S. 1309, a bill to identify and combat corruption in countries, to establish a tiered system of countries with respect to levels of corruption by their governments and their efforts to combat such corruption, and to assess United States assistance to...
Cost Estimate
As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 11, 2019
Provide the Congress with an annual report on corruption involving public officials of foreign countries, including a detailed assessment of each country’s efforts to deter, investigate, and punish such corruption;
Use that annual reporting to assess and mitigate the effects of corruption on U.S. foreign assistance to the most corrupt countries;
Train and designate staff at overseas missions to serve as points of contact for anti-corruption activities;
Coordinate the federal government’s efforts to promote good governance and prevent corruption overseas;
Provide training to departmental staff on reducing corruption
Establish an online public platform for reports addressing corruption; and
Brief the Congress each year on its implementation of the legislation.
On the basis of information from the Department of State, CBO expects that implementing the bill would require the department to hire nine additional full-time employees in Washington, D.C., at an average annual cost of about $240,000 each. Paying the salaries of those employees, providing training for agency personnel and satisfying the reporting requirements would cost about $3 million each year, CBO estimates. In total, and assuming appropriation of those estimated amounts, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost $15 million over the 2019-2024 period; such spending would be subject to availability of appropriations.
