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Sec. 5154 · S. 1071

Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs

Division E — Department of State Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 › Title I — Organization and operations › Subtitle C — Political affairs

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Subsection (q) of section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a), as added by section 5114 and amended by section 5152, is further amended by adding at the end the following: (7) Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (A) Establishment There shall be in the Department of State a Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, which shall perform such functions related to implementation of United States foreign policy to South and Central Asia as the Under Secretary for Political Affairs may prescribe. (B) Head The Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs shall be the head of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. (C) Definition In this paragraph, the term South and Central Asia means the region of countries that the Secretary of State designates as within the responsibility of the Bureau for South and Central Asian Affairs..