[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5300 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5300
To guide the foreign policy of the United States, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 11, 2025
Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To guide the foreign policy of the United States, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 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.
SEC. 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.
TITLE I--SECRETARY
SEC. 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.
SEC. 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.).
TITLE II--MANAGEMENT
SEC. 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.
SEC. 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 bu