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This bill, the Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2021, aims to support United States international cyber diplomacy efforts. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Establishing a Bureau of International Cyberspace Policy within the Department of State, led by an Ambassador-level official, to coordinate the State Department's diplomatic efforts on cyberspace issues such as cybersecurity, internet freedom, digital economy, and international responses to cyber threats. 2. Outlining U.S. international cyberspace policy to promote an open, interoperable, and secure internet governed by the multi-stakeholder model while respecting human rights and privacy. 3. Encouraging the President to enter into executive arrangements with foreign governments to advance responsible state behavior in cyberspace, and requiring the State Department to provide Congress with information on such arrangements. 4. Requiring the development of an international strategy for U.S. engagement with foreign governments on norms of responsible state behavior in cyberspace. 5. Amending the Foreign Assistance Act to include assessments of foreign governments' efforts to filter, censor, or monitor internet communications in the annual country reports on human rights practices. The bill aims to strengthen U.S. diplomatic efforts to promote international norms and cooperation on cybersecurity and internet governance issues.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1251/all-info