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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 . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . 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.

Ideology is each member’s score. The most moderate members of each party sit nearest the center line and highest on the chart.
Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the Senate: total similarity weight 29.5 (needs 5.0).