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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1340
To establish penalties for violating section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL8, 2025
Mr. L
EE(for himself, Mr. GRASSLEY, and Mrs. MOODY) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on For-
eign Relations
A BILL
To establish penalties for violating 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
SEC. 2. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING SECTION 104(F) OF THE 6
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961. 7
Section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 8
(22 U.S.C. 2151b(f)) is amended by adding at the end 9
the following: 10
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‘‘(4)(A) A Federal employee who knowingly violates 1
any requirement under this subsection— 2
‘‘(i) shall be terminated from Federal employ-3
ment; 4
‘‘(ii) may not be employed by the Federal Gov-5
ernment after such violation; and 6
‘‘(iii) shall be fiscally liable for, and shall pay 7
to the Federal Government, an amount equal to the 8
amount of funds illegally allocated to the activity 9
that was in violation of such requirement in order to 10
provide restitution for such violation. 11
‘‘(B) A grantee, subgrantee, contractor or other re-12
cipient of Federal funds who violates any of the require-13
ments under this subsection may not receive any Federal 14
funds after such violation. 15
‘‘(C) The Secretary of State— 16
‘‘(i) shall make a final determination with re-17
spect to any violation of a requirement under this 18
subsection and the penalties to be imposed pursuant 19
to subparagraph (A) or (B), and such final deter-20
mination shall not be subject to review or reversal 21
except by a Federal court of competent jurisdiction; 22
and 23
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‘‘(ii) not later than 60 days after making a de-1
termination pursuant to clause (i), shall submit a re-2
port to Congress that includes— 3
‘‘(I) a description of the nature of the vio-4
lation; 5
‘‘(II) who carried out or was involved in 6
the violation; and 7
‘‘(III) what will be done to ensure such 8
violation is not repeated. 9
‘‘(D) Each final determination by the Secretary of 10
State pursuant to subparagraph (C)(i) shall be subject to 11
the procedures set forth in chapter 8 of title 5, United 12
States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Congressional 13
Review Act’).’’. 14
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