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build rigorous evidence of what works to improve develop-
ment 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 sustain-
ability. 
(d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—In carrying out 
the program, the relevant foreign assistance agency 
shall— 
(1) provide funding using evidence-tiered fund-
ing 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 sup-
ported by Department assistance programs, with the 
goal of finding, testing, and scaling up proven solu-
tions. 
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the rel-
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evant foreign assistance agency shall submit to the appro-
priate 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 assist-
ance agency’s decision-making process, including 
with respect to the use of funding received from ex-
ternal 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 Re-
search of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the 
Department to conduct public opinion surveys that inform 
the Bureau of Strategic Communications of the Depart-
ment on cultural context, target audiences, and shifting 
attitudes towards the United States and United States in-
terests in regions where United States funded media out-
lets operate or could operate in the future. 
(b) EVALUATION OF MEDIA EFFECTIVENESS.—The 
Office of Opinion Research of the Bureau of Intelligence 
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and Research of the Department shall evaluate the effec-
tiveness of United States-funded media in influencing for-
eign audiences according to the original purpose, policy 
goals, and performance indicators established by the As-
sistant Secretary for Strategic Communications in the de-
velopment 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 ap-
propriate 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 brief-
ing required by subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary for 
Strategic Communications shall submit a report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that provides updates 
explaining— 
(1) implementation of new programs or serv-
ices, expansion of programs and services, or reduc-
tion of programs and services; 
(2) performance metrics used to assess the ef-
fectiveness of its programs and services in advancing 
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the policy interests of the United States and posi-
tively influencing foreign audiences’ views over time; 
and 
(3) all contracts or agreements with private en-
tities or individuals, whether such contracts or 
agreements are issued on a competitive or non-com-
petitive basis, with such updates including the iden-
tities of such private entities and individuals, the du-
ration 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 Co-
ordinating Committee, described in section 2 of the Pro-
tect 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 Gen-
eral; 
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(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 CO-
ORDINATING COMMITTEE TASK FORCES.—The Cultural 
Property Anti-Trafficking Task Force (formerly the Cul-
tural Antiquities Task Force, established as directed by 
H. Rept. 108–401, which accompanied the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108–199)), is estab-
lished 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 
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or above the rank of Assistant Secretary to serve concur-
rently with that employee’s other duties as Chair of the 
Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee— 
(1) to convene the Cultural Heritage Coordi-
nating Committee; 
(2) to appoint additional members of the Com-
mittee 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 protec-
tion 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, pro-
fessional 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— 
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(i) support and coordinate law en-
forcement efforts; 
(ii) assist with preservation efforts 
through enhancing site and museum secu-
rity, law enforcement trainings, and cre-
ation of inventories abroad; 
(iii) promote public awareness, and 
(iv) engage in other projects to pre-
vent trafficking in international cultural 
property; 
(B) the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural 
Preservation, to protect other cultures and 
thereby further US national interests by reduc-
ing incentives for terrorist activities and in-
creasing economic opportunity through the 
preservation of sites, objects, or expressions, in-
cluding 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, edu-
cational, scientific, and religious institutions in 
the United States, in particular the cultural 
property affiliated with religious and ethnic mi-
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norities and Indigenous peoples represented by 
diaspora communities in the United States; and 
to facilitate research collaborations and ex-
changes 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 cal-
endar 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 insert-
ing ‘‘a list, in consultation with appropriate Federal 
agencies, of completed Federal criminal, civil, and 
civil forfeiture actions, proceedings, cases, and mat-
ters, a list of the statutes and regulations employed 
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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, com-
mission status, and readiness of any specialist mili-
tary cultural property protection personnel in the ac-
tive and reserve forces of the United States’’. 
(f) REPORTING ON CULTURAL HERITAGE DESTRUC-
TION.—The Secretary, to the extent practicable, may in-
clude 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 govern-
ment 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 Af-
fairs of the Department shall submit to the appro-
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priate congressional committees a five-year sports di-
plomacy strategy to strategically leverage the major 
sporting events being hosted in the United States to 
enhance United States soft power, diplomatic rela-
tionships, 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 Assist-
ant 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 diplo-
matic objectives and metrics of success related to the 
mega-decade of sports; 
(2) a plan to partner with local host cities, dias-
pora communities, creatives, athletes, the sports in-
dustry, private sector entities, human rights organi-
zations, and civil society stakeholders to showcase 
United States national strengths and forge new dip-
lomatic connections; 
(3) a plan to coordinate internally in the De-
partment to leverage sporting events to advance dip-
lomatic efforts, including by— 
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(A) integrating sports diplomacy into re-
gional bureaus’ bilateral engagements; 
(B) incorporating sports into public diplo-
macy 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 ap-
pointment wait times; 
(5) a description of the financial and personnel 
resources needed to implement the strategy; 
(6) any plans to deploy domestic public diplo-
macy resources, such as the Cultural Unit and For-
eign 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 up-
dates every 180 days through December 31, 2034. 
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(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 ex-
change 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; 
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(F) elevating American arts, film, and 
music to promote cultural connection with for-
eign visitors; and 
(G) coordinating with internal and inter-
agency stakeholders to ensure efficient visa 
processing for athletes, staff, and foreign visi-
tors. 
(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 em-
ployees 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 per-
sonnel. 
(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 re-
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port 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 em-
ployees 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 
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government or international entity that permits an em-
ployee 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 en-
titled to the salary and benefits to which such mem-
ber would receive but for the assignment under this 
section. 
(2) NON-FOREIGN SERVICE EMPLOYEES OF DE-
PARTMENT.—An employee of the Department other 
than a member of the Foreign Service participating 
in an exchange program authorized pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be treated in all respects as if de-
tailed 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 pe-
riod in which such employee is participating in such 
program, and shall not be reimbursed by the De-
partment. 
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(c) NON-RECIPROCAL
ASSIGNMENT.—The Under 
Secretary may authorize a non-reciprocal assignment of 
personnel pursuant to this section, with or without reim-
bursement from the foreign government or international 
entity for all or part of the salary and other expenses pay-
able during such assignment, if such is in the interests 
of the United States. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion 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 en-
tity other than to the United States; or 
(2) an individual who has not met the require-
ments 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 em-
ployee of the United States. 
SEC. 706. FOREIGN SUPPRESSION OF UNITED STATES 
SPEECH. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and annually thereafter for 2 years, the 
Assistant Secretary of State for Strategic Communica-
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tions 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. 
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