Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act This bill provides the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with oversight authority regarding congressional reports on: (1) high-risk diplomatic and consular posts, (2) embassy construction costs, (3) combating sexual exploitation in United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping operations, (4) Department of State overseas staffing levels, and (5) reducing illicit drug supply and abuse in the Western Hemisphere. The bill provides such committees with oversight authority regarding the granting of consular immunity. The Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 is amended regarding: (1) replacement of a specified reference to anti-Semitism with a reference to intolerance; (2) the definition of "change to the federal status" with respect to the Cuba Service and the Television Marti Service; (3) the report on the costs, strengths, and limitations of U.S. and U.N. peacekeeping operations; (4) U.N. peacekeeper training to reduce sexual exploitation; (5) the U.N. Secretary General; (6) Foreign Service entry; (7) completion of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report; and (8) ransoms to foreign terrorist organizations. The United States is urged to use its influence to prohibit U.N. Human Rights Council membership to a country: (1) designated as a Tier 3 human trafficking country, or (2) identified as having failed to prevent or address gross violations of human rights. The President shall report to Congress regarding steps taken to encourage China to enter into a dialogue with the Dalai Lama, his representatives, or successor leading to a negotiated agreement on Tibet. The bill requires inclusion of the foreign affairs committees as recipients of the report made by the State Department before implementation of any reorganization of the department or the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2653-2654)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2653-2654)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2653-2654)
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2653-2654)
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged. (consideration: CR H6558)
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.(consideration: CR H6558)
Mr. Royce (CA) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H6558-6560)
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H6558-6559)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H6558-6559)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 115-94.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S2653-2654)
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2653-2654)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2653-2654)
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2653-2654)
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged. (consideration: CR H6558)
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.(consideration: CR H6558)
Mr. Royce (CA) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H6558-6560)
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H6558-6559)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H6558-6559)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.
Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate bill by Unanimous Consent.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 115-94.
International Affairs
AsiaBroadcasting Board of GovernorsBuilding constructionCaribbean areaChinaColombiaCongressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of StateDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmployee performanceExecutive agency funding and structureForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international bankingGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsHouse Committee on AppropriationsHuman rightsHuman traffickingInternational exchange and broadcastingLatin AmericaMilitary operations and strategyMilitary personnel and dependentsReligionSenate Committee on AppropriationsSex offensesSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusTerrorismTibetUnited NationsU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)Western Hemisphere
Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act
USA115th CongressS-371| Senate
| Updated: 12/18/2017
Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act This bill provides the House and Senate Appropriations Committees with oversight authority regarding congressional reports on: (1) high-risk diplomatic and consular posts, (2) embassy construction costs, (3) combating sexual exploitation in United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping operations, (4) Department of State overseas staffing levels, and (5) reducing illicit drug supply and abuse in the Western Hemisphere. The bill provides such committees with oversight authority regarding the granting of consular immunity. The Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 is amended regarding: (1) replacement of a specified reference to anti-Semitism with a reference to intolerance; (2) the definition of "change to the federal status" with respect to the Cuba Service and the Television Marti Service; (3) the report on the costs, strengths, and limitations of U.S. and U.N. peacekeeping operations; (4) U.N. peacekeeper training to reduce sexual exploitation; (5) the U.N. Secretary General; (6) Foreign Service entry; (7) completion of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission report; and (8) ransoms to foreign terrorist organizations. The United States is urged to use its influence to prohibit U.N. Human Rights Council membership to a country: (1) designated as a Tier 3 human trafficking country, or (2) identified as having failed to prevent or address gross violations of human rights. The President shall report to Congress regarding steps taken to encourage China to enter into a dialogue with the Dalai Lama, his representatives, or successor leading to a negotiated agreement on Tibet. The bill requires inclusion of the foreign affairs committees as recipients of the report made by the State Department before implementation of any reorganization of the department or the U.S. Agency for International Development.
AsiaBroadcasting Board of GovernorsBuilding constructionCaribbean areaChinaColombiaCongressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of StateDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmployee performanceExecutive agency funding and structureForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international bankingGovernment buildings, facilities, and propertyGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsHouse Committee on AppropriationsHuman rightsHuman traffickingInternational exchange and broadcastingLatin AmericaMilitary operations and strategyMilitary personnel and dependentsReligionSenate Committee on AppropriationsSex offensesSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusTerrorismTibetUnited NationsU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)Western Hemisphere