[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9437 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9437

 To authorize co-location abroad with United States strategic partner 
                               countries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 30, 2024

 Mr. Lawler (for himself and Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize co-location abroad with United States strategic partner 
                               countries.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Partners in Diplomacy Act''.

SEC. 2. CO-LOCATION ABROAD WITH UNITED STATES STRATEGIC PARTNER 
              COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
appropriate congressional committees, may alter, repair, and furnish 
United States Government-owned and leased space for use by the 
government of a covered foreign country to facilitate co-location of 
such government in such space.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary is authorized to carry out 
subsection (a) on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 
determine, including with respect to reimbursement of all or part of 
the costs of alteration, repair, or furnishing described in such 
subsection.
    (c) Funds.--Reimbursements or advances of funds pursuant to this 
section may be credited to the currently applicable appropriation, 
shall be available for the purposes for which such appropriation is 
authorized, and shall remain available until expended.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
            (2) the term ``covered foreign country'' means--
                    (A) a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
                member state; or
                    (B) a major non-NATO ally as described in section 
                517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
                2321k).
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