Sec. 5. Findings and recommendations by the Serious Security Incident Investigation Permanent Coordinating Committee
426 words·~2 min read·
/bill/117/s/816/rs/section-5A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Section 304 of the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 ( 22 U.S.C. 4834 ) is amended to read as follows: The Serious Security Incident Investigation Permanent Coordinating Committee (SSII/PCC) shall review the Report of Investigation prepared under section 303(b), all other evidence, reporting, and relevant information relating to a serious security incident at a United States mission abroad, including an examination of the facts and circumstances surrounding any serious injuries, loss of life, or significant destruction of property resulting from the incident and shall make the following written findings:
Whether the incident abroad was security related and constituted a serious security incident. If the incident involved 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 incident involved an individual or group of officers conducting an approved operation outside the mission, a determination whether a valid process was followed in evaluating the requested operation and weighing the risk of the operation.
Such determination shall not seek to assign accountability for the incident unless the SSII/PCC determines that an official breached their duty. An assessment of the impact of intelligence and information availability, and whether the mission was aware of the general operating threat environment or any more specific threat intelligence or information and took that into account in ongoing and specific operations. Such other facts and circumstances that may be relevant to the appropriate security management of United States missions abroad.
Not later than 30 days after receiving the Report of Investigation prepared under section 303(b), the SSII/PCC shall submit a report to the Secretary of State including the findings under subsection
(a)and any related recommendations. Not later than 90 days after receiving the report, the Secretary of State shall submit the report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. If in the course of conducting an investigation under section 303, the investigative team finds reasonable cause to believe any individual described in section 303(a)(2)(D) has breached the duty of that individual or finds lesser failures on the part of an individual in the performance of his or her duties related to the incident, it shall be reported to the SSII/PCC. If the SSII/PCC find reasonable cause to support the determination, it shall be reported to the Director General of the Foreign Service for appropriate action. .
Connectionstraces to 1
Traces to 1 document
Citation graph
cites case law
Sec. 5
Findings and recommendations by the Serious Security Incident Investigation Permanent Coordinating Committee
Cites 1Cited by 0 across 0 sources