Sec. 104. Supporting efforts to combat corruption
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The Secretary of State shall engage with the Government of Colombia for the purpose of developing and implementing a multi-year strategy, including through the provision of technical assistance, to combat corruption and address the misuse of public resources. The Secretary of State shall consult with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of the Treasury in the development of the strategy. The strategy required under subsection
(a)shall— assess the scope of public and private sector corruption in Colombia, including specific cases of significant corruption; provide technical assistance for the purposes of combating corruption and increasing transparency in Colombia; develop and implement programming at the national and local levels to support investigative journalism, protection of journalists reporting on public and private sector corruption, civil society anti-corruption initiatives; consult and advocate with nongovernmental organizations and the private sector to advance the purposes of this section; and establish regular United States interagency meetings to ensure closer coordination across United States departments and agencies in the development of policies regarding transparency and corruption in Colombia. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on the strategy required under subsection (a). Not later than 1 year after the briefing on the strategy, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall brief the committees on the implementation of the strategy.