Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2018 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I—Organization of the Department of State Sec. 101. Sense of Congress on importance of Department of State’s work. Sec. 102. Reorganization authority. Sec. 103. Sense of Congress regarding need for congressional authorization prior to USAID reorganization. Sec. 103 104 . National diplomacy and development strategy.

Sec. 104 105 . Office of Global Women’s Issues. Sec. 105 106 . Office of International Religious Freedom. Sec. 106 107 . Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Sec. 107 108 . Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. Sec. 108 109 . Office of International Disability Rights. TITLE II—Embassy construction Sec. 201. Standard design in capital construction. Sec. 202. Capital construction transparency. Sec. 203. Contractor performance information.

Sec. 204. Growth projections for new embassies and consulates. Sec. 205. Consolidation of small diplomatic posts. Sec. 206. Long-range planning process. Sec. 207. Value engineering and risk assessment. Sec. 208. Business volume. Sec. 209. Comptroller General report on project management skills. Sec. 210. Embassy security requests and deficiencies. TITLE III—Personnel issues Sec. 301. Special appointments. Sec. 302. Defense Base Act insurance waivers. Sec. 303. Allowances. Sec. 304.

Science and technology fellowships. Sec. 305. Travel for separated families. Sec. 306. Home leave travel for separated families. Sec. 307. Sense of Congress regarding certain fellowship programs. TITLE IV—Diversity Sec. 401. Definitions. Sec. 402. Collection, analysis, and dissemination of workforce data. Sec. 403. Exit interviews or surveys. Sec. 404. Recruitment. Sec. 405. Payne fellowship authorization. Sec. 406. Voluntary participation. TITLE V—Information Security Sec. 501.

Definitions. Sec. 502. Information technology system security. Sec. 503. Improving FOIA process. Sec. 504. Annual report on security violations. Sec. 505. Classified information spillage. Sec. 506. Emergency refresher training on the handling of classified information. Sec. 507. Prohibition on contracting with certain telecommunications providers. Sec. 508. Report on contracts with Kaspersky Labs and Huawei. TITLE VI—Public diplomacy Sec. 601. American Spaces review. Sec. 602.

Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy. TITLE VII—Combating public corruption Sec. 701. Definitions. Sec. 702. Sense of Congress. Sec. 703. Annual report. Sec. 704. Additional factors for assessing government efforts to combat public corruption. Sec. 705. Designation of embassy anti-corruption points of contact. Sec. 706. Interagency working group. Sec. 707. Transparency and accountability. Sec. 708. Resources and reporting requirements. TITLE VIII—Miscellaneous Sec. 801.

Recurring reports. Sec. 802. Case-Zablocki reform. Sec. 803. Reporting on implementation of GAO recommendations.