[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 418 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 418

To require reporting on the implementation of Government Accountability 
Office recommendations by the Department of State and the United States 
                 Agency for International Development.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2017

    Mr. Young (for himself, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Coons) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To require reporting on the implementation of Government Accountability 
Office recommendations by the Department of State and the United States 
                 Agency for International Development.

    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 ``Department of State and United 
States Agency for International Development Accountability Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Initial Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report listing all 
outstanding recommendations from the Government Accountability Office 
that relate to the Department of State or USAID that have not been 
fully implemented.
    (b) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 30 days after the 
Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development submit the report required under 
subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing 
any discrepancies between the list of outstanding recommendations 
included in such report and the Government Accountability Office's list 
of outstanding recommendations for the Department of State and USAID.
    (c) Implementation Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees a report on the implementation status of each 
        recommendation from the Government Accountability Office 
        included in the report under subsection (a).
            (2) Justification.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include--
                    (A) for any recommendation the Department of State 
                or USAID has decided not to fully implement or to 
                implement in a different manner than what was 
                recommended, a detailed justification for the decision;
                    (B) for any recommendation the Department of State 
                or USAID has decided to adopt but which has not been 
                fully implemented, a timeline for full implementation; 
                and
                    (C) an explanation for any discrepancies included 
                in the Comptroller General report submitted under 
                subsection (b).
    (d) Form.--The information required in each report under this 
section shall to the maximum extent practicable be submitted in 
unclassified form but may be included in a classified annex as 
necessary.
    (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives.
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