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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5404 

To direct the Secretary of State to host regular Summits of the Americas, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself, Mr. CASSIDY, and Mr. BENNET) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of State to host regular Summits 

of the Americas, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Summit of the Amer5 icas Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS AND RELATED MAT7 TERS. 

8 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

9 of the United States to work with the Summit of the 

10 Americas Secretariat to support the organization of a 


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1 Summit of the Americas every four years, or more fre2 quently as appropriate, subject to the availability of funds, 

3 to strengthen ties and promote cooperation between the 

4 United States and countries in the Western Hemisphere, 

5 as well as civil society, business, diaspora, women, and 

6 youth leaders. 

7 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State is au8 thorized to carry out the policy described in subsection (a). 

9 (c) CITIES SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS.— 

10 (1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

11 (A) Subnational diplomacy strengthens 

12 democratic governance by enhancing local lead13 ers’ ability to tackle shared challenges, and 

14 deepens United States ties with regional part15 ners by localizing bilateral and multilateral 

16 partnerships and connections. 

17 (B) The first-ever Cities Summit of the 

18 Americas in 2023 promoted a valuable ex19 change of best practices and lessons learned be20 tween city, State, municipal, and regional lead21 ers and should be held as part of the Summit 

22 of the Americas process. 

23 (2) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is 

24 authorized to work with the Summit of the Americas 

25 Secretariat to support the organization of one Cities 


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1 Summit of the Americas, across cities in the West2 ern Hemisphere, including the United States, to 

3 take place as a part of each Summit of the Americas 

4 described in subsection (a), to promote subnational 

5 cooperation and serve as a catalyst in fostering en6 gagement with representatives of government, civil 

7 society, faith-based organizations, business, aca8 demia, youth, culture and the arts, Latin American 

9 and Caribbean diaspora communities, and underrep10 resented groups. 

11 (d) SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS IMPLEMENTATION

12 UNIT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is 

14 authorized to designate an existing official to serve 

15 within the Department of State as senior-level coor16 dinator to coordinate, in conjunction with other rel17 evant agencies, matters related to the implementa18 tion of Summit of Americas commitments, including 

19 tracking and ensuring implementation of commit20 ments made during Summits of the Americas. 

21 (2) DUTIES.—The duties of the coordinator 

22 designated pursuant to paragraph (1) include— 

23 (A) tracking and ensuring implementation 

24 of commitments made during Summits of the 

25 Americas; and 


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1 (B) liaising with interagency partners and 

2 the National Security Council regarding imple3 mentation of summit commitments. 

4 (e) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 

6 5 years, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com7 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com8 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

9 a report on the implementation of this section, including 

10 the status of commitments of the United States and par11 ticipating partners for the prior year and upcoming year. 

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