,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hafa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #cj1 #bjbf,ms4
 ,jacobs 7for herself and ,mr4          
,baumgartner7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a     
,,bill  ,to encourage the practice of   
expeditionary diplomacy at the          
,department of ,state4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,expeditionary ,diplomacy ,act4  #b4    
,definition requirement  7a7 ,in general
 ,not later than #ij days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,secretary of ,state shall submit a     
report to the appropriate congressional 
committees that includes a definition of
 the term expeditionary diplomacy1 and  
how it relates to diplomacy that is not 
expeditionary1 and an overview of how   
the ,department of ,state will apply    
this definition to enhance its ability  
to conduct expeditionary diplomacy in   
environments with an elevated security  

risk1 including under the ,diplomatic   
,security ,act of #aihf 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4  
#dhja et seq471 as amended by section   
#icjb of the ,james ,m4 ,inhofe         
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjbc 7,public ,law   
#aag-bfc74  7b7 ,consultation ,the      
,secretary of ,state shall consult      
relevant external stakeholders on the   
formulation of the definition required  
in subsection 7a71 which may include the
 ,american ,academy of ,diplomacy and   
the ,american ,foreign ,service         
,association1 as appropriate4  #c4      
,report on expeditionary diplomacy at   
the ,department of ,state  7a7 ,in      
general ,not later than #ah months after
 the submission of the report required  
by section #b1 the ,comptroller ,general
 of the ,united ,states shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees
 a report on challenges with respect to 
expeditionary diplomacy at the          
,department of ,state and ,united       
,states embassies and posts and         

recommendations to address such         
challenges4  7b7  ,matters ,to be       
included  ,the report required by       
subsection 7a7 shall include the        
following3 7#a7 ,an assessment of the   
capacity of regional security officers  
within the ,department of ,state1       
including with respect to enabling      
expeditionary diplomacy1 and1 if        
applicable1 recommendations to address  
any challenges in capacity4  7#b7 ,a    
description of other challenges1        
internal and external to the ,department
 of ,state1 that prevent increased      
expeditionary diplomacy practiced among 
,chiefs of ,mission and members of the  
,foreign ,service4  7#c7 ,an assessment 
of whether existing ,department of      
,state initiatives1 and laws and        
regulations applicable to the           
,department1 including under the        
,diplomatic ,security ,act of #aihf 7#bb
 ,u4,s4,c4 #dhja et seq471 as amended by
 section #icjb of the ,james ,m4 ,inhofe
 ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act 

for ,fiscal ,year #bjbc 7,public ,law   
#aag-bfc71 further including the        
provisions on promotion precepts1       
training1 and the sense of ,congress on 
the establishment of an ,expeditionary  
,diplomacy ,award1 are being utilized to
 address such other challenges1 to      
include analysis describing the         
effectiveness of such initiatives1 laws1
 and regulations in doing so4  7#d7 ,an 
assessment of previous and ongoing      
efforts to enable expeditionary         
diplomacy1 including in environments    
with an elevated security risk1 that    
have been successful1 and any lessons   
learned from such efforts1 and          
recommendations as to how1 if at all1   
those lessons learned could be applied  
more generally across the ,department of
 ,state4  7#e7 ,an assessment of how    
personnel policies at diplomatic posts  
and across the ,foreign ,service more   
generally impact members' of the        
,foreign ,service ability to practice   
expeditionary diplomacy1 complete tours 

longer than one year in assignments to  
environments with an elevated security  
risk1 and obtain sufficient             
country-level expertise 7including      
through developing robust contacts with 
host country officials1 business        
leaders1 civil society groups1 and other
 key stakeholders71 and1 if applicable1 
recommendations to improve such policies
 to incentivize members of the ,foreign 
,service to carry out such work4  #d4   
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that the ,president should    
include in the ,president's ,letters of 
,instruction the promotion of           
appropriate and effective risk          
management practices to encourage       
diplomats to regularly and meaningfully 
engage in expeditionary diplomacy and   
with populations in the country1        
including in high security and high     
threat environments4  #e4 ,amendments to
 ,chief of ,mission ,authority ,section 
#bjg7;a7 of the ,foreign ,service ,act  
of #aihj 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #cibg7;a77 is   

amended--  7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by   
striking the and at the end2  7#b7 in   
paragraph 7#b71 by striking the period  
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#c7 shall exercise appropriate and   
effective risk management practices to  
encourage all relevant ,government      
executive branch employees in that      
country to regularly and meaningfully   
engage in expeditionary diplomacy and   
with the populations in such country4  4
  #f4 ,establishment of expeditionary   
diplomacy ,tiger ,team  7a7             
,establishment ,not later than #a year  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,state shall    
establish a team 7commonly known as a   
,tiger ,team and referred to in this    
section as the ,tiger ,team7 dedicated  
to producing recommendations to the     
,secretary of ,state to improve the     
ability and willingness of ,chiefs of   
,mission and ,regional ,security        
,officers to approve expeditionary      

diplomacy and of members of the ,foreign
 ,service to regularly practice         
expeditionary diplomacy4 ,the ,tiger    
,team shall consist of appropriate      
personnel of the ,department of ,state  
assigned to the ,tiger ,team by the     
,secretary for the purposes of this     
section4  7b7 ,tiger team leader ,one of
 the persons assigned to the ,tiger     
,team under subsection 7a7 shall be a   
senior-level officer or employee of the 
,department who shall serve as the lead 
official of the ,tiger ,team 7in this   
section referred to as the ,tiger ,team 
,leader7 and who shall be accountable   
for the activities of the ,tiger ,team  
under this section and not serve        
concurrently in another assignment or   
position at the ,department during the  
tenure of the ,tiger ,team4  7c7 ,report
 on composition ,not later than #a year 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary shall submit to    
,congress a report setting forth the    
names and titles of the personnel of the

 ,department assigned to the ,tiger     
,team pursuant to this subsection1      
including the positions to which        
assigned1 which shall at minimum include
 at least one official that reports to  
the ,under ,secretary of ,political     
,affairs1 an official with international
 development experience and expertise1  
and at least one official each from the 
,bureaus of ,diplomatic ,security1      
,administration1 ,diplomatic            
,technology1 ,human ,resources1 ,medical
 ,services1 and ,overseas ,building     
,operations1 respectively4 ,the report  
shall specify the name of the individual
 assigned as ,tiger ,team ,leader4  7d7 
,duties  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,tiger   
,team shall produce recommendations to  
the ,secretary of ,state to improve the 
ability and willingness of ,chiefs of   
,mission and ,regional ,security        
,officers to approve expeditionary      
diplomacy and of members of the ,foreign
 ,service to regularly practice         
expeditionary diplomacy4  7#b7          

,collaboration ,in conducting activities
 under this subsection1 the ,tiger ,team
 ,leader shall identify appropriate     
external stakeholders with whom the     
,tiger ,team shall work to carry out    
such activities4 ,such stakeholders     
shall include the following3 7,a7       
,american ,academy of ,diplomacy4  7,b7 
,american ,foreign ,service             
,association4  7,c7 ,overseas ,security 
,advisory ,council4  7,d7 ,such other   
stakeholders as the ,tiger ,team ,leader
 considers appropriate4  7#c7 ,initial  
report ,not later than #ah months after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,state shall submit to
 ,congress a plan on the ,tiger ,team's 
work1 to include the following3  7,a7 ,a
 description of the manner in which the 
,secretary1 working through the ,tiger  
,team and in collaboration with external
 stakeholders described in paragraph    
7#b71 shall-- 7i7 assess the current    
state of the ,department's ability and  
willingness to practice expeditionary   

diplomacy2  7ii7 review previous and    
current ,department of ,state efforts   
and historical recommendation reports1  
external and internal1 on expeditionary 
diplomacy2  7iii7 assess the current    
challenges experienced by the           
,department1 ,chiefs of ,mission1 and   
members of the ,foreign ,service in     
practicing expeditionary diplomacy2 and 
7iv7 produce policy1 regulations1 and   
legislative recommendations to address  
such challenges4  7,b7 ,a timeline for  
the implementation1 carrying out1 and   
completion of the plan required under   
this paragraph4  7,c7 ,a description of 
the additional funding1 personnel1 or   
other resources of the ,department      
required to carry out the plan required 
under this paragraph1 including any     
modification of applicable statutory or 
administrative authorities4  7#d7       
,implementation of plan  7,a7 ,in       
general ,the ,secretary shall implement 
and carry out the plan submitted under  
paragraph 7#c7 in accordance with the   

timeline submitted under subparagraph   
7,b7 of that paragraph4  7,b7 ,updates  
,not less frequently than once every #ij
 days after the submittal of the report 
on the plan under paragraph 7#c71 the   
,tiger ,team shall submit to ,congress  
an update on such plan4  7#e7 ,final    
report ,not later than #b years after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,tiger ,team shall submit to the    
appropriate congressional committees a  
final report on the activities of the   
,tiger ,team under this subsection4 ,the
 report shall set forth the following3  
7,a7 ,a description of the challenges   
related to expeditionary diplomacy      
identified pursuant to paragraph        
7#c77;,a77ii71 including challenges     
identified by the ,comptroller ,general 
of the ,united ,states pursuant to the  
report in section #c4  7,b7 ,a          
description of recommendations to       
address such challenges1 including the  
resources1 staffing1 authorities1 and   
legislative changes required for        

implementation1 pursuant to paragraph   
7#c77;,a77iii74  7,c7 ,a timeline for   
the implementation of such              
recommendations4  7,d7 ,a designation of
 an office responsible for monitoring   
the implementation of such              
recommendations following the           
termination of the ,tiger ,team pursuant
 to paragraph 7#f74  7,e7 ,any changes1 
as appropriate1 to the definition       
required by section #b4  7#f7           
,monitoring implementation ,for the     
period of #ij days after the date on    
which the final report required by      
paragraph 7#e7 is submitted1 the ,tiger 
,team shall oversee and monitor the     
implementation of recommendations       
submitted in such report4  7#g7         
,termination ,on the date that is #ij   
days after the date on which the final  
report required by paragraph 7#e7 is    
submitted1 the ,secretary shall         
terminate the ,tiger ,team4  #g4        
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this ,act1 the term         

appropriate congressional committees    
means--  7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,affairs of the ,house of              
,representatives2 and  7#b7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate4