Office of International Disability Rights

(a) In general Section 5104 of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2021 (division D of Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 2345) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking should be established and inserting shall be established; (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as subsections (c) through (e), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: (b) Purpose The Office shall coordinate and elevate United States global engagement on disability rights policy, ensuring that the Department of State and relevant Federal agencies promote accessibility, equality of opportunity, and the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities globally.; (4) in subsection (c), as redesignated by paragraph (2)— (A) by striking The Office should and inserting The Office shall; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (12), respectively; (C) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), the following new paragraph: (1) coordinate all international disability policy and international assistance provided by the United States Government, in consultation with relevant and appropriate regional and functional bureaus of the Department and Chiefs of Mission, to support efforts abroad to promote and strengthen respect for the rights of persons with disabilities;; and (D) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking disabilities; and and inserting the following: “disabilities; (9) coordinate disaggregated data collection regarding the United States Government’s foreign assistance and diplomatic activities promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, including to the extent feasible— (A) a detailed accounting of spending by Federal departments and agencies, including, for each Federal department and agency, the statutory source of spending; (B) the amounts spent; and (C) activities supported to the extent practicable and appropriate; (10) establish interagency details or rotation opportunities for relevant Federal agencies to be housed within the Office for the purposes of— (A) augmenting the Office’s ability to share best practices on advancing disability rights policy with United States missions and with international partners; and (B) strengthening the Office’s United States interagency coordination efforts; (11) work with relevant bureaus to promote the use of existing educational and cultural exchanges with international disability policymakers and advocates; and; (5) by amending subsection (d), as so redesignated, to read as follows: (d) Ambassador-at-Large for International Disability Rights The Office shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for International Disability Rights, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to advise the Secretary of State on matters related to disability rights. The Ambassador-at-Large should be a person of recognized distinction in the field of disability rights. The Ambassador-at-Large shall be provided with appropriate funding and staff consistent with the duties of the Office and with Department of State guidance on the status of an Office.; and (6) by adding at the end the following new sub-section: (f) International Disability Rights strategy (1) Strategy Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Ambassador-at-Large appointed under subsection (d), and in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal agencies and nongovernmental organizations, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to— (A) achieve the purposes described in subsection (b); (B) identify target countries and regions for prioritization of the Department’s international assistance efforts related to the rights of persons with disabilities; (C) identify United States foreign assistance resources to be used to implement the strategy; (D) establish country action plans to advance the rights of persons with disabilities; and (E) develop partnerships with the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, international organizations, and research and academic institutions. (2) Annual report (A) In general Not later than one year after submission of the strategy required under paragraph (1), and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Ambassador-at-Large for International Disability Rights and relevant Federal agencies, should provide the appropriate congressional committees with a written description of results achieved, including— (i) progress on implementation of the strategy; (ii) an assessment of efforts to coordinate United States international disability rights activities and initiatives with foreign governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and other key stakeholders related to the rights of persons with disabilities; (iii) a detailed accounting of spending by the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and other relevant Federal agencies on United States international disability rights assistance to foreign governments or international organizations related to the rights of persons with disabilities; and (iv) the number of educational and cultural exchanges focused on advancing international disability rights. (B) Disaggregation of data The data submitted under subparagraph (A) should, where feasible, be disaggregated by country, gender of recipients of assistance, funding account, funding levels, and fiscal year of funding. (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.. (b) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030, to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b) of section 5104 of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2021, as amended by subsection (a) of this section.