[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1082]
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                    USAID BRANDING MODERNIZATION ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 369, H.R. 2744.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2744) to authorize the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development to 
     prescribe the manner in which programs of the agency are 
     identified overseas, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Foreign Relations, with 
an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu 
thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``USAID Branding Modernization 
     Act''.

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR BRANDING.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development (referred to in this 
     section as ``USAID''), in coordination with the Secretary of 
     State, as appropriate, and with due consideration for the 
     safety and security of implementing partners and 
     beneficiaries, is authorized to prescribe, as appropriate, 
     the use of logos or other insignia of the USAID Identity, or 
     the use of additional or substitute markings, including the 
     United States flag, to appropriately identify, including as 
     required by section 641 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2401), overseas programs administered by USAID.
       (b) Audit.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of USAID shall 
     submit to Congress an audit of compliance with relevant 
     branding and marking requirements of USAID by implementing 
     partners funded by USAID, including any requirements 
     prescribed pursuant to the authorization under subsection 
     (a).
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
substitute amendment be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be 
considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute was 
agreed to.
  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill was read the third time.
  The bill (H.R. 2744), as amended, was passed.

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