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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 1071 (Enrolled) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 5156

Sec. 5156. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

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(q)of section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2651a ), as added by section 5114 and amended by section 5154 , is further amended by adding at the end the following: There shall be in the Department of State a Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, which shall perform such functions related to implementation of United States foreign policy to the Western Hemisphere as the Under Secretary for Political Affairs may prescribe. The Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs shall be the head of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. In this paragraph, the term Western Hemisphere means the region of countries that the Secretary of State designates as within the responsibility of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. .
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Sec. 5156
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