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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. CON. RES. 24 

Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 601. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017 

Mr. MCCONNELL submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

considered and agreed to 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 601. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), 

3 That in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 601, the Clerk 

4 of the House of Representatives shall make the following 

5 corrections: 

6 (1) Amend the long title so as to read: ‘‘Making 

7 continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending 

8 September 30, 2018, and for other purposes’’. 

9 (2) Insert before the first section 1 immediately 

10 following the enacting clause the following: 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria3 tions Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Dis4 aster Relief Requirements Act, 2017’’. 

5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

6 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

DIVISION A—REINFORCING EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY IN 

DEVELOPMENT ACT 

DIVISION B—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR DISASTER 

RELIEF REQUIREMENTS ACT, 2017 

DIVISION C—TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT RELIEF 

DIVISION D—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 

7 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

8 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

9 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 

10 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi11 sion. 

12 DIVISION A—REINFORCING EDU13 CATION ACCOUNTABILITY IN 

14 DEVELOPMENT ACT 

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16 (3) In section 3, strike subparagraph (B) of sec17 tion 105(c)(4) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

18 as added by such section 3, and all that follows 

19 through the end of such section 3, and insert the fol20 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(B) such assistance can produce a sub2 stantial, measurable impact on children and 

3 educational systems; and 

4 ‘‘(C) there is the greatest opportunity to 

5 reduce childhood and adolescence exposure to or 

6 engagement in violent extremism or extremist 

7 ideologies.’’. 

8 (4) Insert after section 3 the following: 

9 SEC. 4. COMPREHENSIVE INTEGRATED UNITED STATES 

10 STRATEGY TO PROMOTE BASIC EDUCATION. 

11 (a) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

13 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

14 a comprehensive United States strategy to be carried out 

15 during the following five fiscal years to promote quality 

16 basic education in partner countries by— 

17 (1) seeking to equitably expand access to basic 

18 education for all children, particularly marginalized 

19 children and vulnerable groups; and 

20 (2) measurably improving the quality of basic 

21 education and learning outcomes. 

22 (b) REQUIREMENT TO CONSULT.—In developing the 

23 strategy required under subsection (a), the President shall 

24 consult with— 

25 (1) the appropriate congressional committees; 


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1 (2) relevant Executive branch agencies and offi2 cials; 

3 (3) partner country governments; and 

4 (4) local and international nongovernmental or5 ganizations, including faith-based organizations and 

6 organizations representing students, teachers, and 

7 parents, and other development partners engaged in 

8 basic education assistance programs in developing 

9 countries. 

10 (c) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The President shall provide 

11 an opportunity for public comment on the strategy re12 quired under subsection (a). 

13 (d) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub14 section (a)— 

15 (1) shall be developed and implemented con16 sistent with the principles set forth in section 105(c) 

17 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by 

18 section 3; and 

19 (2) shall seek— 

20 (A) to prioritize assistance provided under 

21 this subsection to countries that are partners of 

22 the United States and whose populations are 

23 most in need of improved basic education, as 

24 determined by indicators such as literacy and 

25 numeracy rates; 


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1 (B) to build the capacity of relevant actors 

2 in partner countries, including in government 

3 and in civil society, to develop and implement 

4 national education plans that measurably im5 prove basic education; 

6 (C) to identify and replicate successful 

7 interventions that improve access to and quality 

8 of basic education in conflict settings and in 

9 partner countries; 

10 (D) to project general levels of resources 

11 needed to achieve stated program objectives; 

12 (E) to develop means to track implementa13 tion in partner countries and ensure that such 

14 countries are expending appropriate domestic 

15 resources and instituting any relevant legal, 

16 regulatory, or institutional reforms needed to 

17 achieve stated program objectives; 

18 (F) to leverage United States capabilities, 

19 including through technical assistance, training, 

20 and research; and 

21 (G) to improve coordination and reduce 

22 duplication among relevant Executive branch 

23 agencies and officials, other donors, multilateral 

24 institutions, nongovernmental organizations, 

25 and governments in partner countries. 


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1 SEC. 5. IMPROVING COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT. 

2 (a) SENIOR COORDINATOR OF UNITED STATES

3 INTERNATIONAL BASIC EDUCATION ASSISTANCE.—There 

4 is established within the United States Agency for Inter5 national Development a Senior Coordinator of United 

6 States International Basic Education Assistance (referred 

7 to in this section as the ‘‘Senior Coordinator’’). The Senior 

8 Coordinator shall be appointed by the President, shall be 

9 a current USAID employee serving in a career or non10 career position in the Senior Executive Service or at the 

11 level of a Deputy Assistant Administrator or higher, and 

12 shall serve concurrently as the Senior Coordinator. 

13 (b) DUTIES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Senior Coordinator 

15 shall have primary responsibility for the oversight 

16 and coordination of all resources and activities of the 

17 United States Government relating to the promotion 

18 of international basic education programs and activi19 ties. 

20 (2) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—The Senior Coordinator 

21 shall— 

22 (A) facilitate program and policy coordina23 tion of international basic education programs 

24 and activities among relevant Executive branch 

25 agencies and officials, partner governments, 


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1 multilateral institutions, the private sector, and 

2 nongovernmental and civil society organizations; 

3 (B) develop and revise the strategy re4 quired under section 4; 

5 (C) monitor, evaluate, and report on activi6 ties undertaken pursuant to the strategy re7 quired under section 4; and 

8 (D) establish due diligence criteria for all 

9 recipients of funds provided by the United 

10 States to carry out activities under this Act and 

11 the amendments made by this Act. 

12 (c) OFFSET.—In order to eliminate duplication of ef13 fort and activities and to offset any costs incurred by the 

14 United States Agency for International Development in 

15 appointing the Senior Coordinator under subsection (a), 

16 the President shall, after consulting with appropriate con17 gressional committees, eliminate a position within the 

18 United States Agency for International Development (un19 less otherwise authorized or required by law) that the 

20 President determines to be necessary to fully offset such 

21 costs and eliminate duplication. 

22 SEC. 6. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS. 

23 The President shall seek to ensure that programs car24 ried out under the strategy required under section 4 

25 shall— 


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1 (1) apply rigorous monitoring and evaluation 

2 methodologies to determine if programs and activi3 ties provided under this subsection accomplish meas4 urable improvements in literacy, numeracy, or other 

5 basic skills development that prepare an individual 

6 to be an active, productive member of society and 

7 the workforce; 

8 (2) include methodological guidance in the im9 plementation plan and support systemic data collec10 tion using internationally comparable indicators, 

11 norms, and methodologies, to the extent practicable 

12 and appropriate; 

13 (3) disaggregate all data collected and reported 

14 by age, gender, marital status, disability, and loca15 tion, to the extent practicable and appropriate; 

16 (4) include funding for both short- and long17 term monitoring and evaluation to enable assess18 ment of the sustainability and scalability of assist19 ance programs; and 

20 (5) support the increased use and public avail21 ability of education data for improved decision mak22 ing, program effectiveness, and monitoring of global 

23 progress. 


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1 SEC. 7. TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING TO CONGRESS. 

2 (a) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

3 STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the end of 

4 each fiscal year during which the strategy developed pur5 suant to section 4(a) is carried out, the President shall— 

6 (1) submit a report to the appropriate congres7 sional committees that describes the implementation 

8 of such strategy; and 

9 (2) make the report described in paragraph (1) 

10 available to the public. 

11 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re12 quired under subsection (a) shall include— 

13 (1) a description of the efforts made by relevant 

14 Executive branch agencies and officials to implement 

15 the strategy developed pursuant to section 4, with a 

16 particular focus on the activities carried out under 

17 the strategy; 

18 (2) a description of the extent to which each 

19 partner country selected to receive assistance for 

20 basic education meets the priority criteria specified 

21 in section 105(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act, as 

22 added by section 3; and 

23 (3) a description of the progress achieved over 

24 the reporting period toward meeting the goals, objec25 tives, benchmarks, and timeframes specified in the 

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1 gram level, as developed pursuant to monitoring and 

2 evaluation specified in section 6, with particular em3 phasis on whether there are demonstrable student 

4 improvements in literacy, numeracy, or other basic 

5 skills development that prepare an individual to be 

6 an active, productive member of society and the 

7 workforce. 

8 (5) In division B, under the heading ‘‘DISASTER

9 RELIEF FUND’’, strike the first ‘‘Provided further’’ 

10 and insert ‘‘Provided’’. 

11 (6) In section 101(c)(1) of division C, strike 

12 ‘‘under section 101(a)’’ and insert ‘‘under section 

13 101(b)(1)’’. 

14 (7) Strike the final section 4 and all that follows 

15 through the end. 

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