Briefings on embassy security

The Secretary shall provide monthly briefings to the appropriate congressional committees on— progress towards opening or reopening a high risk, high threat post, and the risk to national security of the continued closure or any suspension of operations and remaining barriers to doing so, including— Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 30 days before opening or reopening a high risk, high threat post, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the decision to open or reopen such post. If the Secretary determines that the national security interests of the United States require the opening or reopening of a high risk, high threat post in fewer than 30 days, then as soon as possible, but not later than 48 hours before such opening or reopening, the Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification detailing the decision to open or reopen such post, detailing the national security value of reopening such post, the nature of the critical national security interests at stake, and the circumstances that prevented the normal 30-day notice under paragraph (1). In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—