S.Amdt. 3792

SA 3792. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1265. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
UNDER STATE DEPARTMENT.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide for
the independent and objective conduct and supervision of
audits and investigations relating to the programs and
operations funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made
available for foreign assistance, including humanitarian
assistance, foreign development assistance, and related
emergency assistance.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate;
(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives;
(E) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
(F) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the
House of Representatives.
(2) Foreign assistance.--The term ``foreign assistance''
means amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for
any fiscal year for--
(A) programs formerly administered by the United States
Agency for International Development and programs currently
or previously administered by the Millennium Challenge
Corporation, the United States African Development
Foundation, or the Inter-American Foundation;
(B) programs funded with appropriations, other than
Department of Defense appropriations, for foreign assistance
programs administered pursuant to part I, chapters 1, 9, and
10 and part II, chapter 4 of the Foreign Assistance Act (22
U.S.C. 2151 et seq., 2292 et seq., 2293 et seq., 2346 et
seq.), the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.),
the United States African Development Foundation Act (title V
of Public Law 96-533; 22 U.S.C. 290h et seq.), and the Food
for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o), or successor
legislation; and
(C) any other non-military foreign assistance programs
including global health, development assistance,
international disaster assistance, food assistance and food
security, and economic support.
(c) Office of the Inspector General for Foreign
Assistance.--The Office of the Inspector General for the
United States Agency for International Development is hereby
redesignated as the ``Office of the Inspector General for
Foreign Assistance''. The Office of the Inspector General for
Foreign Assistance shall carry out activities in accordance
with the purpose described in subsection (a).
(d) Amendments to Inspector General Act of 1978.--Chapter 4
of title 5, United States Code is amended--
(1) in section 401--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the Agency for
International Development,''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the Administrator of
the Agency for International Development,'';
(2) in section 402(a), by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Department of state.--In the establishment of the
Department of State, there is established--
``(A) an Office of Inspector General of the Department of
State; and
``(B) an Office of Inspector General for Foreign
Assistance.'';
(3) in section 406(f)(3), by striking ``Agency for
International Development,'';
(4) in section 409--
(A) in the section heading, by striking ``Agency for
International Development'' and inserting ``Inspector General
for Foreign Assistance'';
(B) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
``(a) Definition, Duties and Responsibilities of Inspector
General for Foreign Assistance.--The Inspector General for
Foreign Assistance shall exercise all duties and
responsibilities of an Inspector General of an establishment
with respect to any agency, with the exception of the
Department of Defense, on all matters relating to foreign
assistance including global health, development assistance,
international disaster assistance, food assistance and food
security, and economic support, including jurisdiction for--
``(1) all programs funded with appropriations, other than
Department of Defense appropriations, for foreign assistance
programs, other than Department of Defense programs,
administered pursuant to part I, chapters 1, 9, and 10 and
part II, chapter 4 of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq., 2292 et seq., 2293 et seq., 2346 et seq.), the
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the United
States African Development Foundation Act (title V of Public
Law 96-533; 22 U.S.C. 290h et seq.), and the Food for
Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o), or successor
legislation; and
``(2) programs formerly administered by the United States
Agency for International Development, and programs currently
or previously administered by the Millennium Challenge
Corporation, the United States African Development
Foundation, or the Inter-American Foundation.'';
(C) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as
subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively;
(D) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
``(b) Coordination of Foreign Assistance Oversight.--The
Inspector General for Foreign Assistance shall conduct
audits, evaluations, inspections, and investigations by
coordinating with the Offices of Inspectors General of the
respective agencies responsible for--
``(1) all foreign assistance programs, other than
Department of Defense programs, administered pursuant to part
I, chapters 1, 9, and 10 and part II, chapter 4 of the
Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq., 2292 et seq.,
2293 et seq., 2346 et seq.), the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C.
1691 et seq.), the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the United States African Development
Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96-533; 22 U.S.C. 290h
et seq.), and the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C.
1736o), or successor legislation; and
``(2) programs currently or formerly administered by the
United States Agency for International Development, the
Millennium Challenge Corporation, the United States African
Development Foundation, or the Inter-American Foundation.
``(c) Assistance From Federal Agencies.--
``(1) In general.--Upon request of the Inspector General
for Foreign Assistance for information or assistance from any
department, agency, or other entity of the Federal
Government, with the exception of the Department of Defense,
the head of such entity shall, to the extent practicable and
not in contravention of any existing law, furnish such
information or assistance to the Inspector General, or an
authorized designee.
``(2) Reporting of refused assistance.--Whenever
information or assistance requested by the Inspector General
is, in the judgment of the Inspector General, unreasonably
refused or not provided, the Inspector General shall report
the circumstances to the Secretary of State and the head of
the entity concerned, as appropriate, and to the appropriate
congressional committees (as defined in section 1265(b) of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2026)without delay.'';
(E) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by striking ``of
the Agency for International Development'' and inserting
``for Foreign Assistance'';
(F) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by striking
``Administrator of the Agency for International Development''
and inserting ``Secretary of State''; and
(G) in subsection (f), as redesignated, by striking ``of
the Agency for International Development'' and inserting
``for Foreign Assistance''; and
(5) in section 419(c)(3), by striking ``of the United
States Agency for International Development'' and inserting
``for Foreign Assistance''.
(e) Availability of Previously Appropriated Funds.--Amounts
otherwise available to the Office of Inspector General for
the United States Agency for International Development shall
remain available for the Office of the Inspector General for
Foreign Assistance.
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