Sec. 7073. reorganization and information technology
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## Sec. 7073 reorganization and information technology ###
(a)Oversight ####
(1)Prior consultation and notification Funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, or any other Act 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: * Provided*, That such funds shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided further*, 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 joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act: * Provided further*, That congressional notifications submitted during the previous fiscal year pursuant to section 7081 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115-141) may be deemed to meet the notification requirements of this section. ####
(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; or #####
(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. ###
(b)Additional Requirements and Limitations ####
(1)Personnel levels Funds made available by this Act are made available to support the agency-wide on-board Foreign Service and Civil Service staff levels of the Department of State and USAID at not less than the levels as of December 31, 2017. ####
(2)Reports #####
(A)Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter until September 30, 2020, the USAID Administrator shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on the status of USAID reorganization as described in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act: * Provided*, That the USAID Administrator shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees on the format of such reports. #####
(B)Not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act and every 60 days thereafter until September 30, 2020, 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: * Provided*, That such report shall also include a hiring plan, including timelines, for maintaining the agency-wide, on-board Foreign Service and Civil Service at not less than the December 31, 2017 level through fiscal year 2019. ####
(3)Bureau of population, refugees, and migration, department of state None of the funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, or any other Act may be used to downsize, downgrade, consolidate, close, move, or relocate the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State, or any activities of such Bureau, to another Federal agency. ####
(4)Administration of funds Funds made available 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 this responsibility shall not be delegated; 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, Department of State, and this responsibility shall not be delegated. ####
(5)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
(IT)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. ####
(6)Technology modernization fund limitation #####
(A)None of the funds made available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be used by an agency to submit a project proposal to the Technology Modernization Board for funding from the Technology Modernization Fund unless, not later than 15 days in advance of submitting the project proposal to the Board, the head of the agency— ######
(i)notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the proposed submission of the project proposal; and ######
(ii)submits to the Committees on Appropriations a copy of the project proposal. #####
(B)None of the funds made available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs may be used by an agency to carry out a project that is approved by the Board unless the head of the agency— ######
(i)submits to the Committees on Appropriations a copy of the approved project proposal, including the terms of reimbursement of funding received for the project; and ######
(ii)agrees to submit to the Committees on Appropriations a copy of each report relating to the project that the head of the agency submits to the Board. ####
(7)Foreign assistance review Programmatic, funding, and organizational changes resulting from implementation of the Foreign Assistance Review shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: * Provided*, That such notifications may be submitted in classified form, if necessary. rescissions
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