,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjbe,ms4 
,jacobs 7for herself and ,mr4 ,moylan7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs1 and in addition to the        
,committee on ,armed ,services1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for reform of the ,department of
 ,state with respect to security        
assistance4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,united ,states    
,security ,assistance ,effectiveness    
,act4  #b4 ,organizational reform  7a7  
,under secretary for arms control and   
international security ,the duties of   
the ,under ,secretary for ,arms ,control
 and ,international ,security relating  
to security assistance shall include--  
7#a7 within the ,department and across  

,united ,states diplomatic posts-- 7,a7 
providing strategic policy guidance on  
objectives1 metrics1 and priorities for 
security assistance2 and  7,b7 ensuring 
strategic integration of budgets and    
planning for security assistance2 and   
7#b7 overseeing ,department coordination
 with the ,secretary of ,defense and the
 heads of other relevant ,federal       
departments and agencies on all matters 
relating to security assistance1        
including by leading or delegating      
,secretary concurrence for all security 
assistance and security cooperation     
authorities under title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code4  7b7 ,office of security 
assistance  7#a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary shall designate an existing  
office or establish a new office to be  
the ,office of ,security ,assistance1   
which-- 7,a7 shall be located in the    
,office of the ,under ,secretary for    
,arms ,control and ,international       
,security2 and  7,b7 shall report to    
,office of the ,under ,secretary for    

,arms ,control and ,international       
,security4  7#b7 ,coordinator ,the head 
of the ,office shall be the ,coordinator
 for ,security ,assistance1 who shall be
 an individual who is a member of the   
,senior ,executive ,service and of      
demonstrated competency in the fields of
 security assistance and international  
diplomacy4  7#c7 ,duties ,the duties of 
the ,coordinator shall include within   
the ,department and across ,united      
,states diplomatic posts-- 7,a7 guiding 
and supporting security assistance2     
7,b7 maintaining the common database    
described in section #e2  7,c7          
coordinating the assessment1 monitoring1
 and evaluation program established     
under section #f2 and  7,d7 establishing
 the framework described in section #g4 
7c7 ,coordination within the department 
7#a7 ,designation ,not later than #a    
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 and subject to paragraph     
7#b71 the head of each bureau of the    
,department that is involved in         

directing or implementing security      
assistance shall designate an officer of
 such bureau to be responsible for      
coordinating the responsibilities of    
such bureau with respect to security    
assistance4  7#b7 ,non-eligibility ,an  
officer of a bureau of the ,department  
shall not be eligible to be designated  
pursuant to paragraph 7#a7 if the       
officer is responsible for conducting   
human rights vetting pursuant to #fbj,m 
of the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of     
#aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcgh;d74  7#c7    
,training ,each individual designated   
pursuant to paragraph 7#a7 shall        
successfully complete the training      
described in section #c4  7d7           
,coordination within united states      
diplomatic posts  7#a7 ,designation ,not
 later than #a year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the chief of
 mission of the ,united ,states in a    
foreign country that receives security  
assistance shall designate a senior     
diplomatic officer at the embassy or    

highest ranking diplomatic post if no   
embassy exists in the foreign country to
 be responsible for coordinating        
security assistance for the foreign     
country4  7#b7 ,duties ,the senior      
diplomatic officer designated pursuant  
to paragraph 7#a7 shall be responsible  
for--  7,a7 overseeing personnel and    
activities of ,federal departments and  
agencies at the relevant embassy or     
diplomatic post with respect to the     
provision of security assistance for the
 country2 and  7,b7 ensuring            
implementation of section #fbj,m of the 
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb 
,u4,s4,c4 #bcgh;d71 section #cfb of     
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 and   
other relevant authorities relating to  
the end-use of ,united                  
,states-transferred defense articles    
with respect to the country4  7#c7      
,training ,each individual designated   
pursuant to paragraph 7#a7 shall        
successfully complete the training      
described in section #c4  7e7 ,plan for 

coordination  7#a7 ,in general ,not     
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary shall submit to the          
appropriate congressional committees a  
plan for the implementation of this     
section1 including on the coordination  
within and outside of the ,department   
relating to security assistance         
programs4  7#b7 ,matters to be included 
,the plan required under paragraph 7#a7 
shall include the following3 7,a7 ,a    
plan for how the ,department will       
effectively coordinate internally1 with 
diplomatic posts1 and with the          
,department of ,defense with respect to 
security assistance programs4  7,b7 ,a  
description of the process by which the 
requirement for training described in   
section #c will be fulfilled4  7,c7 ,the
 benefits1 feasibility1 and steps       
necessary to detail personnel--  7i7 on 
a reimbursable basis from the relevant  
bureaus and offices of the ,department  
to provide staff to the ,office2 and    

7ii7 from the ,department of ,defense   
and other relevant ,federal departments 
and agencies to provide staff to the    
,office4  7,d7 ,a list of               
recommendations for any additional      
legislative measures necessary to       
improve the capacity and capabilities of
 the ,department to plan and implement  
security assistance programs and        
activities4  7#c7 ,form ,the plan       
required under paragraph 7#a7 shall be  
submitted in unclassified form1 but may 
include a classified annex if necessary4
  7#d7 ,appropriate congressional       
committees defined ,in this subsection1 
the term appropriate congressional      
committees means the ,committee on      
,foreign ,affairs of the ,house of      
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate4  #c4
 ,workforce development  7a7 ,in general
 ,not later than #ahj days after the    
date of the enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary shall establish curriculum at
 the ,department's ,foreign ,service    

,institute to provide employees of the  
,department with specialized training   
with respect to security assistance4    
7b7  ,matters ,to be included  ,the     
training required by subsection 7a7     
should be aligned with the ,security    
,cooperation ,workforce ,development    
,program and developed in coordination  
with the ,defense ,security ,cooperation
 ,agency1 including through an agreement
 under section #aece7;a7 of title #ca1  
,united ,states ,code 7commonly referred
 to as the ,economy ,act71 or any other 
appropriate agency-specific authority4  
,the training shall include the         
following3  7#a7 ,awareness of the full 
range of agencies1 offices1 personnel1  
statutory authorities1 funds1 and       
programs involved in security assistance
 and transfers and the respective       
decision-making timelines4  7#b7        
,familiarity with relevant military and 
police security force systems and       
structures and institutions at the time 
such training is occurring4  7#c7       

,familiarity with security assistance   
reform1 research regarding options for  
improvement1 and ,united ,states        
interagency and external resources and  
experts4  7#d7 ,familiarity with        
planning1 implementation1 and monitoring
 and evaluation for programmatic        
activities4  7#e7 ,familiarity with the 
requirements to coordinate and consult  
with the ,department of ,defense on     
certain security cooperation programs1  
to include any programs that require    
,secretary concurrence or joint         
formulation4  7#f7 ,familiarity with    
implementation of-- 7,a7 section #fbj,m 
of the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of     
#aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcgh;d7 and       
section #cfb of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code2  7,b7 arms transfer      
requirements under the ,arms ,export    
,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bgea et   
seq472  7,c7 end-use monitoring and     
other relevant authorities pertaining to
 the end-use of ,united                 
,states-transferred defense articles2   

and  7,d7 best practices related to     
human rights and civilian protection4   
7#g7 ,awareness of common risks to      
effectiveness of security assistance1   
including corruption1 political         
instability1 and challenges relating to 
absorptive capacity1 partner commitment1
 and transparency4  #d4 ,interagency    
coordination of security assistance1    
transfers1 and security cooperation  7a7
 ,comptroller general report ,not later 
than #a year after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states shall  
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that assesses the   
effectiveness of existing mechanisms    
that require the concurrence and        
coordination of the ,secretary of ,state
 with respect to security assistance and
 security cooperation programs1 and     
other applicable provisions of law that 
provide for coordination between        
security assistance programs1 projects1 
and activities of the ,department and   

security cooperation programs1 projects1
 and activities of the ,department of   
,defense that includes the following3   
7#a7 ,an identification of relevant     
security assistance and security        
cooperation programs1 authorities1 and  
resources that require ,secretary of    
,state coordination or concurrence1 and 
their mandated coordination and         
concurrence mechanisms and processes    
between the ,secretary and ,secretary of
 ,defense1 including the definitions and
 guidance for such mechanisms and       
processes to include--  7,a7 joint      
coordination2  7,b7 ,chief of ,mission  
and ,secretary concurrence2 and  7,c7   
joint formulation4  7#b7 ,an assessment 
of such processes and mechanisms in     
practice4  7#c7 ,an identification of   
measures to improve such processes and  
mechanisms and the coordination between 
,department bureaus and offices involved
 in planning1 executing1 or overseeing  
security assistance programs and        
activities and the ,united ,states      

combatant command or commands relevant  
to such bureaus and offices4  7b7 ,joint
 process for section #ccc projects      
,consistent with recommendations made by
 the ,comptroller ,general of the       
,united ,states pursuant to the report  
of the ,government ,accountability      
,office identified as the #bc-ajehdb    
report1 the ,secretary1 in coordination 
with the ,secretary of ,defense1 shall  
establish a process that specifies how  
and when the ,department should be      
involved in the planning of projects    
pursuant to section #ccc of title #aj1  
,united ,states ,code1 including        
timelines for the ,department's review  
of concurrence packages4  #e4           
,establishment of a common database of  
security assistance and security        
cooperation programs  7a7 ,in general   
,not later than #b years after the date 
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,secretary1 in coordination with the    
,secretary of ,defense1 the ,director of
 the ,defense ,security ,cooperation    

,agency1 and the heads of other         
appropriate ,federal departments and    
agencies1 shall maintain a common       
database of information of all security 
assistance and security cooperation     
programs and activities1 funding1 and   
transfers by recipient country4  7b7    
,plan  7#a7 ,in general ,not later than 
#a year after the date of the enactment 
of this ,act1 the ,secretary1 in        
coordination with the ,secretary of     
,defense1 ,director of the ,defense     
,security ,cooperation ,agency and the  
heads of other appropriate ,federal     
departments and agencies1 shall submit  
to the appropriate congressional        
committees a report that contains a plan
 to meet the requirements of subsection 
7a74  7#b7 ,elements ,the plan required 
by this subsection shall include each of
 the following elements3 7,a7 ,a plan to
 ensure a standardized method of        
capturing country-level data of security
 assistance and security cooperation    
programs and activities administered by 

the ,department and the ,department of  
,defense since fiscal year #bjag1 to    
include--  7i7 the identification of    
authorities and costs1 by fiscal year1  
of each such program or activity2  7ii7 
the primary recipients by unit of each  
such program or activity within the     
relevant foreign partner government or  
organization2  7iii7 the purpose of each
 such program or activity1 to include   
how each program advances ,united       
,states regional and country strategies 
and objectives and advances mutually    
beneficial security goals1 including    
addressing shared threats2  7iv7        
narrative descriptions of all capacity  
building activities and any lethal      
assistance1 including the training1     
equipment1 and sustainment plan         
associated with each such program or    
activity2 and  7v7 assessments of the   
recipient capabilities1 absorptive      
capacity1 and political will to achieve 
program or activity objectives4  7,b7 ,a
 description of potential logistical and

 methodological challenges to           
implementation1 including the necessary 
resources1 staffing1 and authorities to 
address such challenges and complete the
 requirements of subsection 7a74  7,c7  
,a plan to update1 as needed1 existing  
systems that assess1 monitor1 and       
evaluate the execution of security      
assistance and security cooperation     
programs and activities1 on a           
country-by-country basis1 that are      
carried out by the ,department and the  
,department of ,defense4  7,d7 ,options 
to enable visibility for the appropriate
 congressional committees of all        
country-level data required by          
subparagraph 7,a74  7,e7 ,options to    
promote increased transparency and      
visibility of security assistance and   
security cooperation programs and       
activities for researchers engaged in   
research and development projects on    
security cooperation pursuant to section
 #chd7;g77#c7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code1 as well as evaluators    

contractors pursuant to section #chc of 
such title that promote security        
cooperation lessons learned4  7#c7      
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this subsection1 the term   
appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7,a7 the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,affairs1 the ,committee on ,armed     
,services1 and the ,committee on        
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives2 and  7,b7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 the  
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and the 
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate4  #f4 ,assessment1 monitoring1  
and evaluation  7a7 ,in general ,not    
later than #ah months after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,coordinator shall develop and maintain 
an assessment1 monitoring1 and          
evaluation program to be conducted for  
any country receiving significant       
security assistance4  7b7 ,elements ,the
 program described in paragraph 7#a7    
shall include each of the following     

elements3  7#a7 ,baseline assessments   
that include the following factors3 7,a7
 ,the quality of security sector        
governance of such country1 based on the
 measurements of the following1 and the 
manner in which the country's           
performance on such measurements are    
likely to be influenced by the provision
 of security assistance3  7i7 ,the level
 of state corruption1 as defined under  
the ,combating ,global ,corruption ,act 
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ajeja71 in the country's
 security sector4  7ii7 ,the level of   
civilian oversight of the security      
forces4  7iii7 ,the level of the        
security forces'-- 7,i7 involvement in  
politics2  7,,ii7 commercial holdings2  
and  7,,iii7 merit-based promotions4    
7iv7 ,the record of violations of       
international human rights law1         
international humanitarian law1 and     
civilian harm by security force actors  
or their affiliates and subsequent      
meaningful investigations and           
accountability processes4  7v7 ,other   

factors relevant to assessing the level 
of security sector governance4  7,b7    
,the commitment and political will of   
the recipient to use such assistance in 
a manner that achieves mutual           
objectives4  7,c7 ,recipient country    
threat perceptions and the manner in    
which such perceptions may inform the   
use of security assistance4  7,d7 ,the  
recipient's capacity to absorb the      
security assistance given and to achieve
 the objectives of such assistance4     
7,e7 ,country- or region-specific       
opportunities and risks that could      
enhance or impair the outcomes          
associated with providing security      
assistance4  7#b7 ,identification of the
 short- and long-term desired outcomes  
or goals of the bilateral security      
partnership with the country and whether
 such assistance is achieving those     
outcomes or goals4  7#c7 ,monitoring    
implementation of security assistance   
programs1 projects1 and activities to   
measure progress toward achieving       

specific targets1 metrics1 or           
indicators4  7#d7 ,identification of    
lessons learned in carrying out security
 assistance and recommendations for     
improving future assistance4  7c7       
,oversight and framework ,the           
,coordinator shall guide and support1 in
 coordination with relevant regional and
 functional bureaus1 the assessment and 
monitoring described in subsection 7a7  
and shall create a common evaluation    
framework4  7d7 ,availability of funds  
,funds available to the                 
,political-,military ,affairs ,bureau1  
and other funds available to the        
,department of ,state for security      
assistance programs and activities of   
the ,department of ,state1 may be used  
to carry out the program required by    
this section4  #g4 ,security assistance 
framework and planning  7a7 ,framework  
for security assistance ,not later than 
#ah months after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,coordinator
 shall create and submit to the         

,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the  
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate a framework to be used by      
relevant bureaus and diplomatic posts to
 guide regional and country-specific    
planning1 such as joint regional        
strategies or integrated country        
strategies or their equivalents1 with   
respect to security assistance based on 
the following3  7#a7 ,identification and
 prioritization of overall goals and    
objectives for security assistance1 in  
accordance with the relevant ,national  
,security ,strategy4  7#b7 ,criteria    
for--  7,a7 identifying opportunities   
and risks created by the provision of   
security assistance2 and  7,b7 tailoring
 and sequencing such assistance         
accordingly4  7#c7 ,guidance for-- 7,a7 
incorporating the assessment1           
monitoring1 and evaluation program      
described in section #f into the        
strategic planning cycle pursuant to    
,,gpra ,modernization ,act of #bjaj     

7,public ,law #aaa-ceb71 and the        
amendments made by that ,act1 and any   
other relevant law2 and  7,b7 increasing
 coordination1 as appropriate1 with     
other major international donors to     
maximize resources and unity of efforts4
  7#d7 ,metrics for assessing the       
effectiveness of security assistance    
in--  7,a7 increasing the operational   
access and influence of the ,united     
,states when there is a demonstrated1   
strategic need for such access and      
influence2  7,b7 improving partner      
capacity and commitment to countering   
shared threats and increased burden     
sharing1 including in ways that enable  
reallocation of ,united ,states military
 deployments to other high priority     
missions2 and  7,c7 contributing to the 
maintenance of existing peace treaties  
between recipients of assistance4  7#e7 
,a process to ensure that transfers     
regulated by the ,department that are   
outside the scope of security           
assistance1 such as certain direct      

commercial sales1 are factored into--   
7,a7 the implementation of the          
assessment1 monitoring1 and evaluation  
program described in subsection 7a72 and
  7,b7 the planning process described in
 subsection 7c74  7b7 ,security         
assistance planning  7#a7 ,country      
prioritization ,not later than #b years 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 and annually thereafter1 the      
,coordinator shall develop and submit in
 accordance with subsection 7c7 a list1 
including justifications1 of priority   
recipient countries to receive security 
assistance1 on the basis of-- 7,a7      
policy objectives determined by the     
,secretary2 and  7,b7 the political     
conditions present in such recipient    
countries to achieve such policy        
objectives4  7#b7 ,inclusion in regional
 and country strategies ,any            
comprehensive regional strategy1 such as
 a joint regional strategy or its       
equivalent1 and any country strategy1   
such as an integrated country strategy  

or its equivalent1 that is produced by  
the ,department of ,state on or after   
the date that is #b years after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 and each
 successor strategy to such strategy1   
shall integrate security assistance     
planning in a manner that incorporates  
the elements of the framework created   
pursuant to subsection 7a7 and include  
an annex relating to security           
assistance1 which shall include--  7,a7 
the assessment1 monitoring1 and         
evaluation baseline assessments         
described in section #f2  7,b7 requests 
to allocate security assistance with    
respect to the area covered by the      
strategy2 and  7,c7 a description of the
 manner in which such resources will be 
used4  7#c7 ,coordination of resources  
,in developing annexes relating to      
security assistance for inclusion in    
comprehensive regional strategies or    
country strategies in accordance with   
paragraph 7#b71 the relevant bureau1    
office1 or diplomatic post shall        

coordinate with--  7,a7 the ,office2    
7,b7 the ,office of ,foreign ,assistance
 ,resources1 or an equivalent entity in 
the ,department1 regarding the          
allocation of resources in line with    
priorities of the ,department of ,state 
for security assistance2 and  7,c7 the  
,department of ,defense and other       
relevant ,federal departments and       
agencies that provide security          
assistance1 security cooperation1 or    
other forms of foreign assistance4  7c7 
,reporting requirements ,beginning #c   
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act and annually thereafter1 the 
,secretary shall include with any       
materials submitted in support of the   
budget for that fiscal year that is     
submitted to ,congress by the ,president
 under section #aaje of title #ca1      
,united ,states ,code1 an unclassified  
report1 that may include a classified   
annex1 with the following3  7#a7 ,a list
 of priority security assistance        
recipients1 along with descriptions of  

the policy objectives that the          
,secretary seeks to achieve by providing
 such assistance to such recipients1    
developed pursuant to subsection        
7b77#a74  7#b7 ,a description of the    
results of the evaluations conducted    
pursuant to section #f7;c74  7#c7 ,a    
description of the manner in which the  
,department will allocate1 monitor1 and 
evaluate all security assistance        
pursuant to the program described in    
section #g and the planning process     
described in subsection 7b74  #h4       
,definitions ,in this ,act--  7#a7      
except as otherwise provided1 the term  
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs and the ,committee on ,armed   
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives2 and  7,b7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations and   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services of   
the ,senate2  7#b7 the term ,coordinator
 means the ,coordinator for ,security   
,assistance established under section   

#b7;b77#b72  7#c7 the term ,department  
means the ,department of ,state2  7#d7  
except as otherwise provided1 the term  
,office means the ,office of ,security  
,assistance designated under section    
#b7;b72  7#e7 except as otherwise       
provided1 the term ,secretary means the 
,secretary of ,state2 and  7#f7 the term
 security assistance means assistance   
provided under the ,foreign ,assistance 
,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #baea et   
seq471 the ,arms ,export ,control ,act  
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bgea et seq47 7other    
than ,foreign ,military ,sales or direct
 commercial sales71 or any other        
provision of law4