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report Section 602(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) by inserting and the Committee on Appropriations after Committee on Foreign Affairs ; and (2) by inserting and the Committee on Appropriations after Committee on Foreign Relations ; 3. Peacekeeping training Section 301 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking enhance the discovery and inserting investigate allegations ; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking adequately respond to complaints about such offenses by carrying out swift and effective disciplinary action against the personnel and inserting appropriately hold accountable personnel ; and (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting , including compensation to victims, as appropriate after responses to such offenses ; (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking any individual who commits an act and inserting personnel who are found to have committed acts ; and (3) in subsection (g)(1), by striking noteworthy . 4. Qualifications of the United Nations Secretary General Section 310 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking The descriptions referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following elements and inserting In addition to the descriptions referred to in subsection (a), each such candidate shall be urged to describe the following ; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking such l and inserting such agenda . 5. Policy regarding the United Nations Human Rights Council Section 311(a)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (E) which has been designated as a Tier 3 country in the annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107 ); or (F) which is identified as having failed to prevent or address gross violations of human rights in the annual Department of State Human Rights Report under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974. . 6. Comparative report on peacekeeping operations Section 313 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees ; (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) a comparison of the costs of current United Nations peacekeeping operations, including the costs incurred by the United States for such operations, and the estimated cost of such operations if implemented unilaterally by the United States; ; (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (1), as amended by paragraph (2) of this section, the following new paragraph: (2) an assessment of the operational, structural, and doctrinal differences between the military and civilian infrastructures of the United States and United Nations and other assumptions that impact cost estimates; and . 7. Lateral entry into the Foreign Service Section 404(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking outstanding . 8. Combating intolerance The section heading of section 419 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking anti-semitism and inserting intolerance . 9. Technical correction regarding completion of Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report Section 603(f)(1) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking section 362 and inserting section 602(c) . 10. Broadcasting Board of Governors Section 703(b)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking any significant restructuring, . 11. Ransoms to foreign terrorist organizations Section 709(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting , to the extent practicable, before transmit . 12. Restoration of Tibet report Section 613 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 ( Public Law 107–228 , 22 U.S.C. 6901 note), as amended by section 715(b)(1) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking In general and inserting the following: “ Policy .— (1) In general ; (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as paragraph (2) and moving such paragraph, as so redesignated, two ems to the right; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Periodic reports Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act , and annually thereafter until December 31, 2021, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on— (1) the steps taken by the President and the Secretary in accordance with subsection (a)(1); and (2) the status of any discussions between the People's Republic of China and the Dalai Lama or his representatives. .

Passed the Senate May 1, 2017. Secretary

tv_txt: IC 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 371 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 2, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs AN ACT To make technical changes and other improvements to the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act . 2. Oversight by Committees on Appropriations (a) Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 Section 104(a) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as added by section 101 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (b) Annual report on embassy construction costs Section 118(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (c) Oversight of and accountability for peacekeeper abuses Section 301(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (d) Workforce rightsizing report Section 405(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (e) Consular immunity Subsection (b)(2) of section 4 of the Diplomatic Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 254c ), as added by section 501 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is amended by striking of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and inserting and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations . (f) Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report Section 602(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) by inserting and the Committee on Appropriations after Committee on Foreign Affairs ; and (2) by inserting and the Committee on Appropriations after Committee on Foreign Relations ; 3. Peacekeeping training Section 301 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking enhance the discovery and inserting investigate allegations ; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking adequately respond to complaints about such offenses by carrying out swift and effective disciplinary action against the personnel and inserting appropriately hold accountable personnel ; and (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting , including compensation to victims, as appropriate after responses to such offenses ; (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking any individual who commits an act and inserting personnel who are found to have committed acts ; and (3) in subsection (g)(1), by striking noteworthy . 4. Qualifications of the United Nations Secretary General Section 310 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking The descriptions referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following elements and inserting In addition to the descriptions referred to in subsection (a), each such candidate shall be urged to describe the following ; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking such l and inserting such agenda . 5. Policy regarding the United Nations Human Rights Council Section 311(a)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (E) which has been designated as a Tier 3 country in the annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107 ); or (F) which is identified as having failed to prevent or address gross violations of human rights in the annual Department of State Human Rights Report under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974. . 6. Comparative report on peacekeeping operations Section 313 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees ; (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) a comparison of the costs of current United Nations peacekeeping operations, including the costs incurred by the United States for such operations, and the estimated cost of such operations if implemented unilaterally by the United States; ; (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (1), as amended by paragraph (2) of this section, the following new paragraph: (2) an assessment of the operational, structural, and doctrinal differences between the military and civilian infrastructures of the United States and United Nations and other assumptions that impact cost estimates; and . 7. Lateral entry into the Foreign Service Section 404(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking outstanding . 8. Combating intolerance The section heading of section 419 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking anti-semitism and inserting intolerance . 9. Technical correction regarding completion of Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report Section 603(f)(1) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking section 362 and inserting section 602(c) . 10. Broadcasting Board of Governors Section 703(b)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking any significant restructuring, . 11. Ransoms to foreign terrorist organizations Section 709(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting , to the extent practicable, before transmit . 12. Restoration of Tibet report Section 613 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 ( Public Law 107–228 , 22 U.S.C. 6901 note), as amended by section 715(b)(1) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking In general and inserting the following: “ Policy .— (1) In general ; (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as paragraph (2) and moving such paragraph, as so redesignated, two ems to the right; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Periodic reports Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act , and annually thereafter until December 31, 2021, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on— (1) the steps taken by the President and the Secretary in accordance with subsection (a)(1); and (2) the status of any discussions between the People's Republic of China and the Dalai Lama or his representatives. .

Passed the Senate May 1, 2017. Julie E. Adams, Secretary

tv_txt: 115th CONGRESS 1st Session In the House of Representatives, U. S., July 28, 2017 AMENDMENT:

That the bill from the Senate (S. 371) entitled An Act to make technical changes and other improvements to the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017. , do pass with the following Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act . 2. Reports (a) Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 Section 104(a) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as added by section 101 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (b) Annual report on embassy construction costs Section 118(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (c) Oversight of and accountability for peacekeeper abuses Section 301(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (d) Workforce rightsizing report Section 405(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (e) Consular immunity Subsection (b)(2) of section 4 of the Diplomatic Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 254c ), as added by section 501 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is amended by striking of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and inserting and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations . (f) Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report Section 602(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) by inserting and the Committee on Appropriations after Committee on Foreign Affairs ; and (2) by inserting and the Committee on Appropriations after Committee on Foreign Relations ; 3. Peacekeeping training Section 301 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking enhance the discovery and inserting investigate allegations ; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking adequately respond to complaints about such offenses by carrying out swift and effective disciplinary action against the personnel and inserting appropriately hold accountable personnel ; and (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting , including compensation to victims, as appropriate after responses to such offenses ; (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking any individual who commits an act and inserting personnel who are found to have committed acts ; and (3) in subsection (g)(1), by striking noteworthy . 4. Qualifications of the United Nations Secretary General Section 310 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking The descriptions referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following elements and inserting In addition to the descriptions referred to in subsection (a), each such candidate shall be urged to describe the following ; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking such l and inserting such agenda . 5. Policy regarding the United Nations Human Rights Council Section 311(a)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (E) which has been designated as a Tier 3 country in the annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107 ); or (F) which is identified as having failed to prevent or address gross violations of human rights in the annual Department of State Human Rights Report under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974; and . 6. Comparative report on peacekeeping operations Section 313 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees ; (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) a comparison of the costs of current United Nations peacekeeping operations, including the costs incurred by the United States for such operations, and the estimated cost of such operations if implemented unilaterally by the United States; ; (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (1), as amended by paragraph (2) of this section, the following new paragraph: (2) an assessment of the operational, structural, and doctrinal differences between the military and civilian infrastructures of the United States and United Nations and other assumptions that impact cost estimates; and . 7. Lateral entry into the Foreign Service Section 404(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking outstanding . 8. Combating intolerance The section heading of section 419 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking anti-semitism and inserting intolerance . 9. Technical corrections regarding completion of western hemisphere drug policy commission report Section 603 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (f)(1), by striking section 362 and inserting section 602(c) ; and (2) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) Compensation Members of the Commission shall serve without pay or benefits. . 10. Technical correction regarding powers of Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Section 604 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) Gifts, bequests, and devises The Commission may solicit, accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of money, services, or property, both real and personal, for the purpose of carrying out any duty, power, or authority of the Commission. . 11. Broadcasting Board of Governors Section 703(b)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking any significant restructuring, . 12. Ransoms to foreign terrorist organizations Section 709(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting , to the extent practicable, before transmit . 13. Restoration of Tibet report Section 613 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 ( Public Law 107–228 , 22 U.S.C. 6901 note), as amended by section 715(b)(1) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking In general and inserting the following: “ Policy .— (1) In general ; (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as paragraph (2) and moving such paragraph, as so redesignated, two ems to the right; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Periodic reports Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act , and annually thereafter until December 31, 2021, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on— (1) the steps taken by the President and the Secretary in accordance with subsection (a)(1) to implement the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002; and (2) the status of any discussions between the People's Republic of China and the Dalai Lama or his representatives or a successor selected by a method of the 14th Dalai Lama’s own choosing or the representatives of such successor. . 14. Department of State reorganizations The report required under subsection (l) of section 7034 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 ) shall also be provided to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Senate concurrent with the submission of such report to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate pursuant to such subsection.

Karen L. Haas Clerk.

tv_txt: One Hundred Fifteenth Congress of the United States of America 1st Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen S. 371 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To make technical changes and other improvements to the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act . 2. Reports (a) Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 Section 104(a) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as added by section 101 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (b) Annual report on embassy construction costs Section 118(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (c) Oversight of and accountability for peacekeeper abuses Section 301(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (d) Workforce rightsizing report Section 405(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees . (e) Consular immunity Subsection (b)(2) of section 4 of the Diplomatic Relations Act ( 22 U.S.C. 254c ), as added by section 501 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is amended by striking of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and inserting and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations . (f) Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report Section 602(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) by inserting and the Committee on Appropriations after Committee on Foreign Affairs ; and (2) by inserting and the Committee on Appropriations after Committee on Foreign Relations ; 3. Peacekeeping training Section 301 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking enhance the discovery and inserting investigate allegations ; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking adequately respond to complaints about such offenses by carrying out swift and effective disciplinary action against the personnel and inserting appropriately hold accountable personnel ; and (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting , including compensation to victims, as appropriate after responses to such offenses ; (2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking any individual who commits an act and inserting personnel who are found to have committed acts ; and (3) in subsection (g)(1), by striking noteworthy . 4. Qualifications of the United Nations Secretary General Section 310 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking The descriptions referred to in subsection (a) shall include the following elements and inserting In addition to the descriptions referred to in subsection (a), each such candidate shall be urged to describe the following ; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking such l and inserting such agenda . 5. Policy regarding the United Nations Human Rights Council Section 311(a)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking and at the end; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: (E) which has been designated as a Tier 3 country in the annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107 ); or (F) which is identified as having failed to prevent or address gross violations of human rights in the annual Department of State Human Rights Report under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974; and . 6. Comparative report on peacekeeping operations Section 313 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) by inserting and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives after appropriate congressional committees ; (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows: (1) a comparison of the costs of current United Nations peacekeeping operations, including the costs incurred by the United States for such operations, and the estimated cost of such operations if implemented unilaterally by the United States; ; (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (4) by inserting after paragraph (1), as amended by paragraph (2) of this section, the following new paragraph: (2) an assessment of the operational, structural, and doctrinal differences between the military and civilian infrastructures of the United States and United Nations and other assumptions that impact cost estimates; and . 7. Lateral entry into the Foreign Service Section 404(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking outstanding . 8. Combating intolerance The section heading of section 419 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking anti-semitism and inserting intolerance . 9. Technical corrections regarding completion of western hemisphere drug policy commission report Section 603 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (f)(1), by striking section 362 and inserting section 602(c) ; and (2) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) Compensation Members of the Commission shall serve without pay or benefits. . 10. Technical correction regarding powers of Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Section 604 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) Gifts, bequests, and devises The Commission may solicit, accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of money, services, or property, both real and personal, for the purpose of carrying out any duty, power, or authority of the Commission. . 11. Broadcasting Board of Governors Section 703(b)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by striking any significant restructuring, . 12. Ransoms to foreign terrorist organizations Section 709(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ) is amended by inserting , to the extent practicable, before transmit . 13. Restoration of Tibet report Section 613 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 ( Public Law 107–228 , 22 U.S.C. 6901 note), as amended by section 715(b)(1) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–323 ), is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking In general and inserting the following: “ Policy .— (1) In general ; (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as paragraph (2) and moving such paragraph, as so redesignated, two ems to the right; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Periodic reports Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act , and annually thereafter until December 31, 2021, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on— (1) the steps taken by the President and the Secretary in accordance with subsection (a)(1) to implement the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002; and (2) the status of any discussions between the People's Republic of China and the Dalai Lama or his representatives or a successor selected by a method of the 14th Dalai Lama’s own choosing or the representatives of such successor. . 14. Department of State reorganizations The report required under subsection (l) of section 7034 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 ( Public Law 115–31 ) shall also be provided to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Senate concurrent with the submission of such report to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate pursuant to such subsection.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate