Tech Diplomacy Training Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8212 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8212 To require Foreign Service officers to complete certain science, technology, engineering, and mathematics training, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2026 Mr. Baird introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require Foreign Service officers to complete certain science, technology, engineering, and mathematics training, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Tech Diplomacy Training Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO COMPLETE CERTAIN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS TRAINING. Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4028) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(f) STEM Training.-- ``(1) In gen…