[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7654 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7654

 To authorize the consolidation of reports required to be submitted by 
the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy of the Department of 
                     State, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2026

Mr. Lawler (for himself and Ms. Jayapal) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the consolidation of reports required to be submitted by 
the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy of the Department of 
                     State, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Advance Global Health Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR CONSOLIDATION.

    (a) Annual Consolidation.--On and after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and except as provided in subsection (b), each report 
required to be submitted to Congress or to any committee of Congress 
that is produced by the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy 
of the Department of State shall be consolidated into a single annual 
report that is submitted not later than September 30 of each year. Such 
consolidated report shall be submitted in a machine-searchable format 
and contain all statutorily required information.
    (b) Exceptions.--The consolidation required by subsection (a) shall 
be subject to the following exceptions:
            (1) With respect to any report that cannot be consolidated 
        into the annual report during the 1-year period beginning on 
        the date of the enactment of this Act without the loss of 
        required information, the Ambassador at Large for the Bureau of 
        Global Health Security and Diplomacy shall include a notice in 
        the consolidated annual report naming the excluded report and 
        certifying that the report shall be made available on the 
        statutorily required due date.
            (2) Any report required to be submitted on a quarterly 
        basis and any report required in advance of the expenditure of 
        funds related to the budget of the Department may not be 
        consolidated into the annual report under subsection (a).
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
waive, alter, or affect any requirement to provide congressional 
notification.
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