119-hr4390

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4390 Introduced in House

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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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