,i #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #hijg ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,december #i1 #bjbj,mr4 ,bergman 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 and ,mr4 ,johnson of ,louisiana7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to direct the ,secretary of ,state to establish a unit within the ,office of the ,inspector ,general to audit ,united ,states contributions to multilateral and international organizations1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,international ,spending ,transparency ,act4 #b4 ,audit of ,united ,states contributions to multilateral and international organizations 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #cj days after the date of the enactment of this section1 the ,secretary shall establish within the ,office of ,audits of the ,office of the ,inspector ,general of the ,department of ,state a unit to be known as the ,unit to ,audit ,,us ,contributions to ,multilateral and ,international ,organizations4 7b7 ,annual audit 7#a7 ,in general ,not later than ,december #ca of each year1 the unit established pursuant to subsection 7a7 shall submit to the ,secretary an audit of ,united ,states contributions to multilateral and international organizations during the immediately preceding fiscal year4 7#b7 ,elements ,each audit under paragraph 7#a7 shall include the following3 7,a7 ,information relating to-- 7i7 the aggregate amount of ,united ,states contributions to recipient multilateral and international organizations2 7ii7 the amount of contributions spent on administrative costs in comparison to projects2 and 7iii7 the purposes for each such contribution4 7,b7 ,an analysis relating to-- 7i7 whether each such organization achieved the purpose for the contributions2 7ii7 fraud1 waste1 or abuse of such contributions by each such organization2 and 7iii7 whether the contributions received by each such organization were in turn provided directly or indirectly to-- 7,i7 the ,people's ,republic of ,china2 7,,ii7 the ,russian ,federation2 7,,iii7 the ,islamic ,republic of ,iran2 7,,iv7 the ,democratic ,people's ,republic of ,korea2 7,v7 the ,bolivarian ,republic of ,venezuela2 7,,vi7 the ,syrian ,arab ,republic2 or 7,,vii7 an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section #bai of the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahi74 7,c7 ,information relating to the challenges of citizens of the ,united ,states seeking employment in the ,united ,nations4 7,d7 ,information relating to the whistleblower protection standards of multilateral and international organizations receiving contributions4 7c7 ,report ,not later than #cj days after the receipt of each audit under subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report based on the information and analysis in each such audit4 7d7 ,limitation ,no additional appropriations are authorized to carry out this section1 which shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the ,department of ,state4 7e7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,appropriate congressional committees the term appropriate congressional committees means-- 7,a7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs in the ,house of ,representatives2 and 7,b7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations in the ,senate4 7#b7 ,secretary ,the term ,secretary means the ,secretary of ,state4