Sec. 3. International Telecommunication Union Security Campaign Director
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall appoint, from among existing personnel of the Department of State, an International Telecommunication Union Security Campaign Director (in this section referred to as the Director ). The Director shall— lead efforts to promote candidates for elections at the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU)who will support and defend democratic values, internet freedom, and telecommunication security; coordinate with other officials of the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Federal Communications Commission, and other Federal departments and agencies to ensure efforts described in paragraph
(1)are carried out in an organized, nimble, efficient, and effective manner; work with stakeholders in the private sector to harmonize efforts and to galvanize focus on elections at the ITU; use diplomatic tools of the Department of State to bolster support for candidates for elections at the ITU who will support and defend democratic values, internet freedom, and telecommunication security; brief Congress regularly on the implementation of the duties described in paragraphs
(1)through
(4)and, if appropriate, on requests for additional legislative authority necessary to enhance telecommunication security and freedom around the globe as described in section 2(b)(6); and report to the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs regularly on development, progress, or setbacks with respect to support to the people of Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and the Western Balkan countries as described in section 2(b)(7). This section shall terminate on October 31, 2022.