Sec. 4. Coordination and accountability

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The President shall establish a permanent interagency committee to ensure actions taken under section 3(b)(2) are effectively prioritized, targeted, coordinated, and implemented. The committee shall consist of the following: The Deputy United States Trade Representative of the Office of the United States Trade Representative, who shall serve as the chair of the committee. The Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment of the Department of State. The Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment of the United States Agency for International Development.

The Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs of the Department of Labor. Such senior representatives from other departments and agencies with relevant expertise, as appropriate, to be appointed by the chair of the committee. The United States ambassador to any country receiving United States assistance by reason of actions taken under section 3(b)(2) shall serve as an ad hoc member of the committee for the period of time during which the planning, budgeting, and implementation of such assistance is carried out.

The head of any department or agency that is taking actions under section 3(b)(2) shall consult with the committee during the drafting of any action plan, program, or effort led by the United States for purposes of taking such actions. The United States shall promote aid effectiveness and accountability through transparency, monitoring, evaluation, and learning, and fostering local ownership and implementation of U.S. assistance carried out pursuant to section 3(b)(2) in the following manner:

The interagency committee established under section 4(a) shall publish timely, comprehensive, and detailed information regarding the implementation assistance and local capacity building described in section 3(b)(2) on a quarterly basis in IATI XML format, consistent with the United States commitment to full compliance with the International Aid Transparency Initiative. The interagency committee established under section 4(a) shall conduct evaluations that are independent, methodologically rigorous, made public in their entirety, and transmitted to the International Aid Transparency Initiative Registry as appropriate.

The interagency committee established under section 4(a) shall develop and implement procedures for ensuring that data and evaluation results inform decisionmaking and lead to the revision and promotion of best practices among relevant executive branch agencies.