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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 669 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide for the appropriate balance of empowering diplomats to pursue vital diplomatic goals and mitigating securi... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Findings and recommendations of Security Review Committee

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Section 304 of the Diplomatic Security Act ( 22 U.S.C. 4834 ) is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting a Board ; the Security Review Committee by striking A Board both places it appears and inserting The Security Review Committee ; by striking Board each place it appears and inserting Security Review Committee ; in subsection (a)— in paragraph (2), by inserting after were adequate the following: “, in the context of the inherent security risks, mitigation efforts, and what was known at the time of the incident in question, including— if the attack was against a diplomatic compound, motorcade, residence, or other mission facility, whether the security systems, security countermeasures, and security procedures operated as intended, and whether such systems worked to materially mitigate the attack or were found to be inadequate to mitigate the threat and attack; if the attack was on any personnel conducting an approved operation outside the mission, if a valid process was followed in evaluating the requested operation and weighing the risk and diplomatic value of the operation; and if gross negligence or serious breach of duty by an individual described in section 303(a)(1)(B) may have been a factor. ; in paragraph (4), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; by redesignating paragraph
(5)as paragraph (6); and by inserting after paragraph
(4)the following new paragraph: the diplomatic value of operations or physical presence relating to the incident in question, including a counterfactual for the impact of not undertaking the type of operation or physical presence related to the incident; and ; in subsection (b), by inserting and to promote a culture of risk management, rather than risk avoidance for valuable diplomatic activity after has reviewed ; by amending subsection
(c)to read as follows: If the SRC suspects that an individual described in section 303(a)(1)(B) has engaged in gross negligence or serious breach of duty, and such misconduct has significantly contributed to the serious injury, loss of life, or significant destruction of property, or the serious breach of security that is the subject of the SRC’s examination as described in subsection (a), the SRC shall report to the Director General of the Foreign Service for any appropriate action. ; and in subsection (d)— by striking and all that follows through Reports .—
(1)and inserting Program recommendations .—In any case ; Reports .—In any case by striking Congress and inserting Chairmen and ranking members of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; and by striking paragraph (2).
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