provide Congress with a five-year strategy on leveraging major sporting events hosted in the United States to enhance U.S. soft power, diplomatic relationships, and global leadership
I will require a five-year strategy for leveraging major sporting events hosted in the United States to enhance U.S. soft power, diplomatic relationships, and global leadership.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov lists Rep. Brian J. Mast as sponsor, introduced September 11, 2025. The latest action is September 18, 2025, ordered reported amended; the tracker status remains Introduced, not passed or enacted.
Section 704 would require, after enactment, a five-year sports diplomacy strategy leveraging major U.S.-hosted sporting events to enhance U.S. soft power, diplomatic relationships, and global leadership.
The all-actions page lists five House actions: introduction, referral to Foreign Affairs, committee markup sessions, and September 18, 2025 ordered reported amended by 27-24 vote.
The House Committee Repository scheduled a Foreign Affairs markup for September 17, 2025, and listed H.R. 5300 among the texts of legislation considered.
Assessments
Mast sponsored H.R. 5300 in the 119th Congress, and the bill text directly included the promised five-year sports diplomacy strategy requirement. The bill received committee markup and was ordered reported amended on September 18, 2025, which is a serious legislative attempt in the same federal term. However, the current bill status remains Introduced, with no House passage, Senate passage, presentment, enactment, or other binding federal action requiring the strategy. Because the promised requirement has not legally taken effect, this is not delivered, but it earns an effort badge.