Sec. 7081. reorganization and redesign

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## SEC. 7081 reorganization and redesign ###

(a)Oversight ####

(1)Prior consultation Funds appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may not be used to implement a reorganization, redesign, or other plan described in paragraph

(2)by the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, or any other Federal department, agency, or organization funded by this Act without prior consultation by the head of such department, agency, or organization with the appropriate congressional committees. ####

(2)Description of activities Pursuant to paragraph (1), a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall include any action to— #####

(A)expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize covered departments, agencies, or organizations, including bureaus and offices within or between such departments, agencies, or organizations, including the transfer to other agencies of the authorities and responsibilities of such bureaus and offices; #####

(B)expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize the United States official presence overseas including at bilateral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic facilities and other platforms; and #####

(C)expand or reduce the size of the Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family member, and locally employed staff workforce of the Department of State and USAID from the on-board levels as of December 31, 2017: * Provided*, That not less than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees such on-board levels. ####

(3)Notification Funds made available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that are made available for the activities described in paragraph

(2)shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided*, That any such notification submitted to such Committees shall include a detailed justification for any proposed action, including the information specified under this section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). ####

(4)Operating plans Operating plans submitted pursuant to section 7076(a) of this Act shall detail, as applicable, amounts for the bureaus, offices, and organizations detailed under this section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). ###

(b)Additional Requirements ####

(1)Personnel #####

(A)Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall each submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing the personnel requirements necessary to implement the December 2017 “National Security Strategy of the United States” and the February 2018 “Joint Strategic Plan for the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, FY 2018-2022”. #####

(B)Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall each submit to the appropriate congressional committees an analysis and justification for the reduction of Department of State and USAID personnel during calendar year 2017, to include an explanation of how such reductions support the missions of each agency. #####

(C)Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act and every 60 days thereafter until September 30, 2019, the Secretary of State, in the case of the Department of State, and the USAID Administrator, in the case of USAID, shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the on-board personnel levels, hiring, and attrition of the Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible family member, and locally employed staff workforce of the Department of State and USAID, as appropriate, on an operating unit-by-operating unit basis. ####

(2)Administration of funds Funds appropriated by this Act— #####

(A)under the heading “Migration and Refugee Assistance” shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State; and #####

(B)that are made available for the Office of Global Women’s Issues shall be administered by the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues. ####

(3)Information technology platform #####

(A)None of the funds appropriated in title I of this Act under the heading “Administration of Foreign Affairs” may be made available for a new major information technology investment without the concurrence of the Chief Information Officer, Department of State. #####

(B)In complying with the requirements of this paragraph, the Chief Information Officer, Department of State, shall consider whether a new major information technology investment— ######

(i)is consistent with the Department Information Technology Strategic Plan; ######

(ii)maintains consolidated control over enterprise IT functions or improves operational maintenance; ######

(iii)improves Department of State resiliency to a cyber-attack; ######

(iv)reduces Department of State IT costs over the long-term; and ######

(v)is in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), including FAR Part 6 regarding competition requirements. #####

(C)Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees detailing the conclusions and recommendations from the Information Technology

(IT)Platform Planning workstream of the Department of State redesign initiative. ####

(4)Regional development mission for asia Funds appropriated by this Act and made available for the Regional Development Mission for Asia, USAID, in the table included under title II of the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) shall be subject to section 7019 of this Act.