[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5300 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5300
To guide the foreign policy of the United States, and for other
purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 11, 2025
Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To guide the foreign policy of the United States, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Department of
State Policy Provisions Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I--SECRETARY
Sec. 101. Termination of existing report requirements.
Sec. 102. Countering wrongful detention.
TITLE II--MANAGEMENT
Sec. 201. Center for Strategy and Solutions.
Sec. 202. Procurement policy.
Sec. 203. Information technology office consolidation.
Sec. 204. Realigning the Regional Technology Officer Program.
Sec. 205. Congressional notification for obligation of retained
consular fees.
Sec. 206. Visas for high-ranking officials of Taiwan.
Sec. 207. Reduced visa wait time.
Sec. 208. COVID-19 vaccination travel mandates.
Sec. 209. Information Facilities and Access Restriction process
criteria modernization.
Sec. 210. Transition opportunities for members of the Armed Forces and
veterans.
Sec. 211. Pre-approval for DS interceptions of wire, oral, and
electronic communications.
Sec. 212. Requirement for certain countries to report official meetings
between foreign missions and State and
local officials.
Sec. 213. Authorized embassies and consulates.
Sec. 214. Flag authorization at Department installations.
Sec. 215. Mandate use of the embassy standard plan.
Sec. 216. Embassy construction integrity.
Sec. 217. American exceptionalism in embassies.
Sec. 218. Support for American artists.
Sec. 219. Embassy and consulate art collection reporting requirement.
Sec. 220. Overseas comparability pay.
Sec. 221. Addressing the Bureau of African Affairs staffing crisis.
Sec. 222. Requirement for Uyghur language training and staffing.
Sec. 223. Changes made to the Foreign Affairs Manual and the Foreign
Affairs Handbook.
Sec. 224. Extension of notification of revocation of clearances.
Sec. 225. Chief Financial Officer for Financial Management.
Sec. 226. No passports for terrorists and traffickers.
Sec. 227. Program for language translation capabilities.
TITLE III--POLITICAL AFFAIRS
Sec. 301. Arctic Watchers Act.
Sec. 302. Pilot program for new congressional notification
requirements.
Sec. 303. Repealing the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of
2001.
Sec. 304. Strengthening commercial diplomacy in Africa.
Sec. 305. Ensuring smooth travel and investment in Somaliland.
Sec. 306. Multinational Force and Observers Mission.
Sec. 307. Pacific Partnership Act.
Sec. 308. Korean American Divided Families.
Sec. 309. United States-Japan-Republic of Korea trilateral cooperation.
Sec. 310. Regional China Officer Program Unit.
Sec. 311. Disaster regional strategy for Pacific Islands countries.
Sec. 312. Transatlantic Growth Enterprise Program.
Sec. 313. Republic of Georgia Sovereignty.
Sec. 314. United States-Belarus Strategic Dialogue.
Sec. 315. Uyghur genocide accountability.
Sec. 316. Central Asian Connectivity Task Force.
Sec. 317. Indian Ocean region strategic review.
Sec. 318. Caribbean Basin Security Initiative.
Sec. 319. Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025.
Sec. 320. Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act of
2025.
Sec. 321. Protect Honduran Democracy Act.
Sec. 322. Baltic region security concerns.
Sec. 323. American-Hellenic-Israeli Eastern Mediterranean
Counterterrorism and Maritime Security
Partnership Act.
Sec. 324. Report on access to Tibetan areas.
Sec. 325. Center for conflict analysis, planning, and prevention.
Sec. 326. Global fragility strategy implementation.
Sec. 327. Modifications to Global Fragility Act of 2019.
Sec. 328. International bridge and port of entry modernization act.
TITLE IV--INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
Sec. 401. Undersea cables.
Sec. 402. Department conventional weapons destruction programs.
Sec. 403. Authorizing demining and related programs in Southeast Asia.
Sec. 404. Foreign Military Financing program with regard to Jordan.
Sec. 405. Extension of War Reserve Stockpile Allies-Israel.
Sec. 406. Counterterrorism authorities for security assistance
programs.
Sec. 407. Cyprus arms embargo reform.
Sec. 408. Subnational diplomacy to combat synthetic opioid trafficking.
Sec. 409. International Narcotics and Law Enforcement compact
authority.
Sec. 410. Combatting firearms trafficking in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 411. Section 123 agreements.
Sec. 412. United States-European Nuclear Energy Cooperation Act of
2025.
Sec. 413. Authority of the Bureau of Counterterrorism to access certain
information.
Sec. 414. Study on geopolitical strategies and verification frameworks
for advanced artificial intelligence.
Sec. 415. Annual trafficking in persons report and amendments.
TITLE V--ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Sec. 501. Administration of the International Technology Security and
Innovation Fund.
Sec. 502. Coordination of science, technology, and communication
infrastructure.
Sec. 503. Investment screening initiative.
Sec. 504. Report regarding the investment screening initiative program.
Sec. 505. Study on geopolitical strategies and verification frameworks
for advanced artificial intelligence.
Sec. 506. Global Small Business Network program.
Sec. 507. Global small business grants program.
Sec. 508. Report on the small business network program.
TITLE VI--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Sec. 601. Authorization of efforts to prevent and treat malnutrition
globally.
Sec. 602. International religious freedom programs and report.
Sec. 603. Combatting corruption and kleptocracy.
Sec. 604. Specialized disaster assistance professionals.
Sec. 605. Coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations (CEPI).
Sec. 606. Maternal and child health policy.
Sec. 607. Extension of Diplomatic Immunities to the Pacific Islands
Forum.
Sec. 608. Report on metrics of success for international organization
participation.
Sec. 609. Report on country United Nations voting practices.
Sec. 610. Annual reports on malign influence operations.
Sec. 611. Increasing United States citizens employment in international
organizations.
Sec. 612. Prohibition on United States contributions to the United
Nations International Commission of Inquiry
on the occupied Palestinian territory,
including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
Sec. 613. Extending certain privileges and immunities to the permanent
observer mission of the African Union to
the United Nations in New York.
Sec. 614. World Health Organization continued data sharing.
Sec. 615. Branding requirements for United States foreign assistance.
Sec. 616. Global fund.
Sec. 617. Global health compact model.
Sec. 618. Revisions to Existing Global Health Security and Diplomacy
Authority.
Sec. 619. Pandemic Fund.
Sec. 620. Consolidation of global health reporting requirements.
Sec. 621. Prohibition on funding global health worker initiative.
Sec. 622. Safe passages program.
Sec. 623. Special advisor for assistance to orphans and vulnerable
children.
Sec. 624. Development innovation ventures program.
TITLE VII--PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
Sec. 701. Coordination with the Office of Opinion Research.
Sec. 702. Reports to evaluate the effectiveness of United States funded
media.
Sec. 703. Establishment of the cultural heritage coordinating
committee.
Sec. 704. Mega-decade sports diplomacy.
Sec. 705. Foreign relations exchange programs.
Sec. 706. Foreign suppression of United States speech.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act--
(1) except as otherwise provided, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate;
(2) the term ``Department'' means the Department of State;
(3) the term ``Deputy Secretary'' means the Deputy
Secretary of State; and
(4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of State.
TITLE I--SECRETARY
SEC. 101. TERMINATION OF EXISTING REPORT REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Effective upon the date of the enactment of this
Act, each report described in subsection (b) that is required to be
submitted to Congress as of such date shall no longer be required to be
so submitted to Congress.
(b) Reports Described.--A report described in this subsection is a
report that--
(1) is required to be submitted to Congress by the
Secretary, or by any officer, official, component, or element
of the Department, on an ongoing basis; and
(2) was established prior to September 30, 2025.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed
as a limitation on requirements to submit reports on an ongoing basis
that are--
(1) established by this Act or any amendment made by this
Act; or
(2) established on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 102. COUNTERING WRONGFUL DETENTION.
(a) Designation as State Sponsor of Unlawful or Wrongful
Detention.--The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other
relevant Federal agencies, may designate a foreign country that has
provided support for or directly engaged in the unlawful or wrongful
detention of a United States national as a State Sponsor of Unlawful or
Wrongful Detention based on any of the following criteria:
(1) An unlawful or wrongful detention of a United States
national has occurred in the foreign country.
(2) The government of the foreign country or a nonstate
actor in the foreign country has failed to release an
unlawfully or wrongfully detained United States national within
30 days of being notified by the Department of such unlawful or
wrongful detention.
(3) Actions taken by the government of the foreign country
indicate that the government is responsible for, complicit in,
or materially supportive of the unlawful or wrongful detention
of a United States national, including by acting as described
in paragraph (2) after having been notified by the Department.
(4) The actions of a state or nonstate actor in the foreign
country, including any previous action relating to unlawful or
wrongful detention or hostage taking of a United States
national, pose a risk to the safety and security of United
States nationals abroad sufficient to warrant designation of
the foreign country as a State Sponsor of Unlawful or Wrongful
Detention, as determined by the Secretary.
(b) Termination of Designation.--
(1) Termination by the secretary.--The Secretary may
terminate the designation of a foreign country under subsection
(a) if the Secretary certifies to Congress that--
(A) it is in the national interests of the United
States to terminate such designation; and
(B) the foreign country--
(i) has released all United States
nationals unlawfully or wrongfully detained
within the territory of the foreign country;
(ii) has demonstrated changes in policies
with respect to unlawful or wrongful detention
and hostage taking; or
(iii) has provided assurances that the
government of the foreign country will not
engage in, be complicit in, or support acts
described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of
subsection (a).
(2) Termination by disapproval of congress.--The
designation of a foreign country under subsection (a) shall
terminate if a joint resolution of disapproval with respect to
the designation is enacted into law prior to the date that is
six months after the Secretary makes such designation.
(c) Publication.--The Secretary shall make available on a publicly
accessible website of the Department, and regularly update, a list of
foreign countries designated as State Sponsors of Unlawful or Wrongful
Detention under subsection (a).
(d) Review.--The Secretary shall--
(1) conduct a comprehensive review of existing authorities
that allow for punitive measures with respect to foreign
countries; and
(2) determine if the use of such measures with respect to
foreign countries designated under subsection (a) is
appropriate in order to respond to and deter the unlawful or
wrongful detention of United States nationals in the foreign
country.
(e) Notification to Congress.--Not later than seven days after
designating of a foreign country under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that
includes--
(1) a notification of such designation;
(2) the justification for such designation; and
(3) a description of any action taken by a United States
Government official, including the Secretary and the head of
any other relevant Federal agency, to deter the unlawful or
wrongful detention of foreign nationals in such foreign
country.
(f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed
to imply that every United States national detained in a foreign
country designated under subsection (a) should be or is determined to
be wrongfully detained for purposes of the Robert Levinson Hostage
Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741 et
seq.).
TITLE II--MANAGEMENT
SEC. 201. CENTER FOR STRATEGY AND SOLUTIONS.
(a) In General.--The Under Secretary of State for Management is
authorized to establish a Center for Strategy and Solutions in the
Office of the Under Secretary for Management.
(b) Responsibilities.--The Center for Strategy and Solutions shall
be responsible for researching, designing, and implementing enterprise
management solutions for the Department focused on the following:
(1) Data analytics.--The Center shall focus on being a
central data hub for the Department, working to expand data
access and to foster analytic expertise across domestic bureaus
and overseas missions.
(2) Global presence.--The Center shall focus on developing
policies and platforms to strengthen strategic governance,
accountability, and alignment of resources related to the
Department's presence overseas.
(3) Management consulting and advanced projects.--The
Center shall focus on leveraging leading-edge management
expertise to advance the Department's mission, providing an
agile and lean team to deliver innovative solutions to
enterprise management challenges.
(c) Director.--
(1) In general.--The Under Secretary for Management is
authorized to designate a Director of the Center for Strategy
and Solutions and shall prescribe the management strategy and
business administration qualifications required for the role.
(2) Role as central authority.--The Director shall serve as
the Department's central authority in situations where change
management expertise is required to implement enterprise-wide
policies, including cases in which--
(A) new and cutting-edge technology needs to be
rapidly rolled out across the Department;
(B) legislation mandates enterprise-wide management
changes; and
(C) whole-of-government efforts require a central
management coordinator in the Department.
(d) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``enterprise management'' means the strategic
approach to managing an organization's resources and operations
to achieve its goals, integrating various tools, strategies,
and processes to optimize efficiency and productivity; and
(2) the term ``change management'' means the methods and
manners in which an organization describes and implements
changes within both its internal and external processes.
SEC. 202. PROCUREMENT POLICY.
(a) In General.--It shall be the policy of the Department to
prioritize the procurement of products, goods, and services that are
produced, manufactured, or supplied by businesses incorporated in the
United States and operating primarily within the United States, to the
maximum extent practicable and consistent with applicable trade
agreements and United States law.
(b) Requirement.--The Secretary shall ensure that--
(1) all procurement actions, including for equipment,
machinery, and technology used domestically and abroad, give
preference to American-made products and services whenever such
products or services are available at a reasonable cost and
meet applicable quality standards; and
(2) notification is sent to the appropriate congressional
committees not later than seven days after a contract is
awarded to a foreign vendor, including explanation of why a
suitable American-made alternative was not selected.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for five years, the
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report that--
(1) details the percentage of Department procurement
contracts awarded to United States businesses in the preceding
fiscal year;
(2) identifies categories of products, equipment, and
services for which American-made alternatives were not
utilized; and
(3) outlines any barriers or challenges to increasing
domestic procurement in the Department.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) the term ``United States business'' means an entity
that--
(A) is incorporated in the United States; and
(B) conducts the majority of its operations and
manufacturing in the United States.
(2) the term ``American-made'' means products, goods, or
services that are produced or manufactured in the United States
substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined,
produced, or manufactured in the United States.
SEC. 203. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICE CONSOLIDATION.
In order to improve coordination, eliminate duplication, and
enhance enterprise-wide solutions, the Secretary is authorized to
transfer to the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology of the Department
relevant information technology professionals and related personnel
from other bureaus and offices in the Department.
SEC. 204. REALIGNING THE REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY OFFICER PROGRAM.
The Secretary is authorized to realign the Regional Technology
Officer Program of the Department to ensure that the Program--
(1) is optimally structured to support the information
technology and cybersecurity needs of United States diplomatic
missions;
(2) has clear roles and responsibilities for Regional
Technology Officers;
(3) promotes effective coordination between Regional
Technology Officers and other relevant Department entities; and
(4) is adequately resourced to fulfill its mission.
SEC. 205. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION FOR OBLIGATION OF RETAINED
CONSULAR FEES.
(a) In General.--Subject to section 235, the Secretary shall notify
the appropriate congressional committees upon the obligation of any
amounts derived from consular fees retained by the Department pursuant
to the authority provided by this Act, if such obligation is with
respect to a program, project, or activity that is not a consular
function.
(b) Elements.--The notification required by subsection (a) shall
include at a minimum the following:
(1) The amount being obligated.
(2) A description of the programming for which such funds
are obligated.
(3) The country, region, or locality where such funds will
be expended.
(4) The fiscal year in which the retained fees being used
were collected.
(5) A justification for the use of such retained fees, as
opposed to appropriated funds, for the programming described
pursuant to paragraph (2).
(c) Deadline; Delay.--
(1) Deadline.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a
notification required by subsection (a) shall be submitted not
later than 15 days before the date on which the applicable
funds will be obligated.
(2) Delay.--
(A) In general.--If the Secretary determines that
submitting a prior notification in accordance with
subsection (a) would pose a substantial risk to human
health, welfare, or national security, the Secretary
may delay the submission of such notification.
(B) Additional requirement.--In the case of a delay
under this paragraph, a notification to the appropriate
congressional committees that meets the requirements of
subsection (b) shall be provided as soon as
practicable, but not later than three days after taking
the action to which the notification requirement was
applicable, and shall additionally contain an
explanation of the circumstances necessitating the
delay.
(d) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Appropriations in the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations in the Senate; and
(2) the term ``consular function'' means any activity,
program, service, or resource that is directly operated and
overseen by the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs or any
office under jurisdiction of the Assistant Secretary.
SEC. 206. VISAS FOR HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS OF TAIWAN.
It shall be the policy of the United States that none of the funds
made available by this Act may be used in contravention of section 221
of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994
(Public Law 103-416; 108 Stat. 4321; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note).
SEC. 207. REDUCED VISA WAIT TIME.
The Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs is authorized to take
such steps as appropriate for the goal of ensuring that 80 percent of
nonimmigrant visa applicants are interviewed within three weeks of
receipt and application, recognizing that resource and security
considerations and the need to ensure provision of consular services to
United States citizens may dictate specific exceptions to this goal.
SEC. 208. COVID-19 VACCINATION TRAVEL MANDATES.
It shall be the policy of the United States that none of the funds
made available by this Act or any amendment made by this Act may be
used to enforce or otherwise implement a requirement for individuals
traveling outside of the United States to receive a vaccination against
COVID-19.
SEC. 209. INFORMATION FACILITIES AND ACCESS RESTRICTION PROCESS
CRITERIA MODERNIZATION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall direct the Bureau of
Diplomatic Security of the Department to update its guidance and
procedures regarding the Information Facilities and Access Restriction
(IFAR) process.
(b) Required Updates.--The requirement to update the guidance and
procedures under subsection (a) shall--
(1) establish clear criteria and standards for determining
which type of IFAR is appropriate to issue based on the
circumstances of a security clearance suspension;
(2) specify the scope of access permitted under each type
of IFAR, including the continued access to Sensitive But
Unclassified (SBU) information under a ``Typical'' IFAR; and
(3) clarify to Department personnel that the issuance of an
IFAR does not equate to full removal from sensitive duties and
that access to substantial unclassified information may still
be permitted.
SEC. 210. TRANSITION OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND
VETERANS.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a pilot program
within the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the Department to
facilitate the recruitment, training, and hiring of transitioning
servicemembers and veterans into positions in the Bureau.
(b) Objectives.--The objectives of the pilot program required by
subsection (a) shall include--
(1) leveraging the skills, training, and experience of
veterans and transitioning servicemembers to meet security and
operational needs of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security;
(2) providing servicemembers and veterans with a defined
pathway to employment in the Department; and
(3) supporting workforce development and addressing
staffing needs in the Bureau.
(c) Eligibility.--Participants in the pilot program required by
subsection (a) shall include Members of the Armed Forces who are within
one year of separation or retirement.
(d) Implementation.--The Secretary shall coordinate with the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Secretary
of Labor to--
(1) inform servicemembers exiting the military at the
Transition Assistance Program (TAP) with an informational
packet describing the pilot program required by subsection (a);
(2) identify eligible candidates for such program; and
(3) provide necessary clearances, onboarding support, and
placement assistance after undergoing a successful screening
process under such program.
(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed
as creating a separate, non-competitive screening process for
servicemembers or veterans.
(f) Duration and Evaluation.--
(1) In general.--The pilot program required by subsection
(a) shall be carried out for the two-year period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the conclusion
of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report evaluating--
(A) the effectiveness of the program, including its
ability to expand the pipeline of qualified candidates;
(B) the number of participants in the program hired
into permanent or contract positions;
(C) the geographic or functional placement of
participants in the program and whether such placements
addressed identified workforce needs;
(D) any lessons learned or recommendations for
expansion, modification, or termination of the program;
and
(E) feedback from participants in the program and
relevant hiring offices.
(g) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
Senate.
SEC. 211. PRE-APPROVAL FOR DS INTERCEPTIONS OF WIRE, ORAL, AND
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary should delegate to the Assistant
Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security or the Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security the pre-approval
authority for Diplomatic Security special agents seeking authorization
under section 2516 of title 18, United States Code, to carry out the
interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications--
(1) in furtherance of carrying out the duties described in
section 37(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709(a)); and
(2) in accordance with the requirements under chapter 119
of title 18, United States Code.
(b) Update to the Foreign Affairs Manual.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise
section 221.5 of volume 12 of the Foreign Affairs Manual to reflect the
delegation to the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
or the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic
Security under subsection (b).
SEC. 212. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES TO REPORT OFFICIAL MEETINGS
BETWEEN FOREIGN MISSIONS AND STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall require that foreign missions
of covered countries notify the Department at least 96 hours in advance
of any meetings between any officials or representatives of the covered
country and State or local officials in the United States and any
official visits to educational institutions or research institutions in
the United States.
(b) Persons Covered.--For purposes of the requirement in subsection
(a), the term ``officials or representatives of the covered country''
includes--
(1) all members of foreign missions of the covered country
in the United States;
(2) all members of the covered country's permanent mission
to the United Nations; and
(3) any officials of the covered country traveling to the
United States for official business.
(c) Notification Requirements.--The notification required under
subsection (a) shall include--
(1) the date of the meeting or visit;
(2) the location of the meeting or visit;
(3) the name of any official or representative of the
covered country that will be participating in the meeting or
visit; and
(4) the purpose of the meeting or visit.
(d) Monthly Reporting Requirement.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall submit a monthly
report to the appropriate congressional committees listing all
meetings and visits notified pursuant to subsection (a).
(2) Historical data requirement for first report.--The
first report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the
information on meetings and visits required to be submitted
under subsection (c) that has been collected by the Department
since it began imposing a similar requirement in 2019.
(e) Threat Assessment Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 54 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Director of
National Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney
General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall jointly submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that includes a threat
assessment for each covered country and recommendations for
policy changes with respect to United States diplomats in such
countries.
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
(f) Sunset.--The requirements under this section shall expire on
the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(g) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives;
(2) the term ``covered country'' means--
(A) the People's Republic of China;
(B) the Russian Federation;
(C) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
(D) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
(E) Cuba;
(F) Venezuela;
(G) Nicaragua; and
(H) Afghanistan, while under control of the
Taliban; and
(3) the term ``Taliban'' means--
(A) the entity known as the Taliban, operating in
Afghanistan, and designated as a specially designated
global terrorist under Executive Order 13224; or
(B) a successor entity of the entity described in
subparagraph (A).
SEC. 213. AUTHORIZED EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES.
(a) Notification Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary may not open, close, permanently relocate, or
initiate the construction of any diplomatic post unless the Secretary
submits a written notification to the appropriate congressional
committees not less than 30 days prior to the proposed action.
(b) Elements of Notification.--Each notification submitted pursuant
to subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A justification for the opening, closure, relocation,
or new construction, including any changes to the strategic
value, threat environment, or foreign policy posture associated
with the action.
(2) A detailed cost estimate, including projected
construction, maintenance, and operational costs.
(3) An assessment of the impact on American citizen
services, consular functions, diplomatic engagement, and
interagency operations.
(4) A summary of consultation with Chiefs of Mission,
Regional Security Officers, and affected agencies.
(5) An explanation of how the proposed action aligns with
the Department's global presence framework.
(c) Exceptions.--The requirement in subsection (a) shall not apply
in cases where the Secretary determines that exigent circumstances
require the immediate closure or evacuation of a post for security
reasons, in which case the Secretary shall notify the appropriate
congressional committees as soon as practicable and not later than 7
business days after such action is taken.
(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``diplomatic post'' means any embassy,
consulate, or other permanent facility that serves a
diplomatic, consular, or official United States Government
function abroad.
(2) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.
SEC. 214. FLAG AUTHORIZATION AT DEPARTMENT INSTALLATIONS.
(a) In General.--The only flags authorized to be flown at
Department installations are--
(1) the United States flag;
(2) a Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 FAM 154.2-1;
(3) a POW/MIA flag;
(4) a Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, pursuant to
section 904 of title 36, United States Code;
(5) the flag of an American State, insular area, or the
District of Columbia at domestic locations;
(6) the flag of an Indian Tribal government;
(7) an official branded flag of a United States agency; or
(8) the sovereign flag of other countries.
(b) Limitation.--No flags other than what is listed in subsection
(a) may be flown, hung, or otherwise displayed at a Department
installation.
SEC. 215. MANDATE USE OF THE EMBASSY STANDARD PLAN.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may not construct, cause to be constructed, or begin planning
for construction of an embassy that does not conform to the Standard
Embassy Design.
(b) Exception.--If the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case
basis, that the Standard Embassy Design is inappropriate for the
construction of an embassy, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that includes a robust
justification for the Secretary's determination of inappropriateness
and a description, including dollar figures, of proposed costs beyond
what construction of a Standard Embassy Design building would incur.
(c) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall only apply in cases of new
construction.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate.
SEC. 216. EMBASSY CONSTRUCTION INTEGRITY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall take such steps as may be
necessary to avoid or minimize the following:
(1) Acquiring or leasing a covered building--
(A) with respect to which a covered entity
performed covered construction on or after January 1,
1949; or
(B) in which a covered entity has an ownership
interest.
(2) Entering into or renewing a contract or other agreement
with a covered entity to perform covered construction with
respect to a covered building.
(b) Notification of Inconsistent Action.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall notify the appropriate
congressional committees about actions inconsistent with
subsection (a) not later than seven days before entering into
an acquisition, lease, or agreement.
(2) Determination of national security interest.--The
notification required under paragraph (1) shall also include,
to the extent applicable--
(A) a determination of whether the inconsistent
acquisition, lease, or agreement is in the national
security interest of the United States;
(B) an identification of the interest advanced by
such inconsistent action;
(C) a detailed explanation for such determination;
and
(D) any action the Secretary has taken or intends
to take to mitigate national security vulnerabilities
that may be posed by such inconsistent action.
(c) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``covered building'' means a building that is
used or intended to be used by personnel, or for a function of
a consular or diplomatic post located outside of the United
States;
(2) the term ``covered construction'' means--
(A) any construction, development, conversion,
extension, alteration, repair, or maintenance performed
with respect to a building; and
(B) includes the installation or maintenance of
electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air
conditioning, communication, fire protection, and
energy management systems with respect to such
building; and
(3) the term ``covered entity'' means an entity with
respect to which the Government of the People's Republic of
China, or an agent or instrumentality of the Government of the
People's Republic of China, directly or indirectly, including
through any contract, arrangement, understanding, or
relationship--
(A) owns or controls a significant percent of the
ownership interest; or
(B) otherwise exercises substantial control.
SEC. 217. AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IN EMBASSIES.
(a) Requirement To Promote American Ideals.--The Secretary shall
ensure that all art installations, exhibits, cultural programming, and
visual displays at United States embassies, consulates, and official
residences of chiefs of mission reflect and promote the history,
values, ideals, and achievements of the United States.
(b) Display Themes.--To carry out subsection (a), the Secretary
shall direct that such programming and displays the following:
(1) Prominently feature themes of American democracy,
liberty, individual rights, the rule of law, free enterprise,
and other foundational principles of the United States.
(2) Highlight notable events, figures, and accomplishments
in American history and culture.
(3) Portray the United States as a force for good globally,
including in its contributions to peace, prosperity,
innovation, and human dignity.
(c) Limitations on Foreign-Centric Themes.--Art installations,
exhibits, cultural programming, and visual displays at United States
embassies, consulates, and official residences of chiefs of mission
that primarily highlight the history, culture, or policies of foreign
nations shall not be the dominant focus of any such installation or
program, unless the content is part of a mutual cultural exchange or
cooperative initiative explicitly approved by the Secretary and
directly linked to United States foreign policy interests.
(d) Implementation and Oversight.--
(1) In general.--The Bureau of Overseas Buildings
Operations of the Department, in coordination with the Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department and the
Office of the Chief of Protocol, shall develop guidelines to
ensure consistent application of this section across all
relevant facilities.
(2) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the
appropriate congressional committees detailing the
implementation of this section, including with an inventory of
existing displays, programming themes, and planned updates to
ensure compliance.
(e) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``official residence'' means any United States
Government-owned or-leased property used as the primary
residence of a chief of mission; and
(2) the term ``chief of mission'' has the meaning given
that term in section 102 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 3902).
SEC. 218. SUPPORT FOR AMERICAN ARTISTS.
(a) Artist Citizenship Requirement for Permanent Collection
Purchases.--The Secretary shall ensure that any work of art purchased
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act for the permanent
collection of the Art in Embassies program of the Department was
created, in whole or in part, by a citizen of the United States.
(b) Requirements for Display of Art by Foreign Artists.--A work of
art that was not created, in whole or in part, by a citizen of the
United States may be displayed in a United States embassy, consulate,
or official residence in a foreign country only if--
(1) such work of art--
(A) is part of a temporary loan collection; or
(B) was purchased prior to the date of the
enactment of this Act;
(2) such work of art was created by a citizen or resident
of such foreign country; and
(3) the chief of mission (as such term is defined in
section 102 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
3902)) associated with such embassy, consulate, or official
residence has submitted to the Secretary a written
justification explaining how the display of such work of art
supports United States diplomatic engagement and advances the
interests of the United States in such foreign country.
(c) Artist Citizenship Prioritization.--The Secretary shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, prioritize the display of works of art
created by citizens of the United States in all diplomatic facilities
owned or operated by the Department abroad, in order to advance public
diplomacy and promote the cultural values of the United States.
(d) Implementation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue such regulations and
guidance as may be necessary to carry out the requirements of this
section.
SEC. 219. EMBASSY AND CONSULATE ART COLLECTION REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
(a) Initial Report Requirement.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
Congress a report for each country that hosts a United States mission.
The report shall include the following:
(1) Inventory of artworks.--A comprehensive list
identifying each piece of artwork acquired by the Department
that is displayed in any facility overseas owned or operated by
the Department, including the following:
(A) United States Embassies.
(B) United States Consulates.
(C) Residences of Chiefs of Mission.
(2) Artwork information.--For each piece of artwork
identified under paragraph (1), the report shall include the
following information:
(A) Ownership status (such as purchased, leased,
insured, commissioned, or on loan).
(B) Source of funds and total amount used for
acquisition.
(C) Title of the piece.
(D) Market value, if available.
(E) Date of acquisition.
(F) Year of completion.
(G) Medium or materials used.
(H) Dimensions.
(I) A brief description or image of the piece.
(b) Recurring Reports.--Following submission of the initial report
required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress an
updated report for each United States Ambassador confirmed by the
Senate not later than one year of each such Ambassador reaching his or
her post. Each such updated report shall include the information
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) for any changes,
additions, or removals since the previous report.
SEC. 220. OVERSEAS COMPARABILITY PAY.
(a) In General.--Subject to such regulations prescribed by the
Secretary, including with respect to phase-in schedule and treatment as
basic pay, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, Department
funds may be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service as
defined in subsection (b) a comparability payment (stated as a
percentage) under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, in an
amount that does not exceed two-thirds of the amount of the locality-
based comparability payment that would be payable to such member under
such section 5304 if such member's official duty station were in the
District of Columbia.
(b) Eligibility.--A member of the Foreign Service shall be eligible
for a payment under this section only if the member is designated class
1 or below for purposes of section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3963) and the member's official duty station is not in
the continental United States or in a nonforeign area, as such term is
defined in section 591.205 of title, Code of Federal Regulations.
(c) Limitations.--The amount of any locality-based comparability
payment that is paid to a member of the Foreign Service under this
section shall be subject to any limitations on pay applicable to
locality-based comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5,
United States Code.
SEC. 221. ADDRESSING THE BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS STAFFING CRISIS.
(a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, in
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, shall
create a program to facilitate and expedite the hiring of qualified
individuals to fill term-limited civil service positions in the Bureau
of African Affairs of the Department.
(b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees an unclassified report that outlines the
staffing challenges that exist in the Bureau of African Affairs. Such
report shall include--
(1) a comparative analysis of the Bureau of African
Affairs' direct hire staffing compared to the other regional
bureaus, including--
(A) the number of authorized positions per embassy
at comparable posts and the number of staff per mission
based domestically in the United States, to include
Foreign Service Officers and civil servants; and
(B) the number of vacant positions in the Bureau of
African Affairs and the average number of bids per
Bureau of African Affairs position;
(2) the number of Bureau of African Affairs posts that
qualify for the harshest environments in the Department's
Operating Environment score and the comparison to other
regions;
(3) an assessment on whether the Department's hardship
incentives are properly aligned with the posts that have the
highest Operating Environment score;
(4) the number of Bureau of African Affairs posts that lack
key management personnel;
(5) historic and ongoing efforts made by the Department to
rectify the understaffing and consistent vacancies within the
Bureau of African Affairs and whether they were successful; and
(6) a detailed plan of forthcoming actions the Department
will implement in the immediate future to rectify the
consistent understaffing and vacancies in the Bureau of African
Affairs.
SEC. 222. REQUIREMENT FOR UYGHUR LANGUAGE TRAINING AND STAFFING.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall take such steps as may be
necessary to ensure that--
(1) Uyghur language training is available to Foreign
Service Officers as appropriate; and
(2) every effort is made to ensure that at least one
Uyghur-speaking member of the Foreign Service (as such term is
defined by section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 3903)) is assigned to each United States diplomatic or
consular post in the People's Republic of China.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for two years, the
Foreign Service Institute shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report that outlines all the steps taken to implement
subsection (a).
SEC. 223. CHANGES MADE TO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS MANUAL AND THE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS HANDBOOK.
(a) Requirement.--The Assistant Secretary of State for
Administration shall publish in the Foreign Affairs Manual and the
Foreign Affairs Handbook any Department-wide policy, procedure, or
guidance that is to be applied to Department personnel or operations,
except to the extent that such publication would disclose classified
information or other information exempt from disclosure under section
552(b) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the
``Freedom of Information Act'').
(b) Timeliness.--Any policy, procedure, or guidance required to be
published under subsection (a) shall be published not later than 30
days after the date on which it is issued.
(c) Availability.--The Assistant Secretary of State for
Administration shall ensure that the public versions of the Foreign
Affairs Manual and the Foreign Affairs Handbook are updated not later
than 30 days after the date on which any change is made to the internal
versions of such Manual or Handbook.
SEC. 224. EXTENSION OF NOTIFICATION OF REVOCATION OF CLEARANCES.
Section 6710 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2024 (22 U.S.C. 2651a note) is amended by striking subsection (d).
SEC. 225. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
(a) Establishment.--There is authorized to be in the Department a
Chief Financial Officer for Financial Management who shall be
responsible to the Under Secretary for Management for all departmental
financial management services, programs, and systems activities on a
global scale, and such other related duties as the Secretary may from
time to time designate.
(b) Responsibilities.--In addition to the responsibilities
described in subsection (a), the Chief Financial Officer shall maintain
continuous observation and coordination of all matters pertaining to
budget, planning, and financial services in the conduct of foreign
policy, including, as appropriate--
(1) establishing policies and procedures for financial
management in the Department;
(2) issuing operational guidance to ensure transparency,
accountability, and effectiveness in the use of Department
funds; and
(3) carrying out such other related duties as the Under
Secretary for Management may from time to time designate.
(c) Bureau of Financial Management.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a Bureau
of Financial Management of the Department, which shall perform
such functions related to budgetary requests and resource
planning, performance management, budgetary applications,
financial management, and internal controls as the Under
Secretary for Management may prescribe.
(2) Head.--The Chief Financial Officer shall be the head of
the Bureau of Financial Management.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the funds authorized to be
appropriated to the Under Secretary for Management under this Act, the
Chief Financial Officer for Financial Management shall receive the
funds necessary to fulfill bureau missions and responsibilities for
fiscal year 2026 and 2027.
SEC. 226. NO PASSPORTS FOR TERRORISTS AND TRAFFICKERS.
The Act entitled ``An Act to regulate the issue and validity of
passports, and for other purposes'', approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C.
211a et seq.), commonly known as the ``Passport Act of 1926'', is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT TO INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING
MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM.
``(a) Ineligibility.--
``(1) Issuance.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary
of State shall refuse to issue a passport to any individual
who--
``(A) has been charged with or convicted of a
violation of section 2339A or 2339B of title 18, United
States Code; or
``(B) the Secretary determines has knowingly aided,
assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided material
support to an organization the Secretary has designated
as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section
219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1189).
``(2) Revocation.--The Secretary of State shall, except as
provided in paragraph (3)(A), revoke a passport previously
issued to any individual described in paragraph (1).
``(3) Exceptions.--
``(A) Return to the united states.--In order to
facilitate the return of an individual described in
paragraph (1) to the United States, the Secretary of
State may limit a previously issued passport or
passport card only for return travel to the United
States, or may issue a limited passport or passport
card that only permits return travel to the United
States, prior to revocation under paragraph (2).
``(B) Humanitarian and emergency waiver.--The
Secretary of State may issue a passport to an
individual otherwise ineligible for such passport or
subject to revocation of such passport under this
subsection if the Secretary determines that emergency
circumstances or humanitarian needs apply.
``(b) Right of Review.--Any individual who, in accordance with this
section, is denied issuance of a passport by the Secretary of State, or
whose passport is revoked by the Secretary, may request a hearing to
appeal such denial or revocation not later than 60 days after receiving
notice of such denial or revocation.
``(c) Right of Restoration.--In the event that an individual
described in paragraph (1) demonstrates during a hearing described in
subsection (b) that the individual has been acquitted of an act
described in that paragraph, or the Secretary otherwise changes a
determination described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, the
Secretary may re-issue a passport to such individual.
``(d) Report.--
``(1) In general.--If the Secretary of State refuses to
issue or revokes a passport pursuant to subsection (a), or if,
subsequent to a hearing pursuant to subsection (b), the
Secretary issues or cancels a revocation of a passport that was
the subject of such a hearing, the Secretary shall, not later
than 30 days after such refusal or revocation, or such issuance
or cancellation, submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate a report on such refusal, revocation,
issuance, or cancellation, as the case may be.
``(2) Form.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) may
be submitted in classified or unclassified form.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `passport' includes a passport card; and
``(2) the term `material support' means the provision of
any property, tangible or intangible, or service--
``(A) including currency or monetary instruments or
financial securities, financial services, lodging,
training, expert advice or assistance, safehouses,
false documentation or identification, communications
equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances,
explosives, personnel (one or more individuals who may
be or include oneself), and transportation; and
``(B) excluding medicine or religious materials.
``(f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed--
``(1) or applied so as to abridge the exercise of rights
guaranteed under the first amendment to the Constitution of the
United States; or
``(2) to limit the Secretary's ability to revoke a
passport.
``(g) Severability.--If any provision of this section or the
application of such provision is held by a Federal court to be
unconstitutional, the remainder of this section and the application of
such provisions to any other person or circumstance shall not be
affected.''.
SEC. 227. PROGRAM FOR LANGUAGE TRANSLATION CAPABILITIES.
Section 1(n) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2651a(n)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
``(5) Program for language translation capabilities.--
``(A) Establishment.--The Chief Artificial
Intelligence Officer shall establish a program for the
utilization of multi-modal generative artificial
intelligence language translation capabilities within
the Department.
``(B) Matters to be included.--The program required
by subparagraph (A) shall--
``(i) include an automated human-in-the-
loop review and verification process option and
a machine-only process option, allowing users
to choose which process to utilize in adherence
with Department policies;
``(ii) include real-time training and fine-
tuning of translation models for use within
different geographic regions and Department
mission areas;
``(iii) be available on unclassified and
classified information technology networks;
``(iv) be capable of generating original
content in non-English languages; and
``(v) be available at all United States and
overseas missions of the Department.
``(C) Department policies.--The Chief Artificial
Intelligence Officer shall ensure the deployment and
use of artificial intelligence for language translation
capabilities as part of this program adhere to
Department policies, including the conditions where it
is appropriate to use machine-only processes or
automated human-in-the-loop review and verification
processes.
``(D) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
``(i) the term `automated human-in-the-loop
review and verification process' has the
meaning of an automated process within an
artificial intelligence language translation
system that requires human linguists to review
and verify translations performed by an
artificial intelligence model for accuracy
prior to returning translated materials to a
user;
``(ii) the term ``machine-only process''
has the meaning of an artificial intelligence
language translation capability that delivers a
translation to a user without review by a human
linguist; and
``(iii) the term ``multi-modal'' has the
meaning of multiple modes or formats of content
to be translated, including audio, text, video,
and text contained within images.''.
TITLE III--POLITICAL AFFAIRS
SEC. 301. ARCTIC WATCHERS ACT.
(a) Establishment.--The Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs
shall establish and carry out a program to be known as the ``Arctic
Watcher Program'', to--
(1) monitor the Arctic region across the security,
military, economic, natural resource, cyber, scientific, and
political sectors in foreign countries;
(2) monitor and combat the People's Republic of China,
Russian Federation, and other malign influence campaigns across
that region that impact United States national security,
European security, and Indo-Pacific security or pose a threat
to the rules-based order, and undermine United States interests
in the region;
(3) strengthen the capacity of the United States to engage
with foreign countries and regional and international
organizations that are engaged in Arctic affairs; and
(4) strengthen the United States energy security, cyber
security and economic interests in the Arctic including in the
critical minerals and natural resources sectors.
(b) Assignment.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out the program required by
subsection (a), the Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs
shall assign individuals, to be known as ``Arctic Watchers'',
to the following posts:
(A) At least 3 posts in European countries with
significant interests in the Arctic region.
(B) At least one post in North American countries
with significant interests in the Arctic region.
(C) Other posts as determined to be necessary for
promoting the activities of the program by the
Secretary.
(2) Notification.--The Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic
Affairs shall notify the appropriate congressional committees
upon assigning individuals to be Arctic Watchers under
paragraph (1).
SEC. 302. PILOT PROGRAM FOR NEW CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall direct the Assistant Secretary
for African Affairs and the Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism to
participate in a one-year pilot program that requires each of the two
Bureaus to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
notification of additional information related to foreign assistance
programs and requests for additional funds.
(b) Elements.--The notification required by subsection (a) shall
include for each project, both new and existing, that require the
addition of funds, in addition to existing requirements, the following:
(1) The working name of the program.
(2) The country or countries where the project will be
implemented.
(3) The mechanism used for the program (such as contract,
grant, interagency agreement, or bureau transfer).
(4) The total amount of new funding.
(5) Whether such program is considered new, a continuation,
or an expansion.
(6) The total amount of funding over the life of the
program.
(7) The expected period of performance for the program
using the requested funds.
(8) The total period of performance of the program up until
the time of the request.
(9) The name of the proposed implementer, if selected, and
other identifying information about the implementer, such as
whether the implementer is a government or private entity,
whether the implemental is a United States-based company or
organization or an international organization, and other
similar information.
(10) The intended objectives of the program.
(11) A description of key components or activities of the
program.
(12) Whether the program has a significant under-burn or
overburn of funds based on projected spend rates.
(13) Whether a program or implementer has been put on a
performance improvement plan or other additional administrative
oversight.
SEC. 303. REPEALING THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT OF
2001.
(a) In General.--The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act
of 2001 (ZEDERA Act), as amended, Public Law 107-99 (115 Statute 962)
is hereby repealed.
(b) Condition on Further Funding for Zimbabwe.--The United States
shall not support any new or expanded funding from the International
Monetary Fund or the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (commonly known as the World Bank) for the Government of
Zimbabwe unless the Government of Zimbabwe shall commit, within 12
months of the approval of such new or expanded funding, to remit all
outstanding arrears owed under the Global Compensation Deed, inflation
adjusted to the date of enactment, and compensation shall not be in the
form of Zimbabwe issued securities. Failure to comply with this
provision shall result in an immediate cessation of all United States
support for any further funding from these institutions.
SEC. 304. STRENGTHENING COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY IN AFRICA.
(a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States to
promote, facilitate, and increase two-way trade and investment between
the United States and African countries to strengthen commercial ties,
promote economic growth and job creation, and advance strategic
partnerships.
(b) Strengthening Commercial Diplomacy in Africa Initiative.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish an
initiative to be known as the ``Strengthening Commercial
Diplomacy in Africa Initiative'' (in this section referred to
as the ``Initiative'').
(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the Initiative shall be to
prioritize and coordinate United States Government programs,
activities, and diplomatic efforts aimed at increasing two-way
trade and investment between the United States and Africa,
including to--
(A) identify, promote, and increase trade and
investment opportunities, facilitate business and
investor engagement, and support dissemination of data
and market information to better inform United States
businesses and investors of trade and investment
opportunities across Africa;
(B) support efforts of the United States and
African private sectors to access, navigate, deepen,
and compete in African and global capital markets using
a private sector-led and sector-specific approach that
includes energy, critical minerals, agriculture,
information and communications technology, healthcare,
financial services, arts and entertainment, and
infrastructure;
(C) modernize, streamline, and improve access to
resources and services designed to promote increased
trade and investment opportunities for United States
and African businesses and investors;
(D) promote economic growth and job creation in the
United States and Africa, while advancing strategic
partnerships; and
(E) identify policy, regulatory, and legal reforms
needed to reduce trade and investment barriers between
the United States and Africa and improve the business
and investment climate in the United States and Africa,
including through the reduction of the cost of
accessing capital.
(c) Leadership.--The Initiative shall be led by a Deputy Assistant
Secretary within the Bureau of African Affairs of the Department.
(d) Coordination.--The leadership established pursuant to
subsection (c) shall be responsible for the management, coordination,
and information sharing functions of the Initiative and other duties
that support the purposes of the Initiative as appropriate. This shall
include--
(1) convening relevant Federal departments and agencies to
coordinate programs, assistance, communications, and
stakeholder engagement, and consulting with such departments
and agencies on the appropriate levels and allocation of
resources in support of achieving the strategic objectives of
the Initiative;
(2) planning and implementing information sharing and other
collaboration efforts among relevant Federal departments and
agencies, and the private sector as appropriate, related to
trade and investment opportunities, African capital markets,
and relevant transactions in Africa and support for monitoring,
evaluation, and transaction facilitation;
(3) engaging with United States and African private sector
partners, civil society organizations, nongovernmental
organizations and the African diaspora community, as
appropriate, to solicit input and feedback on the Initiative's
activities, as well as any technical, policy, financial, and
political obstacles private sector partners encounter in
accessing or expanding in African markets or gaining access to
capital for those purposes; and
(4) establishing measurable goals and objectives for the
purposes of carrying out the Initiative.
(e) Leadership Committee.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall work to establish an
interagency leadership committee (in this subsection referred
to as the ``committee'') to provide strategic guidance for
administering the objectives of the Initiative and serve as the
United States interagency strategic development and
coordination body for efforts of relevant Federal departments
and agencies.
(2) Membership.--The committee shall include
representatives from relevant Federal departments and agencies,
as determined appropriate by the President.
(3) Chairperson.--The leadership established in subsection
(c) shall serve as chairperson of the committee.
(4) Meetings.--The committee shall meet not less than four
times each year at the call of the chairperson.
(f) Staffing and Field Presence.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations--
(1) the Initiative shall be supported by at least 6 full-
time employees of the Federal Government, which should include
personnel detailed to the Initiative from relevant Federal
departments and agencies, who are stationed in Africa and whose
sole duties are to support the purposes of--
(A) the Initiative; or
(B) the provisions of the Better Utilization of
Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (Public
Law 116-283) with respect to Africa and in compliance
with the requirements of the Championing American
Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-
94; 22 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.); and
(2) relevant Federal departments and agencies should detail
personnel to the leadership in the United States.
(g) Deal Teams.--
(1) In general.--The Initiative shall be supported by
designated embassy staff holding positions related to United
States commercial and economic interests at United States
embassies located in Africa, to the extent practicable. Such
designated embassy staff at a United States embassy located in
Africa shall be referred to as a ``deal team'' for purposes of
this subsection.
(2) Duties.--Each deal team shall prioritize efforts to
identify commercial opportunities, advocate for improvements in
the business and investment climate, engage and consult with
private sector partners, and report on such activities, in
compliance with the applicable requirements of the Championing
American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (Public Law
116-94; 22 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.).
(3) Role of ambassador.--The United States Ambassador in
countries in which a deal team is operating shall serve as the
head of each deal team and, in accordance with the Championing
American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 (Public Law
116-94; 22 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) shall consider closing deals
for United States companies as a core responsibility of their
job.
(4) Measuring success.--The success of each deal team shall
be based solely on the quantity of deals for United States
companies which they secured in the previous 12 months. Members
of successful deal teams shall be considered for incentives
within the Department. This shall be judged in comparison to
all other deal teams on the continent for quantity of deals
secured in the preceding year for both dollar value and number
of deals.
(5) Deal team report.--No later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for
five years, the leadership of this Initiative shall submit a
report to the appropriate congressional committees and the
Under Secretary of Management. This report shall--
(A) provide a ranked list of the performance of
each ``deal team'' in the last 12 months that shall be
judged quantitively on the number of deals secured, the
total dollar value of deals secured, and the relative
increase of United States deals and investments in the
country compared to the year prior; and
(B) recommend to the Under Secretary for Management
that the staff of the top five best performing ``deal
teams'' be considered for financial or title-based
rewards.
SEC. 305. ENSURING SMOOTH TRAVEL AND INVESTMENT IN SOMALILAND.
The Secretary shall, to improve the ability of United States
citizens and businesses to travel to and invest within Somaliland,
consider--
(1) establishing a representative office in Hargeisa,
Somaliland; and
(2) bifurcation of travel advisory warnings between Somalia
and Somaliland.
SEC. 306. MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND OBSERVERS MISSION.
(a) Report on Multinational Force and Observers Contributions.--Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report that--
(1) outlines the personal and equipment contributions to
the Multinational Force and Observers Mission provided by each
country making such a contribution; and
(2) includes an overview of--
(A) any shortcomings or limitations in the
Multinational Force and Observers' ability to carry out
its mission; and
(B) any efforts to rectify such shortcomings or
limitations.
(b) Authorization for Participation by United States Personnel.--
(1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern
Affairs--
(A) shall maintain continuous observation and
coordination of all matters pertaining to Department
engagement with the Multinational Force and Observers
Mission; and
(B) may coordinate with other offices and bureaus
in the Department, as the Secretary may prescribe.
(2) United states participation.--
(A) In general.--Subject to the limitations in
section 3 of the Multinational Force and Observers
Participation Resolution (22 U.S.C. 3422), the
Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense, is authorized to provide under such terms and
conditions as the Secretary may determine, United
States civilian personnel to participate as observers
in the Multinational Force and Observers Mission.
(B) Additional requirement.--Members of the United
States civilian personnel, who are assigned, detailed,
or otherwise provided to the Multinational Force and
Observers Mission may perform only those functions or
responsibilities which are specified for United Nations
Forces and Observers in the Treaty of Peace and in
accordance with the Protocol.
(c) Congressional Notification Requirement.--The Secretary shall
notify Congress not less than 15 days prior to any changes of United
States contributions to, or participation in, the Multinational Force
and Observers Mission, and shall include an overview of the impacts on
the Multilateral Force Observer Mission.
SEC. 307. PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ACT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and submit to
appropriate congressional committees a strategy entitled the ``Strategy
for Pacific Partnership'' (in this section referred to as the
``Strategy'').
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The Strategy shall include the
following:
(1) A description of overarching goals for United States
engagement in the Pacific Islands region, including United
States diplomatic posts, defense posture, and economic
engagement.
(2) An assessment of the following as they relate to United
States national interests in the Pacific Islands region--
(A) natural disasters;
(B) illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing;
(C) non-United States military presence and
activity;
(D) developmental challenges;
(E) economic coercion and corruption; and
(F) factors assessed to be causing a direct risk to
the United States national interests in the Pacific
Islands.
(3) A plan to address the threats assessed pursuant to
paragraph (2).
(4) An analysis of the needs and goals expressed by
governments of the Pacific Islands region, including at or
through multilateral institutions, in light of the United
States national interests.
(5) A plan for the resources necessary for the United
States to meet its goals in the Pacific Islands region.
(6) Mechanisms, including existing forums, for coordinating
and cooperating on shared goals among the following, as
appropriate:
(A) The governments of Pacific Island countries.
(B) Regional partners in the Pacific Islands
region, including multilateral forums and
organizations, such as the Pacific Islands Forum.
(C) Civil society in the Pacific Islands.
(D) United States subnational governments in the
Pacific.
(c) Update Requirement.--Not later than one year after the date of
the submission of the Strategy, and annually thereafter until January
1, 2028, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees an update of the Strategy.
(d) Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the heads of
other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit an
implementation plan of the strategy to the appropriate congressional
committees that shall include a timeline and stated objectives for
actions to be taken in beneficiary countries in support of the
Strategy.
SEC. 308. KOREAN AMERICAN DIVIDED FAMILIES.
The Secretary, acting through the Special Envoy on North Korean
Human Rights Issues or such other individual as the Secretary may
designate, shall--
(1) collate information on Korean American families who
wish to be reunited with family members in North Korea from
which such Korean American families were divided after the
signing of the Agreement Concerning a Military Armistice in
Korea, signed at Panmunjom July 27, 1953 (commonly referred to
as the ``Korean War Armistice Agreement''), in anticipation of
future reunions for such families and family members, including
in-person and video reunions; and
(2) establish a private internal national registry of the
names and other relevant information of such Korean American
families--
(A) to host such future reunions in South Korea,
the United States, or third countries; and
(B) to provide for a private internal repository of
information about such Korean American families and
family members in North Korea, including information
about individuals who may be deceased.
SEC. 309. UNITED STATES-JAPAN-REPUBLIC OF KOREA TRILATERAL COOPERATION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with Congress,
shall seek to enter into negotiations with the Governments of Japan and
the Republic of Korea with the goal of reaching a written agreement to
establish a United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Inter-Parliamentary
Dialogue to facilitate closer cooperation on shared interests and
values.
(b) United States Group.--
(1) In general.--At such time as the governments of the
United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea enter into a
written agreement described in subsection (a) to establish a
United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Inter-Parliamentary
Dialogue, there shall be established a United States Group,
which shall represent the United States at the United States-
Japan-Republic of Korea Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue.
(2) Membership.--
(A) In general.--The United States Group shall be
comprised of not more than eight Members of Congress.
(B) Appointment.--Of the Members of Congress
appointed to the United States Group under subparagraph
(A)--
(i) two shall be appointed by the Speaker
of the House of Representatives, from among
Members of the House, not fewer than one of
whom shall be a member of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs;
(ii) two shall be appointed by the House
Minority Leader, from among Members of the
House, not fewer than one of whom shall be a
member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs;
(iii) two shall be appointed by the Senate
Majority Leader, from among Members of the
Senate, not fewer than one of whom shall be a
member of the Committee on Foreign Relations;
and
(iv) two shall be appointed by the Senate
Minority Leader, from among Members of the
Senate, not fewer than one of whom shall be a
member of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
(C) Term.--Appointments to the United States Group
shall be for the duration of two years.
(3) Meetings.--
(A) In general.--The United States Group shall seek
to meet not less frequently than annually with
representatives and appropriate staff of the
legislatures of Japan and the Republic of Korea, and
representatives and appropriate staff of any other
country invited by mutual agreement of the three
countries.
(B) Limitation.--A meeting described in
subparagraph (A) may be held--
(i) in the United States;
(ii) in another country during periods when
Congress is not in session; or
(iii) virtually.
(4) Chairperson and vice chairperson.--
(A) Rotation.--The positions of Chairperson and
Vice Chairperson of the United States Group shall
alternate between the House and Senate delegations
every two years, coinciding with each new Congress.
(B) House delegation.--
(i) Odd-number congresses.--In Congresses
with an odd number, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives shall designate the Chairperson
of the United States Group from among members
of the House delegation who are also members of
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
(ii) Even-number congresses.--In Congresses
with an even number, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives shall designate the Vice
Chairperson of the United States Group from
among members of the House delegation who are
also members of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
(C) Senate delegation.--
(i) Even-number congresses.--In Congresses
with an even number, the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate shall designate the Chairperson
of the United States Group from among members
of the Senate delegation who are also members
of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
(ii) Odd-number congresses.--In Congresses
with an odd number, the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate shall designate the Vice
Chairperson of the United States Group from
among members of the Senate delegation who are
also members of the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
(D) Term.--The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson
shall serve for the duration one each Congress.
(5) Private sources.--The United States Group may accept
gifts or donations of services or property, subject to the
review and approval, as appropriate, of the Committee on Ethics
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Ethics of
the Senate.
(6) Certification of expenditures.--The certificate of the
chairperson of the delegation from the House of Representatives
or the delegation of the Senate of the United States Group
shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers in
the auditing of the accounts of the United States Group.
SEC. 310. REGIONAL CHINA OFFICER PROGRAM UNIT.
(a) Authorization of Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish
within the Office of China Coordination of the Bureau of East Asia and
Pacific Affairs of the Department a Regional China Officer Program Unit
(in this section referred to as the ``Unit'').
(b) Personnel.--The Unit shall be comprised of--
(1) one Director; and
(2) not fewer than 20 forward-deployed Foreign Service
Officers assigned to United States diplomatic or consular posts
or detailed to the foreign ministry of an ally, to be known as
Regional China Officers (in this section referred to as
``RCOs''), who shall be responsible for--
(A) monitoring and reporting on activities of the
People's Republic of China (PRC) in the region of his
or her responsibility, including in the commercial,
development, finance, critical infrastructure,
technology, and military domains, including projects
associated with the PRC's Belt and Road Initiative,
Global Security Initiative, and Global Development
Initiative; and
(B) advising united states embassy personnel,
diplomatic allies and partners, and host countries on
how to understand and address PRC activities globally
and locally.
(c) Authorization.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall appoint a Director for the
Unit from among career members of the Foreign Service.
(d) Limitation on Position.--The establishment of the position of
the Director of the Unit pursuant to subsection (c) shall not result in
an increase in the overall full-time equivalent positions within the
Department.
(e) Responsibilities.--The Director shall be responsible for
coordinating and overseeing the activities of RCOs in order to--
(1) improve United States responsiveness to activities,
strategies and tactics of the PRC;
(2) ensure that RCO program activities increase the
knowledge, understanding, and trust of the United States by
relevant target audiences;
(3) identify gaps in United States engagements regarding
PRC cross-cutting activities; and
(4) manage hiring for RCO positions.
(f) Regional China Officers.--
(1) Qualifications.--The Secretary shall select and assign
RCOs from among Foreign Service Officers who have expertise
related to the PRC, including in the forms of prior experience
working in or on the PRC, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and
proficiency in Mandarin language.
(2) Geographic placement.--Of the total number of RCOs in
the Unit, there shall be no fewer than two Regional China
Officers assigned to United States diplomatic posts associated
with each of the following bureaus of the Department:
(A) The Bureau of African Affairs.
(B) The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
(C) The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.
(D) The Bureau of International Organization
Affairs.
(E) The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
(F) The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.
(G) The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs.
(g) Sunset Provision.--The requirement to maintain the Unit and the
Regional China Officer Program under subsection (a) shall expire on the
date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(h) Definition.--In this section, the term ``ally'' means only--
(1) a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization; or
(2) a country designated as a major non-NATO ally pursuant
to the authorities provided by section 517 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k).
SEC. 311. DISASTER REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS COUNTRIES.
(a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary for Mitigation and
Disaster Assistance shall develop and implement a disaster preparedness
strategy for the Pacific Islands countries.
(b) Strategic Purpose.--The strategy required by subsection (a)
shall--
(1) support United States foreign policy objectives and
Indo-Pacific regional engagement by positioning the United
States as the leading stabilization and crisis-response partner
in the Pacific Islands countries;
(2) bolster local resilience to natural and climatic
disasters;
(3) support building local capabilities for disaster risk
reduction, recovery, and rapid response mechanisms; and
(4) reinforce long-term United States partnerships,
including with the Compacts of Free Association.
(c) Implementation.--The Assistant Secretary for Migration and
Disaster Assistance shall consult with the Assistant Secretary for East
Asian and Pacific Affairs in the development and execution of the
strategy required by subsection (a).
(d) Congressional Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for two years,
the Assistant Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional
committees on the development and implementation of the strategy
required by subsection (a).
SEC. 312. TRANSATLANTIC GROWTH ENTERPRISE PROGRAM.
(a) Enterprise Authorized.--The Assistant Secretary for European
and Eurasian Affairs, in coordination with the Chief Executive Officer
of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, and
the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, carry out
a program, to be known as the ``Transatlantic Growth Enterprise'' (in
this section referred to as the ``Enterprise''), in support of
strengthening United States relations with participating Enterprise
countries, with a particular focus on strengthening business to
business ties and fostering a robust investment environment in
participating Enterprise countries as well as expanding energy security
and security cooperation in Enterprise countries.
(b) Objectives.--The objectives of the Enterprise shall be the
following:
(1) Strengthen United States relationships with like-minded
participating countries.
(2) Expand business-to-business ties, including by working
with relevant private sector entities, between United States
industry and important economic and security sectors in
participating countries.
(3) Expand energy sector cooperation between the United
States and Enterprise countries, including in the nuclear
energy sector.
(4) Strengthen people-to-people ties between the United
States and participating countries.
(5) Strengthen security cooperation and efforts to counter
Russian malign influence and aggression on the European
continent.
(6) Counter the People's Republic of China's growing
private sector footprint in Enterprise countries.
(c) Meetings.--The Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian
Affairs shall seek to convene appropriate stakeholders of participating
Enterprise countries at least twice per calendar year to discuss shared
goals and priorities for the Enterprise. Such stakeholders shall
include, as practicable, government officials, business leaders, and
civil society representatives.
(d) Limitation.--To the extent that projects or activities are
undertaken or supported by the Secretary, the Enterprise may only
engage with counterpart government officials of Enterprise countries
that the Secretary has determined are not undermining United States
interests in the region--
(1) through cooperation with the Russian Federation or the
People's Republic of China; or
(2) by undermining democracy in the region including
through the conclusion of a bilateral agreement with the
People's Republic of China or the Russian Federation that
enables the stationing of that country's police or military
forces on the enterprise country's territory.
(e) Reports.--
(1) Implementation report.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter
for two years, the Assistant Secretary for European and
Eurasian Affairs, in coordination with the heads of the Federal
agencies described in subsection (a), shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the
activities of the Enterprise, which shall also include--
(A) an overview of the diplomatic engagements
undertaken in the Enterprise;
(B) an assessment of the progress of achieving the
objectives described in subsection (b); and
(C) recommendations for future initiatives for the
Enterprise to undertake.
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified
annex.
(f) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Enterprise country''--
(1) means Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova,
Ukraine, and Bulgaria; and
(2) may include any other country in Central and Eastern
Europe that the Assistant Secretary for European Eurasian
Affairs determines appropriate.
SEC. 313. REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA SOVEREIGNTY.
(a) In General.--It shall be the policy of the United States not to
recognize claims of sovereignty, other than those of the Republic of
Georgia, over the following areas in the Republic of Georgia:
(1) South Ossetia.
(2) Abkhazia.
(b) Prohibition.--In accordance with subsection (a), no Federal
department or agency may take any action or extend any assistance that
implies recognition of claims of sovereignty other than those of the
Republic of Georgia over South Ossetia or Abkhazia.
(c) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the provisions described in
subsection (a) if the Secretary determines and reports to the
appropriate congressional committees that to do so is in the national
interest of the United States and includes a justification for such
interest.
SEC. 314. UNITED STATES-BELARUS STRATEGIC DIALOGUE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to facilitate an
annual Strategic Dialogue with the Democratic forces of Belarus.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The Strategic Dialogue authorized by
subsection (a) may seek to--
(1) consider the efforts needed to return to democratic
rule in Belarus, including the efforts needed to support free
and fair elections in Belarus;
(2) engage actively with the Belarus Democracy Movement;
(3) respond to the political, economic, and security
impacts of events in Belarus and the Russian Federation on
neighboring countries in the wider region;
(4) ensure accountability including through possible
punitive measures for the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka for
its human rights abuses, undermining and repression of
Belarusian civil society and sovereignty in favor of the
Russian Federation, and support for the Russian Federation's
war of aggression in Ukraine; and
(5) facilitate the release of political prisoners and other
wrongfully detained individuals in Belarus including
journalists.
SEC. 315. UYGHUR GENOCIDE ACCOUNTABILITY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized, subject to the
requirements of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and section 634A of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2394-1)--
(1) to provide the assistance described in subsection (b)
to individuals who--
(A) belong to the Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, or
another oppressed ethnic group in the People's Republic
of China;
(B) experienced torture, forced sterilization,
rape, forced abortion, forced labor, or other
atrocities in the People's Republic of China; and
(C) are residing outside of the People's Republic
of China; and
(2) to build local capacity for the assistance described in
subsection (b) through--
(A) grants to treatment centers and programs in
foreign countries in accordance with section 130(b) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152(b));
and
(B) research and training to health care providers
outside of such treatment centers or programs in
accordance with section 130(c)(2) of such Act.
(b) Authorized Assistance.--The assistance described in this
section is--
(1) medical care;
(2) physical therapy; and
(3) psychological support.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the appropriate
congressional committees on--
(1) the direct care or services provided in foreign
countries for individuals described in subsection (a)(1)(A);
and
(2) any projects started or supported in foreign countries
to provide the care or services described in paragraph (1)(A).
(d) Federal Share.--Not more than 50 percent of the costs of
providing the assistance authorized under subsection (a) may be paid by
the United States Government.
(e) Documenting Atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region.--The Secretary is authorized to provide assistance, including
financial and technical assistance, as necessary and appropriate, to
support the efforts of entities, including nongovernmental
organizations with expertise in international criminal investigations
and law, to address genocide, crimes against humanity, and their
constituent crimes by the Government of the People's Republic of China
by--
(1) collecting, documenting, and archiving evidence,
including the testimonies of victims and visuals from social
media, and preserving the chain of custody for such evidence;
(2) identifying suspected perpetrators of genocide and
crimes against humanity;
(3) conducting criminal investigations of atrocity crimes,
including by developing indigenous investigative and judicial
skills through partnerships, direct mentoring, and providing
the necessary equipment and infrastructure to effectively
adjudicate cases for use in prosecutions in domestic courts,
hybrid courts, and internationalized domestic courts;
(4) supporting investigations conducted by foreign
countries, civil society groups, and multilateral
organizations; and
(5) supporting and protecting witnesses participating in
such investigations.
SEC. 316. CENTRAL ASIAN CONNECTIVITY TASK FORCE.
(a) Establishment.--The President shall establish a Central Asian
Connectivity Interagency Task Force dedicated to coordinating the
implementation of the Central Asian Regional Connectivity Strategy.
(b) Chair.--The Task Force shall be chaired by the Under Secretary
of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, with
representation from the Bureaus of South and Central Asian Affairs,
East Asia and Pacific Affairs, and Europe and Eurasian Affairs of the
Department, the United States Trade and Development Agency, the United
States International Development Finance Corporation, the Millennium
Challenge Corporation, the Department of Commerce, the Department of
the Treasury, the Export-Import Bank, and any other Federal departments
or agencies the President determines relevant to the work of the Task
Force.
(c) Functions.--The Task Force shall carry out the following
functions:
(1) Coordinating implementation of regional connectivity
projects with Central Asian countries and relevant countries
across South Asia, East Asia, and Europe.
(2) Connecting with the United States private sector to
identify and support market opportunities in Central Asia.
(3) Coordinating with development finance institutions and
multilateral development banks to secure additional
contributions and technical support to implement the Central
Asian Regional Connectivity Strategy and any successor
strategy.
(d) Sunset.--The task force shall terminate on January 1, 2031.
SEC. 317. INDIAN OCEAN REGION STRATEGIC REVIEW.
(a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United
States that as part of its broader Indo-Pacific engagement strategy,
the United States shall strengthen engagement with Indian Ocean region
countries, including governments, civil society, academia, and private
sectors, and to enhance United States and allied presence and
partnerships through the following actions:
(1) Promoting cohesive political ties via regional
organizations and stronger bilateral diplomacy.
(2) Deepening the bilateral security relationship with
India, including enhanced intelligence sharing, military
communication, and naval cooperation.
(3) Engaging India to operationalize regional economic and
political opportunities.
(4) Expanding economic connectivity and commercial exchange
with Indian Ocean region countries.
(5) Ensuring freedom of navigation and unimpeded access to
regional trade routes consistent with international law.
(6) Addressing maritime security threats including piracy
and illegal fishing through joint cooperation.
(7) Supporting regional capacity to respond to
environmental disasters and build resilient infrastructure.
(8) Strengthening maritime domain awareness and security
through cooperation with allies and partners.
(9) Advancing coordination with allies and partners--
including Japan, Australia, India, the United Kingdom, and
France--to uphold a rules-based order.
(10) Assessing resources and tools needed for sustained
United States diplomatic and economic engagement.
(b) Strategy.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, shall develop a strategy to enhance United States, allied, and
partner presence, influence, and access in the Indian Ocean region. The
strategy shall include--
(1) an identification of the political, economic, and
security goals and opportunities of the United States in the
Indian Ocean region;
(2) an explanation of the political, economic, and security
goals of Indian Ocean region countries and a detailed
description of areas with respect to which such interests align
with the goals of the United States;
(3) a list that details the economic and political efforts
of the People's Republic of China with respect to the Indian
Ocean region, particularly with respect to the engagement by
the People's Republic of China with each country located within
the Indian Ocean region;
(4) a description and analysis of challenges, including
countries and specific projects, to the engagement with Indian
Ocean region countries as a result of--
(A) disparate policy goals across the departments
and agencies of the United States Government; and
(B) disparate definitions of the term ``Indian
Ocean region'';
(5) a list that details efforts to improve cooperation
between the United States and Australia, India, and Japan
(commonly referred to as the ``Quadrilateral Dialogue'' or
``Quad'' and referred to as such in this section), through
coordination between members of the Quad with respect to
diplomacy and development priorities, joint military exercises
and operations, and other activities that promote and balance
the political, economic, and security interests of the United
States with respect to Indian Ocean region countries;
(6) an overview of efforts to support the economic
connectivity and development of island countries located within
the Indian Ocean region, including through the United States-
India-Japan Trilateral Infrastructure Working Group, the Asia-
Africa Growth Corridor, and other efforts to expand and enhance
connectivity across the Indo-Pacific region (including with the
countries of Southeast Asia) that maintain high standards of
investment and support for civil society and people-to-people
connectivity;
(7) a description of how the United States may engage with
regional intergovernmental organizations and multilateral
organizations, including the Indian Ocean Rim Association and
the United Nations, to promote the political, economic, and
security goals of the United States in the Indian Ocean region;
(8) a description of how the United States may facilitate
cooperation between Indian Ocean region countries (including
with the governments, civil society, academia, and private
sectors of such countries) and Taiwan, through Taiwan's New
Southbound Policy;
(9) a review of the diplomatic posture of the United States
in the Indian Ocean region, including--
(A) an assessment of the diplomatic engagement by
the United States with Indian Ocean region countries
without a permanent United States embassy or diplomatic
mission;
(B) an assessment of means by which to improve
cooperation by the United States with the Maldives, the
Seychelles, and Comoros;
(C) an assessment of the sufficiency of United
States diplomatic personnel and facilities available in
the Indian Ocean region to achieve United States policy
in such region;
(D) a description of any fiscal or personnel
resources required to fill identified gaps with respect
to such diplomatic posture; and
(E) a description of the bilateral and multilateral
diplomatic goals of the Department that the Secretary
deems necessary to achieve United States policy in the
Indian Ocean region;
(10) a review of the agreements entered into between the
United States and Indian Ocean region countries for the purpose
of facilitating the military operations of the United States
pursuant to bilateral and multilateral agreements and a
description of any efforts to expand the naval and coast guard
cooperation of the United States with India and other Indian
Ocean region countries through the negotiation of additional
agreements;
(11) a strategy for the provision of United States security
assistance to the governments of Indian Ocean region countries,
including a summary of the security priorities, objectives, and
actions of the prospective recipient country and a description
of the means by which the United States may support such
security priorities, objectives, and actions while promoting
the political, economic, and security goals of the United
States in the Indian Ocean region;
(12) a security assistance assessment of the capabilities,
training, and funding needed for countries in the region to
push back against shared challenges in the region; and
(13) a plan to expand the foreign assistance presence of
the United States with respect to the governments of island
countries located within the Indian Ocean region, including a
description of any resources or policy tools required to expand
the ability of the United States to offer high-quality
infrastructure resiliency projects to such countries.
(c) Inclusion.--The strategy required by subsection (b) may be
submitted to the appropriate congressional committees as a part of any
other strategy relating to the Indo-Pacific region.
(d) Report.--Not later than July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter
for two years, the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central
Asian Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees
a report that contains the strategy required by subsection (b).
SEC. 318. CARIBBEAN BASIN SECURITY INITIATIVE.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant
Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, shall establish a strategy,
to be known as the ``Caribbean Basin Security Initiative'', in
beneficiary countries to achieve the purposes described in subsection
(b).
(b) Purposes.--The purposes described in this subsection shall
include measures--
(1) to promote citizen safety, security, and the rule of
law;
(2) to counter transnational criminal organizations and
local gangs;
(3) to advance law enforcement and justice sector capacity
building and rule of law initiatives;
(4) to promote crime prevention, particularly among at-
risk-youth and other vulnerable populations;
(5) to strengthen the ability of the security sector to
respond to and become more resilient in the face of natural
disasters;
(6) to prioritize efforts to combat corruption and include
anti-corruption components;
(7) to counter malign influence from authoritarian regimes,
including China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba;
and
(8) to support the effective branding and messaging of
United States security assistance and cooperation in
beneficiary countries, including by developing and implementing
a public diplomacy strategy for informing citizens of
beneficiary countries about the benefits to their respective
countries of United States security assistance and cooperation
programs.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``beneficiary
countries'' means--
(1) Antigua and Barbuda;
(2) the Bahamas;
(3) Barbados;
(4) Dominica;
(5) the Dominican Republic;
(6) Grenada;
(7) Guyana;
(8) Jamaica;
(9) Saint Lucia;
(10) Saint Kitts and Nevis;
(11) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines;
(12) Suriname; and
(13) Trinidad and Tobago.
(d) Implementation Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees an implementation plan that shall
include--
(1) a multi-year strategy with timeline and stated
objectives for actions to be taken in the countries where the
``Caribbean Basin Security Initiative'' applies;
(2) a list of anticipated outcomes for the region and for
each country;
(3) specific, measurable benchmarks to track the progress
of the ``Caribbean Basin Security Initiative'' toward
accomplishing the outcomes included under this section; and
(4) an assessment of steps taken, as of the date on which
the strategy is submitted, to increase regional coordination
and collaboration between the law enforcement agencies of
countries included in the ``Caribbean Basin Security
Initiative'' and the Haitian National Police, and a framework
with benchmarks for increasing such coordination and
collaboration, in order to address the urgent security crisis
in Haiti.
(e) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 2030, the
Secretary to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report that includes--
(1) the implementation strategy required by subsection (d);
and
(2) an assessment of progress related to meeting the
benchmarks described in subsection (d).
(f) Sunset.--The authority to carry out the Caribbean Basin
Security Initiative under this section shall terminate on the date that
is five years after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 319. HAITI CRIMINAL COLLUSION TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2025.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Haiti Criminal
Collusion Transparency Act of 2025''.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for five years, the
Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other Federal departments
and agencies as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report regarding the ties between criminal
gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti.
(c) Matters To Be Included.--The report required by subsection (b)
shall--
(1) identify and list prominent criminal gangs in Haiti as
well as the leaders thereof, and describe their criminal
activities including coercive recruitment, and identify their
primary geographic areas of operations;
(2) list Haitian political and economic elites who have
direct links to criminal gangs and any organizations or
entities controlled by these elites;
(3) describe in detail the relationship between the
individuals listed pursuant to paragraph (2) and the criminal
gangs identified pursuant to paragraph (1);
(4) describe in detail how Haitian political and economic
elites use their relationships with criminal gangs to advance
their political and economic interests and agenda;
(5) include a list of each criminal organization assessed
to be trafficking Haitians and other individuals to the United
States border;
(6) include an assessment of ties between political and
economic elites, criminal gangs in Haiti, and transnational
criminal organizations;
(7) include an assessment of how the nature and extent of
collusion between political and economic elites and criminal
gangs threatens the Haitian people and United States national
interests and activities in the country; and
(8) include an assessment of potential actions that the
Government of the United States could take to address the
findings made pursuant to paragraph (6).
(d) Form.--The report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(e) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives;
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate;
(C) the Committee on Financial Services of the
House of Representatives;
(D) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate;
(E) the House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence;
(F) the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence;
(G) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives; and
(H) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(2) the term ``economic elites'' means board members,
officers, and executives of groups, committees, corporations,
or other entities that exert substantial influence or control
over Haiti's economy, infrastructure, or particular industries;
and
(3) the term ``political elites'' means current and former
government officials and their high-level staff, political
party leaders, and political committee leaders.
(f) Sunset.--The authorities provided by this section shall cease
to have effect beginning on the date that is five years after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 320. RESTORING SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN NICARAGUA ACT OF
2025.
(a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States to
seek a resolution to the political crisis in Nicaragua that includes--
(1) a commitment by the Government of Nicaragua to hold
free and fair elections that meet democratic standards and
permit credible international electoral observation to replace
the Ortega regime;
(2) the cessation of the violence perpetrated against
civilians by the National Police of Nicaragua and by armed
groups supported by the Government of Nicaragua; and
(3) independent investigations into the killings of
protesters in Nicaragua.
(b) Review of Participation of Nicaragua in the Dominican Republic-
Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement.--
(1) Report required.--
(A) In general.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in
consultation with the United States Trade
Representative, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the participation
of Nicaragua in CAFTA-DR, which includes--
(i) an assessment of the benefits that the
Ortega regime receives from the participation
of Nicaragua in CAFTA-DR, including profits
earned by Nicaraguan State-owned entities;
(ii) a description of the violations of
commitments made by Nicaragua under CAFTA-DR;
and
(iii) an assessment of whether Nicaragua
qualifies as a nonmarket economy for the
purposes of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2101 et seq.).
(B) Form.--The report required by subparagraph (A)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may
include a classified annex.
(2) Cafta-dr defined.--In this section, the term ``CAFTA-
DR'' means the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States
Free Trade Agreement--
(A) entered into on August 5, 2004, with the
Governments of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and
submitted to Congress on June 23, 2005; and
(B) approved by Congress under section 101(a)(1) of
the Dominican Republic-Central American-United States
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C.
4011(a)(1)).
(c) Support for Human Rights and Democracy Programs.--
(1) Grants.--
(A) In general.--The President may provide grants
to private, nonprofit organizations to support programs
that promote human rights, democracy, and the rule of
law in Nicaragua, including programs that document
human rights abuses committed by the Ortega regime
since April 2018.
(B) Administration of programs.--Any program that
receives a grant under subparagraph (A) should be
administered to the maximum extent feasible in
consultation with members of the Nicaraguan opposition,
including individuals in exile in Costa Rica and the
United States.
(C) Funding limitation.--Any entity owned,
controlled, or otherwise affiliated with the Ortega
regime is not eligible to receive a grant under this
subsection.
(2) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the
heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies,
shall submit to appropriate congressional committees a report
on actions taken pursuant to this subsection. This report may
be combined with the report required under subsection (b)(1).
(d) Support for Nicaraguan Human Rights at the United Nations.--The
President should direct the United States Permanent Representative to
the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United
States to urge the United Nations to provide greater action with
respect to human rights violations in Nicaragua, including by--
(1) encouraging international support for conducting
thorough and independent investigations into all alleged human
rights violations and abuses committed in Nicaragua since April
2018;
(2) urging the United Nations General Assembly to consider
a resolution, consistent with prior United Nations resolutions,
condemning the exile of political prisoners and attacks on
religious freedom by the Ortega regime; and
(3) assisting efforts, as permitted by United States law,
by the relevant United Nations Special Envoys and Special
Rapporteurs to promote respect for human rights and encourage
dialogue towards a peaceful and democratic transfer of power in
Nicaragua.
SEC. 321. PROTECT HONDURAN DEMOCRACY ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Protect
Honduran Democracy Act''.
(b) Strategy.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a strategy
to promote free and fair elections in Honduras to take place on
November 30, 2025.
(2) Matters to be included.--The strategy required by
paragraph (1) shall include support for monitoring the
elections by credible and internationally recognized elections
monitoring bodies, such as the Organization of American States,
the European Union, the United Nations, and experienced civil
society observers and others to achieve the following:
(A) Ensure that candidates to public office are not
subject to harassment, undue legal persecution, or
other efforts to misuse state resources to dissuade
them or undermine their candidacies.
(B) Avoid the misuse of state resources aimed at
influencing voter preferences.
(C) Avoid the use of violence and intimidation,
including by transnational criminal organizations,
local gangs, or political parties and their proxies.
(D) Guarantee freedom of speech and assembly.
(E) Ensure transparent and credible transmission of
elections results.
(c) Assistance.--The Secretary is authorized to provide assistance
on a grant basis to nongovernmental organizations for activities--
(1) to monitor the national elections in Honduras to take
place on November 30, 2025; and
(2) to assess the extent to which these elections are held
on a free and fair basis.
(d) Promotion of Migrant Participation in Elections.--Congress
encourages the Secretary to promote the ability of citizens of Honduras
residing in the United States to vote in the general elections in
Honduras to take place on November 30, 2025.
SEC. 322. BALTIC REGION SECURITY CONCERNS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian
Affairs should raise concerns about the dangers of the Russian
build up and potential hostilities in the Baltic region,
including the Suwa5ki Gap, Kaliningrad, and the Baltic states;
and
(2) the Under Secretary of Political Affairs, acting
through the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian
Affairs, should diplomatically engage the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization to prioritize the safety and security of the
Baltic region.
SEC. 323. AMERICAN-HELLENIC-ISRAELI EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
COUNTERTERRORISM AND MARITIME SECURITY PARTNERSHIP ACT.
Section 1316 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2022 (22 U.S.C. note prec. 261) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) Subcomponents.--
``(1) Interparliamentary eastern mediterranean security
cooperation group.--
``(A) Establishment.--There is established a group,
to be known as the `Israel, Greece, Cyprus, and the
United States Interparliamentary Eastern Mediterranean
Security Cooperation Group' to serve as a security
focused legislative subcomponent to the 3+1
Interparliamentary Group established in subsection (a).
``(B) Membership.--The group established under
subparagraph (A) shall include a group of not more than
6 Members of the United States Senate and 6 Members of
the United States House of Representatives, who shall
be appointed jointly by the majority leader and the
minority leader of the Senate and the speaker and the
minority leader of the House of Representatives,
respectively. Membership shall include 2 Members of
Congress who serve on an appropriate congressional
committee.
``(2) Interexecutive eastern mediterranean security
cooperation group.--
``(A) Establishment.--There is established a group,
to be known as the `Israel, Greece, Cyprus, and United
States Interexecutive Eastern Mediterranean Security
Cooperation Group' to serve as a security focused
executive subcomponent to the to the 3+1
Interparliamentary Group established in subsection (a).
``(B) Membership.--The group established under
subparagraph (A) shall include an officer from--
``(i) the Department of State, designated
by the Secretary of State;
``(ii) the Department of Defense,
designated by the Secretary of Defense; and
``(iii) the Department of Homeland
Security, designated by the Secretary of
Homeland Security.
``(3) Meetings.--Not less frequently than twice each year,
the United States Interparliamentary Eastern Mediterranean
Security Cooperation Group shall meet with Israeli, Cypriot,
and Greek parliamentary counterpart members to discuss issues
on the agenda of the legislative branch of the Governments of
Israel, Greece, the Republic of Cyprus, and the United States
regarding counterterrorism and maritime security, and the
Interexecutive Eastern Mediterranean Security Cooperation Group
should meet with Israeli, Cypriot, and Greek executive
counterpart members to discuss issues on the agenda of the
executive branch of the Governments of Israel, Greece, the
Republic of Cyprus, and the United States regarding
counterterrorism and maritime security.''; and
(1) in subsection (e), by striking ``4 years after the date
of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``on December 31,
2027''.
SEC. 324. REPORT ON ACCESS TO TIBETAN AREAS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the
Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees, and make available to the
public on the website of the Department, a report that includes an
assessment of the level of access authorities of the People's Republic
of China have granted diplomats and other officials, journalists, and
tourists from the United States to Tibetan areas, including--
(1) a comparison with the level of access granted to other
areas of China;
(2) a comparison between the levels of access granted to
Tibetan and non-Tibetan areas in relevant provinces;
(3) a comparison of the level of access in the reporting
year and the previous reporting year; and
(4) a description of the required permits and other
measures that impede the freedom to travel in Tibetan areas.
(b) Consolidation.--After the issuance of the first report required
by subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific
Affairs is authorized to incorporate subsequent reports required by
subsection (a) into other publicly available, annual reports produced
by the Department, if such reports are submitted to the appropriate
congressional committees in a manner specifying that they are being
submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of this Act.
SEC. 325. CENTER FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS, PLANNING, AND PREVENTION.
(a) In General.--There shall be in the Department a Center for
Conflict Analysis, Planning, and Prevention (in this section referred
to as the ``Center'') which shall be headed by a director who shall
report directly to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. The
Center shall conduct data analysis and strategic planning on issues
related to conflict prevention, mitigation, and negotiations to develop
policy options and provide expertise for the Under Secretary of
Political Affairs and the Assistant Secretaries of each regional
bureau.
(b) Responsibilities.--In addition to the responsibilities
described under subsection (a), the Center may carry out the following,
as appropriate:
(1) Developing advanced analytic methodologies, data, and
tools to understand global conflict dynamics, produce conflict
trend assessments, and inform the Department's efforts to
prevent and mitigate conflict and crises of top priority to the
United States.
(2) Forecasting potential hotspots of violent conflict in
foreign countries to best identify risks to United States
national security interests or opportunities for advancing
United States foreign policy priorities.
(3) Conducting in-depth analyses of conflict dynamics in
foreign countries to--
(A) advise regional bureaus on program goals and
approaches to burden-sharing with foreign partners; and
(B) provide quantifiable metrics to inform
effective use of the Department's resources.
(4) Supporting peace processes by providing expertise to
the Under Secretary of Political Affairs, regional bureaus, and
Chiefs of Mission, to enable and inform peace negotiation and
mediation strategies, implementation, and monitoring.
(5) At the direction of the Under Secretary, coordinating
with regional and relevant functional bureaus on the
implementation of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C.
9801 et seq.).
(6) Providing strategic gaming, red team, and table-top
exercises to rigorously test foreign policy options and
strategies.
(7) Supporting the development of training for Foreign
Service Officers on conflict prevention and mediation skills,
including the trainings required under the Elie Wiesel Genocide
and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018.
(8) Such other functions as the Under Secretary for
Political Affairs may from time to time designate.
(c) Dissemination of Analytic Products.--The Under Secretary shall
ensure that the Center's analytic products are disseminated to relevant
stakeholders within the Department, as well as other elements of the
United States Government, as appropriate.
(d) Membership.--The Center shall be comprised of no more than 20
full-time Department employees, to include, a contingent capable of
temporary deployments to support embassies in conflict-affected regions
or those the Under Secretary for Political Affairs determines to be at
risk of conflict or civil strife.
(e) Definition.--In this section, the term ``red team'' means the
use of contrarian structured analytic techniques, employed by subject
matter experts, to challenge assumptions and test vulnerabilities in a
strategy or policy.
SEC. 326. GLOBAL FRAGILITY STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION.
(a) Biennial Reports.--For every two years until the date described
in subsection (c), the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, in
consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and
agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an
unclassified report, which may include a classified annex, on progress
made and lessons learned with respect to implementation of the Global
Fragility Strategy established pursuant to section 504 of the Global
Fragility Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 9803). The report shall include the
following elements:
(1) Descriptions of steps taken to incorporate the strategy
into any relevant, existing country and regional plans or
strategies.
(2) Accountings of all funding received and obligated to
implement each such country and regional plan during the
previous two years, and, to the extent feasible, projections of
funding to be requested, planned, and implemented for the
following two years.
(3) Descriptions of progress made towards achieving
specific targets, metrics, and indicators for each priority
country and region.
(4) Descriptions of any changes made to programs based on
the results of assessment, monitoring, and evaluation for each
priority country and region.
(b) Congressional Consultation.--The Department and the Department
of Defense shall provide to any appropriate congressional committee
briefings on the implementation of this section upon the request of any
such committee.
(c) Termination.--The requirement to provide the report required by
subsection (a) shall expire on December 31, 2029.
SEC. 327. MODIFICATIONS TO GLOBAL FRAGILITY ACT OF 2019.
Section 509 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 9808) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(A)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) for administrative and other
expenses related to the operation, management,
and monitoring, evaluation, and learning for
programs and activities related to the
implementation of the Global Fragility Strategy
established pursuant to section 504, including
diplomatic and other operational activities
carried out to implement such strategy in
countries and regions selected by the
President, pursuant to section 505(a),
notwithstanding any other provision of law.'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Availability of ESF Funds.--Funds authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out chapter 4 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.;
relating to the Economic Support Fund) are authorized to be made
available for the operations, management, and monitoring, evaluation,
and learning related to the implementation of the Global Fragility
Strategy established pursuant to section 505(a), notwithstanding any
other provision of law for any program funded from amounts available
for the Prevention and Stabilization Fund established under subsection
(a) in any fiscal year and related programs funded by other agencies to
implement the Global Fragility Strategy.''.
SEC. 328. INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE AND PORT OF ENTRY MODERNIZATION ACT.
Section 6 of the International Bridge Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 535d)
is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ``during the period beginning
on December 1, 2020, and ending on December 31,
2024,''; and
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B),
and (C), and inserting the following:
``(A) An international bridge between the United
States and Mexico.
``(B) An international bridge between the United
States and Canada.
``(C) A port of entry on the international land
border between the United States and Mexico.
``(D) A port of entry on the international land
border between the United States and Canada.''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by inserting ``or land
port of entry'' after ``international bridge'';
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``or land port of
entry'' after ``international bridge'';
(3) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) by inserting ``sole'' before ``basis''; and
(B) by inserting ``or land port of entry'' after
``internationdal bridge'';
(4) in subsection (e)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting
appropriately;
(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so
redesignated), by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and
inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) No compilation or consideration of documents.--The
Secretary shall not compile or take into consideration any
environmental document pursuant to Public Law 91-190 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) with respect to a Presidential permit for an
application under subsection (b).''; and
(5) in subsection (f), by inserting ``or land port of
entry'' after ``international bridge'' each place it appears.
TITLE IV--INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
SEC. 401. UNDERSEA CABLES.
(a) Strategy.--The Under Secretary for International Security
Affairs, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal
departments and agencies, shall develop a strategy to manage the
security of subsea infrastructure. The strategy shall include the
following:
(1) Information sharing between the United States and
United States allies and partners on damaged subsea
infrastructure.
(2) Best practices for protecting subsea infrastructure
from both intentional or unintentional interference and damage.
(3) Assessment of foreign adversarial threats to subsea
infrastructure, including in the Baltic Sea, Indo-Pacific, and
other strategic regions.
(4) Development of joint response procedures with allies
and partners for incidents involving subsea infrastructure
compromise or damage.
(5) Promotion of United States leadership in setting
international standards for subsea infrastructure security and
resilience.
(6) Risk assessment of existing United States subsea
infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities and prioritize
protection and resource allocation efforts.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for International Security
Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report that contains the strategy required by subsection (a). The
report shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a
classified annex if submitted separately from the unclassified portion.
SEC. 402. DEPARTMENT CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to and shall advance
United States foreign policy goals to improve security and stability
through demining and weapons stockpile security. The purposes of the
activities authorized are--
(1) to save lives and ensure the ability of affected
populations to return safely and access their homes and land;
(2) to enable affected populations to safely and
productively utilize land for agriculture--including and
particularly in Ukraine, whose agricultural land is essential
for global food security;
(3) to clear explosive threats from land to permit and
encourage critical infrastructure and other development;
(4) to educate affected populations about the dangers of
landmines and other unexploded ordnance as well as United
States efforts to provide the lifesaving benefits of demining
activities;
(5) to advance United States business interests related to
demining and weapons stockpile security;
(6) to integrate demining and related activities with other
assistance to ensure effective recovery from conflict; and
(7) to establish and strengthen peacebuilding partnerships
with foreign allies in regions of geopolitical importance
through demining, as the United States has successfully done
through clearance of unexploded ordnance from the Vietnam war.
(b) Conventional Weapons Elimination or Securing Activities.--The
purposes of the activities authorized by subsection (a) are--
(1) to ensure the safe securing of weapons, ammunition, and
explosives in the stores of foreign partners, otherwise at risk
of accidental explosions as well as proliferation to
terrorists, insurgents, and other violent non-state actors;
(2) to support the security sectors of foreign partners to
properly eliminate or manage weapons and ammunition stockpiles
through Weapons Stockpile Security, and related programs;
(3) to educate local police and other officials and the
wider population at the local level on safer and more secure
weapons storage and salvage as well as United States efforts to
provide the lifesaving benefits of conventional weapons
elimination, securing, and management;
(4) to establish and strengthen cooperation in the area of
conventional weapon elimination or security with foreign
partners to reduce armed violence and instability in support of
important United States national security and foreign policy
objectives; and
(5) to integrate conventional weapons elimination and
securing and related activities with other assistance to
prevent armed violence and instability.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Political-Military
Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report on the following:
(1) A list of all programming related to demining,
conventional weapons destruction, and weapon stockpile security
activities conducted by the Department for the previous year as
of the submission of the report.
(2) An assessment of programming, and the methods and
outcomes in relation to achieving the objectives of the
Department's demining, conventional weapons destruction, and
weapon stockpile security related programs and activities for
the previous year as of the submission of the report.
(3) A list of all implementing partners utilized by the
Department for demining, conventional weapons destruction, and
weapon stockpile security related programming for the previous
year as of the submission of the report.
(d) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until December 18, 2028,
the Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs shall provide a
briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on the matters
described in this section.
SEC. 403. AUTHORIZING DEMINING AND RELATED PROGRAMS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
(a) In General.--The Undersecretary for International Security
Affairs may provide assistance to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia for
programs to support the following:
(1) The development or updating of national surveys of
landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants of
war.
(2) Clearance of such landmines, unexploded ordnance, and
other explosives remnants of war.
(3) Stockpile management of small arms, light weapons, and
ammunition.
(4) Capacity building, risk education, destruction, and
physical security related to landmines, unexploded ordnance,
and other explosive remnants of war.
(b) Coordination.--In carrying out this section, the Undersecretary
for International Security Affairs may seek to consult, partner, and
coordinate with international organizations, civil societies, donor
governments, and other stakeholders, as the Undersecretary for
International Security Affairs determines appropriate, to leverage the
expertise, financial support, and resources of such entities to
minimize duplication of efforts and maximize the efficient and
effective provision of assistance from the United States.
(c) Report.--Not later than June 27, 2026, the Undersecretary for
International Security Affairs shall provide a report to the
appropriate congressional committees, on activities undertaken in
accordance with this section on the progress of amounts made available
from the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and related
programs account for demining and clearance of landmines, unexploded
ordnance, and other explosive remnants of war in Vietnam, Laos, and
Cambodia. Such reports shall also include--
(1) the status of amounts made available from the
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and related
programs account that are obligated pursuant to authorities
provided by prior Acts and the status of unallocated amounts
made available to such account as of the date of enactment of
this Act;
(2) a description of how Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism,
Demining, and related programs account funds have contributed
to landmine, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants
of war clearance efforts in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia;
(3) estimates of contaminated land that has been cleared,
land that still contains landmines, unexploded ordnance, and
other explosive remnants of war, land that has not been
assessed for contamination, and data on the origin of any
antipersonnel mines cleared, to the extent possible; and
(4) a description of collaboration between the United
States and the governments of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
including past and current progress to date in establishing
nation-wide contamination databases in such countries to refine
landmine, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants of
war locations and target clearance efforts.
(d) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee
on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the term ``unexploded ordnance'' has the meaning given
such term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 404. FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM WITH REGARD TO JORDAN.
Amounts made available under the Foreign Military Financing program
estimated to be outlayed for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan during
each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2029 shall be disbursed to an
interest-bearing account for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York not later than 30 days of the date of
the enactment of this Act; Provided that--
(1) withdrawal of funds from such account shall be made
only on authenticated instructions from the Defense Finance and
Accounting Service of the Department of Defense;
(2) in the event such account is closed, the balance of the
account shall be transferred promptly to the appropriations
account for the Foreign Military Financing Program; and
(3) none of the interest accrued by such account should be
obligated unless the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified.
SEC. 405. EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVE STOCKPILE ALLIES-ISRAEL.
For fiscal year 2026, section 514(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)) shall not apply to defense articles to be
set aside, earmarked, reserved, or intended for use as reserve stocks
in stockpiles in the State of Israel.
SEC. 406. COUNTERTERRORISM AUTHORITIES FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.
Section 571 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2349aa) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, intelligence,
and military'' after ``assistance to foreign countries in order
to enhance the ability of their law enforcement''; and
(2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``information
sharing with United States law enforcement,'' after ``Such
assistance may include''.
SEC. 407. CYPRUS ARMS EMBARGO REFORM.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (d) and except as provided
in subsection (b), beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall not apply a policy of denial for exports, re-
exports, or transfers of defense articles and defense services destined
for or originating in the Republic of Cyprus if--
(1) the request is made by or on behalf of the Government
of the Republic of Cyprus; and
(2) the end-user of such defense articles or defense
services is the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.
(b) Exception.--The exclusion provided for in subsection (a) shall
not apply with respect to the application of a policy of denial based
upon credible human rights concerns.
(c) Waiver.--The President may waive the exclusion provided for in
subsection (a) for a period of one fiscal year if the President
determines that it is essential to the national security interests of
the United States to do so.
(d) Termination.--
(1) In general.--The President may terminate the exclusion
provided for in subsection (a) for the five-year period
beginning on the date that is five years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and may renew such termination for
subsequent five-year periods, if, prior to each such five-year
period, the President submits to the appropriate congressional
committees a certification that the Government of the Republic
of Cyprus is no longer--
(A) cooperating with the United States Government
in efforts to implement reforms on anti-money
laundering regulations and financial regulatory
oversight; and
(B) denying Russian military vessels access to
ports for refueling and servicing.
(2) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
SEC. 408. SUBNATIONAL DIPLOMACY TO COMBAT SYNTHETIC OPIOID TRAFFICKING.
Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement shall establish and submit to Congress a strategy to
strengthen subnational cooperation between the United States and Mexico
for the purposes of--
(1) enhancing law enforcement cooperation and local, State,
and Federal security forces cooperation at a subnational level
for the purpose of curbing fentanyl trafficking and other
synthetic opioids, including activities such as--
(A) bolstering technical assistance and
coordination for law enforcement agencies and local,
State, and Federal security forces;
(B) carrying out exchange programs for the purposes
of professional development; and
(C) enhancing data sharing as appropriate;
(2) bolstering subnational dialogue and capacity building
between Federal and local governments, civil society, faith-
based organizations, and business community leaders and
integrating issues faced by local communities, including with
respect to trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids;
and
(3) strengthening capacity building and providing resources
for border towns and organizations within those towns that
attempt to meet the needs of communities.
SEC. 409. INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPACT
AUTHORITY.
(a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary may provide assistance
under chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2291 et seq.) to any eligible country that enters into an
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Compact (in this section
referred to as a ``Compact''), as described in subsection (b).
(b) Compact Described.--A Compact described in this subsection is
an agreement between the United States and an eligible country that--
(1) establishes a multiyear plan for achieving narcotics
control or a law enforcement objective shared by the United
States and the eligible country;
(2) takes into account any national counter narcotics or
law enforcement strategy of the eligible country; and
(3) contains--
(A) the specific objectives that the eligible
country and the United States expect to achieve during
the term of the Compact;
(B) the responsibilities of the eligible country
and the United States in the achievement of such
objectives;
(C) regular benchmarks to measure, where
appropriate, progress toward the achievement of such
objectives;
(D) a multiyear financial plan that--
(i) includes the estimated amounts to be
contributed by the Secretary and the eligible
country, respectively;
(ii) describes how the requirements of
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) will be met,
including identifying the role of civil society
in the achievement of such requirements; and
(iii) includes proposed mechanisms to
implement such financial plan and provide
oversight of the activities conducted pursuant
to such plan;
(E) a plan to ensure appropriate fiscal
accountability for the use of assistance provided under
this section;
(F) where appropriate, a description of the current
and potential participation of donors in the
achievement of such objectives;
(G) a requirement that open, fair, and competitive
procedures are used in a transparent manner in the
administration of grants, cooperative agreements, or
the procurement of goods and services for the
achievement of such objectives;
(H) where appropriate, a process by which the
Secretary and national, regional, or local units of
government of the eligible country may consider
solicited proposals under the Compact and unsolicited
proposals;
(I) the strategy of the eligible country to sustain
progress made toward achieving such objectives after
expiration of the Compact; and
(J) a description of the role of any United States
Government agency or department (aside from the
Department) in any design, implementation, and
monitoring of programs and activities funded under the
Compact.
(c) Country Contributions.--Each Compact shall identify a
contribution, as appropriate, from the eligible country relative to the
national budget of such country toward meeting the objectives of the
Compact, that--
(1) takes into account the prevailing economic conditions;
(2) is in addition to government spending allocated by such
country for such objectives for the year immediately preceding
the establishment of the Compact; and
(3) should continue for the duration of the Compact.
(d) Prohibition on Taxation.--Each Compact shall contain a
provision that states that assistance provided by the United States
under the Compact shall be exempt from taxation by the government of
the eligible country.
(e)(1) Coordination and Consultation.--Prior to entering into a
Compact with an eligible country, the Secretary shall consult with
appropriate officials of United States Government agencies and
departments, particularly with officials engaged in counter narcotics
or law enforcement cooperation on issues related to the Compact.
(2) Local Input.--In entering into a Compact, the United States
shall seek to ensure that the government of the eligible country
consults with private and voluntary organizations, the business
community, and potential donors in the eligible country.
(3) Coordination With Donors.--To the maximum extent feasible,
activities undertaken to achieve the objectives of each Compact shall
be undertaken in coordination with the assistance activities of donors
other than the United States and the eligible country.
(f) Increase or Extension of Assistance Under a Compact.--Not later
than 15 days after making a determination to increase or extend
assistance under a Compact with an eligible country, the Secretary--
(1) shall prepare and transmit to the appropriate
congressional committees a written report and justification
that contains a detailed summary of the proposed increase in or
extension of assistance under the Compact and a copy of the
full text of the amendment to the Compact; and
(2) shall publish a detailed summary, full text, and
justification of the proposed increase in or extension of
assistance under the Compact in the Federal Register and on the
website of the Department.
(g) Concurrent and Subsequent Compacts.--
(1) Concurrent compacts.--An eligible country that has
entered into and has in effect a Compact under this section may
enter into and have in effect at the same time not more than
one additional Compact if--
(A) one or both of the Compacts are or will be for
purposes of regional counter narcotics or law
enforcement cooperation; and
(B) the Secretary determines that the eligible
country is making considerable and demonstrable
progress in implementing the terms of the existing
Compact and supplementary agreements thereto.
(2) Subsequent compacts.--The Secretary may enter into one
or more subsequent Compacts in accordance with the requirements
of this section after the expiration of the existing Compact.
(h) Limitation on Duration of Compact.--The duration of a Compact
shall not exceed five years.
(i) Assistance for Facilitating Compact.--Notwithstanding
subsection (a), the Secretary may enter into contracts or make grants
for any eligible country for the purpose of facilitating the
development and implementation of a Compact between the United States
and the country.
(j) Applicability of Existing Restrictions.--Assistance through a
Compact shall be subject to the same restrictions on assistance
provided under chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.), including with respect to
internationally recognized human rights.
(k) 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 ``eligible country'' means a foreign country
that is eligible for assistance under chapter 8 of part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.).
SEC. 410. COMBATTING FIREARMS TRAFFICKING IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Assistant
Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, in
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere
Affairs, and in coordination with the Director of the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, shall seek to work with
appropriate national and subnational law enforcement authorities of
countries in the Western Hemisphere in order to increase voluntary
participation by such authorities in the eTrace program, including by
providing relevant translation services.
(b) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the implementation of subsection
(a).
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``eTrace program'' means
the web-based firearms tracing system of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives that is available to accredited
domestic and international law enforcement agencies to assist in the
tracing of United States-sourced firearms.
SEC. 411. SECTION 123 AGREEMENTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall--
(1) lead diplomatic engagement and negotiations for
agreements for cooperation pursuant to section 123 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) (commonly referred
to, and hereafter referred to, as ``section 123 agreements'');
(2) pursue at least 20 new section 123 agreements before
January 3, 2029;
(3) pursue, where in the interest of the United States,
renegotiation or renewal of section 123 agreements that are
scheduled to expire before the date that is 10 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(4) pursue agreements that adhere to the highest standards
of safety, security, and nonproliferation, including, where
appropriate and achievable, the so-called ``Gold Standard'' to
forego enrichment or reprocessing of nuclear material, in any
renegotiated or new section 123 agreements.
(b) Program To Enhance Global Competitiveness.--The Secretary, in
consultation with the relevant heads of other Federal departments and
agencies, shall implement a program to enhance the global
competitiveness of United States persons (as such term is defined in
section 1637(d) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 (50 U.S.C.
1708(d))) who are nuclear suppliers, investors, or lenders to compete
for nuclear projects in foreign countries, including--
(1) expediting the conclusion of intergovernmental
agreements on nuclear energy and the fuel supply chain with
potential export countries;
(2) promoting broad adherence to the Convention on
Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, with Annex, done
at Vienna September 12, 1997 (TIAS 15-415);
(3) identifying statutory and regulatory burdens on exports
of nuclear technology, fuel supplies, equipment, and services
from the United States and recommending action to relieve such
burdens;
(4) encouraging favorable decisions by potential import
countries on the use of nuclear technology, fuel supplies,
equipment, and services from the United States; and
(5) ensuring the program is carried out in a manner that
adheres to applicable legal requirements, conforms with
nonproliferation obligations, and meets the highest standards
of safety, security, and safeguards.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Arms
Control and Nonproliferation shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on United States diplomatic
engagement and negotiations for agreements for cooperation
pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
(2) Matters to be included.--The report required by
paragraph (1) should include the following information:
(A) An updated list of all countries the Secretary
is pursuing or has pursued 123 agreements with in the
previous year.
(B) An analysis of current trends of global
competition in the civil nuclear sphere with the
Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China
up and down the supply chain.
(C) Any waivers submitted under the Prohibiting
Russian Uranium Imports Act (Public Law 118-62; 138
Stat. 1022).
SEC. 412. UNITED STATES-EUROPEAN NUCLEAR ENERGY COOPERATION ACT OF
2025.
(a) Strategy.--The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
Energy, shall develop a strategy to strengthen United States-European
nuclear energy cooperation and combat Russian malign influence in the
nuclear energy sector in Europe. The strategy shall include the
following:
(1) An overview and assessment of the Secretary's efforts
to broaden participation by United States nuclear industry
entities in Europe and promote the accessibility and
competitiveness of United States, European, and partner
technologies and services against Russian and Chinese
technologies in Europe.
(2) An overview of different nuclear reactor types that are
currently deployed or under regulatory review in Europe,
including large light-water reactors, small modular light-water
reactors, and non-light-water reactors, and--
(A) what role, if any, each reactor type could have
in reducing the Russian Federation's influence over
European energy supply by 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, and
2050;
(B) challenges that each reactor type may face with
rapid deployment, including costs, market barriers to
first-of-a-kind designs, supply chain constraints, and
regulatory requirements;
(C) the impacts of each reactor type on maintaining
strong nonproliferation standards, including the
minimization of weapons-usable nuclear material; and
(D) opportunities for the use of United States,
European, and partner technologies and services in the
deployment or potential deployment of each reactor
type.
(3) An overview of different fuel cycles that are currently
deployed or under consideration in Europe, including use of low
enriched uranium, including high assay low enriched uranium,
and spent fuel reprocessing, along with an analysis of the
implications of each fuel cycle on--
(A) reducing and eliminating Russia's market share
in Europe for uranium, conversion, enrichment, and
reactor fuel between now and 2030;
(B) achieving long-term energy security free of
Russian influence; and
(C) maintaining strong nonproliferation standards,
including the minimization of weapons-usable material
as well as high nuclear safety and security standards.
(4) An overview of nuclear reactor designs and fuel cycle
infrastructure that the United States Government is currently
funding the development of, and--
(A) the potential, if any, that each of these
technologies have to decrease or eliminate Russia's
market share in the United States and Europe for
nuclear power reactors, uranium mining and milling,
conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, deconversion,
and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing in the short,
medium, and long term;
(B) the impact of these technologies on the
minimization of weapons-usable nuclear material,
including the use of highly enriched uranium or
plutonium fuels; and
(C) an assessment of the use cases for each of
these designs and fuel cycles.
(5) An overview of the United States Government's
diplomatic engagements regarding the nuclear energy sector in
Europe.
(6) A list of countries in Europe with active nuclear power
programs, and--
(A) an analysis of each country's nuclear energy
policy;
(B) an overview of existing areas of cooperation
with regards to nuclear energy between each country
and--
(i) the United States;
(ii) other European and friendly countries;
and
(iii) adversarial countries, including the
People's Republic of China and the Russian
Federation;
(C) an overview of potential areas for future
cooperation between each country and the United States
with regards to nuclear energy; and
(D) a summary of fuel types used in each country's
nuclear power programs.
(7) An overview of Russian and Chinese influence in the
European nuclear energy sector.
(8) An overview of how the United States Government is
working with allies and partners to counter Russian malign
influence within the European energy sector to include steps
taken to counter Russian influence in the mining and milling,
conversion, enrichment, and fuel fabrication processes as well
as in reactor construction.
(9) An overview of how the United States Government
balances the urgent strategic need for collaboration with
allies and partners on countering Russia's influence on nuclear
energy in Europe, with commercial competitiveness issues that
may arise between United States companies and companies in
Europe, Canada, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
(10) An assessment of Rosatom's role in Russia's energy
sector, to include an overview of strengths and vulnerabilities
of the conglomerate.
(b) Submission.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees the strategy required by subsection (a).
(c) Form.--The strategy required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex, so
long as such annex is provided separately from the unclassified
Strategy.
SEC. 413. AUTHORITY OF THE BUREAU OF COUNTERTERRORISM TO ACCESS CERTAIN
INFORMATION.
(a) In General.--The Bureau of Counterterrorism of the Department
is authorized to access, obtain, and use information maintained by any
other Federal department or agency for formulation, implementation, or
oversight of international counterterrorism policies, programs,
operations, or assistance. Such access may be used for the purposes
of--
(1) identifying and anticipating current and emerging
threats;
(2) collecting and verifying information to support policy
decisions and terrorism-related designations;
(3) detecting, countering, or preventing terrorism-related
activity, including terrorist travel;
(4) improving coordination between Federal agencies on
international counterterrorism efforts; and
(5) supporting national security objectives.
(b) Interagency Agreements.--The Secretary may enter into memoranda
of understanding or other agreements with the heads of other Federal
departments and agencies to facilitate the timely and secure exchange
of information under this section, including access to intelligence and
law enforcement data, as necessary, to support the Bureau of
Counterterrorism's counterterrorism mission, consistent with applicable
laws governing the handling of sensitive or classified information.
(c) Privacy and Security.--The Bureau of Counterterrorism shall
implement appropriate technical, administrative, and policy safeguards
to ensure that any information accessed or shared under this section is
collected, stored, and used in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations, including those governing the protection of privacy, civil
liberties, and classified or sensitive information.
SEC. 414. STUDY ON GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGIES AND VERIFICATION FRAMEWORKS
FOR ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(a) Strategy.--The Assistant Secretary for Emerging Threats, in
coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital
Policy, shall develop a strategy to preserve enduring United States
leadership in the field of advanced artificial intelligence (hereafter
in this section referred to as ``AI''). The strategy shall include the
following:
(1) A description and assessment of the technical and non-
technical methods to monitor the present or future development
or deployment of covered AI systems by adversarial nations or
foreign actors, including the People's Republic of China, with
particular attention to systems that could pose severe threats
to United States national security;
(2) Proposals for potential commitments or agreements under
which one or more foreign states would commit to restrict,
limit, or halt the development or deployment of their covered
AI systems;
(3) The identification and evaluation of monitoring,
verification, and enforcement mechanisms, including methods
that do not yet exist but could be developed or strengthened
through additional research and development, that could be used
to assess international compliance with the commitments or
agreements described in paragraph (2) or otherwise improve
United States national security, including hardware-based
safeguards, data center inspections, cloud service audits,
satellite monitoring, signals intelligence, and other relevant
methods;
(4) Identification and assessment of potential evasion
techniques or deception strategies that adversaries could
employ to circumvent verification mechanisms, and evaluate
countermeasures to enhance the credibility and robustness of
such mechanisms;
(5) An examination of potential diplomatic and geopolitical
strategies or options available to the United States in the
event that the United States chooses to delay the development
or deployment of adversaries' covered AI systems, including
options or plans to coordinate with allies and partners, build
international confidence in potential agreements or commitments
related to covered AI systems, deter opportunistic behavior by
foreign adversaries, and support efforts to detect or verify
that foreign adversaries were not secretly developing covered
AI systems or attempting to covertly usurp United States
leadership in advanced AI. This shall include methods,
strategies, policies, and plans that, in either the presence or
absence of international agreements, could be used to prevent
or deter adversaries from developing, acquiring, or deploying
covered AI systems that could pose severe threats to United
States national security; and
(6) The identification of potential limitations in the
strategies, agreements, proposals, and mechanisms outlined in
paragraphs (1) through (5), and develop policy recommendations
to address such limitations, including via coordination with
allies and partners. Such recommendations shall emphasize
concrete, near-term diplomatic and policy actions the United
States Government can take to build strategic leverage and
preserve policy optionality as AI capabilities advance,
including options to strengthen coordination with allies and
partners, develop international agreements and commitments
around foreign covered AI systems, develop robust verification
mechanisms for such agreements, improve situational awareness
around foreign covered AI systems for the United States
government and allies and partners, verify the location of
adversaries' high-end compute clusters, and coordinate with
allies and partners to identify adversaries' attempts to
develop, acquire, or deploy covered AI systems. Such
recommendations shall also include a prioritized list
identifying verification methods or mechanisms that would
benefit from additional research and development efforts by the
United States, the private sector, public-private partnerships,
or other relevant entities, with a focus on methods or
mechanisms that could be made technically feasible or
substantially enhanced within 5 years of additional research
and development efforts.
(b) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Emerging Threats, in
consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital
Policy, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report that contains the strategy required in subsection (a).
(c) Congressional Notification.--During the two-year period
described in subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary for Emerging
Threats, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace
and Digital Policy shall provide timely updates to the appropriate
congressional committees in response to significant developments
related to the content of the report identified in subsection (b), or
other material developments in the global landscape of advanced
artificial intelligence that may affect United States national security
interests, verification strategies, or geopolitical stability.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered AI systems''
means advanced AI systems with critical capabilities that the Secretary
determines would pose a grave national security threat if developed,
acquired, deployed, or stolen by adversaries, including systems that
match or exceed human expert performance in high-risk domains such as
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear matters, cyber offense,
persuasion, or AI research and development, as well as systems that
operate with high levels of autonomy without meaningful human oversight
or that possess the capacity for self-improvement or rapid capability
amplification.
SEC. 415. ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT AND AMENDMENTS.
(a) Annual Trafficking in Persons Report.--
(1) Annual report.--Not later than June 30 of each year,
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report describing the anti-trafficking efforts of
the United States and foreign governments according to the
minimum standards and criteria enumerated in section 108 of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106),
and the nature and scope of trafficking in persons in each
country and analysis of the trend lines for individual
governmental efforts. The report shall, to the extent
concurrent reporting data is available, cover efforts and
activities taking place during the period between April 1 of
the year preceding the report and March 31 of the year in which
the report is made, and should include--
(A) a list of those countries, if any, to which the
minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking
are applicable and whose governments fully comply with
such standards based only on concrete actions taken by
the country that are recorded during the reporting
period;
(B) a list of those countries, if any, to which the
minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking
are applicable and whose governments do not yet fully
comply with such standards but are making significant
efforts to bring themselves into compliance based only
on concrete actions taken by the country (excluding any
commitments by the country to take additional future
steps during the next year) that are recorded during
the reporting period;
(C) a list of those countries, if any, to which the
minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking
are applicable and whose governments do not fully
comply with such standards and are not making
significant efforts to bring themselves into
compliance;
(D) information on the measures taken by the United
Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and,
as appropriate, other multilateral organizations in
which the United States participates, to prevent the
involvement of the organization's employees, contractor
personnel, and peacekeeping forces in trafficking in
persons or the exploitation of victims of trafficking;
(E) reporting and analysis on the emergence or
shifting of global patterns in human trafficking,
including data on the number of victims trafficked to,
through, or from major source and destination
countries, disaggregated by nationality, gender, and
age, to the extent possible;
(F) emerging issues in human trafficking;
(G) a section entitled ``Promising Practices in the
Eradication of Trafficking in Persons'' to highlight
effective practices and use of innovation and
technology in prevention, protection, prosecution, and
partnerships, including by foreign governments, the
private sector, and domestic civil society actors;
(H) for each country included in a different list
than the country had been placed in the previous annual
report, a detailed explanation of how the concrete
actions (or lack of such actions) undertaken (or not
undertaken) by the country during the previous
reporting period contributed to such change, including
a clear linkage between such actions and the minimum
standards enumerated in section 108 of the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106); and
(I) information about the trafficking in persons
for the purpose of organ removal, including cases and
steps governments are undertaking to prevent, identify,
and eliminate such trafficking.
(2) Tier 2 watch list.--
(A) Submission of list.--Not later than the date on
which the determinations described in subsections (c)
and (d) of section 110 of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(c) and (d) are
submitted to the appropriate congressional committees
in accordance with such subsections, the Secretary
shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a list of countries that the Secretary
determines require special scrutiny during the
following year. The list shall be composed of countries
that have been listed pursuant to paragraph (1)(B))
pursuant to the current annual report because--
(i) the estimated number of victims of
severe forms of trafficking is very significant
or is significantly increasing and the country
is not taking proportional concrete actions; or
(ii) there is a failure to provide evidence
of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of
trafficking in persons from the previous year,
including increased investigations,
prosecutions and convictions of trafficking
crimes, increased assistance to victims, and
decreasing evidence of complicity in severe
forms of trafficking by government officials.
(B) Interim assessment.--Not later than February 1
of each year, the Secretary shall provide to the
appropriate congressional committees an assessment of
the progress that each country on the Tier 2 watch list
described in subparagraph (A) has made since April 1 of
the previous year.
(C) Relation of tier 2 watch list to annual
trafficking in persons report.--A determination that a
country shall not be placed on the Tier 2 watch list
described in subparagraph (A) shall not affect in any
way the determination to be made in the following year
as to whether a country is complying with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking or whether
a country is making significant efforts to bring itself
into compliance with such standards.
(D) Countries on tier 2 watch list for 2
consecutive years.--
(i) In general.--Except as provided under
clause (ii), a country that is included on the
Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A)
for 2 consecutive years after December 23,
2008, shall be included on the list of
countries described in paragraph (1)(C).
(ii) Exercise of waiver authority.--The
President may waive the application of clause
(i) for up to 1 year if the President
determines, and reports credible evidence to
the appropriate congressional committees, that
such a waiver is justified because--
(I) the country has a written plan
to begin making significant efforts to
bring itself into compliance with the
minimum standards for the elimination
of trafficking;
(II) the plan, if implemented,
would constitute making such
significant efforts; and
(III) the country is devoting
sufficient resources to implement the
plan.
(E) Congressional notice.--Not later than 30 days
after the submission of the evidence described in
subparagraph (D)(ii) with respect to each country
determined to have met the requirements under
subclauses (I) through (III) of such, the Secretary
shall--
(i) provide a detailed description of the
credible information supporting such
determination on a publicly available website
maintained by the Department; and
(ii) offer to brief the appropriate
congressional committees on any written plan
submitted by the country as described in
subparagraph (D)(ii)(I), with an opportunity to
review the written plan.
(F) Special rule for certain countries on special
watch list that are downgraded and reinstated on
special watch list.--Notwithstanding subparagraphs (D)
and (E), a country may not be included on the Tier 2
watch list described in subparagraph (A) for more than
2 years immediately after the country consecutively--
(i) was included on the Tier 2 watch list
described in subparagraph (A) for--
(I) 2 consecutive years after
December 23, 2008; and
(II) any additional years after
such date of enactment as a result of
the President exercising the waiver
authority under subparagraph (D)(ii);
and
(ii) was subsequently included on the list
of countries described in paragraph (1)(C) in
the year following such waiver under
subparagraph (D)(ii).
(3) Significant efforts.--
(A) In general.--In making determinations under
paragraph (1) or (2) as to whether the government of a
country is making significant efforts to bring itself
into compliance with the minimum standards for the
elimination of trafficking, the Secretary shall
consider--
(i) the extent to which the country is a
country of origin, transit, or destination for
severe forms of trafficking;
(ii) the extent of noncompliance with the
minimum standards by the government and,
particularly, the extent to which officials or
employees of the government have participated
in, facilitated, condoned, or are otherwise
complicit in severe forms of trafficking; and
(iii) what measures are reasonable to bring
the government into compliance with the minimum
standards in light of the resources and
capabilities of the government.
(B) Proof of failure to make significant efforts.--
In addition to the considerations described in
subparagraph (A), in determinations under paragraph
(1)(C) as to whether the government of a country is not
making significant efforts to bring itself into
compliance with the minimum standards for the
elimination of trafficking, the Secretary shall
consider, as proof of failure to make significant
efforts, a government policy or pattern of--
(i) trafficking;
(ii) trafficking in government-funded
programs;
(iii) forced labor (in government-
affiliated medical services, agriculture,
forestry, mining, construction, or other
sectors);
(iv) sexual slavery in government camps,
compounds, or outposts;
(v) employing or recruiting child soldiers;
(vi) the extent to which the government of
the country is devoting sufficient budgetary
resources--
(I) to investigate and prosecute
acts of severe trafficking in persons;
(II) to convict and sentence
persons responsible for such acts; and
(III) to obtain restitution for
victims of human trafficking;
(vii) the extent to which the government of
the country is devoting sufficient budgetary
resources--
(I) to protect and support victims
of trafficking in persons; and
(II) to prevent severe forms of
trafficking in persons; and
(viii) the extent to which the government
of the country has consulted with domestic and
international civil society organizations that
resulted in concrete actions to improve the
provision of services to victims of trafficking
in persons.
(4) Action plans for countries upgraded to tier 2
watchlist.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
release of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report,
the Secretary, acting through the Director and through
the Assistant Secretary of the appropriate regional
bureau, in consultation with appropriate officials from
the government of each country described in paragraph
(2)(A), and with the assistance of the United States
Ambassador or Charge d'Affaires in each such country,
shall--
(i) prepare an action plan for each country
upgraded from the Tier 3 to the Tier 2
Watchlist to further improve such country's
tier ranking under this subsection; and
(ii) present the relevant action plan to
the government of each such country.
(B) Contents.--Each action plan prepared under this
paragraph--
(i) shall include specific concrete actions
to be taken by the country to substantively
address deficiencies preventing the country
from meeting Tier 2 standards, based on
credible information; and
(ii) should be focused on short-term and
multi-year goals.
(C) Briefings.--The Director and all appropriate
regional Assistant Secretaries shall make themselves
available to brief the appropriate congressional
committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate on the
implementation of each action plan prepared under this
paragraph.
(D) Savings provision.--Nothing in this paragraph
may be construed as modifying--
(i) minimum standards for the elimination
of trafficking under section 108 of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
U.S.C. 7106); or
(ii) the actions against governments
failing to meet minimum standards under this
section or the criteria for placement on the
Tier 2 watch list under paragraph (2).
(b) Conforming Amendment to the Frederick Douglass Trafficking
Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018.--Section
204(b)(1) of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 7107 note) is amended
by striking ``special watch list described in paragraph (2)(A)(iii)''
and inserting ``Tier 2 watch list described in paragraph (2)(A) of
section 415(a) of the Department of State Policy Provisions Act''.
(c) Conforming Amendment to the Bipartisan Congressional Trade
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015.--Section 106(b)(6)(E)(iii)
of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act
of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4205(b)(6)(E)(iii)) is amended by striking
``(A)(iii)'' each place it appears and inserting ``paragraph (2)(A) of
section 415(a) of the Department of State Policy Provisions Act''.
(d) Printed Version of the Report.--Section 107(c) of the William
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
(22 U.S.C. 7107 note) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding the following new paragraph:
``(3) ensure that a printed hard copy format of the annual
report submitted under section 415(a) of the Department of
State Policy Provisions Act is made available to the public.''.
(e) Effective Dates.--Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), and the
amendments made by such subsections, shall apply beginning on the day
that is 1 year after the date of the reporting period for the most
recent report submitted under section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)), as such section
was in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(f) Trafficking in Persons Report Heroes Award.--The Secretary is
authorized to establish an award, to be known as the ``Trafficking in
Persons Report Heroes Award'', to honor individuals in the United
States and around the world who have devoted their lives to combatting
trafficking in persons. The Secretary shall, in coordination with the
Director, establish procedures for selecting recipient of the award and
shall to the maximum extent practicable present the award annually to
not more than 10 individuals who may be United States citizens or
foreign nationals. The Secretary shall host an annual ceremony for
recipients of the award, which may be combined with the public release
of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report under subsection (a).
(g) Establishment of the Expert Consultant Network.--The Secretary
is authorized to establish an Expert Consultant Network to contract
with trafficking in persons' experts with lived experience to serve as
paid consultants on policy and grantmaking for the Department.
TITLE V--ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
SEC. 501. ADMINISTRATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SECURITY AND
INNOVATION FUND.
(a) In General.--Section 102 of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Public Law
117-167) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(1)--
(A) by striking ``Secretary of State'' each place
it appears and inserting ``Under Secretary of State for
Economic Affairs''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(A) Management of the fund.--Within the
Department of State, the Fund shall be overseen and
administered by the Under Secretary for Economic
Affairs.''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ``Secretary of
State'' each place it appears and inserting ``Under Secretary
of State for Economic Affairs''.
SEC. 502. COORDINATION OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND COMMUNICATION
INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) In General.--To ensure smooth functioning and clear lines of
responsibility both among the Department's science, technology, and
communication infrastructure bureaus and across all Department bureaus,
and to avoid repeating past problems associated with unclear lines of
responsibility, there shall be a reporting requirement for science,
technology, and communication infrastructure coordination in the
Department. The Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs shall
have primary responsibility for this requirement, in consultation with
the following individuals:
(1) Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
(2) Assistant Secretary for Emerging Threats.
(3) Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Diplomatic
Technology of the Department.
(4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Environment
Affairs.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than six months after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the heads of the Department
bureaus described in paragraph (2) shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that--
(A) describes any coordination challenges in the
science, technology, and communication infrastructure
policy areas; and
(B) outlines steps to deconflict lines of effort.
(2) Bureaus described.--The Department bureaus described in
this paragraph are the following:
(A) The Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
(B) The Bureau of Emerging Threats.
(C) The Bureau of Diplomatic Technology.
(D) The Office of Space Affairs within the Bureau
of Water, Environment, and Space Affairs.
(c) Briefings.--After the submission of the report required by
subsection (b), the heads of the Department bureaus described in
subsection (b)(2) shall provide briefings to the appropriate
congressional committees once every six months. The briefings shall
include the same subject matter as the report, but with updated
information.
(d) Matters To Be Included.--The report required by subsection
(b)(1) and the subsequent briefings required by subsection (c) shall
include--
(1) an assessment of each bureau's efforts to coordinate
with other relevant bureaus on science, technology, and
communication infrastructure policy;
(2) an assessment of each bureau's efforts to coordinate
with other bureaus and offices of the Department which do not
have primary responsibility for science, technology, and
communication infrastructure policy;
(3) a description of any challenges encountered in science,
technology, and communication infrastructure policy
coordination, including--
(A) uncertainty about which relevant bureau is
supposed to take the lead on a policy issue;
(B) duplication of efforts among the relevant
bureaus;
(C) instances when relevant bureau personnel were
asked to provide services or weigh in on issues not in
their bureau's area of responsibility; and
(D) instances when relevant bureau personnel were
not included in internal policy discussions or
documents relevant to their bureau's area of
responsibility; and
(4) a description of actions taken to address identified
coordination challenges and prevent their recurrence.
(e) Form.--The report required by subsection (b)(1) and the
briefings required by subsection (c) shall be submitted or made in an
unclassified format, as the case may be, and may include a classified
annex.
(f) Sunset.--This section shall terminate on the date that is two
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 503. INVESTMENT SCREENING INITIATIVE.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Economic Growth
shall establish the Initiative on Foreign Investment Screening (in this
section referred to as the ``Initiative'').
(b) Coordination.--The Assistant Secretary for Economic Growth
shall coordinate with the heads of other relevant Federal departments
and agencies, as appropriate, in the establishment and activities of
the Initiative.
(c) Designated Official.--The Assistant Secretary for Economic
Growth shall designate an official to lead the Initiative.
(d) Duties.--The Initiative shall--
(1) provide technical assistance, training, and advisory
services to foreign countries regarding best practices for
screening foreign investments for national security risks to
such countries;
(2) facilitate coordination among Federal departments and
agencies, the private sector, partner countries, and civil
society to promote investment security standards;
(3) support the development and implementation of foreign
investment screening mechanisms in partner countries through
regulatory guidance and information sharing;
(4) assess the progress of partner countries in
establishing robust investment screening mechanisms; and
(5) conduct outreach and capacity-building efforts to
enhance global awareness of investment security risks.
(e) Sunset.--This section shall terminate on the date that is three
years after the date on which the Initiative is established pursuant to
subsection (a).
SEC. 504. REPORT REGARDING THE INVESTMENT SCREENING INITIATIVE PROGRAM.
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act,
and annually thereafter for three years, the Assistant Secretary for
Economic Growth shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the activities of the Investment Screening
Initiative program, including--
(1) a summary of technical assistance and training provided
to foreign countries;
(2) an assessment of progress made by foreign countries in
implementing investment screening mechanisms;
(3) an evaluation of emerging national security risks
related to foreign investment; and
(4) recommendations for further United States engagement
with foreign countries regarding investment security
assistance.
SEC. 505. STUDY ON GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGIES AND VERIFICATION FRAMEWORKS
FOR ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(a) Strategy.--The Assistant Secretary for Emerging Threats, in
coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital
Policy, shall develop a strategy to preserve enduring United States
leadership in the field of advanced artificial intelligence
(hereinafter in this section referred to as ``AI'').
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The strategy required by subsection
(a) shall include the following:
(1) A description and assessment of the technical and non-
technical methods to monitor the present or future development
or deployment of covered AI systems by adversarial nations or
foreign actors, including China, with particular attention to
systems that could pose severe threats to United States
national security;
(2) Proposals for potential commitments or agreements under
which one or more foreign states would commit to restrict,
limit, or halt the development or deployment of covered AI
systems;
(3) The identification and evaluation of monitoring,
verification, and enforcement mechanisms, including methods
that do not yet exist but could be developed or strengthened
through additional research and development, that could be used
to assess international compliance with the commitments or
agreements described in paragraph (2) or otherwise improve
United States national security, including hardware-based
safeguards, data center inspections, cloud service audits,
satellite monitoring, signals intelligence, and other relevant
methods;
(4) Identification and assessment of potential evasion
techniques or deception strategies that adversaries could
employ to circumvent verification mechanisms, and evaluate
countermeasures to enhance the credibility and robustness of
such mechanisms;
(5) An examination of potential diplomatic and geopolitical
strategies or options available to the United States in the
event that the United States chose to delay the development or
deployment of covered AI systems of adversaries, including
options or plans to coordinate with allies and partners, build
international confidence in potential agreements or commitments
related to covered AI systems, deter opportunistic behavior by
foreign adversaries, and support efforts to detect or verify
that foreign adversaries were not secretly developing covered
AI systems or attempting to covertly usurp United States
leadership in advanced AI. This shall include methods,
strategies, policies, and plans that, in either the presence or
absence of international agreements, could be used to prevent
or deter adversaries from developing, acquiring, or deploying
covered AI systems that could pose severe threats to United
States national security; and
(6) The identification of potential limitations in the
strategies, agreements, proposals, and mechanisms outlined in
paragraphs (1) through (5), and develop policy recommendations
to address such limitations, including via coordination with
allies and partners. Such recommendations shall emphasize
concrete, near-term diplomatic and policy actions the United
States Government can take to build strategic leverage and
preserve policy optionality as AI capabilities advance,
including options to strengthen coordination with allies and
partners, develop international agreements and commitments
around covered AI systems, develop robust verification
mechanisms for such agreements, improve situational awareness
around foreign covered AI systems for the United States
government and allies and partners, verify the location of
adversaries' high-end compute clusters, and coordinate with
allies and partners to identify adversaries' attempts to
develop, acquire, or deploy covered AI systems. Such
recommendations shall also include a prioritized list
identifying verification methods or mechanisms that would
benefit from additional research and development efforts by the
United States, the private sector, public-private partnerships,
or other relevant entities, with a focus on methods or
mechanisms that could be made technically feasible or
substantially enhanced within five years of additional research
and development efforts.
(c) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and
Digital Diplomacy shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report that contains the strategy required by subsection
(a).
(d) Congressional Notification.--During the 2-year period described
in subsection (c), the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital
Policy shall provide timely updates to the appropriate congressional
committees in response to significant developments related to the
content of the report required by subsection (c), or other material
developments in the global landscape of advanced artificial
intelligence that may affect United States national security interests,
verification strategies, or geopolitical stability.
(e) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered AI systems''
means advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems with critical
capabilities that the Secretary determines would pose a grave national
security threat if developed, acquired, deployed, or stolen by
adversaries, including systems that match or exceed human expert
performance in high-risk domains such as chemical, biological,
radiological, and nuclear matters, cyber offense, persuasion, or AI
research and development, as well as systems that operate with high
levels of autonomy without meaningful human oversight or that possess
the capacity for self-improvement or rapid capability amplification.
SEC. 506. GLOBAL SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary, in consultation with other
relevant agencies, is authorized to establish a Global Small Business
Network program (referred to in this section as the ``program'') to be
administered under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for
Commercial Diplomacy.
(b) Director.--The Assistant Secretary for Commercial Diplomacy
shall designate an officer or employee of the Department to serve as
the Director of the program.
(c) Purpose.--The purpose of the program is to--
(1) enhance the ability of small business concerns in the
United States that are affiliated with a small business
development center to export to foreign markets and take part
in international commerce;
(2) facilitate partners for small business concerns in the
United States;
(3) promote the establishment, development, and
strengthening of small businesses and small business networks
in foreign countries participating in the program; and
(4) promote resilient business environments in foreign
countries through the development of small business development
centers in foreign countries, particularly in the Western
Hemisphere and in new foreign markets.
SEC. 507. GLOBAL SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary for Commercial Diplomacy
may make grants to any qualified entity that submits an application in
such form, and satisfying such requirements, as the Assistant Secretary
for Commercial Diplomacy may require.
(b) Types of Grants.--A qualified entity may receive a grant for
one or more of the following purposes:
(1) To assist national and local governments of a foreign
country to develop a small business development center, or
multiple centers.
(2) To promote economic connectivity between small business
concerns in the United States and economies covered by the
Global Small Business Network program.
(3) To support improvements to the business environment
that facilitates the growth of small businesses in foreign
countries.
(c) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``qualified entity'' means an entity that is--
(A) an institution of higher education (as such
term is defined in section 102 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), except that such term
does not include institutions described in section
102(a)(1)(c) of such Act;
(B) a consortium of two or more institutions of
higher education described in subparagraph (A); or
(C) a nonprofit entity with experience in operating
or working with small business development centers in
the United States;
(2) the term ``small business concern'' has the meaning
given the term under section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632(a)); and
(3) the term ``small business development center''--
(A) with respect to a center located in the United
States--
(i) has the meaning given such term in
section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
632); and
(ii) includes a women's business center, as
such term is used under section 29 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656); and
(B) with respect to a center located in a foreign
country, means an entity that--
(i) provides small business-oriented
employment or natural resources development
programs;
(ii) promotes studies, research, and
counseling concerning the managing, financing,
and operation of small businesses;
(iii) provides management and technical
assistance regarding small business
participation in international markets and
international commerce, including with the
United States;
(iv) provides delivery or distribution of
services and information described in this
subparagraph; or
(v) provides access to business analysts
who can refer a small business to available
experts.
SEC. 508. REPORT ON THE SMALL BUSINESS NETWORK PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter for a period of four years,
the Assistant Secretary for Commercial Diplomacy, in consultation with
heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of
the Global Small Business Network.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of support provided to small business
concerns in the United States that have utilized programs
through the Global Small Business Network, including
information on the number of businesses supported, the
geographic location of such businesses, the number of jobs
supported, and the amount of economic activity generated.
(2) A description of methods and strategies to develop
small business development centers in foreign countries for the
two-year period beginning on the date on which the report is
submitted to the appropriate congressional committees.
(3) A list, and the current status, of all operating small
business development centers in foreign countries that are
affiliated with the Global Small Business Network program.
(4) A list, and the current status, of all new small
business development centers in foreign countries set up
through the Global Small Business Network program in the two-
year period ending on the date on which the report is submitted
to the appropriate congressional committees, even if such
centers are no longer affiliated with the Global Small Business
Network program.
TITLE VI--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION OF EFFORTS TO PREVENT AND TREAT MALNUTRITION
GLOBALLY.
(a) In General.--The Undersecretary for Strategic Assistance is
authorized to provide assistance to monitor and treat malnutrition when
deemed in the interests of the United States, at the discretion of the
Undersecretary.
(b) Delineation of Functions.--The Undersecretary for Strategic
Assistance shall conduct such work in coordination with the Bureau of
Global Health Security and Diplomacy of the Department, the Office of
Global Food Security, and the Bureau of Migration and Disaster
Assistance of the Department.
(c) Consultation.--The primary bureau or office designated to
perform such functions as provided under this section shall consult
with the applicable regional bureau as determined to be in the best
interest of the aforementioned office or bureau.
(d) Primary Duties and Responsibilities.--The Office of Global Food
Security is hereby authorized to carry out the following functions:
(1) Exercise strategic oversight of, and provide direction
for, the nutrition response component of humanitarian
programming.
(2) Promote and facilitate the ownership and leadership of
partner countries in the design and implementation of
nutrition-related programs in contexts requiring humanitarian
assistance, including in circumstances where such planning
mechanisms do not currently exist.
(3) Coordinate, oversee, and support collaborative
activities, programming, and initiatives with the interagency,
multilateral organizations, and other partners, including
activities, programming, and initiatives carried out under--
(A) the Food for Peace;
(B) the Feed the Future Initiative;
(C) the Department of Agriculture;
(D) the Famine Early Warning Systems Network;
(E) United Nations Children's Fund;
(F) the World Food Programme; and
(G) such other bilateral or multilateral mechanisms
as the Undersecretary may determine to be appropriate.
(4) Provide technical or programmatic assistance, upon
request, to the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy
of the Department or to any regional bureau of the Department.
The Office of Global Food Security shall consult with the
Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy and the Bureau
of Migration and Disaster Assistance of the Department.
(5) The Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy is
authorized to provide technical support through consultation to
the Office of Global Food Security for maximizing efficiency
and establishing best practices related to nutrition
assistance. Additionally, the Bureau of Global Health Security
and Diplomacy is authorized to request nutrition assistance
from the Office of Global Food Security in the event such
assistance maximizes efficiency in coordinating and conducting
global health programs, and it is in the interest of the United
States, and in the event acute malnutrition is prevalent in
areas where other global health assistance is being provided,
at the discretion of the Assistant Secretary for Global Health
Security and Diplomacy.
(6) For the Bureau of Migration and Disaster Assistance,
the Under Secretary for Strategic Assistance is authorized to
provide technical support through consultation to the Office of
Global Food Security for maximizing efficiency and establishing
best practices related to refugee resettlement and migration,
and to ensure nutrition assistance aligns with and supports the
Department's existing assistance efforts for refugees and
internally displaced persons.
(A) Under circumstances where the Undersecretary
furnishes such assistance, the Undersecretary shall
prioritize support for the most vulnerable populations
susceptible to severe malnutrition, including children
under the age of 5 and pregnant and lactating women.
(B) The Undersecretary is authorized to determine
and target partner countries by prioritizing the most
cost-effective and proven malnutrition prevention and
treatments interventions, with planning to transition
to partner country ownership in preventing
malnutrition. Such interventions may include--
(i) multiple micronutrient supplementation
(MMS);
(ii) breastfeeding support;
(iii) vitamin A supplementation; and
(iv) specialized nutritious food products
for the treatment of acute malnutrition, and
other evidence-based interventions, as deemed
appropriate at the discretion of Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Global Food Security,
in consultation with the Assistant Secretary
for Global Health Security and Diplomacy.
(7) The Undersecretary shall ensure rigorous monitoring and
evaluation of such efforts in consultation with the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Global Food Security.
SEC. 602. INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PROGRAMS AND REPORT.
(a) Annual Report on International Religious Freedom.--
(1) In general.--On May 1 of each year or the first day
thereafter on which the appropriate House of Congress is in
session, the Secretary, with the assistance of the Ambassador
at Large for International Religious Freedom, and taking into
consideration the recommendations of the Commission on
International Religious Freedom, shall prepare and submit to
Congress an Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
supplementing the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing
additional detailed information with respect to matters
involving international religious freedom. Each Annual Report
shall contain the following:
(A) Status of religious freedom.--A description of
the status of religious freedom in each foreign
country, including--
(i) trends toward improvement in the
respect and protection of the right to
religious freedom and trends toward
deterioration of such right;
(ii) violations of religious freedom
engaged in or tolerated by the government of
that country;
(iii) particularly severe violations of
religious freedom engaged in or tolerated by
the government of that country as well as the
routine denial of visa applications for
religious workers;
(iv) particularly severe violations of
religious freedom in that country if such
country does not have a functioning government
or the government of such country does not
control its territory;
(v) the identification of prisoners, to the
extent possible, in that country pursuant to
section 108(d) of the International Religious
Freedoms Act of 1988 (22 U.S.C. 6417(d));
(vi) any action taken by the government of
that country to censor religious content,
communications, or worship activities online,
including descriptions of the targeted
religious group, the content, communication, or
activities censored, and the means used; and
(vii) wherever applicable, an assessment
and description of the nature and extent of
acts of antisemitism and antisemitic incitement
that occur in that country during the preceding
year, including--
(I) acts of physical violence
against, or harassment of, Jewish
people, acts of violence against, or
vandalism of, Jewish community
institutions, and instances of
propaganda in government and
nongovernment media that incite such
acts; and
(II) the actions taken by the
government of that country to respond
to such violence and attacks or to
eliminate such propaganda or
incitement, to enact and enforce laws
relating to the protection of the right
to religious freedom of Jewish people,
and to promote anti-bias and tolerance
education.
(B) Violations of religious freedom.--An assessment
and description of the nature and extent of violations
of religious freedom in each foreign country, including
persecution of one religious group by another religious
group, religious persecution by governmental and
nongovernmental entities, persecution targeted at
individuals or particular denominations or entire
religions, persecution of lawyers, politicians, or
other human rights advocates seeking to defend the
rights of members of religious groups or highlight
religious freedom violations, prohibitions on ritual
animal slaughter or male infant circumcision, the
existence of government policies violating religious
freedom, including policies that discriminate against
particular religious groups or members of such groups,
policies that ban or restrict the public manifestation
of religious belief and the peaceful involvement of
religious groups or their members in the political life
of each such foreign country, and the existence of
government policies concerning--
(i) limitations or prohibitions on, or lack
of availability of, openly conducted, organized
religious services outside of the premises of
foreign diplomatic missions or consular posts;
and
(ii) the forced religious conversion of
minor United States citizens who have been
abducted or illegally removed from the United
States, and the refusal to allow such citizens
to be returned to the United States.
(C) United states policies.--A detailed description
of United States actions, diplomatic and political
coordination efforts, and other policies in support of
religious freedom in each foreign country engaging in
or tolerating violations of religious freedom,
including a description of the measures and policies
implemented during the preceding 12 months by the
United States under titles I, IV, and V of the
International Religious Freedom Act of 1988 in
opposition to violations of religious freedom and in
support of international religious freedom.
(D) International agreements in effect.--A
description of any binding agreement with a foreign
government entered into by the United States under
section 401(b) or 402(c) of the International Religious
Freedom Act of 1988.
(E) Training and guidelines of government
personnel.--A description of--
(i) the training described in section
207(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1157(f)), section 708 of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028), and
subsections (b) and (c) of section 603 of the
International Religious Freedom Act of 1988 (22
U.S.C. 6473(b) and (c)) on violations of
religious freedom provided to immigration
judges and consular, refugee, immigration, and
asylum officers; and
(ii) the development and implementation of
the guidelines described in sections 602(c) and
603(a) of the International Religious Freedom
Act of 1988 (22 U.S.C. 6472(c) and 6473(a)).
(F) Executive summary.--An Executive Summary to the
Annual Report highlighting the status of religious
freedom in certain foreign countries and including the
following:
(i) Countries in which the united states is
actively promoting religious freedom.--An
identification of foreign countries in which
the United States is actively promoting
religious freedom. This section of the report
shall include a description of United States
actions taken to promote the internationally
recognized right to freedom of religion and
oppose violations of such right under title IV
and title V of the International Religious
Freedom Act of 1988 during the period covered
by the Annual Report. Any country designated as
a country of particular concern for religious
freedom under section 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the
International Religious Freedom Act of 1988 (22
U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A)(ii)) shall be included in
this section of the report. Any country in
which a non-state actor designated as an entity
of particular concern for religious freedom
under section 301 of the International
Religious Freedom Act of 1988 (22 U.S.C. 6442a)
is located shall be included in this section of
the report.
(ii) Countries of significant improvement
in religious freedom.--An identification of
foreign countries the governments of which have
demonstrated significant improvement in the
protection and promotion of the internationally
recognized right to freedom of religion during
the period covered by the Annual Report. This
section of the report shall include a
description of the nature of the improvement
and an analysis of the factors contributing to
such improvement, including actions taken by
the United States under this chapter.
(G) Anti-semitism in europe.--In addition to the
information required under subparagraph (A)(vii), with
respect to each European country in which verbal or
physical threats or attacks are particularly
significant against Jewish persons, places of worship,
schools, cemeteries, and other religious institutions,
a description of--
(i) the security challenges and needs of
European Jewish communities and European law
enforcement agencies in such countries to
better protect such communities;
(ii) to the extent practicable, the efforts
of the United States Government over the
reporting period to partner with European law
enforcement agencies and civil society groups
regarding the sharing of information and best
practices to combat anti-Semitic incidents in
Europe;
(iii) European educational programming and
public awareness initiatives that aim to
collaborate on educational curricula and
campaigns that impart shared values of
pluralism and tolerance, and showcase the
positive contributions of Jews in culture,
scholarship, science, and art, with special
attention to those segments of the population
that exhibit a high degree of anti-Semitic
animus; and
(iv) efforts by European governments to
adopt and apply a working definition of
antisemitism.
(2) Classified addendum.--If the Secretary determines that
it is in the national security interests of the United States
or is necessary for the safety of individuals to be identified
in the Annual Report or is necessary to further the purposes of
this chapter, any information required by paragraph (1),
including measures or actions taken by the United States, may
be summarized in the Annual Report or the Executive Summary and
submitted in more detail in a classified addendum to the Annual
Report or the Executive Summary.
(b) Preparations of Reports Regarding Violations of Religious
Freedom.--
(1) Standards and investigations.--The Secretary shall
ensure that United States missions abroad maintain a consistent
reporting standard and thoroughly investigate reports of
violations of the internationally recognized right to freedom
of religion.
(2) Contacts with nongovernmental organizations.--In
compiling data and assessing the respect of the right to
religious freedom for the Human Rights Reports, the Annual
Report on International Religious Freedom, and the Executive
Summary, United States mission personnel shall, as appropriate,
seek out and maintain contacts with religious and human rights
nongovernmental organizations, with the consent of those
organizations, including receiving reports and updates from
such organizations and, when appropriate, investigating such
reports.
SEC. 603. COMBATTING CORRUPTION AND KLEPTOCRACY.
It is the policy of the United States--
(1) to leverage United States diplomatic engagement and
foreign assistance to promote the rule of law and good
governance;
(2) to coordinate with other like-minded states to counter
corruption, kleptocracy, and illicit finance;
(3) to help foreign partner countries strengthen their
legal and financial architecture to better protect against
illicit finance and investigate, prosecute, adjudicate, and
more generally combat the use of corruption by malign actors;
(4) to assist in the recovery of kleptocracy-related stolen
assets, including through appropriate bilateral arrangements
and international agreements which the United States has
ratified, such as the United Nations Convention against
Corruption, done at New York October 31, 2003, and the United
Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, done
at New York November 15, 2000; and
(5) to use existing authorities, such as the Global
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title
XII of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2017 (Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note)) and section
7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of Public
Law 116-94), to identify and take action against corrupt
foreign actors, and to ensure the use of such punitive measures
are seen to be credible and strictly nonpartial.
SEC. 604. SPECIALIZED DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROFESSIONALS.
(a) Specialized Disaster Assistance Professionals.--The Under
Secretary for Foreign Assistance, in consultation with the Secretary,
shall establish and maintain a program for the recruitment, training,
and retention of specialized disaster assistance professionals within
the Department.
(b) Purpose.--This program shall ensure that the Bureau of
Migration and Disaster Assistance of the Department has a sufficient
number of personnel with the skills and expertise necessary to plan,
implement, and manage complex international disaster assistance
operations. Such expertise shall include procurement, logistics, public
health, nutrition, protection, engineering, and finance.
(c) Training.--The Under Secretary shall ensure that these
professionals receive regular and relevant training to maintain and
enhance their skills.
SEC. 605. COALITION FOR EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS INNOVATIONS (CEPI).
(a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary for Global Health is
authorized to participate in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness
Innovations (referred to this section as ``CEPI''), as determined by
the Assistant Secretary to be in the best interest of the United States
and as considered beneficial to promoting such interests pertaining to
biodefense, global health security, and force-protection requirements.
(b) Investors Council and Board of Directors.--The Assistant
Secretary shall designate an employee of the Bureau of Global Health
Security and Diplomacy of the Department to function as the
representative of the United States on the Investors Council and on the
Board of Directors of CEPI, upon which designation the disbursement of
all such funding provided from the United States shall be contingent.
(c) Coordination.--In carrying out the responsibilities provided
under subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary shall consult with
applicable Federal departments and agencies and with the applicable
bureaus at the Department, as determined by the Assistant Secretary to
be beneficial to promoting United States interests.
(d) Consultation.--Within 60 days of designation by the Assistant
Secretary and upon request by any of the committees listed in
subsection (e), the employee designated pursuant to subsection (b)
shall consult with such committees regarding--
(1) the manner and extent to which the United States plans
to participate in and assist in governing CEPI;
(2) any planned financial contributions or undisbursed
amounts at the time of consultation from the United States to
CEPI;
(3) how participation in CEPI is in the best interest of
the United States;
(4) how participation in CEPI is expected to support the
applicable revision of the National Biodefense Strategy
required under section 1086 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (6 U.S.C. 104); and
(5) areas of overlap between the work being conducted by
CEPI and the global health interests under the Assistant
Secretary's purview, with special interest given to emerging
health security threats, long-term health program transitions
and sustainability, and supporting American innovation, as
deemed most relevant by the Assistant Secretary.
(e) Committees Listed.--The committees listed in this subsection
are--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.
SEC. 606. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH POLICY.
(a) Establishment.--The Assistant Secretary for Global Health is
hereby authorized through fiscal year 2027 to provide targeted
assistance to reduce maternal and child mortality rates, subject to the
following:
(1) Such assistance may be provided in countries with a
high mortality rate in locations where other global health
programs are being implemented and when deemed in the interest
of the United States, at the discretion of the Assistant
Secretary.
(2) Additionally, such assistance may take the form of
technical assistance to support partner countries with data
collection and analysis pertaining to mortality rates, and with
technical assistance as provided under Safe Passages program,
established elsewhere in this Act.
(3) All such programming shall prioritize high-impact
treatment interventions, designed to maximize efficiency, and
the utilization of commodities that represent American trade
interests, where deemed beneficial by the Assistant Secretary.
(4) All such programming shall be included in the global
health compacts established elsewhere in this Act, with targets
established to enable partner country transitions.
(b) Budget.--The Bureau for Global Health Security and Diplomacy of
the Department shall implement a common set of indicators and budget
tags or codes to track funding allocations and obligations by country,
year, and intervention area.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``maternal and child
health'' means interventions and activities funded specifically through
the Maternal and Child Health sub-account under the National Security,
Department of State, and Related Programs appropriations.
SEC. 607. EXTENSION OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITIES TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
FORUM.
The provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act
(22 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) may be extended to the Pacific Islands Forum in
the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions
as such provisions may be extended to a public international
organization in which the United States participates pursuant to any
treaty or under the authority of any Act of Congress authorizing such
participation or making an appropriation for such participation.
SEC. 608. REPORT ON METRICS OF SUCCESS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
PARTICIPATION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and for each of the 2 years thereafter, the
Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that
includes the following:
(1) An identification of metrics of success related to the
effectiveness of United States participation in international
organizations, including--
(A) the number of resolutions in those
organizations that the United States was successful in
revising to benefit the United States and a description
of those resolutions and revisions; and
(B) a description of the success of the programs of
those organizations that are financed by United States
funding.
(2) A determination based on the metrics of success
identified under paragraph (1) on whether United States
participation in international organizations is in the national
interests of the United States generally.
(3) A strategic and performance plan for the Bureau of
International Organizations Affairs of the Department and its
missions regarding United States participation in international
organizations.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``international
organization'' means any public international organization to which the
privileges, exemptions, and immunities provided by the International
Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288 et seq.) have been
extended, whether by a provision of law or through an Executive Order.
SEC. 609. REPORT ON COUNTRY UNITED NATIONS VOTING PRACTICES.
(a) In General.--Not later than March 31 of each year, the
Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a
full and complete annual report which assesses for the preceding
calendar year, with respect to each foreign country member of the
United Nations, the voting practices of the governments of such
countries at the United Nations, and which evaluates General Assembly
and Security Council actions and the responsiveness of those
governments to United States policy on issues of special importance to
the United States.
(b) Information on Voting Practices at the Un.--Such report shall
include, with respect to voting practices and plenary actions in the
United Nations during the preceding calendar year, information to be
compiled and supplied by the United States Ambassador to the United
Nations, consisting of--
(1) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation
with the Secretary, of the extent to which member countries
supported United States policy objectives at the United
Nations;
(2) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation
with the Secretary, of actions taken by the United Nations by
consensus;
(3) with respect to plenary votes of the United Nations
General Assembly--
(A) a listing of all such votes on issues which
directly affected important United States interests and
on which the United States lobbied extensively and a
brief description of the issues involved in each such
vote;
(B) a listing of the votes described in
subparagraph (A) which provides a comparison of the
vote cast by each member country with the vote cast by
the United States;
(C) a country-by-country listing of votes described
in subparagraph (A); and
(D) a listing of votes described in subparagraph
(A) displayed in terms of United Nations regional
caucus groups;
(4) a listing of all plenary votes cast by member countries
of the United Nations in the General Assembly which provides a
comparison of the votes cast by each member country with the
vote cast by the United States, including a separate listing of
all plenary votes cast by member countries of the United
Nations in the General Assembly on resolutions specifically
related to Israel that are opposed by the United States;
(5) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation
with the Secretary, of the extent to which other members
supported United States policy objectives in the Security
Council and a separate listing of all Security Council votes of
each member country in comparison with the United States; and
(6) a side-by-side comparison of agreement on important and
overall votes for each member country and the United States.
(c) Format.--Information required pursuant to subsection (b)(3)
shall also be submitted as an addendum, together with an explanation of
the statistical methodology, and be made available to the public.
(d) Statement by Secretary.--Each report under subsection (a) shall
contain a statement by the Secretary discussing the measures which have
been taken to inform United States diplomatic missions of United
Nations General Assembly and Security Council activities.
SEC. 610. ANNUAL REPORTS ON MALIGN INFLUENCE OPERATIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after enactment of this
Act, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Assistant Secretary for
International Organization Affairs shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees an unclassified report, which may include a
classified annex, regarding malign influence operations within
international organizations and across the United Nations system.
(b) Contents.--Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall
include, with respect to the preceding 12-month period--
(1) a list of Member States determined to be engaged in
malign influence operations;
(2) actions inconsistent with the principle of impartiality
enshrined in the United Nations Charter by the government of
any Member State described in paragraph (1);
(3) a description of the impact of such operations on the
interests and security of the United States; and
(4) recommendations for future coordination with allies to
uphold transparency and rule-of-law values in international
forums.
(c) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate;
(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives;
(2) the term ``malign influence operations'' means a
coordinated, integrated, and synchronized application by a
Member State of national diplomatic, informational, military,
economic, or other capabilities, to foster attitudes,
behaviors, or decisions by a United Nations entity, or within
the United Nations system, that furthers the national interests
and objectives of a Member State, in a manner inconsistent with
the United Nations Charter;
(3) the term ``Member State'' means a country that is a
Member State of the United Nations; and
(4) the term ``United Nations system'' means the
aggregation of all United Nations entities.
SEC. 611. INCREASING UNITED STATES CITIZENS EMPLOYMENT IN INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) Annual Review of Strategy.--The Assistant Secretary of
International Organizations Affairs shall annually review and update as
necessary the Department's strategy for encouraging United States
citizens to pursue careers with international organizations and ensure
implementation, including by using performance metrics to determine
success of increasing the employment of United States citizens within
international organizations, including across the United Nations system
(as such term is defined in section 611(c)). The strategy shall be
updated to include--
(1) utilizing online recruiting sites to advertise
available positions within the United Nations system which may
be implemented by the United States mission to the United
Nations; and
(2) identifying and providing information on working in the
United Nations system to candidates that express interest in
the Foreign Service test and internships at the Department,
including by advertising the International Organization careers
web page to those individuals
(b) Inclusion of Performance Metrics.--Performance metrics in
measuring the Department's success in encouraging increased employment
of United States citizens in international organizations since the 2023
strategy was implemented must include--
(1) year over year numbers of new Americans employed and
total Americans employed per international organization by
employment type (detailee, transfer, secondee, junior
professional officer, senior appointment/elected, direct hire
(permanent or fixed-term position), consultancy, expert, or
short-term contract);
(2) to the extent known, year-over-year numbers of United
States citizen applicants for open positions;
(3) number of contacts from prospective American applicants
from the relevant Department programming and outreach to be
broken down by contact type, the average response time and
success of those contacts/applicants; and
(4) outreach via social media sites to be measured by views
per item, clicks, and followers.
(c) Notification to Congress.--The updated annual strategy with
included performance metrics shall be notified and made available to
Congress.
(d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this
legislation, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Assistant
Secretary of International Organization Affairs shall submit to
Congress a report that provides--
(1) an assessment of United States representation among
professional and senior-level positions at the United Nations,
including--
(A) an assessment of the proportion of United
States citizens employed at the United Nations
Secretariat and at all United Nations specialized
agencies, funds, and programs relative to the total
employment at the United Nations Secretariat and at all
such agencies, funds, and programs;
(B) an assessment of compliance, in coordination
with the Inspector General of the Department of State,
by the United Nations Secretariat and such agencies,
funds, and programs with any applicable geographic
distribution formula; and
(C) a description of any steps taken or planned to
be taken by the United States to increase the staffing
of United States citizens at the United Nations
Secretariat and such agencies, funds and programs; and
(2) an assessment of--
(A) the number of United States citizens who are
involved in relevant junior professional programs and
internships in an international organization;
(B) the distribution of individuals described in
subparagraph (A) among various international
organizations;
(C) the types of pre-deployment training that are
available to United States citizens through a junior
professional program at an international organization;
and
(D) and the number of United States citizens who
are joint professional officers and interns who convert
to full time United Nations employment.
SEC. 612. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED
NATIONS INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY ON THE
OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM,
AND ISRAEL.
No funds are authorized to be made available for any grant, payment
or other contribution to the United Nations International Commission of
Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, and Israel.
SEC. 613. EXTENDING CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE PERMANENT
OBSERVER MISSION OF THE AFRICAN UNION TO THE UNITED
NATIONS IN NEW YORK.
Section 12(b) of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22
U.S.C. 288f-2(b)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``extend, to the African Union Mission''
and inserting ``extend--
``(1) to the African Union Mission'';
(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) to the Permanent Observer Mission of the African
Union to the United Nations in New York, and to its members,
the privileges and immunities enjoyed by the permanent missions
to the United Nations of member states, and their members,
subject to corresponding conditions and obligations.''.
SEC. 614. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CONTINUED DATA SHARING.
(a) In General.--Should the United States withdraw from the World
Health Organization, the Secretary and other the heads of other
relevent Federal departments and agencies shall maintain communications
with the leadership of the World Health Organization regarding
technical exchanges of information and data that the Secretary and
other relevant agency heads determine, based on the public health value
of such information and data, and the need to protect United States
citizens, will maintain efforts to strengthen global health security
and prevent, detect, control and respond to infectious diseases to
ensure the safety, prosperity, and national security of the United
States.
(b) Information Shared.--Such information and data to be shared
shall include health emergency response, global health security, and
pandemic, epidemic and epizootic disease surveillance, monitoring and
reporting.
SEC. 615. BRANDING REQUIREMENTS FOR UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.
(a) Mandatory Use.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all
programs, projects, activities, goods, services, and publications
funded in whole or in part by United States foreign assistance shall
prominently display the flag of the United States as the sole and
primary brand.
(b) Specifications for Display.--The Secretary shall issue
regulations establishing clear and consistent guidelines for the
display of the United States flag on all forms of foreign assistance,
including--
(1) physical assets and infrastructure (such as buildings,
equipment, and vehicles);
(2) commodities and supplies (such as food aid and medical
supplies);
(3) public outreach materials (such as banners, posters,
websites, and social media);
(4) reports and publications; and
(5) signage at project sites and events.
Such regulations shall specify minimum size requirements, color
accuracy, placement, and other relevant design elements to ensure clear
and prominent display of the flag.
(c) Prohibition of Other Brands.--Except as specifically authorized
by the Secretary under exceptional circumstances as outlined in
subsection (d), no other national flags, organizational logos, or
branding elements shall be displayed alongside or in place of the
United States flag on any United States foreign assistance program,
project, activity, good, service, or publication.
(d) Exceptions.--The Secretary may, on a case-by-case basis,
authorize the limited use of additional branding elements in
conjunction with the United States flag only when--
(1) required by international agreements or partnerships
where co-branding is a formal condition;
(2) necessary for clear identification of implementing
partners, provided that the United States flag remains the most
prominent visual element; or
(3) determined to be essential for the safety or security
of personnel or beneficiaries in specific high-risk
environments.
SEC. 616. GLOBAL FUND.
Section 202(d) of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622(d)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) in clause (i)--
(I) by striking ``2025'' and
inserting ``2027''; and
(II) by striking ``33 percent of
the total amount of funds contributed
to the Global Fund from all sources.
Contributions to the Global Fund from
the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development and the
International Monetary Fund shall not
be considered in determining compliance
with this paragraph.'' and inserting
``20 percent of the total amount of
funds contributed to the Global Fund
from all sources, or $800,000,000,
whichever is lesser.''; and
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``2025''
and inserting ``2027''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ``2025''
and inserting ``2027''; and
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``2025'' and inserting
``2027''.
SEC. 617. GLOBAL HEALTH COMPACT MODEL.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Assistant Secretary for Global Health (in this section referred to as
the ``Assistant Secretary''), in consultation with the Secretary, is
authorized to provide assistance for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to
partner countries that enter into global health compacts with the
United States to--
(1) support policies and programs that burden shift global
health programs to partner countries;
(2) perpetuate the wind-down of the President's Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) under the United States
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of
2003 (Public Law 108-25); and
(3) address health security and tuberculosis, malaria, HIV/
AIDS, neglected tropical diseases, and any disease or
additional global health assistance as determined by the
Assistant Secretary.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--Each global health compact under this
section shall include the following:
(1) A clear articulation of the interests and requests of
the partner country, or nongovernmental organization or private
entity, as the case may be, and the United States.
(2) The proposed amount of funding to be provided under the
compact and the number of years of the compact.
(3) A plan for a phase-out of funding under the compact,
with United States funding to be reduced each fiscal year, to
enable the transition to full ownership of global health
programs by the partner country by ensuring that activities
under such programs will continue to be implemented by such
partner countries.
(4) Metrics to determine the success of the compact and
benchmarks to reevaluate the continued funding of the compact
at the start of each subsequent fiscal year.
(5) A strategy, where applicable, to incorporate the
interests and capabilities of private sector development and
investment, including with respect to HIV/AIDS testing and
treatment as determined by the Assistant Secretary--
(A) ensuring infants born to mothers receiving
prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) are
provided viral load testing within the intervals
recommended by health standard organizations;
(B) ensuring new patients on antiretroviral
treatment receive a viral load test within the timing
interval recommended by health standard organizations;
and
(C) ensuring that persons living with HIV in the
country receive a viral load test within the intervals
recommended by health standard organizations.
(6) A provision that ensures an exemption from taxation in
the partner country with respect to assistance provided by the
United States under the compact.
(7) An end date for the compact.
(c) Form.--Assistance under global health compacts under this
section--.
(1) may be provided in the form of grants, contracts, and
cooperative agreements to or with eligible entities described
in subsection (d); and
(2) may not be provided in the form of loans.
(d) Eligible Entities Described.--
(1) In general.--An eligible entity described in this
subsection is--
(A) with respect to a partner country--
(i) the national government of the country;
or
(ii) a regional or local governmental unit
of the country; or
(B) a nongovernmental or nonprofit organization or
private entity.
(2) Level of negotiation and entry.--A global health
compact shall be negotiated and entered into at the country-
level, but components of a compact may be entered into with any
eligible entity described in paragraph (1) as determined by the
Assistant Secretary.
(3) Priority.--The Assistant Secretary shall, in entering
into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to or with
nongovernmental organizations and private entities under this
section, prioritize entering into grants, contracts, and
cooperative agreements to or with faith-based organizations if
it is in the national interest of the United States as
determined by the Assistant Secretary.
(4) Prohibitions.--A global health compact may not be
entered into under this section with any of the following:
(A) The countries of the People's Republic of
China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and
Cuba.
(B) A country the government of which the Secretary
determines has repeatedly provided support for
international terrorism pursuant to--
(i) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export
Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C.
4813(c)(1)(A));
(ii) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371);
(iii) section 40 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or
(iv) any other provision of law.
(C) A country that engages in intelligence
activities in the United States that are adverse to the
national security interests of the United States.
(D) An entity that is funded by the People's
Republic of China.
(E) The African Union or any affiliated entity of
the African Union, including Africa CDC or affiliated
multilateral funds.
(e) Application.--The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the
appropriate congressional committees, shall develop and recommend
procedures for applications to enter into compacts under this section
and to transfer existing programs to the compact framework.
(f) Limitations.--The prohibitions on use of funds contained in
paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(f)) shall apply to funds made available to
carry out this section to the same extent and in the same manner as
such prohibitions apply to funds made available to carry out chapter 1
of part I of such Act, as aligned with the most stringent of
restrictions and clearest oversight provisions, determined by the
Assistant Secretary.
(g) Congressional Notification.--
(1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary shall consult with
and notify the appropriate congressional committees not later
than 15 days before taking any of the actions described in
paragraph (2).
(2) Actions described.--The actions described in this
paragraph are--
(A) commencing negotiations with a partner country
to enter into a global health compact under this
section;
(B) entering into a global health compact under
this section; and
(C) terminating or reinstating assistance under a
global health compact under this section.
(3) Additional notification relating to entry into
compact.--Not later than 10 days after entering into a global
health compact under this section, the Assistant Secretary
shall--
(A) publish the text of the compact on a publicly
available website of the Department;
(B) provide a detailed summary of the compact and,
upon request, the full text of the compact to the
appropriate congressional committees; and
(C) publish in the Federal Register a detailed
summary of the compact and a notice of availability of
the text of the compact on the website described in
clause (i).
(h) Transition.--The Assistant Secretary shall take such actions as
may be necessary to provide for all United States global health
programs to be carried out through global health compacts under this
section. This shall be completed by the end of fiscal year 2026.
(i) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that--
(1) summarizes the global health foreign assistance
programs being provided to partner countries;
(2) includes--
(A) a plan to enter into global health compacts
under this section to address and carry out such global
health programs of partner countries in accordance with
subsection (h)(1);
(B) with respect to partner countries for which
subsection (h)(1) will not initially apply, a
justification for such inapplicability; and
(C) a plan to burden-share programs operated under
the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
and authorized under the United States Leadership
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
(Public Law 108-25) to partner country ownership by
reducing by a minimum of 50 percent the total amount of
funds made available for such programs for the last
fiscal year ending before the date of the enactment of
this Act by the end of fiscal year 2028, including by
ensuring that activities under such programs will
continue to be implemented by such partner countries.
(j) 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;
(2) the term ``global health compact'' or ``compact'' means
an agreement between the United States Government and an
eligible entity to provide foreign assistance related to global
health programs, which may include any global health-related
issues as required by the Assistant Secretary; and
(3) the term ``partner country'' means any country that is
receiving or will receive United States foreign assistance for
the purposes of global health programs, regardless of the
dollar value of such assistance.
SEC. 618. REVISIONS TO EXISTING GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AND DIPLOMACY
AUTHORITY.
Section 5562 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (22 U.S.C. 2151b note) is amended as follows:
(1) By striking ``Ambassador-At-Large'' and ``Ambassador-
at-Large'' each place it appears and inserting ``Assistant
Secretary''.
(2) In subsection (e)(1), by striking ``the World Health
Organization and''.
(3) By striking subsection (f)(2).
(4) In subsection (f)(3), by striking ``in cooperation with
the World Health Organization,''.
SEC. 619. PANDEMIC FUND.
Section. 5563(i)(3) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (22 U.S.C. 2151b note) is
amended by striking ``33 percent'' and inserting ``20 percent''.
SEC. 620. CONSOLIDATION OF GLOBAL HEALTH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Reporting.--The following reports shall be provided by the
Assistant Secretary for Global Health on an annual basis or as
otherwise designated by the appropriate underlying statutory
provisions. All such reports shall be consolidated into one searchable,
annual report, required by September 30 of each year beginning in 2026.
For any reports that are unavailable to be consolidated into this
report and issued pursuant to this deadline, the Assistant Secretary
for Global Health may instead include a notice listing the report and
providing that the report shall not be made available until the
statutorily- required due date. The reports that shall continue to
apply and are eligible for consolidation under this portion are as
follows:
(1) All reports as required elsewhere in this Act related
to global health.
(2) The Global Fund report required under section 202(c) of
the United States Leadership against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis,
and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622(c)).
(3) The PEPFAR annual report, as required by section
403(a)(4) of the United States Leadership against HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7673(a)(4)).
(4) The PEPFAR annual treatment report required by section
101(g) of the United States Leadership against HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7611(g)).
(5) Existing reports on health systems strengthening and
health capacity building, as required by any of the provisions
of subtitle D of title LV of the James M. Inhofe National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (22 U.S.C. 2151b
note).
(6) The annual nutrition report, as required by the Global
Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act (22 U.S.C. 9301
note).
(7) The annual President's Malaria Initiative Report, as
required by section 104C of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2151b-4).
(8) Existing reports required under any provision of law on
maternal and child health.
(9) Any future reporting requirements, unless specifically
requested by Congress on a quarterly basis.
(b) Other Extended Reporting Requirements.--The reports that shall
continue to apply and are not eligible for consolidation include any
quarterly and expenditure reports as related to the budget of the
Department. This section shall not be interpreted to limit the
transmission of congressional notifications required elsewhere.
SEC. 621. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING GLOBAL HEALTH WORKER INITIATIVE.
No funds shall be appropriated or expended related to the Global
Health Worker Initiative.
SEC. 622. SAFE PASSAGES PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Assistant Secretary for Global Health is
authorized to provide assistance through establishing a ``Safe Passages
Maternal and Child Health Program'', to reduce maternal and child
mortality in low and lower-middle income countries with high maternal
and child mortality rates through fiscal year 2027. Interventions
supported by the program shall be for training and resource assistance
for the following:
(1) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and treatment of
obstetrical hemorrhage, and its complications.
(2) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and management of
preeclampsia and other hypertensive, metabolic and
cardiovascular disorders of pregnancy, and their complications,
up to one-year postpartum.
(3) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and treatment of
infections and their complications associated with ectopic
pregnancy, normal pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum
period.
(4) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and management of
obstructed labor, including uterine rupture, obstetric
fistulas, and their complications.
(5) Reduction of fetal, perinatal, neonatal and infant
mortality, including stillbirth, by preventing, recognizing,
diagnosing and treating fetal distress, newborn asphyxia, birth
trauma, premature birth, small size for gestational age, and
neonatal infections and sepsis.
(6) Nutritional and health education for the mother and
provision of nutritional resources for the mother and child
during the first 1,000 days of life, from conception to two
years of age.
(b) Implementation.--The Assistant Secretary shall prioritize the
implementation of this program in collaboration with new and existing
global health partnerships determined to be efficient and reliable in
the expenditure of taxpayer dollars, prioritizing local faith-based
providers and faith-based organizations with strong local partnerships
and which have experience and expertise in maternal and child health
delivery in resource-limited settings.
SEC. 623. SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR ASSISTANCE TO ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE
CHILDREN.
(a) Deadline for Appointment.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall appoint a
Special Advisor for Assistance to Orphans and Vulnerable Children,
pursuant to section 135(e)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2152f(e)(1)).
(b) Extension of Requirement To Issue Implementing Directives.--
Section 137(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2152k(c)) is amended by inserting ``and 6 years'' after ``1 year''.
(c) Extension of Authorization.--Section 1283(a) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283;
referred to as the ``Global Child Thrive Act of 2020'') is amended by
striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2027''.
SEC. 624. DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION VENTURES PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--There is established within the relevant foreign
assistance agency a program to be known as the Development Innovation
Ventures Program (in this section referred to as the ``Program'').
(b) Duties.--In carrying out the Program, the relevant foreign
assistance agency shall provide flexible funding to global innovators
and researchers to test new ideas, build rigorous evidence of what
works to improve development outcomes, and transition to scale those
solutions with rigorously demonstrated potential to improve millions of
lives on a cost-effective basis.
(c) Core Principles of Program.--In carrying out the program, the
relevant foreign assistance agency shall assess applications for
funding under this subsection according to the following core
principles:
(1) Rigorous evidence of impact.
(2) Cost-effectiveness.
(3) Potential for scale and financial sustainability.
(d) Administrative Provisions.--In carrying out the program, the
relevant foreign assistance agency shall--
(1) provide funding using evidence-tiered funding to allow
for risk-taking at early stages while mitigating risk at later
stages, thereby maximizing impact per taxpayer dollar spent;
and
(2) work across all countries and sectors supported by
Department assistance programs, with the goal of finding,
testing, and scaling up proven solutions.
(e) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the relevant foreign assistance agency
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make
available to the public a report on the implementation of the program
that includes--
(1) an assessment of the extent to which proven solutions
have been scaled up inside and outside of the Department; and
(2) a description of the relevant foreign assistance
agency's decision-making process, including with respect to the
use of funding received from external sources.
TITLE VII--PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
SEC. 701. COORDINATION WITH THE OFFICE OF OPINION RESEARCH.
(a) Surveys.--The Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications
shall request the Office of Opinion Research of the Bureau of
Intelligence and Research of the Department to conduct public opinion
surveys that inform the Bureau of Strategic Communications of the
Department on cultural context, target audiences, and shifting
attitudes towards the United States and United States interests in
regions where United States funded media outlets operate or could
operate in the future.
(b) Evaluation of Media Effectiveness.--The Office of Opinion
Research of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department
shall evaluate the effectiveness of United States-funded media in
influencing foreign audiences according to the original purpose, policy
goals, and performance indicators established by the Assistant
Secretary for Strategic Communications in the development of United
States-funded media campaigns.
SEC. 702. REPORTS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UNITED STATES FUNDED
MEDIA.
(a) Briefing to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Strategic
Communications shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on
the integration and operationalization of the Voice of America and the
Office of Cuba Broadcasting.
(b) Annual Report.--Not later than July 1 of each of the first two
years beginning after the date of the briefing required by subsection
(a), the Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications shall submit
a report to the appropriate congressional committees that provides
updates explaining--
(1) implementation of new programs or services, expansion
of programs and services, or reduction of programs and
services;
(2) performance metrics used to assess the effectiveness of
its programs and services in advancing the policy interests of
the United States and positively influencing foreign audiences'
views over time; and
(3) all contracts or agreements with private entities or
individuals, whether such contracts or agreements are issued on
a competitive or non-competitive basis, with such updates
including the identities of such private entities and
individuals, the duration of such contracts or agreements, and
the costs of such contracts or agreements.
SEC. 703. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COORDINATING
COMMITTEE.
(a) Establishment of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating
Committee.--The Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee, described in
section 2 of the Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property
Act (Pub. L. 114-151, 130 Stat. 369), is hereby established, with the
following members--
(1) a member appointed by the Secretary of Defense;
(2) a member appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury;
(3) a member appointed by the Attorney General;
(4) a member appointed by the Secretary of the Interior;
(5) a member appointed by the Secretary of Homeland
Security;
(6) a member appointed by the Commissioner of United Stares
Customs and Border Protection;
(7) a designee appointed by the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution; and
(8) other members in such numbers and with such
qualifications as may be deemed appropriate and appointed by
the Chair of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee
pursuant to subsection (c)(2).
(b) Establishment of Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee Task
Forces.--The Cultural Property Anti-Trafficking Task Force (formerly
the Cultural Antiquities Task Force, established as directed by H.
Rept. 108-401, which accompanied the Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2004 (Pub. L. 108-199)), is established and shall operate as a
subordinate element of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee
established in subsection (a).
(c) Authority of the Chair of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating
Committee.--The Secretary shall appoint an employee of the Department
serving at or above the rank of Assistant Secretary to serve
concurrently with that employee's other duties as Chair of the Cultural
Heritage Coordinating Committee--
(1) to convene the Cultural Heritage Coordinating
Committee;
(2) to appoint additional members of the Committee in such
numbers and with such qualifications as the Chair deems
appropriate;
(3) to coordinate the Committee's activities with Federal
agencies and trust instrumentalities with responsibility for
the preservation and protection of international cultural
property;
(4) 0to consult on behalf of the Committee with
nongovernmental organizations, including the United States
Committee of the Blue Shield, museums, professional and
scholarly organizations, educational and research institutions,
and other participants in the international cultural property
market regarding efforts to protect and preserve international
cultural property; and
(5) to direct and manage existing task forces and to
establish new task forces, working groups, and subcommittees,
including--
(A) the Cultural Property Anti-Trafficking Task
Force, to--
(i) support and coordinate law enforcement
efforts;
(ii) assist with preservation efforts
through enhancing site and museum security, law
enforcement trainings, and creation of
inventories abroad;
(iii) promote public awareness, and
(iv) engage in other projects to prevent
trafficking in international cultural property;
(B) the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural
Preservation, to protect other cultures and thereby
further US national interests by reducing incentives
for terrorist activities and increasing economic
opportunity through the preservation of sites, objects,
or expressions, including such sites, objects, and
expressions at risk from political instability, armed
conflict, civil unrest, or natural or other disasters;
(C) the Cultural Heritage Exchange Task Force to
assist and promote the international loan of cultural
property to cultural, educational, scientific, and
religious institutions in the United States, in
particular the cultural property affiliated with
religious and ethnic minorities and Indigenous peoples
represented by diaspora communities in the United
States; and to facilitate research collaborations and
exchanges with international educational missions from
the United States; and
(D) such other task forces, working groups, and
subcommittees as the Chair may deem appropriate.
(d) Frequency of Meetings of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating
Committee.--The Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee shall meet at
the call of its Chair not less frequently than three times each
calendar year.
(e) Reports on Protecting and Preserving International Cultural
Property.--Section 4 of the Protect and Preserve International Cultural
Property Act (Pub. L. 114-151) is amended as follows--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``for the next 6 years'' and inserting ``until 2031'';
(2) by striking subparagraph (2)(C) and inserting ``a list,
in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, of completed
Federal criminal, civil, and civil forfeiture actions,
proceedings, cases, and matters, a list of the statutes and
regulations employed in each such action, and publication of
such actions once completed; and''; and
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``done at The Hague, May
14, 1954.'' and inserting ``done at The Hague, May 14, 1954,
including the number, commission status, and readiness of any
specialist military cultural property protection personnel in
the active and reserve forces of the United States''.
(f) Reporting on Cultural Heritage Destruction.--The Secretary, to
the extent practicable, may include as part of the annual human rights
country reports prepared pursuant to sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n and 2304) particularly
severe instances of cultural property destruction, including the extent
to which such destruction is widespread and systematic, engaged in or
tolerated by the government of that country or directed at ethnic and
religious minorities or Indigenous peoples by the government of that
country.
SEC. 704. MEGA-DECADE SPORTS DIPLOMACY.
(a) Strategy Submission.--
(1) Initial strategy.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for
Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a five-year sports
diplomacy strategy to strategically leverage the major sporting
events being hosted in the United States to enhance United
States soft power, diplomatic relationships, and global
leadership;
(2) Subsequent strategy.--Not later than five years after
the date on which the initial strategy is submitted pursuant to
paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall submit a
subsequent five-year strategy in accordance with the
requirements of this section.
(b) Strategy Elements.--Each strategy required under subsection (a)
shall include--
(1) a description of the Department's diplomatic objectives
and metrics of success related to the mega-decade of sports;
(2) a plan to partner with local host cities, diaspora
communities, creatives, athletes, the sports industry, private
sector entities, human rights organizations, and civil society
stakeholders to showcase United States national strengths and
forge new diplomatic connections;
(3) a plan to coordinate internally in the Department to
leverage sporting events to advance diplomatic efforts,
including by--
(A) integrating sports diplomacy into regional
bureaus' bilateral engagements;
(B) incorporating sports into public diplomacy to
reach new foreign audiences; and
(C) leveraging sports diplomacy to advance
commercial diplomacy.
(4) a plan to ensure expeditious and secure visa processing
for athletes, their families and staff, and eligible
international visitors, including reducing appointment wait
times;
(5) a description of the financial and personnel resources
needed to implement the strategy;
(6) any plans to deploy domestic public diplomacy
resources, such as the Cultural Unit and Foreign Press Center
used during the 1984 Olympic Games, to enable engagement with
American culture and values;
(7) a requirement that each strategy be made publicly
available on the website of the Department not later than 180
days after enactment, and again 5 years later; and
(8) a requirement that the Assistant Secretary consult with
the relevant congressional committees prior to submission and
provide implementation updates every 180 days through December
31, 2034.
(c) Implementation and Office Structure.--
(1) Office establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment, the Secretary shall rename the sports
diplomacy division of the Department as the ``Office of Sports
Diplomacy,'' which shall report directly to the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges in
the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the
Department;
(2) Office responsibilities.--The Office of Sports
Diplomacy shall manage sports diplomacy exchange programs and
implement the strategy under subsection (a), including by--
(A) coordinating implementation across relevant
bureaus and offices;
(B) partnering with host cities to identify new
avenues for foreign engagement;
(C) engaging diaspora communities to deepen people-
to-people ties;
(D) collaborating with United States sports
leagues, athletes, and the sports industry to expand
sports diplomacy programs;
(E) working with host cities' international trade
and tourism offices to expand commercial engagement;
(F) elevating American arts, film, and music to
promote cultural connection with foreign visitors; and
(G) coordinating with internal and interagency
stakeholders to ensure efficient visa processing for
athletes, staff, and foreign visitors.
(3) Staffing requirement.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment and through December 31, 2034, the
Secretary shall assign not fewer than three additional full-
time equivalent employees to the Office of Sports Diplomacy to
support the strategy's implementation. These employees--
(A) shall not be dual-hatted; and
(B) may be assigned through mechanisms including--
(i) the use of existing flexible hiring
authorities, including Domestic Employees
Teleworking Overseas; and
(ii) the realignment of existing personnel.
(d) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than one year after
submission of the initial strategy, and annually thereafter through
December 31, 2034, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on progress toward achieving the
objectives of this section.
(e) Definition.--In this section, the terms ``mega-decade of
sports'' and ``American decade of sports'' mean the major international
sporting competitions hosted in the United States between 2024 and
2034, including--
(1) the 2024 Copa America;
(2) the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup;
(3) the 2026 FIFA World Cup;
(4) the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games;
(5) the 2031 Men's and 2033 Women's Rugby World Cups; and
(6) the 2034 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
SEC. 705. FOREIGN RELATIONS EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
(a) Authority.--The Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy,
in consultation with the Secretary, may establish exchange programs
under which officers or employees of the Department, including
individuals appointed under title 5, United States Code, and members of
the Foreign Service (as defined in section 103 of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903)), may be assigned, for not more than one
year, to a position with any foreign government or international entity
that permits an employee to be assigned to a position with the
Department.
(b) Salary and Benefits.--
(1) Members of foreign service.--During a period in which a
member of the Foreign Service is participating in an exchange
program authorized pursuant to subsection (a), such member
shall be entitled to the salary and benefits to which such
member would receive but for the assignment under this section.
(2) Non-foreign service employees of department.--An
employee of the Department other than a member of the Foreign
Service participating in an exchange program authorized
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be treated in all respects as
if detailed to an international organization pursuant to
section 3343(c) of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Foreign participants.--The salary and benefits of an
employee of a foreign government or international entity
participating in an exchange program authorized pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be paid by such government or entity
during the period in which such employee is participating in
such program, and shall not be reimbursed by the Department.
(c) Non-Reciprocal Assignment.--The Under Secretary may authorize a
non-reciprocal assignment of personnel pursuant to this section, with
or without reimbursement from the foreign government or international
entity for all or part of the salary and other expenses payable during
such assignment, if such is in the interests of the United States.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed
to authorize the appointment as an officer or employee of the United
States of--
(1) an individual whose allegiance is to any country,
government, or foreign or international entity other than to
the United States; or
(2) an individual who has not met the requirements of
sections 3331, 3332, 3333, and 7311 of title 5, United States
Code, or any other provision of law concerning eligibility for
appointment as, and continuation of employment as, an officer
or employee of the United States.
SEC. 706. FOREIGN SUPPRESSION OF UNITED STATES SPEECH.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act
and annually thereafter for 2 years, the Assistant Secretary of State
for Strategic Communications in consultation with relevant agencies
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on--
(1) transnational repression of speech in the United
States;
(2) United States Government responses to transnational
repression of speech in the United States; and
(3) recommendations on how to address transnational
repression of speech.
<all>