Agency for International Development Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 1994 - Reduces budget authority and outlays for development assistance by specified amounts below the Congressional Budget Office baseline in FY 1995 through 1999.
Requires the Agency for International Development (AID) to narrow its focus and fund fewer development assistance projects to achieve such budget savings.
Directs AID to target assistance to lower income countries that have economic policies designed to encourage growth through free markets and trade, thereby reducing the number of countries that receive development assistance to approximately 60.
Bars development assistance for middle income countries or lower income countries where such assistance has not shown results.
Permits AID to provide assistance only for projects that focus on alleviating poverty and promoting economic development.
Terminates the housing investment guaranty program under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 after September 30, 1994.
Requires the President to transfer responsibility for administering all development assistance programs that have an objective other than alleviating poverty and promoting economic development from AID to a Government agency whose mission is closer to the objective. Transfers: (1) private sector activities to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; and (2) environmental protection activities in developing countries to the Environmental Protection Agency. Requires transferred programs to be carried out with funds appropriated for that agency rather than with development assistance or international affairs program funds.
Provides that this Act supersedes existing law applicable to AID development assistance.
[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[H.R. 3775 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3775
To achieve budget savings by reducing spending by the Agency for
International Development for development assistance.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 2, 1994
Mr. Inglis of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To achieve budget savings by reducing spending by the Agency for
International Development for development assistance.
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 ``Agency for International Development
Efficiency and Effectiveness Act of 1994''.
SEC. 2. REDUCTIONS IN SPENDING FOR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE BY THE AGENCY
FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
For fiscal years 1995 through 1999, budget authority and outlays
for development assistance shall be less than the CBO baseline by at
least the following amounts:
(1) Fiscal year 1995.--For fiscal year 1995, budget
authority shall be at least $580,000,000 less and outlays shall
be at least $40,000,000 less.
(2) Fiscal year 1996.--For fiscal year 1996, budget
authority shall be at least $600,000,000 less and outlays shall
be at least $290,000,000 less.
(3) Fiscal year 1997.--For fiscal year 1997, budget
authority shall be at least $610,000,000 less and outlays shall
be at least $430,000,000 less.
(4) Fiscal year 1998.--For fiscal year 1998, budget
authority shall be at least $630,000,000 less and outlays shall
be at least $500,000,000 less.
(5) Fiscal year 1999.--For fiscal year 1999, budget
authority shall be at least $640,000,000 less and outlays shall
be at least $560,000,000 less.
SEC. 3. STEPS TO IMPLEMENT REDUCTIONS.
(a) In General.--To achieve the budget savings provided for in
section 2, the Agency for International Development shall narrow its
focus and fund fewer development assistance projects and activities.
This shall be accomplished--
(1) by funding only projects and activities that have
objectives that are more attainable than the numerous
objectives that are specified in the provisions of law in
effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) by funding only projects and activities that are in the
countries that are most likely to benefit from such development
assistance.
(b) Reduction in Number of Recipient Countries.--
(1) In general.--The Agency for International Development
shall target development assistance to lower income countries
that have economic policies designed to encourage growth
through free markets and trade, thereby reducing the number of
countries that receive development assistance from that agency
to approximately 60.
(2) Ineligible countries.--The Agency for International
Development may not provide development assistance for--
(A) middle income countries, or
(B) lower income countries where development
assistance has not shown results.
(c) Reduction in Number of Objectives.--
(1) In general.--The Agency for International Development
may provide development assistance only for projects and
activities that focus on alleviating poverty and promoting
economic development.
(2) Termination of housing investment guaranty program.--
Guaranties may not be issued under sections 221 and 222 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 after September 30, 1994.
(3) Transfer of responsibility for other programs to other
agencies.--(A) The President shall transfer responsibility for
administering all development assistance programs that have an
objective other than alleviating poverty and promoting economic
development from the Agency for International Development to an
agency of the United States Government whose mission is closer
to that objective.
(B) In carrying out subparagraph (B), the President--
(i) shall transfer private sector activities from
the Agency for International Development to the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation; and
(ii) shall transfer responsibility for
environmental protection activities in developing
countries to the Environmental Protection Agency.
(4) Transferred programs.--(A) The head of each agency to
which responsibility for a program is transferred pursuant to
paragraph (3) shall determine, nothwithstanding any other
provision of law--
(i) which such programs shall be continued, and
(ii) what policies and authorities shall be
applicable to any such program that is continued.
(B) Programs which are transferred from the Agency for
International Development to another agency pursuant to
paragraph (3) and continued pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) of
this paragraph shall be carried out by that agency with funds
appropriated for that agency rather than with development
assistance funds or other funds in budget function 150
(international affairs).
(d) Existing Provisions Superseded.--To the extent necessary to
achieve the budget savings provided for in section 2, this section
supersedes provisions of law enacted prior to the date of enactment of
this Act that would otherwise be applicable to development assistance
provided by the Agency for International Development.
(e) Effective Date.--This section shall be effective as of October
1, 1994.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act--
(1) the term ``CBO baseline'' means the baseline budget
projections used by the Congressional Budget Office in
preparing its February 1993 reported entitled ``Reducing the
Deficit: Spending and Revenue Options'', which was submitted to
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on the Budget of the Senate pursuant to section
202(f) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act
of 1974; and
(2) the term ``development assistance'' means assistance
under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(relating to the functional development assistance accounts)
and assistance under chapter 10 of that part (relating to the
Development Fund for Africa).
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HR 3775 IH
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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