§2734e Annual Report

Summary

The Secretary of State must, not later than 90 days after December 27, 2021, and every year after that, send a report to four congressional committees: the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the House Committee on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The report must explain why the Department uses assignment restrictions and include case studies showing they serve a counterintelligence role beyond security clearances. It must give the number of restricted employees for the prior year, broken down by job status (Foreign Service officer, civil service, eligible family member, or other), ethnicity/national origin/race, gender, and country of restriction. The report must also describe the Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s criteria for imposing restrictions, state how many restrictions were appealed and the appeal success rate, show the effect on unused language skills using Foreign Service Institute language scores, and list steps and data on efforts to make adjudicators and contracted investigators more diverse.