Require the Secretary of State, in consultation with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and the Inter-American Foundation, to promote efforts to improve disaster response and resilience.
Require the Secretary of State, in consultation with relevant agencies, to promote disaster response and resilience efforts in the Caribbean.
Occurrences
Evidence
Last Action Date Listed: March 3, 2025. Action: Mr. Kaine (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The bill title says it is to prioritize natural disaster resilience.
The legislation would ... require the Secretary of State, in consultation with USAID, and the Inter-American Foundation, to promote efforts to improve disaster response and resilience.
Assessments
Kaine materially advanced the promised policy by sponsoring or co-sponsoring Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act language requiring the Secretary of State, with USAID and the Inter-American Foundation, to promote Caribbean disaster response and resilience. The 118th Congress version cleared committee, and the 119th Congress version, S.820, was introduced on March 3, 2025. However, the current official bill status is only Introduced, with no evidence that the requirement became law or was otherwise implemented. Because this was a serious legislative attempt but did not deliver the promised outcome, it should be scored as not delivered with an effort badge.