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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6797 

To provide for enhanced United States leadership at international 

organizations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2023 

Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself and Ms. JACOBS) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide for enhanced United States leadership at 

international organizations, 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 ‘‘Restoring U.S. Leader5 ship in International Organizations Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROMOTING SERVICE AT INTERNATIONAL ORGANI7 ZATIONS. 

8 Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 

9 (22 U.S.C. 4003) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 

2 semi-colon at the end; 

3 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para4 graph (5); and 

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol6 lowing new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(4) experience serving at an international or8 ganization, multilateral institution, or engaging in 

9 multinational negotiations; or’’. 

10 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

11 It is the policy of the United States that— 

12 (1) the Special Representative of the United 

13 States to the United Nations serves as a standing 

14 member of the cabinet; 

15 (2) assessed dues to multilateral organizations 

16 be paid in full in a timely fashion; 

17 (3) Federal agencies utilize all the authorities 

18 under section 3343 of title 5, United States Code, 

19 or subpart C of part 352 of title 5, Code of Federal 

20 Regulations (or any successor regulations) to detail 

21 or transfer employees to relevant international orga22 nizations; and 

23 (4) that the Secretary of State shall assist the 

24 Department of State and other Federal agencies in 

25 carrying out paragraph (3) to the fullest extent. 


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1 SEC. 4. REPORTING ON DETAILS AND TRANSFERS TO 

2 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 

5 the Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of 

6 other Federal departments and agencies as appropriate, 

7 shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 

9 Relations of the Senate a report on the total number of 

10 Federal employees detailed or transferred to an inter11 national organization during the immediately preceding 

12 12-month period. The first such report shall include a 

13 strategy for increasing the number of Federal employees 

14 who are so detailed or transferred to such an international 

15 organization. 

16 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re17 quired under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

18 (1) The number of Federal employees detailed 

19 or transferred during the applicable 12-month period 

20 to an international organization under section 3343 

21 of title 5, United States Code, or subpart C of part 

22 352 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 

23 successor regulations), disaggregated by— 

24 (A) an identification of the Federal agency 

25 from which such employees were so detailed or 

26 transferred; and 


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1 (B) an identification of the international 

2 organizations to and from which such employ3 ees have been so detailed or transferred. 

4 (2) A list of international organizations to and 

5 from which a Federal agency previously so detailed 

6 or transferred Federal employees. 

7 SEC. 5. TRAINING FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

8 (a) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 708 of the For9 eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(e) TRAINING IN MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY.— 

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

13 with the assistance of other relevant officials, shall 

14 establish a series of training courses on— 

15 ‘‘(A) the conduct of diplomacy at inter16 national organizations and other multilateral in17 stitutions; and 

18 ‘‘(B) broad-based multilateral negotiations 

19 of international instruments. 

20 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED TRAINING.—Members of the 

21 Service, including appropriate chiefs of mission and 

22 other officers who are assigned to United States 

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1 sitions that have as their primary responsibility for2 mulation of policy toward such organizations and in3 stitutions, or toward participation in broad-based 

4 multilateral negotiations of international instru5 ments, shall receive specialized training in the areas 

6 described in paragraph (1) prior to beginning service 

7 for such assignment or, if receiving such training at 

8 such time is not practical, within the first year of 

9 beginning such assignment.’’. 

10 (b) TRAINING FOR DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.—The 

11 Secretary of State shall ensure that employees of the De12 partment of State who are assigned to positions described 

13 in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of section 708 of the 

14 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as added by subsection (a) 

15 of this section), including members of the civil service or 

16 general service, or who are detailed or transferred to inter17 national organizations or other multilateral institutions 

18 for a period of at least one year, receive training described 

19 in such subsection (e) and participate in other such 

20 courses or trainings as the Secretary may recommend to 

21 build or augment identifiable skills that would be useful 

22 for such employees representing United States interests 

23 at such organizations and institutions. 

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