Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Enhancement Act

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1854 To amend the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 to require the information on the ForeignAssistance.gov website to be searchable. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 7, 2023 Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To amend the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 to require the information on the ForeignAssistance.gov website to be searchable. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Aid Trans- 4 parency and Accountability Enhancement Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:10 Jun 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1854.IS S1854 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 1854 IS SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF MATTERS TO BE MADE PUB- 1 LICLY AVAILABLE. 2 Section 4(b)(1) of the Foreign Aid Transparency and 3 Accountability Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2394c(b)(1)) is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The information described 6 in subsection (a)— 7 ‘‘(A) shall be published on a detailed basis, 8 such as award-by-award; and 9 ‘‘(B) shall include, and shall be searchable 10 by— 11 ‘‘(i) country or region, as appropriate; 12 ‘‘(ii) funding agency; 13 ‘‘(iii) managing agency; 14 ‘‘(iv) sector; 15 ‘‘(v) total award amount; 16 ‘‘(vi) appropriations account; 17 ‘‘(vii) fiscal year or fiscal years; and 18 ‘‘(viii) implementing partners, includ- 19 ing prime and subawards.’’. 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:10 Jun 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1854.IS S1854 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB