Director of Foreign Assistance Oversight

(a) Establishment There is authorized to be established in the Department a Director of United States Foreign Assistance Oversight, who shall be responsible to the Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance for matters pertaining to coordination and strategic oversight of all foreign assistance activities across the Department of State, and such other related duties as the Secretary may from time to time designate. (b) Responsibilities In addition to the responsibilities described in subsection (a), the Director of United States Foreign Assistance Oversight shall coordinate and oversee the strategic direction, planning, and budgeting of foreign assistance programs in the conduct of foreign policy, including, as appropriate— (1) developing and implementing comprehensive foreign assistance strategies; (2) coordinating interagency assistance planning; (3) providing senior-level leadership for the planning, operational management, and oversight of foreign aid programming across the United States Government; (4) improving strategic coordination of, and oversight over, all foreign assistance funding, focusing on efficacy and strategy; (5) integrating foreign assistance strategies with the broader objectives of United States foreign policy, including security, diplomacy, and development coherence; (6) supporting interagency collaboration on foreign assistance programs and policies of other agencies and entities, including the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the United States International Development Finance Corporation, United States Department of the Treasury, Trade and Development Agency, and Export-Import Bank; (7) generating data-driven performance assessments and policy diagnostics for dissemination to Congress and the Executive Office of the President; (8) leading coordination and oversight of vetting of foreign recipients of assistance, to ensure compliance, accountability, and alignment with United States foreign assistance policies; and (9) such other related duties as the Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance may from time to time designate.