Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2017
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definitions
In this Act:
Appropriate congressional committees— The term appropriate congressional committees means—
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
Capital master plan— The term Capital Master Plan means the capital construction project at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City for which funding was approved by the United Nations General Assembly on December 22, 2006 (A/RES/61/251).
Consular affairs— The term Consular Affairs means the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department of State.
Department— Unless otherwise specified, the term Department means the Department of State.
Foreign service— The term Foreign Service has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3902).
Global affairs bureaus— The term global affairs bureaus means the following bureaus of the Department:
Bureaus reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment.
Bureaus reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security.
Bureaus reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
Bureaus reporting to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights.
The Bureau of International Organization Affairs.
Global affairs position— The term global affairs position means any position funded with amounts appropriated to the Department under the heading “Diplomatic Policy and Support”.
Inspector general— Unless otherwise specified, the term Inspector General means the Office of Inspector General of the Department of State.
Peacekeeping abuse country of concern— The term peacekeeping abuse country of concern means a country so designated by the Secretary pursuant to section 102(a).
Peacekeeping credits— The term peacekeeping credits means the amounts by which United States assessed peacekeeping contributions exceed actual expenditures, apportioned to the United States, of peacekeeping operations by the United Nations during a United Nations peacekeeping fiscal year.
Secretary— Unless otherwise specified, the term Secretary means the Secretary of State.
Strategic heritage plan— The term Strategic Heritage Plan means the capital construction project at the United Nations’ Palais des Nations building complex in Geneva, Switzerland, as discussed in the Secretary–General’s “Second annual progress report on the strategic heritage plan of the United Nations Office at Geneva” (A/70/394), which was published on September 25, 2015.