[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 114 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 114

    To require the President to submit to the Congress each year an 
integrated justification for United States foreign assistance programs, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. Condit introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committees 
on Agriculture, Banking and Financial Services, and Rules, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the President to submit to the Congress each year an 
integrated justification for United States foreign assistance programs, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Aid Reporting Reform Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL FOREIGN ASSISTANCE JUSTIFICATION REPORT.

    (a) In General.--In conjunction with the submission of the annual 
requests for enactment of authorizations and appropriations for foreign 
assistance programs for each fiscal year, the President shall submit to 
the Congress a single report containing--
            (1) an integrated justification for all foreign assistance 
        programs proposed by the President for the coming fiscal year; 
        and
            (2) an assessment of when the objectives of those programs 
        will be achieved so that the assistance can be terminated.
    (b) Specific Information To Be Provided.--Each such report shall 
include the following:
            (1) Information regarding a foreign assistance program 
        generally.--For each foreign assistance program taken as a 
        whole--
                    (A) the total amount of assistance proposed to be 
                provided under that program;
                    (B) the justification for that amount;
                    (C) the objectives that assistance under that 
                program is intended to achieve;
                    (D) an explanation of the relationship of 
                assistance under that program to assistance under other 
                foreign assistance programs; and
                    (E) the President's estimation of the date by which 
                the objectives of that program will be achieved and the 
                program terminated.
            (2) Information regarding specific assistance recipients.--
        For each country or organization which is a proposed recipient 
        of assistance under any foreign assistance program--
                    (A) the amount of each type of assistance proposed;
                    (B) the justification for providing each such type 
                of assistance;
                    (C) the objectives that each such type of 
                assistance is intended to achieve;
                    (D) an explanation of the relationship of each type 
                of assistance proposed to other types of assistance 
                proposed for that recipient; and
                    (E) the President's estimation of the date by which 
                the objectives of assistance for such recipient under 
                each foreign assistance program will be achieved and 
                assistance under that program to that recipient 
                terminated.
        The information required by subparagraphs (A) through (E) shall 
        be provided on a recipient-by-recipient basis.
            (3) Information regarding centrally-funded programs.--For 
        each centrally-funded program under a foreign assistance 
        program--
                    (A) the amount proposed for such program;
                    (B) the justification for such program;
                    (C) the objectives each such program is intended to 
                achieve;
                    (D) an explanation of the relationship of such 
                program to other types of assistance proposed under 
                that foreign assistance program and under other foreign 
                assistance programs; and
                    (E) the President's estimation of the date by which 
                the objectives of such program will be achieved and 
                such program terminated.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL EXPLANATION OF PROPOSED CHANGES 
              TO THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET.

    Any committee of the Congress reporting legislation authorizing the 
enactment of new budget authority for, or providing new budget 
authority for, foreign assistance programs shall include in the report 
accompanying that legislation an explanation for any change proposed by 
that committee--
            (1) in the total amount of new budget authority authorized 
        or provided (as the case may be) for any foreign assistance 
        program as compared to the amount proposed by the President; or
            (2) in the amount of assistance for any specific recipient 
        of assistance, or for any centrally-funded program, under any 
        foreign assistance program as compared to the amount proposed 
        by the President.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

    As used in this Act, the term ``foreign assistance program'' 
includes--
            (1) any program of assistance authorized by the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 (such as the development assistance 
        program, the economic support fund program, and the 
        international military education and training program) or 
        authorized by the African Development Foundation Act, section 
        401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 (relating to the 
        Inter-American Development Foundation), or any other foreign 
        assistance legislation;
            (2) any program of grant, credit, or guaranty assistance 
        under the Arms Export Control Act;
            (3) assistance under the Migration and Refugee Assistance 
        Act of 1962;
            (4) assistance under any title of the Agricultural Trade 
        Development and Assistance Act of 1954;
            (5) contributions to the International Monetary Fund;
            (6) contributions to the International Bank for 
        Reconstruction and Development, the International Development 
        Association, or any other institution within the World Bank 
        group; and
            (7) contributions to any regional multilateral development 
        bank.
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