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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§10309 Post Data Pilot Program

Title 22 › CHAPTER 110 — INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY › § 10309

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a "Post Data Program" run by the Department’s Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer. The program will help U.S. diplomatic posts worldwide use data and AI, connect post data with State Department headquarters, and make operations more efficient, encourage innovation, and strengthen mission results. Within 180 days after December 18, 2025, the Secretary must send Congress a plan showing how to reach those goals, hire data and AI officers at posts, and fund the program. The Secretary must also send a progress report by that same 180‑day deadline and once a year for the next three years to the House and Senate Foreign Affairs/Relations and Appropriations Committees.

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Title 22, §10309

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Post Data and AI Pilot Program
(1)Establishment
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)Goals
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)Implementation plan
(1)In general
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)
(B)hiring data and artificial intelligence officers at United States diplomatic posts; and
(C)allocation of necessary resources to sustain the Program.
(2)Annual reporting requirement
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)Appropriate congressional committees defined
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.

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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.

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22 U.S.C. § 10309

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110