Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response Act
House Bill Would Shift U.S. Foreign Aid Control to Local Groups in Recipient Countries
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Congress encourages the main U.S. foreign aid agency to shift more development and disaster-relief work to local organizations and local governments in the countries receiving aid.
- The agency would be pushed to make it easier for local groups to apply, including accepting proposals in local languages and doing more outreach so smaller or informal groups can compete.
- The bill tells the agency to change its internal rules within 180 days of enactment so locally led projects become the normal way it runs aid programs.
- It lets the agency give local partners more help covering overhead costs and delay some registration and reporting steps, so local groups can start work sooner.
- It requires regular public reporting to Congress on how much money is reaching local partners and whether the new tools are improving speed, sustainability, and accountability.
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Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response Act
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