,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djbe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #g1     
#bjbb ,mr4 ,kaine 7for himself and ,mr4 
,booker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require additional          
disclosures with respect to nominees to 
serve as chiefs of missions1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,ambassador    
,oversight and ,transparency ,act4  #b4 
,additional disclosures required with   
respect to nominees ,section #cjd of the
 ,foreign ,service ,act of #aihj 7#bb   
,u4,s4,c4 #cidd7 is amended--  7#a7 in  
subsection 7a77#d71 by adding at the end
 the following3 ,each such report shall 
explain the source and the extent of    
such nominee's knowledge of the         
principal language or dialect of the    
country1 region1 or institution in which
 the nominee has been nominated to serve
 as chief of mission and the manner and 

extent to which such nominee meets the  
criteria described in paragraph 7#a71   
particularly with respect to the source 
and extent of such individual's         
knowledge and understanding of the      
history1 culture1 economics1 politics1  
and interests of the people of such     
country1 region1 or institution42 and   
7#b7 in subsection 7b7--  7,a7 in       
paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 by striking ,each  
and inserting the following3 87,a7 ,in  
this paragraph--  7i7 the term bundled  
contribution has the meaning given such 
term in section #cjd7;i77#h77;,a7 of the
 ,federal ,election ,campaign ,act of   
#aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4                    
#cjajd7;i77#h77;,a772  7ii7 the term    
contribution has the meaning given such 
term in section #cja7h7 of the ,federal 
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#eb  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjaja7h772 and  7iii7 the    
term immediate family means-- 7,i7 the  
spouse of the nominee2  7,,ii7 any      
child1 parent1 grandparent1 brother1 or 
sister of the nominee2 and  7,,iii7 the 

spouse of any of the individuals        
described in subclause 7,,ii74  7,b7    
,each  2  7ii7 in subparagraph 7,b71 as 
redesignated1 by striking fourth        
calendar year and inserting tenth       
calendar year2  7iii7 by striking ,the  
report and inserting the following3     
7,c7 ,the report shall include the      
disclosure of all bundled contributions 
facilitated by the nominee during the   
period described in subparagraph 7,b71  
in accordance with section #cjd7;i77#h7 
of the ,federal ,election ,campaign ,act
 of #aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4                
#cjajd7;i77#h771 and  2  7iv7 by        
striking ,the chairman and inserting the
 following3  7,d7 ,the chairman  2  7v7 
in subparagraph 7,d71 as redesignated1  
by adding at the end the following3 ,the
 ,secretary of ,state shall publish each
 such report and each ,certificate of   
,competency issued pursuant to          
subsection 7a77#d77;,a7 on a publicly   
available website of the ,department of 
,state42 and  7vi7 by striking ,as used 

in this paragraph and all that follows2 
and  7,b7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#c7 ,the ,president shall  
certify to the ,committee on ,foreign   
,relations of the ,senate that any      
contributions made by each individual   
nominated to be a chief of mission or   
members of the nominee's immediate      
family1 whether or not included in the  
report described in paragraph 7#b71     
played no role in such nomination4  4   
#c4 ,management assessments at          
diplomatic and consular posts  7a7 ,in  
general ,beginning not later than #a    
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,state     
shall annually conduct1 at each         
diplomatic and consular post1 a         
universal survey1 which shall be        
completed by all staff assigned to that 
post who are citizens of the ,united    
,states 7excluding the chief of mission7
 to assess the management and leadership
 of that post by the chief of mission4  
7b7 ,anonymity ,all responses to the    

survey shall be anonymized before being 
made available to the relevant regional 
assistant secretary of the ,department  
of ,state and the ,director ,general of 
the ,foreign ,service4  7c7 ,referral   
,if corrective action does not resolve  
deficiencies in performance by the chief
 of mission identified by the survey1   
the ,director ,general of the ,foreign  
,service may refer the matter to the    
,inspector ,general of the ,department  
of ,state1 who shall conduct an         
inspection of the post in accordance    
with section #bji7;b7 of the ,foreign   
,service ,act of #aihj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4   
#cibi7;b774  7d7 ,annual report ,the    
,director ,general of the ,foreign      
,service shall submit an annual report  
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
 of the ,senate and the ,committee on   
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives that--  7#a7 identifies
 the posts at which corrective action   
was taken as a result of responses from 
a survey described in subsection 7a72   

7#b7 describes the performance          
deficiencies identified by the survey   
and the corrective action taken to      
remediate such deficiencies2 and  7#c7  
explains the reasons for not referring  
the matter to the ,inspector ,general of
 the ,department of ,state and the      
,foreign ,service4