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Sponsored by Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) · 2 active : 2 Republicans
Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
This bill restructures the Department of State's Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, dividing the office into four bureaus and two offices. (
The current structure is here.
) The bill also specifies the functions of these organizations and the responsibilities of the organizations' leaders.
Under the bill, the following organizations fall under the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs:
the Bureau of Commercial Diplomacy covers trade and investment promotion and policy, international finance and development, and transportation affairs;
the Bureau of Water, Environment, and Space Affairs covers space, oceans, environmental quality, fisheries, wildlife, wildlife trafficking, and conservation affairs;
the Bureau of Energy Security and Diplomacy formulates and implements international energy, energy technology, critical minerals, and relevant supply chain policies;
the Bureau of Sanctions Policy develops policies governing the imposition of sanctions and sanctions strategies;
the Office of the Chief Economist provides expert economic advice and analysis; and
the Office of Subnational Diplomacy enables the department’s work with state and local governments within the United States to improve the ability of those governments to attract foreign investment, counter foreign malign influence within the United States, and contribute to U.S. foreign policy priorities.
An assistant secretary with specified responsibilities leads each of the four bureaus. The heads of the two offices also have specified responsibilities.
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.
Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
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The Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs shall administer and oversee the International Technology Security and Innovation Fund, which provides for technology security and semiconductor supply chain activities.
These members have less than half of the model’s inputs, so their scores are not banded or ranked.
Ideology is each member’s score. The cluster low on the chart includes the bill’s 2 sponsor and cosponsors in the House: they have already committed, so they score as entrenched. 2 representatives without a DW-NOMINATE score or with insufficient data are not plotted.
Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 46.0 (needs 5.0).
