HR 5247
Cleared committee
Creates an Under Secretary for International Security Affairs at the State Department, along with new bureaus and assistant secretaries for arms control, narcotics and law enforcement, counterterrorism, political-military affairs, and emerging threats, and sets up an office to monitor and combat trafficking in persons.
Official title: To provide for the International Security Affairs authorities of the Department of State.
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House
Introduced
10-SEP-2025
Referred
10-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
18-SEP-2025
- Establishes an Under Secretary for International Security Affairs who oversees arms control, nonproliferation, counterterrorism, transnational crime, narcotics control, and emerging threats.
- Requires the Secretary of State to establish an Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, headed by a presidentially appointed Ambassador-at-Large with Senate confirmation.
- Creates assistant secretaries and bureaus for political-military affairs, international narcotics and law enforcement, arms control and nonproliferation, counterterrorism, and emerging threats.
- Authorizes funds for these offices for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 and directs that earlier titles for these offices in other laws be read as the new names.
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