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The bill increases public, timely, evidence-based reporting to improve congressional oversight and inform policy about deaths linked to USAID service stoppages, while raising privacy risks for affected individuals, adding government costs, and risking political controversy.
Immigrants, families of affected individuals, taxpayers, federal employees, and the public will receive a public, evidence-based GAO estimate (including a 180-day interim update and a final report within one year) about deaths linked to USAID service stoppages, improving congressional oversight and transparency.
Congress and policymakers will have evidence they can use to evaluate, restore, or change USAID policies and services to reduce the risk of future harm if the report shows service discontinuation contributed to fatalities.
Immigrants and families named or described in the GAO findings may face privacy, safety, or legal risks if personal information is published or if information is incomplete or contested.
Taxpayers, immigrants, and public institutions could see the GAO findings used for partisan political disputes, generating controversy without immediate remedies for the people affected.
Taxpayers and GAO staff will incur additional cost and workload to prepare detailed mortality estimates and name determinations, increasing federal administrative expense.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Directs GAO to publish an interim (180 days) and final (1 year) public report estimating deaths tied to a USAID stop work order, service discontinuation, or shuttering and identifying named decedents.
Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to prepare and deliver a public interim update in 180 days and a public final report within one year estimating deaths in 2025 and projected deaths over five years that are attributable to an initial USAID stop work order, the discontinuation of USAID services, and the complete shuttering of USAID. The GAO must also determine whether 10 specific individuals named in the law died as a result of those USAID actions and list any other known individuals who died for those reasons. Both reports must be submitted to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Introduced January 27, 2026 by Brad Sherman · Last progress January 27, 2026