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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4306 
To direct the Secretary of State to make publicly available information related 
to certain funding provided to nongovernmental organizations by the 
Department of State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 10, 2005 
Mr. POE (for himself, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. CULBERSON, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. 
KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. PITTS, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. 
GOODLATTE, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. BARRETT of South 
Carolina, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. PAUL, and Mr. 
MARCHANT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of State to make publicly available 
information related to certain funding provided to non-
governmental organizations by the Department of State. 
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 ‘‘Foreign Operations 
Grant Sunshine Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN-
FORMATION RELATED TO CERTAIN FUNDING 
PROVIDED TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANI-
ZATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of State shall 
make publicly available information (described in sub-
section (b)) related to certain funding (described in sub-
section (d)) for foreign assistance provided to nongovern-
mental organizations by— 
(1) the Department of State; and 
(2) the United States Agency for International 
Development. 
(b) INFORMATION TO BE MADE AVAILABLE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The information to be made 
available under subsection (a) is the following: 
(A) The name and contact information, in-
cluding physical address, phone number, and 
email address, for the nongovernmental organi-
zation receiving the funding. 
(B) The date the funding was provided 
and the expected duration of the funding. 
(C) The amount of the funding. 
(D) A detailed description of the intended 
use of the funding, including information re-
lated to any programs that are to be imple-
mented as a result of the funding.
(E) Where applicable, the date on which 
the nongovernmental organization receiving the 
funding has complied with United States law by 
filing an attestation with the Department of 
State that the nongovernmental organization 
has in place an official policy explicitly opposing 
prostitution and sex trafficking. 
(2) ORGANIZATION.— 
(A) ALPHABETICAL.—The information de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be organized al-
phabetically by the name of the nongovern-
mental organization. 
(B) CHRONOLOGICAL.—In the case of a 
nongovernmental organization that has received 
funding more than once, the information de-
scribed in paragraph (1) with respect to such 
nongovernmental organization shall be orga-
nized chronologically from earliest funding re-
ceived to most recent funding received. 
(3) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may omit in-
formation otherwise required to be made available 
under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines 
that such is necessary in the interests of national se-
curity.
(c) METHOD OF AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that the information to be made publicly available 
under this section shall be accessible through an active 
link posted on the homepage of the official website of the 
Department. 
(d) FUNDING DESCRIBED.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘funding’’ includes all sources of funding, 
including grants, subgrants, contracts, and other sources 
of funding, that is equal to or greater than $20,000. 
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