Hub at one United States mission in each 
of the following geographic regions: 
(I) the Western Hemisphere; 
(II) Europe; 
(III) South Asia; 
(IV) the Near East; 
(V) East Asia and the Pacific; 
and 
(VI) Africa. 
(ii) DIRECTOR.—Each Regional De-
mocracy Hub shall be headed by a Direc-
tor. The Director and the associated staff 
shall be selected by the Secretary of State 
in consultation with the Assistant Sec-
retary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor. 
(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each Regional 
Democracy Hub shall support the appropriate 
United States ambassador and United States 
employees assigned to United States missions in 
each such geographic region to carry out the re-
sponsibilities described in this Act, including— 
(i) assisting the Assistant Secretary 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 
and the Under Secretary for Global Affairs
to conceive and implement strategies for 
transitions to democracy for each non-
democratic country in the geographic re-
gion for which such Hub is responsible, in-
cluding regional strategies as appropriate, 
and assisting such United States missions 
to prepare the reports required under sec-
tion 102; 
(ii) helping to design and implement 
programs funded by the Human Rights 
and Democracy Fund described in section 
302, including making proposals directly to 
the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 
Human Rights, and Labor regarding the 
use of the Fund; and 
(iii) supporting the implementation of 
other requirements of this Act, including 
identifying opportunities for United States 
officials to speak directly to citizens, par-
ticularly to young people, in such coun-
tries. 
(C) ACCREDITATION.—As appropriate, the 
Department shall seek accreditation for the Di-
rector to all nondemocratic countries in each
geographic region for which each Hub is re-
sponsible. 
(D) TERMINATION.—No earlier than two 
years after a geographic region has ceased to 
include any nondemocratic or partly democratic 
country, the Secretary may terminate the Hub 
for such region. 
(E) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the responsibilities de-
scribed in subparagraph (B), including hiring 
additional staff to carry out such responsibil-
ities. 
(3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BUREAU OF IN-
TELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH.—The Assistant Sec-
retary for Intelligence and Research shall coordinate 
with the Department of the Treasury, the Depart-
ment of Justice, the Central Intelligence Agency, 
other appropriate intelligence agencies, and, as ap-
propriate, with foreign governments to— 
(A) monitor and document financial assets 
inside and outside the United States held by 
leaders of countries determined to be nondemo-
cratic under section 102;
(B) identify close associates of such lead-
ers; and 
(C) monitor and document financial assets 
inside and outside the United States held by 
such close associates. 
(4) COORDINATION.— 
(A) DEPUTY
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
OF 
STATE FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND 
LABOR.—There shall be in the Department of 
State a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor who 
shall report to the Assistant Secretary of State 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 
Such Deputy Assistant Secretary shall be in ad-
dition to the current number of such other Dep-
uty Assistant Secretaries so reporting. In addi-
tion to considering qualified noncareer can-
didates, the Secretary of State shall seek to re-
cruit senior members of the Senior Foreign 
Service to serve in such position. 
(B) RESPONSIBILITIES.—In addition to 
such other duties as the Secretary or Assistant 
Secretary of State for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor may from time to time des-
ignate, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State