[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 3341 Referred in House (RFH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3341
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 25, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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AN ACT
To require a quadrennial diplomacy and development review, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Quadrennial Diplomacy and
Development Review Act of 2012''.
SEC. 2. QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW.
(a) Requirement.--
(1) Quadrennial reviews required.--Under the direction of
the President, the Secretary of State shall every four years,
during a year following a year evenly divisible by four,
conduct a review of United States diplomacy and development (to
be known as a ``quadrennial diplomacy and development
review'').
(2) Scope of reviews.--Each quadrennial diplomacy and
development review shall be a comprehensive examination of the
national diplomacy and development policy and strategic
framework of the United States for the next four year period
until a subsequent review is due under paragraph (1). The
review shall include--
(A) recommendations regarding the long-term
diplomacy and development policy and strategic
framework of the United States;
(B) priorities of the United States for diplomacy
and development; and
(C) guidance on the related programs, assets,
capabilities, budget, policies, and authorities of the
Department of State and United States Agency for
International Development.
(3) Consultation.--In conducting each quadrennial diplomacy
and development review, after consultation with Department of
State and United States Agency for International Development
officials, the Secretary of State should consult with--
(A) the heads of other relevant Federal agencies,
including the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
the Treasury, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary
of Commerce, the Chief Executive Officer of the
Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Director of
National Intelligence;
(B) any other Federal agency that provides foreign
assistance, including at a minimum the Export-Import
Bank of the United States and the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation;
(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and, as
appropriate, other members of Congress; and
(D) other relevant governmental and nongovernmental
entities, including private sector representatives,
academics, and other policy experts.
(b) Contents of Review.--Each quadrennial diplomacy and development
review shall--
(1) delineate, as appropriate, the national diplomacy and
development policy and strategic framework of the United
States, consistent with appropriate national, Department of
State, and United States Agency for International Development
strategies, strategic plans, and relevant presidential
directives, including the national security strategy prescribed
pursuant to section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947
(50 U.S.C. 404a);
(2) outline and prioritize the full range of critical
national diplomacy and development areas, capabilities, and
resources, including those implemented across agencies, and
address the full range of challenges confronting the United
States in this regard;
(3) describe the interagency cooperation, and preparedness
of relevant Federal assets, and the infrastructure, budget
plan, and other elements of the diplomacy and development
policies and programs of the United States required to execute
successfully the full range of mission priorities outlined
under paragraph (2);
(4) describe the roles of international organizations and
multilateral institutions in advancing United States diplomatic
and development objectives, including the mechanisms for
coordinating and harmonizing development policies and programs
with partner countries and among donors;
(5) identify the budget plan required to provide sufficient
resources to successfully execute the full range of mission
priorities outlined under paragraph (2);
(6) include an assessment of the organizational alignment
of the Department of State and the United States Agency for
International Development with the national diplomacy and
development policy and strategic framework referred to in
paragraph (1) and the diplomacy and development mission
priorities outlined under paragraph (2);
(7) review and assess the effectiveness of the management
mechanisms of the Department of State and the United States
Agency for International Development for executing the
strategic priorities outlined in the quadrennial diplomacy and
development review, including the extent to which such
effectiveness has been enhanced since the previous report; and
(8) the relationship between the requirements of the
quadrennial diplomacy and development review and the
acquisition strategy and expenditure plan within the Department
of State and the United States Agency for International
Development.
(c) Reporting.--
(1) In general.--Not later than the year following the year
in which a quadrennial diplomacy and development review is
conducted, but not later than the date on which the President
submits the budget for the next fiscal year to Congress under
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary
of State shall submit to Congress a report regarding that
quadrennial diplomacy and development review.
(2) Contents of report.--Each report submitted under
paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) the results of the quadrennial diplomacy and
development review conducted in accordance with, and
based on a detailed assessment of, the provisions of
and considerations set out in subsections (a)(2) and
(b), addressing each of the key elements identified in
such subsections;
(B) a description of the threats to the assumed or
defined national security interests of the United
States that were examined for the purposes of that
review;
(C) an explanation of any underlying assumptions
used in conducting the review; and
(D) any other matters the Secretary of State
considers appropriate.
(3) Public availability.--The Secretary of State shall,
consistent with the protection of national security and other
sensitive matters, make each report submitted under paragraph
(1) publicly available on the Internet Web site of the
Department of State.
(d) Establishment.--The Secretary of State may establish within the
Department of State an Office of Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development
Review, which the Secretary of State may, using only existing
resources, staff in a manner to assist in discharging the functions
under this section.
(e) Foreign Affairs Policy Board Review.--The Secretary of State
should apprise the Foreign Affairs Policy Board on an ongoing basis of
the work undertaken in the conduct of the quadrennial diplomacy and
development review and, upon completion of the review, the Chairman of
the Foreign Affairs Policy Board should, on behalf of the Board,
prepare and submit to the Secretary an assessment of the review for
inclusion in the report submitted under subsection (c).
Passed the Senate September 22 (legislative day, September
21), 2012.
Attest:
NANCY ERICKSON,
Secretary.