,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eehi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bd1 #bjah    
,mr4 ,mc,caul introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to consolidate certain small   
diplomatic and consular posts1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,examine       
,overseas ,diplomatic ,footprint ,act of
 #bjah4  #b4 ,consolidation of small    
diplomatic and consular posts  7a7 ,new 
embassies and consulates ,prior to      
initiating site selection for a         
diplomatic or consular post that is     
expected to employ ten or fewer direct  
hire ,united ,states ,government        
employees on average for at least three 
years after opening1 the ,secretary of  
,state shall conduct an analysis of     
options1 including consolidating such   
proposed post with other nearby         
diplomatic or consular posts4  7b7      
,notification ,not later than #cj days  

after conducting an analysis of options 
pursuant to subsection 7a71 the         
,secretary of ,state shall notify the   
appropriate congressional committees of 
the results of such analysis4  7c7      
,existing small diplomatic and consular 
posts ,the ,secretary of ,state shall   
complete a cost-benefit analysis for    
maintaining each diplomatic and consular
 post that has employed ten or fewer    
direct hire ,united ,states ,government 
employees on average over the three     
years prior to the date of the enactment
 of this ,act4 ,each such analysis shall
 include1 at minimum1 the following3    
7#a7 ,the full cost of maintaining each 
such post4  7#b7 ,any policy value or   
other value that ,united ,states        
,government tenants derive from each    
such post4  7#c7 ,whether regular       
consular services1 including ,united    
,states citizen services1 are provided  
at each such post4  7#d7 ,the nearest   
alternative location at which regular   
consular services1 including ,united    

,states citizen services1 are available 
with respect to each such post4  7#e7   
,input from each such post regarding any
 unique operational or policy value such
 post provides4  7d7 ,report ,not later 
than one year after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,state shall submit to the           
appropriate congressional committees a  
report on the results of the analyses   
under subsections 7a7 and 7c74  7e7     
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7#a7 in the ,house of           
,representatives--  7,a7 the ,committee 
on ,foreign ,affairs2 and  7,b7 the     
,committee on ,appropriations2 and  7#b7
 in the ,senate-- 7,a7 the ,committee on
 ,foreign ,relations2 and  7,b7 the     
,committee on ,appropriations4