Locally Led Development and Humanitarian Response Act

This bill directs the main U.S. foreign aid agency to work more with local groups, businesses, and people in the countries that receive U.S. aid. It lets the agency accept aid applications in languages other than English and limit some contracts, up to $25 million each, to local bidders. It allows the agency to raise the standard overhead cost rate for local partners by 5 percentage points and to give them more time to register in federal award systems. The agency must take policy steps to carry out these changes within 180 days and send Congress yearly reports on its progress and on how much funding goes to local partners.

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Sponsors

• Sara Jacobs Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors