,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bc1       
#bjbf,mr4 ,lawler 7for himself and ,ms4 
,jacobs7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
provide for a pilot program to require  
congressional notification of additional
 information for certain foreign        
assistance programs4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,transparency in ,foreign ,assistance   
,act4  #b4 ,pilot program to require    
congressional notification of additional
 information for certain foreign        
assistance programs  7a7 ,in general    
,the ,secretary of ,state shall direct  
the ,assistant ,secretary for the       
,bureau of ,african ,affairs and the    
,coordinator for ,counterterrorism to   
carry out a one-year pilot program that 
requires such officials to submit to the
 appropriate congressional committees a 
notification of information1 in addition

 to information required under existing 
law1 for new and existing foreign       
assistance programs under the           
authorities of such officials that      
require funds that are in addition to   
funds made available for such programs  
under existing law4  7b7 ,elements ,the 
notification required by subsection 7a7 
shall include1 for each program1 the    
following3 7#a7 ,the working name of the
 program4  7#b7 ,the country or         
countries where the program will be     
implemented4  7#c7 ,the mechanism used  
for the program1 such as contract1      
grant1 interagency agreement1 bureau    
transfer4  7#d7 ,the total amount of new
 funding for the program4  7#e7 ,whether
 the program is considered a new program
 or a continuation or expansion of      
existing program4  7#f7 ,the total      
amount of funding that will be needed   
over the life of the program4  7#g7 ,the
 expected period of performance for the 
program using the requested funds4  7#h7
 ,the total period of performance of the

 program up until the time of the       
request4  7#i7 ,the name of the         
implementing entity or proposed         
implementing entity of the program1 if  
selected1 and other identifying         
information about the entity1 such as   
whether the entity is a private or      
public entity or a ,united ,states-based
 or international entity4  7#aj7 ,the   
intended objectives of the program4     
7#aa7 ,a description of key components  
or activities of the program4  7#ab7 ,a 
description of consultations with the   
chief of mission of the respective      
country or countries4  7#ac7 ,whether   
the program has a significant underspend
 or overspend of funds based on         
projected spend rates under the program4
  7#ad7 ,whether a performance          
improvement plan or other additional    
administrative oversight has been       
established for the program4  7c7       
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate congressional committees    

means--  7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign
 ,affairs and the ,committee on         
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives2 and  7#b7 the         
,committee on ,foreign ,relations and   
the ,committee on ,appropriations of the
 ,senate4