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HR 1559 115th Congress House

United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish a United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 16, 2017 See on congress.gov
International Affairs Arctic and polar regionsDepartment of StateDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officials
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 16, 2017
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 Latest action March 16, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2017

Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish within the Department of State an Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Feb 13, 2018
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 5, 2018
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Garamendi, John
California · Mar 16, 2017
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 16, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1559: United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1559/
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"H.R. 1559: United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1559/.
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H.R. 1559, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1559/.
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