I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H R 1157 To provide for certain authorities of the Department of State and for other purposes IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 18 2021 Mr MEEKS for himself and Mr MCCAUL introduced the following bill which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To provide for certain authorities of the Department of State and for other purposes 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled 3 SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 a SHORT TITLE —This Act may be cited as the 5 ‘‘Department of State Authorization Act of 2021’’ 6 b TABLE OF CONTENTS —The table of contents for 7 this Act is as follows Sec 1 Short title table of contents Sec 2 Definitions TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Sec 1001 Diplomatic Programs VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1157 IH Sec 1002 Sense of Congress on importance of Department of State’s work Sec 1003 Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor Sec 1004 Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforce ment Affairs Sec 1005 Bureau of Consular Affairs Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration Sec 1006 Office of International Disability Rights Sec 1007 Anti-piracy information sharing Sec 1008 Importance of foreign affairs training to national security Sec 1009 Classification and assignment of Foreign Service officers Sec 1010 Energy diplomacy and security within the Department of State Sec 1011 National Museum of American Diplomacy Sec 1012 Extension of period for reimbursement of fishermen for costs in curred from the illegal seizure and detention of U S -flag fish ing vessels by foreign governments Sec 1013 Art in embassies Sec 1014 Amendment or repeal of reporting requirements Sec 1015 Reporting on implementation of GAO recommendations Sec 1016 Office of Global Criminal Justice TITLE II—EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION Sec 1201 Embassy security construction and maintenance Sec 1202 Standard design in capital construction Sec 1203 Capital construction transparency Sec 1204 Contractor performance information Sec 1205 Growth projections for new embassies and consulates Sec 1206 Long-range planning process Sec 1207 Value engineering and risk assessment Sec 1208 Business volume Sec 1209 Embassy security requests and deficiencies Sec 1210 Overseas security briefings Sec 1211 Contracting methods in capital construction Sec 1212 Competition in embassy construction Sec 1213 Statement of policy Sec 1214 Definitions TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES Sec 1301 Defense Base Act insurance waivers Sec 1302 Study on Foreign Service allowances Sec 1303 Science and technology fellowships Sec 1304 Travel for separated families Sec 1305 Home leave travel for separated families Sec 1306 Sense of Congress regarding certain fellowship programs Sec 1307 Technical correction Sec 1308 Foreign Service awards Sec 1309 Diplomatic programs Sec 1310 Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Depart ment of State Sec 1311 Employee assignment restrictions and preclusions Sec 1312 Recall and reemployment of career members Sec 1313 Strategic staffing plan for the Department of State Sec 1314 Consulting services Sec 1315 Incentives for critical posts Sec 1316 Extension of authority for certain accountability review boards VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1157 IH Sec 1317 Foreign Service suspension without pay Sec 1318 Foreign Affairs Manual and Foreign Affairs Handbook changes Sec 1319 Waiver authority for individual occupational requirements of certain positions Sec 1320 Appointment of employees to the Global Engagement Center Sec 1321 Rest and recuperation and overseas operations leave for Federal em ployees Sec 1322 Emergency medical services authority Sec 1323 Department of State Student Internship Program Sec 1324 Competitive status for certain employees hired by Inspectors Gen eral to support the lead IG mission Sec 1325 Cooperation with Office of the Inspector General TITLE IV—A DIVERSE WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT RETENTION AND PROMOTION Sec 1401 Definitions Sec 1402 Collection analysis and dissemination of workforce data Sec 1403 Exit interviews for workforce Sec 1404 Recruitment and retention Sec 1405 Promoting diversity and inclusion in the national security workforce Sec 1406 Leadership engagement and accountability Sec 1407 Professional development opportunities and tools Sec 1408 Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service Sec 1409 Payne fellowship authorization Sec 1410 Voluntary participation TITLE V—INFORMATION SECURITY Sec 1501 Definitions Sec 1502 List of certain telecommunications providers Sec 1503 Preserving records of electronic communications conducted related to official duties of positions in the public trust of the Amer ican people Sec 1504 Foreign Relations of the United States FRUS series and declas sification Sec 1505 Vulnerability Disclosure Policy and Bug Bounty Pilot Program TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY Sec 1601 Short title Sec 1602 Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts Sec 1603 Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy Sec 1604 Permanent reauthorization of the United States Advisory Commis sion on Public Diplomacy Sec 1605 Streamlining of support functions Sec 1606 Guidance for closure of public diplomacy facilities Sec 1607 Definitions TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC CORRUPTION Sec 1701 Sense of congress Sec 1702 Annual assessment Sec 1703 Transparency and accountability Sec 1704 Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact TITLE VIII—OTHER MATTERS VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1157 IH Sec 1801 Case-Zablocki Act reform Sec 1802 Limitation on assistance to countries in default Sec 1803 Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act of 2014 amendment Sec 1804 Modification of authorities of Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad Sec 1805 Chief of mission concurrence Sec 1806 Report on efforts of the Coronavirus Repatriation Task Force 1 SEC 2 DEFINITIONS 2 In this Act 3 1 APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT 4 TEES —The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com 5 mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 6 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 7 Foreign Relations of the Senate 8 2 DEPARTMENT —If not otherwise specified 9 the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of 10 State 11 3 SECRETARY —If not otherwise specified the 12 term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of State 13 TITLE I—ORGANIZATION AND 14 OPERATIONS OF THE DE 15 PARTMENT OF STATE 16 SEC 1001 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 17 For ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ there is authorized to 18 be appropriated $9 170 013 000 for fiscal year 2022 19 SEC 1002 SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPORTANCE OF DE 20 PARTMENT OF STATE’S WORK 21 It is the sense of Congress that— VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 1157 IH 1 1 United States global engagement is key to 2 a stable and prosperous world 3 2 United States leadership is indispensable in 4 light of the many complex and interconnected 5 threats facing the United States and the world 6 3 diplomacy and development are critical tools 7 of national power and full deployment of these tools 8 is vital to United States national security 9 4 challenges such as the global refugee and 10 migration crises terrorism historic famine and food 11 insecurity and fragile or repressive societies cannot 12 be addressed without sustained and robust United 13 States diplomatic and development leadership 14 5 the United States Government must use all 15 of the instruments of national security and foreign 16 policy at its disposal to protect United States citi 17 zens promote United States interests and values 18 and support global stability and prosperity 19 6 United States security and prosperity de 20 pend on having partners and allies that share our in 21 terests and values and these partnerships are nur 22 tured and our shared interests and values are pro 23 moted through United States diplomatic engage 24 ment security cooperation economic statecraft and 25 assistance that helps further economic development VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 1157 IH 1 good governance including the rule of law and 2 democratic institutions and the development of 3 shared responses to natural and humanitarian disas 4 ters 5 7 as the United States Government agencies 6 primarily charged with conducting diplomacy and 7 development the Department and the United States 8 Agency for International Development USAID re 9 quire sustained and robust funding to carry out this 10 important work which is essential to our ability to 11 project United States leadership and values and to 12 advance United States interests around the world 13 8 the work of the Department and USAID 14 makes the United States and the world safer and 15 more prosperous by alleviating global poverty and 16 hunger fighting HIV AIDS and other infectious dis 17 eases strengthening alliances expanding educational 18 opportunities for women and girls promoting good 19 governance and democracy supporting anti-corrup 20 tion efforts driving economic development and 21 trade preventing armed conflicts and humanitarian 22 crises and creating American jobs and export oppor 23 tunities 24 9 the Department and USAID are vital na 25 tional security agencies whose work is critical to the VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 1157 IH 1 projection of United States power and leadership 2 worldwide and without which Americans would be 3 less safe United States economic power would be di 4 minished and global stability and prosperity would 5 suffer 6 10 investing in diplomacy and development 7 before conflicts break out saves American lives while 8 also being cost-effective and 9 11 the contributions of personnel working at 10 the Department and USAID are extraordinarily val 11 uable and allow the United States to maintain its 12 leadership around the world 13 SEC 1003 BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY HUMAN RIGHTS AND 14 LABOR 15 Paragraph 2 of section 1 c of the State Depart 16 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 22 U S C 2651a 17 is amended— 18 1 in subparagraph A by adding at the end 19 the following new sentence ‘‘All special envoys am 20 bassadors and coordinators located within the Bu 21 reau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor shall 22 report directly to the Assistant Secretary unless oth 23 erwise provided by law ’’ 24 2 in subparagraph B ii — VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 1157 IH 1 A by striking ‘‘section’’ and inserting 2 ‘‘sections 116 and’’ and 3 B by inserting before the period at the 4 end the following ‘‘ commonly referred to as 5 the annual ‘Country Reports on Human Rights 6 Practices’ ’’ and 7 3 by adding at the end the following new sub 8 paragraphs 9 ‘‘ C AUTHORITIES —In addition to the 10 duties functions and responsibilities specified 11 in this paragraph the Assistant Secretary of 12 State for Democracy Human Rights and 13 Labor is authorized to— 14 ‘‘ i promote democracy and actively 15 support human rights throughout the 16 world 17 ‘‘ ii promote the rule of law and good 18 governance throughout the world 19 ‘‘ iii strengthen empower and pro 20 tect civil society representatives programs 21 and organizations and facilitate their abil 22 ity to engage in dialogue with governments 23 and other civil society entities 24 ‘‘ iv work with regional bureaus to 25 ensure adequate personnel at diplomatic VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 1157 IH 1 posts are assigned responsibilities relating 2 to advancing democracy human rights 3 labor rights women’s equal participation 4 in society and the rule of law with par 5 ticular attention paid to adequate oversight 6 and engagement on such issues by senior 7 officials at such posts 8 ‘‘ v review and as appropriate make 9 recommendations that shall be given equal 10 weight to those of other bureaus or offices 11 to the Secretary of State regarding the 12 proposed transfer of— 13 ‘‘ I defense articles and defense 14 services authorized under the Foreign 15 Assistance Act of 1961 22 U S C 16 2151 et seq or the Arms Export 17 Control Act 22 U S C 2751 et seq 18 and 19 ‘‘ II military items listed on the 20 ‘600 series’ of the Commerce Control 21 List contained in Supplement No 1 to 22 part 774 of subtitle B of title 15 23 Code of Federal Regulations 24 ‘‘ vi coordinate programs and activi 25 ties that protect and advance the exercise VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 1157 IH 1 of human rights and internet freedom in 2 cyberspace and 3 ‘‘ vii implement other relevant poli 4 cies and provisions of law 5 ‘‘ D LOCAL OVERSIGHT —United States 6 missions when executing DRL programming 7 to the extent practicable should assist in exer 8 cising oversight authority and coordinate with 9 the Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and 10 Labor to ensure that funds are appropriately 11 used and comply with anti-corruption prac 12 tices ’’ 13 SEC 1004 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL 14 NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AF 15 FAIRS 16 a IN GENERAL —Section 1 c of the State Depart 17 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 22 U S C 2651a c 18 is amended— 19 1 by redesignating paragraph 3 as para 20 graph 4 and 21 2 by inserting after paragraph 2 the fol 22 lowing new paragraph 23 ‘‘ 3 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTER 24 NATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AF 25 FAIRS — VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 1157 IH 1 ‘‘ A IN GENERAL —There is authorized to 2 be in the Department of State an Assistant 3 Secretary for International Narcotics and Law 4 Enforcement Affairs who shall be responsible 5 to the Secretary of State for all matters pro 6 grams and related activities pertaining to inter 7 national narcotics anti-crime and law enforce 8 ment affairs in the conduct of foreign policy by 9 the Department including as appropriate lead 10 ing the coordination of programs carried out by 11 United States Government agencies abroad and 12 such other related duties as the Secretary may 13 from time to time designate 14 ‘‘ B AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY —The 15 Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics 16 and Law Enforcement Affairs shall maintain 17 continuous observation and coordination of all 18 matters pertaining to international narcotics 19 anti-crime and law enforcement affairs in the 20 conduct of foreign policy including programs 21 carried out by other United States Government 22 agencies when such programs pertain to the fol 23 lowing matters 24 ‘‘ i Combating international narcotics 25 production and trafficking VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 1157 IH 1 ‘‘ ii Strengthening foreign justice sys 2 tems including judicial and prosecutorial 3 capacity appeals systems law enforcement 4 agencies prison systems and the sharing 5 of recovered assets 6 ‘‘ iii Training and equipping foreign 7 police border control other government of 8 ficials and other civilian law enforcement 9 authorities for anti-crime purposes includ 10 ing ensuring that no foreign security unit 11 or member of such unit shall receive such 12 assistance from the United States Govern 13 ment absent appropriate vetting 14 ‘‘ iv Ensuring the inclusion of human 15 rights and women’s participation issues in 16 law enforcement programs in consultation 17 with the Assistant Secretary for Democ 18 racy Human Rights and Labor and other 19 senior officials in regional and thematic 20 bureaus and offices 21 ‘‘ v Combating in conjunction with 22 other relevant bureaus of the Department 23 of State and other United States Govern 24 ment agencies all forms of transnational 25 organized crime including human traf VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 1157 IH 1 ficking illicit trafficking in arms wildlife 2 and cultural property migrant smuggling 3 corruption money laundering the illicit 4 smuggling of bulk cash the licit use of fi 5 nancial systems for malign purposes and 6 other new and emerging forms of crime 7 ‘‘ vi Identifying and responding to 8 global corruption including strengthening 9 the capacity of foreign government institu 10 tions responsible for addressing financial 11 crimes and engaging with multilateral or 12 ganizations responsible for monitoring and 13 supporting foreign governments’ anti-cor 14 ruption efforts 15 ‘‘ C ADDITIONAL DUTIES —In addition to 16 the responsibilities specified in subparagraph 17 B the Assistant Secretary for International 18 Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs shall 19 also— 20 ‘‘ i carry out timely and substantive 21 consultation with chiefs of mission and as 22 appropriate the heads of other United 23 States Government agencies to ensure ef 24 fective coordination of all international 25 narcotics and law enforcement programs VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 1157 IH 1 carried out overseas by the Department 2 and such other agencies 3 ‘‘ ii coordinate with the Office of Na 4 tional Drug Control Policy to ensure les 5 sons learned from other United States 6 Government agencies are available to the 7 Bureau of International Narcotics and 8 Law Enforcement Affairs of the Depart 9 ment 10 ‘‘ iii develop standard requirements 11 for monitoring and evaluation of Bureau 12 programs including metrics for success 13 that do not rely solely on the amounts of 14 illegal drugs that are produced or seized 15 ‘‘ iv in coordination with the Sec 16 retary of State annually certify in writing 17 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 18 House of Representatives and the Com 19 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 20 that United States law enforcement per 21 sonnel posted abroad whose activities are 22 funded to any extent by the Bureau of 23 International Narcotics and Law Enforce 24 ment Affairs are complying with section VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 1157 IH 1 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 2 22 U S C 3927 and 3 ‘‘ v carry out such other relevant du 4 ties as the Secretary may assign 5 ‘‘ D RULE OF CONSTRUCTION —Nothing 6 in this paragraph may be construed to limit or 7 impair the authority or responsibility of any 8 other Federal agency with respect to law en 9 forcement domestic security operations or in 10 telligence activities as defined in Executive 11 Order 12333 ’’ 12 b MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL 13 NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT —Subsection 14 a of section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 15 22 U S C 2291h is amended by inserting after para 16 graph 9 the following new paragraph 17 ‘‘ 10 A separate section that contains an iden 18 tification of all United States Government-supported 19 units funded by the Bureau of International Nar 20 cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs and any Bu 21 reau-funded operations by such units in which 22 United States law enforcement personnel have been 23 physically present ’’ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 1157 IH 1 SEC 1005 BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS BUREAU OF 2 POPULATION REFUGEES AND MIGRATION 3 Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 4 Act of 1956 22 U S C 2651a is amended— 5 1 by redesignating subsection g as sub 6 section i and 7 2 by inserting after subsection f the fol 8 lowing new subsections 9 ‘‘ g BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS —There is in 10 the Department of State the Bureau of Consular Affairs 11 which shall be headed by the Assistant Secretary of State 12 for Consular Affairs 13 ‘‘ h BUREAU OF POPULATION REFUGEES AND MI 14 GRATION —There is in the Department of State the Bu 15 reau of Population Refugees and Migration which shall 16 be headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Popu 17 lation Refugees and Migration ’’ 18 SEC 1006 OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS 19 a ESTABLISHMENT —There should be established 20 in the Department of State an Office of International Dis 21 ability Rights referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’ 22 b DUTIES —The Office should— 23 1 seek to ensure that all United States for 24 eign operations are accessible to and inclusive of 25 persons with disabilities VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 1157 IH 1 2 promote the human rights and full partici 2 pation in international development activities of all 3 persons with disabilities 4 3 promote disability inclusive practices and 5 the training of Department of State staff on solic 6 iting quality programs that are fully inclusive of peo 7 ple with disabilities 8 4 represent the United States in diplomatic 9 and multilateral fora on matters relevant to the 10 rights of persons with disabilities and work to raise 11 the profile of disability across a broader range of or 12 ganizations contributing to international develop 13 ment efforts 14 5 conduct regular consultation with civil soci 15 ety organizations working to advance international 16 disability rights and empower persons with disabil 17 ities internationally 18 6 consult with other relevant offices at the 19 Department that are responsible for drafting annual 20 reports documenting progress on human rights in 21 cluding wherever applicable references to instances 22 of discrimination prejudice or abuses of persons 23 with disabilities 24 7 advise the Bureau of Human Resources or 25 its equivalent within the Department regarding the VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 1157 IH 1 hiring and recruitment and overseas practices of civil 2 service employees and Foreign Service officers with 3 disabilities and their family members with chronic 4 medical conditions or disabilities and 5 8 carry out such other relevant duties as the 6 Secretary of State may assign 7 c SUPERVISION —The Office may be headed by— 8 1 a senior advisor to the appropriate Assist 9 ant Secretary of State or 10 2 an officer exercising significant authority 11 who reports to the President or Secretary of State 12 appointed by and with the advice and consent of the 13 Senate 14 d CONSULTATION —The Secretary of State should 15 direct Ambassadors at Large Representatives Special 16 Envoys and coordinators working on human rights to con 17 sult with the Office to promote the human rights and full 18 participation in international development activities of all 19 persons with disabilities 20 SEC 1007 ANTI-PIRACY INFORMATION SHARING 21 The Secretary is authorized to provide for the partici 22 pation by the United States in the Information Sharing 23 Centre located in Singapore as established by the Re 24 gional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and 25 Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia ReCAAP VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 1157 IH 1 SEC 1008 IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TRAINING 2 TO NATIONAL SECURITY 3 a SENSE OF CONGRESS —It is the sense of Con 4 gress that— 5 1 the Department is a crucial national secu 6 rity agency whose employees both Foreign and Civil 7 Service require the best possible training at every 8 stage of their careers to prepare them to promote 9 and defend United States national interests and the 10 health and safety of United States citizens abroad 11 2 the Department’s Foreign Service Institute 12 should seek to substantially increase its educational 13 and training offerings to Department personnel in 14 cluding developing new and innovative educational 15 and training courses methods programs and oppor 16 tunities and 17 3 consistent with existing Department gift ac 18 ceptance authority and other applicable laws the 19 Department and Foreign Service Institute may ac 20 cept funds and other resources from foundations 21 not-for-profit corporations and other appropriate 22 sources to help the Department and the Institute ac 23 complish the goals specified in paragraph 3 24 b TRAINING FLOAT —Not later than 90 days after 25 the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of 26 State shall develop and submit to the appropriate congres VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 1157 IH 1 sional committees a strategy to establish a ‘‘training float’’ 2 to allow for up to 15 percent of the Foreign Service to 3 participate in long-term training at any given time The 4 strategy should identify steps necessary to ensure suffi 5 cient training capacity and opportunities are available to 6 Foreign Service officers mechanisms to ensure equitable 7 distribution of long-term training opportunities to Foreign 8 Service officers and resources and any additional authori 9 ties necessary to facilitate such a training float The strat 10 egy shall identify which types of training would be 11 prioritized the extent if any to which such training is 12 already being provided to Foreign Service officers by the 13 Department of State and why such training cannot be 14 achieved without Foreign Service officers leaving the 15 workforce 16 SEC 1009 CLASSIFICATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF FOREIGN 17 SERVICE OFFICERS 18 The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended— 19 1 in section 501 22 U S C 3981 by insert 20 ing ‘‘If a position designated under this section is 21 unfilled for more than 365 calendar days such posi 22 tion may be filled as appropriate on a temporary 23 basis in accordance with section 309 ’’ after ‘‘Posi 24 tions designated under this section are excepted 25 from the competitive service ’’ and VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 1157 IH 1 2 in paragraph 2 of section 502 a 22 2 U S C 3982 a by inserting ‘‘ or domestically in 3 a position working on issues relating to a particular 4 country or geographic area ’’ after ‘‘geographic 5 area’’ 6 SEC 1010 ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND SECURITY WITHIN 7 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 8 Section 1 c of the State Department Basic Authori 9 ties Act of 1956 22 U S C 2651a as amended by sec 10 tion 1004 of this Act is further amended— 11 1 by redesignating paragraph 4 as redesig 12 nated pursuant to such section 1003 as paragraph 13 5 and 14 2 by inserting after paragraph 3 the fol 15 lowing new paragraph 16 ‘‘ 4 ENERGY RESOURCES — 17 ‘‘ A AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANT SEC 18 RETARY —Subject to the numerical limitation 19 specified in paragraph 1 there is authorized 20 to be established in the Department of State an 21 Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Re 22 sources 23 ‘‘ B PERSONNEL —If the Department es 24 tablishes an Assistant Secretary of State for 25 Energy Resources in accordance with the au VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 1157 IH 1 thorization provided in subparagraph A the 2 Secretary of State shall ensure there are suffi 3 cient personnel dedicated to energy matters 4 within the Department of State whose respon 5 sibilities shall include— 6 ‘‘ i formulating and implementing 7 international policies aimed at protecting 8 and advancing United States energy secu 9 rity interests by effectively managing 10 United States bilateral and multilateral re 11 lations 12 ‘‘ ii ensuring that analyses of the na 13 tional security implications of global en 14 ergy and environmental developments are 15 reflected in the decision-making process 16 within the Department 17 ‘‘ iii incorporating energy security 18 priorities into the activities of the Depart 19 ment 20 ‘‘ iv coordinating energy activities of 21 the Department with relevant Federal de 22 partments and agencies 23 ‘‘ v coordinating with the Office of 24 Sanctions Coordination on economic sanc VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 1157 IH 1 tions pertaining to the international energy 2 sector and 3 ‘‘ vi working internationally to— 4 ‘‘ I support the development of 5 energy resources and the distribution 6 of such resources for the benefit of 7 the United States and United States 8 allies and trading partners for their 9 energy security and economic develop 10 ment needs 11 ‘‘ II promote availability of di 12 versified energy supplies and a well 13 functioning global market for energy 14 resources technologies and expertise 15 for the benefit of the United States 16 and United States allies and trading 17 partners 18 ‘‘ III resolve international dis 19 putes regarding the exploration devel 20 opment production or distribution of 21 energy resources 22 ‘‘ IV support the economic and 23 commercial interests of United States 24 persons operating in the energy mar 25 kets of foreign countries VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 1157 IH 1 ‘‘ V support and coordinate 2 international efforts to alleviate en 3 ergy poverty 4 ‘‘ VI leading the United States 5 commitment to the Extractive Indus 6 tries Transparency Initiative and 7 ‘‘ VII coordinating energy secu 8 rity and other relevant functions with 9 in the Department currently under 10 taken by— 11 ‘‘ aa the Bureau of Eco 12 nomic and Business Affairs 13 ‘‘ bb the Bureau of Oceans 14 and International Environmental 15 and Scientific Affairs and 16 ‘‘ cc other offices within the 17 Department of State ’’ 18 SEC 1011 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY 19 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 20 of 1956 is amended by adding after section 63 22 U S C 21 2735 the following new section 22 ‘‘SEC 64 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY 23 ‘‘ a ACTIVITIES — 24 ‘‘ 1 SUPPORT AUTHORIZED —The Secretary of 25 State is authorized to provide by contract grant or VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 1157 IH 1 otherwise for the performance of appropriate mu 2 seum visitor and educational outreach services and 3 related events including organizing programs and 4 conference activities museum shop services and food 5 services in the public exhibition and related space 6 utilized by the National Museum of American Diplo 7 macy 8 ‘‘ 2 RECOVERY OF COSTS —The Secretary of 9 State is authorized to recover any revenues gen 10 erated under the authority of paragraph 1 for vis 11 itor and outreach services and related events re 12 ferred to in such paragraph including fees for use 13 of facilities at the National Museum for American 14 Diplomacy Any such revenues may be retained as a 15 recovery of the costs of operating the museum 16 ‘‘ b DISPOSITION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMER 17 ICAN DIPLOMACY DOCUMENTS ARTIFACTS AND OTHER 18 ARTICLES — 19 ‘‘ 1 PROPERTY —All historic documents arti 20 facts or other articles permanently acquired by the 21 Department of State and determined by the Sec 22 retary of State to be suitable for display by the Na 23 tional Museum of American Diplomacy shall be con 24 sidered to be the property of the United States Gov VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 1157 IH 1 ernment and shall be subject to disposition solely in 2 accordance with this subsection 3 ‘‘ 2 SALE TRADE OR TRANSFER —Whenever 4 the Secretary of State makes the determination de 5 scribed in paragraph 3 with respect to a document 6 artifact or other article under paragraph 1 the 7 Secretary may sell at fair market value trade or 8 transfer such document artifact or other article 9 without regard to the requirements of subtitle I of 10 title 40 United States Code The proceeds of any 11 such sale may be used solely for the advancement of 12 the mission of the National Museum of American 13 Diplomacy and may not be used for any purpose 14 other than the acquisition and direct care of the col 15 lections of the museum 16 ‘‘ 3 DETERMINATIONS PRIOR TO SALE TRADE 17 OR TRANSFER —The determination described in this 18 paragraph with respect to a document artifact or 19 other article under paragraph 1 is a determination 20 that— 21 ‘‘ A such document artifact or other arti 22 cle no longer serves to further the purposes of 23 the National Museum of American Diplomacy 24 as set forth in the collections management pol 25 icy of the museum VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 1157 IH 1 ‘‘ B the sale trade or transfer of such 2 document artifact or other article would serve 3 to maintain the standards of the collection of 4 the museum or 5 ‘‘ C sale trade or transfer of such docu 6 ment artifact or other article would be in the 7 best interests of the United States 8 ‘‘ 4 LOANS —In addition to the authorization 9 under paragraph 2 relating to the sale trade or 10 transfer of documents artifacts or other articles 11 under paragraph 1 the Secretary of State may 12 loan such documents artifacts or other articles 13 when not needed for use or display by the National 14 Museum of American Diplomacy to the Smithsonian 15 Institution or a similar institution for repair study 16 or exhibition ’’ 17 SEC 1012 EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR REIMBURSEMENT 18 OF FISHERMEN FOR COSTS INCURRED FROM 19 THE ILLEGAL SEIZURE AND DETENTION OF 20 U S -FLAG FISHING VESSELS BY FOREIGN 21 GOVERNMENTS 22 a IN GENERAL —Subsection e of section 7 of the 23 Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 22 U S C 1977 is 24 amended to read as follows VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 1157 IH 1 ‘‘ e AMOUNTS —Payments may be made under this 2 section only to such extent and in such amounts as are 3 provided in advance in appropriation Acts ’’ 4 b RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY — 5 1 EFFECTIVE DATE —The amendment made 6 by subsection a shall take effect on the date of the 7 enactment of this Act and apply as if the date speci 8 fied in subsection e of section 7 of the Fishermen’s 9 Protective Act of 1967 as in effect on the day be 10 fore the date of the enactment of this Act were the 11 day after such date of enactment 12 2 AGREEMENTS AND PAYMENTS —The Sec 13 retary of State is authorized to— 14 A enter into agreements pursuant to sec 15 tion 7 of the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 16 1967 for any claims to which such section 17 would otherwise apply but for the date specified 18 in subsection e of such section as in effect on 19 the day before the date of the enactment of this 20 Act and 21 B make payments in accordance with 22 agreements entered into pursuant to such sec 23 tion if any such payments have not been made 24 as a result of the expiration of the date speci VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 1157 IH 1 fied in such section as in effect on the day be 2 fore the date of the enactment of this Act 3 SEC 1013 ART IN EMBASSIES 4 a IN GENERAL —No funds are authorized to be ap 5 propriated for the purchase of any piece of art for the 6 purposes of installation or display in any embassy con 7 sulate or other foreign mission of the United States if 8 the purchase price of such piece of art is in excess of 9 $25 000 unless such purchase is subject to prior consulta 10 tion with and the regular notification procedures of the 11 appropriate congressional committees 12 b REPORT —Not later than 90 days after the date 13 of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall 14 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re 15 port on the costs of the Art in Embassies Program for 16 fiscal years 2012 through 2020 17 c SUNSET —This section shall terminate on the 18 date that is two years after the date of the enactment of 19 this Act 20 d DEFINITION —In this section the term ‘‘art’’ in 21 cludes paintings sculptures photographs industrial de 22 sign and craft art 23 SEC 1014 AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF REPORTING RE 24 QUIREMENTS 25 a BURMA — VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 1157 IH 1 1 IN GENERAL —Section 570 of Public Law 2 104–208 is amended— 3 A by amending subsection c to read as 4 follows 5 ‘‘ c MULTILATERAL STRATEGY —The President 6 shall develop in coordination with like-minded countries 7 a comprehensive multilateral strategy to— 8 ‘‘ 1 assist Burma in addressing corrosive ma 9 lign influence of the People’s Republic of China and 10 ‘‘ 2 support democratic constitutional eco 11 nomic and security sector reforms in Burma de 12 signed to— 13 ‘‘ A advance democratic development and 14 improve human rights practices and the quality 15 of life and 16 ‘‘ B promote genuine national reconcili 17 ation ’’ and 18 B in subsection d — 19 i in the matter preceding paragraph 20 1 by striking ‘‘six months’’ and inserting 21 ‘‘year’’ 22 ii by redesignating paragraph 3 as 23 paragraph 7 and 24 iii by inserting after paragraph 2 25 the following new paragraphs VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 1157 IH 1 ‘‘ 3 improvements in human rights practices 2 ‘‘ 4 progress toward broad-based and inclusive 3 economic growth 4 ‘‘ 5 progress toward genuine national reconcili 5 ation 6 ‘‘ 6 progress on improving the quality of life of 7 the Burmese people including progress relating to 8 market reforms living standards labor standards 9 use of forced labor in the tourism industry and en 10 vironmental quality and’’ 11 2 EFFECTIVE DATE —The amendments made 12 by paragraph 1 shall take effect on the date of the 13 enactment of this Act and apply with respect to the 14 first report required under subsection d of section 15 570 of Public Law 104–208 that is required after 16 the date of the enactment of this Act 17 b REPEALS —The following provisions of law are 18 hereby repealed 19 1 Subsection b of section 804 of Public Law 20 101–246 21 2 Section 6 of Public Law 104–45 22 3 Section 406 of Public Law 101–246 22 23 U S C 2414a 24 4 Subsection c of section 702 of Public Law 25 96–465 22 U S C 4022 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 1157 IH 1 5 Section 404 of the Arms Control and Disar 2 mament Act 22 U S C 2593b 3 6 Section 5 of Public Law 94–304 22 U S C 4 3005 5 7 Subsection b of section 502 of the Inter 6 national Security and Development Cooperation Act 7 of 1985 22 U S C 2349aa–7 8 c TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT — 9 Subsection c of section 502 of the International Security 10 and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 22 U S C 11 2349aa–7 is redesignated as subsection b 12 SEC 1015 REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO REC 13 OMMENDATIONS 14 a INITIAL REPORT —Not later than 120 days after 15 the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of 16 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional com 17 mittees a report that lists all of the Government Account 18 ability Office’s recommendations relating to the Depart 19 ment that have not been fully implemented 20 b COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT —Not later 21 than 30 days after the Secretary submits the report under 22 subsection a the Comptroller General of the United 23 States shall submit to the appropriate congressional com 24 mittees a report that identifies any discrepancies between 25 the list of recommendations included in such report and VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 1157 IH 1 the Government Accountability Office’s list of outstanding 2 recommendations for the Department 3 c IMPLEMENTATION REPORT — 4 1 IN GENERAL —Not later than 120 days 5 after the date of the submission of the Comptroller 6 General’s report under subsection b the Secretary 7 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com 8 mittees a report that describes the implementation 9 status of each recommendation from the Govern 10 ment Accountability Office included in the report 11 submitted under subsection a 12 2 JUSTIFICATION —The report under para 13 graph 1 shall include— 14 A a detailed justification for each deci 15 sion not to fully implement a recommendation 16 or to implement a recommendation in a dif 17 ferent manner than specified by the Govern 18 ment Accountability Office 19 B a timeline for the full implementation 20 of any recommendation the Secretary has de 21 cided to adopt but has not yet fully imple 22 mented and 23 C an explanation for any discrepancies 24 included in the Comptroller General report sub 25 mitted under subsection b VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 1157 IH 1 d FORM —The information required in each report 2 under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form 3 to the maximum extent practicable but may be included 4 in a classified annex to the extent necessary 5 SEC 1016 OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE 6 a IN GENERAL —There should be established with 7 in the Department of State an Office of Global Criminal 8 Justice referred to in this section as the ‘‘Office’’ which 9 may be placed within the organizational structure of the 10 Department at the discretion of the Secretary 11 b DUTIES —The Office should carry out the fol 12 lowing 13 1 Advise the Secretary of State and other rel 14 evant senior officials on issues related to atrocities 15 including war crimes crimes against humanity and 16 genocide 17 2 Assist in formulating United States policy 18 on the prevention of responses to and account 19 ability for atrocities 20 3 Coordinate as appropriate and with other 21 relevant Federal departments and agencies United 22 States Government positions relating to the inter 23 national and hybrid courts currently prosecuting 24 persons suspected of atrocities around the world VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 1157 IH 1 4 Work with other governments international 2 organizations and nongovernmental organizations 3 as appropriate to establish and assist international 4 and domestic commissions of inquiry fact-finding 5 missions and tribunals to investigate document 6 and prosecute atrocities around the world 7 5 Coordinate as appropriate and with other 8 relevant Federal departments and agencies the de 9 ployment of diplomatic legal economic military 10 and other tools to help collect evidence of atrocities 11 judge those responsible protect and assist victims 12 enable reconciliation prevent and deter atrocities 13 and promote the rule of law 14 6 Provide advice and expertise on transitional 15 justice mechanisms to United States personnel oper 16 ating in conflict and post-conflict environments 17 7 Act as a point of contact for international 18 hybrid and domestic tribunals exercising jurisdiction 19 over atrocities committed around the world 20 8 Represent the Department on any inter 21 agency whole-of-government coordinating entities ad 22 dressing genocide and other atrocities 23 9 Perform any additional duties and exercise 24 such powers as the Secretary of State may prescribe VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 1157 IH 1 c SUPERVISION —If established the Office shall be 2 led by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Jus 3 tice who is nominated by the President and appointed by 4 and with the advice and consent of the Senate 5 TITLE II—EMBASSY 6 CONSTRUCTION 7 SEC 1201 EMBASSY SECURITY CONSTRUCTION AND MAIN 8 TENANCE 9 For ‘‘Embassy Security Construction and Mainte 10 nance’’ there is authorized to be appropriated 11 $1 950 449 000 for fiscal year 2021 12 SEC 1202 STANDARD DESIGN IN CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 13 a SENSE OF CONGRESS —It is the sense of Con 14 gress that the Department’s Bureau of Overseas Building 15 Operations OBO or successor office should give appro 16 priate consideration to standardization in construction in 17 which each new United States embassy and consulate 18 starts with a standard design and keeps customization to 19 a minimum 20 b CONSULTATION —The Secretary of State shall 21 carry out any new United States embassy compound or 22 new consulate compound project that utilizes a non-stand 23 ard design including those projects that are in the design 24 or pre-design phase as of the date of the enactment of 25 this Act only in consultation with the appropriate con VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 1157 IH 1 gressional committees The Secretary shall provide the ap 2 propriate congressional committees for each such project 3 the following documentation 4 1 A comparison of the estimated full lifecycle 5 costs of the project to the estimated full lifecycle 6 costs of such project if it were to use a standard de 7 sign 8 2 A comparison of the estimated completion 9 date of such project to the estimated completion 10 date of such project if it were to use a standard de 11 sign 12 3 A comparison of the security of the com 13 pleted project to the security of such completed 14 project if it were to use a standard design 15 4 A justification for the Secretary’s selection 16 of a non-standard design over a standard design for 17 such project 18 5 A written explanation if any of the docu 19 mentation necessary to support the comparisons and 20 justification as the case may be described in para 21 graphs 1 through 4 cannot be provided 22 c SUNSET —The consultation requirement under 23 subsection b shall expire on the date that is 4 years after 24 the date of the enactment of this Act VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 1157 IH 1 SEC 1203 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION TRANSPARENCY 2 Section 118 of the Department of State Authorities 3 Act Fiscal Year 2017 22 U S C 304 is amended— 4 1 in the section heading by striking ‘‘AN 5 NUAL REPORT ON EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 6 COSTS’’ and inserting ‘‘BIANNUAL REPORT ON 7 OVERSEAS CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION 8 PROJECTS’’ and 9 2 by striking subsections a and b and in 10 serting the following new subsections 11 ‘‘ a IN GENERAL —Not later than 180 days after 12 the date of the enactment of this subsection and every 180 13 days thereafter until the date that is four years after such 14 date of enactment the Secretary of State shall submit to 15 the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive 16 report regarding all ongoing overseas capital construction 17 projects and major embassy security upgrade projects 18 ‘‘ b CONTENTS —Each report required under sub 19 section a shall include the following with respect to each 20 ongoing overseas capital construction project and major 21 embassy security upgrade project 22 ‘‘ 1 The initial cost estimate as specified in the 23 proposed allocation of capital construction and main 24 tenance funds required by the Committees on Appro 25 priations for Acts making appropriations for the De VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 39 •HR 1157 IH 1 partment of State foreign operations and related 2 programs 3 ‘‘ 2 The current cost estimate 4 ‘‘ 3 The value of each request for equitable ad 5 justment received by the Department to date 6 ‘‘ 4 The value of each certified claim received 7 by the Department to date 8 ‘‘ 5 The value of any usage of the project’s 9 contingency fund to date and the value of the re 10 mainder of the project’s contingency fund 11 ‘‘ 6 An enumerated list of each request for ad 12 justment and certified claim that remains out 13 standing or unresolved 14 ‘‘ 7 An enumerated list of each request for eq 15 uitable adjustment and certified claim that has been 16 fully adjudicated or that the Department has settled 17 and the final dollar amount of each adjudication or 18 settlement 19 ‘‘ 8 The date of estimated completion specified 20 in the proposed allocation of capital construction 21 and maintenance funds required by the Committees 22 on Appropriations not later than 45 days after the 23 date of the enactment of an Act making appropria 24 tions for the Department of State foreign oper 25 ations and related programs VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 40 •HR 1157 IH 1 ‘‘ 9 The current date of estimated comple 2 tion ’’ 3 SEC 1204 CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION 4 a DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION —The Secretary of 5 State shall complete all contractor performance evalua 6 tions outstanding as of the date of the enactment of this 7 Act required by subpart 42 15 of the Federal Acquisition 8 Regulation for those contractors engaged in construction 9 of new embassy or new consulate compounds by April 1 10 2022 11 b PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM — 12 1 IN GENERAL —Not later than 90 days after 13 the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary 14 of State shall develop a prioritization system for 15 clearing the current backlog of required evaluations 16 referred to in subsection a 17 2 ELEMENTS —The system required under 18 paragraph 1 should prioritize the evaluations as 19 follows 20 A Project completion evaluations should 21 be prioritized over annual evaluations 22 B Evaluations for relatively large con 23 tracts should have priority VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 41 •HR 1157 IH 1 C Evaluations that would be particularly 2 informative for the awarding of government 3 contracts should have priority 4 c BRIEFING —Not later than 90 days after the date 5 of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall 6 brief the appropriate congressional committees on the De 7 partment’s plan for completing all evaluations by October 8 1 2021 in accordance with subsection a and the 9 prioritization system developed pursuant to subsection b 10 d SENSE OF CONGRESS —It is the sense of Con 11 gress that— 12 1 contractors deciding whether to bid on De 13 partment contracts would benefit from greater un 14 derstanding of the Department as a client and 15 2 the Department should develop a forum 16 where contractors can comment on the Department’s 17 project management performance 18 SEC 1205 GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR NEW EMBASSIES 19 AND CONSULATES 20 a IN GENERAL —For each new United States em 21 bassy compound NEC and new consulate compound 22 project NCC in or not yet in the design phase as of the 23 date of the enactment of this Act the Department of State 24 shall project growth over the estimated life of the facility VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 42 •HR 1157 IH 1 using all available and relevant data including the fol 2 lowing 3 1 Relevant historical trends for Department 4 personnel and personnel from other agencies rep 5 resented at the NEC or NCC that is to be con 6 structed 7 2 An analysis of the tradeoffs between risk 8 and the needs of United States Government policy 9 conducted as part of the most recent Vital Presence 10 Validation Process if applicable 11 3 Reasonable assumptions about the strategic 12 importance of the NEC or NCC as the case may be 13 over the life of the building at issue 14 4 Any other data that would be helpful in pro 15 jecting the future growth of NEC or NCC 16 b OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES —The head of each 17 Federal agency represented at a United States embassy 18 or consulate shall provide to the Secretary upon request 19 growth projections for the personnel of each such agency 20 over the estimated life of each embassy or consulate as 21 the case may be 22 c BASIS FOR ESTIMATES —The Department of 23 State shall base its growth assumption for all NECs and 24 NCCs on the estimates required under subsections a and 25 b VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 43 •HR 1157 IH 1 d CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION —Any congres 2 sional notification of site selection for a NEC or NCC sub 3 mitted after the date of the enactment of this Act shall 4 include the growth assumption used pursuant to sub 5 section c 6 SEC 1206 LONG-RANGE PLANNING PROCESS 7 a PLANS REQUIRED — 8 1 IN GENERAL —Not later than 180 days 9 after the date of the enactment of this Act and an 10 nually thereafter for the next five years as the Sec 11 retary of State considers appropriate the Secretary 12 shall develop— 13 A a comprehensive 6-year plan docu 14 menting the Department’s overseas building 15 program for the replacement of overseas diplo 16 matic posts taking into account security factors 17 under the Secure Embassy Construction and 18 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and other rel 19 evant statutes and regulations as well as occu 20 pational safety and health factors pursuant to 21 the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 22 1970 and other relevant statutes and regula 23 tions including environmental factors such as 24 indoor air quality that impact employee health 25 and safety and VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 44 •HR 1157 IH 1 B a comprehensive 6-year plan detailing 2 the Department’s long-term planning for the 3 maintenance and sustainment of completed dip 4 lomatic posts which takes into account security 5 factors under the Secure Embassy Construction 6 and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and other 7 relevant statutes and regulations as well as oc 8 cupational safety and health factors pursuant to 9 the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 10 1970 and other relevant statutes and regula 11 tions including environmental factors such as 12 indoor air quality that impact employee health 13 and safety 14 2 INITIAL REPORT —The first plan developed 15 pursuant to paragraph 1 A shall also include a 16 one-time status report on existing small diplomatic 17 posts and a strategy for establishing a physical dip 18 lomatic presence in countries in which there is no 19 current physical diplomatic presence and with which 20 the United States maintains diplomatic relations 21 Such report which may include a classified annex 22 shall include the following 23 A A description of the extent to which 24 each small diplomatic post furthers the national 25 interest of the United States VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 45 •HR 1157 IH 1 B A description of how each small diplo 2 matic post provides American Citizen Services 3 including data on specific services provided and 4 the number of Americans receiving services over 5 the previous year 6 C A description of whether each small 7 diplomatic post meets current security require 8 ments 9 D A description of the full financial cost 10 of maintaining each small diplomatic post 11 E Input from the relevant chiefs of mis 12 sion on any unique operational or policy value 13 the small diplomatic post provides 14 F A recommendation of whether any 15 small diplomatic posts should be closed 16 3 UPDATED INFORMATION —The annual up 17 dates of each of the plans developed pursuant to 18 paragraph 1 shall highlight any changes from the 19 previous year’s plan to the ordering of construction 20 and maintenance projects 21 b REPORTING REQUIREMENTS — 22 1 SUBMISSION OF PLANS TO CONGRESS —Not 23 later than 60 days after the completion of each plan 24 required under subsection a the Secretary of State VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 46 •HR 1157 IH 1 shall submit the plans to the appropriate congres 2 sional committees 3 2 REFERENCE IN BUDGET JUSTIFICATION 4 MATERIALS —In the budget justification materials 5 submitted to the appropriate congressional commit 6 tees in support of the Department of State’s budget 7 for any fiscal year as submitted with the budget of 8 the President under section 1105 a of title 31 9 United States Code the plans required under sub 10 section a shall be referenced to justify funding re 11 quested for building and maintenance projects over 12 seas 13 3 FORM OF REPORT —Each report required 14 under paragraph 1 shall be submitted in unclassi 15 fied form but may include a classified annex 16 c SMALL DIPLOMATIC POST DEFINED —In this 17 section the term ‘‘small diplomatic post’’ means any 18 United States embassy or consulate that has employed five 19 or fewer United States Government employees or contrac 20 tors on average over the 36 months prior to the date of 21 the enactment of this Act 22 SEC 1207 VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT 23 a FINDINGS —Congress makes the following find 24 ings VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 47 •HR 1157 IH 1 1 Federal departments and agencies are re 2 quired to use value engineering VE as a manage 3 ment tool where appropriate to reduce program and 4 acquisition costs pursuant to OMB Circular A–131 5 Value Engineering dated December 31 2013 6 2 OBO has a Policy Directive and Standard 7 Operation Procedure dated May 24 2017 on con 8 ducting risk management studies on all international 9 construction projects 10 b NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS — 11 1 SUBMISSION TO AUTHORIZING COMMIT 12 TEES —Any operating plan that includes the alloca 13 tion of capital construction and maintenance funds 14 shall be submitted to the Committee on Foreign Re 15 lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 16 Affairs of the House of Representatives 17 2 REQUIREMENT TO CONFIRM COMPLETION 18 OF VALUE ENGINEERING AND RISK ASSESSMENT 19 STUDIES —The notifications required under para 20 graph 1 shall include confirmation that the De 21 partment has completed the requisite VE and risk 22 management process described in subsection a or 23 applicable successor process VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 48 •HR 1157 IH 1 c REPORTING AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS — 2 The Secretary of State shall provide to the appropriate 3 congressional committees upon request— 4 1 a description of each risk management 5 study referred to in subsection a 2 and a table de 6 tailing which recommendations related to each such 7 study were accepted and which were rejected and 8 2 a report or briefing detailing the rationale 9 for not implementing any such recommendations 10 that may otherwise yield significant cost savings to 11 the Department if implemented 12 SEC 1208 BUSINESS VOLUME 13 Section 402 c 2 E of the Omnibus Diplomatic Se 14 curity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 22 U S C 15 4852 c 2 E is amended by striking ‘‘in 3 years’’ and 16 inserting ‘‘cumulatively over 3 years’’ 17 SEC 1209 EMBASSY SECURITY REQUESTS AND DEFI 18 CIENCIES 19 The Secretary of State shall provide to the appro 20 priate congressional committees the Committee on Armed 21 Services of the House of Representatives and the Com 22 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate upon request in 23 formation on physical security deficiencies at United 24 States diplomatic posts including relating to the fol 25 lowing VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 49 •HR 1157 IH 1 1 Requests made over the previous year by 2 United States diplomatic posts for security up 3 grades 4 2 Significant security deficiencies at United 5 States diplomatic posts that are not operating out of 6 a new embassy compound or new consulate com 7 pound 8 SEC 1210 OVERSEAS SECURITY BRIEFINGS 9 Not later than one year after the date of the enact 10 ment of this Act the Secretary of State shall revise the 11 Foreign Affairs Manual to stipulate that information on 12 the current threat environment shall be provided to all 13 United States Government employees under chief of mis 14 sion authority traveling to a foreign country on official 15 business To the extent practicable such material shall be 16 provided to such employees prior to their arrival at a 17 United States diplomatic post or as soon as possible there 18 after 19 SEC 1211 CONTRACTING METHODS IN CAPITAL CON 20 STRUCTION 21 a DELIVERY —Unless the Secretary of State noti 22 fies the appropriate congressional committees that the use 23 of the design-build project delivery method would not be 24 appropriate the Secretary shall make use of such method 25 at United States diplomatic posts that have not yet re VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 50 •HR 1157 IH 1 ceived design or capital construction contracts as of the 2 date of the enactment of this Act 3 b NOTIFICATION —Before executing a contract for 4 a delivery method other than design-build in accordance 5 with subsection a the Secretary of State shall notify the 6 appropriate congressional committees in writing of the de 7 cision including the reasons therefor The notification re 8 quired by this subsection may be included in any other 9 report regarding a new United States diplomatic post that 10 is required to be submitted to the appropriate congres 11 sional committees 12 c PERFORMANCE EVALUATION —Not later than 13 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the 14 Secretary of State shall report to the appropriate congres 15 sional committees regarding performance evaluation meas 16 ures in accordance with GAO’s ‘‘Standards for Internal 17 Control in the Federal Government’’ that will be applica 18 ble to design and construction lifecycle cost and building 19 maintenance programs of the Bureau of Overseas Build 20 ing Operations of the Department 21 SEC 1212 COMPETITION IN EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION 22 Not later than 45 days after the date of the enact 23 ment of this Act the Secretary of State shall submit to 24 the appropriate congressional committee a report detailing 25 steps the Department of State is taking to expand the em VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 51 •HR 1157 IH 1 bassy construction contractor base in order to increase 2 competition and maximize value 3 SEC 1213 STATEMENT OF POLICY 4 It is the policy of the United States that the Bureau 5 of Overseas Building Operations of the Department or its 6 successor office shall continue to balance functionality and 7 security with accessibility as defined by guidelines estab 8 lished by the United States Access Board in constructing 9 embassies and consulates and shall ensure compliance 10 with the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 42 U S C 11 4151 et seq to the fullest extent possible 12 SEC 1214 DEFINITIONS 13 In this title 14 1 DESIGN-BUILD —The term ‘‘design-build’’ 15 means a method of project delivery in which one en 16 tity works under a single contract with the Depart 17 ment to provide design and construction services 18 2 NON-STANDARD DESIGN —The term ‘‘non 19 standard design’’ means a design for a new embassy 20 compound project or new consulate compound 21 project that does not utilize a standardized design 22 for the structural spatial or security requirements 23 of such embassy compound or consulate compound 24 as the case may be VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 52 •HR 1157 IH 1 TITLE III—PERSONNEL ISSUES 2 SEC 1301 DEFENSE BASE ACT INSURANCE WAIVERS 3 a APPLICATION FOR WAIVERS —Not later than 30 4 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the Sec 5 retary of State shall apply to the Department of Labor 6 for a waiver from insurance requirements under the De 7 fense Base Act 42 U S C 1651 et seq for all countries 8 with respect to which the requirement was waived prior 9 to January 2017 and for which there is not currently a 10 waiver 11 b CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT —Not later than 12 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the 13 Secretary of State shall certify to the appropriate congres 14 sional committees that the requirement in subsection a 15 has been met 16 SEC 1302 STUDY ON FOREIGN SERVICE ALLOWANCES 17 a REPORT REQUIRED — 18 1 IN GENERAL —Not later than one year 19 after date of the enactment of this Act the Sec 20 retary of State shall submit to the appropriate con 21 gressional committees a report detailing an empirical 22 analysis on the effect of overseas allowances on the 23 foreign assignment of Foreign Service officers 24 FSOs to be conducted by a federally funded re 25 search and development center with appropriate ex VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 53 •HR 1157 IH 1 pertise in labor economics and military compensa 2 tion 3 2 CONTENTS —The analysis required under 4 paragraph 1 shall— 5 A identify all allowances paid to FSOs 6 assigned permanently or on temporary duty to 7 foreign areas 8 B examine the efficiency of the Foreign 9 Service bidding system in determining foreign 10 assignments 11 C examine the factors that incentivize 12 FSOs to bid on particular assignments includ 13 ing danger levels and hardship conditions 14 D examine the Department’s strategy 15 and process for incentivizing FSOs to bid on 16 assignments that are historically in lower de 17 mand including with monetary compensation 18 and whether monetary compensation is nec 19 essary for assignments in higher demand 20 E make any relevant comparisons to 21 military compensation and allowances noting 22 which allowances are shared or based on the 23 same regulations 24 F recommend options for restructuring 25 allowances to improve the efficiency of the as VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 54 •HR 1157 IH 1 signments system and better align FSO incen 2 tives with the needs of the Foreign Service in 3 cluding any cost savings associated with such 4 restructuring 5 G recommend any statutory changes nec 6 essary to implement subparagraph F such as 7 consolidating existing legal authorities for the 8 provision of hardship and danger pay and 9 H detail any effects of recommendations 10 made pursuant to subparagraphs F and G 11 on other United States Government depart 12 ments and agencies with civilian employees per 13 manently assigned or on temporary duty in for 14 eign areas following consultation with such de 15 partments and agencies 16 b BRIEFING REQUIREMENT —Before initiating the 17 analysis required under subsection a 1 and not later 18 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 19 the Secretary of State shall provide to the Committee on 20 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 21 Foreign Affairs in the House of Representatives a briefing 22 on the implementation of this section that includes the fol 23 lowing VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 55 •HR 1157 IH 1 1 The name of the federally funded research 2 and development center that will conduct such anal 3 ysis 4 2 The scope of such analysis and terms of ref 5 erence for such analysis as specified between the De 6 partment of State and such federally funded re 7 search and development center 8 c AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION — 9 1 IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State shall 10 make available to the federally funded research and 11 development center carrying out the analysis re 12 quired under subsection a 1 all necessary and rel 13 evant information to allow such center to conduct 14 such analysis in a quantitative and analytical man 15 ner including historical data on the number of bids 16 for each foreign assignment and any survey data col 17 lected by the Department of State from eligible bid 18 ders on their bid decision making 19 2 COOPERATION —The Secretary of State 20 shall work with the heads of other relevant United 21 States Government departments and agencies to en 22 sure such departments and agencies provide all nec 23 essary and relevant information to the federally 24 funded research and development center carrying 25 out the analysis required under subsection a 1 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 56 •HR 1157 IH 1 d INTERIM REPORT TO CONGRESS —The Secretary 2 of State shall require that the chief executive officer of 3 the federally funded research and development center that 4 carries out the analysis required under subsection a 1 5 submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen 6 ate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 7 of Representatives an interim report on such analysis not 8 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 9 this Act 10 SEC 1303 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS 11 Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 12 Act Fiscal Year 1979 22 U S C 2656d is amended by 13 adding at the end the following new subsection 14 ‘‘ e GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS RE 15 LATED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP 16 PROGRAMS — 17 ‘‘ 1 IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State is 18 authorized to make grants or enter into cooperative 19 agreements related to Department of State science 20 and technology fellowship programs including for 21 assistance in recruiting fellows and the payment of 22 stipends travel and other appropriate expenses to 23 fellows 24 ‘‘ 2 EXCLUSION FROM CONSIDERATION AS 25 COMPENSATION —Stipends under paragraph 1 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 57 •HR 1157 IH 1 shall not be considered compensation for purposes of 2 section 209 of title 18 United States Code 3 ‘‘ 3 MAXIMUM ANNUAL AMOUNT —The total 4 amount of grants made pursuant to this subsection 5 may not exceed $500 000 in any fiscal year ’’ 6 SEC 1304 TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES 7 Section 901 15 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 8 22 U S C 4081 15 is amended— 9 1 in the matter preceding subparagraph A 10 by striking ‘‘1 round-trip per year for each child 11 below age 21 of a member of the Service assigned 12 abroad’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of one or more 13 children below age 21 of a member of the Service as 14 signed abroad one round-trip per year’’ 15 2 in subparagraph A — 16 A by inserting ‘‘for each child’’ before 17 ‘‘to visit the member abroad’’ and 18 B by striking ‘‘ or’’ and inserting a 19 comma 20 3 in subparagraph B — 21 A by inserting ‘‘for each child’’ before 22 ‘‘to visit the other parent’’ and 23 B by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘resides ’’ 24 4 by inserting after subparagraph B the fol 25 lowing new subparagraph VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 58 •HR 1157 IH 1 ‘‘ C for one of the child’s parents to visit 2 the child or children abroad if the child or chil 3 dren do not regularly reside with that parent 4 and that parent is not receiving an education 5 allowance or educational travel allowance for 6 the child or children under section 5924 4 of 7 title 5 United States Code ’’ and 8 5 in the matter following subparagraph C 9 as added by paragraph 4 of this section by strik 10 ing ‘‘a payment’’ and inserting ‘‘the cost of round 11 trip travel’’ 12 SEC 1305 HOME LEAVE TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMI 13 LIES 14 Section 903 b of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 15 22 U S C 4083 b is amended by adding at the end the 16 following new sentence ‘‘In cases in which a member of 17 the Service has official orders to an unaccompanied post 18 and in which the family members of the member reside 19 apart from the member at authorized locations outside the 20 United States the member may take the leave ordered 21 under this section where that member’s family members 22 reside notwithstanding section 6305 of title 5 United 23 States Code ’’ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 59 •HR 1157 IH 1 SEC 1306 SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CERTAIN FEL 2 LOWSHIP PROGRAMS 3 It is the sense of Congress that Department fellow 4 ships that promote the employment of candidates belong 5 ing to underrepresented groups including the Charles B 6 Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Pro 7 gram the Thomas R Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow 8 ship Program and the Donald M Payne International De 9 velopment Fellowship Program represent smart invest 10 ments vital for building a strong capable and representa 11 tive national security workforce 12 SEC 1307 TECHNICAL CORRECTION 13 Subparagraph A of section 601 c 6 of the Foreign 14 Service Act of 1980 22 U S C 4001 c 6 is amended 15 in the matter preceding clause i by— 16 1 striking ‘‘promotion’’ and inserting ‘‘pro 17 motion on or after January 1 2017 ’’ and 18 2 striking ‘‘individual joining the Service on 19 or after January 1 2017 ’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign 20 Service officer appointed under section 302 a 1 21 who has general responsibility for carrying out the 22 functions of the Service’’ 23 SEC 1308 FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS 24 a IN GENERAL —Section 614 of the Foreign Serv 25 ice Act of 1980 22 U S C 4013 is amended— VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 60 •HR 1157 IH 1 1 by amending the section heading to read as 2 follows ‘‘DEPARTMENT AWARDS’’ and 3 2 in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘or Civil 4 Service’’ after ‘‘the Service’’ 5 b CONFORMING AMENDMENT —The item relating 6 to section 614 in the table of contents of the Foreign Serv 7 ice Act of 1980 is amended to read as follows ‘‘Sec 614 Department awards ’’ 8 SEC 1309 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 9 a SENSE OF CONGRESS ON WORKFORCE RECRUIT 10 MENT —It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of 11 State should continue to hold entry-level classes for For 12 eign Service officers and specialists and continue to recruit 13 civil servants through programs such as the Presidential 14 Management Fellows Program and Pathways Internship 15 Programs in a manner and at a frequency consistent with 16 prior years and consistent with the need to maintain a 17 pool of experienced personnel effectively distributed across 18 skill codes and ranks It is further the sense of Congress 19 that absent continuous recruitment and training of For 20 eign Service officers and civil servants the Department 21 of State will lack experienced qualified personnel in the 22 short medium and long terms 23 b LIMITATION —The Secretary of State should not 24 implement any reduction-in-force action under section 25 3502 or 3595 of title 5 United States Code or for any VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 61 •HR 1157 IH 1 incentive payments for early separation or retirement 2 under any other provision of law unless— 3 1 the appropriate congressional committees 4 are notified not less than 15 days in advance of such 5 obligation or expenditure and 6 2 the Secretary has provided to the appro 7 priate congressional committees a detailed report 8 that describes the Department of State’s strategic 9 staffing goals including— 10 A a justification that describes how any 11 proposed workforce reduction enhances the ef 12 fectiveness of the Department 13 B a certification that such workforce re 14 duction is in the national interest of the United 15 States 16 C a comprehensive strategic staffing plan 17 for the Department including 5-year workforce 18 forecasting and a description of the anticipated 19 impact of any proposed workforce reduction 20 and 21 D a dataset displaying comprehensive 22 workforce data for all current and planned em 23 ployees of the Department disaggregated by— 24 i Foreign Service officer and For 25 eign Service specialist rank VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 62 •HR 1157 IH 1 ii civil service job skill code grade 2 level and bureau of assignment 3 iii contracted employees including 4 the equivalent job skill code and bureau of 5 assignment and 6 iv employees hired under schedule C 7 of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 Code 8 of Federal Regulations including their 9 equivalent grade and job skill code and bu 10 reau of assignment 11 SEC 1310 SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VETERANS 12 EMPLOYMENT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF 13 STATE 14 It is the sense of Congress that— 15 1 the Department of State should continue to 16 promote the employment of veterans in accordance 17 with section 301 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 18 22 U S C 3941 as amended by section 1407 of 19 this Act including those veterans belonging to tradi 20 tionally underrepresented groups at the Department 21 2 veterans employed by the Department have 22 made significant contributions to United States for 23 eign policy in a variety of regional and global affairs 24 bureaus and diplomatic posts overseas and VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 63 •HR 1157 IH 1 3 the Department should continue to encour 2 age veteran employment and facilitate their partici 3 pation in the workforce 4 SEC 1311 EMPLOYEE ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS AND 5 PRECLUSIONS 6 a SENSE OF CONGRESS —It is the sense of Con 7 gress that the Department of State should expand the ap 8 peal process it makes available to employees related to as 9 signment preclusions and restrictions 10 b APPEAL OF ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTION OR PRE 11 CLUSION —Subsection a of section 414 of the Depart 12 ment of State Authorities Act Fiscal Year 2017 22 13 U S C 2734c a is amended by adding at the end the 14 following new sentences ‘‘Such right and process shall en 15 sure that any employee subjected to an assignment restric 16 tion or preclusion shall have the same appeal rights as 17 provided by the Department regarding denial or revocation 18 of a security clearance Any such appeal shall be resolved 19 not later than 60 days after such appeal is filed ’’ 20 c NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION —Not later than 90 21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the Sec 22 retary of State shall revise and certify to the Committee 23 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 24 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate regard 25 ing such revision the Foreign Affairs Manual guidance VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 64 •HR 1157 IH 1 regarding denial or revocation of a security clearance to 2 expressly state that all review and appeal rights relating 3 thereto shall also apply to any recommendation or decision 4 to impose an assignment restriction or preclusion to an 5 employee 6 SEC 1312 RECALL AND REEMPLOYMENT OF CAREER MEM 7 BERS 8 a SENSE OF CONGRESS —It is the sense of Con 9 gress that— 10 1 career Department of State employees pro 11 vide invaluable service to the United States as non 12 partisan professionals who contribute subject matter 13 expertise and professional skills to the successful de 14 velopment and execution of United States foreign 15 policy and 16 2 reemployment of skilled former members of 17 the Foreign and civil service who have voluntarily 18 separated from the Foreign or civil service due to 19 family reasons or to obtain professional skills outside 20 government is of benefit to the Department 21 b REEMPLOYMENT —Subsection b of section 308 22 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 22 U S C 3948 is 23 amended by adding at the end the following new sentence 24 ‘‘Former career tenured members of the Service seeking 25 reappointment who were separated for other than cause VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 65 •HR 1157 IH 1 for up to five years prior to the date of the enactment 2 of this sentence shall not be required to accept a directed 3 first assignment as a condition of reappointment ’’ 4 c NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES — 5 1 IN GENERAL —Title 5 United States Code 6 is amended by inserting after chapter 102 the fol 7 lowing new chapter 8 ‘‘CHAPTER 103—NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT 9 OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEPARTMENT 10 OF STATE AND USAID POSITIONS 11 ‘‘§ 10301 Notice of employment opportunities for De 12 partment of State and USAID positions 13 ‘‘To ensure that individuals who have separated from 14 the Department of State or the United States Agency for 15 International Development and who are eligible for re 16 appointment are aware of such opportunities the Depart 17 ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter 18 national Development shall publicize notice of all employ 19 ment opportunities including positions for which the rel 20 evant agency is accepting applications from individuals 21 within the agency’s workforce under merit promotion pro 22 cedures on publicly accessible sites including 23 www usajobs gov If using merit promotion procedures the 24 notice shall expressly state that former employees eligible 25 for reinstatement may apply ’’ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 66 •HR 1157 IH 1 2 CLERICAL AMENDMENT —The table of sec 2 tions for subpart I of title 5 United States Code is 3 amended by adding at the end the following ‘‘10301 Notice of employment opportunities for Department of State and USAID positions’’ 4 SEC 1313 STRATEGIC STAFFING PLAN FOR THE DEPART 5 MENT OF STATE 6 a IN GENERAL —Not later than 18 months after 7 the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of 8 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional com 9 mittees a comprehensive 5-year strategic staffing plan for 10 the Department of State that is aligned with and furthers 11 the objectives of the National Security Strategy of the 12 United States of America issued in December 2017 or 13 any subsequent strategy issued not later than 18 months 14 after the date of the enactment of this Act which shall 15 include the following 16 1 A dataset displaying comprehensive work 17 force data including all shortages in bureaus de 18 scribed in GAO report GAO–19–220 for all current 19 and planned employees of the Department 20 disaggregated by— 21 A Foreign Service officer and Foreign 22 Service specialist rank 23 B civil service job skill code grade level 24 and bureau of assignment VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 67 •HR 1157 IH 1 C contracted employees including the 2 equivalent job skill code and bureau of assign 3 ment and 4 D employees hired under schedule C of 5 subpart C of part 213 of title 5 Code of Fed 6 eral Regulations including the equivalent grade 7 and job skill code and bureau of assignment of 8 such employee 9 2 Recommendations on the number of For 10 eign Service officers disaggregated by service cone 11 that should be posted at each United States diplo 12 matic post and in the District of Columbia with a 13 detailed basis for such recommendations 14 3 Recommendations on the number of civil 15 service officers that should be employed by the De 16 partment with a detailed basis for such rec 17 ommendations 18 b MAINTENANCE —The dataset required under 19 subsection a 1 shall be maintained and updated on a 20 regular basis 21 c CONSULTATION —The Secretary of State shall 22 lead the development of the plan required under sub 23 section a but may consult or partner with private sector 24 entities with expertise in labor economics management 25 or human resources as well as organizations familiar with VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 68 •HR 1157 IH 1 the demands and needs of the Department of State’s 2 workforce 3 d REPORT —Not later than 120 days after the date 4 of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall 5 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re 6 port regarding root causes of Foreign Service and civil 7 service shortages the effect of such shortages on national 8 security objectives and the Department of State’s plan to 9 implement recommendations described in GAO–19–220 10 SEC 1314 CONSULTING SERVICES 11 a IN GENERAL —Chapter 103 of title 5 United 12 States Code as added by section 1312 of this Act is 13 amended by adding at the end the following 14 ‘‘§ 10302 Consulting services for the Department of 15 State 16 ‘‘Any consulting service obtained by the Department 17 of State through procurement contract pursuant to section 18 3109 of title 5 United States Code shall be limited to 19 those contracts with respect to which expenditures are a 20 matter of public record and available for public inspection 21 except if otherwise provided under existing law or under 22 existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law ’’ 23 b CLERICAL AMENDMENT —The table of sections 24 for subpart I of title 5 United States Code is amended VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 69 •HR 1157 IH 1 by adding after the item relating to section 10302 the fol 2 lowing new item ‘‘10302 Consulting services for the Department of State’’ 3 SEC 1315 INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS 4 Section 1115 d of the Supplemental Appropriations 5 Act 2009 Public Law 111–32 is amended by striking 6 the last sentence 7 SEC 1316 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN AC 8 COUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS 9 Section 301 a 3 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Secu 10 rity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 22 U S C 11 4831 a 3 is amended— 12 1 in the heading by striking ‘‘AFGHANISTAN 13 AND’’ and inserting ‘‘AFGHANISTAN YEMEN SYRIA 14 AND’’ and 15 2 in subparagraph A — 16 A in clause i by striking ‘‘Afghanistan 17 or’’ and inserting ‘‘Afghanistan Yemen Syria 18 or’’ and 19 B in clause ii by striking ‘‘beginning 20 on October 1 2005 and ending on September 21 30 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on October 22 1 2020 and ending on September 30 2022’’ 23 SEC 1317 FOREIGN SERVICE SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY 24 Subsection c of section 610 of the Foreign Service 25 Act of 1980 22 U S C 4010 is amended— VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 70 •HR 1157 IH 1 1 in paragraph 1 in the matter preceding 2 subparagraph A by striking ‘‘suspend’’ and insert 3 ing ‘‘indefinitely suspend without duties’’ 4 2 by redesignating paragraph 5 as para 5 graph 7 6 3 by inserting after paragraph 4 the fol 7 lowing new paragraphs 8 ‘‘ 5 Any member of the Service suspended 9 from duties under this subsection may be suspended 10 without pay only after a final written decision is pro 11 vided to such member under paragraph 2 12 ‘‘ 6 If no final written decision under para 13 graph 2 has been provided within one calendar 14 year of the date the suspension at issue was pro 15 posed not later than 30 days thereafter the Sec 16 retary of State shall report to the Committee on 17 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 18 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 19 in writing regarding the specific reasons for such 20 delay ’’ and 21 4 in paragraph 7 as so redesignated— 22 A by striking ‘‘ 7 In this subsection ’’ 23 B in subparagraph A by striking ‘‘ A 24 The term’’ and inserting the following 25 ‘‘ 7 In this subsection the term’’ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 71 •HR 1157 IH 1 C by striking subparagraph B relating 2 to the definition of ‘‘suspend’’ and ‘‘suspen 3 sion’’ and 4 D by redesignating clauses i and ii as 5 subparagraphs A and B respectively and 6 moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to the left 7 SEC 1318 FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUAL AND FOREIGN AF 8 FAIRS HANDBOOK CHANGES 9 a APPLICABILITY —The Foreign Affairs Manual 10 and the Foreign Affairs Handbook apply with equal force 11 and effect and without exception to all Department of 12 State personnel including the Secretary of State Depart 13 ment employees contractors and political appointees re 14 gardless of an individual’s status as a Foreign Service offi 15 cer Civil Service employee contractor or political ap 16 pointee hired under any legal authority 17 b CERTIFICATION —Not later than 30 days after 18 the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of 19 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional com 20 mittees a certification in unclassified form that the Office 21 of the Legal Adviser of the Department of State has com 22 municated the applicability described in subsection a to 23 all Department personnel including the personnel referred 24 to in such subsection 25 c REPORT — VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 72 •HR 1157 IH 1 1 IN GENERAL —Not later than 180 days 2 after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 3 180 days thereafter for five years the Secretary of 4 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 5 committees a report detailing all changes made to 6 the Foreign Affairs Manual or the Foreign Affairs 7 Handbook 8 2 COVERED PERIODS —The first report re 9 quired under paragraph 1 shall cover the 5-year 10 period preceding the submission of such report 11 Each subsequent report shall cover the 180-day pe 12 riod preceding submission 13 3 CONTENTS —Each report required under 14 paragraph 1 shall contain the following 15 A The location within the Foreign Af 16 fairs Manual or the Foreign Affairs Handbook 17 where a change has been made 18 B The statutory basis for each such 19 change 20 C A side-by-side comparison of the For 21 eign Affairs Manual or Foreign Affairs Hand 22 book before and after such change 23 D A summary of such changes displayed 24 in spreadsheet form VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 73 •HR 1157 IH 1 SEC 1319 WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR INDIVIDUAL OCCUPA 2 TIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN POSI 3 TIONS 4 The Secretary of State may waive any or all of the 5 individual occupational requirements with respect to an 6 employee or prospective employee of the Department of 7 State for a civilian position categorized under the GS– 8 0130 occupational series if the Secretary determines that 9 the individual possesses significant scientific techno 10 logical engineering or mathematical expertise that is inte 11 gral to performing the duties of the applicable position 12 based on demonstrated job performance and qualifying ex 13 perience With respect to each waiver granted under this 14 subsection the Secretary shall set forth in a written docu 15 ment that is transmitted to the Director of the Office of 16 Personnel Management the rationale for the decision of 17 the Secretary to waive such requirements 18 SEC 1320 APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES TO THE GLOBAL 19 ENGAGEMENT CENTER 20 The Secretary of State may appoint for a 3-year pe 21 riod that may be extended for up to an additional two 22 years solely to carry out the functions of the Global En 23 gagement Center employees of the Department of State 24 without regard to the provisions of title 5 United States 25 Code governing appointment in the competitive service 26 and may fix the basic compensation of such employees VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 74 •HR 1157 IH 1 without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap 2 ter 53 of such title 3 SEC 1321 REST AND RECUPERATION AND OVERSEAS OP 4 ERATIONS LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 5 a IN GENERAL —Subchapter II of chapter 63 of 6 title 5 United States Code is amended by adding at the 7 end the following new sections 8 ‘‘§ 6329d Rest and recuperation leave 9 ‘‘ a DEFINITIONS —In this section— 10 ‘‘ 1 the term ‘agency’ means an Executive 11 agency as that term is defined in section 105 but 12 does not include the Government Accountability Of 13 fice 14 ‘‘ 2 the term ‘combat zone’ means a geo 15 graphic area designated by an Executive order of the 16 President as an area in which the Armed Forces are 17 engaging or have engaged in combat an area des 18 ignated by law to be treated as a combat zone or 19 a location the Department of Defense has certified 20 for combat zone tax benefits due to its direct sup 21 port of military operations 22 ‘‘ 3 the term ‘employee’ has the meaning given 23 that term in section 6301 24 ‘‘ 4 the term ‘high risk high threat post’ has 25 the meaning given that term in section 104 of the VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 75 •HR 1157 IH 1 Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act 2 of 1986 22 U S C 4803 and 3 ‘‘ 5 the term ‘leave year’ means the period be 4 ginning on the first day of the first complete pay pe 5 riod in a calendar year and ending on the day imme 6 diately before the first day of the first complete pay 7 period in the following calendar year 8 ‘‘ b LEAVE FOR REST AND RECUPERATION —The 9 head of an agency may prescribe regulations to grant up 10 to 20 days of paid leave per leave year for the purposes 11 of rest and recuperation to an employee of the agency 12 serving in a combat zone any other high risk high threat 13 post or any other location presenting significant security 14 or operational challenges 15 ‘‘ c DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF AGENCY 16 HEAD —Use of the authority under subsection b is at 17 the sole and exclusive discretion of the head of the agency 18 concerned 19 ‘‘ d RECORDS —An agency shall record leave pro 20 vided under this section separately from leave authorized 21 under any other provision of law 22 ‘‘§ 6329e Overseas operations leave 23 ‘‘ a DEFINITIONS —In this section— 24 ‘‘ 1 the term ‘agency’ means an Executive 25 agency as that term is defined in section 105 but VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 76 •HR 1157 IH 1 does not include the Government Accountability Of 2 fice 3 ‘‘ 2 the term ‘employee’ has the meaning given 4 that term in section 6301 and 5 ‘‘ 3 the term ‘leave year’ means the period be 6 ginning with the first day of the first complete pay 7 period in a calendar year and ending with the day 8 immediately before the first day of the first complete 9 pay period in the following calendar year 10 ‘‘ b LEAVE FOR OVERSEAS OPERATIONS —The head 11 of an agency may prescribe regulations to grant up to 10 12 days of paid leave per leave year to an employee of the 13 agency serving abroad where the conduct of business could 14 pose potential security or safety related risks or would be 15 inconsistent with host-country practice Such regulations 16 may provide that additional leave days may be granted 17 during such leave year if the head of the agency deter 18 mines that to do so is necessary to advance the national 19 security or foreign policy interests of the United States 20 ‘‘ c DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF AGENCY 21 HEAD —Use of the authority under subsection b is at 22 the sole and exclusive discretion of the head of the agency 23 concerned VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 77 •HR 1157 IH 1 ‘‘ d RECORDS —An agency shall record leave pro 2 vided under this section separately from leave authorized 3 under any other provision of law ’’ 4 b CLERICAL AMENDMENTS —The table of sections 5 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 6 after the item relating to section 6329c the following new 7 items ‘‘6329d Rest and recuperation leave ‘‘6329e Overseas operations leave’’ 8 SEC 1322 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AUTHORITY 9 Section 3 of the State Department Basic Authorities 10 Act of 1956 22 U S C 2670 is amended— 11 1 in subsection l by striking ‘‘and’’ after 12 the semicolon 13 2 in subsection m by striking the period 14 and inserting ‘‘ and’’ and 15 3 by adding at the end the following new sub 16 section 17 ‘‘ n in exigent circumstances as determined by the 18 Secretary provide emergency medical services or related 19 support for private United States citizens nationals and 20 permanent resident aliens abroad or third country nation 21 als connected to such persons or to the diplomatic or devel 22 opment missions of the United States abroad who are un 23 able to obtain such services or support otherwise with VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 78 •HR 1157 IH 1 such assistance provided on a reimbursable basis to the 2 extent feasible ’’ 3 SEC 1323 DEPARTMENT OF STATE STUDENT INTERNSHIP 4 PROGRAM 5 a IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State shall es 6 tablish the Department of State Student Internship Pro 7 gram in this section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’ to 8 offer internship opportunities at the Department of State 9 to eligible students to raise awareness of the essential role 10 of diplomacy in the conduct of United States foreign policy 11 and the realization of United States foreign policy objec 12 tives 13 b ELIGIBILITY —To be eligible to participate in the 14 Program an applicant shall— 15 1 be enrolled not less than half-time at— 16 A an institution of higher education as 17 such term is defined in section 102 of the High 18 er Education Act of 1965 20 U S C 1002 or 19 B an institution of higher education 20 based outside the United States as determined 21 by the Secretary of State 22 2 be able to receive and hold an appropriate 23 security clearance and 24 3 satisfy such other criteria as established by 25 the Secretary VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 79 •HR 1157 IH 1 c SELECTION —The Secretary of State shall estab 2 lish selection criteria for students to be admitted into the 3 Program that includes the following 4 1 Demonstrable interest in a career in foreign 5 affairs 6 2 Academic performance 7 3 Such other criteria as determined by the 8 Secretary 9 d OUTREACH —The Secretary of State shall adver 10 tise the Program widely including on the internet 11 through the Department of State’s Diplomats in Resi 12 dence program and through other outreach and recruiting 13 initiatives targeting undergraduate and graduate students 14 The Secretary shall actively encourage people belonging to 15 traditionally underrepresented groups in terms of racial 16 ethnic geographic and gender diversity and disability 17 status to apply to the Program including by conducting 18 targeted outreach at minority-serving institutions as such 19 term is described in section 371 a of the Higher Edu 20 cation Act of 1965 20 U S C 1067q a 21 e COMPENSATION — 22 1 IN GENERAL —Students participating in the 23 Program shall be paid at least— VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 80 •HR 1157 IH 1 A the amount specified in section 6 a 1 2 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 3 U S C 206 a 1 or 4 B the minimum wage of the jurisdiction 5 in which the internship is located 6 whichever is greatest 7 2 HOUSING ASSISTANCE — 8 A ABROAD —The Secretary of State 9 shall provide housing assistance to a student 10 participating in the Program whose permanent 11 address is within the United States if the loca 12 tion of the internship in which such student is 13 participating is outside the United States 14 B DOMESTIC —The Secretary of State is 15 authorized to provide housing assistance to a 16 student participating in the Program whose 17 permanent address is within the United States 18 if the location of the internship in which such 19 student is participating is more than 50 miles 20 away from such student’s permanent address 21 3 TRAVEL ASSISTANCE —The Secretary of 22 State shall provide a student participating in the 23 Program whose permanent address is within the 24 United States financial assistance to cover the costs 25 of travel once to and once from the location of the VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 81 •HR 1157 IH 1 internship in which such student is participating in 2 cluding travel by air train bus or other transit as 3 appropriate if the location of such internship is— 4 A more than 50 miles from such stu 5 dent’s permanent address or 6 B outside the United States 7 f WORKING WITH INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU 8 CATION —The Secretary of State is authorized to enter 9 into agreements with institutions of higher education to 10 structure internships to ensure such internships satisfy 11 criteria for academic programs in which participants in 12 such internships are enrolled 13 g TRANSITION PERIOD —Not later than one year 14 after the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary 15 of State shall transition all unpaid internship programs 16 of the Department of State including the Foreign Service 17 Internship Program to internship programs that offer 18 compensation Upon selection as a candidate for entry into 19 an internship program of the Department after such date 20 a participant in such internship program shall be afforded 21 the opportunity to forgo compensation if doing so allows 22 such participant to receive college or university curricular 23 credit 24 h REPORTS —Not later than 18 months after the 25 date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 82 •HR 1157 IH 1 shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 2 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 3 Relations of a Senate a report that includes the following 4 1 Information regarding the number of stu 5 dents disaggregated by race ethnicity gender insti 6 tution of higher learning home State State where 7 each student graduated from high school and dis 8 ability status who applied to the Program were of 9 fered a position and participated 10 2 Information on the number of security 11 clearance investigations started and the timeline for 12 such investigations including whether such inves 13 tigations were completed or if and when an interim 14 security clearance was granted 15 3 Information on expenditures on the Pro 16 gram 17 4 Information regarding the Department of 18 State’s compliance with subsection g 19 i VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION — 20 1 IN GENERAL —Nothing in this section may 21 be construed to compel any student who is a partici 22 pant in an internship program of the Department of 23 State to participate in the collection of the data or 24 divulge any personal information Such students VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 83 •HR 1157 IH 1 shall be informed that their participation in the data 2 collection contemplated by this section is voluntary 3 2 PRIVACY PROTECTION —Any data collected 4 under this section shall be subject to the relevant 5 privacy protection statutes and regulations applica 6 ble to Federal employees 7 SEC 1324 COMPETITIVE STATUS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOY 8 EES HIRED BY INSPECTORS GENERAL TO 9 SUPPORT THE LEAD IG MISSION 10 Subparagraph A of section 8L d 5 of the Inspec 11 tor General Act of 1978 5 U S C App is amended by 12 striking ‘‘a lead Inspector General for’’ and inserting ‘‘any 13 of the Inspectors General specified in subsection c for 14 oversight of’’ 15 SEC 1325 COOPERATION WITH OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR 16 GENERAL 17 a ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINE —Not later than 18 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the 19 Secretary of State shall make explicit in writing to all De 20 partment of State personnel including the Secretary of 21 State Department employees contractors and political 22 appointees and shall consider updating the Foreign Af 23 fairs Manual and the Foreign Affairs Handbook to explic 24 itly specify that if any of such personnel does not comply 25 within 60 days with a request for an interview or access VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 84 •HR 1157 IH 1 to documents from the Office of the Inspector General of 2 the Department such personnel shall be subject to appro 3 priate administrative discipline including when cir 4 cumstances warrant suspension without pay or removal 5 b REPORT — 6 1 IN GENERAL —Not later than 180 days 7 after the date of the enactment of this Act and on 8 a quarterly basis thereafter the Office of the Inspec 9 tor General of the Department of State and the 10 United States Agency for Global Media shall submit 11 to the appropriate congressional committees a report 12 in unclassified form detailing the following 13 A The title of any individual who has not 14 complied within 60 days with a request for an 15 interview or access to documents from the Of 16 fice of the Inspector General 17 B The date on which such request was 18 initially made 19 C Any extension of time that was volun 20 tarily granted to such individual by the Office 21 of the Inspector General 22 D The general subject matter regarding 23 which the Office of the Inspector General has 24 requested of such individual VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 85 •HR 1157 IH 1 2 FORM —Additional information pertaining 2 solely to the subject matter of a request described in 3 paragraph 1 may be provided in a supplemental 4 classified annex if necessary but all other informa 5 tion required by the reports required under such 6 paragraph shall be provided in unclassified form 7 TITLE IV—A DIVERSE WORK 8 FORCE RECRUITMENT RE 9 TENTION AND PROMOTION 10 SEC 1401 DEFINITIONS 11 In this title 12 1 APPLICANT FLOW DATA —The term ‘‘appli 13 cant flow data’’ means data that tracks the rate of 14 applications for job positions among demographic 15 categories 16 2 DEMOGRAPHIC DATA —The term ‘‘demo 17 graphic data’’ means facts or statistics relating to 18 the demographic categories specified in the Office of 19 Management and Budget statistical policy directive 20 entitled ‘‘Standards for Maintaining Collecting and 21 Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’’ 22 81 Fed Reg 67398 23 3 DIVERSITY —The term ‘‘diversity’’ means 24 those classes of persons protected under the Civil 25 Rights Act of 1964 42 U S C 2000a et seq and VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 86 •HR 1157 IH 1 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 42 2 U S C 12101 et seq 3 4 WORKFORCE —The term ‘‘workforce’’ 4 means— 5 A individuals serving in a position in the 6 civil service as such term is defined in section 7 2101 of title 5 United States Code 8 B individuals who are members of the 9 Foreign Service as such term is defined in sec 10 tion 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 22 11 U S C 3902 12 C all individuals serving under a personal 13 services contract 14 D all individuals serving under a Foreign 15 Service limited appointment under section 309 16 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 22 U S C 17 3949 or 18 E individuals other than Locally Em 19 ployed Staff working in the Department of 20 State under any other authority 21 SEC 1402 COLLECTION ANALYSIS AND DISSEMINATION 22 OF WORKFORCE DATA 23 a INITIAL REPORT —Not later than 180 days after 24 the date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of 25 State shall in consultation with the Director of the Office VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 87 •HR 1157 IH 1 of Personnel Management and the Director of the Office 2 of Management and Budget submit to the appropriate 3 congressional committees a report which shall also be 4 posted on a publicly available website of the Department 5 in a searchable database format that includes 6 disaggregated demographic data and other information re 7 garding the diversity of the workforce of the Department 8 of State 9 b DATA —The report under subsection a shall in 10 clude the following data 11 1 Demographic data on each element of the 12 workforce of the Department of State disaggregated 13 by rank and grade or grade-equivalent with respect 14 to the following groups 15 A Applicants for positions in the Depart 16 ment 17 B Individuals hired to join the workforce 18 C Individuals promoted during the 5-year 19 period ending on the date of the enactment of 20 this Act including promotions to and within the 21 Senior Executive Service or the Senior Foreign 22 Service 23 D Individuals serving during the 5-year 24 period ending on the date of the enactment of 25 this Act as special assistants in any of the of VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 88 •HR 1157 IH 1 fices of the Secretary of State the Deputy Sec 2 retary of State the Counselor of the Depart 3 ment of State the Secretary’s Policy Planning 4 Staff the Under Secretary for Arms Control 5 and International Security the Under Secretary 6 for Civilian Security Democracy and Human 7 Rights the Under Secretary for Economic 8 Growth Energy and the Environment the 9 Under Secretary for Management the Under 10 Secretary of State for Political Affairs and the 11 Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and 12 Public Affairs 13 E Individuals serving in the 5-year pe 14 riod ending on the date of the enactment of this 15 Act in each bureau’s front office 16 F Individuals serving in the 5-year pe 17 riod ending on the date of the enactment of this 18 Act as detailees to the National Security Coun 19 cil 20 G Individuals serving on applicable selec 21 tion boards 22 H Members of any external advisory 23 committee or board who are subject to appoint 24 ment by individuals at senior positions in the 25 Department VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 89 •HR 1157 IH 1 I Individuals participating in professional 2 development programs of the Department and 3 the extent to which such participants have been 4 placed into senior positions within the Depart 5 ment after such participation 6 J Individuals participating in mentorship 7 or retention programs 8 K Individuals who separated from the 9 agency during the 2-year period ending on the 10 date of the enactment of this Act including in 11 dividuals in the Senior Executive Service or the 12 Senior Foreign Service 13 2 An assessment of agency compliance with 14 the essential elements identified in Equal Employ 15 ment Opportunity Commission Management Direc 16 tive 715 effective October 1 2003 17 3 Data on the overall number of individuals 18 who are part of the workforce the percentages of 19 such workforce corresponding to each element speci 20 fied in section 1401 4 and the percentages cor 21 responding to each rank grade or grade-equivalent 22 c RECOMMENDATION —The Secretary of State may 23 include in the report under subsection a a recommenda 24 tion to the Director of Office of Management and Budget 25 and to the appropriate congressional committees regarding VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 90 •HR 1157 IH 1 whether the Department of State should collect more de 2 tailed data on demographic categories in addition to the 3 race and ethnicity categories specified in the Office of 4 Management and Budget statistical policy directive enti 5 tled ‘‘Standards for Maintaining Collecting and Pre 6 senting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity’’ 81 Fed 7 Reg 67398 8 d OTHER CONTENTS —The report under sub 9 section a shall also describe and assess the effectiveness 10 of the efforts of the Department of State— 11 1 to propagate fairness impartiality and in 12 clusion in the work environment both domestically 13 and abroad 14 2 to enforce anti-harassment and anti-dis 15 crimination policies both domestically and at posts 16 overseas 17 3 to refrain from engaging in unlawful dis 18 crimination in any phase of the employment process 19 including recruitment hiring evaluation assign 20 ments promotion retention and training 21 4 to prevent illegal retaliation against employ 22 ees for participating in a protected equal employ 23 ment opportunity activity or for reporting sexual 24 harassment or sexual assault VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 91 •HR 1157 IH 1 5 to provide reasonable accommodation for 2 qualified employees and applicants with disabilities 3 and 4 6 to recruit a representative workforce by— 5 A recruiting women and minorities 6 B recruiting at women’s colleges histori 7 cally Black colleges and universities minority 8 serving institutions and other institutions serv 9 ing a significant percentage of minority stu 10 dents 11 C placing job advertisements in news 12 papers magazines and job sites oriented to 13 ward women and minorities 14 D sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs 15 in urban and rural communities and land-grant 16 colleges or universities 17 E providing opportunities through the 18 Foreign Service Internship Program under 19 chapter 12 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 20 22 U S C 4141 et seq and other hiring ini 21 tiatives 22 F recruiting mid-level and senior-level 23 professionals through programs designed to in 24 crease minority representation in international 25 affairs VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 92 •HR 1157 IH 1 G offering the Foreign Service written 2 and oral assessment examinations in several lo 3 cations throughout the United States to reduce 4 the burden of applicants having to travel at 5 their own expense to take either or both such 6 examinations 7 H expanding the use of paid internships 8 and 9 I supporting recruiting and hiring oppor 10 tunities through— 11 i the Charles B Rangel Inter 12 national Affairs Fellowship Program 13 ii the Thomas R Pickering Foreign 14 Affairs Fellowship Program and 15 iii other initiatives including agen 16 cy-wide policy initiatives 17 e ANNUAL UPDATES —Not later than one year 18 after the publication of the report required under sub 19 section a and annually thereafter for the following five 20 years the Secretary of State shall work with the Director 21 of the Office of Personnel Management and the Director 22 of the Office of Management and Budget to provide a re 23 port to the appropriate congressional committees which 24 shall be posted on the Department’s website which may VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 93 •HR 1157 IH 1 be included in another annual report required under an 2 other provision of law that includes— 3 1 disaggregated demographic data relating to 4 the workforce and information on the status of di 5 versity and inclusion efforts of the Department 6 2 an analysis of applicant flow data and 7 3 disaggregated demographic data relating to 8 participants in professional development programs of 9 the Department and the rate of placement into sen 10 ior positions for participants in such programs 11 SEC 1403 EXIT INTERVIEWS FOR WORKFORCE 12 a RETAINED MEMBERS —The Director General of 13 the Foreign Service and the Director of the Bureau of 14 Human Resources or its equivalent shall conduct periodic 15 interviews with a representative and diverse cross-section 16 of the workforce of the Department of State— 17 1 to understand the reasons of individuals in 18 such workforce for remaining in a position in the 19 Department and 20 2 to receive feedback on workplace policies 21 professional development opportunities and other 22 issues affecting the decision of individuals in the 23 workforce to remain in the Department 24 b DEPARTING MEMBERS —The Director General of 25 the Foreign Service and the Director of the Bureau of VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 94 •HR 1157 IH 1 Human Resources or its equivalent shall provide an oppor 2 tunity for an exit interview to each individual in the work 3 force of the Department of State who separates from serv 4 ice with the Department to better understand the reasons 5 of such individual for leaving such service 6 c USE OF ANALYSIS FROM INTERVIEWS —The Di 7 rector General of the Foreign Service and the Director of 8 the Bureau of Human Resources or its equivalent shall 9 analyze demographic data and other information obtained 10 through interviews under subsections a and b to deter 11 mine— 12 1 to what extent if any the diversity of those 13 participating in such interviews impacts the results 14 and 15 2 whether to implement any policy changes or 16 include any recommendations in a report required 17 under subsection a or e of section 1402 relating 18 to the determination reached pursuant to paragraph 19 1 20 d TRACKING DATA —The Department of State 21 shall— 22 1 track demographic data relating to partici 23 pants in professional development programs and the 24 rate of placement into senior positions for partici 25 pants in such programs VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 95 •HR 1157 IH 1 2 annually evaluate such data— 2 A to identify ways to improve outreach 3 and recruitment for such programs consistent 4 with merit system principles and 5 B to understand the extent to which par 6 ticipation in any professional development pro 7 gram offered or sponsored by the Department 8 differs among the demographic categories of the 9 workforce and 10 3 actively encourage participation from a 11 range of demographic categories especially from cat 12 egories with consistently low participation in such 13 professional development programs 14 SEC 1404 RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION 15 a IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State shall— 16 1 continue to seek a diverse and talented pool 17 of applicants and 18 2 instruct the Director General of the Foreign 19 Service and the Director of the Bureau of Human 20 Resources of the Department of State to have a re 21 cruitment plan of action for the recruitment of peo 22 ple belonging to traditionally underrepresented 23 groups which should include outreach at appro 24 priate colleges universities affinity groups and pro 25 fessional associations VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 96 •HR 1157 IH 1 b SCOPE —The diversity recruitment initiatives de 2 scribed in subsection a shall include— 3 1 recruiting at women’s colleges historically 4 Black colleges and universities minority-serving in 5 stitutions and other institutions serving a signifi 6 cant percentage of minority students 7 2 placing job advertisements in newspapers 8 magazines and job sites oriented toward diverse 9 groups 10 3 sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in 11 urban and rural communities and land-grant colleges 12 or universities 13 4 providing opportunities through highly re 14 spected international leadership programs that 15 focus on diversity recruitment and retention 16 5 expanding the use of paid internships and 17 6 cultivating partnerships with organizations 18 dedicated to the advancement of the profession of 19 international affairs and national security to advance 20 shared diversity goals 21 c EXPAND TRAINING ON ANTI-HARASSMENT AND 22 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION — 23 1 IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State shall 24 through the Foreign Service Institute and other edu 25 cational and training opportunities— VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 97 •HR 1157 IH 1 A ensure the provision to all individuals 2 in the workforce of training on anti-harassment 3 and anti-discrimination information and poli 4 cies including in existing Foreign Service Insti 5 tute courses or modules prioritized in the De 6 partment of State’s Diversity and Inclusion 7 Strategic Plan for 2016–2020 to promote diver 8 sity in Bureau awards or mitigate unconscious 9 bias 10 B expand the provision of training on 11 workplace rights and responsibilities to focus on 12 anti-harassment and anti-discrimination infor 13 mation and policies including policies relating 14 to sexual assault prevention and response and 15 C make such expanded training manda 16 tory for— 17 i individuals in senior and super 18 visory positions 19 ii individuals having responsibilities 20 related to recruitment retention or pro 21 motion of employees and 22 iii any other individual determined 23 by the Department who needs such train 24 ing based on analysis by the Department 25 or OPM analysis VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 98 •HR 1157 IH 1 2 BEST PRACTICES —The Department of 2 State shall give special attention to ensuring the 3 continuous incorporation of research-based best 4 practices in training provided under this subsection 5 SEC 1405 PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE 6 NATIONAL SECURITY WORKFORCE 7 a IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State shall en 8 sure that individuals in senior and supervisory positions 9 of the Department of State or Department individuals 10 having responsibilities related to recruitment retention or 11 promotion of employees should have a demonstrated com 12 mitment to equal opportunity diversity and inclusion 13 b CONSIDERATION —In making any recommenda 14 tions on nominations conducting interviews or appointing 15 acting individuals for positions equivalent to an Assistant 16 Secretary or above the Secretary of State shall use best 17 efforts to consider at least one individual reflective of di 18 versity 19 c ESTABLISHMENT — 20 1 IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State shall 21 establish a mechanism to ensure that appointments 22 of Department of State employees to staff positions 23 in the Offices of the Secretary the Deputy Sec 24 retary the Counselor of the Department the Sec 25 retary’s Policy Planning Staff or any of the Under VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 99 •HR 1157 IH 1 Secretaries of State and details to the National Se 2 curity Council are transparent competitive equi 3 table and inclusive 4 2 REPORT —Not later than 60 days after the 5 date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of 6 State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 7 committees a report regarding the mechanism re 8 quired under paragraph 1 9 d AVAILABILITY —The Secretary of State shall use 10 best efforts to consider at least one individual reflective 11 of diversity for the staff positions specified in subsection 12 c 1 and ensure such positions are equitably available 13 to employees of the civil service and Foreign Service 14 SEC 1406 LEADERSHIP ENGAGEMENT AND ACCOUNT 15 ABILITY 16 a REWARD AND RECOGNIZE EFFORTS TO PRO 17 MOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION — 18 1 IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State shall 19 implement performance and advancement require 20 ments that reward and recognize the efforts of indi 21 viduals in senior positions and supervisors in the De 22 partment of State in fostering an inclusive environ 23 ment and cultivating talent consistent with merit 24 system principles such as through participation in VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 100 •HR 1157 IH 1 mentoring programs or sponsorship initiatives re 2 cruitment events and other similar opportunities 3 2 OUTREACH EVENTS —The Secretary of 4 State shall create opportunities for individuals in 5 senior positions and supervisors in the Department 6 of State to participate in outreach events and to dis 7 cuss issues relating to diversity and inclusion with 8 the workforce on a regular basis including with em 9 ployee resource groups 10 b EXTERNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND 11 BOARDS —For each external advisory committee or board 12 to which individuals in senior positions in the Department 13 of State appoint members the Secretary of State is 14 strongly encouraged by Congress to ensure such external 15 advisory committee or board is developed reviewed and 16 carried out by qualified teams that represent the diversity 17 of the organization 18 SEC 1407 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES 19 AND TOOLS 20 a EXPAND PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVEL 21 OPMENT AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES — 22 1 IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State is 23 authorized to expand professional development op 24 portunities that support the mission needs of the 25 Department of State such as— VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 101 •HR 1157 IH 1 A academic programs 2 B private-public exchanges and 3 C detail assignments to relevant positions 4 in— 5 i private or international organiza 6 tions 7 ii State local and Tribal govern 8 ments 9 iii other branches of the Federal 10 Government or 11 iv professional schools of inter 12 national affairs 13 2 TRAINING FOR SENIOR POSITIONS — 14 A IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State 15 shall offer or sponsor members of the work 16 force to participate in a Senior Executive Serv 17 ice candidate development program or other 18 program that trains members on the skills re 19 quired for appointment to senior positions in 20 the Department of State 21 B REQUIREMENTS —In determining 22 which members of the workforce are granted 23 professional development or career advancement 24 opportunities under subparagraph A the Sec 25 retary of State shall— VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 102 •HR 1157 IH 1 i ensure any program offered or 2 sponsored by the Department of State 3 under such subparagraph comports with 4 the requirements of subpart C of part 412 5 of title 5 Code of Federal Regulations or 6 any successor thereto including merit 7 staffing and assessment requirements 8 ii consider the number of expected 9 vacancies in senior positions as a factor in 10 determining the number of candidates to 11 select for such programs 12 iii understand how participation in 13 any program offered or sponsored by the 14 Department under such subparagraph dif 15 fers by gender race national origin dis 16 ability status or other demographic cat 17 egories and 18 iv actively encourage participation 19 from a range of demographic categories 20 especially from categories with consistently 21 low participation 22 SEC 1408 EXAMINATION AND ORAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE 23 FOREIGN SERVICE 24 a SENSE OF CONGRESS —It is the sense of Con 25 gress that the Department of State should offer both the VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 103 •HR 1157 IH 1 Foreign Service written examination and oral assessment 2 in more locations throughout the United States Doing so 3 would ease the financial burden on potential candidates 4 who do not currently reside in and must travel at their 5 own expense to one of the few locations where these as 6 sessments are offered 7 b FOREIGN SERVICE EXAMINATIONS —Section 8 301 b of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 22 U S C 9 3941 is amended— 10 1 by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 11 ‘‘ 1 The Secretary’’ and 12 2 by adding at the end the following new 13 paragraph 14 ‘‘ 2 The Secretary shall ensure that the Board of 15 Examiners for the Foreign Service annually offers the oral 16 assessment examinations described in paragraph 1 in 17 cities chosen on a rotating basis located in at least three 18 different time zones across the United States ’’ 19 SEC 1409 PAYNE FELLOWSHIP AUTHORIZATION 20 a IN GENERAL —Undergraduate and graduate 21 components of the Donald M Payne International Devel 22 opment Fellowship Program may conduct outreach to at 23 tract outstanding students with an interest in pursuing 24 a Foreign Service career who represent diverse ethnic and 25 socioeconomic backgrounds VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 104 •HR 1157 IH 1 b REVIEW OF PAST PROGRAMS —The Secretary of 2 State shall review past programs designed to increase mi 3 nority representation in international affairs positions 4 SEC 1410 VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION 5 a IN GENERAL —Nothing in this title should be 6 construed so as to compel any employee to participate in 7 the collection of the data or divulge any personal informa 8 tion Department of State employees shall be informed 9 that their participation in the data collection contemplated 10 by this title is voluntary 11 b PRIVACY PROTECTION —Any data collected 12 under this title shall be subject to the relevant privacy pro 13 tection statutes and regulations applicable to Federal em 14 ployees 15 TITLE V—INFORMATION 16 SECURITY 17 SEC 1501 DEFINITIONS 18 In this title 19 1 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY —The term 20 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 21 such term in section 3 4 of the National Security 22 Act of 1947 50 U S C 3003 4 23 2 RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT 24 TEES —The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit 25 tees’’ means— VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 105 •HR 1157 IH 1 A the appropriate congressional commit 2 tees 3 B the Select Committee on Intelligence 4 of the Senate and 5 C the Permanent Select Committee on 6 Intelligence of the House of Representatives 7 SEC 1502 LIST OF CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRO 8 VIDERS 9 a LIST OF COVERED CONTRACTORS —Not later 10 than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 11 the Secretary of State in consultation with the Director 12 of National Intelligence shall develop or maintain as the 13 case may be and update as frequently as the Secretary 14 determines appropriate a list of covered contractors with 15 respect to which the Department should seek to avoid en 16 tering into contracts Not later than 30 days after the ini 17 tial development of the list under this subsection any up 18 date thereto and annually thereafter for five years after 19 such initial 30-day period the Secretary shall submit to 20 the appropriate congressional committees a copy of such 21 list 22 b COVERED CONTRACTOR DEFINED —In this sec 23 tion the term ‘‘covered contractor’’ means a provider of 24 telecommunications telecommunications equipment or in 25 formation technology equipment including hardware soft VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 106 •HR 1157 IH 1 ware or services that has knowingly assisted or facilitated 2 a cyber attack or conducted surveillance including passive 3 or active monitoring carried out against— 4 1 the United States by or on behalf of any 5 government or persons associated with such govern 6 ment listed as a cyber threat actor in the intel 7 ligence community’s 2017 assessment of worldwide 8 threats to United States national security or any 9 subsequent worldwide threat assessment of the intel 10 ligence community or 11 2 individuals including activists journalists 12 opposition politicians or other individuals for the 13 purposes of suppressing dissent or intimidating crit 14 ics on behalf of a country included in the annual 15 country reports on human rights practices of the 16 Department for systematic acts of political repres 17 sion including arbitrary arrest or detention torture 18 extrajudicial or politically motivated killing or other 19 gross violations of human rights 20 SEC 1503 PRESERVING RECORDS OF ELECTRONIC COM 21 MUNICATIONS CONDUCTED RELATED TO OF 22 FICIAL DUTIES OF POSITIONS IN THE PUBLIC 23 TRUST OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 24 a SENSE OF CONGRESS —It is the sense of Con 25 gress that as a matter of rule of law and transparency VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 107 •HR 1157 IH 1 in a democratic government all officers and employees of 2 the Department of State and the United States Agency 3 for International Development must preserve all records 4 of communications conducted in their official capacities or 5 related to their official duties with entities outside of the 6 United States Government It is further the sense of Con 7 gress that such practice should include foreign government 8 officials or other foreign entities which may seek to influ 9 ence United States Government policies and actions 10 b PUBLICATION —Not later than 180 days after the 11 date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State 12 shall publish in the Foreign Affairs Manual guidance im 13 plementing chapter 31 of title 44 United States Code 14 commonly referred to as the ‘‘Federal Records Act’’ to 15 treat electronic messaging systems software and applica 16 tions as equivalent to electronic mail for the purpose of 17 identifying Federal records and shall also publish in the 18 Foreign Affairs Manual the statutory penalties for failure 19 to comply with such guidance Beginning on the date that 20 is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 21 no funds are authorized to be appropriated or made avail 22 able to the Department of State under any Act to support 23 the use or establishment of accounts on third-party mes 24 saging applications or other non-Government online com 25 munication tools if the Secretary does not certify to the VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 108 •HR 1157 IH 1 relevant congressional committees that the Secretary has 2 carried out this section The prohibition described in this 3 subsection shall not apply to warden or embassy security 4 messages 5 SEC 1504 FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 6 FRUS SERIES AND DECLASSIFICATION 7 The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 8 is amended— 9 1 in section 402 a 2 22 U S C 10 4352 a 2 by striking ‘‘26’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’ 11 and 12 2 in section 404 22 U S C 4354 — 13 A in subsection a 1 by striking 14 ‘‘30’’and inserting ‘‘25’’ and 15 B in subsection c 1 C by striking 16 ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’ 17 SEC 1505 VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE POLICY AND BUG 18 BOUNTY PILOT PROGRAM 19 a DEFINITIONS —In this section 20 1 BUG BOUNTY PROGRAM —The term ‘‘bug 21 bounty program’’ means a program under which an 22 approved individual organization or company is 23 temporarily authorized to identify and report 24 vulnerabilities of internet-facing information tech VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 109 •HR 1157 IH 1 nology of the Department of State in exchange for 2 compensation 3 2 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY —The term 4 ‘‘information technology’’ has the meaning given 5 such term in section 11101 of title 40 United 6 States Code 7 b VULNERABILITY DISCLOSURE PROCESS — 8 1 IN GENERAL —Not later than 180 days 9 after the date of the enactment of this Act the Sec 10 retary of State shall design establish and make 11 publicly known a Vulnerability Disclosure Process 12 VDP to improve Department of State cybersecu 13 rity by— 14 A providing security researchers with 15 clear guidelines for— 16 i conducting vulnerability discovery 17 activities directed at Department informa 18 tion technology and 19 ii submitting discovered security 20 vulnerabilities to the Department and 21 B creating Department procedures and 22 infrastructure to receive and fix discovered 23 vulnerabilities VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 110 •HR 1157 IH 1 2 REQUIREMENTS —In establishing the VDP 2 pursuant to paragraph 1 the Secretary of State 3 shall— 4 A identify which Department of State in 5 formation technology should be included in the 6 process 7 B determine whether the process should 8 differentiate among and specify the types of se 9 curity vulnerabilities that may be targeted 10 C provide a readily available means of re 11 porting discovered security vulnerabilities and 12 the form in which such vulnerabilities should be 13 reported 14 D identify which Department offices and 15 positions will be responsible for receiving 16 prioritizing and addressing security vulner 17 ability disclosure reports 18 E consult with the Attorney General re 19 garding how to ensure that individuals organi 20 zations and companies that comply with the re 21 quirements of the process are protected from 22 prosecution under section 1030 of title 18 23 United States Code and similar provisions of 24 law for specific activities authorized under the 25 process VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 111 •HR 1157 IH 1 F consult with the relevant offices at the 2 Department of Defense that were responsible 3 for launching the 2016 Vulnerability Disclosure 4 Program ‘‘Hack the Pentagon’’ and subse 5 quent Department of Defense bug bounty pro 6 grams 7 G engage qualified interested persons in 8 cluding nongovernmental sector representatives 9 about the structure of the process as construc 10 tive and to the extent practicable and 11 H award contracts to entities as nec 12 essary to manage the process and implement 13 the remediation of discovered security 14 vulnerabilities 15 3 ANNUAL REPORTS —Not later than 180 16 days after the establishment of the VDP under para 17 graph 1 and annually thereafter for the next five 18 years the Secretary of State shall submit to the 19 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep 20 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela 21 tions of the Senate a report on the VDP including 22 information relating to the following 23 A The number and severity of all secu 24 rity vulnerabilities reported VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 112 •HR 1157 IH 1 B The number of previously unidentified 2 security vulnerabilities remediated as a result 3 C The current number of outstanding 4 previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 5 and Department of State remediation plans 6 D The average length of time between 7 the reporting of security vulnerabilities and re 8 mediation of such vulnerabilities 9 E The resources surge staffing roles 10 and responsibilities within the Department used 11 to implement the VDP and complete security 12 vulnerability remediation 13 F Any other information the Secretary 14 determines relevant 15 c BUG BOUNTY PILOT PROGRAM — 16 1 IN GENERAL —Not later than one year 17 after the date of the enactment of this Act the Sec 18 retary of State shall establish a bug bounty pilot 19 program to minimize security vulnerabilities of inter 20 net-facing information technology of the Department 21 of State 22 2 REQUIREMENTS —In establishing the pilot 23 program described in paragraph 1 the Secretary 24 of State shall— VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 113 •HR 1157 IH 1 A provide compensation for reports of 2 previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 3 within the websites applications and other 4 internet-facing information technology of the 5 Department of State that are accessible to the 6 public 7 B award contracts to entities as nec 8 essary to manage such pilot program and for 9 executing the remediation of security 10 vulnerabilities identified pursuant to subpara 11 graph A 12 C identify which Department of State in 13 formation technology should be included in such 14 pilot program 15 D consult with the Attorney General on 16 how to ensure that individuals organizations 17 or companies that comply with the requirements 18 of such pilot program are protected from pros 19 ecution under section 1030 of title 18 United 20 States Code and similar provisions of law for 21 specific activities authorized under such pilot 22 program 23 E consult with the relevant offices at the 24 Department of Defense that were responsible 25 for launching the 2016 ‘‘Hack the Pentagon’’ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 114 •HR 1157 IH 1 pilot program and subsequent Department of 2 Defense bug bounty programs 3 F develop a process by which an ap 4 proved individual organization or company can 5 register with the entity referred to in subpara 6 graph B submit to a background check as de 7 termined by the Department of State and re 8 ceive a determination as to eligibility for par 9 ticipation in such pilot program 10 G engage qualified interested persons in 11 cluding nongovernmental sector representatives 12 about the structure of such pilot program as 13 constructive and to the extent practicable and 14 H consult with relevant United States 15 Government officials to ensure that such pilot 16 program complements persistent network and 17 vulnerability scans of the Department of State’s 18 internet-accessible systems such as the scans 19 conducted pursuant to Binding Operational Di 20 rective BOD–15–01 21 3 DURATION —The pilot program established 22 under paragraph 1 should be short-term in dura 23 tion and not last longer than one year 24 4 REPORT —Not later than 180 days after 25 the date on which the bug bounty pilot program VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 115 •HR 1157 IH 1 under subsection a is completed the Secretary of 2 State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Re 3 lations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 4 Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on 5 such pilot program including information relating 6 to— 7 A the number of approved individuals 8 organizations or companies involved in such 9 pilot program broken down by the number of 10 approved individuals organizations or compa 11 nies that— 12 i registered 13 ii were approved 14 iii submitted security vulnerabilities 15 and 16 iv received compensation 17 B the number and severity of all security 18 vulnerabilities reported as part of such pilot 19 program 20 C the number of previously unidentified 21 security vulnerabilities remediated as a result of 22 such pilot program 23 D the current number of outstanding 24 previously unidentified security vulnerabilities 25 and Department remediation plans VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00115 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 116 •HR 1157 IH 1 E the average length of time between the 2 reporting of security vulnerabilities and remedi 3 ation of such vulnerabilities 4 F the types of compensation provided 5 under such pilot program and 6 G the lessons learned from such pilot 7 program 8 TITLE VI—PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 9 SEC 1601 SHORT TITLE 10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public Diplomacy 11 Modernization Act of 2021’’ 12 SEC 1602 AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF PROGRAMS AND EF 13 FORTS 14 The Secretary of State shall— 15 1 identify opportunities for greater efficiency 16 of operations including through improved coordina 17 tion of efforts across public diplomacy bureaus and 18 offices of the Department of State and 19 2 maximize shared use of resources between 20 and within such public diplomacy bureaus and of 21 fices in cases in which programs facilities or admin 22 istrative functions are duplicative or substantially 23 overlapping VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00116 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 117 •HR 1157 IH 1 SEC 1603 IMPROVING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF 2 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 3 a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES —The 4 Secretary of State acting through the Director of Re 5 search and Evaluation appointed pursuant to subsection 6 b shall— 7 1 conduct regular research and evaluation of 8 public diplomacy programs and activities of the De 9 partment including through the routine use of audi 10 ence research digital analytics and impact evalua 11 tions to plan and execute such programs and activi 12 ties and 13 2 make available to Congress the findings of 14 the research and evaluations conducted under para 15 graph 1 16 b DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION — 17 1 APPOINTMENT —Not later than 90 days 18 after the date of the enactment of this Act the Sec 19 retary of State shall appoint a Director of Research 20 and Evaluation referred to in this subsection as the 21 ‘‘Director’’ in the Office of Policy Planning and 22 Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs 23 of the Department 24 2 LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT —The ap 25 pointment of the Director pursuant to paragraph 1 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00117 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 118 •HR 1157 IH 1 shall not result in an increase in the overall full-time 2 equivalent positions within the Department of State 3 3 RESPONSIBILITIES —The Director shall— 4 A coordinate and oversee the research 5 and evaluation of public diplomacy programs 6 and activities of the Department of State in 7 order to— 8 i improve public diplomacy strate 9 gies and tactics and 10 ii ensure that such programs and 11 activities are increasing the knowledge un 12 derstanding and trust of the United 13 States by relevant target audiences 14 B routinely organize and oversee audi 15 ence research digital analytics and impact 16 evaluations across all public diplomacy bureaus 17 and offices of the Department 18 C support United States diplomatic 19 posts’ public affairs sections 20 D share appropriate public diplomacy re 21 search and evaluation information within the 22 Department and with other appropriate Federal 23 departments and agencies 24 E regularly design and coordinate stand 25 ardized research questions methodologies and VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00118 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 119 •HR 1157 IH 1 procedures to ensure that public diplomacy pro 2 grams and activities across all public diplomacy 3 bureaus and offices are designed to meet appro 4 priate foreign policy objectives and 5 F report biannually to the United States 6 Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy 7 through the Subcommittee on Research and 8 Evaluation established pursuant to subsection 9 f regarding the research and evaluation of all 10 public diplomacy bureaus and offices 11 4 GUIDANCE AND TRAINING —Not later than 12 one year after the appointment of the Director pur 13 suant to paragraph 1 the Director shall develop 14 guidance and training including curriculum for use 15 by the Foreign Service Institute for all public diplo 16 macy officers of the Department regarding the read 17 ing and interpretation of public diplomacy program 18 and activity evaluation findings to ensure that such 19 findings and related lessons learned are implemented 20 in the planning and evaluation of all public diplo 21 macy programs and activities of the Department 22 c PRIORITIZING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION — 23 1 IN GENERAL —The head of the Office of 24 Policy Planning and Resources for Public Diplo 25 macy and Public Affairs of the Department of State VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00119 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 120 •HR 1157 IH 1 shall ensure that research and evaluation of public 2 diplomacy and activities of the Department as co 3 ordinated and overseen by the Director pursuant to 4 subsection b supports strategic planning and re 5 source allocation across all public diplomacy bureaus 6 and offices of the Department 7 2 ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES —Amounts al 8 located for the purpose of research and evaluation of 9 public diplomacy programs and activities of the De 10 partment of State pursuant to subsection b shall 11 be made available to be disbursed at the direction of 12 the Director of Research and Evaluation among the 13 research and evaluation staff across all public diplo 14 macy bureaus and offices of the Department 15 3 SENSE OF CONGRESS —It is the sense of 16 Congress that the Department of State should 17 gradually increase its allocation of funds made avail 18 able under the headings ‘‘Educational and Cultural 19 Exchange Programs’’ and ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ 20 for research and evaluation of public diplomacy pro 21 grams and activities of the Department pursuant to 22 subsection b to a percentage of program funds that 23 is commensurate with Federal Government best 24 practices VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00120 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 121 •HR 1157 IH 1 d LIMITED EXEMPTION RELATING TO THE PAPER 2 WORK REDUCTION ACT —Chapter 35 of title 44 United 3 States Code commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduc 4 tion Act’’ shall not apply to the collection of information 5 directed at any individuals conducted by or on behalf of 6 the Department of State for the purpose of audience re 7 search monitoring and evaluations and in connection 8 with the Department’s activities conducted pursuant to 9 any of the following 10 1 The Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex 11 change Act of 1961 22 U S C 2451 et seq 12 2 Section 1287 of the National Defense Au 13 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Public Law 14 114–328 22 U S C 2656 note 15 3 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 22 16 U S C 2151 et seq 17 e LIMITED EXEMPTION RELATING TO THE PRI 18 VACY ACT — 19 1 IN GENERAL —The Department of State 20 shall maintain collect use and disseminate records 21 as such term is defined in section 552a a 4 of 22 title 5 United States Code for audience research 23 digital analytics and impact evaluation of commu 24 nications related to public diplomacy efforts intended 25 for foreign audiences VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00121 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 122 •HR 1157 IH 1 2 CONDITIONS —Audience research digital 2 analytics and impact evaluations under paragraph 3 1 shall be— 4 A reasonably tailored to meet the pur 5 poses of this subsection and 6 B carried out with due regard for privacy 7 and civil liberties guidance and oversight 8 f UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUB 9 LIC DIPLOMACY — 10 1 SUBCOMMITTEE FOR RESEARCH AND EVAL 11 UATION —The United States Advisory Commission 12 on Public Diplomacy shall establish a Subcommittee 13 on Research and Evaluation to monitor and advise 14 regarding audience research digital analytics and 15 impact evaluations carried out by the Department of 16 State and the United States Agency for Global 17 Media 18 2 ANNUAL REPORT —The Subcommittee on 19 Research and Evaluation established pursuant to 20 paragraph 1 shall submit to the appropriate con 21 gressional committees an annual report in conjunc 22 tion with the United States Advisory Commission on 23 Public Diplomacy’s Comprehensive Annual Report 24 on the performance of the Department and the 25 United States Agency for Global Media describing VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 123 •HR 1157 IH 1 all actions taken by the Subcommittee pursuant to 2 paragraph 1 and any findings made as a result of 3 such actions 4 SEC 1604 PERMANENT REAUTHORIZATION OF THE 5 UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON 6 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY 7 Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Re 8 structuring Act of 1998 22 U S C 6553 is amended— 9 1 in the section heading by striking ‘‘SUN 10 SET’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTINUATION’’ and 11 2 by striking ‘‘until October 1 2021’’ 12 SEC 1605 STREAMLINING OF SUPPORT FUNCTIONS 13 a WORKING GROUP ESTABLISHED —Not later than 14 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the 15 Secretary of State shall establish a working group to ex 16 plore the possibilities and cost-benefit analysis of 17 transitioning to a shared services model as such pertains 18 to human resources travel purchasing budgetary plan 19 ning and all other executive support functions for all bu 20 reaus of the Department that report to the Under Sec 21 retary for Public Diplomacy of the Department 22 b REPORT —Not later than 180 days after the date 23 of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall 24 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00123 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 124 •HR 1157 IH 1 to implement any such findings of the working group es 2 tablished under subsection a 3 SEC 1606 GUIDANCE FOR CLOSURE OF PUBLIC DIPLO 4 MACY FACILITIES 5 a IN GENERAL —Not later than 180 days after the 6 date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State 7 shall adopt and include in the Foreign Affairs Manual 8 guidelines to collect and utilize information from each dip 9 lomatic post at which the construction of a new embassy 10 compound or new consulate compound would result in the 11 closure or co-location of an American Space American 12 Center American Corner or any other public diplomacy 13 facility under the Secure Embassy Construction and 14 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 22 U S C 4865 et seq 15 b REQUIREMENTS —The guidelines required by 16 subsection a shall include the following 17 1 Standardized notification to each chief of 18 mission at a diplomatic post describing the require 19 ments of the Secure Embassy Construction and 20 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 and the impact on the 21 mission footprint of such requirements 22 2 An assessment and recommendations from 23 each chief of mission of potential impacts to public 24 diplomacy programming at such diplomatic post if 25 any public diplomacy facility referred to in sub VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 125 •HR 1157 IH 1 section a is closed or staff is co-located in accord 2 ance with such Act 3 3 A process by which assessments and rec 4 ommendations under paragraph 2 are considered 5 by the Secretary of State and the appropriate Under 6 Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Depart 7 ment 8 4 Notification to the appropriate congres 9 sional committees prior to the initiation of a new 10 embassy compound or new consulate compound de 11 sign of the intent to close any such public diplomacy 12 facility or co-locate public diplomacy staff in accord 13 ance with such Act 14 c REPORT —Not later than one year after the date 15 of the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall 16 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re 17 port containing the guidelines required under subsection 18 a and any recommendations for any modifications to 19 such guidelines 20 SEC 1607 DEFINITIONS 21 In this title 22 1 AUDIENCE RESEARCH —The term ‘‘audi 23 ence research’’ means research conducted at the out 24 set of a public diplomacy program or the outset of 25 campaign planning and design regarding specific au VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00125 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 126 •HR 1157 IH 1 dience segments to understand the attitudes inter 2 ests knowledge and behaviors of such audience seg 3 ments 4 2 DIGITAL ANALYTICS —The term ‘‘digital 5 analytics’’ means the analysis of qualitative and 6 quantitative data accumulated in digital format to 7 indicate the outputs and outcomes of a public diplo 8 macy program or campaign 9 3 IMPACT EVALUATION —The term ‘‘impact 10 evaluation’’ means an assessment of the changes in 11 the audience targeted by a public diplomacy program 12 or campaign that can be attributed to such program 13 or campaign 14 4 PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BUREAUS AND OF 15 FICES —The term ‘‘public diplomacy bureaus and 16 offices’’ means with respect to the Department the 17 following 18 A The Bureau of Educational and Cul 19 tural Affairs 20 B The Bureau of Global Public Affairs 21 C The Office of Policy Planning and 22 Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Af 23 fairs 24 D The Global Engagement Center VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 127 •HR 1157 IH 1 E The public diplomacy functions within 2 the regional and functional bureaus 3 TITLE VII—COMBATING PUBLIC 4 CORRUPTION 5 SEC 1701 SENSE OF CONGRESS 6 It is the sense of Congress that— 7 1 it is in the foreign policy interest of the 8 United States to help foreign countries promote 9 good governance and combat public corruption 10 2 multiple Federal departments and agencies 11 operate programs that promote good governance in 12 foreign countries and enhance such countries’ ability 13 to combat public corruption and 14 3 the Department of State should— 15 A promote coordination among the Fed 16 eral departments and agencies implementing 17 programs to promote good governance and com 18 bat public corruption in foreign countries in 19 order to improve effectiveness and efficiency 20 and 21 B identify areas in which United States 22 efforts to help other countries promote good 23 governance and combat public corruption could 24 be enhanced VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00127 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 128 •HR 1157 IH 1 SEC 1702 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT 2 a IN GENERAL —For each of fiscal years 2021 3 through 2026 the Secretary of State shall assess the ca 4 pacity and commitment of foreign governments to which 5 the United States provides foreign assistance under the 6 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 22 U S C 2151 et seq 7 or the Arms Export Control Act 22 U S C 2751 et seq 8 to combat public corruption Each such assessment 9 shall— 10 1 utilize independent third-party indicators 11 that measure transparency accountability and cor 12 ruption in the public sector in such countries includ 13 ing the extent to which public power is exercised for 14 private gain to identify those countries that are 15 most vulnerable to public corruption 16 2 consider to the extent reliable information 17 is available whether the government of a country 18 identified under paragraph 1 — 19 A has adopted measures to prevent pub 20 lic corruption such as measures to inform and 21 educate the public including potential victims 22 about the causes and consequences of public 23 corruption 24 B has enacted laws and established gov 25 ernment structures policies and practices that 26 prohibit public corruption VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 129 •HR 1157 IH 1 C enforces such laws through a fair judi 2 cial process 3 D vigorously investigates prosecutes 4 convicts and sentences public officials who par 5 ticipate in or facilitate public corruption includ 6 ing nationals of such country who are deployed 7 in foreign military assignments trade delega 8 tions abroad or other similar missions who en 9 gage in or facilitate public corruption 10 E prescribes appropriate punishment for 11 serious and significant corruption that is com 12 mensurate with the punishment prescribed for 13 serious crimes 14 F prescribes appropriate punishment for 15 significant corruption that provides a suffi 16 ciently stringent deterrent and adequately re 17 flects the nature of the offense 18 G convicts and sentences persons respon 19 sible for such acts that take place wholly or 20 partly within the country of such government 21 including as appropriate requiring the incar 22 ceration of individuals convicted of such acts 23 H holds private sector representatives ac 24 countable for their role in public corruption 25 and VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00129 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 130 •HR 1157 IH 1 I addresses threats for civil society to 2 monitor anti-corruption efforts 3 3 further consider— 4 A verifiable measures taken by the gov 5 ernment of a country identified under para 6 graph 1 to prohibit government officials from 7 participating in facilitating or condoning pub 8 lic corruption including the investigation pros 9 ecution and conviction of such officials 10 B the extent to which such government 11 provides access or as appropriate makes ade 12 quate resources available to civil society organi 13 zations and other institutions to combat public 14 corruption including reporting investigating 15 and monitoring 16 C the extent to which an independent ju 17 diciary or judicial body in such country is re 18 sponsible for and effectively capable of decid 19 ing public corruption cases impartially on the 20 basis of facts and in accordance with law with 21 out any improper restrictions influences in 22 ducements pressures threats or interferences 23 whether direct or indirect from any source or 24 for any reason VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 131 •HR 1157 IH 1 D the extent to which such government 2 cooperates meaningfully with the United States 3 to strengthen government and judicial institu 4 tions and the rule of law to prevent prohibit 5 and punish public corruption and 6 E the extent to which such government— 7 i is assisting in international inves 8 tigations of transnational public corruption 9 networks and in other cooperative efforts 10 to combat serious significant corruption 11 including cooperating with the govern 12 ments of other countries to extradite cor 13 rupt actors 14 ii recognizes the rights of victims of 15 public corruption ensures their access to 16 justice and takes steps to prevent such 17 victims from being further victimized or 18 persecuted by corrupt actors government 19 officials or others and 20 iii refrains from prosecuting legiti 21 mate victims of public corruption or whis 22 tleblowers due to such persons having as 23 sisted in exposing public corruption and 24 refrains from other discriminatory treat 25 ment of such persons and VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00131 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 132 •HR 1157 IH 1 4 contain such other information relating to 2 public corruption as the Secretary of State considers 3 appropriate 4 b IDENTIFICATION —After conducting each assess 5 ment under subsection a the Secretary of State shall 6 identify of the countries described in subsection a 1 — 7 1 which countries are meeting minimum 8 standards to combat public corruption 9 2 which countries are not meeting such min 10 imum standards but are making significant efforts 11 to do so and 12 3 which countries are not meeting such min 13 imum standards and are not making significant ef 14 forts to do so 15 c REPORT —Except as provided in subsection d 16 not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 17 of this Act and annually thereafter through fiscal year 18 2027 the Secretary of State shall submit to the appro 19 priate congressional committees the Committee on Appro 20 priations of the House of Representatives and the Com 21 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate a report and make 22 such report publicly available that— 23 1 identifies the countries described in sub 24 section a 1 and paragraphs 2 and 3 of sub 25 section b VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 133 •HR 1157 IH 1 2 describes the methodology and data utilized 2 in the assessments under subsection a and 3 3 identifies the reasons for the identifications 4 referred to in paragraph 1 5 d BRIEFING IN LIEU OF REPORT —The Secretary 6 of State may waive the requirement to submit and make 7 publicly available a written report under subsection c if 8 the Secretary— 9 1 determines that publication of such report 10 would— 11 A undermine existing United States anti 12 corruption efforts in one or more countries or 13 B threaten the national interests of the 14 United States and 15 2 provides to the appropriate congressional 16 committees a briefing that— 17 A identifies the countries described in 18 subsection a 1 and paragraphs 2 and 3 of 19 subsection b 20 B describes the methodology and data 21 utilized in the assessment under subsection a 22 and 23 C identifies the reasons for the identifica 24 tions referred to in subparagraph A VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 134 •HR 1157 IH 1 SEC 1703 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 2 For each country identified under paragraphs 2 and 3 3 of section 1702 b the Secretary of State in coordina 4 tion with the Administrator of the United States Agency 5 for International Development as appropriate shall— 6 1 ensure that a corruption risk assessment 7 and mitigation strategy is included in the integrated 8 country strategy for such country and 9 2 utilize appropriate mechanisms to combat 10 corruption in such countries including by ensur 11 ing— 12 A the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses 13 in contracts grants and cooperative agree 14 ments entered into by the Department of State 15 or the United States Agency for International 16 Development for or in such countries which 17 allow for the termination of such contracts 18 grants or cooperative agreements as the case 19 may be without penalty if credible indicators of 20 public corruption are discovered 21 B the inclusion of appropriate clawback 22 or flowdown clauses within the procurement in 23 struments of the Department of State and the 24 United States Agency for International Devel 25 opment that provide for the recovery of funds 26 misappropriated through corruption VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 135 •HR 1157 IH 1 C the appropriate disclosure to the 2 United States Government in confidential 3 form if necessary of the beneficial ownership 4 of contractors subcontractors grantees cooper 5 ative agreement participants and other organi 6 zations implementing programs on behalf of the 7 Department of State or the United States 8 Agency for International Development and 9 D the establishment of mechanisms for 10 investigating allegations of misappropriated re 11 sources and equipment 12 SEC 1704 DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION 13 POINTS OF CONTACT 14 a IN GENERAL —The Secretary of State shall an 15 nually designate an anti-corruption point of contact at the 16 United States diplomatic post to each country identified 17 under paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 1702 b or which 18 the Secretary otherwise determines is in need of such a 19 point of contact The point of contact shall be the chief 20 of mission or the chief of mission’s designee 21 b RESPONSIBILITIES —Each anti-corruption point 22 of contact designated under subsection a shall be respon 23 sible for coordinating and overseeing the implementation 24 of a whole-of-government approach among the relevant VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00135 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 136 •HR 1157 IH 1 Federal departments and agencies operating programs 2 that— 3 1 promote good governance in foreign coun 4 tries and 5 2 enhance the ability of such countries to— 6 A combat public corruption and 7 B develop and implement corruption risk 8 assessment tools and mitigation strategies 9 c TRAINING —The Secretary of State shall imple 10 ment appropriate training for anti-corruption points of 11 contact designated under subsection a 12 TITLE VIII—OTHER MATTERS 13 SEC 1801 CASE-ZABLOCKI ACT REFORM 14 Section 112b of title 1 United States Code is 15 amended— 16 1 in subsection a — 17 A in the first sentence by striking 18 ‘‘sixty’’ and inserting ‘‘30’’ and 19 B in the second sentence by striking 20 ‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ and in 21 serting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Affairs’’ and 22 2 by amending subsection b to read as fol 23 lows 24 ‘‘ b Each department or agency of the United States 25 Government that enters into any international agreement VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00136 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 137 •HR 1157 IH 1 described in subsection a on behalf of the United States 2 shall designate a Chief International Agreements Officer 3 who— 4 ‘‘ 1 shall be a current employee of such depart 5 ment or agency 6 ‘‘ 2 shall serve concurrently as Chief Inter 7 national Agreements Officer and 8 ‘‘ 3 subject to the authority of the head of 9 such department or agency shall have department 10 or agency-wide responsibility for efficient and appro 11 priate compliance with subsection a to transmit the 12 text of any international agreement to the Depart 13 ment of State expeditiously after such agreement 14 has been signed ’’ 15 SEC 1802 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN 16 DEFAULT 17 Section 620 q of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 18 22 U S C 2370 q is amended— 19 1 by striking ‘‘No assistance’’ and inserting 20 the following 21 ‘‘ 1 No assistance’’ 22 2 by inserting ‘‘the government of’’ before 23 ‘‘any country’’ 24 3 by inserting ‘‘the government of’’ before 25 ‘‘such country’’ each place it appears VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00137 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 138 •HR 1157 IH 1 4 by striking ‘‘determines’’ and all that fol 2 lows and inserting ‘‘determines after consultation 3 with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 4 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep 5 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela 6 tions and the Committee on Appropriations of the 7 Senate that assistance for such country is in the na 8 tional interest of the United States ’’ and 9 5 by adding at the end the following 10 ‘‘ 2 No assistance shall be furnished under this 11 Act the Peace Corps Act the Millennium Challenge 12 Act of 2003 the African Development Foundation 13 Act the BUILD Act of 2018 section 504 of the 14 FREEDOM Support Act or section 23 of the Arms 15 Export Control Act to the government of any coun 16 try which is in default during a period in excess of 17 1 calendar year in payment to the United States of 18 principal or interest or any loan made to the govern 19 ment of such country by the United States unless 20 the President determines following consultation with 21 the congressional committees specified in paragraph 22 1 that assistance for such country is in the na 23 tional interest of the United States ’’ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00138 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 139 •HR 1157 IH 1 SEC 1803 SEAN AND DAVID GOLDMAN CHILD ABDUCTION 2 PREVENTION AND RETURN ACT OF 2014 3 AMENDMENT 4 Subsection b of section 101 of the Sean and David 5 Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and 6 Return Act of 2014 22 U S C 9111 Public Law 113– 7 150 is amended— 8 1 in paragraph 2 — 9 A in subparagraph A — 10 i by inserting ‘‘ respectively ’’ after 11 ‘‘access cases’’ and 12 ii by inserting ‘‘and the number of 13 children involved’’ before the semicolon at 14 the end 15 B in subparagraph D by inserting ‘‘re 16 spectively the number of children involved ’’ 17 after ‘‘access cases ’’ 18 2 in paragraph 7 by inserting ‘‘ and num 19 ber of children involved in such cases’’ before the 20 semicolon at the end 21 3 in paragraph 8 by striking ‘‘and’’ after 22 the semicolon at the end 23 4 in paragraph 9 by striking the period at 24 the end and inserting ‘‘ and’’ and 25 5 by adding at the end the following new 26 paragraph VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 140 •HR 1157 IH 1 ‘‘ 10 the total number of pending cases the 2 Department of State has assigned to case officers 3 and number of children involved for each country 4 and as a total for all countries ’’ 5 SEC 1804 MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES OF COMMIS 6 SION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S 7 HERITAGE ABROAD 8 a IN GENERAL —Chapter 3123 of title 54 United 9 States Code is amended as follows 10 1 In section 312302 by inserting ‘‘ and 11 unimpeded access to those sites ’’ after ‘‘and historic 12 buildings’’ 13 2 In section 312304 a — 14 A in paragraph 2 — 15 i by striking ‘‘and historic build 16 ings’’ and inserting ‘‘and historic buildings 17 and unimpeded access to those sites’’ and 18 ii by striking ‘‘and protected’’ and 19 inserting ‘‘ protected and made acces 20 sible’’ and 21 B in paragraph 3 by striking ‘‘and 22 protecting’’ and inserting ‘‘ protecting and 23 making accessible’’ 24 3 In section 312305 by inserting ‘‘and to the 25 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 141 •HR 1157 IH 1 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela 2 tions of the Senate’’ after ‘‘President’’ 3 b REPORT —Not later than 90 days after the date 4 of the enactment of this Act the Commission for the Pres 5 ervation of America’s Heritage Abroad shall submit to the 6 President and to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 7 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 8 Relations of the Senate a report that contains an evalua 9 tion of the extent to which the Commission is prepared 10 to continue its activities and accomplishments with respect 11 to the foreign heritage of United States citizens from east 12 ern and central Europe were the Commission’s duties and 13 powers extended to include other regions including the 14 Middle East and North Africa and any additional re 15 sources or personnel the Commission would require 16 SEC 1805 CHIEF OF MISSION CONCURRENCE 17 In the course of providing concurrence to the exercise 18 of the authority pursuant to section 127e of title 10 19 United State Code or section 1202 of the National De 20 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018— 21 1 each relevant chief of mission shall inform 22 and consult in a timely manner with relevant indi 23 viduals at relevant missions or bureaus of the De 24 partment of State and VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 142 •HR 1157 IH 1 2 the Secretary of State shall take such steps 2 as may be necessary to ensure that such relevant in 3 dividuals have the security clearances necessary and 4 access to relevant compartmented and special pro 5 grams to so consult in a timely manner with respect 6 to such concurrence 7 SEC 1806 REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS RE 8 PATRIATION TASK FORCE 9 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact 10 ment of this Act the Secretary of State shall submit to 11 the appropriate congressional committees the Committee 12 on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and 13 the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report 14 evaluating the efforts of the Coronavirus Repatriation 15 Task Force of the Department of State to repatriate 16 United States citizens and legal permanent residents in 17 response to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak The report 18 shall identify— 19 1 the most significant impediments to repa 20 triating such persons 21 2 the lessons learned from such repatriations 22 and VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E BILLS H1157 IH H1157 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 143 •HR 1157 IH 1 3 any changes planned to future repatriation 2 efforts of the Department of State to incorporate 3 such lessons learned Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04 47 Mar 06 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