Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1157) to provide for certain authorities of the Department of State, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 1157 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Department of State Authorization Act of 2021''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Determination of budgetary effects. TITLE I--ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Sec. 1001. Diplomatic Programs. Sec. 1002. Sense of Congress on importance of Department of State's work. Sec. 1003. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Sec. 1004. Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. Sec. 1005. Bureau of Consular Affairs; Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. Sec. 1006. Office of International Disability Rights. Sec. 1007. Anti-piracy information sharing. Sec. 1008. Importance of foreign affairs training to national security. Sec. 1009. Classification and assignment of Foreign Service officers. Sec. 1010. Energy diplomacy and security within the Department of State. Sec. 1011. National Museum of American Diplomacy. Sec. 1012.…
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