§ 4803. Designation of high risk, high threat posts

• (a) Not later than 30 days after December 16, 2016 , the Department of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report, in classified form, that contains a list of diplomatic and consular posts designated as high risk, high threat posts.
• (b) Before opening or reopening a diplomatic or consular post, the Secretary shall determine if such post should be designated as a high risk, high threat post.
• (c) The Secretary shall regularly review existing diplomatic and consular posts to determine if any such post should be designated as a high risk, high threat post if conditions at such post or the surrounding security environment require such a designation.
• (d) In this section:
  • (1) The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
  • (2) The term “high risk, high threat post” means a United States diplomatic or consular post or other United States mission abroad, as determined by the Secretary, that, among other factors—
    • (A) is located in a country—
      • (i) with high to critical levels of political violence and terrorism; and
      • (ii) the government of which lacks the ability or willingness to provide adequate security; and
    • (B) has mission physical security platforms that fall below the Department of State’s established standards.