[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5733 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5733

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to ensure that projects and 
activities carried out with United States assistance are appropriately 
    identified overseas as ``American Aid'', and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2002

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to ensure that projects and 
activities carried out with United States assistance are appropriately 
    identified overseas as ``American Aid'', 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 ``Public Diplomacy Enhancement Act of 
2002''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING OF PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS 
              AS ``AMERICAN AID''.

    Section 641 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2401) 
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 641. IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING OF PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES 
              OVERSEAS AS `AMERICAN AID'.

    ``(a) Identification of Funding of Projects and Activities as 
`American Aid'.--
            ``(1) In general.--Projects and activities funded, in whole 
        or in part, with United States assistance, including projects 
        and activities carried out by nongovernmental organizations, 
        shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be identified 
        appropriately overseas as `American Aid' or `Assistance from 
        the People of the United States' in English and the appropriate 
        local language.
            ``(2) Examples of methods of identification.--Examples of 
        methods to identify projects and activities in accordance with 
        paragraph (1) include use at the local, national, and regional 
        levels of print and broadcast media (including newspapers), 
        press releases, signage, and appropriate events (such as 
        seminars, lectures, `ribbon-cutting' ceremonies, and related 
        events).
            ``(3) Application requirement.--Each contractor or 
        recipient of any assistance award that is selected to carry out 
        projects or activities with United States assistance shall 
        provide to the United States a plan of action on its project or 
        activity proposal that describes how it will comply with the 
        requirement contained in paragraph (1).
            ``(4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `United 
        States assistance' means assistance under--
                    ``(A)(i) chapter 1 of part I of this Act (relating 
                to development assistance);
                    ``(ii) chapter 10 of part I of this Act (relating 
                to the Development Fund for Africa);
                    ``(iii) chapter 11 of part I of this Act (relating 
                to assistance for the independent states of the former 
                Soviet Union);
                    ``(iv) chapter 12 of part I of this Act (relating 
                to assistance for the countries of the South Caucasus 
                and Central Asia region);
                    ``(v) chapter 4 of part II of this Act (relating to 
                the Economic Support Fund); and
                    ``(B) the Support for East European Democracy 
                (SEED) Act of 1989.
    ``(b) Waiver.--The requirement contained in subsection (a)(1) may 
be waived with respect to a project or activity if the requirement 
would have an adverse impact on the objectives of the project or 
activity.
    ``(c) Report on Waivers of Marking and Identification 
Requirements.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, shall prepare and submit to Congress a report on an annual 
basis that includes the number of waivers issued by the Agency for 
International Development during the preceding fiscal year of--
            ``(1) the requirement to suitably mark Agency-funded 
        commodities, equipment, or activities, including the rationale 
        for such waivers; and
            ``(2) the requirement to identify programs under this Act 
        appropriately overseas as `American Aid', including the 
        rationale for such waivers.
    ``(d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date 
of its enactment.''.
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