Deeply cut IDA accounts and term-limit chronic humanitarian responses
Mandate would work with Congress for deep IDA cuts ending programs in places like Yemen/Syria/Afghanistan seen as captured by malign actors, require country exit strategies, shift from U.N./global NGOs to local faith entities, and force unused IDA authorities and stricter vetting.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 9 (USAID) — Global Humanitarian Assistance: work with Congress to make deep IDA cuts by ending programs that do more harm than good in places controlled by malign actors (e.g., Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan); require USAID/State country-based exit strategies term-limiting emergencies; transition from large U.N./NGO awards to local especially faith-based entities; require BHA use of unused IDA authorities; hire more procurement officers; stricter vetting; greater donor cost-sharing conditions.
Undo plan
1) Maintain needs-based humanitarian aid with diversion controls rather than wholesale exits from high-need crises.
2) Keep U.N./INGO channels where they are sole access, while improving monitoring.
3) Require civilian-harm and famine-risk assessments before cutting IDA.
4) Use exit strategies as transition plans with development handoffs—not abrupt cliffs.
5) Verify: independent diversion audits plus mortality/displacement trend tracking.