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22 U.S.C. § 4834 — Security Review Committee findings and report
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**(a) Findings** The Security Review Committee shall—
(1) review the Report of Investigation prepared pursuant to [section 4833(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4833/b&num=0&edition=prelim), and all other evidence, reporting, and relevant information relating to a Serious Security Incident at a United States mission abroad, including an examination of the facts and circumstances surrounding any serious injuries, loss of life, or significant destruction of property resulting from the incident; and
(2) determine, in writing—
(A) whether the incident was security related and constituted a Serious Security Incident;
(B) if the incident involved a diplomatic compound, motorcade, residence, or other mission facility—
(i) whether the security systems, security countermeasures, and security procedures operated as intended; and
(ii) whether such systems worked to materially mitigate the attack or were found to be inadequate to mitigate the threat and attack;
(C) if the incident involved an individual or group of officers conducting an approved operation outside the mission, whether a valid process was followed in evaluating the requested operation and weighing the risk of the operation, which determination shall not seek to assign accountability for the incident unless the Security Review Committee determines that an official breached his or her duty;
(D) the impact of intelligence and information availability, and whether the mission was aware of the general operating threat environment or any more specific threat intelligence or information and took that into account in ongoing and specific operations; and
(E) any other facts and circumstances that may be relevant to the appropriate securit
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**(a) Findings** The Security Review Committee shall—
(1) review the Report of Investigation prepared pursuant to [section 4833(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4833/b&num=0&edition=prelim), and all other evidence, reporting, and relevant information relating to a Serious Security Incident at a United States mission abroad, including an examination of the facts and circumstances surrounding any serious injuries, loss of life, or significant destruction of property resulting from the incident; and
(2) determine, in writing—
(A) whether the incident was security related and constituted a Serious Security Incident;
(B) if the incident involved a diplomatic compound, motorcade, residence, or other mission facility—
(i) whether the security systems, security countermeasures, and security procedures operated as intended; and
(ii) whether such systems worked to materially mitigate the attack or were found to be inadequate to mitigate the threat and attack;
(C) if the incident involved an individual or group of officers conducting an approved operation outside the mission, whether a valid process was followed in evaluating the requested operation and weighing the risk of the operation, which determination shall not seek to assign accountability for the incident unless the Security Review Committee determines that an official breached his or her duty;
(D) the impact of intelligence and information availability, and whether the mission was aware of the general operating threat environment or any more specific threat intelligence or information and took that into account in ongoing and specific operations; and
(E) any other facts and circumstances that may be relevant to the appropriate security management of United States missions abroad.
**(b) Report**
(1) **Submission to Secretary of State** — Not later than 60 days after receiving the Report of Investigation prepared pursuant to [section 4833(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4833/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Security Review Committee shall submit a report to the Secretary of State that includes—
(A) the findings described in subsection (a); and
(B) any related recommendations.
(2) **Submission to Congress** — Not later than 90 days after receiving the report pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit a copy of the report to—
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;
(E) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and
(F) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
**(c) Personnel recommendations** If in the course of conducting an investigation under [section 4833 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4833&num=0&edition=prelim), the investigative team finds reasonable cause to believe any individual described in [section 4833(a)(2)(D) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4833/a/2/D&num=0&edition=prelim) has breached the duty of that individual or finds lesser failures on the part of an individual in the performance of his or her duties related to the incident, it shall be reported to the Security Review Committee. If the Security Review Committee finds reasonable cause to support the determination, it shall be reported to the Secretary for appropriate action.
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Convening the Security Review Committee** — In any case of a serious security incident involving loss of life, serious injury, or significant destruction of property at, or related to, a United States Government diplomatic mission abroad (referred to in this subchapter as a “Serious Security Incident”), and in any case of a serious breach of security involving intelligence activities of a foreign government directed at a United States Government mission abroad, the Secretary of State shall convene a Security Review Committee, which shall issue a report providing a full account of what occurred, consistent with [section 4834 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4834&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Committee composition** — The Secretary shall designate a Chairperson and may designate additional personnel of commensurate seniority to serve on the Security Review Committee, which shall include—
(A) the Director of the Office of Management Strategy and Solutions;
(B) the Assistant Secretary responsible for the region where the incident occurred;
(C) the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security;
(D) the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research;
(E) an Assistant Secretary-level representative from any involved United States Government department or agency; and
(F) other personnel determined to be necessary or appropriate.
(3) **Exceptions to convening a Security Review Committee**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary of State is not required to convene a Security Review Committee—
(i) if the Secretary determines that the incident involves only causes unrelated to security, such as when the security at issue is outside of the scope of the Secretary
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**(a) Investigation process**
(1) **Initiation upon reported incident** — A United States mission shall submit an initial report of a Serious Security Incident not later than 3 days after such incident occurs, whenever feasible, at which time an investigation of the incident shall be initiated.
(2) **Initial congressional notification** — The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, and the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives not later than 8 days after a possible Serious Security Incident has been identified by the Department. Such notification shall include a preliminary description of the incident, of an incident described in paragraph (1), including any known individuals involved, when and where the incident took place, and the next steps in the investigation.
(3) **Investigation** — Not later than 10 days after the submission of a report pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall direct the Diplomatic Security Service to assemble an investigative team to investigate the incident and independently establish what occurred. Each investigation under this subsection shall cover—
(A) an assessment of what occurred, who perpetrated or is suspected of having perpetrated the Serious Security Incident, and whether applicable security procedures were followed;
(B) in the event the Serious Security Incident involved a United States diplomatic compound, motorcade, residence, or other facility, an assessment of whether adequate security countermeasures were in effect based on a known threat at the time of the incident;
(C) if the incident involved an individual or group of officers, employees, o
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 4834
members under Chief of Mission security re-
sponsibility conducting approved operations
or movements outside the United States
mission, an assessment of whether proper se-
curity briefings and procedures were in place
and whether weighing of risk of the oper-
ation or movement took place; and
(D) an assessment of whether the failure of
any officials or employees to follow proce-
dures or perform their duties contributed to
the security incident.
(4) Investigative team
The investigative team assembled pursuant
to paragraph (3) shall consist of individuals
from the Diplomatic Security Service who
shall provide an independent examination of
the facts surrounding the incident and what
occurred. The Secretary, or the Secretary’s
designee, shall review the makeup of the in-
vestigative team for a conflict, appearance of
conflict, or lack of independence that could
undermine the results of the investigation and
may remove or replace any members of the
team to avoid such an outcome.
(b) Report of Investigation
Not later than 90 days after the occurrence of
a Serious Security Incident, the investigative
team investigating the incident shall prepare
and submit a Report of Investigation to the Se-
curity Review Committee that includes—
(1) a detailed description of the matters set
forth in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of sub-
section (a)(2), including all related findings;
(2) a complete and accurate account of the
casualties, injuries, and damage resulting
from the incident; and
(3) a review of security procedures and direc-
tives in place at the time of the incident.
(c) Confidentiality
The investigative team investigating a Seri-
ous Security Incident shall adopt such proce-
dures with re
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