# § 4803. Designation of high risk, high threat posts
**(a)** **Initial designation** December 16, 2016
Not later than 30 days after , the Department of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report, in classified form, that contains a list of diplomatic and consular posts designated as high risk, high threat posts.
**(b)** **Designations before opening or reopening posts** Before opening or reopening a diplomatic or consular post, the Secretary shall determine if such post should be designated as a high risk, high threat post.
**(c)** **Designating existing posts** The Secretary shall regularly review existing diplomatic and consular posts to determine if any such post should be designated as a high risk, high threat post if conditions at such post or the surrounding security environment require such a designation.
**(d)** **Definitions** In this section:
**(1)** **Appropriate congressional committees** The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
**(2)** **High risk, high threat post** The term “high risk, high threat post” means a United States diplomatic or consular post or other United States mission abroad, as determined by the Secretary, that, among other factors—
**(A)** is located in a country—
**(i)** with high to critical levels of political violence and terrorism; and
**(ii)** the government of which lacks the ability or willingness to provide adequate security; and
**(B)** has mission physical security platforms that fall below the Department of State’s established standards.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–399, title I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 114–323, title I, § 101(a), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1907; amended Pub. L. 115–94, § 2(a), Dec. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 2038.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 4803, , , , established Bureau of Diplomatic Security in Department of State, prior to repeal by , , .
A prior enacted this section and amended former and , Government Organization and Employees, prior to repeal by , , .
### Amendments
2017—Subsec. (a). inserted “and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives” after “appropriate congressional committees”.