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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6565 

To improve efforts of the United States Government to ensure that developing 

countries have affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanitation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 21, 2010 

Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas (for herself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, and Mr. CLEAVER) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To improve efforts of the United States Government to ensure that developing countries have affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanitation, 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 ‘‘Global Water Access 

5 and Equity Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL WATER ISSUES DIPLOMATIC CO2 ORDINATOR. 

3 Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 

4 Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub6 section (h); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol8 lowing new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(g) INTERNATIONAL WATER ISSUES DIPLOMATIC

10 COORDINATOR.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.—There is 

12 established within the Department of State in the 

13 immediate office of the Secretary of State a Coordi14 nator of United States Government Diplomatic Ini15 tiatives to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation Glob16 ally (in this subsection referred to as the ‘Coordi17 nator’), who shall be appointed by the President, by 

18 and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 

19 Coordinator shall report directly to the Secretary. 

20 ‘‘(2) DUTIES.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Coordinator shall 

22 perform such duties and exercise such powers 

23 as the Secretary of State shall prescribe. 

24 ‘‘(B) SPECIFIC DUTIES.— 

25 ‘‘(i) ADVISING THE SECRETARY OF

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1 retary of State’s principal advisor on ef2 forts of the United States Government to 

3 ensure that developing countries have af4 fordable and equitable access to safe water 

5 and sanitation. 

6 ‘‘(ii) MONITORING UNITED STATES

7 DIPLOMATIC POLICY.—The Coordinator 

8 shall monitor the diplomatic policy of the 

9 United States Government and shall for10 mulate ways in which such policy may be 

11 used to further the goal of ensuring that 

12 developing countries have access to safe 

13 water and sanitation, including the objec14 tives expressed in the Senator Paul Simon 

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

16 2152h note) and the amendments made by 

17 that Act. 

18 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub19 section, the term ‘safe water’ means water for drink20 ing, household use, and crop irrigation.’’. 

21 SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF GLOBAL WATER AID. 

22 (a) BUREAU FOR GLOBAL WATER AID.—The Sen23 ator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (22 

24 U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating section 11 as section 12; 

2 and 

3 (2) by inserting after section 10 the following 

4 new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 11. BUREAU FOR GLOBAL WATER AID. 

6 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

7 the United States Agency for International Development 

8 a Bureau for Global Water Aid (in this section referred 

9 to as the ‘Bureau’). 

10 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.—The Bureau shall 

11 be headed by an Assistant Administrator for Global Water 

12 Aid (in this section referred to as the ‘Assistant Adminis13 trator’), who shall be appointed by the President, by and 

14 with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Assistant 

15 Administrator shall report directly to the Administrator 

16 of the United States Agency for International Develop17 ment. 

18 ‘‘(c) DUTIES OF ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.—The 

19 Assistant Administrator shall be responsible for the over20 sight and coordination of all United States Government 

21 activities to provide safe water and sanitation to devel22 oping countries, including implementation of this Act and 

23 the amendments made by this Act. 

24 ‘‘(d) STAFF.—The Bureau shall be staffed by such 

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1 essary to carry out the responsibilities of the Assistant Ad2 ministrator.’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSIST4 ANCE ACT OF 1961.— 

5 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (b) of the 

6 second section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

7 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152h(b)), as added by section 

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

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

10 inserting after ‘‘the President’’ the following: ‘‘, act11 ing through the Assistant Administrator for Global 

12 Water Aid,’’. 

13 (2) DEFINITION.—Such section is further 

14 amended by adding at the end the following new 

15 subsection: 

16 ‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 

17 term ‘safe water’ means water for drinking, household use, 

18 and crop irrigation.’’. 

19 (3) REDESIGNATION AND CONFORMING AMEND20 MENTS.— 

21 (A) REDESIGNATION.—Chapter 1 of part I 

22 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

23 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by redesig24 nating the second section 135 (22 U.S.C. 

25 2152h), as added by section 5(a) of the Senator 


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1 Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 

2 (22 U.S.C. 2152h note), as section 136. 

3 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The 

4 Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 

5 2005 (22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended by 

6 striking ‘‘section 135’’ each place it appears 

7 and inserting ‘‘section 136’’. 

8 (c) AUTHORIZATION UNDER THE AGRICULTURAL

9 TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1954.— 

10 Section 104(c)(9) of the Agricultural Trade Development 

11 and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1704(c)(9)) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘section 135’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘section 136’’; and 

15 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen16 tence: ‘‘For purposes of this paragraph, the term 

17 ‘safe water’ means water for drinking, household 

18 use, and crop irrigation.’’. 

19 (d) DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE SEN20 ATOR PAUL SIMON WATER FOR THE POOR ACT OF

21 2005.— 

22 (1) SAFE WATER AND SANITATION STRAT23 EGY.—Section 6 of the Senator Paul Simon Water 

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

25 amended— 


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1 (A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Sec2 retary of State, acting through the Adminis3 trator of the United States Agency for Inter4 national Development,’’ and inserting ‘‘Admin5 istrator of the United States Agency for Inter6 national Development’’; 

7 (B) in subsection (g)— 

8 (i) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 

9 ‘‘Secretary of State’’ and inserting ‘‘Ad10 ministrator of the United States Agency 

11 for International Development’’; and 

12 (ii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 

13 ‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Af15 fairs’’; and 

16 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

17 subsection: 

18 ‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the 

19 term ‘safe water’ means water for drinking, household use, 

20 and crop irrigation.’’. 

21 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEVELOP22 MENT OF LOCAL CAPACITY.—Section 8 of such Act 

23 (22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended by striking 

24 ‘‘Secretary of State’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator 


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1 of the United States Agency for International Devel2 opment’’. 

3 (3) REPORT REGARDING WATER FOR PEACE

4 AND SECURITY.—Section 10(b) of such Act (22 

5 U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of State, in 

7 consultation with the Administrator of the 

8 United States Agency for International Devel9 opment,’’ and inserting ‘‘The Administrator of 

10 the United States Agency for International De11 velopment, in consultation with the Secretary of 

12 State,’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘Committee on Inter14 national Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee 

15 on Foreign Affairs’’. 

16 (4) FURTHER DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY.— 

17 Such Act (22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is further amend18 ed— 

19 (A) by redesignating section 12 (as redes20 ignated by subsection (a) of this section) as sec21 tion 13; and 

22 (B) by inserting after section 11 the fol23 lowing new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 12. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY. 

2 ‘‘(a) COORDINATION.—In overseeing and coordi3 nating United States Government activities to provide safe 

4 water and sanitation to developing countries, the Adminis5 trator of the United States Agency for International De6 velopment shall coordinate with the Secretary of State to 

7 ensure that the manner of carrying out such activities is 

8 consistent with the overall diplomatic policy of the United 

9 States. The Secretary of State shall, to the maximum ex10 tent feasible, make such activities a priority of the diplo11 matic policy of the United States. 

12 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of sec13 tions 6 through 10 and subsection (a) of this section— 

14 ‘‘(1) any reference to the Secretary of State 

15 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary 

16 of State, acting through the Coordinator of United 

17 States Government Diplomatic Initiatives to Provide 

18 Safe Water and Sanitation Globally, established by 

19 section 1(g) of the State Department Basic Authori20 ties Act of 1956; and 

21 ‘‘(2) any reference to the Administrator of the 

22 United States Agency for International Development 

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1 trator for Global Water Aid, established by section 

2 11 of this Act.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROMOTION OF EFFI4 CIENT USE OF WATER. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that the policy of the 

6 United States Government should promote more efficient 

7 use of existing water supplies in developing countries (in8 cluding through superior methods of irrigation), as well 

9 as the development of additional reliable water supplies. 

10 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro12 priated for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016 

13 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act and 

14 the amendments made by this Act. 

15 (b) OTHER AMOUNTS.—Amounts appropriated pur16 suant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection 

17 (a) shall be in addition to the amounts otherwise available 

18 to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this 

19 Act. 

20 (c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 

21 to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) are 

22 authorized to remain available until expended. 

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