Sec. 201. Rightsizing accountability
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Not later than 60 days after receiving rightsizing recommendations pursuant to a review conducted by the Office of Management, Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation relating to overseas staffing levels at United States overseas posts, the relevant chief of mission, in coordination with the relevant regional bureau, shall submit a response to the Office of Management, Policy, Rightsizing, and Innovation that describes— any rightsizing recommendations that are accepted by such chief of mission and regional bureau; a detailed schedule for implementation of any such recommendations; any recommendations that are rejected; and a detailed justification providing the basis for the rejection of any such recommendations.
On the date on which the President’s annual budget request is submitted to Congress, the Secretary shall submit an annual report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the status of all rightsizing recommendations and responses described in subsection
(a)from the preceding 5 years, including— a list of all such rightsizing recommendations made, including whether each such recommendation was accepted or rejected by the relevant chief of mission and regional bureau; for each accepted recommendation, a detailed description of the current status of its implementation according to the schedule provided pursuant to subsection (a)(2), including an explanation for any departure from, or changes to, such schedule; and for any rejected recommendations, the justification provided pursuant to subsection (a)(4). In conjunction with each report required under subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit a supplemental report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes— an enumeration of the domestic staff positions in each regional bureau of the Department; a detailed explanation of the extent to which the staffing of each regional bureau reflects the overseas requirements of the United States within each such region; a detailed plan, including an implementation schedule, for how the Department will seek to rectify any significant imbalances in staffing among regional bureaus or between any regional bureau and the overseas requirements of the United States within such region if the Secretary determines that such staffing does not reflect— the foreign policy priorities of the United States; or the effective conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States; and a detailed description of the implementation status of any plan provided pursuant to paragraph (3), including an explanation for any departure from, or changes to, the implementation schedule provided with such plan.