Sec. 6. Consular affairs, task forces, and regulations
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The Secretary of State shall direct the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs to immediately— provide United States embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic missions worldwide with explicit guidance to protect covered individuals and use innovative means to empower officers, specialists, and Locally Employed Staff employees to protect American lives during and immediately after the declared COVID–19 pandemic period; increase the staffing of Consular Affairs Task Force 2 in Washington, DC, to ensure adequate consular response and improved guidance from Washington, DC, to embassies, consulates, and missions overseas, including— augmentation of the Overseas Consular Services
(OCS)call center and activation of the National Passport Information Center
(NPIC)and the National Visa Center
(NVC)to immediately provide improved consular responses; and direct public access to Task Force 2 through the OCS call center; and notify Congress of any additional monetary or technical resources needed to carry out the actions described in this subsection.