US Congress Senate Bill 3310 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on June 19 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-11-13 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to establish guidelines regarding the establishment of measurable goals, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for U.S. foreign assistance. Requires such guidelines to provide direction to federal departments and agencies that administer U.S. foreign assistance on developing the range of activities relating to: (1) resource monitoring, (2) project and program evaluation, and (3) analysis of findings and generalizations and their applicability to proposed project and program design. Requires within one year: (1) each appropriate federal department or agency to begin using such guidelines, and (2) the President to submit a related report to Congress. Directs the President to require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain an Internet website to make publicly available comprehensive and accessible information on U.S. foreign assistance programs. Requires any cost of implementing this Act to be offset through the elimination of initiatives, positions, and programs within a federal department or agency administering foreign assistance, as determined by the Secretary of State and the head of each federal department or agency in consultation with Congress.

Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012

Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]

Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-11-13	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538.
2012-11-13	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 112-233.
2012-09-19	Senate	Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2012-06-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4301-4302)
2012-06-19	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4301)

HB3159 (Same As) 2012-12-31 - Received in the Senate.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3310/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s3310/BILLS-112s3310is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s3310/BILLS-112s3310rs.pdf