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Title I — Funding authorization and transfer authority

S. 980 · 113th Congress · May 16, 2013 · Lineage

I Funding authorization and transfer authority

Sec. 101 Capital Security Cost Sharing Program

(a)
Authorization of appropriations— There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of State $1,383,000,000, to be available until expended, for the purpose of restoring to its full capacity the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program, authorized by section 604(e) of Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1007(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113; 113 Stat. 1501A–453; 22 U.S.C. 4865 note).
(b)
Sense of congress on the capital security cost sharing program— It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)
the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program should prioritize the construction of new facilities and the maintenance of existing facilities in high-risk, high-threat areas; and
(2)
all United States Government agencies should pay into the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program a percentage of total costs determined by interagency agreements, in order to restore the Capital Security Cost Sharing Program to its full capacity of $2,200,000,000.
(c)
Restriction on construction of office space— Section 604 (e)(2) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1007(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113; 113 Stat. 1501A–453; 22 U.S.C. 4865 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: “A project to construct a diplomatic facility of the United States may not include office space or other accommodations for an employee of a Federal agency or department if the Secretary of State determines that such department or agency has not provided to the Department of State the full amount of funding required by paragraph (1), except that such project may include office space or other accommodations for members of the United States Marine Corps.”.

Sec. 102 Language training

Such sums as may be necessary are authorized to be appropriated for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of instructional programs to upgrade foreign language capacity, especially in critical need languages including Arabic, among United States employees within the Department of State, including the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

Sec. 103 Foreign Affairs Security Training Center

(a)
In general— Such sums as may be necessary are authorized to be appropriated for the acquisition, construction, and operation of a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center.
(b)
Sense of congress on the foreign affairs security training center— It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)
Department of State employees and their families deserve improved and consolidated programs and facilities for high-threat training and risk management decision processes;
(2)
improved and consolidated high-threat training at a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) at Fort Pickett, Virginia, is consistent with the Benghazi Accountability Review Board recommendation number 17; and
(3)
a FASTC should take advantage of training synergies that already exist, like training with, or in close proximity to, Fleet Antiterrorism Security Teams (FAST), special operations forces, or other appropriate military and security assets.

Sec. 104 Transfer authority

Section 4 of the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 295) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:

“(j)

“(1) In addition to exercising any other transfer authority available to the Secretary of State, and subject to subsection (k), the Secretary may transfer to, and merge with, any appropriation for embassy security, construction, and maintenance such amounts appropriated for any other purpose related to the administration of foreign affairs on or after October 1, 2013, as the Secretary determines are necessary to provide for the security of sites and buildings in foreign countries under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary.

“(2)

“(A) Any funds transferred under the authority provided in paragraph (1) shall be merged with funds in the heading to which transferred, and shall, except as provided in subparagraph (B), be available subject to the same terms and conditions as the funds with which merged.

“(B) Any funds transferred under paragraph (1) shall be available for the same period for which such funds were originally appropriated.

“(k) Not later than 15 days before any transfer of funds under subsection (j), the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.”