Department of State Policy Provisions Act

Bill: 119-hr-5300
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2025-09-11
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 24.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-09-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Department of State Policy Provisions Act</strong></p><p>This bill sets policy for the Department of State in the areas of departmental management, political affairs, international security affairs, economic affairs, foreign assistance, and public diplomacy.</p><p>Among other elements, the bill requires the State Department or organizations within the State Department to</p><ul><li>avoid or minimize use of certain buildings constructed, altered, maintained, repaired, owned, or controlled by an entity owned or controlled by China or its instrumentalities or agents;</li><li>establish an initiative to increase two-way trade and investment between the United States and Africa;</li><li>develop a strategy and implementation plan to enhance security in 13 specified Caribbean countries, including by promoting citizen safety and the rule of law;</li><li>establish an initiative to assist foreign countries in screening foreign investments for national security risks to such countries, including by providing technical assistance, training, and advisory services regarding best practices;</li><li>establish and maintain a program to recruit, train, and retain specialized disaster assistance professionals within the State Department; and</li><li>provide Congress with a five-year strategy on leveraging major sporting events hosted in the United States to enhance U.S. soft power, diplomatic relationships, and global leadership.&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Additionally, the bill</p><ul><li>authorizes the President to provide certain types of assistance to foreign countries to enhance the ability of their intelligence and military personnel to deter international terrorism; and</li><li>authorizes the extension of certain diplomatic immunities to the Pacific Islands Forum (a regional political and economic policy organization with 18 member nations).</li></ul>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5300 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2025 Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To guide the foreign policy of the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title and table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Department of State Policy Provisions Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Title I—Secretary Sec. 101. Termination of existing report requirements. Sec. 102. Countering wrongful detention. Title II—Management Sec. 201. Center for Strategy and Solutions. Sec. 202. Procurement policy. Sec. 203. Information technology office consolidation. Sec. 204. Realigning the Regional Technology Officer Program. Sec. 205. Congressional notification for obligation of retained consular fees. Sec. 206. Visas for high-ranking officials of Taiwan. Sec. 207. Reduced visa wait time. Sec. 208. COVID–19 vaccination travel mandates. Sec. 209. Information Facilities and Access Restriction process criteria modernization. Sec. 210. Transition opportunities for members of the Armed Forces and veterans. Sec. 211. Pre-approval for DS interceptions of wire, oral, and electronic communications. Sec. 212. Requirement for certain countries to report official meetings between foreign missions and State and local officials. Sec. 213. Authorized embassies and consulates. Sec. 214. Flag authorization at Department installations. Sec. 215. Mandate use of the embassy standard plan. Sec. 216. Embassy construction integrity. Sec. 217. American exceptionalism in embassies. Sec. 218. Support for American artists. Sec. 219. Embassy and consulate art collection reporting requirement. Sec. 220. Overseas comparability pay. Sec. 221. Addressing the Bureau of African Affairs staffing crisis. Sec. 222. Requirement for Uyghur language training and staffing. Sec. 223. Changes made to the Foreign Affairs Manual and the Foreign Affairs Handbook. Sec. 224. Extension of notification of revocation of clearances. Sec. 225. Chief Financial Officer for Financial Management. Sec. 226. No passports for terrorists and traffickers. Sec. 227. Program for language translation capabilities. Title III—Political Affairs Sec. 301. Arctic Watchers Act. Sec. 302. Pilot program for new congressional notification requirements. Sec. 303. Repealing the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001. Sec. 304. Strengthening commercial diplomacy in Africa. Sec. 305. Ensuring smooth travel and investment in Somaliland. Sec. 306. Multinational Force and Observers Mission. Sec. 307. Pacific Partnership Act. Sec. 308. Korean American Divided Families. Sec. 309. United States-Japan-Republic of Korea trilateral cooperation. Sec. 310. Regional China Officer Program Unit. Sec. 311. Disaster regional strategy for Pacific Islands countries. Sec. 312. Transatlantic Growth Enterprise Program. Sec. 313. Republic of Georgia Sovereignty. Sec. 314. United States-Belarus Strategic Dialogue. Sec. 315. Uyghur genocide accountability. Sec. 316. Central Asian Connectivity Task Force. Sec. 317. Indian Ocean region strategic review. Sec. 318. Caribbean Basin Security Initiative. Sec. 319. Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025. Sec. 320. Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act of 2025. Sec. 321. Protect Honduran Democracy Act. Sec. 322. Baltic region security concerns. Sec. 323. American-Hellenic-Israeli Eastern Mediterranean Counterterrorism and Maritime Security Partnership Act. Sec. 324. Report on access to Tibetan areas. Sec. 325. Center for conflict analysis, planning, and prevention. Sec. 326. Global fragility strategy implementation. Sec. 327. Modifications to Global Fragility Act of 2019. Sec. 328. International bridge and port of entry modernization act. Title IV—International security affairs Sec. 401. Undersea cables. Sec. 402. Department conventional weapons destruction programs. Sec. 403. Authorizing demining and related programs in Southeast Asia. Sec. 404. Foreign Military Financing program with regard to Jordan. Sec. 405. Extension of War Reserve Stockpile Allies-Israel. Sec. 406. Counterterrorism authorities for security assistance programs. Sec. 407. Cyprus arms embargo reform. Sec. 408. Subnational diplomacy to combat synthetic opioid trafficking. Sec. 409. International Narcotics and Law Enforcement compact authority. Sec. 410. Combatting firearms trafficking in the Western Hemisphere. Sec. 411. Section 123 agreements. Sec. 412. United States-European Nuclear Energy Cooperation Act of 2025. Sec. 413. Authority of the Bureau of Counterterrorism to access certain information. Sec. 414. Study on geopolitical strategies and verification frameworks for advanced artificial intelligence. Sec. 415. Annual trafficking in persons report and amendments. Title V—Economic affairs Sec. 501. Administration of the International Technology Security and Innovation Fund. Sec. 502. Coordination of science, technology, and communication infrastructure. Sec. 503. Investment screening initiative. Sec. 504. Report regarding the investment screening initiative program. Sec. 505. Study on geopolitical strategies and verification frameworks for advanced artificial intelligence. Sec. 506. Global Small Business Network program. Sec. 507. Global small business grants program. Sec. 508. Report on the small business network program. Title VI—Foreign assistance Sec. 601. Authorization of efforts to prevent and treat malnutrition globally. Sec. 602. International religious freedom programs and report. Sec. 603. Combatting corruption and kleptocracy. Sec. 604. Specialized disaster assistance professionals. Sec. 605. Coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations (CEPI). Sec. 606. Maternal and child health policy. Sec. 607. Extension of Diplomatic Immunities to the Pacific Islands Forum. Sec. 608. Report on metrics of success for international organization participation. Sec. 609. Report on country United Nations voting practices. Sec. 610. Annual reports on malign influence operations. Sec. 611. Increasing United States citizens employment in international organizations. Sec. 612. Prohibition on United States contributions to the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. Sec. 613. Extending certain privileges and immunities to the permanent observer mission of the African Union to the United Nations in New York. Sec. 614. World Health Organization continued data sharing. Sec. 615. Branding requirements for United States foreign assistance. Sec. 616. Global fund. Sec. 617. Global health compact model. Sec. 618. Revisions to Existing Global Health Security and Diplomacy Authority. Sec. 619. Pandemic Fund. Sec. 620. Consolidation of global health reporting requirements. Sec. 621. Prohibition on funding global health worker initiative. Sec. 622. Safe passages program. Sec. 623. Special advisor for assistance to orphans and vulnerable children. Sec. 624. Development innovation ventures program. Title VII—Public Diplomacy Sec. 701. Coordination with the Office of Opinion Research. Sec. 702. Reports to evaluate the effectiveness of United States funded media. Sec. 703. Establishment of the cultural heritage coordinating committee. Sec. 704. Mega-decade sports diplomacy. Sec. 705. Foreign relations exchange programs. Sec. 706. Foreign suppression of United States speech. 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) except as otherwise provided, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (2) the term Department means the Department of State; (3) the term Deputy Secretary means the Deputy Secretary of State; and (4) the term Secretary means the Secretary of State. I Secretary 101. Termination of existing report requirements (a) In general Effective upon the date of the enactment of this Act, each report described in subsection (b) that is required to be submitted to Congress as of such date shall no longer be required to be so submitted to Congress. (b) Reports described A report described in this subsection is a report that— (1) is required to be submitted to Congress by the Secretary, or by any officer, official, component, or element of the Department, on an ongoing basis; and (2) was established prior to September 30, 2025. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section may be construed as a limitation on requirements to submit reports on an ongoing basis that are— (1) established by this Act or any amendment made by this Act; or (2) established on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 102. Countering wrongful detention (a) Designation as State Sponsor of Unlawful or Wrongful Detention The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, may designate a foreign country that has provided support for or directly engaged in the unlawful or wrongful detention of a United States national as a State Sponsor of Unlawful or Wrongful Detention based on any of the following criteria: (1) An unlawful or wrongful detention of a United States national has occurred in the foreign country. (2) The government of the foreign country or a nonstate actor in the foreign country has failed to release an unlawfully or wrongfully detained United States national within 30 days of being notified by the Department of such unlawful or wrongful detention. (3) Actions taken by the government of the foreign country indicate that the government is responsible for, complicit in, or materially supportive of the unlawful or wrongful detention of a United States national, including by acting as described in paragraph (2) after having been notified by the Department. (4) The actions of a state or nonstate actor in the foreign country, including any previous action relating to unlawful or wrongful detention or hostage taking of a United States national, pose a risk to the safety and security of United States nationals abroad sufficient to warrant designation of the foreign country as a State Sponsor of Unlawful or Wrongful Detention, as determined by the Secretary. (b) Termination of designation (1) Termination by the Secretary The Secretary may terminate the designation of a foreign country under subsection (a) if the Secretary certifies to Congress that— (A) it is in the national interests of the United States to terminate such designation; and (B) the foreign country— (i) has released all United States nationals unlawfully or wrongfully detained within the territory of the foreign country; (ii) has demonstrated changes in policies with respect to unlawful or wrongful detention and hostage taking; or (iii) has provided assurances that the government of the foreign country will not engage in, be complicit in, or support acts described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a). (2) Termination by disapproval of Congress The designation of a foreign country under subsection (a) shall terminate if a joint resolution of disapproval with respect to the designation is enacted into law prior to the date that is six months after the Secretary makes such designation. (c) Publication The Secretary shall make available on a publicly accessible website of the Department, and regularly update, a list of foreign countries designated as State Sponsors of Unlawful or Wrongful Detention under subsection (a). (d) Review The Secretary shall— (1) conduct a comprehensive review of existing authorities that allow for punitive measures with respect to foreign countries; and (2) determine if the use of such measures with respect to foreign countries designated under subsection (a) is appropriate in order to respond to and deter the unlawful or wrongful detention of United States nationals in the foreign country. (e) Notification to Congress Not later than seven days after designating of a foreign country under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— (1) a notification of such designation; (2) the justification for such designation; and (3) a description of any action taken by a United States Government official, including the Secretary and the head of any other relevant Federal agency, to deter the unlawful or wrongful detention of foreign nationals in such foreign country. (f) Rule of construction Nothing in this section may be construed to imply that every United States national detained in a foreign country designated under subsection (a) should be or is determined to be wrongfully detained for purposes of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 1741 et seq. ). II Management 201. Center for Strategy and Solutions (a) In general The Under Secretary of State for Management is authorized to establish a Center for Strategy and Solutions in the Office of the Under Secretary for Management. (b) Responsibilities The Center for Strategy and Solutions shall be responsible for researching, designing, and implementing enterprise management solutions for the Department focused on the following: (1) Data analytics The Center shall focus on being a central data hub for the Department, working to expand data access and to foster analytic expertise across domestic bureaus and overseas missions. (2) Global presence The Center shall focus on developing policies and platforms to strengthen strategic governance, accountability, and alignment of resources related to the Department’s presence overseas. (3) Management consulting and advanced projects The Center shall focus on leveraging leading-edge management expertise to advance the Department’s mission, providing an agile and lean team to deliver innovative solutions to enterprise management challenges. (c) Director (1) In general The Under Secretary for Management is authorized to designate a Director of the Center for Strategy and Solutions and shall prescribe the management strategy and business administration qualifications required for the role. (2) Role as central authority The Director shall serve as the Department’s central authority in situations where change management expertise is required to implement enterprise-wide policies, including cases in which— (A) new and cutting-edge technology needs to be rapidly rolled out across the Department; (B) legislation mandates enterprise-wide management changes; and (C) whole-of-government efforts require a central management coordinator in the Department. (d) Definitions In this section— (1) the term enterprise management means the strategic approach to managing an organization’s resources and operations to achieve its goals, integrating various tools, strategies, and processes to optimize efficiency and productivity; and (2) the term change management means the methods and manners in which an organization describes and implements changes within both its internal and external processes. 202. Procurement policy (a) In general It shall be the policy of the Department to prioritize the procurement of products, goods, and services that are produced, manufactured, or supplied by businesses incorporated in the United States and operating primarily within the United States, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with applicable trade agreements and United States law. (b) Requirement The Secretary shall ensure that— (1) all procurement actions, including for equipment, machinery, and technology used domestically and abroad, give preference to American-made products and services whenever such products or services are available at a reasonable cost and meet applicable quality standards; and (2) notification is sent to the appropriate congressional committees not later than seven days after a contract is awarded to a foreign vendor, including explanation of why a suitable American-made alternative was not selected. (c) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that— (1) details the percentage of Department procurement contracts awarded to United States businesses in the preceding fiscal year; (2) identifies categories of products, equipment, and services for which American-made alternatives were not utilized; and (3) outlines any barriers or challenges to increasing domestic procurement in the Department. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) the term United States business means an entity that— (A) is incorporated in the United States; and (B) conducts the majority of its operations and manufacturing in the United States. (2) the term American-made means products, goods, or services that are produced or manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. 203. Information technology office consolidation In order to improve coordination, eliminate duplication, and enhance enterprise-wide solutions, the Secretary is authorized to transfer to the Bureau of Diplomatic Technology of the Department relevant information technology professionals and related personnel from other bureaus and offices in the Department. 204. Realigning the Regional Technology Officer Program The Secretary is authorized to realign the Regional Technology Officer Program of the Department to ensure that the Program— (1) is optimally structured to support the information technology and cybersecurity needs of United States diplomatic missions; (2) has clear roles and responsibilities for Regional Technology Officers; (3) promotes effective coordination between Regional Technology Officers and other relevant Department entities; and (4) is adequately resourced to fulfill its mission. 205. Congressional notification for obligation of retained consular fees (a) In general Subject to section 235, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees upon the obligation of any amounts derived from consular fees retained by the Department pursuant to the authority provided by this Act, if such obligation is with respect to a program, project, or activity that is not a consular function. (b) Elements The notification required by subsection (a) shall include at a minimum the following: (1) The amount being obligated. (2) A description of the programming for which such funds are obligated. (3) The country, region, or locality where such funds will be expended. (4) The fiscal year in which the retained fees being used were collected. (5) A justification for the use of such retained fees, as opposed to appropriated funds, for the programming described pursuant to paragraph (2). (c) Deadline; delay (1) Deadline Except as provided in paragraph (2), a notification required by subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than 15 days before the date on which the applicable funds will be obligated. (2) Delay (A) In general If the Secretary determines that submitting a prior notification in accordance with subsection (a) would pose a substantial risk to human health, welfare, or national security, the Secretary may delay the submission of such notification. (B) Additional requirement In the case of a delay under this paragraph, a notification to the appropriate congressional committees that meets the requirements of subsection (b) shall be provided as soon as practicable, but not later than three days after taking the action to which the notification requirement was applicable, and shall additionally contain an explanation of the circumstances necessitating the delay. (d) Definitions In this section— (1) the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations in the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations in the Senate; and (2) the term consular function means any activity, program, service, or resource that is directly operated and overseen by the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs or any office under jurisdiction of the Assistant Secretary. 206. Visas for high-ranking officials of Taiwan It shall be the policy of the United States that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–416 ; 108 Stat. 4321; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note). 207. Reduced visa wait time The Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs is authorized to take such steps as appropriate for the goal of ensuring that 80 percent of nonimmigrant visa applicants are interviewed within three weeks of receipt and application, recognizing that resource and security considerations and the need to ensure provision of consular services to United States citizens may dictate specific exceptions to this goal. 208. COVID–19 vaccination travel mandates It shall be the policy of the United States that none of the funds made available by this Act or any amendment made by this Act may be used to enforce or otherwise implement a requirement for individuals traveling outside of the United States to receive a vaccination against COVID–19. 209. Information Facilities and Access Restriction process criteria modernization (a) In general The Secretary shall direct the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the Department to update its guidance and procedures regarding the Information Facilities and Access Restriction (IFAR) process. (b) Required updates The requirement to update the guidance and procedures under subsection (a) shall— (1) establish clear criteria and standards for determining which type of IFAR is appropriate to issue based on the circumstances of a security clearance suspension; (2) specify the scope of access permitted under each type of IFAR, including the continued access to Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) information under a Typical IFAR; and (3) clarify to Department personnel that the issuance of an IFAR does not equate to full removal from sensitive duties and that access to substantial unclassified information may still be permitted. 210. Transition opportunities for members of the Armed Forces and veterans (a) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a pilot program within the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the Department to facilitate the recruitment, training, and hiring of transitioning servicemembers and veterans into positions in the Bureau. (b) Objectives The objectives of the pilot program required by subsection (a) shall include— (1) leveraging the skills, training, and experience of veterans and transitioning servicemembers to meet security and operational needs of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security; (2) providing servicemembers and veterans with a defined pathway to employment in the Department; and (3) supporting workforce development and addressing staffing needs in the Bureau. (c) Eligibility Participants in the pilot program required by subsection (a) shall include Members of the Armed Forces who are within one year of separation or retirement. (d) Implementation The Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Secretary of Labor to— (1) inform servicemembers exiting the military at the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) with an informational packet describing the pilot program required by subsection (a); (2) identify eligible candidates for such program; and (3) provide necessary clearances, onboarding support, and placement assistance after undergoing a successful screening process under such program. (e) Rule of construction Nothing in this section may be construed as creating a separate, non-competitive screening process for servicemembers or veterans. (f) Duration and evaluation (1) In general The pilot program required by subsection (a) shall be carried out for the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Report Not later than 180 days after the conclusion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report evaluating— (A) the effectiveness of the program, including its ability to expand the pipeline of qualified candidates; (B) the number of participants in the program hired into permanent or contract positions; (C) the geographic or functional placement of participants in the program and whether such placements addressed identified workforce needs; (D) any lessons learned or recommendations for expansion, modification, or termination of the program; and (E) feedback from participants in the program and relevant hiring offices. (g) Definition In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. 211. Pre-approval for DS interceptions of wire, oral, and electronic communications (a) In general The Secretary should delegate to the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security or the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security the pre-approval authority for Diplomatic Security special agents seeking authorization under section 2516 of title 18, United States Code, to carry out the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications— (1) in furtherance of carrying out the duties described in section 37(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2709(a) ); and (2) in accordance with the requirements under chapter 119 of title 18, United States Code. (b) Update to the foreign affairs manual Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise section 221.5 of volume 12 of the Foreign Affairs Manual to reflect the delegation to the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security or the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security under subsection (b). 212. Requirement for certain countries to report official meetings between foreign missions and State and local officials (a) In general The Secretary shall require that foreign missions of covered countries notify the Department at least 96 hours in advance of any meetings between any officials or representatives of the covered country and State or local officials in the United States and any official visits to educational institutions or research institutions in the United States. (b) Persons covered For purposes of the requirement in subsection (a), the term officials or representatives of the covered country includes— (1) all members of foreign missions of the covered country in the United States; (2) all members of the covered country’s permanent mission to the United Nations; and (3) any officials of the covered country traveling to the United States for official business. (c) Notification requirements The notification required under subsection (a) shall include— (1) the date of the meeting or visit; (2) the location of the meeting or visit; (3) the name of any official or representative of the covered country that will be participating in the meeting or visit; and (4) the purpose of the meeting or visit. (d) Monthly reporting requirement (1) In general The Secretary shall submit a monthly report to the appropriate congressional committees listing all meetings and visits notified pursuant to subsection (a). (2) Historical data requirement for first report The first report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the information on meetings and visits required to be submitted under subsection (c) that has been collected by the Department since it began imposing a similar requirement in 2019. (e) Threat assessment report (1) In general Not later than 54 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes a threat assessment for each covered country and recommendations for policy changes with respect to United States diplomats in such countries. (2) Form The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. (f) Sunset The requirements under this section shall expire on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (g) Definitions In this section— (1) the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; (2) the term covered country means— (A) the People’s Republic of China; (B) the Russian Federation; (C) the Islamic Republic of Iran; (D) the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; (E) Cuba; (F) Venezuela; (G) Nicaragua; and (H) Afghanistan, while under control of the Taliban; and (3) the term Taliban means— (A) the entity known as the Taliban, operating in Afghanistan, and designated as a specially designated global terrorist under Executive Order 13224; or (B) a successor entity of the entity described in subparagraph (A). 213. Authorized embassies and consulates (a) Notification requirement Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may not open, close, permanently relocate, or initiate the construction of any diplomatic post unless the Secretary submits a written notification to the appropriate congressional committees not less than 30 days prior to the proposed action. (b) Elements of notification Each notification submitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A justification for the opening, closure, relocation, or new construction, including any changes to the strategic value, threat environment, or foreign policy posture associated with the action. (2) A detailed cost estimate, including projected construction, maintenance, and operational costs. (3) An assessment of the impact on American citizen services, consular functions, diplomatic engagement, and interagency operations. (4) A summary of consultation with Chiefs of Mission, Regional Security Officers, and affected agencies. (5) An explanation of how the proposed action aligns with the Department’s global presence framework. (c) Exceptions The requirement in subsection (a) shall not apply in cases where the Secretary determines that exigent circumstances require the immediate closure or evacuation of a post for security reasons, in which case the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees as soon as practicable and not later than 7 business days after such action is taken. (d) Definitions For purposes of this section: (1) The term diplomatic post means any embassy, consulate, or other permanent facility that serves a diplomatic, consular, or official United States Government function abroad. (2) The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 214. Flag authorization at Department installations (a) In general The only flags authorized to be flown at Department installations are— (1) the United States flag; (2) a Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 FAM 154.2–1; (3) a POW/MIA flag; (4) a Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, pursuant to section 904 of title 36, United States Code; (5) the flag of an American State, insular area, or the District of Columbia at domestic locations; (6) the flag of an Indian Tribal government; (7) an official branded flag of a United States agency; or (8) the sovereign flag of other countries. (b) Limitation No flags other than what is listed in subsection (a) may be flown, hung, or otherwise displayed at a Department installation. 215. Mandate use of the embassy standard plan (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may not construct, cause to be constructed, or begin planning for construction of an embassy that does not conform to the Standard Embassy Design. (b) Exception If the Secretary determines, on a case-by-case basis, that the Standard Embassy Design is inappropriate for the construction of an embassy, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes a robust justification for the Secretary’s determination of inappropriateness and a description, including dollar figures, of proposed costs beyond what construction of a Standard Embassy Design building would incur. (c) Applicability Subsection (a) shall only apply in cases of new construction. (d) Definition In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 216. Embassy construction integrity (a) In general The Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to avoid or minimize the following: (1) Acquiring or leasing a covered building— (A) with respect to which a covered entity performed covered construction on or after January 1, 1949; or (B) in which a covered entity has an ownership interest. (2) Entering into or renewing a contract or other agreement with a covered entity to perform covered construction with respect to a covered building. (b) Notification of inconsistent action (1) In general The Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees about actions inconsistent with subsection (a) not later than seven days before entering into an acquisition, lease, or agreement. (2) Determination of national security interest The notification required under paragraph (1) shall also include, to the extent applicable— (A) a determination of whether the inconsistent acquisition, lease, or agreement is in the national security interest of the United States; (B) an identification of the interest advanced by such inconsistent action; (C) a detailed explanation for such determination; and (D) any action the Secretary has taken or intends to take to mitigate national security vulnerabilities that may be posed by such inconsistent action. (c) Definitions In this section— (1) the term covered building means a building that is used or intended to be used by personnel, or for a function of a consular or diplomatic post located outside of the United States; (2) the term covered construction means— (A) any construction, development, conversion, extension, alteration, repair, or maintenance performed with respect to a building; and (B) includes the installation or maintenance of electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, communication, fire protection, and energy management systems with respect to such building; and (3) the term covered entity means an entity with respect to which the Government of the People’s Republic of China, or an agent or instrumentality of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, directly or indirectly, including through any contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship— (A) owns or controls a significant percent of the ownership interest; or (B) otherwise exercises substantial control. 217. American exceptionalism in embassies (a) Requirement To promote American ideals The Secretary shall ensure that all art installations, exhibits, cultural programming, and visual displays at United States embassies, consulates, and official residences of chiefs of mission reflect and promote the history, values, ideals, and achievements of the United States. (b) Display themes To carry out subsection (a), the Secretary shall direct that such programming and displays the following: (1) Prominently feature themes of American democracy, liberty, individual rights, the rule of law, free enterprise, and other foundational principles of the United States. (2) Highlight notable events, figures, and accomplishments in American history and culture. (3) Portray the United States as a force for good globally, including in its contributions to peace, prosperity, innovation, and human dignity. (c) Limitations on foreign-Centric themes Art installations, exhibits, cultural programming, and visual displays at United States embassies, consulates, and official residences of chiefs of mission that primarily highlight the history, culture, or policies of foreign nations shall not be the dominant focus of any such installation or program, unless the content is part of a mutual cultural exchange or cooperative initiative explicitly approved by the Secretary and directly linked to United States foreign policy interests. (d) Implementation and oversight (1) In general The Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations of the Department, in coordination with the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department and the Office of the Chief of Protocol, shall develop guidelines to ensure consistent application of this section across all relevant facilities. (2) Briefing Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees detailing the implementation of this section, including with an inventory of existing displays, programming themes, and planned updates to ensure compliance. (e) Definitions In this section— (1) the term official residence means any United States Government-owned or-leased property used as the primary residence of a chief of mission; and (2) the term chief of mission has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3902 ). 218. Support for American artists (a) Artist citizenship requirement for permanent collection purchases The Secretary shall ensure that any work of art purchased on or after the date of the enactment of this Act for the permanent collection of the Art in Embassies program of the Department was created, in whole or in part, by a citizen of the United States. (b) Requirements for display of art by foreign artists A work of art that was not created, in whole or in part, by a citizen of the United States may be displayed in a United States embassy, consulate, or official residence in a foreign country only if— (1) such work of art— (A) is part of a temporary loan collection; or (B) was purchased prior to the date of the enactment of this Act; (2) such work of art was created by a citizen or resident of such foreign country; and (3) the chief of mission (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3902 )) associated with such embassy, consulate, or official residence has submitted to the Secretary a written justification explaining how the display of such work of art supports United States diplomatic engagement and advances the interests of the United States in such foreign country. (c) Artist citizenship prioritization The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, prioritize the display of works of art created by citizens of the United States in all diplomatic facilities owned or operated by the Department abroad, in order to advance public diplomacy and promote the cultural values of the United States. (d) Implementation Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue such regulations and guidance as may be necessary to carry out the requirements of this section. 219. Embassy and consulate art collection reporting requirement (a) Initial report requirement Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report for each country that hosts a United States mission. The report shall include the following: (1) Inventory of artworks A comprehensive list identifying each piece of artwork acquired by the Department that is displayed in any facility overseas owned or operated by the Department, including the following: (A) United States Embassies. (B) United States Consulates. (C) Residences of Chiefs of Mission. (2) Artwork information For each piece of artwork identified under paragraph (1), the report shall include the following information: (A) Ownership status (such as purchased, leased, insured, commissioned, or on loan). (B) Source of funds and total amount used for acquisition. (C) Title of the piece. (D) Market value, if available. (E) Date of acquisition. (F) Year of completion. (G) Medium or materials used. (H) Dimensions. (I) A brief description or image of the piece. (b) Recurring reports Following submission of the initial report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress an updated report for each United States Ambassador confirmed by the Senate not later than one year of each such Ambassador reaching his or her post. Each such updated report shall include the information described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) for any changes, additions, or removals since the previous report. 220. Overseas comparability pay (a) In general Subject to such regulations prescribed by the Secretary, including with respect to phase-in schedule and treatment as basic pay, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, Department funds may be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service as defined in subsection (b) a comparability payment (stated as a percentage) under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, in an amount that does not exceed two-thirds of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment that would be payable to such member under such section 5304 if such member’s official duty station were in the District of Columbia. (b) Eligibility A member of the Foreign Service shall be eligible for a payment under this section only if the member is designated class 1 or below for purposes of section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3963 ) and the member’s official duty station is not in the continental United States or in a nonforeign area, as such term is defined in section 591.205 of title, Code of Federal Regulations. (c) Limitations The amount of any locality-based comparability payment that is paid to a member of the Foreign Service under this section shall be subject to any limitations on pay applicable to locality-based comparability payments under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code. 221. Addressing the Bureau of African Affairs staffing crisis (a) In general The Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, shall create a program to facilitate and expedite the hiring of qualified individuals to fill term-limited civil service positions in the Bureau of African Affairs of the Department. (b) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report that outlines the staffing challenges that exist in the Bureau of African Affairs. Such report shall include— (1) a comparative analysis of the Bureau of African Affairs’ direct hire staffing compared to the other regional bureaus, including— (A) the number of authorized positions per embassy at comparable posts and the number of staff per mission based domestically in the United States, to include Foreign Service Officers and civil servants; and (B) the number of vacant positions in the Bureau of African Affairs and the average number of bids per Bureau of African Affairs position; (2) the number of Bureau of African Affairs posts that qualify for the harshest environments in the Department’s Operating Environment score and the comparison to other regions; (3) an assessment on whether the Department’s hardship incentives are properly aligned with the posts that have the highest Operating Environment score; (4) the number of Bureau of African Affairs posts that lack key management personnel; (5) historic and ongoing efforts made by the Department to rectify the understaffing and consistent vacancies within the Bureau of African Affairs and whether they were successful; and (6) a detailed plan of forthcoming actions the Department will implement in the immediate future to rectify the consistent understaffing and vacancies in the Bureau of African Affairs. 222. Requirement for Uyghur language training and staffing (a) In general The Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that— (1) Uyghur language training is available to Foreign Service Officers as appropriate; and (2) every effort is made to ensure that at least one Uyghur-speaking member of the Foreign Service (as such term is defined by section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3903 )) is assigned to each United States diplomatic or consular post in the People’s Republic of China. (b) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for two years, the Foreign Service Institute shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that outlines all the steps taken to implement subsection (a). 223. Changes made to the Foreign Affairs Manual and the Foreign Affairs Handbook (a) Requirement The Assistant Secretary of State for Administration shall publish in the Foreign Affairs Manual and the Foreign Affairs Handbook any Department-wide policy, procedure, or guidance that is to be applied to Department personnel or operations, except to the extent that such publication would disclose classified information or other information exempt from disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act ). (b) Timeliness Any policy, procedure, or guidance required to be published under subsection (a) shall be published not later than 30 days after the date on which it is issued. (c) Availability The Assistant Secretary of State for Administration shall ensure that the public versions of the Foreign Affairs Manual and the Foreign Affairs Handbook are updated not later than 30 days after the date on which any change is made to the internal versions of such Manual or Handbook. 224. Extension of notification of revocation of clearances Section 6710 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 ( 22 U.S.C. 2651a note) is amended by striking subsection (d). 225. Chief Financial Officer for Financial Management (a) Establishment There is authorized to be in the Department a Chief Financial Officer for Financial Management who shall be responsible to the Under Secretary for Management for all departmental financial management services, programs, and systems activities on a global scale, and such other related duties as the Secretary may from time to time designate. (b) Responsibilities In addition to the responsibilities described in subsection (a), the Chief Financial Officer shall maintain continuous observation and coordination of all matters pertaining to budget, planning, and financial services in the conduct of foreign policy, including, as appropriate— (1) establishing policies and procedures for financial management in the Department; (2) issuing operational guidance to ensure transparency, accountability, and effectiveness in the use of Department funds; and (3) carrying out such other related duties as the Under Secretary for Management may from time to time designate. (c) Bureau of Financial Management (1) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a Bureau of Financial Management of the Department, which shall perform such functions related to budgetary requests and resource planning, performance management, budgetary applications, financial management, and internal controls as the Under Secretary for Management may prescribe. (2) Head The Chief Financial Officer shall be the head of the Bureau of Financial Management. (d) Authorization of appropriations Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary for Management under this Act, the Chief Financial Officer for Financial Management shall receive the funds necessary to fulfill bureau missions and responsibilities for fiscal year 2026 and 2027. 226. No passports for terrorists and traffickers The Act entitled “An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, and for other purposes”, approved July 3, 1926 ( 22 U.S.C. 211a et seq. ), commonly known as the “Passport Act of 1926”, is amended by adding at the end the following: 4. Authority to deny or revoke passport to individuals providing material support for terrorism (a) Ineligibility (1) Issuance Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall refuse to issue a passport to any individual who— (A) has been charged with or convicted of a violation of section 2339A or 2339B of title 18, United States Code; or (B) the Secretary determines has knowingly aided, assisted, abetted, or otherwise provided material support to an organization the Secretary has designated as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1189 ). (2) Revocation The Secretary of State shall, except as provided in paragraph (3)(A), revoke a passport previously issued to any individual described in paragraph (1). (3) Exceptions (A) Return to the United States In order to facilitate the return of an individual described in paragraph (1) to the United States, the Secretary of State may limit a previously issued passport or passport card only for return travel to the United States, or may issue a limited passport or passport card that only permits return travel to the United States, prior to revocation under paragraph (2). (B) Humanitarian and emergency waiver The Secretary of State may issue a passport to an individual otherwise ineligible for such passport or subject to revocation of such passport under this subsection if the Secretary determines that emergency circumstances or humanitarian needs apply. (b) Right of review Any individual who, in accordance with this section, is denied issuance of a passport by the Secretary of State, or whose passport is revoked by the Secretary, may request a hearing to appeal such denial or revocation not later than 60 days after receiving notice of such denial or revocation. (c) Right of restoration In the event that an individual described in paragraph (1) demonstrates during a hearing described in subsection (b) that the individual has been acquitted of an act described in that paragraph, or the Secretary otherwise changes a determination described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, the Secretary may re-issue a passport to such individual. (d) Report (1) In general If the Secretary of State refuses to issue or revokes a passport pursuant to subsection (a), or if, subsequent to a hearing pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary issues or cancels a revocation of a passport that was the subject of such a hearing, the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after such refusal or revocation, or such issuance or cancellation, submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on such refusal, revocation, issuance, or cancellation, as the case may be. (2) Form The report submitted under paragraph (1) may be submitted in classified or unclassified form. (e) Definitions In this section— (1) the term ‘passport’ includes a passport card; and (2) the term ‘material support’ means the provision of any property, tangible or intangible, or service— (A) including currency or monetary instruments or financial securities, financial services, lodging, training, expert advice or assistance, safehouses, false documentation or identification, communications equipment, facilities, weapons, lethal substances, explosives, personnel (one or more individuals who may be or include oneself), and transportation; and (B) excluding medicine or religious materials. (f) Rule of construction Nothing in this section may be construed— (1) or applied so as to abridge the exercise of rights guaranteed under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States; or (2) to limit the Secretary’s ability to revoke a passport. (g) Severability If any provision of this section or the application of such provision is held by a Federal court to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this section and the application of such provisions to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected. . 227. Program for language translation capabilities Section 1(n) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2651a(n) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) Program for language translation capabilities (A) Establishment The Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer shall establish a program for the utilization of multi-modal generative artificial intelligence language translation capabilities within the Department. (B) Matters to be included The program required by subparagraph (A) shall— (i) include an automated human-in-the-loop review and verification process option and a machine-only process option, allowing users to choose which process to utilize in adherence with Department policies; (ii) include real-time training and fine-tuning of translation models for use within different geographic regions and Department mission areas; (iii) be available on unclassified and classified information technology networks; (iv) be capable of generating original content in non-English languages; and (v) be available at all United States and overseas missions of the Department. (C) Department policies The Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer shall ensure the deployment and use of artificial intelligence for language translation capabilities as part of this program adhere to Department policies, including the conditions where it is appropriate to use machine-only processes or automated human-in-the-loop review and verification processes. (D) Definitions In this paragraph— (i) the term automated human-in-the-loop review and verification process has the meaning of an automated process within an artificial intelligence language translation system that requires human linguists to review and verify translations performed by an artificial intelligence model for accuracy prior to returning translated materials to a user; (ii) the term “machine-only process” has the meaning of an artificial intelligence language translation capability that delivers a translation to a user without review by a human linguist; and (iii) the term “multi-modal” has the meaning of multiple modes or formats of content to be translated, including audio, text, video, and text contained within images. . III Political Affairs 301. Arctic Watchers Act (a) Establishment The Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs shall establish and carry out a program to be known as the Arctic Watcher Program , to— (1) monitor the Arctic region across the security, military, economic, natural resource, cyber, scientific, and political sectors in foreign countries; (2) monitor and combat the People’s Republic of China, Russian Federation, and other malign influence campaigns across that region that impact United States national security, European security, and Indo-Pacific security or pose a threat to the rules-based order, and undermine United States interests in the region; (3) strengthen the capacity of the United States to engage with foreign countries and regional and international organizations that are engaged in Arctic affairs; and (4) strengthen the United States energy security, cyber security and economic interests in the Arctic including in the critical minerals and natural resources sectors. (b) Assignment (1) In general In carrying out the program required by subsection (a), the Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs shall assign individuals, to be known as Arctic Watchers , to the following posts: (A) At least 3 posts in European countries with significant interests in the Arctic region. (B) At least one post in North American countries with significant interests in the Arctic region. (C) Other posts as determined to be necessary for promoting the activities of the program by the Secretary. (2) Notification The Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs shall notify the appropriate congressional committees upon assigning individuals to be Arctic Watchers under paragraph (1). 302. Pilot program for new congressional notification requirements (a) In general The Secretary shall direct the Assistant Secretary for African Affairs and the Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism to participate in a one-year pilot program that requires each of the two Bureaus to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of additional information related to foreign assistance programs and requests for additional funds. (b) Elements The notification required by subsection (a) shall include for each project, both new and existing, that require the addition of funds, in addition to existing requirements, the following: (1) The working name of the program. (2) The country or countries where the project will be implemented. (3) The mechanism used for the program (such as contract, grant, interagency agreement, or bureau transfer). (4) The total amount of new funding. (5) Whether such program is considered new, a continuation, or an expansion. (6) The total amount of funding over the life of the program. (7) The expected period of performance for the program using the requested funds. (8) The total period of performance of the program up until the time of the request. (9) The name of the proposed implementer, if selected, and other identifying information about the implementer, such as whether the implementer is a government or private entity, whether the implemental is a United States-based company or organization or an international organization, and other similar information. (10) The intended objectives of the program. (11) A description of key components or activities of the program. (12) Whether the program has a significant under-burn or overburn of funds based on projected spend rates. (13) Whether a program or implementer has been put on a performance improvement plan or other additional administrative oversight. 303. Repealing the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 (a) In general The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001 (ZEDERA Act), as amended, Public Law 107–99 (115 Statute 962) is hereby repealed. (b) Condition on further funding for zimbabwe The United States shall not support any new or expanded funding from the International Monetary Fund or the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (commonly known as the World Bank) for the Government of Zimbabwe unless the Government of Zimbabwe shall commit, within 12 months of the approval of such new or expanded funding, to remit all outstanding arrears owed under the Global Compensation Deed, inflation adjusted to the date of enactment, and compensation shall not be in the form of Zimbabwe issued securities. Failure to comply with this provision shall result in an immediate cessation of all United States support for any further funding from these institutions. 304. Strengthening commercial diplomacy in Africa (a) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to promote, facilitate, and increase two-way trade and investment between the United States and African countries to strengthen commercial ties, promote economic growth and job creation, and advance strategic partnerships. (b) Strengthening commercial diplomacy in Africa initiative (1) Establishment The Secretary shall establish an initiative to be known as the Strengthening Commercial Diplomacy in Africa Initiative (in this section referred to as the Initiative ). (2) Purposes The purposes of the Initiative shall be to prioritize and coordinate United States Government programs, activities, and diplomatic efforts aimed at increasing two-way trade and investment between the United States and Africa, including to— (A) identify, promote, and increase trade and investment opportunities, facilitate business and investor engagement, and support dissemination of data and market information to better inform United States businesses and investors of trade and investment opportunities across Africa; (B) support efforts of the United States and African private sectors to access, navigate, deepen, and compete in African and global capital markets using a private sector-led and sector-specific approach that includes energy, critical minerals, agriculture, information and communications technology, healthcare, financial services, arts and entertainment, and infrastructure; (C) modernize, streamline, and improve access to resources and services designed to promote increased trade and investment opportunities for United States and African businesses and investors; (D) promote economic growth and job creation in the United States and Africa, while advancing strategic partnerships; and (E) identify policy, regulatory, and legal reforms needed to reduce trade and investment barriers between the United States and Africa and improve the business and investment climate in the United States and Africa, including through the reduction of the cost of accessing capital. (c) Leadership The Initiative shall be led by a Deputy Assistant Secretary within the Bureau of African Affairs of the Department. (d) Coordination The leadership established pursuant to subsection (c) shall be responsible for the management, coordination, and information sharing functions of the Initiative and other duties that support the purposes of the Initiative as appropriate. This shall include— (1) convening relevant Federal departments and agencies to coordinate programs, assistance, communications, and stakeholder engagement, and consulting with such departments and agencies on the appropriate levels and allocation of resources in support of achieving the strategic objectives of the Initiative; (2) planning and implementing information sharing and other collaboration efforts among relevant Federal departments and agencies, and the private sector as appropriate, related to trade and investment opportunities, African capital markets, and relevant transactions in Africa and support for monitoring, evaluation, and transaction facilitation; (3) engaging with United States and African private sector partners, civil society organizations, nongovernmental organizations and the African diaspora community, as appropriate, to solicit input and feedback on the Initiative’s activities, as well as any technical, policy, financial, and political obstacles private sector partners encounter in accessing or expanding in African markets or gaining access to capital for those purposes; and (4) establishing measurable goals and objectives for the purposes of carrying out the Initiative. (e) Leadership committee (1) In general The Secretary shall work to establish an interagency leadership committee (in this subsection referred to as the committee ) to provide strategic guidance for administering the objectives of the Initiative and serve as the United States interagency strategic development and coordination body for efforts of relevant Federal departments and agencies. (2) Membership The committee shall include representatives from relevant Federal departments and agencies, as determined appropriate by the President. (3) Chairperson The leadership established in subsection (c) shall serve as chairperson of the committee. (4) Meetings The committee shall meet not less than four times each year at the call of the chairperson. (f) Staffing and field presence Subject to the availability of appropriations— (1) the Initiative shall be supported by at least 6 full-time employees of the Federal Government, which should include personnel detailed to the Initiative from relevant Federal departments and agencies, who are stationed in Africa and whose sole duties are to support the purposes of— (A) the Initiative; or (B) the provisions of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 ( Public Law 116–283 ) with respect to Africa and in compliance with the requirements of the Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–94 ; 22 U.S.C. 9901 et seq. ); and (2) relevant Federal departments and agencies should detail personnel to the leadership in the United States. (g) Deal teams (1) In general The Initiative shall be supported by designated embassy staff holding positions related to United States commercial and economic interests at United States embassies located in Africa, to the extent practicable. Such designated embassy staff at a United States embassy located in Africa shall be referred to as a deal team for purposes of this subsection. (2) Duties Each deal team shall prioritize efforts to identify commercial opportunities, advocate for improvements in the business and investment climate, engage and consult with private sector partners, and report on such activities, in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–94 ; 22 U.S.C. 9901 et seq. ). (3) Role of ambassador The United States Ambassador in countries in which a deal team is operating shall serve as the head of each deal team and, in accordance with the Championing American Business Through Diplomacy Act of 2019 ( Public Law 116–94 ; 22 U.S.C. 9901 et seq. ) shall consider closing deals for United States companies as a core responsibility of their job. (4) Measuring success The success of each deal team shall be based solely on the quantity of deals for United States companies which they secured in the previous 12 months. Members of successful deal teams shall be considered for incentives within the Department. This shall be judged in comparison to all other deal teams on the continent for quantity of deals secured in the preceding year for both dollar value and number of deals. (5) Deal team report No later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for five years, the leadership of this Initiative shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees and the Under Secretary of Management. This report shall— (A) provide a ranked list of the performance of each deal team in the last 12 months that shall be judged quantitively on the number of deals secured, the total dollar value of deals secured, and the relative increase of United States deals and investments in the country compared to the year prior; and (B) recommend to the Under Secretary for Management that the staff of the top five best performing deal teams be considered for financial or title-based rewards. 305. Ensuring smooth travel and investment in Somaliland The Secretary shall, to improve the ability of United States citizens and businesses to travel to and invest within Somaliland, consider— (1) establishing a representative office in Hargeisa, Somaliland; and (2) bifurcation of travel advisory warnings between Somalia and Somaliland. 306. Multinational Force and Observers Mission (a) Report on multinational force and observers contributions Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that— (1) outlines the personal and equipment contributions to the Multinational Force and Observers Mission provided by each country making such a contribution; and (2) includes an overview of— (A) any shortcomings or limitations in the Multinational Force and Observers’ ability to carry out its mission; and (B) any efforts to rectify such shortcomings or limitations. (b) Authorization for participation by united states personnel (1) In general The Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs— (A) shall maintain continuous observation and coordination of all matters pertaining to Department engagement with the Multinational Force and Observers Mission; and (B) may coordinate with other offices and bureaus in the Department, as the Secretary may prescribe. (2) United States participation (A) In general Subject to the limitations in section 3 of the Multinational Force and Observers Participation Resolution ( 22 U.S.C. 3422 ), the Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, is authorized to provide under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine, United States civilian personnel to participate as observers in the Multinational Force and Observers Mission. (B) Additional requirement Members of the United States civilian personnel, who are assigned, detailed, or otherwise provided to the Multinational Force and Observers Mission may perform only those functions or responsibilities which are specified for United Nations Forces and Observers in the Treaty of Peace and in accordance with the Protocol. (c) Congressional notification requirement The Secretary shall notify Congress not less than 15 days prior to any changes of United States contributions to, or participation in, the Multinational Force and Observers Mission, and shall include an overview of the impacts on the Multilateral Force Observer Mission. 307. Pacific Partnership Act (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and submit to appropriate congressional committees a strategy entitled the Strategy for Pacific Partnership (in this section referred to as the Strategy ). (b) Matters To be included The Strategy shall include the following: (1) A description of overarching goals for United States engagement in the Pacific Islands region, including United States diplomatic posts, defense posture, and economic engagement. (2) An assessment of the following as they relate to United States national interests in the Pacific Islands region— (A) natural disasters; (B) illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing; (C) non-United States military presence and activity; (D) developmental challenges; (E) economic coercion and corruption; and (F) factors assessed to be causing a direct risk to the United States national interests in the Pacific Islands. (3) A plan to address the threats assessed pursuant to paragraph (2). (4) An analysis of the needs and goals expressed by governments of the Pacific Islands region, including at or through multilateral institutions, in light of the United States national interests. (5) A plan for the resources necessary for the United States to meet its goals in the Pacific Islands region. (6) Mechanisms, including existing forums, for coordinating and cooperating on shared goals among the following, as appropriate: (A) The governments of Pacific Island countries. (B) Regional partners in the Pacific Islands region, including multilateral forums and organizations, such as the Pacific Islands Forum. (C) Civil society in the Pacific Islands. (D) United States subnational governments in the Pacific. (c) Update requirement Not later than one year after the date of the submission of the Strategy, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2028, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an update of the Strategy. (d) Implementation Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit an implementation plan of the strategy to the appropriate congressional committees that shall include a timeline and stated objectives for actions to be taken in beneficiary countries in support of the Strategy. 308. Korean American Divided Families The Secretary, acting through the Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues or such other individual as the Secretary may designate, shall— (1) collate information on Korean American families who wish to be reunited with family members in North Korea from which such Korean American families were divided after the signing of the Agreement Concerning a Military Armistice in Korea, signed at Panmunjom July 27, 1953 (commonly referred to as the Korean War Armistice Agreement ), in anticipation of future reunions for such families and family members, including in-person and video reunions; and (2) establish a private internal national registry of the names and other relevant information of such Korean American families— (A) to host such future reunions in South Korea, the United States, or third countries; and (B) to provide for a private internal repository of information about such Korean American families and family members in North Korea, including information about individuals who may be deceased. 309. United States-Japan-Republic of Korea trilateral cooperation (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with Congress, shall seek to enter into negotiations with the Governments of Japan and the Republic of Korea with the goal of reaching a written agreement to establish a United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue to facilitate closer cooperation on shared interests and values. (b) United states group (1) In general At such time as the governments of the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea enter into a written agreement described in subsection (a) to establish a United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue, there shall be established a United States Group, which shall represent the United States at the United States-Japan-Republic of Korea Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue. (2) Membership (A) In general The United States Group shall be comprised of not more than eight Members of Congress. (B) Appointment Of the Members of Congress appointed to the United States Group under subparagraph (A)— (i) two shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, from among Members of the House, not fewer than one of whom shall be a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; (ii) two shall be appointed by the House Minority Leader, from among Members of the House, not fewer than one of whom shall be a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs; (iii) two shall be appointed by the Senate Majority Leader, from among Members of the Senate, not fewer than one of whom shall be a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations; and (iv) two shall be appointed by the Senate Minority Leader, from among Members of the Senate, not fewer than one of whom shall be a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations. (C) Term Appointments to the United States Group shall be for the duration of two years. (3) Meetings (A) In general The United States Group shall seek to meet not less frequently than annually with representatives and appropriate staff of the legislatures of Japan and the Republic of Korea, and representatives and appropriate staff of any other country invited by mutual agreement of the three countries. (B) Limitation A meeting described in subparagraph (A) may be held— (i) in the United States; (ii) in another country during periods when Congress is not in session; or (iii) virtually. (4) Chairperson and vice chairperson (A) Rotation The positions of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the United States Group shall alternate between the House and Senate delegations every two years, coinciding with each new Congress. (B) House delegation (i) Odd-number Congresses In Congresses with an odd number, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate the Chairperson of the United States Group from among members of the House delegation who are also members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. (ii) Even-number Congresses In Congresses with an even number, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate the Vice Chairperson of the United States Group from among members of the House delegation who are also members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. (C) Senate delegation (i) Even-number Congresses In Congresses with an even number, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall designate the Chairperson of the United States Group from among members of the Senate delegation who are also members of the Committee on Foreign Relations. (ii) Odd-number Congresses In Congresses with an odd number, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall designate the Vice Chairperson of the United States Group from among members of the Senate delegation who are also members of the Committee on Foreign Relations. (D) Term The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall serve for the duration one each Congress. (5) Private sources The United States Group may accept gifts or donations of services or property, subject to the review and approval, as appropriate, of the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Ethics of the Senate. (6) Certification of expenditures The certificate of the chairperson of the delegation from the House of Representatives or the delegation of the Senate of the United States Group shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers in the auditing of the accounts of the United States Group. 310. Regional China Officer Program Unit (a) Authorization of establishment The Secretary shall establish within the Office of China Coordination of the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs of the Department a Regional China Officer Program Unit (in this section referred to as the Unit ). (b) Personnel The Unit shall be comprised of— (1) one Director; and (2) not fewer than 20 forward-deployed Foreign Service Officers assigned to United States diplomatic or consular posts or detailed to the foreign ministry of an ally, to be known as Regional China Officers (in this section referred to as RCOs ), who shall be responsible for— (A) monitoring and reporting on activities of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the region of his or her responsibility, including in the commercial, development, finance, critical infrastructure, technology, and military domains, including projects associated with the PRC’s Belt and Road Initiative, Global Security Initiative, and Global Development Initiative; and (B) advising united states embassy personnel, diplomatic allies and partners, and host countries on how to understand and address PRC activities globally and locally. (c) Authorization Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall appoint a Director for the Unit from among career members of the Foreign Service. (d) Limitation on position The establishment of the position of the Director of the Unit pursuant to subsection (c) shall not result in an increase in the overall full-time equivalent positions within the Department. (e) Responsibilities The Director shall be responsible for coordinating and overseeing the activities of RCOs in order to— (1) improve United States responsiveness to activities, strategies and tactics of the PRC; (2) ensure that RCO program activities increase the knowledge, understanding, and trust of the United States by relevant target audiences; (3) identify gaps in United States engagements regarding PRC cross-cutting activities; and (4) manage hiring for RCO positions. (f) Regional china officers (1) Qualifications The Secretary shall select and assign RCOs from among Foreign Service Officers who have expertise related to the PRC, including in the forms of prior experience working in or on the PRC, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and proficiency in Mandarin language. (2) Geographic placement Of the total number of RCOs in the Unit, there shall be no fewer than two Regional China Officers assigned to United States diplomatic posts associated with each of the following bureaus of the Department: (A) The Bureau of African Affairs. (B) The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. (C) The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. (D) The Bureau of International Organization Affairs. (E) The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. (F) The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. (G) The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. (g) Sunset provision The requirement to maintain the Unit and the Regional China Officer Program under subsection (a) shall expire on the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. (h) Definition In this section, the term ally means only— (1) a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or (2) a country designated as a major non-NATO ally pursuant to the authorities provided by section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2321k ). 311. Disaster regional strategy for Pacific Islands countries (a) In general The Assistant Secretary for Mitigation and Disaster Assistance shall develop and implement a disaster preparedness strategy for the Pacific Islands countries. (b) Strategic purpose The strategy required by subsection (a) shall— (1) support United States foreign policy objectives and Indo-Pacific regional engagement by positioning the United States as the leading stabilization and crisis-response partner in the Pacific Islands countries; (2) bolster local resilience to natural and climatic disasters; (3) support building local capabilities for disaster risk reduction, recovery, and rapid response mechanisms; and (4) reinforce long-term United States partnerships, including with the Compacts of Free Association. (c) Implementation The Assistant Secretary for Migration and Disaster Assistance shall consult with the Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the development and execution of the strategy required by subsection (a). (d) Congressional briefing Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for two years, the Assistant Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the development and implementation of the strategy required by subsection (a). 312. Transatlantic Growth Enterprise Program (a) Enterprise authorized The Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, in coordination with the Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, and the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, carry out a program, to be known as the Transatlantic Growth Enterprise (in this section referred to as the Enterprise ), in support of strengthening United States relations with participating Enterprise countries, with a particular focus on strengthening business to business ties and fostering a robust investment environment in participating Enterprise countries as well as expanding energy security and security cooperation in Enterprise countries. (b) Objectives The objectives of the Enterprise shall be the following: (1) Strengthen United States relationships with like-minded participating countries. (2) Expand business-to-business ties, including by working with relevant private sector entities, between United States industry and important economic and security sectors in participating countries. (3) Expand energy sector cooperation between the United States and Enterprise countries, including in the nuclear energy sector. (4) Strengthen people-to-people ties between the United States and participating countries. (5) Strengthen security cooperation and efforts to counter Russian malign influence and aggression on the European continent. (6) Counter the People’s Republic of China’s growing private sector footprint in Enterprise countries. (c) Meetings The Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs shall seek to convene appropriate stakeholders of participating Enterprise countries at least twice per calendar year to discuss shared goals and priorities for the Enterprise. Such stakeholders shall include, as practicable, government officials, business leaders, and civil society representatives. (d) Limitation To the extent that projects or activities are undertaken or supported by the Secretary, the Enterprise may only engage with counterpart government officials of Enterprise countries that the Secretary has determined are not undermining United States interests in the region— (1) through cooperation with the Russian Federation or the People’s Republic of China; or (2) by undermining democracy in the region including through the conclusion of a bilateral agreement with the People’s Republic of China or the Russian Federation that enables the stationing of that country’s police or military forces on the enterprise country’s territory. (e) Reports (1) Implementation report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for two years, the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, in coordination with the heads of the Federal agencies described in subsection (a), shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the activities of the Enterprise, which shall also include— (A) an overview of the diplomatic engagements undertaken in the Enterprise; (B) an assessment of the progress of achieving the objectives described in subsection (b); and (C) recommendations for future initiatives for the Enterprise to undertake. (2) Form The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. (f) Definition In this section, the term Enterprise country — (1) means Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, and Bulgaria; and (2) may include any other country in Central and Eastern Europe that the Assistant Secretary for European Eurasian Affairs determines appropriate. 313. Republic of Georgia Sovereignty (a) In general It shall be the policy of the United States not to recognize claims of sovereignty, other than those of the Republic of Georgia, over the following areas in the Republic of Georgia: (1) South Ossetia. (2) Abkhazia. (b) Prohibition In accordance with subsection (a), no Federal department or agency may take any action or extend any assistance that implies recognition of claims of sovereignty other than those of the Republic of Georgia over South Ossetia or Abkhazia. (c) Waiver The Secretary may waive the provisions described in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is in the national interest of the United States and includes a justification for such interest. 314. United States-Belarus Strategic Dialogue (a) In general The Secretary is authorized to facilitate an annual Strategic Dialogue with the Democratic forces of Belarus. (b) Matters To be included The Strategic Dialogue authorized by subsection (a) may seek to— (1) consider the efforts needed to return to democratic rule in Belarus, including the efforts needed to support free and fair elections in Belarus; (2) engage actively with the Belarus Democracy Movement; (3) respond to the political, economic, and security impacts of events in Belarus and the Russian Federation on neighboring countries in the wider region; (4) ensure accountability including through possible punitive measures for the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka for its human rights abuses, undermining and repression of Belarusian civil society and sovereignty in favor of the Russian Federation, and support for the Russian Federation’s war of aggression in Ukraine; and (5) facilitate the release of political prisoners and other wrongfully detained individuals in Belarus including journalists. 315. Uyghur genocide accountability (a) In general The Secretary is authorized, subject to the requirements of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. ) and section 634A of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2394–1 )— (1) to provide the assistance described in subsection (b) to individuals who— (A) belong to the Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, or another oppressed ethnic group in the People’s Republic of China; (B) experienced torture, forced sterilization, rape, forced abortion, forced labor, or other atrocities in the People’s Republic of China; and (C) are residing outside of the People’s Republic of China; and (2) to build local capacity for the assistance described in subsection (b) through— (A) grants to treatment centers and programs in foreign countries in accordance with section 130(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2152(b) ); and (B) research and training to health care providers outside of such treatment centers or programs in accordance with section 130(c)(2) of such Act. (b) Authorized assistance The assistance described in this section is— (1) medical care; (2) physical therapy; and (3) psychological support. (c) Briefing Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on— (1) the direct care or services provided in foreign countries for individuals described in subsection (a)(1)(A); and (2) any projects started or supported in foreign countries to provide the care or services described in paragraph (1)(A). (d) Federal share Not more than 50 percent of the costs of providing the assistance authorized under subsection (a) may be paid by the United States Government. (e) Documenting atrocities in the xinjiang uyghur autonomous region The Secretary is authorized to provide assistance, including financial and technical assistance, as necessary and appropriate, to support the efforts of entities, including nongovernmental organizations with expertise in international criminal investigations and law, to address genocide, crimes against humanity, and their constituent crimes by the Government of the People’s Republic of China by— (1) collecting, documenting, and archiving evidence, including the testimonies of victims and visuals from social media, and preserving the chain of custody for such evidence; (2) identifying suspected perpetrators of genocide and crimes against humanity; (3) conducting criminal investigations of atrocity crimes, including by developing indigenous investigative and judicial skills through partnerships, direct mentoring, and providing the necessary equipment and infrastructure to effectively adjudicate cases for use in prosecutions in domestic courts, hybrid courts, and internationalized domestic courts; (4) supporting investigations conducted by foreign countries, civil society groups, and multilateral organizations; and (5) supporting and protecting witnesses participating in such investigations. 316. Central Asian Connectivity Task Force (a) Establishment The President shall establish a Central Asian Connectivity Interagency Task Force dedicated to coordinating the implementation of the Central Asian Regional Connectivity Strategy. (b) Chair The Task Force shall be chaired by the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, with representation from the Bureaus of South and Central Asian Affairs, East Asia and Pacific Affairs, and Europe and Eurasian Affairs of the Department, the United States Trade and Development Agency, the United States International Development Finance Corporation, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Treasury, the Export-Import Bank, and any other Federal departments or agencies the President determines relevant to the work of the Task Force. (c) Functions The Task Force shall carry out the following functions: (1) Coordinating implementation of regional connectivity projects with Central Asian countries and relevant countries across South Asia, East Asia, and Europe. (2) Connecting with the United States private sector to identify and support market opportunities in Central Asia. (3) Coordinating with development finance institutions and multilateral development banks to secure additional contributions and technical support to implement the Central Asian Regional Connectivity Strategy and any successor strategy. (d) Sunset The task force shall terminate on January 1, 2031. 317. Indian Ocean region strategic review (a) Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States that as part of its broader Indo-Pacific engagement strategy, the United States shall strengthen engagement with Indian Ocean region countries, including governments, civil society, academia, and private sectors, and to enhance United States and allied presence and partnerships through the following actions: (1) Promoting cohesive political ties via regional organizations and stronger bilateral diplomacy. (2) Deepening the bilateral security relationship with India, including enhanced intelligence sharing, military communication, and naval cooperation. (3) Engaging India to operationalize regional economic and political opportunities. (4) Expanding economic connectivity and commercial exchange with Indian Ocean region countries. (5) Ensuring freedom of navigation and unimpeded access to regional trade routes consistent with international law. (6) Addressing maritime security threats including piracy and illegal fishing through joint cooperation. (7) Supporting regional capacity to respond to environmental disasters and build resilient infrastructure. (8) Strengthening maritime domain awareness and security through cooperation with allies and partners. (9) Advancing coordination with allies and partners—including Japan, Australia, India, the United Kingdom, and France—to uphold a rules-based order. (10) Assessing resources and tools needed for sustained United States diplomatic and economic engagement. (b) Strategy The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall develop a strategy to enhance United States, allied, and partner presence, influence, and access in the Indian Ocean region. The strategy shall include— (1) an identification of the political, economic, and security goals and opportunities of the United States in the Indian Ocean region; (2) an explanation of the political, economic, and security goals of Indian Ocean region countries and a detailed description of areas with respect to which such interests align with the goals of the United States; (3) a list that details the economic and political efforts of the People’s Republic of China with respect to the Indian Ocean region, particularly with respect to the engagement by the People’s Republic of China with each country located within the Indian Ocean region; (4) a description and analysis of challenges, including countries and specific projects, to the engagement with Indian Ocean region countries as a result of— (A) disparate policy goals across the departments and agencies of the United States Government; and (B) disparate definitions of the term Indian Ocean region ; (5) a list that details efforts to improve cooperation between the United States and Australia, India, and Japan (commonly referred to as the Quadrilateral Dialogue or Quad and referred to as such in this section), through coordination between members of the Quad with respect to diplomacy and development priorities, joint military exercises and operations, and other activities that promote and balance the political, economic, and security interests of the United States with respect to Indian Ocean region countries; (6) an overview of efforts to support the economic connectivity and development of island countries located within the Indian Ocean region, including through the United States-India-Japan Trilateral Infrastructure Working Group, the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor, and other efforts to expand and enhance connectivity across the Indo-Pacific region (including with the countries of Southeast Asia) that maintain high standards of investment and support for civil society and people-to-people connectivity; (7) a description of how the United States may engage with regional intergovernmental organizations and multilateral organizations, including the Indian Ocean Rim Association and the United Nations, to promote the political, economic, and security goals of the United States in the Indian Ocean region; (8) a description of how the United States may facilitate cooperation between Indian Ocean region countries (including with the governments, civil society, academia, and private sectors of such countries) and Taiwan, through Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy; (9) a review of the diplomatic posture of the United States in the Indian Ocean region, including— (A) an assessment of the diplomatic engagement by the United States with Indian Ocean region countries without a permanent United States embassy or diplomatic mission; (B) an assessment of means by which to improve cooperation by the United States with the Maldives, the Seychelles, and Comoros; (C) an assessment of the sufficiency of United States diplomatic personnel and facilities available in the Indian Ocean region to achieve United States policy in such region; (D) a description of any fiscal or personnel resources required to fill identified gaps with respect to such diplomatic posture; and (E) a description of the bilateral and multilateral diplomatic goals of the Department that the Secretary deems necessary to achieve United States policy in the Indian Ocean region; (10) a review of the agreements entered into between the United States and Indian Ocean region countries for the purpose of facilitating the military operations of the United States pursuant to bilateral and multilateral agreements and a description of any efforts to expand the naval and coast guard cooperation of the United States with India and other Indian Ocean region countries through the negotiation of additional agreements; (11) a strategy for the provision of United States security assistance to the governments of Indian Ocean region countries, including a summary of the security priorities, objectives, and actions of the prospective recipient country and a description of the means by which the United States may support such security priorities, objectives, and actions while promoting the political, economic, and security goals of the United States in the Indian Ocean region; (12) a security assistance assessment of the capabilities, training, and funding needed for countries in the region to push back against shared challenges in the region; and (13) a plan to expand the foreign assistance presence of the United States with respect to the governments of island countries located within the Indian Ocean region, including a description of any resources or policy tools required to expand the ability of the United States to offer high-quality infrastructure resiliency projects to such countries. (c) Inclusion The strategy required by subsection (b) may be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees as a part of any other strategy relating to the Indo-Pacific region. (d) Report Not later than July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter for two years, the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the strategy required by subsection (b). 318. Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (a) Establishment Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, shall establish a strategy, to be known as the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative , in beneficiary countries to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b). (b) Purposes The purposes described in this subsection shall include measures— (1) to promote citizen safety, security, and the rule of law; (2) to counter transnational criminal organizations and local gangs; (3) to advance law enforcement and justice sector capacity building and rule of law initiatives; (4) to promote crime prevention, particularly among at-risk-youth and other vulnerable populations; (5) to strengthen the ability of the security sector to respond to and become more resilient in the face of natural disasters; (6) to prioritize efforts to combat corruption and include anti-corruption components; (7) to counter malign influence from authoritarian regimes, including China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba; and (8) to support the effective branding and messaging of United States security assistance and cooperation in beneficiary countries, including by developing and implementing a public diplomacy strategy for informing citizens of beneficiary countries about the benefits to their respective countries of United States security assistance and cooperation programs. (c) Definition In this section, the term beneficiary countries means— (1) Antigua and Barbuda; (2) the Bahamas; (3) Barbados; (4) Dominica; (5) the Dominican Republic; (6) Grenada; (7) Guyana; (8) Jamaica; (9) Saint Lucia; (10) Saint Kitts and Nevis; (11) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; (12) Suriname; and (13) Trinidad and Tobago. (d) Implementation plan Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an implementation plan that shall include— (1) a multi-year strategy with timeline and stated objectives for actions to be taken in the countries where the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative applies; (2) a list of anticipated outcomes for the region and for each country; (3) specific, measurable benchmarks to track the progress of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative toward accomplishing the outcomes included under this section; and (4) an assessment of steps taken, as of the date on which the strategy is submitted, to increase regional coordination and collaboration between the law enforcement agencies of countries included in the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative and the Haitian National Police, and a framework with benchmarks for increasing such coordination and collaboration, in order to address the urgent security crisis in Haiti. (e) Reporting requirement Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 2030, the Secretary to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes— (1) the implementation strategy required by subsection (d); and (2) an assessment of progress related to meeting the benchmarks described in subsection (d). (f) Sunset The authority to carry out the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative under this section shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date of enactment of this Act. 319. Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025 (a) Short title This section may be cited as the Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2025 . (b) Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for five years, the Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report regarding the ties between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti. (c) Matters To be included The report required by subsection (b) shall— (1) identify and list prominent criminal gangs in Haiti as well as the leaders thereof, and describe their criminal activities including coercive recruitment, and identify their primary geographic areas of operations; (2) list Haitian political and economic elites who have direct links to criminal gangs and any organizations or entities controlled by these elites; (3) describe in detail the relationship between the individuals listed pursuant to paragraph (2) and the criminal gangs identified pursuant to paragraph (1); (4) describe in detail how Haitian political and economic elites use their relationships with criminal gangs to advance their political and economic interests and agenda; (5) include a list of each criminal organization assessed to be trafficking Haitians and other individuals to the United States border; (6) include an assessment of ties between political and economic elites, criminal gangs in Haiti, and transnational criminal organizations; (7) include an assessment of how the nature and extent of collusion between political and economic elites and criminal gangs threatens the Haitian people and United States national interests and activities in the country; and (8) include an assessment of potential actions that the Government of the United States could take to address the findings made pursuant to paragraph (6). (d) Form The report required by subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (e) Definitions In this section— (1) the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives; (D) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; (E) the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; (F) the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; (G) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (H) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (2) the term economic elites means board members, officers, and executives of groups, committees, corporations, or other entities that exert substantial influence or control over Haiti’s economy, infrastructure, or particular industries; and (3) the term political elites means current and former government officials and their high-level staff, political party leaders, and political committee leaders. (f) Sunset The authorities provided by this section shall cease to have effect beginning on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 320. Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act of 2025 (a) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to seek a resolution to the political crisis in Nicaragua that includes— (1) a commitment by the Government of Nicaragua to hold free and fair elections that meet democratic standards and permit credible international electoral observation to replace the Ortega regime; (2) the cessation of the violence perpetrated against civilians by the National Police of Nicaragua and by armed groups supported by the Government of Nicaragua; and (3) independent investigations into the killings of protesters in Nicaragua. (b) Review of participation of Nicaragua in the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (1) Report required (A) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the participation of Nicaragua in CAFTA–DR, which includes— (i) an assessment of the benefits that the Ortega regime receives from the participation of Nicaragua in CAFTA–DR, including profits earned by Nicaraguan State-owned entities; (ii) a description of the violations of commitments made by Nicaragua under CAFTA–DR; and (iii) an assessment of whether Nicaragua qualifies as a nonmarket economy for the purposes of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq. ). (B) Form The report required by subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (2) Cafta–dr defined In this section, the term CAFTA–DR means the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement— (A) entered into on August 5, 2004, with the Governments of Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and submitted to Congress on June 23, 2005; and (B) approved by Congress under section 101(a)(1) of the Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act ( 19 U.S.C. 4011(a)(1) ). (c) Support for human rights and democracy programs (1) Grants (A) In general The President may provide grants to private, nonprofit organizations to support programs that promote human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Nicaragua, including programs that document human rights abuses committed by the Ortega regime since April 2018. (B) Administration of programs Any program that receives a grant under subparagraph (A) should be administered to the maximum extent feasible in consultation with members of the Nicaraguan opposition, including individuals in exile in Costa Rica and the United States. (C) Funding limitation Any entity owned, controlled, or otherwise affiliated with the Ortega regime is not eligible to receive a grant under this subsection. (2) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to appropriate congressional committees a report on actions taken pursuant to this subsection. This report may be combined with the report required under subsection (b)(1). (d) Support for Nicaraguan human rights at the United Nations The President should direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to urge the United Nations to provide greater action with respect to human rights violations in Nicaragua, including by— (1) encouraging international support for conducting thorough and independent investigations into all alleged human rights violations and abuses committed in Nicaragua since April 2018; (2) urging the United Nations General Assembly to consider a resolution, consistent with prior United Nations resolutions, condemning the exile of political prisoners and attacks on religious freedom by the Ortega regime; and (3) assisting efforts, as permitted by United States law, by the relevant United Nations Special Envoys and Special Rapporteurs to promote respect for human rights and encourage dialogue towards a peaceful and democratic transfer of power in Nicaragua. 321. Protect Honduran Democracy Act (a) Short title This section may be cited as the Protect Honduran Democracy Act . (b) Strategy (1) In general The Secretary shall establish a strategy to promote free and fair elections in Honduras to take place on November 30, 2025. (2) Matters to be included The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall include support for monitoring the elections by credible and internationally recognized elections monitoring bodies, such as the Organization of American States, the European Union, the United Nations, and experienced civil society observers and others to achieve the following: (A) Ensure that candidates to public office are not subject to harassment, undue legal persecution, or other efforts to misuse state resources to dissuade them or undermine their candidacies. (B) Avoid the misuse of state resources aimed at influencing voter preferences. (C) Avoid the use of violence and intimidation, including by transnational criminal organizations, local gangs, or political parties and their proxies. (D) Guarantee freedom of speech and assembly. (E) Ensure transparent and credible transmission of elections results. (c) Assistance The Secretary is authorized to provide assistance on a grant basis to nongovernmental organizations for activities— (1) to monitor the national elections in Honduras to take place on November 30, 2025; and (2) to assess the extent to which these elections are held on a free and fair basis. (d) Promotion of migrant participation in elections Congress encourages the Secretary to promote the ability of citizens of Honduras residing in the United States to vote in the general elections in Honduras to take place on November 30, 2025. 322. Baltic region security concerns It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs should raise concerns about the dangers of the Russian build up and potential hostilities in the Baltic region, including the Suwałki Gap, Kaliningrad, and the Baltic states; and (2) the Under Secretary of Political Affairs, acting through the Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, should diplomatically engage the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to prioritize the safety and security of the Baltic region. 323. American-Hellenic-Israeli Eastern Mediterranean Counterterrorism and Maritime Security Partnership Act Section 1316 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (22 U.S.C. note prec. 261) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: (c) Subcomponents (1) Interparliamentary Eastern Mediterranean Security Cooperation Group (A) Establishment There is established a group, to be known as the Israel, Greece, Cyprus, and the United States Interparliamentary Eastern Mediterranean Security Cooperation Group to serve as a security focused legislative subcomponent to the 3+1 Interparliamentary Group established in subsection (a). (B) Membership The group established under subparagraph (A) shall include a group of not more than 6 Members of the United States Senate and 6 Members of the United States House of Representatives, who shall be appointed jointly by the majority leader and the minority leader of the Senate and the speaker and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, respectively. Membership shall include 2 Members of Congress who serve on an appropriate congressional committee. (2) Interexecutive Eastern Mediterranean Security Cooperation Group (A) Establishment There is established a group, to be known as the Israel, Greece, Cyprus, and United States Interexecutive Eastern Mediterranean Security Cooperation Group to serve as a security focused executive subcomponent to the to the 3+1 Interparliamentary Group established in subsection (a). (B) Membership The group established under subparagraph (A) shall include an officer from— (i) the Department of State, designated by the Secretary of State; (ii) the Department of Defense, designated by the Secretary of Defense; and (iii) the Department of Homeland Security, designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (3) Meetings Not less frequently than twice each year, the United States Interparliamentary Eastern Mediterranean Security Cooperation Group shall meet with Israeli, Cypriot, and Greek parliamentary counterpart members to discuss issues on the agenda of the legislative branch of the Governments of Israel, Greece, the Republic of Cyprus, and the United States regarding counterterrorism and maritime security, and the Interexecutive Eastern Mediterranean Security Cooperation Group should meet with Israeli, Cypriot, and Greek executive counterpart members to discuss issues on the agenda of the executive branch of the Governments of Israel, Greece, the Republic of Cyprus, and the United States regarding counterterrorism and maritime security. ; and (1) in subsection (e), by striking 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and inserting on December 31, 2027 . 324. Report on access to Tibetan areas (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, and make available to the public on the website of the Department, a report that includes an assessment of the level of access authorities of the People’s Republic of China have granted diplomats and other officials, journalists, and tourists from the United States to Tibetan areas, including— (1) a comparison with the level of access granted to other areas of China; (2) a comparison between the levels of access granted to Tibetan and non-Tibetan areas in relevant provinces; (3) a comparison of the level of access in the reporting year and the previous reporting year; and (4) a description of the required permits and other measures that impede the freedom to travel in Tibetan areas. (b) Consolidation After the issuance of the first report required by subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs is authorized to incorporate subsequent reports required by subsection (a) into other publicly available, annual reports produced by the Department, if such reports are submitted to the appropriate congressional committees in a manner specifying that they are being submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of this Act. 325. Center for conflict analysis, planning, and prevention (a) In general There shall be in the Department a Center for Conflict Analysis, Planning, and Prevention (in this section referred to as the Center ) which shall be headed by a director who shall report directly to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs. The Center shall conduct data analysis and strategic planning on issues related to conflict prevention, mitigation, and negotiations to develop policy options and provide expertise for the Under Secretary of Political Affairs and the Assistant Secretaries of each regional bureau. (b) Responsibilities In addition to the responsibilities described under subsection (a), the Center may carry out the following, as appropriate: (1) Developing advanced analytic methodologies, data, and tools to understand global conflict dynamics, produce conflict trend assessments, and inform the Department’s efforts to prevent and mitigate conflict and crises of top priority to the United States. (2) Forecasting potential hotspots of violent conflict in foreign countries to best identify risks to United States national security interests or opportunities for advancing United States foreign policy priorities. (3) Conducting in-depth analyses of conflict dynamics in foreign countries to— (A) advise regional bureaus on program goals and approaches to burden-sharing with foreign partners; and (B) provide quantifiable metrics to inform effective use of the Department’s resources. (4) Supporting peace processes by providing expertise to the Under Secretary of Political Affairs, regional bureaus, and Chiefs of Mission, to enable and inform peace negotiation and mediation strategies, implementation, and monitoring. (5) At the direction of the Under Secretary, coordinating with regional and relevant functional bureaus on the implementation of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 ( 22 U.S.C. 9801 et seq. ). (6) Providing strategic gaming, red team, and table-top exercises to rigorously test foreign policy options and strategies. (7) Supporting the development of training for Foreign Service Officers on conflict prevention and mediation skills, including the trainings required under the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018. (8) Such other functions as the Under Secretary for Political Affairs may from time to time designate. (c) Dissemination of analytic products The Under Secretary shall ensure that the Center’s analytic products are disseminated to relevant stakeholders within the Department, as well as other elements of the United States Government, as appropriate. (d) Membership The Center shall be comprised of no more than 20 full-time Department employees, to include, a contingent capable of temporary deployments to support embassies in conflict-affected regions or those the Under Secretary for Political Affairs determines to be at risk of conflict or civil strife. (e) Definition In this section, the term red team means the use of contrarian structured analytic techniques, employed by subject matter experts, to challenge assumptions and test vulnerabilities in a strategy or policy. 326. Global fragility strategy implementation (a) Biennial reports For every two years until the date described in subsection (c), the Under Secretary for Political Affairs, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report, which may include a classified annex, on progress made and lessons learned with respect to implementation of the Global Fragility Strategy established pursuant to section 504 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 ( 22 U.S.C. 9803 ). The report shall include the following elements: (1) Descriptions of steps taken to incorporate the strategy into any relevant, existing country and regional plans or strategies. (2) Accountings of all funding received and obligated to implement each such country and regional plan during the previous two years, and, to the extent feasible, projections of funding to be requested, planned, and implemented for the following two years. (3) Descriptions of progress made towards achieving specific targets, metrics, and indicators for each priority country and region. (4) Descriptions of any changes made to programs based on the results of assessment, monitoring, and evaluation for each priority country and region. (b) Congressional consultation The Department and the Department of Defense shall provide to any appropriate congressional committee briefings on the implementation of this section upon the request of any such committee. (c) Termination The requirement to provide the report required by subsection (a) shall expire on December 31, 2029. 327. Modifications to Global Fragility Act of 2019 Section 509 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019 ( 22 U.S.C. 9808 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A)— (A) in clause (i), by striking and at the end; (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (iii) for administrative and other expenses related to the operation, management, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning for programs and activities related to the implementation of the Global Fragility Strategy established pursuant to section 504, including diplomatic and other operational activities carried out to implement such strategy in countries and regions selected by the President, pursuant to section 505(a), notwithstanding any other provision of law. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) Availability of ESF funds Funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq. ; relating to the Economic Support Fund) are authorized to be made available for the operations, management, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning related to the implementation of the Global Fragility Strategy established pursuant to section 505(a), notwithstanding any other provision of law for any program funded from amounts available for the Prevention and Stabilization Fund established under subsection (a) in any fiscal year and related programs funded by other agencies to implement the Global Fragility Strategy. . 328. International bridge and port of entry modernization act Section 6 of the International Bridge Act of 1972 ( 33 U.S.C. 535d ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking during the period beginning on December 1, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2024, ; and (ii) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), and inserting the following: (A) An international bridge between the United States and Mexico. (B) An international bridge between the United States and Canada. (C) A port of entry on the international land border between the United States and Mexico. (D) A port of entry on the international land border between the United States and Canada. ; and (B) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by inserting or land port of entry after international bridge ; (2) in subsection (b), by inserting or land port of entry after international bridge ; (3) in subsection (c)(2)— (A) by inserting sole before basis ; and (B) by inserting or land port of entry after internationdal bridge ; (4) in subsection (e)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking Notwithstanding and inserting the following: (1) In general Notwithstanding ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (2) No compilation or consideration of documents The Secretary shall not compile or take into consideration any environmental document pursuant to Public Law 91–190 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) with respect to a Presidential permit for an application under subsection (b). ; and (5) in subsection (f), by inserting or land port of entry after international bridge each place it appears. IV International security affairs 401. Undersea cables (a) Strategy The Under Secretary for International Security Affairs, in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall develop a strategy to manage the security of subsea infrastructure. The strategy shall include the following: (1) Information sharing between the United States and United States allies and partners on damaged subsea infrastructure. (2) Best practices for protecting subsea infrastructure from both intentional or unintentional interference and damage. (3) Assessment of foreign adversarial threats to subsea infrastructure, including in the Baltic Sea, Indo-Pacific, and other strategic regions. (4) Development of joint response procedures with allies and partners for incidents involving subsea infrastructure compromise or damage. (5) Promotion of United States leadership in setting international standards for subsea infrastructure security and resilience. (6) Risk assessment of existing United States subsea infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities and prioritize protection and resource allocation efforts. (b) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the strategy required by subsection (a). The report shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex if submitted separately from the unclassified portion. 402. Department conventional weapons destruction programs (a) In general The Secretary is authorized to and shall advance United States foreign policy goals to improve security and stability through demining and weapons stockpile security. The purposes of the activities authorized are— (1) to save lives and ensure the ability of affected populations to return safely and access their homes and land; (2) to enable affected populations to safely and productively utilize land for agriculture—including and particularly in Ukraine, whose agricultural land is essential for global food security; (3) to clear explosive threats from land to permit and encourage critical infrastructure and other development; (4) to educate affected populations about the dangers of landmines and other unexploded ordnance as well as United States efforts to provide the lifesaving benefits of demining activities; (5) to advance United States business interests related to demining and weapons stockpile security; (6) to integrate demining and related activities with other assistance to ensure effective recovery from conflict; and (7) to establish and strengthen peacebuilding partnerships with foreign allies in regions of geopolitical importance through demining, as the United States has successfully done through clearance of unexploded ordnance from the Vietnam war. (b) Conventional weapons elimination or securing activities The purposes of the activities authorized by subsection (a) are— (1) to ensure the safe securing of weapons, ammunition, and explosives in the stores of foreign partners, otherwise at risk of accidental explosions as well as proliferation to terrorists, insurgents, and other violent non-state actors; (2) to support the security sectors of foreign partners to properly eliminate or manage weapons and ammunition stockpiles through Weapons Stockpile Security, and related programs; (3) to educate local police and other officials and the wider population at the local level on safer and more secure weapons storage and salvage as well as United States efforts to provide the lifesaving benefits of conventional weapons elimination, securing, and management; (4) to establish and strengthen cooperation in the area of conventional weapon elimination or security with foreign partners to reduce armed violence and instability in support of important United States national security and foreign policy objectives; and (5) to integrate conventional weapons elimination and securing and related activities with other assistance to prevent armed violence and instability. (c) Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the following: (1) A list of all programming related to demining, conventional weapons destruction, and weapon stockpile security activities conducted by the Department for the previous year as of the submission of the report. (2) An assessment of programming, and the methods and outcomes in relation to achieving the objectives of the Department’s demining, conventional weapons destruction, and weapon stockpile security related programs and activities for the previous year as of the submission of the report. (3) A list of all implementing partners utilized by the Department for demining, conventional weapons destruction, and weapon stockpile security related programming for the previous year as of the submission of the report. (d) Briefing Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until December 18, 2028, the Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on the matters described in this section. 403. Authorizing demining and related programs in Southeast Asia (a) In general The Undersecretary for International Security Affairs may provide assistance to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia for programs to support the following: (1) The development or updating of national surveys of landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants of war. (2) Clearance of such landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosives remnants of war. (3) Stockpile management of small arms, light weapons, and ammunition. (4) Capacity building, risk education, destruction, and physical security related to landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants of war. (b) Coordination In carrying out this section, the Undersecretary for International Security Affairs may seek to consult, partner, and coordinate with international organizations, civil societies, donor governments, and other stakeholders, as the Undersecretary for International Security Affairs determines appropriate, to leverage the expertise, financial support, and resources of such entities to minimize duplication of efforts and maximize the efficient and effective provision of assistance from the United States. (c) Report Not later than June 27, 2026, the Undersecretary for International Security Affairs shall provide a report to the appropriate congressional committees, on activities undertaken in accordance with this section on the progress of amounts made available from the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and related programs account for demining and clearance of landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants of war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Such reports shall also include— (1) the status of amounts made available from the Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and related programs account that are obligated pursuant to authorities provided by prior Acts and the status of unallocated amounts made available to such account as of the date of enactment of this Act; (2) a description of how Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and related programs account funds have contributed to landmine, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants of war clearance efforts in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; (3) estimates of contaminated land that has been cleared, land that still contains landmines, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants of war, land that has not been assessed for contamination, and data on the origin of any antipersonnel mines cleared, to the extent possible; and (4) a description of collaboration between the United States and the governments of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia including past and current progress to date in establishing nation-wide contamination databases in such countries to refine landmine, unexploded ordnance, and other explosive remnants of war locations and target clearance efforts. (d) Definitions In this section— (1) the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the term unexploded ordnance has the meaning given such term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code. 404. Foreign Military Financing program with regard to Jordan Amounts made available under the Foreign Military Financing program estimated to be outlayed for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan during each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2029 shall be disbursed to an interest-bearing account for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York not later than 30 days of the date of the enactment of this Act; Provided that— (1) withdrawal of funds from such account shall be made only on authenticated instructions from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service of the Department of Defense; (2) in the event such account is closed, the balance of the account shall be transferred promptly to the appropriations account for the Foreign Military Financing Program; and (3) none of the interest accrued by such account should be obligated unless the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified. 405. Extension of War Reserve Stockpile Allies-Israel For fiscal year 2026, section 514(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2321h(b) ) shall not apply to defense articles to be set aside, earmarked, reserved, or intended for use as reserve stocks in stockpiles in the State of Israel. 406. Counterterrorism authorities for security assistance programs Section 571 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2349aa ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by inserting , intelligence, and military after assistance to foreign countries in order to enhance the ability of their law enforcement ; and (2) in the second sentence, by inserting information sharing with United States law enforcement, after Such assistance may include . 407. Cyprus arms embargo reform (a) In general Subject to subsection (d) and except as provided in subsection (b), beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall not apply a policy of denial for exports, re-exports, or transfers of defense articles and defense services destined for or originating in the Republic of Cyprus if— (1) the request is made by or on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus; and (2) the end-user of such defense articles or defense services is the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. (b) Exception The exclusion provided for in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the application of a policy of denial based upon credible human rights concerns. (c) Waiver The President may waive the exclusion provided for in subsection (a) for a period of one fiscal year if the President determines that it is essential to the national security interests of the United States to do so. (d) Termination (1) In general The President may terminate the exclusion provided for in subsection (a) for the five-year period beginning on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and may renew such termination for subsequent five-year periods, if, prior to each such five-year period, the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a certification that the Government of the Republic of Cyprus is no longer— (A) cooperating with the United States Government in efforts to implement reforms on anti-money laundering regulations and financial regulatory oversight; and (B) denying Russian military vessels access to ports for refueling and servicing. (2) Definition In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 408. Subnational diplomacy to combat synthetic opioid trafficking Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement shall establish and submit to Congress a strategy to strengthen subnational cooperation between the United States and Mexico for the purposes of— (1) enhancing law enforcement cooperation and local, State, and Federal security forces cooperation at a subnational level for the purpose of curbing fentanyl trafficking and other synthetic opioids, including activities such as— (A) bolstering technical assistance and coordination for law enforcement agencies and local, State, and Federal security forces; (B) carrying out exchange programs for the purposes of professional development; and (C) enhancing data sharing as appropriate; (2) bolstering subnational dialogue and capacity building between Federal and local governments, civil society, faith-based organizations, and business community leaders and integrating issues faced by local communities, including with respect to trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids; and (3) strengthening capacity building and providing resources for border towns and organizations within those towns that attempt to meet the needs of communities. 409. International Narcotics and Law Enforcement compact authority (a) Assistance authorized The Secretary may provide assistance under chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq. ) to any eligible country that enters into an International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Compact (in this section referred to as a Compact ), as described in subsection (b). (b) Compact described A Compact described in this subsection is an agreement between the United States and an eligible country that— (1) establishes a multiyear plan for achieving narcotics control or a law enforcement objective shared by the United States and the eligible country; (2) takes into account any national counter narcotics or law enforcement strategy of the eligible country; and (3) contains— (A) the specific objectives that the eligible country and the United States expect to achieve during the term of the Compact; (B) the responsibilities of the eligible country and the United States in the achievement of such objectives; (C) regular benchmarks to measure, where appropriate, progress toward the achievement of such objectives; (D) a multiyear financial plan that— (i) includes the estimated amounts to be contributed by the Secretary and the eligible country, respectively; (ii) describes how the requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) will be met, including identifying the role of civil society in the achievement of such requirements; and (iii) includes proposed mechanisms to implement such financial plan and provide oversight of the activities conducted pursuant to such plan; (E) a plan to ensure appropriate fiscal accountability for the use of assistance provided under this section; (F) where appropriate, a description of the current and potential participation of donors in the achievement of such objectives; (G) a requirement that open, fair, and competitive procedures are used in a transparent manner in the administration of grants, cooperative agreements, or the procurement of goods and services for the achievement of such objectives; (H) where appropriate, a process by which the Secretary and national, regional, or local units of government of the eligible country may consider solicited proposals under the Compact and unsolicited proposals; (I) the strategy of the eligible country to sustain progress made toward achieving such objectives after expiration of the Compact; and (J) a description of the role of any United States Government agency or department (aside from the Department) in any design, implementation, and monitoring of programs and activities funded under the Compact. (c) Country contributions Each Compact shall identify a contribution, as appropriate, from the eligible country relative to the national budget of such country toward meeting the objectives of the Compact, that— (1) takes into account the prevailing economic conditions; (2) is in addition to government spending allocated by such country for such objectives for the year immediately preceding the establishment of the Compact; and (3) should continue for the duration of the Compact. (d) Prohibition on taxation Each Compact shall contain a provision that states that assistance provided by the United States under the Compact shall be exempt from taxation by the government of the eligible country. (e) (1) Coordination and consultation Prior to entering into a Compact with an eligible country, the Secretary shall consult with appropriate officials of United States Government agencies and departments, particularly with officials engaged in counter narcotics or law enforcement cooperation on issues related to the Compact. (2) Local input In entering into a Compact, the United States shall seek to ensure that the government of the eligible country consults with private and voluntary organizations, the business community, and potential donors in the eligible country. (3) Coordination with donors To the maximum extent feasible, activities undertaken to achieve the objectives of each Compact shall be undertaken in coordination with the assistance activities of donors other than the United States and the eligible country. (f) Increase or extension of assistance under a compact Not later than 15 days after making a determination to increase or extend assistance under a Compact with an eligible country, the Secretary— (1) shall prepare and transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a written report and justification that contains a detailed summary of the proposed increase in or extension of assistance under the Compact and a copy of the full text of the amendment to the Compact; and (2) shall publish a detailed summary, full text, and justification of the proposed increase in or extension of assistance under the Compact in the Federal Register and on the website of the Department. (g) Concurrent and subsequent compacts (1) Concurrent compacts An eligible country that has entered into and has in effect a Compact under this section may enter into and have in effect at the same time not more than one additional Compact if— (A) one or both of the Compacts are or will be for purposes of regional counter narcotics or law enforcement cooperation; and (B) the Secretary determines that the eligible country is making considerable and demonstrable progress in implementing the terms of the existing Compact and supplementary agreements thereto. (2) Subsequent compacts The Secretary may enter into one or more subsequent Compacts in accordance with the requirements of this section after the expiration of the existing Compact. (h) Limitation on duration of compact The duration of a Compact shall not exceed five years. (i) Assistance for facilitating compact Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may enter into contracts or make grants for any eligible country for the purpose of facilitating the development and implementation of a Compact between the United States and the country. (j) Applicability of existing restrictions Assistance through a Compact shall be subject to the same restrictions on assistance provided under chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq. ), including with respect to internationally recognized human rights. (k) Definitions In this section— (1) the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (2) the term eligible country means a foreign country that is eligible for assistance under chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq. ). 410. Combatting firearms trafficking in the Western Hemisphere (a) In general The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and in coordination with the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, shall seek to work with appropriate national and subnational law enforcement authorities of countries in the Western Hemisphere in order to increase voluntary participation by such authorities in the eTrace program, including by providing relevant translation services. (b) Report Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of subsection (a). (c) Definition In this section, the term eTrace program means the web-based firearms tracing system of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives that is available to accredited domestic and international law enforcement agencies to assist in the tracing of United States-sourced firearms. 411. Section 123 agreements (a) In general The Secretary shall— (1) lead diplomatic engagement and negotiations for agreements for cooperation pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2153 ) (commonly referred to, and hereafter referred to, as section 123 agreements ); (2) pursue at least 20 new section 123 agreements before January 3, 2029; (3) pursue, where in the interest of the United States, renegotiation or renewal of section 123 agreements that are scheduled to expire before the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (4) pursue agreements that adhere to the highest standards of safety, security, and nonproliferation, including, where appropriate and achievable, the so-called Gold Standard to forego enrichment or reprocessing of nuclear material, in any renegotiated or new section 123 agreements. (b) Program To enhance global competitiveness The Secretary, in consultation with the relevant heads of other Federal departments and agencies, shall implement a program to enhance the global competitiveness of United States persons (as such term is defined in section 1637(d) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2015 ( 50 U.S.C. 1708(d) )) who are nuclear suppliers, investors, or lenders to compete for nuclear projects in foreign countries, including— (1) expediting the conclusion of intergovernmental agreements on nuclear energy and the fuel supply chain with potential export countries; (2) promoting broad adherence to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, with Annex, done at Vienna September 12, 1997 (TIAS 15–415); (3) identifying statutory and regulatory burdens on exports of nuclear technology, fuel supplies, equipment, and services from the United States and recommending action to relieve such burdens; (4) encouraging favorable decisions by potential import countries on the use of nuclear technology, fuel supplies, equipment, and services from the United States; and (5) ensuring the program is carried out in a manner that adheres to applicable legal requirements, conforms with nonproliferation obligations, and meets the highest standards of safety, security, and safeguards. (c) Report (1) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Nonproliferation shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on United States diplomatic engagement and negotiations for agreements for cooperation pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. (2) Matters to be included The report required by paragraph (1) should include the following information: (A) An updated list of all countries the Secretary is pursuing or has pursued 123 agreements with in the previous year. (B) An analysis of current trends of global competition in the civil nuclear sphere with the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China up and down the supply chain. (C) Any waivers submitted under the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act ( Public Law 118–62 ; 138 Stat. 1022). 412. United States-European Nuclear Energy Cooperation Act of 2025 (a) Strategy The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall develop a strategy to strengthen United States-European nuclear energy cooperation and combat Russian malign influence in the nuclear energy sector in Europe. The strategy shall include the following: (1) An overview and assessment of the Secretary’s efforts to broaden participation by United States nuclear industry entities in Europe and promote the accessibility and competitiveness of United States, European, and partner technologies and services against Russian and Chinese technologies in Europe. (2) An overview of different nuclear reactor types that are currently deployed or under regulatory review in Europe, including large light-water reactors, small modular light-water reactors, and non-light-water reactors, and— (A) what role, if any, each reactor type could have in reducing the Russian Federation’s influence over European energy supply by 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, and 2050; (B) challenges that each reactor type may face with rapid deployment, including costs, market barriers to first-of-a-kind designs, supply chain constraints, and regulatory requirements; (C) the impacts of each reactor type on maintaining strong nonproliferation standards, including the minimization of weapons-usable nuclear material; and (D) opportunities for the use of United States, European, and partner technologies and services in the deployment or potential deployment of each reactor type. (3) An overview of different fuel cycles that are currently deployed or under consideration in Europe, including use of low enriched uranium, including high assay low enriched uranium, and spent fuel reprocessing, along with an analysis of the implications of each fuel cycle on— (A) reducing and eliminating Russia’s market share in Europe for uranium, conversion, enrichment, and reactor fuel between now and 2030; (B) achieving long-term energy security free of Russian influence; and (C) maintaining strong nonproliferation standards, including the minimization of weapons-usable material as well as high nuclear safety and security standards. (4) An overview of nuclear reactor designs and fuel cycle infrastructure that the United States Government is currently funding the development of, and— (A) the potential, if any, that each of these technologies have to decrease or eliminate Russia’s market share in the United States and Europe for nuclear power reactors, uranium mining and milling, conversion, enrichment, fuel fabrication, deconversion, and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing in the short, medium, and long term; (B) the impact of these technologies on the minimization of weapons-usable nuclear material, including the use of highly enriched uranium or plutonium fuels; and (C) an assessment of the use cases for each of these designs and fuel cycles. (5) An overview of the United States Government’s diplomatic engagements regarding the nuclear energy sector in Europe. (6) A list of countries in Europe with active nuclear power programs, and— (A) an analysis of each country’s nuclear energy policy; (B) an overview of existing areas of cooperation with regards to nuclear energy between each country and— (i) the United States; (ii) other European and friendly countries; and (iii) adversarial countries, including the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation; (C) an overview of potential areas for future cooperation between each country and the United States with regards to nuclear energy; and (D) a summary of fuel types used in each country’s nuclear power programs. (7) An overview of Russian and Chinese influence in the European nuclear energy sector. (8) An overview of how the United States Government is working with allies and partners to counter Russian malign influence within the European energy sector to include steps taken to counter Russian influence in the mining and milling, conversion, enrichment, and fuel fabrication processes as well as in reactor construction. (9) An overview of how the United States Government balances the urgent strategic need for collaboration with allies and partners on countering Russia’s influence on nuclear energy in Europe, with commercial competitiveness issues that may arise between United States companies and companies in Europe, Canada, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. (10) An assessment of Rosatom’s role in Russia’s energy sector, to include an overview of strengths and vulnerabilities of the conglomerate. (b) Submission Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the strategy required by subsection (a). (c) Form The strategy required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex, so long as such annex is provided separately from the unclassified Strategy. 413. Authority of the Bureau of Counterterrorism to access certain information (a) In general The Bureau of Counterterrorism of the Department is authorized to access, obtain, and use information maintained by any other Federal department or agency for formulation, implementation, or oversight of international counterterrorism policies, programs, operations, or assistance. Such access may be used for the purposes of— (1) identifying and anticipating current and emerging threats; (2) collecting and verifying information to support policy decisions and terrorism-related designations; (3) detecting, countering, or preventing terrorism-related activity, including terrorist travel; (4) improving coordination between Federal agencies on international counterterrorism efforts; and (5) supporting national security objectives. (b) Interagency agreements The Secretary may enter into memoranda of understanding or other agreements with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies to facilitate the timely and secure exchange of information under this section, including access to intelligence and law enforcement data, as necessary, to support the Bureau of Counterterrorism’s counterterrorism mission, consistent with applicable laws governing the handling of sensitive or classified information. (c) Privacy and security The Bureau of Counterterrorism shall implement appropriate technical, administrative, and policy safeguards to ensure that any information accessed or shared under this section is collected, stored, and used in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including those governing the protection of privacy, civil liberties, and classified or sensitive information. 414. Study on geopolitical strategies and verification frameworks for advanced artificial intelligence (a) Strategy The Assistant Secretary for Emerging Threats, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, shall develop a strategy to preserve enduring United States leadership in the field of advanced artificial intelligence (hereafter in this section referred to as AI ). The strategy shall include the following: (1) A description and assessment of the technical and non-technical methods to monitor the present or future development or deployment of covered AI systems by adversarial nations or foreign actors, including the People’s Republic of China, with particular attention to systems that could pose severe threats to United States national security; (2) Proposals for potential commitments or agreements under which one or more foreign states would commit to restrict, limit, or halt the development or deployment of their covered AI systems; (3) The identification and evaluation of monitoring, verification, and enforcement mechanisms, including methods that do not yet exist but could be developed or strengthened through additional research and development, that could be used to assess international compliance with the commitments or agreements described in paragraph (2) or otherwise improve United States national security, including hardware-based safeguards, data center inspections, cloud service audits, satellite monitoring, signals intelligence, and other relevant methods; (4) Identification and assessment of potential evasion techniques or deception strategies that adversaries could employ to circumvent verification mechanisms, and evaluate countermeasures to enhance the credibility and robustness of such mechanisms; (5) An examination of potential diplomatic and geopolitical strategies or options available to the United States in the event that the United States chooses to delay the development or deployment of adversaries’ covered AI systems, including options or plans to coordinate with allies and partners, build international confidence in potential agreements or commitments related to covered AI systems, deter opportunistic behavior by foreign adversaries, and support efforts to detect or verify that foreign adversaries were not secretly developing covered AI systems or attempting to covertly usurp United States leadership in advanced AI. This shall include methods, strategies, policies, and plans that, in either the presence or absence of international agreements, could be used to prevent or deter adversaries from developing, acquiring, or deploying covered AI systems that could pose severe threats to United States national security; and (6) The identification of potential limitations in the strategies, agreements, proposals, and mechanisms outlined in paragraphs (1) through (5), and develop policy recommendations to address such limitations, including via coordination with allies and partners. Such recommendations shall emphasize concrete, near-term diplomatic and policy actions the United States Government can take to build strategic leverage and preserve policy optionality as AI capabilities advance, including options to strengthen coordination with allies and partners, develop international agreements and commitments around foreign covered AI systems, develop robust verification mechanisms for such agreements, improve situational awareness around foreign covered AI systems for the United States government and allies and partners, verify the location of adversaries’ high-end compute clusters, and coordinate with allies and partners to identify adversaries’ attempts to develop, acquire, or deploy covered AI systems. Such recommendations shall also include a prioritized list identifying verification methods or mechanisms that would benefit from additional research and development efforts by the United States, the private sector, public-private partnerships, or other relevant entities, with a focus on methods or mechanisms that could be made technically feasible or substantially enhanced within 5 years of additional research and development efforts. (b) Report Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Emerging Threats, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the strategy required in subsection (a). (c) Congressional notification During the two-year period described in subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary for Emerging Threats, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital Policy shall provide timely updates to the appropriate congressional committees in response to significant developments related to the content of the report identified in subsection (b), or other material developments in the global landscape of advanced artificial intelligence that may affect United States national security interests, verification strategies, or geopolitical stability. (d) Definition In this section, the term covered AI systems means advanced AI systems with critical capabilities that the Secretary determines would pose a grave national security threat if developed, acquired, deployed, or stolen by adversaries, including systems that match or exceed human expert performance in high-risk domains such as chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear matters, cyber offense, persuasion, or AI research and development, as well as systems that operate with high levels of autonomy without meaningful human oversight or that possess the capacity for self-improvement or rapid capability amplification. 415. Annual trafficking in persons report and amendments (a) Annual trafficking in persons report (1) Annual report Not later than June 30 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the anti-trafficking efforts of the United States and foreign governments according to the minimum standards and criteria enumerated in section 108 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7106 ), and the nature and scope of trafficking in persons in each country and analysis of the trend lines for individual governmental efforts. The report shall, to the extent concurrent reporting data is available, cover efforts and activities taking place during the period between April 1 of the year preceding the report and March 31 of the year in which the report is made, and should include— (A) a list of those countries, if any, to which the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking are applicable and whose governments fully comply with such standards based only on concrete actions taken by the country that are recorded during the reporting period; (B) a list of those countries, if any, to which the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking are applicable and whose governments do not yet fully comply with such standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance based only on concrete actions taken by the country (excluding any commitments by the country to take additional future steps during the next year) that are recorded during the reporting period; (C) a list of those countries, if any, to which the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking are applicable and whose governments do not fully comply with such standards and are not making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance; (D) information on the measures taken by the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and, as appropriate, other multilateral organizations in which the United States participates, to prevent the involvement of the organization’s employees, contractor personnel, and peacekeeping forces in trafficking in persons or the exploitation of victims of trafficking; (E) reporting and analysis on the emergence or shifting of global patterns in human trafficking, including data on the number of victims trafficked to, through, or from major source and destination countries, disaggregated by nationality, gender, and age, to the extent possible; (F) emerging issues in human trafficking; (G) a section entitled Promising Practices in the Eradication of Trafficking in Persons to highlight effective practices and use of innovation and technology in prevention, protection, prosecution, and partnerships, including by foreign governments, the private sector, and domestic civil society actors; (H) for each country included in a different list than the country had been placed in the previous annual report, a detailed explanation of how the concrete actions (or lack of such actions) undertaken (or not undertaken) by the country during the previous reporting period contributed to such change, including a clear linkage between such actions and the minimum standards enumerated in section 108 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7106 ); and (I) information about the trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal, including cases and steps governments are undertaking to prevent, identify, and eliminate such trafficking. (2) Tier 2 watch list (A) Submission of list Not later than the date on which the determinations described in subsections (c) and (d) of section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(c) and (d) are submitted to the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with such subsections, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a list of countries that the Secretary determines require special scrutiny during the following year. The list shall be composed of countries that have been listed pursuant to paragraph (1)(B)) pursuant to the current annual report because— (i) the estimated number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is very significant or is significantly increasing and the country is not taking proportional concrete actions; or (ii) there is a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons from the previous year, including increased investigations, prosecutions and convictions of trafficking crimes, increased assistance to victims, and decreasing evidence of complicity in severe forms of trafficking by government officials. (B) Interim assessment Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the progress that each country on the Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A) has made since April 1 of the previous year. (C) Relation of tier 2 watch list to annual trafficking in persons report A determination that a country shall not be placed on the Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A) shall not affect in any way the determination to be made in the following year as to whether a country is complying with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking or whether a country is making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with such standards. (D) Countries on tier 2 watch list for 2 consecutive years (i) In general Except as provided under clause (ii), a country that is included on the Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A) for 2 consecutive years after December 23, 2008, shall be included on the list of countries described in paragraph (1)(C). (ii) Exercise of waiver authority The President may waive the application of clause (i) for up to 1 year if the President determines, and reports credible evidence to the appropriate congressional committees, that such a waiver is justified because— (I) the country has a written plan to begin making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; (II) the plan, if implemented, would constitute making such significant efforts; and (III) the country is devoting sufficient resources to implement the plan. (E) Congressional notice Not later than 30 days after the submission of the evidence described in subparagraph (D)(ii) with respect to each country determined to have met the requirements under subclauses (I) through (III) of such, the Secretary shall— (i) provide a detailed description of the credible information supporting such determination on a publicly available website maintained by the Department; and (ii) offer to brief the appropriate congressional committees on any written plan submitted by the country as described in subparagraph (D)(ii)(I), with an opportunity to review the written plan. (F) Special rule for certain countries on special watch list that are downgraded and reinstated on special watch list Notwithstanding subparagraphs (D) and (E), a country may not be included on the Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A) for more than 2 years immediately after the country consecutively— (i) was included on the Tier 2 watch list described in subparagraph (A) for— (I) 2 consecutive years after December 23, 2008; and (II) any additional years after such date of enactment as a result of the President exercising the waiver authority under subparagraph (D)(ii); and (ii) was subsequently included on the list of countries described in paragraph (1)(C) in the year following such waiver under subparagraph (D)(ii). (3) Significant efforts (A) In general In making determinations under paragraph (1) or (2) as to whether the government of a country is making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the Secretary shall consider— (i) the extent to which the country is a country of origin, transit, or destination for severe forms of trafficking; (ii) the extent of noncompliance with the minimum standards by the government and, particularly, the extent to which officials or employees of the government have participated in, facilitated, condoned, or are otherwise complicit in severe forms of trafficking; and (iii) what measures are reasonable to bring the government into compliance with the minimum standards in light of the resources and capabilities of the government. (B) Proof of failure to make significant efforts In addition to the considerations described in subparagraph (A), in determinations under paragraph (1)(C) as to whether the government of a country is not making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the Secretary shall consider, as proof of failure to make significant efforts, a government policy or pattern of— (i) trafficking; (ii) trafficking in government-funded programs; (iii) forced labor (in government-affiliated medical services, agriculture, forestry, mining, construction, or other sectors); (iv) sexual slavery in government camps, compounds, or outposts; (v) employing or recruiting child soldiers; (vi) the extent to which the government of the country is devoting sufficient budgetary resources— (I) to investigate and prosecute acts of severe trafficking in persons; (II) to convict and sentence persons responsible for such acts; and (III) to obtain restitution for victims of human trafficking; (vii) the extent to which the government of the country is devoting sufficient budgetary resources— (I) to protect and support victims of trafficking in persons; and (II) to prevent severe forms of trafficking in persons; and (viii) the extent to which the government of the country has consulted with domestic and international civil society organizations that resulted in concrete actions to improve the provision of services to victims of trafficking in persons. (4) Action plans for countries upgraded to tier 2 watchlist (A) In general Not later than 180 days after the release of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report, the Secretary, acting through the Director and through the Assistant Secretary of the appropriate regional bureau, in consultation with appropriate officials from the government of each country described in paragraph (2)(A), and with the assistance of the United States Ambassador or Charge d’Affaires in each such country, shall— (i) prepare an action plan for each country upgraded from the Tier 3 to the Tier 2 Watchlist to further improve such country’s tier ranking under this subsection; and (ii) present the relevant action plan to the government of each such country. (B) Contents Each action plan prepared under this paragraph— (i) shall include specific concrete actions to be taken by the country to substantively address deficiencies preventing the country from meeting Tier 2 standards, based on credible information; and (ii) should be focused on short-term and multi-year goals. (C) Briefings The Director and all appropriate regional Assistant Secretaries shall make themselves available to brief the appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the implementation of each action plan prepared under this paragraph. (D) Savings provision Nothing in this paragraph may be construed as modifying— (i) minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking under section 108 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7106 ); or (ii) the actions against governments failing to meet minimum standards under this section or the criteria for placement on the Tier 2 watch list under paragraph (2). (b) Conforming amendment to the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 Section 204(b)(1) of the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107 note) is amended by striking special watch list described in paragraph (2)(A)(iii) and inserting Tier 2 watch list described in paragraph (2)(A) of section 415(a) of the Department of State Policy Provisions Act . (c) Conforming amendment to the bipartisan congressional trade priorities and accountability act of 2015 Section 106(b)(6)(E)(iii) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 ( 19 U.S.C. 4205(b)(6)(E)(iii) ) is amended by striking (A)(iii) each place it appears and inserting paragraph (2)(A) of section 415(a) of the Department of State Policy Provisions Act . (d) Printed version of the report Section 107(c) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding the following new paragraph: (3) ensure that a printed hard copy format of the annual report submitted under section 415(a) of the Department of State Policy Provisions Act is made available to the public. . (e) Effective dates Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), and the amendments made by such subsections, shall apply beginning on the day that is 1 year after the date of the reporting period for the most recent report submitted under section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1) ), as such section was in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act. (f) Trafficking in persons report heroes award The Secretary is authorized to establish an award, to be known as the Trafficking in Persons Report Heroes Award , to honor individuals in the United States and around the world who have devoted their lives to combatting trafficking in persons. The Secretary shall, in coordination with the Director, establish procedures for selecting recipient of the award and shall to the maximum extent practicable present the award annually to not more than 10 individuals who may be United States citizens or foreign nationals. The Secretary shall host an annual ceremony for recipients of the award, which may be combined with the public release of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report under subsection (a). (g) Establishment of the expert consultant network The Secretary is authorized to establish an Expert Consultant Network to contract with trafficking in persons’ experts with lived experience to serve as paid consultants on policy and grantmaking for the Department. V Economic affairs 501. Administration of the International Technology Security and Innovation Fund (a) In general Section 102 of the CHIPS Act of 2022 ( Public Law 117–167 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(1)— (A) by striking Secretary of State each place it appears and inserting Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (A) Management of the fund Within the Department of State, the Fund shall be overseen and administered by the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs. ; and (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking Secretary of State each place it appears and inserting Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs . 502. Coordination of science, technology, and communication infrastructure (a) In general To ensure smooth functioning and clear lines of responsibility both among the Department’s science, technology, and communication infrastructure bureaus and across all Department bureaus, and to avoid repeating past problems associated with unclear lines of responsibility, there shall be a reporting requirement for science, technology, and communication infrastructure coordination in the Department. The Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs shall have primary responsibility for this requirement, in consultation with the following individuals: (1) Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital Policy. (2) Assistant Secretary for Emerging Threats. (3) Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Diplomatic Technology of the Department. (4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Environment Affairs. (b) Report (1) In general Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the heads of the Department bureaus described in paragraph (2) shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that— (A) describes any coordination challenges in the science, technology, and communication infrastructure policy areas; and (B) outlines steps to deconflict lines of effort. (2) Bureaus described The Department bureaus described in this paragraph are the following: (A) The Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. (B) The Bureau of Emerging Threats. (C) The Bureau of Diplomatic Technology. (D) The Office of Space Affairs within the Bureau of Water, Environment, and Space Affairs. (c) Briefings After the submission of the report required by subsection (b), the heads of the Department bureaus described in subsection (b)(2) shall provide briefings to the appropriate congressional committees once every six months. The briefings shall include the same subject matter as the report, but with updated information. (d) Matters To be included The report required by subsection (b)(1) and the subsequent briefings required by subsection (c) shall include— (1) an assessment of each bureau’s efforts to coordinate with other relevant bureaus on science, technology, and communication infrastructure policy; (2) an assessment of each bureau’s efforts to coordinate with other bureaus and offices of the Department which do not have primary responsibility for science, technology, and communication infrastructure policy; (3) a description of any challenges encountered in science, technology, and communication infrastructure policy coordination, including— (A) uncertainty about which relevant bureau is supposed to take the lead on a policy issue; (B) duplication of efforts among the relevant bureaus; (C) instances when relevant bureau personnel were asked to provide services or weigh in on issues not in their bureau’s area of responsibility; and (D) instances when relevant bureau personnel were not included in internal policy discussions or documents relevant to their bureau’s area of responsibility; and (4) a description of actions taken to address identified coordination challenges and prevent their recurrence. (e) Form The report required by subsection (b)(1) and the briefings required by subsection (c) shall be submitted or made in an unclassified format, as the case may be, and may include a classified annex. (f) Sunset This section shall terminate on the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 503. Investment screening initiative (a) Establishment Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Economic Growth shall establish the Initiative on Foreign Investment Screening (in this section referred to as the Initiative ). (b) Coordination The Assistant Secretary for Economic Growth shall coordinate with the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, in the establishment and activities of the Initiative. (c) Designated official The Assistant Secretary for Economic Growth shall designate an official to lead the Initiative. (d) Duties The Initiative shall— (1) provide technical assistance, training, and advisory services to foreign countries regarding best practices for screening foreign investments for national security risks to such countries; (2) facilitate coordination among Federal departments and agencies, the private sector, partner countries, and civil society to promote investment security standards; (3) support the development and implementation of foreign investment screening mechanisms in partner countries through regulatory guidance and information sharing; (4) assess the progress of partner countries in establishing robust investment screening mechanisms; and (5) conduct outreach and capacity-building efforts to enhance global awareness of investment security risks. (e) Sunset This section shall terminate on the date that is three years after the date on which the Initiative is established pursuant to subsection (a). 504. Report regarding the investment screening initiative program Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for three years, the Assistant Secretary for Economic Growth shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities of the Investment Screening Initiative program, including— (1) a summary of technical assistance and training provided to foreign countries; (2) an assessment of progress made by foreign countries in implementing investment screening mechanisms; (3) an evaluation of emerging national security risks related to foreign investment; and (4) recommendations for further United States engagement with foreign countries regarding investment security assistance. 505. Study on geopolitical strategies and verification frameworks for advanced artificial intelligence (a) Strategy The Assistant Secretary for Emerging Threats, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, shall develop a strategy to preserve enduring United States leadership in the field of advanced artificial intelligence (hereinafter in this section referred to as AI ). (b) Matters To be included The strategy required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A description and assessment of the technical and non-technical methods to monitor the present or future development or deployment of covered AI systems by adversarial nations or foreign actors, including China, with particular attention to systems that could pose severe threats to United States national security; (2) Proposals for potential commitments or agreements under which one or more foreign states would commit to restrict, limit, or halt the development or deployment of covered AI systems; (3) The identification and evaluation of monitoring, verification, and enforcement mechanisms, including methods that do not yet exist but could be developed or strengthened through additional research and development, that could be used to assess international compliance with the commitments or agreements described in paragraph (2) or otherwise improve United States national security, including hardware-based safeguards, data center inspections, cloud service audits, satellite monitoring, signals intelligence, and other relevant methods; (4) Identification and assessment of potential evasion techniques or deception strategies that adversaries could employ to circumvent verification mechanisms, and evaluate countermeasures to enhance the credibility and robustness of such mechanisms; (5) An examination of potential diplomatic and geopolitical strategies or options available to the United States in the event that the United States chose to delay the development or deployment of covered AI systems of adversaries, including options or plans to coordinate with allies and partners, build international confidence in potential agreements or commitments related to covered AI systems, deter opportunistic behavior by foreign adversaries, and support efforts to detect or verify that foreign adversaries were not secretly developing covered AI systems or attempting to covertly usurp United States leadership in advanced AI. This shall include methods, strategies, policies, and plans that, in either the presence or absence of international agreements, could be used to prevent or deter adversaries from developing, acquiring, or deploying covered AI systems that could pose severe threats to United States national security; and (6) The identification of potential limitations in the strategies, agreements, proposals, and mechanisms outlined in paragraphs (1) through (5), and develop policy recommendations to address such limitations, including via coordination with allies and partners. Such recommendations shall emphasize concrete, near-term diplomatic and policy actions the United States Government can take to build strategic leverage and preserve policy optionality as AI capabilities advance, including options to strengthen coordination with allies and partners, develop international agreements and commitments around covered AI systems, develop robust verification mechanisms for such agreements, improve situational awareness around foreign covered AI systems for the United States government and allies and partners, verify the location of adversaries’ high-end compute clusters, and coordinate with allies and partners to identify adversaries’ attempts to develop, acquire, or deploy covered AI systems. Such recommendations shall also include a prioritized list identifying verification methods or mechanisms that would benefit from additional research and development efforts by the United States, the private sector, public-private partnerships, or other relevant entities, with a focus on methods or mechanisms that could be made technically feasible or substantially enhanced within five years of additional research and development efforts. (c) Report Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital Diplomacy shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains the strategy required by subsection (a). (d) Congressional notification During the 2-year period described in subsection (c), the Assistant Secretary for Cyberspace and Digital Policy shall provide timely updates to the appropriate congressional committees in response to significant developments related to the content of the report required by subsection (c), or other material developments in the global landscape of advanced artificial intelligence that may affect United States national security interests, verification strategies, or geopolitical stability. (e) Definition In this section, the term covered AI systems means advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems with critical capabilities that the Secretary determines would pose a grave national security threat if developed, acquired, deployed, or stolen by adversaries, including systems that match or exceed human expert performance in high-risk domains such as chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear matters, cyber offense, persuasion, or AI research and development, as well as systems that operate with high levels of autonomy without meaningful human oversight or that possess the capacity for self-improvement or rapid capability amplification. 506. Global Small Business Network program (a) Establishment The Secretary, in consultation with other relevant agencies, is authorized to establish a Global Small Business Network program (referred to in this section as the program ) to be administered under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for Commercial Diplomacy. (b) Director The Assistant Secretary for Commercial Diplomacy shall designate an officer or employee of the Department to serve as the Director of the program. (c) Purpose The purpose of the program is to— (1) enhance the ability of small business concerns in the United States that are affiliated with a small business development center to export to foreign markets and take part in international commerce; (2) facilitate partners for small business concerns in the United States; (3) promote the establishment, development, and strengthening of small businesses and small business networks in foreign countries participating in the program; and (4) promote resilient business environments in foreign countries through the development of small business development centers in foreign countries, particularly in the Western Hemisphere and in new foreign markets. 507. Global small business grants program (a) In general The Assistant Secretary for Commercial Diplomacy may make grants to any qualified entity that submits an application in such form, and satisfying such requirements, as the Assistant Secretary for Commercial Diplomacy may require. (b) Types of grants A qualified entity may receive a grant for one or more of the following purposes: (1) To assist national and local governments of a foreign country to develop a small business development center, or multiple centers. (2) To promote economic connectivity between small business concerns in the United States and economies covered by the Global Small Business Network program. (3) To support improvements to the business environment that facilitates the growth of small businesses in foreign countries. (c) Definitions In this section— (1) the term qualified entity means an entity that is— (A) an institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 )), except that such term does not include institutions described in section 102(a)(1)(c) of such Act; (B) a consortium of two or more institutions of higher education described in subparagraph (A); or (C) a nonprofit entity with experience in operating or working with small business development centers in the United States; (2) the term small business concern has the meaning given the term under section 3(a) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(a) ); and (3) the term small business development center — (A) with respect to a center located in the United States— (i) has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632 ); and (ii) includes a women’s business center, as such term is used under section 29 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 656 ); and (B) with respect to a center located in a foreign country, means an entity that— (i) provides small business-oriented employment or natural resources development programs; (ii) promotes studies, research, and counseling concerning the managing, financing, and operation of small businesses; (iii) provides management and technical assistance regarding small business participation in international markets and international commerce, including with the United States; (iv) provides delivery or distribution of services and information described in this subparagraph; or (v) provides access to business analysts who can refer a small business to available experts. 508. Report on the small business network program (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter for a period of four years, the Assistant Secretary for Commercial Diplomacy, in consultation with heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of the Global Small Business Network. (b) Matters To be included The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An assessment of support provided to small business concerns in the United States that have utilized programs through the Global Small Business Network, including information on the number of businesses supported, the geographic location of such businesses, the number of jobs supported, and the amount of economic activity generated. (2) A description of methods and strategies to develop small business development centers in foreign countries for the two-year period beginning on the date on which the report is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees. (3) A list, and the current status, of all operating small business development centers in foreign countries that are affiliated with the Global Small Business Network program. (4) A list, and the current status, of all new small business development centers in foreign countries set up through the Global Small Business Network program in the two-year period ending on the date on which the report is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees, even if such centers are no longer affiliated with the Global Small Business Network program. VI Foreign assistance 601. Authorization of efforts to prevent and treat malnutrition globally (a) In general The Undersecretary for Strategic Assistance is authorized to provide assistance to monitor and treat malnutrition when deemed in the interests of the United States, at the discretion of the Undersecretary. (b) Delineation of functions The Undersecretary for Strategic Assistance shall conduct such work in coordination with the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy of the Department, the Office of Global Food Security, and the Bureau of Migration and Disaster Assistance of the Department. (c) Consultation The primary bureau or office designated to perform such functions as provided under this section shall consult with the applicable regional bureau as determined to be in the best interest of the aforementioned office or bureau. (d) Primary duties and responsibilities The Office of Global Food Security is hereby authorized to carry out the following functions: (1) Exercise strategic oversight of, and provide direction for, the nutrition response component of humanitarian programming. (2) Promote and facilitate the ownership and leadership of partner countries in the design and implementation of nutrition-related programs in contexts requiring humanitarian assistance, including in circumstances where such planning mechanisms do not currently exist. (3) Coordinate, oversee, and support collaborative activities, programming, and initiatives with the interagency, multilateral organizations, and other partners, including activities, programming, and initiatives carried out under— (A) the Food for Peace; (B) the Feed the Future Initiative; (C) the Department of Agriculture; (D) the Famine Early Warning Systems Network; (E) United Nations Children’s Fund; (F) the World Food Programme; and (G) such other bilateral or multilateral mechanisms as the Undersecretary may determine to be appropriate. (4) Provide technical or programmatic assistance, upon request, to the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy of the Department or to any regional bureau of the Department. The Office of Global Food Security shall consult with the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy and the Bureau of Migration and Disaster Assistance of the Department. (5) The Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy is authorized to provide technical support through consultation to the Office of Global Food Security for maximizing efficiency and establishing best practices related to nutrition assistance. Additionally, the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy is authorized to request nutrition assistance from the Office of Global Food Security in the event such assistance maximizes efficiency in coordinating and conducting global health programs, and it is in the interest of the United States, and in the event acute malnutrition is prevalent in areas where other global health assistance is being provided, at the discretion of the Assistant Secretary for Global Health Security and Diplomacy. (6) For the Bureau of Migration and Disaster Assistance, the Under Secretary for Strategic Assistance is authorized to provide technical support through consultation to the Office of Global Food Security for maximizing efficiency and establishing best practices related to refugee resettlement and migration, and to ensure nutrition assistance aligns with and supports the Department’s existing assistance efforts for refugees and internally displaced persons. (A) Under circumstances where the Undersecretary furnishes such assistance, the Undersecretary shall prioritize support for the most vulnerable populations susceptible to severe malnutrition, including children under the age of 5 and pregnant and lactating women. (B) The Undersecretary is authorized to determine and target partner countries by prioritizing the most cost-effective and proven malnutrition prevention and treatments interventions, with planning to transition to partner country ownership in preventing malnutrition. Such interventions may include— (i) multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS); (ii) breastfeeding support; (iii) vitamin A supplementation; and (iv) specialized nutritious food products for the treatment of acute malnutrition, and other evidence-based interventions, as deemed appropriate at the discretion of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Food Security, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Global Health Security and Diplomacy. (7) The Undersecretary shall ensure rigorous monitoring and evaluation of such efforts in consultation with the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Food Security. 602. International religious freedom programs and report (a) Annual report on international religious freedom (1) In general On May 1 of each year or the first day thereafter on which the appropriate House of Congress is in session, the Secretary, with the assistance of the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, and taking into consideration the recommendations of the Commission on International Religious Freedom, shall prepare and submit to Congress an Annual Report on International Religious Freedom supplementing the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom. Each Annual Report shall contain the following: (A) Status of religious freedom A description of the status of religious freedom in each foreign country, including— (i) trends toward improvement in the respect and protection of the right to religious freedom and trends toward deterioration of such right; (ii) violations of religious freedom engaged in or tolerated by the government of that country; (iii) particularly severe violations of religious freedom engaged in or tolerated by the government of that country as well as the routine denial of visa applications for religious workers; (iv) particularly severe violations of religious freedom in that country if such country does not have a functioning government or the government of such country does not control its territory; (v) the identification of prisoners, to the extent possible, in that country pursuant to section 108(d) of the International Religious Freedoms Act of 1988 ( 22 U.S.C. 6417(d) ); (vi) any action taken by the government of that country to censor religious content, communications, or worship activities online, including descriptions of the targeted religious group, the content, communication, or activities censored, and the means used; and (vii) wherever applicable, an assessment and description of the nature and extent of acts of antisemitism and antisemitic incitement that occur in that country during the preceding year, including— (I) acts of physical violence against, or harassment of, Jewish people, acts of violence against, or vandalism of, Jewish community institutions, and instances of propaganda in government and nongovernment media that incite such acts; and (II) the actions taken by the government of that country to respond to such violence and attacks or to eliminate such propaganda or incitement, to enact and enforce laws relating to the protection of the right to religious freedom of Jewish people, and to promote anti-bias and tolerance education. (B) Violations of religious freedom An assessment and description of the nature and extent of violations of religious freedom in each foreign country, including persecution of one religious group by another religious group, religious persecution by governmental and nongovernmental entities, persecution targeted at individuals or particular denominations or entire religions, persecution of lawyers, politicians, or other human rights advocates seeking to defend the rights of members of religious groups or highlight religious freedom violations, prohibitions on ritual animal slaughter or male infant circumcision, the existence of government policies violating religious freedom, including policies that discriminate against particular religious groups or members of such groups, policies that ban or restrict the public manifestation of religious belief and the peaceful involvement of religious groups or their members in the political life of each such foreign country, and the existence of government policies concerning— (i) limitations or prohibitions on, or lack of availability of, openly conducted, organized religious services outside of the premises of foreign diplomatic missions or consular posts; and (ii) the forced religious conversion of minor United States citizens who have been abducted or illegally removed from the United States, and the refusal to allow such citizens to be returned to the United States. (C) United States policies A detailed description of United States actions, diplomatic and political coordination efforts, and other policies in support of religious freedom in each foreign country engaging in or tolerating violations of religious freedom, including a description of the measures and policies implemented during the preceding 12 months by the United States under titles I, IV, and V of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1988 in opposition to violations of religious freedom and in support of international religious freedom. (D) International agreements in effect A description of any binding agreement with a foreign government entered into by the United States under section 401(b) or 402(c) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1988. (E) Training and guidelines of Government personnel A description of— (i) the training described in section 207(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157(f) ), section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4028 ), and subsections (b) and (c) of section 603 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1988 ( 22 U.S.C. 6473(b) and (c)) on violations of religious freedom provided to immigration judges and consular, refugee, immigration, and asylum officers; and (ii) the development and implementation of the guidelines described in sections 602(c) and 603(a) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1988 ( 22 U.S.C. 6472(c) and 6473(a)). (F) Executive Summary An Executive Summary to the Annual Report highlighting the status of religious freedom in certain foreign countries and including the following: (i) Countries in which the United States is actively promoting religious freedom An identification of foreign countries in which the United States is actively promoting religious freedom. This section of the report shall include a description of United States actions taken to promote the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion and oppose violations of such right under title IV and title V of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1988 during the period covered by the Annual Report. Any country designated as a country of particular concern for religious freedom under section 402(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1988 ( 22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A)(ii) ) shall be included in this section of the report. Any country in which a non-state actor designated as an entity of particular concern for religious freedom under section 301 of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1988 ( 22 U.S.C. 6442a ) is located shall be included in this section of the report. (ii) Countries of significant improvement in religious freedom An identification of foreign countries the governments of which have demonstrated significant improvement in the protection and promotion of the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion during the period covered by the Annual Report. This section of the report shall include a description of the nature of the improvement and an analysis of the factors contributing to such improvement, including actions taken by the United States under this chapter. (G) Anti-semitism in Europe In addition to the information required under subparagraph (A)(vii), with respect to each European country in which verbal or physical threats or attacks are particularly significant against Jewish persons, places of worship, schools, cemeteries, and other religious institutions, a description of— (i) the security challenges and needs of European Jewish communities and European law enforcement agencies in such countries to better protect such communities; (ii) to the extent practicable, the efforts of the United States Government over the reporting period to partner with European law enforcement agencies and civil society groups regarding the sharing of information and best practices to combat anti-Semitic incidents in Europe; (iii) European educational programming and public awareness initiatives that aim to collaborate on educational curricula and campaigns that impart shared values of pluralism and tolerance, and showcase the positive contributions of Jews in culture, scholarship, science, and art, with special attention to those segments of the population that exhibit a high degree of anti-Semitic animus; and (iv) efforts by European governments to adopt and apply a working definition of antisemitism. (2) Classified addendum If the Secretary determines that it is in the national security interests of the United States or is necessary for the safety of individuals to be identified in the Annual Report or is necessary to further the purposes of this chapter, any information required by paragraph (1), including measures or actions taken by the United States, may be summarized in the Annual Report or the Executive Summary and submitted in more detail in a classified addendum to the Annual Report or the Executive Summary. (b) Preparations of reports regarding violations of religious freedom (1) Standards and investigations The Secretary shall ensure that United States missions abroad maintain a consistent reporting standard and thoroughly investigate reports of violations of the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion. (2) Contacts with nongovernmental organizations In compiling data and assessing the respect of the right to religious freedom for the Human Rights Reports, the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, and the Executive Summary, United States mission personnel shall, as appropriate, seek out and maintain contacts with religious and human rights nongovernmental organizations, with the consent of those organizations, including receiving reports and updates from such organizations and, when appropriate, investigating such reports. 603. Combatting corruption and kleptocracy It is the policy of the United States— (1) to leverage United States diplomatic engagement and foreign assistance to promote the rule of law and good governance; (2) to coordinate with other like-minded states to counter corruption, kleptocracy, and illicit finance; (3) to help foreign partner countries strengthen their legal and financial architecture to better protect against illicit finance and investigate, prosecute, adjudicate, and more generally combat the use of corruption by malign actors; (4) to assist in the recovery of kleptocracy-related stolen assets, including through appropriate bilateral arrangements and international agreements which the United States has ratified, such as the United Nations Convention against Corruption, done at New York October 31, 2003, and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, done at New York November 15, 2000; and (5) to use existing authorities, such as the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note)) and section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of Public Law 116–94 ), to identify and take action against corrupt foreign actors, and to ensure the use of such punitive measures are seen to be credible and strictly nonpartial. 604. Specialized disaster assistance professionals (a) Specialized disaster assistance professionals The Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish and maintain a program for the recruitment, training, and retention of specialized disaster assistance professionals within the Department. (b) Purpose This program shall ensure that the Bureau of Migration and Disaster Assistance of the Department has a sufficient number of personnel with the skills and expertise necessary to plan, implement, and manage complex international disaster assistance operations. Such expertise shall include procurement, logistics, public health, nutrition, protection, engineering, and finance. (c) Training The Under Secretary shall ensure that these professionals receive regular and relevant training to maintain and enhance their skills. 605. Coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations (CEPI) (a) In general The Assistant Secretary for Global Health is authorized to participate in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (referred to this section as CEPI ), as determined by the Assistant Secretary to be in the best interest of the United States and as considered beneficial to promoting such interests pertaining to biodefense, global health security, and force-protection requirements. (b) Investors council and board of directors The Assistant Secretary shall designate an employee of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy of the Department to function as the representative of the United States on the Investors Council and on the Board of Directors of CEPI, upon which designation the disbursement of all such funding provided from the United States shall be contingent. (c) Coordination In carrying out the responsibilities provided under subsection (b), the Assistant Secretary shall consult with applicable Federal departments and agencies and with the applicable bureaus at the Department, as determined by the Assistant Secretary to be beneficial to promoting United States interests. (d) Consultation Within 60 days of designation by the Assistant Secretary and upon request by any of the committees listed in subsection (e), the employee designated pursuant to subsection (b) shall consult with such committees regarding— (1) the manner and extent to which the United States plans to participate in and assist in governing CEPI; (2) any planned financial contributions or undisbursed amounts at the time of consultation from the United States to CEPI; (3) how participation in CEPI is in the best interest of the United States; (4) how participation in CEPI is expected to support the applicable revision of the National Biodefense Strategy required under section 1086 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( 6 U.S.C. 104 ); and (5) areas of overlap between the work being conducted by CEPI and the global health interests under the Assistant Secretary’s purview, with special interest given to emerging health security threats, long-term health program transitions and sustainability, and supporting American innovation, as deemed most relevant by the Assistant Secretary. (e) Committees listed The committees listed in this subsection are— (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 606. Maternal and child health policy (a) Establishment The Assistant Secretary for Global Health is hereby authorized through fiscal year 2027 to provide targeted assistance to reduce maternal and child mortality rates, subject to the following: (1) Such assistance may be provided in countries with a high mortality rate in locations where other global health programs are being implemented and when deemed in the interest of the United States, at the discretion of the Assistant Secretary. (2) Additionally, such assistance may take the form of technical assistance to support partner countries with data collection and analysis pertaining to mortality rates, and with technical assistance as provided under Safe Passages program, established elsewhere in this Act. (3) All such programming shall prioritize high-impact treatment interventions, designed to maximize efficiency, and the utilization of commodities that represent American trade interests, where deemed beneficial by the Assistant Secretary. (4) All such programming shall be included in the global health compacts established elsewhere in this Act, with targets established to enable partner country transitions. (b) Budget The Bureau for Global Health Security and Diplomacy of the Department shall implement a common set of indicators and budget tags or codes to track funding allocations and obligations by country, year, and intervention area. (c) Definition In this section, the term maternal and child health means interventions and activities funded specifically through the Maternal and Child Health sub-account under the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs appropriations. 607. Extension of Diplomatic Immunities to the Pacific Islands Forum The provisions of the International Organizations Immunities Act ( 22 U.S.C. 288 et seq. ) may be extended to the Pacific Islands Forum in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions as such provisions may be extended to a public international organization in which the United States participates pursuant to any treaty or under the authority of any Act of Congress authorizing such participation or making an appropriation for such participation. 608. Report on metrics of success for international organization participation (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and for each of the 2 years thereafter, the Assistant Secretary for International Organizations Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the following: (1) An identification of metrics of success related to the effectiveness of United States participation in international organizations, including— (A) the number of resolutions in those organizations that the United States was successful in revising to benefit the United States and a description of those resolutions and revisions; and (B) a description of the success of the programs of those organizations that are financed by United States funding. (2) A determination based on the metrics of success identified under paragraph (1) on whether United States participation in international organizations is in the national interests of the United States generally. (3) A strategic and performance plan for the Bureau of International Organizations Affairs of the Department and its missions regarding United States participation in international organizations. (b) Definition In this section, the term international organization means any public international organization to which the privileges, exemptions, and immunities provided by the International Organizations Immunities Act ( 22 U.S.C. 288 et seq. ) have been extended, whether by a provision of law or through an Executive Order. 609. Report on country United Nations voting practices (a) In general Not later than March 31 of each year, the Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a full and complete annual report which assesses for the preceding calendar year, with respect to each foreign country member of the United Nations, the voting practices of the governments of such countries at the United Nations, and which evaluates General Assembly and Security Council actions and the responsiveness of those governments to United States policy on issues of special importance to the United States. (b) Information on voting practices at the un Such report shall include, with respect to voting practices and plenary actions in the United Nations during the preceding calendar year, information to be compiled and supplied by the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, consisting of— (1) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with the Secretary, of the extent to which member countries supported United States policy objectives at the United Nations; (2) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with the Secretary, of actions taken by the United Nations by consensus; (3) with respect to plenary votes of the United Nations General Assembly— (A) a listing of all such votes on issues which directly affected important United States interests and on which the United States lobbied extensively and a brief description of the issues involved in each such vote; (B) a listing of the votes described in subparagraph (A) which provides a comparison of the vote cast by each member country with the vote cast by the United States; (C) a country-by-country listing of votes described in subparagraph (A); and (D) a listing of votes described in subparagraph (A) displayed in terms of United Nations regional caucus groups; (4) a listing of all plenary votes cast by member countries of the United Nations in the General Assembly which provides a comparison of the votes cast by each member country with the vote cast by the United States, including a separate listing of all plenary votes cast by member countries of the United Nations in the General Assembly on resolutions specifically related to Israel that are opposed by the United States; (5) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with the Secretary, of the extent to which other members supported United States policy objectives in the Security Council and a separate listing of all Security Council votes of each member country in comparison with the United States; and (6) a side-by-side comparison of agreement on important and overall votes for each member country and the United States. (c) Format Information required pursuant to subsection (b)(3) shall also be submitted as an addendum, together with an explanation of the statistical methodology, and be made available to the public. (d) Statement by Secretary Each report under subsection (a) shall contain a statement by the Secretary discussing the measures which have been taken to inform United States diplomatic missions of United Nations General Assembly and Security Council activities. 610. Annual reports on malign influence operations (a) In general Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an unclassified report, which may include a classified annex, regarding malign influence operations within international organizations and across the United Nations system. (b) Contents Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the preceding 12-month period— (1) a list of Member States determined to be engaged in malign influence operations; (2) actions inconsistent with the principle of impartiality enshrined in the United Nations Charter by the government of any Member State described in paragraph (1); (3) a description of the impact of such operations on the interests and security of the United States; and (4) recommendations for future coordination with allies to uphold transparency and rule-of-law values in international forums. (c) Definitions In this section— (1) the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; (2) the term malign influence operations means a coordinated, integrated, and synchronized application by a Member State of national diplomatic, informational, military, economic, or other capabilities, to foster attitudes, behaviors, or decisions by a United Nations entity, or within the United Nations system, that furthers the national interests and objectives of a Member State, in a manner inconsistent with the United Nations Charter; (3) the term Member State means a country that is a Member State of the United Nations; and (4) the term United Nations system means the aggregation of all United Nations entities. 611. Increasing United States citizens employment in international organizations (a) Annual review of strategy The Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs shall annually review and update as necessary the Department’s strategy for encouraging United States citizens to pursue careers with international organizations and ensure implementation, including by using performance metrics to determine success of increasing the employment of United States citizens within international organizations, including across the United Nations system (as such term is defined in section 611(c)). The strategy shall be updated to include— (1) utilizing online recruiting sites to advertise available positions within the United Nations system which may be implemented by the United States mission to the United Nations; and (2) identifying and providing information on working in the United Nations system to candidates that express interest in the Foreign Service test and internships at the Department, including by advertising the International Organization careers web page to those individuals (b) Inclusion of performance metrics Performance metrics in measuring the Department’s success in encouraging increased employment of United States citizens in international organizations since the 2023 strategy was implemented must include— (1) year over year numbers of new Americans employed and total Americans employed per international organization by employment type (detailee, transfer, secondee, junior professional officer, senior appointment/elected, direct hire (permanent or fixed-term position), consultancy, expert, or short-term contract); (2) to the extent known, year-over-year numbers of United States citizen applicants for open positions; (3) number of contacts from prospective American applicants from the relevant Department programming and outreach to be broken down by contact type, the average response time and success of those contacts/applicants; and (4) outreach via social media sites to be measured by views per item, clicks, and followers. (c) Notification to congress The updated annual strategy with included performance metrics shall be notified and made available to Congress. (d) Report Not later than 180 days after the enactment of this legislation, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Assistant Secretary of International Organization Affairs shall submit to Congress a report that provides— (1) an assessment of United States representation among professional and senior-level positions at the United Nations, including— (A) an assessment of the proportion of United States citizens employed at the United Nations Secretariat and at all United Nations specialized agencies, funds, and programs relative to the total employment at the United Nations Secretariat and at all such agencies, funds, and programs; (B) an assessment of compliance, in coordination with the Inspector General of the Department of State, by the United Nations Secretariat and such agencies, funds, and programs with any applicable geographic distribution formula; and (C) a description of any steps taken or planned to be taken by the United States to increase the staffing of United States citizens at the United Nations Secretariat and such agencies, funds and programs; and (2) an assessment of— (A) the number of United States citizens who are involved in relevant junior professional programs and internships in an international organization; (B) the distribution of individuals described in subparagraph (A) among various international organizations; (C) the types of pre-deployment training that are available to United States citizens through a junior professional program at an international organization; and (D) and the number of United States citizens who are joint professional officers and interns who convert to full time United Nations employment. 612. Prohibition on United States contributions to the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel No funds are authorized to be made available for any grant, payment or other contribution to the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. 613. Extending certain privileges and immunities to the permanent observer mission of the African Union to the United Nations in New York Section 12(b) of the International Organizations Immunities Act ( 22 U.S.C. 288f–2(b) ) is amended— (1) by striking extend, to the African Union Mission and inserting “extend— (1) to the African Union Mission ; (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (2) to the Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union to the United Nations in New York, and to its members, the privileges and immunities enjoyed by the permanent missions to the United Nations of member states, and their members, subject to corresponding conditions and obligations. . 614. World Health Organization continued data sharing (a) In general Should the United States withdraw from the World Health Organization, the Secretary and other the heads of other relevent Federal departments and agencies shall maintain communications with the leadership of the World Health Organization regarding technical exchanges of information and data that the Secretary and other relevant agency heads determine, based on the public health value of such information and data, and the need to protect United States citizens, will maintain efforts to strengthen global health security and prevent, detect, control and respond to infectious diseases to ensure the safety, prosperity, and national security of the United States. (b) Information shared Such information and data to be shared shall include health emergency response, global health security, and pandemic, epidemic and epizootic disease surveillance, monitoring and reporting. 615. Branding requirements for United States foreign assistance (a) Mandatory use Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all programs, projects, activities, goods, services, and publications funded in whole or in part by United States foreign assistance shall prominently display the flag of the United States as the sole and primary brand. (b) Specifications for display The Secretary shall issue regulations establishing clear and consistent guidelines for the display of the United States flag on all forms of foreign assistance, including— (1) physical assets and infrastructure (such as buildings, equipment, and vehicles); (2) commodities and supplies (such as food aid and medical supplies); (3) public outreach materials (such as banners, posters, websites, and social media); (4) reports and publications; and (5) signage at project sites and events. Such regulations shall specify minimum size requirements, color accuracy, placement, and other relevant design elements to ensure clear and prominent display of the flag. (c) Prohibition of other brands Except as specifically authorized by the Secretary under exceptional circumstances as outlined in subsection (d), no other national flags, organizational logos, or branding elements shall be displayed alongside or in place of the United States flag on any United States foreign assistance program, project, activity, good, service, or publication. (d) Exceptions The Secretary may, on a case-by-case basis, authorize the limited use of additional branding elements in conjunction with the United States flag only when— (1) required by international agreements or partnerships where co-branding is a formal condition; (2) necessary for clear identification of implementing partners, provided that the United States flag remains the most prominent visual element; or (3) determined to be essential for the safety or security of personnel or beneficiaries in specific high-risk environments. 616. Global fund Section 202(d) of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 ( 22 U.S.C. 7622(d) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in clause (i)— (I) by striking 2025 and inserting 2027 ; and (II) by striking 33 percent of the total amount of funds contributed to the Global Fund from all sources. Contributions to the Global Fund from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund shall not be considered in determining compliance with this paragraph. and inserting 20 percent of the total amount of funds contributed to the Global Fund from all sources, or $800,000,000, whichever is lesser. ; and (ii) in clause (ii), by striking 2025 and inserting 2027 ; and (B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 2025 and inserting 2027 ; and (2) in paragraph (5), by striking 2025 and inserting 2027 . 617. Global health compact model (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Assistant Secretary for Global Health (in this section referred to as the Assistant Secretary ), in consultation with the Secretary, is authorized to provide assistance for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to partner countries that enter into global health compacts with the United States to— (1) support policies and programs that burden shift global health programs to partner countries; (2) perpetuate the wind-down of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) under the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–25 ); and (3) address health security and tuberculosis, malaria, HIV/AIDS, neglected tropical diseases, and any disease or additional global health assistance as determined by the Assistant Secretary. (b) Matters To be included Each global health compact under this section shall include the following: (1) A clear articulation of the interests and requests of the partner country, or nongovernmental organization or private entity, as the case may be, and the United States. (2) The proposed amount of funding to be provided under the compact and the number of years of the compact. (3) A plan for a phase-out of funding under the compact, with United States funding to be reduced each fiscal year, to enable the transition to full ownership of global health programs by the partner country by ensuring that activities under such programs will continue to be implemented by such partner countries. (4) Metrics to determine the success of the compact and benchmarks to reevaluate the continued funding of the compact at the start of each subsequent fiscal year. (5) A strategy, where applicable, to incorporate the interests and capabilities of private sector development and investment, including with respect to HIV/AIDS testing and treatment as determined by the Assistant Secretary— (A) ensuring infants born to mothers receiving prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) are provided viral load testing within the intervals recommended by health standard organizations; (B) ensuring new patients on antiretroviral treatment receive a viral load test within the timing interval recommended by health standard organizations; and (C) ensuring that persons living with HIV in the country receive a viral load test within the intervals recommended by health standard organizations. (6) A provision that ensures an exemption from taxation in the partner country with respect to assistance provided by the United States under the compact. (7) An end date for the compact. (c) Form Assistance under global health compacts under this section—. (1) may be provided in the form of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to or with eligible entities described in subsection (d); and (2) may not be provided in the form of loans. (d) Eligible entities described (1) In general An eligible entity described in this subsection is— (A) with respect to a partner country— (i) the national government of the country; or (ii) a regional or local governmental unit of the country; or (B) a nongovernmental or nonprofit organization or private entity. (2) Level of negotiation and entry A global health compact shall be negotiated and entered into at the country-level, but components of a compact may be entered into with any eligible entity described in paragraph (1) as determined by the Assistant Secretary. (3) Priority The Assistant Secretary shall, in entering into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to or with nongovernmental organizations and private entities under this section, prioritize entering into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements to or with faith-based organizations if it is in the national interest of the United States as determined by the Assistant Secretary. (4) Prohibitions A global health compact may not be entered into under this section with any of the following: (A) The countries of the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and Cuba. (B) A country the government of which the Secretary determines has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism pursuant to— (i) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A) ); (ii) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371 ); (iii) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780 ); or (iv) any other provision of law. (C) A country that engages in intelligence activities in the United States that are adverse to the national security interests of the United States. (D) An entity that is funded by the People’s Republic of China. (E) The African Union or any affiliated entity of the African Union, including Africa CDC or affiliated multilateral funds. (e) Application The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, shall develop and recommend procedures for applications to enter into compacts under this section and to transfer existing programs to the compact framework. (f) Limitations The prohibitions on use of funds contained in paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151b(f) ) shall apply to funds made available to carry out this section to the same extent and in the same manner as such prohibitions apply to funds made available to carry out chapter 1 of part I of such Act, as aligned with the most stringent of restrictions and clearest oversight provisions, determined by the Assistant Secretary. (g) Congressional notification (1) In general The Assistant Secretary shall consult with and notify the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days before taking any of the actions described in paragraph (2). (2) Actions described The actions described in this paragraph are— (A) commencing negotiations with a partner country to enter into a global health compact under this section; (B) entering into a global health compact under this section; and (C) terminating or reinstating assistance under a global health compact under this section. (3) Additional notification relating to entry into compact Not later than 10 days after entering into a global health compact under this section, the Assistant Secretary shall— (A) publish the text of the compact on a publicly available website of the Department; (B) provide a detailed summary of the compact and, upon request, the full text of the compact to the appropriate congressional committees; and (C) publish in the Federal Register a detailed summary of the compact and a notice of availability of the text of the compact on the website described in clause (i). (h) Transition The Assistant Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to provide for all United States global health programs to be carried out through global health compacts under this section. This shall be completed by the end of fiscal year 2026. (i) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that— (1) summarizes the global health foreign assistance programs being provided to partner countries; (2) includes— (A) a plan to enter into global health compacts under this section to address and carry out such global health programs of partner countries in accordance with subsection (h)(1); (B) with respect to partner countries for which subsection (h)(1) will not initially apply, a justification for such inapplicability; and (C) a plan to burden-share programs operated under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and authorized under the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–25 ) to partner country ownership by reducing by a minimum of 50 percent the total amount of funds made available for such programs for the last fiscal year ending before the date of the enactment of this Act by the end of fiscal year 2028, including by ensuring that activities under such programs will continue to be implemented by such partner countries. (j) Definitions In this section— (1) the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; (2) the term global health compact or compact means an agreement between the United States Government and an eligible entity to provide foreign assistance related to global health programs, which may include any global health-related issues as required by the Assistant Secretary; and (3) the term partner country means any country that is receiving or will receive United States foreign assistance for the purposes of global health programs, regardless of the dollar value of such assistance. 618. Revisions to Existing Global Health Security and Diplomacy Authority Section 5562 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151b note) is amended as follows: (1) By striking Ambassador-At-Large and Ambassador-at-Large each place it appears and inserting Assistant Secretary . (2) In subsection (e)(1), by striking the World Health Organization and . (3) By striking subsection (f)(2). (4) In subsection (f)(3), by striking in cooperation with the World Health Organization, . 619. Pandemic Fund Section. 5563(i)(3) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151b note) is amended by striking 33 percent and inserting 20 percent . 620. Consolidation of global health reporting requirements (a) Reporting The following reports shall be provided by the Assistant Secretary for Global Health on an annual basis or as otherwise designated by the appropriate underlying statutory provisions. All such reports shall be consolidated into one searchable, annual report, required by September 30 of each year beginning in 2026. For any reports that are unavailable to be consolidated into this report and issued pursuant to this deadline, the Assistant Secretary for Global Health may instead include a notice listing the report and providing that the report shall not be made available until the statutorily- required due date. The reports that shall continue to apply and are eligible for consolidation under this portion are as follows: (1) All reports as required elsewhere in this Act related to global health. (2) The Global Fund report required under section 202(c) of the United States Leadership against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 ( 22 U.S.C. 7622(c) ). (3) The PEPFAR annual report, as required by section 403(a)(4) of the United States Leadership against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 ( 22 U.S.C. 7673(a)(4) ). (4) The PEPFAR annual treatment report required by section 101(g) of the United States Leadership against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 ( 22 U.S.C. 7611(g) ). (5) Existing reports on health systems strengthening and health capacity building, as required by any of the provisions of subtitle D of title LV of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151b note). (6) The annual nutrition report, as required by the Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9301 note). (7) The annual President’s Malaria Initiative Report, as required by section 104C of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151b–4 ). (8) Existing reports required under any provision of law on maternal and child health. (9) Any future reporting requirements, unless specifically requested by Congress on a quarterly basis. (b) Other extended reporting requirements The reports that shall continue to apply and are not eligible for consolidation include any quarterly and expenditure reports as related to the budget of the Department. This section shall not be interpreted to limit the transmission of congressional notifications required elsewhere. 621. Prohibition on funding global health worker initiative No funds shall be appropriated or expended related to the Global Health Worker Initiative. 622. Safe passages program (a) Establishment The Assistant Secretary for Global Health is authorized to provide assistance through establishing a Safe Passages Maternal and Child Health Program , to reduce maternal and child mortality in low and lower-middle income countries with high maternal and child mortality rates through fiscal year 2027. Interventions supported by the program shall be for training and resource assistance for the following: (1) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and treatment of obstetrical hemorrhage, and its complications. (2) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and management of preeclampsia and other hypertensive, metabolic and cardiovascular disorders of pregnancy, and their complications, up to one-year postpartum. (3) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and treatment of infections and their complications associated with ectopic pregnancy, normal pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. (4) Prevention, recognition, diagnosis and management of obstructed labor, including uterine rupture, obstetric fistulas, and their complications. (5) Reduction of fetal, perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality, including stillbirth, by preventing, recognizing, diagnosing and treating fetal distress, newborn asphyxia, birth trauma, premature birth, small size for gestational age, and neonatal infections and sepsis. (6) Nutritional and health education for the mother and provision of nutritional resources for the mother and child during the first 1,000 days of life, from conception to two years of age. (b) Implementation The Assistant Secretary shall prioritize the implementation of this program in collaboration with new and existing global health partnerships determined to be efficient and reliable in the expenditure of taxpayer dollars, prioritizing local faith-based providers and faith-based organizations with strong local partnerships and which have experience and expertise in maternal and child health delivery in resource-limited settings. 623. Special advisor for assistance to orphans and vulnerable children (a) Deadline for appointment Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall appoint a Special Advisor for Assistance to Orphans and Vulnerable Children, pursuant to section 135(e)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2152f(e)(1) ). (b) Extension of requirement To issue implementing directives Section 137(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2152k(c) ) is amended by inserting and 6 years after 1 year . (c) Extension of authorization Section 1283(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ; referred to as the Global Child Thrive Act of 2020 ) is amended by striking 2025 and inserting 2027 . 624. Development innovation ventures program (a) In general There is established within the relevant foreign assistance agency a program to be known as the Development Innovation Ventures Program (in this section referred to as the Program ). (b) Duties In carrying out the Program, the relevant foreign assistance agency shall provide flexible funding to global innovators and researchers to test new ideas, build rigorous evidence of what works to improve development 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 sustainability. (d) Administrative provisions In carrying out the program, the relevant foreign assistance agency shall— (1) provide funding using evidence-tiered funding 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 supported by Department assistance programs, with the goal of finding, testing, and scaling up proven solutions. (e) Reporting requirement Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the relevant foreign assistance agency shall submit to the appropriate 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 assistance agency’s decision-making process, including with respect to the use of funding received from external sources. VII Public Diplomacy 701. Coordination with the Office of Opinion Research (a) Surveys The Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications shall request the Office of Opinion Research of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department to conduct public opinion surveys that inform the Bureau of Strategic Communications of the Department on cultural context, target audiences, and shifting attitudes towards the United States and United States interests in regions where United States funded media outlets operate or could operate in the future. (b) Evaluation of media effectiveness The Office of Opinion Research of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department shall evaluate the effectiveness of United States-funded media in influencing foreign audiences according to the original purpose, policy goals, and performance indicators established by the Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications in the development of United States-funded media campaigns. 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 appropriate 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 briefing required by subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that provides updates explaining— (1) implementation of new programs or services, expansion of programs and services, or reduction of programs and services; (2) performance metrics used to assess the effectiveness of its programs and services in advancing the policy interests of the United States and positively influencing foreign audiences’ views over time; and (3) all contracts or agreements with private entities or individuals, whether such contracts or agreements are issued on a competitive or non-competitive basis, with such updates including the identities of such private entities and individuals, the duration of such contracts or agreements, and the costs of such contracts or agreements. 703. Establishment of the cultural heritage coordinating committee (a) Establishment of the cultural heritage coordinating committee The Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee, described in section 2 of the Protect 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 General; (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 coordinating committee task forces The Cultural Property Anti-Trafficking Task Force (formerly the Cultural Antiquities Task Force, established as directed by H. Rept. 108–401, which accompanied the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108–199)), is established 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 or above the rank of Assistant Secretary to serve concurrently with that employee’s other duties as Chair of the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee— (1) to convene the Cultural Heritage Coordinating Committee; (2) to appoint additional members of the Committee 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 protection 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, professional 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— (i) support and coordinate law enforcement efforts; (ii) assist with preservation efforts through enhancing site and museum security, law enforcement trainings, and creation of inventories abroad; (iii) promote public awareness, and (iv) engage in other projects to prevent trafficking in international cultural property; (B) the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation, to protect other cultures and thereby further US national interests by reducing incentives for terrorist activities and increasing economic opportunity through the preservation of sites, objects, or expressions, including 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, educational, scientific, and religious institutions in the United States, in particular the cultural property affiliated with religious and ethnic minorities and Indigenous peoples represented by diaspora communities in the United States; and to facilitate research collaborations and exchanges 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 calendar 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 inserting a list, in consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, of completed Federal criminal, civil, and civil forfeiture actions, proceedings, cases, and matters, a list of the statutes and regulations employed 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, commission status, and readiness of any specialist military cultural property protection personnel in the active and reserve forces of the United States . (f) Reporting on cultural heritage destruction The Secretary, to the extent practicable, may include 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 government of that country. 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 Affairs of the Department shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a five-year sports diplomacy strategy to strategically leverage the major sporting events being hosted in the United States to enhance United States soft power, diplomatic relationships, 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 Assistant 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 diplomatic objectives and metrics of success related to the mega-decade of sports; (2) a plan to partner with local host cities, diaspora communities, creatives, athletes, the sports industry, private sector entities, human rights organizations, and civil society stakeholders to showcase United States national strengths and forge new diplomatic connections; (3) a plan to coordinate internally in the Department to leverage sporting events to advance diplomatic efforts, including by— (A) integrating sports diplomacy into regional bureaus’ bilateral engagements; (B) incorporating sports into public diplomacy 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 appointment wait times; (5) a description of the financial and personnel resources needed to implement the strategy; (6) any plans to deploy domestic public diplomacy resources, such as the Cultural Unit and Foreign 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 updates every 180 days through December 31, 2034. (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 exchange 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; (F) elevating American arts, film, and music to promote cultural connection with foreign visitors; and (G) coordinating with internal and interagency stakeholders to ensure efficient visa processing for athletes, staff, and foreign visitors. (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 employees 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 personnel. (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 report 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. 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 employees 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 government or international entity that permits an employee 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 entitled to the salary and benefits to which such member would receive but for the assignment under this section. (2) Non-foreign service employees of department An employee of the Department other than a member of the Foreign Service participating in an exchange program authorized pursuant to subsection (a) shall be treated in all respects as if detailed 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 period in which such employee is participating in such program, and shall not be reimbursed by the Department. (c) Non-Reciprocal assignment The Under Secretary may authorize a non-reciprocal assignment of personnel pursuant to this section, with or without reimbursement from the foreign government or international entity for all or part of the salary and other expenses payable during such assignment, if such is in the interests of the United States. (d) Rule of construction Nothing in this section 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 entity other than to the United States; or (2) an individual who has not met the requirements 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 employee of the United States. 706. Foreign suppression of United States speech Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for 2 years, the Assistant Secretary of State for Strategic Communications 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.