Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012
Latest action · Nov 13, 2012 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 19, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 - Directs the President to establish guidelines regarding the establishment of measurable goals, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for U.S. foreign assistance.
Requires such guidelines to provide direction to federal departments and agencies that administer U.S. foreign assistance on developing the range of activities relating to: (1) resource monitoring, (2) project and program evaluation, and (3) analysis of findings and generalizations and their applicability to proposed project and program design.
Requires within one year: (1) each appropriate federal department or agency to begin using such guidelines, and (2) the President to submit a related report to Congress.
Directs the President to require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain an Internet website to make publicly available comprehensive and accessible information on U.S. foreign assistance programs.
Requires any cost of implementing this Act to be offset through the elimination of initiatives, positions, and programs within a federal department or agency administering foreign assistance, as determined by the Secretary of State and the head of each federal department or agency in consultation with Congress.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 19, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Sep 19, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jun 19, 2012Markup Sep 19, 2012Reported Nov 13, 2012 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2012Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 112-233.
- Nov 13, 2012Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 538.
- Sep 19, 2012Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 19, 2012Introduced in Senate
- Jun 19, 2012Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4301)
- Jun 19, 2012Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4301-4302)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4301Text printed S4301 | Richard G. Lugar R-IN (text) | Jun 19, 2012 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42827 | Does Foreign Aid Work? Efforts to Evaluate U.S. Foreign Assistance Archived | Report | Jul 22, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3159 | Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012 | Identical bill | Dec 31, 2012 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to direct the President, in consultation with the Department of State, United States Agency for International Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Department of Defense, to establish guidelines for United States foreign assistance programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2012Reported to Senate
- Jun 19, 2012Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
