Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013

3.0.0 1271 2023-01-11T13:23:29Z 2023-01-11T13:23:29Z Senate S S 2013-07-10 113 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2013-12-20T18:16:26Z Markup by 2013-11-14T16:15:00Z Referred to 2013-07-10T15:12:42Z S. Rept. 113-131 Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 113 2638 HR 2013-07-10 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Related bill CRS 2013-12-20 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 283. Calendars 2013-12-20 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-131. Committee 2013-12-20 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-131. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2013-11-14 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2013-07-10 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2013-07-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2013-07-10 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2013-07-18 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2013-07-23 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2013-07-30 False K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2013-09-09 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2013-09-11 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2013-12-11 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2014-01-08 False International Affairs Administrative law and regulatory procedures Appropriations Congressional oversight Department of State Foreign aid and international relief Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Performance measurement International Affairs

00 2013-07-10 Introduced in Senate 2013-09-10T20:46:16Z Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 - Directs the President to establish guidelines for the establishment of measurable goals, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for U.S. foreign assistance.

Requires: (1) each appropriate federal department or agency to begin using such guidelines within one year after their establishment, and (2) the President to submit a related report to Congress within 18 months.

Directs the President to require the Secretary of State to revise the Department of State's Internet website, ForeignAssistance.gov, to make publicly available comprehensive and accessible information on U.S. foreign assistance programs on a country-by-country and program-by program basis.

Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress shall take into account certain Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports required by this Act when making decisions regarding the appropriation of funds for each department or agency that administers U.S. foreign assistance.

Authorizes a department or agency to use up to 5% of its foreign development assistance funds for activities under this Act.

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01 2013-12-20 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2014-02-24T20:02:22Z Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 - (Sec. 2) Directs the President to establish guidelines for the establishment of measurable goals, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for U.S. foreign assistance programs.

States that the Secretary of State shall not be required to implement guidelines for certain security sector assistance programs to the extent that the President is already taking steps to implement measures with respect to similar security sector assistance.

Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to submit related reports to Congress.

(Sec. 3) Directs the President to require the Secretary of State to revise the Department of State's Internet website, ForeignAssistance.gov, to make publicly available comprehensive and accessible information on U.S. foreign assistance programs on a country-by-country and program-by program basis.

(Sec. 4) Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress shall take into account certain GAO reports required by this Act when making decisions regarding the appropriation of funds for each department or agency that administers U.S. foreign assistance.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes a department or agency to use up to 5% of its foreign development assistance funds for activities under this Act.

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Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 Display Title Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the President to establish guidelines for the United States foreign assistance programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 S Senate Reported to Senate 2013-12-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1271rs/xml/BILLS-113s1271rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2013-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1271is/xml/BILLS-113s1271is.xml 2013-12-20 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 283. 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.