Department of State and United States Agency for International Development Accountability Act of 2017
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Feb 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.
What just happenedFeb 16, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateFeb 16, 2017
- Feb 16, 2017IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Foreign Relations Committee - Feb 16, 2017IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate