§10309 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can create a "Post Data Program" run by the Department’s Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer. The program must help build data and AI skills and teamwork at U.S. diplomatic posts worldwide, connect post data with State Department Headquarters, and make operations more efficient while supporting innovation and better mission results. Within 180 days after December 18, 2025, the Secretary must send Congress an implementation plan showing how the goals will be met, how data and AI officers will be hired at posts, and how the program will be funded and sustained. The Secretary must also send a status report at that time and then once a year for the next three years. "Appropriate congressional committees" means the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations.

Title 22, §10309

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(a)(1)The Secretary is authorized to establish a program, which shall be known as the “Post Data Program” (referred to in this section as the “Program”), that shall be overseen by the Department’s Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer.

(2)The goals of the Program shall include the following:

(A)Cultivating a data and artificial intelligence culture at diplomatic posts globally, including data fluency and data collaboration.

(B)Promoting data integration with Department of State Headquarters.

(C)Creating operational efficiencies, supporting innovation, and enhancing mission impact.

(b)(1)Not later than 180 days after December 18, 2025, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an implementation plan that outlines strategies for—

(A)advancing the goals described in subsection (a)(2);

(B)hiring data and artificial intelligence officers at United States diplomatic posts; and

(C)allocation of necessary resources to sustain the Program.

(2)Not later than 180 days after December 18, 2025, and annually thereafter for the following three years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the status of the implementation plan required under paragraph (1).

(c)In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

(1)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and

(2)the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of “Department” and “Secretary” as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 119—60, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.

§10309 Post Data Pilot Program

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