119-hr5247

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5247 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5247

 To provide for the International Security Affairs authorities of the 
 Department of State.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 10, 2025

 Mr. Self introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs

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 A BILL

 To provide for the International Security Affairs authorities of the 
 Department of State.

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

 TITLE IV--INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS

SEC. 401. UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS.

    (a) Establishment.--There shall be in the Department an Under 
Secretary for International Security Affairs who shall be responsible 
to the Secretary for matters pertaining to international security 
policy and assistance, arms control, nonproliferation, disarmament, 
nuclear weapons policy, international counterterrorism, transnational 
organized crime, international narcotics control, emerging threats, 
political-military affairs, and such other related duties as the 
Secretary may from time to time designate.

    (b) Responsibilities.--In addition to the responsibilities 
described under subsection

    (a) , the Under Secretary of State for 
International Security Affairs shall maintain continuous observation 
and coordination of all matters pertaining to international security in 
the conduct of foreign policy, including, as appropriate, the 
following:

    (1) Developing policies for consideration by the Secretary 
 and Deputy Secretary related to international security policy, 
 including, as appropriate--
        (A) in the areas of nonproliferation, arms control, 
 strategic export controls, regional security and 
 defense relations;
        (B) United States military-related activities with 
 foreign policy implications; and
            (C) arms transfers, security assistance, 
 international counterterrorism, transnational organized 
 crime, international narcotics controls, and other 
 related matters.

    (2) Leading engagements with other agencies of the United 
 States Government and in bilateral and multilateral engagements 
 related to such matters as described in this section.

    (3) Providing guidance to Department personnel in the 
 United States and overseas who conduct or implement policies, 
 programs, and activities related to matters described in this 
 section.

SEC. 402. OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING.

    (a) In General.--

    (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish within 
 the Department an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, 
 which shall provide assistance to the Interagency Task Force to 
 Monitor and Combat Trafficking and shall report directly to the 
 Under Secretary for International Security Affairs for matters 
 relating to day-to-day administration and coordination of 
 activities and programs. Any such Office shall be headed by a 
 Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
 the advice and consent of the Senate, with the rank of 
 Ambassador-at-Large, and shall have two deputy directors. The 
 Director shall report to the Secretary and shall have the 
 primary responsibility for assisting the Secretary in carrying 
 out the purposes of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 
 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and may have additional 
 responsibilities as determined by the Secretary. The Director 
 shall consult with nongovernmental organizations and 
 multilateral organizations, and with trafficking victims or 
 other affected persons. The Director shall have the authority 
 to take evidence in public hearings or by other means.

    (2) Staff.--The heads of each of the Federal departments 
 and agencies represented on the Interagency Task Force to 
 Monitor and Combat Trafficking are authorized to provide staff 
 to the Office on a non-reimbursable basis.

    (b) United States Assistance.--The Director shall additionally be 
responsible for--

    (1) all policy, funding, and programming decisions 
 regarding funds made available for trafficking in persons 
 programs that are centrally controlled by the Office to Monitor 
 and Combat Trafficking;

    (2) coordinating any trafficking in persons programs of the 
 Department or of other Federal Government agencies;

    (3) compiling, drafting, and coordinating the production 
 and issuing of the annual report;

    (4) ensuring, in coordination with other relevant 
 officials, that all Department staff have completed annual 
 anti-trafficking training pursuant to 

section 107
            (c) (4) of the 
 Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
 7105
            (c) (4) ) and 

section 708

    (a) of the Foreign Service Act of 
 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028

    (a) );

    (5) encouraging the inclusion in country and regional 
 planning of a counter-trafficking in persons analytic component 
 to guide foreign assistance program design and implementation 
 and to inform diplomatic engagement pursuant to 

section 105

    (f) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
 7103

    (f) ); and

    (6) organizing and coordinating the Trafficking in Persons 
 Report Heroes Award.

SEC. 403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY 
 AFFAIRS.

 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
State under 

section 141, the Under Secretary for International Security 
Affairs shall receive the funds necessary to fulfill the Under 
Secretary's responsibilities for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

SEC. 404. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS.

 There is authorized to be in the Department an Assistant Secretary 
for Political-Military Affairs who shall be responsible to the Under 
Secretary for International Security Affairs for matters pertaining to 
coordination with the Department of Defense or foreign militaries, and 
such other related duties as the Secretary may from time to time 
designate.

SEC. 405. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY 
 AFFAIRS.

    (a) Administration of Accounts.--The Assistant Secretary for 
Political-Military Affairs shall direct, oversee, and otherwise 
exercise responsibility of funds made available for--

    (1) international military education and training; and

    (2) the national security engagement account.

    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated to the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs 
under 

section 403, the Assistant Secretary for Political-Military 
Affairs shall receive the funds necessary to fulfill Bureau functions 
and the Assistant Secretary's responsibilities for fiscal years 2026 
and 2027.

SEC. 406. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW 
 ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is authorized to be in the Department an 
Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement 
Affairs who shall be responsible to the Under Secretary for 
International Security Affairs for matters pertaining to international 
narcotics, anti-crime, and law enforcement affairs, and such other 
related duties as the Secretary may from time to time designate.

    (b) Responsibilities.--In addition to the responsibilities 
described under subsection

    (a) , the Assistant Secretary for 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs shall maintain 
continuous observation and coordination of all matters pertaining to 
narcotics, transnational crime, and law enforcement affairs in the 
conduct of foreign policy by the Department, including, as appropriate, 
the following:

    (1) Leading the coordination of programs carried out by 
 United States Government agencies abroad.

    (2) Overall supervision of policy and resources of 
 international narcotics, anti-crime, and law enforcement 
 activities.

    (3) Combating international narcotics production and 
 trafficking, including by carrying out relevant delegated 
 responsibilities under chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign 
 Assistance Act of 1961.

    (4) Strengthening foreign justice systems, including 
 judicial and prosecutorial capacity, appeals systems, law 
 enforcement agencies, prison systems, and the sharing of 
 recovered assets, for the purposes of investigating, 
 prosecuting, and litigating criminal cases related to illicit 
 narcotics production and trafficking and transnational 
 organized crime.

    (5) Training and equipping foreign police, border control, 
 other government officials, and other civilian law enforcement 
 authorities for anti-crime purposes, including ensuring that no 
 foreign security unit or member of such unit shall receive such 
 assistance from the United States Government absent appropriate 
 vetting.

    (6) Combatting all forms of transnational organized crime, 
 including human trafficking, illicit trafficking in arms and 
 cultural property, migrant smuggling and facilitating illegal 
 immigration for profit, corruption, money laundering, the 
 illicit smuggling of bulk cash, other forms of illicit finance, 
 the licit use of financial systems for malign purposes, and 
 other new and emerging forms of crime.

    (7) Identifying and responding to global corruption in 
 accordance with United States national security interests and 
 foreign policy objectives, including strengthening the capacity 
 of foreign government institutions responsible for addressing 
 financial crimes.

    (8) Coordinating with the Office of National Drug Control 
 Policy to ensure lessons learned from other Federal departments 
 and agencies are available to the Bureau of International 
 Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the Department.

    (9) Developing standard requirements for monitoring and 
 evaluation of Bureau programs, including metrics for success 
 that do not rely solely on the amounts of illegal drugs that 
 are produced or seized.

    (10) Carrying out timely and substantive consultation with 
 chiefs of mission and, as appropriate, the heads of other 
 United States Government agencies to ensure effective 
 coordination of all international narcotics and law enforcement 
 programs carried out overseas by the Department and such other 
 agencies.

    (11) In coordination with the Under Secretary for 
 International Security Affairs, annually certifying in writing 
 to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
 that United States enforcement personnel posted abroad whose 
 activities are funded to any extent by the Bureau of 
 International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs are 
 complying with 

section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
 (22 U.S.C. 3927).

    (12) Performing such other duties as the Under Secretary 
 for International Security Affairs may from time to time 
 designate.

SEC. 407. BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT 
 AFFAIRS.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a Bureau of 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, which shall 
perform such functions related to international narcotics, anti-crime, 
law enforcement, and transnational crime as the Under Secretary for 
International Security Affairs may prescribe.

    (b) Assistant Secretary.--The Assistant Secretary for International 
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs shall be the head of the Bureau 
of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.

SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
 AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS.

    (a) Administration of Accounts.--The Assistant Secretary for 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs shall direct, 
oversee, and otherwise exercise responsibility of funds made available 
for international narcotics control and law enforcement.

    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated to the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs 
under 

section 403, the Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics 
and Law Enforcement Affairs shall receive the funds necessary to 
fulfill Bureau functions and the Assistant Secretary's responsibilities 
for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

SEC. 409. BUREAU OF ARMS CONTROL AND NONPROLIFERATION.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a Bureau of Arms 
Control and Nonproliferation, which shall perform such functions 
related to verification and compliance with international arms control, 
nonproliferation, disarmament agreements or commitments, and other 
related international security policy issues, as the Under Secretary 
for International Security Affairs may prescribe.

    (b) Assistant Secretary.--The Assistant Secretary for Arms Control 
and Nonproliferation shall be the head of the Bureau of Arms Control 
and Nonproliferation.

SEC. 410. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COUNTERTERRORISM.

    (a) Establishment.--There is authorized to be in the Department an 
Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism who shall be responsible to 
the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs for matters 
pertaining to international counterterrorism activities and programs 
and such other related duties as the Secretary may from time to time 
designate.

    (b) Responsibilities.--In addition to the responsibilities 
described under subsection

    (a) , the Assistant Secretary for 
Counterterrorism shall maintain continuous observation and coordination 
of all matters pertaining to international counterterrorism matters in 
the conduct of foreign policy, including, as appropriate, the 
following:

    (1) Overall supervision, including policy oversight of 
 resources, of international counterterrorism activities.

    (2) Serving as the principal policy advisor to the 
 Secretary regarding international counterterrorism matters.

    (3) Representing the Secretary on international 
 counterterrorism issues in international and interagency 
 meetings, as appropriate.

    (4) Countering, in conjunction with other relevant bureaus 
 of the Department and other Federal departments and agencies, 
 all forms of international terrorism.

    (5) Leading United States foreign policy for 
 counterterrorism efforts, including cooperation, coordination, 
 and assistance that advances the interest, safety, and economic 
 prosperity of the American people.

    (6) Performing such other duties as the Under Secretary for 
 International Security Affairs may from time to time designate.

SEC. 411. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR COUNTERTERRORISM.

 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary 
for International Security Affairs under 

section 403, the Assistant 
Secretary for Counterterrorism shall receive the funds necessary to 
fulfill Bureau functions and the Assistant Secretary's responsibilities 
for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

SEC. 412. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EMERGING THREATS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is authorized to be in the Department an 
Assistant Secretary for Emerging Threats who shall be responsible to 
the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs for matters 
pertaining to emerging security threats and such other related duties 
as the Secretary may from time to time designate.

    (b) Responsibilities.--In addition to the responsibilities 
described under subsection

    (a) , the Assistant Secretary for Emerging 
Threats shall maintain continuous observation and coordination of all 
matters pertaining to emerging security threats in the conduct of 
foreign policy, including, as appropriate, the following:

    (1) Serving as the principal emerging security threats 
 official within the senior management of the Department and as 
 the advisor to the Secretary for emerging security threats, 
 including with respect to lethal autonomous systems, engineered 
 bioweapons, and emerging uses of artificial intelligence, 
 biotechnology, quantum information science, and emerging 
 foundational technologies.

    (2) Mitigating threats resulting from military applications 
 of emerging technologies, including in the fields of artificial 
 intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum information science, 
 in support of United States foreign policy and national 
 security.

    (3) Leading engagement, in coordination with relevant 
 executive branch agencies, on development of diplomatic policy 
 for national security related activities and emerging threats 
 in the polar regions, outer space, and undersea domains.

    (4) Leading engagement, in coordination with relevant 
 executive branch agencies, on the development of diplomatic 
 policy for quantum information science, including in the field 
 of quantum cryptography, navigation and timing, spectrum, 
 imaging, and detection; sensors and computing.

    (5) Performing such other duties as the Under Secretary for 
 International Security Affairs may from time to time designate.

SEC. 413. BUREAU OF EMERGING THREATS.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a Bureau of 
Emerging Threats, which shall perform such functions related to 
emerging security threats, including with respect to lethal autonomous 
systems, engineered bioweapons, military application of cyberspace 
operations, undersea and outer space domains, emerging and foundational 
technologies, associated security issues in polar regions, and emerging 
uses of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information 
science, as the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs may 
prescribe.

    (b) Assistant Secretary.--The Assistant Secretary for Emerging 
Threats shall be the head of the Bureau of Emerging Threats.

SEC. 414. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EMERGING THREATS.

 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Under Secretary 
for International Security Affairs under 

section 403, the Assistant 
Secretary for Emerging Threats shall receive the funds necessary to 
fulfill Bureau functions and the Assistant Secretary's responsibilities 
for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

SEC. 415. REFERENCES.

 Any reference in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, 
regulation, agreement, determination, or other official document or 
proceeding to--

    (1) the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International 
 Security Affairs shall be deemed to refer to the Under 
 Secretary for International Security Affairs;

    (2) the Under Secretary for Security Assistance, Science, 
 and Technology shall be deemed to refer to the Under Secretary 
 for International Security Affairs;

    (3) the Under Secretary for Security Assistance shall be 
 deemed to refer to the Under Secretary for International 
 Security;

    (4) the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Deterrence, 
 and Stability shall be deemed to refer to the Assistant 
 Secretary for Arms Control and Nonproliferation;

    (5) the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, Verification, 
 and Stability shall be deemed to refer to the Assistant 
 Secretary for Arms Control and Nonproliferation;

    (6) the Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, 
 and Implementation shall be deemed to refer to the Assistant 
 Secretary for Arms Control and Nonproliferation;

    (7) the Assistant Secretary for Verification and Compliance 
 shall be deemed to refer to the Assistant Secretary for Arms 
 Control and Nonproliferation;

    (8) the Assistant Secretary for International Security and 
 Nonproliferation shall be deemed to refer to the Assistant 
 Secretary for Arms Control and Nonproliferation;

    (9) the Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation shall be 
 deemed to refer to the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and 
 Nonproliferation;

    (10) the Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation shall be 
 deemed to refer to the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and 
 Nonproliferation;

    (11) the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control shall be 
 deemed to refer to the Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and 
 Nonproliferation;

    (12) the Bureau for Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability 
 shall be deemed to refer to the Bureau for Arms Control and 
 Nonproliferation;

    (13) the Bureau for Arms Control, Verification, and 
 Stability shall be deemed to refer to the Bureau for Arms 
 Control and Nonproliferation;

    (14) the Bureau for Verification, Compliance, and 
 Implementation shall be deemed to refer to the Bureau for Arms 
 Control and Nonproliferation;

    (15) the Bureau for Verification and Compliance shall be 
 deemed to refer to the Bureau for Arms Control and 
 Nonproliferation;

    (16) the Bureau for International Security and 
 Nonproliferation shall be deemed to refer to the Bureau for 
 Arms Control and Nonproliferation;

    (17) the Bureau for Nonproliferation shall be deemed to 
 refer to the Bureau for Arms Control and Nonproliferation; and

    (18) the Bureau for Arms Control shall be deemed to refer 
 to the Bureau for Arms Control and Nonproliferation.

SEC. 416. CLASSIFICATION TO UNITED STATES CODE.

 The Office of Law Revision Counsel is directed to--

    (1) utilize sections 98-128 of title 22, United States 
 Code, to classify the sections of this title; and

    (2) maintain the legislative history, under editorial 
 notes, of repealed law which previously occupied the 
 corresponding sections of United States Code.
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