[20200729]IF11606_2019冠状病毒疾病和外国援助：国会监督框架和当前活动.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov July 29, 2020COVID-19 and Foreign Assistance: Congressional Oversight Framework and Current ActivitiesIn March 2020, Congress enacted two supplemental appropriations measures that included a combined $1.59 billion for foreign assistance programs to “prevent, prepare for, and respond to” Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19; P.L. 116-123, P.L. 116-136). Congress established mechanisms to oversee the implementation of these funds, but concerns some have raised about oversight have intensified amid media reporting on the implementation of COVID-19 assistance by the State Department (State) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Some reports suggest that planning and spending practices have left agencies unable to effectively address global COVID-19-related needs. Other stakeholders have expressed frustration with the agencies public reporting, citing a lack of transparency. Oversight Framework The first supplemental measure, P.L. 116-123, directed that funds were to be subject to notification procedures as required by regular appropriations (401). Section 406 of that act sets additional reporting requirements for the Secretary of State and