[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2311 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2311

To provide for increased funding and support for diplomatic engagement 
                  with the People's Republic of China.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2009

    Mr. Kirk (for himself, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mrs. Davis of 
 California, and Mr. Israel) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for increased funding and support for diplomatic engagement 
                  with the People's Republic of China.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-China Diplomatic 
Expansion Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
$6,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 for public diplomacy programming, the 
hiring of additional local public diplomacy personnel, and public 
diplomacy information technology infrastructure in the People's 
Republic of China.

SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF ONE NEW UNITED STATES CONSULATE IN THE PEOPLE'S 
              REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
$65,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 for the construction of one additional 
United States consulate in the People's Republic of China (in addition 
to the number of such consulates in the People's Republic of China in 
existence on the date of the enactment of this Act).

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF TEN NEW UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC POSTS IN THE 
              PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 for the establishment of ten 
additional United States diplomatic posts in the People's Republic of 
China (in addition to the number of such posts in the People's Republic 
of China in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act), 
including facility rental, necessary and appropriate Foreign Service 
officer posting at such additional posts, the hiring of local personnel 
and administrative support.

SEC. 5. CHINESE LANGUAGE EXCHANGES.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
for fiscal year 2010--
            (1) $2,000,000 for Chinese language teacher exchanges with 
        the People's Republic of China;
            (2) $2,000,000 for Chinese Fulbright Language Teaching 
        Assistants;
            (3) $2,000,000 for Fulbright Critical Language Scholarships 
        in Chinese language;
            (4) $1,000,000 for the Gilman Critical Language 
        Scholarships in Chinese language; and
            (5) $3,000,000 for Intensive Language Summer Institutes in 
        the People's Republic of China.

SEC. 6. RULE OF LAW.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
for fiscal year 2010 $2,000,000 for rule of law initiatives in the 
People's Republic of China.

SEC. 7. UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC 
              COOPERATION.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 for a United States financial 
contribution to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
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