A bill to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish within the Department of State an Under Secretary of State for Security.

Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish in the Department of State an Under Secretary of State for Security. Directs the Secretary of State to report to specified congressional committees on the responsibilities assigned to the Under Secretary.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2140 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2140

    To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to 
 establish within the Department of State an Under Secretary of State 
                             for Security.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2000

   Mr. Grams introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to 
 establish within the Department of State an Under Secretary of State 
                             for Security.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SECURITY.

    (a) Establishment of Position.--Section 1(b) of the State 
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``Under Secretaries.--''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Of the number of Under Secretaries of State authorized by 
paragraph (1), there shall be in the Department of State an Under 
Secretary of State for Security who shall--
            ``(A) carry out such responsibilities as the Secretary of 
        State may assign; and
            ``(B) report directly to the Secretary of State.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives setting forth the 
responsibilities assigned to the Under Secretary of State for Security 
pursuant to section 1(c)(2)(A) of the State Department Basic 
Authorities Act of 1956, as added by subsection (a).
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