AUDIT Act

Subjects: International Affairs


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1775 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2023

Mr. McCormick introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Assessing Unintended Drivers of 
Illegal Trafficking Act'' or the ``AUDIT Act''.

SEC. 2. LATIN AMERICA MIGRANT SERVICES GRANT TRANSPARENCY.

    (a) The Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and 
Migration shall:
            (1) Issue a quarterly report documenting all the Bureau of 
        Population, Refugees, and Migration grant money spent on 
        migrant and asylum-seeker programs in Central and South 
        America. The report shall explain why each implementing partner 
        was chosen, the amount of money it received, the availability 
        of asylum claim processing in the countries in which those 
        partners operate, and the number of claims processed in those 
        countries. The report shall include--
                    (A) grants given to non-governmental organization 
                implementing partners which are building asylum 
                shelters or creating asylum processing capacity in 
                Central and South America;
                    (B) grants given to implementing partners 
                conducting casework, counseling, or legal 
                representation for asylum seekers; and
                    (C) grants given to implementing partners providing 
                other services to asylum seekers, including 
                transportation, monetary assistance, and housing.
            (2) Be prohibited from giving grants to implementing 
        partners which provide abortion services to asylum seekers. 
        This includes implementing partners--
                    (A) providing sexual and reproductive health 
                services that include referrals to receive abortions;
                    (B) providing assistance in obtaining abortions;
                    (C) providing the abortion procedure itself; and
                    (D) which directly or indirectly fund abortions or 
                services for obtaining abortions in any manner for 
                asylum seekers.
    (b) The Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor shall:
            (1) Issue a quarterly report documenting all the Bureau of 
        Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor grants given to migrant and 
        asylum seeker rights programs in Central and South America. The 
        report shall explain why each implementing partner was chosen, 
        the amount of money it received, the availability of asylum 
        claim processing in the countries in which those partners 
        operate, and the number of claims processed in those countries. 
        The report shall include--
                    (A) direct grants from the Bureau of Democracy, 
                Human Rights, and Labor to migrant shelters;
                    (B) grants to non-governmental organization 
                implementing partners that provide grants or 
                programming to other non-governmental organizations or 
                migrants rights organizations;
                    (C) the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
                Labor programming for building local asylum processing 
                capacity or improving institutional transparency or 
                efficiency;
                    (D) grants given to implementing partners 
                conducting casework, counseling, or legal 
                representation for asylum seekers; and
                    (E) any other programs the Bureau of Democracy, 
                Human Rights, and Labor funds for the purpose of 
                promoting migrant or asylum seeker rights.
            (2) Be prohibited from giving grants to implementing 
        partners who provide abortion services to asylum seekers. This 
        includes implementing partners--
                    (A) providing sexual and reproductive health 
                services that include referrals to receive abortions;
                    (B) providing assistance in obtaining abortions;
                    (C) providing the abortion procedure itself;
                    (D) who directly or indirectly fund abortions or 
                services for obtaining abortions in any manner for 
                asylum seekers; and
                    (E) which directly or indirectly fund abortions in 
                any manner for asylum seekers, provisions, or 
                assistance in obtaining an abortion.
    (c) The United States Agency for International Development shall:
            (1) Issue a quarterly report documenting all the United 
        States Agency for International Development grants given to 
        migrant, asylum seeker, and internally displaced persons 
        programs in Central and South America. The report shall explain 
        why each implementing partner was chosen, the amount of money 
        it received, the availability of asylum claim processing in the 
        countries in which those partners operate, and the number of 
        claims processed in those countries. The report shall include--
                    (A) direct grants from the United States Agency for 
                International Development to migrant shelters;
                    (B) grants from the Bureau for Humanitarian 
                Assistance to implementing partners in the region 
                working with migrants and asylum seekers;
                    (C) prosperity, security, and governance grants 
                given to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras;
                    (D) integration grants to Belize, Costa Rica, and 
                Panama;
                    (E) grants given to resettle and integrate 
                Venezuelans outside their country and grants to 
                implementing partners operating within Venezuela;
                    (F) grants or programs related to messaging to 
                citizens of Central and South America; and
                    (G) grants given for governmental institutional 
                capacity building.
            (2) Be prohibited from giving grants to implementing 
        partners which provide abortion services to asylum seekers. 
        This includes implementing partners--
                    (A) providing sexual and reproductive health 
                services that include referrals to receive abortions;
                    (B) providing assistance in obtaining abortions;
                    (C) providing the abortion procedure itself;
                    (D) who directly or indirectly fund abortions or 
                services for obtaining abortions in any manner for 
                asylum seekers; and
                    (E) which directly or indirectly fund abortions in 
                any manner for asylum seekers, provisions, or 
                assistance in obtaining an abortion.
    (d) The reports by the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and 
Migration, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and the 
United States Agency for International Development shall begin the 
quarter after this legislation is enacted.
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