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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Foreign Assistance Accountability and Oversight Act

S. 491Introduced Feb 6, 2025Policy area: International Affairs

Official title: A bill to establish the position of Director of Foreign Assistance in the Department of State, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Timothy Kaine D-VA
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 6, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

21 cosponsors — 20 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 21 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Patty Murray (D-WA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Tina Smith (D-MN), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Timothy Kaine.

Sponsor’s state and district

Virginia in Congress

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Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.