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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2706
To modify the requirements of section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL8, 2025
Mr. D
AVIDSON(for himself, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, Mrs. BIGGSof South Caro-
lina, and Mr. S
MITHof 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
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Aid Accountability Act 4
of 2025’’. 5
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 1
104(F) OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2
1961. 3
Section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 4
(22 U.S.C. 2151b(f)) is amended by adding at the end 5
the following: 6
‘‘(4)(A) An individual who is a Federal employee and 7
knowingly violates any of the requirements of this sub-8
section— 9
‘‘(i) shall be terminated from Federal employ-10
ment and may not be receive any Federal employ-11
ment in the future; and 12
‘‘(ii) shall be fiscally liable for an amount equal 13
to the amount of funds illegally allocated to the ac-14
tivity that was in violation of such requirements in 15
order to provide restitution to the Federal govern-16
ment. 17
‘‘(B) A grantee, sub-grantee, contractor or other re-18
cipient of Federal funds who violates any of the require-19
ments of this subsection may not receive any Federal 20
funds in the future. 21
‘‘(C) The Secretary of State— 22
‘‘(i) shall make final determinations of viola-23
tions of the requirements of this subsection and the 24
penalties imposed under subparagraphs (A) and (B), 25
and such final determinations shall not be subject to 26
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review or reversal except by a Federal court of com-1
petent jurisdiction; and 2
‘‘(ii) shall submit to Congress a report not later 3
than 60 days after making a determination of a vio-4
lation of the requirements of this subsection, which 5
shall include— 6
‘‘(I) a description of the nature of the vio-7
lation; 8
‘‘(II) who carried out or was involved in 9
the violation; and 10
‘‘(III) what will be done to ensure the vio-11
lation is not repeated. 12
‘‘(D) Any final determination of the Secretary of 13
State under subparagraph (C)(i) shall be subject to the 14
procedures under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code 15
(commonly known as the ‘Congressional Review Act’).’’. 16
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