Text of US HB 9087 (2026)

I 119TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9087 To direct the Secretary of State to take actions with respect to certain foreign affairs matters. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 2, 2026 Mr. MAST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To direct the Secretary of State to take actions with respect to certain foreign affairs matters. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN MAPS AND FLAGS. 3 (a) MAPS.—The Secretary of State may not create, 4 procure, or display any map that inaccurately depicts the 5 Gulf of America. 6 (b) FLAGS.—Notwithstanding any other provisions of 7 law, no flag may be flown over a facility of the Department 8 of State, other than— 9 (1) the United States flag; 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Jun 02, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9087.IH H9087 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 9087 IH (2) the Foreign Service flag pursuant to 2 For- 1 eign Affairs Manual (FAM) 154.2–1; 2 (3) the POW/MIA flag; 3 (4) the Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, 4 pursuant to section 904 of title 36, United States 5 Code; 6 (5) the flag of a State, insular area, or the Dis- 7 trict of Columbia at domestic locations; 8 (6) the flag of an Indian Tribal government; 9 (7) the official branded flag of a United States 10 agency; or 11 (8) the sovereign flag of other countries. 12 SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AC- 13 QUISITIONS. 14 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of State may carry 15 out a pilot program using the authorities of section 4021 16 of title 10, United States Code, subject to the require- 17 ments in this section, for the purpose of engaging in other 18 transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agree- 19 ments, and grants), including for research and develop- 20 ment regarding advanced critical security technology, such 21 as for advanced technologies, enhanced research, proto- 22 type projects, production, cost sharing or matching, and 23 advance payment, without regard to competitive proce- 24 dures. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Jun 02, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9087.IH H9087 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 9087 IH (b) GUIDANCE.— 1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta- 2 tion with the Office of Management and Budget, 3 shall develop guidelines for use of other transactions 4 under the pilot program required by subsection (a) 5 and make such guidelines publicly available. The 6 Secretary shall not have authority to carry out other 7 transactions under the pilot until the guidelines for 8 other transactions have been made publicly available. 9 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The guidelines required 10 by paragraph (1) shall include the following require- 11 ments: 12 (A) Any other transaction may be ap- 13 proved under the pilot program only if the De- 14 partment of State’s senior procurement execu- 15 tive determines that use of a contract, grant, or 16 cooperative agreement is not feasible or appro- 17 priate. 18 (B) To the maximum extent practicable, 19 such other transactions shall be allocated by the 20 Department of State in a manner which will en- 21 able small business concerns to participate equi- 22 tably and proportionately in the conduct of the 23 work of the Department of State. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Jun 02, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9087.IH H9087 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 9087 IH (c) TERMINATION.—The authority to enter into other 1 transactions under the pilot program required by sub- 2 section (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2031. 3 SEC. 3. PROMOTING HUMAN FLOURISHING IN FOREIGN AS- 4 SISTANCE. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may not 6 award any grant to a nongovernmental organization or 7 international organization if the Secretary determines 8 such award is not in compliance with the rule entitled 9 ‘‘Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance’’ published in the 10 Federal Register on January 27, 2026 (91 Fed. Reg. 3319 11 et seq.). 12 (b) COMPLIANCE.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 13 sion of law, the Secretary of State may not award any 14 grant to a nongovernmental organization or international 15 organization if the Secretary determines such award is not 16 in compliance with the rules published in the Federal Reg- 17 ister on January 27, 2026, entitled— 18 (1) ‘‘Combating Gender Ideology in Foreign As- 19 sistance’’ (91 Fed. Red. 3332 et seq.); and 20 (2) ‘‘Combating Discriminatory Equity Ideology 21 in Foreign Assistance’’ (91 Fed. Reg. 3345 et seq.). 22 SEC. 4. DOCUMENT REQUESTS. 23 The Secretary of State shall take steps to ensure that 24 all nongovernmental organizations, including any contrac- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Jun 02, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9087.IH H9087 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 9087 IH tors, to which the Department of State provides a grant 1 or with which the Department of State enters into a con- 2 tract, can provide upon timely request any document, file, 3 or record necessary to the auditing requirements of the 4 Department of State. 5 SEC. 5. USAID CONSOLIDATION. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may reor- 7 ganize the United States Agency for International Devel- 8 opment (USAID) pursuant to a reorganization plan trans- 9 mitted to Congress, which may provide for the abolition 10 of such agency and the transfer of its functions to the 11 Department of State. 12 (b) REORGANIZATION.—Notwithstanding any other 13 provision of law, a reorganization consistent with sub- 14 section (a) shall be treated as a reorganization under sec- 15 tions 1611 through 1615 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 16 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6611 through 17 6615). 18 (c) DELEGATION.—In connection with a reorganiza- 19 tion under this section, the Secretary of State may trans- 20 fer any authority, duty, or function assigned by law to 21 USAID, the Administrator of USAID, or any subordinate 22 official or component to such officials or components of 23 the Department of State, or to another department or 24 agency, as the Secretary may determine from time to time. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Jun 02, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9087.IH H9087 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 9087 IH (d) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE IN- 1 SPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Office of 3 the Inspector General of the Department of State shall 4 be responsible for inspections, investigations, audits, re- 5 ports, systematic review and evaluations, and other inde- 6 pendent oversight functions of any authority, duty, or 7 function transferred from USAID to the Department of 8 State, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 9 (5 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) and the Foreign Service Act (22 10 U.S.C. 3929 et seq.). 11 (e) AUTHORITIES.—To assist with the transfer and 12 assumption of authorities, duties, and functions pursuant 13 to this section, the Inspector General of the Department 14 of State may exercise the authorities of subsections (b) 15 through (i) of section 3161 of title 5, United States Code, 16 without regard to subsection (a) of that section. In exer- 17 cising these authorities, paragraph (2) of that subsection 18 (relating to periods of appointments) shall not apply. 19 SEC. 6. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961. 20 Section 484(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 21 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291c(a)(2)) is amended by inserting 22 after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Jun 02, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9087.IH H9087 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 9087 IH ‘‘(C) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with re- 1 spect to unmanned aircraft weighing less than 55 2 pounds.’’. 3 SEC. 7. AMERICA FIRST DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 4 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 5 of the United States that any policies, programs, per- 6 sonnel, and operations of the Foreign Service shall cham- 7 pion core American interests and always put America and 8 American citizens first, as described in Executive Order 9 14150. 10 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF 11 STATE.— 12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 13 consultation with other senior officials as appro- 14 priate, including the Director of the George P. 15 Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, 16 shall develop a training course on America First 17 Principles to be taught at the Foreign Service Insti- 18 tute. 19 (2) REQUIREMENT.— 20 (A) IN GENERAL.—An individual may 21 serve at any foreign post or diplomatic mission 22 only upon completion and passage of the train- 23 ing course required by paragraph (1). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Jun 02, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9087.IH H9087 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 9087 IH (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirement 1 of subparagraph (A) shall apply to individuals 2 who are assigned to a foreign post or diplomatic 3 mission on or after the date that is 30 days 4 after the date on which the training course re- 5 quired by paragraph (1) is developed. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:35 Jun 02, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H9087.IH H9087 ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS