3.0.0 3310 2023-01-11T13:23:10Z 2023-01-11T13:23:10Z Senate S S 2012-06-19 112 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2012-11-13T20:01:30Z Markup by 2012-09-19T17:15:03Z Referred to 2012-06-19T18:41:40Z S. Rept. 112-233 Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 112 3159 HR 2012-12-31 Received in the Senate. Identical bill CRS Related bill House 2012-11-13 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538. Calendars 2012-11-13 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 112-233. Committee 2012-11-13 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 112-233. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2012-09-19 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2012-06-19 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4301-4302) IntroReferral 2012-06-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4301) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-06-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2012-09-19 False International Affairs Administrative law and regulatory procedures Executive Office of the President Foreign aid and international relief Government information and archives Multilateral development programs Performance measurement International Affairs 00 2012-06-19 Introduced in Senate 2012-08-07T18:22:38Z Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to establish: (1) goals, performance, and evaluation guidelines for U.S. foreign assistance programs, country assistance plans, and international and multilateral assistance programs; and (2) a website to make publicly available information on U.S. foreign assistance programs.

]]> 01 2012-11-13 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2012-12-18T17:53:51Z Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to establish guidelines regarding the establishment of measurable goals, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for U.S. foreign assistance.

Requires such guidelines to provide direction to federal departments and agencies that administer U.S. foreign assistance on developing the range of activities relating to: (1) resource monitoring, (2) project and program evaluation, and (3) analysis of findings and generalizations and their applicability to proposed project and program design.

Requires within one year: (1) each appropriate federal department or agency to begin using such guidelines, and (2) the President to submit a related report to Congress.

Directs the President to require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain an Internet website to make publicly available comprehensive and accessible information on U.S. foreign assistance programs.

Requires any cost of implementing this Act to be offset through the elimination of initiatives, positions, and programs within a federal department or agency administering foreign assistance, as determined by the Secretary of State and the head of each federal department or agency in consultation with Congress.

]]> Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 Display Title Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the President, in consultation with the Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Department of Defense, to establish guidelines for United States foreign assistance programs, and for other purposes. Reported to Senate 2012-11-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3310rs/xml/BILLS-112s3310rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2012-06-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3310is/xml/BILLS-112s3310is.xml 2012-11-13 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.