IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1251 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 22, 2021 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To support United States international cyber diplomacy, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. United states international cyberspace policy. 
Sec. 5. Department of state responsibilities. 
Sec. 6. International cyberspace executive arrangements. 
Sec. 7. International strategy for cyberspace. 
Sec. 8. Annual country reports on human rights practices. 
Sec. 9. Gao report on cyber diplomacy. 
Sec. 10. Sense of congress on cybersecurity sanctions against north korea and 
cybersecurity legislation in vietnam. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The stated goal of the United States Inter-
national Strategy for Cyberspace, launched on May 
16, 2011, is to ‘‘work internationally to promote an 
open, interoperable, secure, and reliable information 
and communications infrastructure that supports 
international trade and commerce, strengthens inter-
national security, and fosters free expression and in-
novation * * * in which norms of responsible behav-
ior guide states’ actions, sustain partnerships, and 
support the rule of law in cyberspace’’. 
(2) In its June 24, 2013, report, the Group of 
Governmental Experts on Developments in the Field 
of Information and Telecommunications in the Con-
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text of International Security (referred to in this 
section as ‘‘GGE’’), established by the United Na-
tions General Assembly, concluded that ‘‘State sov-
ereignty and the international norms and principles 
that flow from it apply to States’ conduct of [infor-
mation and communications technology] ICT-related 
activities and to their jurisdiction over ICT infra-
structure with their territory’’. 
(3) In January 2015, China, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan pro-
posed a troubling international code of conduct for 
information security, which could be used as a pre-
text for restricting political dissent, and includes 
‘‘curbing the dissemination of information that in-
cites terrorism, separatism or extremism or that in-
flames hatred on ethnic, racial or religious grounds’’. 
(4) In its July 22, 2015, consensus report, 
GGE found that ‘‘norms of responsible State behav-
ior can reduce risks to international peace, security 
and stability’’. 
(5) On September 25, 2015, the United States 
and China announced a commitment that neither 
country’s government ‘‘will conduct or knowingly 
support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, 
including trade secrets or other confidential business 
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