Sec. 5401. Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy
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Section 1(b)(3) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2651a(b)(3) ) is amended— in the first sentence of the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— by striking United States before public diplomacy ; and by striking , information, and international broadcasting ; in subparagraph (E), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (F)(v), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: lead and direct public diplomacy activities; lead, synchronize, and coordinate efforts to recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign information manipulation and malign activities, including through efforts to limit the foreign propaganda and disinformation efforts of adversaries, and coordinate those efforts across Federal departments and agencies; support global access to free information and internet freedom, in coordination with other relevant bureaus, in countries where the government has limited access to free and open internet by restricting access to internet browsers, websites, or other means of accessing the internet; oppose censorship by foreign adversaries; ensure implementation of the annual strategic plan for public diplomacy in collaboration with overseas posts and regional and functional bureaus of the Department; serve as chair of interagency meetings on public diplomacy to align messaging, and lead and coordinate with members of the Group of Seven; ensure that educational and cultural affairs programming shall be nonpolitical in character and shall be balanced and representative of the diversity of American political, social, and cultural life and that academic and cultural programs maintain scholarly integrity and meet the highest standards of academic excellence or artistic achievement; support non-state actors abroad, including independent media and civil society groups, that are working to expose and counter foreign malign influence narratives, tactics, and techniques, including those originating in the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, North Korea, or Iran; and ensure the Department does not fund organizations engaging in partisan political activity in the United States. .
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Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy
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