[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4390 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4390
To require a review of the United States diplomatic posture, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 15, 2025
Mr. Bera (for himself, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Case, and Ms. McBride)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To require a review of the United States diplomatic posture, and for
other purposes.
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 ``U.S. Diplomatic Posture Review Act
of 2025''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The allocation of personnel and resources of the
Department of State in areas of strategic concern should
reflect United States national security and foreign policy
priorities.
(2) The Department of State Strategic Staffing Initiative
of 2020 demonstrated a recognition of a need for a continuous,
high-level examination of the Department's diplomatic posture.
(3) The Department of State should strengthen its capacity
to advance United States national security and foreign policy
objectives through adjusting its diplomatic posture and
strategic goals to reflect United States national security and
foreign policy priorities and clearly and consistently
communicating such adjustments to Congress.
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC POSTURE REVIEW.
(a) Review Required.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting
through the Coordinator appointed pursuant to subsection (c)
and in coordination with the heads of other relevant Federal
departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that includes a classified,
comprehensive diplomatic posture review (``USDPR Report''), and
which shall contain an unclassified summary.
(2) Subsequent reports.--Not later than 1 year after the
submission to Congress of the initial report required by
paragraph (1), and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an
updated USDPR Report in the same form as the initial report.
(b) Content.--Each USDPR report required under subsection (a)
shall, at a minimum, include a comprehensive description and discussion
of the following matters:
(1) A list of all diplomatic and consular posts and
domestic offices operated by the Department of State, whether
inside the United States or overseas, including--
(A) domestic field offices;
(B) permanent bilateral missions and branch
offices;
(C) special bilateral or multilateral missions;
(D) multilateral missions accredited to
international organizations;
(E) legations;
(F) United States interest sections;
(G) United States liaison offices;
(H) consulates general;
(I) consulates;
(J) consular agencies;
(K) American presence posts;
(L) remote missions; and
(M) virtual presence posts.
(2) A review of the degree to which United States
diplomatic and consular posts serve the needs of American
citizens overseas well, including for consular services, travel
advisories, and emergency assistance.
(3) A description of any additional resources needed to
sufficiently serve such overseas needs.
(4) An analysis of how existing, statutorily-mandated,
strategic priorities of the Department affect, inform, or alter
the Department's approach toward implementing goals and
objectives.
(5) A list of the amounts and kind of foreign assistance
provided to other countries and public international
organizations, disaggregated by country and by specific account
within budget function 150 (international affairs).
(6) A list of any international financial obligations for
which the Department is in arrears, and how the Department will
meet these obligations within the next fiscal year.
(7) A description of the costs incurred during the
preceding year in connection with operating, maintaining, and
supporting Department of State missions, broken out by country
and post.
(8) A description of major changes the Secretary of State
has made or intends to make in the forthcoming year focused on
significant alterations, additions, or reductions, to the
allocation of personnel and resources across the world to
ensure that the Department is optimally positioned to execute
statutorily-mandated strategic plans and priorities.
(9) Identification of needed military, economic,
informational, and additional resources outside the Department
of State that are critical to the successful implementation of
the strategic priorities described pursuant to paragraph (2).
(c) Coordinator for the United States Diplomatic Posture Review.--
(1) Appointment of coordinator.--The Secretary shall
appoint from among the officers and employees of the Department
of State a Coordinator to develop and submit the USDPR Report.
The Coordinator shall report directly to the Secretary and may,
at the discretion of the Secretary, retain the position and
responsibilities held by such individual prior to such
appointment.
(2) Qualifications.--The Coordinator shall be a person who
has significant depth of experience and expertise in
international relations, data-driven management, and the
policymaking, programmatic, and personnel aspects of the
Department.
(3) Staff.--The Secretary shall assign sufficient personnel
from the Secretary's Policy Planning staff or other operating
units of the Department of State as the Secretary deems
appropriate to support the Coordinator in carrying out the
duties required by this section.
(d) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the submission of each
report required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall provide
an annual classified briefing to the appropriate congressional
committees on--
(1) the posture review;
(2) actionable steps the Department of State has taken or
intends to take to make adjustments to the United States
diplomatic posture and strategic approach; and
(3) additional statutory resources required from Congress
to help meet the United States national security strategy
priorities.
(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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