[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1775 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1775
To require certain bureaus of the Department of State and the United
States Agency for International Development to release quarterly
reviews of certain grants, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 24, 2023
Mr. McCormick introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To require certain bureaus of the Department of State and the United
States Agency for International Development to release quarterly
reviews of certain grants, 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 ``Assessing Unintended Drivers of
Illegal Trafficking Act'' or the ``AUDIT Act''.
SEC. 2. LATIN AMERICA MIGRANT SERVICES GRANT TRANSPARENCY.
(a) The Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and
Migration shall:
(1) Issue a quarterly report documenting all the Bureau of
Population, Refugees, and Migration grant money spent on
migrant and asylum-seeker programs in Central and South
America. The report shall explain why each implementing partner
was chosen, the amount of money it received, the availability
of asylum claim processing in the countries in which those
partners operate, and the number of claims processed in those
countries. The report shall include--
(A) grants given to non-governmental organization
implementing partners which are building asylum
shelters or creating asylum processing capacity in
Central and South America;
(B) grants given to implementing partners
conducting casework, counseling, or legal
representation for asylum seekers; and
(C) grants given to implementing partners providing
other services to asylum seekers, including
transportation, monetary assistance, and housing.
(2) Be prohibited from giving grants to implementing
partners which provide abortion services to asylum seekers.
This includes implementing partners--
(A) providing sexual and reproductive health
services that include referrals to receive abortions;
(B) providing assistance in obtaining abortions;
(C) providing the abortion procedure itself; and
(D) which directly or indirectly fund abortions or
services for obtaining abortions in any manner for
asylum seekers.
(b) The Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights,
and Labor shall:
(1) Issue a quarterly report documenting all the Bureau of
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor grants given to migrant and
asylum seeker rights programs in Central and South America. The
report shall explain why each implementing partner was chosen,
the amount of money it received, the availability of asylum
claim processing in the countries in which those partners
operate, and the number of claims processed in those countries.
The report shall include--
(A) direct grants from the Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor to migrant shelters;
(B) grants to non-governmental organization
implementing partners that provide grants or
programming to other non-governmental organizations or
migrants rights organizations;
(C) the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor programming for building local asylum processing
capacity or improving institutional transparency or
efficiency;
(D) grants given to implementing partners
conducting casework, counseling, or legal
representation for asylum seekers; and
(E) any other programs the Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor funds for the purpose of
promoting migrant or asylum seeker rights.
(2) Be prohibited from giving grants to implementing
partners who provide abortion services to asylum seekers. This
includes implementing partners--
(A) providing sexual and reproductive health
services that include referrals to receive abortions;
(B) providing assistance in obtaining abortions;
(C) providing the abortion procedure itself;
(D) who directly or indirectly fund abortions or
services for obtaining abortions in any manner for
asylum seekers; and
(E) which directly or indirectly fund abortions in
any manner for asylum seekers, provisions, or
assistance in obtaining an abortion.
(c) The United States Agency for International Development shall:
(1) Issue a quarterly report documenting all the United
States Agency for International Development grants given to
migrant, asylum seeker, and internally displaced persons
programs in Central and South America. The report shall explain
why each implementing partner was chosen, the amount of money
it received, the availability of asylum claim processing in the
countries in which those partners operate, and the number of
claims processed in those countries. The report shall include--
(A) direct grants from the United States Agency for
International Development to migrant shelters;
(B) grants from the Bureau for Humanitarian
Assistance to implementing partners in the region
working with migrants and asylum seekers;
(C) prosperity, security, and governance grants
given to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras;
(D) integration grants to Belize, Costa Rica, and
Panama;
(E) grants given to resettle and integrate
Venezuelans outside their country and grants to
implementing partners operating within Venezuela;
(F) grants or programs related to messaging to
citizens of Central and South America; and
(G) grants given for governmental institutional
capacity building.
(2) Be prohibited from giving grants to implementing
partners which provide abortion services to asylum seekers.
This includes implementing partners--
(A) providing sexual and reproductive health
services that include referrals to receive abortions;
(B) providing assistance in obtaining abortions;
(C) providing the abortion procedure itself;
(D) who directly or indirectly fund abortions or
services for obtaining abortions in any manner for
asylum seekers; and
(E) which directly or indirectly fund abortions in
any manner for asylum seekers, provisions, or
assistance in obtaining an abortion.
(d) The reports by the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and
Migration, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and the
United States Agency for International Development shall begin the
quarter after this legislation is enacted.
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