Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§9902 Report From Each Mission on Matters of Commercial Relations

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within one year after December 20, 2019, and every year after, the chief of mission at each U.S. bilateral embassy and the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan must send the Secretary of State a mission plan. The plan must say what the post did last year to support U.S. commercial ties and protect U.S. economic and business interests, and what its top economic and trade priorities are for the coming year. After getting those plans, the Secretary of State must send a report to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. That report, broken down by country or region, must describe actions taken to promote U.S. economic and business interests and note significant foreign competition, including state-directed investments and activity by U.S. strategic competitors.

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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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22 U.S.C. § 9902

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60