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A bill to require reporting on the implementation of Government Accountability Office recommendations by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development.

USA115th CongressS-418| Senate 
| Updated: 2/16/2017
Todd Young

Todd Young

Republican Senator

Indiana

Cosponsors (3)
Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Marco Rubio (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Department of State and United States Agency for International Development Accountability Act of 2017 This bill requires: (1) the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to submit: (1) a report listing all outstanding recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that relate to the State Department or USAID that have not been fully implemented, and (2) a report on the implementation status of such recommendations. The GAO shall report on any discrepancies between State Department-USAID list of outstanding recommendations and GAO's list. The implementation status report shall include: for any recommendation the State Department or USAID has decided not to fully implement or to implement in a different manner than what was recommended, a detailed justification for the decision; for any recommendation the State Department or USAID has decided to adopt but which has not been fully implemented, a timeline for full implementation; and an explanation for any discrepancies included in the GAO report.
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Feb 16, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Feb 16, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • February 16, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 16, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

International Affairs

Congressional oversightDepartment of StateForeign aid and international reliefGovernment studies and investigationsU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

A bill to require reporting on the implementation of Government Accountability Office recommendations by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development.

USA115th CongressS-418| Senate 
| Updated: 2/16/2017
Department of State and United States Agency for International Development Accountability Act of 2017 This bill requires: (1) the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to submit: (1) a report listing all outstanding recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that relate to the State Department or USAID that have not been fully implemented, and (2) a report on the implementation status of such recommendations. The GAO shall report on any discrepancies between State Department-USAID list of outstanding recommendations and GAO's list. The implementation status report shall include: for any recommendation the State Department or USAID has decided not to fully implement or to implement in a different manner than what was recommended, a detailed justification for the decision; for any recommendation the State Department or USAID has decided to adopt but which has not been fully implemented, a timeline for full implementation; and an explanation for any discrepancies included in the GAO report.
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Timeline
Feb 16, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Feb 16, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • February 16, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 16, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Todd Young

Todd Young

Republican Senator

Indiana

Cosponsors (3)
Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Robert Menendez (Democratic)Marco Rubio (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightDepartment of StateForeign aid and international reliefGovernment studies and investigationsU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)