Protecting Diplomats from Surveillance Through Consumer Devices Act

IIB 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 115 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 11, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations AN ACT To require the Department of State to establish a policy regarding the use of location-tracking consumer devices by employees at diplomatic and consular facilities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:56 Jan 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H115.RFS H115 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 HR 115 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Diplomats 2 from Surveillance Through Consumer Devices Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. SECURING UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC AND CON- 4 SULAR FACILITIES AGAINST CYBERSURVEIL- 5 LANCE. 6 (a) POLICY ON LOCATION-TRACKING CONSUMER DE- 7 VICES.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the en- 8 actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall establish 9 a policy on the use of location-tracking consumer devices, 10 including GPS-enabled devices, at United States diplo- 11 matic and consular facilities by United States Government 12 employees, contractors, locally employed staff, and mem- 13 bers of other agencies deployed to or stationed at such 14 facilities. 15 (b) SECURITY BRIEFING.—Existing and new employ- 16 ees at United States diplomatic and consular facilities, in- 17 cluding contractors, locally employed staff, and members 18 of other agencies deployed to or stationed at such facili- 19 ties, shall, as a part of the security briefings provided to 20 such employees, be informed of the policy described in sub- 21 section (a) and given instructions on the use of location- 22 tracking consumer devices both on and off the premises 23 of such facilities. 24 (c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of State shall co- 25 ordinate with the heads of any other agencies whose em- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:56 Jan 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H115.RFS H115 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 HR 115 RFS ployees are deployed to or stationed at United States dip- 1 lomatic and consular facilities in the formulation of the 2 policy described in subsection (a) and the dissemination 3 of such policy pursuant to subsection (b). 4 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the for- 5 mulation of the policy described in subsection (a), the Sec- 6 retary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 7 Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com- 8 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the 9 details of such policy. 10 Passed the House of Representatives January 10, 2019. Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:56 Jan 11, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H115.RFS H115 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS