3.0.0 4899 2023-01-11T13:44:10Z 2023-01-11T13:44:10Z Senate S 2020-11-16 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-11-16T23:35:45Z 2020-11-16 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-11-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN N H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2020-11-16 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2020-11-16 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2020-11-16 True International Affairs Congressional oversight Cultural exchanges and relations Economic performance and conditions Espionage and treason Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Rule of law and government transparency Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Subversive activities Trade secrets and economic espionage Urban and suburban affairs and development Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2020-11-16 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-19T17:40:12Z Sister City Transparency Act

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the activities of sister city partnerships involving foreign communities in countries that received a score of 45 or less on Transparency International's 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index. A sister city partnership is a formal agreement between a U.S. community and a foreign community that is recognized by Sister Cities International and that is operating within the United States.

Among other elements, the required study must (1) identify oversight practices that U.S communities implement to mitigate the risks of foreign espionage and economic coercion within sister city partnerships, (2) assess the extent to which U.S. communities ensure transparency regarding sister city partnership contracts and activities, and (3) review the range of activities conducted within sister city partnerships.

]]> Sister City Transparency Act Display Title Sister City Transparency Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Sister City Transparency Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study to evaluate the activities of sister city partnerships operating within the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4899is/xml/BILLS-116s4899is.xml 2020-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.