Sec. 402. Designation and reporting for high threat, high risk facilities
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a classified report, with an unclassified summary, evaluating Department of State facilities that the Secretary of State determines to be high threat, high risk in accordance with subsection (c). For each facility determined to be high threat, high risk pursuant to subsection (a), the report submitted under such subsection shall also include— a narrative assessment describing the security threats and risks facing posts overseas and the overall threat level to United States personnel under chief of mission authority; the number of diplomatic security personnel, Marine Corps security guards, and other Department of State personnel dedicated to providing security for United States personnel, information, and facilities; an assessment of host nation willingness and capability to provide protection in the event of a security threat or incident, pursuant to the obligations of the United States under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, done at Vienna April 24, 1963, and the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, done at Vienna April 18, 1961; an assessment of the quality and experience level of the team of United States senior security personnel assigned to the facility, considering collectively the assignment durations and lengths of government experience; the number of Foreign Service Officers who have received Foreign Affairs Counter Threat training; a summary of the requests made during the previous calendar year for additional resources, equipment, or personnel related to the security of the facility and the status of such requests; an assessment of the ability of United States personnel to respond to and survive a fire attack, including— whether the facility has adequate fire safety and security equipment for safehavens and safe areas; and whether the employees working at the facility have been adequately trained on the equipment available; for each new facility that is opened, a detailed description of the steps taken to provide security for the new facility, including whether a dedicated support cell was established in the Department of State to ensure proper and timely resourcing of security; and a listing of any high-threat, high-risk facilities where the Department of State and other government agencies’ facilities are not collocated including— a rationale for the lack of collocation; and a description of what steps, if any, are being taken to mitigate potential security vulnerabilities associated with the lack of collocation.
In determining what facilities constitute high threat, high risk facilities under this section, the Secretary shall take into account with respect to each facility whether there are— high to critical levels of political violence or terrorism; national or local governments with inadequate capacity or political will to provide appropriate protection; and in locations where there are high to critical levels of political violence or terrorism or national or local governments lack the capacity or political will to provide appropriate protection— mission physical security platforms that fall well below the Department of State’s established standards; or security personnel levels that are insufficient for the circumstances.
The Inspector General for the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall, on an annual basis— review the determinations of the Department of State with respect to high threat, high risk facilities, including the basis for making such determinations; review contingency planning for high threat, high risk facilities and evaluate the measures in place to respond to attacks on such facilities; review the risk mitigation measures in place at high threat, high risk facilities to determine how the Department of State evaluates risk and whether the measures put in place sufficiently address the relevant risks; review early warning systems in place at high threat, high risk facilities and evaluate the measures being taken to preempt and disrupt threats to such facilities; and provide to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the determinations of the Department of State with respect to high threat, high risk facilities, including recommendations for additions or changes to the list of such facilities, and a report regarding the reviews and evaluations undertaken pursuant to paragraphs
(1)through
(4)and this paragraph.