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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 204

To require the President to submit to the Congress each year an integrated

justification for United States foreign assistance programs, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 4, 1995

Mr. CONDIT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations and, in addition, to the Committees on Agriculture, Banking and Financial Services, and Rules for a period to be

subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration

of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To require the President to submit to the Congress each

year an integrated justification for United States foreign

assistance programs, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Aid Reporting

5 Reform Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL FOREIGN ASSISTANCE JUSTIFICATION

2 REPORT.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—In conjunction with the submis4 sion of the annual requests for enactment of authoriza5 tions and appropriations for foreign assistance programs

6 for each fiscal year, the President shall submit to the Con7 gress a single report containing—

8 (1) an integrated justification for all foreign as9 sistance programs proposed by the President for the

10 coming fiscal year; and

11 (2) an assessment of when the objectives of

12 those programs will be achieved so that the assist13 ance can be terminated.

14 (b) SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—

15 Each such report shall include the following:

16 (1) INFORMATION REGARDING A FOREIGN AS17 SISTANCE PROGRAM GENERALLY.—For each foreign

18 assistance program taken as a whole—

19 (A) the total amount of assistance pro20 posed to be provided under that program;

21 (B) the justification for that amount;

22 (C) the objectives that assistance under

23 that program is intended to achieve;

24 (D) an explanation of the relationship of

25 assistance under that program to assistance

26 under other foreign assistance programs; and
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1 (E) the President’s estimation of the date

2 by which the objectives of that program will be

3 achieved and the program terminated.

4 (2) INFORMATION REGARDING SPECIFIC ASSIST5 ANCE RECIPIENTS.—For each country or organiza6 tion which is a proposed recipient of assistance

7 under any foreign assistance program—

8 (A) the amount of each type of assistance

9 proposed;

10 (B) the justification for providing each

11 such type of assistance;

12 (C) the objectives that each such type of

13 assistance is intended to achieve;

14 (D) an explanation of the relationship of

15 each type of assistance proposed to other types

16 of assistance proposed for that recipient; and

17 (E) the President’s estimation of the date

18 by which the objectives of assistance for such

19 recipient under each foreign assistance program

20 will be achieved and assistance under that pro21 gram to that recipient terminated.

22 The information required by subparagraphs (A)

23 through (E) shall be provided on a recipient-by24 recipient basis.
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1 (3) INFORMATION REGARDING CENTRALLY2 FUNDED PROGRAMS.—For each centrally-funded

3 program under a foreign assistance program—

4 (A) the amount proposed for such pro5 gram;

6 (B) the justification for such program;

7 (C) the objectives each such program is in8 tended to achieve;

9 (D) an explanation of the relationship of

10 such program to other types of assistance pro11 posed under that foreign assistance program

12 and under other foreign assistance programs;

13 and

14 (E) the President’s estimation of the date

15 by which the objectives of such program will be

16 achieved and such program terminated.

17 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL EXPLA18 NATION OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE

19 PRESIDENT’S FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET.

20 Any committee of the Congress reporting legislation

21 authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for, or

22 providing new budget authority for, foreign assistance pro23 grams shall include in the report accompanying that legis24 lation an explanation for any change proposed by that

25 committee—
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1 (1) in the total amount of new budget authority

2 authorized or provided (as the case may be) for any

3 foreign assistance program as compared to the

4 amount proposed by the President; or

5 (2) in the amount of assistance for any specific

6 recipient of assistance, or for any centrally-funded

7 program, under any foreign assistance program as

8 compared to the amount proposed by the President.

9 SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

10 As used in this Act, the term ‘‘foreign assistance pro11 gram’’ includes—

12 (1) any program of assistance authorized by the

13 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (such as the devel14 opment assistance program, the economic support

15 fund program, and the international military edu16 cation and training program) or authorized by the

17 African Development Foundation Act, section 401 of

18 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 (relating to the

19 Inter-American Development Foundation), or any

20 other foreign assistance legislation;

21 (2) any program of grant, credit, or guaranty

22 assistance under the Arms Export Control Act;

23 (3) assistance under the Migration and Refugee

24 Assistance Act of 1962;
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1 (4) assistance under any title of the Agricul2 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of

3 1954;

4 (5) contributions to the International Monetary

5 Fund;

6 (6) contributions to the International Bank for

7 Reconstruction and Development, the International

8 Development Association, or any other institution

9 within the World Bank group; and

10 (7) contributions to any regional multilateral

11 development bank.

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