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2-Calendar No. 189
32 118THCONGRESS
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54 STSESSION S. 2043
65 To provide for certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other
76 purposes.
87 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
98 JUNE15, 2023
109 Mr. M
1110 ENENDEZ(for himself and Mr. RISCH) introduced the following bill;
1211 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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14-UGUST22, 2023
15-Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of July 27, 2023, by Mr.
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17-ENENDEZ, with an amendment
18-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] A BILL
12+A BILL
1913 To provide for certain authorities of the Department of
2014 State, and for other purposes.
2115 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2216 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2317 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
24-(a)SHORTTITLE.—ThisActmaybecitedasthe 4
18+(a) S
19+HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
2520 ‘‘Department of State Authorization Act of 2023’’. 5
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29-(b)TABLEOFCONTENTS.—Thetableofcontentsfor 1
30-thisActisasfollows: 2
21+(b) T
22+ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
23+this Act is as follows: 7
3124 Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
3225 Sec. 2. Definitions.
3326 TITLE I—DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND CONSULAR AFFAIRS
3427 Sec. 101. Passport fee expenditure authority extension.
3528 Sec. 102. Special hiring authority for passport services.
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3632 Sec. 103. Quarterly report on passport wait times.
3733 Sec. 104. Passport travel advisories.
3834 Sec. 105. Increased accountability in assignment restrictions and reviews.
3935 Sec. 106. Suitability reviews for Foreign Service Institute instructors.
4036 Sec. 107. Diplomatic security fellowship programs.
4137 TITLE II—PERSONNEL MATTERS
4238 Subtitle A—Hiring, Promotion, and Development
4339 Sec. 201. Adjustment to promotion precepts.
4440 Sec. 202. Hiring authorities.
4541 Sec. 203. Extending paths to service for paid student interns.
4642 Sec. 204. Lateral Entry Program.
4743 Sec. 205. Mid-Career Mentoring Program.
4844 Sec. 206. Consideration of career civil servants as chiefs of missions.
4945 Sec. 207. Civil service rotational program.
5046 Sec. 208. Reporting requirement on chiefs of mission.
5147 Sec. 209. Report on chiefs of mission and deputy chiefs of mission.
5248 Sec. 210. Protection of retirement annuity for reemployment by Department.
5349 Sec. 211. Enhanced vetting for senior diplomatic posts.
5450 Sec. 212. Efforts to improve retention and prevent retaliation.
5551 Subtitle B—Pay, Benefits, and Workforce Matters
5652 Sec. 221. Education allowance.
5753 Sec. 222. Per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service.
5854 Sec. 223. Improving mental health services for foreign and civil servants.
5955 Sec. 224. Emergency back-up care.
6056 Sec. 225. Authority to provide services to non-chief of mission personnel.
6157 Sec. 226. Exception for government-financed air transportation.
6258 Sec. 227. Enhanced authorities to protect locally employed staff during emer-
6359 gencies.
6460 Sec. 228. Internet at hardship posts.
6561 Sec. 229. Competitive local compensation plan.
6662 Sec. 230. Supporting tandem couples in the Foreign Service.
6763 Sec. 231. Accessibility at diplomatic missions.
6864 TITLE III—INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY
6965 Sec. 301. Data-informed diplomacy.
7066 Sec. 302. Establishment and expansion of the Bureau Chief Data Officer Pro-
7167 gram.
7268 Sec. 303. Task force to address artificial intelligence-enabled influence oper-
7369 ations.
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7770 Sec. 304. Establishment of the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer of the De-
7871 partment of State.
7972 Sec. 305. Strengthening the Chief Information Officer of the Department of
8073 State.
8174 Sec. 306. Sense of Congress on strengthening enterprise governance.
8275 Sec. 307. Digital connectivity and cybersecurity partnership.
8376 Sec. 308. Establishment of a cyberspace, digital connectivity, and related tech-
8477 nologies (CDT) fund.
8578 TITLE IV—ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS
8679 Sec. 401. Personal services contractors.
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8783 Sec. 402. Hard-to-fill posts.
8884 Sec. 403. Enhanced oversight of the Office of Civil Rights.
8985 Sec. 404. Crisis response operations.
9086 TITLE V—ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY
9187 Sec. 501. Duties of officers performing economic functions.
9288 Sec. 502. Report on recruitment, retention, and promotion of Foreign Service
9389 economic officers.
9490 Sec. 503. Mandate to revise Department of State metrics for successful eco-
9591 nomic and commercial diplomacy.
9692 Sec. 504. Chief of mission economic responsibilities.
9793 Sec. 505. Direction to embassy deal teams.
9894 Sec. 506. Establishment of a ‘‘Deal Team of the Year’’ award.
9995 TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
10096 Sec. 601. National advertising campaign.
10197 Sec. 602. Public diplomacy outreach.
10298 Sec. 603. Modification on use of funds for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
10399 Sec. 604. International broadcasting.
104100 Sec. 605. John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship program.
105101 Sec. 606. Domestic engagement and public diplomacy.
106102 Sec. 607. Extension of Global Engagement Center.
107103 Sec. 608. Paperwork Reduction Act.
108104 Sec. 609. Expansion of Diplomats in Residence Programs.
109105 TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS
110106 Sec. 701. Expanding the use of DDTC licensing fees.
111107 Sec. 702. Waiver authority related to prohibition on certain semiconductor
112108 products and services.
113109 Sec. 703. Prohibition on entry of officials of foreign governments involved in
114110 significant corruption or gross violations of human rights.
115111 Sec. 704. Protection of cultural heritage during crises.
116112 Sec. 705. National Museum of American Diplomacy.
117113 Sec. 706. Extraterritorial offenses committed by United States nationals serv-
118114 ing with international organizations.
119115 Sec. 707. Extension of certain privileges and immunities to the international
120116 energy forum.
121117 Sec. 708. Extension of certain privileges and immunities to the Conseil
122118 Europe´en pour la recherche nucle´aire (CERN; the European
123119 Organization for Nuclear Research).
124120 Sec. 709. Internships of United States nationals at international organizations.
125121 Sec. 710. Training for international organizations.
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129122 Sec. 711. Modification to transparency on international agreements and non-
130123 binding instruments.
131124 Sec. 712. Congressional oversight, quarterly review, and authority relating to
132125 concurrence provided by chiefs of mission for support of certain
133126 Government operations.
134127 Sec. 713. Modification and repeal of reports.
135-SEC.2.DEFINITIONS. 1
128+SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
129+1
136130 In this Act: 2
137-(1)APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-3
138-TEES.—Theterm‘‘appropriatecongressionalcom-4
139-mittees’’meanstheCommitteeonForeignRelations 5
140-oftheSenateandtheCommitteeonForeignAffairs 6
141-oftheHouseofRepresentatives. 7
142-(2)DEPARTMENT.—Theterm‘‘Department’’ 8
143-meanstheDepartmentofState. 9
144-(3)SECRETARY.—Theterm‘‘Secretary’’means 10
145-theSecretaryofState. 11
146-TITLEI—DIPLOMATIC SECURITY 12
147-ANDCONSULAR AFFAIRS 13
148-SEC.101.PASSPORT FEEEXPENDITURE AUTHORITY EX-14
149-TENSION. 15
150-(a)WESTERNHEMISPHERETRAVELINITIATIVE 16
151-FEE.—TomakepermanenttheWesternHemisphere 17
152-TravelInitiativefee,section1(b)ofthePassportActof 18
153-June4,1920(22U.S.C.214(b)(1))isamended— 19
154-(1)inparagraph(1),bystriking‘‘(1)’’;and 20
155-(2)bystrikingparagraphs(2)and(3). 21
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159-(b)PASSPORTFEES.—Section1(b)ofthePassport 1
160-ActofJune4,1920,asamendedbysubsection(a),shall 2
161-beappliedthroughfiscalyear2028bystriking‘‘such 3
162-costs’’andinserting‘‘thecostsofprovidingconsularserv-4
163-ices’’. 5
164-(c)MODERNIZATION OFPASSPORTPROCESSING.—A 6
165-portionoftheexpandedexpenditureauthoritiesprovided 7
166-insubsections(a)and(b)shallbeusedtomodernizecon-8
167-sularsystems,withanemphasisonpassportandcitizen-9
168-shipservices. 10
169-SEC.102.SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY FORPASSPORT 11
170-SERVICES. 12
171-Duringthe3-yearperiodbeginningonthedateof 13
172-theenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryofState,without 14
173-regardtotheprovisionsundersections3309through 15
174-3318oftitle5,UnitedStatesCode,maydirectlyappoint 16
175-candidatestopositionsinthecompetitiveservice(asde-17
176-finedinsection2102ofsuchtitle)attheDepartmentin 18
177-thePassportandVisaExaminingSeries0967. 19
178-SEC.103.QUARTERLY REPORT ONPASSPORT WAITTIMES. 20
179-Notlaterthan30daysafterthedateoftheenact-21
180-mentofthisAct,andquarterlythereafterforthefollowing 22
181-3years,theSecretaryshallsubmitareporttotheappro-23
182-priatecongressionalcommitteesthatdescribes— 24
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186-(1)thecurrentestimatedwaittimesforpass-1
187-portprocessing; 2
188-(2)thestepsthathavebeentakenbytheDe-3
189-partmenttoreducewaittimestoareasonabletime; 4
190-(3)effortstoimprovetherolloutoftheonline 5
191-passportrenewalprocessingprogram,includinghow 6
192-muchofpassportrevenuestheDepartmentisspend-7
193-ingonconsularsystemsmodernization;and 8
194-(4)howtheDepartmentdetailsitsstaffandre-9
195-sourcestopassportservicesprograms. 10
196-SEC.104.PASSPORT TRAVELADVISORIES. 11
197-Notlaterthan180daysafterthedateoftheenact-12
198-mentofthisAct,theDepartmentshallmakeprominently 13
199-availableinUnitedStatespassports,onthefirsttwo 14
200-pagesofthepassport,thefollowinginformation: 15
201-(1)Aprominent,clearadvisoryforalltravelers 16
202-tochecktravel.state.govforupdatedtravelwarnings 17
203-andadvisories. 18
204-(2)Aprominent,clearnoticeurgingalltrav-19
205-elerstoregisterwiththeDepartmentpriortoover-20
206-seastravel. 21
207-SEC.105.INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY INASSIGNMENT 22
208-RESTRICTIONS ANDREVIEWS. 23
209-(a)SENSEOFCONGRESS.—ItisthesenseofCon-24
210-gressthat— 25
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214-(1)theuseofpoliciestorestrictpersonnelfrom 1
215-servingincertainassignmentsmayunderminethe 2
216-Department’sabilitytodeployrelevantculturaland 3
217-linguisticskillsatdiplomaticpostsabroadifnotap-4
218-pliedjudiciously;and 5
219-(2)theDepartmentshouldcontinuouslyevalu-6
220-ateallprocessesrelatingtoassignmentrestrictions, 7
221-assignmentreviews,andpreclusionsattheDepart-8
222-ment. 9
223-(b)NOTIFICATIONOFSTATUS.—Beginningnotlater 10
224-than90daysafterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct, 11
225-theSecretaryshall— 12
226-(1)provideastatusupdateforallDepartment 13
227-personnelwho,priortosuchdateofenactment,were 14
228-subjecttoapriorassignmentrestriction,assignment 15
229-review,orpreclusionforwhomareviewordecision 16
230-relatedtoassignmentispending;and 17
231-(2)onanongoingbasis,provideastatusup-18
232-dateforanyDepartmentpersonnelwhohasbeen 19
233-thesubjectofapendingassignmentrestrictionor 20
234-pendingassignmentreviewformorethan30days. 21
235-(c)NOTIFICATIONCONTENT.—Thenotificationre-22
236-quiredundersubsection(b)shallinformrelevantper-23
237-sonnel,asofthedateofthenotification— 24
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241-(1)whetheranypriorassignmentrestriction 1
242-hasbeenlifted; 2
243-(2)iftheirassignmentstatusissubjecttoon-3
244-goingreview,andanestimateddateforcompletion; 4
245-and 5
246-(3)iftheyaresubjecttoanyotherrestrictions 6
247-ontheirabilitytoserveatpostsabroad. 7
248-(d)ADJUDICATION OFONGOINGASSIGNMENTRE-8
249-VIEWS.—TheDepartmentshallestablishareasonable 9
250-timelimitfortheDepartmenttocompleteanassignment 10
251-review,andestablishadeadlinebywhichitmustinform 11
252-personnelofadecisionrelatedtosuchareview.Forany 12
253-personneltheDepartmentdeterminesareineligibleto 13
254-serveinanassignmentduetoanassignmentrestriction 14
255-orassignmentreview,aSecurityAppealPanelshallcon-15
256-venenotlaterthan60daysofanappealbeingfiled. 16
257-(e)SECURITYREVIEWPANEL.—Notlaterthan90 17
258-daysafterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecu-18
259-rityAppealPanelshallbecomprisedof— 19
260-(1)theheadofanofficeresponsibleforhuman 20
261-resourcesordiscriminationwhoreportsdirectlyto 21
262-theSecretary; 22
263-(2)thePrincipalDeputyAssistantSecretary 23
264-fortheBureauofGlobalTalentManagement; 24
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268-(3)thePrincipalDeputyAssistantSecretary 1
269-fortheBureauofIntelligenceandResearch; 2
270-(4)anAssistantSecretaryorDeputy,orequiv-3
271-alent,fromathirdbureauasdesignatedbythe 4
272-UnderSecretaryforManagement; 5
273-(5)arepresentativefromthegeographicbureau 6
274-towhichtherestrictionapplies;and 7
275-(6)arepresentativefromtheOfficeofthe 8
276-LegalAdviserandarepresentativefromtheBureau 9
277-ofDiplomaticSecurity,whoshallserveasnon-vot-10
278-ingadvisors. 11
279-(f)APPEALRIGHTS.—Section414(a)oftheDepart-12
280-mentofStateAuthoritiesAct,FiscalYear2017(22 13
281-U.S.C.2734c(a))isamendedbystrikingthefirsttwosen-14
282-tencesandinserting‘‘TheSecretaryshallestablishand 15
283-maintainarightandprocessforemployeestoappeala 16
284-decisionrelatedtoanassignment,basedonarestriction, 17
285-review,orpreclusion.Suchrightandprocessshallensure 18
286-thatanysuchemployeeshallhavethesameappealrights 19
287-asprovidedbytheDepartmentregardingdenialorrevoca-20
288-tionofasecurityclearance.’’. 21
289-(g)FAMUPDATE.—Notlaterthan120daysafter 22
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134+(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -1
135+TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-2
136+mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations 3
137+of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 4
138+of the House of Representatives. 5
139+(2) D
140+EPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 6
141+means the Department of State. 7
142+(3) S
143+ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 8
144+the Secretary of State. 9
145+TITLE I—DIPLOMATIC SECURITY 10
146+AND CONSULAR AFFAIRS 11
147+SEC. 101. PASSPORT FEE EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY EX-12
148+TENSION. 13
149+(a) W
150+ESTERNHEMISPHERETRAVELINITIATIVE 14
151+F
152+EE.—To make permanent the Western Hemisphere 15
153+Travel Initiative fee, section 1(b) of the Passport Act of 16
154+June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) is amended— 17
155+(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 18
156+(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3). 19
157+(b) P
158+ASSPORTFEES.—Section 1(b) of the Passport 20
159+Act of June 4, 1920, as amended by subsection (a), shall 21
160+be applied through fiscal year 2028 by striking ‘‘such 22
161+costs’’ and inserting ‘‘the costs of providing consular serv-23
162+ices’’. 24
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166+(c) MODERNIZATION OFPASSPORTPROCESSING.—A 1
167+portion of the expanded expenditure authorities provided 2
168+in subsections (a) and (b) shall be used to modernize con-3
169+sular systems, with an emphasis on passport and citizen-4
170+ship services. 5
171+SEC. 102. SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY FOR PASSPORT 6
172+SERVICES. 7
173+During the 3-year period beginning on the date of 8
174+the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, without 9
175+regard to the provisions under sections 3309 through 10
176+3318 of title 5, United States Code, may directly appoint 11
177+candidates to positions in the competitive service (as de-12
178+fined in section 2102 of such title) at the Department in 13
179+the Passport and Visa Examining Series 0967. 14
180+SEC. 103. QUARTERLY REPORT ON PASSPORT WAIT TIMES. 15
181+Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-16
182+ment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter for the following 17
183+3 years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appro-18
184+priate congressional committees that describes— 19
185+(1) the current estimated wait times for pass-20
186+port processing; 21
187+(2) the steps that have been taken by the De-22
188+partment to reduce wait times to a reasonable time; 23
189+(3) efforts to improve the rollout of the online 24
190+passport renewal processing program, including how 25
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194+much of passport revenues the Department is spend-1
195+ing on consular systems modernization; and 2
196+(4) how the Department details its staff and re-3
197+sources to passport services programs. 4
198+SEC. 104. PASSPORT TRAVEL ADVISORIES. 5
199+Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-6
200+ment of this Act, the Department shall make prominently 7
201+available in United States passports, on the first two 8
202+pages of the passport, the following information: 9
203+(1) A prominent, clear advisory for all travelers 10
204+to check travel.state.gov for updated travel warnings 11
205+and advisories. 12
206+(2) A prominent, clear notice urging all trav-13
207+elers to register with the Department prior to over-14
208+seas travel. 15
209+SEC. 105. INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY IN ASSIGNMENT 16
210+RESTRICTIONS AND REVIEWS. 17
211+(a) S
212+ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-18
213+gress that— 19
214+(1) the use of policies to restrict personnel from 20
215+serving in certain assignments may undermine the 21
216+Department’s ability to deploy relevant cultural and 22
217+linguistic skills at diplomatic posts abroad if not ap-23
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222+(2) the Department should continuously evalu-1
223+ate all processes relating to assignment restrictions, 2
224+assignment reviews, and preclusions at the Depart-3
225+ment. 4
226+(b) N
227+OTIFICATION OFSTATUS.—Beginning not later 5
228+than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 6
229+the Secretary shall— 7
230+(1) provide a status update for all Department 8
231+personnel who, prior to such date of enactment, were 9
232+subject to a prior assignment restriction, assignment 10
233+review, or preclusion for whom a review or decision 11
234+related to assignment is pending; and 12
235+(2) on an ongoing basis, provide a status up-13
236+date for any Department personnel who has been 14
237+the subject of a pending assignment restriction or 15
238+pending assignment review for more than 30 days. 16
239+(c) N
240+OTIFICATIONCONTENT.—The notification re-17
241+quired under subsection (b) shall inform relevant per-18
242+sonnel, as of the date of the notification— 19
243+(1) whether any prior assignment restriction 20
244+has been lifted; 21
245+(2) if their assignment status is subject to on-22
246+going review, and an estimated date for completion; 23
247+and 24
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252+on their ability to serve at posts abroad. 2
253+(d) A
254+DJUDICATION OF ONGOINGASSIGNMENTRE-3
255+VIEWS.—The Department shall establish a reasonable 4
256+time limit for the Department to complete an assignment 5
257+review, and establish a deadline by which it must inform 6
258+personnel of a decision related to such a review. For any 7
259+personnel the Department determines are ineligible to 8
260+serve in an assignment due to an assignment restriction 9
261+or assignment review, a Security Appeal Panel shall con-10
262+vene not later than 60 days of an appeal being filed. 11
263+(e) S
264+ECURITYREVIEWPANEL.—Not later than 90 12
265+days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secu-13
266+rity Appeal Panel shall be comprised of— 14
267+(1) the head of an office responsible for human 15
268+resources or discrimination who reports directly to 16
269+the Secretary; 17
270+(2) the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 18
271+for the Bureau of Global Talent Management; 19
272+(3) the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 20
273+for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; 21
274+(4) an Assistant Secretary or Deputy, or equiv-22
275+alent, from a third bureau as designated by the 23
276+Under Secretary for Management; 24
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280+(5) a representative from the geographic bureau 1
281+to which the restriction applies; and 2
282+(6) a representative from the Office of the 3
283+Legal Adviser and a representative from the Bureau 4
284+of Diplomatic Security, who shall serve as non-vot-5
285+ing advisors. 6
286+(f) A
287+PPEALRIGHTS.—Section 414(a) of the Depart-7
288+ment of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (22 8
289+U.S.C. 2734c(a)) is amended by striking the first two sen-9
290+tences and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall establish and 10
291+maintain a right and process for employees to appeal a 11
292+decision related to an assignment, based on a restriction, 12
293+review, or preclusion. Such right and process shall ensure 13
294+that any such employee shall have the same appeal rights 14
295+as provided by the Department regarding denial or revoca-15
296+tion of a security clearance.’’. 16
297+(g) FAM U
298+PDATE.—Not later than 120 days after 17
299+the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 18
300+amend all relevant provisions of the Foreign Service Man-19
301+ual, and any associated or related policies of the Depart-20
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306+SEC. 106. SUITABILITY REVIEWS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE IN-1
307+STITUTE INSTRUCTORS. 2
308+The Secretary shall ensure that all instructors at the 3
309+Foreign Service Institute, including direct hires and con-4
310+tractors, who provide language instruction are— 5
311+(1) subject to suitability reviews and back-6
312+ground investigations; and 7
313+(2) subject to continuous vetting or reinvestiga-8
314+tions to the extend consistent with Department and 9
315+Executive policy for other Department personnel. 10
316+SEC. 107. DIPLOMATIC SECURITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 11
317+(a) I
318+NGENERAL.—Section 47 of the State Depart-12
319+ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2719) is 13
320+amended— 14
321+(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 15
322+the following: 16
323+‘‘(a) I
324+NGENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 17
325+(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-18
326+section: 19
327+‘‘(b) D
328+IPLOMATICSECURITYFELLOWSHIP PRO-20
329+GRAMS.— 21
330+‘‘(1) E
331+STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 22
332+State, working through the Assistant Secretary for 23
333+Diplomatic Security, shall establish Diplomatic Secu-24
334+rity fellowship programs to provide grants to United 25
335+States nationals pursuing undergraduate studies 26
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338+•S 2043 IS
339+who commit to pursuing a career as a special agent, 1
340+security engineering officer, or in the civil service in 2
341+the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. 3
342+‘‘(2) R
343+ULEMAKING.—The Secretary shall pro-4
344+mulgate regulations for the administration of Diplo-5
345+matic Security fellowship programs that set forth— 6
346+‘‘(A) the eligibility requirements for receiv-7
347+ing a grant under this subsection; 8
348+‘‘(B) the process by which eligible appli-9
349+cants may request such a grant; 10
350+‘‘(C) the maximum amount of such a 11
351+grant; and 12
352+‘‘(D) the educational progress to which all 13
353+grant recipients are obligated.’’. 14
354+(b) A
355+UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 15
356+authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fis-16
357+cal years 2024 through 2028 to carry out this section. 17
358+TITLE II—PERSONNEL MATTERS 18
359+Subtitle A—Hiring, Promotion, and 19
360+Development 20
361+SEC. 201. ADJUSTMENT TO PROMOTION PRECEPTS. 21
362+Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 22
363+(22 U.S.C. 4003(b)) is amended— 23
364+(1) by redesignating paragraph (2), (3), and (4) 24
365+as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and 25
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368+•S 2043 IS
369+(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-1
370+lowing new paragraphs: 2
371+‘‘(2) experience serving at an international or-3
372+ganization, multilateral institution, or engaging in 4
373+multinational negotiations; 5
374+‘‘(3) willingness to serve in hardship posts over-6
375+seas or across geographically distinct regions; 7
376+‘‘(4) experience advancing policies or developing 8
377+expertise that enhance the United States’ competi-9
378+tiveness with regard to critical and emerging tech-10
379+nologies.’’. 11
380+SEC. 202. HIRING AUTHORITIES. 12
381+(a) S
382+ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-13
383+gress that— 14
384+(1) the Department should possess hiring au-15
385+thorities to enable recruitment of individuals rep-16
386+resentative of the nation with special skills needed to 17
387+address 21st century diplomacy challenges; and 18
388+(2) the Secretary shall conduct a survey of hir-19
389+ing authorities held by the Department to identify— 20
390+(A) hiring authorities already authorized 21
391+by Congress; 22
392+(B) others authorities granted through 23
393+Presidential decree or executive order; and 24
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396+•S 2043 IS
397+(C) any authorities needed to enable re-1
398+cruitment of individuals with the special skills 2
399+described in paragraph (1). 3
400+(b) R
401+EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 4
402+of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 5
403+a report to the appropriate congressional committees that 6
404+includes a description of all existing hiring authorities and 7
405+legislative proposals on any new needed authorities. 8
406+(c) S
407+PECIALHIRINGAUTHORITY.—For an initial pe-9
408+riod of not more than 3 years after the date of the enact-10
409+ment of this Act, the Secretary may appoint, without re-11
410+gard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of 12
411+title 5, United States Code, candidates directly to posi-13
412+tions in the competitive service at the Department, as de-14
413+fined in section 2102 of that title, in the following occupa-15
414+tional series: 1560 Data Science, 2210 Information Tech-16
415+nology Management, and 0201 Human Resources Man-17
416+agement. 18
417+SEC. 203. EXTENDING PATHS TO SERVICE FOR PAID STU-19
418+DENT INTERNS. 20
419+For up to 2 years following the end of a compensated 21
420+internship at the Department or the United States Agency 22
421+for International Development, the Department or USAID 23
422+may offer employment to up to 25 such interns and ap-24
423+point them directly to positions in the competitive service, 25
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426+•S 2043 IS
427+as defined in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code, 1
428+without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 2
429+3318 of such title. 3
430+SEC. 204. LATERAL ENTRY PROGRAM. 4
431+(a) I
432+NGENERAL.—Section 404 of the Department of 5
433+State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 6
434+323; 130 Stat. 1928) is amended— 7
435+(1) in subsection (b)— 8
436+(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 9
437+by striking ‘‘3-year’’ and inserting ‘‘5-year’’; 10
438+(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’; 11
439+(C) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-12
440+riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 13
441+(D) by adding at the end the following new 14
442+paragraphs: 15
443+‘‘(7) does not include the use of Foreign Serv-16
444+ice-Limited or other noncareer Foreign Service hir-17
445+ing authorities; and 18
446+‘‘(8) includes not fewer than 30 participants for 19
447+each year of the pilot program.’’; and 20
448+(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-21
449+section: 22
450+‘‘(e) C
451+ERTIFICATION.—If the Secretary does not com-23
452+mence the lateral entry program within 180 days after the 24
453+date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 25
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456+•S 2043 IS
457+shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 1
458+committees— 2
459+‘‘(1) certifying that progress is being made on 3
460+implementation of the pilot program and describing 4
461+such progress, including the date on which appli-5
462+cants will be able to apply; 6
463+‘‘(2) estimating the date by which the pilot pro-7
464+gram will be fully implemented; 8
465+‘‘(3) outlining how the Department will use the 9
466+Lateral Entry Program to fill needed skill sets in 10
467+key areas such as cyberspace, emerging technologies, 11
468+economic statecraft, multilateral diplomacy, and 12
469+data and other sciences.’’. 13
470+SEC. 205. MID-CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM. 14
471+(a) A
472+UTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in collabora-15
473+tion with the Director of the Foreign Service Institute, 16
474+is authorized to establish a Mid-Career Mentoring Pro-17
475+gram (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’) for 18
476+employees who have demonstrated outstanding service and 19
477+leadership. 20
478+(b) S
479+ELECTION.— 21
480+(1) N
481+OMINATIONS.—The head of each bureau 22
482+shall semiannually nominate participants for the 23
483+Program from a pool of applicants in the positions 24
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486+•S 2043 IS
487+described in paragraph (2)(B), including from posts 1
488+both domestically and abroad. 2
489+(2) S
490+UBMISSION OF SLATE OF NOMINEES TO 3
491+SECRETARY.—The Director of the Foreign Service 4
492+Institute, in consultation with the Director General 5
493+of the Foreign Service, shall semiannually— 6
494+(A) vet the nominees most recently nomi-7
495+nated pursuant to paragraph (1); and 8
496+(B) submit to the Secretary a slate of ap-9
497+plicants to participate in the Program, who 10
498+shall consist of at least— 11
499+(i) 10 Foreign Service Officers and 12
500+specialists classified at the FS-03 or FS-04 13
501+level of the Foreign Service Salary Sched-14
502+ule; 15
503+(ii) 10 Civil Service employees classi-16
504+fied at GS-12 or GS-13 of the General 17
505+Schedule; and 18
506+(iii) 5 Foreign Service Officers from 19
507+the United States Agency for International 20
508+Development. 21
509+(3) F
510+INAL SELECTION.—The Secretary shall se-22
511+lect the applicants who will be invited to participate 23
512+in the Program from the slate received pursuant to 24
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515+•S 2043 IS
516+paragraph (2)(B) and extend such an invitation to 1
517+each selected applicant. 2
518+(c) P
519+ROGRAMSESSIONS.— 3
520+(1) F
521+REQUENCY; DURATION.—All of the partici-4
522+pants who accept invitations extended pursuant to 5
523+subsection (b)(3) shall meet 3 to 4 times per year 6
524+for training sessions with high-level leaders of the 7
525+Department and USAID, including private group 8
526+meetings with the Secretary and the Administrator 9
527+of the United States Agency for International Devel-10
528+opment. 11
529+(2) T
530+HEMES.—Each session referred to in para-12
531+graph (1) shall focus on specific themes developed 13
532+jointly by the Foreign Service Institute and the Ex-14
533+ecutive Secretariat focused on substantive policy 15
534+issues and leadership practices. 16
535+(d) M
536+ENTORINGPROGRAM.—The Secretary and the 17
537+Administrator each shall establish a mentoring and coach-18
538+ing program that pairs a senior leader of the Department 19
539+or USAID with each of the program participants who 20
540+complete the Program during the 1-year period imme-21
541+diately following their participation in the Program. 22
542+(e) A
543+NNUALREPORT.—Not later than one year after 23
544+the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-24
545+after for three years, the Secretary shall submit a report 25
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548+•S 2043 IS
549+to the appropriate congressional committees that describes 1
550+the activities of the Program during the most recent year. 2
551+SEC. 206. CONSIDERATION OF CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS AS 3
552+CHIEFS OF MISSIONS. 4
553+Section 304(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 5
554+(22 U.S.C. 3944) is amended— 6
555+(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-7
556+graph (3); and 8
557+(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-9
558+lowing new paragraph: 10
559+‘‘(2) The Secretary shall also furnish to the Presi-11
560+dent, on an annual basis and to assist the President in 12
561+selecting qualified candidates for appointments or assign-13
562+ments as chief of mission, the names of between 5 and 14
563+10 career civil servants serving at the Department of State 15
564+or the United States Agency for International Develop-16
565+ment who are qualified to serve as chiefs of mission, to-17
566+gether with pertinent information about such individ-18
567+uals.’’. 19
568+SEC. 207. CIVIL SERVICE ROTATIONAL PROGRAM. 20
569+(a) E
570+STABLISHMENT OF PILOTROTATIONALPRO-21
571+GRAM FORCIVILSERVICE.—Not later than 180 days after 22
290572 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 23
291-amendallrelevantprovisionsoftheForeignServiceMan-24
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294-•S 2043 RS
295-ual,andanyassociatedorrelatedpoliciesoftheDepart-1
296-ment,tocomplywiththissection. 2
297-SEC.106.SUITABILITY REVIEWS FORFOREIGN SERVICEIN-3
298-STITUTEINSTRUCTORS. 4
299-TheSecretaryshallensurethatallinstructorsatthe 5
300-ForeignServiceInstitute,includingdirecthiresandcon-6
301-tractors,whoprovidelanguageinstructionare— 7
302-(1)subjecttosuitabilityreviewsandback-8
303-groundinvestigations;and 9
304-(2)subjecttocontinuousvettingorreinvestiga-10
305-tionstotheextendconsistentwithDepartmentand 11
306-ExecutivepolicyforotherDepartmentpersonnel. 12
307-SEC.107.DIPLOMATIC SECURITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 13
308-(a)INGENERAL.—Section47oftheStateDepart-14
309-mentBasicAuthoritiesActof1956(22U.S.C.2719)is 15
310-amended— 16
311-(1)bystriking‘‘TheSecretary’’andinserting 17
312-thefollowing: 18
313-‘‘(a)INGENERAL.—TheSecretary’’;and 19
573+establish a program to provide qualified civil servants serv-24
574+ing at the Department an opportunity to serve at a United 25
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577+•S 2043 IS
578+States embassy, including identifying criteria and an ap-1
579+plication process for such program. 2
580+(b) P
581+ROGRAM.—The program established under this 3
582+section shall— 4
583+(1) provide at least 20 career civil servants the 5
584+opportunity to serve for 2 to 3 years at a United 6
585+States embassy to gain additional skills and experi-7
586+ence; 8
587+(2) offer such civil servants the opportunity to 9
588+serve in a political or economic section at a United 10
589+States embassy; and 11
590+(3) include clear and transparent criteria for 12
591+eligibility and selection, which shall include a min-13
592+imum of 5 years of service at the Department. 14
593+(c) S
594+UBSEQUENTPOSITION ANDPROMOTION.—Fol-15
595+lowing a rotation at a United States embassy pursuant 16
596+to the program established by this section, participants in 17
597+the program must be afforded, at minimum, a position 18
598+equivalent in seniority, compensation, and responsibility to 19
599+the position occupied prior serving in the program. Suc-20
600+cessful completion of a rotation at a United States em-21
601+bassy shall be considered favorably with regard to applica-22
602+tions for promotion in civil service jobs at the Department. 23
603+(d) I
604+MPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 2 years after 24
605+the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 25
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608+•S 2043 IS
609+identify not less than 20 positions in United States embas-1
610+sies for the program established under this section and 2
611+offered at least 20 civil servants the opportunity to serve 3
612+in a rotation at a United States embassy pursuant to this 4
613+section. 5
614+SEC. 208. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON CHIEFS OF MIS-6
615+SION. 7
616+Not later than 30 days following the end of each cal-8
617+endar quarter, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-9
618+priate congressional committees— 10
619+(1) a list of every chief of mission or United 11
620+States representative overseas with the rank of Am-12
621+bassador who, during the prior quarter, was outside 13
622+a country of assignment for more than 14 cumu-14
623+lative days for purposes other than official travel or 15
624+temporary duty orders; 16
625+(2) the number of days each such chief of mis-17
626+sion or United States representative overseas with 18
627+the rank of Ambassador was outside a country of as-19
628+signment during the previous quarter for purposes 20
629+other than official travel or temporary duty orders; 21
630+and 22
631+(3) a list of any country other than the country 23
632+of assignment in which a chief of mission or United 24
633+States representative overseas with the rank of Am-25
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636+•S 2043 IS
637+bassador has spent more than 14 days during the 1
638+previous quarter. 2
639+SEC. 209. REPORT ON CHIEFS OF MISSION AND DEPUTY 3
640+CHIEFS OF MISSION. 4
641+Not later than April 1, 2024, and annually thereafter 5
642+for the next 4 years, the Secretary shall submit to the 6
643+appropriate congressional committees a report that in-7
644+cludes— 8
645+(1) the Foreign Service cone of each current 9
646+chief of mission and deputy chief of mission (or who-10
647+ever is acting in the capacity of chief or deputy chief 11
648+if neither is present) for each United States embassy 12
649+at which there is a Foreign Service office filling ei-13
650+ther of those positions; and 14
651+(2) aggregated data for all chiefs of mission 15
652+and deputy chiefs of mission described in paragraph 16
653+(1), disaggregated by cone. 17
654+SEC. 210. PROTECTION OF RETIREMENT ANNUITY FOR RE-18
655+EMPLOYMENT BY DEPARTMENT. 19
656+(a) N
657+OTERMINATION OR REDUCTION OFRETIRE-20
658+MENTANNUITY ORPAY FORREEMPLOYMENT.—Notwith-21
659+standing section 824 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 22
660+(22 U.S.C. 4064), if a covered annuitant becomes em-23
661+ployed by the Department— 24
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665+(1) the payment of any retirement annuity, re-1
666+tired pay, or retainer pay otherwise payable to the 2
667+covered annuitant shall not terminate; and 3
668+(2) the amount of the retirement annuity, re-4
669+tired pay, or retainer pay otherwise payable to the 5
670+covered annuitant shall not be reduced. 6
671+(b) C
672+OVEREDANNUITANTDEFINED.—In this sec-7
673+tion, the term ‘‘covered annuitant’’ means any individual 8
674+who is receiving a retirement annuity under— 9
675+(1) the Foreign Service Retirement and Dis-10
676+ability System under subchapter I of chapter 8 of 11
677+title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 12
678+4041 et seq.); or 13
679+(2) the Foreign Service Pension System under 14
680+subchapter II of such chapter (22 U.S.C. 4071 et 15
681+seq.). 16
682+SEC. 211. ENHANCED VETTING FOR SENIOR DIPLOMATIC 17
683+POSTS. 18
684+(a) C
685+OMPREHENSIVE POLICY ONVETTING AND 19
686+T
687+RANSPARENCY.—Not later than one year after the date 20
688+of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop 21
689+a consistent and enhanced vetting process to ensure that 22
690+individuals with substantiated claims of discrimination, 23
691+harassment, or bullying are not considered for promotions 24
692+to senior positions. 25
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696+(b) ELEMENTS OFCOMPREHENSIVE VETTINGPOL-1
697+ICY.—Following the conclusion of any investigation into 2
698+an allegation of discrimination, harassment, or bullying, 3
699+the Office of Civil Rights, Office of Global Talent Manage-4
700+ment, and other offices with responsibilities related to the 5
701+investigation shall jointly or individually submit a written 6
702+summary of any findings of any substantiated allegations, 7
703+along with a summary of findings to the Committee re-8
704+sponsible for promotions (the ‘‘D Committee’’) prior to 9
705+such Committee rendering a recommendation for pro-10
706+motion. 11
707+(c) R
708+ESPONSE.—The Secretary shall develop a proc-12
709+ess for candidates to respond to any allegations that are 13
710+substantiated and presented to the D Committee. 14
711+(d) A
712+NNUALREPORTS.—Not later than one year 15
713+after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 16
714+thereafter for five years, the Secretary shall submit to the 17
715+Department workforce and the appropriate congressional 18
716+committees a report on the number of candidates con-19
717+firmed for senior diplomatic posts against whom there 20
718+were found to have been substantiated allegations. 21
719+SEC. 212. EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RETENTION AND PREVENT 22
720+RETALIATION. 23
721+(a) S
722+TREAMLINEDREPORTING.—Not later than one 24
723+year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-25
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727+retary shall establish a single point of initial reporting for 1
728+allegations of discrimination, bullying, and harassment 2
729+that provides an initial review of the allegations and, if 3
730+necessary, the ability to file multiple claims based on a 4
731+single complaint. 5
732+(b) E
733+NSURINGIMPLEMENTATION OF CORRECTIVE 6
734+A
735+CTION ANDMANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS .—The 7
736+Secretary shall ensure follow up with each complainant 8
737+who makes an allegation of discrimination, harassment, or 9
738+bullying pursuant to subsection (a) and the head of the 10
739+respective bureau not later than 180 days after the conclu-11
740+sion of any investigation where an allegation is substan-12
741+tiated, and again one year after the conclusion of any such 13
742+investigation, to ensure that any recommendations for cor-14
743+rective action related to the complainant have been acted 15
744+on where appropriate. If such recommendations have not 16
745+be implemented, a written statement shall be provided to 17
746+the head of the bureau and complainant and affected em-18
747+ployees explaining why the recommendations have not 19
748+been implemented. 20
749+(c) C
750+LIMATESURVEYS OFEMPLOYEES OF THE DE-21
751+PARTMENT.— 22
752+(1) R
753+EQUIRED BIENNIAL SURVEYS .—Not later 23
754+than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 24
755+this Act and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary 25
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759+shall conduct a Department-wide survey of all De-1
760+partment personnel regarding harassment, discrimi-2
761+nation, bullying, and related retaliation that includes 3
762+workforce perspectives on the accessibility and effec-4
763+tiveness of the Bureau of Global Talent Management 5
764+and Office of Civil Rights in the efforts and proc-6
765+esses to address these issues. 7
766+(2) P
767+ILOT SURVEYS.—Not later than 180 days 8
768+after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-9
769+retary shall conduct a Department-wide survey for 10
770+Locally Employed Staff regarding retention, train-11
771+ing, promotion, and other matters, including harass-12
772+ment, discrimination, bullying, and related retalia-13
773+tion, that includes workforce perspectives on the ac-14
774+cessibility and effectiveness of complaint measures. 15
775+(3) R
776+EPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 16
777+conclusion of each survey conducted pursuant to this 17
778+subsection, the Secretary shall make the key find-18
779+ings available to the Department workforce and shall 19
780+submit them to the appropriate congressional com-20
781+mittees. 21
782+(d) R
783+ETALIATIONPREVENTIONEFFORTS.— 22
784+(1) E
785+MPLOYEE EVALUATION .— 23
786+(A) I
787+N GENERAL.—If there is a pending 24
788+investigation of discrimination, bullying, or har-25
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791+•S 2043 IS
792+assment against a superior who is responsible 1
793+for rating or reviewing the complainant em-2
794+ployee, the complainant shall be reviewed by the 3
795+superior’s supervisor. 4
796+(B) E
797+FFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph 5
798+shall take effect 90 days after the date of the 6
799+enactment of this Act. 7
800+(2) R
801+ETALIATION PREVENTION GUIDANCE .— 8
802+Any Department employee against whom an allega-9
803+tion of discrimination, bullying, or harassment has 10
804+been made shall receive written guidance (a ‘‘retalia-11
805+tion hold’’) on the types of actions that can be con-12
806+sidered retaliation against the complainant em-13
807+ployee. The employee’s immediate supervisor shall 14
808+also receive the retaliation hold guidance. 15
809+Subtitle B—Pay, Benefits, and 16
810+Workforce Matters 17
811+SEC. 221. EDUCATION ALLOWANCE. 18
812+(a) I
813+NGENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 19
814+Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.) is amended 20
815+by adding at the end the following new section: 21
816+‘‘SEC. 908. EDUCATION ALLOWANCE. 22
817+‘‘A Department employee who is on leave to perform 23
818+service in the uniformed services (as defined in section 24
819+4303(13) of title 38, United States Code) may receive an 25
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823+education allowance if the employee would, if not for such 1
824+service, be eligible to receive the education allowance.’’. 2
825+(b) C
826+LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 3
827+in section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4
828+3901 note) is amended by inserting after the item relating 5
829+to section 907 the following: 6
830+‘‘Sec. 908. Education allowance’’.
831+SEC. 222. PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR NEWLY HIRED MEM-
832+7
833+BERS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE. 8
834+(a) P
835+ERDIEMALLOWANCE.— 9
836+(1) I
837+N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-10
838+graph (2), any newly hired Foreign Service employee 11
839+who is in initial orientation training, or any other 12
840+training expected to last less than 6 months before 13
841+transferring to the employee’s first assignment, in 14
842+the Washington, D.C., area shall, for the duration of 15
843+such training, receive a per diem allowance at the 16
844+levels prescribed under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 17
845+title 5, United States Code. 18
846+(2) L
847+IMITATION ON LODGING EXPENSES .—A 19
848+newly hired Foreign Service employee may not re-20
849+ceive any lodging expenses under the applicable per 21
850+diem allowance pursuant to paragraph (1) if that 22
851+employee— 23
852+(A) has a permanent residence in the 24
853+Washington, D.C., area (not including Govern-25
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857+ment-supplied housing during such orientation 1
858+training or other training); and 2
859+(B) does not vacate such residence during 3
860+such orientation training or other training. 4
861+(b) D
862+EFINITIONS.—In this section— 5
863+(1) the term ‘‘per diem allowance’’ has the 6
864+meaning given that term under section 5701 of title 7
865+5, United States Code; and 8
866+(2) the term ‘‘Washington, D.C., area’’ means 9
867+the geographic area within a 50 mile radius of the 10
868+Washington Monument. 11
869+SEC. 223. IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR 12
870+FOREIGN AND CIVIL SERVANTS. 13
871+(a) A
872+DDITIONALPERSONNEL TOADDRESSMENTAL 14
873+H
874+EALTH.— 15
875+(1) I
876+N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to 16
877+increase the number of personnel within the Bureau 17
878+of Medical Services to address mental health needs 18
879+for both foreign and civil servants. 19
880+(2) E
881+MPLOYMENT TARGETS .—Not later than 20
882+180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 21
883+the Secretary shall seek to employ not fewer than 15 22
884+additional personnel in the Bureau of Medical Serv-23
885+ices, compared to the number of personnel employed 24
886+as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 25
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890+(b) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on 1
891+the accessibility of mental health care providers and serv-2
892+ices available to Department personnel, including an as-3
893+sessment of— 4
894+(1) the accessibility of mental health care pro-5
895+viders at diplomatic posts and in the United States; 6
896+(2) the accessibility of inpatient services for 7
897+mental health care for Department personnel; 8
898+(3) steps that may be taken to improve such ac-9
899+cessibility; 10
900+(4) the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on 11
901+the mental health of Department personnel, particu-12
902+larly those who served abroad between March 1, 13
903+2020, and December 31, 2022, and Locally Em-14
904+ployed Staff, where information is available; 15
905+(5) recommended steps to improve the manner 16
906+in which the Department advertises mental health 17
907+services to the workforce; and 18
908+(6) additional authorities and resources needed 19
909+to better meet the mental health needs of Depart-20
910+ment personnel. 21
911+(c) R
912+EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 22
913+of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 23
914+to appropriate congressional committees a report con-24
915+taining the findings of the study under subsection (b). 25
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919+SEC. 224. EMERGENCY BACK-UP CARE. 1
920+(a) I
921+NGENERAL.—The Secretary and the Adminis-2
922+trator for the United States Agency for International De-3
923+velopment are authorized to provide for unanticipated 4
924+non-medical care, including childcare, eldercare, and es-5
925+sential services directly related to caring for an acute in-6
926+jury or illness, for USAID and Department employees and 7
927+their family members, including through the provision of 8
928+such non-medical services, referrals to care providers, and 9
929+reimbursement of reasonable expenses for such services. 10
930+(b) L
931+IMITATION.—Services provided pursuant to this 11
932+section shall not exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year. 12
933+SEC. 225. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO NON- 13
934+CHIEF OF MISSION PERSONNEL. 14
935+Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 15
936+U.S.C. 4084) is amended— 16
937+(1) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘abroad for 17
938+employees and eligible family members’’ and insert-18
939+ing ‘‘under this section’’; and 19
314940 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-20
315941 section: 21
316-‘‘(b)DIPLOMATICSECURITYFELLOWSHIP PRO-22
317-GRAMS.— 23
318-‘‘(1)ESTABLISHMENT.—TheSecretaryof 24
319-State,workingthroughtheAssistantSecretaryfor 25
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322-•S 2043 RS
323-DiplomaticSecurity,shallestablishDiplomaticSecu-1
324-rityfellowshipprogramstoprovidegrantstoUnited 2
325-Statesnationalspursuingundergraduatestudies 3
326-whocommittopursuingacareerasaspecialagent, 4
327-securityengineeringofficer,orinthecivilservicein 5
328-theBureauofDiplomaticSecurity. 6
329-‘‘(2)RULEMAKING.—TheSecretaryshallpro-7
330-mulgateregulationsfortheadministrationofDiplo-8
331-maticSecurityfellowshipprogramsthatsetforth— 9
332-‘‘(A)theeligibilityrequirementsforreceiv-10
333-ingagrantunderthissubsection; 11
334-‘‘(B)theprocessbywhicheligibleappli-12
335-cantsmayrequestsuchagrant; 13
336-‘‘(C)themaximumamountofsucha 14
337-grant;and 15
338-‘‘(D)theeducationalprogresstowhichall 16
339-grantrecipientsareobligated.’’. 17
340-(b)AUTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—Thereis 18
341-authorizedtobeappropriated$2,000,000foreachoffis-19
342-calyears2024through2028tocarryoutthissection. 20
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345-•S 2043 RS
346-TITLEII—PERSONNEL MATTERS 1
347-SubtitleA—Hiring,Promotion,and 2
348-Development 3
349-SEC.201.ADJUSTMENT TOPROMOTION PRECEPTS. 4
350-Section603(b)oftheForeignServiceActof1980 5
351-(22U.S.C.4003(b))isamended— 6
352-(1)byredesignatingparagraph(2),(3),and(4) 7
353-asparagraphs(5),(6),and(7),respectively;and 8
354-(2)byinsertingafterparagraph(1)thefol-9
355-lowingnewparagraphs: 10
356-‘‘(2)experienceservingataninternationalor-11
357-ganization,multilateralinstitution,orengagingin 12
358-multinationalnegotiations; 13
359-‘‘(3)willingnesstoserveinhardshippostsover-14
360-seasoracrossgeographicallydistinctregions; 15
361-‘‘(4)experienceadvancingpoliciesordeveloping 16
362-expertisethatenhancetheUnitedStates’competi-17
363-tivenesswithregardtocriticalandemergingtech-18
364-nologies.’’. 19
365-SEC.202.HIRINGAUTHORITIES. 20
366-(a)SENSEOFCONGRESS.—ItisthesenseofCon-21
367-gressthat— 22
368-(1)theDepartmentshouldpossesshiringau-23
369-thoritiestoenablerecruitmentofindividualsrep-24
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372-•S 2043 RS
373-resentativeofthenationwithspecialskillsneededto 1
374-address21stcenturydiplomacychallenges;and 2
375-(2)theSecretaryshallconductasurveyofhir-3
376-ingauthoritiesheldbytheDepartmenttoidentify— 4
377-(A)hiringauthoritiesalreadyauthorized 5
378-byCongress; 6
379-(B)othersauthoritiesgrantedthrough 7
380-Presidentialdecreeorexecutiveorder;and 8
381-(C)anyauthoritiesneededtoenablere-9
382-cruitmentofindividualswiththespecialskills 10
383-describedinparagraph(1). 11
384-(b)REPORT.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthedate 12
385-oftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsubmit 13
386-areporttotheappropriatecongressionalcommitteesthat 14
387-includesadescriptionofallexistinghiringauthoritiesand 15
388-legislativeproposalsonanynewneededauthorities. 16
389-(c)SPECIALHIRINGAUTHORITY.—Foraninitialpe-17
390-riodofnotmorethan3yearsafterthedateoftheenact-18
391-mentofthisAct,theSecretarymayappoint,withoutre-19
392-gardtotheprovisionsofsections3309through3318of 20
393-title5,UnitedStatesCode,candidatesdirectlytoposi-21
394-tionsinthecompetitiveserviceattheDepartment,asde-22
395-finedinsection2102ofthattitle,inthefollowingoccupa-23
396-tionalseries:1560DataScience,2210InformationTech-24
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399-•S 2043 RS
400-nologyManagement,and0201HumanResourcesMan-1
401-agement. 2
402-SEC.203.EXTENDING PATHSTOSERVICE FORPAIDSTU-3
403-DENTINTERNS. 4
404-Forupto2yearsfollowingtheendofacompensated 5
405-internshipattheDepartmentortheUnitedStatesAgency 6
406-forInternationalDevelopment,theDepartmentorUSAID 7
407-mayofferemploymenttoupto25suchinternsandap-8
408-pointthemdirectlytopositionsinthecompetitiveservice, 9
409-asdefinedinsection2102oftitle5,UnitedStatesCode, 10
410-withoutregardtotheprovisionsofsections3309through 11
411-3318ofsuchtitle. 12
412-SEC.204.LATERAL ENTRYPROGRAM. 13
413-(a)INGENERAL.—Section404oftheDepartmentof 14
414-StateAuthoritiesAct,FiscalYear2017(PublicLaw114– 15
415-323;130Stat.1928)isamended— 16
416-(1)insubsection(b)— 17
417-(A)inthematterprecedingparagraph(1), 18
418-bystriking‘‘3-year’’andinserting‘‘5-year’’; 19
419-(B)inparagraph(5),bystriking‘‘;and’’; 20
420-(C)inparagraph(6),bystrikingthepe-21
421-riodattheendandinsertingasemicolon;and 22
422-(D)byaddingattheendthefollowingnew 23
423-paragraphs: 24
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426-•S 2043 RS
427-‘‘(7)doesnotincludetheuseofForeignServ-1
428-ice-LimitedorothernoncareerForeignServicehir-2
429-ingauthorities;and 3
430-‘‘(8)includesnotfewerthan30participantsfor 4
431-eachyearofthepilotprogram.’’;and 5
432-(2)byaddingattheendthefollowingnewsub-6
433-section: 7
434-‘‘(e)CERTIFICATION.—IftheSecretarydoesnotcom-8
435-mencethelateralentryprogramwithin180daysafterthe 9
436-dateoftheenactmentofthissubsection,theSecretary 10
942+‘‘(a) P
943+HYSICAL ANDMENTALHEALTHCARESERV-22
944+ICES INSPECIALCIRCUMSTANCES.— 23
945+‘‘(1) I
946+N GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 24
947+to direct health care providers employed under sub-25
948+section (c) of this section to furnish physical and 26
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952+mental health care services to an individual other-1
953+wise ineligible for services under this section if nec-2
954+essary to preserve life or limb or if intended to facili-3
955+tate an overseas evacuation, recovery, or return. 4
956+Such services may be provided incidental to the fol-5
957+lowing activities: 6
958+‘‘(A) Activities undertaken abroad pursu-7
959+ant to section 3 and section 4 of the State De-8
960+partment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 9
961+U.S.C. 2670, 2671). 10
962+‘‘(B) Recovery of hostages or of wrongfully 11
963+or unlawfully detained individuals abroad, in-12
964+cluding pursuant to section 302 of the Robert 13
965+Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Tak-14
966+ing Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741). 15
967+‘‘(C) Secretarial dispatches to international 16
968+disaster sites deployed pursuant to section 207 17
969+of the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 18
970+1990 (22 U.S.C. 5506). 19
971+‘‘(D) Deployments undertaken pursuant to 20
972+section 606(a)(6)(A)(iii) of the Secure Embassy 21
973+Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 22
974+(22 U.S.C. 4865(a)(6)(A)(iii)). 23
975+‘‘(2) P
976+RIORITIZATION OF OTHER FUNCTIONS .— 24
977+The Secretary shall prioritize the allocation of De-25
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981+partment resources to the health care program de-1
982+scribed in subsections (a) through (g) above the 2
983+functions described in paragraph (1). 3
984+‘‘(3) R
985+EGULATIONS.—The Secretary should 4
986+prescribe applicable regulations to implement this 5
987+section, taking into account the prioritization in 6
988+paragraph (2) and the activities described in para-7
989+graph (1). 8
990+‘‘(4) R
991+EIMBURSABLE BASIS.—Services rendered 9
992+under this subsection shall be provided on a reim-10
993+bursable basis to the extent practicable.’’. 11
994+SEC. 226. EXCEPTION FOR GOVERNMENT-FINANCED AIR 12
995+TRANSPORTATION. 13
996+(a) R
997+EDUCINGHARDSHIP FORTRANSPORTATION OF 14
998+D
999+OMESTICANIMALS.— 15
1000+(1) I
1001+N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections 16
1002+(a) and (c) of section 40118 of title 49, United 17
1003+States Code, the Department is authorized to pay 18
1004+for the transportation by a foreign air carrier of De-19
1005+partment personnel and any in-cabin or accom-20
1006+panying checked baggage or cargo if— 21
1007+(A) no air carrier holding a certificate 22
1008+under section 41102 of such title is willing and 23
1009+able to transport up to 3 domestic animals ac-24
1010+companying such Federal personnel; and 25
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1014+(B) the transportation is from a place— 1
1015+(i) outside the United States to a 2
1016+place in the United States; 3
1017+(ii) in the United States to a place 4
1018+outside the United States; or 5
1019+(iii) outside the United States to an-6
1020+other place outside the United States. 7
1021+(2) L
1022+IMITATION.—An amount paid pursuant to 8
1023+paragraph (1) for transportation by a foreign carrier 9
1024+may not be greater than the amount that would oth-10
1025+erwise have been paid had the transportation been 11
1026+on an air carrier holding a certificate under section 12
1027+41102 had that carrier been willing and able to pro-13
1028+vide such transportation. If the amount that would 14
1029+otherwise have been paid to such an air carrier is 15
1030+less than the cost of transportation on the applicable 16
1031+foreign carrier, the Department personnel may pay 17
1032+the difference of such amount. 18
1033+(3) D
1034+OMESTIC ANIMAL DEFINED .—In this sub-19
1035+section, the term ‘‘domestic animal’’ means a dog or 20
1036+a cat. 21
1037+SEC. 227. ENHANCED AUTHORITIES TO PROTECT LOCALLY 22
1038+EMPLOYED STAFF DURING EMERGENCIES. 23
1039+(a) S
1040+ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-24
1041+gress that— 25
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1045+(1) locally employed staff provide essential con-1
1046+tributions at United States diplomatic and consular 2
1047+posts around the world, including by providing— 3
1048+(A) security to United States government 4
1049+personnel serving in the country; 5
1050+(B) advice, expertise, and other services for 6
1051+the promotion of political, economic, public af-7
1052+fairs, commercial, security, and other interests 8
1053+of critical importance to the United States; 9
1054+(C) a wide range of logistical and adminis-10
1055+trative support to every office in each mission 11
1056+working to advance United States interests 12
1057+around the world, including services and sup-13
1058+port vital to the upkeep and maintenance of 14
1059+United States missions; 15
1060+(D) consular services to support the wel-16
1061+fare and well-being of United States citizens 17
1062+and to provide for the expeditious processing of 18
1063+visa applications; 19
1064+(E) institutional memory on a wide range 20
1065+of embassy engagements on bilateral issues; and 21
1066+(F) enduring connections to host country 22
1067+contacts, both inside and outside the host gov-23
1068+ernment, including within media, civil society, 24
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1072+the business community, academia, the armed 1
1073+forces, and elsewhere; and 2
1074+(2) locally employed staff make important con-3
1075+tributions that should warrant the United States 4
1076+Government to give due consideration for their secu-5
1077+rity and safety when diplomatic missions face emer-6
1078+gency situations. 7
1079+(b) A
1080+UTHORIZATION TO PROVIDEEMERGENCYSUP-8
1081+PORT.—In emergency situations, in addition to other au-9
1082+thorities that may be available in emergencies or other exi-10
1083+gent circumstances, the Secretary is authorized to use 11
1084+funds made available to the Department to provide sup-12
1085+port to ensure the safety and security of locally employed 13
1086+staff and their immediate family members, including for— 14
1087+(1) providing transport or relocating locally em-15
1088+ployed staff and their immediate family members to 16
1089+a safe and secure environment; 17
1090+(2) providing short-term housing or lodging for 18
1091+up to six months for locally employed staff and their 19
1092+immediate family members; 20
1093+(3) procuring or providing other essential items 21
1094+and services to support the safety and security of lo-22
1095+cally employed staff and their immediate family 23
1096+members. 24
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1100+(c) TEMPORARYHOUSING.—To ensure the safety 1
1101+and security of locally employed staff and their immediate 2
1102+family members consistent with this section, Chiefs of Mis-3
1103+sions are authorized to allow locally employed staff and 4
1104+their immediate family members to reside temporarily in 5
1105+the residences of United States direct hire employees, ei-6
1106+ther in the host country or other countries, provided that 7
1107+such stays are offered voluntarily by United States direct 8
1108+hire employees. 9
1109+(d) F
1110+OREIGNAFFAIRSMANUAL.—Not later than 180 10
1111+days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-11
1112+retary shall amend the Foreign Affairs Manual to reflect 12
1113+the authorizations and requirements of this section. 13
1114+(e) E
1115+MERGENCYSITUATIONDEFINED.—In this sec-14
1116+tion, the term ‘‘emergency situation’’ means armed con-15
1117+flict, civil unrest, natural disaster, or other types of insta-16
1118+bility that pose a threat to the safety and security of lo-17
1119+cally employed staff, particularly when and if a United 18
1120+States diplomatic or consular post must suspend oper-19
1121+ations. 20
1122+(f) R
1123+EPORT.— 21
1124+(1) I
1125+N GENERAL.—No later than 180 days after 22
1126+the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 23
1127+shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-24
1128+sional committees describing prior actions the De-25
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1132+partment has taken with regard to locally employed 1
1133+staff and their immediate family members following 2
1134+suspensions or closures of United States diplomatic 3
1135+posts over the prior 4 years, including Kyiv, Kabul, 4
1136+Minsk, and Khartoum. 5
1137+(2) E
1138+LEMENTS.—The report required under 6
1139+paragraph (1) shall— 7
1140+(A) describe any actions the Department 8
1141+took to assist locally employed staff and their 9
1142+immediate family members; 10
1143+(B) identify any obstacles that made pro-11
1144+viding support or assistance to locally employed 12
1145+staff and their immediate family members dif-13
1146+ficult; 14
1147+(C) examine lessons learned and propose 15
1148+recommendations to better protect the safety 16
1149+and security of locally employed staff and their 17
1150+family members, including any additional au-18
1151+thorities that may be required; and 19
1152+(D) provide an analysis of and offer rec-20
1153+ommendations on any other steps that could 21
1154+improve efforts to protect the safety and secu-22
1155+rity of locally employed staff and their imme-23
1156+diate family members. 24
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1160+SEC. 228. INTERNET AT HARDSHIP POSTS. 1
1161+Section 3 of the State Department Basic Authorities 2
1162+Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670) is amended— 3
1163+(1) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-4
1164+serting a semicolon; 5
1165+(2) in subsection (m) by striking the period at 6
1166+the end and by inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 7
1167+(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-8
1168+section: 9
1169+‘‘(n) pay expenses to provide internet services in resi-10
1170+dences owned or leased by the United States Government 11
1171+in foreign countries for the use of Department personnel 12
1172+where Department personnel receive a post hardship dif-13
1173+ferential equivalent to 30 percent or more above basic 14
1174+compensation.’’. 15
1175+SEC. 229. COMPETITIVE LOCAL COMPENSATION PLAN. 16
1176+(a) E
1177+STABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 17
1178+P
1179+REVAILINGWAGERATESGOAL.—Section 401(a) of the 18
1180+Department of State Authorities Act, fiscal year 2017 (22 19
1181+U.S.C. 3968a(a)) is amended in the matter preceding 20
1182+paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘periodically’’ and inserting 21
1183+‘‘every 3 years’’. 22
1184+(b) R
1185+EPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 23
1186+of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 24
1187+a report to the appropriate congressional committees that 25
1188+includes— 26
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1192+(1) compensation (including position classifica-1
1193+tion) plans for locally employed staff based upon 2
1194+prevailing wage rates and compensation practices for 3
1195+corresponding types of positions in the locality of 4
1196+employment; and 5
1197+(2) an assessment of the feasibility and impact 6
1198+of changing the prevailing wage rate goal for posi-7
1199+tions in the local compensation plan from the 50th 8
1200+percentile to the 75th percentile. 9
1201+SEC. 230. SUPPORTING TANDEM COUPLES IN THE FOREIGN 10
1202+SERVICE. 11
1203+(a) S
1204+ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-12
1205+gress that— 13
1206+(1) challenges finding and maintaining spousal 14
1207+employment and family dissatisfaction are one of the 15
1208+leading reasons employees cite for leaving the De-16
1209+partment; 17
1210+(2) tandem Foreign Service personnel represent 18
1211+important members of the Foreign Service commu-19
1212+nity, who act as force multipliers for our diplomacy; 20
1213+(3) the Department can and should do more to 21
1214+keep tandem couples posted together and consider 22
1215+family member employment needs when assigning 23
1216+tandem officers; and 24
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1220+(4) common sense steps providing more flexi-1
1221+bility in the assignments process would improve out-2
1222+comes for tandem officers without disadvantaging 3
1223+other Foreign Service officers. 4
1224+(b) D
1225+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 5
1226+(1) F
1227+AMILY TOGETHERNESS .—The term ‘‘fam-6
1228+ily togetherness’’ means facilitating the placement of 7
1229+Foreign Service personnel at the same United States 8
1230+diplomatic post when both spouses are members of 9
1231+a tandem couple of Foreign Service Officers. 10
1232+(2) T
1233+ANDEM FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER ; TAN-11
1234+DEM.—The terms ‘‘tandem Foreign Service per-12
1235+sonnel’’ and ‘‘tandem’’ mean a member of a couple 13
1236+of which one spouse is a career or career candidate 14
1237+employee of the Foreign Service and the other 15
1238+spouse is a career or career candidate employee of 16
1239+the Foreign Service or an employee of one of the 17
1240+agencies authorized to use the Foreign Service Per-18
1241+sonnel System under section 202 of the Foreign 19
1242+Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3922). 20
1243+(c) F
1244+AMILYTOGETHERNESS IN ASSIGNMENTS.—Not 21
1245+later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 22
1246+the Department shall amend and update its policies to fur-23
1247+ther promote the principle of family togetherness in the 24
1248+Foreign Service, which shall include the following: 25
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1252+(1) ENTRY-LEVEL FOREIGN SERVICE PER -1
1253+SONNEL.—The Secretary shall adopt policies and 2
1254+procedures to facilitate the assignment of entry-level 3
1255+tandem Foreign Service personnel on directed as-4
1256+signments to the same diplomatic post or country as 5
1257+their tandem spouse if they request to be assigned 6
1258+to the same post or country. The Secretary shall 7
1259+also provide a written justification to the requesting 8
1260+personnel explaining any denial of a request that 9
1261+would result in a tandem couple not serving together 10
1262+at the same post or country. 11
1263+(2) T
1264+ENURED FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL .— 12
1265+The Secretary shall add family togetherness to the 13
1266+criteria when making a needs of the Service deter-14
1267+mination, as defined by the Foreign Affairs Manual, 15
1268+for the placement of tenured tandem Foreign Service 16
1269+personnel at United States diplomatic posts. 17
1270+(3) U
1271+PDATES TO ANTINEPOTISM POLICY .—The 18
1272+Secretary shall update antinepotism policies so that 19
1273+nepotism rules only apply when an employee and a 20
1274+relative are placed into positions wherein they jointly 21
1275+and exclusively control government resources, prop-22
1276+erty, or money or establish government policy. 23
1277+(4) T
1278+EMPORARY SUPERVISION OF TANDEM 24
1279+SPOUSE.—The Secretary shall update policies to 25
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1283+allow for a tandem spouse to temporarily supervise 1
1284+another tandem spouse for up to 90 days in a cal-2
1285+endar year, including at a United States diplomatic 3
1286+mission. 4
1287+(d) R
1288+EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 5
1289+of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 6
1290+the appropriate congressional committees a report that in-7
1291+cludes— 8
1292+(1) the number of Foreign Service tandem cou-9
1293+ples currently serving; and 10
1294+(2) an estimate of the cost savings that would 11
1295+result if all Foreign Service tandem couples were 12
1296+placed at a single post. 13
1297+SEC. 231. ACCESSIBILITY AT DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. 14
1298+Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-15
1299+ment of this Act, the Department shall submit a report 16
1300+to the appropriate congressional committees that in-17
1301+cludes— 18
1302+(1) a list of the overseas United States diplo-19
1303+matic missions that, as of the date of the enactment 20
1304+of this Act, are not readily accessible to and usable 21
1305+by individuals with disabilities; 22
1306+(2) any efforts in progress to make such mis-23
1307+sions readily accessible to and usable by individuals 24
1308+with disabilities; and 25
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1312+(3) an estimate of the cost to make all such 1
1313+missions readily accessible to and usable by individ-2
1314+uals with disabilities. 3
1315+TITLE III—INFORMATION SECU-4
1316+RITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY 5
1317+SEC. 301. DATA-INFORMED DIPLOMACY. 6
1318+(a) F
1319+INDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-7
1320+ings: 8
1321+(1) In a rapidly evolving and digitally inter-9
1322+connected global landscape, access to and mainte-10
1323+nance of reliable, readily available data is key to in-11
1324+formed decisionmaking and diplomacy and therefore 12
1325+should be considered a strategic asset. 13
1326+(2) In order to achieve its mission in the 21st 14
1327+century, the Department must adapt to these trends 15
1328+by maintaining and providing timely access to high- 16
1329+quality data at the time and place needed, while si-17
1330+multaneously cultivating a data-savvy workforce. 18
1331+(3) Leveraging data science and data analytics 19
1332+has the potential to improve the performance of the 20
1333+Department’s workforce by providing otherwise un-21
1334+known insights into program deficiencies, short-22
1335+comings, or other gaps in analysis. 23
1336+(4) While innovative technologies such as artifi-24
1337+cial intelligence and machine learning have the po-25
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1341+tential to empower the Department to analyze and 1
1342+act upon data at scale, systematized, sustainable 2
1343+data management and information synthesis remain 3
1344+a core competency necessary for data-driven deci-4
1345+sionmaking. 5
1346+(5) The goals set out by the Department’s En-6
1347+terprise Data Council (EDC) as the areas of most 7
1348+critical need for the Department, including Culti-8
1349+vating a Data Culture, Accelerating Decisions 9
1350+through Analytics, Establishing Mission-Driven Data 10
1351+Management, and Enhancing Enterprise Data Gov-11
1352+ernance, are laudable and will remain critical as the 12
1353+Department develops into a data-driven agency. 13
1354+(b) S
1355+ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-14
1356+gress that— 15
1357+(1) the Department should prioritize the re-16
1358+cruitment and retainment of top data science talent 17
1359+in support of its data-informed diplomacy efforts as 18
1360+well as its broader modernization agenda; and 19
1361+(2) the Department should strengthen data flu-20
1362+ency among its workforce, promote data collabora-21
1363+tion across and within its bureaus, and enhance its 22
1364+enterprise data oversight. 23
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1368+SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE BU-1
1369+REAU CHIEF DATA OFFICER PROGRAM. 2
1370+(a) B
1371+UREAUCHIEFDATAOFFICERPROGRAM.— 3
1372+(1) E
1373+STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-4
1374+tablish a program, which shall be known as the ‘‘Bu-5
1375+reau Chief Data Officer Program’’ (referred to in 6
1376+this section as the ‘‘Program’’), overseen by the De-7
1377+partment’s Chief Data Officer. The Bureau Chief 8
1378+Data Officers hired under this program shall report 9
1379+to the Department’s Chief Data Officer. 10
1380+(2) G
1381+OALS.—The goals of the Program shall in-11
1382+clude the following: 12
1383+(A) Cultivating a data culture by pro-13
1384+moting data fluency and data collaboration 14
1385+across the Department. 15
1386+(B) Promoting increased data analytics use 16
1387+in critical decisionmaking areas. 17
1388+(C) Promoting data integration and stand-18
1389+ardization. 19
1390+(D) Increasing efficiencies across the De-20
1391+partment by incentivizing acquisition of enter-21
1392+prise data solutions and subscription data serv-22
1393+ices to be shared across bureaus and offices and 23
1394+within bureaus. 24
1395+(b) I
1396+MPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 180 25
1397+days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-26
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1401+retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-1
1402+mittees an implementation plan that outlines strategies 2
1403+for— 3
1404+(1) advancing the goals described in subsection 4
1405+(a)(2); 5
1406+(2) hiring Bureau Chief Data Officers at the 6
1407+GS-14 or GS-15 grade or a similar rank; 7
1408+(3) assigning at least one Bureau Chief Data 8
1409+Officer to— 9
1410+(A) each regional bureau of the Depart-10
1411+ment; 11
1412+(B) the Bureau of International Organiza-12
1413+tion Affairs; 13
1414+(C) the Office of the Chief Economist; 14
1415+(D) the Office of the Science and Tech-15
1416+nology Advisor; 16
1417+(E) the Bureau of Cyber and Digital Pol-17
1418+icy; 18
1419+(F) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; 19
1420+(G) the Bureau for Global Talent Manage-20
1421+ment; and 21
1422+(H) the Bureau of Consular Affairs; and 22
1423+(4) allocation of necessary resources to sustain 23
1424+the Program. 24
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1428+(c) ASSIGNMENT.—In implementing the Bureau 1
1429+Chief Data Officer Program, Bureaus may not dual-hat 2
1430+currently employed personnel as Bureau Chief Data Offi-3
1431+cers. 4
1432+(d) A
1433+NNUALREPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later 5
1434+than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 6
1435+and annually thereafter for the following 3 years, the Sec-7
1436+retary shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-8
1437+sional committees regarding the status of the implementa-9
1438+tion plan required under subsection (b). 10
1439+SEC. 303. TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS ARTIFICIAL INTEL-11
1440+LIGENCE-ENABLED INFLUENCE OPERATIONS. 12
1441+(a) S
1442+ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-13
1443+gress that— 14
1444+(1) the rapid development of publicly available, 15
1445+affordable generative artificial intelligence (AI) tech-16
1446+nology, including the use of large language models 17
1447+(LLM) to fuel natural language processing applica-18
1448+tions, has the potential to fundamentally alter the 19
1449+nature of disinformation and propaganda campaigns 20
1450+by enabling finely tailored, auto-generated 21
1451+disinformation swiftly, in any language, at scale, and 22
1452+at low-costs; 23
1453+(2) academia and private industry, including so-24
1454+cial media platforms, play a critical role in estab-25
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1458+lishing safeguards for powerful, publicly available 1
1459+tools for producing AI-generated content, and it is 2
1460+in the United States national security interest to en-3
1461+sure that these technologies are not misused by for-4
1462+eign malign actors to enhance influence operations 5
1463+abroad; 6
1464+(3) the ability to identify, track, and label origi-7
1465+nal text, audio, and visual content is becoming in-8
1466+creasingly vital to United States national interests 9
1467+as sophisticated AI-generated content creation be-10
1468+comes increasingly available to the public at low 11
1469+costs; 12
1470+(4) coalitions such as the Content Authenticity 13
1471+Initiative (CAI) and the Coalition for Content Prove-14
1472+nance and Authority (C2PA) play important roles in 15
1473+establishing open industry standards for content au-16
1474+thenticity and digital content provenance, which will 17
1475+become increasingly vulnerable to manipulation and 18
1476+distortion through AI-powered tools; and 19
1477+(5) the Department, as the lead agency for 20
1478+United States public diplomacy, should work within 21
1479+the interagency process to develop a common ap-22
1480+proach to United States international engagement 23
1481+on issues related to AI-enabled disinformation. 24
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1485+(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 1
1486+of the United States— 2
1487+(1) to share knowledge with allies and partners 3
1488+of instances when foreign state actors have leveraged 4
1489+generative AI to augment disinformation campaigns 5
1490+or propaganda; 6
1491+(2) to work with private industry and academia 7
1492+to mitigate the risks associated with public research 8
1493+on generative AI technologies; and 9
1494+(3) to support efforts in developing digital con-10
1495+tent provenance detection techniques and tech-11
1496+nologies in line with United States national security 12
1497+interests. 13
1498+(c) E
1499+STABLISHMENT OF COUNTERINGAI-ENABLED 14
1500+D
1501+ISINFORMATIONTASKFORCE.— 15
1502+(1) E
1503+STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 16
1504+after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-17
1505+retary shall establish within the Department a Coun-18
1506+tering AI-Enabled Disinformation Task Force (re-19
1507+ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Task Force’’) to— 20
1508+(A) identify potential responses to the 21
1509+growing threat of AI-enabled disinformation 22
1510+and its use by foreign state actors to augment 23
1511+influence operations and disinformation cam-24
1512+paigns; 25
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1516+(B) work closely with private industry and 1
1517+academia to identify and coordinate efforts in 2
1518+developing digital content provenance detection 3
1519+techniques and technologies; 4
1520+(C) develop the Department’s internal co-5
1521+ordination across regional and functional bu-6
1522+reaus on the issue of AI-enabled disinformation; 7
1523+(D) develop a unified approach to inter-8
1524+national coordination on— 9
1525+(i) establishing standards around dig-10
1526+ital content provenance techniques and 11
1527+technologies, specifically as it relates to 12
1528+countering AI-enabled disinformation cam-13
1529+paign; and 14
1530+(ii) assessing the potential for estab-15
1531+lishing frameworks around the prolifera-16
1532+tion of tools that facilitate AI-enabled 17
1533+disinformation; and 18
1534+(E) identify any additional tools or re-19
1535+sources necessary to enhance the Department’s 20
1536+ability to— 21
1537+(i) detect AI-enabled foreign 22
1538+disinformation and propaganda; 23
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1542+(ii) rapidly produce original counter- 1
1543+messaging to address AI-enabled 2
1544+disinformation campaigns; 3
1545+(iii) expand digital literacy program-4
1546+ming abroad to include education on how 5
1547+media consumers in recipient countries can 6
1548+identify and inoculate themselves from syn-7
1549+thetically produced media; and 8
1550+(iv) coordinate and collaborate with 9
1551+other governments, international organiza-10
1552+tions, civil society, the private sector, and 11
1553+others, as necessary. 12
1554+(2) M
1555+EMBERSHIP.—The Task Force shall be 13
1556+comprised of a representative from relevant offices, 14
1557+as determined by the Secretary, including— 15
1558+(A) the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital 16
1559+Policy; 17
1560+(B) the Under Secretary for Public Diplo-18
1561+macy and Public Affairs; 19
1562+(C) the Global Engagement Center; 20
1563+(D) the Office of the Science and Tech-21
1564+nology Advisor to the Secretary; 22
1565+(E) the Bureau of Oceans and Inter-23
1566+national Environmental and Scientific Affairs; 24
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1570+(F) the Bureau for Intelligence and Re-1
1571+search; 2
1572+(G) the Center for Analytics of the Office 3
1573+of Management Strategy and Solutions; 4
1574+(H) the Foreign Service Institute School of 5
1575+Applied Information Technology; and 6
1576+(I) any others the Secretary determines 7
1577+appropriate. 8
1578+(d) T
1579+ASKFORCEREPORT.—Not later than one year 9
1580+after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 10
4371581 shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 11
438-committees— 12
439-‘‘(1)certifyingthatprogressisbeingmadeon 13
440-implementationofthepilotprogramanddescribing 14
441-suchprogress,includingthedateonwhichappli-15
442-cantswillbeabletoapply; 16
443-‘‘(2)estimatingthedatebywhichthepilotpro-17
444-gramwillbefullyimplemented; 18
445-‘‘(3)outlininghowtheDepartmentwillusethe 19
446-LateralEntryProgramtofillneededskillsetsin 20
447-keyareassuchascyberspace,emergingtechnologies, 21
448-economicstatecraft,multilateraldiplomacy,and 22
449-dataandothersciences.’’. 23
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453-SEC.205.MID-CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM. 1
454-(a)AUTHORIZATION.—TheSecretary,incollabora-2
455-tionwiththeDirectoroftheForeignServiceInstitute, 3
456-isauthorizedtoestablishaMid-CareerMentoringPro-4
457-gram(referredtointhissectionasthe‘‘Program’’)for 5
458-employeeswhohavedemonstratedoutstandingserviceand 6
459-leadership. 7
460-(b)SELECTION.— 8
461-(1)NOMINATIONS.—Theheadofeachbureau 9
462-shallsemiannuallynominateparticipantsforthe 10
463-Programfromapoolofapplicantsinthepositions 11
464-describedinparagraph(2)(B),includingfromposts 12
465-bothdomesticallyandabroad. 13
466-(2)SUBMISSIONOFSLATEOFNOMINEES TO 14
467-SECRETARY.—TheDirectoroftheForeignService 15
468-Institute,inconsultationwiththeDirectorGeneral 16
469-oftheForeignService,shallsemiannually— 17
470-(A)vetthenomineesmostrecentlynomi-18
471-natedpursuanttoparagraph(1);and 19
472-(B)submittotheSecretaryaslateofap-20
473-plicantstoparticipateintheProgram,who 21
474-shallconsistofatleast— 22
475-(i)10ForeignServiceOfficersand 23
476-specialistsclassifiedattheFS-03orFS-04 24
477-leveloftheForeignServiceSalarySched-25
478-ule; 26
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482-(ii)10CivilServiceemployeesclassi-1
483-fiedatGS-12orGS-13oftheGeneral 2
484-Schedule;and 3
485-(iii)5ForeignServiceOfficersfrom 4
486-theUnitedStatesAgencyforInternational 5
487-Development. 6
488-(3)FINALSELECTION.—TheSecretaryshallse-7
489-lecttheapplicantswhowillbeinvitedtoparticipate 8
490-intheProgramfromtheslatereceivedpursuantto 9
491-paragraph(2)(B)andextendsuchaninvitationto 10
492-eachselectedapplicant. 11
493-(c)PROGRAMSESSIONS.— 12
494-(1)FREQUENCY;DURATION.—Allofthepartici-13
495-pantswhoacceptinvitationsextendedpursuantto 14
496-subsection(b)(3)shallmeet3to4timesperyear 15
497-fortrainingsessionswithhigh-levelleadersofthe 16
498-DepartmentandUSAID,includingprivategroup 17
499-meetingswiththeSecretaryandtheAdministrator 18
500-oftheUnitedStatesAgencyforInternationalDevel-19
501-opment. 20
502-(2)THEMES.—Eachsessionreferredtoinpara-21
503-graph(1)shallfocusonspecificthemesdeveloped 22
504-jointlybytheForeignServiceInstituteandtheEx-23
505-ecutiveSecretariatfocusedonsubstantivepolicy 24
506-issuesandleadershippractices. 25
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510-(d)MENTORINGPROGRAM.—TheSecretaryandthe 1
511-Administratoreachshallestablishamentoringandcoach-2
512-ingprogramthatpairsaseniorleaderoftheDepartment 3
513-orUSAIDwitheachoftheprogramparticipantswho 4
514-completetheProgramduringthe1-yearperiodimme-5
515-diatelyfollowingtheirparticipationintheProgram. 6
516-(e)ANNUALREPORT.—Notlaterthanoneyearafter 7
517-thedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,andannuallythere-8
518-afterforthreeyears,theSecretaryshallsubmitareport 9
519-totheappropriatecongressionalcommitteesthatdescribes 10
520-theactivitiesoftheProgramduringthemostrecentyear. 11
521-SEC.206.CONSIDERATION OFCAREER CIVILSERVANTS AS 12
522-CHIEFSOFMISSIONS. 13
523-Section304(b)oftheForeignServiceActof1980 14
524-(22U.S.C.3944)isamended— 15
525-(1)byredesignatingparagraph(2)aspara-16
526-graph(3);and 17
527-(2)byinsertingafterparagraph(1)thefol-18
528-lowingnewparagraph: 19
529-‘‘(2)TheSecretaryshallalsofurnishtothePresi-20
530-dent,onanannualbasisandtoassistthePresidentin 21
531-selectingqualifiedcandidatesforappointmentsorassign-22
532-mentsaschiefofmission,thenamesofbetween5and 23
533-10careercivilservantsservingattheDepartmentofState 24
534-ortheUnitedStatesAgencyforInternationalDevelop-25
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538-mentwhoarequalifiedtoserveaschiefsofmission,to-1
539-getherwithpertinentinformationaboutsuchindivid-2
540-uals.’’. 3
541-SEC.207.CIVILSERVICEROTATIONAL PROGRAM. 4
542-(a)ESTABLISHMENT OFPILOTROTATIONALPRO-5
543-GRAMFORCIVILSERVICE.—Notlaterthan180daysafter 6
544-thedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshall 7
545-establishaprogramtoprovidequalifiedcivilservantsserv-8
546-ingattheDepartmentanopportunitytoserveataUnited 9
547-Statesembassy,includingidentifyingcriteriaandanap-10
548-plicationprocessforsuchprogram. 11
549-(b)PROGRAM.—Theprogramestablishedunderthis 12
550-sectionshall— 13
551-(1)provideatleast20careercivilservantsthe 14
552-opportunitytoservefor2to3yearsataUnited 15
553-Statesembassytogainadditionalskillsandexperi-16
554-ence; 17
555-(2)offersuchcivilservantstheopportunityto 18
556-serveinapoliticaloreconomicsectionataUnited 19
557-Statesembassy;and 20
558-(3)includeclearandtransparentcriteriafor 21
559-eligibilityandselection,whichshallincludeamin-22
560-imumof5yearsofserviceattheDepartment. 23
561-(c)SUBSEQUENTPOSITIONANDPROMOTION.—Fol-24
562-lowingarotationataUnitedStatesembassypursuant 25
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566-totheprogramestablishedbythissection,participantsin 1
567-theprogrammustbeafforded,atminimum,aposition 2
568-equivalentinseniority,compensation,andresponsibilityto 3
569-thepositionoccupiedpriorservingintheprogram.Suc-4
570-cessfulcompletionofarotationataUnitedStatesem-5
571-bassyshallbeconsideredfavorablywithregardtoapplica-6
572-tionsforpromotionincivilservicejobsattheDepartment. 7
573-(d)IMPLEMENTATION.—Notlaterthan2yearsafter 8
574-thedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshall 9
575-identifynotlessthan20positionsinUnitedStatesembas-10
576-siesfortheprogramestablishedunderthissectionand 11
577-offeredatleast20civilservantstheopportunitytoserve 12
578-inarotationataUnitedStatesembassypursuanttothis 13
579-section. 14
580-SEC.208.REPORTING REQUIREMENT ONCHIEFSOFMIS-15
581-SION. 16
582-Notlaterthan30daysfollowingtheendofeachcal-17
583-endarquarter,theSecretaryshallsubmittotheappro-18
584-priatecongressionalcommittees— 19
585-(1)alistofeverychiefofmissionorUnited 20
586-StatesrepresentativeoverseaswiththerankofAm-21
587-bassadorwho,duringthepriorquarter,wasoutside 22
588-acountryofassignmentformorethan14cumu-23
589-lativedaysforpurposesotherthanofficialtravelor 24
590-temporarydutyorders; 25
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593-•S 2043 RS
594-(2)thenumberofdayseachsuchchiefofmis-1
595-sionorUnitedStatesrepresentativeoverseaswith 2
596-therankofAmbassadorwasoutsideacountryofas-3
597-signmentduringthepreviousquarterforpurposes 4
598-otherthanofficialtravelortemporarydutyorders; 5
599-and 6
600-(3)alistofanycountryotherthanthecountry 7
601-ofassignmentinwhichachiefofmissionorUnited 8
602-StatesrepresentativeoverseaswiththerankofAm-9
603-bassadorhasspentmorethan14daysduringthe 10
604-previousquarter. 11
605-SEC.209.REPORT ONCHIEFSOFMISSIONANDDEPUTY 12
606-CHIEFSOFMISSION. 13
607-NotlaterthanApril1,2024,andannuallythereafter 14
608-forthenext4years,theSecretaryshallsubmittothe 15
609-appropriatecongressionalcommitteesareportthatin-16
610-cludes— 17
611-(1)theForeignServiceconeofeachcurrent 18
612-chiefofmissionanddeputychiefofmission(orwho-19
613-everisactinginthecapacityofchiefordeputychief 20
614-ifneitherispresent)foreachUnitedStatesembassy 21
615-atwhichthereisaForeignServiceofficefillingei-22
616-therofthosepositions;and 23
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619-•S 2043 RS
620-(2)aggregateddataforallchiefsofmission 1
621-anddeputychiefsofmissiondescribedinparagraph 2
622-(1),disaggregatedbycone. 3
623-SEC.210.PROTECTION OFRETIREMENT ANNUITY FORRE-4
624-EMPLOYMENT BYDEPARTMENT. 5
625-(a)NOTERMINATION ORREDUCTIONOFRETIRE-6
626-MENTANNUITYORPAYFORREEMPLOYMENT.—Notwith-7
627-standingsection824oftheForeignServiceActof1980 8
628-(22U.S.C.4064),ifacoveredannuitantbecomesem-9
629-ployedbytheDepartment— 10
630-(1)thepaymentofanyretirementannuity,re-11
631-tiredpay,orretainerpayotherwisepayabletothe 12
632-coveredannuitantshallnotterminate;and 13
633-(2)theamountoftheretirementannuity,re-14
634-tiredpay,orretainerpayotherwisepayabletothe 15
635-coveredannuitantshallnotbereduced. 16
636-(b)COVEREDANNUITANTDEFINED.—Inthissec-17
637-tion,theterm‘‘coveredannuitant’’meansanyindividual 18
638-whoisreceivingaretirementannuityunder— 19
639-(1)theForeignServiceRetirementandDis-20
640-abilitySystemundersubchapterIofchapter8of 21
641-titleIoftheForeignServiceActof1980(22U.S.C. 22
642-4041etseq.);or 23
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646-(2)theForeignServicePensionSystemunder 1
647-subchapterIIofsuchchapter(22U.S.C.4071et 2
648-seq.). 3
649-SEC.211.ENHANCED VETTING FORSENIORDIPLOMATIC 4
650-POSTS. 5
651-(a)COMPREHENSIVE POLICYONVETTINGAND 6
652-TRANSPARENCY.—Notlaterthanoneyearafterthedate 7
653-oftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshalldevelop 8
654-aconsistentandenhancedvettingprocesstoensurethat 9
655-individualswithsubstantiatedclaimsofdiscrimination, 10
656-harassment,orbullyingarenotconsideredforpromotions 11
657-toseniorpositions. 12
658-(b)ELEMENTSOFCOMPREHENSIVE VETTINGPOL-13
659-ICY.—Followingtheconclusionofanyinvestigationinto 14
660-anallegationofdiscrimination,harassment,orbullying, 15
661-theOfficeofCivilRights,OfficeofGlobalTalentManage-16
662-ment,andotherofficeswithresponsibilitiesrelatedtothe 17
663-investigationshalljointlyorindividuallysubmitawritten 18
664-summaryofanyfindingsofanysubstantiatedallegations, 19
665-alongwithasummaryoffindingstotheCommitteere-20
666-sponsibleforpromotions(the‘‘DCommittee’’)priorto 21
667-suchCommitteerenderingarecommendationforpro-22
668-motion. 23
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672-(c)RESPONSE.—TheSecretaryshalldevelopaproc-1
673-essforcandidatestorespondtoanyallegationsthatare 2
674-substantiatedandpresentedtotheDCommittee. 3
675-(d)ANNUALREPORTS.—Notlaterthanoneyear 4
676-afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,andannually 5
677-thereafterforfiveyears,theSecretaryshallsubmittothe 6
678-Departmentworkforceandtheappropriatecongressional 7
679-committeesareportonthenumberofcandidatescon-8
680-firmedforseniordiplomaticpostsagainstwhomthere 9
681-werefoundtohavebeensubstantiatedallegations. 10
682-SEC.212.EFFORTS TOIMPROVE RETENTION ANDPREVENT 11
683-RETALIATION. 12
684-(a)STREAMLINEDREPORTING.—Notlaterthanone 13
685-yearafterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSec-14
686-retaryshallestablishasinglepointofinitialreportingfor 15
687-allegationsofdiscrimination,bullying,andharassment 16
688-thatprovidesaninitialreviewoftheallegationsand,if 17
689-necessary,theabilitytofilemultipleclaimsbasedona 18
690-singlecomplaint. 19
691-(b)ENSURINGIMPLEMENTATION OFCORRECTIVE 20
692-ACTIONANDMANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS .—The 21
693-Secretaryshallensurefollowupwitheachcomplainant 22
694-whomakesanallegationofdiscrimination,harassment,or 23
695-bullyingpursuanttosubsection(a)andtheheadofthe 24
696-respectivebureaunotlaterthan180daysaftertheconclu-25
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700-sionofanyinvestigationwhereanallegationissubstan-1
701-tiated,andagainoneyearaftertheconclusionofanysuch 2
702-investigation,toensurethatanyrecommendationsforcor-3
703-rectiveactionrelatedtothecomplainanthavebeenacted 4
704-onwhereappropriate.Ifsuchrecommendationshavenot 5
705-beimplemented,awrittenstatementshallbeprovidedto 6
706-theheadofthebureauandcomplainantandaffectedem-7
707-ployeesexplainingwhytherecommendationshavenot 8
708-beenimplemented. 9
709-(c)CLIMATESURVEYSOFEMPLOYEESOFTHEDE-10
710-PARTMENT.— 11
711-(1)REQUIREDBIENNIALSURVEYS.—Notlater 12
712-than180daysafterthedateoftheenactmentof 13
713-thisActandevery2yearsthereafter,theSecretary 14
714-shallconductaDepartment-widesurveyofallDe-15
715-partmentpersonnelregardingharassment,discrimi-16
716-nation,bullying,andrelatedretaliationthatincludes 17
717-workforceperspectivesontheaccessibilityandeffec-18
718-tivenessoftheBureauofGlobalTalentManagement 19
719-andOfficeofCivilRightsintheeffortsandproc-20
720-essestoaddresstheseissues. 21
721-(2)PILOTSURVEYS.—Notlaterthan180days 22
722-afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSec-23
723-retaryshallconductaDepartment-widesurveyfor 24
724-LocallyEmployedStaffregardingretention,train-25
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728-ing,promotion,andothermatters,includingharass-1
729-ment,discrimination,bullying,andrelatedretalia-2
730-tion,thatincludesworkforceperspectivesontheac-3
731-cessibilityandeffectivenessofcomplaintmeasures. 4
732-(3)REPORT.—Notlaterthan60daysafterthe 5
733-conclusionofeachsurveyconductedpursuanttothis 6
734-subsection,theSecretaryshallmakethekeyfind-7
735-ingsavailabletotheDepartmentworkforceandshall 8
736-submitthemtotheappropriatecongressionalcom-9
737-mittees. 10
738-(d)RETALIATIONPREVENTIONEFFORTS.— 11
739-(1)EMPLOYEEEVALUATION.— 12
740-(A)INGENERAL.—Ifthereisapending 13
741-investigationofdiscrimination,bullying,orhar-14
742-assmentagainstasuperiorwhoisresponsible 15
743-forratingorreviewingthecomplainantem-16
744-ployee,thecomplainantshallbereviewedbythe 17
745-superior’ssupervisor. 18
746-(B)EFFECTIVE DATE.—Thisparagraph 19
747-shalltakeeffect90daysafterthedateofthe 20
748-enactmentofthisAct. 21
749-(2)RETALIATION PREVENTION GUIDANCE.— 22
750-AnyDepartmentemployeeagainstwhomanallega-23
751-tionofdiscrimination,bullying,orharassmenthas 24
752-beenmadeshallreceivewrittenguidance(a‘‘retalia-25
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755-•S 2043 RS
756-tionhold’’)onthetypesofactionsthatcanbecon-1
757-sideredretaliationagainstthecomplainantem-2
758-ployee.Theemployee’simmediatesupervisorshall 3
759-alsoreceivetheretaliationholdguidance. 4
760-SubtitleB—Pay,Benefits,and 5
761-WorkforceMatters 6
762-SEC.221.EDUCATION ALLOWANCE. 7
763-(a)INGENERAL.—Chapter9oftitleIoftheForeign 8
764-ServiceActof1980(22U.S.C.4081etseq.)isamended 9
765-byaddingattheendthefollowingnewsection: 10
766-‘‘SEC.908.EDUCATION ALLOWANCE. 11
767-‘‘ADepartmentemployeewhoisonleavetoperform 12
768-serviceintheuniformedservices(asdefinedinsection 13
769-4303(13)oftitle38,UnitedStatesCode)mayreceivean 14
770-educationallowanceiftheemployeewould,ifnotforsuch 15
771-service,beeligibletoreceivetheeducationallowance.’’. 16
772-(b)CLERICALAMENDMENT.—Thetableofcontents 17
773-insection2oftheForeignServiceActof1980(22U.S.C. 18
774-3901note)isamendedbyinsertingaftertheitemrelating 19
775-tosection907thefollowing: 20
776-‘‘Sec.908.Educationallowance’’.
777-SEC.222.PERDIEMALLOWANCE FORNEWLYHIREDMEM-21
778-BERSOFTHEFOREIGN SERVICE. 22
779-(a)PERDIEMALLOWANCE.— 23
780-(1)INGENERAL.—Exceptasprovidedinpara-24
781-graph(2),anynewlyhiredForeignServiceemployee 25
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784-•S 2043 RS
785-whoisininitialorientationtraining,oranyother 1
786-trainingexpectedtolastlessthan6monthsbefore 2
787-transferringtotheemployee’sfirstassignment,in 3
788-theWashington,D.C.,areashall,forthedurationof 4
789-suchtraining,receiveaperdiemallowanceatthe 5
790-levelsprescribedundersubchapterIofchapter57of 6
791-title5,UnitedStatesCode. 7
792-(2)LIMITATIONONLODGINGEXPENSES.—A 8
793-newlyhiredForeignServiceemployeemaynotre-9
794-ceiveanylodgingexpensesundertheapplicableper 10
795-diemallowancepursuanttoparagraph(1)ifthat 11
796-employee— 12
797-(A)hasapermanentresidenceinthe 13
798-Washington,D.C.,area(notincludingGovern-14
799-ment-suppliedhousingduringsuchorientation 15
800-trainingorothertraining);and 16
801-(B)doesnotvacatesuchresidenceduring 17
802-suchorientationtrainingorothertraining. 18
803-(b)DEFINITIONS.—Inthissection— 19
804-(1)theterm‘‘perdiemallowance’’hasthe 20
805-meaninggiventhattermundersection5701oftitle 21
806-5,UnitedStatesCode;and 22
807-(2)theterm‘‘Washington,D.C.,area’’means 23
808-thegeographicareawithina50mileradiusofthe 24
809-WashingtonMonument. 25
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813-SEC.223.IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR 1
814-FOREIGN ANDCIVILSERVANTS. 2
815-(a)ADDITIONALPERSONNEL TOADDRESSMENTAL 3
816-HEALTH.— 4
817-(1)INGENERAL.—TheSecretaryshallseekto 5
818-increasethenumberofpersonnelwithintheBureau 6
819-ofMedicalServicestoaddressmentalhealthneeds 7
820-forbothforeignandcivilservants. 8
821-(2)EMPLOYMENT TARGETS.—Notlaterthan 9
822-180daysafterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct, 10
823-theSecretaryshallseektoemploynotfewerthan15 11
824-additionalpersonnelintheBureauofMedicalServ-12
825-ices,comparedtothenumberofpersonnelemployed 13
826-asofthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct. 14
827-(b)STUDY.—TheSecretaryshallconductastudyon 15
828-theaccessibilityofmentalhealthcareprovidersandserv-16
829-icesavailabletoDepartmentpersonnel,includinganas-17
830-sessmentof— 18
831-(1)theaccessibilityofmentalhealthcarepro-19
832-vidersatdiplomaticpostsandintheUnitedStates; 20
833-(2)theaccessibilityofinpatientservicesfor 21
834-mentalhealthcareforDepartmentpersonnel; 22
835-(3)stepsthatmaybetakentoimprovesuchac-23
836-cessibility; 24
837-(4)theimpactoftheCOVID–19pandemicon 25
838-thementalhealthofDepartmentpersonnel,particu-26
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841-•S 2043 RS
842-larlythosewhoservedabroadbetweenMarch1, 1
843-2020,andDecember31,2022,andLocallyEm-2
844-ployedStaff,whereinformationisavailable; 3
845-(5)recommendedstepstoimprovethemanner 4
846-inwhichtheDepartmentadvertisesmentalhealth 5
847-servicestotheworkforce;and 6
848-(6)additionalauthoritiesandresourcesneeded 7
849-tobettermeetthementalhealthneedsofDepart-8
850-mentpersonnel. 9
851-(c)REPORT.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthedate 10
852-oftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsubmit 11
853-toappropriatecongressionalcommitteesareportcon-12
854-tainingthefindingsofthestudyundersubsection(b). 13
855-SEC.224.EMERGENCY BACK-UPCARE. 14
856-(a)INGENERAL.—TheSecretaryandtheAdminis-15
857-tratorfortheUnitedStatesAgencyforInternationalDe-16
858-velopmentareauthorizedtoprovideforunanticipated 17
859-non-medicalcare,includingchildcare,eldercare,andes-18
860-sentialservicesdirectlyrelatedtocaringforanacutein-19
861-juryorillness,forUSAIDandDepartmentemployeesand 20
862-theirfamilymembers,includingthroughtheprovisionof 21
863-suchnon-medicalservices,referralstocareproviders,and 22
864-reimbursementofreasonableexpensesforsuchservices. 23
865-(b)LIMITATION.—Servicesprovidedpursuanttothis 24
866-sectionshallnotexceed$2,000,000perfiscalyear. 25
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870-SEC.225.AUTHORITY TOPROVIDE SERVICES TONON- 1
871-CHIEFOFMISSIONPERSONNEL. 2
872-Section904oftheForeignServiceActof1980(22 3
873-U.S.C.4084)isamended— 4
874-(1)insubsection(g),bystriking‘‘abroadfor 5
875-employeesandeligiblefamilymembers’’andinsert-6
876-ing‘‘underthissection’’;and 7
877-(2)byaddingattheendthefollowingnewsub-8
878-section: 9
879-‘‘(a)PHYSICALANDMENTALHEALTHCARESERV-10
880-ICESINSPECIALCIRCUMSTANCES.— 11
881-‘‘(1)INGENERAL.—TheSecretaryisauthorized 12
882-todirecthealthcareprovidersemployedundersub-13
883-section(c)ofthissectiontofurnishphysicaland 14
884-mentalhealthcareservicestoanindividualother-15
885-wiseineligibleforservicesunderthissectionifnec-16
886-essarytopreservelifeorlimborifintendedtofacili-17
887-tateanoverseasevacuation,recovery,orreturn. 18
888-Suchservicesmaybeprovidedincidentaltothefol-19
889-lowingactivities: 20
890-‘‘(A)Activitiesundertakenabroadpursu-21
891-anttosection3andsection4oftheStateDe-22
892-partmentBasicAuthoritiesActof1956(22 23
893-U.S.C.2670,2671). 24
894-‘‘(B)Recoveryofhostagesorofwrongfully 25
895-orunlawfullydetainedindividualsabroad,in-26
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899-cludingpursuanttosection302oftheRobert 1
900-LevinsonHostageRecoveryandHostage-Tak-2
901-ingAccountabilityAct(22U.S.C.1741). 3
902-‘‘(C)Secretarialdispatchestointernational 4
903-disastersitesdeployedpursuanttosection207 5
904-oftheAviationSecurityImprovementActof 6
905-1990(22U.S.C.5506). 7
906-‘‘(D)Deploymentsundertakenpursuantto 8
907-section606(a)(6)(A)(iii)oftheSecureEmbassy 9
908-ConstructionandCounterterrorismActof1999 10
909-(22U.S.C.4865(a)(6)(A)(iii)). 11
910-‘‘(2)PRIORITIZATIONOFOTHERFUNCTIONS.— 12
911-TheSecretaryshallprioritizetheallocationofDe-13
912-partmentresourcestothehealthcareprogramde-14
913-scribedinsubsections(a)through(g)abovethe 15
914-functionsdescribedinparagraph(1). 16
915-‘‘(3)REGULATIONS.—TheSecretaryshould 17
916-prescribeapplicableregulationstoimplementthis 18
917-section,takingintoaccounttheprioritizationin 19
918-paragraph(2)andtheactivitiesdescribedinpara-20
919-graph(1). 21
920-‘‘(4)REIMBURSABLE BASIS.—Servicesrendered 22
921-underthissubsectionshallbeprovidedonareim-23
922-bursablebasistotheextentpracticable.’’. 24
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926-SEC.226.EXCEPTION FORGOVERNMENT-FINANCED AIR 1
927-TRANSPORTATION. 2
928-(a)REDUCINGHARDSHIPFORTRANSPORTATION OF 3
929-DOMESTICANIMALS.— 4
930-(1)INGENERAL.—Notwithstandingsubsections 5
931-(a)and(c)ofsection40118oftitle49,United 6
932-StatesCode,theDepartmentisauthorizedtopay 7
933-forthetransportationbyaforeignaircarrierofDe-8
934-partmentpersonnelandanyin-cabinoraccom-9
935-panyingcheckedbaggageorcargoif— 10
936-(A)noaircarrierholdingacertificate 11
937-undersection41102ofsuchtitleiswillingand 12
938-abletotransportupto3domesticanimalsac-13
939-companyingsuchFederalpersonnel;and 14
940-(B)thetransportationisfromaplace— 15
941-(i)outsidetheUnitedStatestoa 16
942-placeintheUnitedStates; 17
943-(ii)intheUnitedStatestoaplace 18
944-outsidetheUnitedStates;or 19
945-(iii)outsidetheUnitedStatestoan-20
946-otherplaceoutsidetheUnitedStates. 21
947-(2)LIMITATION.—Anamountpaidpursuantto 22
948-paragraph(1)fortransportationbyaforeigncarrier 23
949-maynotbegreaterthantheamountthatwouldoth-24
950-erwisehavebeenpaidhadthetransportationbeen 25
951-onanaircarrierholdingacertificateundersection 26
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955-41102hadthatcarrierbeenwillingandabletopro-1
956-videsuchtransportation.Iftheamountthatwould 2
957-otherwisehavebeenpaidtosuchanaircarrieris 3
958-lessthanthecostoftransportationontheapplicable 4
959-foreigncarrier,theDepartmentpersonnelmaypay 5
960-thedifferenceofsuchamount. 6
961-(3)DOMESTICANIMALDEFINED.—Inthissub-7
962-section,theterm‘‘domesticanimal’’meansadogor 8
963-acat. 9
964-SEC.227.ENHANCED AUTHORITIES TOPROTECT LOCALLY 10
965-EMPLOYED STAFFDURINGEMERGENCIES. 11
966-(a)SENSEOFCONGRESS.—ItisthesenseofCon-12
967-gressthat— 13
968-(1)locallyemployedstaffprovideessentialcon-14
969-tributionsatUnitedStatesdiplomaticandconsular 15
970-postsaroundtheworld,includingbyproviding— 16
971-(A)securitytoUnitedStatesgovernment 17
972-personnelservinginthecountry; 18
973-(B)advice,expertise,andotherservicesfor 19
974-thepromotionofpolitical,economic,publicaf-20
975-fairs,commercial,security,andotherinterests 21
976-ofcriticalimportancetotheUnitedStates; 22
977-(C)awiderangeoflogisticalandadminis-23
978-trativesupporttoeveryofficeineachmission 24
979-workingtoadvanceUnitedStatesinterests 25
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983-aroundtheworld,includingservicesandsup-1
984-portvitaltotheupkeepandmaintenanceof 2
985-UnitedStatesmissions; 3
986-(D)consularservicestosupportthewel-4
987-fareandwell-beingofUnitedStatescitizens 5
988-andtoprovidefortheexpeditiousprocessingof 6
989-visaapplications; 7
990-(E)institutionalmemoryonawiderange 8
991-ofembassyengagementsonbilateralissues;and 9
992-(F)enduringconnectionstohostcountry 10
993-contacts,bothinsideandoutsidethehostgov-11
994-ernment,includingwithinmedia,civilsociety, 12
995-thebusinesscommunity,academia,thearmed 13
996-forces,andelsewhere;and 14
997-(2)locallyemployedstaffmakeimportantcon-15
998-tributionsthatshouldwarranttheUnitedStates 16
999-Governmenttogivedueconsiderationfortheirsecu-17
1000-rityandsafetywhendiplomaticmissionsfaceemer-18
1001-gencysituations. 19
1002-(b)AUTHORIZATION TOPROVIDEEMERGENCYSUP-20
1003-PORT.—Inemergencysituations,inadditiontootherau-21
1004-thoritiesthatmaybeavailableinemergenciesorotherexi-22
1005-gentcircumstances,theSecretaryisauthorizedtouse 23
1006-fundsmadeavailabletotheDepartmenttoprovidesup-24
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1010-porttoensurethesafetyandsecurityoflocallyemployed 1
1011-staffandtheirimmediatefamilymembers,includingfor— 2
1012-(1)providingtransportorrelocatinglocallyem-3
1013-ployedstaffandtheirimmediatefamilymembersto 4
1014-asafeandsecureenvironment; 5
1015-(2)providingshort-termhousingorlodgingfor 6
1016-uptosixmonthsforlocallyemployedstaffandtheir 7
1017-immediatefamilymembers; 8
1018-(3)procuringorprovidingotheressentialitems 9
1019-andservicestosupportthesafetyandsecurityoflo-10
1020-callyemployedstaffandtheirimmediatefamily 11
1021-members. 12
1022-(c)TEMPORARYHOUSING.—Toensurethesafety 13
1023-andsecurityoflocallyemployedstaffandtheirimmediate 14
1024-familymembersconsistentwiththissection,ChiefsofMis-15
1025-sionsareauthorizedtoallowlocallyemployedstaffand 16
1026-theirimmediatefamilymemberstoresidetemporarilyin 17
1027-theresidencesofUnitedStatesdirecthireemployees,ei-18
1028-therinthehostcountryorothercountries,providedthat 19
1029-suchstaysareofferedvoluntarilybyUnitedStatesdirect 20
1030-hireemployees. 21
1031-(d)FOREIGNAFFAIRSMANUAL.—Notlaterthan180 22
1032-daysafterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSec-23
1033-retaryshallamendtheForeignAffairsManualtoreflect 24
1034-theauthorizationsandrequirementsofthissection. 25
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1038-(e)EMERGENCYSITUATIONDEFINED.—Inthissec-1
1039-tion,theterm‘‘emergencysituation’’meansarmedcon-2
1040-flict,civilunrest,naturaldisaster,orothertypesofinsta-3
1041-bilitythatposeathreattothesafetyandsecurityoflo-4
1042-callyemployedstaff,particularlywhenandifaUnited 5
1043-Statesdiplomaticorconsularpostmustsuspendoper-6
1044-ations. 7
1045-(f)REPORT.— 8
1046-(1)INGENERAL.—Nolaterthan180daysafter 9
1047-thedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretary 10
1048-shallsubmitareporttotheappropriatecongres-11
1049-sionalcommitteesdescribingprioractionstheDe-12
1050-partmenthastakenwithregardtolocallyemployed 13
1051-staffandtheirimmediatefamilymembersfollowing 14
1052-suspensionsorclosuresofUnitedStatesdiplomatic 15
1053-postsovertheprior4years,includingKyiv,Kabul, 16
1054-Minsk,andKhartoum. 17
1055-(2)ELEMENTS.—Thereportrequiredunder 18
1056-paragraph(1)shall— 19
1057-(A)describeanyactionstheDepartment 20
1058-tooktoassistlocallyemployedstaffandtheir 21
1059-immediatefamilymembers; 22
1060-(B)identifyanyobstaclesthatmadepro-23
1061-vidingsupportorassistancetolocallyemployed 24
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1065-staffandtheirimmediatefamilymembersdif-1
1066-ficult; 2
1067-(C)examinelessonslearnedandpropose 3
1068-recommendationstobetterprotectthesafety 4
1069-andsecurityoflocallyemployedstaffandtheir 5
1070-familymembers,includinganyadditionalau-6
1071-thoritiesthatmayberequired;and 7
1072-(D)provideananalysisofandofferrec-8
1073-ommendationsonanyotherstepsthatcould 9
1074-improveeffortstoprotectthesafetyandsecu-10
1075-rityoflocallyemployedstaffandtheirimme-11
1076-diatefamilymembers. 12
1077-SEC.228.INTERNET ATHARDSHIP POSTS. 13
1078-Section3oftheStateDepartmentBasicAuthorities 14
1079-Actof1956(22U.S.C.2670)isamended— 15
1080-(1)insubsection(l),bystriking‘‘;and’’andin-16
1081-sertingasemicolon; 17
1082-(2)insubsection(m)bystrikingtheperiodat 18
1083-theendandbyinserting‘‘;and’’;and 19
1084-(3)byaddingattheendthefollowingnewsub-20
1085-section: 21
1086-‘‘(n)payexpensestoprovideinternetservicesinresi-22
1087-dencesownedorleasedbytheUnitedStatesGovernment 23
1088-inforeigncountriesfortheuseofDepartmentpersonnel 24
1089-whereDepartmentpersonnelreceiveaposthardshipdif-25
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1093-ferentialequivalentto30percentormoreabovebasic 1
1094-compensation.’’. 2
1095-SEC.229.COMPETITIVE LOCALCOMPENSATION PLAN. 3
1096-(a)ESTABLISHMENT ANDIMPLEMENTATION OF 4
1097-PREVAILINGWAGERATESGOAL.—Section401(a)ofthe 5
1098-DepartmentofStateAuthoritiesAct,fiscalyear2017(22 6
1099-U.S.C.3968a(a))isamendedinthematterpreceding 7
1100-paragraph(1),bystriking‘‘periodically’’andinserting 8
1101-‘‘every3years’’. 9
1102-(b)REPORT.—Notlaterthanoneyearafterthedate 10
1103-oftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsubmit 11
1104-areporttotheappropriatecongressionalcommitteesthat 12
1105-includes— 13
1106-(1)compensation(includingpositionclassifica-14
1107-tion)plansforlocallyemployedstaffbasedupon 15
1108-prevailingwageratesandcompensationpracticesfor 16
1109-correspondingtypesofpositionsinthelocalityof 17
1110-employment;and 18
1111-(2)anassessmentofthefeasibilityandimpact 19
1112-ofchangingtheprevailingwagerategoalforposi-20
1113-tionsinthelocalcompensationplanfromthe50th 21
1114-percentiletothe75thpercentile. 22
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1118-SEC.230.SUPPORTING TANDEM COUPLES INTHEFOREIGN 1
1119-SERVICE. 2
1120-(a)SENSEOFCONGRESS.—ItisthesenseofCon-3
1121-gressthat— 4
1122-(1)challengesfindingandmaintainingspousal 5
1123-employmentandfamilydissatisfactionareoneofthe 6
1124-leadingreasonsemployeesciteforleavingtheDe-7
1125-partment; 8
1126-(2)tandemForeignServicepersonnelrepresent 9
1127-importantmembersoftheForeignServicecommu-10
1128-nity,whoactasforcemultipliersforourdiplomacy; 11
1129-(3)theDepartmentcanandshoulddomoreto 12
1130-keeptandemcouplespostedtogetherandconsider 13
1131-familymemberemploymentneedswhenassigning 14
1132-tandemofficers;and 15
1133-(4)commonsensestepsprovidingmoreflexi-16
1134-bilityintheassignmentsprocesswouldimproveout-17
1135-comesfortandemofficerswithoutdisadvantaging 18
1136-otherForeignServiceofficers. 19
1137-(b)DEFINITIONS.—Inthissection: 20
1138-(1)FAMILYTOGETHERNESS.—Theterm‘‘fam-21
1139-ilytogetherness’’meansfacilitatingtheplacementof 22
1140-ForeignServicepersonnelatthesameUnitedStates 23
1141-diplomaticpostwhenbothspousesaremembersof 24
1142-atandemcoupleofForeignServiceOfficers. 25
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1146-(2)TANDEMFOREIGNSERVICEOFFICER;TAN-1
1147-DEM.—Theterms‘‘tandemForeignServiceper-2
1148-sonnel’’and‘‘tandem’’meanamemberofacouple 3
1149-ofwhichonespouseisacareerorcareercandidate 4
1150-employeeoftheForeignServiceandtheother 5
1151-spouseisacareerorcareercandidateemployeeof 6
1152-theForeignServiceoranemployeeofoneofthe 7
1153-agenciesauthorizedtousetheForeignServicePer-8
1154-sonnelSystemundersection202oftheForeign 9
1155-ServiceActof1980(22U.S.C.3922). 10
1156-(c)FAMILYTOGETHERNESS INASSIGNMENTS.—Not 11
1157-laterthan90daysafterthedateofenactmentofthisAct, 12
1158-theDepartmentshallamendandupdateitspoliciestofur-13
1159-therpromotetheprincipleoffamilytogethernessinthe 14
1160-ForeignService,whichshallincludethefollowing: 15
1161-(1)ENTRY-LEVEL FOREIGN SERVICE PER-16
1162-SONNEL.—TheSecretaryshalladoptpoliciesand 17
1163-procedurestofacilitatetheassignmentofentry-level 18
1164-tandemForeignServicepersonnelondirectedas-19
1165-signmentstothesamediplomaticpostorcountryas 20
1166-theirtandemspouseiftheyrequesttobeassigned 21
1167-tothesamepostorcountry.TheSecretaryshall 22
1168-alsoprovideawrittenjustificationtotherequesting 23
1169-personnelexplaininganydenialofarequestthat 24
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1173-wouldresultinatandemcouplenotservingtogether 1
1174-atthesamepostorcountry. 2
1175-(2)TENUREDFOREIGNSERVICEPERSONNEL.— 3
1176-TheSecretaryshalladdfamilytogethernesstothe 4
1177-criteriawhenmakinganeedsoftheServicedeter-5
1178-mination,asdefinedbytheForeignAffairsManual, 6
1179-fortheplacementoftenuredtandemForeignService 7
1180-personnelatUnitedStatesdiplomaticposts. 8
1181-(3)UPDATESTOANTINEPOTISM POLICY.—The 9
1182-Secretaryshallupdateantinepotismpoliciessothat 10
1183-nepotismrulesonlyapplywhenanemployeeanda 11
1184-relativeareplacedintopositionswhereintheyjointly 12
1185-andexclusivelycontrolgovernmentresources,prop-13
1186-erty,ormoneyorestablishgovernmentpolicy. 14
1187-(4)TEMPORARY SUPERVISION OFTANDEM 15
1188-SPOUSE.—TheSecretaryshallupdatepoliciesto 16
1189-allowforatandemspousetotemporarilysupervise 17
1190-anothertandemspouseforupto90daysinacal-18
1191-endaryear,includingataUnitedStatesdiplomatic 19
1192-mission. 20
1193-(d)REPORT.—Notlaterthan90daysafterthedate 21
1194-ofenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsubmitto 22
1195-theappropriatecongressionalcommitteesareportthatin-23
1196-cludes— 24
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1200-(1)thenumberofForeignServicetandemcou-1
1201-plescurrentlyserving;and 2
1202-(2)anestimateofthecostsavingsthatwould 3
1203-resultifallForeignServicetandemcoupleswere 4
1204-placedatasinglepost. 5
1205-SEC.231.ACCESSIBILITY ATDIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. 6
1206-Notlaterthan180daysafterthedateoftheenact-7
1207-mentofthisAct,theDepartmentshallsubmitareport 8
1208-totheappropriatecongressionalcommitteesthatin-9
1209-cludes— 10
1210-(1)alistoftheoverseasUnitedStatesdiplo-11
1211-maticmissionsthat,asofthedateoftheenactment 12
1212-ofthisAct,arenotreadilyaccessibletoandusable 13
1213-byindividualswithdisabilities; 14
1214-(2)anyeffortsinprogresstomakesuchmis-15
1215-sionsreadilyaccessibletoandusablebyindividuals 16
1216-withdisabilities;and 17
1217-(3)anestimateofthecosttomakeallsuch 18
1218-missionsreadilyaccessibletoandusablebyindivid-19
1219-ualswithdisabilities. 20
1220-TITLEIII—INFORMATION SECU-21
1221-RITYANDCYBERDIPLOMACY 22
1222-SEC.301.DATA-INFORMED DIPLOMACY. 23
1223-(a)FINDINGS.—Congressmakesthefollowingfind-24
1224-ings: 25
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1228-(1)Inarapidlyevolvinganddigitallyinter-1
1229-connectedgloballandscape,accesstoandmainte-2
1230-nanceofreliable,readilyavailabledataiskeytoin-3
1231-formeddecisionmakinganddiplomacyandtherefore 4
1232-shouldbeconsideredastrategicasset. 5
1233-(2)Inordertoachieveitsmissioninthe21st 6
1234-century,theDepartmentmustadapttothesetrends 7
1235-bymaintainingandprovidingtimelyaccesstohigh- 8
1236-qualitydataatthetimeandplaceneeded,whilesi-9
1237-multaneouslycultivatingadata-savvyworkforce. 10
1238-(3)Leveragingdatascienceanddataanalytics 11
1239-hasthepotentialtoimprovetheperformanceofthe 12
1240-Department’sworkforcebyprovidingotherwiseun-13
1241-knowninsightsintoprogramdeficiencies,short-14
1242-comings,orothergapsinanalysis. 15
1243-(4)Whileinnovativetechnologiessuchasartifi-16
1244-cialintelligenceandmachinelearninghavethepo-17
1245-tentialtoempowertheDepartmenttoanalyzeand 18
1246-actupondataatscale,systematized,sustainable 19
1247-datamanagementandinformationsynthesisremain 20
1248-acorecompetencynecessaryfordata-drivendeci-21
1249-sionmaking. 22
1250-(5)ThegoalssetoutbytheDepartment’sEn-23
1251-terpriseDataCouncil(EDC)astheareasofmost 24
1252-criticalneedfortheDepartment,includingCulti-25
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1256-vatingaDataCulture,AcceleratingDecisions 1
1257-throughAnalytics,EstablishingMission-DrivenData 2
1258-Management,andEnhancingEnterpriseDataGov-3
1259-ernance,arelaudableandwillremaincriticalasthe 4
1260-Departmentdevelopsintoadata-drivenagency. 5
1261-(b)SENSEOFCONGRESS.—ItisthesenseofCon-6
1262-gressthat— 7
1263-(1)theDepartmentshouldprioritizethere-8
1264-cruitmentandretainmentoftopdatasciencetalent 9
1265-insupportofitsdata-informeddiplomacyeffortsas 10
1266-wellasitsbroadermodernizationagenda;and 11
1267-(2)theDepartmentshouldstrengthendataflu-12
1268-encyamongitsworkforce,promotedatacollabora-13
1269-tionacrossandwithinitsbureaus,andenhanceits 14
1270-enterprisedataoversight. 15
1271-SEC.302.ESTABLISHMENT ANDEXPANSION OFTHEBU-16
1272-REAUCHIEFDATAOFFICERPROGRAM. 17
1273-(a)BUREAUCHIEFDATAOFFICERPROGRAM.— 18
1274-(1)ESTABLISHMENT.—TheSecretaryshalles-19
1275-tablishaprogram,whichshallbeknownasthe‘‘Bu-20
1276-reauChiefDataOfficerProgram’’(referredtoin 21
1277-thissectionasthe‘‘Program’’),overseenbytheDe-22
1278-partment’sChiefDataOfficer.TheBureauChief 23
1279-DataOfficershiredunderthisprogramshallreport 24
1280-totheDepartment’sChiefDataOfficer. 25
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1284-(2)GOALS.—ThegoalsoftheProgramshallin-1
1285-cludethefollowing: 2
1286-(A)Cultivatingadataculturebypro-3
1287-motingdatafluencyanddatacollaboration 4
1288-acrosstheDepartment. 5
1289-(B)Promotingincreaseddataanalyticsuse 6
1290-incriticaldecisionmakingareas. 7
1291-(C)Promotingdataintegrationandstand-8
1292-ardization. 9
1293-(D)IncreasingefficienciesacrosstheDe-10
1294-partmentbyincentivizingacquisitionofenter-11
1295-prisedatasolutionsandsubscriptiondataserv-12
1296-icestobesharedacrossbureausandofficesand 13
1297-withinbureaus. 14
1298-(b)IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Notlaterthan180 15
1299-daysafterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSec-16
1300-retaryshallsubmittotheappropriatecongressionalcom-17
1301-mitteesanimplementationplanthatoutlinesstrategies 18
1302-for— 19
1303-(1)advancingthegoalsdescribedinsubsection 20
1304-(a)(2); 21
1305-(2)hiringBureauChiefDataOfficersatthe 22
1306-GS-14orGS-15gradeorasimilarrank; 23
1307-(3)assigningatleastoneBureauChiefData 24
1308-Officerto— 25
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1312-(A)eachregionalbureauoftheDepart-1
1582+committees on the establishment and progress of the Task 12
1583+Force’s work, including in pursuit of the objectives de-13
1584+scribed in subsection(c)(1). 14
1585+(e) D
1586+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15
1587+(1) A
1588+RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘ar-16
1589+tificial intelligence’’ has the meaning given that term 17
1590+in section 238(g) of the John S. McCain National 18
1591+Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 19
1592+(Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note). 20
1593+(2) D
1594+IGITAL CONTENT PROVENANCE .—The 21
1595+term ‘‘digital content provenance’’ means the 22
1596+verifiable chronology of the origin and history of a 23
1597+piece of digital content, such as an image, video, 24
1598+audio recording, or electronic document. 25
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1602+SEC. 304. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL IN-1
1603+TELLIGENCE OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT 2
1604+OF STATE. 3
1605+Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 4
1606+Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding at 5
1607+the end the following new subsection: 6
1608+‘‘(n) C
1609+HIEFARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCEOFFICER.— 7
1610+‘‘(1) I
1611+N GENERAL.—There shall be within the 8
1612+Department of State a Chief Artificial Intelligence 9
1613+Officer, which may be dual-hatted as the Depart-10
1614+ment’s Chief Data Officer, who shall be a member 11
1615+of the Senior Executive Service. 12
1616+‘‘(2) D
1617+UTIES DESCRIBED.—The principal duties 13
1618+and responsibilities of the Chief Artificial Intel-14
1619+ligence Officer shall be— 15
1620+‘‘(A) to evaluate, oversee, and, if appro-16
1621+priate, facilitate the responsible adoption of ar-17
1622+tificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning 18
1623+applications to improve policy, programs, and 19
1624+management operations of the Department of 20
1625+State; and 21
1626+‘‘(B) to act as the principal advisor to the 22
1627+Secretary of State on the ethical use of AI and 23
1628+advanced analytics in conducting data-informed 24
1629+diplomacy. 25
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1633+‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Chief Artificial In-1
1634+telligence Officer should be an individual with dem-2
1635+onstrated skill and competency in— 3
1636+‘‘(A) the use and application of data ana-4
1637+lytics, AI, and machine learning; and 5
1638+‘‘(B) transformational leadership and orga-6
1639+nizational change management, particularly 7
1640+within large, complex organizations. 8
1641+‘‘(4) P
1642+ARTNER WITH THE CHIEF INFORMATION 9
1643+OFFICER ON SCALING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 10
1644+USE CASES.—To ensure alignment between the Chief 11
1645+Artificial Intelligence Officer and the Chief Informa-12
1646+tion Officer, the Chief Information Officer will con-13
1647+sult with the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer on 14
1648+best practices for rolling out and scaling AI capabili-15
1649+ties across the Bureau of Information and Resource 16
1650+Management’s broader portfolio of software applica-17
1651+tions. 18
1652+‘‘(5) A
1653+RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEFINED .—In 19
1654+this subsection, the term ‘artificial intelligence’ has 20
1655+the meaning given the term in section 238(g) of the 21
1656+National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 22
1657+2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note).’’. 23
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1661+SEC. 305. STRENGTHENING THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFI-1
1662+CER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 2
1663+(a) I
1664+NGENERAL.—The Chief Information Officer of 3
1665+the Department shall be consulted on all decisions to ap-4
1666+prove or disapprove, significant new unclassified informa-5
1667+tion technology expenditures, including software, of the 6
1668+Department, including expenditures related to information 7
1669+technology acquired, managed, and maintained by other 8
1670+bureaus and offices within the Department, in order to— 9
1671+(1) encourage the use of enterprise software 10
1672+and information technology solutions where such so-11
1673+lutions exist or can be developed in a timeframe and 12
1674+manner consistent with maintaining and enhancing 13
1675+the continuity and improvement of Department op-14
1676+erations; 15
1677+(2) increase the bargaining power of the De-16
1678+partment in acquiring information technology solu-17
1679+tions across the Department; 18
1680+(3) reduce the number of redundant Authorities 19
1681+to Operate (ATO), which, instead of using one ATO- 20
1682+approved platform across bureaus, requires multiple 21
1683+ATOs for software use cases across different bu-22
1684+reaus; 23
1685+(4) enhance the efficiency, reduce redundancy, 24
1686+and increase interoperability of the use of informa-25
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1690+tion technology across the enterprise of the Depart-1
13131691 ment; 2
1314-(B)theBureauofInternationalOrganiza-3
1315-tionAffairs; 4
1316-(C)theOfficeoftheChiefEconomist; 5
1317-(D)theOfficeoftheScienceandTech-6
1318-nologyAdvisor; 7
1319-(E)theBureauofCyberandDigitalPol-8
1320-icy; 9
1321-(F)theBureauofDiplomaticSecurity; 10
1322-(G)theBureauforGlobalTalentManage-11
1323-ment;and 12
1324-(H)theBureauofConsularAffairs;and 13
1325-(4)allocationofnecessaryresourcestosustain 14
1326-theProgram. 15
1327-(c)ASSIGNMENT.—InimplementingtheBureau 16
1328-ChiefDataOfficerProgram,Bureausmaynotdual-hat 17
1329-currentlyemployedpersonnelasBureauChiefDataOffi-18
1330-cers. 19
1331-(d)ANNUALREPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Notlater 20
1332-than180daysafterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct, 21
1333-andannuallythereafterforthefollowing3years,theSec-22
1334-retaryshallsubmitareporttotheappropriatecongres-23
1335-sionalcommitteesregardingthestatusoftheimplementa-24
1336-tionplanrequiredundersubsection(b). 25
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1340-SEC.303.TASKFORCE TOADDRESS ARTIFICIAL INTEL-1
1341-LIGENCE-ENABLED INFLUENCE OPERATIONS. 2
1342-(a)SENSEOFCONGRESS.—ItisthesenseofCon-3
1343-gressthat— 4
1344-(1)therapiddevelopmentofpubliclyavailable, 5
1345-affordablegenerativeartificialintelligence(AI)tech-6
1346-nology,includingtheuseoflargelanguagemodels 7
1347-(LLM)tofuelnaturallanguageprocessingapplica-8
1348-tions,hasthepotentialtofundamentallyalterthe 9
1349-natureofdisinformationandpropagandacampaigns 10
1350-byenablingfinelytailored,auto-generated 11
1351-disinformationswiftly,inanylanguage,atscale,and 12
1352-atlow-costs; 13
1353-(2)academiaandprivateindustry,includingso-14
1354-cialmediaplatforms,playacriticalroleinestab-15
1355-lishingsafeguardsforpowerful,publiclyavailable 16
1356-toolsforproducingAI-generatedcontent,anditis 17
1357-intheUnitedStatesnationalsecurityinteresttoen-18
1358-surethatthesetechnologiesarenotmisusedbyfor-19
1359-eignmalignactorstoenhanceinfluenceoperations 20
1360-abroad; 21
1361-(3)theabilitytoidentify,track,andlabelorigi-22
1362-naltext,audio,andvisualcontentisbecomingin-23
1363-creasinglyvitaltoUnitedStatesnationalinterests 24
1364-assophisticatedAI-generatedcontentcreationbe-25
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1368-comesincreasinglyavailabletothepublicatlow 1
1369-costs; 2
1370-(4)coalitionssuchastheContentAuthenticity 3
1371-Initiative(CAI)andtheCoalitionforContentProve-4
1372-nanceandAuthority(C2PA)playimportantrolesin 5
1373-establishingopenindustrystandardsforcontentau-6
1374-thenticityanddigitalcontentprovenance,whichwill 7
1375-becomeincreasinglyvulnerabletomanipulationand 8
1376-distortionthroughAI-poweredtools;and 9
1377-(5)theDepartment,astheleadagencyfor 10
1378-UnitedStatespublicdiplomacy,shouldworkwithin 11
1379-theinteragencyprocesstodevelopacommonap-12
1380-proachtoUnitedStatesinternationalengagement 13
1381-onissuesrelatedtoAI-enableddisinformation. 14
1382-(b)STATEMENT OFPOLICY.—Itshallbethepolicy 15
1383-oftheUnitedStates— 16
1384-(1)toshareknowledgewithalliesandpartners 17
1385-ofinstanceswhenforeignstateactorshaveleveraged 18
1386-generativeAItoaugmentdisinformationcampaigns 19
1387-orpropaganda; 20
1388-(2)toworkwithprivateindustryandacademia 21
1389-tomitigatetherisksassociatedwithpublicresearch 22
1390-ongenerativeAItechnologies;and 23
1391-(3)tosupporteffortsindevelopingdigitalcon-24
1392-tentprovenancedetectiontechniquesandtech-25
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1396-nologiesinlinewithUnitedStatesnationalsecurity 1
1397-interests. 2
1398-(c)ESTABLISHMENT OFCOUNTERINGAI-ENABLED 3
1399-DISINFORMATIONTASKFORCE.— 4
1400-(1)ESTABLISHMENT.—Notlaterthan180days 5
1401-afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSec-6
1402-retaryshallestablishwithintheDepartmentaCoun-7
1403-teringAI-EnabledDisinformationTaskForce(re-8
1404-ferredtointhissectionasthe‘‘TaskForce’’)to— 9
1405-(A)identifypotentialresponsestothe 10
1406-growingthreatofAI-enableddisinformation 11
1407-anditsusebyforeignstateactorstoaugment 12
1408-influenceoperationsanddisinformationcam-13
1409-paigns; 14
1410-(B)workcloselywithprivateindustryand 15
1411-academiatoidentifyandcoordinateeffortsin 16
1412-developingdigitalcontentprovenancedetection 17
1413-techniquesandtechnologies; 18
1414-(C)developtheDepartment’sinternalco-19
1415-ordinationacrossregionalandfunctionalbu-20
1416-reausontheissueofAI-enableddisinformation; 21
1417-(D)developaunifiedapproachtointer-22
1418-nationalcoordinationon— 23
1419-(i)establishingstandardsarounddig-24
1420-italcontentprovenancetechniquesand 25
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1424-technologies,specificallyasitrelatesto 1
1425-counteringAI-enableddisinformationcam-2
1426-paign;and 3
1427-(ii)assessingthepotentialforestab-4
1428-lishingframeworksaroundtheprolifera-5
1429-tionoftoolsthatfacilitateAI-enabled 6
1430-disinformation;and 7
1431-(E)identifyanyadditionaltoolsorre-8
1432-sourcesnecessarytoenhancetheDepartment’s 9
1433-abilityto— 10
1434-(i)detectAI-enabledforeign 11
1435-disinformationandpropaganda; 12
1436-(ii)rapidlyproduceoriginalcounter- 13
1437-messagingtoaddressAI-enabled 14
1438-disinformationcampaigns; 15
1439-(iii)expanddigitalliteracyprogram-16
1440-mingabroadtoincludeeducationonhow 17
1441-mediaconsumersinrecipientcountriescan 18
1442-identifyandinoculatethemselvesfromsyn-19
1443-theticallyproducedmedia;and 20
1444-(iv)coordinateandcollaboratewith 21
1445-othergovernments,internationalorganiza-22
1446-tions,civilsociety,theprivatesector,and 23
1447-others,asnecessary. 24
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1451-(2)MEMBERSHIP.—TheTaskForceshallbe 1
1452-comprisedofarepresentativefromrelevantoffices, 2
1453-asdeterminedbytheSecretary,including— 3
1454-(A)theBureauofCyberspaceandDigital 4
1455-Policy; 5
1456-(B)theUnderSecretaryforPublicDiplo-6
1457-macyandPublicAffairs; 7
1458-(C)theGlobalEngagementCenter; 8
1459-(D)theOfficeoftheScienceandTech-9
1460-nologyAdvisortotheSecretary; 10
1461-(E)theBureauofOceansandInter-11
1462-nationalEnvironmentalandScientificAffairs; 12
1463-(F)theBureauforIntelligenceandRe-13
1464-search; 14
1465-(G)theCenterforAnalyticsoftheOffice 15
1466-ofManagementStrategyandSolutions; 16
1467-(H)theForeignServiceInstituteSchoolof 17
1468-AppliedInformationTechnology;and 18
1469-(I)anyotherstheSecretarydetermines 19
1470-appropriate. 20
1471-(d)TASKFORCEREPORT.—Notlaterthanoneyear 21
1472-afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretary 22
1473-shallsubmitareporttotheappropriatecongressional 23
1474-committeesontheestablishmentandprogressoftheTask 24
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1478-Force’swork,includinginpursuitoftheobjectivesde-1
1479-scribedinsubsection(c)(1). 2
1480-(e)DEFINITIONS.—Inthissection: 3
1481-(1)ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE.—Theterm‘‘ar-4
1482-tificialintelligence’’hasthemeaninggiventhatterm 5
1483-insection238(g)oftheJohnS.McCainNational 6
1484-DefenseAuthorizationActforFiscalYear2019 7
1485-(PublicLaw115–232;10U.S.C.4001note). 8
1486-(2)DIGITALCONTENT PROVENANCE.—The 9
1487-term‘‘digitalcontentprovenance’’meansthe 10
1488-verifiablechronologyoftheoriginandhistoryofa 11
1489-pieceofdigitalcontent,suchasanimage,video, 12
1490-audiorecording,orelectronicdocument. 13
1491-SEC.304.ESTABLISHMENT OFTHECHIEFARTIFICIAL IN-14
1492-TELLIGENCE OFFICER OFTHEDEPARTMENT 15
1493-OFSTATE. 16
1494-Section1oftheStateDepartmentBasicAuthorities 17
1495-Actof1956(22U.S.C.2651a)isamendedbyaddingat 18
1496-theendthefollowingnewsubsection: 19
1497-‘‘(n)CHIEFARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCEOFFICER.— 20
1498-‘‘(1)INGENERAL.—Thereshallbewithinthe 21
1499-DepartmentofStateaChiefArtificialIntelligence 22
1500-Officer,whichmaybedual-hattedastheDepart-23
1501-ment’sChiefDataOfficer,whoshallbeamember 24
1502-oftheSeniorExecutiveService. 25
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1506-‘‘(2)DUTIESDESCRIBED.—Theprincipalduties 1
1507-andresponsibilitiesoftheChiefArtificialIntel-2
1508-ligenceOfficershallbe— 3
1509-‘‘(A)toevaluate,oversee,and,ifappro-4
1510-priate,facilitatetheresponsibleadoptionofar-5
1511-tificialintelligence(AI)andmachinelearning 6
1512-applicationstoimprovepolicy,programs,and 7
1513-managementoperationsoftheDepartmentof 8
1514-State;and 9
1515-‘‘(B)toactastheprincipaladvisortothe 10
1516-SecretaryofStateontheethicaluseofAIand 11
1517-advancedanalyticsinconductingdata-informed 12
1518-diplomacy. 13
1519-‘‘(3)QUALIFICATIONS.—TheChiefArtificialIn-14
1520-telligenceOfficershouldbeanindividualwithdem-15
1521-onstratedskillandcompetencyin— 16
1522-‘‘(A)theuseandapplicationofdataana-17
1523-lytics,AI,andmachinelearning;and 18
1524-‘‘(B)transformationalleadershipandorga-19
1525-nizationalchangemanagement,particularly 20
1526-withinlarge,complexorganizations. 21
1527-‘‘(4)PARTNERWITHTHECHIEFINFORMATION 22
1528-OFFICERONSCALINGARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE 23
1529-USECASES.—ToensurealignmentbetweentheChief 24
1530-ArtificialIntelligenceOfficerandtheChiefInforma-25
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1534-tionOfficer,theChiefInformationOfficerwillcon-1
1535-sultwiththeChiefArtificialIntelligenceOfficeron 2
1536-bestpracticesforrollingoutandscalingAIcapabili-3
1537-tiesacrosstheBureauofInformationandResource 4
1538-Management’sbroaderportfolioofsoftwareapplica-5
1539-tions. 6
1540-‘‘(5)ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE DEFINED.—In 7
1541-thissubsection,theterm‘artificialintelligence’has 8
1542-themeaninggiventheterminsection238(g)ofthe 9
1543-NationalDefenseAuthorizationActforFiscalYear 10
1544-2019(PublicLaw115–232;10U.S.C.4001note).’’. 11
1545-SEC.305.STRENGTHENING THECHIEFINFORMATION OFFI-12
1546-CEROFTHEDEPARTMENT OFSTATE. 13
1547-(a)INGENERAL.—TheChiefInformationOfficerof 14
1548-theDepartmentshallbeconsultedonalldecisionstoap-15
1549-proveordisapprove,significantnewunclassifiedinforma-16
1550-tiontechnologyexpenditures,includingsoftware,ofthe 17
1551-Department,includingexpendituresrelatedtoinformation 18
1552-technologyacquired,managed,andmaintainedbyother 19
1553-bureausandofficeswithintheDepartment,inorderto— 20
1554-(1)encouragetheuseofenterprisesoftware 21
1555-andinformationtechnologysolutionswheresuchso-22
1556-lutionsexistorcanbedevelopedinatimeframeand 23
1557-mannerconsistentwithmaintainingandenhancing 24
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1561-thecontinuityandimprovementofDepartmentop-1
1562-erations; 2
1563-(2)increasethebargainingpoweroftheDe-3
1564-partmentinacquiringinformationtechnologysolu-4
1565-tionsacrosstheDepartment; 5
1566-(3)reducethenumberofredundantAuthorities 6
1567-toOperate(ATO),which,insteadofusingoneATO- 7
1568-approvedplatformacrossbureaus,requiresmultiple 8
1569-ATOsforsoftwareusecasesacrossdifferentbu-9
1570-reaus; 10
1571-(4)enhancetheefficiency,reduceredundancy, 11
1572-andincreaseinteroperabilityoftheuseofinforma-12
1573-tiontechnologyacrosstheenterpriseoftheDepart-13
1574-ment; 14
1575-(5)enhancetrainingandalignmentofinforma-15
1576-tiontechnologypersonnelwiththeskillsrequiredto 16
1577-maintainsystemsacrosstheDepartment; 17
1578-(6)reducecostsrelatedtothemaintenanceof, 18
1579-oreffectuatetheretirementof,legacysystems; 19
1580-(7)ensurethedevelopmentandmaintenanceof 20
1581-securityprotocolsregardingtheuseofinformation 21
1582-technologysolutionsandsoftwareacrosstheDepart-22
1583-ment;and 23
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1587-(8)improveend-usertrainingontheoperation 1
1588-ofinformationtechnologysolutionsandtoenhance 2
1589-end-usercybersecuritypractices. 3
1590-(b)STRATEGY ANDIMPLEMENTATION PLANRE-4
1591-QUIRED.— 5
1592-(1)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180days 6
1593-afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,the 7
1594-ChiefInformationOfficeroftheDepartmentshall 8
1595-develop,inconsultationwithrelevantbureausand 9
1596-officesasappropriate,astrategyanda5-yearim-10
1597-plementationplantoadvancetheobjectivesde-11
1598-scribedinsubsection(a). 12
1599-(2)CONSULTATION.—Nolaterthanoneyear 13
1600-afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,the 14
1601-ChiefInformationOfficershallsubmitthestrategy 15
1602-requiredbythissubsectiontotheappropriatecon-16
1603-gressionalcommitteesandshallconsultwiththeap-17
1604-propriatecongressionalcommittees,notlessthanon 18
1605-anannualbasisfor5years,regardingtheprogress 19
1606-relatedtotheimplementationplanrequiredbythis 20
1607-subjection. 21
1608-(c)IMPROVEMENT PLANFORTHEBUREAUFORIN-22
1609-FORMATIONRESOURCESMANAGEMENT.— 23
1610-(1)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180days 24
1692+(5) enhance training and alignment of informa-3
1693+tion technology personnel with the skills required to 4
1694+maintain systems across the Department; 5
1695+(6) reduce costs related to the maintenance of, 6
1696+or effectuate the retirement of, legacy systems; 7
1697+(7) ensure the development and maintenance of 8
1698+security protocols regarding the use of information 9
1699+technology solutions and software across the Depart-10
1700+ment; and 11
1701+(8) improve end-user training on the operation 12
1702+of information technology solutions and to enhance 13
1703+end-user cybersecurity practices. 14
1704+(b) S
1705+TRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANRE-15
1706+QUIRED.— 16
1707+(1) I
1708+N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 17
1709+after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 18
1710+Chief Information Officer of the Department shall 19
1711+develop, in consultation with relevant bureaus and 20
1712+offices as appropriate, a strategy and a 5-year im-21
1713+plementation plan to advance the objectives de-22
1714+scribed in subsection (a). 23
1715+(2) C
1716+ONSULTATION.—No later than one year 24
16111717 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 25
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1615-ChiefInformationOfficershalldeveloppoliciesand 1
1616-protocolstoimprovethecustomerserviceorienta-2
1617-tion,qualityandtimelydeliveryofinformationtech-3
1618-nologysolutions,andtrainingandsupportforbu-4
1619-reauandoffice-levelinformationtechnologyofficers. 5
1620-(2)SURVEY.—Notlaterthanoneyearafterthe 6
1621-dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,andannually 7
1622-thereafterforfiveyears,theChiefInformationOffi-8
1623-cershallundertakeaclientsatisfactionsurveyofbu-9
1624-reauinformationtechnologyofficerstoobtainfeed-10
1625-backonmetricsrelatedto— 11
1626-(A)customerserviceorientationoftheBu-12
1627-reauofInformationResourcesManagement; 13
1628-(B)qualityandtimelinesofcapabilitiesde-14
1629-livered; 15
1630-(C)maintenanceandupkeepofinforma-16
1631-tiontechnologysolutions; 17
1632-(D)trainingandsupportforseniorbureau 18
1633-andoffice-levelinformationtechnologyofficers; 19
1634-and 20
1635-(E)othermatterswhichtheChiefInfor-21
1636-mationOfficer,inconsultationwithclientbu-22
1637-reausandoffices,determineappropriate. 23
1638-(3)SUBMISSIONOFFINDINGS.—Notlaterthan 24
1639-60daysaftercompletingeachsurveyrequiredunder 25
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1643-paragraph(2),theChiefInformationOfficershall 1
1644-submitasummaryofthefindingstotheappropriate 2
1645-congressionalcommittees. 3
1646-(d)SIGNIFICANTEXPENDITURE DEFINED.—For 4
1647-purposesofthissection,theterm‘‘significantexpendi-5
1648-ture’’meansanycumulativeexpenditureinexcessof 6
1649-$250,000totalinasinglefiscalyearforanewunclassified 7
1650-softwareorinformationtechnologycapability. 8
1651-SEC.306.SENSEOFCONGRESS ONSTRENGTHENING EN-9
1652-TERPRISE GOVERNANCE. 10
1653-ItisthesenseofCongressthatinordertomodernize 11
1654-theDepartment,enterprise-widegovernanceregarding 12
1655-budgetandfinance,informationtechnology,andthecre-13
1656-ation,analysis,anduseofdataacrosstheDepartmentis 14
1657-necessarytobetteralignresourcestostrategy,including 15
1658-evaluatingtrade-offs,andtoenhanceefficiencyandsecu-16
1659-rityinusingdataandtechnologyastoolstoinformand 17
1660-evaluatetheconductofUnitedStatesforeignpolicy. 18
1661-SEC.307.DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY ANDCYBERSECURITY 19
1662-PARTNERSHIP. 20
1663-(a)DIGITALCONNECTIVITY ANDCYBERSECURITY 21
1664-PARTNERSHIP.—TheSecretaryisauthorizedtoestablish 22
1665-aprogram,whichmaybeknownasthe‘‘Digital 23
1666-ConnectivityandCybersecurityPartnership’’,tohelpfor-24
1667-eigncountries— 25
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1671-(1)expandandincreasesecureinternetaccess 1
1672-anddigitalinfrastructureinemergingmarkets,in-2
1673-cludingdemandforandavailabilityofhigh-quality 3
1674-informationandcommunicationstechnology(ICT) 4
1675-equipment,software,andservices; 5
1676-(2)protecttechnologicalassets,includingdata; 6
1677-(3)adoptpoliciesandregulatorypositionsthat 7
1678-fosterandencourageopen,interoperable,reliable, 8
1679-andsecureinternet,thefreeflowofdata,multi- 9
1680-stakeholdermodelsofinternetgovernance,andpro- 10
1681-competitiveandsecureICTpoliciesandregulations; 11
1682-(4)accessUnitedStatesexportsofICTgoods 12
1683-andservices; 13
1684-(5)expandinteroperabilityandpromotethedi-14
1685-versificationofICTgoodsandsupplychainservices 15
1686-tobelessreliantonPRCimports; 16
1687-(6)promotebestpracticesandcommonstand-17
1688-ardsforanationalapproachtocybersecurity;and 18
1689-(7)advanceotherprioritiesconsistentwith 19
1690-paragraphs(1)through(6),asdeterminedbythe 20
1691-Secretary. 21
1692-(b)USEOFFUNDS.—Fundsmadeavailabletocarry 22
1693-outthissection,includingunexpendedfundsfromfiscal 23
1694-years2018through2022,maybeusedtostrengthencivil-24
1695-iancybersecurityandinformationandcommunications 25
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1699-technologycapacity,includingparticipationofforeignlaw 1
1700-enforcementandmilitarypersonnelinnon-militaryactivi-2
1701-ties,notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflaw,provided 3
1702-thatsuchsupportisessentialtoenablingcivilianandlaw 4
1703-enforcementofcybersecurityandinformationandcommu-5
1704-nicationtechnologyrelatedactivitiesintheirrespective 6
1705-countries. 7
1706-(c)IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Notlaterthan180 8
1707-daysafterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSec-9
1708-retaryshallsubmittotheappropriatecongressionalcom-10
1709-mitteesanimplementationplanforthecomingyeartoad-11
1710-vancethegoalsidentifiedinsubsection(a). 12
1711-(d)CONSULTATION.—In developingand 13
1712-operationalizingtheimplementationplanrequiredunder 14
1713-subsection(c),theSecretaryshallconsultwith— 15
1714-(1)theappropriatecongressionalcommittees; 16
1715-(2)UnitedStatesindustryleaders; 17
1716-(3)otherrelevanttechnologyexperts,including 18
1717-theOpenTechnologyFund; 19
1718-(4)representativesfromrelevantUnitedStates 20
1719-Governmentagencies;and 21
1720-(5)representativesfromlike-mindedalliesand 22
1721-partners. 23
1722-(e)AUTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—Thereis 24
1723-authorizedtobeappropriated$100,000,000foreachof 25
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1727-fiscalyears2024through2028tocarryoutthissection. 1
1728-Suchfunds,includingfundsauthorizedtobeappropriated 2
1729-undertheheading‘‘EconomicSupportFund’’,maybe 3
1730-madeavailable,notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflaw 4
1731-tostrengthenciviliancybersecurityandinformationand 5
1732-communicationstechnologycapacity,includingforpartici-6
1733-pationofforeignlawenforcementandmilitarypersonnel 7
1734-innon-militaryactivities,andforcontributions.Such 8
1735-fundsshallremainavailableuntilexpended. 9
1736-SEC.308.ESTABLISHMENT OFACYBERSPACE, DIGITAL 10
1737-CONNECTIVITY, AND RELATED TECH-11
1738-NOLOGIES (CDT)FUND. 12
1739-PartIIoftheForeignAssistanceActof1961(22 13
1740-U.S.C.2301etseq.)isamendedbyaddingattheend 14
1741-thefollowingnewchapter: 15
1742-‘‘CHAPTER 10—CYBERSPACE, DIGITAL 16
1743-CONNECTIVITY, ANDRELATED TECH-17
1744-NOLOGIES (CDT)FUND 18
1745-‘‘SEC.591.FINDINGS. 19
1746-‘‘Congressmakesthefollowingfindings: 20
1747-‘‘(1)Increasinglydigitizedandinterconnected 21
1748-social,political,andeconomicsystemshaveintro-22
1749-ducednewvulnerabilitiesformaliciousactorstoex-23
1750-ploit,whichthreatenseconomicandnationalsecu-24
1751-rity. 25
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1755-‘‘(2)Therapiddevelopment,deployment,and 1
1756-integrationofinformationandcommunicationtech-2
1757-nologiesintoallaspectsofmodernlifebringmount-3
1758-ingrisksofaccidentsandmaliciousactivityinvolv-4
1759-ingsuchtechnologies,andtheirpotentialcon-5
1760-sequences. 6
1761-‘‘(3)Becauseinformationandcommunication 7
1762-technologiesaregloballymanufactured,traded,and 8
1763-networked,theeconomicandnationalsecurityofthe 9
1764-UnitedStatedependsgreatlyoncybersecurityprac-10
1765-ticesofotheractors,includingothercountries. 11
1766-‘‘(4)UnitedStatesassistancetocountriesand 12
1767-internationalorganizationstobolsterciviliancapac-13
1768-itytoaddressnationalcybersecurityanddeterrence 14
1769-incyberspacecanhelp— 15
1770-‘‘(A)reducevulnerabilityintheinforma-16
1771-tionandcommunicationtechnologiesecosystem; 17
1772-and 18
1773-‘‘(B)advancenationalandeconomicsecu-19
1774-rityobjectives. 20
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1778-‘‘SEC.592.AUTHORIZATION OFASSISTANCE ANDFUNDING 1
1779-FORCYBERSPACE, DIGITALCONNECTIVITY, 2
1780-ANDRELATED TECHNOLOGIES (CDT)CAPAC-3
1781-ITYBUILDING ACTIVITIES. 4
1782-‘‘(a)AUTHORIZATION.—TheSecretaryofStateisau-5
1783-thorizedtoprovideassistancetoforeigngovernmentsand 6
1784-organizations,includingnational,regional,andinter-7
1785-nationalinstitutions,onsuchtermsandconditionsasthe 8
1786-Secretarymaydetermine,inorderto— 9
1787-‘‘(1)advanceasecureandstablecyberspace; 10
1788-‘‘(2)protectandexpandtrusteddigitaleco-11
1789-systemsandconnectivity; 12
1790-‘‘(3)buildthecybersecuritycapacityofpartner 13
1791-countriesandorganizations;and 14
1792-‘‘(4)ensurethatthedevelopmentofstandards 15
1793-andthedeploymentanduseoftechnologysupports 16
1794-andreinforceshumanrightsanddemocraticvalues, 17
1795-includingthroughtheDigitalConnectivityandCy-18
1796-bersecurityPartnership. 19
1797-‘‘(b)SCOPEOFUSES.—Assistanceunderthissection 20
1798-mayincludeprogramsto— 21
1799-‘‘(1)advancetheadoptionanddeploymentof 22
1800-secureandtrustworthyinformationandcommunica-23
1801-tionstechnology(ICT)infrastructureandservices, 24
1802-includingeffortstogrowglobalmarketsforsecure 25
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1806-ICTgoodsandservicesandpromoteamorediverse 1
1807-andresilientICTsupplychain; 2
1808-‘‘(2)providetechnicalandcapacitybuildingas-3
1809-sistanceto— 4
1810-‘‘(A)promotepolicyandregulatoryframe-5
1811-worksthatcreateanenablingenvironmentfor 6
1812-digitalconnectivityandavibrantdigitalecon-7
1813-omy; 8
1814-‘‘(B)ensuretechnologies,includingrelated 9
1815-newandemergingtechnologies,aredeveloped, 10
1816-deployed,andusedinwaysthatsupportandre-11
1817-inforcedemocraticvaluesandhumanrights; 12
1818-‘‘(C)promoteinnovationandcompetition; 13
1819-and 14
1820-‘‘(D)supportdigitalgovernancewiththe 15
1821-developmentofrights-respectinginternational 16
1822-normsandstandards; 17
1823-‘‘(3)helpcountriespreparefor,defendagainst, 18
1824-andrespondtomaliciouscyberactivities,including 19
1825-through— 20
1826-‘‘(A)theadoptionofcybersecuritybest 21
1827-practices; 22
1828-‘‘(B)thedevelopmentofnationalstrategies 23
1829-toenhancecybersecurity; 24
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1833-‘‘(C)thedeploymentofcybersecuritytools 1
1834-andservicestoincreasethesecurity,strength, 2
1835-andresilienceofnetworksandinfrastructure; 3
1836-‘‘(D)supportforthedevelopmentofcyber-4
1837-securitywatch,warning,response,andrecovery 5
1838-capabilities,includingthroughthedevelopment 6
1839-ofcybersecurityincidentresponseteams; 7
1840-‘‘(E)supportforcollaborationwiththeCy-8
1841-bersecurityandInfrastructureSecurityAgency 9
1842-(CISA)andotherrelevantFederalagenciesto 10
1843-enhancecybersecurity; 11
1844-‘‘(F)programstostrengthenalliedand 12
1845-partnergovernments’capacitytodetect,inves-13
1846-tigate,deter,andprosecutecybercrimes; 14
1847-‘‘(G)programstoprovideinformationand 15
1848-resourcestodiplomatsengagingindiscussions 16
1849-andnegotiationsaroundinternationallawand 17
1850-capacitybuildingmeasuresrelatedtocybersecu-18
1851-rity; 19
1852-‘‘(H)capacitybuildingforcybersecurity 20
1853-partners,includinglawenforcementandmili-21
1854-taryentitiesasdescribedinsubsection(f); 22
1855-‘‘(I)programsthatenhancetheabilityof 23
1856-relevantstakeholderstoactcollectivelyagainst 24
1857-sharedcybersecuritythreats; 25
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1861-‘‘(J)theadvancementofprogramsinsup-1
1862-portoftheFrameworkofResponsibleStateBe-2
1863-haviorinCyberspace;and 3
1864-‘‘(K)thefortificationofdeterrenceinstru-4
1865-mentsincyberspace;and 5
1866-‘‘(4)suchotherpurposeandfunctionsasthe 6
1867-SecretaryofStatemaydesignate. 7
1868-‘‘(c)RESPONSIBILITYFORPOLICYDECISIONSAND 8
1869-JUSTIFICATION.—TheSecretaryofStateshallberespon-9
1870-sibleforpolicydecisionsregardingprogramsunderthis 10
1871-chapter,withrespectto— 11
1872-‘‘(1)whethertherewillbecybersecurityand 12
1873-digitalcapacitybuildingprogramsforaforeign 13
1874-countryorentityoperatinginthatcountry; 14
1875-‘‘(2)theamountoffundsforeachforeigncoun-15
1876-tryorentity;and 16
1877-‘‘(3)thescopeandnatureofsuchusesoffund-17
1878-ing. 18
1879-‘‘(d)DETAILEDJUSTIFICATIONFORUSESANDPUR-19
1880-POSESOFFUNDS.—TheSecretaryofStateshallprovide, 20
1881-onanannualbasis,adetailedjustificationfortheuses 21
1882-andpurposesoftheamountsprovidedunderthischapter, 22
1883-includinginformationconcerning— 23
1884-‘‘(1)theamountsandkindsofgrants; 24
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1888-‘‘(2)theamountsandkindsofbudgetarysup-1
1889-portprovided,ifany;and 2
1890-‘‘(3)theamountsandkindsofprojectassist-3
1891-anceprovidedforwhatpurposeandwithsuch 4
1892-amounts. 5
1893-‘‘(e)ASSISTANCEANDFUNDINGUNDEROTHERAU-6
1894-THORITIES.—Theauthoritygrantedunderthissectionto 7
1895-provideassistanceorfundingforcountriesandorganiza-8
1896-tionsdoesnotprecludetheuseoffundsprovidedtocarry 9
1897-outotherauthoritiesalsoavailableforsuchpurpose. 10
1898-‘‘(f)AVAILABILITYOFFUNDS.—Amountsappro-11
1899-priatedtocarryoutthischaptermaybeused,notwith-12
1900-standinganyotherprovisionoflaw,tostrengthencivilian 13
1901-cybersecurityandinformationandcommunicationstech-14
1902-nologycapacity,includingparticipationofforeignlawen-15
1903-forcementandmilitarypersonnelinnon-militaryactivi-16
1904-ties,providedthatsuchsupportisessentialtoenabling 17
1905-civilianandlawenforcementofcybersecurityandinforma-18
1906-tionandcommunicationtechnologyrelatedactivitiesin 19
1907-theirrespectivecountries. 20
1908-‘‘(g)NOTIFICATIONREQUIREMENTS.—Fundsmade 21
1909-availableunderthissectionshallbeobligatedinaccord-22
1910-ancewiththeproceduresapplicabletoreprogrammingno-23
1911-tificationspursuanttosection634AofthisAct. 24
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1915-‘‘SEC.593.REVIEWOFEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CAPACITY. 1
1916-‘‘(a)INGENERAL.—TheSecretaryofState,incon-2
1917-sultationasappropriatewithotherrelevantFederalde-3
1918-partmentsandagenciesisauthorizedtoconductareview 4
1919-that— 5
1920-‘‘(1)analyzestheUnitedStatesGovernment’s 6
1921-capacitytopromptlyandeffectivelydeliveremer-7
1922-gencysupporttocountriesexperiencingmajorcyber-8
1923-securityandICTincidents; 9
1924-‘‘(2)identifiesrelevantfactorsconstrainingthe 10
1925-supportreferredtoinparagraph(1);and 11
1926-‘‘(3)developsastrategytoimprovecoordina-12
1927-tionamongrelevantFederalagenciesandtoresolve 13
1928-suchconstraints. 14
1929-‘‘(b)REPORT.—Notlaterthanoneyearafterthe 15
1930-dateoftheenactmentofthischapter,theSecretaryof 16
1931-StateshallsubmitareporttotheCommitteeonForeign 17
1932-RelationsoftheSenateandtheCommitteeonForeign 18
1933-AffairsoftheHouseofRepresentativesthatcontainsthe 19
1934-resultsofthereviewconductedpursuanttosubsection(a). 20
1935-‘‘SEC.594.AUTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS. 21
1936-‘‘Thereisauthorizedtobeappropriated 22
1937-$150,000,000duringthe5-yearperiodbeginningonOcto-23
1938-ber1,2023,tocarryoutthepurposesofthischapter.’’. 24
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1942-TITLEIV—ORGANIZATION AND 1
1943-OPERATIONS 2
1944-SEC.401.PERSONAL SERVICESCONTRACTORS. 3
1945-(a)EXIGENTCIRCUMSTANCES ANDCRISISRE-4
1946-SPONSE.—ToassisttheDepartmentinaddressingandre-5
1947-spondingtoexigentcircumstancesandurgentcrises 6
1948-abroad,theDepartmentisauthorizedtoemployalimited 7
1949-numberofpersonalservicescontractorsinordertomeet 8
1950-exigentneeds,subjecttotherequirementsofthissection. 9
1951-(b)AUTHORITY.—Theauthoritytoemploypersonal 10
1952-servicescontractorsisinadditiontoanyexistingauthori-11
1953-tiestoenterintopersonalservicescontracts. 12
1954-(c)EMPLOYINGANDALLOCATIONOFPERSONNEL.— 13
1955-Tomeettheneedsdescribedinsubsection(a)andsubject 14
1956-totherequirementsinsubsection(d),theDepartment 15
1957-may— 16
1958-(1)enterintocontractstoemployatotalofup 17
1959-to100personalservicescontractorsatanygiven 18
1960-timeforeachoffiscalyears2024,2025,and2026; 19
1961-and 20
1962-(2)allocateupto20personalservicescontrac-21
1963-torstoagivenbureau,withoutregardtothesources 22
1964-offundingsuchofficereliesontocompensateindi-23
1965-viduals. 24
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1969-(d)LIMITATION.—Employmentauthorizedbythis 1
1970-sectionshallnotexceedtwocalendaryears. 2
1971-(e)NOTIFICATIONANDREPORTINGTOCONGRESS.— 3
1972-(1)NOTIFICATION.—Notlaterthan15days 4
1973-aftertheuseofauthorityunderthissection,the 5
1974-Secretaryshallnotifytheappropriatecongressional 6
1975-committeesofthenumberofpersonalservicescon-7
1976-tractorsbeingemployed,theexpectedlengthofem-8
1977-ployment,therelevantbureau,thepurposeforusing 9
1978-personalservicescontractors,andthejustification, 10
1979-includingtheexigentcircumstancesrequiringsuch 11
1980-use. 12
1981-(2)ANNUALREPORTING.—Notlaterthan60 13
1982-daysaftertheendofeachfiscalyear,theDepart-14
1983-mentshallsubmittotheappropriatecongressional 15
1984-committeesareportdescribingthenumberofper-16
1985-sonalservicescontractorsemployedpursuanttothis 17
1986-sectionforthepriorfiscalyear,thelengthofem-18
1987-ployment,therelevantbureaubywhichtheywere 19
1988-employedpursuanttothissection,thepurposefor 20
1989-usingpersonalservicescontractors,disaggregated 21
1990-demographicdataofsuchcontractors,andthejus-22
1991-tificationfortheemployment,includingtheexigent 23
1992-circumstances. 24
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1996-SEC.402.HARD-TO-FILL POSTS. 1
1997-(a)SENSEOFCONGRESS.—ItisthesenseofCon-2
1998-gressthat— 3
1999-(1)thenumberofhard-to-fillvacanciesat 4
2000-UnitedStatesdiplomaticmissionsarefartoohigh 5
2001-andpresentanationalsecurityrisktotheUnited 6
2002-States;and 7
2003-(2)iftheDepartmentisunabletoincentivize 8
2004-officerstoaccepthard-to-fillpositions,theDepart-9
2005-mentshouldconsiderdirectedassignmentstomore 10
2006-effectivelyadvancethenationalinterestsofthe 11
2007-UnitedStates. 12
2008-(b)REPORTONDEVELOPMENT OFINCENTIVESFOR 13
2009-HARD-TO-FILLPOSTS.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthe 14
2010-dateofenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsubmit 15
2011-areporttotheappropriatecongressionalcommitteeson 16
2012-effortstodevelopnewincentivesforhard-to-fillpositions 17
2013-atUnitedStatesdiplomaticmissions.Thereportshallin-18
2014-cludeadescriptionoftheincentivesdevelopedtodateand 19
2015-proposalstotrytomoreeffectivelyfillhard-to-fillposts. 20
2016-SEC.403.ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OFTHEOFFICEOFCIVIL 21
2017-RIGHTS. 22
2018-(a)REPORTWITHRECOMMENDATIONS ANDMAN-23
2019-AGEMENTSTRUCTURE.—Notlaterthan270daysafter 24
2020-thedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theUnderSecretary 25
2021-ofManagementshallsubmittotheappropriatecongres-26
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2024-•S 2043 RS
2025-sionalcommitteesareportwithanyrecommendationsfor 1
2026-thelong-termstructureandmanagementoftheOfficeof 2
2027-CivilRights,including— 3
2028-(1)whetherOCRshouldreportdirectlyto 4
2029-someoneotherthantheSecretary,suchasthe 5
2030-UnderSecretaryofManagement; 6
2031-(2)anychangesmadewithinOCRtoitsinves-7
2032-tigativeprocessestoimprovetheintegrityandthor-8
2033-oughnessofitsinvestigations;and 9
2034-(3)anyrecommendationstoimprovetheman-10
2035-agementstructure,investigativeprocess,andover-11
2036-sightoftheOffice. 12
2037-SEC.404.CRISISRESPONSE OPERATIONS. 13
2038-(a)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan120daysafterthe 14
2039-dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallinsti-15
2040-tutethefollowingchangesandensurethatthefollowing 16
2041-elementshavebeenintegratedintotheongoingcrisisre-17
2042-sponsemanagementandresponsebytheCrisisManage-18
2043-mentandStrategyOffice: 19
2044-(1)TheDepartment’scrisisresponseplanning 20
2045-andoperationsshallconduct,maintain,andupdate 21
2046-onaregularbasiscontingencyplansforpostsand 22
2047-regionsexperiencingorvulnerabletoconflictor 23
2048-emergencyconditions,includingarmedconflict,na-24
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2051-•S 2043 RS
2052-tionaldisasters,significantpoliticalormilitaryup-1
2053-heaval,andemergencyevacuations. 2
2054-(2)TheDepartment’scrisisresponseefforts 3
2055-shallbeledbyanindividualwithsignificantexperi-4
2056-encerespondingtopriorcrises,whoshallbesodes-5
2057-ignatedbytheSecretary. 6
2058-(3)TheDepartment’scrisisresponseefforts 7
2059-shallprovideatleastquarterlyupdatestotheSec-8
2060-retaryandotherrelevantseniorofficials,includinga 9
2061-planandscheduletodevelopcontingencyplanning 10
2062-foridentifiedpostsandregionsconsistentwithpara-11
2063-graph(1). 12
2064-(4)Thedecisiontodevelopcontingencyplan-13
2065-ningforanyparticularpostorregionshallbemade 14
2066-independentofanyregionalbureau. 15
2067-(5)Thecrisisresponseteamshalldevelopand 16
2068-maintainbestpracticesforevacuations,closures, 17
2069-andemergencyconditions. 18
2070-(b)UPDATE.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthedate 19
2071-oftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsubmit 20
2072-anupdatetotheappropriatecongressionalcommittees 21
2073-outliningthestepstakentoimplementthissection,along 22
2074-withanyotherrecommendationstoimprovetheDepart-23
2075-ment’scrisismanagementandresponseoperations. 24
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2079-TITLEV—ECONOMIC 1
2080-DIPLOMACY 2
2081-SEC.501.DUTIESOFOFFICERS PERFORMING ECONOMIC 3
2082-FUNCTIONS. 4
2083-(a)INGENERAL.—Chapter5oftitleIoftheForeign 5
2084-ServiceActof1980(22U.S.C.3981etseq.)isamended 6
2085-byaddingattheendthefollowingnewsection: 7
2086-‘‘SEC.506.DUTIESOFOFFICERS PERFORMING ECONOMIC 8
2087-FUNCTIONS. 9
2088-‘‘(a)DEFINEDTERM.—Inthissection,theterm 10
2089-‘UnitedStatesperson’means— 11
2090-‘‘(1)aUnitedStatescitizenoranalienlawfully 12
2091-admittedforpermanentresidencetotheUnited 13
2092-States;or 14
2093-‘‘(2)anentityorganizedunderthelawsofthe 15
2094-UnitedStatesoranyjurisdictionwithintheUnited 16
2095-States,includingaforeignbranchofsuchanentity. 17
2096-‘‘(b)INGENERAL.—TheSecretaryisauthorizedto 18
2097-directtheeconomicofficersoftheForeignServiceasap-19
2098-propriatetocarryoutthefullspectrumofeconomic 20
2099-statecraftandcommercialdiplomacyworkthatadvances 21
2100-UnitedStatesforeignpolicyprioritiesinthehostcountry 22
2101-ordomesticpostingtowhichtheyareassigned,includ-23
2102-ing— 24
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2105-•S 2043 RS
2106-‘‘(1)tonegotiateeconomicandotherrelated 1
2107-agreementswithforeigngovernmentsandinter-2
2108-nationalorganizations; 3
2109-‘‘(2)toinformtheDepartment,andwhenap-4
2110-propriate,theWashington,D.C.,headquartersof-5
2111-ficesofFederalagencies,withrespecttotheposi-6
2112-tionsofforeigngovernmentsandinternationalorga-7
2113-nizationsinnegotiationsonsuchmattersaseco-8
2114-nomic,energy,environment,scienceandhealth; 9
2115-‘‘(3)toadvance— 10
2116-‘‘(A)theroutineimplementationandmain-11
2117-tenanceofeconomic,environment,science,and 12
2118-healthagreements;and 13
2119-‘‘(B)otherinitiativesinthecountriesto 14
2120-whichsuchofficersareassignedrelatedtoim-15
2121-provingeconomicorcommercialrelationsfor 16
2122-thebenefitofUnitedStatespersons,including 17
2123-businesses; 18
2124-‘‘(4)toidentify,andhelpdesignandexecute, 19
2125-andadvanceinconsultationwithotherFederal 20
2126-agencies,UnitedStatespolicies,programs,andini-21
2127-tiatives,includingcapacity-buildingefforts,toad-22
2128-vancepoliciesofforeigngovernmentsthatimprove 23
2129-localeconomicgovernance,market-basedbusiness 24
2130-environments,andmarketaccess,increasetradeand 25
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2133-•S 2043 RS
2134-investmentopportunities,orprovideamorelevel 1
2135-playingfieldforUnitedStatespersons,including 2
2136-withrespectto— 3
2137-‘‘(A)improvingrevenuecollection; 4
2138-‘‘(B)streamliningcustomsprocessesand 5
2139-improvingcustomstransparencyandefficiency; 6
2140-‘‘(C)improvingregulatorymanagement; 7
2141-‘‘(D)improvingprocurementprocesses,in-8
2142-cludingfacilitatingtransparencyintendering, 9
2143-bidding,andcontactnegotiation; 10
2144-‘‘(E)advancingintellectualpropertypro-11
2145-tections; 12
2146-‘‘(F)eliminatinganticompetitivesubsidies 13
2147-andimprovingthetransparencyofremaining 14
2148-subsidies; 15
2149-‘‘(G)improvingbudgetmanagementand 16
2150-oversight;and 17
2151-‘‘(H)strengtheningmanagementofimpor-18
2152-tanteconomicsectors; 19
2153-‘‘(5)toprioritizeactivesupportofeconomic 20
2154-andcommercialgoalsoftheUnitedStates,andas 21
2155-appropriate,UnitedStatespersonsabroad,incon-22
2156-junctionwiththeUnitedStatesandForeignCom-23
2157-mercialServiceestablishedbysection2301ofthe 24
2158-ExportEnhancementActof1988(15U.S.C.4721); 25
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2161-•S 2043 RS
2162-‘‘(6)toprovideUnitedStatespersonswithin-1
2163-formationonallUnitedStatesGovernmentsupport 2
2164-withrespecttointernationaleconomicmatters; 3
2165-‘‘(7)toreceivefeedbackfromUnitedStates 4
2166-personswithrespecttosupportdescribedinpara-5
2167-graphs(5)and(6),andreportthatfeedbacktothe 6
2168-chiefofmissionandtotheheadquartersoftheDe-7
2169-partment; 8
2170-‘‘(8)toconsultcloselyandregularlywiththe 9
2171-privatesectorinaccordancewithsection709ofthe 10
2172-ChampioningAmericanBusinessthroughDiplomacy 11
2173-Actof2019(22U.S.C.9905); 12
2174-‘‘(9)toidentifyandexecuteopportunitiesfor 13
2175-theUnitedStatestocounterpolicies,initiatives,or 14
2176-activitiesbyauthoritariangovernmentsorenter-15
2177-prisesaffiliatedwithsuchgovernmentsthatare 16
2178-anticompetitiveorunderminethesovereigntyor 17
2179-prosperityoftheUnitedStatesorapartnercountry; 18
2180-‘‘(10)toidentifyandexecuteopportunitiesfor 19
2181-theUnitedStatesinnewandemergingareasof 20
2182-tradeandinvestment,suchasdigitaltrade,critical 21
2183-mineralsextraction,refining,andprocessing,energy, 22
2184-andinnovation; 23
2185-‘‘(11)tomonitorthedevelopmentandimple-24
2186-mentationofbilateralandmultilateraleconomicand 25
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2189-•S 2043 RS
2190-otherrelatedagreementsandproviderecommenda-1
2191-tionstotheSecretaryandtheheadsofotherrel-2
2192-evantFederalagencieswithrespecttoUnitedStates 3
2193-actionsandinitiativesrelatingtothoseagreements; 4
2194-‘‘(12)tomaintaincompleteandaccurate 5
2195-recordsoftheperformancemeasurementsoftheDe-6
2196-partmentforeconomicandcommercialdiplomacy 7
2197-activities,asdirectedbythechiefofmissionand 8
2198-otherseniorofficialsoftheDepartment; 9
2199-‘‘(13)toreportonissuesanddevelopmentsre-10
2200-latedtoeconomic,commercial,trade,andinvestment 11
2201-matterswithdirectrelevancetoUnitedStateseco-12
2202-nomicandnationalsecurityinterests,especially 13
2203-whenaccurate,reliable,timely,andcost-effectivein-14
2204-formationisunavailablefromnon-UnitedStates 15
2205-Governmentsources;and 16
2206-‘‘(14)tocoordinateallactivities,asnecessary 17
2207-andappropriate,withcounterpartsinotheragen-18
2208-cies. 19
2209-‘‘(c)REGULATORYUPDATES.—TheSecretaryshall 20
2210-updateguidanceintheForeignAffairsManualandother 21
2211-regulationsandguidanceasnecessarytoimplementthis 22
2212-section.’’. 23
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2216-(b)CLERICALAMENDMENT.—Thetableofcontents 1
2217-fortheForeignServiceActof1980isamendedbyinsert-2
2218-ingaftertheitemrelatingtosection505thefollowing: 3
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1721+Chief Information Officer shall submit the strategy 1
1722+required by this subsection to the appropriate con-2
1723+gressional committees and shall consult with the ap-3
1724+propriate congressional committees, not less than on 4
1725+an annual basis for 5 years, regarding the progress 5
1726+related to the implementation plan required by this 6
1727+subjection. 7
1728+(c) I
1729+MPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THEBUREAU FORIN-8
1730+FORMATIONRESOURCESMANAGEMENT.— 9
1731+(1) I
1732+N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 10
1733+after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 11
1734+Chief Information Officer shall develop policies and 12
1735+protocols to improve the customer service orienta-13
1736+tion, quality and timely delivery of information tech-14
1737+nology solutions, and training and support for bu-15
1738+reau and office-level information technology officers. 16
1739+(2) S
1740+URVEY.—Not later than one year after the 17
1741+date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 18
1742+thereafter for five years, the Chief Information Offi-19
1743+cer shall undertake a client satisfaction survey of bu-20
1744+reau information technology officers to obtain feed-21
1745+back on metrics related to— 22
1746+(A) customer service orientation of the Bu-23
1747+reau of Information Resources Management; 24
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1751+(B) quality and timelines of capabilities de-1
1752+livered; 2
1753+(C) maintenance and upkeep of informa-3
1754+tion technology solutions; 4
1755+(D) training and support for senior bureau 5
1756+and office-level information technology officers; 6
1757+and 7
1758+(E) other matters which the Chief Infor-8
1759+mation Officer, in consultation with client bu-9
1760+reaus and offices, determine appropriate. 10
1761+(3) S
1762+UBMISSION OF FINDINGS .—Not later than 11
1763+60 days after completing each survey required under 12
1764+paragraph (2), the Chief Information Officer shall 13
1765+submit a summary of the findings to the appropriate 14
1766+congressional committees. 15
1767+(d) S
1768+IGNIFICANTEXPENDITURE DEFINED.—For 16
1769+purposes of this section, the term ‘‘significant expendi-17
1770+ture’’ means any cumulative expenditure in excess of 18
1771+$250,000 total in a single fiscal year for a new unclassified 19
1772+software or information technology capability. 20
1773+SEC. 306. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING EN-21
1774+TERPRISE GOVERNANCE. 22
1775+It is the sense of Congress that in order to modernize 23
1776+the Department, enterprise-wide governance regarding 24
1777+budget and finance, information technology, and the cre-25
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1781+ation, analysis, and use of data across the Department is 1
1782+necessary to better align resources to strategy, including 2
1783+evaluating trade-offs, and to enhance efficiency and secu-3
1784+rity in using data and technology as tools to inform and 4
1785+evaluate the conduct of United States foreign policy. 5
1786+SEC. 307. DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY AND CYBERSECURITY 6
1787+PARTNERSHIP. 7
1788+(a) D
1789+IGITALCONNECTIVITY AND CYBERSECURITY 8
1790+P
1791+ARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary is authorized to establish 9
1792+a program, which may be known as the ‘‘Digital 10
1793+Connectivity and Cybersecurity Partnership’’, to help for-11
1794+eign countries— 12
1795+(1) expand and increase secure internet access 13
1796+and digital infrastructure in emerging markets, in-14
1797+cluding demand for and availability of high-quality 15
1798+information and communications technology (ICT) 16
1799+equipment, software, and services; 17
1800+(2) protect technological assets, including data; 18
1801+(3) adopt policies and regulatory positions that 19
1802+foster and encourage open, interoperable, reliable, 20
1803+and secure internet, the free flow of data, multi- 21
1804+stakeholder models of internet governance, and pro- 22
1805+competitive and secure ICT policies and regulations; 23
1806+(4) access United States exports of ICT goods 24
1807+and services; 25
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1811+(5) expand interoperability and promote the di-1
1812+versification of ICT goods and supply chain services 2
1813+to be less reliant on PRC imports; 3
1814+(6) promote best practices and common stand-4
1815+ards for a national approach to cybersecurity; and 5
1816+(7) advance other priorities consistent with 6
1817+paragraphs (1) through (6), as determined by the 7
1818+Secretary. 8
1819+(b) U
1820+SE OFFUNDS.—Funds made available to carry 9
1821+out this section, including unexpended funds from fiscal 10
1822+years 2018 through 2022, may be used to strengthen civil-11
1823+ian cybersecurity and information and communications 12
1824+technology capacity, including participation of foreign law 13
1825+enforcement and military personnel in non-military activi-14
1826+ties, notwithstanding any other provision of law, provided 15
1827+that such support is essential to enabling civilian and law 16
1828+enforcement of cybersecurity and information and commu-17
1829+nication technology related activities in their respective 18
1830+countries. 19
1831+(c) I
1832+MPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 180 20
1833+days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-21
1834+retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-22
1835+mittees an implementation plan for the coming year to ad-23
1836+vance the goals identified in subsection (a). 24
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1840+(d) CONSULTATION.—In developing and 1
1841+operationalizing the implementation plan required under 2
1842+subsection (c), the Secretary shall consult with— 3
1843+(1) the appropriate congressional committees; 4
1844+(2) United States industry leaders; 5
1845+(3) other relevant technology experts, including 6
1846+the Open Technology Fund; 7
1847+(4) representatives from relevant United States 8
1848+Government agencies; and 9
1849+(5) representatives from like-minded allies and 10
1850+partners. 11
1851+(e) A
1852+UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 12
1853+authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of 13
1854+fiscal years 2024 through 2028 to carry out this section. 14
1855+Such funds, including funds authorized to be appropriated 15
1856+under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, may be 16
1857+made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law 17
1858+to strengthen civilian cybersecurity and information and 18
1859+communications technology capacity, including for partici-19
1860+pation of foreign law enforcement and military personnel 20
1861+in non-military activities, and for contributions. Such 21
1862+funds shall remain available until expended. 22
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1866+SEC. 308. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CYBERSPACE, DIGITAL 1
1867+CONNECTIVITY, AND RELATED TECH-2
1868+NOLOGIES (CDT) FUND. 3
1869+Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 4
1870+U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 5
1871+the following new chapter: 6
1872+‘‘CHAPTER 10—CYBERSPACE, DIGITAL 7
1873+CONNECTIVITY, AND RELATED TECH-8
1874+NOLOGIES (CDT) FUND 9
1875+‘‘SEC. 591. FINDINGS. 10
1876+‘‘Congress makes the following findings: 11
1877+‘‘(1) Increasingly digitized and interconnected 12
1878+social, political, and economic systems have intro-13
1879+duced new vulnerabilities for malicious actors to ex-14
1880+ploit, which threatens economic and national secu-15
1881+rity. 16
1882+‘‘(2) The rapid development, deployment, and 17
1883+integration of information and communication tech-18
1884+nologies into all aspects of modern life bring mount-19
1885+ing risks of accidents and malicious activity involv-20
1886+ing such technologies, and their potential con-21
1887+sequences. 22
1888+‘‘(3) Because information and communication 23
1889+technologies are globally manufactured, traded, and 24
1890+networked, the economic and national security of the 25
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1894+United State depends greatly on cybersecurity prac-1
1895+tices of other actors, including other countries. 2
1896+‘‘(4) United States assistance to countries and 3
1897+international organizations to bolster civilian capac-4
1898+ity to address national cybersecurity and deterrence 5
1899+in cyberspace can help— 6
1900+‘‘(A) reduce vulnerability in the informa-7
1901+tion and communication technologies ecosystem; 8
1902+and 9
1903+‘‘(B) advance national and economic secu-10
1904+rity objectives. 11
1905+‘‘SEC. 592. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING 12
1906+FOR CYBERSPACE, DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY, 13
1907+AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES (CDT) CAPAC-14
1908+ITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES. 15
1909+‘‘(a) A
1910+UTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State is au-16
1911+thorized to provide assistance to foreign governments and 17
1912+organizations, including national, regional, and inter-18
1913+national institutions, on such terms and conditions as the 19
1914+Secretary may determine, in order to— 20
1915+‘‘(1) advance a secure and stable cyberspace; 21
1916+‘‘(2) protect and expand trusted digital eco-22
1917+systems and connectivity; 23
1918+‘‘(3) build the cybersecurity capacity of partner 24
1919+countries and organizations; and 25
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1923+‘‘(4) ensure that the development of standards 1
1924+and the deployment and use of technology supports 2
1925+and reinforces human rights and democratic values, 3
1926+including through the Digital Connectivity and Cy-4
1927+bersecurity Partnership. 5
1928+‘‘(b) S
1929+COPE OFUSES.—Assistance under this section 6
1930+may include programs to— 7
1931+‘‘(1) advance the adoption and deployment of 8
1932+secure and trustworthy information and communica-9
1933+tions technology (ICT) infrastructure and services, 10
1934+including efforts to grow global markets for secure 11
1935+ICT goods and services and promote a more diverse 12
1936+and resilient ICT supply chain; 13
1937+‘‘(2) provide technical and capacity building as-14
1938+sistance to— 15
1939+‘‘(A) promote policy and regulatory frame-16
1940+works that create an enabling environment for 17
1941+digital connectivity and a vibrant digital econ-18
1942+omy; 19
1943+‘‘(B) ensure technologies, including related 20
1944+new and emerging technologies, are developed, 21
1945+deployed, and used in ways that support and re-22
1946+inforce democratic values and human rights; 23
1947+‘‘(C) promote innovation and competition; 24
1948+and 25
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1952+‘‘(D) support digital governance with the 1
1953+development of rights-respecting international 2
1954+norms and standards; 3
1955+‘‘(3) help countries prepare for, defend against, 4
1956+and respond to malicious cyber activities, including 5
1957+through— 6
1958+‘‘(A) the adoption of cybersecurity best 7
1959+practices; 8
1960+‘‘(B) the development of national strategies 9
1961+to enhance cybersecurity; 10
1962+‘‘(C) the deployment of cybersecurity tools 11
1963+and services to increase the security, strength, 12
1964+and resilience of networks and infrastructure; 13
1965+‘‘(D) support for the development of cyber-14
1966+security watch, warning, response, and recovery 15
1967+capabilities, including through the development 16
1968+of cybersecurity incident response teams; 17
1969+‘‘(E) support for collaboration with the Cy-18
1970+bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 19
1971+(CISA) and other relevant Federal agencies to 20
1972+enhance cybersecurity; 21
1973+‘‘(F) programs to strengthen allied and 22
1974+partner governments’ capacity to detect, inves-23
1975+tigate, deter, and prosecute cybercrimes; 24
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1979+‘‘(G) programs to provide information and 1
1980+resources to diplomats engaging in discussions 2
1981+and negotiations around international law and 3
1982+capacity building measures related to cybersecu-4
1983+rity; 5
1984+‘‘(H) capacity building for cybersecurity 6
1985+partners, including law enforcement and mili-7
1986+tary entities as described in subsection (f); 8
1987+‘‘(I) programs that enhance the ability of 9
1988+relevant stakeholders to act collectively against 10
1989+shared cybersecurity threats; 11
1990+‘‘(J) the advancement of programs in sup-12
1991+port of the Framework of Responsible State Be-13
1992+havior in Cyberspace; and 14
1993+‘‘(K) the fortification of deterrence instru-15
1994+ments in cyberspace; and 16
1995+‘‘(4) such other purpose and functions as the 17
1996+Secretary of State may designate. 18
1997+‘‘(c) R
1998+ESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICYDECISIONS AND 19
1999+J
2000+USTIFICATION.—The Secretary of State shall be respon-20
2001+sible for policy decisions regarding programs under this 21
2002+chapter, with respect to— 22
2003+‘‘(1) whether there will be cybersecurity and 23
2004+digital capacity building programs for a foreign 24
2005+country or entity operating in that country; 25
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2009+‘‘(2) the amount of funds for each foreign coun-1
2010+try or entity; and 2
2011+‘‘(3) the scope and nature of such uses of fund-3
2012+ing. 4
2013+‘‘(d) D
2014+ETAILEDJUSTIFICATION FORUSES ANDPUR-5
2015+POSES OFFUNDS.—The Secretary of State shall provide, 6
2016+on an annual basis, a detailed justification for the uses 7
2017+and purposes of the amounts provided under this chapter, 8
2018+including information concerning— 9
2019+‘‘(1) the amounts and kinds of grants; 10
2020+‘‘(2) the amounts and kinds of budgetary sup-11
2021+port provided, if any; and 12
2022+‘‘(3) the amounts and kinds of project assist-13
2023+ance provided for what purpose and with such 14
2024+amounts. 15
2025+‘‘(e) A
2026+SSISTANCE ANDFUNDINGUNDEROTHERAU-16
2027+THORITIES.—The authority granted under this section to 17
2028+provide assistance or funding for countries and organiza-18
2029+tions does not preclude the use of funds provided to carry 19
2030+out other authorities also available for such purpose. 20
2031+‘‘(f) A
2032+VAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appro-21
2033+priated to carry out this chapter may be used, notwith-22
2034+standing any other provision of law, to strengthen civilian 23
2035+cybersecurity and information and communications tech-24
2036+nology capacity, including participation of foreign law en-25
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2040+forcement and military personnel in non-military activi-1
2041+ties, provided that such support is essential to enabling 2
2042+civilian and law enforcement of cybersecurity and informa-3
2043+tion and communication technology related activities in 4
2044+their respective countries. 5
2045+‘‘(g) N
2046+OTIFICATIONREQUIREMENTS.—Funds made 6
2047+available under this section shall be obligated in accord-7
2048+ance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming no-8
2049+tifications pursuant to section 634A of this Act. 9
2050+‘‘SEC. 593. REVIEW OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CAPACITY. 10
2051+‘‘(a) I
2052+NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con-11
2053+sultation as appropriate with other relevant Federal de-12
2054+partments and agencies is authorized to conduct a review 13
2055+that— 14
2056+‘‘(1) analyzes the United States Government’s 15
2057+capacity to promptly and effectively deliver emer-16
2058+gency support to countries experiencing major cyber-17
2059+security and ICT incidents; 18
2060+‘‘(2) identifies relevant factors constraining the 19
2061+support referred to in paragraph (1); and 20
2062+‘‘(3) develops a strategy to improve coordina-21
2063+tion among relevant Federal agencies and to resolve 22
2064+such constraints. 23
2065+‘‘(b) R
2066+EPORT.—Not later than one year after the 24
2067+date of the enactment of this chapter, the Secretary of 25
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2071+State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign 1
2072+Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 2
2073+Affairs of the House of Representatives that contains the 3
2074+results of the review conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 4
2075+‘‘SEC. 594. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 5
2076+‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated 6
2077+$150,000,000 during the 5-year period beginning on Octo-7
2078+ber 1, 2023, to carry out the purposes of this chapter.’’. 8
2079+TITLE IV—ORGANIZATION AND 9
2080+OPERATIONS 10
2081+SEC. 401. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS. 11
2082+(a) E
2083+XIGENTCIRCUMSTANCES AND CRISISRE-12
2084+SPONSE.—To assist the Department in addressing and re-13
2085+sponding to exigent circumstances and urgent crises 14
2086+abroad, the Department is authorized to employ a limited 15
2087+number of personal services contractors in order to meet 16
2088+exigent needs, subject to the requirements of this section. 17
2089+(b) A
2090+UTHORITY.—The authority to employ personal 18
2091+services contractors is in addition to any existing authori-19
2092+ties to enter into personal services contracts. 20
2093+(c) E
2094+MPLOYING ANDALLOCATION OFPERSONNEL.— 21
2095+To meet the needs described in subsection (a) and subject 22
2096+to the requirements in subsection (d), the Department 23
2097+may— 24
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2101+(1) enter into contracts to employ a total of up 1
2102+to 100 personal services contractors at any given 2
2103+time for each of fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026; 3
2104+and 4
2105+(2) allocate up to 20 personal services contrac-5
2106+tors to a given bureau, without regard to the sources 6
2107+of funding such office relies on to compensate indi-7
2108+viduals. 8
2109+(d) L
2110+IMITATION.—Employment authorized by this 9
2111+section shall not exceed two calendar years. 10
2112+(e) N
2113+OTIFICATION ANDREPORTING TOCONGRESS.— 11
2114+(1) N
2115+OTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days 12
2116+after the use of authority under this section, the 13
2117+Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional 14
2118+committees of the number of personal services con-15
2119+tractors being employed, the expected length of em-16
2120+ployment, the relevant bureau, the purpose for using 17
2121+personal services contractors, and the justification, 18
2122+including the exigent circumstances requiring such 19
2123+use. 20
2124+(2) A
2125+NNUAL REPORTING .—Not later than 60 21
2126+days after the end of each fiscal year, the Depart-22
2127+ment shall submit to the appropriate congressional 23
2128+committees a report describing the number of per-24
2129+sonal services contractors employed pursuant to this 25
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2133+section for the prior fiscal year, the length of em-1
2134+ployment, the relevant bureau by which they were 2
2135+employed pursuant to this section, the purpose for 3
2136+using personal services contractors, disaggregated 4
2137+demographic data of such contractors, and the jus-5
2138+tification for the employment, including the exigent 6
2139+circumstances. 7
2140+SEC. 402. HARD-TO-FILL POSTS. 8
2141+(a) S
2142+ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-9
2143+gress that— 10
2144+(1) the number of hard-to-fill vacancies at 11
2145+United States diplomatic missions are far too high 12
2146+and present a national security risk to the United 13
2147+States; and 14
2148+(2) if the Department is unable to incentivize 15
2149+officers to accept hard-to-fill positions, the Depart-16
2150+ment should consider directed assignments to more 17
2151+effectively advance the national interests of the 18
2152+United States. 19
2153+(b) R
2154+EPORT ONDEVELOPMENT OF INCENTIVES FOR 20
2155+H
2156+ARD-TO-FILLPOSTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 21
2157+date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 22
2158+a report to the appropriate congressional committees on 23
2159+efforts to develop new incentives for hard-to-fill positions 24
2160+at United States diplomatic missions. The report shall in-25
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2164+clude a description of the incentives developed to date and 1
2165+proposals to try to more effectively fill hard-to-fill posts. 2
2166+SEC. 403. ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL 3
2167+RIGHTS. 4
2168+(a) R
2169+EPORTWITHRECOMMENDATIONS AND MAN-5
2170+AGEMENTSTRUCTURE.—Not later than 270 days after 6
2171+the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 7
2172+of Management shall submit to the appropriate congres-8
2173+sional committees a report with any recommendations for 9
2174+the long-term structure and management of the Office of 10
2175+Civil Rights, including— 11
2176+(1) whether OCR should report directly to 12
2177+someone other than the Secretary, such as the 13
2178+Under Secretary of Management; 14
2179+(2) any changes made within OCR to its inves-15
2180+tigative processes to improve the integrity and thor-16
2181+oughness of its investigations; and 17
2182+(3) any recommendations to improve the man-18
2183+agement structure, investigative process, and over-19
2184+sight of the Office. 20
2185+SEC. 404. CRISIS RESPONSE OPERATIONS. 21
2186+(a) I
2187+NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 22
2188+date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall insti-23
2189+tute the following changes and ensure that the following 24
2190+elements have been integrated into the ongoing crisis re-25
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2194+sponse management and response by the Crisis Manage-1
2195+ment and Strategy Office: 2
2196+(1) The Department’s crisis response planning 3
2197+and operations shall conduct, maintain, and update 4
2198+on a regular basis contingency plans for posts and 5
2199+regions experiencing or vulnerable to conflict or 6
2200+emergency conditions, including armed conflict, na-7
2201+tional disasters, significant political or military up-8
2202+heaval, and emergency evacuations. 9
2203+(2) The Department’s crisis response efforts 10
2204+shall be led by an individual with significant experi-11
2205+ence responding to prior crises, who shall be so des-12
2206+ignated by the Secretary. 13
2207+(3) The Department’s crisis response efforts 14
2208+shall provide at least quarterly updates to the Sec-15
2209+retary and other relevant senior officials, including a 16
2210+plan and schedule to develop contingency planning 17
2211+for identified posts and regions consistent with para-18
2212+graph (1). 19
2213+(4) The decision to develop contingency plan-20
2214+ning for any particular post or region shall be made 21
2215+independent of any regional bureau. 22
2216+(5) The crisis response team shall develop and 23
2217+maintain best practices for evacuations, closures, 24
2218+and emergency conditions. 25
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2222+(b) UPDATE.—Not later than 180 days after the date 1
2223+of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 2
2224+an update to the appropriate congressional committees 3
2225+outlining the steps taken to implement this section, along 4
2226+with any other recommendations to improve the Depart-5
2227+ment’s crisis management and response operations. 6
2228+TITLE V—ECONOMIC 7
2229+DIPLOMACY 8
2230+SEC. 501. DUTIES OF OFFICERS PERFORMING ECONOMIC 9
2231+FUNCTIONS. 10
2232+(a) I
2233+NGENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Foreign 11
2234+Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3981 et seq.) is amended 12
2235+by adding at the end the following new section: 13
2236+‘‘SEC. 506. DUTIES OF OFFICERS PERFORMING ECONOMIC 14
2237+FUNCTIONS. 15
2238+‘‘(a) D
2239+EFINEDTERM.—In this section, the term 16
2240+‘United States person’ means— 17
2241+‘‘(1) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 18
2242+admitted for permanent residence to the United 19
2243+States; or 20
2244+‘‘(2) an entity organized under the laws of the 21
2245+United States or any jurisdiction within the United 22
2246+States, including a foreign branch of such an entity. 23
2247+‘‘(b) I
2248+NGENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 24
2249+direct the economic officers of the Foreign Service as ap-25
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2253+propriate to carry out the full spectrum of economic 1
2254+statecraft and commercial diplomacy work that advances 2
2255+United States foreign policy priorities in the host country 3
2256+or domestic posting to which they are assigned, includ-4
2257+ing— 5
2258+‘‘(1) to negotiate economic and other related 6
2259+agreements with foreign governments and inter-7
2260+national organizations; 8
2261+‘‘(2) to inform the Department, and when ap-9
2262+propriate, the Washington, D.C., headquarters of-10
2263+fices of Federal agencies, with respect to the posi-11
2264+tions of foreign governments and international orga-12
2265+nizations in negotiations on such matters as eco-13
2266+nomic, energy, environment, science and health; 14
2267+‘‘(3) to advance— 15
2268+‘‘(A) the routine implementation and main-16
2269+tenance of economic, environment, science, and 17
2270+health agreements; and 18
2271+‘‘(B) other initiatives in the countries to 19
2272+which such officers are assigned related to im-20
2273+proving economic or commercial relations for 21
2274+the benefit of United States persons, including 22
2275+businesses; 23
2276+‘‘(4) to identify, and help design and execute, 24
2277+and advance in consultation with other Federal 25
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2280+•S 2043 IS
2281+agencies, United States policies, programs, and ini-1
2282+tiatives, including capacity-building efforts, to ad-2
2283+vance policies of foreign governments that improve 3
2284+local economic governance, market-based business 4
2285+environments, and market access, increase trade and 5
2286+investment opportunities, or provide a more level 6
2287+playing field for United States persons, including 7
2288+with respect to— 8
2289+‘‘(A) improving revenue collection; 9
2290+‘‘(B) streamlining customs processes and 10
2291+improving customs transparency and efficiency; 11
2292+‘‘(C) improving regulatory management; 12
2293+‘‘(D) improving procurement processes, in-13
2294+cluding facilitating transparency in tendering, 14
2295+bidding, and contact negotiation; 15
2296+‘‘(E) advancing intellectual property pro-16
2297+tections; 17
2298+‘‘(F) eliminating anticompetitive subsidies 18
2299+and improving the transparency of remaining 19
2300+subsidies; 20
2301+‘‘(G) improving budget management and 21
2302+oversight; and 22
2303+‘‘(H) strengthening management of impor-23
2304+tant economic sectors; 24
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2308+‘‘(5) to prioritize active support of economic 1
2309+and commercial goals of the United States, and as 2
2310+appropriate, United States persons abroad, in con-3
2311+junction with the United States and Foreign Com-4
2312+mercial Service established by section 2301 of the 5
2313+Export Enhancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721); 6
2314+‘‘(6) to provide United States persons with in-7
2315+formation on all United States Government support 8
2316+with respect to international economic matters; 9
2317+‘‘(7) to receive feedback from United States 10
2318+persons with respect to support described in para-11
2319+graphs (5) and (6), and report that feedback to the 12
2320+chief of mission and to the headquarters of the De-13
2321+partment; 14
2322+‘‘(8) to consult closely and regularly with the 15
2323+private sector in accordance with section 709 of the 16
2324+Championing American Business through Diplomacy 17
2325+Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 9905); 18
2326+‘‘(9) to identify and execute opportunities for 19
2327+the United States to counter policies, initiatives, or 20
2328+activities by authoritarian governments or enter-21
2329+prises affiliated with such governments that are 22
2330+anticompetitive or undermine the sovereignty or 23
2331+prosperity of the United States or a partner country; 24
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2335+‘‘(10) to identify and execute opportunities for 1
2336+the United States in new and emerging areas of 2
2337+trade and investment, such as digital trade, critical 3
2338+minerals extraction, refining, and processing, energy, 4
2339+and innovation; 5
2340+‘‘(11) to monitor the development and imple-6
2341+mentation of bilateral and multilateral economic and 7
2342+other related agreements and provide recommenda-8
2343+tions to the Secretary and the heads of other rel-9
2344+evant Federal agencies with respect to United States 10
2345+actions and initiatives relating to those agreements; 11
2346+‘‘(12) to maintain complete and accurate 12
2347+records of the performance measurements of the De-13
2348+partment for economic and commercial diplomacy 14
2349+activities, as directed by the chief of mission and 15
2350+other senior officials of the Department; 16
2351+‘‘(13) to report on issues and developments re-17
2352+lated to economic, commercial, trade, and investment 18
2353+matters with direct relevance to United States eco-19
2354+nomic and national security interests, especially 20
2355+when accurate, reliable, timely, and cost-effective in-21
2356+formation is unavailable from non-United States 22
2357+Government sources; and 23
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2360+•S 2043 IS
2361+‘‘(14) to coordinate all activities, as necessary 1
2362+and appropriate, with counterparts in other agen-2
2363+cies. 3
2364+‘‘(c) R
2365+EGULATORYUPDATES.—The Secretary shall 4
2366+update guidance in the Foreign Affairs Manual and other 5
2367+regulations and guidance as necessary to implement this 6
2368+section.’’. 7
2369+(b) C
2370+LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 8
2371+for the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended by insert-9
2372+ing after the item relating to section 505 the following: 10
22192373 ‘‘Sec. 506. Duties of economic officers.’’.
2220-SEC.502.REPORT ONRECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND 4
2221-PROMOTION OFFOREIGN SERVICE ECO-5
2222-NOMICOFFICERS. 6
2223-(a)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthe 7
2224-dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsub-8
2225-mitareporttotheappropriatecongressionalcommittees 9
2226-regardingtherecruitment,retention,andpromotionof 10
2227-economicofficersintheForeignService. 11
2228-(b)ELEMENTS.—Thereportrequiredundersub-12
2229-section(b)shallinclude— 13
2230-(1)anoverviewofthekeychallengestheDe-14
2231-partmentfacesin— 15
2232-(A)recruitingindividualstoserveaseco-16
2233-nomicofficersintheForeignService;and 17
2234-(B)retainingindividualsservingaseco-18
2235-nomicofficersintheForeignService,particu-19
2236-larlyatthelevelofGS–14oftheGeneral 20
2237-Scheduleandhigher; 21
2238-(2)anoverviewofthekeychallengesinrecruit-22
2239-ingandretainingqualifiedindividualstoservein 23
2240-economicpositionsintheCivilService; 24
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2244-(3)acomparisonofpromotionratesforeco-1
2245-nomicofficersintheForeignServicerelativeto 2
2246-otherofficersintheForeignService; 3
2247-(4)theidentification,disaggregatedbyregion, 4
2248-ofhard-to-fillpostsandproposedincentivestoim-5
2249-provestaffingofeconomicofficersintheForeign 6
2250-Serviceatsuchposts;and 7
2251-(5)asummaryandanalysisofthefactorsthat 8
2252-leadtothepromotionof— 9
2253-(A)economicofficersintheForeignServ-10
2254-ice;and 11
2255-(B)individualsservingineconomicposi-12
2256-tionsintheCivilService. 13
2257-SEC.503.MANDATE TOREVISEDEPARTMENT OFSTATE 14
2258-METRICS FORSUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC AND 15
2259-COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY. 16
2260-(a)MANDATETOREVISEDEPARTMENT OFSTATE 17
2261-PERFORMANCEMEASURESFORECONOMICANDCOMMER-18
2262-CIALDIPLOMACY.—TheSecretaryshall,aspartoftheDe-19
2263-partment’snextregularlyscheduledreviewonmetricsand 20
2264-performancemeasures,includerevisionsofDepartment 21
2265-performancemeasuresforeconomicandcommercialdiplo-22
2266-macy,byidentifyingoutcome-oriented,andnotprocess- 23
2267-oriented,performancemetrics,includingmetricsthat— 24
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2271-(1)measurehowDepartmenteffortsadvanced 1
2272-specificeconomicandcommercialobjectivesandled 2
2273-tosuccessesfortheUnitedStatesorotherprivate 3
2274-sectoractorsoverseas;and 4
2275-(2)focusoncustomersatisfactionwithDepart-5
2276-mentservicesandassistance. 6
2277-(b)PLANFORENSURINGCOMPLETEDATAFOR 7
2278-PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—Aspartofthereviewre-8
2279-quiredundersubsection(a),theSecretaryshallinclude 9
2280-aplanforensuringthat— 10
2281-(1)theDepartment,bothatitsmainhead-11
2282-quartersandatdomesticandoverseasposts,main-12
2283-tainsandfullyupdatesdataonperformancemeas-13
2284-ures;and 14
2285-(2)Departmentleadershipandtheappropriate 15
2286-congressionalcommitteescanevaluatetheextentto 16
2287-whichtheDepartmentisadvancingUnitedStates 17
2288-economicandcommercialinterestsabroadthrough 18
2289-meetingperformancetargets. 19
2290-(c)REPORTONPRIVATESECTORSURVEYS.—The 20
2291-Secretaryshallprepareareportthatlistsanddescribes 21
2292-allthemethodsthroughwhichtheDepartmentconducts 22
2293-surveysoftheprivatesectortomeasureprivatesectorsat-23
2294-isfactionwithassistanceandservicesprovidedbytheDe-24
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2297-•S 2043 RS
2298-partmenttoadvanceprivatesectoreconomicandcommer-1
2299-cialgoalsinforeignmarkets. 2
2300-(d)REPORT.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthedate 3
2301-oftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsubmit 4
2302-totheappropriatecongressionalcommittees— 5
2303-(1)therevisedperformancemetricsrequired 6
2304-undersubsection(a);and 7
2305-(2)thereportrequiredundersubsection(c). 8
2306-SEC.504.CHIEFOFMISSION ECONOMIC RESPONSIBIL-9
2307-ITIES. 10
2308-Section207oftheForeignServiceActof1980(22 11
2309-U.S.C.3927)isamendedbyaddingattheendthefol-12
2310-lowing: 13
2311-‘‘(e)EMBASSYECONOMICTEAM.— 14
2312-‘‘(1)COORDINATION ANDSUPERVISION.—Each 15
2313-chiefofmissionshallcoordinateandsupervisethe 16
2314-implementationofallUnitedStateseconomicpolicy 17
2315-interestswithinthehostcountryinwhichthediplo-18
2316-maticmissionislocated,amongallUnitedStates 19
2317-Governmentdepartmentsandagenciespresentin 20
2318-suchcountry. 21
2319-‘‘(2)ACCOUNTABILITY.—Thechiefofmissionis 22
2320-responsiblefortheperformanceofthediplomatic 23
2321-missioninadvancingUnitedStateseconomicpolicy 24
2322-interestswithinthehostcountry. 25
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2326-‘‘(3)MISSIONECONOMICTEAM.—Thechiefof 1
2327-missionshalldesignateappropriateembassystaffto 2
2328-formamissioneconomicteamthat— 3
2329-‘‘(A)monitorsnotableeconomic,commer-4
2330-cial,andinvestment-relateddevelopmentsinthe 5
2331-hostcountry;and 6
2332-‘‘(B)developsplansandstrategiesforad-7
2333-vancingUnitedStateseconomicandcommercial 8
2334-interestsinthehostcountry,including— 9
2335-‘‘(i)trackinglegislative,regulatory, 10
2336-judicial,andpolicydevelopmentsthat 11
2337-couldaffectUnitedStateseconomic,com-12
2338-mercial,andinvestmentinterests; 13
2339-‘‘(ii)advocatingforbestpracticeswith 14
2340-respecttopolicyandregulatorydevelop-15
2341-ments; 16
2342-‘‘(iii)conductingregularanalysesof 17
2343-marketsystems,trends,prospects,andop-18
2344-portunitiesforvalue-addition,including 19
2345-riskassessmentsandconstraintsanalyses 20
2346-ofkeysectorsandofUnitedStatesstra-21
2347-tegiccompetitiveness,andotherreporting 22
2348-oncommercialopportunitiesandinvest-23
2349-mentclimate;and 24
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2353-‘‘(iv)providingrecommendationsfor 1
2354-respondingtodevelopmentsthatmayad-2
2355-verselyaffectUnitedStateseconomicand 3
2356-commercialinterests.’’. 4
2357-SEC.505.DIRECTION TOEMBASSY DEALTEAMS. 5
2358-(a)PURPOSES.—Thepurposesofdealteamsat 6
2359-UnitedStatesembassiesandconsulatesare— 7
2360-(1)topromoteaprivatesector-ledapproach— 8
2361-(A)toadvanceeconomicgrowthandjob 9
2362-creationthatistailored,asappropriate,tospe-10
2363-cificeconomicsectors;and 11
2364-(B)toadvancestrategicpartnerships; 12
2365-(2)toprioritizeefforts— 13
2366-(A)toidentifycommercialandinvestment 14
2367-opportunities; 15
2368-(B)toadvocateforimprovementsinthe 16
2369-businessandinvestmentclimate; 17
2370-(C)toengageandconsultwithprivatesec-18
2371-torpartners;and 19
2372-(D)toreportontheactivitiesdescribedin 20
2373-subparagraphs(A)through(C),inaccordance 21
2374-withtheapplicablerequirementsundersections 22
2375-706and707oftheChampioningAmerican 23
2376-BusinessThroughDiplomacyActof2019(22 24
2377-U.S.C.9902and9903); 25
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2381-(3)(A)(i)toidentifytradeandinvestmentop-1
2382-portunitiesforUnitedStatescompaniesinforeign 2
2383-markets;or 3
2384-(ii)toassistwithexistingtradeandinvest-4
2385-mentopportunitiesalreadyidentifiedbyUnited 5
2386-Statescompanies;and 6
2387-(B)todeployUnitedStatesGovernmenteco-7
2388-nomicandothertoolstohelpsuchUnitedStates 8
2389-companiestosecuretheirobjectives; 9
2390-(4)toidentifyandfacilitateopportunitiesfor 10
2391-entitiesinahostcountrytoincreaseexportsto,or 11
2392-investmentin,theUnitedStatesinordertogrow 12
2393-two-waytradeandinvestment; 13
2394-(5)tomodernize,streamline,andimproveac-14
2395-cesstoresourcesandservicesdesignedtopromote 15
2396-increasedtradeandinvestmentopportunities; 16
2397-(6)toidentifyandsecureUnitedStatesoral-17
2398-liedgovernmentsupportofstrategicprojects,includ-18
2399-ingprojectsvulnerabletopredatoryinvestmentby 19
2400-anauthoritariancountryorentityinsuchcountry, 20
2401-wheresupportorinvestmentservesanimportant 21
2402-UnitedStatesinterest; 22
2403-(7)tocoordinateacrosstheUnitesStatesGov-23
2404-ernmenttoensuretheappropriateandmosteffec-24
2405-tiveuseofUnitedStatesGovernmenttoolstosup-25
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2409-portUnitedStateseconomic,commercial,andin-1
2410-vestmentobjectives;and 2
2411-(8)tocoordinatewiththemulti-agencyDC 3
2412-CentralDealTeam,establishedinFebruary2020, 4
2413-onthemattersdescribedinparagraphs(1)through 5
2414-(7)andotherrelevantmatters. 6
2415-(b)CLARIFICATION.—Adealteammaybecomposed 7
2416-ofthepersonnelcomprisingthemissioneconomicteam 8
2417-formedpursuanttosection207(e)(3)oftheForeignServ-9
2418-iceActof1980,asaddedbysection504. 10
2419-(c)RESTRICTIONS.—Adealteammaynotprovide 11
2420-supportfor,orassistaUnitedStatespersonwithatrans-12
2421-actioninvolving,agovernment,oranentityownedorcon-13
2422-trolledbyagovernment,iftheSecretarydeterminesthat 14
2423-suchgovernment— 15
2424-(1)hasrepeatedlyprovidedsupportforactsof 16
2425-internationalterrorism,asdescribedin— 17
2426-(A)section1754(c)(1)(A)(i)oftheExport 18
2427-ControlReformActof2018(subtitleBoftitle 19
2428-XVIIofPublicLaw115–232); 20
2429-(B)section620A(a)oftheForeignAssist-21
2430-anceActof1961(22U.S.C.2371(a)); 22
2431-(C)section40(d)oftheArmsExportCon-23
2432-trolAct(22U.S.C.2780(d));or 24
2433-(D)anyotherrelevantprovisionoflaw;or 25
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2437-(2)hasengagedinanactivitythatwouldtrig-1
2438-gerarestrictionundersection116(a)or502B(a)(2) 2
2439-oftheForeignAssistanceActof1961(22U.S.C. 3
2440-2151n(a)and2304(a)(2))oranyotherrelevantpro-4
2441-visionoflaw. 5
2442-(d)FURTHERRESTRICTIONS.— 6
2443-(1)PROHIBITIONONSUPPORTOFSANCTIONED 7
2444-PERSONS.—Dealteamsmaynotcarryoutactivities 8
2445-prohibitedunderUnitedStatessanctionslawsor 9
2446-regulations,includingdealingswithpersonsonthe 10
2447-listofspeciallydesignatedpersonsandblockedper-11
2448-sonsmaintainedbytheOfficeofForeignAssets 12
2449-ControloftheDepartmentoftheTreasury,except 13
2450-totheextentotherwiseauthorizedbytheSecretary 14
2451-oftheTreasuryortheSecretary. 15
2452-(2)PROHIBITIONONSUPPORTOFACTIVITIES 16
2453-SUBJECTTOSANCTIONS.—Anypersonreceivingsup-17
2454-portfromadealteammustbeincompliancewith 18
2455-allUnitedStatessanctionslawsandregulationsas 19
2456-aconditionforreceivingsuchassistance. 20
2457-(e)CHIEFOFMISSIONAUTHORITYANDACCOUNT-21
2458-ABILITY.—Thechiefofmissiontoaforeigncountry— 22
2459-(1)isthedesignatedleaderofadealteamin 23
2460-suchcountry;and 24
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2463-•S 2043 RS
2464-(2)shallbeheldaccountablefortheperform-1
2465-anceandeffectivenessofUnitedStatesdealteams 2
2466-insuchcountry. 3
2467-(f)GUIDANCECABLE.—TheDepartmentshallsend 4
2468-outregularguidanceonDealTeameffortsbyanAllDip-5
2469-lomaticandConsularPosts(referredtointhissectionas 6
2470-‘‘ALDAC’’)that— 7
2471-(1)describestheroleofdealteams;and 8
2472-(2)includesrelevantandup-to-dateinformation 9
2473-toenhancetheeffectivenessofdealteamsinacoun-10
2474-try. 11
2475-(g)CONFIDENTIALITY OFINFORMATION.— 12
2476-(1)INGENERAL.—Inpreparingthecablere-13
2477-quiredundersubsection(f),theSecretaryshallpro-14
2478-tectfromdisclosureanyproprietaryinformationof 15
2479-aUnitedStatespersonmarkedasbusinessconfiden-16
2480-tialinformationunlessthepersonsubmittingsuch 17
2481-information— 18
2482-(A)hadnotice,atthetimeofsubmission, 19
2483-thatsuchinformationwouldbereleasedby;or 20
2484-(B)subsequentlyconsentstothereleaseof 21
2485-suchinformation. 22
2486-(2)TREATMENT ASTRADESECRETS.—Propri-23
2487-etaryinformationobtainedbytheUnitedStates 24
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2491-GovernmentfromaUnitedStatespersonpursuant 1
2492-totheactivitiesofdealteamsshallbe— 2
2493-(A)consideredtobetradesecretsand 3
2494-commercialorfinancialinformation(assuch 4
2495-termsareusedundersection552b(c)(4)oftitle 5
2496-5,UnitedStatesCode);and 6
2497-(B)exemptfromdisclosurewithouttheex-7
2498-pressapprovaloftheperson. 8
2499-(h)SUNSET.—Therequirementsundersubsections 9
2500-(f)through(h)shallterminateonthedatethatis5years 10
2501-afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct. 11
2502-SEC.506.ESTABLISHMENT OFA‘‘DEALTEAM OFTHE 12
2503-YEAR’’AWARD. 13
2504-(a)ESTABLISHMENT.—TheSecretaryshallannually 14
2505-presentanewaward,tobeknownasthe‘‘DealTeam 15
2506-oftheYearAward’’tothedealteamatoneUnitedStates 16
2507-missionineachregionoftheDepartmenttorecognizeout-17
2508-standingachievementsinsupportingaUnitedStatescom-18
2509-panyorcompaniespursuingcommercialdealsabroador 19
2510-inidentifyingnewdealprospectsforUnitedStatescompa-20
2511-nies. 21
2512-(b)AWARDCONTENT.— 22
2513-(1)DEPARTMENT OFSTATE.—Eachmemberof 23
2514-adealteamreceivinganawardpursuanttosub-24
2515-section(a)shallreceiveacertificatethat— 25
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2519-(A)issignedbytheSecretary;and 1
2520-(B)(i)inthecaseofamemberoftheFor-2
2521-eignService,isincludedinthenextemployee 3
2522-evaluationreport;or 4
2523-(ii)inthecaseofaCivilServiceemployee, 5
2524-isincludedinthenextannualperformancere-6
2525-view. 7
2526-(2)OTHERFEDERALAGENCIES.—Ifanaward 8
2527-ispresentedpursuanttosubsection(a)toaFederal 9
2528-Governmentemployeewhoisnotemployedbythe 10
2529-Department,theemployingagencymaydetermine 11
2530-whethertoprovidesuchemployeeanyrecognitionor 12
2531-benefitsinadditiontotherecognitionorbenefits 13
2532-providedbytheDepartment. 14
2533-(c)ELIGIBILITY.—Anyinteragencyeconomicsteam 15
2534-ataUnitedStatesoverseasmissionunderchiefofmission 16
2535-authoritythatassistsUnitedStatescompanieswithiden-17
2536-tifying,navigating,andsecuringtradeandinvestmentop-18
2537-portunitiesinaforeigncountryorthatfacilitatesbene-19
2538-ficialforeigninvestmentintotheUnitedStatesiseligible 20
2539-foranawardunderthissection. 21
2540-(d)REPORT.—Notlaterthanthelastdayofthefis-22
2541-calyearinwhichawardsarepresentedpursuanttosub-23
2542-section(a),theSecretaryshallsubmitareporttotheap-24
2543-propriatecongressionalcommitteesthatincludes— 25
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2546-•S 2043 RS
2547-(1)eachmissionreceivingaDealTeamofthe 1
2548-YearAward. 2
2549-(2)thenamesandagenciesofeachawardee 3
2550-withintherecipientdealteams;and 4
2551-(3)adetaileddescriptionofthereasonsuch 5
2552-dealteamsreceivedsuchaward. 6
2553-TITLEVI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 7
2554-SEC.601.NATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. 8
2555-Notlaterthan270daysafterthedateoftheenact-9
2556-mentofthisAct,theSecretaryshallsubmitastrategy 10
2557-totheappropriatecongressionalcommitteesthatassesses 11
2558-thepotentialbenefitsandcostsofanationaladvertising 12
2559-campaigntoimprovetherecruitmentintheCivilService 13
2560-andtheForeignServicebyraisingpublicawarenessof 14
2561-theimportantaccomplishmentsoftheDepartment. 15
2562-SEC.602.PUBLICDIPLOMACY OUTREACH. 16
2563-(a)COORDINATION OFRESOURCES.—TheAdminis-17
2564-tratoroftheUnitedStatesAgencyforInternationalDe-18
2565-velopmentandtheSecretaryshalldirectpublicaffairssec-19
2566-tionsatUnitedStatesembassiesandUSAIDMissionPro-20
2567-gramOfficersatUSAIDmissionstocoordinate,enhance 21
2568-andprioritizeresourcesforpublicdiplomacyandaware-22
2569-nesscampaignsaroundUnitedStatesdiplomaticandde-23
2570-velopmentefforts,includingthrough— 24
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2573-•S 2043 RS
2574-(1)theutilizationofnewmediatechnologyfor 1
2575-maximumpublicengagement;and 2
2576-(2)enactcoordinatedcomprehensivecommunity 3
2577-outreachtoincreasepublicawarenessandunder-4
2578-standingandappreciationofUnitedStatesdiplo-5
2579-maticanddevelopmentefforts. 6
2580-(b)DEVELOPMENT OUTREACHANDCOORDINATION 7
2581-OFFICERS.—USAIDshouldprioritizehiringofadditional 8
2582-DevelopmentOutreachandCoordinationofficersin 9
2583-USAIDmissionstosupportthepurposesofsubsection 10
2584-(a). 11
2585-(c)BESTPRACTICES.—TheSecretaryandtheAd-12
2586-ministratorofUSAIDshallidentify10countriesinwhich 13
2587-EmbassiesandUSAIDmissionshavesuccessfullyexe-14
2588-cutedefforts,includingmonitoringandevaluationofsuch 15
2589-efforts,describedin(a)anddevelopbestpracticestobe 16
2590-turnedintoDepartmentandUSAIDguidance. 17
2591-SEC.603.MODIFICATION ONUSEOFFUNDS FORRADIO 18
2592-FREEEUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY. 19
2593-Insection308(h)oftheUnitedStatesInternational 20
2594-BroadcastingActof1994(22U.S.C.6207(h))isamend-21
2595-ed— 22
2596-(1)bystrikingsubparagraphs(1),(3),and(5); 23
2597-and 24
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2600-•S 2043 RS
2601-(2)byredesignatingparagraphs(2)and(4)as 1
2602-paragraphs(1)and(2),respectively. 2
2603-SEC.604.INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING. 3
2604-(a)VOICEOFAMERICA.—Section303oftheUnited 4
2605-StatesInternationalBroadcastingActof1994(22U.S.C. 5
2606-6202)isamendedbyaddingattheendthefollowing: 6
2607-‘‘(d)VOICEOFAMERICAOPERATIONSANDSTRUC-7
2608-TURE.— 8
2609-‘‘(1)OPERATIONS.—TheDirectoroftheVoice 9
2610-ofAmerica(VOA)— 10
2611-‘‘(A)shalldirectandsupervisetheoper-11
2612-ationsofVOA,includingmakingallmajordeci-12
2613-sionsrelatingitsstaffing;and 13
2614-‘‘(B)mayutilizeanyauthoritiesmade 14
2615-availabletotheUnitedStatesAgencyforGlob-15
2616-alMediaortoitsChiefExecutiveOfficerunder 16
2617-thisActorunderanyotherActtocarryoutits 17
2618-operationsinaneffectivemanner. 18
2619-‘‘(2)PLAN.—Notlaterthan180daysafterthe 19
2620-dateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theDirectorof 20
2621-VOAshallsubmitaplantotheCommitteeonFor-21
2622-eignRelationsoftheSenateandtheCommitteeon 22
2623-ForeignAffairsoftheHouseofRepresentativesto 23
2624-ensurethatthepersonnelstructureofVOAissuffi-24
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2626-kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 95
2627-•S 2043 RS
2628-cienttoeffectivelycarryouttheprinciplesdescribed 1
2629-insubsection(c).’’. 2
2630-(b)APPOINTMENT OFCHIEFEXECUTIVEOFFI-3
2631-CER.—Section304ofsuchAct(22U.S.C.6203)is 4
2632-amended— 5
2633-(1)insubsection(a),bystriking‘‘asanentity 6
2634-describedinsection104oftitle5,UnitedStates 7
2635-Code’’andinserting‘‘underthedirectionofthe 8
2636-InternationalBroadcastingAdvisoryBoard’’;and 9
2637-(2)insubsection(b)(1),bystrikingthesecond 10
2638-sentenceandinsertingthefollowing:‘‘Notwith-11
2639-standinganyotherprovisionoflaw,whenavacancy 12
2640-arises,untilsuchtimeasaChiefExecutiveOfficer, 13
2641-towhomsections3345through3349boftitle5, 14
2642-UnitedStatesCode,shallnotapply,isappointed 15
2643-andconfirmedbytheSenate,anactingChiefExecu-16
2644-tiveOfficershallbeappointedbytheInternational 17
2645-BroadcastingAdvisoryBoardandshallcontinueto 18
2646-serveandexercisetheauthoritiesandpowersunder 19
2647-thistitleasthesolemeansoffillingsuchvacancy, 20
2648-forthedurationofthevacancy.Intheabsenceof 21
2649-aquorumontheInternationalBroadcastingAdvi-22
2650-soryBoard,thefirstprincipaldeputyoftheUnited 23
2651-StatesAgencyforGlobalMediashallserveasacting 24
2652-ChiefExecutiveOfficer.’’. 25
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2655-•S 2043 RS
2656-(c)CHIEFEXECUTIVEOFFICERAUTHORITIES.— 1
2657-Section305(a)(1)ofsuchAct(22U.S.C.6204(a)(1))is 2
2658-amendedbystriking‘‘Tosuperviseall’’andinserting‘‘To 3
2659-oversee,coordinate,andprovidestrategicdirectionfor’’. 4
2660-(d)INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ADVISORY 5
2661-BOARD.—Section306(a)ofsuchAct(22U.S.C.6205(a)) 6
2662-isamendedbystriking‘‘advisetheChiefExecutiveOfficer 7
2663-of’’andinserting‘‘overseeandadvisetheChiefExecutive 8
2664-Officerand’’. 9
2665-(e)RADIOFREEAFRICA;RADIOFREEAMERICAS.— 10
2666-Notlaterthan180daysafterthedateoftheenactment 11
2667-ofthisAct,theChiefExecutiveOfficeroftheUnited 12
2668-StatesAgencyforGlobalMediashallsubmitareportto 13
2669-theCommitteeonForeignRelationsoftheSenate,the 14
2670-CommitteeonAppropriationsoftheSenate,theCom-15
2671-mitteeonForeignAffairsoftheHouseofRepresentatives, 16
2672-andtheCommitteeonAppropriationsoftheHouseof 17
2673-Representativesthatdetailsthefinancialandotherre-18
2674-sourcesthatwouldberequiredtoestablishandoperate 19
2675-2nonprofitorganizations,modeledafterRadioFreeEu-20
2676-rope/RadioLibertyandRadioFreeAsia,forthepurposes 21
2677-ofprovidingaccurate,uncensored,andreliablenewsand 22
2678-informationto— 23
2679-(1)theregionofAfrica,withrespecttoRadio 24
2680-FreeAfrica;and 25
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2683-•S 2043 RS
2684-(2)theregionofLatinAmericaandtheCarib-1
2685-bean,withrespecttoRadioFreeAmericas. 2
2686-SEC.605.JOHNLEWISCIVILRIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PRO-3
2687-GRAM. 4
2688-(a)INGENERAL.—TheMutualEducationalandCul-5
2689-turalExchangeActof1961(22U.S.C.2451etseq.)is 6
2690-amendedbyaddingattheendthefollowing: 7
2691-‘‘SEC.115.JOHNLEWISCIVILRIGHTSFELLOWSHIP PRO-8
2692-GRAM. 9
2693-‘‘(a)ESTABLISHMENT.—Thereisestablishedthe 10
2694-JohnLewisCivilRightsFellowshipProgram(referredto 11
2695-inthissectionasthe‘FellowshipProgram’)withintheJ. 12
2696-WilliamFulbrightEducationalExchangeProgram. 13
2697-‘‘(b)PURPOSES.—ThepurposesoftheFellowship 14
2698-Programare— 15
2699-‘‘(1)tohonorthelegacyofRepresentativeJohn 16
2700-Lewisbypromotingagreaterunderstandingofthe 17
2701-historyandtenetsofnonviolentcivilrightsmove-18
2702-ments;and 19
2703-‘‘(2)toadvanceforeignpolicyprioritiesofthe 20
2704-UnitedStatesbypromotingstudies,research,and 21
2705-internationalexchangeinthesubjectofnonviolent 22
2706-movementsthatestablishedandprotectedcivil 23
2707-rightsaroundtheworld. 24
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2711-‘‘(c)ADMINISTRATION.—TheBureauofEducational 1
2712-andCulturalAffairs(referredtointhissectionasthe‘Bu-2
2713-reau’)shalladministertheFellowshipPrograminaccord-3
2714-ancewithpolicyguidelinesestablishedbytheBoard,in 4
2715-consultationwiththebinationalFulbrightCommissions 5
2716-andUnitedStatesEmbassies. 6
2717-‘‘(d)SELECTIONOFFELLOWS.— 7
2718-‘‘(1)INGENERAL.—TheBoardshallannually 8
2719-selectqualifiedindividualstoparticipateintheFel-9
2720-lowshipProgram.TheBureaumaydeterminethe 10
2721-numberoffellowsselectedeachyear,which,when-11
2722-everfeasible,shallbenotfewerthan25. 12
2723-‘‘(2)OUTREACH.— 13
2724-‘‘(A)INGENERAL.—Totheextentprac-14
2725-ticable,theBureaushallconductoutreachat 15
2726-institutions,including— 16
2727-‘‘(i)minorityservinginstitutions,in-17
2728-cludinghistoricallyBlackcollegesanduni-18
2729-versities;and 19
2730-‘‘(ii)otherappropriateinstitutions,as 20
2731-determinedbytheBureau. 21
2732-‘‘(B)DEFINITIONS.—Inthisparagraph: 22
2733-‘‘(i)HISTORICALLYBLACKCOLLEGE 23
2734-ANDUNIVERSITY.—Theterm‘historically 24
2735-Blackcollegeanduniversity’hasthemean-25
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2738-•S 2043 RS
2739-inggiventheterm‘partBinstitution’in 1
2740-section322oftheHigherEducationAct 2
2741-of1965(20U.S.C.1061). 3
2742-‘‘(ii)MINORITYSERVING INSTITU-4
2743-TION.—Theterm‘minority-servinginstitu-5
2744-tion’meansaneligibleinstitutionunder 6
2745-section371(a)oftheHigherEducation 7
2746-Actof1965(20U.S.C.1067q(a)). 8
2747-‘‘(e)FELLOWSHIPORIENTATION.—Annually,theBu-9
2748-reaushallorganizeandadministerafellowshiporienta-10
2749-tion,whichshall— 11
2750-‘‘(1)beheldinWashington,D.C.,oratanother 12
2751-locationselectedbytheBureau;and 13
2752-‘‘(2)includeprogrammingtohonorthelegacy 14
2753-ofRepresentativeJohnLewis. 15
2754-‘‘(f)STRUCTURE.— 16
2755-‘‘(1)WORKPLAN.—Tocarryoutthepurposes 17
2756-describedinsubsection(b)— 18
2757-‘‘(A)eachfellowselectedpursuanttosub-19
2758-section(d)shallarrangeaninternshiporre-20
2759-searchplacement— 21
2760-‘‘(i)withanongovernmentalorganiza-22
2761-tion,academicinstitution,orotherorgani-23
2762-zationapprovedbytheBureau;and 24
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2765-•S 2043 RS
2766-‘‘(ii)inacountrywithanoperational 1
2767-FulbrightU.S.StudentProgram;and 2
2768-‘‘(B)theBureaushall,foreachfellow,ap-3
2769-proveaworkplanthatidentifiesthetargetob-4
2770-jectivesforthefellow,includingspecificduties 5
2771-andresponsibilitiesrelatingtothoseobjectives. 6
2772-‘‘(2)CONFERENCES;PRESENTATIONS.—Each 7
2773-fellowshall— 8
2774-‘‘(A)attendafellowshiporientationorga-9
2775-nizedandadministeredbytheBureauunder 10
2776-subsection(e); 11
2777-‘‘(B)notlaterthanthedatethatis1year 12
2778-aftertheendofthefellowshipperiod,attenda 13
2779-fellowshipsummitorganizedandadministered 14
2780-bytheBureau,which— 15
2781-‘‘(i)wheneverfeasible,shallbeheldin 16
2782-Atlanta,Georgia,oranotherlocationof 17
2783-importancetothecivilrightsmovementin 18
2784-theUnitedStates;and 19
2785-‘‘(ii)maycoincidewithotherevents 20
2786-facilitatedbytheBureau;and 21
2787-‘‘(C)atsuchsummit,giveapresentation 22
2788-onlessonslearnedduringtheperiodoffellow-23
2789-ship. 24
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2792-•S 2043 RS
2793-‘‘(3)FELLOWSHIP PERIOD.—Eachfellowship 1
2794-underthissectionshallcontinueforaperioddeter-2
2795-minedbytheBureau,which,wheneverfeasible,shall 3
2796-benotfewerthan10months. 4
2797-‘‘(g)FELLOWSHIPAWARD.—TheBureaushallpro-5
2798-videeachfellowunderthissectionwithanallowancethat 6
2799-isequaltotheamountneededfor— 7
2800-‘‘(1)thereasonablecostsofthefellowduring 8
2801-thefellowshipperiod;and 9
2802-‘‘(2)travelandlodgingexpensesrelatedtoat-10
2803-tendingtheorientationandsummitrequiredunder 11
2804-subsection(e)(2). 12
2805-‘‘(h)ANNUALREPORT.—Notlaterthan1yearafter 13
2806-thedateofthecompletionoftheFellowshipProgramby 14
2807-theinitialcohortoffellowsselectedundersubsection(d), 15
2808-andannuallythereafter,theSecretaryofStateshallsub-16
2809-mittotheCommitteeonForeignRelationsoftheSenate 17
2810-andtheCommitteeonForeignAffairsoftheHouseof 18
2811-RepresentativesareportontheimplementationoftheFel-19
2812-lowshipProgram,including— 20
2813-‘‘(1)adescriptionofthedemographicsofthe 21
2814-cohortoffellowswhocompletedafellowshipduring 22
2815-thepreceding1-yearperiod; 23
2816-‘‘(2)adescriptionofinternshipandresearch 24
2817-placements,andresearchprojectsselectedbysuch 25
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2820-•S 2043 RS
2821-cohort,undertheFellowshipProgram,including 1
2822-feedbackfrom— 2
2823-‘‘(A)suchcohortonimplementationofthe 3
2824-FellowshipProgram;and 4
2825-‘‘(B)theSecretaryonlessonslearned;and 5
2826-‘‘(3)ananalysisoftrendsrelatingtothediver-6
2827-sityofeachcohortoffellowsandthetopicsof 7
2828-projectscompletedsincetheestablishmentofthe 8
2829-FellowshipProgram.’’. 9
2830-(b)TECHNICALANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS TO 10
2831-THEMUTUALEDUCATIONAL ANDCULTURALEXCHANGE 11
2832-ACTOF1961.—Section112(a)oftheMutualEducational 12
2833-andCulturalExchangeActof1961(22U.S.C.2460(a)) 13
2834-isamended— 14
2835-(1)inparagraph(8),bystriking‘‘;and’’and 15
2836-insertingasemicolon; 16
2837-(2)inparagraph(9),bystrikingtheperiodand 17
2838-inserting‘‘;and’’;and 18
2839-(3)byaddingattheendthefollowingnew 19
2840-paragraph: 20
2841-‘‘(10)theJohnLewisCivilRightsFellowship 21
2842-Programestablishedundersection115,whichpro-22
2843-videsfundingforinternationalinternshipsandre-23
2844-searchplacementsforearly-tomid-careerindivid-24
2845-ualsfromtheUnitedStatestostudynonviolentcivil 25
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2847-kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 103
2848-•S 2043 RS
2849-rightsmovementsinself-arrangedplacementswith 1
2850-universitiesornongovernmentalorganizationsinfor-2
2851-eigncountries.’’. 3
2852-SEC.606.DOMESTIC ENGAGEMENT ANDPUBLIC DIPLO-4
2853-MACY. 5
2854-(a)STRATEGYREQUIRED.—Notlaterthan180days 6
2855-afterthedateoftheenactmentofthisAct,theSecretary 7
2856-shalldevelopastrategytoexplaintotheAmericanpeople 8
2857-thevalueoftheworkoftheDepartmentandUnited 9
2858-Statesforeignpolicytoadvancingthenationalsecurityof 10
2859-theUnitedStates.Thestrategyshallinclude— 11
2860-(1)toolstoinformtheAmericanpeopleabout 12
2861-thenon-partisanimportanceofUnitedStatesdiplo-13
2862-macyandforeignrelationsandtoutilizepublicdi-14
2863-plomacytomeettheUnitedStates’nationalsecurity 15
2864-priorities; 16
2865-(2)effortstoreachthewidestpossibleaudience 17
2866-ofAmericans,includingthosewhohistoricallyhave 18
2867-nothadexposuretoUnitedStatesforeignpolicyef-19
2868-fortsandpriorities; 20
2869-(3)additionalstaffingandresourceneedsin-21
2870-cluding— 22
2871-(A)domesticpositionswithintheBureau 23
2872-ofGlobalPublicAffairstofocusonengagement 24
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2875-•S 2043 RS
2876-withtheAmericanpeopleasoutlinedinpara-1
2877-graph(1); 2
2878-(B)positionswithintheBureauofEdu-3
2879-cationalandCulturalAffairstoenhancepro-4
2880-gramandreachthewidestpossibleaudience; 5
2881-(C)increasingthenumberoffellowship 6
2882-anddetailprogramsthatplaceForeignService 7
2883-andcivilserviceemployeesoutsidetheDepart-8
2884-mentforalimitedtime,includingPearsonFel-9
2885-lows,RetaJoeLewisLocalDiplomats,Brook-10
2886-ingsFellows,andGeorgetownFellows;and 11
2887-(D)recommendationsforincreasingpar-12
2888-ticipationintheHometownDiplomatsprogram 13
2889-andevaluatingthisprogramaswellasother 14
2890-opportunitiesforDepartmentofficerstoengage 15
2891-withAmericanaudienceswhiletravelingwithin 16
2892-theUnitedStates. 17
2893-SEC.607.EXTENSION OFGLOBALENGAGEMENT CENTER. 18
2894-Section1287oftheNationalDefenseAuthorization 19
2895-ActforFiscalYear2017(22U.S.C.2656note)isamend-20
2896-edbystrikingsubsection(j). 21
2897-SEC.608.PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT. 22
2898-Section5603(d)oftheNationalDefenseAuthoriza-23
2899-tionActforFiscalYear2022(PublicLaw117–81)is 24
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2902-•S 2043 RS
2903-amendedbyaddingattheendthefollowingnewpara-1
2904-graph: 2
2905-‘‘(4)UnitedStatesInformationandEdu-3
2906-cationalExchangeActof1948(PublicLaw80– 4
2907-402).’’. 5
2908-SEC.609.EXPANSION OFDIPLOMATS INRESIDENCE PRO-6
2909-GRAMS. 7
2910-(a)Notlaterthantwoyearafterthedateoftheen-8
2911-actmentofthisAct— 9
2912-(1)theSecretaryshallincreasethenumberof 10
2913-diplomatsintheDiplomatsinResidenceProgram 11
2914-fromseventeentoatleasttwenty;and 12
2915-(2)theAdministratoroftheUnitedStates 13
2916-AgencyforInternationalDevelopmentshallincrease 14
2917-thenumberofdevelopmentdiplomatsintheDip-15
2918-lomatsinResidenceProgramfromonetoatleast 16
2919-three. 17
2920-TITLEVII—OTHER MATTERS 18
2921-SEC.701.EXPANDING THEUSEOFDDTCLICENSING FEES. 19
2922-Section45oftheStateDepartmentBasicAuthorities 20
2923-Actof1956(22U.S.C.2717)isamended— 21
2924-(1)bystriking‘‘100percentoftheregistration 22
2925-feescollectedbytheOfficeofTradeControlsofthe 23
2926-DepartmentofState’’andinserting‘‘100percentof 24
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2929-•S 2043 RS
2930-thedefensetradecontrolregistrationfeescollected 1
2931-bytheDepartmentofState’’; 2
2932-(2)byinserting‘‘management,licensing,com-3
2933-pliance,andpolicyactivitiesinthedefensetrade 4
2934-controlsfunction,including’’after‘‘expensesin-5
2935-curredfor’’; 6
2936-(3)inparagraph(1),bystriking‘‘contractper-7
2937-sonneltoassistin’’; 8
2938-(4)inparagraph(2),bystriking‘‘;and’’and 9
2939-insertingasemicolon; 10
2940-(5)inparagraph(3),bystrikingtheperiodat 11
2941-theendandinsertingasemicolon;and 12
2942-(6)byaddingattheendthefollowingnew 13
2943-paragraphs: 14
2944-‘‘(4)thefacilitationofdefensetradepolicyde-15
2945-velopmentandimplementation,reviewofcommodity 16
2946-jurisdictiondeterminations,publicoutreachtoindus-17
2947-tryandforeignparties,andanalysisofscientificand 18
2948-technologicaldevelopmentsastheyrelatetotheex-19
2949-erciseofdefensetradecontrolauthorities;and 20
2950-‘‘(5)contractpersonneltoassistinsuchactivi-21
2951-ties.’’. 22
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2954-•S 2043 RS
2374+SEC. 502. REPORT ON RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND
2375+11
2376+PROMOTION OF FOREIGN SERVICE ECO-12
2377+NOMIC OFFICERS. 13
2378+(a) I
2379+NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 14
2380+date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-15
2381+mit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 16
2382+regarding the recruitment, retention, and promotion of 17
2383+economic officers in the Foreign Service. 18
2384+(b) E
2385+LEMENTS.—The report required under sub-19
2386+section (b) shall include— 20
2387+(1) an overview of the key challenges the De-21
2388+partment faces in— 22
2389+(A) recruiting individuals to serve as eco-23
2390+nomic officers in the Foreign Service; and 24
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2394+(B) retaining individuals serving as eco-1
2395+nomic officers in the Foreign Service, particu-2
2396+larly at the level of GS–14 of the General 3
2397+Schedule and higher; 4
2398+(2) an overview of the key challenges in recruit-5
2399+ing and retaining qualified individuals to serve in 6
2400+economic positions in the Civil Service; 7
2401+(3) a comparison of promotion rates for eco-8
2402+nomic officers in the Foreign Service relative to 9
2403+other officers in the Foreign Service; 10
2404+(4) the identification, disaggregated by region, 11
2405+of hard-to-fill posts and proposed incentives to im-12
2406+prove staffing of economic officers in the Foreign 13
2407+Service at such posts; and 14
2408+(5) a summary and analysis of the factors that 15
2409+lead to the promotion of— 16
2410+(A) economic officers in the Foreign Serv-17
2411+ice; and 18
2412+(B) individuals serving in economic posi-19
2413+tions in the Civil Service. 20
2414+SEC. 503. MANDATE TO REVISE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 21
2415+METRICS FOR SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC AND 22
2416+COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY. 23
2417+(a) M
2418+ANDATE TOREVISEDEPARTMENT OF STATE 24
2419+P
2420+ERFORMANCEMEASURES FORECONOMIC ANDCOMMER-25
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2424+CIALDIPLOMACY.—The Secretary shall, as part of the De-1
2425+partment’s next regularly scheduled review on metrics and 2
2426+performance measures, include revisions of Department 3
2427+performance measures for economic and commercial diplo-4
2428+macy, by identifying outcome-oriented, and not process- 5
2429+oriented, performance metrics, including metrics that— 6
2430+(1) measure how Department efforts advanced 7
2431+specific economic and commercial objectives and led 8
2432+to successes for the United States or other private 9
2433+sector actors overseas; and 10
2434+(2) focus on customer satisfaction with Depart-11
2435+ment services and assistance. 12
2436+(b) P
2437+LAN FORENSURINGCOMPLETEDATA FOR 13
2438+P
2439+ERFORMANCE MEASURES.—As part of the review re-14
2440+quired under subsection (a), the Secretary shall include 15
2441+a plan for ensuring that— 16
2442+(1) the Department, both at its main head-17
2443+quarters and at domestic and overseas posts, main-18
2444+tains and fully updates data on performance meas-19
2445+ures; and 20
2446+(2) Department leadership and the appropriate 21
2447+congressional committees can evaluate the extent to 22
2448+which the Department is advancing United States 23
2449+economic and commercial interests abroad through 24
2450+meeting performance targets. 25
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2454+(c) REPORT ONPRIVATESECTORSURVEYS.—The 1
2455+Secretary shall prepare a report that lists and describes 2
2456+all the methods through which the Department conducts 3
2457+surveys of the private sector to measure private sector sat-4
2458+isfaction with assistance and services provided by the De-5
2459+partment to advance private sector economic and commer-6
2460+cial goals in foreign markets. 7
2461+(d) R
2462+EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 8
2463+of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 9
2464+to the appropriate congressional committees— 10
2465+(1) the revised performance metrics required 11
2466+under subsection (a); and 12
2467+(2) the report required under subsection (c). 13
2468+SEC. 504. CHIEF OF MISSION ECONOMIC RESPONSIBIL-14
2469+ITIES. 15
2470+Section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 16
2471+U.S.C. 3927) is amended by adding at the end the fol-17
2472+lowing: 18
2473+‘‘(e) E
2474+MBASSYECONOMICTEAM.— 19
2475+‘‘(1) C
2476+OORDINATION AND SUPERVISION .—Each 20
2477+chief of mission shall coordinate and supervise the 21
2478+implementation of all United States economic policy 22
2479+interests within the host country in which the diplo-23
2480+matic mission is located, among all United States 24
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2483+•S 2043 IS
2484+Government departments and agencies present in 1
2485+such country. 2
2486+‘‘(2) A
2487+CCOUNTABILITY.—The chief of mission is 3
2488+responsible for the performance of the diplomatic 4
2489+mission in advancing United States economic policy 5
2490+interests within the host country. 6
2491+‘‘(3) M
2492+ISSION ECONOMIC TEAM .—The chief of 7
2493+mission shall designate appropriate embassy staff to 8
2494+form a mission economic team that— 9
2495+‘‘(A) monitors notable economic, commer-10
2496+cial, and investment-related developments in the 11
2497+host country; and 12
2498+‘‘(B) develops plans and strategies for ad-13
2499+vancing United States economic and commercial 14
2500+interests in the host country, including— 15
2501+‘‘(i) tracking legislative, regulatory, 16
2502+judicial, and policy developments that 17
2503+could affect United States economic, com-18
2504+mercial, and investment interests; 19
2505+‘‘(ii) advocating for best practices with 20
2506+respect to policy and regulatory develop-21
2507+ments; 22
2508+‘‘(iii) conducting regular analyses of 23
2509+market systems, trends, prospects, and op-24
2510+portunities for value-addition, including 25
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2513+•S 2043 IS
2514+risk assessments and constraints analyses 1
2515+of key sectors and of United States stra-2
2516+tegic competitiveness, and other reporting 3
2517+on commercial opportunities and invest-4
2518+ment climate; and 5
2519+‘‘(iv) providing recommendations for 6
2520+responding to developments that may ad-7
2521+versely affect United States economic and 8
2522+commercial interests.’’. 9
2523+SEC. 505. DIRECTION TO EMBASSY DEAL TEAMS. 10
2524+(a) P
2525+URPOSES.—The purposes of deal teams at 11
2526+United States embassies and consulates are— 12
2527+(1) to promote a private sector-led approach— 13
2528+(A) to advance economic growth and job 14
2529+creation that is tailored, as appropriate, to spe-15
2530+cific economic sectors; and 16
2531+(B) to advance strategic partnerships; 17
2532+(2) to prioritize efforts— 18
2533+(A) to identify commercial and investment 19
2534+opportunities; 20
2535+(B) to advocate for improvements in the 21
2536+business and investment climate; 22
2537+(C) to engage and consult with private sec-23
2538+tor partners; and 24
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2541+•S 2043 IS
2542+(D) to report on the activities described in 1
2543+subparagraphs (A) through (C), in accordance 2
2544+with the applicable requirements under sections 3
2545+706 and 707 of the Championing American 4
2546+Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (22 5
2547+U.S.C. 9902 and 9903); 6
2548+(3)(A)(i) to identify trade and investment op-7
2549+portunities for United States companies in foreign 8
2550+markets; or 9
2551+(ii) to assist with existing trade and invest-10
2552+ment opportunities already identified by United 11
2553+States companies; and 12
2554+(B) to deploy United States Government eco-13
2555+nomic and other tools to help such United States 14
2556+companies to secure their objectives; 15
2557+(4) to identify and facilitate opportunities for 16
2558+entities in a host country to increase exports to, or 17
2559+investment in, the United States in order to grow 18
2560+two-way trade and investment; 19
2561+(5) to modernize, streamline, and improve ac-20
2562+cess to resources and services designed to promote 21
2563+increased trade and investment opportunities; 22
2564+(6) to identify and secure United States or al-23
2565+lied government support of strategic projects, includ-24
2566+ing projects vulnerable to predatory investment by 25
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2569+•S 2043 IS
2570+an authoritarian country or entity in such country, 1
2571+where support or investment serves an important 2
2572+United States interest; 3
2573+(7) to coordinate across the Unites States Gov-4
2574+ernment to ensure the appropriate and most effec-5
2575+tive use of United States Government tools to sup-6
2576+port United States economic, commercial, and in-7
2577+vestment objectives; and 8
2578+(8) to coordinate with the multi-agency DC 9
2579+Central Deal Team, established in February 2020, 10
2580+on the matters described in paragraphs (1) through 11
2581+(7) and other relevant matters. 12
2582+(b) C
2583+LARIFICATION.—A deal team may be composed 13
2584+of the personnel comprising the mission economic team 14
2585+formed pursuant to section 207(e)(3) of the Foreign Serv-15
2586+ice Act of 1980, as added by section 504. 16
2587+(c) R
2588+ESTRICTIONS.—A deal team may not provide 17
2589+support for, or assist a United States person with a trans-18
2590+action involving, a government, or an entity owned or con-19
2591+trolled by a government, if the Secretary determines that 20
2592+such government— 21
2593+(1) has repeatedly provided support for acts of 22
2594+international terrorism, as described in— 23
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2597+•S 2043 IS
2598+(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export 1
2599+Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title 2
2600+XVII of Public Law 115–232); 3
2601+(B) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assist-4
2602+ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 5
2603+(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Con-6
2604+trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 7
2605+(D) any other relevant provision of law; or 8
2606+(2) has engaged in an activity that would trig-9
2607+ger a restriction under section 116(a) or 502B(a)(2) 10
2608+of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 11
2609+2151n(a) and 2304(a)(2)) or any other relevant pro-12
2610+vision of law. 13
2611+(d) F
2612+URTHERRESTRICTIONS.— 14
2613+(1) P
2614+ROHIBITION ON SUPPORT OF SANCTIONED 15
2615+PERSONS.—Deal teams may not carry out activities 16
2616+prohibited under United States sanctions laws or 17
2617+regulations, including dealings with persons on the 18
2618+list of specially designated persons and blocked per-19
2619+sons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets 20
2620+Control of the Department of the Treasury, except 21
2621+to the extent otherwise authorized by the Secretary 22
2622+of the Treasury or the Secretary. 23
2623+(2) P
2624+ROHIBITION ON SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES 24
2625+SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS .—Any person receiving sup-25
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2629+port from a deal team must be in compliance with 1
2630+all United States sanctions laws and regulations as 2
2631+a condition for receiving such assistance. 3
2632+(e) C
2633+HIEF OFMISSIONAUTHORITY AND ACCOUNT-4
2634+ABILITY.—The chief of mission to a foreign country— 5
2635+(1) is the designated leader of a deal team in 6
2636+such country; and 7
2637+(2) shall be held accountable for the perform-8
2638+ance and effectiveness of United States deal teams 9
2639+in such country. 10
2640+(f) G
2641+UIDANCECABLE.—The Department shall send 11
2642+out regular guidance on Deal Team efforts by an All Dip-12
2643+lomatic and Consular Posts (referred to in this section as 13
2644+‘‘ALDAC’’) that— 14
2645+(1) describes the role of deal teams; and 15
2646+(2) includes relevant and up-to-date information 16
2647+to enhance the effectiveness of deal teams in a coun-17
2648+try. 18
2649+(g) C
2650+ONFIDENTIALITY OFINFORMATION.— 19
2651+(1) I
2652+N GENERAL.—In preparing the cable re-20
2653+quired under subsection (f), the Secretary shall pro-21
2654+tect from disclosure any proprietary information of 22
2655+a United States person marked as business confiden-23
2656+tial information unless the person submitting such 24
2657+information— 25
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2661+(A) had notice, at the time of submission, 1
2662+that such information would be released by; or 2
2663+(B) subsequently consents to the release of 3
2664+such information. 4
2665+(2) T
2666+REATMENT AS TRADE SECRETS .—Propri-5
2667+etary information obtained by the United States 6
2668+Government from a United States person pursuant 7
2669+to the activities of deal teams shall be— 8
2670+(A) considered to be trade secrets and 9
2671+commercial or financial information (as such 10
2672+terms are used under section 552b(c)(4) of title 11
2673+5, United States Code); and 12
2674+(B) exempt from disclosure without the ex-13
2675+press approval of the person. 14
2676+(h) S
2677+UNSET.—The requirements under subsections 15
2678+(f) through (h) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years 16
2679+after the date of the enactment of this Act. 17
2680+SEC. 506. ESTABLISHMENT OF A ‘‘DEAL TEAM OF THE 18
2681+YEAR’’ AWARD. 19
2682+(a) E
2683+STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall annually 20
2684+present a new award, to be known as the ‘‘Deal Team 21
2685+of the Year Award’’ to the deal team at one United States 22
2686+mission in each region of the Department to recognize out-23
2687+standing achievements in supporting a United States com-24
2688+pany or companies pursuing commercial deals abroad or 25
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2692+in identifying new deal prospects for United States compa-1
2693+nies. 2
2694+(b) A
2695+WARDCONTENT.— 3
2696+(1) D
2697+EPARTMENT OF STATE .—Each member of 4
2698+a deal team receiving an award pursuant to sub-5
2699+section (a) shall receive a certificate that— 6
2700+(A) is signed by the Secretary; and 7
2701+(B)(i) in the case of a member of the For-8
2702+eign Service, is included in the next employee 9
2703+evaluation report; or 10
2704+(ii) in the case of a Civil Service employee, 11
2705+is included in the next annual performance re-12
2706+view. 13
2707+(2) O
2708+THER FEDERAL AGENCIES .—If an award 14
2709+is presented pursuant to subsection (a) to a Federal 15
2710+Government employee who is not employed by the 16
2711+Department, the employing agency may determine 17
2712+whether to provide such employee any recognition or 18
2713+benefits in addition to the recognition or benefits 19
2714+provided by the Department. 20
2715+(c) E
2716+LIGIBILITY.—Any interagency economics team 21
2717+at a United States overseas mission under chief of mission 22
2718+authority that assists United States companies with iden-23
2719+tifying, navigating, and securing trade and investment op-24
2720+portunities in a foreign country or that facilitates bene-25
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2724+ficial foreign investment into the United States is eligible 1
2725+for an award under this section. 2
2726+(d) R
2727+EPORT.—Not later than the last day of the fis-3
2728+cal year in which awards are presented pursuant to sub-4
2729+section (a), the Secretary shall submit a report to the ap-5
2730+propriate congressional committees that includes— 6
2731+(1) each mission receiving a Deal Team of the 7
2732+Year Award. 8
2733+(2) the names and agencies of each awardee 9
2734+within the recipient deal teams; and 10
2735+(3) a detailed description of the reason such 11
2736+deal teams received such award. 12
2737+TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 13
2738+SEC. 601. NATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. 14
2739+Not later than 270 days after the date of the enact-15
2740+ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a strategy 16
2741+to the appropriate congressional committees that assesses 17
2742+the potential benefits and costs of a national advertising 18
2743+campaign to improve the recruitment in the Civil Service 19
2744+and the Foreign Service by raising public awareness of 20
2745+the important accomplishments of the Department. 21
2746+SEC. 602. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH. 22
2747+(a) C
2748+OORDINATION OF RESOURCES.—The Adminis-23
2749+trator of the United States Agency for International De-24
2750+velopment and the Secretary shall direct public affairs sec-25
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2753+•S 2043 IS
2754+tions at United States embassies and USAID Mission Pro-1
2755+gram Officers at USAID missions to coordinate, enhance 2
2756+and prioritize resources for public diplomacy and aware-3
2757+ness campaigns around United States diplomatic and de-4
2758+velopment efforts, including through— 5
2759+(1) the utilization of new media technology for 6
2760+maximum public engagement; and 7
2761+(2) enact coordinated comprehensive community 8
2762+outreach to increase public awareness and under-9
2763+standing and appreciation of United States diplo-10
2764+matic and development efforts. 11
2765+(b) D
2766+EVELOPMENT OUTREACH AND COORDINATION 12
2767+O
2768+FFICERS.—USAID should prioritize hiring of additional 13
2769+Development Outreach and Coordination officers in 14
2770+USAID missions to support the purposes of subsection 15
2771+(a). 16
2772+(c) B
2773+ESTPRACTICES.—The Secretary and the Ad-17
2774+ministrator of USAID shall identify 10 countries in which 18
2775+Embassies and USAID missions have successfully exe-19
2776+cuted efforts, including monitoring and evaluation of such 20
2777+efforts, described in (a) and develop best practices to be 21
2778+turned into Department and USAID guidance. 22
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2781+•S 2043 IS
2782+SEC. 603. MODIFICATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RADIO 1
2783+FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY. 2
2784+In section 308(h) of the United States International 3
2785+Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207(h)) is amend-4
2786+ed— 5
2787+(1) by striking subparagraphs (1), (3), and (5); 6
2788+and 7
2789+(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) as 8
2790+paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 9
2791+SEC. 604. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING. 10
2792+(a) V
2793+OICE OFAMERICA.—Section 303 of the United 11
2794+States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 12
2795+6202) is amended by adding at the end the following: 13
2796+‘‘(d) V
2797+OICE OFAMERICAOPERATIONS AND STRUC-14
2798+TURE.— 15
2799+‘‘(1) O
2800+PERATIONS.—The Director of the Voice 16
2801+of America (VOA)— 17
2802+‘‘(A) shall direct and supervise the oper-18
2803+ations of VOA, including making all major deci-19
2804+sions relating its staffing; and 20
2805+‘‘(B) may utilize any authorities made 21
2806+available to the United States Agency for Glob-22
2807+al Media or to its Chief Executive Officer under 23
2808+this Act or under any other Act to carry out its 24
2809+operations in an effective manner. 25
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2813+‘‘(2) PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the 1
2814+date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 2
2815+VOA shall submit a plan to the Committee on For-3
2816+eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 4
2817+Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives to 5
2818+ensure that the personnel structure of VOA is suffi-6
2819+cient to effectively carry out the principles described 7
2820+in subsection (c).’’. 8
2821+(b) A
2822+PPOINTMENT OF CHIEFEXECUTIVEOFFI-9
2823+CER.—Section 304 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6203) is 10
2824+amended— 11
2825+(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘as an entity 12
2826+described in section 104 of title 5, United States 13
2827+Code’’ and inserting ‘‘under the direction of the 14
2828+International Broadcasting Advisory Board’’; and 15
2829+(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking the second 16
2830+sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Notwith-17
2831+standing any other provision of law, when a vacancy 18
2832+arises, until such time as a Chief Executive Officer, 19
2833+to whom sections 3345 through 3349b of title 5, 20
2834+United States Code, shall not apply, is appointed 21
2835+and confirmed by the Senate, an acting Chief Execu-22
2836+tive Officer shall be appointed by the International 23
2837+Broadcasting Advisory Board and shall continue to 24
2838+serve and exercise the authorities and powers under 25
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2841+•S 2043 IS
2842+this title as the sole means of filling such vacancy, 1
2843+for the duration of the vacancy. In the absence of 2
2844+a quorum on the International Broadcasting Advi-3
2845+sory Board, the first principal deputy of the United 4
2846+States Agency for Global Media shall serve as acting 5
2847+Chief Executive Officer.’’. 6
2848+(c) C
2849+HIEFEXECUTIVEOFFICERAUTHORITIES.— 7
2850+Section 305(a)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)(1)) is 8
2851+amended by striking ‘‘To supervise all’’ and inserting ‘‘To 9
2852+oversee, coordinate, and provide strategic direction for’’. 10
2853+(d) I
2854+NTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ADVISORY 11
2855+B
2856+OARD.—Section 306(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6205(a)) 12
2857+is amended by striking ‘‘advise the Chief Executive Officer 13
2858+of’’ and inserting ‘‘oversee and advise the Chief Executive 14
2859+Officer and’’. 15
2860+(e) R
2861+ADIOFREEAFRICA; RADIOFREEAMERICAS.— 16
2862+Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 17
2863+of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the United 18
2864+States Agency for Global Media shall submit a report to 19
2865+the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the 20
2866+Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Com-21
2867+mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 22
2868+and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 23
2869+Representatives that details the financial and other re-24
2870+sources that would be required to establish and operate 25
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2873+•S 2043 IS
2874+2 nonprofit organizations, modeled after Radio Free Eu-1
2875+rope/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia, for the purposes 2
2876+of providing accurate, uncensored, and reliable news and 3
2877+information to— 4
2878+(1) the region of Africa, with respect to Radio 5
2879+Free Africa; and 6
2880+(2) the region of Latin America and the Carib-7
2881+bean, with respect to Radio Free Americas. 8
2882+SEC. 605. JOHN LEWIS CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PRO-9
2883+GRAM. 10
2884+(a) I
2885+NGENERAL.—The Mutual Educational and Cul-11
2886+tural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is 12
2887+amended by adding at the end the following: 13
2888+‘‘SEC. 115. JOHN LEWIS CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PRO-14
2889+GRAM. 15
2890+‘‘(a) E
2891+STABLISHMENT.—There is established the 16
2892+John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program (referred to 17
2893+in this section as the ‘Fellowship Program’) within the J. 18
2894+William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program. 19
2895+‘‘(b) P
2896+URPOSES.—The purposes of the Fellowship 20
2897+Program are— 21
2898+‘‘(1) to honor the legacy of Representative John 22
2899+Lewis by promoting a greater understanding of the 23
2900+history and tenets of nonviolent civil rights move-24
2901+ments; and 25
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2904+•S 2043 IS
2905+‘‘(2) to advance foreign policy priorities of the 1
2906+United States by promoting studies, research, and 2
2907+international exchange in the subject of nonviolent 3
2908+movements that established and protected civil 4
2909+rights around the world. 5
2910+‘‘(c) A
2911+DMINISTRATION.—The Bureau of Educational 6
2912+and Cultural Affairs (referred to in this section as the ‘Bu-7
2913+reau’) shall administer the Fellowship Program in accord-8
2914+ance with policy guidelines established by the Board, in 9
2915+consultation with the binational Fulbright Commissions 10
2916+and United States Embassies. 11
2917+‘‘(d) S
2918+ELECTION OFFELLOWS.— 12
2919+‘‘(1) I
2920+N GENERAL.—The Board shall annually 13
2921+select qualified individuals to participate in the Fel-14
2922+lowship Program. The Bureau may determine the 15
2923+number of fellows selected each year, which, when-16
2924+ever feasible, shall be not fewer than 25. 17
2925+‘‘(2) O
2926+UTREACH.— 18
2927+‘‘(A) I
2928+N GENERAL.—To the extent prac-19
2929+ticable, the Bureau shall conduct outreach at 20
2930+institutions, including— 21
2931+‘‘(i) minority serving institutions, in-22
2932+cluding historically Black colleges and uni-23
2933+versities; and 24
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2937+‘‘(ii) other appropriate institutions, as 1
2938+determined by the Bureau. 2
2939+‘‘(B) D
2940+EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 3
2941+‘‘(i) H
2942+ISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE 4
2943+AND UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘historically 5
2944+Black college and university’ has the mean-6
2945+ing given the term ‘part B institution’ in 7
2946+section 322 of the Higher Education Act 8
2947+of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 9
2948+‘‘(ii) M
2949+INORITY SERVING INSTITU -10
2950+TION.—The term ‘minority-serving institu-11
2951+tion’ means an eligible institution under 12
2952+section 371(a) of the Higher Education 13
2953+Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 14
2954+‘‘(e) F
2955+ELLOWSHIPORIENTATION.—Annually, the Bu-15
2956+reau shall organize and administer a fellowship orienta-16
2957+tion, which shall— 17
2958+‘‘(1) be held in Washington, D.C., or at another 18
2959+location selected by the Bureau; and 19
2960+‘‘(2) include programming to honor the legacy 20
2961+of Representative John Lewis. 21
2962+‘‘(f) S
2963+TRUCTURE.— 22
2964+‘‘(1) W
2965+ORK PLAN.—To carry out the purposes 23
2966+described in subsection (b)— 24
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2969+•S 2043 IS
2970+‘‘(A) each fellow selected pursuant to sub-1
2971+section (d) shall arrange an internship or re-2
2972+search placement— 3
2973+‘‘(i) with a nongovernmental organiza-4
2974+tion, academic institution, or other organi-5
2975+zation approved by the Bureau; and 6
2976+‘‘(ii) in a country with an operational 7
2977+Fulbright U.S. Student Program; and 8
2978+‘‘(B) the Bureau shall, for each fellow, ap-9
2979+prove a work plan that identifies the target ob-10
2980+jectives for the fellow, including specific duties 11
2981+and responsibilities relating to those objectives. 12
2982+‘‘(2) C
2983+ONFERENCES; PRESENTATIONS.—Each 13
2984+fellow shall— 14
2985+‘‘(A) attend a fellowship orientation orga-15
2986+nized and administered by the Bureau under 16
2987+subsection (e); 17
2988+‘‘(B) not later than the date that is 1 year 18
2989+after the end of the fellowship period, attend a 19
2990+fellowship summit organized and administered 20
2991+by the Bureau, which— 21
2992+‘‘(i) whenever feasible, shall be held in 22
2993+Atlanta, Georgia, or another location of 23
2994+importance to the civil rights movement in 24
2995+the United States; and 25
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2999+‘‘(ii) may coincide with other events 1
3000+facilitated by the Bureau; and 2
3001+‘‘(C) at such summit, give a presentation 3
3002+on lessons learned during the period of fellow-4
3003+ship. 5
3004+‘‘(3) F
3005+ELLOWSHIP PERIOD .—Each fellowship 6
3006+under this section shall continue for a period deter-7
3007+mined by the Bureau, which, whenever feasible, shall 8
3008+be not fewer than 10 months. 9
3009+‘‘(g) F
3010+ELLOWSHIPAWARD.—The Bureau shall pro-10
3011+vide each fellow under this section with an allowance that 11
3012+is equal to the amount needed for— 12
3013+‘‘(1) the reasonable costs of the fellow during 13
3014+the fellowship period; and 14
3015+‘‘(2) travel and lodging expenses related to at-15
3016+tending the orientation and summit required under 16
3017+subsection (e)(2). 17
3018+‘‘(h) A
3019+NNUALREPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 18
3020+the date of the completion of the Fellowship Program by 19
3021+the initial cohort of fellows selected under subsection (d), 20
3022+and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall sub-21
3023+mit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 22
3024+and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 23
3025+Representatives a report on the implementation of the Fel-24
3026+lowship Program, including— 25
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3029+•S 2043 IS
3030+‘‘(1) a description of the demographics of the 1
3031+cohort of fellows who completed a fellowship during 2
3032+the preceding 1-year period; 3
3033+‘‘(2) a description of internship and research 4
3034+placements, and research projects selected by such 5
3035+cohort, under the Fellowship Program, including 6
3036+feedback from— 7
3037+‘‘(A) such cohort on implementation of the 8
3038+Fellowship Program; and 9
3039+‘‘(B) the Secretary on lessons learned; and 10
3040+‘‘(3) an analysis of trends relating to the diver-11
3041+sity of each cohort of fellows and the topics of 12
3042+projects completed since the establishment of the 13
3043+Fellowship Program.’’. 14
3044+(b) T
3045+ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS TO 15
3046+THEMUTUALEDUCATIONAL AND CULTURALEXCHANGE 16
3047+A
3048+CT OF1961.—Section 112(a) of the Mutual Educational 17
3049+and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2460(a)) 18
3050+is amended— 19
3051+(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 20
3052+inserting a semicolon; 21
3053+(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and 22
3054+inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 23
3055+(3) by adding at the end the following new 24
3056+paragraph: 25
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3059+•S 2043 IS
3060+‘‘(10) the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship 1
3061+Program established under section 115, which pro-2
3062+vides funding for international internships and re-3
3063+search placements for early- to mid-career individ-4
3064+uals from the United States to study nonviolent civil 5
3065+rights movements in self-arranged placements with 6
3066+universities or nongovernmental organizations in for-7
3067+eign countries.’’. 8
3068+SEC. 606. DOMESTIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC DIPLO-9
3069+MACY. 10
3070+(a) S
3071+TRATEGYREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 11
3072+after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 12
3073+shall develop a strategy to explain to the American people 13
3074+the value of the work of the Department and United 14
3075+States foreign policy to advancing the national security of 15
3076+the United States. The strategy shall include— 16
3077+(1) tools to inform the American people about 17
3078+the non-partisan importance of United States diplo-18
3079+macy and foreign relations and to utilize public di-19
3080+plomacy to meet the United States’ national security 20
3081+priorities; 21
3082+(2) efforts to reach the widest possible audience 22
3083+of Americans, including those who historically have 23
3084+not had exposure to United States foreign policy ef-24
3085+forts and priorities; 25
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3088+•S 2043 IS
3089+(3) additional staffing and resource needs in-1
3090+cluding— 2
3091+(A) domestic positions within the Bureau 3
3092+of Global Public Affairs to focus on engagement 4
3093+with the American people as outlined in para-5
3094+graph (1); 6
3095+(B) positions within the Bureau of Edu-7
3096+cational and Cultural Affairs to enhance pro-8
3097+gram and reach the widest possible audience; 9
3098+(C) increasing the number of fellowship 10
3099+and detail programs that place Foreign Service 11
3100+and civil service employees outside the Depart-12
3101+ment for a limited time, including Pearson Fel-13
3102+lows, Reta Joe Lewis Local Diplomats, Brook-14
3103+ings Fellows, and Georgetown Fellows; and 15
3104+(D) recommendations for increasing par-16
3105+ticipation in the Hometown Diplomats program 17
3106+and evaluating this program as well as other 18
3107+opportunities for Department officers to engage 19
3108+with American audiences while traveling within 20
3109+the United States. 21
3110+SEC. 607. EXTENSION OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER. 22
3111+Section 1287 of the National Defense Authorization 23
3112+Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amend-24
3113+ed by striking subsection (j). 25
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3116+•S 2043 IS
3117+SEC. 608. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT. 1
3118+Section 5603(d) of the National Defense Authoriza-2
3119+tion Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is 3
3120+amended by adding at the end the following new para-4
3121+graph: 5
3122+‘‘(4) United States Information and Edu-6
3123+cational Exchange Act of 1948 (Public Law 80– 7
3124+402).’’. 8
3125+SEC. 609. EXPANSION OF DIPLOMATS IN RESIDENCE PRO-9
3126+GRAMS. 10
3127+(a) Not later than two year after the date of the en-11
3128+actment of this Act— 12
3129+(1) the Secretary shall increase the number of 13
3130+diplomats in the Diplomats in Residence Program 14
3131+from seventeen to at least twenty; and 15
3132+(2) the Administrator of the United States 16
3133+Agency for International Development shall increase 17
3134+the number of development diplomats in the Dip-18
3135+lomats in Residence Program from one to at least 19
3136+three. 20
3137+TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 21
3138+SEC. 701. EXPANDING THE USE OF DDTC LICENSING FEES. 22
3139+Section 45 of the State Department Basic Authorities 23
3140+Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717) is amended— 24
3141+(1) by striking ‘‘100 percent of the registration 25
3142+fees collected by the Office of Trade Controls of the 26
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3145+•S 2043 IS
3146+Department of State’’ and inserting ‘‘100 percent of 1
3147+the defense trade control registration fees collected 2
3148+by the Department of State’’; 3
3149+(2) by inserting ‘‘management, licensing, com-4
3150+pliance, and policy activities in the defense trade 5
3151+controls function, including’’ after ‘‘expenses in-6
3152+curred for’’; 7
3153+(3) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘contract per-8
3154+sonnel to assist in’’; 9
3155+(4) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 10
3156+inserting a semicolon; 11
3157+(5) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 12
3158+the end and inserting a semicolon; and 13
3159+(6) by adding at the end the following new 14
3160+paragraphs: 15
3161+‘‘(4) the facilitation of defense trade policy de-16
3162+velopment and implementation, review of commodity 17
3163+jurisdiction determinations, public outreach to indus-18
3164+try and foreign parties, and analysis of scientific and 19
3165+technological developments as they relate to the ex-20
3166+ercise of defense trade control authorities; and 21
3167+‘‘(5) contract personnel to assist in such activi-22
3168+ties.’’. 23
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3171+•S 2043 IS
29553172 SEC. 702. WAIVER AUTHORITY RELATED TO PROHIBITION 1
29563173 ON CERTAIN SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS 2
29573174 AND SERVICES. 3
29583175 Section 5949(b) of the James M. Inhofe National De-4
29593176 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 5
29603177 117–263) is amended— 6
29613178 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 7
29623179 (7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and 8
29633180 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-9
29643181 lowing new paragraph: 10
2965-‘‘(3)SECRETARYOFSTATE.—TheSecretaryof 11
3182+‘‘(3) S
3183+ECRETARY OF STATE .—The Secretary of 11
29663184 State may provide a waiver on a date later than the 12
29673185 effective date described in subsection (c) if the Sec-13
29683186 retary determines the waiver is in the critical na-14
29693187 tional security interests of the United States.’’. 15
29703188 SEC. 703. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY OF OFFICIALS OF FOR-16
29713189 EIGN GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED IN SIGNIFI-17
29723190 CANT CORRUPTION OR GROSS VIOLATIONS 18
29733191 OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 19
2974-(a)INELIGIBILITY.— 20
2975-(1)INGENERAL.—Officialsofforeigngovern-21
3192+(a) I
3193+NELIGIBILITY.— 20
3194+(1) I
3195+N GENERAL.—Officials of foreign govern-21
29763196 ments, and their immediate family members, about 22
29773197 whom the Secretary has credible information have 23
29783198 been involved, directly or indirectly, in significant 24
29793199 corruption, including corruption related to the ex-25
29803200 traction of natural resources, or a gross violation of 26
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3203+•S 2043 IS
29843204 human rights, including the wrongful detention of 1
29853205 locally employed staff of a United States diplomatic 2
29863206 mission or a United States citizen or national, shall 3
29873207 be ineligible for entry into the United States. 4
2988-(2)ADDITIONALSANCTIONS.—Concurrentwith 5
3208+(2) A
3209+DDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—Concurrent with 5
29893210 the application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, 6
29903211 as appropriate, refer the matter to the Office of For-7
29913212 eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treas-8
29923213 ury to determine whether to apply sanctions authori-9
29933214 ties in accordance with United States law to block 10
29943215 the transfer of property and interests in property, 11
29953216 and all financial transactions, in the United States 12
29963217 involving any person described in such paragraph. 13
2997-(3)DESIGNATION.—TheSecretaryshallalso 14
3218+(3) D
3219+ESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall also 14
29983220 publicly or privately designate or identify the offi-15
29993221 cials of foreign governments about whom the Sec-16
30003222 retary has such credible information, and their im-17
30013223 mediate family members, without regard to whether 18
30023224 the individual has applied for a visa. 19
3003-(b)EXCEPTIONS.— 20
3004-(1)SPECIFICPURPOSES.—Individualsshallnot 21
3225+(b) E
3226+XCEPTIONS.— 20
3227+(1) S
3228+PECIFIC PURPOSES.—Individuals shall not 21
30053229 be ineligible for entry into the United States pursu-22
30063230 ant to subsection (a) if such entry would further im-23
30073231 portant United States law enforcement objectives or 24
30083232 is necessary to permit the United States to fulfill its 25
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3235+•S 2043 IS
30123236 obligations under the United Nations Headquarters 1
30133237 Agreement. 2
3014-(2)RULEOFCONSTRUCTION REGARDING 3
3238+(2) R
3239+ULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING 3
30153240 INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS .—Nothing in sub-4
30163241 section (a) shall be construed to derogate from 5
30173242 United States obligations under applicable inter-6
30183243 national agreements. 7
3019-(c)WAIVER.—TheSecretarymaywaivetheapplica-8
3244+(c) W
3245+AIVER.—The Secretary may waive the applica-8
30203246 tion of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the 9
30213247 waiver would serve a compelling national interest or that 10
30223248 the circumstances that caused the individual to be ineli-11
30233249 gible have changed sufficiently. 12
3024-(d)REPORT.— 13
3025-(1)INGENERAL.—Notlaterthan30daysafter 14
3250+(d) R
3251+EPORT.— 13
3252+(1) I
3253+N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 14
30263254 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 15
30273255 days thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 16
30283256 appropriate congressional committees, the Com-17
30293257 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 18
30303258 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-19
30313259 resentatives a report, including a classified annex if 20
30323260 necessary, that includes— 21
30333261 (A) a description of information related to 22
30343262 corruption or violation of human rights con-23
30353263 cerning each of the individuals found ineligible 24
30363264 in the previous 12 months pursuant to sub-25
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30403268 section (a)(1) as well as the individuals who the 1
30413269 Secretary designated or identified pursuant to 2
30423270 subsection (a)(3), or who would be ineligible but 3
30433271 for the application of subsection (b); and 4
30443272 (B) a list of any waivers provided under 5
30453273 subsection (c), together with a justification for 6
30463274 each waiver. 7
3047-(2)FORMANDPUBLICATION.— 8
3048-(A)FORM.—Eachreportrequiredunder 9
3275+(2) F
3276+ORM AND PUBLICATION .— 8
3277+(A) F
3278+ORM.—Each report required under 9
30493279 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 10
30503280 form but may include a classified annex. 11
3051-(B)PUBLICAVAILABILITY.—TheSecretary 12
3281+(B) P
3282+UBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary 12
30523283 shall make available to the public on a publicly 13
30533284 accessible internet website of the Department 14
30543285 the unclassified portion of each report required 15
30553286 under paragraph (1). 16
3056-(e)CLARIFICATION.—Forpurposesofsubsections(a) 17
3287+(e) C
3288+LARIFICATION.—For purposes of subsections (a) 17
30573289 and (d), the records of the Department and of diplomatic 18
30583290 and consular offices of the United States pertaining to the 19
30593291 issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 20
30603292 States shall not be considered confidential. 21
30613293 SEC. 704. PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE DURING 22
30623294 CRISES. 23
30633295 Notwithstanding the limitations specified in section 24
30643296 304(c) of the Convention on Cultural Property Implemen-25
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30683300 tation Act (19 U.S.C. 2603(c)) and without regard to 1
30693301 whether a country is a State Party to the Convention (as 2
30703302 defined in sections 302 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2601)), 3
30713303 the Secretary may exercise the authority under section 4
30723304 304 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2603) to impose import re-5
30733305 strictions set forth in section 307 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 6
30743306 2606) if the Secretary determines that— 7
30753307 (1) imposition of such restrictions is in the na-8
30763308 tional interest of the United States; and 9
30773309 (2) an emergency condition (as defined in sec-10
30783310 tion 304 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2603)) applies. 11
30793311 SEC. 705. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. 12
30803312 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 13
30813313 of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding 14
30823314 at the end the following new section: 15
30833315 ‘‘SEC. 64. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. 16
3084-‘‘(a)ACTIVITIES.— 17
3085-‘‘(1)SUPPORTAUTHORIZED.—TheSecretaryof 18
3316+‘‘(a) A
3317+CTIVITIES.— 17
3318+‘‘(1) S
3319+UPPORT AUTHORIZED .—The Secretary of 18
30863320 State is authorized to provide, by contract, grant, or 19
30873321 otherwise, for the performance of appropriate mu-20
30883322 seum visitor and educational outreach services and 21
30893323 related events, including organizing programs and 22
30903324 conference activities, creating, designing, and install-23
30913325 ing exhibits, and conducting museum shop services 24
30923326 and food services in the public exhibition and related 25
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30963330 physical and virtual space utilized by the National 1
30973331 Museum of American Diplomacy. 2
3098-‘‘(2)RECOVERYOFCOSTS.—TheSecretaryof 3
3332+‘‘(2) R
3333+ECOVERY OF COSTS .—The Secretary of 3
30993334 State is authorized to recover any revenues gen-4
31003335 erated under the authority of paragraph (1) for vis-5
31013336 itor and educational outreach services and related 6
31023337 events referred to in such paragraph, including fees 7
31033338 for use of facilities at the National Museum for 8
31043339 American Diplomacy. Any such revenues may be re-9
31053340 tained as a recovery of the costs of operating the 10
31063341 museum, credited to any Department of State ap-11
31073342 propriation, and shall remain available until ex-12
31083343 pended. 13
3109-‘‘(b)DISPOSITIONOFDOCUMENTS,ARTIFACTS,AND 14
3110-OTHERARTICLES.— 15
3111-‘‘(1)PROPERTY.—Allhistoricdocuments,arti-16
3344+‘‘(b) D
3345+ISPOSITION OFDOCUMENTS, ARTIFACTS, AND 14
3346+O
3347+THERARTICLES.— 15
3348+‘‘(1) P
3349+ROPERTY.—All historic documents, arti-16
31123350 facts, or other articles permanently acquired by the 17
31133351 Department of State and determined by the Sec-18
31143352 retary of State to be suitable for display by the Na-19
31153353 tional Museum of American Diplomacy shall be con-20
31163354 sidered to be the property of the United States Gov-21
31173355 ernment and shall be subject to disposition solely in 22
31183356 accordance with this subsection. 23
3119-‘‘(2)SALE,TRADE,ORTRANSFER.—Whenever 24
3357+‘‘(2) S
3358+ALE, TRADE, OR TRANSFER.—Whenever 24
31203359 the Secretary of State makes a determination de-25
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31243363 scribed in paragraph (3) with respect to a document, 1
31253364 artifact, or other article under paragraph (1), taking 2
31263365 into account considerations such as the museum’s 3
31273366 collections management policy and best professional 4
31283367 museum practices, the Secretary may sell at fair 5
31293368 market value, trade, or transfer such document, arti-6
31303369 fact, or other article without regard to the require-7
31313370 ments of subtitle I of title 40, United States Code. 8
31323371 The proceeds of any such sale may be used solely for 9
31333372 the advancement of the mission of the National Mu-10
31343373 seum of American Diplomacy and may not be used 11
31353374 for any purpose other than the acquisition and di-12
31363375 rect care of the collections of the Museum. 13
3137-‘‘(3)DETERMINATIONS PRIORTOSALE,TRADE, 14
3376+‘‘(3) D
3377+ETERMINATIONS PRIOR TO SALE , TRADE, 14
31383378 OR TRANSFER.—The determination described in this 15
31393379 paragraph with respect to a document, artifact, or 16
31403380 other article under paragraph (1) is a determination 17
31413381 that— 18
31423382 ‘‘(A) the document, artifact, or other arti-19
31433383 cle no longer serves to further the purposes of 20
31443384 the National Museum of American Diplomacy 21
31453385 as set forth in the collections management pol-22
31463386 icy of the Museum; 23
31473387 ‘‘(B) the sale, trade, or transfer of the doc-24
31483388 ument, artifact, or other article would serve to 25
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31523392 maintain the standards of the collection of the 1
31533393 Museum; or 2
31543394 ‘‘(C) the sale, trade, or transfer of the doc-3
31553395 ument, artifact, or other article would be in the 4
31563396 best interests of the United States. 5
3157-‘‘(4)LOANS.—Inadditiontotheauthorization 6
3397+‘‘(4) L
3398+OANS.—In addition to the authorization 6
31583399 under paragraph (2) relating to the sale, trade, or 7
31593400 transfer of documents, artifacts, or other articles 8
31603401 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may 9
31613402 loan the documents, artifacts, or other articles, when 10
31623403 not needed for use or display by the National Mu-11
31633404 seum of American Diplomacy, to the Smithsonian 12
31643405 Institution or a similar institution for repair, study, 13
31653406 or exhibition.’’. 14
31663407 SEC. 706. EXTRATERRITORIAL OFFENSES COMMITTED BY 15
31673408 UNITED STATES NATIONALS SERVING WITH 16
31683409 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 17
3169-(a)JURISDICTION.—Whoever,whileaUnitedStates 18
3410+(a) J
3411+URISDICTION.—Whoever, while a United States 18
31703412 national or lawful permanent resident serving with the 19
31713413 United Nations, its specialized agencies, or other inter-20
31723414 national organization the Secretary has designated for 21
31733415 purposes of this section and published in the Federal Reg-22
31743416 ister, or while accompanying such an individual, engages 23
31753417 in conduct, or conspires or attempts to engage in conduct, 24
31763418 outside the United States that would constitute an offense 25
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31803422 punishable by imprisonment for more than one year if the 1
31813423 conduct had been engaged in within the special maritime 2
31823424 and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, shall be 3
31833425 subject to United States jurisdiction in order to be tried 4
31843426 for that offense. 5
3185-(b)DEFINITIONS.—Inthissection: 6
3186-(1)ACCOMPANYING SUCHINDIVIDUAL.—The 7
3427+(b) D
3428+EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
3429+(1) A
3430+CCOMPANYING SUCH INDIVIDUAL .—The 7
31873431 term ‘‘accompanying such individual’’ means— 8
31883432 (A) being a dependent, or family member 9
31893433 of a United States national or lawful permanent 10
31903434 resident serving with the United Nations, its 11
31913435 specialized agencies, or other international or-12
31923436 ganization designated under subsection (a); 13
31933437 (B) residing with such United States na-14
31943438 tional or lawful permanent resident serving with 15
31953439 the United Nations, its specialized agencies, or 16
31963440 other international organization designated 17
31973441 under subsection (a); and 18
31983442 (C) not being a national of or ordinarily 19
31993443 resident in the country where the offense is 20
32003444 committed. 21
3201-(2)SERVINGWITHTHEUNITEDNATIONS,ITS 22
3445+(2) S
3446+ERVING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS , ITS 22
32023447 SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OR OTHER INTERNATIONAL 23
32033448 ORGANIZATION AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 24
32043449 DESIGNATE.—The term ‘‘serving with the United 25
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32083453 Nations, its specialized agencies, or other inter-1
32093454 national organization as the Secretary of State may 2
32103455 designate’’ under subsection (a) means— 3
32113456 (A) being a United States national or law-4
32123457 ful permanent resident employed as an em-5
32133458 ployee, a contractor (including a subcontractor 6
32143459 at any tier), an employee of a contractor (or a 7
32153460 subcontractor at any tier), an expert on mis-8
32163461 sion, or an unpaid intern or volunteer of the 9
32173462 United Nations, including any of its funds, pro-10
32183463 grams or subsidiary bodies, or any of the 11
32193464 United Nations specialized agencies, or of any 12
32203465 international organization designated under 13
32213466 subsection (a)(1); and 14
32223467 (B) being present or residing outside the 15
32233468 United States in connection with such employ-16
32243469 ment. 17
3225-(3)UNITEDSTATESNATIONAL.—Theterm 18
3470+(3) U
3471+NITED STATES NATIONAL .—The term 18
32263472 ‘‘United States national’’ has the meaning given the 19
32273473 term ‘‘national of the United States’’ in section 20
32283474 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 21
32293475 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)). 22
3230-(c)RULESOFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothinginthissec-23
3476+(c) R
3477+ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-23
32313478 tion shall be construed to limit or affect the application 24
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32353482 of extraterritorial jurisdiction related to any other Federal 1
32363483 law. 2
32373484 SEC. 707. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMU-3
32383485 NITIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY 4
32393486 FORUM. 5
32403487 The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 6
32413488 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 7
32423489 following new section: 8
3243-‘‘SEC.20.Undersuchtermsandconditionsasthe 9
3490+‘‘S
3491+EC. 20. Under such terms and conditions as the 9
32443492 President shall determine, the President is authorized to 10
32453493 extend the provisions of this subchapter to the Inter-11
32463494 national Energy Forum Secretariat in the same manner, 12
32473495 to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions, 13
32483496 as they may be extended to a public international organi-14
32493497 zation in which the United States participates pursuant 15
32503498 to any treaty or under the authority of any Act of Con-16
32513499 gress authorizing such participation or making an appro-17
32523500 priation for such participation.’’. 18
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32563504 SEC. 708. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMU-1
32573505 NITIES TO THE CONSEIL EUROPE
32583506 ´
32593507 EN POUR LA 2
32603508 RECHERCHE NUCLE
32613509 ´
32623510 AIRE (CERN; THE EURO-3
32633511 PEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RE-4
32643512 SEARCH). 5
32653513 The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 6
32663514 U.S.C. 288 et seq.), as amended by section 707 is further 7
32673515 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 8
3268-‘‘SEC.21.Undersuchtermsandconditionsasthe 9
3516+‘‘S
3517+EC. 21. Under such terms and conditions as the 9
32693518 President shall determine, the President is authorized to 10
32703519 extend the provisions of this title to the European Organi-11
32713520 zation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the same manner, 12
32723521 to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions, 13
32733522 as it may be extended to a public international organiza-14
32743523 tion in which the United States participates pursuant to 15
32753524 any treaty or under the authority of any Act of Congress 16
32763525 authorizing such participation or making an appropriation 17
32773526 for such participation.’’. 18
32783527 SEC. 709. INTERNSHIPS OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS AT 19
32793528 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 20
3280-(a)INGENERAL.—TheSecretaryofStateisauthor-21
3529+(a) I
3530+NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State is author-21
32813531 ized to bolster efforts to increase the number of United 22
32823532 States citizens representative of the American people occu-23
32833533 pying positions in the United Nations system, agencies, 24
32843534 and commissions, and in other international organizations, 25
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32883538 including by awarding grants to educational institutions 1
32893539 and students. 2
3290-(b)REPORT.—Notlaterthan90daysafterthedate 3
3540+(b) R
3541+EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 3
32913542 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 4
32923543 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit-5
32933544 tees that identifies— 6
32943545 (1) the number of United States citizens who 7
32953546 are involved in internship programs at international 8
32963547 organizations; 9
32973548 (2) the distribution of the individuals described 10
32983549 in paragraph (1) among various international orga-11
32993550 nizations; and 12
33003551 (3) grants, programs, and other activities that 13
33013552 are being utilized to recruit and fund United States 14
33023553 citizens to participate in internship programs at 15
33033554 international organizations. 16
3304-(c)ELIGIBILITY.—Anindividualreferredtoinsub-17
3555+(c) E
3556+LIGIBILITY.—An individual referred to in sub-17
33053557 section (a) is an individual who— 18
33063558 (1) is enrolled at or received their degree 19
33073559 withvin two years from— 20
33083560 (A) an institution of higher education; or 21
33093561 (B) an institution of higher education 22
33103562 based outside the United States, as determined 23
33113563 by the Secretary of State; and 24
33123564 (2) is a citizen of the United States. 25
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33163568 (d) AUTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 1
33173569 authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for the Depart-2
33183570 ment of State for fiscal year 2024 to carry out the grant 3
33193571 program authorized under subsection (a). 4
33203572 SEC. 710. TRAINING FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 5
3321-(a)TRAININGPROGRAMS.—Section708oftheFor-6
3573+(a) T
3574+RAININGPROGRAMS.—Section 708 of the For-6
33223575 eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended 7
33233576 by adding at the end of the following new subsection: 8
3324-‘‘(e)TRAININGINMULTILATERALDIPLOMACY.— 9
3325-‘‘(1)INGENERAL.—TheSecretary,inconsulta-10
3577+‘‘(e) T
3578+RAINING INMULTILATERALDIPLOMACY.— 9
3579+‘‘(1) I
3580+N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-10
33263581 tion with other senior officials as appropriate, shall 11
33273582 establish training courses on— 12
33283583 ‘‘(A) the conduct of diplomacy at inter-13
33293584 national organizations and other multilateral in-14
33303585 stitutions; and 15
33313586 ‘‘(B) broad-based multilateral negotiations 16
33323587 of international instruments. 17
3333-‘‘(2)REQUIRED TRAINING.—Membersofthe 18
3588+‘‘(2) R
3589+EQUIRED TRAINING .—Members of the 18
33343590 Service, including appropriate chiefs of mission and 19
33353591 other officers who are assigned to United States 20
33363592 missions representing the United States to inter-21
33373593 national organizations and other multilateral institu-22
33383594 tions or who are assigned in other positions that 23
33393595 have as their primary responsibility formulation of 24
33403596 policy related to such organizations and institutions, 25
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33443600 or participation in negotiations of international in-1
33453601 struments, shall receive specialized training in the 2
33463602 areas described in paragraph (1) prior to the begin-3
33473603 ning of service for such assignment or, if receiving 4
33483604 such training at that time is not practical, within 5
33493605 the first year of beginning such assignment.’’. 6
3350-(b)TRAININGFORDEPARTMENTEMPLOYEES.—The 7
3606+(b) T
3607+RAINING FORDEPARTMENTEMPLOYEES.—The 7
33513608 Secretary of State shall ensure that employees of the De-8
33523609 partment of State who are assigned to positions described 9
33533610 in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of section 708 of the 10
33543611 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as added by subsection (a) 11
33553612 of this section), including members of the civil service or 12
33563613 general service, or who are seconded to international orga-13
33573614 nizations for a period of at least one year, receive training 14
33583615 described in such subsection and participate in other such 15
33593616 courses as the Secretary may recommend to build or aug-16
33603617 ment identifiable skills that would be useful for such De-17
33613618 partment officials representing United States interests at 18
33623619 these institutions and organizations. 19
33633620 SEC. 711. MODIFICATION TO TRANSPARENCY ON INTER-20
33643621 NATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND NON-BINDING 21
33653622 INSTRUMENTS. 22
33663623 Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, as most 23
33673624 recently amended by section 5947 of the James M. Inhofe 24
33683625 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 25
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33723629 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3476), is further amend-1
33733630 ed— 2
33743631 (1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) 3
33753632 as subsections (i) through (m), respectively; and 4
33763633 (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-5
33773634 lowing: 6
33783635 ‘‘(h)(1) If the Secretary is aware or has reason to 7
33793636 believe that the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or (c) 8
33803637 have not been fulfilled with respect to an international 9
33813638 agreement or qualifying non-binding instrument, the Sec-10
33823639 retary shall— 11
33833640 ‘‘(A) immediately bring the matter to the atten-12
33843641 tion of the office or agency responsible for the agree-13
33853642 ment or qualifying non-binding instrument; and 14
33863643 ‘‘(B) request the office or agency to provide 15
33873644 within 7 days the text or other information nec-16
33883645 essary to fulfill the requirements of the relevant sub-17
33893646 section. 18
33903647 ‘‘(2) Upon receiving the text or other information re-19
33913648 quested pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 20
33923649 ‘‘(A) fulfill the requirements of subsection (a), 21
33933650 (b), or (c), as the case may be, with respect to the 22
33943651 agreement or qualifying non-binding instrument con-23
33953652 cerned— 24
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33993656 ‘‘(i) by including such text or other infor-1
34003657 mation in the next submission required by sub-2
34013658 section (a)(1); 3
34023659 ‘‘(ii) by providing such information in writ-4
34033660 ing to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the 5
34043661 Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of 6
34053662 the House of Representatives, the Minority 7
34063663 Leader of the House of Representatives, and 8
34073664 the appropriate congressional committees before 9
34083665 provision of the submission described in clause 10
34093666 (i); or 11
34103667 ‘‘(iii) in relation to subsection (b), by mak-12
34113668 ing the text of the agreement or qualifying non- 13
34123669 binding instrument and the information de-14
34133670 scribed in subparagraphs (A)(iii) and (B)(iii) of 15
34143671 subsection (a)(1) relating to the agreement or 16
34153672 instrument available to the public on the 17
34163673 website of the Department of State within 15 18
34173674 days of receiving the text or other information 19
34183675 requested pursuant to paragraph (1); and 20
34193676 ‘‘(B) provide to the Majority Leader of the Sen-21
34203677 ate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker 22
34213678 of the House of Representatives, the Minority Lead-23
34223679 er of the House of Representatives, and the appro-24
34233680 priate congressional committees, either in the next 25
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34273684 submission required by subsection (a)(1) or before 1
34283685 such submission, a written statement explaining the 2
34293686 reason for the delay in fulfilling the requirements of 3
34303687 subsection (a), (b), or (c), as the case may be.’’. 4
34313688 SEC. 712. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, QUARTERLY RE-5
34323689 VIEW, AND AUTHORITY RELATING TO CON-6
34333690 CURRENCE PROVIDED BY CHIEFS OF MIS-7
34343691 SION FOR SUPPORT OF CERTAIN GOVERN-8
34353692 MENT OPERATIONS. 9
3436-(a)NOTIFICATIONREQUIRED.—Notlaterthan30 10
3693+(a) N
3694+OTIFICATIONREQUIRED.—Not later than 30 10
34373695 days after the date on which a chief of mission concurs 11
34383696 with providing United States Government support to enti-12
34393697 ties or individuals engaged in facilitating or supporting 13
34403698 United States Government military- or security-related op-14
34413699 erations within the area of responsibility of the chief of 15
34423700 mission, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate con-16
34433701 gressional committees of such concurrence. 17
3444-(b)SEMIANNUALREVIEW,DETERMINATION,AND 18
3445-BRIEFINGREQUIRED.—Notlessfrequentlythansemi-19
3702+(b) S
3703+EMIANNUALREVIEW, DETERMINATION, AND 18
3704+B
3705+RIEFINGREQUIRED.—Not less frequently than semi-19
34463706 annually, the Secretary, in order to ensure that the sup-20
34473707 port described in subsection (a) continues to align with 21
34483708 United States foreign policy objectives and the objectives 22
34493709 of the Department, shall— 23
34503710 (1) conduct a review of any concurrence de-24
34513711 scribed in subsection (a) that is in effect; 25
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34553715 (2) determine, based on such review, whether to 1
34563716 revoke any such concurrence pending further study 2
34573717 and review; and 3
34583718 (3) brief the appropriate congressional commit-4
34593719 tees regarding the results of such review. 5
3460-(c)REVOCATION OFCONCURRENCE.—IftheSec-6
3720+(c) R
3721+EVOCATION OF CONCURRENCE.—If the Sec-6
34613722 retary determines, pursuant to a review conducted under 7
34623723 subsection (b), that any concurrence described in sub-8
34633724 section (a) should be revoked, the Secretary may revoke 9
34643725 such concurrence. 10
3465-(d)ANNUALREPORTREQUIRED.—Notlaterthan 11
3726+(d) A
3727+NNUALREPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 11
34663728 January 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit a re-12
34673729 port to the appropriate congressional committees that in-13
34683730 cludes— 14
34693731 (1) a description of any support described in 15
34703732 subsection (a) that was provided with the concur-16
34713733 rence of a chief of mission during the calendar year 17
34723734 preceding the calendar year in which the report is 18
34733735 submitted; and 19
34743736 (2) an analysis of the effects of such support on 20
34753737 diplomatic lines of effort, including with respect to— 21
34763738 (A) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 22
34773739 demining, and related Programs and associated 23
34783740 anti-terrorism assistance programs; 24
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34823744 (B) international narcotics control and law 1
34833745 enforcement programs; and 2
34843746 (C) foreign military sales, foreign military 3
34853747 financing, and associated training programs. 4
34863748 SEC. 713. MODIFICATION AND REPEAL OF REPORTS. 5
3487-(a)COUNTRYREPORTSONHUMANRIGHTSPRAC-6
3749+(a) C
3750+OUNTRYREPORTS ONHUMANRIGHTSPRAC-6
34883751 TICES.—The Secretary shall examine the production of the 7
34893752 2023 and subsequent annual Country Reports on Human 8
34903753 Rights Practices by the Assistant Secretary for Democ-9
34913754 racy, Human Rights, and Labor as required under sec-10
34923755 tions 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 11
34933756 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d), 2304(b)) to maximize— 12
34943757 (1) cost and personnel efficiencies; 13
34953758 (2) the potential use of data and analytic tools 14
34963759 and visualization; and 15
34973760 (3) advancement of the modernization agenda 16
34983761 for the Department announced by the Secretary on 17
34993762 October 27, 2021. 18
3500-(b)ELIMINATIONOFOBSOLETEREPORTS.— 19
3501-(1)REPORTSRELATINGTOAFGHANISTAN AND 20
3763+(b) E
3764+LIMINATION OFOBSOLETEREPORTS.— 19
3765+(1) R
3766+EPORTS RELATING TO AFGHANISTAN AND 20
35023767 THE TALIBAN.— 21
3503-(A)QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Notwith-22
3768+(A) Q
3769+UARTERLY REPORTS .—Notwith-22
35043770 standing sections 7019(e) of the Department of 23
35053771 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-24
35063772 grams Appropriations Act of 2021 (division K 25
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35103776 of Public Law 116–260), the following reports 1
35113777 are not required to be submitted after the date 2
35123778 of the enactment of this Act: 3
35133779 (i) Quarterly report detailing the 4
35143780 number of personnel present in Afghani-5
35153781 stan under Chief of Mission authority 6
35163782 under section (22 U.S.C. 2927), as de-7
35173783 scribed in House Report 116–444. 8
35183784 (ii) Quarterly report detailing the sta-9
35193785 tus of intra-Afghan peace negotiations. 10
3520-(B)BIMONTHLY REPORTDETAILINGTHE 11
3786+(B) B
3787+IMONTHLY REPORT DETAILING THE 11
35213788 ACTIVITIES OF THE TALIBAN .—Section 12
35223789 7044(a)(4) of the Department of State, Foreign 13
35233790 Operations, and Related Programs Appropria-14
35243791 tions Act of 2021 (division K of Public Law 15
35253792 116–260) is amended by striking ‘‘the following 16
35263793 purposes’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(B)’’. 17
3527-(2)ANNUALREPORTSRELATINGTOFUNDING 18
3794+(2) A
3795+NNUAL REPORTS RELATING TO FUNDING 18
35283796 MECHANISMS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECURITY 19
35293797 AND SEMICONDUCTORS .—Division H of the William 20
35303798 M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-21
35313799 tion Act fo Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) 22
35323800 is amended— 23
35333801 (A) in section 9202(a)(2) (47 U.S.C. 24
35343802 906(a)(2))— 25
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35383806 (i) by striking subparagraph (C); and 1
35393807 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 2
35403808 (D) as subparagraph (C); and 3
35413809 (B) in section 9905 (15 U.S.C. 4655)— 4
35423810 (i) by striking subsection (c); and 5
35433811 (ii) by redesignating subsection (d) as 6
35443812 subsection (c). 7
3545-(3)REPORTSRELATINGTOFOREIGNASSIST-8
3813+(3) R
3814+EPORTS RELATING TO FOREIGN ASSIST -8
35463815 ANCE TO COUNTER RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND MEDIA 9
35473816 ORGANIZATIONS CONTROLLED BY RUSSIA .—The 10
35483817 Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eur-11
35493818 asia Act of 2017 (title II of Public Law 115–44) is 12
35503819 amended— 13
35513820 (A) in section 254(e)— 14
35523821 (i) in paragraph (1)— 15
3553-(I)bystriking‘‘INGENERAL.—’’; 16
3822+(I) by striking ‘‘I
3823+N GENERAL.—’’; 16
35543824 (II) by redesignating subpara-17
35553825 graphs (A), (B), and (C) as para-18
35563826 graphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively, 19
35573827 and moving such paragraphs 2 ems to 20
35583828 the left; and 21
35593829 (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 22
35603830 (B) by striking section 255. 23
3561-(4)ANNUALREPORTONPROMOTINGTHERULE 24
3831+(4) A
3832+NNUAL REPORT ON PROMOTING THE RULE 24
35623833 OF LAW IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION .—Section 25
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35663837 202 of the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Re-1
35673838 peal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Account-2
35683839 ability Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–208) is amend-3
35693840 ed by striking subsection (a). 4
3570-(5)ANNUALREPORTONADVANCINGFREEDOM 5
3841+(5) A
3842+NNUAL REPORT ON ADVANCING FREEDOM 5
35713843 AND DEMOCRACY .—Section 2121 of the Advance 6
35723844 Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Coun-7
35733845 tries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007 (title 8
35743846 XXI of Public Law 110–53) is amended by striking 9
35753847 subsection (c). 10
3576-(6)ANNUAL REPORTS ONUNITEDSTATES- 11
3848+(6) A
3849+NNUAL REPORTS ON UNITED STATES - 11
35773850 VIETNAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE MEETINGS .— 12
35783851 Section 702 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 13
35793852 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151n note) is re-14
35803853 pealed. 15
3581-(c)MODIFICATION OFREPORTING REQUIRE-16
3854+(c) M
3855+ODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIRE-16
35823856 MENTS.— 17
3583-(1)CHANGINGTHEFREQUENCY OFTHERE-18
3857+(1) C
3858+HANGING THE FREQUENCY OF THE RE -18
35843859 PORT ON THE USE OF PAKISTAN COUNTERINSUR -19
35853860 GENCY CAPABILITY FUND .—Notwithstanding section 20
35863861 7010 of House of Representatives Report 112–331, 21
35873862 the Secretary of State shall provide to the Com-22
35883863 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 23
35893864 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-24
35903865 resentatives a written report on the use of funds 25
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35943869 made available under the heading ‘‘Pakistan Coun-1
35953870 terinsurgency Capability Fund’’ on an annual basis. 2
3596-(2)REPORT ON DEMOCRATIZATION IN 3
3871+(2) R
3872+EPORT ON DEMOCRATIZATION IN 3
35973873 BURMA.—Section 570(d) of the Foreign Operations, 4
35983874 Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-5
35993875 priations Act, 1997 (titles I through V of Public 6
36003876 Law 104–208) is amended by striking ‘‘Every six 7
36013877 months following the enactment of this Act, the 8
36023878 President shall report to’’ and inserting ‘‘The Presi-9
36033879 dent shall submit an annual report to’’. 10
3604-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 11
3605-(a) S
3606-HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘De-12
3607-partment of State Authorization Act of 2023’’. 13
3608-(b) T
3609-ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 14
3610-this Act is as follows: 15
3611-Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
3612-Sec. 2. Definitions.
3613-TITLE I—DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND CONSULAR AFFAIRS
3614-Sec. 101. Passport fee expenditure authority extension.
3615-Sec. 102. Special hiring authority for passport services.
3616-Sec. 103. Quarterly report on passport wait times.
3617-Sec. 104. Passport travel advisories.
3618-Sec. 105. Strategy to ensure access to passport services for all Americans.
3619-Sec. 106. Strengthening the National Passport Information Center.
3620-Sec. 107. Strengthening passport customer visibility and transparency.
3621-Sec. 108. Annual Office of Authentications report.
3622-Sec. 109. Annual special immigrant visa report.
3623-Sec. 110. Increased accountability in assignment restrictions and reviews.
3624-Sec. 111. Suitability reviews for Foreign Service Institute instructors.
3625-Sec. 112. Diplomatic security fellowship programs.
3626-Sec. 113. Victims Resource Advocacy Program.
3627-Sec. 114. Authority for special agents to investigate trafficking in persons viola-
3628-tions.
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3632-TITLE II—PERSONNEL MATTERS
3633-Subtitle A—Hiring, Promotion, and Development
3634-Sec. 201. Adjustment to promotion precepts.
3635-Sec. 202. Hiring authorities.
3636-Sec. 203. Extending paths to service for paid student interns.
3637-Sec. 204. Lateral Entry Program.
3638-Sec. 205. Mid-Career Mentoring Program.
3639-Sec. 206. Report on the Foreign Service Institute’s language program .
3640-Sec. 207. Consideration of career civil servants as chiefs of missions.
3641-Sec. 208. Civil service rotational program.
3642-Sec. 209. Reporting requirement on chiefs of mission.
3643-Sec. 210. Report on chiefs of mission and deputy chiefs of mission.
3644-Sec. 211. Protection of retirement annuity for reemployment by Department.
3645-Sec. 212. Enhanced vetting for senior diplomatic posts.
3646-Sec. 213. Efforts to improve retention and prevent retaliation.
3647-Sec. 214. National advertising campaign.
3648-Sec. 215. Expansion of diplomats in residence programs.
3649-Subtitle B—Pay, Benefits, and Workforce Matters
3650-Sec. 221. Education allowance.
3651-Sec. 222. Per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service.
3652-Sec. 223. Improving mental health services for foreign and civil servants.
3653-Sec. 224. Emergency back-up care.
3654-Sec. 225. Authority to provide services to non-chief of mission personnel.
3655-Sec. 226. Exception for government-financed air transportation.
3656-Sec. 227. Enhanced authorities to protect locally employed staff during emer-
3657-gencies.
3658-Sec. 228. Internet at hardship posts.
3659-Sec. 229. Competitive local compensation plan.
3660-Sec. 230. Supporting tandem couples in the Foreign Service.
3661-Sec. 231. Accessibility at diplomatic missions.
3662-Sec. 232. Report on breastfeeding accommodations overseas.
3663-Sec. 233. Determining the effectiveness of knowledge transfers between Foreign
3664-Service Officers.
3665-Sec. 234. Education allowance for dependents of Department of State employees
3666-located in United States territories.
3667-TITLE III—INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY
3668-Sec. 301. Data-informed diplomacy.
3669-Sec. 302. Establishment and expansion of the Bureau Chief Data Officer Pro-
3670-gram.
3671-Sec. 303. Task force to address artificial intelligence-enabled influence operations.
3672-Sec. 304. Establishment of the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Depart-
3673-ment of State.
3674-Sec. 305. Strengthening the Chief Information Officer of the Department of State.
3675-Sec. 306. Sense of Congress on strengthening enterprise governance.
3676-Sec. 307. Digital connectivity and cybersecurity partnership.
3677-Sec. 308. Establishment of a cyberspace, digital connectivity, and related tech-
3678-nologies (CDT) fund.
3679-Sec. 309. Cyber protection support for personnel of the Department of State in
3680-positions highly vulnerable to cyber attack.
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3684-TITLE IV—ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS
3685-Sec. 401. Personal services contractors.
3686-Sec. 402. Hard-to-fill posts.
3687-Sec. 403. Enhanced oversight of the Office of Civil Rights.
3688-Sec. 404. Crisis response operations.
3689-Sec. 405. Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum.
3690-Sec. 406. Special Envoy for Belarus.
3691-Sec. 407. Overseas placement of special appointment positions.
3692-Sec. 408. Establishment of Office of the Special Representative for City and State
3693-Diplomacy.
3694-Sec. 409. Office of Global Women’s Issues.
3695-TITLE V—ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY
3696-Sec. 501. Duties of officers performing economic functions.
3697-Sec. 502. Report on recruitment, retention, and promotion of Foreign Service eco-
3698-nomic officers.
3699-Sec. 503. Mandate to revise Department of State metrics for successful economic
3700-and commercial diplomacy.
3701-Sec. 504. Chief of mission economic responsibilities.
3702-Sec. 505. Direction to embassy deal teams.
3703-Sec. 506. Establishment of a ‘‘Deal Team of the Year’’ award.
3704-TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
3705-Sec. 601. Public diplomacy outreach.
3706-Sec. 602. Modification on use of funds for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
3707-Sec. 603. International broadcasting.
3708-Sec. 604. John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship program.
3709-Sec. 605. Domestic engagement and public affairs.
3710-Sec. 606. Extension of Global Engagement Center.
3711-Sec. 607. Paperwork Reduction Act.
3712-Sec. 608. Modernization and enhancement strategy.
3713-TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS
3714-Sec. 701. Expanding the use of DDTC licensing fees.
3715-Sec. 702. Prohibition on entry of officials of foreign governments involved in sig-
3716-nificant corruption or gross violations of human rights.
3717-Sec. 703. Protection of cultural heritage during crises.
3718-Sec. 704. National Museum of American Diplomacy.
3719-Sec. 705. Extraterritorial offenses committed by United States nationals serving
3720-with international organizations.
3721-Sec. 706. Extension of certain privileges and immunities to the International En-
3722-ergy Forum.
3723-Sec. 707. Extension of certain privileges and immunities to the Conseil Europe´en
3724-pour la recherche nucle´aire (CERN; the European Organization
3725-for Nuclear Research).
3726-Sec. 708. Internships of United States nationals at international organizations.
3727-Sec. 709. Training for international organizations.
3728-Sec. 710. Modification to transparency on international agreements and non-
3729-binding instruments.
3730-Sec. 711. Strategy for the efficient processing of all Afghan special immigrant
3731-visa applications and appeals.
3732-Sec. 712. Report on partner forces utilizing United States security assistance
3733-identified as using hunger as a weapon of war.
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3737-Sec. 713. Infrastructure projects and investments by the United States and Peo-
3738-ple’s Republic of China.
3739-Sec. 714. Special envoys.
3740-Sec. 715. US-ASEAN Center.
3741-Sec. 716. Report on vetting of students from national defense universities and
3742-other academic institutions of the People’s Republic of China.
3743-Sec. 717. Briefings on the United States-European Union Trade and Technology
3744-Council.
3745-Sec. 718. Congressional oversight, quarterly review, and authority relating to con-
3746-currence provided by chiefs of mission for support of certain
3747-Government operations.
3748-Sec. 719. Modification and repeal of reports.
3749-Sec. 720. Modification of Build Act of 2018 to prioritize projects that advance
3750-national security.
3751-Sec. 721. Permitting for international bridges.
3752-Sec. 722. Prohibition on nomination of certain countries as program countries
3753-for purposes of the visa waiver program.
3754-TITLE VIII—COMBATING GLOBAL CORRUPTION
3755-Sec. 801. Short title.
3756-Sec. 802. Definitions.
3757-Sec. 803. Publication of tiered ranking list.
3758-Sec. 804. Minimum standards for the elimination of corruption and assessment
3759-of efforts to combat corruption.
3760-Sec. 805. Imposition of sanctions under Global Magnitsky Human Rights Ac-
3761-countability Act.
3762-Sec. 806. Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact.
3763-TITLE IX—AUKUS MATTERS
3764-Sec. 901. Definitions.
3765-Subtitle A—Outlining the AUKUS Partnership
3766-Sec. 911. Statement of policy on the AUKUS partnership.
3767-Sec. 912. Senior Advisor for the AUKUS partnership at the Department of State.
3768-Subtitle B—Authorization for Submarine Transfers, Support, and
3769-Infrastructure Improvement Activities
3770-Sec. 921. Australia, United Kingdom, and United States submarine security ac-
3771-tivities.
3772-Sec. 922. Acceptance of contributions for Australia, United Kingdom, and United
3773-States submarine security activities; AUKUS Submarine Secu-
3774-rity Activities Account.
3775-Sec. 923. Australia, United Kingdom, and United States submarine security
3776-training.
3777-Subtitle C—Streamlining and Protecting Transfers of United States Military
3778-Technology From Compromise
3779-Sec. 931. Priority for Australia and the United Kingdom in Foreign Military
3780-Sales and Direct Commercial Sales.
3781-Sec. 932. Identification and pre-clearance of platforms, technologies, and equip-
3782-ment for sale to Australia and the United Kingdom through For-
3783-eign Military Sales and Direct Commercial Sales.
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3787-Sec. 933. Export control exemptions and standards.
3788-Sec. 934. Expedited review of export licenses for exports of advanced technologies
3789-to Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
3790-Sec. 935. United States Munitions List.
3791-Subtitle D—Other AUKUS Matters
3792-Sec. 941. Reporting related to the AUKUS partnership.
3793-Sec. 942. Report on defense cooperation and export regulation.
3794-Sec. 943. Report on protection of sensitive information and technology.
3795-Sec. 944. Report on the United States submarine industrial base.
3796-Sec. 945. Report on navy submarine requirements.
3797-SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
3798-1
3799-In this Act: 2
3800-(1) A
3801-PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -3
3802-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-4
3803-tees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations of 5
3804-the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 6
3805-the House of Representatives. 7
3806-(2) D
3807-EPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 8
3808-means the Department of State. 9
3809-(3) S
3810-ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 10
3811-the Secretary of State. 11
3812-TITLE I—DIPLOMATIC SECURITY 12
3813-AND CONSULAR AFFAIRS 13
3814-SEC. 101. PASSPORT FEE EXPENDITURE AUTHORITY EXTEN-14
3815-SION. 15
3816-(a) W
3817-ESTERNHEMISPHERE TRAVELINITIATIVE 16
3818-F
3819-EE.—To make permanent the Western Hemisphere Travel 17
3820-Initiative fee, section 1(b) of the Passport Act of June 4, 18
3821-1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) is amended— 19
3822-(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 20
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3826-(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3). 1
3827-(b) P
3828-ASSPORTFEES.—Section 1(b) of the Passport Act 2
3829-of June 4, 1920, as amended by subsection (a), shall be ap-3
3830-plied through fiscal year 2028 by striking ‘‘such costs’’ and 4
3831-inserting ‘‘the costs of providing consular services’’. 5
3832-(c) M
3833-ODERNIZATION OF PASSPORTPROCESSING.—A 6
3834-portion of the expanded expenditure authorities provided in 7
3835-subsections (a) and (b) shall be used— 8
3836-(1) to modernize consular systems, with an em-9
3837-phasis on passport and citizenship services; and 10
3838-(2) towards a feasibility study on how the De-11
3839-partment could provide urgent, in-person passport 12
3840-services to significant populations with the longest 13
3841-travel times to existing passport agencies, including 14
3842-the possibility of building new passport agencies. 15
3843-SEC. 102. SPECIAL HIRING AUTHORITY FOR PASSPORT 16
3844-SERVICES. 17
3845-During the 3-year period beginning on the date of the 18
3846-enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, without regard 19
3847-to the provisions under sections 3309 through 3318 of title 20
3848-5, United States Code, may directly appoint candidates to 21
3849-positions in the competitive service (as defined in section 22
3850-2102 of such title) at the Department in the Passport and 23
3851-Visa Examining Series 0967. 24
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3855-SEC. 103. QUARTERLY REPORT ON PASSPORT WAIT TIMES. 1
3856-Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 2
3857-of this Act, and quarterly thereafter for the following 3 3
3858-years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appro-4
3859-priate congressional committees that describes— 5
3860-(1) the current estimated wait times for passport 6
3861-processing; 7
3862-(2) the steps that have been taken by the Depart-8
3863-ment to reduce wait times to a reasonable time; 9
3864-(3) efforts to improve the rollout of the online 10
3865-passport renewal processing program, including how 11
3866-much of passport revenues the Department is spend-12
3867-ing on consular systems modernization; 13
3868-(4) the demand for urgent passport services by 14
3869-major metropolitan area; 15
3870-(5) the steps that have been taken by the Depart-16
3871-ment to reduce and meet the demand for urgent pass-17
3872-port services, particularly in areas that are greater 18
3873-than 5 hours driving time from the nearest passport 19
3874-agency; and 20
3875-(6) how the Department details its staff and re-21
3876-sources to passport services programs. 22
3877-SEC. 104. PASSPORT TRAVEL ADVISORIES. 23
3878-Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 24
3879-of this Act, the Department shall make prominently avail-25
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3883-able in United States regular passports, on the first three 1
3884-pages of the passport, the following information: 2
3885-(1) A prominent, clear advisory for all travelers 3
3886-to check travel.state.gov for updated travel warnings 4
3887-and advisories. 5
3888-(2) A prominent, clear notice urging all travelers 6
3889-to register with the Department prior to overseas 7
3890-travel. 8
3891-(3) A prominent, clear advisory— 9
3892-(A) noting that many countries deny entry 10
3893-to travelers during the last 6 months of their 11
3894-passport validity period; and 12
3895-(B) urging all travelers to renew their pass-13
3896-port not later than 1 year prior to its expira-14
3897-tion. 15
3898-SEC. 105. STRATEGY TO ENSURE ACCESS TO PASSPORT 16
3899-SERVICES FOR ALL AMERICANS. 17
3900-Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 18
3901-of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a strategy to the ap-19
3902-propriate congressional committees, the Committee on Ap-20
3903-propriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Appro-21
3904-priations of the House of Representatives for ensuring rea-22
3905-sonable access to passport services for all Americans, which 23
3906-shall include— 24
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3910-(1) a detailed strategy describing how the De-1
3911-partment could— 2
3912-(A) by not later than 1 year after submis-3
3913-sion of the strategy, reduce passport processing 4
3914-times to an acceptable average for renewals and 5
3915-for expedited service; and 6
3916-(B) by not later than 2 years after the sub-7
3917-mission of the strategy, provide United States 8
3918-residents living in a significant population cen-9
3919-ter more than a 5-hour drive from a passport 10
3920-agency with urgent, in-person passport services, 11
3921-including the possibility of building new pass-12
3922-port agencies; and 13
3923-(2) a description of the specific resources re-14
3924-quired to implement the strategy. 15
3925-SEC. 106. STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL PASSPORT IN-16
3926-FORMATION CENTER. 17
3927-(a) S
3928-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 18
3929-that passport wait times since 2021 have been unacceptably 19
3930-long and have created frustration among those seeking to 20
3931-obtain or renew passports. 21
3932-(b) O
3933-NLINECHATFEATURE.—The Department should 22
3934-develop an online tool with the capability for customers to 23
3935-correspond with customer service representatives regarding 24
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3939-questions and updates pertaining to their application for 1
3940-a passport or for the renewal of a passport. 2
3941-(c) GAO R
3942-EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the 3
3943-date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 4
3944-of the United States shall initiate a review of NPIC oper-5
3945-ations, which shall include an analysis of the extent to 6
3946-which NPIC— 7
3947-(1) responds to constituent inquiries by tele-8
3948-phone, including how long constituents are kept on 9
3949-hold and their ability to be placed in a queue; 10
3950-(2) provides personalized customer service; 11
3951-(3) maintains its telecommunications infrastruc-12
3952-ture to ensure it effectively handles call volumes; and 13
3953-(4) other relevant issues the Comptroller General 14
3954-deems appropriate. 15
3955-SEC. 107. STRENGTHENING PASSPORT CUSTOMER VISI-16
3956-BILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. 17
3957-(a) O
3958-NLINESTATUSTOOL.—Not later than 2 years 18
3959-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Department 19
3960-should modernize the online passport application status tool 20
3961-to include, to the greatest extent possible, step by step up-21
3962-dates on the status of their application, including with re-22
3963-spect to the following stages: 23
3964-(1) Submitted for processing. 24
3965-(2) In process at a lockbox facility. 25
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3969-(3) Awaiting adjudication. 1
3970-(4) In process of adjudication. 2
3971-(5) Adjudicated with a result of approval or de-3
3972-nial. 4
3973-(6) Materials shipped. 5
3974-(b) A
3975-DDITIONALINFORMATION.—The tool pursuant to 6
3976-subsection (a) should include a display that informs each 7
3977-passport applicant of— 8
3978-(1) the date on which his or her passport appli-9
3979-cation was received; and 10
3980-(2) the estimated wait time remaining in the 11
3981-passport application process. 12
3982-(c) R
3983-EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 13
3984-of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of State 14
3985-for Consular Affairs shall submit a report to the appro-15
3986-priate congressional committees that outlines a plan for co-16
3987-ordinated comprehensive public outreach to increase public 17
3988-awareness and understanding of— 18
3989-(1) the online status tool required under sub-19
3990-section (a); 20
3991-(2) passport travel advisories required under sec-21
3992-tion 104; and 22
3993-(3) passport wait times. 23
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3997-SEC. 108. ANNUAL OFFICE OF AUTHENTICATIONS REPORT. 1
3998-(a) R
3999-EPORT.—The Assistant Secretary of State for 2
4000-Consular Affairs shall submit an annual report for 5 years 3
4001-to the appropriated congressional committees that de-4
4002-scribes— 5
4003-(1) the number of incoming authentication re-6
4004-quests, broken down by month and type of request, to 7
4005-show seasonal fluctuations in demand; 8
4006-(2) the average time taken by the Office of Au-9
4007-thentications of the Department of State to authen-10
4008-ticate documents, broken down by month to show sea-11
4009-sonal fluctuations in wait times; 12
4010-(3) how the Department of State details staff to 13
4011-the Office of Authentications; and 14
4012-(4) the impact that hiring additional, perma-15
4013-nent, dedicated staff for the Office of Authentications 16
4014-would have on the processing times referred to in 17
4015-paragraph (2). 18
4016-(b) A
4017-UTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State is au-19
4018-thorized to hire additional, permanent, dedicated staff for 20
4019-the Office of Authentications. 21
4020-SEC. 109. ANNUAL SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA REPORT. 22
4021-Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 23
4022-of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Assist-24
4023-ant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs shall submit to 25
4024-the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on 26
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4028-the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judi-1
4029-ciary of the House of Representatives a report that identi-2
4030-fies — 3
4031-(1) the number of approved applications await-4
4032-ing visas authorized under section 203(b)(4) of the 5
4033-Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 6
4034-1153(b)(4)) (commonly known as EB–4 visas) for 7
4035-special immigrants described in section 101(a)(27)(D) 8
4036-of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)) who are em-9
4037-ployed by the United States Government, broken 10
4038-down by country; 11
4039-(2) an estimate of— 12
4040-(A) the number of special immigrant visas 13
4041-authorized under such section 101(a)(27)(D) that 14
4042-will be issued during the current fiscal year; and 15
4043-(B) the number of special immigrant visa 16
4044-applicants who will not be granted such a visa 17
4045-during the current fiscal year; 18
4046-(3) the estimated period between the date on 19
4047-which a qualified applicant for such a special immi-20
4048-grant visa submits a completed application for such 21
4049-a visa and the date on which such applicant would 22
4050-be issued such a visa; and 23
4051-(4) the specific high-risk populations, broken 24
4052-down by country, who will face increased hardship 25
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4056-due to Department of State delays in processing spe-1
4057-cial immigrant visa applications under such section 2
4058-101(a)(27)(D). 3
4059-SEC. 110. INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY IN ASSIGNMENT 4
4060-RESTRICTIONS AND REVIEWS. 5
4061-(a) S
4062-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 6
4063-that— 7
4064-(1) the use of policies to restrict personnel from 8
4065-serving in certain assignments may undermine the 9
4066-Department’s ability to deploy relevant cultural and 10
4067-linguistic skills at diplomatic posts abroad if not ap-11
4068-plied judiciously; and 12
4069-(2) the Department should continuously evaluate 13
4070-all processes relating to assignment restrictions, as-14
4071-signment title reviews, and preclusions at the Depart-15
4072-ment. 16
4073-(b) N
4074-OTIFICATION OFSTATUS.—Beginning not later 17
4075-than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 18
4076-the Secretary shall— 19
4077-(1) provide a status update for all Department 20
4078-personnel who, prior to such date of enactment, were 21
4079-subject to a prior assignment restriction, assignment 22
4080-review, or preclusion for whom a review or decision 23
4081-related to assignment is pending; and 24
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4085-(2) on an ongoing basis, provide a status update 1
4086-for any Department personnel who has been the sub-2
4087-ject of a pending assignment restriction or pending 3
4088-assignment review for more than 30 days. 4
4089-(c) N
4090-OTIFICATIONCONTENT.—The notification re-5
4091-quired under subsection (b) shall inform relevant personnel, 6
4092-as of the date of the notification— 7
4093-(1) whether any prior assignment restriction has 8
4094-been lifted; 9
4095-(2) if their assignment status is subject to ongo-10
4096-ing review, and an estimated date for completion; and 11
4097-(3) if they are subject to any other restrictions 12
4098-on their ability to serve at posts abroad. 13
4099-(d) A
4100-DJUDICATION OF ONGOINGASSIGNMENTRE-14
4101-VIEWS.— 15
4102-(1) T
4103-IME LIMIT.—The Department shall establish 16
4104-a reasonable time limit for the Department to com-17
4105-plete an assignment review and establish a deadline 18
4106-by which it must inform personnel of a decision re-19
4107-lated to such a review. 20
4108-(2) A
4109-PPEALS.—For any personnel the Depart-21
4110-ment determines are ineligible to serve in an assign-22
4111-ment due to an assignment restriction or assignment 23
4112-review, a Security Appeal Panel shall convene not 24
4113-later than 120 days of an appeal being filed. 25
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4117-(3) ENTRY-LEVEL BIDDING PROCESS .—The De-1
4118-partment shall include a description of the assign-2
4119-ment review process and critical human intelligence 3
4120-threat posts in a briefing to new officers as part of 4
4121-their entry-level bidding process. 5
4122-(4) P
4123-OINT OF CONTACT.—The Department shall 6
4124-designate point of contacts in the Bureau of Diplo-7
4125-matic Security and Bureau of Global Talent Manage-8
4126-ment to answer employee and Career Development Of-9
4127-ficer questions about assignment restrictions, assign-10
4128-ment reviews, and preclusions. 11
4129-(e) S
4130-ECURITYREVIEWPANEL.—Not later than 90 12
4131-days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Security 13
4132-Appeal Panel shall be comprised of— 14
4133-(1) the head of an office responsible for human 15
4134-resources or discrimination who reports directly to 16
4135-the Secretary; 17
4136-(2) the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 18
4137-the Bureau of Global Talent Management; 19
4138-(3) the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 20
4139-the Bureau of Intelligence and Research; 21
4140-(4) an Assistant Secretary or Deputy, or equiva-22
4141-lent, from a third bureau as designated by the Under 23
4142-Secretary for Management; 24
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4146-(5) a representative from the geographic bureau 1
4147-to which the restriction applies; and 2
4148-(6) a representative from the Office of the Legal 3
4149-Adviser and a representative from the Bureau of Dip-4
4150-lomatic Security, who shall serve as non-voting advi-5
4151-sors. 6
4152-(f) A
4153-PPEALRIGHTS.—Section 414(a) of the Depart-7
4154-ment of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 8
4155-2734c(a)) is amended by striking the first two sentences and 9
4156-inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall establish and maintain a 10
4157-right and process for employees to appeal a decision related 11
4158-to an assignment, based on a restriction, review, or pre-12
4159-clusion. Such right and process shall ensure that any such 13
4160-employee shall have the same appeal rights as provided by 14
4161-the Department regarding denial or revocation of a security 15
4162-clearance.’’. 16
4163-(g) FAM U
4164-PDATE.—Not later than 120 days after the 17
4165-date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall amend 18
4166-all relevant provisions of the Foreign Service Manual, and 19
4167-any associated or related policies of the Department, to 20
4168-comply with this section. 21
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4172-SEC. 111. SUITABILITY REVIEWS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE IN-1
4173-STITUTE INSTRUCTORS. 2
4174-The Secretary shall ensure that all instructors at the 3
4175-Foreign Service Institute, including direct hires and con-4
4176-tractors, who provide language instruction are— 5
4177-(1) subject to suitability reviews and background 6
4178-investigations; and 7
4179-(2) subject to continuous vetting or reinvestiga-8
4180-tions to the extend consistent with Department and 9
4181-Executive policy for other Department personnel. 10
4182-SEC. 112. DIPLOMATIC SECURITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 11
4183-(a) I
4184-NGENERAL.—Section 47 of the State Department 12
4185-Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2719) is amend-13
4186-ed— 14
4187-(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 15
4188-the following: 16
4189-‘‘(a) I
4190-NGENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 17
4191-(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-18
4192-section: 19
4193-‘‘(b) D
4194-IPLOMATICSECURITYFELLOWSHIP PRO-20
4195-GRAMS.— 21
4196-‘‘(1) E
4197-STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State, 22
4198-working through the Assistant Secretary for Diplo-23
4199-matic Security, shall establish Diplomatic Security 24
4200-fellowship programs to provide grants to United 25
4201-States nationals pursuing undergraduate studies who 26
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4205-commit to pursuing a career as a special agent, secu-1
4206-rity engineering officer, or in the civil service in the 2
4207-Bureau of Diplomatic Security. 3
4208-‘‘(2) R
4209-ULEMAKING.—The Secretary shall promul-4
4210-gate regulations for the administration of Diplomatic 5
4211-Security fellowship programs that set forth— 6
4212-‘‘(A) the eligibility requirements for receiv-7
4213-ing a grant under this subsection; 8
4214-‘‘(B) the process by which eligible appli-9
4215-cants may request such a grant; 10
4216-‘‘(C) the maximum amount of such a grant; 11
4217-and 12
4218-‘‘(D) the educational progress to which all 13
4219-grant recipients are obligated.’’. 14
4220-(b) A
4221-UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 15
4222-authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 16
4223-years 2024 through 2028 to carry out this section. 17
4224-SEC. 113. VICTIMS RESOURCE ADVOCACY PROGRAM. 18
4225-(a) I
4226-NVESTIGATIONAUTHORITY.—The Secretary is au-19
4227-thorized to investigate violations of chapter 77 of title 18, 20
4228-United States Code. 21
4229-(b) F
4230-UNDING FORHUMANTRAFFICKINGVICTIMS AND 22
4231-D
4232-EPENDENTS.—The Secretary is authorized to fund costs, 23
4233-including through the Diplomatic Security Service, Vic-24
4234-tims’ Resource Advocacy Program, to support basic care 25
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4238-and resource needs for victims of trafficking in persons and 1
4239-their dependents, who are involved in matters under Diplo-2
4240-matic Security Service investigation. 3
4241-SEC. 114. AUTHORITY FOR SPECIAL AGENTS TO INVES-4
4242-TIGATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS VIOLA-5
4243-TIONS. 6
4244-Section 37(a) of the State Department Basic Authori-7
4245-ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709(a)) is amended— 8
4246-(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 9
4247-inserting a semicolon; 10
4248-(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-11
4249-paragraph (D); and 12
4250-(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-13
4251-lowing new subparagraph: 14
4252-‘‘(C) violations of chapter 77 of title 18, 15
4253-United States Code; or’’. 16
4254-TITLE II—PERSONNEL MATTERS 17
4255-Subtitle A—Hiring, Promotion, and 18
4256-Development 19
4257-SEC. 201. ADJUSTMENT TO PROMOTION PRECEPTS. 20
4258-Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 21
4259-U.S.C. 4003(b)) is amended— 22
4260-(1) by redesignating paragraph (2), (3), and (4) 23
4261-as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and 24
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4265-(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-1
4266-lowing new paragraphs: 2
4267-‘‘(2) experience serving at an international orga-3
4268-nization, multilateral institution, or engaging in 4
4269-multinational negotiations; 5
4270-‘‘(3) willingness to serve in hardship posts over-6
4271-seas or across geographically distinct regions; 7
4272-‘‘(4) experience advancing policies or developing 8
4273-expertise that enhance the United States’ competitive-9
4274-ness with regard to critical and emerging tech-10
4275-nologies; 11
4276-‘‘(5) willingness to participate in appropriate 12
4277-and relevant professional development opportunities 13
4278-offered by the Foreign Service Institute or other edu-14
4279-cational institutions associated with the Department; 15
4280-‘‘(6) willingness to enable and encourage subor-16
4281-dinates at various levels to avail themselves of appro-17
4282-priate and relevant professional development opportu-18
4283-nities offered by the Foreign Service Institute or other 19
4284-educational institutions associated with the Depart-20
4285-ment;’’. 21
4286-SEC. 202. HIRING AUTHORITIES. 22
4287-(a) S
4288-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 23
4289-that— 24
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4293-(1) the Department should possess hiring au-1
4294-thorities to enable recruitment of individuals rep-2
4295-resentative of the nation with special skills needed to 3
4296-address 21st century diplomacy challenges; and 4
4297-(2) the Secretary shall conduct a survey of hir-5
4298-ing authorities held by the Department to identify— 6
4299-(A) hiring authorities already authorized by 7
4300-Congress; 8
4301-(B) others authorities granted through Pres-9
4302-idential decree or executive order; and 10
4303-(C) any authorities needed to enable re-11
4304-cruitment of individuals with the special skills 12
4305-described in paragraph (1). 13
4306-(b) R
4307-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 14
4308-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 15
4309-report to the appropriate congressional committees that in-16
4310-cludes a description of all existing hiring authorities and 17
4311-legislative proposals on any new needed authorities. 18
4312-(c) S
4313-PECIALHIRINGAUTHORITY.—For an initial pe-19
4314-riod of not more than 3 years after the date of the enactment 20
4315-of this Act, the Secretary may appoint, without regard to 21
4316-the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of title 5, 22
4317-United States Code, candidates directly to positions in the 23
4318-competitive service at the Department, as defined in section 24
4319-2102 of that title, in the following occupational series: 1560 25
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4323-Data Science, 2210 Information Technology Management, 1
4324-and 0201 Human Resources Management. 2
4325-SEC. 203. EXTENDING PATHS TO SERVICE FOR PAID STU-3
4326-DENT INTERNS. 4
4327-For up to 2 years following the end of a compensated 5
4328-internship at the Department or the United States Agency 6
4329-for International Development, the Department or USAID 7
4330-may offer employment to up to 25 such interns and appoint 8
4331-them directly to positions in the competitive service, as de-9
4332-fined in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code, without 10
4333-regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3318 of 11
4334-such title. 12
4335-SEC. 204. LATERAL ENTRY PROGRAM. 13
4336-(a) I
4337-NGENERAL.—Section 404 of the Department of 14
4338-State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 15
4339-323; 130 Stat. 1928) is amended— 16
4340-(1) in subsection (b)— 17
4341-(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 18
4342-by striking ‘‘3-year’’ and inserting ‘‘5-year’’; 19
4343-(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘; and’’; 20
4344-(C) in paragraph (6), by striking the period 21
4345-at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 22
4346-(D) by adding at the end the following new 23
4347-paragraphs: 24
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4351-‘‘(7) does not include the use of Foreign Service- 1
4352-Limited or other noncareer Foreign Service hiring 2
4353-authorities; and 3
4354-‘‘(8) includes not fewer than 30 participants for 4
4355-each year of the pilot program.’’; and 5
4356-(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-6
4357-section: 7
4358-‘‘(e) C
4359-ERTIFICATION.—If the Secretary does not com-8
4360-mence the lateral entry program within 180 days after the 9
4361-date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 10
4362-submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit-11
4363-tees— 12
4364-‘‘(1) certifying that progress is being made on 13
4365-implementation of the pilot program and describing 14
4366-such progress, including the date on which applicants 15
4367-will be able to apply; 16
4368-‘‘(2) estimating the date by which the pilot pro-17
4369-gram will be fully implemented; 18
4370-‘‘(3) outlining how the Department will use the 19
4371-Lateral Entry Program to fill needed skill sets in key 20
4372-areas such as cyberspace, emerging technologies, eco-21
4373-nomic statecraft, multilateral diplomacy, and data 22
4374-and other sciences.’’. 23
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4378-SEC. 205. MID-CAREER MENTORING PROGRAM. 1
4379-(a) A
4380-UTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in collaboration 2
4381-with the Director of the Foreign Service Institute, is author-3
4382-ized to establish a Mid-Career Mentoring Program (referred 4
4383-to in this section as the ‘‘Program’’) for employees who have 5
4384-demonstrated outstanding service and leadership. 6
4385-(b) S
4386-ELECTION.— 7
4387-(1) N
4388-OMINATIONS.—The head of each bureau 8
4389-shall semiannually nominate participants for the 9
4390-Program from a pool of applicants in the positions 10
4391-described in paragraph (2)(B), including from posts 11
4392-both domestically and abroad. 12
4393-(2) S
4394-UBMISSION OF SLATE OF NOMINEES TO SEC -13
4395-RETARY.—The Director of the Foreign Service Insti-14
4396-tute, in consultation with the Director General of the 15
4397-Foreign Service, shall semiannually— 16
4398-(A) vet the nominees most recently nomi-17
4399-nated pursuant to paragraph (1); and 18
4400-(B) submit to the Secretary a slate of appli-19
4401-cants to participate in the Program, who shall 20
4402-consist of at least— 21
4403-(i) 10 Foreign Service Officers and 22
4404-specialists classified at the FS-03 or FS-04 23
4405-level of the Foreign Service Salary Sched-24
4406-ule; 25
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4410-(ii) 10 Civil Service employees classi-1
4411-fied at GS-12 or GS-13 of the General 2
4412-Schedule; and 3
4413-(iii) 5 Foreign Service Officers from 4
4414-the United States Agency for International 5
4415-Development. 6
4416-(3) F
4417-INAL SELECTION.—The Secretary shall se-7
4418-lect the applicants who will be invited to participate 8
4419-in the Program from the slate received pursuant to 9
4420-paragraph (2)(B) and extend such an invitation to 10
4421-each selected applicant. 11
4422-(4) M
4423-ERIT PRINCIPLES.—Section 105 of the For-12
4424-eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3905) shall apply 13
4425-to nominations, submissions to the Secretary, and se-14
4426-lections for the Program under this section. 15
4427-(c) P
4428-ROGRAMSESSIONS.— 16
4429-(1) F
4430-REQUENCY; DURATION.—All of the partici-17
4431-pants who accept invitations extended pursuant to 18
4432-subsection (b)(3) shall meet 3 to 4 times per year for 19
4433-training sessions with high-level leaders of the De-20
4434-partment and USAID, including private group meet-21
4435-ings with the Secretary and the Administrator of the 22
4436-United States Agency for International Development. 23
4437-(2) T
4438-HEMES.—Each session referred to in para-24
4439-graph (1) shall focus on specific themes developed 25
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4443-jointly by the Foreign Service Institute and the Exec-1
4444-utive Secretariat focused on substantive policy issues 2
4445-and leadership practices. 3
4446-(d) M
4447-ENTORINGPROGRAM.—The Secretary and the 4
4448-Administrator each shall establish a mentoring and coach-5
4449-ing program that pairs a senior leader of the Department 6
4450-or USAID with each of the program participants who com-7
4451-plete the Program during the 1-year period immediately 8
4452-following their participation in the Program. 9
4453-(e) A
4454-NNUALREPORT.—Not later than one year after 10
4455-the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-11
4456-after for three years, the Secretary shall submit a report 12
4457-to the appropriate congressional committees that describes 13
4458-the activities of the Program during the most recent year 14
4459-and includes disaggregated demographic data on partici-15
4460-pants in the Program. 16
4461-SEC. 206. REPORT ON THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE’S 17
4462-LANGUAGE PROGRAM . 18
4463-Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 19
4464-of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appro-20
4465-priate congressional committees that includes— 21
4466-(1) the average pass and fail rates for language 22
4467-programs at the Foreign Service Institute 23
4468-disaggregated by language during the 5-year period 24
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4472-immediately preceding the date of the enactment of 1
4473-this Act; 2
4474-(2) the number of language instructors at the 3
4475-Foreign Service Institute, and a comparison of the in-4
4476-structor/student ratio in the language programs at the 5
4477-Foreign Service Institute disaggregated by language; 6
4478-(3) salaries for language instructors 7
4479-disaggregated by language, and a comparison to sala-8
4480-ries for instructors teaching languages in comparable 9
4481-employment; 10
4482-(4) recruitment and retention plans for language 11
4483-instructors, disaggregated by language where nec-12
4484-essary and practicable; and 13
4485-(5) any plans to increase pass rates for lan-14
4486-guages with high failure rates. 15
4487-SEC. 207. CONSIDERATION OF CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS AS 16
4488-CHIEFS OF MISSIONS. 17
4489-Section 304(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 18
4490-U.S.C. 3944) is amended— 19
4491-(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-20
4492-graph (3); and 21
4493-(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-22
4494-lowing new paragraph: 23
4495-‘‘(2) The Secretary shall also furnish to the President, 24
4496-on an annual basis and to assist the President in selecting 25
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4500-qualified candidates for appointments or assignments as 1
4501-chief of mission, the names of between 5 and 10 career civil 2
4502-servants serving at the Department of State or the United 3
4503-States Agency for International Development who are 4
4504-qualified to serve as chiefs of mission, together with perti-5
4505-nent information about such individuals.’’. 6
4506-SEC. 208. CIVIL SERVICE ROTATIONAL PROGRAM. 7
4507-(a) E
4508-STABLISHMENT OFPILOTROTATIONALPROGRAM 8
4509-FORCIVILSERVICE.—Not later than 180 days after the 9
4510-date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall estab-10
4511-lish a program to provide qualified civil servants serving 11
4512-at the Department an opportunity to serve at a United 12
4513-States embassy, including identifying criteria and an ap-13
4514-plication process for such program. 14
4515-(b) P
4516-ROGRAM.—The program established under this 15
4517-section shall— 16
4518-(1) provide at least 20 career civil servants the 17
4519-opportunity to serve for 2 to 3 years at a United 18
4520-States embassy to gain additional skills and experi-19
4521-ence; 20
4522-(2) offer such civil servants the opportunity to 21
4523-serve in a political or economic section at a United 22
4524-States embassy; and 23
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4528-(3) include clear and transparent criteria for eli-1
4529-gibility and selection, which shall include a minimum 2
4530-of 5 years of service at the Department. 3
4531-(c) S
4532-UBSEQUENTPOSITION ANDPROMOTION.—Fol-4
4533-lowing a rotation at a United States embassy pursuant to 5
4534-the program established by this section, participants in the 6
4535-program must be afforded, at minimum, a position equiva-7
4536-lent in seniority, compensation, and responsibility to the 8
4537-position occupied prior serving in the program. Successful 9
4538-completion of a rotation at a United States embassy shall 10
4539-be considered favorably with regard to applications for pro-11
4540-motion in civil service jobs at the Department. 12
4541-(d) I
4542-MPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 2 years after 13
4543-the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 14
4544-identify not less than 20 positions in United States embas-15
4545-sies for the program established under this section and of-16
4546-fered at least 20 civil servants the opportunity to serve in 17
4547-a rotation at a United States embassy pursuant to this sec-18
4548-tion. 19
4549-SEC. 209. REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON CHIEFS OF MIS-20
4550-SION. 21
4551-Not later than 30 days following the end of each cal-22
4552-endar quarter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 23
4553-congressional committees— 24
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4557-(1) a list of every chief of mission or United 1
4558-States representative overseas with the rank of Am-2
4559-bassador who, during the prior quarter, was outside 3
4560-a country of assignment for more than 14 cumulative 4
4561-days for purposes other than official travel or tem-5
4562-porary duty orders; and 6
4563-(2) the number of days each such chief of mission 7
4564-or United States representative overseas with the rank 8
4565-of Ambassador was outside a country of assignment 9
4566-during the previous quarter for purposes other than 10
4567-official travel or temporary duty orders. 11
4568-SEC. 210. REPORT ON CHIEFS OF MISSION AND DEPUTY 12
4569-CHIEFS OF MISSION. 13
4570-Not later than April 1, 2024, and annually thereafter 14
4571-for the next 4 years, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-15
4572-priate congressional committees a report that includes— 16
4573-(1) the Foreign Service cone of each current chief 17
4574-of mission and deputy chief of mission (or whoever is 18
4575-acting in the capacity of chief or deputy chief if nei-19
4576-ther is present) for each United States embassy at 20
4577-which there is a Foreign Service office filling either 21
4578-of those positions; and 22
4579-(2) aggregated data for all chiefs of mission and 23
4580-deputy chiefs of mission described in paragraph (1), 24
4581-disaggregated by cone. 25
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4585-SEC. 211. PROTECTION OF RETIREMENT ANNUITY FOR RE-1
4586-EMPLOYMENT BY DEPARTMENT. 2
4587-(a) N
4588-OTERMINATION ORREDUCTION OFRETIREMENT 3
4589-A
4590-NNUITY ORPAY FORREEMPLOYMENT.—Notwithstanding 4
4591-section 824 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 5
4592-4064), if a covered annuitant becomes employed by the De-6
4593-partment— 7
4594-(1) the payment of any retirement annuity, re-8
4595-tired pay, or retainer pay otherwise payable to the 9
4596-covered annuitant shall not terminate; and 10
4597-(2) the amount of the retirement annuity, retired 11
4598-pay, or retainer pay otherwise payable to the covered 12
4599-annuitant shall not be reduced. 13
4600-(b) C
4601-OVEREDANNUITANTDEFINED.—In this section, 14
4602-the term ‘‘covered annuitant’’ means any individual who 15
4603-is receiving a retirement annuity under— 16
4604-(1) the Foreign Service Retirement and Dis-17
4605-ability System under subchapter I of chapter 8 of title 18
4606-I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4041 19
4607-et seq.); or 20
4608-(2) the Foreign Service Pension System under 21
4609-subchapter II of such chapter (22 U.S.C. 4071 et seq.). 22
4610-SEC. 212. ENHANCED VETTING FOR SENIOR DIPLOMATIC 23
4611-POSTS. 24
4612-(a) C
4613-OMPREHENSIVEPOLICY ONVETTING ANDTRANS-25
4614-PARENCY.—Not later than one year after the date of the 26
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4618-enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a con-1
4619-sistent and enhanced vetting process to ensure that individ-2
4620-uals with substantiated claims of discrimination, harass-3
4621-ment, or bullying are not considered for assignments to sen-4
4622-ior positions. 5
4623-(b) E
4624-LEMENTS OFCOMPREHENSIVE VETTINGPOL-6
4625-ICY.—Following the conclusion of any investigation into an 7
4626-allegation of discrimination, harassment, or bullying, the 8
4627-Office of Civil Rights, Bureau of Global Talent Manage-9
4628-ment, and other offices with responsibilities related to the 10
4629-investigation reporting directly to the Secretary shall joint-11
4630-ly or individually submit a written summary of any find-12
4631-ings of any substantiated allegations, along with a sum-13
4632-mary of findings to the Committee responsible for assign-14
4633-ments to senior positions prior to such Committee rendering 15
4634-a recommendation for assignment. 16
4635-(c) R
4636-ESPONSE.—The Secretary shall develop a process 17
4637-for candidates to respond to any allegations that are sub-18
4638-stantiated and presented to the Committee responsible for 19
4639-assignments to senior positions. 20
4640-(d) A
4641-NNUALREPORTS.—Not later than one year after 21
4642-the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-22
4643-after for five years, the Secretary shall submit to the De-23
4644-partment workforce and the appropriate congressional com-24
4645-mittees a report on the number of candidates confirmed for 25
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4649-senior diplomatic posts against whom there were found to 1
4650-have been substantiated allegations. 2
4651-(e) S
4652-ENIORPOSITIONSDEFINED.—In this section, the 3
4653-term ‘‘senior positions’’ means Chief of Mission, Deputy As-4
4654-sistant Secretary, Deputy Chief of Mission, and Principal 5
4655-Officer (i.e. Consuls General) positions. 6
4656-SEC. 213. EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RETENTION AND PREVENT 7
4657-RETALIATION. 8
4658-(a) S
4659-TREAMLINEDREPORTING.—Not later than one 9
4660-year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-10
4661-retary shall establish a single point of initial reporting for 11
4662-allegations of discrimination, bullying, and harassment 12
4663-that provides an initial review of the allegations and, if 13
4664-necessary, the ability to file multiple claims based on a sin-14
4665-gle complaint. 15
4666-(b) E
4667-NSURINGIMPLEMENTATION OF CORRECTIVEAC-16
4668-TION ANDMANAGEMENTRECOMMENDATIONS.—The Sec-17
4669-retary shall ensure follow up with each complainant who 18
4670-makes an allegation of discrimination, harassment, or bul-19
4671-lying pursuant to subsection (a) and the head of the respec-20
4672-tive bureau not later than 180 days after the conclusion 21
4673-of any investigation where an allegation is substantiated, 22
4674-and again one year after the conclusion of any such inves-23
4675-tigation, to ensure that any recommendations for corrective 24
4676-action related to the complainant have been acted on where 25
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4680-appropriate. If such recommendations have not be imple-1
4681-mented, a written statement shall be provided to the head 2
4682-of the bureau and complainant and affected employees ex-3
4683-plaining why the recommendations have not been imple-4
4684-mented. 5
4685-(c) C
4686-LIMATESURVEYS OFEMPLOYEES OF THE DE-6
4687-PARTMENT.— 7
4688-(1) R
4689-EQUIRED BIENNIAL SURVEYS .—Not later 8
4690-than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 9
4691-Act and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall 10
4692-conduct a Department-wide survey of all Department 11
4693-personnel regarding harassment, discrimination, bul-12
4694-lying, and related retaliation that includes workforce 13
4695-perspectives on the accessibility and effectiveness of 14
4696-the Bureau of Global Talent Management and Office 15
4697-of Civil Rights in the efforts and processes to address 16
4698-these issues. 17
4699-(2) R
4700-EQUIRED ANNUAL SURVEYS .— 18
4701-(A) I
4702-N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 19
4703-after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 20
4704-annually thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct 21
4705-an annual employee satisfaction survey to assess 22
4706-the level of job satisfaction, work environment, 23
4707-and overall employee experience within the De-24
4708-partment. 25
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4712-(B) OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES.—The survey 1
4713-required under subparagraph (A) shall include 2
4714-options for open-ended responses. 3
4715-(C) S
4716-URVEY QUESTIONS.—The survey shall 4
4717-include questions regarding— 5
4718-(i) work-life balance; 6
4719-(ii) compensation and benefits; 7
4720-(iii) career development opportunities; 8
4721-(iv) the performance evaluation and 9
4722-promotion process, including fairness and 10
4723-transparency; 11
4724-(v) communication channels and effec-12
4725-tiveness; 13
4726-(vi) leadership and management; 14
4727-(vii) organizational culture; 15
4728-(viii) awareness and effectiveness of 16
4729-complaint measures; 17
4730-(ix) accessibility and accommodations; 18
4731-(x) availability of transportation to 19
4732-and from a work station; 20
4733-(xi) information technology infrastruc-21
4734-ture functionality and accessibility; 22
4735-(xii) the employee’s understanding of 23
4736-the Department’s structure, mission, and 24
4737-goals; 25
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4741-(xiii) alignment and relevance of work 1
4742-to the Department’s mission; and 2
4743-(xiv) sense of empowerment to affect 3
4744-positive change. 4
4745-(3) R
4746-EQUIRED EXIT SURVEYS.— 5
4747-(A) I
4748-N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 6
4749-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 7
4750-Secretary shall develop and implement a stand-8
4751-ardized, confidential exit survey process that in-9
4752-cludes anonymous feedback and exit interviews 10
4753-with employees who voluntarily separate from 11
4754-the Department, whether through resignation, re-12
4755-tirement, or other means. 13
4756-(B) S
4757-COPE.—The exit surveys conducted 14
4758-pursuant to subparagraph (A)shall— 15
4759-(i) be designed to gather insights and 16
4760-feedback from departing employees regard-17
4761-ing— 18
4762-(I) their reasons for leaving, in-19
4763-cluding caretaking responsibilities, ca-20
4764-reer limitations for partner or spouse, 21
4765-and discrimination, harassment, bul-22
4766-lying, or retaliation; 23
4767-(II) their overall experience with 24
4768-the Department; and 25
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4772-(III) any suggestions for improve-1
4773-ment; and 2
4774-(ii) include questions related to— 3
4775-(I) the employee’s reasons for leav-4
4776-ing; 5
4777-(II) job satisfaction; 6
4778-(III) work environment; 7
4779-(IV) professional growth opportu-8
4780-nities; 9
4781-(V) leadership effectiveness; 10
4782-(VI) suggestions for enhancing the 11
4783-Department’s performance; and 12
4784-(VII) if applicable, the name and 13
4785-industry of the employee’s future em-14
4786-ployer. 15
4787-(C) C
4788-OMPILATION OF RESULTS .—The Sec-16
4789-retary shall compile and analyze the anonymized 17
4790-exit survey data collected pursuant to this para-18
4791-graph to identify trends, common themes, and 19
4792-areas needing improvement within the Depart-20
4793-ment. 21
4794-(4) P
4795-ILOT SURVEYS.—Not later than 180 days 22
4796-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-23
4797-retary shall conduct a Department-wide survey for 24
4798-Locally Employed Staff regarding retention, training, 25
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4802-promotion, and other matters, including harassment, 1
4803-discrimination, bullying, and related retaliation, that 2
4804-includes workforce perspectives on the accessibility 3
4805-and effectiveness of complaint measures. 4
4806-(5) R
4807-EPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 5
4808-conclusion of each survey conducted pursuant to this 6
4809-subsection, the Secretary shall make the key findings 7
4810-available to the Department workforce and shall sub-8
4811-mit them to the appropriate congressional committees. 9
4812-(d) R
4813-ETALIATIONPREVENTIONEFFORTS.— 10
4814-(1) E
4815-MPLOYEE EVALUATION.— 11
4816-(A) I
4817-N GENERAL.—If there is a pending in-12
4818-vestigation of discrimination, bullying, or har-13
4819-assment against a superior who is responsible for 14
4820-rating or reviewing the complainant employee, 15
4821-the complainant shall be reviewed by the superi-16
4822-or’s supervisor. 17
4823-(B) E
4824-FFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph 18
4825-shall take effect 90 days after the date of the en-19
4826-actment of this Act. 20
4827-(2) R
4828-ETALIATION PREVENTION GUIDANCE .—Any 21
4829-Department employee against whom an allegation of 22
4830-discrimination, bullying, or harassment has been 23
4831-made shall receive written guidance (a ‘‘retaliation 24
4832-hold’’) on the types of actions that can be considered 25
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4836-retaliation against the complainant employee. The 1
4837-employee’s immediate supervisor shall also receive the 2
4838-retaliation hold guidance. 3
4839-SEC. 214. NATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. 4
4840-Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 5
4841-of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a strategy to the ap-6
4842-propriate congressional committees that assesses the poten-7
4843-tial benefits and costs of a national advertising campaign 8
4844-to improve the recruitment in the Civil Service and the For-9
4845-eign Service by raising public awareness of the important 10
4846-accomplishments of the Department. 11
4847-SEC. 215. EXPANSION OF DIPLOMATS IN RESIDENCE PRO-12
4848-GRAMS. 13
4849-Not later than two years after the date of the enact-14
4850-ment of this Act— 15
4851-(1) the Secretary shall increase the number of 16
4852-diplomats in the Diplomats in Residence Program 17
4853-from 17 to at least 20; and 18
4854-(2) the Administrator of the United States Agen-19
4855-cy for International Development shall increase the 20
4856-number of development diplomats in the Diplomats in 21
4857-Residence Program from 1 to at least 3. 22
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4861-Subtitle B—Pay, Benefits, and 1
4862-Workforce Matters 2
4863-SEC. 221. EDUCATION ALLOWANCE. 3
4864-(a) I
4865-NGENERAL.—Chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 4
4866-Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.) is amended 5
4867-by adding at the end the following new section: 6
4868-‘‘SEC. 908. EDUCATION ALLOWANCE. 7
4869-‘‘A Department employee who is on leave to perform 8
4870-service in the uniformed services (as defined in section 9
4871-4303(13) of title 38, United States Code) may receive an 10
4872-education allowance if the employee would, if not for such 11
4873-service, be eligible to receive the education allowance.’’. 12
4874-(b) C
4875-LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 13
4876-section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 14
4877-note) is amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-15
4878-tion 907 the following: 16
4879-‘‘Sec. 908. Education allowance’’.
4880-SEC. 222. PER DIEM ALLOWANCE FOR NEWLY HIRED MEM-
4881-17
4882-BERS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE. 18
4883-(a) P
4884-ERDIEMALLOWANCE.— 19
4885-(1) I
4886-N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-20
4887-graph (2), any newly hired Foreign Service employee 21
4888-who is in initial orientation training, or any other 22
4889-training expected to last less than 6 months before 23
4890-transferring to the employee’s first assignment, in the 24
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4894-Washington, D.C., area shall, for the duration of such 1
4895-training, receive a per diem allowance at the levels 2
4896-prescribed under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 3
4897-United States Code. 4
4898-(2) L
4899-IMITATION ON LODGING EXPENSES .—A 5
4900-newly hired Foreign Service employee may not receive 6
4901-any lodging expenses under the applicable per diem 7
4902-allowance pursuant to paragraph (1) if that em-8
4903-ployee— 9
4904-(A) has a permanent residence in the Wash-10
4905-ington, D.C., area (not including Government- 11
4906-supplied housing during such orientation train-12
4907-ing or other training); and 13
4908-(B) does not vacate such residence during 14
4909-such orientation training or other training. 15
4910-(b) D
4911-EFINITIONS.—In this section— 16
4912-(1) the term ‘‘per diem allowance’’ has the mean-17
4913-ing given that term under section 5701 of title 5, 18
4914-United States Code; and 19
4915-(2) the term ‘‘Washington, D.C., area’’ means the 20
4916-geographic area within a 50 mile radius of the Wash-21
4917-ington Monument. 22
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4921-SEC. 223. IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR FOR-1
4922-EIGN AND CIVIL SERVANTS. 2
4923-(a) A
4924-DDITIONALPERSONNEL TOADDRESSMENTAL 3
4925-H
4926-EALTH.— 4
4927-(1) I
4928-N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to in-5
4929-crease the number of personnel within the Bureau of 6
4930-Medical Services to address mental health needs for 7
4931-both foreign and civil servants. 8
4932-(2) E
4933-MPLOYMENT TARGETS .—Not later than 180 9
4934-days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 10
4935-Secretary shall seek to employ not fewer than 15 ad-11
4936-ditional personnel in the Bureau of Medical Services, 12
4937-compared to the number of personnel employed as of 13
4938-the date of the enactment of this Act. 14
4939-(b) S
4940-TUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on 15
4941-the accessibility of mental health care providers and services 16
4942-available to Department personnel, including an assessment 17
4943-of— 18
4944-(1) the accessibility of mental health care pro-19
4945-viders at diplomatic posts and in the United States; 20
4946-(2) the accessibility of inpatient services for men-21
4947-tal health care for Department personnel; 22
4948-(3) steps that may be taken to improve such ac-23
4949-cessibility; 24
4950-(4) the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on 25
4951-the mental health of Department personnel, particu-26
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4955-larly those who served abroad between March 1, 2020, 1
4956-and December 31, 2022, and Locally Employed Staff, 2
4957-where information is available; 3
4958-(5) recommended steps to improve the manner in 4
4959-which the Department advertises mental health serv-5
4960-ices to the workforce; and 6
4961-(6) additional authorities and resources needed 7
4962-to better meet the mental health needs of Department 8
4963-personnel. 9
4964-(c) R
4965-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 10
4966-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 11
4967-appropriate congressional committees a report containing 12
4968-the findings of the study under subsection (b). 13
4969-SEC. 224. EMERGENCY BACK-UP CARE. 14
4970-(a) I
4971-NGENERAL.—The Secretary and the Adminis-15
4972-trator for the United States Agency for International Devel-16
4973-opment are authorized to provide for unanticipated non- 17
4974-medical care, including childcare, eldercare, and essential 18
4975-services directly related to caring for an acute injury or 19
4976-illness, for USAID and Department employees and their 20
4977-family members, including through the provision of such 21
4978-non-medical services, referrals to care providers, and reim-22
4979-bursement of reasonable expenses for such services. 23
4980-(b) L
4981-IMITATION.—Services provided pursuant to this 24
4982-section shall not exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year. 25
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4986-SEC. 225. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO NON- 1
4987-CHIEF OF MISSION PERSONNEL. 2
4988-Section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 3
4989-U.S.C. 4084) is amended— 4
4990-(1) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘abroad for em-5
4991-ployees and eligible family members’’ and inserting 6
4992-‘‘under this section’’; and 7
4993-(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-8
4994-section: 9
4995-‘‘(a) P
4996-HYSICAL ANDMENTALHEALTHCARESERVICES 10
4997-INSPECIALCIRCUMSTANCES.— 11
4998-‘‘(1) I
4999-N GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 12
5000-to direct health care providers employed under sub-13
5001-section (c) of this section to furnish physical and 14
5002-mental health care services to an individual otherwise 15
5003-ineligible for services under this section if necessary 16
5004-to preserve life or limb or if intended to facilitate an 17
5005-overseas evacuation, recovery, or return. Such services 18
5006-may be provided incidental to the following activities: 19
5007-‘‘(A) Activities undertaken abroad pursuant 20
5008-to section 3 and section 4 of the State Depart-21
5009-ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 22
5010-2670, 2671). 23
5011-‘‘(B) Recovery of hostages or of wrongfully 24
5012-or unlawfully detained individuals abroad, in-25
5013-cluding pursuant to section 302 of the Robert 26
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5017-Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking 1
5018-Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741). 2
5019-‘‘(C) Secretarial dispatches to international 3
5020-disaster sites deployed pursuant to section 207 of 4
5021-the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 5
5022-(22 U.S.C. 5506). 6
5023-‘‘(D) Deployments undertaken pursuant to 7
5024-section 606(a)(6)(A)(iii) of the Secure Embassy 8
5025-Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 9
5026-(22 U.S.C. 4865(a)(6)(A)(iii)). 10
5027-‘‘(2) P
5028-RIORITIZATION OF OTHER FUNCTIONS .— 11
5029-The Secretary shall prioritize the allocation of De-12
5030-partment resources to the health care program de-13
5031-scribed in subsections (a) through (g) above the func-14
5032-tions described in paragraph (1). 15
5033-‘‘(3) R
5034-EGULATIONS.—The Secretary should pre-16
5035-scribe applicable regulations to implement this sec-17
5036-tion, taking into account the prioritization in para-18
5037-graph (2) and the activities described in paragraph 19
5038-(1). 20
5039-‘‘(4) R
5040-EIMBURSABLE BASIS.—Services rendered 21
5041-under this subsection shall be provided on a reimburs-22
5042-able basis to the extent practicable.’’. 23
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5046-SEC. 226. EXCEPTION FOR GOVERNMENT-FINANCED AIR 1
5047-TRANSPORTATION. 2
5048-(a) R
5049-EDUCINGHARDSHIP FORTRANSPORTATION OF 3
5050-D
5051-OMESTICANIMALS.— 4
5052-(1) I
5053-N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections 5
5054-(a) and (c) of section 40118 of title 49, United States 6
5055-Code, the Department is authorized to pay for the 7
5056-transportation by a foreign air carrier of Department 8
5057-personnel and any in-cabin or accompanying checked 9
5058-baggage or cargo if— 10
5059-(A) no air carrier holding a certificate 11
5060-under section 41102 of such title is willing and 12
5061-able to transport up to 3 domestic animals ac-13
5062-companying such Federal personnel; and 14
5063-(B) the transportation is from a place— 15
5064-(i) outside the United States to a place 16
5065-in the United States; 17
5066-(ii) in the United States to a place 18
5067-outside the United States; or 19
5068-(iii) outside the United States to an-20
5069-other place outside the United States. 21
5070-(2) L
5071-IMITATION.—An amount paid pursuant to 22
5072-paragraph (1) for transportation by a foreign carrier 23
5073-may not be greater than the amount that would other-24
5074-wise have been paid had the transportation been on 25
5075-an air carrier holding a certificate under section 26
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5079-41102 had that carrier been willing and able to pro-1
5080-vide such transportation. If the amount that would 2
5081-otherwise have been paid to such an air carrier is less 3
5082-than the cost of transportation on the applicable for-4
5083-eign carrier, the Department personnel may pay the 5
5084-difference of such amount. 6
5085-(3) D
5086-OMESTIC ANIMAL DEFINED .—In this sub-7
5087-section, the term ‘‘domestic animal’’ means a dog or 8
5088-a cat. 9
5089-SEC. 227. ENHANCED AUTHORITIES TO PROTECT LOCALLY 10
5090-EMPLOYED STAFF DURING EMERGENCIES. 11
5091-(a) S
5092-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 12
5093-that— 13
5094-(1) locally employed staff provide essential con-14
5095-tributions at United States diplomatic and consular 15
5096-posts around the world, including by providing— 16
5097-(A) security to United States government 17
5098-personnel serving in the country; 18
5099-(B) advice, expertise, and other services for 19
5100-the promotion of political, economic, public af-20
5101-fairs, commercial, security, and other interests of 21
5102-critical importance to the United States; 22
5103-(C) a wide range of logistical and adminis-23
5104-trative support to every office in each mission 24
5105-working to advance United States interests 25
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5109-around the world, including services and support 1
5110-vital to the upkeep and maintenance of United 2
5111-States missions; 3
5112-(D) consular services to support the welfare 4
5113-and well-being of United States citizens and to 5
5114-provide for the expeditious processing of visa ap-6
5115-plications; 7
5116-(E) institutional memory on a wide range 8
5117-of embassy engagements on bilateral issues; and 9
5118-(F) enduring connections to host country 10
5119-contacts, both inside and outside the host govern-11
5120-ment, including within media, civil society, the 12
5121-business community, academia, the armed forces, 13
5122-and elsewhere; and 14
5123-(2) locally employed staff make important con-15
5124-tributions that should warrant the United States Gov-16
5125-ernment to give due consideration for their security 17
5126-and safety when diplomatic missions face emergency 18
5127-situations. 19
5128-(b) A
5129-UTHORIZATION TO PROVIDEEMERGENCYSUP-20
5130-PORT.—In emergency situations, in addition to other au-21
5131-thorities that may be available in emergencies or other exi-22
5132-gent circumstances, the Secretary is authorized to use funds 23
5133-made available to the Department to provide support to en-24
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5137-sure the safety and security of locally employed staff and 1
5138-their immediate family members, including for— 2
5139-(1) providing transport or relocating locally em-3
5140-ployed staff and their immediate family members to 4
5141-a safe and secure environment; 5
5142-(2) providing short-term housing or lodging for 6
5143-up to six months for locally employed staff and their 7
5144-immediate family members; 8
5145-(3) procuring or providing other essential items 9
5146-and services to support the safety and security of lo-10
5147-cally employed staff and their immediate family 11
5148-members. 12
5149-(c) T
5150-EMPORARYHOUSING.—To ensure the safety and 13
5151-security of locally employed staff and their immediate fam-14
5152-ily members consistent with this section, Chiefs of Missions 15
5153-are authorized to allow locally employed staff and their im-16
5154-mediate family members to reside temporarily in the resi-17
5155-dences of United States direct hire employees, either in the 18
5156-host country or other countries, provided that such stays 19
5157-are offered voluntarily by United States direct hire employ-20
5158-ees. 21
5159-(d) F
5160-OREIGNAFFAIRSMANUAL.—Not later than 180 22
5161-days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-23
5162-retary shall amend the Foreign Affairs Manual to reflect 24
5163-the authorizations and requirements of this section. 25
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5167-(e) EMERGENCYSITUATIONDEFINED.—In this sec-1
5168-tion, the term ‘‘emergency situation’’ means armed conflict, 2
5169-civil unrest, natural disaster, or other types of instability 3
5170-that pose a threat to the safety and security of locally em-4
5171-ployed staff, particularly when and if a United States dip-5
5172-lomatic or consular post must suspend operations. 6
5173-(f) R
5174-EPORT.— 7
5175-(1) I
5176-N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 8
5177-the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 9
5178-shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-10
5179-tees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 11
5180-and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 12
5181-Representatives a report describing prior actions the 13
5182-Department has taken with regard to locally em-14
5183-ployed staff and their immediate family members fol-15
5184-lowing suspensions or closures of United States diplo-16
5185-matic posts over the prior 10 years, including Kyiv, 17
5186-Kabul, Minsk, Khartoum, and Juba. 18
5187-(2) E
5188-LEMENTS.—The report required under 19
5189-paragraph (1) shall— 20
5190-(A) describe any actions the Department 21
5191-took to assist locally employed staff and their 22
5192-immediate family members; 23
5193-(B) identify any obstacles that made pro-24
5194-viding support or assistance to locally employed 25
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5198-staff and their immediate family members dif-1
5199-ficult; 2
5200-(C) examine lessons learned and propose 3
5201-recommendations to better protect the safety and 4
5202-security of locally employed staff and their fam-5
5203-ily members, including any additional authori-6
5204-ties that may be required; and 7
5205-(D) provide an analysis of and offer rec-8
5206-ommendations on any other steps that could im-9
5207-prove efforts to protect the safety and security of 10
5208-locally employed staff and their immediate fam-11
5209-ily members. 12
5210-SEC. 228. INTERNET AT HARDSHIP POSTS. 13
5211-Section 3 of the State Department Basic Authorities 14
5212-Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670) is amended— 15
5213-(1) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in-16
5214-serting a semicolon; 17
5215-(2) in subsection (m) by striking the period at 18
5216-the end and by inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 19
5217-(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-20
5218-section: 21
5219-‘‘(n) pay expenses to provide internet services in resi-22
5220-dences owned or leased by the United States Government 23
5221-in foreign countries for the use of Department personnel 24
5222-where Department personnel receive a post hardship dif-25
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5226-ferential equivalent to 30 percent or more above basic com-1
5227-pensation.’’. 2
5228-SEC. 229. COMPETITIVE LOCAL COMPENSATION PLAN. 3
5229-(a) E
5230-STABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PRE-4
5231-VAILINGWAGERATESGOAL.—Section 401(a) of the De-5
5232-partment of State Authorities Act, fiscal year 2017 (22 6
5233-U.S.C. 3968a(a)) is amended in the matter preceding para-7
5234-graph (1), by striking ‘‘periodically’’ and inserting ‘‘every 8
5235-3 years’’. 9
5236-(b) R
5237-EPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 10
5238-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 11
5239-report to the appropriate congressional committees that in-12
5240-cludes— 13
5241-(1) compensation (including position classifica-14
5242-tion) plans for locally employed staff based upon pre-15
5243-vailing wage rates and compensation practices for 16
5244-corresponding types of positions in the locality of em-17
5245-ployment; and 18
5246-(2) an assessment of the feasibility and impact 19
5247-of changing the prevailing wage rate goal for posi-20
5248-tions in the local compensation plan from the 50th 21
5249-percentile to the 75th percentile. 22
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5253-SEC. 230. SUPPORTING TANDEM COUPLES IN THE FOREIGN 1
5254-SERVICE. 2
5255-(a) S
5256-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 3
5257-that— 4
5258-(1) challenges finding and maintaining spousal 5
5259-employment and family dissatisfaction are one of the 6
5260-leading reasons employees cite for leaving the Depart-7
5261-ment; 8
5262-(2) tandem Foreign Service personnel represent 9
5263-important members of the Foreign Service commu-10
5264-nity, who act as force multipliers for our diplomacy; 11
5265-(3) the Department can and should do more to 12
5266-keep tandem couples posted together and consider 13
5267-family member employment needs when assigning 14
5268-tandem officers; and 15
5269-(4) common sense steps providing more flexi-16
5270-bility in the assignments process would improve out-17
5271-comes for tandem officers without disadvantaging 18
5272-other Foreign Service officers. 19
5273-(b) D
5274-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 20
5275-(1) F
5276-AMILY TOGETHERNESS .—The term ‘‘family 21
5277-togetherness’’ means facilitating the placement of For-22
5278-eign Service personnel at the same United States dip-23
5279-lomatic post when both spouses are members of a tan-24
5280-dem couple of Foreign Service personnel. 25
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5284-(2) TANDEM FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL ; TAN-1
5285-DEM.—The terms ‘‘tandem Foreign Service per-2
5286-sonnel’’ and ‘‘tandem’’ mean a member of a couple of 3
5287-which one spouse is a career or career candidate em-4
5288-ployee of the Foreign Service and the other spouse is 5
5289-a career or career candidate employee of the Foreign 6
5290-Service or an employee of one of the agencies author-7
5291-ized to use the Foreign Service Personnel System 8
5292-under section 202 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 9
5293-(22 U.S.C. 3922). 10
5294-(c) F
5295-AMILYTOGETHERNESS IN ASSIGNMENTS.—Not 11
5296-later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 12
5297-the Department shall amend and update its policies to fur-13
5298-ther promote the principle of family togetherness in the For-14
5299-eign Service, which shall include the following: 15
5300-(1) E
5301-NTRY-LEVEL FOREIGN SERVICE PER -16
5302-SONNEL.—The Secretary shall adopt policies and pro-17
5303-cedures to facilitate the assignment of entry-level tan-18
5304-dem Foreign Service personnel on directed assign-19
5305-ments to the same diplomatic post or country as their 20
5306-tandem spouse if they request to be assigned to the 21
5307-same post or country. The Secretary shall also pro-22
5308-vide a written justification to the requesting personnel 23
5309-explaining any denial of a request that would result 24
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5313-in a tandem couple not serving together at the same 1
5314-post or country. 2
5315-(2) T
5316-ENURED FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL .— 3
5317-The Secretary shall add family togetherness to the cri-4
5318-teria when making a needs of the Service determina-5
5319-tion, as defined by the Foreign Affairs Manual, for 6
5320-the placement of tenured tandem Foreign Service per-7
5321-sonnel at United States diplomatic posts. 8
5322-(3) U
5323-PDATES TO ANTINEPOTISM POLICY .—The 9
5324-Secretary shall update antinepotism policies so that 10
5325-nepotism rules only apply when an employee and a 11
5326-relative are placed into positions wherein they jointly 12
5327-and exclusively control government resources, prop-13
5328-erty, or money or establish government policy. 14
5329-(4) T
5330-EMPORARY SUPERVISION OF TANDEM 15
5331-SPOUSE.—The Secretary shall update policies to 16
5332-allow for a tandem spouse to temporarily supervise 17
5333-another tandem spouse for up to 90 days in a cal-18
5334-endar year, including at a United States diplomatic 19
5335-mission. 20
5336-(d) R
5337-EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 21
5338-of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for two 22
5339-years, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate con-23
5340-gressional committees a report that includes— 24
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5344-(1) the number of Foreign Service tandem cou-1
5345-ples currently serving; 2
5346-(2) the number of Foreign Service tandems cur-3
5347-rently serving in separate locations, or, to the extent 4
5348-possible, are on leave without pay (LWOP); and 5
5349-(3) an estimate of the cost savings that would re-6
5350-sult if all Foreign Service tandem couples were placed 7
5351-at a single post. 8
5352-SEC. 231. ACCESSIBILITY AT DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. 9
5353-Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 10
5354-of this Act, the Department shall submit to the appropriate 11
5355-congressional committees, the Committee on Appropriations 12
5356-of the Senate, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 13
5357-House of Representatives a report that includes— 14
5358-(1) a list of the overseas United States diplo-15
5359-matic missions that, as of the date of the enactment 16
5360-of this Act, are not readily accessible to and usable 17
5361-by individuals with disabilities; 18
5362-(2) any efforts in progress to make such missions 19
5363-readily accessible to and usable by individuals with 20
5364-disabilities; and 21
5365-(3) an estimate of the cost to make all such mis-22
5366-sions readily accessible to and usable by individuals 23
5367-with disabilities. 24
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5371-SEC. 232. REPORT ON BREASTFEEDING ACCOMMODATIONS 1
5372-OVERSEAS. 2
5373-Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 3
5374-of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 4
5375-congressional committees a report that includes— 5
5376-(1) a detailed report on the Department’s efforts 6
5377-to equip 100 percent of United States embassies and 7
5378-consulates with dedicated lactation spaces, other than 8
5379-bathrooms, that are shielded from view and free from 9
5380-intrusion from coworkers and the public for use by 10
5381-employees, including the expected demand for such 11
5382-space as well as the status of such rooms when there 12
5383-is no demand for such space; and 13
5384-(2) a description of costs and other resources 14
5385-needed to provide such spaces. 15
5386-SEC. 233. DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF KNOWL-16
5387-EDGE TRANSFERS BETWEEN FOREIGN SERV-17
5388-ICE OFFICERS. 18
5389-The Secretary shall assess the effectiveness of knowledge 19
5390-transfers between Foreign Service officers who are departing 20
5391-from overseas positions and Foreign Service Officers who 21
5392-are arriving at such positions, and make recommendations 22
5393-for approving such knowledge transfers, as appropriate, 23
5394-by— 24
5395-(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the 25
5396-enactment of this Act, conducting a written survey of 26
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5400-a representative sample of Foreign Service Officers 1
5401-working in overseas assignments that analyzes the ef-2
5402-fectiveness of existing mechanisms to facilitate transi-3
5403-tions, including training, mentorship, information 4
5404-technology, knowledge management, relationship 5
5405-building, the role of locally employed staff, and orga-6
5406-nizational culture; and 7
5407-(2) not later than 120 days after the date of the 8
5408-enactment of this Act, submitting to the Committee on 9
5409-Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 10
5410-Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a re-11
5411-port that includes a summary and analysis of results 12
5412-of the survey conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) 13
5413-that— 14
5414-(A) identifies best practices and areas for 15
5415-improvement; 16
5416-(B) describes the Department’s methodology 17
5417-for determining which Foreign Service Officers 18
5418-should receive familiarization trips before arriv-19
5419-ing at a new post; 20
5420-(C) includes recommendations regarding fu-21
5421-ture actions the Department should take to maxi-22
5422-mize effective knowledge transfer between Foreign 23
5423-Service Officers; 24
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5427-(D) identifies any steps taken, or intended 1
5428-to be taken, to implement such recommendations, 2
5429-including any additional resources or authorities 3
5430-necessary to implement such recommendations; 4
5431-and 5
5432-(E) provides recommendations to Congress 6
5433-for legislative action to advance the priority de-7
5434-scribed in subparagraph (C). 8
5435-SEC. 234. EDUCATION ALLOWANCE FOR DEPENDENTS OF 9
5436-DEPARTMENT OF STATE EMPLOYEES LO-10
5437-CATED IN UNITED STATES TERRITORIES. 11
5438-(a) I
5439-NGENERAL.—An individual employed by the De-12
5440-partment at a location described in subsection (b) shall be 13
5441-eligible for a cost-of-living allowance for the education of 14
5442-the dependents of such employee in an amount that does 15
5443-not exceed the educational allowance authorized by the Sec-16
5444-retary of Defense for such location. 17
5445-(b) L
5446-OCATIONDESCRIBED.—A location is described in 18
5447-this subsection if— 19
5448-(1) such location is in a territory of the United 20
5449-States; and 21
5450-(2) the Secretary of Defense has determined that 22
5451-schools available in such location are unable to ade-23
5452-quately provide for the education of— 24
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5456-(A) dependents of members of the Armed 1
5457-Forces; or 2
5458-(B) dependents of employees of the Depart-3
5459-ment of Defense. 4
5460-TITLE III—INFORMATION SECU-5
5461-RITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY 6
5462-SEC. 301. DATA-INFORMED DIPLOMACY. 7
5463-(a) F
5464-INDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 8
5465-(1) In a rapidly evolving and digitally inter-9
5466-connected global landscape, access to and mainte-10
5467-nance of reliable, readily available data is key to in-11
5468-formed decisionmaking and diplomacy and therefore 12
5469-should be considered a strategic asset. 13
5470-(2) In order to achieve its mission in the 21st 14
5471-century, the Department must adapt to these trends 15
5472-by maintaining and providing timely access to high- 16
5473-quality data at the time and place needed, while si-17
5474-multaneously cultivating a data-savvy workforce. 18
5475-(3) Leveraging data science and data analytics 19
5476-has the potential to improve the performance of the 20
5477-Department’s workforce by providing otherwise un-21
5478-known insights into program deficiencies, short-22
5479-comings, or other gaps in analysis. 23
5480-(4) While innovative technologies such as artifi-24
5481-cial intelligence and machine learning have the poten-25
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5485-tial to empower the Department to analyze and act 1
5486-upon data at scale, systematized, sustainable data 2
5487-management and information synthesis remain a core 3
5488-competency necessary for data-driven decisionmaking. 4
5489-(5) The goals set out by the Department’s Enter-5
5490-prise Data Council (EDC) as the areas of most crit-6
5491-ical need for the Department, including Cultivating a 7
5492-Data Culture, Accelerating Decisions through Ana-8
5493-lytics, Establishing Mission-Driven Data Manage-9
5494-ment, and Enhancing Enterprise Data Governance, 10
5495-are laudable and will remain critical as the Depart-11
5496-ment develops into a data-driven agency. 12
5497-(b) S
5498-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 13
5499-that— 14
5500-(1) the Department should prioritize the recruit-15
5501-ment and retainment of top data science talent in 16
5502-support of its data-informed diplomacy efforts as well 17
5503-as its broader modernization agenda; and 18
5504-(2) the Department should strengthen data flu-19
5505-ency among its workforce, promote data collaboration 20
5506-across and within its bureaus, and enhance its enter-21
5507-prise data oversight. 22
5508-SEC. 302. ESTABLISHMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE BU-23
5509-REAU CHIEF DATA OFFICER PROGRAM. 24
5510-(a) B
5511-UREAUCHIEFDATAOFFICERPROGRAM.— 25
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5515-(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-1
5516-lish a program, which shall be known as the ‘‘Bureau 2
5517-Chief Data Officer Program’’ (referred to in this sec-3
5518-tion as the ‘‘Program’’), overseen by the Department’s 4
5519-Chief Data Officer. The Bureau Chief Data Officers 5
5520-hired under this program shall report to the Depart-6
5521-ment’s Chief Data Officer. 7
5522-(2) G
5523-OALS.—The goals of the Program shall in-8
5524-clude the following: 9
5525-(A) Cultivating a data culture by pro-10
5526-moting data fluency and data collaboration 11
5527-across the Department. 12
5528-(B) Promoting increased data analytics use 13
5529-in critical decisionmaking areas. 14
5530-(C) Promoting data integration and stand-15
5531-ardization. 16
5532-(D) Increasing efficiencies across the De-17
5533-partment by incentivizing acquisition of enter-18
5534-prise data solutions and subscription data serv-19
5535-ices to be shared across bureaus and offices and 20
5536-within bureaus. 21
5537-(b) I
5538-MPLEMENTATIONPLAN.—Not later than 180 days 22
5539-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 23
5540-shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, 24
5541-the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 25
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5545-Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-1
5546-tives an implementation plan that outlines strategies for— 2
5547-(1) advancing the goals described in subsection 3
5548-(a)(2); 4
5549-(2) hiring Bureau Chief Data Officers at the GS- 5
5550-14 or GS-15 grade or a similar rank; 6
5551-(3) assigning at least one Bureau Chief Data Of-7
5552-ficer to— 8
5553-(A) each regional bureau of the Department; 9
5554-(B) the Bureau of International Organiza-10
5555-tion Affairs; 11
5556-(C) the Office of the Chief Economist; 12
5557-(D) the Office of the Science and Technology 13
5558-Advisor; 14
5559-(E) the Bureau of Cyber and Digital Pol-15
5560-icy; 16
5561-(F) the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; 17
5562-(G) the Bureau for Global Talent Manage-18
5563-ment; and 19
5564-(H) the Bureau of Consular Affairs; and 20
5565-(4) allocation of necessary resources to sustain 21
5566-the Program. 22
5567-(c) A
5568-SSIGNMENT.—In implementing the Bureau Chief 23
5569-Data Officer Program, Bureaus may not dual-hat currently 24
5570-employed personnel as Bureau Chief Data Officers. 25
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5574-(d) ANNUALREPORTINGREQUIREMENT.—Not later 1
5575-than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 2
5576-and annually thereafter for the following 3 years, the Sec-3
5577-retary shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-4
5578-sional committees regarding the status of the implementa-5
5579-tion plan required under subsection (b). 6
5580-SEC. 303. TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS ARTIFICIAL INTEL-7
5581-LIGENCE-ENABLED INFLUENCE OPERATIONS. 8
5582-(a) S
5583-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 9
5584-that— 10
5585-(1) the rapid development of publicly available, 11
5586-affordable generative artificial intelligence (AI) tech-12
5587-nology, including the use of large language models 13
5588-(LLM) to fuel natural language processing applica-14
5589-tions, has the potential to fundamentally alter the na-15
5590-ture of disinformation and propaganda campaigns by 16
5591-enabling finely tailored, auto-generated 17
5592-disinformation swiftly, in any language, at scale, and 18
5593-at low-costs; 19
5594-(2) academia and private industry, including so-20
5595-cial media platforms, play a critical role in estab-21
5596-lishing safeguards for powerful, publicly available 22
5597-tools for producing AI-generated content, and it is in 23
5598-the United States national security interest to ensure 24
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5602-that these technologies are not misused by foreign ma-1
5603-lign actors to enhance influence operations abroad; 2
5604-(3) the ability to identify, track, and label origi-3
5605-nal text, audio, and visual content is becoming in-4
5606-creasingly vital to United States national interests as 5
5607-sophisticated AI-generated content creation becomes 6
5608-increasingly available to the public at low costs; 7
5609-(4) coalitions such as the Content Authenticity 8
5610-Initiative (CAI) and the Coalition for Content Prove-9
5611-nance and Authority (C2PA) play important roles in 10
5612-establishing open industry standards for content au-11
5613-thenticity and digital content provenance, which will 12
5614-become increasingly vulnerable to manipulation and 13
5615-distortion through AI-powered tools; and 14
5616-(5) the Department, as the lead agency for 15
5617-United States public diplomacy, should work within 16
5618-the interagency process to develop a common ap-17
5619-proach to United States international engagement on 18
5620-issues related to AI-enabled disinformation. 19
5621-(b) S
5622-TATEMENT OFPOLICY.—It shall be the policy of 20
5623-the United States— 21
5624-(1) to share knowledge with allies and partners 22
5625-of instances when foreign state actors have leveraged 23
5626-generative AI to augment disinformation campaigns 24
5627-or propaganda; 25
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5631-(2) to work with private industry and academia 1
5632-to mitigate the risks associated with public research 2
5633-on generative AI technologies; and 3
5634-(3) to support efforts in developing digital con-4
5635-tent provenance detection techniques and technologies 5
5636-in line with United States national security interests. 6
5637-(c) E
5638-STABLISHMENT OF COUNTERINGAI-ENABLED 7
5639-D
5640-ISINFORMATIONTASKFORCE.— 8
5641-(1) E
5642-STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 9
5643-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-10
5644-retary shall establish within the Department a Coun-11
5645-tering AI-Enabled Disinformation Task Force (re-12
5646-ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Task Force’’) to— 13
5647-(A) identify potential responses to the grow-14
5648-ing threat of AI-enabled disinformation and its 15
5649-use by foreign state actors to augment influence 16
5650-operations and disinformation campaigns; 17
5651-(B) work closely with private industry and 18
5652-academia to identify and coordinate efforts in 19
5653-developing digital content provenance detection 20
5654-techniques and technologies; 21
5655-(C) develop the Department’s internal co-22
5656-ordination across regional and functional bu-23
5657-reaus on the issue of AI-enabled disinformation; 24
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5661-(D) develop a unified approach to inter-1
5662-national coordination on— 2
5663-(i) establishing standards around dig-3
5664-ital content provenance techniques and tech-4
5665-nologies, specifically as it relates to coun-5
5666-tering AI-enabled disinformation campaign; 6
5667-and 7
5668-(ii) assessing the potential for estab-8
5669-lishing frameworks around the proliferation 9
5670-of tools that facilitate AI-enabled 10
5671-disinformation; and 11
5672-(E) identify any additional tools or re-12
5673-sources necessary to enhance the Department’s 13
5674-ability to— 14
5675-(i) detect AI-enabled foreign 15
5676-disinformation and propaganda; 16
5677-(ii) rapidly produce original counter- 17
5678-messaging to address AI-enabled 18
5679-disinformation campaigns; 19
5680-(iii) expand digital literacy program-20
5681-ming abroad to include education on how 21
5682-media consumers in recipient countries can 22
5683-identify and inoculate themselves from syn-23
5684-thetically produced media; and 24
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5688-(iv) coordinate and collaborate with 1
5689-other governments, international organiza-2
5690-tions, civil society, the private sector, and 3
5691-others, as necessary. 4
5692-(2) M
5693-EMBERSHIP.—The Task Force shall be 5
5694-comprised of a representative from relevant offices, as 6
5695-determined by the Secretary, including— 7
5696-(A) the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital 8
5697-Policy; 9
5698-(B) the Under Secretary for Public Diplo-10
5699-macy and Public Affairs; 11
5700-(C) the Global Engagement Center; 12
5701-(D) the Office of the Science and Technology 13
5702-Advisor to the Secretary; 14
5703-(E) the Bureau of Oceans and International 15
5704-Environmental and Scientific Affairs; 16
5705-(F) the Bureau for Intelligence and Re-17
5706-search; 18
5707-(G) the Center for Analytics of the Office of 19
5708-Management Strategy and Solutions; 20
5709-(H) the Foreign Service Institute School of 21
5710-Applied Information Technology; and 22
5711-(I) any others the Secretary determines ap-23
5712-propriate. 24
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5716-(d) TASKFORCEREPORT.—Not later than one year 1
5717-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 2
5718-shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional com-3
5719-mittees on the establishment and progress of the Task 4
5720-Force’s work, including in pursuit of the objectives described 5
5721-in subsection(c)(1). 6
5722-(e) D
5723-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7
5724-(1) A
5725-RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.—The term ‘‘arti-8
5726-ficial intelligence’’ has the meaning given that term 9
5727-in section 238(g) of the John S. McCain National De-10
5728-fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 11
5729-Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note). 12
5730-(2) D
5731-IGITAL CONTENT PROVENANCE .—The term 13
5732-‘‘digital content provenance’’ means the verifiable 14
5733-chronology of the origin and history of a piece of dig-15
5734-ital content, such as an image, video, audio recording, 16
5735-or electronic document. 17
5736-SEC. 304. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHIEF ARTIFICIAL IN-18
5737-TELLIGENCE OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT 19
5738-OF STATE. 20
5739-Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 21
5740-Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding at 22
5741-the end the following new subsection: 23
5742-‘‘(n) C
5743-HIEFARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCEOFFICER.— 24
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5747-‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the De-1
5748-partment of State a Chief Artificial Intelligence Offi-2
5749-cer, which may be dual-hatted as the Department’s 3
5750-Chief Data Officer, who shall be a member of the Sen-4
5751-ior Executive Service. 5
5752-‘‘(2) D
5753-UTIES DESCRIBED.—The principal duties 6
5754-and responsibilities of the Chief Artificial Intelligence 7
5755-Officer shall be— 8
5756-‘‘(A) to evaluate, oversee, and, if appro-9
5757-priate, facilitate the responsible adoption of arti-10
5758-ficial intelligence (AI) and machine learning ap-11
5759-plications to help inform decisions by policy-12
5760-makers and to support programs and manage-13
5761-ment operations of the Department of State; and 14
5762-‘‘(B) to act as the principal advisor to the 15
5763-Secretary of State on the ethical use of AI and 16
5764-advanced analytics in conducting data-informed 17
5765-diplomacy. 18
5766-‘‘(3) Q
5767-UALIFICATIONS.—The Chief Artificial In-19
5768-telligence Officer should be an individual with dem-20
5769-onstrated skill and competency in— 21
5770-‘‘(A) the use and application of data ana-22
5771-lytics, AI, and machine learning; and 23
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5775-‘‘(B) transformational leadership and orga-1
5776-nizational change management, particularly 2
5777-within large, complex organizations. 3
5778-‘‘(4) P
5779-ARTNER WITH THE CHIEF INFORMATION 4
5780-OFFICER ON SCALING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE USE 5
5781-CASES.—To ensure alignment between the Chief Arti-6
5782-ficial Intelligence Officer and the Chief Information 7
5783-Officer, the Chief Information Officer will consult 8
5784-with the Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer on best 9
5785-practices for rolling out and scaling AI capabilities 10
5786-across the Bureau of Information and Resource Man-11
5787-agement’s broader portfolio of software applications. 12
5788-‘‘(5) A
5789-RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEFINED .—In 13
5790-this subsection, the term ‘artificial intelligence’ has 14
5791-the meaning given the term in section 238(g) of the 15
5792-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 16
5793-2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note).’’. 17
5794-SEC. 305. STRENGTHENING THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFI-18
5795-CER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 19
5796-(a) I
5797-NGENERAL.—The Chief Information Officer of 20
5798-the Department shall be consulted on all decisions to ap-21
5799-prove or disapprove, significant new unclassified informa-22
5800-tion technology expenditures, including software, of the De-23
5801-partment, including expenditures related to information 24
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5805-technology acquired, managed, and maintained by other bu-1
5806-reaus and offices within the Department, in order to— 2
5807-(1) encourage the use of enterprise software and 3
5808-information technology solutions where such solutions 4
5809-exist or can be developed in a timeframe and manner 5
5810-consistent with maintaining and enhancing the con-6
5811-tinuity and improvement of Department operations; 7
5812-(2) increase the bargaining power of the Depart-8
5813-ment in acquiring information technology solutions 9
5814-across the Department; 10
5815-(3) reduce the number of redundant Authorities 11
5816-to Operate (ATO), which, instead of using one ATO- 12
5817-approved platform across bureaus, requires multiple 13
5818-ATOs for software use cases across different bureaus; 14
5819-(4) enhance the efficiency, reduce redundancy, 15
5820-and increase interoperability of the use of informa-16
5821-tion technology across the enterprise of the Depart-17
5822-ment; 18
5823-(5) enhance training and alignment of informa-19
5824-tion technology personnel with the skills required to 20
5825-maintain systems across the Department; 21
5826-(6) reduce costs related to the maintenance of, or 22
5827-effectuate the retirement of, legacy systems; 23
5828-(7) ensure the development and maintenance of 24
5829-security protocols regarding the use of information 25
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5833-technology solutions and software across the Depart-1
5834-ment; and 2
5835-(8) improve end-user training on the operation 3
5836-of information technology solutions and to enhance 4
5837-end-user cybersecurity practices. 5
5838-(b) S
5839-TRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANRE-6
5840-QUIRED.— 7
5841-(1) I
5842-N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 8
5843-the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Infor-9
5844-mation Officer of the Department shall develop, in 10
5845-consultation with relevant bureaus and offices as ap-11
5846-propriate, a strategy and a 5-year implementation 12
5847-plan to advance the objectives described in subsection 13
5848-(a). 14
5849-(2) C
5850-ONSULTATION.—No later than one year 15
5851-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief 16
5852-Information Officer shall submit the strategy required 17
5853-by this subsection to the appropriate congressional 18
5854-committees and shall consult with the appropriate 19
5855-congressional committees, not less than on an annual 20
5856-basis for 5 years, regarding the progress related to the 21
5857-implementation plan required by this subjection. 22
5858-(c) I
5859-MPROVEMENTPLAN FOR THEBUREAU FORIN-23
5860-FORMATIONRESOURCESMANAGEMENT.— 24
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5864-(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 1
5865-the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Infor-2
5866-mation Officer shall develop policies and protocols to 3
5867-improve the customer service orientation, quality and 4
5868-timely delivery of information technology solutions, 5
5869-and training and support for bureau and office-level 6
5870-information technology officers. 7
5871-(2) S
5872-URVEY.—Not later than one year after the 8
5873-date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-9
5874-after for five years, the Chief Information Officer 10
5875-shall undertake a client satisfaction survey of bureau 11
5876-information technology officers to obtain feedback on 12
5877-metrics related to— 13
5878-(A) customer service orientation of the Bu-14
5879-reau of Information Resources Management; 15
5880-(B) quality and timelines of capabilities de-16
5881-livered; 17
5882-(C) maintenance and upkeep of information 18
5883-technology solutions; 19
5884-(D) training and support for senior bureau 20
5885-and office-level information technology officers; 21
5886-and 22
5887-(E) other matters which the Chief Informa-23
5888-tion Officer, in consultation with client bureaus 24
5889-and offices, determine appropriate. 25
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5893-(3) SUBMISSION OF FINDINGS.—Not later than 1
5894-60 days after completing each survey required under 2
5895-paragraph (2), the Chief Information Officer shall 3
5896-submit a summary of the findings to the appropriate 4
5897-congressional committees. 5
5898-(d) S
5899-IGNIFICANTEXPENDITUREDEFINED.—For pur-6
5900-poses of this section, the term ‘‘significant expenditure’’ 7
5901-means any cumulative expenditure in excess of $250,000 8
5902-total in a single fiscal year for a new unclassified software 9
5903-or information technology capability. 10
5904-SEC. 306. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STRENGTHENING EN-11
5905-TERPRISE GOVERNANCE. 12
5906-It is the sense of Congress that in order to modernize 13
5907-the Department, enterprise-wide governance regarding 14
5908-budget and finance, information technology, and the cre-15
5909-ation, analysis, and use of data across the Department is 16
5910-necessary to better align resources to strategy, including 17
5911-evaluating trade-offs, and to enhance efficiency and security 18
5912-in using data and technology as tools to inform and evalu-19
5913-ate the conduct of United States foreign policy. 20
5914-SEC. 307. DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY AND CYBERSECURITY 21
5915-PARTNERSHIP. 22
5916-(a) D
5917-IGITALCONNECTIVITY AND CYBERSECURITY 23
5918-P
5919-ARTNERSHIP.—The Secretary is authorized to establish a 24
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5923-program, which may be known as the ‘‘Digital Connectivity 1
5924-and Cybersecurity Partnership’’, to help foreign countries— 2
5925-(1) expand and increase secure internet access 3
5926-and digital infrastructure in emerging markets, in-4
5927-cluding demand for and availability of high-quality 5
5928-information and communications technology (ICT) 6
5929-equipment, software, and services; 7
5930-(2) protect technological assets, including data; 8
5931-(3) adopt policies and regulatory positions that 9
5932-foster and encourage open, interoperable, reliable, and 10
5933-secure internet, the free flow of data, multi-stakeholder 11
5934-models of internet governance, and pro-competitive 12
5935-and secure ICT policies and regulations; 13
5936-(4) access United States exports of ICT goods 14
5937-and services; 15
5938-(5) expand interoperability and promote the di-16
5939-versification of ICT goods and supply chain services 17
5940-to be less reliant on PRC imports; 18
5941-(6) promote best practices and common stand-19
5942-ards for a national approach to cybersecurity; and 20
5943-(7) advance other priorities consistent with 21
5944-paragraphs (1) through (6), as determined by the Sec-22
5945-retary. 23
5946-(b) U
5947-SE OFFUNDS.—Funds made available to carry 24
5948-out this section, including unexpended funds from fiscal 25
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5952-years 2018 through 2022, may be used to strengthen civilian 1
5953-cybersecurity and information and communications tech-2
5954-nology capacity, including participation of foreign law en-3
5955-forcement and military personnel in non-military activi-4
5956-ties, notwithstanding any other provision of law, provided 5
5957-that such support is essential to enabling civilian and law 6
5958-enforcement of cybersecurity and information and commu-7
5959-nication technology related activities in their respective 8
5960-countries. 9
5961-(c) I
5962-MPLEMENTATIONPLAN.—Not later than 180 days 10
5963-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 11
5964-shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an 12
5965-implementation plan for the coming year to advance the 13
5966-goals identified in subsection (a). 14
5967-(d) C
5968-ONSULTATION.—In developing and 15
5969-operationalizing the implementation plan required under 16
5970-subsection (c), the Secretary shall consult with— 17
5971-(1) the appropriate congressional committees, the 18
5972-Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 19
5973-Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-20
5974-resentatives; 21
5975-(2) United States industry leaders; 22
5976-(3) other relevant technology experts, including 23
5977-the Open Technology Fund; 24
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5981-(4) representatives from relevant United States 1
5982-Government agencies; and 2
5983-(5) representatives from like-minded allies and 3
5984-partners. 4
5985-(e) A
5986-UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 5
5987-authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fis-6
5988-cal years 2024 through 2028 to carry out this section. Such 7
5989-funds, including funds authorized to be appropriated under 8
5990-the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, may be made 9
5991-available, notwithstanding any other provision of law to 10
5992-strengthen civilian cybersecurity and information and com-11
5993-munications technology capacity, including for participa-12
5994-tion of foreign law enforcement and military personnel in 13
5995-non-military activities, and for contributions. Such funds 14
5996-shall remain available until expended. 15
5997-SEC. 308. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CYBERSPACE, DIGITAL 16
5998-CONNECTIVITY, AND RELATED TECH-17
5999-NOLOGIES (CDT) FUND. 18
6000-Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 19
6001-U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 20
6002-following new chapter: 21
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6006-‘‘CHAPTER 10—CYBERSPACE, DIGITAL 1
6007-CONNECTIVITY, AND RELATED TECH-2
6008-NOLOGIES (CDT) FUND 3
6009-‘‘SEC. 591. FINDINGS. 4
6010-‘‘Congress makes the following findings: 5
6011-‘‘(1) Increasingly digitized and interconnected 6
6012-social, political, and economic systems have intro-7
6013-duced new vulnerabilities for malicious actors to ex-8
6014-ploit, which threatens economic and national security. 9
6015-‘‘(2) The rapid development, deployment, and in-10
6016-tegration of information and communication tech-11
6017-nologies into all aspects of modern life bring mount-12
6018-ing risks of accidents and malicious activity involv-13
6019-ing such technologies, and their potential con-14
6020-sequences. 15
6021-‘‘(3) Because information and communication 16
6022-technologies are globally manufactured, traded, and 17
6023-networked, the economic and national security of the 18
6024-United State depends greatly on cybersecurity prac-19
6025-tices of other actors, including other countries. 20
6026-‘‘(4) United States assistance to countries and 21
6027-international organizations to bolster civilian capac-22
6028-ity to address national cybersecurity and deterrence 23
6029-in cyberspace can help— 24
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6033-‘‘(A) reduce vulnerability in the informa-1
6034-tion and communication technologies ecosystem; 2
6035-and 3
6036-‘‘(B) advance national and economic secu-4
6037-rity objectives. 5
6038-‘‘SEC. 592. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING 6
6039-FOR CYBERSPACE, DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY, 7
6040-AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES (CDT) CAPAC-8
6041-ITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES. 9
6042-‘‘(a) A
6043-UTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State is au-10
6044-thorized to provide assistance to foreign governments and 11
6045-organizations, including national, regional, and inter-12
6046-national institutions, on such terms and conditions as the 13
6047-Secretary may determine, in order to— 14
6048-‘‘(1) advance a secure and stable cyberspace; 15
6049-‘‘(2) protect and expand trusted digital eco-16
6050-systems and connectivity; 17
6051-‘‘(3) build the cybersecurity capacity of partner 18
6052-countries and organizations; and 19
6053-‘‘(4) ensure that the development of standards 20
6054-and the deployment and use of technology supports 21
6055-and reinforces human rights and democratic values, 22
6056-including through the Digital Connectivity and Cy-23
6057-bersecurity Partnership. 24
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6061-‘‘(b) SCOPE OFUSES.—Assistance under this section 1
6062-may include programs to— 2
6063-‘‘(1) advance the adoption and deployment of se-3
6064-cure and trustworthy information and communica-4
6065-tions technology (ICT) infrastructure and services, in-5
6066-cluding efforts to grow global markets for secure ICT 6
6067-goods and services and promote a more diverse and 7
6068-resilient ICT supply chain; 8
6069-‘‘(2) provide technical and capacity building as-9
6070-sistance to— 10
6071-‘‘(A) promote policy and regulatory frame-11
6072-works that create an enabling environment for 12
6073-digital connectivity and a vibrant digital econ-13
6074-omy; 14
6075-‘‘(B) ensure technologies, including related 15
6076-new and emerging technologies, are developed, 16
6077-deployed, and used in ways that support and re-17
6078-inforce democratic values and human rights; 18
6079-‘‘(C) promote innovation and competition; 19
6080-and 20
6081-‘‘(D) support digital governance with the 21
6082-development of rights-respecting international 22
6083-norms and standards; 23
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6087-‘‘(3) help countries prepare for, defend against, 1
6088-and respond to malicious cyber activities, including 2
6089-through— 3
6090-‘‘(A) the adoption of cybersecurity best 4
6091-practices; 5
6092-‘‘(B) the development of national strategies 6
6093-to enhance cybersecurity; 7
6094-‘‘(C) the deployment of cybersecurity tools 8
6095-and services to increase the security, strength, 9
6096-and resilience of networks and infrastructure; 10
6097-‘‘(D) support for the development of cyberse-11
6098-curity watch, warning, response, and recovery 12
6099-capabilities, including through the development 13
6100-of cybersecurity incident response teams; 14
6101-‘‘(E) support for collaboration with the Cy-15
6102-bersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency 16
6103-(CISA) and other relevant Federal agencies to 17
6104-enhance cybersecurity; 18
6105-‘‘(F) programs to strengthen allied and 19
6106-partner governments’ capacity to detect, inves-20
6107-tigate, deter, and prosecute cybercrimes; 21
6108-‘‘(G) programs to provide information and 22
6109-resources to diplomats engaging in discussions 23
6110-and negotiations around international law and 24
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6114-capacity building measures related to cybersecu-1
6115-rity; 2
6116-‘‘(H) capacity building for cybersecurity 3
6117-partners, including law enforcement and mili-4
6118-tary entities as described in subsection (f); 5
6119-‘‘(I) programs that enhance the ability of 6
6120-relevant stakeholders to act collectively against 7
6121-shared cybersecurity threats; 8
6122-‘‘(J) the advancement of programs in sup-9
6123-port of the Framework of Responsible State Be-10
6124-havior in Cyberspace; and 11
6125-‘‘(K) the fortification of deterrence instru-12
6126-ments in cyberspace; and 13
6127-‘‘(4) such other purpose and functions as the Sec-14
6128-retary of State may designate. 15
6129-‘‘(c) R
6130-ESPONSIBILITY FOR POLICYDECISIONS AND 16
6131-J
6132-USTIFICATION.—The Secretary of State shall be respon-17
6133-sible for policy decisions regarding programs under this 18
6134-chapter, with respect to— 19
6135-‘‘(1) whether there will be cybersecurity and dig-20
6136-ital capacity building programs for a foreign country 21
6137-or entity operating in that country; 22
6138-‘‘(2) the amount of funds for each foreign coun-23
6139-try or entity; and 24
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6143-‘‘(3) the scope and nature of such uses of fund-1
6144-ing. 2
6145-‘‘(d) D
6146-ETAILEDJUSTIFICATION FORUSES ANDPUR-3
6147-POSES OFFUNDS.—The Secretary of State shall provide, 4
6148-on an annual basis, a detailed justification for the uses and 5
6149-purposes of the amounts provided under this chapter, in-6
6150-cluding information concerning— 7
6151-‘‘(1) the amounts and kinds of grants; 8
6152-‘‘(2) the amounts and kinds of budgetary support 9
6153-provided, if any; and 10
6154-‘‘(3) the amounts and kinds of project assistance 11
6155-provided for what purpose and with such amounts. 12
6156-‘‘(e) A
6157-SSISTANCE ANDFUNDINGUNDEROTHERAU-13
6158-THORITIES.—The authority granted under this section to 14
6159-provide assistance or funding for countries and organiza-15
6160-tions does not preclude the use of funds provided to carry 16
6161-out other authorities also available for such purpose. 17
6162-‘‘(f) A
6163-VAILABILITY OFFUNDS.—Amounts appropriated 18
6164-to carry out this chapter may be used, notwithstanding any 19
6165-other provision of law, to strengthen civilian cybersecurity 20
6166-and information and communications technology capacity, 21
6167-including participation of foreign law enforcement and 22
6168-military personnel in non-military activities, provided that 23
6169-such support is essential to enabling civilian and law en-24
6170-forcement of cybersecurity and information and commu-25
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6174-nication technology related activities in their respective 1
6175-countries. 2
6176-‘‘(g) N
6177-OTIFICATIONREQUIREMENTS.—Funds made 3
6178-available under this section shall be obligated in accordance 4
6179-with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifica-5
6180-tions pursuant to section 634A of this Act. 6
6181-‘‘SEC. 593. REVIEW OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CAPACITY. 7
6182-‘‘(a) I
6183-NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con-8
6184-sultation as appropriate with other relevant Federal de-9
6185-partments and agencies is authorized to conduct a review 10
6186-that— 11
6187-‘‘(1) analyzes the United States Government’s 12
6188-capacity to promptly and effectively deliver emer-13
6189-gency support to countries experiencing major cyber-14
6190-security and ICT incidents; 15
6191-‘‘(2) identifies relevant factors constraining the 16
6192-support referred to in paragraph (1); and 17
6193-‘‘(3) develops a strategy to improve coordination 18
6194-among relevant Federal agencies and to resolve such 19
6195-constraints. 20
6196-‘‘(b) R
6197-EPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 21
6198-of the enactment of this chapter, the Secretary of State shall 22
6199-submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 23
6200-the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 24
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6204-House of Representatives that contains the results of the re-1
6205-view conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 2
6206-‘‘SEC. 594. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 3
6207-‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 4
6208-during the 5-year period beginning on October 1, 2023, to 5
6209-carry out the purposes of this chapter.’’. 6
6210-SEC. 309. CYBER PROTECTION SUPPORT FOR PERSONNEL 7
6211-OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN POSI-8
6212-TIONS HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO CYBER AT-9
6213-TACK. 10
6214-(a) D
6215-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
6216-(1) A
6217-T-RISK PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘at-risk 12
6218-personnel’’ means personnel of the Department— 13
6219-(A) whom the Secretary determines to be 14
6220-highly vulnerable to cyber attacks and hostile in-15
6221-formation collection activities because of their 16
6222-positions in the Department; and 17
6223-(B) whose personal technology devices or 18
6224-personal accounts are highly vulnerable to cyber 19
6225-attacks and hostile information collection activi-20
6226-ties. 21
6227-(2) P
6228-ERSONAL ACCOUNTS.—The term ‘‘personal 22
6229-accounts’’ means accounts for online and tele-23
6230-communications services, including telephone, residen-24
6231-tial internet access, email, text and multimedia mes-25
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6235-saging, cloud computing, social media, health care, 1
6236-and financial services, used by personnel of the De-2
6237-partment outside of the scope of their employment 3
6238-with the Department. 4
6239-(3) P
6240-ERSONAL TECHNOLOGY DEVICES .—The term 5
6241-‘‘personal technology devices’’ means technology de-6
6242-vices used by personnel of the Department outside of 7
6243-the scope of their employment with the Department, 8
6244-including networks to which such devices connect. 9
6245-(b) R
6246-EQUIREMENT TO PROVIDECYBERPROTECTION 10
6247-S
6248-UPPORT.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Direc-11
6249-tor of National Intelligence— 12
6250-(1) shall offer cyber protection support for the 13
6251-personal technology devices and personal accounts of 14
6252-at-risk personnel; and 15
6253-(2) may provide the support described in para-16
6254-graph (1) to any Department personnel who request 17
6255-such support. 18
6256-(c) N
6257-ATURE OFCYBERPROTECTIONSUPPORT.—Sub-19
6258-ject to the availability of resources, the cyber protection sup-20
6259-port provided to personnel pursuant to subsection (b) may 21
6260-include training, advice, assistance, and other services re-22
6261-lating to protection against cyber attacks and hostile infor-23
6262-mation collection activities. 24
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6266-(d) PRIVACYPROTECTIONS FOR PERSONALDE-1
6267-VICES.—The Department is prohibited from accessing or re-2
6268-trieving any information from any personal technology de-3
6269-vice or personal account of Department employees receiving 4
6270-cyber protection support described by this section unless— 5
6271-(1) access or information retrieval is necessary 6
6272-for carrying out the cyber protection support specified 7
6273-in this section; and 8
6274-(2) the Department has received explicit consent 9
6275-from the employee to access a personal technology de-10
6276-vice or personal account prior to each time such de-11
6277-vice or account is accessed. 12
6278-(e) R
6279-ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 13
6280-may be construed— 14
6281-(1) to encourage Department personnel to use 15
6282-personal technology devices for official business; or 16
6283-(2) to authorize cyber protection support for sen-17
6284-ior Department personnel using personal devices, net-18
6285-works, and personal accounts in an official capacity. 19
6286-(f) R
6287-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 20
6288-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 21
6289-report to the appropriate congressional committees regard-22
6290-ing the provision of cyber protection support pursuant to 23
6291-subsection (b), which shall include— 24
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6295-(1) a description of the methodology used to 1
6296-make the determination under subsection (a)(1); and 2
6297-(2) guidance for the use of cyber protection sup-3
6298-port and tracking of support requests for personnel 4
6299-receiving cyber protection support pursuant to sub-5
6300-section (b). 6
6301-TITLE IV—ORGANIZATION AND 7
6302-OPERATIONS 8
6303-SEC. 401. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS. 9
6304-(a) E
6305-XIGENTCIRCUMSTANCES AND CRISISRE-10
6306-SPONSE.—To assist the Department in addressing and re-11
6307-sponding to exigent circumstances and urgent crises abroad, 12
6308-the Department is authorized to employ, domestically and 13
6309-abroad, a limited number of personal services contractors 14
6310-in order to meet exigent needs, subject to the requirements 15
6311-of this section. 16
6312-(b) A
6313-UTHORITY.—The authority to employ personal 17
6314-services contractors is in addition to any existing authori-18
6315-ties to enter into personal services contracts and authority 19
6316-provided in the Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations 20
6317-Act, 2022 (division C of Public Law 117–43). 21
6318-(c) E
6319-MPLOYING ANDALLOCATION OFPERSONNEL.—To 22
6320-meet the needs described in subsection (a) and subject to 23
6321-the requirements in subsection (d), the Department may— 24
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6325-(1) enter into contracts to employ a total of up 1
6326-to 100 personal services contractors at any given time 2
6327-for each of fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026; and 3
6328-(2) allocate up to 20 personal services contrac-4
6329-tors to a given bureau, without regard to the sources 5
6330-of funding such office relies on to compensate individ-6
6331-uals. 7
6332-(d) L
6333-IMITATION.—Employment authorized by this sec-8
6334-tion shall not exceed two calendar years. 9
6335-(e) N
6336-OTIFICATION ANDREPORTING TOCONGRESS.— 10
6337-(1) N
6338-OTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days after 11
6339-the use of authority under this section, the Secretary 12
6340-shall notify the appropriate congressional committees, 13
6341-the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and 14
6342-the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 15
6343-Representatives of the number of personal services 16
6344-contractors being employed, the expected length of em-17
6345-ployment, the relevant bureau, the purpose for using 18
6346-personal services contractors, and the justification, in-19
6347-cluding the exigent circumstances requiring such use. 20
6348-(2) A
6349-NNUAL REPORTING.—Not later than 60 21
6350-days after the end of each fiscal year, the Department 22
6351-shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-23
6352-tees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 24
6353-and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 25
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6357-Representatives a report describing the number of 1
6358-personal services contractors employed pursuant to 2
6359-this section for the prior fiscal year, the length of em-3
6360-ployment, the relevant bureau by which they were em-4
6361-ployed pursuant to this section, the purpose for using 5
6362-personal services contractors, disaggregated demo-6
6363-graphic data of such contractors, and the justification 7
6364-for the employment, including the exigent cir-8
6365-cumstances. 9
6366-SEC. 402. HARD-TO-FILL POSTS. 10
6367-(a) S
6368-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 11
6369-that— 12
6370-(1) the number of hard-to-fill vacancies at 13
6371-United States diplomatic missions is far too high, 14
6372-particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa; 15
6373-(2) these vacancies— 16
6374-(A) adversely impact the Department’s exe-17
6375-cution of regional strategies; 18
6376-(B) hinder the ability of the United States 19
6377-to effectively compete with strategic competitors, 20
6378-such as the People’s Republic of China and the 21
6379-Russian Federation; and 22
6380-(C) present a clear national security risk to 23
6381-the United States; and 24
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6385-(3) if the Department is unable to incentivize of-1
6386-ficers to accept hard-to-fill positions, the Department 2
6387-should consider directed assignments, particularly for 3
6388-posts in Africa, and other means to more effectively 4
6389-advance the national interests of the United States. 5
6390-(b) R
6391-EPORT ONDEVELOPMENT OF INCENTIVES FOR 6
6392-H
6393-ARD-TO-FILLPOSTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 7
6394-date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 8
6395-a report to the appropriate congressional committees on ef-9
6396-forts to develop new incentives for hard-to-fill positions at 10
6397-United States diplomatic missions. The report shall include 11
6398-a description of the incentives developed to date and pro-12
6399-posals to try to more effectively fill hard-to-fill posts. 13
6400-(c) S
6401-TUDY ONFEASIBILITY OFALLOWINGNON-CON-14
6402-SULARFOREIGNSERVICEOFFICERSGIVENDIRECTED 15
6403-C
6404-ONSULARPOSTS TOVOLUNTEER FOR HARD-TO-FILL 16
6405-P
6406-OSTS INUNDERSTAFFEDREGIONS.— 17
6407-(1) S
6408-TUDY.— 18
6409-(A) I
6410-N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 19
6411-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 20
6412-Secretary shall conduct a study on— 21
6413-(i) the number of Foreign Service posi-22
6414-tions vacant for six months or longer at 23
6415-overseas posts, including for consular, polit-24
6416-ical, and economic positions, over the last 25
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6420-five years, broken down by region, and a 1
6421-comparison of the proportion of vacancies 2
6422-between regions; and 3
6423-(ii) the feasibility of allowing first-tour 4
6424-Foreign Service generalists in non-Consular 5
6425-cones, directed for a consular tour, to volun-6
6426-teer for reassignment at hard-to-fill posts in 7
6427-understaffed regions. 8
6428-(B) M
6429-ATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED .—The 9
6430-study conducted under subparagraph (A) shall 10
6431-consider whether allowing first-tour Foreign 11
6432-Service generalists to volunteer as described in 12
6433-such subparagraph would address current vacan-13
6434-cies and what impact the new mechanism would 14
6435-have on consular operations. 15
6436-(2) R
6437-EPORT.—Not later than 60 days after com-16
6438-pleting the study required under paragraph (1), the 17
6439-Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congres-18
6440-sional committees a report containing the findings of 19
6441-the study. 20
6442-SEC. 403. ENHANCED OVERSIGHT OF THE OFFICE OF CIVIL 21
6443-RIGHTS. 22
6444-(a) R
6445-EPORTWITHRECOMMENDATIONS AND MANAGE-23
6446-MENTSTRUCTURE.—Not later than 270 days after the date 24
6447-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 25
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6451-the appropriate congressional committees a report with any 1
6452-recommendations for the long-term structure and manage-2
6453-ment of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), including— 3
6454-(1) an assessment of the strengths and weak-4
6455-nesses of OCR’s investigative processes and proce-5
6456-dures; 6
6457-(2) any changes made within OCR to its inves-7
6458-tigative processes to improve the integrity and thor-8
6459-oughness of its investigations; and 9
6460-(3) any recommendations to improve the man-10
6461-agement structure, investigative process, and oversight 11
6462-of the Office. 12
6463-SEC. 404. CRISIS RESPONSE OPERATIONS. 13
6464-(a) I
6465-NGENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 14
6466-date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall insti-15
6467-tute the following changes and ensure that the following ele-16
6468-ments have been integrated into the ongoing crisis response 17
6469-management and response by the Crisis Management and 18
6470-Strategy Office: 19
6471-(1) The Department’s crisis response planning 20
6472-and operations shall conduct, maintain, and update 21
6473-on a regular basis contingency plans for posts and re-22
6474-gions experiencing or vulnerable to conflict or emer-23
6475-gency conditions, including armed conflict, national 24
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6479-disasters, significant political or military upheaval, 1
6480-and emergency evacuations. 2
6481-(2) The Department’s crisis response efforts shall 3
6482-be led by an individual with significant experience 4
6483-responding to prior crises, who shall be so designated 5
6484-by the Secretary. 6
6485-(3) The Department’s crisis response efforts shall 7
6486-provide at least quarterly updates to the Secretary 8
6487-and other relevant senior officials, including a plan 9
6488-and schedule to develop contingency planning for 10
6489-identified posts and regions consistent with para-11
6490-graph (1). 12
6491-(4) The decision to develop contingency planning 13
6492-for any particular post or region shall be made inde-14
6493-pendent of any regional bureau. 15
6494-(5) The crisis response team shall develop and 16
6495-maintain best practices for evacuations, closures, and 17
6496-emergency conditions. 18
6497-(b) U
6498-PDATE.— 19
6499-(1) I
6500-N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 20
6501-the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 21
6502-days thereafter for the next five years, the Secretary 22
6503-shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-23
6504-tees, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 24
6505-and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 25
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6509-Representatives an update outlining the steps taken to 1
6510-implement this section, along with any other rec-2
6511-ommendations to improve the Department’s crisis 3
6512-management and response operations. 4
6513-(2) C
6514-ONTENTS.—Each update submitted pursu-5
6515-ant to paragraph (1) should include— 6
6516-(A) a list of the posts whose contingency 7
6517-plans, including any noncombatant evacuation 8
6518-contingencies, has been reviewed and updated as 9
6519-appropriate during the preceding 180 days; and 10
6520-(B) an assessment of the Secretary’s con-11
6521-fidence that each post— 12
6522-(i) has continuously reached out to 13
6523-United States persons in country to main-14
6524-tain and update contact information for as 15
6525-many such persons as practicable; and 16
6526-(ii) is prepared to communicate with 17
6527-such persons in an emergency or crisis situ-18
6528-ation. 19
6529-(3) F
6530-ORM.—Each update submitted pursuant to 20
6531-paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 21
6532-but may include a classified annex. 22
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6536-SEC. 405. SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 1
6537-FORUM. 2
6538-(a) S
6539-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 3
6540-that— 4
6541-(1) the United States must increase its diplo-5
6542-matic activity and presence in the Pacific, particu-6
6543-larly among Pacific Island nations; and 7
6544-(2) the Special Envoy to the Pacific Islands 8
6545-Forum— 9
6546-(A) should advance the United States part-10
6547-nership with Pacific Island Forum nations and 11
6548-with the organization itself on key issues of im-12
6549-portance to the Pacific region; and 13
6550-(B) should coordinate policies across the 14
6551-Pacific region with like-minded democracies. 15
6552-(b) A
6553-PPOINTMENT OFSPECIALENVOY TO THEPACIFIC 16
6554-I
6555-SLANDSFORUM.—Section 1 of the State Department Basic 17
6556-Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), as amended by 18
6557-section 304, is further amended by adding at the end the 19
6558-following new subsection: 20
6559-‘‘(o) S
6560-PECIALENVOY TO THE PACIFICISLANDS 21
6561-F
6562-ORUM.— 22
6563-‘‘(1) A
6564-PPOINTMENT.—The President shall ap-23
6565-point, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-24
6566-ate, a qualified individual to serve as Special Envoy 25
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6570-to the Pacific Islands Forum (referred to in this sec-1
6571-tion as the ‘Special Envoy’). 2
6572-‘‘(2) C
6573-ONSIDERATIONS.— 3
6574-‘‘(A) S
6575-ELECTION.—The Special Envoy shall 4
6576-be— 5
6577-‘‘(i) a United States Ambassador to a 6
6578-country that is a member of the Pacific Is-7
6579-lands Forum; or 8
6580-‘‘(ii) a qualified individual who is not 9
6581-described in clause (i). 10
6582-‘‘(B) L
6583-IMITATIONS.—If the President ap-11
6584-points an Ambassador to a country that is a 12
6585-member of the Pacific Islands Forum to serve 13
6586-concurrently as the Special Envoy to the Pacific 14
6587-Islands Forum, such Ambassador— 15
6588-‘‘(i) may not begin service as the Spe-16
6589-cial Envoy until he or she has been con-17
6590-firmed by the Senate for an ambassadorship 18
6591-to a country that is a member of the Pacific 19
6592-Islands Forum; and 20
6593-‘‘(ii) shall not receive additional com-21
6594-pensation for his or her service as Special 22
6595-Envoy. 23
6596-‘‘(3) D
6597-UTIES.—The Special Envoy shall— 24
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6601-‘‘(A) represent the United States in its role 1
6602-as dialogue partner to the Pacific Islands 2
6603-Forum; and 3
6604-‘‘(B) carry out such other duties as the 4
6605-President or the Secretary of State may pre-5
6606-scribe.’’. 6
6607-(c) R
6608-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 7
6609-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 8
6610-report to the appropriate congressional committees that de-9
6611-scribes how the Department will increase its ability to re-10
6612-cruit and retain highly-qualified ambassadors, special en-11
6613-voys, and other senior personnel in posts in Pacific island 12
6614-countries as the Department expands its diplomatic foot-13
6615-print throughout the region. 14
6616-SEC. 406. SPECIAL ENVOY FOR BELARUS. 15
6617-(a) S
6618-PECIALENVOY.—The President shall appoint a 16
6619-Special Envoy for Belarus within the Department (referred 17
6620-to in this section as the ‘‘Special Envoy’’). The Special 18
6621-Envoy should be a person of recognized distinction in the 19
6622-field of European security, geopolitics, democracy and 20
6623-human rights, and may be a career Foreign Service officer. 21
6624-(b) C
6625-ENTRALOBJECTIVE.—The central objective of the 22
6626-Special Envoy is to coordinate and promote efforts— 23
6627-(1) to improve respect for the fundamental 24
6628-human rights of the people of Belarus; 25
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6632-(2) to sustain focus on the national security im-1
6633-plications of Belarus’s political and military align-2
6634-ment for the United States; and 3
6635-(3) to respond to the political, economic, and se-4
6636-curity impacts of events in Belarus upon neighboring 5
6637-countries and the wider region. 6
6638-(c) D
6639-UTIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES.—The Special 7
6640-Envoy shall— 8
6641-(1) engage in discussions with Belarusian offi-9
6642-cials regarding human rights, political, economic and 10
6643-security issues in Belarus; 11
6644-(2) support international efforts to promote 12
6645-human rights and political freedoms in Belarus, in-13
6646-cluding coordination and dialogue between the United 14
6647-States and the United Nations, the Organization for 15
6648-Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European 16
6649-Union, Belarus, and the other countries in Eastern 17
6650-Europe; 18
6651-(3) consult with nongovernmental organizations 19
6652-that have attempted to address human rights and po-20
6653-litical and economic instability in Belarus; 21
6654-(4) make recommendations regarding the fund-22
6655-ing of activities promoting human rights, democracy, 23
6656-the rule of law, and the development of a market econ-24
6657-omy in Belarus; 25
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6661-(5) review strategies for improving protection of 1
6662-human rights in Belarus, including technical train-2
6663-ing and exchange programs; 3
6664-(6) develop an action plan for holding to account 4
6665-the perpetrators of the human rights violations docu-5
6666-mented in the United Nations High Commissioner for 6
6667-Human Rights report on the situation of human 7
6668-rights in Belarus in the run-up to the 2020 presi-8
6669-dential election and its aftermath (Human Rights 9
6670-Council Resolution 49/36); 10
6671-(7) engage with member countries of the North 11
6672-Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Organization for 12
6673-Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Euro-13
6674-pean Union with respect to the implications of 14
6675-Belarus’s political and security alignment for trans-15
6676-atlantic security; and 16
6677-(8) work within the Department and among 17
6678-partnering countries to sustain focus on the political 18
6679-situation in Belarus. 19
6680-(d) R
6681-OLE.—The position of Special Envoy— 20
6682-(1) shall be a full-time position; 21
6683-(2) may not be combined with any other position 22
6684-within the Department; 23
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6688-(3) shall only exist as long as United States dip-1
6689-lomatic operations in Belarus at United States Em-2
6690-bassy Minsk have been suspended; and 3
6691-(4) shall oversee the operations and personnel of 4
6692-the Belarus Affairs Unit. 5
6693-(e) R
6694-EPORT ONACTIVITIES.—Not later than 180 days 6
6695-after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 7
6696-thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary, in con-8
6697-sultation with the Special Envoy, shall submit a report to 9
6698-the appropriate congressional committees that describes the 10
6699-activities undertaken pursuant to subsection (c) during the 11
6700-reporting period. 12
6701-(f) S
6702-UNSET.—The position of Special Envoy for 13
6703-Belarus Affairs and the authorities provided by this section 14
6704-shall terminate 5 years after the date of the enactment of 15
6705-this Act. 16
6706-SEC. 407. OVERSEAS PLACEMENT OF SPECIAL APPOINT-17
6707-MENT POSITIONS. 18
6708-Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 19
6709-of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 20
6710-congressional committees a report on current special ap-21
6711-pointment positions at United States diplomatic missions 22
6712-that do not exercise significant authority, and all positions 23
6713-under schedule B or schedule C of subpart C of part 213 24
6714-of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, at United States 25
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6718-diplomatic missions. The report shall include the title and 1
6719-responsibilities of each position, the expected duration of 2
6720-the position, the name of the individual currently appointed 3
6721-to the position, and the hiring authority utilized to fill the 4
6722-position. 5
6723-SEC. 408. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL 6
6724-REPRESENTATIVE FOR CITY AND STATE DI-7
6725-PLOMACY. 8
6726-Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 9
6727-Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), as amended by section 405, 10
6728-is further amended by adding at the end the following new 11
6729-subsection: 12
6730-‘‘(p) O
6731-FFICE OF THESPECIALREPRESENTATIVE FOR 13
6732-C
6733-ITY ANDSTATEDIPLOMACY.— 14
6734-‘‘(1) I
6735-N GENERAL.—There is established within 15
6736-the Office of Global Partnerships of the Department 16
6737-of State an Office of the Special Representative for 17
6738-City and State Diplomacy (in this subsection referred 18
6739-to as the ‘Office’). 19
6740-‘‘(2) H
6741-EAD.—The head of the Office shall be the 20
6742-Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy, 21
6743-who shall be responsible for developing strategies to 22
6744-advise and enhance subnational diplomacy through-23
6745-out the United States. 24
6746-‘‘(3) D
6747-UTIES.— 25
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6751-‘‘(A) PRINCIPAL DUTY.—The principal duty 1
6752-of the Special Representative shall be providing 2
6753-the overall strategic guidance of Department of 3
6754-State support for subnational engagements by 4
6755-State and municipal governments with foreign 5
6756-governments. The Special Representative shall be 6
6757-the principal adviser to the Secretary of State on 7
6758-subnational engagements, the principal official 8
6759-on such matters within the senior management 9
6760-of the Department of State, and lead coordinator 10
6761-on such matters for other relevant Federal agen-11
6762-cies. 12
6763-‘‘(B) A
6764-DDITIONAL DUTIES.—The additional 13
6765-duties of the Special Representative shall include 14
6766-the following: 15
6767-‘‘(i) Providing strategic guidance for 16
6768-overall Department of State policy and pro-17
6769-grams in support of subnational engage-18
6770-ments by State and municipal governments 19
6771-with foreign governments, including with 20
6772-respect to the following: 21
6773-‘‘(I) Identifying policy, program, 22
6774-and funding discrepancies among rel-23
6775-evant Federal agencies regarding sub-24
6776-national diplomacy engagement. 25
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6780-‘‘(II) Advising on efforts to better 1
6781-align the Department of State and 2
6782-other Federal agencies in support of 3
6783-such engagements. 4
6784-‘‘(ii) Identifying areas of alignment be-5
6785-tween United States foreign policy and 6
6786-State and municipal goals. 7
6787-‘‘(iii) Facilitating tools for State and 8
6788-municipal officials to communicate with the 9
6789-United States public regarding the breadth 10
6790-of international engagement by subnational 11
6791-actors and the impact of diplomacy across 12
6792-the United States. 13
6793-‘‘(iv) Facilitating linkages and net-14
6794-works among State and municipal govern-15
6795-ments and between State and municipal 16
6796-governments and their foreign counterparts. 17
6797-‘‘(v) Under the direction of the Sec-18
6798-retary, negotiating agreements and memo-19
6799-randa of understanding with foreign gov-20
6800-ernments related to subnational engage-21
6801-ments and priorities. 22
6802-‘‘(vi) Supporting United States eco-23
6803-nomic interests through subnational engage-24
6804-ments, in consultation and coordination 25
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6808-with the Department of Commerce, the De-1
6809-partment of the Treasury, and the Office of 2
6810-the United States Trade Representative. 3
6811-‘‘(4) C
6812-OORDINATION.—With respect to matters 4
6813-involving trade promotion and inward investment fa-5
6814-cilitation, the Office shall coordinate with and sup-6
6815-port the International Trade Administration of the 7
6816-Department of Commerce as the lead Federal agency 8
6817-for trade promotion and facilitation of business in-9
6818-vestment in the United States. 10
6819-‘‘(5) D
6820-ETAILEES.— 11
6821-‘‘(A) I
6822-N GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, 12
6823-with respect to employees of the Department of 13
6824-State, is authorized to detail a member of the 14
6825-civil service or Foreign Service to State and mu-15
6826-nicipal governments on a reimbursable or nonre-16
6827-imbursable basis. Such details shall be for a pe-17
6828-riod not to exceed two years, and shall be with-18
6829-out interruption or loss of status or privilege. 19
6830-‘‘(B) R
6831-ESPONSIBILITIES.—Detailees under 20
6832-subparagraph (A) should carry out the following 21
6833-responsibilities: 22
6834-‘‘(i) Supporting the mission and objec-23
6835-tives of the host subnational government of-24
6836-fice. 25
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6840-‘‘(ii) Advising State and municipal 1
6841-government officials regarding questions of 2
6842-global affairs, foreign policy, cooperative 3
6843-agreements, and public diplomacy. 4
6844-‘‘(iii) Coordinating activities relating 5
6845-to State and municipal government sub-6
6846-national engagements with the Department 7
6847-of State, including the Office, Department 8
6848-leadership, and regional and functional bu-9
6849-reaus of the Department, as appropriate. 10
6850-‘‘(iv) Engaging Federal agencies re-11
6851-garding security, public health, trade pro-12
6852-motion, and other programs executed at the 13
6853-State or municipal government level. 14
6854-‘‘(v) Any other duties requested by 15
6855-State and municipal governments and ap-16
6856-proved by the Office. 17
6857-‘‘(C) A
6858-DDITIONAL PERSONNEL SUPPORT FOR 18
6859-SUBNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT .—For the purposes 19
6860-of this subsection, the Secretary of State— 20
6861-‘‘(i) is authorized to employ individ-21
6862-uals by contract; 22
6863-‘‘(ii) is encouraged to make use of the 23
6864-re-hired annuitants authority under section 24
6865-3323 of title 5, United States Code, particu-25
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6869-larly for annuitants who are already resid-1
6870-ing across the United States who may have 2
6871-the skills and experience to support sub-3
6872-national governments; and 4
6873-‘‘(iii) is encouraged to make use of au-5
6874-thorities under the Intergovernmental Per-6
6875-sonnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.) 7
6876-to temporarily assign State and local gov-8
6877-ernment officials to the Department of State 9
6878-or overseas missions to increase their inter-10
6879-national experience and add their perspec-11
6880-tives on United States priorities to the De-12
6881-partment. 13
6882-‘‘(6) R
6883-EPORT AND BRIEFING.— 14
6884-‘‘(A) R
6885-EPORT.—Not later than one year 15
6886-after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 16
6887-the Special Representative shall submit to the 17
6888-Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-18
6889-mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 19
6890-Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Com-20
6891-mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-21
6892-resentatives a report that includes information 22
6893-relating to the following: 23
6894-‘‘(i) The staffing plan (including per-24
6895-manent and temporary staff) for the Office 25
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6899-and a justification for the location of the 1
6900-Office within the Department of State’s or-2
6901-ganizational structure. 3
6902-‘‘(ii) The funding level provided to the 4
6903-Office for the Office, together with a jus-5
6904-tification relating to such level. 6
6905-‘‘(iii) The rank and title granted to the 7
6906-Special Representative, together with a jus-8
6907-tification relating to such decision and an 9
6908-analysis of whether the rank and title is re-10
6909-quired to fulfill the duties of the Office. 11
6910-‘‘(iv) A strategic plan for the Office, 12
6911-including relating to— 13
6912-‘‘(I) supporting subnational en-14
6913-gagements to improve United States 15
6914-foreign policy effectiveness; 16
6915-‘‘(II) enhancing the awareness, 17
6916-understanding, and involvement of 18
6917-United States citizens in the foreign 19
6918-policy process; and 20
6919-‘‘(III) better engaging with for-21
6920-eign subnational governments to 22
6921-strengthen diplomacy. 23
6922-‘‘(v) Any other matters as determined 24
6923-relevant by the Special Representative. 25
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6927-‘‘(B) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 30 days 1
6928-after the submission of the report required under 2
6929-subparagraph (A) and annually thereafter, the 3
6930-Special Representative shall brief the Committee 4
6931-on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Ap-5
6932-propriations of the Senate and the Committee on 6
6933-Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appro-7
6934-priations of the House of Representatives on the 8
6935-work of the Office and any changes made to the 9
6936-organizational structure or funding of the Office. 10
6937-‘‘(7) R
6938-ULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 11
6939-subsection may be construed as precluding— 12
6940-‘‘(A) the Office from being elevated to a bu-13
6941-reau within the Department of State; or 14
6942-‘‘(B) the Special Representative from being 15
6943-elevated to an Assistant Secretary, if such an As-16
6944-sistant Secretary position does not increase the 17
6945-number of Assistant Secretary positions at the 18
6946-Department above the number authorized under 19
6947-subsection (c)(1). 20
6948-‘‘(8) D
6949-EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 21
6950-‘‘(A) M
6951-UNICIPAL.—The term ‘municipal’ 22
6952-means, with respect to the government of a mu-23
6953-nicipality in the United States, a municipality 24
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6957-with a population of not fewer than 100,000 peo-1
6958-ple. 2
6959-‘‘(B) S
6960-TATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 3
6961-50 States, the District of Columbia, and any ter-4
6962-ritory or possession of the United States. 5
6963-‘‘(C) S
6964-UBNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT .—The 6
6965-term ‘subnational engagement’ means formal 7
6966-meetings or events between elected officials of 8
6967-State or municipal governments and their for-9
6968-eign counterparts.’’. 10
6969-SEC. 409. OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES. 11
6970-(a) S
6971-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 12
6972-that the Office of Global Women’s Issues (referred to in this 13
6973-section as the ‘‘Office’’) in the Department should— 14
6974-(1) be headed by the Ambassador-at-Large for 15
6975-Global Women’s Issues, who should be appointed by 16
6976-the President, by and with the advice and consent of 17
6977-the Senate; 18
6978-(2) coordinate, under the direction of the Sec-19
6979-retary, the United States foreign policy efforts to pro-20
6980-mote gender equality and the rights and empower-21
6981-ment of women and girls in United States diplomacy, 22
6982-partnerships, and programs; 23
6983-(3) serve as the principal advisor to the Sec-24
6984-retary regarding gender equality, women’s and girls’ 25
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6988-empowerment, and violence against women and girls 1
6989-as a priority of United States foreign policy; 2
6990-(4) represent the United States in diplomatic 3
6991-and multilateral fora on matters relevant to the sta-4
6992-tus of women and girls; 5
6993-(5) advise the Secretary and provide input on all 6
6994-activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to 7
6995-gender equality and the advancement of women and 8
6996-girls internationally for all bureaus and offices of the 9
6997-Department and in the international programs of all 10
6998-other Federal agencies; 11
6999-(6) work to ensure that efforts to advance gender 12
7000-equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment are 13
7001-fully integrated into the programs, structures, proc-14
7002-esses, and capacities of all bureaus and offices of the 15
7003-Department and in the international programs of 16
7004-other Federal agencies; and 17
7005-(7) conduct regular consultations with civil soci-18
7006-ety organizations that are working to advance gender 19
7007-equality and empower women and girls internation-20
7008-ally. 21
7009-(b) R
7010-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 22
7011-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a 23
7012-report or provide a briefing to the appropriate congres-24
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7016-sional committees regarding the efforts of the Office to carry 1
7017-out the duties described in subsection (a). 2
7018-TITLE V—ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY 3
7019-SEC. 501. DUTIES OF OFFICERS PERFORMING ECONOMIC 4
7020-FUNCTIONS. 5
7021-(a) I
7022-NGENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Foreign 6
7023-Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3981 et seq.) is amended 7
7024-by adding at the end the following new section: 8
7025-‘‘SEC. 506. DUTIES OF OFFICERS PERFORMING ECONOMIC 9
7026-FUNCTIONS. 10
7027-‘‘(a) D
7028-EFINEDTERM.—In this section, the term 11
7029-‘United States person’ means— 12
7030-‘‘(1) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 13
7031-admitted for permanent residence to the United 14
7032-States; or 15
7033-‘‘(2) an entity organized under the laws of the 16
7034-United States or any jurisdiction within the United 17
7035-States, including a foreign branch of such an entity. 18
7036-‘‘(b) I
7037-NGENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to di-19
7038-rect the officers performing economic functions of the For-20
7039-eign Service as appropriate to carry out the full spectrum 21
7040-of economic statecraft and commercial diplomacy work that 22
7041-advances United States foreign policy priorities in the host 23
7042-country or domestic posting to which they are assigned, in-24
7043-cluding— 25
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7047-‘‘(1) to negotiate economic and other related 1
7048-agreements with foreign governments and inter-2
7049-national organizations; 3
7050-‘‘(2) to inform the Department, and when appro-4
7051-priate, the Washington, D.C., headquarters offices of 5
7052-Federal agencies, with respect to the positions of for-6
7053-eign governments and international organizations in 7
7054-negotiations on such matters as economic, energy, en-8
7055-vironment, science and health; 9
7056-‘‘(3) to advance— 10
7057-‘‘(A) the routine implementation and main-11
7058-tenance of economic, environment, science, and 12
7059-health agreements; and 13
7060-‘‘(B) other initiatives in the countries to 14
7061-which such officers are assigned related to im-15
7062-proving economic or commercial relations for the 16
7063-benefit of United States persons, including busi-17
7064-nesses; 18
7065-‘‘(4) to identify, help design and execute, and ad-19
7066-vance, in consultation with other Federal agencies, 20
7067-United States policies, programs, and initiatives, in-21
7068-cluding capacity-building efforts, to advance policies 22
7069-of foreign governments that improve local economic 23
7070-governance, market-based business environments, and 24
7071-market access, increase trade and investment opportu-25
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7075-nities, or provide a more level playing field for 1
7076-United States persons, including with respect to— 2
7077-‘‘(A) improving revenue collection; 3
7078-‘‘(B) streamlining customs processes and 4
7079-improving customs transparency and efficiency; 5
7080-‘‘(C) improving regulatory management; 6
7081-‘‘(D) improving procurement processes, in-7
7082-cluding facilitating transparency in tendering, 8
7083-bidding, and contact negotiation; 9
7084-‘‘(E) advancing intellectual property protec-10
7085-tions; 11
7086-‘‘(F) eliminating anticompetitive subsidies 12
7087-and improving the transparency of remaining 13
7088-subsidies; 14
7089-‘‘(G) improving budget management and 15
7090-oversight; and 16
7091-‘‘(H) strengthening management of impor-17
7092-tant economic sectors; 18
7093-‘‘(5) to prioritize active support of economic and 19
7094-commercial goals of the United States, and as appro-20
7095-priate, United States persons abroad, in conjunction 21
7096-with the United States and Foreign Commercial 22
7097-Service established by section 2301 of the Export En-23
7098-hancement Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4721); 24
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7102-‘‘(6) to provide United States persons with infor-1
7103-mation on all United States Government support 2
7104-with respect to international economic matters; 3
7105-‘‘(7) to receive feedback from United States per-4
7106-sons with respect to support described in paragraphs 5
7107-(5) and (6), and report that feedback to the chief of 6
7108-mission and to the headquarters of the Department; 7
7109-‘‘(8) to consult closely and regularly with the 8
7110-private sector in accordance with section 709 of the 9
7111-Championing American Business through Diplomacy 10
7112-Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 9905); 11
7113-‘‘(9) to identify and execute opportunities for the 12
7114-United States to counter policies, initiatives, or ac-13
7115-tivities by authoritarian governments or enterprises 14
7116-affiliated with such governments that are anti-15
7117-competitive or undermine the sovereignty or pros-16
7118-perity of the United States or a partner country; 17
7119-‘‘(10) to identify and execute opportunities for 18
7120-the United States in new and emerging areas of trade 19
7121-and investment, such as digital trade, critical min-20
7122-erals extraction, refining, and processing, energy, and 21
7123-innovation; 22
7124-‘‘(11) to monitor the development and implemen-23
7125-tation of bilateral and multilateral economic and 24
7126-other related agreements and provide recommenda-25
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7130-tions to the Secretary and the heads of other relevant 1
7131-Federal agencies with respect to United States actions 2
7132-and initiatives relating to those agreements; 3
7133-‘‘(12) to maintain complete and accurate records 4
7134-of the performance measurements of the Department 5
7135-for economic and commercial diplomacy activities, as 6
7136-directed by the chief of mission and other senior offi-7
7137-cials of the Department; 8
7138-‘‘(13) to report on issues and developments re-9
7139-lated to economic, commercial, trade, investment, en-10
7140-ergy, environment, science, and health matters with 11
7141-direct relevance to United States economic and na-12
7142-tional security interests, especially when accurate, re-13
7143-liable, timely, and cost-effective information is un-14
7144-available from non-United States Government 15
7145-sources; and 16
7146-‘‘(14) to coordinate all activities, as necessary 17
7147-and appropriate, with counterparts in other agencies. 18
7148-‘‘(c) R
7149-EGULATORYUPDATES.—The Secretary shall up-19
7150-date guidance in the Foreign Affairs Manual and other reg-20
7151-ulations and guidance as necessary to implement this sec-21
7152-tion.’’. 22
7153-(b) C
7154-LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 23
7155-the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended by inserting 24
7156-after the item relating to section 505 the following: 25
7157-‘‘Sec. 506. Duties of economic officers.’’.
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7161-SEC. 502. REPORT ON RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND 1
7162-PROMOTION OF FOREIGN SERVICE ECO-2
7163-NOMIC OFFICERS. 3
7164-(a) I
7165-NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 4
7166-date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 5
7167-a report to the appropriate congressional committees re-6
7168-garding the recruitment, retention, and promotion of eco-7
7169-nomic officers in the Foreign Service. 8
7170-(b) E
7171-LEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 9
7172-(b) shall include— 10
7173-(1) an overview of the key challenges the Depart-11
7174-ment faces in— 12
7175-(A) recruiting individuals to serve as eco-13
7176-nomic officers in the Foreign Service; and 14
7177-(B) retaining individuals serving as eco-15
7178-nomic officers in the Foreign Service, particu-16
7179-larly at the level of GS–14 of the General Sched-17
7180-ule and higher; 18
7181-(2) an overview of the key challenges in recruit-19
7182-ing and retaining qualified individuals to serve in 20
7183-economic positions in the Civil Service; 21
7184-(3) a comparison of promotion rates for eco-22
7185-nomic officers in the Foreign Service relative to other 23
7186-officers in the Foreign Service; 24
7187-(4) a summary of the educational history and 25
7188-training of current economic officers in the Foreign 26
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7192-Service and Civil Service officers serving in economic 1
7193-positions; 2
7194-(5) the identification, disaggregated by region, of 3
7195-hard-to-fill posts and proposed incentives to improve 4
7196-staffing of economic officers in the Foreign Service at 5
7197-such posts; 6
7198-(6) a summary and analysis of the factors that 7
7199-lead to the promotion of— 8
7200-(A) economic officers in the Foreign Service; 9
7201-and 10
7202-(B) individuals serving in economic posi-11
7203-tions in the Civil Service; and 12
7204-(7) a summary and analysis of current Depart-13
7205-ment-funded or run training opportunities and exter-14
7206-nally-funded programs, including the Secretary’s 15
7207-Leadership Seminar at Harvard Business School, 16
7208-for— 17
7209-(A) economic officers in the Foreign Service; 18
7210-and 19
7211-(B) individuals serving in economic posi-20
7212-tions in the Civil Service. 21
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7216-SEC. 503. MANDATE TO REVISE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 1
7217-METRICS FOR SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC AND 2
7218-COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY. 3
7219-(a) M
7220-ANDATE TOREVISEDEPARTMENT OF STATE 4
7221-P
7222-ERFORMANCEMEASURES FORECONOMIC ANDCOMMER-5
7223-CIALDIPLOMACY.—The Secretary shall, as part of the De-6
7224-partment’s next regularly scheduled review on metrics and 7
7225-performance measures, include revisions of Department per-8
7226-formance measures for economic and commercial diplo-9
7227-macy, by identifying outcome-oriented, and not process-ori-10
7228-ented, performance metrics, including metrics that— 11
7229-(1) measure how Department efforts advanced 12
7230-specific economic and commercial objectives and led 13
7231-to successes for the United States or other private sec-14
7232-tor actors overseas; and 15
7233-(2) focus on customer satisfaction with Depart-16
7234-ment services and assistance. 17
7235-(b) P
7236-LAN FORENSURINGCOMPLETEDATA FORPER-18
7237-FORMANCEMEASURES.—As part of the review required 19
7238-under subsection (a), the Secretary shall include a plan for 20
7239-ensuring that— 21
7240-(1) the Department, both at its main head-22
7241-quarters and at domestic and overseas posts, main-23
7242-tains and fully updates data on performance meas-24
7243-ures; and 25
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7247-(2) Department leadership and the appropriate 1
7248-congressional committees can evaluate the extent to 2
7249-which the Department is advancing United States 3
7250-economic and commercial interests abroad through 4
7251-meeting performance targets. 5
7252-(c) R
7253-EPORT ONPRIVATESECTORSURVEYS.—The Sec-6
7254-retary shall prepare a report that lists and describes all 7
7255-the methods through which the Department conducts sur-8
7256-veys of the private sector to measure private sector satisfac-9
7257-tion with assistance and services provided by the Depart-10
7258-ment to advance private sector economic and commercial 11
7259-goals in foreign markets. 12
7260-(d) R
7261-EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after conducting 13
7262-the review pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall 14
7263-submit to the appropriate congressional committees— 15
7264-(1) the revised performance metrics required 16
7265-under subsection (a); and 17
7266-(2) the report required under subsection (c). 18
7267-SEC. 504. CHIEF OF MISSION ECONOMIC RESPONSIBILITIES. 19
7268-Section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 20
7269-U.S.C. 3927) is amended by adding at the end the following: 21
7270-‘‘(e) E
7271-MBASSYECONOMICTEAM.— 22
7272-‘‘(1) C
7273-OORDINATION AND SUPERVISION .—Each 23
7274-chief of mission shall coordinate and supervise the 24
7275-implementation of all United States economic policy 25
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7279-interests within the host country in which the diplo-1
7280-matic mission is located, among all United States 2
7281-Government departments and agencies present in 3
7282-such country. 4
7283-‘‘(2) A
7284-CCOUNTABILITY.—The chief of mission is 5
7285-responsible for the performance of the diplomatic mis-6
7286-sion in advancing United States economic policy in-7
7287-terests within the host country. 8
7288-‘‘(3) M
7289-ISSION ECONOMIC TEAM .—The chief of 9
7290-mission shall designate appropriate embassy staff to 10
7291-form a mission economic team that— 11
7292-‘‘(A) monitors notable economic, commer-12
7293-cial, and investment-related developments in the 13
7294-host country; and 14
7295-‘‘(B) develops plans and strategies for ad-15
7296-vancing United States economic and commercial 16
7297-interests in the host country, including— 17
7298-‘‘(i) tracking legislative, regulatory, ju-18
7299-dicial, and policy developments that could 19
7300-affect United States economic, commercial, 20
7301-and investment interests; 21
7302-‘‘(ii) advocating for best practices with 22
7303-respect to policy and regulatory develop-23
7304-ments; 24
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7308-‘‘(iii) conducting regular analyses of 1
7309-market systems, trends, prospects, and op-2
7310-portunities for value-addition, including 3
7311-risk assessments and constraints analyses of 4
7312-key sectors and of United States strategic 5
7313-competitiveness, and other reporting on 6
7314-commercial opportunities and investment 7
7315-climate; and 8
7316-‘‘(iv) providing recommendations for 9
7317-responding to developments that may ad-10
7318-versely affect United States economic and 11
7319-commercial interests.’’. 12
7320-SEC. 505. DIRECTION TO EMBASSY DEAL TEAMS. 13
7321-(a) P
7322-URPOSES.—The purposes of deal teams at United 14
7323-States embassies and consulates are— 15
7324-(1) to promote a private sector-led approach— 16
7325-(A) to advance economic growth and job 17
7326-creation that is tailored, as appropriate, to spe-18
7327-cific economic sectors; and 19
7328-(B) to advance strategic partnerships; 20
7329-(2) to prioritize efforts— 21
7330-(A) to identify commercial and investment 22
7331-opportunities; 23
7332-(B) to advocate for improvements in the 24
7333-business and investment climate; 25
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7337-(C) to engage and consult with private sec-1
7338-tor partners; and 2
7339-(D) to report on the activities described in 3
7340-subparagraphs (A) through (C), in accordance 4
7341-with the applicable requirements under sections 5
7342-706 and 707 of the Championing American 6
7343-Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (22 7
7344-U.S.C. 9902 and 9903); 8
7345-(3)(A)(i) to identify trade and investment oppor-9
7346-tunities for United States companies in foreign mar-10
7347-kets; or 11
7348-(ii) to assist with existing trade and invest-12
7349-ment opportunities already identified by United 13
7350-States companies; and 14
7351-(B) to deploy United States Government eco-15
7352-nomic and other tools to help such United States com-16
7353-panies to secure their objectives; 17
7354-(4) to identify and facilitate opportunities for 18
7355-entities in a host country to increase exports to, or in-19
7356-vestment in, the United States in order to grow two- 20
7357-way trade and investment; 21
7358-(5) to modernize, streamline, and improve access 22
7359-to resources and services designed to promote in-23
7360-creased trade and investment opportunities; 24
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7364-(6) to identify and secure United States or allied 1
7365-government support of strategic projects, such as 2
7366-ports, railways, energy production and distribution, 3
7367-critical minerals development, telecommunications 4
7368-networks, and other critical infrastructure projects 5
7369-vulnerable to predatory investment by an authori-6
7370-tarian country or entity in such country where sup-7
7371-port or investment serves an important United States 8
7372-interest; 9
7373-(7) to coordinate across the Unites States Gov-10
7374-ernment to ensure the appropriate and most effective 11
7375-use of United States Government tools to support 12
7376-United States economic, commercial, and investment 13
7377-objectives; and 14
7378-(8) to coordinate with the multi-agency DC Cen-15
7379-tral Deal Team, established in February 2020, on the 16
7380-matters described in paragraphs (1) through (7) and 17
7381-other relevant matters. 18
7382-(b) C
7383-LARIFICATION.—A deal team may be composed 19
7384-of the personnel comprising the mission economic team 20
7385-formed pursuant to section 207(e)(3) of the Foreign Service 21
7386-Act of 1980, as added by section 504. 22
7387-(c) R
7388-ESTRICTIONS.—A deal team may not provide 23
7389-support for, or assist a United States person with a trans-24
7390-action involving, a government, or an entity owned or con-25
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7394-trolled by a government, if the Secretary determines that 1
7395-such government— 2
7396-(1) has repeatedly provided support for acts of 3
7397-international terrorism, as described in— 4
7398-(A) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export 5
7399-Control Reform Act of 2018 (subtitle B of title 6
7400-XVII of Public Law 115–232); 7
7401-(B) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assist-8
7402-ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(a)); 9
7403-(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Con-10
7404-trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(d)); or 11
7405-(D) any other relevant provision of law; or 12
7406-(2) has engaged in an activity that would trigger 13
7407-a restriction under section 116(a) or 502B(a)(2) of 14
7408-the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 15
7409-2151n(a) and 2304(a)(2)) or any other relevant pro-16
7410-vision of law. 17
7411-(d) F
7412-URTHERRESTRICTIONS.— 18
7413-(1) P
7414-ROHIBITION ON SUPPORT OF SANCTIONED 19
7415-PERSONS.—Deal teams may not carry out activities 20
7416-prohibited under United States sanctions laws or reg-21
7417-ulations, including dealings with persons on the list 22
7418-of specially designated persons and blocked persons 23
7419-maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 24
7420-the Department of the Treasury, except to the extent 25
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7424-otherwise authorized by the Secretary of the Treasury 1
7425-or the Secretary. 2
7426-(2) P
7427-ROHIBITION ON SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES 3
7428-SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS.—Any person receiving sup-4
7429-port from a deal team must be in compliance with all 5
7430-United States sanctions laws and regulations as a 6
7431-condition for receiving such assistance. 7
7432-(e) C
7433-HIEF OFMISSIONAUTHORITY AND ACCOUNT-8
7434-ABILITY.—The chief of mission to a foreign country— 9
7435-(1) is the designated leader of a deal team in 10
7436-such country; and 11
7437-(2) shall be held accountable for the performance 12
7438-and effectiveness of United States deal teams in such 13
7439-country. 14
7440-(f) G
7441-UIDANCECABLE.—The Department shall send out 15
7442-regular guidance on Deal Team efforts by an All Diplo-16
7443-matic and Consular Posts (referred to in this section as 17
7444-‘‘ALDAC’’) that— 18
7445-(1) describes the role of deal teams; and 19
7446-(2) includes relevant and up-to-date information 20
7447-to enhance the effectiveness of deal teams in a coun-21
7448-try. 22
7449-(g) C
7450-ONFIDENTIALITY OFINFORMATION.— 23
7451-(1) I
7452-N GENERAL.—In preparing the cable re-24
7453-quired under subsection (f), the Secretary shall protect 25
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7457-from disclosure any proprietary information of a 1
7458-United States person marked as business confidential 2
7459-information unless the person submitting such infor-3
7460-mation— 4
7461-(A) had notice, at the time of submission, 5
7462-that such information would be released by; or 6
7463-(B) subsequently consents to the release of 7
7464-such information. 8
7465-(2) T
7466-REATMENT AS TRADE SECRETS .—Propri-9
7467-etary information obtained by the United States Gov-10
7468-ernment from a United States person pursuant to the 11
7469-activities of deal teams shall be— 12
7470-(A) considered to be trade secrets and com-13
7471-mercial or financial information (as such terms 14
7472-are used under section 552b(c)(4) of title 5, 15
7473-United States Code); and 16
7474-(B) exempt from disclosure without the ex-17
7475-press approval of the person. 18
7476-(h) S
7477-UNSET.—The requirements under subsections (f) 19
7478-through (h) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after 20
7479-the date of the enactment of this Act. 21
7480-SEC. 506. ESTABLISHMENT OF A ‘‘DEAL TEAM OF THE YEAR’’ 22
7481-AWARD. 23
7482-(a) E
7483-STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a 24
7484-new award, to be known as the ‘‘Deal Team of the Year 25
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7488-Award’’, and annually present the award to a deal team 1
7489-at one United States mission in each region to recognize 2
7490-outstanding achievements in supporting a United States 3
7491-company or companies pursuing commercial deals abroad 4
7492-or in identifying new deal prospects for United States com-5
7493-panies. 6
7494-(b) A
7495-WARDCONTENT.— 7
7496-(1) D
7497-EPARTMENT OF STATE.—Each member of a 8
7498-deal team receiving an award pursuant to subsection 9
7499-(a) shall receive a certificate that is signed by the 10
7500-Secretary and— 11
7501-(A) in the case of a member of the Foreign 12
7502-Service, is included in the next employee evalua-13
7503-tion report; or 14
7504-(B) in the case of a Civil Service employee, 15
7505-is included in the next annual performance re-16
7506-view. 17
7507-(2) O
7508-THER FEDERAL AGENCIES .—If an award is 18
7509-presented pursuant to subsection (a) to a Federal 19
7510-Government employee who is not employed by the De-20
7511-partment, the employing agency may determine 21
7512-whether to provide such employee any recognition or 22
7513-benefits in addition to the recognition or benefits pro-23
7514-vided by the Department. 24
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7518-(c) ELIGIBILITY.—Any interagency economics team at 1
7519-a United States overseas mission under chief of mission au-2
7520-thority that assists United States companies with identi-3
7521-fying, navigating, and securing trade and investment op-4
7522-portunities in a foreign country or that facilitates beneficial 5
7523-foreign investment into the United States is eligible for an 6
7524-award under this section. 7
7525-(d) R
7526-EPORT.—Not later than the last day of the fiscal 8
7527-year in which awards are presented pursuant to subsection 9
7528-(a), the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 10
7529-congressional committees that includes— 11
7530-(1) each mission receiving a Deal Team of the 12
7531-Year Award. 13
7532-(2) the names and agencies of each awardee 14
7533-within the recipient deal teams; and 15
7534-(3) a detailed description of the reason such deal 16
7535-teams received such award. 17
7536-TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 18
7537-SEC. 601. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OUTREACH. 19
7538-(a) C
7539-OORDINATION OF RESOURCES.—The Adminis-20
7540-trator of the United States Agency for International Devel-21
7541-opment and the Secretary shall direct public affairs sections 22
7542-at United States embassies and USAID Mission Program 23
7543-Officers at USAID missions to coordinate, enhance and 24
7544-prioritize resources for public diplomacy and awareness 25
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7548-campaigns around United States diplomatic and develop-1
7549-ment efforts, including through— 2
7550-(1) the utilization of new media technology for 3
7551-maximum public engagement; and 4
7552-(2) enact coordinated comprehensive community 5
7553-outreach to increase public awareness and under-6
7554-standing and appreciation of United States diplo-7
7555-matic and development efforts. 8
7556-(b) D
7557-EVELOPMENTOUTREACH AND COORDINATION 9
7558-O
7559-FFICERS.—USAID should prioritize hiring of additional 10
7560-Development Outreach and Coordination officers in USAID 11
7561-missions to support the purposes of subsection (a). 12
7562-(c) B
7563-ESTPRACTICES.—The Secretary and the Admin-13
7564-istrator of USAID shall identify 10 countries in which Em-14
7565-bassies and USAID missions have successfully executed ef-15
7566-forts, including monitoring and evaluation of such efforts, 16
7567-described in (a) and develop best practices to be turned into 17
7568-Department and USAID guidance. 18
7569-SEC. 602. MODIFICATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR RADIO 19
7570-FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY. 20
7571-In section 308(h) of the United States International 21
7572-Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6207(h)) is amend-22
7573-ed— 23
7574-(1) by striking subparagraphs (1), (3), and (5); 24
7575-and 25
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7579-(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) as 1
7580-paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 2
7581-SEC. 603. INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING. 3
7582-(a) V
7583-OICE OFAMERICA.—Section 303 of the United 4
7584-States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 5
7585-6202) is amended by adding at the end the following: 6
7586-‘‘(d) V
7587-OICE OFAMERICAOPERATIONS ANDSTRUC-7
7588-TURE.— 8
7589-‘‘(1) O
7590-PERATIONS.—The Director of the Voice of 9
7591-America (VOA)— 10
7592-‘‘(A) shall direct and supervise the oper-11
7593-ations of VOA, including making all major deci-12
7594-sions relating its staffing; and 13
7595-‘‘(B) may utilize any authorities made 14
7596-available to the United States Agency for Global 15
7597-Media or to its Chief Executive Officer under 16
7598-this Act or under any other Act to carry out its 17
7599-operations in an effective manner. 18
7600-‘‘(2) P
7601-LAN.—Not later than 180 days after the 19
7602-date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of VOA 20
7603-shall submit a plan to the Committee on Foreign Re-21
7604-lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 22
7605-Affairs of the House of Representatives to ensure that 23
7606-the personnel structure of VOA is sufficient to effec-24
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7610-tively carry out the principles described in subsection 1
7611-(c).’’. 2
7612-(b) A
7613-PPOINTMENT OFCHIEFEXECUTIVEOFFICER.— 3
7614-Section 304 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6203) is amended— 4
7615-(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘as an entity 5
7616-described in section 104 of title 5, United States 6
7617-Code’’ and inserting ‘‘under the direction of the Inter-7
7618-national Broadcasting Advisory Board’’; and 8
7619-(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking the second 9
7620-sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Notwith-10
7621-standing any other provision of law, when a vacancy 11
7622-arises, until such time as a Chief Executive Officer, 12
7623-to whom sections 3345 through 3349b of title 5, 13
7624-United States Code, shall not apply, is appointed and 14
7625-confirmed by the Senate, an acting Chief Executive 15
7626-Officer shall be appointed by the International Broad-16
7627-casting Advisory Board and shall continue to serve 17
7628-and exercise the authorities and powers under this 18
7629-title as the sole means of filling such vacancy, for the 19
7630-duration of the vacancy. In the absence of a quorum 20
7631-on the International Broadcasting Advisory Board, 21
7632-the first principal deputy of the United States Agency 22
7633-for Global Media shall serve as acting Chief Executive 23
7634-Officer.’’. 24
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7638-(c) CHIEFEXECUTIVEOFFICERAUTHORITIES.—Sec-1
7639-tion 305(a)(1) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6204(a)(1)) is amend-2
7640-ed by striking ‘‘To supervise all’’ and inserting ‘‘To oversee, 3
7641-coordinate, and provide strategic direction for’’. 4
7642-(d) I
7643-NTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ADVISORY 5
7644-B
7645-OARD.—Section 306(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 6205(a)) 6
7646-is amended by striking ‘‘advise the Chief Executive Officer 7
7647-of’’ and inserting ‘‘oversee and advise the Chief Executive 8
7648-Officer and’’. 9
7649-(e) R
7650-ADIOFREEAFRICA; RADIOFREEAMERICAS.— 10
7651-Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 11
7652-this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 12
7653-Agency for Global Media shall submit a report to the Com-13
7654-mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee 14
7655-on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign 15
7656-Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 16
7657-on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that de-17
7658-tails the financial and other resources that would be re-18
7659-quired to establish and operate 2 nonprofit organizations, 19
7660-modeled after Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio 20
7661-Free Asia, for the purposes of providing accurate, uncen-21
7662-sored, and reliable news and information to— 22
7663-(1) the region of Africa, with respect to Radio 23
7664-Free Africa; and 24
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7668-(2) the region of Latin America and the Carib-1
7669-bean, with respect to Radio Free Americas. 2
7670-SEC. 604. JOHN LEWIS CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PRO-3
7671-GRAM. 4
7672-(a) I
7673-NGENERAL.—The Mutual Educational and Cul-5
7674-tural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is 6
7675-amended by adding at the end the following: 7
7676-‘‘SEC. 115. JOHN LEWIS CIVIL RIGHTS FELLOWSHIP PRO-8
7677-GRAM. 9
7678-‘‘(a) E
7679-STABLISHMENT.—There is established the John 10
7680-Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program (referred to in this 11
7681-section as the ‘Fellowship Program’) within the J. William 12
7682-Fulbright Educational Exchange Program. 13
7683-‘‘(b) P
7684-URPOSES.—The purposes of the Fellowship Pro-14
7685-gram are— 15
7686-‘‘(1) to honor the legacy of Representative John 16
7687-Lewis by promoting a greater understanding of the 17
7688-history and tenets of nonviolent civil rights move-18
7689-ments; and 19
7690-‘‘(2) to advance foreign policy priorities of the 20
7691-United States by promoting studies, research, and 21
7692-international exchange in the subject of nonviolent 22
7693-movements that established and protected civil rights 23
7694-around the world. 24
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7698-‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Bureau of Educational 1
7699-and Cultural Affairs (referred to in this section as the ‘Bu-2
7700-reau’) shall administer the Fellowship Program in accord-3
7701-ance with policy guidelines established by the Board, in 4
7702-consultation with the binational Fulbright Commissions 5
7703-and United States Embassies. 6
7704-‘‘(d) S
7705-ELECTION OFFELLOWS.— 7
7706-‘‘(1) I
7707-N GENERAL.—The Board shall annually se-8
7708-lect qualified individuals to participate in the Fellow-9
7709-ship Program. The Bureau may determine the num-10
7710-ber of fellows selected each year, which, whenever fea-11
7711-sible, shall be not fewer than 25. 12
7712-‘‘(2) O
7713-UTREACH.— 13
7714-‘‘(A) I
7715-N GENERAL.—To the extent prac-14
7716-ticable, the Bureau shall conduct outreach at in-15
7717-stitutions, including— 16
7718-‘‘(i) minority serving institutions, in-17
7719-cluding historically Black colleges and uni-18
7720-versities; and 19
7721-‘‘(ii) other appropriate institutions, as 20
7722-determined by the Bureau. 21
7723-‘‘(B) D
7724-EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 22
7725-‘‘(i) H
7726-ISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE 23
7727-AND UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘historically 24
7728-Black college and university’ has the mean-25
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7732-ing given the term ‘part B institution’ in 1
7733-section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 2
7734-1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 3
7735-‘‘(ii) M
7736-INORITY SERVING INSTITU -4
7737-TION.—The term ‘minority-serving institu-5
7738-tion’ means an eligible institution under 6
7739-section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act 7
7740-of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 8
7741-‘‘(e) F
7742-ELLOWSHIPORIENTATION.—Annually, the Bu-9
7743-reau shall organize and administer a fellowship orientation, 10
7744-which shall— 11
7745-‘‘(1) be held in Washington, D.C., or at another 12
7746-location selected by the Bureau; and 13
7747-‘‘(2) include programming to honor the legacy of 14
7748-Representative John Lewis. 15
7749-‘‘(f) S
7750-TRUCTURE.— 16
7751-‘‘(1) W
7752-ORK PLAN.—To carry out the purposes de-17
7753-scribed in subsection (b)— 18
7754-‘‘(A) each fellow selected pursuant to sub-19
7755-section (d) shall arrange an internship or re-20
7756-search placement— 21
7757-‘‘(i) with a nongovernmental organiza-22
7758-tion, academic institution, or other organi-23
7759-zation approved by the Bureau; and 24
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7763-‘‘(ii) in a country with an operational 1
7764-Fulbright U.S. Student Program; and 2
7765-‘‘(B) the Bureau shall, for each fellow, ap-3
7766-prove a work plan that identifies the target ob-4
7767-jectives for the fellow, including specific duties 5
7768-and responsibilities relating to those objectives. 6
7769-‘‘(2) C
7770-ONFERENCES; PRESENTATIONS.—Each fel-7
7771-low shall— 8
7772-‘‘(A) attend a fellowship orientation orga-9
7773-nized and administered by the Bureau under 10
7774-subsection (e); 11
7775-‘‘(B) not later than the date that is 1 year 12
7776-after the end of the fellowship period, attend a 13
7777-fellowship summit organized and administered 14
7778-by the Bureau, which— 15
7779-‘‘(i) whenever feasible, shall be held in 16
7780-Atlanta, Georgia, or another location of im-17
7781-portance to the civil rights movement in the 18
7782-United States; and 19
7783-‘‘(ii) may coincide with other events 20
7784-facilitated by the Bureau; and 21
7785-‘‘(C) at such summit, give a presentation on 22
7786-lessons learned during the period of fellowship. 23
7787-‘‘(3) F
7788-ELLOWSHIP PERIOD .—Each fellowship 24
7789-under this section shall continue for a period deter-25
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7793-mined by the Bureau, which, whenever feasible, shall 1
7794-be not fewer than 10 months. 2
7795-‘‘(g) F
7796-ELLOWSHIPAWARD.—The Bureau shall provide 3
7797-each fellow under this section with an allowance that is 4
7798-equal to the amount needed for— 5
7799-‘‘(1) the reasonable costs of the fellow during the 6
7800-fellowship period; and 7
7801-‘‘(2) travel and lodging expenses related to at-8
7802-tending the orientation and summit required under 9
7803-subsection (e)(2). 10
7804-‘‘(h) A
7805-NNUALREPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 11
7806-the date of the completion of the Fellowship Program by 12
7807-the initial cohort of fellows selected under subsection (d), 13
7808-and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit 14
7809-to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 15
7810-the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Represent-16
7811-atives a report on the implementation of the Fellowship 17
7812-Program, including— 18
7813-‘‘(1) a description of the demographics of the co-19
7814-hort of fellows who completed a fellowship during the 20
7815-preceding 1-year period; 21
7816-‘‘(2) a description of internship and research 22
7817-placements, and research projects selected by such co-23
7818-hort, under the Fellowship Program, including feed-24
7819-back from— 25
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7823-‘‘(A) such cohort on implementation of the 1
7824-Fellowship Program; and 2
7825-‘‘(B) the Secretary on lessons learned; and 3
7826-‘‘(3) an analysis of trends relating to the diver-4
7827-sity of each cohort of fellows and the topics of projects 5
7828-completed since the establishment of the Fellowship 6
7829-Program.’’. 7
7830-(b) T
7831-ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS TO 8
7832-THEMUTUALEDUCATIONAL AND CULTURALEXCHANGE 9
7833-A
7834-CT OF1961.—Section 112(a) of the Mutual Educational 10
7835-and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2460(a)) 11
7836-is amended— 12
7837-(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 13
7838-inserting a semicolon; 14
7839-(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and 15
7840-inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 16
7841-(3) by adding at the end the following new para-17
7842-graph: 18
7843-‘‘(10) the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship 19
7844-Program established under section 115, which pro-20
7845-vides funding for international internships and re-21
7846-search placements for early- to mid-career individuals 22
7847-from the United States to study nonviolent civil 23
7848-rights movements in self-arranged placements with 24
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7852-universities or nongovernmental organizations in for-1
7853-eign countries.’’. 2
7854-SEC. 605. DOMESTIC ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 3
7855-(a) S
7856-TRATEGYREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 4
7857-after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 5
7858-shall develop a strategy to explain to the American people 6
7859-the value of the work of the Department and United States 7
7860-foreign policy to advancing the national security of the 8
7861-United States. The strategy shall include— 9
7862-(1) tools to inform the American people about the 10
7863-non-partisan importance of United States diplomacy 11
7864-and foreign relations and to utilize public diplomacy 12
7865-to meet the United States’ national security prior-13
7866-ities; 14
7867-(2) efforts to reach the widest possible audience 15
7868-of Americans, including those who historically have 16
7869-not had exposure to United States foreign policy ef-17
7870-forts and priorities; 18
7871-(3) additional staffing and resource needs in-19
7872-cluding— 20
7873-(A) domestic positions within the Bureau of 21
7874-Global Public Affairs to focus on engagement 22
7875-with the American people as outlined in para-23
7876-graph (1); 24
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7880-(B) positions within the Bureau of Edu-1
7881-cational and Cultural Affairs to enhance pro-2
7882-gram and reach the widest possible audience; 3
7883-(C) increasing the number of fellowship and 4
7884-detail programs that place Foreign Service and 5
7885-civil service employees outside the Department 6
7886-for a limited time, including Pearson Fellows, 7
7887-Reta Joe Lewis Local Diplomats, Brookings Fel-8
7888-lows, and Georgetown Fellows; and 9
7889-(D) recommendations for increasing par-10
7890-ticipation in the Hometown Diplomats program 11
7891-and evaluating this program as well as other op-12
7892-portunities for Department officers to engage 13
7893-with American audiences while traveling within 14
7894-the United States. 15
7895-SEC. 606. EXTENSION OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER. 16
7896-Section 1287(j) of the National Defense Authorization 17
7897-Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended 18
7898-by striking ‘‘on the date that is 8 years after the date of 19
7899-the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on September 30, 20
7900-2033’’. 21
7901-SEC. 607. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT. 22
7902-Section 5603(d) of the National Defense Authorization 23
7903-Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amended 24
7904-by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 25
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7908-‘‘(4) United States Information and Educational 1
7909-Exchange Act of 1948 (Public Law 80–402).’’. 2
7910-SEC. 608. MODERNIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT STRATEGY. 3
7911-Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 4
7912-of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a strategy to the ap-5
7913-propriate congressional committees for— 6
7914-(1) modernizing and increasing the operational 7
7915-and programming capacity of American Spaces and 8
7916-American Corners throughout the world, including by 9
7917-leveraging public-private partnerships; 10
7918-(2) providing salaries to locally employed staff of 11
7919-American Spaces and American Corners; and 12
7920-(3) providing opportunities for United States 13
7921-businesses and nongovernmental organizations to bet-14
7922-ter utilize American Spaces. 15
7923-TITLE VII—OTHER MATTERS 16
7924-SEC. 701. EXPANDING THE USE OF DDTC LICENSING FEES. 17
7925-Section 45 of the State Department Basic Authorities 18
7926-Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717) is amended— 19
7927-(1) by striking ‘‘100 percent of the registration 20
7928-fees collected by the Office of Trade Controls of the De-21
7929-partment of State’’ and inserting ‘‘100 percent of the 22
7930-defense trade control registration fees collected by the 23
7931-Department of State’’; 24
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7935-(2) by inserting ‘‘management, licensing, compli-1
7936-ance, and policy activities in the defense trade con-2
7937-trols function, including’’ after ‘‘expenses incurred 3
7938-for’’; 4
7939-(3) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘contract per-5
7940-sonnel to assist in’’; 6
7941-(4) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 7
7942-inserting a semicolon; 8
7943-(5) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 9
7944-the end and inserting a semicolon; and 10
7945-(6) by adding at the end the following new para-11
7946-graphs: 12
7947-‘‘(4) the facilitation of defense trade policy devel-13
7948-opment and implementation, review of commodity ju-14
7949-risdiction determinations, public outreach to industry 15
7950-and foreign parties, and analysis of scientific and 16
7951-technological developments as they relate to the exer-17
7952-cise of defense trade control authorities; and 18
7953-‘‘(5) contract personnel to assist in such activi-19
7954-ties.’’. 20
7955-SEC. 702. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY OF OFFICIALS OF FOR-21
7956-EIGN GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED IN SIGNIFI-22
7957-CANT CORRUPTION OR GROSS VIOLATIONS 23
7958-OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 24
7959-(a) I
7960-NELIGIBILITY.— 25
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7964-(1) IN GENERAL.—Officials of foreign govern-1
7965-ments, and their immediate family members, about 2
7966-whom the Secretary has credible information have 3
7967-been involved, directly or indirectly, in significant 4
7968-corruption, including corruption related to the extrac-5
7969-tion of natural resources, or a gross violation of 6
7970-human rights, including the wrongful detention of lo-7
7971-cally employed staff of a United States diplomatic 8
7972-mission or a United States citizen or national, shall 9
7973-be ineligible for entry into the United States. 10
7974-(2) A
7975-DDITIONAL SANCTIONS.—Concurrent with 11
7976-the application of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, 12
7977-as appropriate, refer the matter to the Office of For-13
7978-eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury 14
7979-to determine whether to apply sanctions authorities 15
7980-in accordance with United States law to block the 16
7981-transfer of property and interests in property, and all 17
7982-financial transactions, in the United States involving 18
7983-any person described in such paragraph. 19
7984-(3) D
7985-ESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall also 20
7986-publicly or privately designate or identify the officials 21
7987-of foreign governments about whom the Secretary has 22
7988-such credible information, and their immediate fam-23
7989-ily members, without regard to whether the individual 24
7990-has applied for a visa. 25
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7994-(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 1
7995-(1) S
7996-PECIFIC PURPOSES.—Individuals shall not 2
7997-be ineligible for entry into the United States pursuant 3
7998-to subsection (a) if such entry would further impor-4
7999-tant United States law enforcement objectives or is 5
8000-necessary to permit the United States to fulfill its ob-6
8001-ligations under the United Nations Headquarters 7
8002-Agreement. 8
8003-(2) R
8004-ULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING INTER -9
8005-NATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.—Nothing in subsection (a) 10
8006-shall be construed to derogate from United States obli-11
8007-gations under applicable international agreements. 12
8008-(c) W
8009-AIVER.—The Secretary may waive the applica-13
8010-tion of subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the 14
8011-waiver would serve a compelling national interest or that 15
8012-the circumstances that caused the individual to be ineligible 16
8013-have changed sufficiently. 17
8014-(d) R
8015-EPORT.— 18
8016-(1) I
8017-N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 19
8018-the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 20
8019-days thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the ap-21
8020-propriate congressional committees, the Committee on 22
8021-Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 23
8022-Appropriations of the House of Representatives a re-24
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8026-port, including a classified annex if necessary, that 1
8027-includes— 2
8028-(A) a description of information related to 3
8029-corruption or violation of human rights con-4
8030-cerning each of the individuals found ineligible 5
8031-in the previous 12 months pursuant to subsection 6
8032-(a)(1) as well as the individuals who the Sec-7
8033-retary designated or identified pursuant to sub-8
8034-section (a)(3), or who would be ineligible but for 9
8035-the application of subsection (b); and 10
8036-(B) a list of any waivers provided under 11
8037-subsection (c), together with a justification for 12
8038-each waiver. 13
8039-(2) F
8040-ORM AND PUBLICATION.— 14
8041-(A) F
8042-ORM.—Each report required under 15
8043-paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 16
8044-form but may include a classified annex. 17
8045-(B) P
8046-UBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary 18
8047-shall make available to the public on a publicly 19
8048-accessible internet website of the Department the 20
8049-unclassified portion of each report required 21
8050-under paragraph (1). 22
8051-(e) C
8052-LARIFICATION.—For purposes of subsections (a) 23
8053-and (d), the records of the Department and of diplomatic 24
8054-and consular offices of the United States pertaining to the 25
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8058-issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United 1
8059-States shall not be considered confidential. 2
8060-SEC. 703. PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE DURING 3
8061-CRISES. 4
8062-Notwithstanding the limitations specified in section 5
8063-304(c) of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementa-6
8064-tion Act (19 U.S.C. 2603(c)) and without regard to whether 7
8065-a country is a State Party to the Convention (as defined 8
8066-in sections 302 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2601)), the Secretary 9
8067-may exercise the authority under section 304 of such Act 10
8068-(19 U.S.C. 2603) to impose import restrictions set forth in 11
8069-section 307 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2606) if the Secretary 12
8070-determines that— 13
8071-(1) imposition of such restrictions is in the na-14
8072-tional interest of the United States; and 15
8073-(2) an emergency condition (as defined in sec-16
8074-tion 304 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2603)) applies. 17
8075-SEC. 704. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. 18
8076-Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 19
8077-of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding 20
8078-at the end the following new section: 21
8079-‘‘SEC. 64. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. 22
8080-‘‘(a) A
8081-CTIVITIES.— 23
8082-‘‘(1) S
8083-UPPORT AUTHORIZED .—The Secretary of 24
8084-State is authorized to provide, by contract, grant, or 25
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8088-otherwise, for the performance of appropriate museum 1
8089-visitor and educational outreach services and related 2
8090-events, including organizing programs and conference 3
8091-activities, creating, designing, and installing exhibits, 4
8092-and conducting museum shop services and food serv-5
8093-ices in the public exhibition and related physical and 6
8094-virtual space utilized by the National Museum of 7
8095-American Diplomacy. 8
8096-‘‘(2) R
8097-ECOVERY OF COSTS .—The Secretary of 9
8098-State is authorized to recover any revenues generated 10
8099-under the authority of paragraph (1) for visitor and 11
8100-educational outreach services and related events re-12
8101-ferred to in such paragraph, including fees for use of 13
8102-facilities at the National Museum for American Di-14
8103-plomacy. Any such revenues may be retained as a re-15
8104-covery of the costs of operating the museum, credited 16
8105-to any Department of State appropriation, and shall 17
8106-remain available until expended. 18
8107-‘‘(b) D
8108-ISPOSITION OFDOCUMENTS, ARTIFACTS, AND 19
8109-O
8110-THERARTICLES.— 20
8111-‘‘(1) P
8112-ROPERTY.—All historic documents, arti-21
8113-facts, or other articles permanently acquired by the 22
8114-Department of State and determined by the Secretary 23
8115-of State to be suitable for display by the National 24
8116-Museum of American Diplomacy shall be considered 25
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8120-to be the property of the United States Government 1
8121-and shall be subject to disposition solely in accord-2
8122-ance with this subsection. 3
8123-‘‘(2) S
8124-ALE, TRADE, OR TRANSFER.—Whenever the 4
8125-Secretary of State makes a determination described in 5
8126-paragraph (3) with respect to a document, artifact, or 6
8127-other article under paragraph (1), taking into ac-7
8128-count considerations such as the museum’s collections 8
8129-management policy and best professional museum 9
8130-practices, the Secretary may sell at fair market value, 10
8131-trade, or transfer such document, artifact, or other ar-11
8132-ticle without regard to the requirements of subtitle I 12
8133-of title 40, United States Code. The proceeds of any 13
8134-such sale may be used solely for the advancement of 14
8135-the mission of the National Museum of American Di-15
8136-plomacy and may not be used for any purpose other 16
8137-than the acquisition and direct care of the collections 17
8138-of the Museum. 18
8139-‘‘(3) D
8140-ETERMINATIONS PRIOR TO SALE , TRADE, 19
8141-OR TRANSFER.—The determination described in this 20
8142-paragraph with respect to a document, artifact, or 21
8143-other article under paragraph (1) is a determination 22
8144-that— 23
8145-‘‘(A) the document, artifact, or other article 24
8146-no longer serves to further the purposes of the 25
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8150-National Museum of American Diplomacy as set 1
8151-forth in the collections management policy of the 2
8152-Museum; 3
8153-‘‘(B) the sale, trade, or transfer of the docu-4
8154-ment, artifact, or other article would serve to 5
8155-maintain the standards of the collection of the 6
8156-Museum; or 7
8157-‘‘(C) the sale, trade, or transfer of the docu-8
8158-ment, artifact, or other article would be in the 9
8159-best interests of the United States. 10
8160-‘‘(4) L
8161-OANS.—In addition to the authorization 11
8162-under paragraph (2) relating to the sale, trade, or 12
8163-transfer of documents, artifacts, or other articles 13
8164-under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State may loan 14
8165-the documents, artifacts, or other articles, when not 15
8166-needed for use or display by the National Museum of 16
8167-American Diplomacy, to the Smithsonian Institution 17
8168-or a similar institution for repair, study, or exhi-18
8169-bition.’’. 19
8170-SEC. 705. EXTRATERRITORIAL OFFENSES COMMITTED BY 20
8171-UNITED STATES NATIONALS SERVING WITH 21
8172-INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 22
8173-(a) J
8174-URISDICTION.—Whoever, while a United States 23
8175-national or lawful permanent resident serving with the 24
8176-United Nations, its specialized agencies, or other inter-25
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8180-national organization the Secretary has designated for pur-1
8181-poses of this section and published in the Federal Register, 2
8182-or while accompanying such an individual, engages in con-3
8183-duct, or conspires or attempts to engage in conduct, outside 4
8184-the United States that would constitute an offense punish-5
8185-able by imprisonment for more than one year if the conduct 6
8186-had been engaged in within the special maritime and terri-7
8187-torial jurisdiction of the United States, shall be subject to 8
8188-United States jurisdiction in order to be tried for that of-9
8189-fense. 10
8190-(b) D
8191-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
8192-(1) A
8193-CCOMPANYING SUCH INDIVIDUAL .—The 12
8194-term ‘‘accompanying such individual’’ means— 13
8195-(A) being a dependent, or family member of 14
8196-a United States national or lawful permanent 15
8197-resident serving with the United Nations, its spe-16
8198-cialized agencies, or other international organi-17
8199-zation designated under subsection (a); 18
8200-(B) residing with such United States na-19
8201-tional or lawful permanent resident serving with 20
8202-the United Nations, its specialized agencies, or 21
8203-other international organization designated 22
8204-under subsection (a); and 23
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8208-(C) not being a national of or ordinarily 1
8209-resident in the country where the offense is com-2
8210-mitted. 3
8211-(2) S
8212-ERVING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS , ITS 4
8213-SPECIALIZED AGENCIES, OR OTHER INTERNATIONAL 5
8214-ORGANIZATION AS THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY 6
8215-DESIGNATE.—The term ‘‘serving with the United Na-7
8216-tions, its specialized agencies, or other international 8
8217-organization as the Secretary of State may designate’’ 9
8218-under subsection (a) means— 10
8219-(A) being a United States national or law-11
8220-ful permanent resident employed as an employee, 12
8221-a contractor (including a subcontractor at any 13
8222-tier), an employee of a contractor (or a subcon-14
8223-tractor at any tier), an expert on mission, or an 15
8224-unpaid intern or volunteer of the United Na-16
8225-tions, including any of its funds, programs or 17
8226-subsidiary bodies, or any of the United Nations 18
8227-specialized agencies, or of any international or-19
8228-ganization designated under subsection (a)(1); 20
8229-and 21
8230-(B) being present or residing outside the 22
8231-United States in connection with such employ-23
8232-ment. 24
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8236-(3) UNITED STATES NATIONAL .—The term 1
8237-‘‘United States national’’ has the meaning given the 2
8238-term ‘‘national of the United States’’ in section 3
8239-101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 4
8240-(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)). 5
8241-(c) R
8242-ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-6
8243-tion shall be construed to limit or affect the application of 7
8244-extraterritorial jurisdiction related to any other Federal 8
8245-law. 9
8246-SEC. 706. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMU-10
8247-NITIES TO THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY 11
8248-FORUM. 12
8249-The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 13
8250-U.S.C. 288 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 14
8251-following new section: 15
8252-‘‘S
8253-EC. 20. Under such terms and conditions as the 16
8254-President shall determine, the President is authorized to ex-17
8255-tend the provisions of this subchapter to the International 18
8256-Energy Forum Secretariat in the same manner, to the same 19
8257-extent, and subject to the same conditions, as they may be 20
8258-extended to a public international organization in which 21
8259-the United States participates pursuant to any treaty or 22
8260-under the authority of any Act of Congress authorizing such 23
8261-participation or making an appropriation for such partici-24
8262-pation.’’. 25
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8266-SEC. 707. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMU-1
8267-NITIES TO THE CONSEIL EUROPE
8268-´
8269-EN POUR LA 2
8270-RECHERCHE NUCLE
8271-´
8272-AIRE (CERN; THE EURO-3
8273-PEAN ORGANIZATION FOR NUCLEAR RE-4
8274-SEARCH). 5
8275-The International Organizations Immunities Act (22 6
8276-U.S.C. 288 et seq.), as amended by section 706, is further 7
8277-amended by adding at the end the following new section: 8
8278-‘‘S
8279-EC. 21. Under such terms and conditions as the 9
8280-President shall determine, the President is authorized to ex-10
8281-tend the provisions of this title to the European Organiza-11
8282-tion for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the same manner, to 12
8283-the same extent, and subject to the same conditions, as it 13
8284-may be extended to a public international organization in 14
8285-which the United States participates pursuant to any trea-15
8286-ty or under the authority of any Act of Congress author-16
8287-izing such participation or making an appropriation for 17
8288-such participation.’’. 18
8289-SEC. 708. INTERNSHIPS OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS AT 19
8290-INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 20
8291-(a) I
8292-NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State is author-21
8293-ized to bolster efforts to increase the number of United 22
8294-States citizens representative of the American people occu-23
8295-pying positions in the United Nations system, agencies, and 24
8296-commissions, and in other international organizations, in-25
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8300-cluding by awarding grants to educational institutions and 1
8301-students. 2
8302-(b) R
8303-EPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 3
8304-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 4
8305-submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 5
8306-that identifies— 6
8307-(1) the number of United States citizens who are 7
8308-involved in internship programs at international or-8
8309-ganizations; 9
8310-(2) the distribution of the individuals described 10
8311-in paragraph (1) among various international orga-11
8312-nizations; and 12
8313-(3) grants, programs, and other activities that 13
8314-are being utilized to recruit and fund United States 14
8315-citizens to participate in internship programs at 15
8316-international organizations. 16
8317-(c) E
8318-LIGIBILITY.—An individual referred to in sub-17
8319-section (a) is an individual who— 18
8320-(1) is enrolled at or received their degree within 19
8321-two years from— 20
8322-(A) an institution of higher education; or 21
8323-(B) an institution of higher education based 22
8324-outside the United States, as determined by the 23
8325-Secretary of State; and 24
8326-(2) is a citizen of the United States. 25
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8330-(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 1
8331-authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for the Depart-2
8332-ment of State for fiscal year 2024 to carry out the grant 3
8333-program authorized under subsection (a). 4
8334-SEC. 709. TRAINING FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 5
8335-(a) T
8336-RAININGPROGRAMS.—Section 708 of the Foreign 6
8337-Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended by adding 7
8338-at the end of the following new subsection: 8
8339-‘‘(e) T
8340-RAINING INMULTILATERALDIPLOMACY.— 9
8341-‘‘(1) I
8342-N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-10
8343-tion with other senior officials as appropriate, shall 11
8344-establish training courses on— 12
8345-‘‘(A) the conduct of diplomacy at inter-13
8346-national organizations and other multilateral 14
8347-institutions; and 15
8348-‘‘(B) broad-based multilateral negotiations 16
8349-of international instruments. 17
8350-‘‘(2) R
8351-EQUIRED TRAINING.—Members of the 18
8352-Service, including appropriate chiefs of mission and 19
8353-other officers who are assigned to United States mis-20
8354-sions representing the United States to international 21
8355-organizations and other multilateral institutions or 22
8356-who are assigned in other positions that have as their 23
8357-primary responsibility formulation of policy related 24
8358-to such organizations and institutions, or participa-25
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8362-tion in negotiations of international instruments, 1
8363-shall receive specialized training in the areas de-2
8364-scribed in paragraph (1) prior to the beginning of 3
8365-service for such assignment or, if receiving such train-4
8366-ing at that time is not practical, within the first year 5
8367-of beginning such assignment.’’. 6
8368-(b) T
8369-RAINING FORDEPARTMENTEMPLOYEES.—The 7
8370-Secretary of State shall ensure that employees of the De-8
8371-partment of State who are assigned to positions described 9
8372-in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of section 708 of the For-10
8373-eign Service Act of 1980 (as added by subsection (a) of this 11
8374-section), including members of the civil service or general 12
8375-service, or who are seconded to international organizations 13
8376-for a period of at least one year, receive training described 14
8377-in such subsection and participate in other such courses as 15
8378-the Secretary may recommend to build or augment identifi-16
8379-able skills that would be useful for such Department officials 17
8380-representing United States interests at these institutions 18
8381-and organizations. 19
8382-SEC. 710. MODIFICATION TO TRANSPARENCY ON INTER-20
8383-NATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND NON-BINDING 21
8384-INSTRUMENTS. 22
8385-Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, as most 23
8386-recently amended by section 5947 of the James M. Inhofe 24
8387-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 25
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8391-(Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3476), is further amend-1
8392-ed— 2
8393-(1) by redesignating subsections (h) through (l) 3
8394-as subsections (i) through (m), respectively; and 4
8395-(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-5
8396-lowing: 6
8397-‘‘(h)(1) If the Secretary is aware or has reason to be-7
8398-lieve that the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or (c) have 8
8399-not been fulfilled with respect to an international agreement 9
8400-or qualifying non-binding instrument, the Secretary 10
8401-shall— 11
8402-‘‘(A) immediately bring the matter to the atten-12
8403-tion of the office or agency responsible for the agree-13
8404-ment or qualifying non-binding instrument; and 14
8405-‘‘(B) request the office or agency to provide with-15
8406-in 7 days the text or other information necessary to 16
8407-fulfill the requirements of the relevant subsection. 17
8408-‘‘(2) Upon receiving the text or other information re-18
8409-quested pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 19
8410-‘‘(A) fulfill the requirements of subsection (a), 20
8411-(b), or (c), as the case may be, with respect to the 21
8412-agreement or qualifying non-binding instrument con-22
8413-cerned— 23
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8417-‘‘(i) by including such text or other infor-1
8418-mation in the next submission required by sub-2
8419-section (a)(1); 3
8420-‘‘(ii) by providing such information in 4
8421-writing to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the 5
8422-Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the 6
8423-House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of 7
8424-the House of Representatives, and the appro-8
8425-priate congressional committees before provision 9
8426-of the submission described in clause (i); or 10
8427-‘‘(iii) in relation to subsection (b), by mak-11
8428-ing the text of the agreement or qualifying non- 12
8429-binding instrument and the information de-13
8430-scribed in subparagraphs (A)(iii) and (B)(iii) of 14
8431-subsection (a)(1) relating to the agreement or in-15
8432-strument available to the public on the website of 16
8433-the Department of State within 15 days of re-17
8434-ceiving the text or other information requested 18
8435-pursuant to paragraph (1); and 19
8436-‘‘(B) provide to the Majority Leader of the Sen-20
8437-ate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker 21
8438-of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader 22
8439-of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate 23
8440-congressional committees, either in the next submis-24
8441-sion required by subsection (a)(1) or before such sub-25
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8445-mission, a written statement explaining the reason 1
8446-for the delay in fulfilling the requirements of sub-2
8447-section (a), (b), or (c), as the case may be.’’. 3
8448-SEC. 711. STRATEGY FOR THE EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF 4
8449-ALL AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA AP-5
8450-PLICATIONS AND APPEALS. 6
8451-Section 602 of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 7
8452-(Public Law 111–8; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 8
8453-(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 9
8454-paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘In this section’’ and in-10
8455-serting ‘‘Except as otherwise explicitly provided, in 11
8456-this section’’; and 12
8457-(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 13
8458-following: 14
8459-‘‘(16) D
8460-EPARTMENT OF STATE STRATEGY FOR 15
8461-EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS AND AP -16
8462-PEALS.— 17
8463-‘‘(A) I
8464-N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 18
8465-days after the date of the enactment of this para-19
8466-graph, the Secretary of State, in consultation 20
8467-with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 21
8468-Secretary of Defense, the head of any other rel-22
8469-evant Federal agency, the appropriate commit-23
8470-tees of Congress, and civil society organizations 24
8471-(including legal advocates), shall develop a strat-25
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8475-egy to address applications pending at all steps 1
8476-of the special immigrant visa process under this 2
8477-section. 3
8478-‘‘(B) E
8479-LEMENTS.—The strategy required by 4
8480-subparagraph (A) shall include the following: 5
8481-‘‘(i) A review of current staffing levels 6
8482-and needs across all interagency offices and 7
8483-officials engaged in the special immigrant 8
8484-visa process under this section. 9
8485-‘‘(ii) An analysis of the expected Chief 10
8486-of Mission approvals and denials of appli-11
8487-cations in the pipeline in order to project 12
8488-the expected number of visas necessary to 13
8489-provide special immigrant status to all ap-14
8490-proved applicants under this Act during the 15
8491-several years after the date of the enactment 16
8492-of this paragraph. 17
8493-‘‘(iii) A plan for collecting and 18
8494-disaggregating data on— 19
8495-‘‘(I) individuals who have applied 20
8496-for special immigrant visas under this 21
8497-section; and 22
8498-‘‘(II) individuals who have been 23
8499-issued visas under this section. 24
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8503-‘‘(iv) An assessment as to whether ade-1
8504-quate guidelines exist for reconsidering or 2
8505-reopening applications for special immi-3
8506-grant visas under this section in appro-4
8507-priate circumstances and consistent with 5
8508-applicable laws. 6
8509-‘‘(v) An assessment of the procedures 7
8510-throughout the special immigrant visa ap-8
8511-plication process, including at the Ports-9
8512-mouth Consular Center, and the effective-10
8513-ness of communication between the Ports-11
8514-mouth Consular Center and applicants, in-12
8515-cluding an identification of any area in 13
8516-which improvements to the efficiency of such 14
8517-procedures and communication may be 15
8518-made. 16
8519-‘‘(C) F
8520-ORM.—The strategy required by sub-17
8521-paragraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified 18
8522-form but may include an classified annex. 19
8523-‘‘(D) A
8524-PPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON -20
8525-GRESS DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term 21
8526-‘appropriate committees of Congress’ means— 22
8527-‘‘(i) the Committee on Foreign Rela-23
8528-tions, the Committee on the Judiciary, the 24
8529-Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-25
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8533-ernment Affairs, and the Committee on 1
8534-Armed Services of the Senate; and 2
8535-‘‘(ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 3
8536-the Committee on the Judiciary, the Com-4
8537-mittee on Homeland Security, and the 5
8538-Committee on Armed Services of the House 6
8539-of Representatives.’’. 7
8540-SEC. 712. REPORT ON PARTNER FORCES UTILIZING UNITED 8
8541-STATES SECURITY ASSISTANCE IDENTIFIED 9
8542-AS USING HUNGER AS A WEAPON OF WAR. 10
8543-(a) S
8544-ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 11
8545-that— 12
8546-(1) the United States recognizes the link between 13
8547-armed conflict and conflict-induced food insecurity; 14
8548-(2) Congress recognizes and condemns the role of 15
8549-nefarious security actors, including state and non- 16
8550-state armed groups, who have utilized hunger as a 17
8551-weapon of war, including through the unanimous 18
8552-adoption of House of Representatives Resolution 922 19
8553-and Senate Resolution 669 relating to ‘‘[c]ondemning 20
8554-the use of hunger as a weapon of war and recognizing 21
8555-the effect of conflict on global food security and fam-22
8556-ine’’; 23
8557-(3) United Nations Security Council Resolution 24
8558-2417 articulates principles that should serve as an 25
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8562-important framework for holding perpetrators that 1
8563-use hunger as a weapon of war accountable; and 2
8564-(4) the United States should use the diplomatic 3
8565-and humanitarian tools at our disposal to not only 4
8566-fight global hunger, mitigate the spread of conflict, 5
8567-and promote critical, lifesaving assistance, but also 6
8568-hold perpetrators using hunger as a weapon of war 7
8569-to account. 8
8570-(b) D
8571-EFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 9
8572-(1) H
8573-UNGER AS A WEAPON OF WAR .—The term 10
8574-‘‘hunger as a weapon of war’’ means— 11
8575-(A) intentional starvation of civilians; 12
8576-(B) intentional and reckless destruction, re-13
8577-moval, looting, or rendering useless objects nec-14
8578-essary for food production and distribution, such 15
8579-as farmland, markets, mills, food processing and 16
8580-storage facilities, food stuffs, crops, livestock, ag-17
8581-ricultural assets, waterways, water systems, 18
8582-drinking water facilities and supplies, and irri-19
8583-gation networks; 20
8584-(C) undue denial of humanitarian access 21
8585-and deprivation of objects indispensable to peo-22
8586-ple’s survival, such as food supplies and nutri-23
8587-tion resources; and 24
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8591-(D) willful interruption of market systems 1
8592-for populations in need, including through the 2
8593-prevention of travel and manipulation of cur-3
8594-rency exchange. 4
8595-(2) S
8596-ECURITY ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘security 5
8597-assistance’’ means assistance meeting the definition of 6
8598-‘‘security assistance’’ under section 502B of the For-7
8599-eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304). 8
8600-(c) R
8601-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 9
8602-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 10
8603-with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 11
8604-International Development, and the Secretary of Defense 12
8605-shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional com-13
8606-mittees, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 14
8607-and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-15
8608-resentatives regarding— 16
8609-(1) United States-funded security assistance and 17
8610-cooperation; and 18
8611-(2) whether the governments and entities receiv-19
8612-ing such assistance have or are currently using hun-20
8613-ger as a weapon of war. 21
8614-(d) E
8615-LEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 22
8616-(c) shall— 23
8617-(1) identify countries receiving United States- 24
8618-funded security assistance or participating in secu-25
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8622-rity programs and activities, including in coordina-1
8623-tion with the Department of Defense, that are cur-2
8624-rently experiencing famine-like conditions as a result 3
8625-of conflict; 4
8626-(2) describe the actors and actions taken by such 5
8627-actors in the countries identified pursuant to para-6
8628-graph (1) who are utilizing hunger as a weapon of 7
8629-war; and 8
8630-(3) describe any current or existing plans to con-9
8631-tinue providing United States-funded security assist-10
8632-ance to recipient countries. 11
8633-(e) F
8634-ORM.—The report required under subsection (c) 12
8635-shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 13
8636-a classified annex. 14
8637-SEC. 713. INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND INVESTMENTS 15
8638-BY THE UNITED STATES AND PEOPLE’S RE-16
8639-PUBLIC OF CHINA. 17
8640-Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 18
8641-of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Admin-19
8642-istrator of the United States Agency for International De-20
8643-velopment, shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-21
8644-sional committees regarding the opportunities and costs of 22
8645-infrastructure projects in Middle East, African, and Latin 23
8646-American and Caribbean countries, which shall— 24
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8650-(1) describe the nature and total funding of 1
8651-United States infrastructure investments and con-2
8652-struction in Middle East, African, and Latin Amer-3
8653-ican and Caribbean countries, and that of United 4
8654-States allies and partners in the same regions; 5
8655-(2) describe the nature and total funding of in-6
8656-frastructure investments and construction by the Peo-7
8657-ple’s Republic of China in Middle East, African, and 8
8658-Latin American and Caribbean countries; 9
8659-(3) assess the national security threats posed by 10
8660-the infrastructure investment gap between the People’s 11
8661-Republic of China and the United States and United 12
8662-States allies and partners, including— 13
8663-(A) infrastructure, such as ports; 14
8664-(B) access to critical and strategic minerals; 15
8665-(C) digital and telecommunication infra-16
8666-structure; 17
8667-(D) threats to supply chains; and 18
8668-(E) general favorability towards the Peo-19
8669-ple’s Republic of China and the United States 20
8670-and United States’ allies and partners among 21
8671-Middle East, African, and Latin American and 22
8672-Caribbean countries; 23
8673-(4) assess the opportunities and challenges for 24
8674-companies based in the United States to invest in in-25
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8678-frastructure projects in Middle East, African, and 1
8679-Latin American and Caribbean countries; 2
8680-(5) describe options for the United States Gov-3
8681-ernment to undertake to increase support for United 4
8682-States businesses engaged in large-scale infrastructure 5
8683-projects in Middle East, African, and Latin Amer-6
8684-ican and Caribbean countries; and 7
8685-(6) identify regional infrastructure priorities, 8
8686-ranked according to United States national interests, 9
8687-in Middle East, African, and Latin American and 10
8688-Caribbean countries. 11
8689-SEC. 714. SPECIAL ENVOYS. 12
8690-(a) R
8691-EVIEW.—Not later than 180 days after the date 13
8692-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct 14
8693-a review of all special envoy positions to determine— 15
8694-(1) which special envoy positions are needed to 16
8695-accomplish the mission of the Department; 17
8696-(2) which special envoy positions could be ab-18
8697-sorbed into the Department’s existing bureau struc-19
8698-ture; 20
8699-(3) which special envoy positions were estab-21
8700-lished by an Act of Congress; and 22
8701-(4) which special envoy positions were created by 23
8702-the Executive Branch without explicit congressional 24
8703-approval. 25
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8707-(b) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the comple-1
8708-tion of the review required under subsection (a), the Sec-2
8709-retary shall submit a report to the appropriate congres-3
8710-sional committees that includes— 4
8711-(1) a list of every special envoy position in the 5
8712-Department; 6
8713-(2) a detailed justification of the need for each 7
8714-special envoy, if warranted; 8
8715-(3) a list of the special envoy positions that 9
8716-could be absorbed into the Department’s existing bu-10
8717-reau structure without compromising the mission of 11
8718-the Department; 12
8719-(4) a list of the special envoy positions that were 13
8720-created by an Act of Congress; and 14
8721-(5) a list of the special envoy positions that are 15
8722-not expressly authorized by statute. 16
8723-SEC. 715. US-ASEAN CENTER. 17
8724-(a) D
8725-EFINEDTERM.—In this section, the term 18
8726-‘‘ASEAN’’ means the Association of Southeast Asian Na-19
8727-tions. 20
8728-(b) E
8729-STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary is authorized to 21
8730-enter into a public-private partnership for the purposes of 22
8731-establishing a US-ASEAN Center in the United States to 23
8732-support United States economic and cultural engagement 24
8733-with Southeast Asia. 25
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8737-(c) FUNCTIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 1
8738-of law, the US-ASEAN Center established pursuant to sub-2
8739-section (b) may— 3
8740-(1) provide grants for research to support and 4
8741-elevate the importance of the US-ASEAN partnership; 5
8742-(2) facilitate activities to strengthen US-ASEAN 6
8743-trade and investment; 7
8744-(3) expand economic and technological relation-8
8745-ships between ASEAN countries and the United 9
8746-States into new areas of cooperation; 10
8747-(4) provide training to United States citizens 11
8748-and citizens of ASEAN countries that improve people- 12
8749-to-people ties; 13
8750-(5) develop educational programs to increase 14
8751-awareness for the United States and ASEAN coun-15
8752-tries on the importance of relations between the 16
8753-United States and ASEAN countries; and 17
8754-(6) carry out other activities the Secretary con-18
8755-siders necessary to strengthen ties between the United 19
8756-States and ASEAN countries and achieve the objec-20
8757-tives of the US-ASEAN Center. 21
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8761-SEC. 716. REPORT ON VETTING OF STUDENTS FROM NA-1
8762-TIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER 2
8763-ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS OF THE PEOPLE’S 3
8764-REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 4
8765-(a) R
8766-EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 5
8767-of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation 6
8768-with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to 7
8769-the appropriate congressional committees a report that in-8
8770-cludes— 9
8771-(1) an evaluation of the screening process of for-10
8772-eign nationals entering the United States from the 11
8773-People’s Republic of China who attend or have at-12
8774-tended— 13
8775-(A) a top tier university administered by 14
8776-the Ministry of Industry and Information Tech-15
8777-nology of the People’s Republic of China; or 16
8778-(B) an academic institution of the People’s 17
8779-Republic of China identified on the list required 18
8780-by section 1286(c)(8) of the John S. McCain Na-19
8781-tional Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (Public 20
8782-Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note); 21
8783-(2) an assessment of any vulnerabilities in the 22
8784-screening process, and recommendations for legal, reg-23
8785-ulatory, or other changes or steps to address such 24
8786-vulnerabilities; and 25
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8790-(3) the number of visas approved and denied by 1
8791-the Department, to the extent possible, for students 2
8792-from the People’s Republic of China in science, tech-3
8793-nology, engineering, and mathematics fields, includ-4
8794-ing the number of such students who are pursuing an 5
8795-advanced degree or repeating a degree in such fields 6
8796-over the last five years. 7
8797-(b) A
8798-PPROPRIATECONGRESSIONALCOMMITTEESDE-8
8799-FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-9
8800-sional committees’’ means— 10
8801-(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 11
8802-Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 12
8803-Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 13
8804-Senate; and 14
8805-(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-15
8806-mittee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on 16
8807-the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 17
8808-SEC. 717. BRIEFINGS ON THE UNITED STATES-EUROPEAN 18
8809-UNION TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL. 19
8810-It is the sense of Congress that the United States-Euro-20
8811-pean Union Trade and Technology Council is an important 21
8812-forum for the United States and in the European Union 22
8813-to engage on transatlantic trade, investment, and engage-23
8814-ment on matters related to critical and emerging technology 24
8815-and that the Department should provide regular updates 25
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8819-to the appropriate congressional committees on the 1
8820-deliverables and policy initiatives announced at United 2
8821-States-European Union Trade and Technology Council 3
8822-ministerials. 4
8823-SEC. 718. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, QUARTERLY RE-5
8824-VIEW, AND AUTHORITY RELATING TO CON-6
8825-CURRENCE PROVIDED BY CHIEFS OF MISSION 7
8826-FOR SUPPORT OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT OP-8
8827-ERATIONS. 9
8828-(a) N
8829-OTIFICATIONREQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 10
8830-after the date on which a chief of mission concurs with pro-11
8831-viding United States Government support to entities or in-12
8832-dividuals engaged in facilitating or supporting United 13
8833-States Government military- or security-related operations 14
8834-within the area of responsibility of the chief of mission, the 15
8835-Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional com-16
8836-mittees of such concurrence. 17
8837-(b) S
8838-EMIANNUALREVIEW, DETERMINATION, AND 18
8839-B
8840-RIEFINGREQUIRED.—Not less frequently than semiannu-19
8841-ally, the Secretary, in order to ensure that the support de-20
8842-scribed in subsection (a) continues to align with United 21
8843-States foreign policy objectives and the objectives of the De-22
8844-partment, shall— 23
8845-(1) conduct a review of any concurrence de-24
8846-scribed in subsection (a) that is in effect; 25
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8850-(2) determine, based on such review, whether to 1
8851-revoke any such concurrence pending further study 2
8852-and review; and 3
8853-(3) brief the appropriate congressional commit-4
8854-tees regarding the results of such review. 5
8855-(c) R
8856-EVOCATION OFCONCURRENCE.—If the Secretary 6
8857-determines, pursuant to a review conducted under sub-7
8858-section (b), that any concurrence described in subsection (a) 8
8859-should be revoked, the Secretary may revoke such concur-9
8860-rence. 10
8861-(d) A
8862-NNUALREPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than Jan-11
8863-uary 31 of each year, the Secretary shall submit a report 12
8864-to the appropriate congressional committees that includes— 13
8865-(1) a description of any support described in 14
8866-subsection (a) that was provided with the concurrence 15
8867-of a chief of mission during the calendar year pre-16
8868-ceding the calendar year in which the report is sub-17
8869-mitted; and 18
8870-(2) an analysis of the effects of such support on 19
8871-diplomatic lines of effort, including with respect to— 20
8872-(A) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, 21
8873-demining, and related programs and associated 22
8874-anti-terrorism assistance programs; 23
8875-(B) international narcotics control and law 24
8876-enforcement programs; and 25
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8880-(C) foreign military sales, foreign military 1
8881-financing, and associated training programs. 2
8882-SEC. 719. MODIFICATION AND REPEAL OF REPORTS. 3
8883-(a) C
8884-OUNTRYREPORTS ONHUMANRIGHTSPRAC-4
8885-TICES.— 5
8886-(1) I
8887-N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall examine 6
8888-the production of the 2023 and subsequent annual 7
8889-Country Reports on Human Rights Practices by the 8
8890-Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 9
8891-and Labor as required under sections 116(d) and 10
8892-502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 11
8893-U.S.C. 2151n(d), 2304(b)) to maximize— 12
8894-(A) cost and personnel efficiencies; 13
8895-(B) the potential use of data and analytic 14
8896-tools and visualization; and 15
8897-(C) advancement of the modernization agen-16
8898-da for the Department announced by the Sec-17
8899-retary on October 27, 2021. 18
8900-(2) T
8901-RANSNATIONAL REPRESSION AMENDMENTS 19
8902-TO ANNUAL COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS 20
8903-PRACTICES.—Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance 21
8904-Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended by add-22
8905-ing at the end the following new paragraph: 23
8906-‘‘(13) Wherever applicable, a description of the 24
8907-nature and extent of acts of transnational repression 25
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8911-that occurred during the preceding year, including 1
8912-identification of— 2
8913-‘‘(A) incidents in which a government har-3
8914-assed, intimidated, or killed individuals outside 4
8915-of their internationally recognized borders and 5
8916-the patterns of such repression among repeat of-6
8917-fenders; 7
8918-‘‘(B) countries in which such transnational 8
8919-repression occurs and the role of the governments 9
8920-of such countries in enabling, preventing, miti-10
8921-gating, and responding to such acts; 11
8922-‘‘(C) the tactics used by the governments of 12
8923-countries identified pursuant to subparagraph 13
8924-(A), including the actions identified and any 14
8925-new techniques observed; 15
8926-‘‘(D) in the case of digital surveillance and 16
8927-harassment, the type of technology or platform, 17
8928-including social media, smart city technology, 18
8929-health tracking systems, general surveillance 19
8930-technology, and data access, transfer, and storage 20
8931-procedures, used by the governments of countries 21
8932-identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) for such 22
8933-actions; and 23
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8937-‘‘(E) groups and types of individuals tar-1
8938-geted by acts of transnational repression in each 2
8939-country in which such acts occur.’’. 3
8940-(b) E
8941-LIMINATION OFOBSOLETEREPORTS.— 4
8942-(1) A
8943-NNUAL REPORTS RELATING TO FUNDING 5
8944-MECHANISMS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECURITY 6
8945-AND SEMICONDUCTORS .—Division H of the William 7
8946-M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 8
8947-Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) is 9
8948-amended— 10
8949-(A) in section 9202(a)(2) (47 U.S.C. 11
8950-906(a)(2))— 12
8951-(i) by striking subparagraph (C); and 13
8952-(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) 14
8953-as subparagraph (C); and 15
8954-(B) in section 9905 (15 U.S.C. 4655)— 16
8955-(i) by striking subsection (c); and 17
8956-(ii) by redesignating subsection (d) as 18
8957-subsection (c). 19
8958-(2) R
8959-EPORTS RELATING TO FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 20
8960-TO COUNTER RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND MEDIA ORGA -21
8961-NIZATIONS CONTROLLED BY RUSSIA .—The Countering 22
8962-Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 23
8963-2017 (title II of Public Law 115–44) is amended— 24
8964-(A) in section 254(e)— 25
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8968-(i) in paragraph (1)— 1
8969-(I) by striking ‘‘I
8970-N GENERAL.—’’; 2
8971-(II) by redesignating subpara-3
8972-graphs (A), (B), and (C) as para-4
8973-graphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively, 5
8974-and moving such paragraphs 2 ems to 6
8975-the left; and 7
8976-(ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 8
8977-(B) by striking section 255. 9
8978-(3) A
8979-NNUAL REPORT ON PROMOTING THE RULE 10
8980-OF LAW IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION .—Section 202 11
8981-of the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and 12
8982-Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 13
8983-2012 (Public Law 112–208) is amended by striking 14
8984-subsection (a). 15
8985-(4) A
8986-NNUAL REPORT ON ADVANCING FREEDOM 16
8987-AND DEMOCRACY .—Section 2121 of the Advance 17
8988-Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, 18
8989-and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007 (title XXI of 19
8990-Public Law 110–53) is amended by striking sub-20
8991-section (c). 21
8992-(5) A
8993-NNUAL REPORTS ON UNITED STATES -VIET-22
8994-NAM HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE MEETINGS .—Section 23
8995-702 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-24
8996-cal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2151n note) is repealed. 25
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9000-SEC. 720. MODIFICATION OF BUILD ACT OF 2018 TO 1
9001-PRIORITIZE PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE NA-2
9002-TIONAL SECURITY. 3
9003-Section 1412 of the Build Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9612) 4
9004-is amended by adding at the end the following subsection: 5
9005-‘‘(d) P
9006-RIORITIZATION OFNATIONALSECURITYINTER-6
9007-ESTS.—The Corporation shall prioritize the provision of 7
9008-support under title II in projects that advance core national 8
9009-security interests of the United States with respect to the 9
9010-People’s Republic of China.’’. 10
9011-SEC. 721. PERMITTING FOR INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES. 11
9012-The International Bridge Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 535 12
9013-et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 5 the following: 13
9014-‘‘SEC. 6. PERMITTING FOR INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES. 14
9015-‘‘(a) D
9016-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 15
9017-‘‘(1) E
9018-LIGIBLE APPLICANT.—The term ‘eligible 16
9019-applicant’ means an entity that has submitted an ap-17
9020-plication for a Presidential permit during the period 18
9021-beginning on December 1, 2020, and ending on De-19
9022-cember 31, 2024, for any of the following: 20
9023-‘‘(A) 1 or more international bridges in 21
9024-Webb County, Texas. 22
9025-‘‘(B) An international bridge in Cameron 23
9026-County, Texas. 24
9027-‘‘(C) An international bridge in Maverick 25
9028-County, Texas. 26
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9032-‘‘(2) PRESIDENTIAL PERMIT.— 1
9033-‘‘(A) I
9034-N GENERAL.—The term ‘Presidential 2
9035-permit’ means— 3
9036-‘‘(i) an approval by the President to 4
9037-construct, maintain, and operate an inter-5
9038-national bridge under section 4; or 6
9039-‘‘(ii) an approval by the President to 7
9040-construct, maintain, and operate an inter-8
9041-national bridge pursuant to a process de-9
9042-scribed in Executive Order 13867 (84 Fed. 10
9043-Reg. 15491; relating to Issuance of Permits 11
9044-With Respect to Facilities and Land Trans-12
9045-portation Crossings at the International 13
9046-Boundaries of the United States) (or any 14
9047-successor Executive Order). 15
9048-‘‘(B) I
9049-NCLUSION.—The term ‘Presidential 16
9050-permit’ includes an amendment to an approval 17
9051-described in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph 18
9052-(A). 19
9053-‘‘(3) S
9054-ECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 20
9055-the Secretary of State. 21
9056-‘‘(b) A
9057-PPLICATION.—An eligible applicant for a Presi-22
9058-dential permit to construct, maintain, and operate an 23
9059-international bridge shall submit an application for the 24
9060-permit to the Secretary. 25
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9064-‘‘(c) RECOMMENDATION.— 1
9065-‘‘(1) I
9066-N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 2
9067-the date on which the Secretary receives an applica-3
9068-tion under subsection (b), the Secretary shall make a 4
9069-recommendation to the President— 5
9070-‘‘(A) to grant the Presidential permit; or 6
9071-‘‘(B) to deny the Presidential permit. 7
9072-‘‘(2) C
9073-ONSIDERATION.—The sole basis for a rec-8
9074-ommendation under paragraph (1) shall be whether 9
9075-the international bridge is in the foreign policy inter-10
9076-ests of the United States. 11
9077-‘‘(d) P
9078-RESIDENTIALACTION.— 12
9079-‘‘(1) I
9080-N GENERAL.—The President shall grant or 13
9081-deny the Presidential permit for an application 14
9082-under subsection (b) by not later than 60 days after 15
9083-the earlier of— 16
9084-‘‘(A) the date on which the Secretary makes 17
9085-a recommendation under subsection (c)(1); and 18
9086-‘‘(B) the date on which the Secretary is re-19
9087-quired to make a recommendation under sub-20
9088-section (c)(1). 21
9089-‘‘(2) N
9090-O ACTION.— 22
9091-‘‘(A) I
9092-N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-23
9093-graph (B), if the President does not grant or 24
9094-deny the Presidential permit for an application 25
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9098-under subsection (b) by the deadline described in 1
9099-paragraph (1), the Presidential permit shall be 2
9100-considered to have been granted as of that dead-3
9101-line. 4
9102-‘‘(B) R
9103-EQUIREMENT.—As a condition on a 5
9104-Presidential permit considered to be granted 6
9105-under subparagraph (A), the eligible applicant 7
9106-shall complete all applicable environmental docu-8
9107-ments required pursuant to Public Law 91–190 9
9108-(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 10
9109-‘‘(e) D
9110-OCUMENTREQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding 11
9111-any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not require 12
9112-an eligible applicant for a Presidential permit— 13
9113-‘‘(1) to include in the application under sub-14
9114-section (b) environmental documents prepared pursu-15
9115-ant to Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 16
9116-or 17
9117-‘‘(2) to have completed any environmental review 18
9118-under Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 19
9119-prior to the President granting a Presidential permit 20
9120-under subsection (d). 21
9121-‘‘(f) R
9122-ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-22
9123-tion— 23
9124-‘‘(1) prohibits the President from granting a 24
9125-Presidential permit conditioned on the eligible appli-25
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9129-cant completing all environmental documents pursu-1
9130-ant to Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 2
9131-‘‘(2) prohibits the Secretary from requesting a 3
9132-list of all permits and approvals from Federal, State, 4
9133-and local agencies that the eligible applicant believes 5
9134-are required in connection with the international 6
9135-bridge, or a brief description of how those permits 7
9136-and approvals will be acquired; or 8
9137-‘‘(3) exempts an eligible applicant from the re-9
9138-quirement to complete all environmental documents 10
9139-pursuant to Public Law 91–190 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 11
9140-seq.) prior to construction of an international 12
9141-bridge.’’. 13
9142-SEC. 722. PROHIBITION ON NOMINATION OF CERTAIN 14
9143-COUNTRIES AS PROGRAM COUNTRIES FOR 15
9144-PURPOSES OF THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM. 16
9145-The Secretary of State may not nominate a country 17
9146-for purposes of the visa waiver program under section 217 18
9147-of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) 19
9148-if such country subjects any citizen of the United States 20
9149-to separate entry rules or visa regulations, or otherwise dis-21
9150-criminates against a citizen of the United States, on the 22
9151-basis of such United States citizen’s race, religion, eth-23
9152-nicity, national origin, or membership in any other pro-24
9153-tected class recognized by United States law. 25
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9157-TITLE VIII—COMBATING GLOBAL 1
9158-CORRUPTION 2
9159-SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 3
9160-This title may be cited as the ‘‘Combating Global Cor-4
9161-ruption Act’’. 5
9162-SEC. 802. DEFINITIONS. 6
9163-In this title: 7
9164-(1) C
9165-ORRUPT ACTOR.—The term ‘‘corrupt actor’’ 8
9166-means— 9
9167-(A) any foreign person or entity that is a 10
9168-government official or government entity respon-11
9169-sible for, or complicit in, an act of corruption; 12
9170-and 13
9171-(B) any company, in which a person or en-14
9172-tity described in subparagraph (A) has a signifi-15
9173-cant stake, which is responsible for, or complicit 16
9174-in, an act of corruption. 17
9175-(2) C
9176-ORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘corruption’’ means 18
9177-the unlawful exercise of entrusted public power for 19
9178-private gain, including by bribery, nepotism, fraud, 20
9179-or embezzlement. 21
9180-(3) S
9181-IGNIFICANT CORRUPTION.—The term ‘‘sig-22
9182-nificant corruption’’ means corruption committed at 23
9183-a high level of government that has some or all of the 24
9184-following characteristics: 25
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9188-(A) Illegitimately distorts major decision- 1
9189-making, such as policy or resource determina-2
9190-tions, or other fundamental functions of govern-3
9191-ance. 4
9192-(B) Involves economically or socially large- 5
9193-scale government activities. 6
9194-SEC. 803. PUBLICATION OF TIERED RANKING LIST. 7
9195-(a) I
9196-NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall annu-8
9197-ally publish, on a publicly accessible website, a tiered rank-9
9198-ing of all foreign countries. 10
9199-(b) T
9200-IER1 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 11
9201-as a tier 1 country in the ranking published under sub-12
9202-section (a) if the government of such country is complying 13
9203-with the minimum standards set forth in section 804. 14
9204-(c) T
9205-IER2 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 15
9206-as a tier 2 country in the ranking published under sub-16
9207-section (a) if the government of such country is making ef-17
9208-forts to comply with the minimum standards set forth in 18
9209-section 804, but is not achieving the requisite level of com-19
9210-pliance to be ranked as a tier 1 country. 20
9211-(d) T
9212-IER3 COUNTRIES.—A country shall be ranked 21
9213-as a tier 3 country in the ranking published under sub-22
9214-section (a) if the government of such country is making de 23
9215-minimis or no efforts to comply with the minimum stand-24
9216-ards set forth in section 804. 25
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9220-SEC. 804. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 1
9221-CORRUPTION AND ASSESSMENT OF EFFORTS 2
9222-TO COMBAT CORRUPTION. 3
9223-(a) I
9224-NGENERAL.—The government of a country is 4
9225-complying with the minimum standards for the elimination 5
9226-of corruption if the government— 6
9227-(1) has enacted and implemented laws and es-7
9228-tablished government structures, policies, and prac-8
9229-tices that prohibit corruption, including significant 9
9230-corruption; 10
9231-(2) enforces the laws described in paragraph (1) 11
9232-by punishing any person who is found, through a fair 12
9233-judicial process, to have violated such laws; 13
9234-(3) prescribes punishment for significant corrup-14
9235-tion that is commensurate with the punishment pre-15
9236-scribed for serious crimes; and 16
9237-(4) is making serious and sustained efforts to ad-17
9238-dress corruption, including through prevention. 18
9239-(b) F
9240-ACTORS FORASSESSINGGOVERNMENTEFFORTS 19
9241-T
9242-OCOMBATCORRUPTION.—In determining whether a gov-20
9243-ernment is making serious and sustained efforts to address 21
9244-corruption, the Secretary of State shall consider, to the ex-22
9245-tent relevant or appropriate, factors such as— 23
9246-(1) whether the government of the country has 24
9247-criminalized corruption, investigates and prosecutes 25
9248-acts of corruption, and convicts and sentences persons 26
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9252-responsible for such acts over which it has jurisdic-1
9253-tion, including, as appropriate, incarcerating indi-2
9254-viduals convicted of such acts; 3
9255-(2) whether the government of the country vigor-4
9256-ously investigates, prosecutes, convicts, and sentences 5
9257-public officials who participate in or facilitate cor-6
9258-ruption, including nationals of the country who are 7
9259-deployed in foreign military assignments, trade dele-8
9260-gations abroad, or other similar missions, who engage 9
9261-in or facilitate significant corruption; 10
9262-(3) whether the government of the country has 11
9263-adopted measures to prevent corruption, such as 12
9264-measures to inform and educate the public, including 13
9265-potential victims, about the causes and consequences 14
9266-of corruption; 15
9267-(4) what steps the government of the country has 16
9268-taken to prohibit government officials from partici-17
9269-pating in, facilitating, or condoning corruption, in-18
9270-cluding the investigation, prosecution, and conviction 19
9271-of such officials; 20
9272-(5) the extent to which the country provides ac-21
9273-cess, or, as appropriate, makes adequate resources 22
9274-available, to civil society organizations and other in-23
9275-stitutions to combat corruption, including reporting, 24
9276-investigating, and monitoring; 25
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9280-(6) whether an independent judiciary or judicial 1
9281-body in the country is responsible for, and effectively 2
9282-capable of, deciding corruption cases impartially, on 3
9283-the basis of facts and in accordance with the law, 4
9284-without any improper restrictions, influences, induce-5
9285-ments, pressures, threats, or interferences (direct or 6
9286-indirect); 7
9287-(7) whether the government of the country is as-8
9288-sisting in international investigations of 9
9289-transnational corruption networks and in other coop-10
9290-erative efforts to combat significant corruption, in-11
9291-cluding, as appropriate, cooperating with the govern-12
9292-ments of other countries to extradite corrupt actors; 13
9293-(8) whether the government of the country recog-14
9294-nizes the rights of victims of corruption, ensures their 15
9295-access to justice, and takes steps to prevent victims 16
9296-from being further victimized or persecuted by corrupt 17
9297-actors, government officials, or others; 18
9298-(9) whether the government of the country pro-19
9299-tects victims of corruption or whistleblowers from re-20
9300-prisal due to such persons having assisted in exposing 21
9301-corruption, and refrains from other discriminatory 22
9302-treatment of such persons; 23
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9306-(10) whether the government of the country is 1
9307-willing and able to recover and, as appropriate, re-2
9308-turn the proceeds of corruption; 3
9309-(11) whether the government of the country is 4
9310-taking steps to implement financial transparency 5
9311-measures in line with the Financial Action Task 6
9312-Force recommendations, including due diligence and 7
9313-beneficial ownership transparency requirements; 8
9314-(12) whether the government of the country is fa-9
9315-cilitating corruption in other countries in connection 10
9316-with state-directed investment, loans or grants for 11
9317-major infrastructure, or other initiatives; and 12
9318-(13) such other information relating to corrup-13
9319-tion as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. 14
9320-(c) A
9321-SSESSINGGOVERNMENTEFFORTSTOCOMBAT 15
9322-C
9323-ORRUPTION INRELATION TORELEVANTINTERNATIONAL 16
9324-C
9325-OMMITMENTS.—In determining whether a government is 17
9326-making serious and sustained efforts to address corruption, 18
9327-the Secretary of State shall consider the government of a 19
9328-country’s compliance with the following, as relevant: 20
9329-(1) The Inter-American Convention against Cor-21
9330-ruption of the Organization of American States, done 22
9331-at Caracas March 29, 1996. 23
9332-(2) The Convention on Combating Bribery of 24
9333-Foreign Public Officials in International Business 25
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9337-Transactions of the Organisation of Economic Co-op-1
9338-eration and Development, done at Paris December 21, 2
9339-1997 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Anti-Bribery 3
9340-Convention’’). 4
9341-(3) The United Nations Convention against 5
9342-Transnational Organized Crime, done at New York 6
9343-November 15, 2000. 7
9344-(4) The United Nations Convention against Cor-8
9345-ruption, done at New York October 31, 2003. 9
9346-(5) Such other treaties, agreements, and inter-10
9347-national standards as the Secretary of State considers 11
9348-appropriate. 12
9349-SEC. 805. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS UNDER GLOBAL 13
9350-MAGNITSKY HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNT-14
9351-ABILITY ACT. 15
9352-(a) I
9353-NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in coordi-16
9354-nation with the Secretary of the Treasury, should evaluate 17
9355-whether there are foreign persons engaged in significant 18
9356-corruption for the purposes of potential imposition of sanc-19
9357-tions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Account-20
9358-ability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114–328; 21
9359-22 U.S.C. 2656 note)— 22
9360-(1) in all countries identified as tier 3 countries 23
9361-under section 803(d); or 24
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9365-(2) in relation to the planning or construction or 1
9366-any operation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. 2
9367-(b) R
9368-EPORTREQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 3
9369-after publishing the list required by section 803(a) and an-4
9370-nually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 5
9371-committees specified in subsection (e) a report that in-6
9372-cludes— 7
9373-(1) a list of foreign persons with respect to which 8
9374-the President imposed sanctions pursuant to the eval-9
9375-uation under subsection (a); 10
9376-(2) the dates on which such sanctions were im-11
9377-posed; 12
9378-(3) the reasons for imposing such sanctions; and 13
9379-(4) a list of all foreign persons that have been 14
9380-engaged in significant corruption in relation to the 15
9381-planning, construction, or operation of the Nord 16
9382-Stream 2 pipeline. 17
9383-(c) F
9384-ORM OFREPORT.—Each report required by sub-18
9385-section (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 19
9386-include a classified annex. 20
9387-(d) B
9388-RIEFING INLIEU OFREPORT.—The Secretary of 21
9389-State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, 22
9390-may (except with respect to the list required by subsection 23
9391-(b)(4)) provide a briefing to the committees specified in sub-24
9392-section (e) instead of submitting a written report required 25
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9396-under subsection (b), if doing so would better serve existing 1
9397-United States anti-corruption efforts or the national inter-2
9398-ests of the Untied States. 3
9399-(e) T
9400-ERMINATION OFREQUIREMENTSRELATING TO 4
9401-N
9402-ORDSTREAM2.—The requirements under subsections 5
9403-(a)(2) and (b)(4) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years 6
9404-after the date of the enactment of this Act. 7
9405-(f) C
9406-OMMITTEESSPECIFIED.—The committees speci-8
9407-fied in this subsection are— 9
9408-(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 10
9409-Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 11
9410-Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Com-12
9411-mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 13
9412-(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-14
9413-mittee on Appropriations, the Committee on Finan-15
9414-cial Services, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 16
9415-the House of Representatives. 17
9416-SEC. 806. DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 18
9417-POINTS OF CONTACT. 19
9418-(a) I
9419-NGENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall annu-20
9420-ally designate an anti-corruption point of contact at the 21
9421-United States diplomatic post to each country identified as 22
9422-tier 2 or tier 3 under section 803, or which the Secretary 23
9423-otherwise determines is in need of such a point of contact. 24
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9427-The point of contact shall be the chief of mission or the 1
9428-chief of mission’s designee. 2
9429-(b) R
9430-ESPONSIBILITIES.—Each anti-corruption point 3
9431-of contact designated under subsection (a) shall be respon-4
9432-sible for enhancing coordination and promoting the imple-5
9433-mentation of a whole-of-government approach among the 6
9434-relevant Federal departments and agencies undertaking ef-7
9435-forts to— 8
9436-(1) promote good governance in foreign coun-9
9437-tries; and 10
9438-(2) enhance the ability of such countries— 11
9439-(A) to combat public corruption; and 12
9440-(B) to develop and implement corruption 13
9441-risk assessment tools and mitigation strategies. 14
9442-(c) T
9443-RAINING.—The Secretary of State shall imple-15
9444-ment appropriate training for anti-corruption points of 16
9445-contact designated under subsection (a). 17
9446-TITLE IX—AUKUS MATTERS 18
9447-SEC. 901. DEFINITIONS. 19
9448-In this title: 20
9449-(1) A
9450-PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -21
9451-TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-22
9452-tees’’ means— 23
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9456-(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 1
9457-and the Committee on Armed Services of the 2
9458-Senate; and 3
9459-(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 4
9460-the Committee on Armed Services of the House 5
9461-of Representatives. 6
9462-(2) AUKUS
9463-PARTNERSHIP.— 7
9464-(A) I
9465-N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘AUKUS 8
9466-partnership’’ means the enhanced trilateral secu-9
9467-rity partnership between Australia, the United 10
9468-Kingdom, and the United States announced in 11
9469-September 2021. 12
9470-(B) P
9471-ILLARS.—The AUKUS partnership 13
9472-includes the following two pillars: 14
9473-(i) Pillar One is focused on developing 15
9474-a pathway for Australia to acquire conven-16
9475-tionally armed, nuclear-powered sub-17
9476-marines. 18
9477-(ii) Pillar Two is focused on enhancing 19
9478-trilateral collaboration on advanced defense 20
9479-capabilities, including hypersonic and 21
9480-counter hypersonic capabilities, quantum 22
9481-technologies, undersea technologies, and ar-23
9482-tificial intelligence. 24
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9486-(3) INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULA -1
9487-TIONS.—The term ‘‘International Traffic in Arms 2
9488-Regulations’’ means subchapter M of chapter I of title 3
9489-22, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regula-4
9490-tions). 5
9491-Subtitle A—Outlining the AUKUS 6
9492-Partnership 7
9493-SEC. 911. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON THE AUKUS PARTNER-8
9494-SHIP. 9
9495-(a) S
9496-TATEMENT OFPOLICY.—It is the policy of the 10
9497-United States that— 11
9498-(1) the AUKUS partnership is integral to 12
9499-United States national security, increasing United 13
9500-States and allied capability in the undersea domain 14
9501-of the Indo-Pacific, and developing cutting edge mili-15
9502-tary capabilities; 16
9503-(2) the transfer of conventionally armed, nu-17
9504-clear-powered submarines to Australia will position 18
9505-the United States and its allies to maintain peace 19
9506-and security in the Indo-Pacific; 20
9507-(3) the transfer of conventionally armed, nu-21
9508-clear-powered submarines to Australia will be safely 22
9509-implemented with the highest nonproliferation stand-23
9510-ards in alignment with— 24
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9514-(A) safeguards established by the Inter-1
9515-national Atomic Energy Agency; and 2
9516-(B) the Additional Protocol to the Agree-3
9517-ment between Australia and the International 4
9518-Atomic Energy Agency for the application of 5
9519-safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the 6
9520-Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at 7
9521-Vienna September 23, 1997; 8
9522-(4) the United States will enter into a mutual 9
9523-defense agreement with Australia, modeled on the 10
9524-1958 bilateral mutual defense agreement with the 11
9525-United Kingdom, for the sole purpose of facilitating 12
9526-the transfer of naval nuclear propulsion technology to 13
9527-Australia; 14
9528-(5) working with the United Kingdom and Aus-15
9529-tralia to develop and provide joint advanced military 16
9530-capabilities to promote security and stability in the 17
9531-Indo-Pacific will have tangible impacts on United 18
9532-States military effectiveness across the world; 19
9533-(6) in order to better facilitate cooperation under 20
9534-Pillar 2 of the AUKUS partnership, it is imperative 21
9535-that every effort be made to streamline United States 22
9536-export controls consistent with necessary and recip-23
9537-rocal security safeguards on United States technology 24
9538-at least comparable to those of the United States; 25
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9542-(7) the trade authorization mechanism for the 1
9543-AUKUS partnership administered by the Department 2
9544-is a critical first step in reimagining the United 3
9545-States export control system to carry out the AUKUS 4
9546-partnership and expedite technology sharing and de-5
9547-fense trade among the United States, Australia, and 6
9548-the United Kingdom; and 7
9549-(8) the vast majority of United States defense 8
9550-trade with Australia is conducted through the Foreign 9
9551-Military Sales (FMS) process, the preponderance of 10
9552-defense trade with the United Kingdom is conducted 11
9553-through Direct Commercial Sales (DCS), and efforts 12
9554-to streamline United States export controls should 13
9555-focus on both Foreign Military Sales and Direct Com-14
9556-mercial Sales. 15
9557-SEC. 912. SENIOR ADVISOR FOR THE AUKUS PARTNERSHIP 16
9558-AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 17
9559-(a) I
9560-NGENERAL.—There shall be a Senior Advisor for 18
9561-the AUKUS partnership at the Department, who— 19
9562-(1) shall report directly to the Secretary; and 20
9563-(2) may not hold another position in the Depart-21
9564-ment concurrently while holding the position of Sen-22
9565-ior Advisor for the AUKUS partnership. 23
9566-(b) D
9567-UTIES.—The Senior Advisor shall— 24
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9571-(1) be responsible for coordinating efforts related 1
9572-to the AUKUS partnership across the Department, 2
9573-including the bureaus engaged in nonproliferation, 3
9574-defense trade, security assistance, and diplomatic re-4
9575-lations in the Indo-Pacific; 5
9576-(2) serve as the lead within the Department for 6
9577-implementation of the AUKUS partnership in inter-7
9578-agency processes, consulting with counterparts in the 8
9579-Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce, 9
9580-the Department of Energy, the Office of Naval Reac-10
9581-tors, and any other relevant agencies; 11
9582-(3) lead diplomatic efforts related to the AUKUS 12
9583-partnership with other governments to explain how 13
9584-the partnership will enhance security and stability in 14
9585-the Indo-Pacific; and 15
9586-(4) consult regularly with the appropriate con-16
9587-gressional committees, and keep such committees fully 17
9588-and currently informed, on issues related to the 18
9589-AUKUS partnership, including in relation to the 19
9590-AUKUS Pillar 1 objective of supporting Australia’s 20
9591-acquisition of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 21
9592-submarines and the Pillar 2 objective of jointly devel-22
9593-oping advanced military capabilities to support secu-23
9594-rity and stability in the Indo-Pacific, as affirmed by 24
9595-the President of the United States, the Prime Minister 25
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9599-of the United Kingdom, and the Prime Minister of 1
9600-Australia on April 5, 2022. 2
9601-(c) P
9602-ERSONNEL TOSUPPORT THESENIORADVISOR.— 3
9603-The Secretary shall ensure that the Senior Advisor is ade-4
9604-quately staffed, including through encouraging details, or 5
9605-assignment of employees of the Department, with expertise 6
9606-related to the implementation of the AUKUS partnership, 7
9607-including staff with expertise in— 8
9608-(1) nuclear policy, including nonproliferation; 9
9609-(2) defense trade and security cooperation, in-10
9610-cluding security assistance; and 11
9611-(3) relations with respect to political-military 12
9612-issues in the Indo-Pacific and Europe. 13
9613-(d) N
9614-OTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 14
9615-date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than 90 15
9616-days after a Senior Advisor assumes such position, the Sec-16
9617-retary shall notify the appropriate congressional commit-17
9618-tees of the number of full-time equivalent positions, relevant 18
9619-expertise, and duties of any employees of the Department 19
9620-or detailees supporting the Senior Advisor. 20
9621-(e) S
9622-UNSET.— 21
9623-(1) I
9624-N GENERAL.—The position of the Senior Ad-22
9625-visor for the AUKUS partnership shall terminate on 23
9626-the date that is 8 years after the date of the enact-24
9627-ment of this Act. 25
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9631-(2) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may renew the 1
9632-position of the Senior Advisor for the AUKUS part-2
9633-nership for 1 additional period of 4 years, following 3
9634-notification to the appropriate congressional commit-4
9635-tees of the renewal. 5
9636-Subtitle B—Authorization for Sub-6
9637-marine Transfers, Support, and 7
9638-Infrastructure Improvement Ac-8
9639-tivities 9
9640-SEC. 921. AUSTRALIA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND UNITED 10
9641-STATES SUBMARINE SECURITY ACTIVITIES. 11
9642-(a) A
9643-UTHORIZATION TOTRANSFERSUBMARINES.— 12
9644-(1) I
9645-N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (3), 13
9646-(4), and (11), the President may, under section 21 of 14
9647-the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761)— 15
9648-(A) transfer not more than two Virginia 16
9649-class submarines from the inventory of the 17
9650-United States Navy to the Government of Aus-18
9651-tralia on a sale basis; and 19
9652-(B) transfer not more than one additional 20
9653-Virginia class submarine to the Government of 21
9654-Australia on a sale basis. 22
9655-(2) R
9656-EQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE .—A sale 23
9657-carried out under paragraph (1)(B) shall not be sub-24
9658-ject to the requirements of— 25
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9662-(A) section 36 of the Arms Export Control 1
9663-Act (22 U.S.C. 2776); or 2
9664-(B) section 8677 of title 10, United States 3
9665-Code. 4
9666-(3) C
9667-ERTIFICATION; BRIEFING.— 5
9668-(A) P
9669-RESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATION .—The 6
9670-President may exercise the authority provided by 7
9671-paragraph (1) not earlier than 60 days after the 8
9672-date on which the President certifies to the ap-9
9673-propriate congressional committees that any sub-10
9674-marine transferred under such authority shall be 11
9675-used to support the joint security interests and 12
9676-military operations of the United States and 13
9677-Australia. 14
9678-(B) W
9679-AIVER OF CHIEF OF NAVAL OPER -15
9680-ATIONS CERTIFICATION.—The requirement for 16
9681-the Chief of Naval Operations to make a certifi-17
9682-cation under section 8678 of title 10, United 18
9683-States Code, shall not apply to a transfer under 19
9684-paragraph (1). 20
9685-(C) B
9686-RIEFING.—Not later than 90 days be-21
9687-fore the sale of any submarine under paragraph 22
9688-(1), the Secretary of the Navy shall provide to 23
9689-the appropriate congressional committees a brief-24
9690-ing on— 25
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9694-(i) the impacts of such sale to the read-1
9695-iness of the submarine fleet of the United 2
9696-States, including with respect to mainte-3
9697-nance timelines, deployment-to-dwell ratios, 4
9698-training, exercise participation, and the 5
9699-ability to meet combatant commander re-6
9700-quirements; 7
9701-(ii) the impacts of such sale to the sub-8
9702-marine industrial base of the United States, 9
9703-including with respect to projected mainte-10
9704-nance requirements, acquisition timelines 11
9705-for spare and replacement parts, and future 12
9706-procurement of Virginia class submarines 13
9707-for the submarine fleet of the United States; 14
9708-and 15
9709-(iii) other relevant topics as deter-16
9710-mined by the Secretary of the Navy. 17
9711-(4) R
9712-EQUIRED MUTUAL DEFENSE AGREEMENT .— 18
9713-Before any transfer occurs under subsection (a), the 19
9714-United States and Australia shall have a mutual de-20
9715-fense agreement in place, which shall— 21
9716-(A) provide a clear legal framework for the 22
9717-sole purpose of Australia’s acquisition of conven-23
9718-tionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines; 24
9719-and 25
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9723-(B) meet the highest nonproliferation stand-1
9724-ards for the exchange of nuclear materials, tech-2
9725-nology, equipment, and information between the 3
9726-United States and Australia. 4
9727-(5) S
9728-UBSEQUENT SALES.—A sale of a Virginia 5
9729-class submarine that occurs after the sales described 6
9730-in paragraph (1) may occur only if such sale is ex-7
9731-plicitly authorized in legislation enacted after the 8
9732-date of the enactment of this Act. 9
9733-(6) C
9734-OSTS OF TRANSFER.—Any expense incurred 10
9735-by the United States in connection with a transfer 11
9736-under paragraph (1) shall be charged to the Govern-12
9737-ment of Australia. 13
9738-(7) C
9739-REDITING OF RECEIPTS.—Notwithstanding 14
9740-any provision of law pertaining to the crediting of 15
9741-amounts received from a sale under section 21 of the 16
9742-Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761), any 17
9743-funds received by the United States pursuant to a 18
9744-transfer under paragraph (1) shall— 19
9745-(A) be credited, at the discretion of the 20
9746-President, to— 21
9747-(i) the fund or account used in incur-22
9748-ring the original obligation for the acquisi-23
9749-tion of submarines transferred under para-24
9750-graph (1); 25
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9754-(ii) an appropriate fund or account 1
9755-available for the purposes for which the ex-2
9756-penditures for the original acquisition of 3
9757-submarines transferred under paragraph 4
9758-(1) were made; or 5
9759-(iii) any other fund or account avail-6
9760-able for the purpose specified in paragraph 7
9761-(8)(B); and 8
9762-(B) remain available for obligation until 9
9763-expended. 10
9764-(8) U
9765-SE OF FUNDS.—Subject to paragraphs (9) 11
9766-and (10), the President may use funds received pursu-12
9767-ant to a transfer under paragraph (1)— 13
9768-(A) for the acquisition of submarines to re-14
9769-place the submarines transferred to the Govern-15
9770-ment of Australia; or 16
9771-(B) for improvements to the submarine in-17
9772-dustrial base of the United States. 18
9773-(9) P
9774-LAN FOR USE OF FUNDS .—Before any use 19
9775-of any funds received pursuant to a transfer under 20
9776-paragraph (1), the President shall submit to the ap-21
9777-propriate congressional committees, the Committee on 22
9778-Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 23
9779-Appropriations of the House of Representatives a 24
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9783-plan detailing how such funds will be used, including 1
9784-specific amounts and purposes. 2
9785-(10) N
9786-OTIFICATION AND REPORT.— 3
9787-(A) N
9788-OTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days 4
9789-after the date of any transfer under paragraph 5
9790-(1), and upon any transfer or depositing of 6
9791-funds received pursuant to such a transfer, the 7
9792-President shall notify the appropriate congres-8
9793-sional committees, the Committee on Appropria-9
9794-tions of the Senate, and the Committee on Ap-10
9795-propriations of the House of Representatives of— 11
9796-(i) the amount of funds received pursu-12
9797-ant to the transfer; and 13
9798-(ii) the specific account or fund into 14
9799-which the funds described in clause (i) are 15
9800-deposited. 16
9801-(B) A
9802-NNUAL REPORT.—Not later than No-17
9803-vember 30 of each year until 1 year after the 18
9804-date on which all funds received pursuant to 19
9805-transfers under paragraph (1) have been fully 20
9806-expended, the President shall submit to the com-21
9807-mittees described in subparagraph (A) a report 22
9808-that includes an accounting of how funds re-23
9809-ceived pursuant to transfers under paragraph 24
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9813-(1) were used in the fiscal year preceding the fis-1
9814-cal year in which the report is submitted. 2
9815-(11) A
9816-PPLICABILITY OF EXISTING LAW TO TRANS -3
9817-FER OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL AND UTILIZA -4
9818-TION FACILITIES FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS .— 5
9819-(A) I
9820-N GENERAL.—With respect to any spe-6
9821-cial nuclear material for use in utilization fa-7
9822-cilities or any portion of a submarine trans-8
9823-ferred under paragraph (1) constituting utiliza-9
9824-tion facilities for military applications under 10
9825-section 91 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 11
9826-U.S.C. 2121), transfer of such material or such 12
9827-facilities shall occur only in accordance with 13
9828-such section 91. 14
9829-(B) U
9830-SE OF FUNDS.—The President may 15
9831-use proceeds from a transfer described in sub-16
9832-paragraph (A) for the acquisition of submarine 17
9833-naval nuclear propulsion plants and nuclear fuel 18
9834-to replace propulsion plants and fuel transferred 19
9835-to the Government of Australia. 20
9836-(b) R
9837-EPAIR ANDREFURBISHMENT OF AUKUS SUB-21
9838-MARINES.—Section 8680 of title 10, United States Code, is 22
9839-amended— 23
9840-(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 24
9841-(d); and 25
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9845-(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 1
9846-new subsection (c): 2
9847-‘‘(c) R
9848-EPAIR ANDREFURBISHMENT OF CERTAINSUB-3
9849-MARINES.— 4
9850-‘‘(1) S
9851-HIPYARD.—Notwithstanding any other 5
9852-provision of this section, and subject to paragraph 6
9853-(2), the President shall determine the appropriate 7
9854-public or private shipyard in the United States, Aus-8
9855-tralia, or the United Kingdom to perform any repair 9
9856-or refurbishment of a United States submarine in-10
9857-volved in submarine security activities between the 11
9858-United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. 12
9859-‘‘(2) C
9860-ONDITIONS.— 13
9861-‘‘(A) I
9862-N GENERAL.—The President may de-14
9863-termine under paragraph (1) that repair or re-15
9864-furbishment described in such paragraph may be 16
9865-performed in Australia or the United Kingdom 17
9866-only if— 18
9867-‘‘(i) such repair or refurbishment will 19
9868-facilitate the development of repair or refur-20
9869-bishment capabilities in the United King-21
9870-dom or Australia; 22
9871-‘‘(ii) such repair or refurbishment will 23
9872-be for a United States submarine that is as-24
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9876-signed to a port outside of the United 1
9877-States; or 2
9878-‘‘(iii) the Secretary of Defense certifies 3
9879-to Congress that performing such repair or 4
9880-refurbishment at a shipyard in Australia or 5
9881-the United Kingdom is required due to an 6
9882-exigent threat to the national security inter-7
9883-ests of the United States. 8
9884-‘‘(B) C
9885-ONSIDERATION.—In making a deter-9
9886-mination under subparagraph (A), the President 10
9887-shall consider any effects of such determination 11
9888-on the capacity and capability of shipyards in 12
9889-the United States. 13
9890-‘‘(C) B
9891-RIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 14
9892-15 days after the date on which the Secretary of 15
9893-Defense makes a certification under subpara-16
9894-graph (A)(iii), the Secretary shall brief the con-17
9895-gressional defense committees on— 18
9896-‘‘(i) the threat that requires the use of 19
9897-a shipyard in Australia or the United 20
9898-Kingdom; and 21
9899-‘‘(ii) opportunities to mitigate the fu-22
9900-ture potential need to leverage foreign ship-23
9901-yards. 24
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9905-‘‘(3) PERSONNEL.—Repair or refurbishment de-1
9906-scribed in paragraph (1) may be carried out by per-2
9907-sonnel of the United States, the United Kingdom, or 3
9908-Australia in accordance with the international ar-4
9909-rangements governing the submarine security activi-5
9910-ties described in such paragraph.’’. 6
9911-SEC. 922. ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AUS-7
9912-TRALIA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND UNITED 8
9913-STATES SUBMARINE SECURITY ACTIVITIES; 9
9914-AUKUS SUBMARINE SECURITY ACTIVITIES AC-10
9915-COUNT. 11
9916-(a) A
9917-CCEPTANCEAUTHORITY.—The President may ac-12
9918-cept from the Government of Australia contributions of 13
9919-money made by the Government of Australia for use by the 14
9920-Department of Defense in support of non-nuclear related 15
9921-aspects of submarine security activities between Australia, 16
9922-the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS). 17
9923-(b) E
9924-STABLISHMENT OF AUKUS SUBMARINESECU-18
9925-RITYACTIVITIESACCOUNT.— 19
9926-(1) I
9927-N GENERAL.—There is established in the 20
9928-Treasury of the United States a special account to be 21
9929-known as the ‘‘AUKUS Submarine Security Activi-22
9930-ties Account’’. 23
9931-(2) C
9932-REDITING OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF MONEY .— 24
9933-Contributions of money accepted by the President 25
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9937-under subsection (a) shall be credited to the AUKUS 1
9938-Submarine Security Activities Account. 2
9939-(3) A
9940-VAILABILITY.—Amounts credited to the 3
9941-AUKUS Submarine Security Activities Account shall 4
9942-remain available until expended. 5
9943-(c) U
9944-SE OFAUKUS SUBMARINESECURITYACTIVI-6
9945-TIESACCOUNT.— 7
9946-(1) I
9947-N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 8
9948-President may use funds in the AUKUS Submarine 9
9949-Security Activities Account— 10
9950-(A) for any purpose authorized by law that 11
9951-the President determines would support sub-12
9952-marine security activities between Australia, the 13
9953-United Kingdom, and the United States; 14
9954-(B) to carry out a military construction 15
9955-project related to the AUKUS partnership that is 16
9956-not otherwise authorized by law; 17
9957-(C) to develop and increase the submarine 18
9958-industrial base workforce by investing in recruit-19
9959-ing, training, and retaining key specialized 20
9960-labor at public and private shipyards; or 21
9961-(D) to upgrade facilities, equipment, and 22
9962-infrastructure needed to repair and maintain 23
9963-submarines at public and private shipyards . 24
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9967-(2) PLAN FOR USE OF FUNDS .—Before any use 1
9968-of any funds in the AUKUS Submarine Security Ac-2
9969-tivities Account, the President shall submit to the ap-3
9970-propriate congressional committees, the Committee on 4
9971-Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on 5
9972-Appropriations of the House of Representatives a 6
9973-plan detailing— 7
9974-(A) the amount of funds in the AUKUS 8
9975-Submarine Security Activities Account; and 9
9976-(B) how such funds will be used, including 10
9977-specific amounts and purposes. 11
9978-(d) T
9979-RANSFERS OFFUNDS.— 12
9980-(1) I
9981-N GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection (c) 13
9982-and subject to paragraphs (2) and (5), the President 14
9983-may transfer funds available in the AUKUS Sub-15
9984-marine Security Activities Account to an account or 16
9985-fund available to the Department of Defense or any 17
9986-other appropriate agency. 18
9987-(2) D
9988-EPARTMENT OF ENERGY .—In carrying out 19
9989-subsection (c), and in accordance with the Atomic 20
9990-Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the 21
9991-President may transfer funds available in the 22
9992-AUKUS Submarine Security Activities Account to an 23
9993-account or fund available to the Department of En-24
9994-ergy to carry out activities related to submarine secu-25
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9998-rity activities between Australia, the United King-1
9999-dom, and the United States. 2
10000-(3) A
10001-VAILABILITY FOR OBLIGATION .—Funds 3
10002-transferred under this subsection shall be available for 4
10003-obligation for the same time period and for the same 5
10004-purpose as the account or fund to which transferred. 6
10005-(4) T
10006-RANSFER BACK TO ACCOUNT .—Upon a de-7
10007-termination by the President that all or part of the 8
10008-funds transferred from the AUKUS Submarine Secu-9
10009-rity Activities Account are not necessary for the pur-10
10010-poses for which such funds were transferred, and sub-11
10011-ject to paragraph (5), all or such part of such funds 12
10012-shall be transferred back to the AUKUS Submarine 13
10013-Security Activities Account. 14
10014-(5) N
10015-OTIFICATION AND REPORT.— 15
10016-(A) N
10017-OTIFICATION.—The President shall no-16
10018-tify the appropriate congressional committees, 17
10019-the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 18
10020-and the Committee on Appropriations of the 19
10021-House of Representatives of— 20
10022-(i) before the transfer of any funds 21
10023-under this subsection— 22
10024-(I) the amount of funds to be 23
10025-transferred; and 24
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10029-(II) the planned or anticipated 1
10030-purpose of such funds; and 2
10031-(ii) before the obligation of any funds 3
10032-transferred under this subsection— 4
10033-(I) the amount of funds to be obli-5
10034-gated; and 6
10035-(II) the purpose of the obligation. 7
10036-(B) A
10037-NNUAL REPORT.—Not later than No-8
10038-vember 30 of each year until 1 year after the 9
10039-date on which all funds transferred under this 10
10040-subsection have been fully expended, the Presi-11
10041-dent shall submit to the committees described in 12
10042-subparagraph (A) a report that includes a de-13
10043-tailed accounting of— 14
10044-(i) the amount of funds transferred 15
10045-under this subsection during the fiscal year 16
10046-preceding the fiscal year in which the report 17
10047-is submitted; and 18
10048-(ii) the purposes for which such funds 19
10049-were used. 20
10050-(e) I
10051-NVESTMENT OFMONEY.— 21
10052-(1) A
10053-UTHORIZED INVESTMENTS .—The President 22
10054-may invest money in the AUKUS Submarine Secu-23
10055-rity Activities Account in securities of the United 24
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10059-States or in securities guaranteed as to principal and 1
10060-interest by the United States. 2
10061-(2) I
10062-NTEREST AND OTHER INCOME .—Any inter-3
10063-est or other income that accrues from investment in 4
10064-securities referred to in paragraph (1) shall be depos-5
10065-ited to the credit of the AUKUS Submarine Security 6
10066-Activities Account. 7
10067-(f) R
10068-ELATIONSHIP TOOTHERLAWS.—The authority 8
10069-to accept or transfer funds under this section is in addition 9
10070-to any other authority to accept or transfer funds. 10
10071-SEC. 923. AUSTRALIA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND UNITED 11
10072-STATES SUBMARINE SECURITY TRAINING. 12
10073-(a) I
10074-NGENERAL.—The President may transfer or ex-13
10075-port directly to private individuals in Australia defense 14
10076-services that may be transferred to the Government of Aus-15
10077-tralia under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 16
10078-et seq.) to support the development of the submarine indus-17
10079-trial base of Australia necessary for submarine security ac-18
10080-tivities between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the 19
10081-United States, including if such individuals are not officers, 20
10082-employees, or agents of the Government of Australia. 21
10083-(b) S
10084-ECURITYCONTROLS.— 22
10085-(1) I
10086-N GENERAL.—Any defense service trans-23
10087-ferred or exported under subsection (a) shall be subject 24
10088-to appropriate security controls to ensure that any 25
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10092-sensitive information conveyed by such transfer or ex-1
10093-port is protected from disclosure to persons unauthor-2
10094-ized by the United States to receive such information. 3
10095-(2) C
10096-ERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days be-4
10097-fore the first transfer or export of a defense service 5
10098-under subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the 6
10099-President shall certify to the Committee on Foreign 7
10100-Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 8
10101-Affairs of the House of Representatives that the con-9
10102-trols described in paragraph (1) will protect the in-10
10103-formation described in such paragraph for the defense 11
10104-services so transferred or exported. 12
10105-(c) A
10106-PPLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RE-13
10107-TRANSFER ANDREEXPORT.—Any person who receives any 14
10108-defense service transferred or exported under subsection (a) 15
10109-may retransfer or reexport such service to other persons only 16
10110-in accordance with the requirements of the Arms Export 17
10111-Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). 18
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10115-Subtitle C—Streamlining and Pro-1
10116-tecting Transfers of United 2
10117-States Military Technology From 3
10118-Compromise 4
10119-SEC. 931. PRIORITY FOR AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED 5
10120-KINGDOM IN FOREIGN MILITARY SALES AND 6
10121-DIRECT COMMERCIAL SALES. 7
10122-(a) I
10123-NGENERAL.—The President shall institute poli-8
10124-cies and procedures for letters of request from Australia and 9
10125-the United Kingdom to transfer defense articles and services 10
10126-under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 11
10127-2761) related to the AUKUS partnership to receive expe-12
10128-dited consideration and processing relative to all other let-13
10129-ters of request other than from Taiwan and Ukraine. 14
10130-(b) T
10131-ECHNOLOGYTRANSFERPOLICY FORAUSTRALIA, 15
10132-C
10133-ANADA, AND THEUNITEDKINGDOM.— 16
10134-(1) I
10135-N GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 17
10136-with the Secretary of Defense, shall create an antici-18
10137-patory release policy for the transfer of technologies 19
10138-described in paragraph (2) to Australia, the United 20
10139-Kingdom, and Canada through Foreign Military 21
10140-Sales and Direct Commercial Sales that are not cov-22
10141-ered by an exemption under the International Traffic 23
10142-in Arms Regulations. 24
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10146-(2) CAPABILITIES DESCRIBED.—The capabilities 1
10147-described in this paragraph are— 2
10148-(A) Pillar One-related technologies associ-3
10149-ated with submarine and associated combat sys-4
10150-tems; and 5
10151-(B) Pillar Two-related technologies, includ-6
10152-ing hypersonic missiles, cyber capabilities, artifi-7
10153-cial intelligence, quantum technologies, undersea 8
10154-capabilities, and other advanced technologies. 9
10155-(3) E
10156-XPEDITED DECISION-MAKING.—Review of a 10
10157-transfer under the policy established under paragraph 11
10158-(1) shall be subject to an expedited decision-making 12
10159-process. 13
10160-(c) I
10161-NTERAGENCYPOLICY ANDGUIDANCE.—The Sec-14
10162-retary and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly review and 15
10163-update interagency policies and implementation guidance 16
10164-related to requests for Foreign Military Sales and Direct 17
10165-Commercial Sales, including by incorporating the antici-18
10166-patory release provisions of this section. 19
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10170-SEC. 932. IDENTIFICATION AND PRE-CLEARANCE OF PLAT-1
10171-FORMS, TECHNOLOGIES, AND EQUIPMENT 2
10172-FOR SALE TO AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED 3
10173-KINGDOM THROUGH FOREIGN MILITARY 4
10174-SALES AND DIRECT COMMERCIAL SALES. 5
10175-Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 6
10176-of this Act, and on a biennial basis thereafter for 8 years, 7
10177-the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Re-8
10178-lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 9
10179-of the House of Representatives a report that includes a list 10
10180-of advanced military platforms, technologies, and equip-11
10181-ment that are pre-cleared and prioritized for sale and re-12
10182-lease to Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada 13
10183-through the Foreign Military Sales and Direct Commercial 14
10184-Sales programs without regard to whether a letter of request 15
10185-or license to purchase such platforms, technologies, or equip-16
10186-ment has been received from any of such country. Each list 17
10187-may include items that are not related to the AUKUS part-18
10188-nership but may not include items that are not covered by 19
10189-an exemption under the International Traffic in Arms Reg-20
10190-ulations. 21
10191-SEC. 933. EXPORT CONTROL EXEMPTIONS AND STANDARDS. 22
10192-(a) I
10193-NGENERAL.—Section 38 of the Arms Export Con-23
10194-trol Act of 1976 (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding 24
10195-at the end the following new subsection: 25
10196-‘‘(l) AUKUS D
10197-EFENSETRADECOOPERATION.— 26
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10201-‘‘(1) EXEMPTION FROM LICENSING AND AP -1
10202-PROVAL REQUIREMENTS .—Subject to paragraph (2) 2
10203-and notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-3
10204-tion, the Secretary of State may exempt from the li-4
10205-censing or other approval requirements of this section 5
10206-exports and transfers (including reexports, retrans-6
10207-fers, temporary imports, and brokering activities) of 7
10208-defense articles and defense services between or among 8
10209-the United States, the United Kingdom, and Aus-9
10210-tralia that— 10
10211-‘‘(A) are not excluded by those countries; 11
10212-‘‘(B) are not referred to in sub-12
10213-section(j)(1)(C)(ii); and 13
10214-‘‘(C) involve only persons or entities that 14
10215-are approved by— 15
10216-‘‘(i) the Secretary of State; and 16
10217-‘‘(ii) the Ministry of Defense, the Min-17
10218-istry of Foreign Affairs, or other similar 18
10219-authority within those countries. 19
10220-‘‘(2) L
10221-IMITATION.—The authority provided in 20
10222-subparagraph (1) shall not apply to any activity, in-21
10223-cluding exports, transfers, reexports, retransfers, tem-22
10224-porary imports, or brokering, of United States defense 23
10225-articles and defense services involving any country or 24
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10229-a person or entity of any country other than the 1
10230-United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.’’. 2
10231-(b) R
10232-EQUIREDSTANDARDS OFEXPORTCONTROLS.— 3
10233-The Secretary may only exercise the authority under sub-4
10234-section (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act 5
10235-of 1976, as added by subsection (a) of this section, with 6
10236-respect to the United Kingdom or Australia 30 days after 7
10237-the Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional com-8
10238-mittees an unclassified certification and detailed unclassi-9
10239-fied assessment (which may include a classified annex) that 10
10240-the country concerned has implemented standards for a sys-11
10241-tem of export controls that satisfies the elements of section 12
10242-38(j)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 13
10243-2778(j)(2)) for United States-origin defense articles and de-14
10244-fense services, and for controlling the provision of military 15
10245-training, that are comparable to those standards adminis-16
10246-tered by the United States in effect on the date of the enact-17
10247-ment of this Act. 18
10248-(c) C
10249-ERTAINREQUIREMENTSNOTAPPLICABLE.— 19
10250-(1) I
10251-N GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 20
10252-of section 3(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 21
10253-U.S.C. 2753(d)) shall not apply to any export or 22
10254-transfer that is the subject of an exemption under sub-23
10255-section (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms Export Control 24
10256-Act of 1976, as added by subsection (a) of this section. 25
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10260-(2) QUARTERLY REPORTS .—The Secretary 1
10261-shall— 2
10262-(A) require all exports and transfers that 3
10263-would be subject to the requirements of para-4
10264-graphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 3(d) of the 5
10265-Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(d)) 6
10266-but for the application of subsection (l)(1) of sec-7
10267-tion 38 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, 8
10268-as added by subsection (a) of this section, to be 9
10269-reported to the Secretary; and 10
10270-(B) submit such reports to the Committee 11
10271-on Foreign Relations of the Senate and Com-12
10272-mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-13
10273-resentatives on a quarterly basis. 14
10274-(d) S
10275-UNSET.—Any exemption under subsection (l)(1) 15
10276-of section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as 16
10277-added by subsection (a) of this section, shall terminate on 17
10278-the date that is 15 years after the date of the enactment 18
10279-of this Act. The Secretary of State may renew such exemp-19
10280-tion for 5 years upon a certification to the Committee on 20
10281-Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For-21
10282-eign Affairs of the House of Representatives that such ex-22
10283-emption is in the vital national interest of the United 23
10284-States with a detailed justification for such certification. 24
10285-(e) R
10286-EPORTS.— 25
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10290-(1) ANNUAL REPORT.— 1
10291-(A) I
10292-N GENERAL.—Not later than one year 2
10293-after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 3
10294-annually thereafter until no exemptions under 4
10295-subsection (l)(1) of section 38 of the Arms Export 5
10296-Control Act of 1976, as added by subsection (a) 6
10297-of this section, remain in effect, the Secretary 7
10298-shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Rela-8
10299-tions of the Senate and the Committee on For-9
10300-eign Affairs of the House of Representatives a re-10
10301-port on the operation of exemptions issued under 11
10302-such subsection (l)(1), including whether any 12
10303-changes to such exemptions are likely to be made 13
10304-in the coming year. 14
10305-(B) I
10306-NITIAL REPORT.—The first report sub-15
10307-mitted under subparagraph (A) shall also in-16
10308-clude an assessment of key recommendations the 17
10309-United States Government has provided to the 18
10310-Governments of Australia and the United King-19
10311-dom to revise laws, regulations, and policies of 20
10312-such countries that are required to implement 21
10313-the AUKUS partnership. 22
10314-(2) R
10315-EPORT ON EXPEDITED REVIEW OF EXPORT 23
10316-LICENSES FOR EXPORTS OF ADVANCED TECH -24
10317-NOLOGIES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 25
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10321-the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 1
10322-coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall re-2
10323-port on the practical application of a possible ‘‘fast 3
10324-track’’ decision-making process for applications, clas-4
10325-sified or unclassified, to export defense articles and 5
10326-defense services to Australia, the United Kingdom, 6
10327-and Canada. 7
10328-SEC. 934. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF EXPORT LICENSES FOR 8
10329-EXPORTS OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES TO 9
10330-AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND CAN-10
10331-ADA. 11
10332-(a) I
10333-NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 12
10334-date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordina-13
10335-tion with the Secretary of Defense, shall initiate a rule-14
10336-making to establish an expedited decision-making process, 15
10337-classified or unclassified, for applications to export to Aus-16
10338-tralia, the United Kingdom, and Canada commercial, ad-17
10339-vanced-technology defense articles and defense services that 18
10340-are not covered by an exemption under the International 19
10341-Traffic in Arms Regulations. 20
10342-(b) E
10343-LIGIBILITY.—To qualify for the expedited deci-21
10344-sion-making process described in subsection (a), an applica-22
10345-tion shall be for an export of defense articles or defense serv-23
10346-ices that will take place wholly within or between the phys-24
10347-ical territory of Australia, Canada, or the United Kingdom 25
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10351-and the United States and with governments or corporate 1
10352-entities from such countries. 2
10353-(c) A
10354-VAILABILITY OFEXPEDITEDPROCESS.—The ex-3
10355-pedited decision-making process described in subsection (a) 4
10356-shall be available for both classified and unclassified items, 5
10357-and the process must satisfy the following criteria to the 6
10358-extent practicable: 7
10359-(1) Any licensing application to export defense 8
10360-articles and services that is related to a government 9
10361-to government AUKUS agreement must be approved, 10
10362-returned, or denied withing 30 days of submission. 11
10363-(2) For all other licensing requests, any review 12
10364-shall be completed not later than 45 calendar days 13
10365-after the date of application. 14
10366-SEC. 935. UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST. 15
10367-(a) E
10368-XEMPTION FOR THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE 16
10369-U
10370-NITEDKINGDOM ANDAUSTRALIAFROMCERTIFICATION 17
10371-ANDCONGRESSIONALNOTIFICATIONREQUIREMENTSAP-18
10372-PLICABLE TOCERTAINTRANSFERS.—Section 38(f)(3) of the 19
10373-Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)(3)) is amend-20
10374-ed by inserting ‘‘, the United Kingdom, or Australia’’ after 21
10375-‘‘Canada’’. 22
10376-(b) U
10377-NITEDSTATESMUNITIONSLISTPERIODICRE-23
10378-VIEWS.— 24
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10382-(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 1
10383-authority delegated by the President to carry out 2
10384-periodic reviews of items on the United States Muni-3
10385-tions List under section 38(f) of the Arms Export 4
10386-Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)) and in coordination 5
10387-with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of En-6
10388-ergy, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Director of 7
10389-the Office of Management and Budget, shall carry out 8
10390-such reviews not less frequently than every 3 years. 9
10391-(2) S
10392-COPE.—The periodic reviews described in 10
10393-paragraph (1) shall focus on matters including— 11
10394-(A) interagency resources to address current 12
10395-threats faced by the United States; 13
10396-(B) the evolving technological and economic 14
10397-landscape; 15
10398-(C) the widespread availability of certain 16
10399-technologies and items on the United States Mu-17
10400-nitions List; and 18
10401-(D) risks of misuse of United States-origin 19
10402-defense articles. 20
10403-(3) C
10404-ONSULTATION.—The Department of State 21
10405-may consult with the Defense Trade Advisory Group 22
10406-(DTAG) and other interested parties in conducting 23
10407-the periodic review described in paragraph (1). 24
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10411-Subtitle D—Other AUKUS Matters 1
10412-SEC. 941. REPORTING RELATED TO THE AUKUS PARTNER-2
10413-SHIP. 3
10414-(a) R
10415-EPORT ONINSTRUMENTS.— 4
10416-(1) I
10417-N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 5
10418-the signature, conclusion, or other finalization of any 6
10419-non-binding instrument related to the AUKUS part-7
10420-nership, the President shall submit to the appropriate 8
10421-congressional committees the text of such instrument. 9
10422-(2) N
10423-ON-DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS ; RULE OF 10
10424-CONSTRUCTION.—To the extent the text of a non-bind-11
10425-ing instrument is submitted to the appropriate con-12
10426-gressional committees pursuant to subsection (a), such 13
10427-text does not need to be submitted to Congress pursu-14
10428-ant to section 112b(a)(1)(A)(ii) of title 1, United 15
10429-States Code, as amended by section 5947 of the James 16
10430-M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-17
10431-cal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3476). 18
10432-Paragraph (1) shall not be construed to relieve the ex-19
10433-ecutive branch of any other requirement of section 20
10434-112b of title 1, United States Code, as amended so 21
10435-amended, or any other provision of law. 22
10436-(3) D
10437-EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23
10438-(A) I
10439-N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘text’’, with 24
10440-respect to a non-binding instrument, includes— 25
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10444-(i) any annex, appendix, codicil, side 1
10445-agreement, side letter, or any document of 2
10446-similar purpose or function to the afore-3
10447-mentioned, regardless of the title of the doc-4
10448-ument, that is entered into contempora-5
10449-neously and in conjunction with the non- 6
10450-binding instrument; and 7
10451-(ii) any implementing agreement or 8
10452-arrangement, or any document of similar 9
10453-purpose or function to the aforementioned, 10
10454-regardless of the title of the document, that 11
10455-is entered into contemporaneously and in 12
10456-conjunction with the non-binding instru-13
10457-ment. 14
10458-(B) C
10459-ONTEMPORANEOUSLY AND IN CON -15
10460-JUNCTION WITH.—As used in subparagraph (A), 16
10461-the term ‘‘contemporaneously and in conjunction 17
10462-with’’— 18
10463-(i) shall be construed liberally; and 19
10464-(ii) may not be interpreted to require 20
10465-any action to have occurred simultaneously 21
10466-or on the same day. 22
10467-(b) R
10468-EPORT ONAUKUS PARTNERSHIP.— 23
10469-(1) I
10470-N GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 24
10471-the date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially 25
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10475-thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the 1
10476-Secretary of Defense and other appropriate heads of 2
10477-agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congres-3
10478-sional committees a report on the AUKUS partner-4
10479-ship. 5
10480-(2) E
10481-LEMENTS.—Each report required under 6
10482-paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 7
10483-(A) S
10484-TRATEGY.— 8
10485-(i) An identification of the defensive 9
10486-military capability gaps and capacity 10
10487-shortfalls that the AUKUS partnership 11
10488-seeks to offset. 12
10489-(ii) An explanation of the total cost to 13
10490-the United States associated with Pillar 14
10491-One of the AUKUS partnership. 15
10492-(iii) A detailed explanation of how en-16
10493-hanced access to the industrial base of Aus-17
10494-tralia is contributing to strengthening the 18
10495-United States strategic position in Asia. 19
10496-(iv) A detailed explanation of the mili-20
10497-tary and strategic benefit provided by the 21
10498-improved access provided by naval bases of 22
10499-Australia. 23
10500-(v) A detailed assessment of how Aus-24
10501-tralia’s sovereign conventionally armed nu-25
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10505-clear attack submarines contribute to 1
10506-United States defense and deterrence objec-2
10507-tives in the Indo-Pacific region. 3
10508-(B) I
10509-MPLEMENT THE AUKUS PARTNER -4
10510-SHIP.— 5
10511-(i) Progress made on achieving the Op-6
10512-timal Pathway established for Australia’s 7
10513-development of conventionally armed, nu-8
10514-clear-powered submarines, including the fol-9
10515-lowing elements: 10
10516-(I) A description of progress made 11
10517-by Australia, the United Kingdom, 12
10518-and the United States to conclude an 13
10519-Article 14 arrangement with the Inter-14
10520-national Atomic Energy Agency. 15
10521-(II) A description of the status of 16
10522-efforts of Australia, the United King-17
10523-dom, and the United States to build 18
10524-the supporting infrastructure to base 19
10525-conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 20
10526-attack submarines. 21
10527-(III) Updates on the efforts by 22
10528-Australia, the United Kingdom, and 23
10529-the United States to train a workforce 24
10530-that can build, sustain, and operate 25
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10534-conventionally armed, nuclear-powered 1
10535-attack submarines. 2
10536-(IV) A description of progress in 3
10537-establishing submarine support facili-4
10538-ties capable of hosting rotational forces 5
10539-in western Australia by 2027. 6
10540-(V) A description of progress 7
10541-made in improving United States sub-8
10542-marine production capabilities that 9
10543-will enable the United States to meet— 10
10544-(aa) its objectives of pro-11
10545-viding up to five Virginia Class 12
10546-submarines to Australia by the 13
10547-early to mid-2030’s; and 14
10548-(bb) United States submarine 15
10549-production requirements. 16
10550-(ii) Progress made on Pillar Two of 17
10551-the AUKUS partnership, including the fol-18
10552-lowing elements: 19
10553-(I) An assessment of the efforts of 20
10554-Australia, the United Kingdom, and 21
10555-the United States to enhance collabora-22
10556-tion across the following eight tri-23
10557-lateral lines of effort: 24
10558-(aa) Underseas capabilities. 25
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10562-(bb) Quantum technologies. 1
10563-(cc) Artificial intelligence 2
10564-and autonomy. 3
10565-(dd) Advanced cyber capa-4
10566-bilities. 5
10567-(ee) Hypersonic and counter- 6
10568-hypersonic capabilities. 7
10569-(ff) Electronic warfare. 8
10570-(gg) Innovation. 9
10571-(hh) Information sharing. 10
10572-(II) An assessment of any new 11
10573-lines of effort established. 12
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10585-
10586-S. 2043 A BILL
10587-To provide for certain authorities of the
10588-Department of State, and for other purposes.
10589-A
10590-UGUST
10591-22, 2023
10592-Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of
10593-July 27, 2023, with an amendment
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