H.R. 7642 · In committee · International Affairs

GUIDE Act

Sponsor: Young Kim (R-CA)

What it does

• Authorizes the Secretary of State, acting through the Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, to establish a program to recruit, train, and retain specialized disaster assistance professionals for the Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response.
• Specifies that specialized disaster assistance professionals must have expertise in procurement, logistics, public health, nutrition, protection, engineering, and finance.

Latest action

Mar 26, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 5.

Committee: House Foreign Affairs