# Ukraine Aid Oversight Act Plain Language Summary

This bill creates a system to track and report on how the U.S. government is spending money and sending aid to Ukraine. Three government watchdog offices—from the Defense Department, State Department, and the international aid agency (USAID)—would be required to work together and publish detailed reports every three months. These reports would go to Congress and be made available to the public, so Americans can see what's happening with their tax dollars being sent to Ukraine.

The reports would cover important details like whether there are enough safeguards in place to prevent money from being wasted, stolen, or misused. They'd also document any actual cases of fraud, corruption, or mismanagement that inspectors discover, and explain what lessons have been learned about how to better oversee this assistance. The bill also requires the watchdog offices to report on any problems they encounter when trying to do their jobs—for example, if organizations aren't cooperating with their investigations or aren't being transparent. Additionally, the reports must list any military contracts the Defense Department awarded without competitive bidding, and recommend what Congress might need to do differently to improve oversight.

To make this work, the bill requires at least one inspector from each watchdog office to actually be stationed in Ukraine on the ground, so they can directly observe how aid is being used and investigate problems firsthand. The government can also hire additional temporary staff to help with this oversight work. This reporting requirement would continue until January 1, 2030, or whenever the war in Ukraine ends and reconstruction is complete—whichever comes later.

Ukraine Aid Oversight Act

McCormick, Richard

Ukraine Aid Oversight Act This bill requires the Offices of the Inspector General in the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of State, and the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide a quarterly report to Congress regarding international assistance to Ukraine. Among other things, the report must detail (1) the sufficiency of the oversight frameworks in place; (2) instances of fraud, waste, or misuse of assistance; (3) instances where DOD used sole source contracting authority; and (4) recommendations to improve assistance. The bill authorizes the specified offices to hire employees to prepare the report. The reporting requirement sunsets on January 1, 2030, or when the war and postwar reconstruction efforts in Ukraine end, whichever is later.