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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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’’. 
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SEC. 2. LATIN AMERICA MIGRANT SERVICES GRANT TRANS-
PARENCY. 
(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 avail-
ability 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 or-
ganization implementing partners which are 
building asylum shelters or creating asylum 
processing capacity in Central and South Amer-
ica; 
(B) grants given to implementing partners 
conducting casework, counseling, or legal rep-
resentation for asylum seekers; and 
(C) grants given to implementing partners 
providing other services to asylum seekers, in-
cluding transportation, monetary assistance, 
and housing. 
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(2) Be prohibited from giving grants to imple-
menting partners which provide abortion services to 
asylum seekers. This includes implementing part-
ners— 
(A) providing sexual and reproductive 
health services that include referrals to receive 
abortions; 
(B) providing assistance in obtaining abor-
tions; 
(C) providing the abortion procedure itself; 
and 
(D) which directly or indirectly fund abor-
tions 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 avail-
ability of asylum claim processing in the countries in 
which those partners operate, and the number of 
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claims processed in those countries. The report shall 
include— 
(A) direct grants from the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor to migrant 
shelters; 
(B) grants to non-governmental organiza-
tion implementing partners that provide grants 
or programming to other non-governmental or-
ganizations 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 rep-
resentation for asylum seekers; and 
(E) any other programs the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor funds for 
the purpose of promoting migrant or asylum 
seeker rights. 
(2) Be prohibited from giving grants to imple-
menting partners who provide abortion services to 
asylum seekers. This includes implementing part-
ners— 
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(A) providing sexual and reproductive 
health services that include referrals to receive 
abortions; 
(B) providing assistance in obtaining abor-
tions; 
(C) providing the abortion procedure itself; 
(D) who directly or indirectly fund abor-
tions or services for obtaining abortions in any 
manner for asylum seekers; and 
(E) which directly or indirectly fund abor-
tions in any manner for asylum seekers, provi-
sions, or assistance in obtaining an abortion. 
(c) The United States Agency for International De-
velopment shall: 
(1) Issue a quarterly report documenting all the 
United States Agency for International Development 
grants given to migrant, asylum seeker, and inter-
nally 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— 
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(A) direct grants from the United States 
Agency for International Development to mi-
grant shelters; 
(B) grants from the Bureau for Humani-
tarian 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 Ven-
ezuela; 
(F) grants or programs related to mes-
saging to citizens of Central and South Amer-
ica; and 
(G) grants given for governmental institu-
tional capacity building. 
(2) Be prohibited from giving grants to imple-
menting partners which provide abortion services to 
asylum seekers. This includes implementing part-
ners— 
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(A) providing sexual and reproductive 
health services that include referrals to receive 
abortions; 
(B) providing assistance in obtaining abor-
tions; 
(C) providing the abortion procedure itself; 
(D) who directly or indirectly fund abor-
tions or services for obtaining abortions in any 
manner for asylum seekers; and 
(E) which directly or indirectly fund abor-
tions in any manner for asylum seekers, provi-
sions, or assistance in obtaining an abortion. 
(d) The reports by the Bureau of Population, Refu-
gees, 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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