3.0.0 5643 2023-01-01T23:50:42Z 2023-01-01T23:50:42Z House HR 2021-10-20 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 184 (Wednesday, October 20, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LEVIN of Michigan:H.R. 5643.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.[Page H5726]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-10-20T14:01:00Z 2021-10-20 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2021-10-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-10-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000592 Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] Andy Levin D MI 9 N M001186 Rep. Meijer, Peter [R-MI-3] Peter Meijer R MI 3 2021-10-20 True International Affairs International Affairs 00 2021-10-20 Introduced in House 2022-05-23T13:01:04Z Bolstering the Effectiveness, Success, and Transparency of Ambassadors Act or the BEST Ambassadors Act

This bill expands disclosure requirements for individuals nominated to serve as an ambassador or in a related position.

If the President's nominee to serve as a chief of mission is not a career member of the Foreign Service, the President must provide to Congress a justification explaining whether a career member was available and why the nominee is uniquely qualified to serve in the position.

The President must certify that any campaign contributions made by an individual (or the individual's immediate family members) played no role in the decision to nominate the individual to serve as a chief of mission. The nominee must also provide to Congress an explanation concerning how the nominee meets the criteria for performing the position's duties.

A nominee to serve as a chief of mission, ambassador at large, or minister must report to Congress political contributions made by the individual or immediate family members in the 10 calendar years preceding the nomination (currently, the report only requires reporting of contributions from the preceding 4 calendar years). The Department of State must make this information available on its public website.

]]> BEST Ambassadors Act Official Title as Introduced To require additional disclosures with respect to nominees to serve as chiefs of missions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title BEST Ambassadors Act Short Title(s) as Introduced BEST Ambassadors Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Bolstering the Effectiveness, Success, and Transparency of Ambassadors Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr5643ih/xml/BILLS-117hr5643ih.xml 2021-10-20 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.