IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 199 
Condemning woke foreign aid programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2025 
Mr. BURCHETT submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning woke foreign aid programs. 
Whereas the United States spent $2,000,000 on a 
transgender health grant in Guatemala, awarded in 2024 
to Asociacio´n Lambda for ‘‘gender-affirming health 
care’’, plus economic empowerment and advocacy for 
trans-led groups, with $350,000 disbursed so far; 
Whereas the United States spent $20,000,000 on Iraqi Ses-
ame Street, entitled ‘‘Ahlan Simsim’’, funded to support 
educational programming for children in Iraq, with dis-
bursements ongoing; 
Whereas the United States spent $1,500,000 on diversity, eq-
uity, and inclusion workplace programs in Serbia, a 
United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID) grant from 2023 to 2024 to Grupa Izadji to 
push diversity, equity, and inclusion in workplaces, aim-
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ing to boost LGBTQI+ economic engagement, with 
about $1,140,000 paid out so far; 
Whereas the United States spent $45,000,000 on diversity, 
equity, and inclusion scholarships in Burma, funded to 
provide diversity, equity, and inclusion-focused edu-
cational opportunities, with details on disbursements un-
available at this time; 
Whereas the United States spent $10,000,000 on male cir-
cumcision in Mozambique; 
Whereas the United States spent $250,000 on gender equal-
ity workshops in Morocco, through a 2023 Department of 
State grant to Association Marocaine pour les Droits des 
Femmes for workshops promoting gender equality and 
women’s entrepreneurship; 
Whereas the United States spent $100,000 on a drag HIV 
awareness campaign in South Africa; 
Whereas the United States spent $85,000 on a bee conserva-
tion musical in Brazil, funded in 2023 to raise awareness 
about bee conservation through a musical performance in 
Sa˜o Paulo; 
Whereas the United States spent $70,000 on an Irish diver-
sity, equity, and inclusion musical, funded a ‘‘live musical 
event’’ in Ireland in 2022 to promote United States-Ire-
land shared values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and ac-
cessibility, not a full musical, but a concert-style gig at 
the United States Embassy; 
Whereas the United States spent $60,000 on indigenous di-
versity, equity, and inclusion training in Bolivia, through 
a 2023 USAID grant for diversity and inclusion work-
shops for indigenous leaders in La Paz; 
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Whereas the United States spent $50,000 on vegan cooking 
classes in Kenya, and USAID funded this 2023 program 
to teach plant-based cooking in Nairobi to promote sus-
tainability; 
Whereas the United States spent $40,000 on a feminist 
podcast series in Chile, funded in 2022 by the Depart-
ment of State for a podcast on feminist issues in 
Santiago; 
Whereas the United States spent $32,000 on a transgender 
comic book in Peru, through Department of State fund-
ing in 2021 to Peru’s Education Department via Ful-
bright for ‘‘The Power of Education’’, a comic featuring 
an LGBTQ+ hero tackling social and mental health 
issues; 
Whereas the United States spent $30,000 on a trans youth 
art exhibit in Vietnam, through a 2022 Department of 
State grant for an art exhibit by transgender youth in 
Ho Chi Minh City; 
Whereas the United States spent $25,000 on a transgender 
opera in Colombia, through a Department of State grant 
in 2022 to Universidad de los Andes in Bogota´ for ‘‘As 
One’’, an opera about a transgender woman’s coming-of- 
age story, framed as public diplomacy (total project 
$47,020 with non-Federal funds); 
Whereas the United States spent $25,000 on a transgender 
fashion show in Thailand, through a 2024 grant for a 
fashion show featuring transgender designers in Bang-
kok; 
Whereas the United States spent $20,000 on drag queen 
training in Pakistan, funded in 2022 by the Department 
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