Bureau of Legislative Affairs

Bureau of Legislative Affairs
Parent organization	US/Department/State
Leader	Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs

The Bureau of Legislative Affairs, a part of the U.S. Department of State coordinates legislative activity for the State Department and advises the Secretary, the Deputy, as well as the Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries on legislative strategy.

Official narrative

The functions of the Bureau include:

"a. to facilitate effective communication between State Department officials and the Members of Congress and their staffs;

b. to work closely with authorizing, appropriations, and oversight committees of the House and Senate, as well as with individual Members that have an interest in State Department or foreign policy issues;

c. to manage Department testimony before House and Senate hearings, organizes Member and staff briefings, and facilitates Congressional travel to overseas posts for Members and staff throughout the year;

d. to review proposed legislation and to coordinates Statements of Administration Policy on legislation affecting the conduct of U.S. foreign policy; and

e. to advice individual Bureaus of the Department on legislative and outreach strategies and coordinates those strategies with the Secretary's priorities."

Concerns

The leader in 2016 (Julia Frifield) was revealed in an FBI file to be a member of the 7th floor group.

 

Employee on Wikispooks

Employee	Job	End
Jennifer Stout	Senior Advisor and Director of Senate Affairs	2010

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