Sec. 8101. Quadrennial Diplomacy, Development, and Security Review
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Not later than December 15, 2014, and every 4 years thereafter, the Secretary and the Administrator shall complete a comprehensive examination (to be known as a Quadrennial Diplomacy, Development, and Security Review ) of United States diplomacy, development, and national security efforts. The review described in paragraph
(1)shall include information on the following: The nature of the global challenges and opportunities facing the United States and the changes in such challenges and opportunities over the previous four-year period. Key objectives and missions for United States foreign policy and foreign assistance, including a clear statement of United States objectives for development assistance and for security assistance. The roles and responsibilities of Federal agencies in carrying out United States diplomacy, promoting global development, and protecting national security, and the mechanisms for cooperation between such agencies, including any reforms needed in such agencies and mechanisms to adapt to changing circumstances. The roles of international organizations and multilateral institutions in advancing United States diplomatic, development, and security objectives, including the mechanisms for coordinating and harmonizing development policies and programs with partner countries and among donors. The requirements for overseas infrastructure necessary to carry out United States diplomatic, development, and security objectives, including major changes in diplomatic presence and new investments in technology and facilities. A plan, budget, and timetable for implementing the recommendations of the review, including any legislative requests and executive orders to be issued. In conducting each Quadrennial Diplomacy, Development, and Security Review, the Secretary and the Administrator shall take into account the views of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and the heads of all other Federal agencies carrying out international policies and programs under this Act. In conducting the review required under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Administrator shall consult with— the appropriate congressional committees; a variety of civil society groups, including private businesses, nongovernmental organizations involved in diplomacy, development, and security, and experts at academic institutions or institutions involved in the study of foreign policy, international development, or national security; and appropriate international organizations and partner countries. The Secretary and the Administrator shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report upon completion of each Quadrennial Diplomacy, Development, and Security Review. The report shall include, in addition to all the elements identified in subsection (a)(2)— the assumptions used to inform the review, including those regarding— key global challenges and opportunities facing the United States over the next 10-year period; the capacity of United States diplomatic, development, and security personnel to respond to such challenges and opportunities; the cooperation and capacity of partner countries and international institutions in addressing such challenges and opportunities; the levels of engagement in operations other than war and smaller-scale contingencies and withdrawal from such operations and contingencies; the intensity, duration, and military and political end-states of conflicts and smaller-scale contingencies that arise in the diplomatic, development, and security context; the anticipated roles and missions of the reserve components available to civilian agencies, including capabilities and resources necessary to assure that such reserve components can capably discharge such roles and missions; and the extent to which diplomatic, development, and security personnel need to be shifted to different regions to successfully carry out the full range of missions called for in the review; a description of the process by which the review was conducted, including participation of personnel of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, coordination and consultation with other Federal agencies, and consultations as required under subsection (b); and lessons learned during the review process and recommendations for improvements in future years. The report required under this subsection shall be made publicly available on the Internet upon transmission to the appropriate congressional committees.