IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2116 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To enhance stabilization of conflict-affected areas and prevent violence and fragility globally, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Fragility Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) According to the United Nations, an un6 precedented 68.5 million people around the world, 

7 the highest level ever recorded, are currently forcibly 

8 displaced from their homes. 

9 (2) According to the World Bank, violence and 

10 violent conflict are now the leading causes of dis11 placement and food insecurity worldwide, driving 80 

12 percent of humanitarian needs, with the same con13 flicts accounting for the majority of forcibly dis14 placed persons every year since 1991. 

15 (3) According to the Institute for Economics 

16 and Peace, violence containment costs the global 

17 economy $14.76 trillion a year, or 12.4 percent of 

18 the world’s GDP. 

19 (4) Violence and violent conflict underpin many 

20 of the United States Government’s key national se21 curity challenges. Notably, violent conflicts allow for 

22 environments in which terrorist organizations recruit 

23 and thrive, while the combination of violence, cor24 ruption, poverty, poor governance, and underdevelop25 ment often enables transnational gangs and criminal 


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1 networks to wreak havoc and commit atrocities 

2 worldwide. 

3 (5) According to research by the University of 

4 Maryland and University of Pittsburgh, exposure to 

5 violence increases support for violence and violent 

6 extremism. Research increasingly finds exposure to 

7 violence as a predictor of future participation in vio8 lence, including violent extremism. 

9 (6) United States foreign policy and assistance 

10 efforts in highly violent and fragile states remain 

11 governed by an outdated patchwork of authorities 

12 that prioritize responding to immediate needs rather 

13 than solving the problems that cause them. 

14 (7) Lessons learned over the past 20 years, doc15 umented by the 2013 Special Inspector General for 

16 Iraq Reconstruction Lessons Learned Study, the 

17 2016 Fragility Study Group report, and the 2018 

18 Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Lessons 

19 Learned Study on Stabilization, show that effective, 

20 sustained United States efforts to reduce violence 

21 and stabilize fragile and violence-affected states re22 quire clearly defined goals and strategies, adequate 

23 long-term funding, rigorous and iterative conflict 

24 analysis, coordination across the United States Gov25 ernment, including strong civil-military coordination, 


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1 attention to the problem of corruption, and integra2 tion with and leadership from national and sub-na3 tional partners, including local civil society organiza4 tions, traditional justice systems, and local govern5 ance structures. 

6 (8) The ‘‘Stabilization Assistance Review’’ re7 leased in 2018 by the Departments of State and De8 fense and the United States Agency for Inter9 national Development states, ‘‘The United States 

10 has strong national security and economic interests 

11 in reducing levels of violence and promoting stability 

12 in areas affected by armed conflict.’’. The Review 

13 further states, ‘‘Stabilization is an inherently polit14 ical endeavor that requires aligning U.S. Govern15 ment efforts—diplomatic engagement, foreign assist16 ance, and defense—toward supporting locally legiti17 mate authorities and systems to peaceably manage 

18 conflict and prevent violence.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

20 It is the policy of the United States to— 

21 (1) ensure that all relevant Federal depart22 ments and agencies coordinate to achieve coherent, 

23 long-term goals for programs designed to stabilize 

24 conflict-affected areas and prevent violence and fra25 gility globally, including when implementing the 


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1 Global Fragility Initiative established pursuant to 

2 section 6; 

3 (2) seek to improve global, regional, and local 

4 coordination of relevant international and multilat5 eral development and donor organizations regarding 

6 efforts to stabilize conflict-affected areas and pre7 vent violence and fragility globally, and, where prac8 ticable and appropriate, align such efforts with mul9 tilateral goals and indicators; 

10 (3) expand and enhance the effectiveness of 

11 United States foreign assistance programs and ac12 tivities to stabilize conflict-affected areas and pre13 vent violence and fragility globally; 

14 (4) support the research and development of ef15 fective approaches to stabilize conflict-affected areas 

16 and prevent violence and fragility globally, and data 

17 collection efforts relevant to such approaches; and 

18 (5) improve the tools and authorities for assess19 ment, monitoring, and evaluation needed to enable 

20 learning and adaptation by such relevant Federal de21 partments and agencies working to stabilize conflict22 affected areas and prevent violence and fragility 

23 globally. 

24 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

25 (a) STABILIZATION AND PREVENTION FUND.— 


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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

2 the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 

3 known as the ‘‘Stabilization and Prevention Fund’’ 

4 (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), to be 

5 administered by the Department of State and the 

6 United States Agency for International Development 

7 (USAID), and consisting of amounts authorized to 

8 be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2). 

9 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund 

11 $200,000,000 for each of the 5 fiscal years begin12 ning with the first fiscal year that begins after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act. Amounts author14 ized to be appropriated pursuant to this paragraph 

15 are authorized to remain available until expended. 

16 (3) PURPOSES OF THE FUND.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to 

18 be appropriated to the Fund shall be used for 

19 economic and development assistance for any of 

20 the following: 

21 (i) To support stabilization of conflict22 affected areas and prevent violence and 

23 fragility globally, including through the 

24 Global Fragility Initiative established pur25 suant to section 6. 


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1 (ii) To provide assistance to areas lib2 erated or at risk from, or under the control 

3 of, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, 

4 other terrorist organizations, or violent ex5 tremist organizations, including for sta6 bilization assistance for vulnerable ethnic 

7 and religious minority communities af8 fected by conflict. 

9 (B) ADDITION.—Amounts authorized to be 

10 appropriated to the Fund are in addition to any 

11 amounts otherwise made available for the pur12 poses described in subparagraph (A). 

13 (4) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later 

14 than 15 days before amounts from the Fund are ob15 ligated, the Secretary of State or Administrator of 

16 the United States Agency for International Develop17 ment shall submit notification of such obligation 

18 to— 

19 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

20 the House of Representatives; 

21 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of 

22 the House of Representatives; 

23 (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

24 the Senate; and 


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1 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

2 the Senate. 

3 (b) COMPLEX CRISES FUND.— 

4 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

5 the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 

6 known as the ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’ (in this sub7 section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), to be adminis8 tered by USAID. 

9 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund 

11 $30,000,000 for each of the 5 fiscal years beginning 

12 with the first fiscal year that begins after the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act. Amounts authorized to 

14 be appropriated pursuant to this paragraph are au15 thorized to remain available until expended. 

16 (3) PURPOSES OF THE FUND.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

18 other provision of law, except section 620M of 

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

20 2378d), amounts in the Fund may be used to 

21 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assist22 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) to 

23 support programs and activities to prevent or 

24 respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign chal25 lenges and complex crises overseas, including 


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1 through the Global Fragility Initiative estab2 lished pursuant to section 6. 

3 (B) ADDITION.—Amounts authorized to be 

4 appropriated to the Fund are in addition to any 

5 amounts otherwise made available for the pur6 poses described in subparagraph (A). 

7 (4) LIMITATIONS.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund 

9 may not be expended for lethal assistance or to 

10 respond to natural disasters. 

11 (B) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not 

12 more than 5 percent of amounts in the Fund 

13 may be used for administrative expenses. 

14 (5) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later 

15 than 5 days before amounts from the Fund are obli16 gated, the Administrator of the United States Agen17 cy for International Development shall submit notifi18 cation of such obligation to— 

19 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

20 the Senate; 

21 (B) the Committee on Appropriations of 

22 the Senate; 

23 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

24 the House of Representatives; and 


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1 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

2 the House of Representatives. 

3 (6) WAIVER.—Notification in accordance with 

4 paragraph (5) may be waived if— 

5 (A) notification by the deadline specified in 

6 such paragraph would pose a substantial risk to 

7 human health or welfare; and 

8 (B) the congressional committees specified 

9 in such paragraph— 

10 (i) are notified not later than 3 days 

11 after an obligation of amounts from the 

12 Fund; and 

13 (ii) are provided with an explanation 

14 of the emergency circumstances that neces15 sitated such waiver. 

16 (c) OTHER FUNDING AND COST MATCHING.—The 

17 Global Fragility Initiative established pursuant to section 

18 6— 

19 (1) may be supported by funds other than 

20 funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this 

21 section; and 

22 (2) shall seek to leverage funds from sources 

23 other than the United States Government in order 

24 to promote coordination and cost-matching to the 

25 maximum extent practicable. 


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1 SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ASSISTANCE FOR 

2 THE GLOBAL FRAGILITY INITIATIVE. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that the President, the 

4 Secretary of State, the Administrator of USAID, the Sec5 retary of Defense, and the heads of other relevant Federal 

6 departments and agencies should work with the appro7 priate congressional committees to provide sufficient types 

8 and levels of funding to— 

9 (1) allow for more adaptive and responsive pol10 icy and program planning, implementation, and scal11 ing under the Global Fragility Initiative established 

12 pursuant to section 6, including through more flexi13 ble funding mechanisms and exemptions from spe14 cific and minimum funding levels when such exemp15 tions would make such programs better able to re16 spond to local needs, the results of monitoring and 

17 evaluation, or changed circumstances in relevant 

18 countries; 

19 (2) better integrate the initiative and other con20 flict and violence reduction objectives and activities 

21 into other policy and program areas, where appro22 priate; and 

23 (3) support transparent and accountable multi24 lateral funds, initiatives, and strategies to enhance 

25 and better coordinate both private and public efforts 


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1 to stabilize conflict-affected areas and prevent vio2 lence and fragility globally. 

3 SEC. 6. GLOBAL FRAGILITY INITIATIVE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

5 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State, 

6 in coordination with the Administrator of the United 

7 States Agency for International Development 

8 (USAID), the Secretary of Defense, the Atrocities 

9 Prevention Board (or any successor entity), and the 

10 heads of other relevant Federal departments and 

11 agencies, shall, in accordance with subsection (b), es12 tablish an interagency initiative, to be referred to as 

13 the ‘‘Global Fragility Initiative’’, to stabilize conflict14 affected areas and prevent violence and fragility 

15 globally. 

16 (2) STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION.—The Glob17 al Fragility Initiative required under this subsection 

18 shall be developed in consultation with representa19 tives of local civil society and national and local gov20 ernance entities, as well as relevant international de21 velopment organizations with experience imple22 menting programs in fragile and violence-affected 

23 communities, multilateral organizations and donors, 

24 and relevant private, academic, and philanthropic 

25 entities, as appropriate. 


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1 (b) ESTABLISHMENT PLAN.—Not later than 180 

2 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of 

4 USAID, the Secretary of Defense, the Atrocities Preven5 tion Board (or any successor entity), and the heads of 

6 other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall 

7 submit to the appropriate congressional committees an 

8 interagency plan regarding the establishment of the Global 

9 Fragility Initiative pursuant to subsection (a) that in10 cludes the following: 

11 (1) Identification of the roles and responsibil12 ities of each participating Federal department or 

13 agency, while ensuring that— 

14 (A) the Department of State is the overall 

15 lead department for establishing United States 

16 foreign policy and advancing diplomatic and po17 litical efforts; 

18 (B) USAID is the lead implementing agen19 cy for development, humanitarian, and related 

20 non-security program policy; 

21 (C) where appropriate, the Department of 

22 Defense may support the activities of the De23 partment of State and USAID by providing 

24 requisite security and support to civilian efforts 

25 with the joint-formulation, coordination, and 


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1 concurrence of the Secretary of State and Ad2 ministrator of USAID; and 

3 (D) other Federal departments and agen4 cies support the activities of the Department of 

5 State and USAID as appropriate, with the con6 currence of the Secretary of State and Adminis7 trator of USAID. 

8 (2) Identification of which officials of the De9 partment of State, USAID, and the Department of 

10 Defense, with a rank not lower than Assistant Sec11 retary or Assistant Administrator, as the case may 

12 be, will be responsible for overseeing and leading the 

13 initiative. 

14 (3) Identification of the authorities, staffing, 

15 and other resource requirements needed to effec16 tively implement the initiative. 

17 (4) Descriptions of the organizational steps the 

18 Secretary of State, the Administrator, the Secretary 

19 of Defense, and the head of each other relevant Fed20 eral department or agency will take to improve plan21 ning, coordination, implementation, assessment, 

22 monitoring, evaluation, adaptive management, and 

23 iterative learning with respect to the programs car24 ried out under the initiative. 


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1 (5) Descriptions of the steps the Secretary of 

2 State, the Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, 

3 and the head of each other relevant Federal depart4 ment or agency will take to ensure appropriate host5 country ownership and to improve coordination and 

6 collaboration under the initiative with international 

7 development organizations, international donors, 

8 multilateral organizations, and the private sector. 

9 (6) Descriptions of potential areas of improved 

10 public and private sector research and development, 

11 including with academic, philanthropic, and civil so12 ciety organizations, on data collection efforts and 

13 more effective approaches to stabilize conflict-af14 fected areas and prevent violence and fragility glob15 ally. 

16 (7) Descriptions of the processes for regularly 

17 evaluating and updating the initiative on an iterative 

18 basis, including regarding priority country and re19 gional plans described in subsection (d). 

20 (8) A list of priority countries and regions se21 lected pursuant to subsection (c), including descrip22 tions of the rationale for such selections. 

23 (c) SELECTION OF PRIORITY COUNTRIES AND RE24 GIONS.—The Secretary of State, in coordination with the 

25 Administrator of USAID and the Secretary of Defense, 


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1 and in consultation with the appropriate congressional 

2 committees, shall select certain countries as ‘‘priority 

3 countries’’ and certain regions as ‘‘priority regions’’ for 

4 the Global Fragility Initiative— 

5 (1) on the basis of— 

6 (A) clearly defined indicators of the levels 

7 of violence or fragility in such country or re8 gion, such as the country or region’s— 

9 (i) ranking on recognized global fra10 gility lists, such as the Organization for 

11 Economic Co-operation and Development 

12 States of Fragility report, the Fund for 

13 Peace Fragile States Index, the World 

14 Bank Harmonized List of Fragile Situa15 tions, the Institute for Economics and 

16 Peace Global Peace Index, and Holocaust 

17 Museum Early Warning Project Risk As18 sessment; 

19 (ii) ranking on select United States 

20 Government conflict and atrocity early 

21 warning watch lists; and 

22 (iii) levels of violence, such as violence 

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1 lence, and violence against children and 

2 youth; and 

3 (B) an assessment of— 

4 (i) the capacity and commitment of 

5 national and sub-national government enti6 ties and civil society partners in such coun7 try or region to work with Federal depart8 ments and agencies on the initiative, in9 cluding by demonstrating the willingness 

10 and making demonstrable efforts to im11 prove governance, enhance rule of law, and 

12 protect human rights; and 

13 (ii) the likelihood that selection as a 

14 priority country or priority region would 

15 allow the initiative to measurably stabilize 

16 conflict-affected areas or prevent violence 

17 and fragility in such country or region; and 

18 (2) in a manner that ensures that— 

19 (A) not fewer than three countries or re20 gions are designated as ‘‘Stabilization Coun21 tries’’ or ‘‘Stabilization Regions’’, as the case 

22 may be, in which current levels of violence are 

23 among the highest in the world; 

24 (B) not fewer than three countries or re25 gions are designated as ‘‘Prevention Countries’’ 


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1 or ‘‘Prevention Regions’’, as the case may be, 

2 in which current levels of violence are lower 

3 than such levels in Stabilization Countries or 

4 Stabilization Regions but risk factors for vio5 lence or fragility are significant; 

6 (C) countries and regions selected are in 

7 the areas of responsibility of at least three geo8 graphic bureaus of the Department of State; 

9 and 

10 (D) regions, rather than individual coun11 tries, are selected where the threat or spillover 

12 of violence, conflict, or fragility threatens mul13 tiple countries within a single geographic re14 gion. 

15 (d) COUNTRY AND REGIONAL PLANS.—Not later 

16 than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

17 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Adminis18 trator of USAID, the Secretary of Defense, the Atrocities 

19 Prevention Board (or any successor entity), and the heads 

20 of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall 

21 submit to the appropriate congressional committees 10- 

22 year plans to align and integrate under the Global Fra23 gility Initiative required under subsection (a) all relevant 

24 diplomatic, development, security assistance and coopera25 tion, and other relevant activities of the United States 


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1 Government with respect to each of the countries and re2 gions selected pursuant to subsection (c). Each such coun3 try and regional plan shall include the following: 

4 (1) Specific multi-year interagency plans for co5 ordination and implementation under each such 

6 plan. 

7 (2) An up-to-date baseline analysis for each 

8 such country or region, including an analysis of po9 litical dynamics, impacts of violence, and conditions 

10 that contribute to violence and fragility. 

11 (3) Prioritized descriptions of the goals and ob12 jectives for stabilizing conflict-affected areas and 

13 preventing violence and fragility in each such coun14 try or region. 

15 (4) Descriptions of how and when the relevant 

16 goals, objectives, plans, and benchmarks for each 

17 such country or region will be incorporated into rel18 evant United States country plans and strategies, in19 cluding Department of State Integrated Country 

20 Strategies, USAID Country Development Coopera21 tion Strategies, and Department of Defense Cam22 paign Plans, Operational Plans, and Regional Strat23 egies, as well as any equivalent or successor plans or 

24 strategies. 


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1 (5) Interagency plans to ensure that appro2 priate local actors, including government and civil 

3 society entities and organizations led by women, 

4 youth, or under-represented communities, have an 

5 appropriate ownership stake in developing, imple6 menting, assessing, monitoring, evaluating, and up7 dating relevant activities under each such plan. 

8 (6) Interagency plans to integrate existing and 

9 planned security assistance and cooperation pro10 grams in each such country or region with the initia11 tive and to maximize positive outcomes and mitigate 

12 risks associated with such programs, including risks 

13 related to corruption, governance, and human rights. 

14 (7) Assessment, monitoring, and evaluation 

15 frameworks for diplomatic, development, and secu16 rity activities, which shall be informed by consulta17 tions with the stakeholders specified in subsection 

18 (a)(2), with clear, date-certain metrics for each such 

19 country or region, as well as interagency plans for 

20 using such frameworks to adapt such activities on a 

21 regular and iterative basis. 

22 (8) Descriptions of available policy tools and 

23 how such tools will be used to stabilize conflict-af24 fected areas or prevent violence and fragility in each 

25 such country or region. 


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1 (9) A description of how planning and imple2 mentation for each such country or region will be co3 ordinated to ensure such planning and implementa4 tion are conducted in partnership between the 

5 United States Government and— 

6 (A) governments of such countries; 

7 (B) international development organiza8 tions; 

9 (C) relevant international donors; 

10 (D) multilateral organizations; and 

11 (E) the private sector. 

12 (10) A regional component outlining plans to 

13 address relevant transnational issues in cases in 

14 which an individual country is selected and such 

15 country is affected by or at risk of regional fragility 

16 or violence. 

17 (11) A component outlining plans to address 

18 national-level factors at the individual country level 

19 in cases in which a region is selected and such re20 gion is affected by or at risk of fragility or violence 

21 as a result of such national-level factors. 

22 (e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State, in 

23 coordination with the Administrator of USAID, the Sec24 retary of Defense, and the heads of other relevant Federal 

25 departments and agencies, and in consultation with the 


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1 Atrocities Prevention Board (or any successor entity), rel2 evant United States ambassadors, USAID mission direc3 tors, geographic combatant commanders, and other rel4 evant individuals with responsibility over activities in each 

5 priority country or region selected pursuant to subsection 

6 (c), shall ensure that— 

7 (1) the Global Fragility Initiative required 

8 under subsection (a), including each of the country 

9 and regional plans under subsection (d), is imple10 mented, updated, and coordinated on a regular and 

11 iterative basis; and 

12 (2) such initiative is used to guide United 

13 States Government policy at a senior level and incor14 porated into relevant strategies and plans across the 

15 United States Government such that the activities of 

16 all Federal departments and agencies are consistent 

17 with such initiative. 

18 SEC. 7. BIENNIAL REPORTS AND CONGRESSIONAL CON19 SULTATION. 

20 (a) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Not later than 2 years 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 2 

22 years thereafter until the date that is 10 years after such 

23 date of enactment, the Secretary of State, in coordination 

24 with the Administrator of USAID, the Secretary of De25 fense, the Atrocities Prevention Board (or any successor 


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1 entity), and the heads of other relevant Federal depart2 ments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate con3 gressional committees an unclassified report, which may 

4 include a classified annex, on progress made and lessons 

5 learned with respect to the Global Fragility Initiative es6 tablished pursuant to section 6, including each country 

7 and regional plan required as part of such initiative, in8 cluding the following: 

9 (1) Descriptions of steps taken to incorporate 

10 the initiative and such country and regional plans 

11 into relevant strategies and plans that affect such 

12 countries and regions. 

13 (2) Accountings of all funding received and ob14 ligated to implement each such country and regional 

15 plan during the previous 2 years, as well as funding 

16 requested, planned, and projected for the following 2 

17 years. 

18 (3) Descriptions of progress made towards the 

19 goals and objectives established for each such coun20 try and region, including progress made towards 

21 achieving specific targets, metrics, and indicators. 

22 (4) Descriptions of updates made during the 

23 previous 2 years to the goals, objectives, plans of ac24 tion, and other elements described in each such 

25 country and regional plan, as well as any changes 


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1 made to programs based on the results of assess2 ment, monitoring, and evaluation. 

3 (b) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.—The Sec4 retary of State, the Administrator of USAID, and the Sec5 retary of Defense shall provide to any appropriate congres6 sional committee upon the request of any such committee 

7 regular briefings on the implementation of this Act. 

8 SEC. 8. GAO REVIEW. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act and every 2 years there11 after until the date that is 10 years after such date of 

12 enactment, the Comptroller General of the United States 

13 shall consult with the Chairman and Ranking Member of 

14 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

15 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep16 resentatives regarding opportunities for independent re17 view of the activities under the Global Fragility Initiative 

18 established pursuant to section 6, including opportunities 

19 to— 

20 (1) assess the extent to which United States 

21 Government activities in each country and region se22 lected as part of the initiative are being implemented 

23 in accordance with the initiative and the relevant 

24 country or regional plan under the initiative; 


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1 (2) assess the processes and procedures for co2 ordinating among and within each relevant Federal 

3 department or agency when implementing the initia4 tive and each such country and regional plan; 

5 (3) assess the monitoring and evaluation efforts 

6 under the initiative and each such country and re7 gional plan, including assessments of the progress 

8 made and lessons learned with respect to each such 

9 plan, as well as any changes made to activities based 

10 on the results of such monitoring and evaluation; 

11 (4) recommend changes necessary to better im12 plement United States Government activities in ac13 cordance with the initiative, as well as recommenda14 tions for any changes to the initiative; and 

15 (5) assess such other matters as the Comp16 troller General determines appropriate. 

17 (b) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The heads of 

18 all relevant Federal departments and agencies shall ensure 

19 that all relevant data, documents, and other information 

20 is made available to the Comptroller General of the United 

21 States for purposes of conducting independent reviews 

22 pursuant to this section. 

23 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this Act: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committees on Foreign Relations, 

5 Armed Services, and Appropriations of the Sen6 ate; and 

7 (B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 

8 Armed Services, and Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives. 

10 (2) RELEVANT FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OR

11 AGENCY.—The term ‘‘relevant Federal department 

12 or agency’’ means the Department of the Treasury 

13 and any other Federal department or agency the 

14 President determines is relevant to carry out the 

15 purposes of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 20, 2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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