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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3658 

To strengthen implementation of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

Poor Act of 2005, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2011 

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. BURTON

of Indiana, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. BASS of California, Ms. LEE of California, and Mr. SMITH of Washington) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To strengthen implementation of the Senator Paul Simon 

Water for the Poor Act of 2005, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senator Paul Simon 

5 Water for the World Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

9 Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121)— 

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1 (A) makes access to safe water and sanita2 tion for developing countries a specific policy 

3 objective of United States foreign assistance 

4 programs; 

5 (B) requires the Secretary of State to— 

6 (i) develop a strategy to elevate the 

7 role of water and sanitation policy; and 

8 (ii) improve the effectiveness of 

9 United States assistance programs under10 taken in support of that strategy; 

11 (C) codifies Target 10 of the United Na12 tions Millennium Development Goals; and 

13 (D) seeks to reduce by half between 1990 

14 (the baseline year) and 2015— 

15 (i) the proportion of people who are 

16 unable to reach or afford safe drinking 

17 water; and 

18 (ii) the proportion of people without 

19 access to basic sanitation. 

20 (2) For maximum effectiveness of assistance, 

21 safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene must be 

22 coordinated with and integrated into programs and 

23 strategies for food security, global health, environ24 ment, education, and gender equality. 

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1 (3) On August 1, 2008, Congress passed H. 

2 Con. Res. 318, which— 

3 (A) supports the goals and ideals of the 

4 International Year of Sanitation; and 

5 (B) recognizes the importance of sanitation 

6 on public health, poverty reduction, economic 

7 and social development, and the environment. 

8 (4) While progress is being made on safe water 

9 and sanitation efforts— 

10 (A) more than 884,000,000 people 

11 throughout the world lack access to safe drink12 ing water; and 

13 (B) 2 of every 5 people in the world do not 

14 have access to basic sanitation services. 

15 (5) The health consequences of unsafe drinking 

16 water and poor sanitation are significant— 

17 (A) at any given time, half of the world’s 

18 hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering 

19 from diseases associated with lack of access to 

20 safe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and 

21 poor hygiene; 

22 (B) more than 3,575,000 people die each 

23 year from water-related disease; and 

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1 (C) chronic or acute diarrhea can lead to 

2 cognitive delays, with severe repercussions for 

3 economic development. 

4 (6) Clean water and sanitation are among the 

5 most powerful drivers for human development. They 

6 extend opportunity, enhance dignity, and help create 

7 a virtuous cycle of improving health and rising 

8 wealth. 

9 (7) Diseases linked to unsafe water and poor 

10 sanitation, as well as the time and energy women 

11 often devote to collecting water, significantly reduce 

12 economic productivity in less developed countries 

13 and promote lifecycles of disadvantage. 

14 (8) Expanding access to clean water and sanita15 tion is essential for reducing the global burden of 

16 disease, advancing economic and social development, 

17 protecting basic human rights, prevention of violence 

18 against women, and mitigating sources of conflict. 

19 (9) Nearly 1,000,000,000 people across the 

20 globe still suffer from chronic hunger. Water scar21 city and poor water management reduce agricultural 

22 productivity and threaten food security. 

23 (10) Approximately half the world’s population 

24 lives in cities, often in slums characterized by unsafe 

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1 water, poor sanitation, lack of basic services, over2 crowding, inferior construction and insecure tenure. 

3 (11) According to the 2005 Millennium Eco4 system Assessment, commissioned by the United Nations, more than 1 5 ⁄5 of the world population relies on 

6 freshwater that is either polluted or excessively with7 drawn. 

8 (12) According to the United Nations, women 

9 make up 70 percent of the world’s poor. Yet, the 

10 time they spend collecting water prevents them from 

11 undertaking other activities, such as generating in12 come or attending school. 

13 (13) A lack of access to safe water and im14 proved sanitation close to home and at school can 

15 impact girls’ educational attainment and retention, 

16 limiting their ability to break the cycle of poverty. 

17 Research has found increases in girls’ school enroll18 ment when clean water points were installed closer 

19 to home, and increases in girls’ school attendance 

20 when separate latrines for boys and girls were pro21 vided on site. Meeting the water and sanitation tar22 gets of the Millennium Development Goals would 

23 provide an estimated 272,000,000 additional school 

24 days per year. 

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1 (14) A lack of water points close to home or 

2 safe, private latrines can put women and girls in iso3 lated situations, making them more vulnerable to 

4 sexual and physical violence. Violence against women 

5 and girls has consequences ranging from psycho6 social trauma to heightened risk of HIV/AIDS. 

7 (15) Faith communities across the United 

8 States contribute significantly to the improvement of 

9 water, sanitation, and hygiene in developing coun10 tries. By applying their expertise, providing services, 

11 building the capacity of local organizations, estab12 lishing long-term partnerships with local commu13 nities, empowering marginalized groups, and serving 

14 as a voice for the poor, faith-based and nonprofit or15 ganizations complement and leverage assistance pro16 vided by the United States Government. 

17 (16) United States businesses have developed 

18 key technologies, donated goods and services, 

19 partnered with private and public sector entities, 

20 and invested their capital to improve water and sani21 tation in many developing countries. 

22 (17) Implementation of the Senator Paul Simon 

23 Water for the Poor Act of 2005 must be signifi24 cantly strengthened if the purposes of section 136 of 

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1 the Foreign Assistance Act, as redesignated and 

2 amended by section 4 of this Act, are to be met. 

3 (18) The monitoring and evaluation of the per4 formance of United States foreign assistance pro5 grams and their contribution to policy, strategies, 

6 projects, program goals, and priorities undertaken 

7 by the Federal Government is essential to improving 

8 aid effectiveness. 

9 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

10 The purpose of this Act and the amendments made 

11 by this Act is to strengthen implementation of the Senator 

12 Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 

13 109–121) by— 

14 (1) improving coordination and oversight of 

15 water, sanitation, and hygiene programs within and 

16 between United States Government agencies; 

17 (2) increasing the sustainability of United 

18 States Government-supported water, sanitation, and 

19 hygiene programs; 

20 (3) enhancing water, sanitation, and hygiene 

21 expertise within the United States Agency for Inter22 national Development; and 

23 (4) integrating water and sanitation into pro24 grams and strategies for food security, global health, 

25 environment, education, and gender equality. 

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1 SEC. 4. IMPROVING COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT OF 

2 SAFE WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE 

3 PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 

5 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) by redesignating section 135, as added by 

8 section 5(a) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for 

9 the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121; 119 

10 Stat. 2536), as section 136; and 

11 (2) in section 136, as redesignated by para12 graph (1) of this section— 

13 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

14 ‘‘AND SANITATION’’ and inserting ‘‘, SANITA15 TION, AND HYGIENE’’; 

16 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and 

17 sanitation’’ and inserting ‘‘, sanitation, and hy18 giene’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(e) GLOBAL WATER COORDINATOR.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

22 United States Agency for International Development 

23 (USAID) shall designate a senior advisor to coordi24 nate and oversee water, sanitation, and hygiene as25 sistance, who shall be known as the ‘Global Water 

26 Coordinator’, and who shall report directly to the 

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1 Administrator and the Assistant Administrator over2 seeing water programs. 

3 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Global Water Coordinator 

4 shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) oversee implementation of this section 

6 and the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

7 Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121); 

8 ‘‘(B) lead the development of the safe 

9 water and sanitation strategy required under 

10 section 6 of the Senator Paul Simon Water for 

11 the Poor Act of 2005; 

12 ‘‘(C) assist and monitor the development of 

13 country-specific water strategies in coordination 

14 with relevant USAID Mission Directors and 

15 other appropriate personnel; 

16 ‘‘(D) integrate water, sanitation, and hy17 giene activities into global and country-specific 

18 strategies and programs, including those relat19 ing to food security, global health, environment, 

20 education, and gender equality; 

21 ‘‘(E) develop appropriate benchmarks, in22 dicators, and guidelines for monitoring and 

23 evaluation of water and sanitation programs as 

24 required under section 8 of the Senator Paul 

25 Simon Water for the World Act of 2012; and 

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1 ‘‘(F) foster the development, dissemina2 tion, and increased and consistent use of low3 cost and sustainable technologies, public and 

4 private partnerships, credit guarantees and 

5 other financing arrangements that leverage 

6 non-Federal funds for impact on water, sanita7 tion, and hygiene services that benefit the poor. 

8 ‘‘(3) STAFF.—The Administrator shall ensure 

9 that a sufficient number of employees of USAID 

10 with appropriate experience are assigned to assist 

11 the Global Water Coordinator in carrying out the 

12 duties of paragraph (2). 

13 ‘‘(f) SPECIAL ADVISOR FOR WATER RESOURCES.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 

15 shall designate a senior advisor to coordinate and 

16 oversee policy relating to water and sanitation as17 sistance, who shall be known as the ‘Special Advisor 

18 for Water Resources’, and who shall report directly 

19 to the Secretary of State and the Under Secretary 

20 overseeing water programs. 

21 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Special Advisor for Water 

22 Resources shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) oversee and coordinate the diplomatic 

24 policy of the United States Government with re25 spect to global freshwater issues, including— 

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1 ‘‘(i) working with partner countries 

2 and other stakeholders to develop and sus3 tain political commitment to improving ac4 cess to water, sanitation, and hygiene over 

5 the long term, and mitigating cross-border 

6 conflict; 

7 ‘‘(ii) assisting and encouraging other 

8 countries and international organizations 

9 to plan and manage water resources in an 

10 efficient, transparent, equitable, inclusive, 

11 and environmentally sustainable manner; 

12 ‘‘(iii) fostering regional and cross-bor13 der cooperation for integrated river basin 

14 and watershed management; 

15 ‘‘(iv) mitigating transboundary con16 flict over water resources; 

17 ‘‘(v) fostering integrated river basin 

18 and watershed management; and 

19 ‘‘(vi) fostering agricultural and urban 

20 productivity of water resources; and 

21 ‘‘(B) promote United States policy relating 

22 to international freshwater issues in key diplo23 matic and scientific forums. 

24 ‘‘(3) STAFF.—The Secretary of State shall en25 sure that a sufficient number of employees of the 

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1 Department of State with appropriate experience are 

2 assigned to assist the Special Advisor for Water Re3 sources in carrying out the duties of paragraph 

4 (2).’’. 

5 (b) INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION AND COORDINA6 TION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

8 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis9 trator of the United States Agency for International 

10 Development and the Secretary of State shall de11 velop and implement a process to ensure regular 

12 consultation and coordination between the Global 

13 Water Coordinator and the Special Advisor for 

14 Water Resources so that their efforts are com15 plimentary and in support of the safe water and 

16 sanitation strategy. 

17 (2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—This process 

18 required under paragraph (1) should include jointly 

19 convened meetings with any Federal department or 

20 agency administering United States water, sanita21 tion, and hygiene programs to evaluate progress in 

22 carrying out the safe water and sanitation strategy. 

23 (3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

24 (A) the term ‘‘Global Water Coordinator’’ 

25 means the Global Water Coordinator designated 

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1 under section 136(e) of the Foreign Assistance 

2 Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a)(2) of 

3 this section; 

4 (B) the term ‘‘Special Advisor for Water 

5 Resources’’ means the Special Advisor for 

6 Water Resources designated under section 

7 136(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

8 as added by subsection (a)(2) of this section; 

9 and 

10 (C) the term ‘‘safe water and sanitation 

11 strategy’’ means the strategy required under 

12 section 6 of the Senator Paul Simon Water for 

13 the Poor Act of 2005. 

14 SEC. 5. INCREASING SUSTAINABILITY OF SAFE WATER, 

15 SANITATION, AND HYGIENE PROJECTS AND 

16 ACTIVITIES. 

17 (a) PRINCIPLES.—In order to ensure that water, 

18 sanitation, and hygiene projects and activities carried out 

19 under the authorities of section 136 of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961, as redesignated and amended by section 

21 4 of this Act, and the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

22 Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121) achieve max23 imum impact and continue to deliver lasting benefits after 

24 completion, such projects and activities shall be carried 

25 out in accordance with the following principles: 

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1 (1) Projects and activities should be targeted to 

2 the poorest and most vulnerable countries and com3 munities, including women and girls, displaced per4 sons and refugees, and other marginalized popu5 lations. 

6 (2) Projects and activities should be designed in 

7 consultation with a broad range of local and national 

8 stakeholders, including communities directly affected 

9 by a lack of access to clean water, sanitation or hy10 giene, nongovernmental organizations, cooperatives, 

11 foundations, universities, private sector entities, and 

12 women-focused organizations. 

13 (3) Projects and activities should be designed 

14 wherever possible to be commercially viable over the 

15 long term, and undertaken in conjunction with pri16 vate enterprise. 

17 (4) Governments of countries in which projects 

18 and activities are carried out should identify revenue 

19 streams sufficient to cover the costs of maintaining 

20 public equipment and services with respect to such 

21 projects and activities over the long term. 

22 (5) Projects and activities should provide for a 

23 functioning management and maintenance system 

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1 ment, training and individuals or institutions with 

2 clear responsibilities for achieving sustainability. 

3 (6) With respect to projects and activities that 

4 are managed by communities or institutions, effec5 tive external support should be provided to such 

6 communities or institutions. 

7 (7) Projects should be designed to foster sus8 tainable water management in order to ensure the 

9 long-term sustainability of each such project and to 

10 mitigate any negative environmental impacts. 

11 (8) Access to water and sanitation should be ex12 panded in an equitable manner and on the basis of 

13 need, without regard to race, gender, religion, or 

14 ethnic origin. 

15 (b) LOCAL OWNERSHIP.—The Administrator of the 

16 United States Agency for International Development shall 

17 establish guidelines and procedures to ensure that— 

18 (1) a broad range of local and national stake19 holders is consulted in the development of any coun20 try-specific water strategy; 

21 (2) any water, sanitation, and hygiene projects 

22 and activities authorized under each such strategy 

23 are designed to address the specific needs of women 

24 and girls; and 

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1 (3) local civil society organizations, including 

2 nonprofit organizations as well as businesses, are 

3 full participants in the selection and design, imple4 mentation, monitoring, and evaluation of water, 

5 sanitation, and hygiene projects and activities. 

6 (c) LOCAL PROCUREMENT.— 

7 (1) AUTHORITY.—In providing assistance under 

8 the authorities of section 136 of the Foreign Assist9 ance Act of 1961, as redesignated and amended by 

10 section 4 of this Act, the Administrator of the 

11 United States Agency for International Development 

12 is authorized to award contracts and other acquisi13 tion instruments on a non-competitive basis to local 

14 entities in high priority countries to carry out safe 

15 water, sanitation, and hygiene projects and activities 

16 in such countries. 

17 (2) LIMITATION.—A contract or other instru18 ment described in paragraph (1) may not have a 

19 value that exceeds $5,000,000. 

20 (3) SUPERSEDES OTHER LAWS.—The Adminis21 trator of the United States Agency for International 

22 Development may exercise the authority of para23 graph (1) notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law. 

25 (4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

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1 (A) the term ‘‘high priority country’’ 

2 means a country designated pursuant to section 

3 6 of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

4 Poor Act of 2005; and 

5 (B) the term ‘‘local entity’’ means an indi6 vidual, corporation, or other entity that— 

7 (i) is organized under the laws of the 

8 high priority country; 

9 (ii) has its principal place of business 

10 or operations in such country; and 

11 (iii) is owned or controlled by citizens 

12 of such country. 

13 (5) FUNDING.—Funds made available to carry 

14 out the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act 

15 of 2005 for any fiscal year are authorized to be 

16 made available to carry out this subsection. 

17 (d) RETENTION OF INTEREST.— 

18 (1) AUTHORITY.—In providing assistance under 

19 the authorities of section 136 of the Foreign Assist20 ance Act of 1961, as redesignated and amended by 

21 section 4 of this Act, the Administrator of the 

22 United States Agency for International Development 

23 is authorized to enter into agreements with indige24 nous local private or public groups, associations, or 

25 other entities in high priority countries to provide 

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1 for the retention by such group, association, or other 

2 entity, without deposit in the Treasury of the United 

3 States and without further appropriation by law, of 

4 interest earned on such assistance so provided. 

5 (2) LIMITATION.—An agreement described in 

6 paragraph (1) may not have a value that exceeds 

7 $5,000,000. 

8 (3) USE OF INTEREST.—Any interest earned on 

9 the advance of funds under an agreement authorized 

10 under paragraph (1) may be used only for the pur11 poses for which the agreement is made. 

12 (4) AUDITS.—The Administrator shall, on a 

13 regular and recurring basis, audit interest earned on 

14 advance funds under an agreement authorized under 

15 paragraph (1) to ensure that the requirements of 

16 paragraph (3) are met. 

17 (5) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

18 ‘‘high priority country’’ means a country designated 

19 pursuant to section 6 of the Senator Paul Simon 

20 Water for the Poor Act of 2005. 

21 SEC. 6. SAFE WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE STRAT22 EGY. 

23 Section 6 of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

24 Poor Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended— 

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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AND

2 SANITATION’’ and inserting ‘‘, SANITATION, AND

3 HYGIENE’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of State’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘Administrator of the United States 

7 Agency for International Development’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘shall develop a strategy’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘shall, not later than January 1, 

10 2013, and every four years thereafter, develop 

11 a strategy for the next four years’’; 

12 (C) by striking ‘‘and sanitation’’ and in13 serting ‘‘, sanitation, and hygiene’’; and 

14 (D) by striking ‘‘section 135 of the For15 eign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by sec16 tion 5(a) of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

17 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

18 amended by the Senator Paul Simon Water for 

19 the World Act of 2012’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Adminis21 trator of the United States Agency for International 

22 Development’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of State’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Secretary of 

24 State’’ and inserting ‘‘President’’; 

25 (5) in subsection (e)— 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘and sanitation’’ each place 

2 it appears and inserting ‘‘, sanitation, and hy3 giene’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; 

6 (C) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe7 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

8 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(7) best practices for mobilizing and 

10 leveraging the financial and technical capacity of 

11 multilateral institutions, business, local governments, 

12 nongovernmental organizations, and civil society in 

13 forming public-private partnerships that measurably 

14 increase access to safe and affordable drinking 

15 water, sanitation, and hygiene; 

16 ‘‘(8) the number, types, and level of specialists 

17 and generalists currently employed and projected to 

18 be needed in each functional and geographic area, 

19 including support, management, and administrative 

20 functions, to carry out the strategy; and 

21 ‘‘(9) the assumptions regarding program and 

22 policy priorities and budget levels on which the 

23 strategy is based.’’; 

24 (6) in subsection (f) to read as follows: 

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1 ‘‘(f) DESIGNATION OF HIGH PRIORITY COUN2 TRIES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The strategy required by 

4 subsection (a) shall further include the designation 

5 of high priority countries for assistance under sec6 tion 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

7 amended by the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

8 World Act of 2012. 

9 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—Each designation of a high 

10 priority country described in paragraph (1) shall be 

11 made on the basis of— 

12 ‘‘(A) countries and communities in coun13 tries in which the need for increased access to 

14 safe water, sanitation, and hygiene is greatest; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(B) countries and communities in coun17 tries in which assistance under such section can 

18 be expected to make the greatest difference in 

19 promoting good health, economic development, 

20 poverty reduction, women’s empowerment, con21 flict prevention, and environmental sustain22 ability. 

23 ‘‘(3) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

24 Congress that each designation of a high priority 

25 country described in paragraph (1) should conform 

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1 to the goals and objectives in the country’s multi2 year development strategy.’’; 

3 (7) by striking subsection (g); and 

4 (8) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(g) ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HIGH PRIORITY

7 COUNTRIES.—For each country that is designated as a 

8 high priority country, the United States Agency for Inter9 national Development’s Mission Director for such country 

10 shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) designate sustainably increasing access to 

12 safe drinking water and sanitation as a strategic ob13 jective, reflected in country-specific strategies that 

14 incorporate sustainable water management goals and 

15 targets; and 

16 ‘‘(2) integrate, where appropriate, investments 

17 in water, sanitation, and hygiene with investments in 

18 food security, global health, environment and sus19 tainable water management, education, and gender 

20 equality.’’. 

21 SEC. 7. TRANSPARENCY AND MONITORING AND EVALUA22 TION. 

23 Section 7 of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

24 Poor Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended by 

25 striking section 7 and inserting the following: 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 7. TRANSPARENCY AND MONITORING AND EVALUA2 TION. 

3 ‘‘(a) TRANSPARENCY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

5 the date of the enactment of the Senator Paul 

6 Simon Water for the World Act of 2012, the Admin7 istrator of the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development shall, as part of the Agency’s 

9 Internet Website, establish and maintain a Webpage 

10 to make publicly available comprehensive, timely, 

11 comparable, and accessible information on United 

12 States water, sanitation, and hygiene foreign assist13 ance programs. The head of each Federal depart14 ment or agency that administers such programs 

15 shall on a regular basis publish and update on the 

16 Webpage such information with respect to programs 

17 of the department or agency. 

18 ‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To ensure trans20 parency, accountability, and effectiveness of 

21 United States water, sanitation, and hygiene 

22 foreign assistance programs, the information re23 quired by paragraph (1) shall include— 

24 ‘‘(i) the strategy required by section 

25 6; 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the multi-year development strat2 egy of each developing country under sec3 tion 6(a); 

4 ‘‘(iii) an identification of each country 

5 designated as a high priority country 

6 under section 6(f), including a fully articu7 lated rationale of why the country received 

8 the designation; 

9 ‘‘(iv) a summary of the guidelines and 

10 procedures as required by section 5(b) of 

11 the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

12 World Act of 2012; 

13 ‘‘(v) for each fiscal year, information 

14 on the amount of funds expended in each 

15 country or program, disaggregated by pur16 pose of assistance, including information 

17 on capital investments, and the source of 

18 such funds by account; and 

19 ‘‘(vi) evaluations of water, sanitation, 

20 and hygiene programs, if any. 

21 ‘‘(B) POSTING REQUIREMENTS.—Such in22 formation shall be published on the Webpage 

23 not later than 30 days after the date of 

24 issuance of the information and shall be con25 tinuously updated. 

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1 ‘‘(C) REPORT IN LIEU OF INCLUSION.—If 

2 the head of a Federal department or agency de3 scribed in paragraph (1) makes a determination 

4 that the inclusion of a required item of informa5 tion on the Webpage would jeopardize the 

6 health or security of an implementing partner 

7 or program beneficiary or would be detrimental 

8 to the national interests of the United States, 

9 such item of information may be submitted to 

10 Congress in a written report in lieu of including 

11 it on the Webpage, along with the reasons for 

12 not including it on the Webpage. 

13 ‘‘(3) DATABASE.—The Webpage shall also con14 tain a link to a searchable database available to the 

15 public containing such information relating to the 

16 current fiscal year and, as available, for each prior 

17 fiscal year dating to and including fiscal year 2006. 

18 ‘‘(4) FORM.—Such information shall be pub19 lished on the Webpage in unclassified form. Any in20 formation determined to be classified information 

21 may be submitted to Congress in classified form and 

22 an unclassified summary of such information shall 

23 be published on the Webpage. 

24 ‘‘(b) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Federal 

2 department or agency that administers United 

3 States water, sanitation, and hygiene foreign assist4 ance programs shall monitor and evaluate projects 

5 and activities carried out under such programs, in6 cluding carrying out assessments of impact where 

7 appropriate, and ensuring results of evaluations are 

8 used to inform the design of such projects and ac9 tivities. Such monitoring and evaluations shall be 

10 carried our in accordance with the principles de11 scribed in section 5(a) of the Senator Paul Simon 

12 Water for the World Act of 2012. 

13 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

14 ‘‘(A) MONITORING.—The term ‘moni15 toring’ means, with respect to a United States 

16 water, sanitation, or hygiene foreign assistance 

17 program, a continuing function that uses sys18 tematic collection of data on specified indicators 

19 to provide management and the main stake20 holders of an ongoing development intervention 

21 with indications of the extent of progress and 

22 achievement of objectives and progress in the 

23 use of allocated funds. 

24 ‘‘(B) EVALUATION.—The term ‘evaluation’ 

25 means, with respect to a United States water, 

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1 sanitation, or hygiene foreign assistance pro2 gram, the systematic collection and analysis of 

3 information about the characteristics and out4 comes of the program and projects under the 

5 program as a basis for judgments, to improve 

6 effectiveness, and to inform decisions about cur7 rent and future programming, including an ex8 planation of the reasons for or causes of the ob9 served results.’’. 

10 SEC. 8. REPORT ON CAPACITY AND EXPERTISE. 

11 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

12 of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 

13 shall submit to Congress a report assessing the capacity 

14 of United States Government to carry out and fully imple15 ment this Act, the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor 

16 Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121), as amended by this 

17 Act, and section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

18 1961, as amended by this Act. Such assessment shall give 

19 special focus to— 

20 (1) evaluating the sufficiency of training pro21 grams at both the bureau and mission levels as they 

22 relate to providing long-term, sustainable access to 

23 water, sanitation, and hygiene; 

24 (2) identifying overall levels of staff expertise 

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1 sistance and where additional expertise may be need2 ed; 

3 (3) identifying barriers to implementation; 

4 (4) identifying options for and the estimated 

5 costs associated with remedying the problems identi6 fied in the report; and 

7 (5) evaluate the degree to which assistance is 

8 targeted towards high priority countries, as defined 

9 by section 6(f) of the Paul Simon Water for the 

10 Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121). 

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