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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 1201 (Introduced in Senate) — To restore the United States international leadership on climate change and clean energy, and for other purposes. · Sec. 101

Sec. 101. Climate diplomacy

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The President and the Secretary of State shall prioritize climate action and climate diplomacy in United States foreign policy by— ensuring diplomacy, support, and interagency coordination for bilateral and multilateral actions to address the climate crisis; and improving coordination and integration of climate action across all bureaus and United States missions abroad. The Secretary of State, through the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment and any other designees, shall— prioritize climate action and clean energy within the bureaus and offices under the leadership of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment; ensure that such bureaus and offices are coordinating with other bureaus of the Department of State regarding the integration of climate action and climate diplomacy as a cross-cutting imperative across the Department of State; encourage all Under Secretaries of State— to assess how issues related to climate change and United States climate action are integrated into their operations and programs; to coordinate crosscutting actions and diplomatic efforts that relate to climate action; and to make available the technical assistance and resources of the bureaus and offices with relevant expertise to provide technical assistance and expert support to other bureaus within the Department of State regarding climate action, clean energy development, and climate diplomacy; manage the integration of scientific data on the current and anticipated effects of climate change into applied strategies and diplomatic engagements across programmatic and regional bureaus of the Department of State and into the Department of State’s decision-making processes; ensure that the relevant bureaus and offices provide appropriate technical support and resources— to the President, the Secretary of State, and their respective designees charged with addressing climate change and associated issues; to United States diplomats advancing United States foreign policy related to climate action; and for the appropriate engagement and integration of relevant domestic agencies in international climate change affairs, including United States participation in multilateral fora; and carry out other activities, as directed by the Secretary of State, that advance United States climate-related foreign policy objectives, including global greenhouse gas mitigation, climate change adaptation activities, and global climate security.
The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs shall ensure that all foreign missions are— advancing United States bilateral climate diplomacy; engaging strategically on opportunities for bilateral climate action cooperation with foreign governments; and utilizing the technical resources and coordinating adequately with the bureaus reporting to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment. Not later than 200 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, in cooperation with the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that— assesses how climate action and United States climate diplomacy is integrated across the Bureaus of the Department of State; and includes recommendations on strategies to improve cross bureau coordination and understanding of United States climate action and climate diplomacy.
If the positions of Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment and the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs are eliminated or undergo name changes, the responsibilities of such Under Secretaries under this section shall be reassigned to other Under Secretaries of State, as appropriate. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that— identifies the number of personnel of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development who— dedicate a significant portion of their work to climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, food security, or clean energy matters; and are stationed at United States missions in countries that are highly vulnerable to the effects or major greenhouse gas emitters; analyzes the need for Federal climate change policy specialist personnel in United States embassies, United States Agency for International Development missions, and other United States diplomatic and international development missions; and includes— recommendations for increasing climate change expertise within United States missions abroad among foreign service officers; and options for assigning to such missions climate change attachés from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, or other relevant Federal agencies.
The Secretary of State, or the Secretary’s designee, shall have primary responsibility for the management and execution of United States climate diplomacy and related foreign policy and shall make appropriate arrangements with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other relevant Federal agencies and departments to assign personnel from such agencies and departments to serve as dedicated advisors on climate change matters in embassies of the United States or in other United States diplomatic or international development missions.
The Secretary of State shall facilitate the coordination among the Department of State and other relevant departments and agencies, including the United States Agency for International Development, the Department of the Treasury, the United States Trade and Development Agency, and the United States International Development Finance Corporation, of contributing development finance or foreign assistance relevant to United States international climate action and in support of United States climate diplomacy.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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