[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 371 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.371
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen
An Act
To make technical changes and other improvements to the Department of
State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of State Authorities Act,
Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORTS.
(a) Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986.--
Section 104(a) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act
of 1986, as added by section 101 of the Department of State Authorities
Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323), is amended by inserting
``and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives'' after ``appropriate congressional committees''.
(b) Annual Report on Embassy Construction Costs.--Section 118(a) of
the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law
114-323) is amended by inserting ``and the Committees on Appropriations
of the Senate and the House of Representatives'' after ``appropriate
congressional committees''.
(c) Oversight of and Accountability for Peacekeeper Abuses.--
Section 301(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year
2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended by inserting ``and the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives''
after ``appropriate congressional committees''.
(d) Workforce Rightsizing Report.--Section 405(c) of the Department
of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323) is
amended by inserting ``and the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives'' after ``appropriate
congressional committees''.
(e) Consular Immunity.--Subsection (b)(2) of section 4 of the
Diplomatic Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 254c), as added by section 501 of
the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law
114-323), is amended by striking ``of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Foreign Relations'' and inserting ``and the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations''.
(f) Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Report.--Section
602(c) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017
(Public Law 114-323) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``and the Committee on Appropriations'' after
``Committee on Foreign Affairs''; and
(2) by inserting ``and the Committee on Appropriations'' after
``Committee on Foreign Relations'';
SEC. 3. PEACEKEEPING TRAINING.
Section 301 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year
2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended--
(1) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``enhance the discovery''
and inserting ``investigate allegations'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``adequately respond to
complaints about such offenses by carrying out swift and
effective disciplinary action against the personnel'' and
inserting ``appropriately hold accountable personnel''; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, including
compensation to victims, as appropriate'' after ``responses to
such offenses'';
(2) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``any individual who
commits an act'' and inserting ``personnel who are found to have
committed acts''; and
(3) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``noteworthy''.
SEC. 4. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL.
Section 310 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year
2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``The descriptions referred
to in subsection (a) shall include the following elements'' and
inserting ``In addition to the descriptions referred to in
subsection (a), each such candidate shall be urged to describe the
following''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``such l'' and inserting
``such agenda''.
SEC. 5. POLICY REGARDING THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.
Section 311(a)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act,
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
``(E) which has been designated as a Tier 3 country in the
annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report under
the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.
7107); or
``(F) which is identified as having failed to prevent or
address gross violations of human rights in the annual
Department of State Human Rights Report under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974; and''.
SEC. 6. COMPARATIVE REPORT ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.
Section 313 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year
2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``and the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives'' after ``appropriate
congressional committees'';
(2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
``(1) a comparison of the costs of current United Nations
peacekeeping operations, including the costs incurred by the United
States for such operations, and the estimated cost of such
operations if implemented unilaterally by the United States;'';
(3) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (1), as amended by paragraph
(2) of this section, the following new paragraph:
``(2) an assessment of the operational, structural, and
doctrinal differences between the military and civilian
infrastructures of the United States and United Nations and other
assumptions that impact cost estimates; and''.
SEC. 7. LATERAL ENTRY INTO THE FOREIGN SERVICE.
Section 404(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal
Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended by striking ``outstanding''.
SEC. 8. COMBATING INTOLERANCE.
The section heading of section 419 of the Department of State
Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended by
striking ``anti-semitism'' and inserting ``intolerance''.
SEC. 9. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS REGARDING COMPLETION OF WESTERN
HEMISPHERE DRUG POLICY COMMISSION REPORT.
Section 603 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year
2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended--
(1) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``section 362'' and
inserting ``section 602(c)''; and
(2) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
``(h) Compensation.--Members of the Commission shall serve without
pay or benefits.''.
SEC. 10. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING POWERS OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE
DRUG POLICY COMMISSION.
Section 604 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year
2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(f) Gifts, Bequests, and Devises.--The Commission may solicit,
accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of money,
services, or property, both real and personal, for the purpose of
carrying out any duty, power, or authority of the Commission.''.
SEC. 11. BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
Section 703(b)(2) of the Department of State Authorities Act,
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended by striking ``any
significant restructuring,''.
SEC. 12. RANSOMS TO FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.
Section 709(a) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal
Year 2017 (Public Law 114-323) is amended by inserting ``, to the
extent practicable,'' before ``transmit''.
SEC. 13. RESTORATION OF TIBET REPORT.
Section 613 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year
2003 (Public Law 107-228, 22 U.S.C. 6901 note), as amended by section
715(b)(1) of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017
(Public Law 114-323), is further amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``In General'' and inserting
the following: ``Policy.--
``(1) In general.--'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as paragraph (2) and moving
such paragraph, as so redesignated, two ems to the right; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(b) Periodic Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year
2017, Improvements Act, and annually thereafter until December 31,
2021, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on--
``(1) the steps taken by the President and the Secretary in
accordance with subsection (a)(1) to implement the Tibetan Policy
Act of 2002; and
``(2) the status of any discussions between the People's
Republic of China and the Dalai Lama or his representatives or a
successor selected by a method of the 14th Dalai Lama's own
choosing or the representatives of such successor.''.
SEC. 14. DEPARTMENT OF STATE REORGANIZATIONS.
The report required under subsection (l) of section 7034 of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31) shall also be
provided to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Senate
concurrent with the submission of such report to the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate pursuant to such subsection.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.