HouseH.R. 9087119th Congress
To direct the Secretary of State to take actions with respect to certain foreign affairs matters.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 9087 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9087
To direct the Secretary of State to take actions with respect to
certain foreign affairs matters.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 2, 2026
Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of State to take actions with respect to
certain foreign affairs matters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN MAPS AND FLAGS.
(a) Maps.--The Secretary of State may not create, procure, or
display any map that inaccurately depicts the Gulf of America.
(b) Flags.--Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no flag
may be flown over a facility of the Department of State, other than--
(1) the United States flag;
(2) the Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 Foreign Affairs
Manual (FAM) 154.2-1;
(3) the POW/MIA flag;
(4) the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, pursuant to
section 904 of title 36, United States Code;
(5) the flag of a State, insular area, or the District of
Columbia at domestic locations;
(6) the flag of an Indian Tribal government;
(7) the official branded flag of a United States agency; or
(8) the sovereign flag of other countries.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITIONS.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of State may carry out a pilot
program using the authorities of section 4021 of title 10, United
States Code, subject to the requirements in this section, for the
purpose of engaging in other transactions (other than contracts,
cooperative agreements, and grants), including for research and
development regarding advanced critical security technology, such as
for advanced technologies, enhanced research, prototype projects,
production, cost sharing or matching, and advance payment, without
regard to competitive procedures.
(b) Guidance.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the
Office of Management and Budget, shall develop guidelines for
use of other transactions under the pilot program required by
subsection (a) and make such guidelines publicly available. The
Secretary shall not have authority to carry out other
transactions under the pilot until the guidelines for other
transactions have been made publicly available.
(2) Requirements.--The guidelines required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following requirements:
(A) Any other transaction may be approved under the
pilot program only if the Department of State's senior
procurement executive determines that use of a
contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is not
feasible or appropriate.
(B) To the maximum extent practicable, such other
transactions shall be allocated by the Department of
State in a manner which will enable small business
concerns to participate equitably and proportionately
in the conduct of the work of the Department of State.
(c) Termination.--The authority to enter into other transactions
under the pilot program required by subsection (a) shall terminate on
September 30, 2031.
SEC. 3. PROMOTING HUMAN FLOURISHING IN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of State may not award any grant to
a nongovernmental organization or international organization if the
Secretary determines such award is not in compliance with the rule
entitled ``Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance'' published in the
Federal Register on January 27, 2026 (91 Fed. Reg. 3319 et seq.).
(b) Compliance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of State may not award any grant to a nongovernmental
organization or international organization if the Secretary determines
such award is not in compliance with the rules published in the Federal
Register on January 27, 2026, entitled--
(1) ``Combating Gender Ideology in Foreign Assistance'' (91
Fed. Red. 3332 et seq.); and
(2) ``Combating Discriminatory Equity Ideology in Foreign
Assistance'' (91 Fed. Reg. 3345 et seq.).
SEC. 4. DOCUMENT REQUESTS.
The Secretary of State shall take steps to ensure that all
nongovernmental organizations, including any contractors, to which the
Department of State provides a grant or with which the Department of
State enters into a contract, can provide upon timely request any
document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of the
Department of State.
SEC. 5. USAID CONSOLIDATION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of State may reorganize the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) pursuant to a
reorganization plan transmitted to Congress, which may provide for the
abolition of such agency and the transfer of its functions to the
Department of State.
(b) Reorganization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
reorganization consistent with subsection (a) shall be treated as a
reorganization under sections 1611 through 1615 of the Foreign Affairs
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6611 through 6615).
(c) Delegation.--In connection with a reorganization under this
section, the Secretary of State may transfer any authority, duty, or
function assigned by law to USAID, the Administrator of USAID, or any
subordinate official or component to such officials or components of
the Department of State, or to another department or agency, as the
Secretary may determine from time to time.
(d) Responsibilities of the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of State.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State shall be
responsible for inspections, investigations, audits, reports,
systematic review and evaluations, and other independent oversight
functions of any authority, duty, or function transferred from USAID to
the Department of State, consistent with the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) and the Foreign Service Act (22 U.S.C. 3929
et seq.).
(e) Authorities.--To assist with the transfer and assumption of
authorities, duties, and functions pursuant to this section, the
Inspector General of the Department of State may exercise the
authorities of subsections (b) through (i) of section 3161 of title 5,
United States Code, without regard to subsection (a) of that section.
In exercising these authorities, paragraph (2) of that subsection
(relating to periods of appointments) shall not apply.
SEC. 6. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.
Section 484(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2291c(a)(2)) is amended by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following new subparagraph:
``(C) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to
unmanned aircraft weighing less than 55 pounds.''.
SEC. 7. AMERICA FIRST DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
(a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United
States that any policies, programs, personnel, and operations of the
Foreign Service shall champion core American interests and always put
America and American citizens first, as described in Executive Order
14150.
(b) Responsibilities of the Secretary of State.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State, in consultation
with other senior officials as appropriate, including the
Director of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs
Training Center, shall develop a training course on America
First Principles to be taught at the Foreign Service Institute.
(2) Requirement.--
(A) In general.--An individual may serve at any
foreign post or diplomatic mission only upon completion
and passage of the training course required by
paragraph (1).
(B) Effective date.--The requirement of
subparagraph (A) shall apply to individuals who are
assigned to a foreign post or diplomatic mission on or
after the date that is 30 days after the date on which
the training course required by paragraph (1) is
developed.
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