Authorizes the State Department to recruit, train, and retain specialized disaster assistance staff for its Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response.

Official title: GUIDE Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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Introduced 23-FEB-2026

Referred 23-FEB-2026

Approved by committee 26-MAR-2026

Key points

Authorizes the Secretary of State, acting through the Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, to establish a program for recruiting, training, and retaining these professionals
Aims to give the Bureau enough staff to plan, carry out, and manage complex international disaster assistance operations
Requires that participants have expertise in areas such as procurement, logistics, public health, nutrition, protection, engineering, and finance

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Policy area

International Affairs

Sponsor Young Kim (R-CA) Cosponsors · 1

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