Sec. 2. Organizational reform
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The duties of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security relating to security assistance shall include— within the Department and across United States diplomatic posts— providing strategic policy guidance on objectives, metrics, and priorities for security assistance; and ensuring strategic integration of budgets and planning for security assistance; and overseeing Department coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies on all matters relating to security assistance, including by leading or delegating Secretary concurrence for all security assistance and security cooperation authorities under title 10, United States Code.
The Secretary shall designate an existing office or establish a new office to be the Office of Security Assistance, which— shall be located in the Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security; and shall report to Office of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security. The head of the Office shall be the Coordinator for Security Assistance, who shall be an individual who is a member of the Senior Executive Service and 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; maintaining the common database described in section 5; coordinating the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation program established under section 6; and establishing the framework described in section 7. Not later than 1 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 3. Not later than 1 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 ), section 362 of title 10, United States Code, and other relevant authorities relating to the end-use of United States-transferred defense articles with respect to the country. Each individual designated pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall successfully complete the training described in section 3. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan for the implementation of this section, including on the coordination within and outside of the Department relating to security assistance programs. The plan required under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A plan for how the Department will effectively coordinate internally, with diplomatic posts, and with the Department of Defense with respect to security assistance programs. A description of the process by which the requirement for training described in section 3 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 the Department of Defense and other relevant Federal departments and agencies to provide staff to the Office. 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. In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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