KemperSports Announces Partnership with Perfect Game<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nIn announcing the bill, the political leaders noted that the events present a unique opportunity to enhance U.S. diplomacy and global leadership on the world stage. The bill seeks to upgrade the State Department\u2019s sports diplomacy division to its own office and designate it with the responsibility and personnel to implement U.S. sports diplomacy efforts focused on the decade ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I have witnessed firsthand the incredible power of sports to break down cultural barriers and unite people around the world,\u201d said\u00a0Kamlager-Dove.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThe American Decade of Sports is our chance to deepen relationships across the globe and cement U.S. leadership \u2014 and we can\u2019t let it slip through our fingers. I\u2019m proud to lead the introduction of this bipartisan legislation to ensure that the State Department is equipped to leverage sports diplomacy as a vital U.S. foreign policy tool and capitalize on this defining moment.\u201d
\n\u201cFrom the Ryder Cup to the FIFA World Cup and the upcoming Summer and Winter Olympic Games, the United States is set to host some of the most highly viewed, attended, and anticipated international sporting events in the next 10 years,\u201d said\u00a0Huizenga.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThe American Decade of Sports Act ensures that President Trump is able to carry out his revitalization of American sports and that the State Department is readily equipped to implement this newfound focus in terms of strategic planning and staffing. I am proud to champion this bipartisan effort.\u201d<\/p>\nSpecifically, the American Decade of Sports Act<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n- Directs the State Department to submit a sports diplomacy strategy to leverage the major sporting events being hosted in the United States to enhance U.S. soft power and global leadership;<\/li>\n
- Pulls the Sports Diplomacy Division out of the Office of Citizen Exchanges and elevates it to its own Office of Sports Diplomacy;<\/li>\n
- Designates the Office of Sports Diplomacy with the responsibility of implementing the mega-decade sports diplomacy strategy;<\/li>\n
- Assigns at least three additional staff to the office to implement the strategy; and<\/li>\n
- Requires an annual report to Congress on the implementation of the mega-decade sports diplomacy strategy, the restructuring of the sports diplomacy office, and the designation of additional staff to carry out the strategy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The\u00a0American Decade of Sports Act<\/em>\u00a0is cosponsored by Reps. Bill Huizenga, Gregory Meeks, Michael McCaul, James Moylan, Maria Elvira Salazar, Michael Lawler, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Ted Lieu, Dina Titus, Gabe Amo, Kathy Castor, Sarah McBride, Jonathan L. Jackson, Nikema Williams, Hank Johnson, Don Bacon, Michael Baumgartner, Aumua Amata Radewagen, Buddy Carter, Young Kim, Rich McCormick, William R. Keating<\/strong>, and Greg Stanton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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