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title: "22 U.S.C. § 10305"
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description: "Establishment and expansion of Regional Technology Officer Program"
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title_number: 22
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title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
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chapter_number: "110"
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chapter_name: "INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY"
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section: "10305"
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citation: "22 U.S.C. § 10305"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 10305 - Establishment and expansion of Regional Technology Officer Program
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## Text
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(a) Regional Technology Officer Program (1) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a program, which shall be known as the “Regional Technology Officer Program” (referred to in this section as the “Program”), and shall be administered by the Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
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(2) Goals The goals of the Program shall include the following:
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(A) Promoting United States leadership in technology abroad.
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(B) Working with partners to increase the deployment of critical and emerging technology in support of democratic values.
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(C) Shaping diplomatic agreements in regional and international fora with respect to critical and emerging technologies.
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(D) Building diplomatic capacity for handling critical and emerging technology issues.
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(E) Facilitating the role of critical and emerging technology in advancing the foreign policy objectives of the United States through engagement with research labs, incubators, and venture capitalists.
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(F) Maintaining the advantages of the United States with respect to critical and emerging technologies.
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(b) Implementation plan Not later than 180 days after December 23, 2022, the Secretary shall submit an implementation plan to the appropriate congressional committees that outlines strategies for—
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(1) advancing the goals described in subsection (a)(2);
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(2) hiring Regional Technology Officers and increasing the competitiveness of the Program within the Foreign Service bidding process;
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(3) expanding the Program to include a minimum of 15 Regional Technology Officers; and
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(4) assigning not fewer than 2 Regional Technology Officers to posts within—
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(A) each regional bureau of the Department; and
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(B) the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.
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(c) Annual briefing requirement Not later than 180 days after December 23, 2022, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding the status of the implementation plan required under subsection (b).
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(d) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated up to $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section.
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(Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCV, § 9508, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3906; Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2541.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2024—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 118–159 inserted “, and shall be administered by the Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy” before period at end.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Definitions For definitions of “Secretary”, “appropriate congressional committees”, and “Department” as used in this section, see section 9002 of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.
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