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(9) Identify the source or mechanism of funding 
to conduct monitoring and evaluation of foreign as-
sistance carried out by such agency. 
(d) SUBMISSION
OF
EVALUATION
PLANS.—The 
President shall ensure that the evaluation plans required 
by subsection (c)(8) are submitted to the appropriate con-
gressional committees each year along with the annual 
budget presentation, and are published on a government 
Internet website. 
(e) LOCAL PERFORMANCE.—To the extent feasible 
and appropriate, evaluation activities carried out pursuant 
to the requirements of this section shall be carried out by, 
or with the participation of, organizations in the partner 
country. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
EVALUATION.—The 
term 
‘‘evaluation’’ 
means the systematic and objective determination 
and assessment of the design, implementation, and 
results of an on-going or completed program, 
project, or activity, including an explanation of the 
reasons or causes for the observed results. 
(2) IMPACT.—The term ‘‘impact’’ means a 
long-term effect of a program, project, or activity, 
whether positive or negative, direct or indirect, in-
tended or unintended. 
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(3) 
IMPACT
EVALUATION
RESEARCH.—The 
term ‘‘impact evaluation research’’ means the appli-
cation of research methods and statistical analysis to 
measure the extent to which an impact can be at-
tributed to a foreign assistance program, project, or 
activity rather than to other factors. 
SEC. 9202. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF HUMANI-
TARIAN ASSISTANCE. 
(a) DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Depart-
ment of State shall be responsible for monitoring and eval-
uating humanitarian assistance carried out by the Depart-
ment of State, and USAID shall be responsible for moni-
toring and evaluating humanitarian assistance carried out 
by USAID. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary 
or the Administrator, as appropriate, shall notify the ap-
propriate congressional committees if assistance made 
available under this subtitle is not sufficient to meet inter-
national humanitarian standards. Such notification shall 
include a description of the standards not being met, the 
resources that would be required to meet such standards, 
and the reasons why such resources are not available. 
(c) ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF FOOD FOR PEACE.— 
The Office of Food for Peace (FFP) of the Agency shall 
be responsible for tracking and monitoring the nutritional 
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outcomes of emergency food assistance provided under 
this Act and title II of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 83–480). 
(d) MONITORING
AND EVALUATION REQUIRED.— 
The authorities of sections 1904 and 1905 shall not be 
used to vitiate the requirement of section 9201 for moni-
toring and evaluation of foreign assistance. 
Subtitle C—Reporting 
Requirements 
SEC. 
9301. 
TRANSPARENCY 
AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
IN 
BUDGETING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, the Administrator, 
and the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Chal-
lenge Corporation shall maintain an online database of in-
formation, easily accessible to the public, which contains 
the information described in subsection (b) for each 
project and activity within their respective areas of respon-
sibility, including for any project or activity for which 
funds are transferred to another Federal agency for obli-
gation. 
(b) DATABASE REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) CONTENT.—Each project and activity shall 
be identified separately in such database, and for 
each project and activity the database shall include, 
at a minimum— 
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(A) a brief description of the nature of the 
project or activity; 
(B) the geographic location or locations in 
which the project or activity is being carried 
out; 
(C) the specific objectives and timetable of 
the project or activity; 
(D) the indicators, which shall be quan-
titative wherever possible and relevant, used to 
define the successful achievement of the goals 
of the project or activity; 
(E) the number and demographic charac-
teristics of the intended beneficiaries of the 
project or activity; 
(F) each sector, theme, goal and objective 
toward which the project or activity will be 
counted; 
(G) names and descriptions of the imple-
menting partners of the project or activity; 
(H) the amount of United States foreign 
assistance funds obligated for each such project 
or activity and the source of those funds; 
(I) expenditures of funds for the project or 
activity on a quarterly basis; 
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(J) the contributions toward the project or 
activity provided by the partner country; 
(K) any conditions placed on the use of 
United States Government funds obligated for 
the project or activity, and whether those condi-
tions have been met; 
(L) the evaluation and monitoring plan for 
each such project or activity; 
(M) 
semiannual 
updates 
on 
results 
achieved to date for each such project or activ-
ity; and 
(N) if a project or activity has been ex-
tended, suspended, terminated, or significantly 
modified, the reasons for such action. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—In addition to 
the information relating to specific projects and ac-
tivities as required under paragraph (1), the data-
base shall contain, for each overseas mission, infor-
mation on all overhead and administrative costs, in-
cluding— 
(A) for the previous fiscal year, numbers of 
staff in each employment category, housing and 
facilities operation and maintenance expenses, 
salaries and benefits, travel and transportation 
expenses, and other support costs; and 
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