(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish 
a permanent interagency committee to ensure ac-
tions taken under section 3(b)(2) are effectively 
prioritized, targeted, coordinated, and implemented. 
(2) MEMBERS.—The committee shall consist of 
the following: 
(A) The Deputy United States Trade Rep-
resentative of the Office of the United States 
Trade Representative, who shall serve as the 
chair of the committee. 
(B) The Under Secretary for Economic 
Growth, Energy, and the Environment of the 
Department of State. 
(C) The Assistant Administrator for Eco-
nomic Growth, Education, and Environment of 
the United States Agency for International De-
velopment. 
(D) The Deputy Undersecretary for Inter-
national Affairs of the Department of Labor. 
(E) Such senior representatives from other 
departments and agencies with relevant exper-
tise, as appropriate, to be appointed by the 
chair of the committee. 
(3) AD HOC MEMBERS.—The United States am-
bassador to any country receiving United States as-
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sistance by reason of actions taken under section 
3(b)(2) shall serve as an ad hoc member of the com-
mittee for the period of time during which the plan-
ning, budgeting, and implementation of such assist-
ance is carried out. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—The head of any depart-
ment or agency that is taking actions under section 
3(b)(2) shall consult with the committee during the 
drafting of any action plan, program, or effort led 
by the United States for purposes of taking such ac-
tions. 
(b) ACCOUNTABILITY.—The United States shall pro-
mote aid effectiveness and accountability through trans-
parency, monitoring, evaluation, and learning, and fos-
tering local ownership and implementation of U.S. assist-
ance carried out pursuant to section 3(b)(2) in the fol-
lowing manner: 
(1) INCREASE
TRANSPARENCY.—The inter-
agency committee established under section 4(a) 
shall publish timely, comprehensive, and detailed in-
formation regarding the implementation assistance 
and local capacity building described in section 
3(b)(2) on a quarterly basis in IATI XML format, 
consistent with the United States commitment to 
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full compliance with the International Aid Trans-
parency Initiative. 
(2) STRENGTHEN
EVALUATION.—The inter-
agency committee established under section 4(a) 
shall conduct evaluations that are independent, 
methodologically rigorous, made public in their en-
tirety, and transmitted to the International Aid 
Transparency Initiative Registry as appropriate. 
(3) PROMOTE
LEARNING.—The interagency 
committee established under section 4(a) shall de-
velop and implement procedures for ensuring that 
data and evaluation results inform decisionmaking 
and lead to the revision and promotion of best prac-
tices among relevant executive branch agencies. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ANTIDUMPING
DUTY.—The term ‘‘anti-
dumping duty’’ means an antidumping duty imposed 
under section 731 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1673). 
(2) COUNTERVAILING DUTY.—The term ‘‘coun-
tervailing duty’’ means a countervailing duty im-
posed under section 701 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1671). 
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(3) SECRETARY.—Except as otherwise provided, 
the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the 
Treasury. 
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