ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.

SEC. 156. ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. (a) Establishment of a Board.— Section 301 of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 U.S.C. 4831) is amended— (1) by inserting “, 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,” after “mission abroad”; and (2) by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: “With respect to breaches of security involving intelligence activities, the Secretary of State may delay establishing an Accountability Review Board if, after consultation with the Chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, the Secretary determines that doing so would compromise intelligence sources and methods. The Secretary shall promptly advise the Chairmen of such committees of each determination pursuant to this section to delay the establishment of an Accountability Review Board.”. (b) Board Findings.— Section 304(a) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 4834(a)) is amended by inserting “or surrounding the serious breach of security involving intelligence activities of a foreign government directed at a United States Government mission abroad (as the case may be)” after “mission abroad” the first place it appears.