119-hr2706

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2706 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2706

To modify the requirements of 

section 104

    (f) of the Foreign Assistance 
 Act of 1961.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 8, 2025

 Mr. Davidson (for himself, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mrs. Biggs of South 
 Carolina, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
 to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
 fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

To modify the requirements of 

section 104

    (f) of the Foreign Assistance 
 Act of 1961.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Aid Accountability Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO REQUIREMENTS OF 

SECTION 104
        (F) OF THE FOREIGN 
 ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

 

Section 104

    (f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151b

    (f) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (4)
        (A) An individual who is a Federal employee and knowingly 
violates any of the requirements of this subsection--
 ``
            (i) shall be terminated from Federal employment and may 
 not be receive any Federal employment in the future; and
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            (ii) shall be fiscally liable for an amount equal to the 
 amount of funds illegally allocated to the activity that was in 
 violation of such requirements in order to provide restitution 
 to the Federal government.
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        (B) A grantee, sub-grantee, contractor or other recipient of 
Federal funds who violates any of the requirements of this subsection 
may not receive any Federal funds in the future.
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            (C) The Secretary of State--
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            (i) shall make final determinations of violations of the 
 requirements of this subsection and the penalties imposed under 
 subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) , and such final determinations shall 
 not be subject to review or reversal except by a Federal court 
 of competent jurisdiction; and
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            (ii) shall submit to Congress a report not later than 60 
 days after making a determination of a violation of the 
 requirements of this subsection, which shall include--
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            (I) a description of the nature of the violation;
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            (II) who carried out or was involved in the 
 violation; and
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            (III) what will be done to ensure the violation 
 is not repeated.
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            (D) Any final determination of the Secretary of State under 
subparagraph
            (C) 
            (i) shall be subject to the procedures under chapter 8 
of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the `Congressional 
Review Act').''.
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