Sec. 5001. Short title; table of contents

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This division may be cited as the Department of State Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 . The table of contents for this division is as follows: Sec. 5001. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 5002. Definitions. Title I—Organization and operations Subtitle A—Management and consular affairs Sec. 5111. Under Secretary for Management. Sec. 5112. Office of Medical Services. Sec. 5113. Assistant Secretary for Administration. Sec. 5114. Bureau of Administration. Sec. 5115. Office of the Historian.

Sec. 5116. Chief information officer for diplomatic technology. Sec. 5117. Bureau of Diplomatic Technology. Sec. 5118. Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs. Sec. 5119. Bureau of Consular Affairs. Sec. 5120. Sense of Congress regarding modernization and realignment of consular systems. Sec. 5121. Fee for use of diplomatic reception rooms. Subtitle B—Human resources Sec. 5131. Assistant Secretary for Human Resources. Sec. 5132. Bureau of Human Resources. Sec. 5133. Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program.

Sec. 5134. Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program. Sec. 5135. Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Program. Sec. 5136. Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program. Sec. 5137. Matters relating to the Foreign Service Institute. Sec. 5138. Fees for use of the George P. Schultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center. Subtitle C—Political affairs Sec. 5141. Under Secretary for Political Affairs. Sec. 5142. Congressional notification regarding changes to bureau jurisdiction.

Sec. 5143. Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic. Sec. 5144. Ambassador-at-Large for the Indian Ocean region. Sec. 5145. Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Sec. 5146. Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Sec. 5147. Director of the Office of Multilateral Affairs in Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Sec. 5148. Countering PRC Influence Fund Unit. Sec. 5149. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs. Sec. 5150. Bureau of African Affairs. Sec. 5151. Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs.

Sec. 5152. Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Sec. 5153. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs. Sec. 5154. Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. Sec. 5155. Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs. Sec. 5156. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. Sec. 5157. Office of Haitian Affairs. Sec. 5158. Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs. Sec. 5159. Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Sec. 5160. Countering Russian Influence Fund Unit.

Sec. 5161. Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs. Sec. 5162. Bureau of International Organization Affairs. Subtitle D—Other matters Sec. 5171. Periodic briefings from Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Sec. 5172. Support for congressional delegations. Sec. 5173. Notification requirements for authorized and ordered departures. Sec. 5174. Strengthening enterprise governance. Sec. 5175. Establishing and expanding the Regional China Officer program. Sec. 5176.

Report on China’s diplomatic posts. Sec. 5177. Notification of intent to reduce personnel at covered diplomatic posts. Sec. 5178. Foreign affairs manual changes. Title II—Workforce matters Sec. 5201. Report on vetting of Foreign Service Institute language instructors. Sec. 5202. Training limitations. Sec. 5203. Language incentive pay for civil service employees. Sec. 5204. Options for comprehensive evaluations. Sec. 5205. Job share and part-time employment opportunities. Sec. 5206.

Promoting reutilization of language skills in the Foreign Service. Title III—Information security and cyber diplomacy Sec. 5301. Post Data Pilot Program. Sec. 5302. Authorization to use commercial cloud enclaves overseas. Sec. 5303. Reports on technology transformation projects at the Department. Sec. 5304. Commercial spyware. Title IV—Public diplomacy Sec. 5401. Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy. Sec. 5402. Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs. Sec. 5403.

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Sec. 5404. Foreign information manipulation and interference strategy. Sec. 5405. Repeal of limitation on use of funds for international expositions. Title V—Diplomatic security Sec. 5501. Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security. Sec. 5502. Special agents. Sec. 5503. Modification of congressional notification requirement relating to embassy reopening. Sec. 5504. Counter-intelligence training for certain diplomatic security agents.

Sec. 5505. Expansion of counter-intelligence personnel security program to include nonsecurity staff. Sec. 5506. Report on security conditions in Damascus, Syria, required for the reopening of the United States diplomatic mission. Sec. 5507. Embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic installations return to standards report. Sec. 5508. Reauthorization of overtime pay for protective services. Title VI—Miscellaneous Sec. 5601. Submission of federally funded research and development center reports to Congress.

Sec. 5602. Quarterly report on diplomatic pouch access. Sec. 5603. Report on utility of instituting a processing fee for ITAR license applications. Sec. 5604. HAVANA Act payment fix. Sec. 5605. Establishing an inner Mongolia section within the United States Mission in China. Sec. 5606. Report on United States Mission Australia staffing. Sec. 5607. Extensions. Sec. 5608. Updating counterterrorism reports.