[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1476 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1476
To require the President to submit to the Congress each year an
integrated justification for United States foreign assistance programs,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 24, 1993
Mr. Valentine (for himself, Mr. McMillan, Mr. Solomon, Mr. Stenholm,
Mr. Tanner, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Baker of
Louisiana, Mr. Fawell, Mr. McHugh, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Bateman, Ms.
Woolsey, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Applegate, Mr. Torkildsen, Mrs. Lloyd, Mr.
Lewis of Florida, Mr. Neal of North Carolina, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Packard,
Mr. Cramer, Mr. Condit, Mr. Lancaster, Mr. Zeliff, Mr. McInnis, Mr.
Traficant, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Minge, Mr. Hastert, Ms.
Molinari, Mr. Schaefer, and Mr. Lehman) introduced the following bill;
which was referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs,
Agriculture, Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, and Rules
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A BILL
To require the President to submit to the Congress each year an
integrated justification for United States foreign assistance programs,
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 ``Foreign Aid Reporting Reform Act of
1993''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL FOREIGN ASSISTANCE JUSTIFICATION REPORT.
(a) In General.--In conjunction with the submission of the annual
requests for enactment of authorizations and appropriations for foreign
assistance programs for each fiscal year, the President shall submit to
the Congress a single report containing--
(1) an integrated justification for all foreign assistance
programs proposed by the President for the coming fiscal year;
and
(2) an assessment of when the objectives of those programs
will be achieved so that the assistance can be terminated.
(b) Specific Information To Be Provided.--Each such report shall
include the following:
(1) Information regarding a foreign assistance program
generally.--For each foreign assistance program taken as a
whole--
(A) the total amount of assistance proposed to be
provided under that program;
(B) the justification for that amount;
(C) the objectives that assistance under that
program is intended to achieve;
(D) an explanation of the relationship of
assistance under that program to assistance under other
foreign assistance programs; and
(E) the President's estimation of the date by which
the objectives of that program will be achieved and the
program terminated.
(2) Information regarding specific assistance recipients.--
For each country or organization which is a proposed recipient
of assistance under any foreign assistance program--
(A) the amount of each type of assistance proposed;
(B) the justification for providing each such type
of assistance;
(C) the objectives that each such type of
assistance is intended to achieve;
(D) an explanation of the relationship of each type
of assistance proposed to other types of assistance
proposed for that recipient; and
(E) the President's estimation of the date by which
the objectives of assistance for such recipient under
each foreign assistance program will be achieved and
assistance under that program to that recipient
terminated.
The information required by subparagraphs (A) through (E) shall
be provided on a recipient-by-recipient basis.
(3) Information regarding centrally-funded programs.--For
each centrally-funded program under a foreign assistance
program--
(A) the amount proposed for such program;
(B) the justification for such program;
(C) the objectives each such program is intended to
achieve;
(D) an explanation of the relationship of such
program to other types of assistance proposed under
that foreign assistance program and under other foreign
assistance programs; and
(E) the President's estimation of the date by which
the objectives of such program will be achieved and
such program terminated.
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL EXPLANATION OF PROPOSED CHANGES
TO THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET.
Any committee of the Congress reporting legislation authorizing the
enactment of new budget authority for, or providing new budget
authority for, foreign assistance programs shall include in the report
accompanying that legislation an explanation for any change proposed by
that committee--
(1) in the total amount of new budget authority authorized
or provided (as the case may be) for any foreign assistance
program as compared to the amount proposed by the President; or
(2) in the amount of assistance for any specific recipient
of assistance, or for any centrally-funded program, under any
foreign assistance program as compared to the amount proposed
by the President.
SEC. 4. DEFINITION OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
As used in this Act, the term ``foreign assistance program''
includes--
(1) any program of assistance authorized by the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (such as the development assistance
program, the economic support fund program, and the
international military education and training program) or
authorized by the African Development Foundation Act, section
401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 (relating to the
Inter-American Development Foundation), or any other foreign
assistance legislation;
(2) any program of grant, credit, or guaranty assistance
under the Arms Export Control Act;
(3) assistance under the Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act of 1962;
(4) assistance under any title of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954;
(5) contributions to the International Monetary Fund;
(6) contributions to the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the International Development
Association, or any other institution within the World Bank
group; and
(7) contributions to any regional multilateral development
bank.
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