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Sister City Transparency Act

USA117th CongressS-710| Senate 
| Updated: 3/11/2021
Marsha Blackburn

Marsha Blackburn

Republican Senator

Tennessee

Cosponsors (6)
Roger Marshall (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Sister City Transparency Act This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the activities of sister city partnerships involving foreign communities in countries that received a score of 45 or less on Transparency International's 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index. A sister city partnership is a formal agreement between a U.S. community and a foreign community that is recognized by Sister Cities International and that is operating within the United States. Among other elements, the required study must (1) identify oversight practices that U.S communities implement to mitigate the risks of foreign espionage and economic coercion within sister city partnerships, (2) assess the extent to which U.S. communities ensure transparency regarding sister city partnership contracts and activities, and (3) review the range of activities conducted within sister city partnerships.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4899
Sister City Transparency Act
Mar 11, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-1852
Introduced in House
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 11, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4899
    Sister City Transparency Act


  • March 11, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-1852
    Introduced in House


  • March 11, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 11, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • S 117-1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021
  • HR 117-1852: Sister City Transparency Act
Congressional oversightCultural exchanges and relationsEconomic performance and conditionsEspionage and treasonGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsHuman rightsRule of law and government transparencySovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusSubversive activitiesTrade secrets and economic espionageUrban and suburban affairs and developmentVisas and passports

Sister City Transparency Act

USA117th CongressS-710| Senate 
| Updated: 3/11/2021
Sister City Transparency Act This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the activities of sister city partnerships involving foreign communities in countries that received a score of 45 or less on Transparency International's 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index. A sister city partnership is a formal agreement between a U.S. community and a foreign community that is recognized by Sister Cities International and that is operating within the United States. Among other elements, the required study must (1) identify oversight practices that U.S communities implement to mitigate the risks of foreign espionage and economic coercion within sister city partnerships, (2) assess the extent to which U.S. communities ensure transparency regarding sister city partnership contracts and activities, and (3) review the range of activities conducted within sister city partnerships.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-4899
Sister City Transparency Act
Mar 11, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-1852
Introduced in House
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 11, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-4899
    Sister City Transparency Act


  • March 11, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-1852
    Introduced in House


  • March 11, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 11, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Marsha Blackburn

Marsha Blackburn

Republican Senator

Tennessee

Cosponsors (6)
Roger Marshall (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Steve Daines (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

Related Bills

  • S 117-1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021
  • HR 117-1852: Sister City Transparency Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightCultural exchanges and relationsEconomic performance and conditionsEspionage and treasonGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment studies and investigationsHuman rightsRule of law and government transparencySovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusSubversive activitiesTrade secrets and economic espionageUrban and suburban affairs and developmentVisas and passports