Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Permanent General Provisions Act of 2019 This bill makes permanent various foreign relations-related provisions. These include a general requirement that expenditures under certain Department of State contracts for consulting services are made public; a general prohibition against providing certain types of foreign assistance to a country whose duly elected head of government has been deposed in a military coup d'etat, a country in default of certain U.S. government loans, or a country that supports international terrorism; a general prohibition against assistance by the Export-Import Bank or the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for the non-U.S. production of a commodity for export that will likely be in surplus and where such surplus will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers; various requirements relating to how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handles funds for certain types of assistance; a provision generally authorizing aircraft procured for certain State Department programs to be used in any other program or region; a provision authorizing the extension of the employment of certain USAID personnel for up to four years; a provision generally requiring certain foreign-relations-related programs to provide timely access to documents to the relevant Inspector General office; and a provision authorizing assistance to certain countries for such countries to commercially lease certain defense articles from U.S. commercial suppliers.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
International Affairs
AfricaAlliancesAppropriationsAviation and airportsCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsConflicts and warsCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of StateDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDisaster relief and insuranceEgyptEuropeExecutive agency funding and structureForeign aid and international reliefForeign loans and debtGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsInternational monetary system and foreign exchangeInternational organizations and cooperationIsraelLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersMiddle EastMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMiningMinority and disadvantaged businessesMultilateral development programsNatural disastersPeace CorpsProperty taxPublic contracts and procurementRule of law and government transparencySmall businessSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusTerrorismU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)U.S. and foreign investmentsViolent crimeWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Permanent General Provisions Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-1819| Senate
| Updated: 6/12/2019
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Permanent General Provisions Act of 2019 This bill makes permanent various foreign relations-related provisions. These include a general requirement that expenditures under certain Department of State contracts for consulting services are made public; a general prohibition against providing certain types of foreign assistance to a country whose duly elected head of government has been deposed in a military coup d'etat, a country in default of certain U.S. government loans, or a country that supports international terrorism; a general prohibition against assistance by the Export-Import Bank or the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for the non-U.S. production of a commodity for export that will likely be in surplus and where such surplus will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers; various requirements relating to how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) handles funds for certain types of assistance; a provision generally authorizing aircraft procured for certain State Department programs to be used in any other program or region; a provision authorizing the extension of the employment of certain USAID personnel for up to four years; a provision generally requiring certain foreign-relations-related programs to provide timely access to documents to the relevant Inspector General office; and a provision authorizing assistance to certain countries for such countries to commercially lease certain defense articles from U.S. commercial suppliers.
AfricaAlliancesAppropriationsAviation and airportsCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsConflicts and warsCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of StateDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDisaster relief and insuranceEgyptEuropeExecutive agency funding and structureForeign aid and international reliefForeign loans and debtGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsInternational monetary system and foreign exchangeInternational organizations and cooperationIsraelLaw enforcement administration and fundingLaw enforcement officersMiddle EastMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMiningMinority and disadvantaged businessesMultilateral development programsNatural disastersPeace CorpsProperty taxPublic contracts and procurementRule of law and government transparencySmall businessSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusTerrorismU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)U.S. and foreign investmentsViolent crimeWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity