To reauthorize and modify the responsibilities of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy through fiscal year 2014.

1. Adds SEC. ___. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. ___. UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY.

   Inserted: (a) Technical Amendment.--Section 604(a) of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469(a)) is amended by inserting "(referred to in this section as the 'Commission')" before the period at the end.

   Inserted: (b) Duties and Responsibilities.--Section 604(c) of such Act is amended to read as follows:

   Inserted: "(c) Duties and Responsibilities.--The Commission shall appraise United States Government activities intended to understand, inform, and influence foreign publics. The activities described in this subsection shall be referred to in this section as 'public diplomacy activities'.".

   Inserted: (c) Reports.--Section 604(d) of such Act is amended to read as follows:

   Inserted: "(d) Reports.--

   Inserted: "(1) Comprehensive annual report.--

   Inserted: "(A) In general.--Not less frequently than annually, the Commission shall submit a comprehensive report on public diplomacy and international broadcasting activities to Congress, the President, and the Secretary of State. This report shall include--

   Inserted: "(i) a detailed list of all public diplomacy activities funded by the United States Government;

   Inserted: "(ii) a description of--

   Inserted: "(I) the purpose, means, and geographic scope of each activity;

   Inserted: "(II) when each activity was started;

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   Inserted: "(III) the amount of Federal funding expended on each activity;

   Inserted: "(IV) any significant outside sources of funding; and

   Inserted: "(V) the Federal department or agency to which the activity belongs;

   Inserted: "(iii) the international broadcasting activities under the direction of the Broadcasting Board of Governors;

   Inserted: "(iv) an assessment of potentially duplicative public diplomacy and international broadcasting activities; and

   Inserted: "(v) for any activities determined to be ineffective or results not demonstrated under subparagraph (B), recommendations on existing effective or moderately effective public diplomacy activities that could be augmented to carry out the objectives of the ineffective activities.

   Inserted: "(B) Effectiveness assessment.--In evaluating the public diplomacy and international broadcasting activities described in subparagraph (A), the Commission shall conduct an assessment that considers the public diplomacy target impact, the achieved impact, and the cost of public diplomacy activities and international broadcasting. The assessment shall include, if practicable, an appropriate metric such as 'cost-per-audience' or 'cost-per-student' for each activity. Upon the completion of the assessment, the Commission shall the assign a rating of--

   Inserted: "(i) 'effective' for activities that--

   Inserted: "(I) set appropriate goals;

   Inserted: "(II) achieve results; and

   Inserted: "(III) are well-managed and cost efficient;

   Inserted: "(ii) 'moderately effective' for activities that--

   Inserted: "(I) achieve some results;

   Inserted: "(II) are generally well-managed; and

   Inserted: "(III) need to improve their performance results or cost efficiency, including reducing overhead;

   Inserted: "(iii) 'ineffective' for activities that--

   Inserted: "(I) are not making sufficient use of available resources to achieve stated goals;

   Inserted: "(II) are not well-managed; or

   Inserted: "(III) have excessive overhead; and

   Inserted: "(iv) 'results not demonstrated' for activities that--

   Inserted: "(I) do not have acceptable performance public diplomacy metrics for measuring results; or

   Inserted: "(II) are unable or failed to collect data to determine if they are effective.

   Inserted: "(2) Other reports.--

   Inserted: "(A) In general.--The Commission shall submit other reports, including working papers, to Congress, the President, and the Secretary of State at least semi-annually on other activities and policies related to United States public diplomacy.

   Inserted: "(B) Availability.--The Commission shall make the reports submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) publicly available on the website of the Commission to develop a better understanding of, and support for, public diplomacy activities.

   Inserted: "(3) Access to information.--The Secretary of State shall ensure that the Commission has access to all appropriate information to carry out its duties and responsibilities under this subsection.".

   Inserted: (d) Reauthorization.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is amended by striking "October 1, 2010" and inserting "October 1, 2014".

   Inserted: (2) Retroactivity of effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 2010.

   Inserted: (e) Funding.--From amounts appropriated by Congress under the heading "Diplomatic and consular programs", the Secretary of State shall allocate sufficient funding to the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy to carry out section 604 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1469), as amended by this section.

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