[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1340 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1340

  To establish penalties for violating section 104(f) of the Foreign 
                        Assistance Act of 1961.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2025

  Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mrs. Moody) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish penalties for violating section 104(f) of the Foreign 
                        Assistance Act of 1961.

    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 ``Aid Accountability Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING SECTION 104(F) OF THE FOREIGN 
              ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    Section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151b(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4)(A) A Federal employee who knowingly violates any requirement 
under this subsection--
            ``(i) shall be terminated from Federal employment;
            ``(ii) may not be employed by the Federal Government after 
        such violation; and
            ``(iii) shall be fiscally liable for, and shall pay to the 
        Federal Government, an amount equal to the amount of funds 
        illegally allocated to the activity that was in violation of 
        such requirement in order to provide restitution for such 
        violation.
    ``(B) A grantee, subgrantee, contractor or other recipient of 
Federal funds who violates any of the requirements under this 
subsection may not receive any Federal funds after such violation.
    ``(C) The Secretary of State--
            ``(i) shall make a final determination with respect to any 
        violation of a requirement under this subsection and the 
        penalties to be imposed pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B), 
        and such final determination shall not be subject to review or 
        reversal except by a Federal court of competent jurisdiction; 
        and
            ``(ii) not later than 60 days after making a determination 
        pursuant to clause (i), shall submit a report to Congress that 
        includes--
                    ``(I) a description of the nature of the violation;
                    ``(II) who carried out or was involved in the 
                violation; and
                    ``(III) what will be done to ensure such violation 
                is not repeated.
    ``(D) Each final determination by the Secretary of State pursuant 
to subparagraph (C)(i) shall be subject to the procedures set forth in 
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
`Congressional Review Act').''.
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