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Sec. 5156 · S. 1071

Bureau of Western Hemisphere 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 5154, is further amended by adding at the end the following: (8) Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (A) Establishment There shall be in the Department of State a Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, which shall perform such functions related to implementation of United States foreign policy to the Western Hemisphere as the Under Secretary for Political Affairs may prescribe. (B) Head The Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs shall be the head of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. (C) Western Hemisphere defined In this paragraph, the term Western Hemisphere means the region of countries that the Secretary of State designates as within the responsibility of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs..