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S. 491 119th Congress Senate

Foreign Assistance Accountability and Oversight Act

Official title: A bill to establish the position of Director of Foreign Assistance in the Department of State, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 6, 2025 Introduced by: Tim Kaine Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Feb 6, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 8

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 491: Foreign Assistance Accountability and Oversight Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-491/
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"S. 491: Foreign Assistance Accountability and Oversight Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-491/.
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S. 491, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-491/.
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