[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2899. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1216. ENHANCING THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF 
                   UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Foreign Assistance Transparency and Accountability 
     Enhancement Act''.
       (b) Information on United States Foreign Assistance 
     Program.--Section 4(b)(1) of the Foreign Aid Transparency and 
     Accountability Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2394c(b)(1)) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(1) In general.--The information described in subsection 
     (a)--
       ``(A) shall be published on a detailed basis, such as by 
     program, activity, or award; and
       ``(B) shall include, and shall be searchable by--
       ``(i) country or region, as appropriate;
       ``(ii) funding agency;
       ``(iii) managing agency;
       ``(iv) sector;
       ``(v) appropriations account;
       ``(vi) fiscal year; and
       ``(vii) as determined by the type of activity--

       ``(I) activity identifier;
       ``(II) activity name;
       ``(III) start date;
       ``(IV) end date; and
       ``(V) implementing partners, including data, or links to 
     data, as appropriate, on subcontracts valued in excess of 
     $30,000 and subawards valued in excess of $25,000, as 
     required to be reported on the Subaward Reporting System of 
     the General Services Administration in compliance with the 
     Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 
     (Public Law 109-282).''.

       (c) Modification to Inclusion Requirements.--Section 
     4(b)(3)(A) of the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability 
     Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2394c(b)(3)(A)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(A) Health or security of implementing partners.--If the 
     Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development or, after consultation 
     with the Secretary of State, the head of any other Federal 
     department or agency determines that the inclusion of a 
     required item of information online would jeopardize the 
     health or security of an implementing partner or program 
     beneficiary or would require the release of proprietary 
     information of an implementing partner or program 
     beneficiary, the head of the Federal department or agency 
     shall submit such determination in writing to the appropriate 
     congressional committees, including the basis for such 
     determination.''.
       (d) Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct annual spot checks to ensure compliance by 
     prime implementers of acquisition and assistance awards 
     relating to covered United States foreign assistance (as 
     defined in section 2(3) of the Foreign Aid Transparency and 
     Accountability Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2394c note)), with the 
     statutory requirement--
       (1) to provide quality data regarding subcontracts and 
     subawards on the Subaward Reporting System of the General 
     Services Administration; and
       (2) to submit an annual report summarizing such data to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (e) Ineligibility for Future Awards.--Prime implementers 
     that fail to provide quality data regarding subcontracts and 
     subawards pursuant to the Federal Funding Accountability and 
     Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282) and section 4 
     of the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 
     2016, as amended by this section, for 2 consecutive fiscal 
     years shall be ineligible for acquisition and assistance 
     awards during the following fiscal year and during each 
     fiscal year thereafter until the Secretary of State, the 
     USAID Administrator, or, after consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, the head of any other Federal department 
     or agency determines that the prime implementer has taken 
     appropriate measures to fully comply with such Acts.
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