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Aid Accountability Act of 2025
To establish penalties for violating section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Summary
This bill, the Aid Accountability Act of 2025, establishes penalties for violating Section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Federal employees who knowingly violate requirements may be terminated, prohibited from future federal employment, and required to pay restitution equal to illegally allocated funds. Recipients of federal funds who violate requirements may be prohibited from receiving additional federal funds, and the Secretary of State must report violations to Congress within 60 days.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
2 cosponsors
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL)
Actions (2)
- Apr 8, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Apr 8, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 8, 2025
Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mrs. Moody) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 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 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. PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING 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) A Federal employee who knowingly violates any requirement under this subsection—
“(i) shall be terminated from Federal employment;
“(ii) may not be employed by the Federal Government after such violation; and
“(iii) shall be fiscally liable for, and shall pay to the Federal Government, an amount equal to the amount of funds illegally allocated to the activity that was in violation of such requirement in order to provide restitution for such violation.
“(B) A grantee, subgrantee, contractor or other recipient of Federal funds who violates any of the requirements under this subsection may not receive any Federal funds after such violation.
“(C) The Secretary of State—
“(i) shall make a final determination with respect to any violation of a requirement under this subsection and the penalties to be imposed pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B), and such final determination shall not be subject to review or reversal except by a Federal court of competent jurisdiction; and
“(ii) not later than 60 days after making a determination pursuant to clause (i), shall submit a report to Congress that includes—
“(I) a description of the nature of the violation;
“(II) who carried out or was involved in the violation; and
“(III) what will be done to ensure such violation is not repeated.
“(D) Each final determination by the Secretary of State pursuant to subparagraph (C)(i) shall be subject to the procedures set forth in chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Congressional Review Act’).”. <all>
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