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This bill, the Promoting Peace, Education, And Cultural Exchange through Music Diplomacy Act (also known as the PEACE through Music Diplomacy Act), aims to authorize music-related exchange programs facilitated by the Department of State and relevant private sector partnerships. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Recognizing music as an important means of cultural communication and peacebuilding, and acknowledging the valuable role that musical artists and the U.S. music industry can play in cross-cultural exchange and conflict resolution efforts. 2. Amending the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act) to explicitly authorize exchange programs focused on music and the performing arts, which provide opportunities for foreign nationals and Americans to build cross-cultural understanding and advance peace abroad. 3. Encouraging the Secretary of State to continue partnering with the private sector to support and leverage their expertise in developing and implementing the music-related exchange programs, as well as to recognize musicians whose works or performances have advanced peace abroad. 4. Requiring the Secretary of State to develop a strategy for advancing U.S. foreign policy goals, including conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts, through the music-related exchange programs implemented by the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

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