Transparency in Foreign Assistance Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7641 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7641 To provide for a pilot program to require congressional notification of additional information for certain foreign assistance programs. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 23, 2026 Mr. Lawler (for himself and Ms. Jacobs) introduced the following bill; 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 programs. 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 ``Transparency in Foreign Assistance Act''. SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM TO REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. (a) 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 information, in addition to information required under existing law, 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 law. (b) Elements.--The notification required by subsection (a) shall include, for each program, the following: (1) The working name of the program. (2) The country or countries where the program will be implemented. (3) The mechanism used for the program, such as contract, grant, interagency agreement, bureau transfer. (4) The total amount of new funding