SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Championing Amer-
ican Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to the 2017 National Security 
Strategy of the United States of America, ‘‘Retain-
ing our position as the world’s preeminent economic 
actor strengthens our ability to use the tools of eco-
nomic diplomacy for the good of Americans and oth-
ers.’’. 
(2) A November 7, 2018, cable from Secretary 
of State Michael R. Pompeo to all diplomatic and 
consular posts—‘‘Boosting Commercial Diplomacy 
Around the World’’—stated that ‘‘helping American 
companies is a foreign policy priority * * *. Pro-
moting broad-based, responsible, and sustainable 
economic growth helps to stabilize regions and cre-
ates new and growing markets for U.S. companies. 
A transparent and level playing field for U.S. invest-
ment in these countries counters real and growing 
challenges such as China’s Belt and Road initia-
tive.’’. 
(3) In the January–February 2019 issue of The 
Foreign Service Journal, Ambassador Barbara Ste-
phenson, the President of the American Foreign
Service Association, wrote ‘‘Foreign Service support 
for American business * * * is a major reason why 
the U.S. Foreign Service was created.’’. 
SEC. 3. ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT 
OF STATE. 
Subsection (c) of section 1 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
ECONOMIC 
AND BUSINESS MATTERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the numer-
ical limitation specified in paragraph (1), there 
is authorized to be established in the Depart-
ment of State an Assistant Secretary of State 
who shall be responsible to the Secretary of 
State for matters pertaining to international ec-
onomics and business matters in the conduct of 
foreign policy. 
‘‘(B) 
MATTERS
CONTEMPLATED.—The 
matters referred to in subparagraph (A) include 
the following:
‘‘(i) International trade and invest-
ment policy. 
‘‘(ii) International finance, economic 
development, and debt policy. 
‘‘(iii) Economic sanctions and com-
bating terrorist financing. 
‘‘(iv) International transportation pol-
icy. 
‘‘(v) Support for United States busi-
nesses. 
‘‘(vi) Economic policy analysis and 
private sector outreach. 
‘‘(vii) International data privacy and 
innovation policies. 
‘‘(viii) Such other related duties as 
the Secretary may from time to time des-
ignate.’’. 
SEC. 4. CHIEF OF MISSION RESPONSIBILITIES. 
Section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 3927) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES ECONOMIC IN-
TERESTS.—Each chief of mission to a foreign country 
shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United
States economic and commercial interests in such coun-
try.’’. 
SEC. 5. INCREASED TRAINING IN ECONOMIC AND COMMER-
CIAL DIPLOMACY. 
Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4028) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ECONOMIC
AND COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY.— 
The Secretary of State, with the assistance of other rel-
evant officials and the private sector, shall establish as 
part of the standard training provided for economic and 
commercial officers of the Foreign Service, chiefs of mis-
sion, and deputy chiefs of mission, training on matters re-
lated to economic and commercial diplomacy, with par-
ticular attention to market access and other elements of 
an enabling framework for United States businesses, com-
mercial advocacy, and United States foreign economic pol-
icy, in addition to awareness about the support of the 
United States Government available to United States busi-
nesses, including support provided by the Department of 
Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Export- 
Import Bank of the United States, the Millennium Chal-
lenge Corporation, the Trade and Development Agency, 
the Department of the Treasury, the United States Agen-
cy for International Development, and the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation.’’. 
SEC. 6. REPORT FROM EACH MISSION ON MATTERS OF 
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 
the chief of mission at each bilateral diplomatic mission 
of the United States and the Director of the American 
Institute in Taiwan shall submit to the Secretary of State 
the following: 
(1) Data and other information regarding ac-
tions taken by each such mission or Institute during 
the previous year to foster commercial relations and 
safeguard United States economic and business in-
terests in the country or region in which each such 
chief of mission and the Director serves. 
(2) Each such mission’s and Institute’s antici-
pated economic and commercial priorities for the 
coming year. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of State, 
after receiving the information required under subsection 
(a), shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate a report, disaggregated by 
country or region, on activities and initiatives, including
with appropriate examples, to create an enabling environ-
ment and otherwise promote United States economic and 
business interests in each such country or region, as well 
as information about significant foreign competition to 
United States businesses in the relevant country or region, 
including state-directed investments by foreign govern-
ments and United States strategic competitors in such 
country or region. 
SEC. 7. REPORT ON UNIFIED INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATE-
MENT AND COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Commerce shall jointly produce and make 
publicly available on a United States Government internet 
website an annual country- and region-specific report re-
garding commercial relations with foreign countries and 
regions and safeguarding United States economic and 
business interests abroad, including with regard to United 
States exports and investments, including by small- and 
medium-size enterprises. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include the following 
with respect to each country or region covered by each 
such report: 
(1) Information about doing business in each 
country or region.