Sec. 811. Organizational reform
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The Secretary shall establish a Working Group on matters relating to security assistance (in this subtitle referred to as the Working Group ). The Working Group shall be composed of— the Deputy Secretary of State; and each Under Secretary of State responsible for matters relating to security assistance. The Deputy Secretary shall serve as the chair of the Working Group. The Working Group shall meet not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and on a quarterly basis thereafter.
The duties of the Working Group shall include— within the Department and across United States diplomatic posts— providing strategic policy guidance on objectives and priorities for security assistance; ensuring strategic integration of budgets and planning for security assistance; and advising the Secretary on all budgets, programs, and activities for security assistance; and overseeing Department of State coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies on all matters relating to security assistance.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate an existing office or establish a new office to be the Office of Security Assistance (in this subtitle referred to as the Office ), which shall report to an Under Secretary who is a member of the Working Group. The head of the Office shall be the Coordinator for Security Assistance (in this subtitle referred to as the Coordinator ), who shall be an individual of demonstrated competency in the fields of security assistance and international diplomacy.
The duties of the Coordinator shall include— within the Department and across United States diplomatic posts— guiding and supporting security assistance; advising the Working Group on all matters relating to security assistance; establishing the framework described in section 813(a); coordinating the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation program established under section 813(c); and maintaining the common database described in section 814(a); and acting as a Department of State point of contact with the Department of Defense, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other relevant Federal departments and agencies on all matters relating to security assistance.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to paragraph (2), the head of each bureau of the Department that is involved in directing or implementing security assistance shall designate an officer of such bureau to be responsible for coordinating the responsibilities of such bureau with respect to security assistance. An officer of a bureau of the Department shall not be eligible to be designated pursuant to paragraph
(1)if the officer is responsible for conducting human rights vetting pursuant to 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2378d ). Each individual designated pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall successfully complete the training described in section 812. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the chief of mission of the United States in a foreign country that receives security assistance shall designate a senior diplomatic officer at the embassy or highest ranking diplomatic post if no embassy exists in the foreign country to be responsible for coordinating security assistance for the foreign country. The senior diplomatic officer designated pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall be responsible for— overseeing personnel and activities of Federal departments and agencies at the relevant embassy or diplomatic post with respect to the provision of security assistance for the country; and ensuring implementation of section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2378d ) and section 362 of title 10, United States Code, with respect to the country. Each individual designated pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall successfully complete the training described in section 812. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a plan for the organizational structure of the Department relating to security assistance programs. The plan required under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: An identification of each bureau and office of the Department that carries out functions relating to planning, coordination, integration, implementation, or evaluation of security assistance, a description of the organizational hierarchy and decision-making processes used to coordinate across such bureaus and offices, and a description of how the Working Group and the Coordinator will facilitate coordination among each such bureau and office. A description of— the reasons for— designating an existing office or establishing a new office to serve as the Office; and selecting the Under Secretary to which the Office will report; the organizational structure of the Office; the specific mechanisms through which the Working Group and Coordinator could improve coordination among bureaus and offices of the Department involved in the planning or implementation of security assistance programs and activities; and the process by which the requirement for training described in section 812 will be fulfilled. The benefits, feasibility, and steps necessary to detail personnel— on a reimbursable basis from the relevant bureaus and offices of the Department to provide staff to the Office; and from USAID, the Department of Defense, and other relevant Federal departments and agencies to provide staff to the Office. An identification of lessons learned from the Security Governance Initiative (SGI), an assessment of the utility of expanding the SGI or a similar initiative globally, and a description of where best to locate the SGI or similar initiative within the Department. An identification of an appropriate bureau or office of the Department, whose head does not report to the Under Secretary described in subsection (b)(1), to select and retain the independent research entity described in section 813(c)(4). A list of recommendations for any additional legislative measures necessary to improve the capacity and capabilities of the Department to plan and implement security assistance programs and activities. The plan required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex if necessary. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate regarding the development and implementation of the plan required under paragraph (1).
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