Sec. 301. Statement of policy on equity principals, policies, and action plans
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It is the policy of the United States to continue— pursuing a comprehensive global approach to advancing equity for all; the important work of monitoring and addressing human rights issues related to vulnerable, marginalized, or underserved populations, including codifying in statute the critical functions of the Department of State’s— Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights; Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom; Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues;
Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism; Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Persons; Special Advisor on International Disability Rights; and Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice; advancing and strengthening policies related to vulnerable, marginalized, and underserved populations that are critical to United States human rights, economic, and national security interests and a key aspect of United States diplomacy and development efforts, including by— better harmonizing Department of State and USAID human rights and equity policy goals and objectives; providing agencies with dedicated staffing and robust funding resources; and explicitly including a focus on race and ethnicity in all work to complement existing religion, gender, and disability policies; and supporting the goals and intent of Executive Order 13985 ( 5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities through the Federal Government), including by establishing Agency Equity Teams, comprised of senior officials from the office of the head of each international affairs agency, the agency’s CDIO, and the agency’s program, policy, civil rights, regulatory, science, technology, service delivery, financial assistance and grants, data, budget, procurement, public engagement, legal, and evaluation offices, as appropriate— to support continued equity training and equity leadership development for staff across all levels of the agency’s workforce; to develop and implement the agency's Equity Action Plan, which shall include a comprehensive equity strategy that uses the agency’s policy, budgetary, programmatic, service-delivery, procurement, data-collection processes, grantmaking, public engagement, research and evaluation, and regulatory functions to enable the agency’s mission domestically and overseas; to annually publish an update regarding— the progress made by the agency on the actions, performance measures, and milestones highlighted in the preceding year’s Equity Action Plan; and any potential barriers that underserved communities may face in accessing and benefitting from the agency’s policies, programs, and activities, including procurement, contracting, and grant opportunities; and to develop budgets and spending plans to ensure the Agency Equity Team has sufficient resources, including staffing and data collection capacity, to implement the agency’s Equity Action Plan and advance equity goals.
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