[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 360 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 360

To provide for the deobligation of certain unexpended balances of funds 
            made available for foreign economic assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

   Mr. Roth introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the deobligation of certain unexpended balances of funds 
            made available for foreign economic assistance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ANNUAL REPORTS ON UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC 
              ASSISTANCE FUNDS.

    (a) Identification and Justification.--The annual congressional 
presentation materials for foreign economic assistance shall include--
            (1) an identification of any foreign economic assistance 
        funds that, as of September 30 of the preceding fiscal year, 
        had been obligated for a period of 2 years or more but had not 
        been expended;
            (2) a certification that the purposes for which such funds 
        were obligated remain valid; and
            (3) with respect to each project or other activity for 
        which such funds remain unexpended, the justification for such 
        funds not having been expended.
    (b) Comments by AID Inspector General.--As soon as possible after 
the submission to the Congress each year of the information regarding 
unexpended balances required by subsection (a), the Inspector General 
of the Agency for International Development shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees--
            (1) the Inspector General's recommendations for reducing 
        the amount of such unexpended balances; and
            (2) such comments as the Inspector General considers 
        appropriate with regard to the justifications provided pursuant 
        to paragraph (3) of that subsection.

SEC. 2. DEOBLIGATION OF CERTAIN UNEXPENDED FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
              FUNDS.

    (a) Requirement To Deobligate.--Except as provided in subsection 
(b) of this section and in the second and third sentences of section 
617 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, at the beginning of each 
fiscal year the President shall deobligate, and return to the Treasury, 
any foreign economic assistance funds that, as of the end of the 
preceding fiscal year, have been obligated for a period of more than 3 
years but have not been expended.
    (b) Exceptions.--The President, on a case-by-case basis, may waive 
the requirement of subsection (a) if the President determines, and 
reports to the appropriate congressional committees, that--
            (1) the funds are being used for a construction project 
        that requires more than 3 years to complete; or
            (2) the funds have not been expended because of unforeseen 
        circumstances, and those circumstances could not have been 
        reasonably foreseen.
    (c) Comments By AID Inspector General on Waivers.--As soon as 
possible after submission of a report pursuant to subsection (b), the 
Inspector General of the Agency for International Development shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees such comments as the 
Inspector General considers appropriate with regard to the 
determination described in that report.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act--
            (1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means 
        the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate; and
            (2) the term ``economic assistance'' means--
                    (A) assistance under chapter 1 of part I of the 
                Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to development 
                assistance), chapter 10 of part I of that Act (relating 
                to the Development Fund for Africa), or chapter 4 of 
                part II of that Act (relating to the Economic Support 
                Fund);
                    (B) assistance under the ``Multilateral Assistance 
                Initiative for the Philippines'';
                    (C) assistance under the Support for East European 
                Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989; and
                    (D) economic assistance for the independent States 
                of the former Soviet Union under the Foreign Assistance 
                Act of 1961 or under any Act authorizing economic 
                assistance for the independent States of the former 
                Soviet Union.
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