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This Act may be cited as the ''Quadrennial Foreign Affairs Review
Act''.

SEC. 2. QUADRENNIAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Department of State, established in 1789, is
responsible for representing the worldwide interests of the
United States and for advancing the policies of the United
States.
(2) The Department operates over 250 posts in more than 180
countries throughout the world and has approximately 30,000
personnel.
(3) There have been dramatic changes in the world in which
the Department must function, including changes in technology,
changes in religious, ethnic, and regional conflicts, and
changes in economic, political, and military relationships.
Moreover, the world has witnessed the spread of weapons of mass
destruction and the spread of terrorism. Yet, there has been
little change in the diplomatic strategy and structure of the
Department or of its posts throughout the world.
(4) The Department and all United States diplomatic efforts
should be the subject of a quadrennial review to determine how
the Department can best fulfill its mission and meet the
challenges of a changing world.
(b) Quadrennial Review.--Not later than September 30 of 2010 and
every four years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and to the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a comprehensive
examination of the diplomatic strategy and structure, foreign
assistance programs, budget plans, personnel decisions, and public
diplomacy plans of the Department of State and its related agencies to
determine the foreign affairs strategy of the United States to best
meet the challenges of a changing world, together with the response
report required under subsection (c)(2). Such comprehensive examination
shall be referred to as a ''quadrennial review''.
(c) Involvement of National Foreign Affairs Panel.--
(1) Submission of review to panel.--Not later than July 30
of the year in which a quadrennial review is conducted, the
Secretary of State shall submit to a National Foreign Affairs
Panel (in this Act referred to as the ''Panel''), established
in accordance with section 3, a copy of such quadrennial
review.
(2) Response report.--Not later than August 30 of the year
in which a quadrennial review is submitted to a Panel under
paragraph (1), such Panel shall submit to the Secretary a
report responding to the findings, conclusions, and
recommendations of such quadrennial review.
(d) Contents of Quadrennial Review.--The quadrennial review shall
include the following information:
(1) A review of the current structures of the Department of
State and its related agencies, including the organization,
staffing, and operation of United States embassies and
consulates abroad, to determine how best to efficiently and
effectively represent the interests of the United States
throughout the world and advance the policies of the United
States.
(2) A review of the level of cooperation and degree of
integration of the Department of State with other Federal
departments and agencies, including the Department of Defense,
the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the
Treasury, the Department of Commerce, the Office of the United
States Trade Representative, the Agency for International
Development, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the elements of
the intelligence community.
(3) Recommendations related to how best to meet the
anticipated roles and missions of such departments and agencies
in the future.
(4) A review of the efforts of the Department of State with
respect to public diplomacy and any recommendations for changes
or modifications in public diplomacy initiatives or programs in
order to improve performance.
(5) An examination of the assumptions used in the
quadrennial review by the Secretary, including assumptions
relating to cooperation between the Department and other
Federal departments and agencies, communication with allies,
levels of risk, real-time situational awareness, and immediate
communication within the Department.
(6) An examination of the forward presence and pre-
positioning necessary for the Department to engage in
negotiation and conflict deterrence in response to anticipated
threats and conflicts.
(7) An examination of the process of how the Department
develops scenarios that may require a Department response, and
recommendations for improving this process to incorporate
nontraditional threat planning scenarios and input from other
Federal departments and agencies and nongovernmental
organizations.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS PANEL.

(a) Establishment.--Not later than December 1 of the year
immediately preceding the year in which a quadrennial review is
conducted, the Secretary of State shall establish a nonpartisan,
independent panel to be known as a National Foreign Affairs Panel.
(b) Membership.--
(1) In general.--A Panel shall be composed of a chairperson
and eight other individuals appointed by the Secretary, in
consultation with the chairman and ranking member of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
and the chairman and ranking member of the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate, from among individuals in the private
sector who are recognized experts in matters relating to the
foreign affairs and diplomacy interests of the United States.
(2) Quorum.--Five members of a Panel shall constitute a
quorum.
(c) Duties.--A Panel shall submit to the Secretary the response
report required under section 2(c)(2).
(d) Information From Federal Agencies.--A Panel may secure from the
Department of State and its related agencies and from any other Federal
department or agency such information as such Panel considers necessary
to carry out its duties under this Act. The head of the department or
agency concerned shall ensure that information requested by such Panel
under this subsection is promptly provided to such Panel.
(e) Personnel Matters.--
(1) Compensation of members.--Each member of a Panel shall
be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the
annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States
Code, for each day (including travel time) during which such
member is engaged in the performance of the duties of such
Panel.
(2) Travel expenses.--Members of a Panel shall be allowed
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at
rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I
of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from
their homes or regular places of business in the performance of
services for such Panel.
(3) Executive director and staff.--Without regard to the
civil service laws and regulations, the chairperson of a Panel
may appoint and terminate an Executive Director and a staff of
not more than four additional individuals, none of whom may be
current employees of the Department of State or members of the
Foreign Service, if such Panel determines that an executive
director and staff are necessary in order for such Panel to
perform its duties effectively. The employment of an Executive
Director shall be subject to confirmation by a majority of
members of such Panel.
(4) Compensation of executive director.--The chairperson
may fix the compensation of the Executive Director, if one is
appointed pursuant to paragraph (3), without regard to the
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of
positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate
of pay for the Executive Director may not exceed the rate
payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section
5316 of such title.
(5) Detail of government employees.--An employee of the
Federal Government may be detailed to a Panel without
reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption or
loss of civil or foreign service status or privilege with
respect to such employee. The Secretary shall ensure that a
sufficient number of employees are detailed to a Panel to
enable such Panel to carry out its duties effectively.
(6) Travel conditions.--To the maximum extent practicable,
the members and employees of a Panel shall travel on Government
aircraft, ships, vehicles, or other conveyances when travel is
necessary in the performance of the duties of such Panel,
except that no such aircraft, ship, vehicle, or other
conveyance may be scheduled primarily for the transportation of
any such member or employee when the cost of commercial
transportation is less expensive.
(f) Administrative Provisions.--
(1) Use of the mails.--A Panel may use the United States
mails and obtain printing and binding services in the same
manner and under the same conditions as other departments and
agencies of the Federal Government.
(2) Administrative and support services.--The Secretary of
State shall furnish a Panel with any administrative and support
services requested by such Panel.
(3) Gifts and donations.--A Panel may accept, use, and
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property.
(g) Payment of Panel Expenses.--The compensation, travel expenses,
and per diem allowances of members and employees of a Panel shall be
paid out of funds made available to the Department of State for the
payment of compensation, travel allowances, and per diem allowances,
respectively, of civilian employees of the Department. Any other
expenses of a Panel shall be paid out of funds made available to the
Department for the payment of similar expenses incurred by the
Department.
(h) Sunset Provision.--A Panel shall terminate 30 days after the
submission of the response report required under section 2(c)(2).
Student:
Quadrennial Foreign Affairs Review Act - Directs: (1) the Secretary of State to submit every four years to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations a quadrennial foreign affairs and Department of State review; and (2) the Foreign Affairs Panel to submit to the Secretary a report responding to such review.

Directs the Secretary to establish every four years a nonpartisan independent National Foreign Affairs Panel, which shall terminate 30 days after submission of its report.