22 U.S.C. § 8262 — United States democracy assistance programs
submitted 19 years ago by Pub. L. 110-53 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 251 words · no verdicts yet
Congress believes the U.S. should use many tools to support democracy abroad. These include groups like the National Endowment for Democracy and USAID. Congress wants clearer rules on how to coordinate this kind of assistance.
(a) Sense of Congress regarding use of instruments of democracy promotion — Congress believes (1) U.S. support for democracy works better when it uses many different tools, such as the National Endowment for Democracy, USAID, and the State Department*; and (2) the Department's Human Rights and Democracy Fund should support new programs, media, and materials that uphold democratic values, strengthen democratic institutions, protect human rights and the rule of law, and build civil society worldwide.
(b) Sense of Congress regarding mechanisms for delivering assistance — (1) Findings: Congress finds that (A) democracy assistance takes many forms — supporting the rule of law, building up civil society, political parties, and legislatures, strengthening independent media and courts, improving independent auditing, and advancing security sector reform; and (B) there needs to be more clarity about how to coordinate and deliver U.S. democracy assistance. (2) Sense of Congress: Congress believes the Secretary* of State and the USAID Administrator should, working with the relevant congressional committees, write guidelines — building on the existing system of grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other tools — to help U.S. missions abroad coordinate democracy assistance and pick the right combination of tools for it.
It is the sense of Congress that—
United States support for democracy is strengthened by using a variety of different instrumentalities, such as the National Endowment for Democracy, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Department*; and
the purpose of the Department’s Human Rights and Democracy Fund should be to support innovative programming, media, and materials designed to uphold democratic principles, practices, and values, support and strengthen democratic institutions, promote human rights and the rule of law, and build civil societies in countries around the world.
Congress finds the following:
Democracy assistance has many different forms, including assistance to promote the rule of law, build the capacity of civil society, political parties, and legislatures, improve the independence of the media and the judiciary, enhance independent auditing functions, and advance security sector reform.
There is a need for greater clarity on the coordination and delivery mechanisms for United States democracy assistance.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary* and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development should develop guidelines, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees*, building on the existing framework for grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other acquisition mechanisms to guide United States missions in foreign countries in coordinating United States democracy assistance and selecting the appropriate combination of such mechanisms for such assistance.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–53, title XXI, § 2162, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 536.)
- 2007Enacted · Pub. L. 110-53 · 121 Stat. 536
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