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tion should include country assistance strategies, an-
nual budget documents, congressional budget jus-
tifications, obligations, expenditures, and reports 
and evaluations, including those developed pursuant 
to the guidelines established by section 2, for United 
States foreign development assistance programs and 
projects under such programs. Each type of infor-
mation described in this paragraph shall be pub-
lished or updated on the Internet website not later 
than 90 days after the date of issuance of the infor-
mation. 
(3) REPORT IN LIEU OF INCLUSION.—If— 
(A) the head of a Federal department or 
agency makes a determination that the inclu-
sion of a required item of information on the 
Internet website would jeopardize the health or 
security of an implementing partner or program 
beneficiary; or 
(B) the Secretary of State makes a deter-
mination that the inclusion of a required item 
of information on the Internet website would be 
detrimental to the national interests of the 
United States, 
then the head of such Federal department or agency 
or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, shall 
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provide briefings to Congress on the item of infor-
mation or submit to Congress the item of informa-
tion in a written report in lieu of it being included 
on the Internet website, along with the reasons for 
it not being included on the Internet website. Any 
such item of information may be submitted to Con-
gress in classified form. 
(c) SCOPE OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Internet website shall 
contain the information described in subsection (b) 
as follows: 
(A) For fiscal year 2013, the information 
relating to such fiscal year and each of the im-
mediately preceding 2 fiscal years. 
(B) For fiscal year 2014, the information 
relating to such fiscal year and each of the im-
mediately preceding 3 fiscal years. 
(C) For fiscal year 2015, the information 
relating to such fiscal year and each of the im-
mediately preceding 4 fiscal years. 
(D) For fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal 
year thereafter, the information relating to such 
fiscal year and each of the immediately pre-
ceding 5 fiscal years. 
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(2) OLDER
INFORMATION.—For fiscal year 
2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Internet 
website shall also contain a link to a searchable 
database available to the public containing informa-
tion described in subsection (b) relating to fiscal 
years prior to the immediately preceding 5 fiscal 
years but subsequent to fiscal year 2010. 
SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS IF REQUIREMENTS OF 
SECTION 3 ARE NOT MET. 
If the information described in section 3(b) with re-
spect to a United States foreign development assistance 
program is not provided as required under section 3, then 
the head of the relevant Federal department or agency 
shall provide briefings to the appropriate congressional 
committees, along with a detailed explanation of why the 
requirements for publication on the Internet have not been 
met and when they will be met, with respect to each month 
for which such information is not published on the Inter-
net. 
SEC. 5. OFFSET. 
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
United States foreign development assistance programs of 
a Federal department or agency that administers such 
programs for a fiscal year, up to 5 percent of such 
amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
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this Act with respect to such programs for such fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) UNITED
STATES
FOREIGN
DEVELOPMENT 
ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘United States foreign de-
velopment assistance’’ means assistance primarily 
for purposes of foreign development and economic 
support, including but not limited to assistance au-
thorized under— 
(A) part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), other than— 
(i) title IV of chapter 2 of such part 
(relating to the Overseas Private Invest-
ment Corporation); 
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(ii) chapter 3 of such part (relating to 
International 
Organizations 
and 
Pro-
grams); and 
(iii) chapter 8 of such part (relating 
to International Narcotics Control); 
(B) chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; 
relating to Economic Support Fund) for long- 
term development; and 
(C) the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 
(22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.). 
Passed the House of Representatives December 30, 
2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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