Foreign Assistance Under Limitation and Transparency Act

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Foreign Assistance Under Limitation and Transparency Act” or “FAULT Act”.

Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Foreign assistance is an important tool utilized to facilitate diplomacy by making investments in infrastructure and basic human needs abroad.

United States taxpayer dollars should be used prudently and appropriately, and should not be distributed to those who seek to do harm to Americans or our allies.

Failure to cooperate with the United States as it carries out its foreign policy objectives should necessarily lead to restricted or terminated United States foreign assistance.

Once foreign assistance to a country is restricted, Congress reserves the right to reinstate any such foreign assistance based on substantive changes in rhetoric or action of that country, and on a case-by-case basis.

The countries of Iran, North Korea, Syria, Egypt, and Pakistan have engaged in activities that undermine the security and foreign policy objectives of the United States or compromise regional and international stability.

Agricultural commodity— The term agricultural commodity has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).

Appropriate congressional committees— Except as otherwise provided, the term appropriate congressional committees means—

Covered country— The term covered country means a country with respect to which the limitation on foreign assistance under section 101(a) of this Act is in effect.

Emergency international disaster assistance— The term emergency international disaster assistance means short-term assistance in the immediate aftermath of a disaster that includes—

Financial instrument— The term financial instrument means any direct cash payment, cash transfer, or monetary instrument.

Foreign assistance— The term foreign assistance has the meaning given such term in section 634(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394(b)).

Government— The term government means, with respect to a foreign country, any centralized state, provincial, or municipal government of the country.

Humanitarian assistance— The term humanitarian assistance means—

Major non-NATO ally— The term major non-NATO ally means a country that is designated as a major non-NATO ally pursuant to section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k), as amended by section 201(a)(2) of this Act.

Medical device— The term medical device has the meaning given the term device in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).

Medicine— The term medicine has the meaning given the term drug in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).

NATO— The term NATO means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Private voluntary organization— The term private voluntary organization has the meaning given such term in section 259(12) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2214a(12)).

United States ally— The term United States ally means—