HR7271-119

What This Bill Does

The Evan Anzoo Memorial Act directs the Comptroller General to report within one year to the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee and to publish the report online. GAO must estimate deaths in 2025 due to the USAID stop-work order, discontinued services, and shuttering of USAID; estimate future deaths over five years from loss of services USAID previously provided; determine whether named individuals in South Sudan, Thailand, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda died because they lost access to USAID-provided HIV/AIDS treatment, oxygen, malaria treatment, or antiretroviral drugs; and list other known individuals found to have died for the same reason. GAO must brief the committees within 180 days on interim findings.

Who Benefits and How

Congressional foreign-affairs committees benefit from an evidence-backed public accounting of the human impact of stopping USAID-funded services. Families, advocates, and communities affected by the named deaths benefit if GAO verifies whether the loss of HIV/AIDS treatment, oxygen, malaria treatment, or antiretroviral drugs contributed to those deaths. Global health organizations and oversight groups benefit from a public dataset and mortality estimates that can inform future foreign-aid decisions. Foreign recipients of USAID-supported health services benefit if the report exposes service gaps and pushes policymakers to restore or replace lifesaving services.

Who Bears the Burden and How

GAO must gather mortality data, investigate named cases across multiple countries, estimate 2025 and five-year future deaths, publish the report online, and provide a 180-day update before the final one-year report. Former USAID program administrators, implementing partners, and health-service providers may need to supply records or explain service interruptions. Congressional committees must absorb and oversee politically sensitive findings. Executive-branch officials tied to the stop-work order and USAID shutdown bear scrutiny if GAO attributes deaths or future mortality to those decisions.

Key Provisions

• Requires GAO to report within one year on deaths tied to the USAID stop-work order and discontinued USAID services.
• Requires estimates of 2025 deaths and anticipated future deaths over five years from lost USAID-provided services.
• Directs GAO to assess named cases involving loss of HIV/AIDS treatment, oxygen, malaria treatment, and antiretroviral drugs.
• Requires a public website posting and a 180-day interim update to House and Senate foreign-affairs committees.