Notification requirements for authorized and ordered departures

(a) Departures report (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees listing every instance of an authorized or ordered departure during the 5-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Contents The Secretary shall include in the report required under paragraph (1)— (A) the name of the post and the date of the approval of the authorized or ordered departure; (B) the basis for the authorized or ordered departure; and (C) the number of chief of mission personnel that departed, categorized by agency, as well as their eligible family members, if available. (b) Congressional notification requirement Any instance of an authorized or ordered departure shall be notified to appropriate committees not later than 3 days after the Secretary authorized an authorized or ordered departure. The details in the notification shall include— (1) the information described in subsection (a)(2); (2) the mode of travel for chief of mission personnel who departed; (3) the estimated cost of the authorized or ordered departure, including travel and per diem costs; and (4) the destination of all departed personnel and changes to their work activities due to the departure. (c) Termination This requirements under this section shall terminate on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.