[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4306 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4306

To direct the Secretary of State to make publicly available information 
related to certain funding provided to nongovernmental organizations by 
                        the Department of State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 10, 2005

  Mr. Poe (for himself, Mr. Souder, Mr. Culberson, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. 
    Kennedy of Minnesota, Mr. Pitts, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. 
Goodlatte, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, 
 Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Marchant) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of State to make publicly available information 
related to certain funding provided to nongovernmental organizations by 
                        the Department of State.

    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 Operations Grant Sunshine 
Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION RELATED TO 
              CERTAIN FUNDING PROVIDED TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 
              BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

    (a) Requirement.--The Secretary of State shall make publicly 
available information (described in subsection (b)) related to certain 
funding (described in subsection (d)) for foreign assistance provided 
to nongovernmental organizations by--
            (1) the Department of State; and
            (2) the United States Agency for International Development.
    (b) Information to Be Made Available.--
            (1) In general.--The information to be made available under 
        subsection (a) is the following:
                    (A) The name and contact information, including 
                physical address, phone number, and email address, for 
                the nongovernmental organization receiving the funding.
                    (B) The date the funding was provided and the 
                expected duration of the funding.
                    (C) The amount of the funding.
                    (D) A detailed description of the intended use of 
                the funding, including information related to any 
                programs that are to be implemented as a result of the 
                funding.
                    (E) Where applicable, the date on which the 
                nongovernmental organization receiving the funding has 
                complied with United States law by filing an 
                attestation with the Department of State that the 
                nongovernmental organization has in place an official 
                policy explicitly opposing prostitution and sex 
                trafficking.
            (2) Organization.--
                    (A) Alphabetical.--The information described in 
                paragraph (1) shall be organized alphabetically by the 
                name of the nongovernmental organization.
                    (B) Chronological.--In the case of a 
                nongovernmental organization that has received funding 
                more than once, the information described in paragraph 
                (1) with respect to such nongovernmental organization 
                shall be organized chronologically from earliest 
                funding received to most recent funding received.
            (3) Exception.--The Secretary may omit information 
        otherwise required to be made available under paragraph (1) if 
        the Secretary determines that such is necessary in the 
        interests of national security.
    (c) Method of Availability.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
information to be made publicly available under this section shall be 
accessible through an active link posted on the homepage of the 
official website of the Department.
    (d) Funding Described.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``funding'' includes all sources of funding, including grants, 
subgrants, contracts, and other sources of funding, that is equal to or 
greater than $20,000.
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