Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§9902 Report from each mission on matters of commercial relations

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 106— - CHAMPIONING AMERICAN BUSINESS THROUGH DIPLOMACY › § 9902

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within one year after December 20, 2019, and annually after, each U.S. chief of mission and the American Institute in Taiwan director must send the Secretary of State a plan reporting what they did to build commercial ties and protect U.S. economic interests, and their priorities for next year. The Secretary must then send a report by country or region to the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees describing examples of actions and foreign competition, including state-directed investments.

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Title 22, §9902

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(a)Not later than 1 year after December 20, 2019, and annually thereafter, the chief of mission at each bilateral diplomatic mission of the United States and the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan shall submit to the Secretary of State mission plans that include the following:

(1)Data and other information regarding actions taken by each such mission or Institute during the previous year to foster commercial relations and safeguard United States economic and business interests in the country or region in which each such chief of mission and the Director serves.

(2)Each such mission’s and Institute’s anticipated economic and commercial priorities for the coming year.

(b)The Secretary of State, after receiving the information required under subsection (a), shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report, disaggregated by country or region, on activities and initiatives, including with appropriate examples, to create an enabling environment and otherwise promote United States economic and business interests in each such country or region, as well as information about significant foreign competition to United States businesses in the relevant country or region, including state-directed investments by foreign governments and United States strategic competitors in such country or region.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 9902

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73