[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6797 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6797

   To provide for enhanced United States leadership at international 
                 organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2023

    Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself and Ms. Jacobs) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for enhanced United States leadership at international 
                 organizations, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Restoring U.S. Leadership in 
International Organizations Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. PROMOTING SERVICE AT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    Section 603(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4003) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' after the semi-
        colon at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(4) experience serving at an international organization, 
        multilateral institution, or engaging in multinational 
        negotiations; or''.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States that--
            (1) the Special Representative of the United States to the 
        United Nations serves as a standing member of the cabinet;
            (2) assessed dues to multilateral organizations be paid in 
        full in a timely fashion;
            (3) Federal agencies utilize all the authorities under 
        section 3343 of title 5, United States Code, or subpart C of 
        part 352 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
        successor regulations) to detail or transfer employees to 
        relevant international organizations; and
            (4) that the Secretary of State shall assist the Department 
        of State and other Federal agencies in carrying out paragraph 
        (3) to the fullest extent.

SEC. 4. REPORTING ON DETAILS AND TRANSFERS TO INTERNATIONAL 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the heads of other Federal departments and 
agencies as appropriate, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate a report on the total number of Federal 
employees detailed or transferred to an international organization 
during the immediately preceding 12-month period. The first such report 
shall include a strategy for increasing the number of Federal employees 
who are so detailed or transferred to such an international 
organization.
    (b) Matters To Be Included.--Each report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following:
            (1) The number of Federal employees detailed or transferred 
        during the applicable 12-month period to an international 
        organization under section 3343 of title 5, United States Code, 
        or subpart C of part 352 of title 5, Code of Federal 
        Regulations (or any successor regulations), disaggregated by--
                    (A) an identification of the Federal agency from 
                which such employees were so detailed or transferred; 
                and
                    (B) an identification of the international 
                organizations to and from which such employees have 
                been so detailed or transferred.
            (2) A list of international organizations to and from which 
        a Federal agency previously so detailed or transferred Federal 
        employees.

SEC. 5. TRAINING FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Training Programs.--Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(e) Training in Multilateral Diplomacy.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of State, with the 
        assistance of other relevant officials, shall establish a 
        series of training courses on--
                    ``(A) the conduct of diplomacy at international 
                organizations and other multilateral institutions; and
                    ``(B) broad-based multilateral negotiations of 
                international instruments.
            ``(2) Required training.--Members of the Service, including 
        appropriate chiefs of mission and other officers who are 
        assigned to United States missions representing the United 
        States to international organizations and other multilateral 
        institutions or who are assigned in Washington, DC, to 
        positions that have as their primary responsibility formulation 
        of policy toward such organizations and institutions, or toward 
        participation in broad-based multilateral negotiations of 
        international instruments, shall receive specialized training 
        in the areas described in paragraph (1) prior to beginning 
        service for such assignment or, if receiving such training at 
        such time is not practical, within the first year of beginning 
        such assignment.''.
    (b) Training for Department Employees.--The Secretary of State 
shall ensure that employees of the Department of State who are assigned 
to positions described in paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of section 
708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as added by subsection (a) of 
this section), including members of the civil service or general 
service, or who are detailed or transferred to international 
organizations or other multilateral institutions for a period of at 
least one year, receive training described in such subsection (e) and 
participate in other such courses or trainings as the Secretary may 
recommend to build or augment identifiable skills that would be useful 
for such employees representing United States interests at such 
organizations and institutions.
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