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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2937 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes. · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2017 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I—International organizations Sec. 101. Oversight of and accountability for peacekeeper abuses. Sec. 102. Designation and reporting. Sec. 103. Withholding of assistance. Sec. 104. Report on Federal Government contributions to the United Nations. Sec. 105. Reimbursement or application of credits.
Sec. 106. Reimbursement of contributing countries. Sec. 107. United Nations peacekeeping assessment formula. Sec. 108. Strategic Heritage Plan. Sec. 109. Whistleblower protections. Sec. 110. United Nations Human Rights Council. Sec. 111. Comparative report on peacekeeping operations. Sec. 112. Addressing misconduct in United Nations peacekeeping missions. Sec. 113. Whistleblower protections for United Nations personnel. TITLE II—Personnel and organizational issues Sec. 201. Market data for cost-of-living adjustments.
Sec. 202. Overseas housing. Sec. 203. Locally-employed staff wages. Sec. 204. Expansion of civil service opportunities. Sec. 205. Promotion to the Senior Foreign Service. Sec. 206. Lateral entry into the Foreign Service. Sec. 207. Reemployment of annuitants. Sec. 208. Codification of enhanced consular immunities. Sec. 209. Accountability review board recommendations related to unsatisfactory leadership. Sec. 210. Personal services contractors. Sec. 211. Technical amendment to Federal Workforce Flexibility Act.
Sec. 212. Training support services. Sec. 213. Limited appointments in the Foreign Service. Sec. 214. Home leave amendment. Sec. 215. Foreign Service workforce study. Sec. 216. Report on diversity recruitment, employment, retention, and promotion. Sec. 217. Foreign relations exchange programs. TITLE III—Consular authorities Sec. 301. Information on passports, expedited passports, and visas issued by consular affairs. Sec. 302. Consular fee restructuring. Sec. 303. Protections for foreign employees of diplomatic missions and international organizations.
Sec. 304. Border crossing fee for minors. Sec. 305. Signed photograph requirement for visa applications. Sec. 306. Electronic transmission of domestic violence information to visa applicants. Sec. 307. Amerasian immigration. Sec. 308. Technical amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act. TITLE IV—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 401. Reports on embassy construction and security upgrade projects. Sec. 402. United States human rights dialogue review. Sec. 403. Sense of Congress on foreign cybersecurity threats.
Sec. 404. Repeal of obsolete reports. Sec. 405. Sense of the Senate regarding the release of internationally adopted children from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sec. 406. Communication with governments of countries designated as Tier 2 Watch List countries on the Trafficking in Persons Report. Sec. 407. Defense trade controls registration fees. Sec. 408. Authority to issue administrative subpoenas. Sec. 409. Extension of period for reimbursement of seized commercial fishermen.
Sec. 410. Special agents. Sec. 411. Enhanced Department of State authority for uniformed guards.
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