[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7641 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7641

To provide for a pilot program to require congressional notification of 
    additional information for certain foreign assistance programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 2026

Mr. Lawler (for himself and Ms. Jacobs) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a pilot program to require congressional notification of 
    additional information for certain foreign assistance programs.

    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 ``Transparency in Foreign Assistance 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF 
              ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall direct the Assistant 
Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs and the Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism to carry out a one-year pilot program that requires 
such officials to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
notification of information, in addition to information required under 
existing law, for new and existing foreign assistance programs under 
the authorities of such officials that require funds that are in 
addition to funds made available for such programs under existing law.
    (b) Elements.--The notification required by subsection (a) shall 
include, for each program, the following:
            (1) The working name of the program.
            (2) The country or countries where the program will be 
        implemented.
            (3) The mechanism used for the program, such as contract, 
        grant, interagency agreement, bureau transfer.
            (4) The total amount of new funding for the program.
            (5) Whether the program is considered a new program or a 
        continuation or expansion of existing program.
            (6) The total amount of funding that will be needed over 
        the life of the program.
            (7) The expected period of performance for the program 
        using the requested funds.
            (8) The total period of performance of the program up until 
        the time of the request.
            (9) The name of the implementing entity or proposed 
        implementing entity of the program, if selected, and other 
        identifying information about the entity, such as whether the 
        entity is a private or public entity or a United States-based 
        or international entity.
            (10) The intended objectives of the program.
            (11) A description of key components or activities of the 
        program.
            (12) A description of consultations with the chief of 
        mission of the respective country or countries.
            (13) Whether the program has a significant underspend or 
        overspend of funds based on projected spend rates under the 
        program.
            (14) Whether a performance improvement plan or other 
        additional administrative oversight has been established for 
        the program.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate.
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