GUIDE Act
Sponsored By: Representative Kim
In Committee
Summary
Build a specialized international disaster-response workforce. This bill would authorize the Secretary of State, through the Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, to create a program to recruit, train, and retain disaster assistance professionals for the Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response. Those specialists would have expertise in procurement, logistics, public health, nutrition, protection, engineering, and finance.
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- Families and communities hit by disasters would likely see more organized and better-run U.S. relief missions overseas because the Bureau would have more staff with targeted skills.
- The Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response would gain a steadier pipeline of trained personnel to plan, implement, and manage complex international disaster operations.
- Disaster assistance professionals would get focused recruitment, training, and retention support, creating clearer career paths for roles like logistics, public health, and engineering.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
State hires and trains disaster specialists
This bill would let the Secretary of State create a program to recruit, train, and retain disaster assistance professionals. The program would operate through the Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance for the Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response. Staff hired would have skills in procurement, logistics, public health, nutrition, protection, engineering, and finance. If enacted, the program would aim to give the Bureau enough trained staff to plan and run complex international disaster relief operations.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kim
CA • R
Cosponsors
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 3/3/2026
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No roll call votes available for this bill.
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