22 U.S.C. § 2393a — Requests by Government Accountability

Page 902 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 2393a appropriated for fiscal year 1984 and for prior fiscal years, and shall suspend the application of the provi- sions of section 1405 of the National Defense Authoriza- tion Act for Fiscal Year 1991, and amendments con- tained therein, through September 30, 1992. You are authorized and directed to publish this deter- mination in the Federal Register. GEORGE BUSH. § 2393a. Requests by Government Accountability Office and Congressional committees for doc- uments and materials None of the funds made available pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be used to carry out any provision of this chapter in any country or with respect to any project or activ- ity, after the expiration of the thirty-five-day period which begins on the date the Government Accountability Office or any committee of the Congress charged with considering legislation, appropriations or expenditures under this chap- ter, has delivered to the office of the head of any agency carrying out such provision, a written request that it be furnished any document, paper, communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material in its custody or control relating to the administra- tion of such provision in such country or with respect to such project or activity, unless and until there has been furnished to the Govern- ment Accountability Office, or to such com- mittee, as the case may be, (1) the document, paper, communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material so requested, or (2) a certification by the President that he has forbidden the furnishing thereof pur- suant to request and his reason for so doing. (Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 633A, as added Pub. L. 95–424, title V, § 502(a)(1), Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 957; amended Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. CODIFICATION This section was formerly classified to subsec. (c) of section 2394 of this title prior to the complete revision of section 2394 of this title by Pub. L. 95–424, title V, § 502(a)(2), Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 957. AMENDMENTS 2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted ‘‘Government Ac- countability Office’’ for ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ in two places. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 of Pub. L. 95–424, set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amend- ment note under section 2151 of this title. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title. § 2394. Reports and information; definitions (a) Annual report to Congress on programs hav- ing impact on developing countries; contents In order that the Congress and the American people may be better and more currently in- formed regarding American foreign policy and the effectiveness of assistance provided by the United States Government to other countries and to international organizations, the Chair- man of the Development Coordination Com- mittee shall prepare and transmit to the Con- gress, no later than February 1 of each year, as a part of the annual presentation materials for foreign assistance, a report as described in this subsection. This report shall include— (1)(A) a comprehensive and coordinated re- view of all United States policies and pro- grams having a major impact on the develop- ment of developing countries, including but not limited to bilateral and multilateral as- sistance, trade, debt, employment, food, en- ergy, technology, population, oceans, environ- ment, human settlements, natural resources, and participation in international agencies concerned with development; (B) an assessment of the impact of such poli- cies and programs on the well-being of the poor majority in developing countries in ac- cordance with the policy objectives of part I of subchapter I of this chapter, including increas- ing life expectancy and literacy, lowering in- fant mortality and birth rates, and increasing food production and employment, such assess- ment to include an evaluation of the extent to which programs under part I of subchapter I of this chapter directly benefit the poor major- ity; and (C) an assessment of the impact of such poli- cies and programs on economic conditions in the United States, including but not limited to employment, wages, and working condi- tions; (2) the dollar value of all foreign assistance and guaranties by category and by country provided or made by the United States Gov- ernment by any means to all foreign countries and international organizations— (A) from 1946 to the fiscal year imme- diately preceding the fiscal year for which the report is required; (B) as presented to Congress for the imme- diate preceding fiscal year; (C) as obligated during the immediately preceding fiscal year; (D) as planned for the fiscal year in which the report is presented; (E) as proposed for the fiscal year fol- lowing the year in which the report is pre- sented; and (F) of any contract in excess of $100,000 ad- ministered by the Agency for International Development which was entered into in the preceding fiscal year without competitive selection procedures, and the reasons for doing so; (3) a summary of repayments, by country, to the United States from previous foreign assist- ance loans;