State Department adds jobs to help U.S. companies abroad.

What it does

The bill creates a new Under Secretary position. It focuses on economic growth, energy, and the environment. The bill sets up new assistant secretary roles and bureaus. These cover trade, sanctions, energy, and space. The department must hire economists and business experts.

Who it affects

U.S. companies that sell goods and services overseas may get more help. Energy companies may get support for deals. The State Department will hire more economists and business experts.

One thing to notice

The bill puts sanctions policy under the new economic-focused Under Secretary. Trade and business goals may now guide sanctions decisions.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.

• Sep 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs”
• Sep 17, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Sep 18, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 22”
• Jun 8, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3970-3974)”
• Jun 8, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Mast moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

2 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 4 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $373,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 22 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 41% of bills with any report.

Young Kim, who sponsored the bill, received $1,618,312 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine — $240,000 in 2 reports
• Care Action Now, Inc. — $133,000 in 2 reports

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• Under Secretary — A high-ranking official in a government department who reports to the Secretary.
• sanctions — Penalties the government puts on other countries or companies, like bans on trade or money.
• assistant secretary — A government official who helps run a part of a department.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.