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Calendar No. 249 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3469 

To establish a review of United States multilateral aid. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 10, 2022 

Mr. RISCH introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

JANUARY 18, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To establish a review of United States multilateral aid. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Multilateral Aid Review Act of 2022’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Purpose. 

Sec. 3. Appropriate congressional committees defined. 

Sec. 4. Objectives. 


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Sec. 5. Scope. 

Sec. 6. Report on Review. 

Sec. 7. United States Multilateral Review Task Force. 

Sec. 8. United States Multilateral Aid Review Peer Review Group. 

Sec. 9. Termination of authorities. 

1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act is to establish a United 

3 States Multilateral Aid Review (referred to in this Act as 

4 the ‘‘Review’’) to publicly assess the value of United States 

5 Government investments in multilateral entities. 

6 SEC. 3. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE7 FINED. 

8 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com9 mittees’’ means— 

10 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

11 Senate; 

12 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

13 Senate; 

14 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

15 House of Representatives; 

16 (4) the Committee on Financial Services of the 

17 House of Representatives; and 

18 (5) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives. 

20 SEC. 4. OBJECTIVES. 

21 The objectives of the Review are— 


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1 (1) to provide a tool to guide the United States 

2 Government’s decision making and prioritization 

3 with regard to funding multilateral entities; 

4 (2) to provide a methodological basis for allo5 cating budgetary resources to entities that advance 

6 relevant United States foreign policy objectives; 

7 (3) to incentivize improvements in the perform8 ance of multilateral entities to achieve better out9 comes, including in developing, fragile, and crisis-af10 flicted regions; and 

11 (4) to protect United States taxpayer invest12 ments in foreign assistance by promoting trans13 parency with regard to the funding of multilateral 

14 entities. 

15 SEC. 5. SCOPE. 

16 The Review shall assess, at a minimum, the following 

17 multilateral entities to which the United States Govern18 ment contributes voluntary or assessed funding, whether 

19 cash or in-kind: 

20 (1) The World Bank Group, including the 

21 International Bank for Reconstruction and Develop22 ment, the International Development Association, 

23 and the International Finance Corporation. 

24 (2) The regional development banks, including 

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1 ment Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, 

2 the European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop3 ment, and the North American Development Bank. 

4 (3) Climate Investment Funds. 

5 (4) The Food and Agriculture Organization. 

6 (5) Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. 

7 (6) The Global Environment Facility. 

8 (7) The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuber9 culosis and Malaria. 

10 (8) The Green Climate Fund. 

11 (9) The Inter-American Institute for Coopera12 tion for Agriculture. 

13 (10) The International Civil Aviation Organiza14 tion. 

15 (11) The International Committee of the Red 

16 Cross. 

17 (12) The International Fund for Agricultural 

18 Development. 

19 (13) The International Labour Organization. 

20 (14) The International Organization for Migra21 tion. 

22 (15) The International Telecommunication 

23 Union. 

24 (16) The Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS. 


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1 (17) The Multilateral Fund for the Implemen2 tation of the Montreal Protocol. 

3 (18) The Office of the United Nations High 

4 Commissioner for Human Rights. 

5 (19) The Office of the United Nations High 

6 Commissioner for Refugees. 

7 (20) The Organisation for Economic Co-oper8 ation and Development. 

9 (21) The Organization of American States. 

10 (22) The Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency. 

11 (23) The Pan American Health Organization. 

12 (24) The United Nations Children’s Fund. 

13 (25) The United Nations Department of Eco14 nomic and Social Affairs. 

15 (26) The United Nations Development Pro16 gramme. 

17 (27) The United Nations Entity for Gender 

18 Equality and the Empowerment of Women. 

19 (28) The United Nations Environment Pro20 gramme. 

21 (29) The United Nations Framework Conven22 tion on Climate Change. 

23 (30) The United Nations Office for Project 

24 Services. 


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1 (31) The United Nations Office for the Coordi2 nation of Humanitarian Affairs. 

3 (32) The United Nations Office on Drugs and 

4 Crime. 

5 (33) The United Nations Population Fund. 

6 (34) The United Nations Relief and Works 

7 Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. 

8 (35) The United Nations Voluntary Fund for 

9 Victims of Torture. 

10 (36) The World Food Program. 

11 (37) The World Health Organization. 

12 (38) The World Meteorological Organization. 

13 SEC. 6. REPORT ON REVIEW. 

14 (a) SUBMISSION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 21 months 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Task 

17 Force established under section 7, in regular con18 sultation with the Peer Review Group established 

19 under section 8, shall submit a report to the appro20 priate congressional committees that describes the 

21 findings of the Review. 

22 (2) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary of State 

23 shall publish the report described in paragraph (1) 

24 on the internet website of the Department of State 

25 not later than 15 days after the date on which the 


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1 report is submitted to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees. 

3 (b) METHODOLOGY.— 

4 (1) USE OF CRITERIA.—The Task Force shall 

5 establish an analytical framework and assessment 

6 scorecard for the Review using the criteria set forth 

7 in subsection (c). 

8 (2) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.— 

9 (A) SUBMISSION OF METHODOLOGY.—Not 

10 later than 90 days after the appointments to 

11 the Peer Review Group are made pursuant to 

12 section 8(b), the Task Force shall submit the 

13 methodology for the Review to the appropriate 

14 congressional committees. 

15 (B) CONSIDERATION OF CONGRESSIONAL

16 VIEWS.—The Task Force may not proceed with 

17 the Review until 30 days after the methodology 

18 to the appropriate congressional committees, 

19 taking into consideration the views of the 

20 Chairmen and Ranking Members of each of the 

21 appropriate congressional committees. 

22 (3) PUBLICATION OF CRITERIA AND METHOD23 OLOGY.—The Secretary of State shall publish the 

24 final criteria and methodology for the Review on the 

25 internet website of the Department of State not 


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1 later than 60 days after submitting the proposed 

2 methodology to the appropriate congressional com3 mittees pursuant to paragraph (2)(A). 

4 (c) ASSESSMENT CRITERIA.—The assessment score5 card shall include the following criteria: 

6 (1) RELATIONSHIP OF STATED GOALS TO AC7 TUAL RESULTS.—The extent to which the stated 

8 mission, goals, and objectives of the entity have been 

9 achieved during the review period, including— 

10 (A) an identification of the stated mission, 

11 goals, and objectives of each entity; 

12 (B) an evaluation of the extent to which 

13 the entity met its stated implementation 

14 timelines and achieved declared results; and 

15 (C) an evaluation of whether the entity op16 timizes resources to achieve the stated mission, 

17 goals, and objectives of the entity. 

18 (2) RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT.—The extent 

19 to which management of the entity follows best man20 agement practices, including— 

21 (A) an evaluation of the ratio of manage22 ment and administrative expenses to program 

23 expenses, including an evaluation of entity re24 sources spent on nonprogrammatic expenses; 


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1 (B) an evaluation of program expense 

2 growth, including a comparison of the annual 

3 growth of program expenses to the annual 

4 growth of management and administrative ex5 penses; and 

6 (C) an evaluation of whether the entity has 

7 established appropriate levels of senior manage8 ment compensation. 

9 (3) ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.— 

10 The extent to which the policies and procedures of 

11 the entity follow best practices of accountability and 

12 transparency, taking into consideration credible re13 porting regarding unauthorized conversion or diver14 sion of entity resources, and including an evaluation 

15 of whether the entity has— 

16 (A) established and enforced— 

17 (i) appropriate auditing procedures; 

18 (ii) appropriate rules to reduce the 

19 risk of conflicts of interest among the sen20 ior leadership of the entity; and 

21 (iii) appropriate whistleblower policies; 

22 (B) established and maintained— 

23 (i) appropriate records retention poli24 cies and guidelines; 


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1 (ii) best practices with respect to 

2 transparency and public disclosure; and 

3 (iii) best practices with respect to dis4 closure of the compensation of senior lead5 ership officials. 

6 (4) ALIGNMENT WITH UNITED STATES FOREIGN

7 POLICY OBJECTIVES.—The extent to which the poli8 cies and practices of the entity align with relevant 

9 United States foreign policy objectives, including an 

10 evaluation of— 

11 (A) the entity’s stated mission, goals, and 

12 objectives in comparison to relevant United 

13 States foreign policy objectives; 

14 (B) any significant divergence between the 

15 actions of the entity and relevant United States 

16 foreign policy objectives; and 

17 (C) whether continued participation by the 

18 United States in the entity contributes a net 

19 benefit towards achieving relevant United 

20 States foreign policy objectives, including the 

21 reasons for such conclusion. 

22 (5) MULTILATERAL APPROACH COMPARED TO

23 BILATERAL APPROACH.—The extent to which pur24 suing relevant United States foreign policy objectives 

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1 efficient compared to, or complementary to, a bilat2 eral approach, including an evaluation of— 

3 (A) whether relevant United States foreign 

4 policy objectives are effectively pursued through 

5 the entity, compared to existing or potential bi6 lateral approaches, including the criteria used 

7 in the evaluation; and 

8 (B) whether relevant United States foreign 

9 policy objectives are pursued on a cost-effective 

10 basis through the entity, including the amount 

11 of funding leveraged from non-United States 

12 Government sources, compared to existing or 

13 potential bilateral approaches. 

14 (6) REDUNDANCIES AND OVERLAP.—The extent 

15 to which the mission, goals, and objectives of the en16 tity overlap with, or complement, the mission, goals, 

17 objectives, and programs of other multilateral insti18 tutions to which the United States Government con19 tributes voluntary or assessed funding, whether cash 

20 or in-kind, including— 

21 (A) a comparison of the extent to which 

22 relevant United States foreign policy objectives 

23 are effectively pursued on a cost-effective basis 

24 through each of the overlapping entities; and 


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1 (B) whether continued participation in 

2 each entity contributes a benefit towards 

3 achieving United States foreign policy objec4 tives. 

5 SEC. 7. UNITED STATES MULTILATERAL REVIEW TASK 

6 FORCE. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 

8 an interagency Multilateral Review Task Force (referred 

9 to in this Act as the ‘‘Task Force’’) to review and assess 

10 United States participation in multilateral entities identi11 fied in section 5 and to develop and submit the report re12 quired under section 6 to the appropriate congressional 

13 committees. 

14 (b) LEADERSHIP.—The Task Force shall be chaired 

15 by the Secretary of State, who may delegate his or her 

16 responsibilities under this Act to an appropriate senior 

17 Senate-confirmed Department of State official. 

18 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The President may appoint to 

19 the interagency Task Force senior Senate-confirmed offi20 cials from the Department of State, the Department of 

21 the Treasury, the United States Agency for International 

22 Development, the Centers for Disease Control and Preven23 tion, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of 

24 Energy, and any other relevant executive branch depart25 ment or agency. 


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1 (d) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report under 

2 section 6, including the initial review of methodology, the 

3 Task Force shall consult regularly with the Peer Review 

4 Group established under section 8. 

5 SEC. 8. UNITED STATES MULTILATERAL AID REVIEW PEER 

6 REVIEW GROUP. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 

8 United States Multilateral Aid Review Peer Review Group 

9 (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Peer Review Group’’). 

10 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

11 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Peer Review Group 

12 shall be composed of 8 nongovernmental volunteer 

13 members, of whom— 

14 (A) 2 shall be appointed by the majority 

15 leader of the Senate; 

16 (B) 2 shall be appointed by the minority 

17 leader of the Senate; 

18 (C) 2 shall be appointed by the Speaker of 

19 the House of Representatives; and 

20 (D) 2 shall be appointed by the minority 

21 leader of the House of Representatives. 

22 (2) APPOINTMENT CRITERIA.—The members of 

23 the Peer Review Group shall have appropriate exper24 tise and knowledge of the multilateral entities sub25 ject to the Review established by this Act. In making 


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1 appointments to the Peer Review Group, potential 

2 conflicts of interest should be taken into account. 

3 (3) DATE.—The appointments to the Peer Re4 view Group shall be made not later than 30 days 

5 after the date on which the Task Force is estab6 lished pursuant to section 7(a), and the terms of the 

7 members so appointed shall begin on such date. 

8 (4) CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN.—The Peer 

9 Review Group shall select a Chairman and Vice 

10 Chairman from among the members of the Peer Re11 view Group. 

12 (c) EXPERT ANALYSIS.—The Peer Review Group 

13 shall meet regularly with the Task Force, including re14 garding the initial review of methodology, to offer their 

15 expertise of the funding and performance of multilateral 

16 entities. 

17 (d) REVIEW OF REPORT.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days be19 fore submitting the report required under section 

20 6(a), the Task Force shall submit a draft of the re21 port to— 

22 (A) the Peer Review Group; and 

23 (B) the appropriate congressional commit24 tees. 

25 (2) REVIEW.—The Peer Review Group shall— 


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1 (A) review the draft report submitted 

2 under paragraph (1); and 

3 (B) not later than 90 days before the sub4 mission of the report required under section 

5 6(a), provide to the Task Force and to the ap6 propriate congressional committees— 

7 (i) an analysis of the conclusions of 

8 the report; 

9 (ii) an analysis of the established 

10 methodologies used to reach such conclu11 sions; 

12 (iii) an analysis of the evidence used 

13 to reach such conclusions; and 

14 (iv) any additional comments to im15 prove the evaluations and analysis of the 

16 report. 

17 (e) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Peer 

19 Review Group shall be appointed for a 2-year term. 

20 (2) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Peer Re21 view Group— 

22 (A) shall not affect the powers of the Peer 

23 Review Group; and 

24 (B) shall be filled in the same manner as 

25 the original appointment. 


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1 (f) MEETINGS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Peer Review Group 

3 shall meet at the call of the Chairman. 

4 (2) INITIAL MEETING.—The Peer Review 

5 Group shall hold its first meeting not later than 30 

6 days after its last member is appointed. 

7 (3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

8 the Peer Review Group shall constitute a quorum, 

9 but a lesser number of members may hold meetings. 

10 SEC. 9. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITIES. 

11 The authorities and requirements provided under this 

12 Act shall terminate on the date that is 2 years after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act. 


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Calendar No. 249 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3469 

A BILL 

To establish a review of United States multilateral 

aid. 

JANUARY 18, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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