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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Embassy Design and Security Act of
2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Embassies--
(A) are an important reflection of American values,
openness, ingenuity, and innovation;
(B) should reflect the best of United States
design, architecture, sustainability, and technology;
and
(C) should maintain security as a top priority.
(2) Since 2001, the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
(referred to in this section as ''OBO'') has--
(A) completed 71 new diplomatic and consular
facilities; and
(B) moved more than 20,000 individuals into safer,
more secure and functional facilities.
(3) OBO, which has 34 other building projects in design or
construction in 2010, has demonstrated its ability to construct
diplomatic and consular facilities in a timely and expeditious
manner.
(4) Since the August 1998 embassy bombings in East Africa,
United States diplomatic and consular facilities have faced
increasing attacks.
(5) OBO constructs safe and functional facilities for
American diplomats to allow them to advance foreign policy and
to strive to create better, safer, and more secure communities
for all citizens of the world.
(6) In his seminal memo, entitled ''Guiding Principles for
Federal Architecture'', the Honorable Daniel Patrick Moynihan
laid out the following core principles:
(A) ''It should be our object to meet the test of
Pericles' evocation to the Athenians, which the
President commended to the Massachusetts legislature in
his address of January 9, 1961: 'We do not imitate--for
we are a model to others.'''.
(B) ''The policy shall be to provide requisite and
adequate facilities in an architectural style and form
which is distinguished and which will reflect the
dignity, enterprise, vigor and stability of the
American National Government.''.
(C) ''The development of an official style must be
avoided. . . . The advice of distinguished architects,
as a rule, ought to be sought prior to the award of
important design contracts.''.
(D) ''The choice and development of the building
site should be considered the first step of the design
process.''.
(7) The principles set forth in paragraph (2) provide the
foundation for the General Services Administration's Design
Excellence Program, which--
(A) establishes nationwide policies and procedures
for selecting distinguished architects and artists for
General Services Administration's commissions; and
(B) implements rigorous review processes to produce
facilities and civic artworks of outstanding quality
and value.
(8) Section 401 of the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (Public Law 110-140) defines a high-performance
building as ''a building that integrates and optimizes on a
life cycle basis all major high performance attributes,
including energy conservation, environment, safety, security,
durability, accessibility, cost-benefit, productivity,
sustainability, functionality, and operational
considerations''.
(9) The 2009 American Institute of Architects ''Design for
Diplomacy: New Embassies for the 21st Century'' reports
''significant interest in developing an approach that would
enable architects and engineers to design embassies that
reflected the unique needs of a site at a foreign post''.
(10) The Center for Strategic and International Studies
published a report in 2007, authored by the Embassy of the
Future Commission and entitled ''The Embassy of the Future'',
which makes the following statements:
(A) ''The new embassy facilities have in some
places created the perception among some of a fearful
United States, retreating behind high walls and
isolating itself from the people it is trying to
reach.''.
(B) ''The commission believes that it is important
to meet security needs in ways that reflect the new
diplomatic job.''.
(C) ''[S]etbacks, barriers, and other security
features can be designed in ways that integrate
security with the overall building design and
surroundings.''.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

It is the policy of the United States to adopt design excellence as
a mandate to advance a new generation of secure, high-performance,
sustainable diplomatic and consular facilities in support of United
States foreign policy.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF A DESIGN EXCELLENCE PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT
OF STATE.

The Secretary of State should--
(1) develop and establish a design excellence program,
which shall be--
(A) modeled after the program used by the General
Services Administration; and
(B) tailored to the specific requirements of the
Bureau of Overseas Building Operations;
(2) ensure that security remains a top priority for all
diplomatic and consular facilities;
(3) integrate sustainability and sustainable design and
construction best practices for all facilities constructed
under the direction of the Bureau of Overseas Building
Operations;
(4) encourage innovation in building design;
(5) create a framework for testing new technologies as they
come on the market that can create potential value for new
facilities;
(6) create a design excellence policies and procedures
manual, which shall--
(A) explain the mandate of the design excellence
program; and
(B) describe how the Department of State will
implement and operate the program;
(7) establish a high-level board to track the progress of
the design excellence program, which--
(A) shall be composed of an equivalent number of--
(i) outside professionals who have specific
architectural, design, and industry expertise;
and
(ii) senior United States Government
officials; and
(B) shall meet not less frequently than
semiannually--
(i) to review and analyze the progress and
results of the program; and
(ii) to provide guidance to the Department
of State on questions that may arise;
(8) train staff to support design excellence through
education and training on program implementation to ensure
consistency and quality on all projects;
(9) perform post-occupancy evaluations to identify the
problems and successes of each facility;
(10) consider utilizing research studies from outside the
Department of State to bring new ideas and provide cost-
effective solutions;
(11) include fine arts advisors as part of the design
excellence program and peer review panels for all embassy
projects; and
(12) undertake a concurrent review of the Standard Embassy
Design Program (referred to in this section as the ''SED
Program'') to determine--
(A) the best way to integrate the newly established
design excellence program with the SED Program; and
(B) modifications that need to be made to the SED
Program.

SEC. 5. ARCHITECTURAL ADVISORY BOARD.

(a) In General.--The Secretary shall reestablish the Architectural
Advisory Board (referred to in this section as the ''Board'') in order
to--
(1) advise the Department of State on design standards;
(2) recommend the most appropriate style of architecture
for prospective projects;
(3) review the quality and fitness of designs;
(4) advise on an appropriate balance and integration
between security priorities and American values of openness and
design;
(5) advise how the Department can construct new diplomatic
and consular facilities that are built to the most up-to-date
energy efficiency requirements, standards, checklists, or
rating systems, to the extent possible;
(6) advise how the Department can place diplomatic and
consular facilities in urban and city center locations, to the
extent possible--
(A) to permit greater accessibility to national
government institutions; and
(B) to facilitate ease of access for local
residents; and
(7) advise how the Department can construct new diplomatic
and consular facilities with future, projected growth needs in
mind, including growth needs for other Federal agencies.
(b) Composition.--The Board shall be composed of 5 members
appointed by the Secretary from outside the United States Government,
who are noted for their knowledge of, and experience with, architecture
and design.
(c) Deadline for Appointments.--All members of the Board shall be
appointed not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(d) Meetings.--The Board shall meet not less frequently than
semiannually at the call of the Chairperson.
(e) Compensation.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
members of the Board--
(A) shall be paid compensation out of funds made
available for the purposes of this title at the daily
equivalent of the highest rate payable under section
5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day
(including travel time) during which the member is
engaged in the actual performance of duties as a member
of the Board; and
(B) while away from the member's home or regular
place of business on necessary travel in the actual
performance of duties as a member of the Board, shall
be paid per diem, travel, and transportation expenses
in the same manner as is provided under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Limitation.--A member of the Board may not be paid
compensation under paragraph (1)(B) for more than 90 days in
any calendar year.
(f) Exemption.--The Board shall be exempt from the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

SEC. 6. REPORT TO REVIEW THE STANDARD EMBASSY DESIGN PROGRAM.

Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Architectural Review Board established under section 5 shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the
Standard Embassy Design Program, which shall include--
(1) a comprehensive review of the Standard Embassy Design
template, including the utility of the template in overseas
contexts and general strengths, weaknesses, drawbacks, and
limitations to the template;
(2) an analysis of the cost-effectiveness and overall
utility of incorporating 1 of 4 classes of Standard Embassy
Design (small, medium, large, and extra large);
(3) an analysis of whether such approach unduly limits the
flexibility of design and responsiveness to local contexts and
priorities;
(4) a consideration of alternative approaches to enable
architects and engineers--
(A) to design embassies that reflect the unique
needs of a site at a foreign post; and
(B) to incorporate appropriate standard design and
construction components common to the building type;
(5) an examination of the effectiveness of the SED Program
in--
(A) integrating security concerns with design
considerations;
(B) ensuring an adequate growth footprint for
future embassy personnel increases;
(C) incorporating sustainable design and the most
up-to-date energy efficiency requirements, standards,
checklists, or rating systems for diplomatic and
consular facilities;
(D) allowing for open and public access; and
(E) ensuring overall design excellence; and
(6) recommendations on--
(A) the best way to integrate the newly established
Embassy Design Excellence Program with the SED Program;
and
(B) the modifications to the SED Program that are
warranted.

SEC. 7. MODIFIED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC AND
CONSULAR FACILITIES.

(a) Sense of Congress on Co-Location and Security Requirements.--It
is the sense of Congress that--
(1) while assessing the necessity, security, and efficiency
of co-locating all United States Government personnel at a
single embassy site within a single foreign country, the
Secretary should consider placing United States Government
personnel at locations conducive to maximizing their use;
(2) while cost efficiency and security considerations may
justify the consolidation of multiple Federal departments and
agencies at a single location, such a determination should not
be made without taking into account other crucial policy
considerations;
(3) the Secretary should consider alternative location
arrangements that do not affect the strength and
appropriateness of security arrangements for United States
Government personnel;
(4) it is crucial that security standards remain uniformly
high in all locations hosting United States Government
personnel;
(5) the perimeter distance requirement under section
606(a)(3) of the Secure Embassy Construction and
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)(3)) imposes a
uniform security standard for all diplomatic and consular
facilities regardless of country context or specific security
needs;
(6) a more nuanced approach may tailor specific security
requirements, such as perimeter distance requirements, to
particular security considerations in a given country; and
(7) while every country with diplomatic representation must
have a modern, secure, safe, and functional facility, it is
important to integrate security with the long-term impact on
the foreign policy objectives of the Department of State.
(b) Diplomatic and Consular Facilities Task Force.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State should establish
the Diplomatic and Consular Facilities Task Force (referred to
in this section as the ''Task Force'')--
(A) to review existing regulations, standards, and
procedures to implement paragraphs (2) and (3) of
section 606(a) of the Secure Embassy Construction and
Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865(a)); and
(B) to make appropriate recommendations to modify
or revoke the regulations, standards, and procedures
under such Act.
(2) Composition.--The Task Force shall be composed of 7
members, of whom--
(A) 4 shall be senior career professionals of the
Department of State with different personnel
backgrounds; and
(B) 3 shall be professionals outside the United
States Government who are noted for their knowledge and
experience in construction and security issues.
(3) Deadline for appointments.--All members of the Task
Force shall be appointed not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(4) Exemption.--The Task Force shall be exempt from the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
(5) Termination.--The Task Force shall terminate on the
date on which the report is submitted to Congress under
subsection (c)(2).
(c) Reports.--
(1) Secretary of state.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives that describes--
(A) the recommendations made by the Task Force
under subsection (b)(1)(B); and
(B) the impact of such recommendations on the
operations of, and security standards for, United
States diplomatic and consular facilities.
(2) Comptroller general.--Not later than 120 days after the
submission of the report under paragraph (1), the Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit a report to the
appropriate congressional committees that contains--
(A) a review of, and comments on, the
recommendations made by the Task Force under subsection
(b)(1)(B); and
(B) the Comptroller General's recommendations for
improving the security standards at all United States
diplomatic and consular facilities.
Solution:
Embassy Design and Security Act of 2010 - States that it is U.S. policy to adopt design excellence as a mandate for a new generation of secure, high-performance diplomatic and consular facilities.

Urges the Secretary of State to establish: (1) a design excellence program modeled after the General Services Administration (GSA) program to integrate security, innovation, and design and construction best practices for all facilities constructed under the direction of the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations; and (2) a high-level board to track the design excellence program's progress.

Directs the Secretary to reestablish the Architectural Advisory Board to: (1) advise the Department of State on design standards; and (2) review design quality and fitness.