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Abolishes the United States African Development Foundation (USADF), removes its enabling statute from law, and transfers all of the Foundation’s functions, assets, and responsibilities to the Secretary of State/Department of State. Existing officers need not be reappointed, and all legal references to the Foundation or its officers will be read as references to the Secretary of State or the Department of State on and after enactment.
Abolishes the United States African Development Foundation that was established under section 503 of the African Development Foundation Act (title V).
Repeal the African Development Foundation Act (Title V).
All functions, unexpended balances, assets, and responsibilities of the United States African Development Foundation that existed as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act are transferred to the Secretary of State.
Nothing in the transfer provision (subsection (a)) may be read to require the reappointment of any officer of the United States African Development Foundation who held office as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
Beginning on the date of enactment, any reference in any statute, reorganization plan, executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or other official document or proceeding to the United States African Development Foundation, or to the President and Chief Executive Officer or any other officer or employee of the United States African Development Foundation, shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of State or the Department of State, as appropriate.
Who is affected and how:
Department of State: Will absorb programmatic, administrative, and oversight duties previously exercised by the Foundation. This increases State Department workload and requires internal administrative action to integrate personnel, records, contracts, and reporting lines.
United States African Development Foundation employees and officers: Their positions, duties, and records transfer to the Department of State. The Act explicitly states that reappointment is not required for officers who held positions immediately before enactment, but employees may become subject to State Department personnel rules and organizational placement.
Grantees, contractors, and partner organizations (including nonprofit and local partners in African countries): Point-of-contact and contractual administration will shift from the Foundation to the Department of State. This may require administrative novation, changes to grant management processes, and adjustments in day-to-day communications and oversight.
Statutory and regulatory frameworks: Laws, regulations, executive orders, agreements, and other official instruments that reference the Foundation will be read as referring to the Secretary of State or Department of State, which affects legal interpretation, compliance, and oversight responsibilities across federal programs.
Congress and oversight bodies: Oversight, reporting, and appropriations relationships linked to the Foundation will be redirected to the Department of State, which may change how Congress engages with the program and could require follow-up legislative or appropriations action to clarify funding paths.
Immediate operational implications include the need for the Department of State to inventory and integrate assets and obligations, to ensure continuity of ongoing projects, to communicate new points of contact to external partners, and to address any contractual or regulatory steps (novations, grant modifications) necessary to lawfully continue preexisting activities. The Act does not provide new funding or detailed implementation steps, so transitional costs or administrative burdens may be absorbed within existing State Department budgets or require separate appropriations or reprogramming.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced March 13, 2025 by James Risch · Last progress March 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate