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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1775 

To require certain bureaus of the Department of State and the United 

States Agency for International Development to release quarterly reviews 

of certain grants, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 24, 2023 

Mr. MCCORMICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To require certain bureaus of the Department of State and 

the United States Agency for International Development 

to release quarterly reviews of certain grants, 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 ‘‘Assessing Unintended 

5 Drivers of Illegal Trafficking Act’’ or the ‘‘AUDIT Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LATIN AMERICA MIGRANT SERVICES GRANT TRANS2 PARENCY. 

3 (a) The Department of State’s Bureau of Population, 

4 Refugees, and Migration shall: 

5 (1) Issue a quarterly report documenting all the 

6 Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration 

7 grant money spent on migrant and asylum-seeker 

8 programs in Central and South America. The report 

9 shall explain why each implementing partner was 

10 chosen, the amount of money it received, the avail11 ability of asylum claim processing in the countries in 

12 which those partners operate, and the number of 

13 claims processed in those countries. The report shall 

14 include— 

15 (A) grants given to non-governmental or16 ganization implementing partners which are 

17 building asylum shelters or creating asylum 

18 processing capacity in Central and South Amer19 ica; 

20 (B) grants given to implementing partners 

21 conducting casework, counseling, or legal rep22 resentation for asylum seekers; and 

23 (C) grants given to implementing partners 

24 providing other services to asylum seekers, in25 cluding transportation, monetary assistance, 

26 and housing. 


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1 (2) Be prohibited from giving grants to imple2 menting partners which provide abortion services to 

3 asylum seekers. This includes implementing part4 ners— 

5 (A) providing sexual and reproductive 

6 health services that include referrals to receive 

7 abortions; 

8 (B) providing assistance in obtaining abor9 tions; 

10 (C) providing the abortion procedure itself; 

11 and 

12 (D) which directly or indirectly fund abor13 tions or services for obtaining abortions in any 

14 manner for asylum seekers. 

15 (b) The Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, 

16 Human Rights, and Labor shall: 

17 (1) Issue a quarterly report documenting all the 

18 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 

19 grants given to migrant and asylum seeker rights 

20 programs in Central and South America. The report 

21 shall explain why each implementing partner was 

22 chosen, the amount of money it received, the avail23 ability of asylum claim processing in the countries in 

24 which those partners operate, and the number of 


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1 claims processed in those countries. The report shall 

2 include— 

3 (A) direct grants from the Bureau of De4 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor to migrant 

5 shelters; 

6 (B) grants to non-governmental organiza7 tion implementing partners that provide grants 

8 or programming to other non-governmental or9 ganizations or migrants rights organizations; 

10 (C) the Bureau of Democracy, Human 

11 Rights, and Labor programming for building 

12 local asylum processing capacity or improving 

13 institutional transparency or efficiency; 

14 (D) grants given to implementing partners 

15 conducting casework, counseling, or legal rep16 resentation for asylum seekers; and 

17 (E) any other programs the Bureau of De18 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor funds for 

19 the purpose of promoting migrant or asylum 

20 seeker rights. 

21 (2) Be prohibited from giving grants to imple22 menting partners who provide abortion services to 

23 asylum seekers. This includes implementing part24 ners— 


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1 (A) providing sexual and reproductive 

2 health services that include referrals to receive 

3 abortions; 

4 (B) providing assistance in obtaining abor5 tions; 

6 (C) providing the abortion procedure itself; 

7 (D) who directly or indirectly fund abor8 tions or services for obtaining abortions in any 

9 manner for asylum seekers; and 

10 (E) which directly or indirectly fund abor11 tions in any manner for asylum seekers, provi12 sions, or assistance in obtaining an abortion. 

13 (c) The United States Agency for International De14 velopment shall: 

15 (1) Issue a quarterly report documenting all the 

16 United States Agency for International Development 

17 grants given to migrant, asylum seeker, and inter18 nally displaced persons programs in Central and 

19 South America. The report shall explain why each 

20 implementing partner was chosen, the amount of 

21 money it received, the availability of asylum claim 

22 processing in the countries in which those partners 

23 operate, and the number of claims processed in 

24 those countries. The report shall include— 


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1 (A) direct grants from the United States 

2 Agency for International Development to mi3 grant shelters; 

4 (B) grants from the Bureau for Humani5 tarian Assistance to implementing partners in 

6 the region working with migrants and asylum 

7 seekers; 

8 (C) prosperity, security, and governance 

9 grants given to El Salvador, Guatemala, and 

10 Honduras; 

11 (D) integration grants to Belize, Costa 

12 Rica, and Panama; 

13 (E) grants given to resettle and integrate 

14 Venezuelans outside their country and grants to 

15 implementing partners operating within Ven16 ezuela; 

17 (F) grants or programs related to mes18 saging to citizens of Central and South Amer19 ica; and 

20 (G) grants given for governmental institu21 tional capacity building. 

22 (2) Be prohibited from giving grants to imple23 menting partners which provide abortion services to 

24 asylum seekers. This includes implementing part25 ners— 


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1 (A) providing sexual and reproductive 

2 health services that include referrals to receive 

3 abortions; 

4 (B) providing assistance in obtaining abor5 tions; 

6 (C) providing the abortion procedure itself; 

7 (D) who directly or indirectly fund abor8 tions or services for obtaining abortions in any 

9 manner for asylum seekers; and 

10 (E) which directly or indirectly fund abor11 tions in any manner for asylum seekers, provi12 sions, or assistance in obtaining an abortion. 

13 (d) The reports by the Bureau of Population, Refu14 gees, and Migration, the Bureau of Democracy, Human 

15 Rights, and Labor, and the United States Agency for 

16 International Development shall begin the quarter after 

17 this legislation is enacted. 

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