To provide for the public diplomacy authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes.

This bill sets out the duties of a State Department Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, who would lead U.S. communication and information activities aimed at foreign audiences, manage public diplomacy funding and staff, and set up regional public diplomacy teams. It keeps the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, led by an Assistant Secretary who would run exchange programs and seek to cut overhead costs and expand cost-sharing with private and nonprofit partners. It authorizes an Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications to oversee foreign-facing information operations, give strategic direction to U.S. government-funded media, and run a news wire service; future appointees to that post would need Senate approval. The bill also repeals a limit on using funds for international expositions and directs funding for these offices for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

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Sponsors

• Bill Huizenga Republican sponsor
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