US Congress House Bill 3766 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-9)
Status: Passed on July 15 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-15 - Became Public Law No: 114-191. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill defines "covered U.S. foreign assistance" as assistance authorized under: part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (development assistance), except for title IV of chapter 2 (relating to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation), and chapter 3 (relating to International Organizations and Programs); chapter 4 of part II of such Act (Economic Support Fund); the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003; and the Food for Peace Act. (Sec. 3) The President shall within 18 months prescribe guidelines for establishment of goals, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for covered U.S. foreign assistance. The guidelines shall direct federal departments and agencies that administer such assistance on how to: establish annual monitoring and evaluation agendas and objectives; develop specific project monitoring and evaluation plans; apply monitoring and evaluation methodologies to covered U.S. foreign assistance programs; disseminate guidelines for the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation programs to all personnel responsible for program design, implementation, and management of covered U.S. foreign assistance programs; establish data collection methodologies; evaluate, at least once in their lifetime, all programs whose dollar value equals or exceeds the median program size for the relevant office or bureau; develop a clearinghouse capacity for the collection and dissemination of knowledge and lessons learned that serve as benchmarks for future programs; distribute evaluation reports internally; publicly report evaluations and related recommendations; undertake collaborative partnerships and coordinate efforts with academic, national and international institutions; make verifiable and timely data available to monitoring and evaluation personnel; and ensure that standards of professional evaluation organizations for monitoring and evaluation efforts are employed. The President shall within 18 months give Congress a detailed description of these guidelines. The Government Accountability Office shall analyze the guidelines and assess their implementation by the appropriate agencies, bureaus, and offices. (Sec. 4) The Department of State shall within 90 days update its Internet website, ForeignAssistance.gov, to make publicly available comprehensive and accessible information on covered U.S. foreign assistance programs. The head of each federal department or agency that administers such assistance shall give the State Department comprehensive program information each quarter. Assistance program information shall be published: (1) on an award-by-award and country-by-country basis, or (2) on an award-by-award and region-by-region basis if provided on a regional level. Such information shall include: (1) links to all regional, country, and sector assistance strategies, annual budget documents, congressional budget justifications, and evaluations; (2) basic descriptive summaries for foreign development and economic assistance programs and awards under such programs; and (3) obligations and expenditures. If a 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, it shall give Congress that determination in writing. If the State Department determines that online inclusion of a required item of information would be detrimental to U.S. national interests, it shall also give Congress that determination in writing. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) should, by the end of FY2018, coordinate data collection consolidation for the State Department's website, ForeignAssistance.gov, and USAID's website, Explorer.USAID.gov.

Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015

Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS]
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Edward Royce [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-15	Senate	Became Public Law No: 114-191. (TXT | PDF)
2016-07-15	Senate	Signed by President.
2016-07-08	Senate	Presented to President.
2016-07-05	Senate	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-07-05	Senate	On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by voice vote. (text as House agree to the Senate amendments: CR H4267-4269)
2016-07-05	Senate	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments to H.R. 3766.
2016-07-05	Senate	Mr. Royce moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendments. (consideration: CR H4267-4270)
2016-06-29	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2016-06-28	Senate	S.Amdt.4928 Amendment SA 4928 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2016-06-28	Senate	S.Amdt.4928 Amendment SA 4928 proposed by Senator Rounds for Senator Rubio. (consideration: CR S4680; text: CR S4680)
2016-06-28	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.
2016-06-28	Senate	S.Amdt.4927 Amendment SA 4927 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2016-06-28	Senate	S.Amdt.4927 Amendment SA 4927 proposed by Senator Rounds for Senator Rubio. (consideration: CR S4680)
2016-06-28	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4680)
2015-12-09	Senate	Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 318.
2015-12-08	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2015-12-08	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9063-9065)
2015-12-08	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3766.
2015-12-08	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9063-9067)
2015-12-08	House	Mr. Poe (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2015-11-05	House	Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
2015-11-05	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2015-10-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2015-10-20	House	Introduced in House

SB2184 (Related) 2015-11-17 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 295.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3766/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3766/BILLS-114hr3766ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3766/BILLS-114hr3766eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3766/BILLS-114hr3766pcs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3766/BILLS-114hr3766eas.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3766/BILLS-114hr3766enr.pdf