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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2030 

To provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe drinking water 

and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by improving the capacity 

of the United States Government to fully implement the Senator Paul 

Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 22, 2009 

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. 

BURTON of Indiana, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. WELCH, and Mr. WAMP) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe 

drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis 

by 2015 by improving the capacity of the United States 

Government to fully implement the Senator Paul Simon 

Water for the Poor Act of 2005. 

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 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

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

5 (A) makes access to safe water and sanita6 tion for developing countries a specific policy 

7 objective of United States foreign assistance 

8 programs; 

9 (B) requires the Secretary of State to— 

10 (i) develop a strategy to elevate the 

11 role of water and sanitation policy; and 

12 (ii) improve the effectiveness of 

13 United States assistance programs under14 taken in support of that strategy; 

15 (C) codifies Target 10 of the United Na16 tions Millennium Development Goals; and 

17 (D) seeks to reduce by half between 1990 

18 (the baseline year) and 2015— 

19 (i) the proportion of people who are 

20 unable to reach or afford safe drinking 

21 water; and 

22 (ii) the proportion of people without 

23 access to basic sanitation. 

24 (2) On December 20, 2006, the United Nations 

25 General Assembly, in GA Resolution 61/192, de26 clared 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation, 


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1 in recognition of the impact of sanitation on public 

2 health, poverty reduction, economic and social devel3 opment, and the environment. 

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

5 Con. Res. 318, which— 

6 (A) supports the goals and ideals of the 

7 International Year of Sanitation; and 

8 (B) recognizes the importance of sanitation 

9 on public health, poverty reduction, economic 

10 and social development, and the environment. 

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

12 and sanitation efforts— 

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

14 throughout the world lack access to safe drink15 ing water; and 

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

17 have access to basic sanitation services. 

18 (5) The health consequences of unsafe drinking 

19 water and poor sanitation are significant, accounting 

20 for— 

21 (A) nearly 10 percent of the global burden 

22 of disease; and 

23 (B) more than 2,000,000 deaths each year. 

24 (6) The effects of climate change are expected 

25 to produce severe consequences for water availability 


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1 and resource management in the future, with 

2 2,800,000,000 people in more than 48 countries ex3 pected to face severe and chronic water shortages by 

4 2025. 

5 (7) According to the November 2008 report en6 titled, ‘‘Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World’’, 

7 the National Intelligence Council expects rapid ur8 banization and future population growth to exacer9 bate already limited access to water, particularly in 

10 agriculture-based economies. 

11 (8) A 2009 report published in the Proceedings 

12 of the National Academy of Sciences projects that 

13 the effects of climate change will produce long-term 

14 droughts and raise sea levels for the next 1,000 

15 years, regardless of future efforts to combat climate 

16 change. 

17 (9) According to the 2005 Millennium Eco18 system Assessment, commissioned by the United Nations, more than 1 19 ⁄5 of the world population relies on 

20 freshwater that is either polluted or excessively with21 drawn. 

22 (10) The impact of water scarcity on conflict 

23 and instability is evident in many parts of the world, 

24 including the Darfur region of Sudan, where demand 

25 for water resources has contributed to armed conflict 


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1 between nomadic ethnic groups and local farming 

2 communities. 

3 (11) In order to further the United States con4 tribution to safe water and sanitation efforts, it is 

5 necessary to— 

6 (A) expand foreign assistance capacity to 

7 address the challenges described in this section; 

8 and 

9 (B) represent issues related to water and 

10 sanitation at the highest levels of United States 

11 foreign assistance and diplomatic deliberations, 

12 including those related to issues of global 

13 health, food security, the environment, global 

14 warming, and maternal and child mortality. 

15 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that the United States 

17 should lead a global effort to bring sustainable access to 

18 clean water and sanitation to poor people throughout the 

19 world. 

20 SEC. 4. PURPOSE. 

21 The purpose of this Act is— 

22 (1) to provide first-time access to safe water 

23 and sanitation, on a sustainable basis, for 

24 100,000,000 people in high priority countries (as 

25 designated under section 6(f) of the Senator Paul 


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1 Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 

2 2152h note)) by 2015; and 

3 (2) to enhance the capacity of the United 

4 States Government to fully implement the Senator 

5 Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public 

6 Law 109–121). 

7 SEC. 5. DEVELOPING UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CA8 PACITY. 

9 Section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

10 (22 U.S.C. 2152h) is amended by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(e) OFFICE OF WATER.— 

13 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—To carry out the pur14 poses of subsection (a), the Administrator of the 

15 United States Agency for International Development 

16 shall establish the Office of Water within the Bureau 

17 for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade. 

18 ‘‘(2) LEADERSHIP.—The Office of Water shall 

19 be headed by a Director for Safe Water and Sanita20 tion, who shall report directly to the Assistant Ad21 ministrator of the Bureau for Economic Growth, Ag22 riculture, and Trade. 

23 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) implement this section and the Sen2 ator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 

3 2005 (Public Law 109–121); 

4 ‘‘(B) develop and implement country-spe5 cific water strategies and expertise, in collabo6 ration with appropriate United States Agency 

7 for International Development Mission Direc8 tors, to meet the goal of providing 100,000,000 

9 additional people with sustainable access to safe 

10 water and sanitation by 2015; and 

11 ‘‘(C) place primary emphasis on providing 

12 safe, affordable, and sustainable drinking water, 

13 sanitation, and hygiene in a manner that— 

14 ‘‘(i) is consistent with sound water re15 source management principles; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) utilizes such approaches as direct 

17 service provision, capacity building, institu18 tional strengthening, regulatory reform, 

19 and partnership collaboration. 

20 ‘‘(4) CAPACITY.—The Director may utilize 

21 interagency details or partnerships with universities, 

22 civil society, and the private sector, as needed, to 

23 strengthen implementation capacity. 

24 ‘‘(f) SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL

25 WATER.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—To increase the capac2 ity of the Department of State to address inter3 national issues regarding safe water, sanitation, in4 tegrated river basin management, and other inter5 national water programs, the Secretary of State 

6 shall establish a Special Coordinator for Inter7 national Water (referred to in this subsection as the 

8 ‘Special Coordinator’), who shall report to the Under 

9 Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs. 

10 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The Special Coordinator shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) oversee and coordinate the diplomatic 

12 policy of the United States Government with re13 spect to global freshwater issues, including 

14 interagency coordination related to— 

15 ‘‘(i) sustainable access to safe drink16 ing water, sanitation, and hygiene; 

17 ‘‘(ii) integrated river basin and water18 shed management; 

19 ‘‘(iii) transboundary conflict; 

20 ‘‘(iv) agricultural and urban produc21 tivity of water resources; 

22 ‘‘(v) disaster recovery, response, and 

23 rebuilding; 

24 ‘‘(vi) pollution mitigation; and 


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1 ‘‘(vii) adaptation to hydrologic change 

2 due to climate variability; and 

3 ‘‘(B) ensure that international freshwater 

4 issues are represented— 

5 ‘‘(i) within the United States Govern6 ment; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) in key diplomatic, development, 

8 and scientific efforts with other nations 

9 and multilateral organizations. 

10 ‘‘(3) STAFF.—The Special Coordinator is au11 thorized to hire a limited number of staff to carry 

12 out the duties described in paragraph (2).’’. 

13 SEC. 6. SAFE WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE STRAT14 EGY. 

15 Section 6 of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 

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

17 (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

18 following: ‘‘In developing the program activities 

19 needed to implement the strategy, the Secretary 

20 shall consider the results of the assessment de21 scribed in subsection (e)(9).’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (e)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

24 the end; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe2 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

4 ‘‘(7) an assessment of all United States Govern5 ment foreign assistance allocated to the drinking 

6 water and sanitation sector during the 3 previous 

7 fiscal years, across all United States Government 

8 agencies and programs, including an assessment of 

9 the extent to which the United States Government’s 

10 efforts are reaching the goal of providing first-time 

11 access to safe water and sanitation on a sustainable 

12 basis for 100,000,000 people in high priority coun13 tries; 

14 ‘‘(8) recommendations on what the United 

15 States Government would need to do to achieve the 

16 goals referred to in paragraph (7), in support of the 

17 United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal on 

18 access to safe drinking water; and 

19 ‘‘(9) an assessment of best practices for mobi20 lizing and leveraging the financial and technical ca21 pacity of business, governments, nongovernmental 

22 organizations, and civil society in forming public-pri23 vate partnerships that measurably increase access to 

24 safe drinking water and sanitation.’’. 


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1 SEC. 7. DEVELOPING LOCAL CAPACITY. 

2 The Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 

3 2005 (Public Law 109–121) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating sections 9, 10, and 11 as 

5 sections 10, 11, and 12, respectively; and 

6 (2) by inserting after section 8 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 9. WATER AND SANITATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPAC8 ITY-BUILDING PROGRAM. 

9 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

11 the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

12 International Development (referred to in this sec13 tion as the ‘Secretary’ and the ‘Administrator’, re14 spectively), in consultation with host country institu15 tions, the Centers for Disease Control and Preven16 tion, the Department of Agriculture, and other agen17 cies, as appropriate, shall establish, in every high 

18 priority country, a program to build the capacity of 

19 host country institutions and officials responsible for 

20 water and sanitation in countries that receive assist21 ance under section 135 of the Foreign Assistance 

22 Act of 1961, including training at appropriate levels, 

23 to— 

24 ‘‘(A) provide affordable, equitable, and sus25 tainable access to safe drinking water and sani26 tation; 


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1 ‘‘(B) educate the populations of such coun2 tries about the dangers of unsafe drinking 

3 water and lack of proper sanitation; and 

4 ‘‘(C) encourage behavior change to reduce 

5 individuals’ risk of disease from unsafe drinking 

6 water and lack of proper sanitation and hy7 giene. 

8 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The programs estab9 lished under subsection (a) shall be coordinated in 

10 each country by the lead country water manager 

11 designated in subsection (b)(2). 

12 ‘‘(3) EXPANSION.—The Secretary and the Ad13 ministrator may establish the program described in 

14 this section in additional countries if the receipt of 

15 such capacity building would be beneficial for pro16 moting access to safe drinking water and sanitation, 

17 with due consideration given to good governance. 

18 ‘‘(4) CAPACITY.—The Secretary and the Ad19 ministrator— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall designate staff with appropriate 

21 expertise to carry out the strategy developed 

22 under section 4; and 

23 ‘‘(B) may utilize, as needed, interagency 

24 details or partnerships with universities, civil 


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1 society, and the private sector to strengthen im2 plementation capacity. 

3 ‘‘(b) DESIGNATION.—The United States Agency for 

4 International Development Mission Director for each 

5 country receiving a ‘high priority’ designation under sec6 tion 6(f) and for each region containing a country receiv7 ing such designation shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) designate safe drinking water and sanita9 tion as a strategic objective; 

10 ‘‘(2) appoint an employee of the United States 

11 Agency for International Development as in-country 

12 water and sanitation manager to coordinate the in13 country implementation of this Act and section 135 

14 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

15 2152h) with host country officials at various levels 

16 of government responsible for water and sanitation, 

17 the Department of State, and other relevant United 

18 States Government agencies; and 

19 ‘‘(3) coordinate with the Development Credit 

20 Authority and the Global Development Alliance to 

21 further the purposes of this Act.’’. 

22 SEC. 8. OTHER ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED. 

23 Section 135(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (22 

24 U.S.C. 2152h(c)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

2 end; 

3 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

4 the end; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(5) foster global cooperation on research and 

7 technology development, including regional partner8 ships among water experts to address safe drinking 

9 water, sanitation, water resource management, and 

10 other water-related issues; 

11 ‘‘(6) establish regional and cross-border cooper12 ative activities between scientists and specialists that 

13 work to share technologies and best practices, miti14 gate shared water challenges, foster international co15 operation, and defuse cross-border tensions; 

16 ‘‘(7) provide grants through the United States 

17 Agency for International Development to foster the 

18 development, dissemination, and increased and con19 sistent use of low cost and sustainable technologies, 

20 such as household water treatment, hand washing 

21 stations, and latrines, for providing safe drinking 

22 water, sanitation, and hygiene that are suitable for 

23 use in high priority countries, particularly in places 

24 with limited resources and infrastructure; 


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1 ‘‘(8) in collaboration with the Centers for Dis2 ease Control and Prevention, Department of Agri3 culture, the Environmental Protection Agency, the 

4 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

5 and other agencies, as appropriate, conduct forma6 tive and operational research and monitor and evalu7 ate the effectiveness of programs that provide safe 

8 drinking water and sanitation; and 

9 ‘‘(9) integrate efforts to promote safe drinking 

10 water, sanitation and hygiene with existing foreign 

11 assistance programs, as appropriate, including ac12 tivities focused on HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, 

13 maternal and child health, food security, and nutri14 tional support.’’. 

15 SEC. 9. UPDATED REPORT REGARDING WATER FOR PEACE 

16 AND SECURITY. 

17 Section 11(b) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for 

18 the Poor Act of 2005, as redesignated by section 7, is 

19 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The report 

20 submitted under this subsection shall include an assess21 ment of current and likely future political tensions over 

22 water sources and multidisciplinary assessment of the ex23 pected impacts of global climate change on water supplies 

24 in 10, 25, and 50 years.’’. 


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1 SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro3 priated for fiscal year 2009 and for each subsequent fiscal 

4 year such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act 

5 and the amendments made by this Act, pursuant to the 

6 criteria set forth in the Senator Paul Simon Water for 

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

8 (b) USE OF FUNDS.— 

9 (1) GENERAL WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

10 ACTIVITIES.—Up to 20 percent of the amounts ap11 propriated to implement this Act may be used to 

12 support general water resource management activi13 ties that improve countries’ overall water sources. 

14 (2) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—Any amounts appro15 priated to implement this Act that are not used to 

16 carry out the activities described in paragraph (1) 

17 shall be allocated for activities related to safe drink18 ing water, sanitation, and hygiene. 

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