HR 5251
Cleared committee
Establishes an Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy at the State Department to oversee messaging to foreign audiences, international exchange programs, and efforts to counter foreign censorship.
Official title: To provide for the public diplomacy authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
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House
Introduced
10-SEP-2025
Referred
10-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
18-SEP-2025
- Establishes an Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, responsible to the Secretary of State for global public diplomacy and foreign information operations.
- Creates an Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs to oversee exchange programs and head the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
- Creates an Assistant Secretary for Strategic Communications, with the current Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs serving first and later appointees requiring Senate confirmation.
- Authorizes funds for these offices for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 from amounts authorized for the Secretary of State.
- Repeals a limit on using funds for international expositions and directs the Office of Law Revision Counsel to reclassify certain sections of Title 22 of the U.S. Code.
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International Affairs
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