[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 223 (Thursday, December 31, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H9170]
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                    USAID BRANDING MODERNIZATION ACT

  Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the 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, with the Senate amendment thereto, and concur in the 
Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the Senate amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Senate amendment:

       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

     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).

  Mrs. DINGELL (during the reading). Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to dispense with the reading of the amendment.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman 
from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the original request of the 
gentlewoman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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