PLAN FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OBJECTIVES.

SEC. 223. PLAN FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY OBJECTIVES. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report containing a plan for the Department designed to achieve the following objectives: (1) Full integration of public diplomacy policy into overall policy formulation and implementation. (2) Closer communication and policy coordination between public diplomacy officers and other officers in the regional bureaus of the Department and at overseas posts. (3) The creation of channels of direct communication between the public diplomacy officers in regional bureaus of the Department and the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy. (4) Minimizing any adverse consequences of public diplomacy officers in country posts reporting to the regional bureaus of the Department.