Sec. 14705. Reporting requirements
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The Secretary shall, for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2026, submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on implementation of this title, including a description of the following: The offices within the Department and the United States Agency for International Development that are engaging in significant anti-corruption activities. The findings and actions of designated anti-corruption points of contact to develop and implement risk mitigation strategies and ensure compliance with section 14703.
The training implemented under section 14704(c). Management of the whole-of-government effort referred to in section 14704(b) to combat corruption within the countries identified in section 14702 and efforts to improve coordination across Federal departments and agencies. The risk assessment tools and mitigation strategies utilized by the Department and the Agency. Other information determined by the Secretary to be necessary and appropriate. Each report under this subsection shall be submitted in an unclassified format but may include a classified annex.
The Secretary shall consolidate existing reports with anti-corruption components into one online, public platform, which should— include— the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; the annual Fiscal Transparency Report; the annual Investment Climate Statements; the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report; the Country Scorecards of the Millennium Challenge Corporation; and any other relevant public reports; and link to third-party indicators and compliance mechanisms used by the United States Government to inform policy and programming, such as— the International Finance Corporation’s Doing Business surveys; the International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Index; and multilateral peer review anti-corruption compliance mechanisms, such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, done at New York October 31, 2003, to further highlight expert international views on country challenges and country efforts.
The Secretary and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall incorporate anti-corruption components into existing Foreign Service and Civil Service training courses to— increase the ability of Department and Agency personnel to support anti-corruption as a foreign policy priority; and strengthen the ability of such personnel to design, implement, and evaluate more effective anti-corruption programming around the world, including enhancing skills to better evaluate and mitigate public corruption risks in assistance programs.