---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2665b"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2665b"
heading: "Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2665b"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Department of State"
---

# §2665b. Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program

- (a) **In General—** There shall be in the Department a Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “VIP Fellowship Program”).
- (b) **Finding—** Congress finds that the VIP Fellowship Program plays a vital role in providing veterans with professional experience, training, and pathways to careers in international affairs, while strengthening the Department’s recruitment of skilled, diverse, and service-minded personnel.
- (c) **Objectives—** The program required by [subsection (a)](#a) shall—
  - (1) expand opportunities for veterans to gain professional experience in diplomacy, development, and international cooperation;
  - (2) leverage the skills, leadership, and expertise of veterans to enhance the work of the Department and other participating agencies; and
  - (3) [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) the transition of veterans into public service careers, particularly in foreign affairs.
- (d) **Administration—** The program required by [subsection (a)](#a) shall be administered by the Department, consistent with existing law and regulations, and in coordination with [relevant Federal departments and agencies](/usc/22/2152j–4.md?p=2) and veteran-serving organizations.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title I, § 5133, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1567.)

## Notes

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### Definitions

For definition of “Department” as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 119–60, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.