Aid Accountability Act of 2025

This bill adds tough penalties for breaking certain rules in the Foreign Assistance Act. If a federal worker knowingly breaks these rules, they must be fired, banned from future federal jobs, and personally pay back the amount of money that was improperly used. If an organization (like a grantee, sub-grantee, or contractor) violates the rules, it can be blocked from getting federal money in the future.

The Secretary of State must decide when a violation happened and what penalties apply. These decisions can only be changed by a federal court. The Secretary also has to report to Congress within 60 days, explaining what happened, who was involved, and how they will prevent it from happening again.

• Who is affected: federal employees who handle these funds; organizations that receive federal funds tied to these rules; the State Department.
• What changes: mandatory firing and lifetime federal job ban for knowing violations; personal payback of misused funds; loss of future funding for violating organizations; required 60-day report to Congress; court review only by a federal court.
• When: would take effect after becoming law (no special start date is listed).