22 USC § 10305 - Establishment and expansion of Regional Technology Officer Program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s10305"
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title: "22 USC § 10305 - Establishment and expansion of Regional Technology Officer Program"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "10305"
section_name: "Establishment and expansion of Regional Technology Officer Program"
chapter_number: 110
chapter_name: "INFORMATION SECURITY AND CYBER DIPLOMACY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCV, § 9508, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3906; Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2541.)"
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# § 10305. Establishment and expansion of Regional Technology Officer Program

**(a)** **Regional Technology Officer Program**

**(1)** **Establishment** The Secretary shall establish a program, which shall be known as the “Regional Technology Officer Program” (referred to in this section as the “Program”), and shall be administered by the Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy.

**(2)** **Goals** The goals of the Program shall include the following:

**(A)** Promoting United States leadership in technology abroad.

**(B)** Working with partners to increase the deployment of critical and emerging technology in support of democratic values.

**(C)** Shaping diplomatic agreements in regional and international fora with respect to critical and emerging technologies.

**(D)** Building diplomatic capacity for handling critical and emerging technology issues.

**(E)** Facilitating the role of critical and emerging technology in advancing the foreign policy objectives of the United States through engagement with research labs, incubators, and venture capitalists.

**(F)** Maintaining the advantages of the United States with respect to critical and emerging technologies.

**(b)** **Implementation plan** Not later than 180 days after December 23, 2022, the Secretary shall submit an implementation plan to the appropriate congressional committees that outlines strategies for—

**(1)** advancing the goals described in subsection (a)(2);

**(2)** hiring Regional Technology Officers and increasing the competitiveness of the Program within the Foreign Service bidding process;

**(3)** expanding the Program to include a minimum of 15 Regional Technology Officers; and

**(4)** assigning not fewer than 2 Regional Technology Officers to posts within—

**(A)** each regional bureau of the Department; and

**(B)** the Bureau of International Organization Affairs.

**(c)** **Annual briefing requirement** December 23, 2022

Not later than 180 days after , and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the Secretary shall brief the appropriate congressional committees regarding the status of the implementation plan required under subsection (b).

**(d)** **Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated up to $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCV, § 9508, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3906; Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXIII, § 7301, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2541.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024—Subsec. (a)(1).  inserted “, and shall be administered by the Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy” before period at end.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definitions

For definitions of “Secretary”, “appropriate congressional committees”, and “Department” as used in this section, see , set out as a note under .