“To provide for a pilot program to require congressional notification of additional information for certain foreign assistance programs.”
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This section establishes a one-year pilot program requiring the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, as directed by the Secretary of State, to notify the appropriate congressional committees (i.e., House and Senate Foreign Affairs/Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees) of additional information beyond existing law for new and existing foreign assistance programs under their authorities that use funds exceeding those available under existing law. The notification for each such program must include (1) working name; (2) country or countries of implementation; (3) funding mechanism (e.g., contract, grant); (4) total new funding amount; (5) new program or continuation/expansion status; (6) total funding needed over program life; (7) expected performance period for new funds; (8) total prior performance period; (9) implementing entity details; (10) objectives; (11) key components or activities; (12) chief of mission consultations; (13) significant underspend or overspend; and (14) performance improvement plan or added oversight.
This section directs the Secretary of State to carry out a one-year pilot program requiring the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism to notify the appropriate congressional committees of specified additional information for new and existing foreign assistance programs that require funds beyond those already made available. The notification must include the program's working name, country or countries of implementation, funding mechanism, total new funding amount, whether it is new or a continuation or expansion, total lifecycle funding, expected and cumulative periods of performance, implementing entity details, objectives, key activities, consultations with the chief of mission, and any significant underspend or overspend or additional oversight measures.