22 USC § 10309 - Post Data Pilot Program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s10309"
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title: "22 USC § 10309 - Post Data Pilot Program"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "10309"
section_name: "Post Data Pilot 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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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title III, § 5301, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1592.)"
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# § 10309. Post Data Pilot Program

**(a)** **Post Data and AI Pilot Program**

**(1)** **Establishment** The Secretary is authorized to establish a program, which shall be known as the “Post Data Program” (referred to in this section as the “Program”), that shall be overseen by the Department’s Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer.

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

**(A)** Cultivating a data and artificial intelligence culture at diplomatic posts globally, including data fluency and data collaboration.

**(B)** Promoting data integration with Department of State Headquarters.

**(C)** Creating operational efficiencies, supporting innovation, and enhancing mission impact.

**(b)** **Implementation plan**

**(1)** **In general** Not later than 180 days after December 18, 2025, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an implementation plan that outlines strategies for—

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

**(B)** hiring data and artificial intelligence officers at United States diplomatic posts; and

**(C)** allocation of necessary resources to sustain the Program.

**(2)** **Annual reporting requirement** December 18, 2025

Not later than 180 days after , and annually thereafter for the following three years, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the status of the implementation plan required under paragraph (1).

**(c)** **Appropriate congressional committees defined** In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—

**(1)** the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and

**(2)** the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title III, § 5301, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1592.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definitions

For definitions of “Department” and “Secretary” as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 119—60, set out as a note under .