Mitigating Attacks on Diplomats Act

Bill: 115-hr-6262
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2018-06-28
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Department of State

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Government studies and investigations

Protection of officials

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Mitigating Attacks on Diplomats Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of State to study the means of countering hypersonic acoustic attacks on Foreign Service officers and their families, including methods to support the physical protection of U.S. embassies, consulates, and embassy residences. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6262 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 28, 2018 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To require a report on the efforts and options to mitigate the acoustic attacks on Foreign Service officers and their families and the physical protection capabilities to protect United States embassies, consulates, and residences, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mitigating Attacks on Diplomats Act . 2. Acoustic attack study (a) Study required The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Energy, and in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall carry out a study to determine the appropriate standards and procedures that— (1) can be used to counter hypersonic acoustic attacks on Foreign Service officers and their families; and (2) include methods to support physical protection practices and procedures applicable to United States embassies, consulates, and embassy residences. (b) Reports to Congress (1) Preliminary findings Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees the initial findings of the study required under subsection (a). (2) Report Not later than 360 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing the complete findings of the study required under subsection (a). (3) Form of report The findings required under paragraph (1) and the report required under paragraph (2) shall be provided and submitted, respectively, in unclassified form, but may contain classified annexes. (c) Definition In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) in the House of Representatives— (i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; (ii) the Committee on Armed Services; (iii) the Committee on Homeland Security; and (iv) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; and (B) in the Senate— (i) the Committee on Foreign Relations; (ii) the Committee on Armed Services; (iii) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and (iv) the Select Committee on Intelligence. (2) Foreign Service officer The term Foreign Service officer has the meaning given such term in section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3903 ).