,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,castro of ,texas 7for himself
 and ,mr4 ,mc,caul7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,department of  
,state to establish a policy regarding  
the use of location-tracking consumer   
devices by employees at diplomatic and  
consular facilities1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,protecting         
,diplomats from ,surveillance ,through  
,consumer ,devices ,act4  #b4 ,securing 
,united ,states diplomatic and consular 
facilities against cybersurveillance    
7a7 ,policy on location-,tracking       
consumer devices ,not later than #fj    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,state     
shall establish a policy on the use of  
location-tracking consumer devices1     
including ,,gps-enabled devices1 at     

,united ,states diplomatic and consular 
facilities by ,united ,states           
,government employees1 contractors1     
locally employed staff1 and members of  
other agencies deployed to or stationed 
at such facilities4  7b7 ,security      
briefing ,existing and new employees at 
,united ,states diplomatic and consular 
facilities1 including contractors1      
locally employed staff1 and members of  
other agencies deployed to or stationed 
at such facilities1 shall1 as a part of 
the security briefings provided to such 
employees1 be informed of the policy    
described in subsection 7a7 and given   
instructions on the use of              
location-tracking consumer devices both 
on and off the premises of such         
facilities4  7c7 ,coordination ,the     
,secretary of ,state shall coordinate   
with the heads of any other agencies    
whose employees are deployed to or      
stationed at ,united ,states diplomatic 
and consular facilities in the          
formulation of the policy described in  

subsection 7a7 and the dissemination of 
such policy pursuant to subsection 7b74 
7d7 ,report ,not later than #cj days    
after the formulation of the policy     
described in subsection 7a71 the        
,secretary of ,state shall submit to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the 
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate a report on the details of such
 policy4