of authority to the Secretary
of State by the President pursuant to any proclamation
issued under section 212(f) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), consistent with the
Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to refuse
visas in accordance with law.
(e) Assignment of Homeland Security Employees to Diplomatic
and Consular Posts.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to
assign employees of the Department to each diplomatic
and consular post at which visas are issued, unless the
Secretary determines that such an assignment at a
particular post would not promote homeland security.
(2) Functions.--Employees assigned under paragraph
(1) shall perform the following functions:
(A) Provide expert advice and training to
consular officers regarding specific security
threats relating to the adjudication of
individual visa applications or classes of
applications.
(B) Review any such applications, either on
the initiative of the employee of the
Department or upon request by a consular
officer or other person charged with
adjudicating such applications.
(C) Conduct investigations with respect to
consular matters under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary.
(3) Evaluation of consular officers.--The Secretary
of State shall evaluate, in consultation with the
Secretary, as deemed appropriate by the Secretary, the
performance of consular officers with respect to the
processing and adjudication of applications for visas
in accordance with performance standards developed by
the Secretary for these procedures.
(4) Report.--The Secretary shall, on an annual
basis, submit a report to Congress that describes the
basis for each determination under paragraph (1) that
the assignment of an employee of the Department at a
particular diplomatic post would not promote homeland
security.
(5) Permanent assignment; participation in
terrorist lookout committee.--When appropriate,
employees of the Department assigned to perform
functions described in pa