Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Department of State Operations Authorization and Embassy Security Act, Fiscal Year 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES This bill directs the Department of State (Department) to report to Congress regarding: Department costs incurred to provide American Spaces; the status of all ongoing investment treaty negotiations; conditions in Hong Kong of interest to the United States, and whether Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is sufficiently autonomous to justify different treatment for its citizens from the treatment accorded to other citizens of China; civil or political rights violations against ethnic, racial, or religious minorities in Burma (Myanmar); efforts to ensure the peaceful resolution of Venezuela's political situation; the sale of defense articles and defense services to Ukraine; the debt environment for developing countries and near-term risks to debt sustainability; country reports on corruption practices; cases of enforced disappearances in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador; Bahrain's implementation of the recommendations in the 2011 Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry; known or suspected penetrations or compr…