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GAO-24-106884 1 (2024-03-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaoqbv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Why This Matters Key Takeaways Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has had devastating consequences: causing tremendous loss of life, creating a humanitarian crisis, threatening democracy, and exacerbating global challenges such as food insecurity. In response, Congress appropriated more than $113 billion under four Ukraine supplemental appropriations acts (Ukraine acts). From those appropriations, the Departments of State, the Treasury, Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) identified $43 billion in foreign assistance as allocated in response to the crisis in Ukraine. In addition to the supplemental funding, State, Treasury, USDA, and USAID identified about $1.1 billion in other funding allocated in response to the crisis in Ukraine. This combined $44.1 billion in foreign assistance was allocated largely for economic and humanitarian assistance. Foreign assistance supports U.S. national interests and responds to humanitarian crises, among other things. It is important to understand the status of this assistance to ensure accountability of U.S. funding and to inform decisions about future funding. This report focuses on foreign assistance funds-largely for civilians-allocated in response to the crisis in Ukraine, including for efforts associated with countries outside Ukraine that have also been affected by the crisis. This review does not cover funds allocated for other purposes or appropriated to other agencies, such as funding to the Department of Defense related to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Specifically, this report examines the status of the $44.1 billion in foreign assistance funding State, Treasury, USDA, and USAID identified as an agency response to the crisis in Ukraine caused by the 2022 Russian invasion and describes the types of activities this funding supports. Division M of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, included a provision for us to conduct oversight of the assistance provided in the Ukraine acts. This report is part of a series of reports that we have underway evaluating the types of U.S. assistance being provided in response to the crisis in Ukraine. * As of December 31, 2023, State, USAID, Treasury, and USDA identified about $44.1 billion of foreign assistance allocated in response to the crisis in Ukraine, largely for economic and humanitarian assistance. As of the same date, based on agency data that GAO compiled and assessed, the four agencies had obligated about $42.5 billion and disbursed about $33.8 billion of the allocated amount. * GAO found that State was not using a systematic approach to categorize and separately track the status of foreign assistance specifically in response to the crisis in Ukraine. Consequently, State faced challenges in providing the status of this foreign assistance. Although GAO worked with State to identify relevant assistance, a systematic approach would produce precise and readily available data. Therefore, GAO is recommending that State establish a process for tracking this specific foreign assistance. Page 1 GAO-24-106884 Ukraine Foreign Assistance

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