Sec. 512. USE OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED STAFF SERVING AT A UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITY IN CUBA

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## SEC. 512 USE OF LOCALLY EMPLOYED STAFF SERVING AT A UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITY IN CUBA ###

(a)Supervisory Requirement ####

(1)In general Except as provided under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall ensure that, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, key supervisory positions at a United States diplomatic facility in Cuba are occupied by citizens of the United States. ####

(2)Extension The Secretary of State may extend the deadline under paragraph

(1)for up to 1 year by providing advance written notification and justification of such extension to the appropriate congressional committees. ###

(b)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on— ####

(1)the progress made toward meeting the requirement under subsection (a)(1); and ####

(2)the use of locally employed staff in United States diplomatic facilities in Cuba, including— #####

(A)the number of such staff; #####

(B)the responsibilities of such staff; #####

(C)the manner in which such staff are selected, including efforts to mitigate counterintelligence threats to the United States; and #####

(D)the potential cost and impact on the operational capacity of the diplomatic facility if such staff were reduced. ###

(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the congressional intelligence committees; ####

(2)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and ####

(3)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.