§304 Biannual Report on Overseas Capital Construction Projects

Summary

The Secretary must send a full report to the relevant congressional committees and the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House within 180 days after December 27, 2021, and every 180 days after that until December 27, 2025. The reports must cover every ongoing overseas capital construction project and major embassy security upgrade. Each report must show, for every project, the original cost estimate, the current cost estimate, the dollar value of each request for equitable adjustment and each certified claim received so far, how much of the project contingency fund has been used and what remains, lists of outstanding and of settled requests/claims with final amounts, the estimated completion date provided in the proposed funding allocation (submitted to the Appropriations Committees no later than 45 days after enactment of the State, foreign operations, and related programs appropriations act), and the current estimated completion date. The first report must also include an annex listing projects finished in the 10-year period ending December 16, 2016, with the original cost estimate, actual spending, extra time needed, and any cost overruns.