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<item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="4426" measure-id="id116s4426" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2020-08-04" update-date="2020-09-02">
<title>City and State Diplomacy Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s4426v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2020-09-02">
<action-date>2020-08-04</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>City and State Diplomacy Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes within the Department of State the Office of Subnational Diplomacy, which shall supervise federal support for engagement by state, county,&nbsp;and municipal governments with foreign governments. The head of the office shall be the Ambassador-at-Large for Subnational Diplomacy, who shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. </p>]]></summary-text>
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