United States HR 9524: Enhancing Subnational Diplomacy Act

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118TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 9524
To enhance subnational diplomacy efforts within the Department of State,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Mr. LIEU (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. MEEKS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs
A BILL
To enhance subnational diplomacy efforts within the
Department of State, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Enhancing Sub-4
national Diplomacy Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. SUBNATIONAL DIPLOMACY UNIT AUTHORITIES. 6
To enable its work with states, counties, cities and 7
other municipalities in the United States, the State De-8
partment is authorized to provide assistance to elected of-9
ficials at the state, county and city level in the United 10
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States (including their staff) to participate in inter-1
national activities that the Secretary determines align with 2
the United States government’s interests in promoting 3
subnational engagement in foreign policy, including pro-4
viding assistance in attracting or bidding for hosting of 5
major international events, capacity building around inter-6
nationally-oriented staff, funding travel of United States 7
elected officials at the state, county and city level in the 8
United States to participate in meetings, conferences, 9
workshops and other gatherings with foreign officials, and 10
funding the costs associated with memberships in United 11
States and internationally based organizations. 12
SEC. 3. GRANT ASSISTANCE. 13
The Secretary of State may, in consultation with the 14
heads of relevant agencies, award grants to eligible sub-15
national United States government entities to carry out 16
technical assistance, public diplomacy, and commercial di-17
plomacy projects in collaboration with interagency part-18
ners to better augment United States government service 19
delivery and/or support United States foreign policy goals. 20
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