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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9082 

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

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2024 

Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE (for herself, Ms. SALAZAR, and Mr. CASTRO of Texas) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs 

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, business, academia, youth, culture and the 

8 arts, Latin American and Caribbean diaspora com9 munities, and underrepresented groups. 

10 (d) SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS IMPLEMENTATION

11 UNIT.— 

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

13 authorized to establish within the Department of 

14 State a Summit of the Americas implementation 

15 unit responsible for overseeing the implementation of 

16 commitments made at summits described in this sec17 tion. 

18 (2) DUTIES.—The duties of the implementation 

19 unit authorized by this subsection include— 

20 (A) tracking and ensuring implementation 

21 of commitments made during Summits of the 

22 Americas; 

23 (B) liaising with interagency partners and 

24 the National Security Council regarding imple25 mentation of summit commitments; and 


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1 (C) reporting quarterly on a public website 

2 of the Department of State regarding progress 

3 to accomplish summit commitments and status 

4 of commitments across Federal departments 

5 and agencies. 

6 (e) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit to 

7 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

9 the Senate annually for 5 years beginning after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act a report on the implementa11 tion of this section, including the status of commitments 

12 of the United States and participating partners for the 

13 prior year and upcoming year. 

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