HR9437-118

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Partners in Diplomacy Act.

2. Co-location abroad with United States strategic partner countries The Secretary of State, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, may alter, repair, and furnish United States Government-owned and leased space for use by the government of a covered foreign country to facilitate co-location of such government in such space. The Secretary is authorized to carry out subsection (a) on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine, including with respect to reimbursement of all or part of the costs of alteration, repair, or furnishing described in such subsection. Reimbursements or advances of funds pursuant to this section may be credited to the currently applicable appropriation, shall be available for the purposes for which such appropriation is authorized, and shall remain available until expended. In this section— the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the term covered foreign country means— a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member state; or a major non-NATO ally as described in section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k).