Sec. 3. Report on expeditionary diplomacy at the Department of State
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Not later than 18 months after the submission of the report required by section 2, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on challenges with respect to expeditionary diplomacy at the Department of State and United States embassies and posts and recommendations to address such challenges. The report required by subsection
(a)shall include the following: An assessment of the capacity of regional security officers within the Department of State, including with respect to enabling expeditionary diplomacy, and, if applicable, recommendations to address any challenges in capacity. A description of other challenges, internal and external to the Department of State, that prevent increased expeditionary diplomacy practiced among Chiefs of Mission and members of the Foreign Service. An assessment of whether existing Department of State initiatives, and laws and regulations applicable to the Department, including under the Diplomatic Security Act of 1986 ( 22 U.S.C. 4801 et seq. ), as amended by section 9302 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ), further including the provisions on promotion precepts, training, and the sense of Congress on the establishment of an Expeditionary Diplomacy Award, are being utilized to address such other challenges, to include analysis describing the effectiveness of such initiatives, laws, and regulations in doing so. An assessment of previous and ongoing efforts to enable expeditionary diplomacy, including in environments with an elevated security risk, that have been successful, and any lessons learned from such efforts, and recommendations as to how, if at all, those lessons learned could be applied more generally across the Department of State. An assessment of how personnel policies at diplomatic posts and across the Foreign Service more generally impact members’ of the Foreign Service ability to practice expeditionary diplomacy, complete tours longer than one year in assignments to environments with an elevated security risk, and obtain sufficient country-level expertise (including through developing robust contacts with host country officials, business leaders, civil society groups, and other key stakeholders), and, if applicable, recommendations to improve such policies to incentivize members of the Foreign Service to carry out such work.
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