Sec. 10. High-threat posts
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It is the sense of Congress that— the global diplomatic presence of the United States includes several hundred diplomatic and consular posts, including embassies, consulates, and missions; the United States maintains diplomatic and consular posts in potentially volatile areas, including those designated high risk, high threat due to security concerns; a sufficient United States diplomatic presence in high-risk areas is critical to the Department’s efforts to prevent and address crises abroad and to ensure United States national security; the Department should make every effort to safely maintain a physical presence in high-risk areas; and drawdowns of personnel at United States diplomatic missions in posts experiencing conflict or emergency conditions should be done in a manner that maintains the Department’s commitment to national security and foreign policy and supports Department personnel.
The Secretary should develop as necessary a Department-wide plan for assessing staffing resources needed at diplomatic missions in posts experiencing conflict or emergency conditions. The plan required by this subsection should include the following: An assessment of functions, if any, that can be offshored, as consistent with the subsection (a). Options to extend 1-year tours with virtual assignments. An assessment of the benefits and risks of potential offshoring, including when it affects— diplomatic engagement and the advancement of United States national security and foreign policy interests; productivity from regular turnover at posts; and longer-term planning.
The Secretary should— require each Chief of Mission serving in high-threat posts to review, not less than once annually, every staff element under Chief of Mission authority, including staff from other departments or agencies of the United States, and recommend approval or disapproval of each staff element in accordance with section 409(a) of the Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2005 ( 22 U.S.C. 3927a(a) ); and implement a process that includes an evaluation and assessment of which functions could be offshored, consistent with subsection (a), and sets appropriate staffing levels in accordance with section 103(c)(2) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 ( 22 U.S.C. 4802(c)(2) ).
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