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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1259 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for 

developing countries to promote quality basic education and to establish 

the achievement of universal basic education in all developing countries 

as an objective of United States foreign assistance policy, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 1, 2007 

Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. SMITH) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide 

assistance for developing countries to promote quality 

basic education and to establish the achievement of universal basic education in all developing countries as an 

objective of United States foreign assistance policy, 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 ‘‘Education for All Act 

5 of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Throughout the world, an alarming number 

4 of children are not receiving primary education. At 

5 least 77 million children of primary school age are 

not in school and 3 6 ⁄5 of such children are girls. 

7 Worldwide, half of school-age children who start pri8 mary school drop out. Hundreds of millions more 

9 children are denied a secondary school education. 

10 (2) Of the approximately 77 million children of 

11 primary school age who are not in school, more than 

12 half live in countries that are considered fragile or 

13 have been affected by conflict and 50 percent live in 

14 Africa. A significant number of such children have 

15 been orphaned or otherwise negatively affected by 

16 HIV/AIDS. Other such children have been victims of 

17 child labor or human trafficking. Without access to 

18 education, such children will not have the skills to 

19 contribute to reconstruction and stabilization of 

20 their countries. 

21 (3) The final report of the National Commis22 sion on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 

23 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Re24 port’’) concluded that education that teaches toler25 ance, the dignity and value of each individual, and 


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1 respect for different beliefs must be a key element 

2 in any global strategy to eliminate terrorism. 

3 (4) Extending the vision of educational oppor4 tunity described in the Report to all developing 

5 countries, including countries affected by armed con6 flict, is critical to achieve the United Nations Millen7 nium Development Goals and prevent the rise of vio8 lent extremism worldwide. 

9 (5) The Report concluded that the United 

10 States Government must offer an example of moral 

11 leadership in the world and offer parents and their 

12 children a vision of the future that emphasizes indi13 vidual educational and economic opportunity. 

14 (6) At the World Education Forum held in 

15 Dakar, Senegal in 2000, the United States joined 

16 more than 180 other countries in committing to the 

17 goal of universal basic education by 2015. Universal 

18 completion of primary school and eliminating gender 

19 disparity in all levels of education not later than 

20 2015 are part of the United Nations Millennium De21 velopment Goals. Currently, at least 70 countries are 

22 unlikely to achieve the goal of 100 percent of chil23 dren completing primary school by not later than 

24 2015. 


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1 (7) The Report noted that the United Nations 

2 has rightly equated ‘‘literacy as freedom’’ and that 

3 the international community is moving toward set4 ting a goal of reducing by half the illiteracy rate in 

5 the Middle East by 2010, through the implementa6 tion of education programs targeting women and 

7 girls and supporting programs for adult literacy. 

8 (8) The Report concluded that ensuring edu9 cational opportunity is essential to the efforts of the 

10 United States to defeat global terrorism and rec11 ommended that the United States Government 

12 ‘‘should offer to join with other nations in gener13 ously supporting [spending funds] . . . directly on 

14 building and operating primary and secondary 

15 schools in those Muslim states that commit to sen16 sibly investing financial resources in public edu17 cation’’. 

18 (9) Basic education has been demonstrated to 

19 be fundamental to development. No country has 

20 reached sustained economic growth without achiev21 ing near universal primary education. Education re22 duces poverty and inequality, and lays the founda23 tion for sound governance, civic participation, and 

24 strong institutions. 


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1 (10) Investing in girls’ education delivers sub2 stantial returns not only in educational attainment 

3 but also in increasing women’s incomes, delaying the 

4 start of sexual activity, reducing infant mortality, in5 creasing women’s political participation, and spur6 ring economic growth. 

7 (11) Education helps to protect children in con8 flict situations from physical harm, exploitation, and 

9 sexual abuse, as well as to avoid the recruitment of 

10 children into armed groups, and to promote good 

11 governance and poverty reduction. 

12 (12) According to progress reports from the 

13 Education for All Fast-Track Initiative, since the 

14 World Education Forum was held in 2000, the num15 ber of children out of school has decreased at an av16 erage rate of 4 million children per year. Despite 

17 this progress, the goal of achieving universal basic 

18 education by 2015 will not be met unless the num19 ber of children out of school decreases at an average 

20 rate of approximately 7 million children per year. 

21 (13) Credible estimates indicate that at least an 

22 additional $7 billion to $10 billion per year of exter23 nal development assistance is necessary for devel24 oping countries to achieve universal basic education 

25 by 2015. 


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1 SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL BASIC EDU2 CATION. 

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

4 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amend5 ed by inserting after section 105 the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 105A. ASSISTANCE TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL BASIC 

7 EDUCATION. 

8 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 

9 ensure that the United States provides the resources and 

10 leadership to ensure a successful international effort to 

11 provide all children with a quality basic education in order 

12 to achieve the goal of universal basic education by 2015 

13 agreed to at the World Education Forum held in Dakar, 

14 Senegal in 2000. 

15 ‘‘(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States 

16 to work with foreign countries and international and civil 

17 society organizations to increase the global commitment 

18 to achieving universal basic education— 

19 ‘‘(1) to assist developing countries to provide all 

20 children with a quality basic education; and 

21 ‘‘(2) to assist nongovernmental and multilateral 

22 organizations working in developing countries to pro23 vide all children with a quality basic education. 

24 ‘‘(c) PRINCIPLES.—In developing the global commit25 ment referred to in subsection (b), the policy of the United 

26 States shall be guided by the following principles: 


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1 ‘‘(1) UNITED STATES RESOURCES.—To lead a 

2 global commitment to achieving universal basic edu3 cation in developing countries, including in devel4 oping countries affected by armed conflict, emerging 

5 from armed conflict, or affected by humanitarian 

6 crises, the United States shall commit substantial 

7 new resources for education in developing countries 

8 to expand access to educational opportunity and in9 spire confidence in such countries that efforts to re10 form education in such countries will receive ade11 quate resources. 

12 ‘‘(2) OTHER MAJOR DONORS.—The United 

13 States Government shall encourage other donors to 

14 contribute commensurate amounts to support such a 

15 global commitment. 

16 ‘‘(3) PRIVATE SECTOR AND NONGOVERN17 MENTAL PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

18 United States efforts in leading such a global com19 mitment shall include explicit strategies to encourage 

20 and integrate contributions of strategic direction and 

21 financial resources from indigenous and inter22 national private sector and civil society organizations 

23 interested in supporting quality universal basic edu24 cation efforts. 


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1 ‘‘(4) SCHOOL ACCESS, QUALITY, AND COMPLE2 TION.—United States assistance for basic education 

3 in developing countries shall seek to expand access 

4 to school for all children, including children in devel5 oping countries that are affected by armed conflict, 

6 emerging from armed conflict, or affected by human7 itarian crises, and to improve the quality of edu8 cation in order to increase the number of children 

9 completing a basic education. 

10 ‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITHIN THE UNITED

11 STATES GOVERNMENT.—The United States Govern12 ment shall establish a comprehensive strategy to im13 prove coordination and collaboration among all de14 partments and agencies of the United States Gov15 ernment involved in providing assistance for basic 

16 education to developing countries to ensure efficient 

17 and effective use of the resources of the United 

18 States. The comprehensive strategy shall recognize 

19 the importance of providing assistance for basic edu20 cation, including the importance of providing such 

21 assistance in humanitarian and other emergency sit22 uations and the importance in providing such assist23 ance as a component of development assistance. The 

24 comprehensive strategy shall ensure the provision of 

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1 tion from emergency situations to reconstruction and 

2 development. 

3 ‘‘(6) COORDINATION BETWEEN EDUCATION AND

4 HIV/AIDS PREVENTION EFFORTS.—United States as5 sistance shall support efforts to improve coordina6 tion between global health and education initiatives 

7 in United States Government programs and inter8 nationally to reduce the adverse impact of HIV/ 

9 AIDS on education systems, teacher workforce, and 

10 orphans and other vulnerable children in developing 

11 countries. 

12 ‘‘(7) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL EDU13 CATION PLANS.—United States assistance for basic 

14 education in developing countries shall be provided 

15 in collaboration and coordination with the national 

16 education plans of such countries to the maximum 

17 extent practicable. 

18 ‘‘(8) INTEGRATION OF EDUCATION PLANS

19 WITHIN OVERALL NATIONAL ECONOMIC STRATE20 GIES.—United States policies and programs shall 

21 encourage developing countries to ensure that efforts 

22 are developed within an overall strategy of economic 

23 and market reforms to reduce poverty and spur sus24 tained economic growth. 

25 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) AIDS.—The term ‘AIDS’ has the meaning 

2 given that term in section 104A(g). 

3 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT4 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’ means— 

6 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations and 

7 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen8 ate; and 

9 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations and 

10 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

11 of Representatives. 

12 ‘‘(3) BASIC EDUCATION.—The term ‘basic edu13 cation’— 

14 ‘‘(A) means an education, generally con15 sisting of completion of 9–10 years of schooling, 

16 including efforts to improve early childhood de17 velopment, primary education, secondary edu18 cation, literacy and numeracy training, and life 

19 skills training; and 

20 ‘‘(B) includes efforts to facilitate and sup21 port the activities described in subparagraph 

22 (A), including efforts to— 

23 ‘‘(i) build the institutional capacity of 

24 a country to manage basic education sys25 tems and measure results; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) construct and rehabilitate 

2 schools; 

3 ‘‘(iii) train teachers; 

4 ‘‘(iv) increase parent and community 

5 involvement in schools; 

6 ‘‘(v) provide learning materials; and 

7 ‘‘(vi) develop curricula. 

8 ‘‘(4) EDUCATION FOR ALL FAST-TRACK INITIA9 TIVE.—The term ‘Education for All Fast-Track Ini10 tiative’ means the Fast-Track Initiative launched in 

11 2002 to mobilize donor resources and accelerate 

12 progress toward the achievement of the United Na13 tions Millennium Development Goal of Education for 

14 All by 2015, an international commitment to bring 

15 the benefits of basic education to every individual. 

16 ‘‘(5) HIV.—The term ‘HIV’ has the meaning 

17 given that term in section 104A(g). 

18 ‘‘(6) HIV/AIDS.—The term ‘HIV/AIDS’ has 

19 the meaning given that term in section 104A(g). 

20 ‘‘(7) MEMBER STATES OF THE GROUP OF

21 EIGHT.—The term ‘member states of the Group of 

22 Eight’ means the countries of Canada, France, Ger23 many, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, 

24 and the United States. 


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1 ‘‘(8) NATIONAL EDUCATION PLAN.—The term 

2 ‘national education plan’ means a comprehensive na3 tional education plan that— 

4 ‘‘(A) is developed in accordance with the 

5 provisions of the Education For All Fast-Track 

6 Initiative; and 

7 ‘‘(B) includes explicit, credible strategies to 

8 achieve universal basic education, including 

9 strategies to— 

10 ‘‘(i) address key constraints to achiev11 ing universal basic education in the areas 

12 of policy, data, capacity, and financing; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(ii) coordinate priorities of basic edu15 cation with priorities for early childhood 

16 development, secondary education, higher 

17 education, and non-formal education. 

18 ‘‘(9) PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT.—The term ‘psy19 chosocial support’ has the meaning given that term 

20 in section 135. 

21 ‘‘(10) RELEVANT EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGEN22 CIES AND OFFICIALS.—The term ‘relevant executive 

23 branch agencies and officials’ means— 

24 ‘‘(A) the Department of State, the United 

25 States Agency for International Development, 


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1 the Department of the Treasury, the Depart2 ment of Labor, the Department of Education, 

3 the Department of Health and Human Services, 

4 the Department of Agriculture, and the Depart5 ment of Defense; 

6 ‘‘(B) the Chief Executive Officer of the 

7 Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Coordi8 nator of United States Government Activities to 

9 Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, the National Secu10 rity Advisor, and the National Economic Advi11 sor; and 

12 ‘‘(C) any other department, agency, or offi13 cial of the United States Government that par14 ticipates in activities to promote universal basic 

15 education pursuant to the authorities of such 

16 department, agency, or official or pursuant to 

17 this Act. 

18 ‘‘(e) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A

19 COMPREHENSIVE UNITED STATES STRATEGY ON EDU20 CATION FOR ALL.— 

21 ‘‘(1) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—The President 

22 shall develop a comprehensive integrated strategy of 

23 the United States to promote universal basic edu24 cation by 2015. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by 

2 subsection (a) shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) include specific objectives, indicators, 

4 including indicators to measure learning out5 comes, and approaches to increase access and 

6 quality of basic education in developing coun7 tries; 

8 ‘‘(B) outline how the United States Gov9 ernment will ensure a transition and continuity 

10 of educational activities in countries affected by 

11 armed conflict, emerging from armed conflict, 

12 and affected by humanitarian crises; 

13 ‘‘(C) assign priorities to relevant executive 

14 branch agencies and officials; 

15 ‘‘(D) improve coordination and reduce du16 plication among relevant executive branch agen17 cies and officials, foreign donor governments, 

18 and international organizations; 

19 ‘‘(E) project general levels of resources 

20 needed to achieve the stated objectives; 

21 ‘‘(F) expand public-private partnerships 

22 and the leveraging of resources; 

23 ‘‘(G) target the activities of the United 

24 States to leverage contributions from member 


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1 states of the Group of Eight and other donors 

2 to provide universal basic education; 

3 ‘‘(H) target the assistance provided by the 

4 United States to leverage contributions from 

5 the private sector and civil society organizations 

6 to achieve universal basic education; 

7 ‘‘(I) increase efforts of the United States 

8 to coordinate with other donors to reduce ineffi9 ciency and waste at the global and country lev10 els and ensure efficient coordination among rel11 evant executive branch agencies and officials; 

12 ‘‘(J) support efforts of the United States 

13 in helping children to overcome challenges to 

14 achieving universal basic education, including 

15 strategies to target hard-to-reach populations, 

16 including those impacted by AIDS, orphans, 

17 and other vulnerable populations, and to sup18 port efforts to reduce the adverse impact of 

19 HIV/AIDS on education systems; and 

20 ‘‘(K) maximize United States capabilities 

21 in the areas of technical assistance and train22 ing. 

23 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT TO CONSULT.—In devel24 oping the strategy required by subsection (a), the 

25 President shall consult with— 


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1 ‘‘(A) relevant executive branch agencies 

2 and officials; and 

3 ‘‘(B) nongovernmental organizations and 

4 individuals who are involved in the promotion 

5 and implementation of education assistance pro6 grams in developing countries. 

7 ‘‘(4) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The President shall 

8 provide an opportunity for public comment on the 

9 strategy required by subsection (a). 

10 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 270 

11 days after the date of the enactment of the Edu12 cation for All Act of 2007, the President shall trans13 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

14 report setting forth the strategy required by sub15 section (a) and make the report available to the pub16 lic. 

17 ‘‘(f) ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT NA18 TIONAL EDUCATION PLANS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The President 

20 is authorized to provide funds and other assistance 

21 to assist foreign countries described in paragraph 

22 (2) to create the policies, processes, and infrastruc23 ture to develop and implement national education 

24 plans to allow all children of such countries to access 

25 and complete basic education. 


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1 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN COUNTRIES DESCRIBED.—The 

2 foreign countries described in this paragraph are— 

3 ‘‘(A) foreign countries that have dem4 onstrated a strong commitment to delivering 

5 universal basic education, as evidenced by the 

6 establishment of a national education plan or 

7 the willingness to develop a national education 

8 plan; and 

9 ‘‘(B) foreign countries that have not dem10 onstrated a strong commitment to delivering 

11 universal basic education, as evidenced by the 

12 failure to establish a national education plan 

13 and the lack of opportunity or capacity to work 

14 with a committed national government. 

15 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance 

17 under this subsection, the President shall give 

18 priority to foreign countries in which there is 

19 the greatest need, as evidenced in part by the 

20 percentage of children out of school, in which 

21 there is the greatest opportunity to expand uni22 versal access and to improve the quality of basic 

23 education, and in which the assistance can 

24 produce a substantial, measurable impact on 

25 children and educational systems. 


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1 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT RELATING TO COUN2 TRIES WITHOUT A STRONG COMMITMENT TO

3 DELIVERING UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION.— 

4 Assistance provided under this subsection to 

5 foreign countries described in paragraph (2)(B) 

6 shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be 

7 provided in coordination with committed local 

8 governments and civil society organizations. 

9 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENT RELATING TO COUN10 TRIES AFFECTED BY CONFLICT OR CRISES.— 

11 Assistance provided under this subsection to 

12 foreign countries or those parts of the terri13 tories of foreign countries that are affected by 

14 armed conflict, emerging from armed conflict, 

15 or affected by a humanitarian crisis shall be 

16 provided in such a manner so as to ensure a 

17 continuity of educational activities throughout 

18 the conflict or crisis and during the transition 

19 from conflict or crisis to reconstruction and de20 velopment. 

21 ‘‘(4) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance pro22 vided under this subsection may be used to support 

23 efforts to expand access and to improve the quality 

24 of basic education, including efforts— 


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1 ‘‘(A) to ensure an adequate supply of 

2 trained teachers; 

3 ‘‘(B) to promote programs that expand 

4 training and implementation of effective cur5 ricula; 

6 ‘‘(C) to provide adequate infrastructure; 

7 ‘‘(D) to build systems to provide con8 tinuing support, training, and professional de9 velopment for all educators; 

10 ‘‘(E) to eliminate fees for educational serv11 ices, including fees for tuition, uniforms, and 

12 materials, and provide access to education with13 out additional costs to families through sim14 plified multilateral mechanisms; 

15 ‘‘(F) to identify and replicate successful 

16 interventions that improve access to education 

17 and the quality of education, such as scholar18 ships, school lunch, and school health programs; 

19 ‘‘(G) to build systems to ensure continuing 

20 information collection, monitoring, and evalua21 tion of education services and financing; 

22 ‘‘(H) to ensure that schools are not incu23 bators for violent extremism; 

24 ‘‘(I) to provide human rights and conflict25 resolution education; 


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1 ‘‘(J) to promote programs that teach civic 

2 education and life skills; 

3 ‘‘(K) to support other initiatives that have 

4 demonstrated success in increasing access, im5 proving learning outcomes and increasing edu6 cational opportunities for the most disadvan7 taged populations, such as children in remote or 

8 rural areas, religious or ethnic minorities, or9 phans and children impacted by HIV/AIDS, 

10 child laborers or victims of trafficking, children 

11 affected by conflict, and children living with dis12 abilities; 

13 ‘‘(L) to increase the number of comprehen14 sive schools; and 

15 ‘‘(M) to carry out other activities to fur16 ther the goals of the Education for All Fast17 Track Initiative. 

18 ‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED FOR

19 COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY CONFLICT OR CRISES.—In 

20 addition to the activities supported under paragraph 

21 (4), assistance provided under this subsection to for22 eign countries or those parts of the territories of for23 eign countries that are affected by armed conflict, 

24 emerging from armed conflict, or affected by a hu25 manitarian crisis may be used to support efforts— 


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1 ‘‘(A) to ensure a continuity of educational 

2 activities for all children; 

3 ‘‘(B) wherever possible, to reestablish for4 mal education services, or to complement serv5 ices that are available with the establishment of 

6 well-managed school spaces, to protect children 

7 from physical harm, psychological and social 

8 distress, recruitment into armed groups, family 

9 separation, and abuses related to their displace10 ment; 

11 ‘‘(C) to promote the creation of out-of12 school programs and flexible-hour schooling in 

13 areas in which security prevents students from 

14 attending regular schools; 

15 ‘‘(D) to provide safe spaces, with such fa16 cilities providing access to water, sanitation, 

17 health-related education, psychosocial support 

18 and landmine awareness; 

19 ‘‘(E) to provide temporary facility con20 struction and minor rehabilitation of edu21 cational structures; 

22 ‘‘(F) to provide essential educational mate23 rials that assist in building systems to support, 

24 train, and provide professional development for 

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1 ‘‘(G) to promote efforts to ensure the re2 integration of teachers and students in conflict 

3 and refugee situations into educational systems, 

4 including regional approaches to coordinate and 

5 recognize the educational efforts of these teach6 ers and students and other school systems. 

7 ‘‘(6) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President may 

9 suspend the provision of all or part of the as10 sistance provided under this subsection for a 

11 foreign country if there is substantial evidence 

12 that the country— 

13 ‘‘(i) is significantly failing to meet the 

14 criteria specified in its national education 

15 plan; or 

16 ‘‘(ii)(I)(aa) is not tracking and moni17 toring the use of foreign and domestic as18 sistance to develop or implement its na19 tional education plan and making such 

20 tracking and monitoring information avail21 able to the public; or 

22 ‘‘(bb) is using such assistance for un23 authorized purposes; and 

24 ‘‘(II) fails to come forward with an 

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1 scribed in item (aa) or (bb) of subclause 

2 (I). 

3 ‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 

4 days after exercising the authority of subpara5 graph (A) to suspend the provision of all or 

6 part of the assistance provided under this sub7 section for a foreign country, the President 

8 shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

9 committees a notification of such suspension, 

10 including the reasons for the suspension. 

11 ‘‘(g) UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP

12 PROGRAM.— 

13 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator of the 

14 United States Agency for International Development 

15 is authorized to establish an education fellowship 

16 program at the United States Agency for Inter17 national Development to increase the expertise of 

18 the personnel of the Agency in promoting universal 

19 basic education and to carry out the provisions of 

20 this section. 

21 ‘‘(2) TERM OF FELLOWSHIP.—An individual 

22 may participate in a fellowship under this subsection 

23 for a term of not more than 3 years. 

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1 section if such individual has the specific expertise 

2 required— 

3 ‘‘(A) to develop and implement the policies 

4 and programs of this section; and 

5 ‘‘(B) to promote the exchange of knowl6 edge and experience among the Agency, the 

7 education service delivery community, private 

8 business, and the academic and research com9 munities. 

10 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31 

12 of each year, the President shall transmit to the ap13 propriate congressional committees a report on the 

14 implementation of this section for the prior fiscal 

15 year and make the report available to the public. 

16 ‘‘(2) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report required 

17 by paragraph (1) shall include— 

18 ‘‘(A) a description of efforts made by rel19 evant executive branch agencies and officials to 

20 implement the strategy developed pursuant to 

21 subsection (e), with a particular focus on the 

22 activities carried out under this section; 

23 ‘‘(B) a description of the programs estab24 lished by each foreign country receiving assist25 ance pursuant to subsection (f) that provides a 


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1 detailed explanation of the extent to which the 

2 strategy developed pursuant to subsection (e) 

3 and the assistance provided pursuant to sub4 section (f) are contributing to the goal of uni5 versal basic education in the foreign country; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(C) a description of the extent to which 

8 each foreign country selected to receive assist9 ance pursuant to subsection (f) meets the pri10 ority criteria specified in subsection (f)(3)(A). 

11 ‘‘(i) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The Presi12 dent shall exercise the authority provided in this section 

13 in accordance with other applicable law. 

14 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this section, 

16 there are authorized to be appropriated to the Presi17 dent— 

18 ‘‘(A) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 

19 ‘‘(B) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

20 ‘‘(C) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

21 ‘‘(D) $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(E) $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 

24 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts made 

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1 main available until expended and are in addition to 

2 amounts otherwise available for such purposes.’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Chapter 1 of part I 

4 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by 

5 subsection (a), is further amended by redesignating the 

6 second section 135 (as added by section 5(a) of the Sen7 ator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public 

8 Law 109–121; 119 Stat. 2536)) as section 136. 

9 SEC. 4. COORDINATOR OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 

10 ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR 

11 ALL IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.—Section 1 of the 

13 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S. 

14 C. 2651a) is amended–— 

15 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub16 section (h); and 

17 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol18 lowing new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(g) EDUCATION FOR ALL COORDINATOR.— 

20 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be estab22 lished within the Department of State in the 

23 immediate office of the Secretary of State a Co24 ordinator of United States Government Activi25 ties to Provide Education for All in Developing 


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1 Countries (hereinafter in this subsection re2 ferred to as the ‘Coordinator’), who shall be ap3 pointed by the President, by and with the ad4 vice and consent of the Senate. The Coordi5 nator shall report directly to the Secretary. 

6 ‘‘(B) CONCURRENT GOVERNMENT POSI7 TION PROHIBITED.—The individual serving as 

8 the Coordinator may not hold any other posi9 tion in the Federal Government during the indi10 vidual’s time of service as Coordinator. 

11 ‘‘(2) GENERAL AUTHORITIES.—The Coordi12 nator, acting through such nongovernmental organi13 zations (including faith-based and community based 

14 organizations) and relevant executive branch agen15 cies and officials as may be necessary and appro16 priate to effect the purposes of this section, is au17 thorized— 

18 ‘‘(A) to operate internationally to carry out 

19 activities to promote universal basic education; 

20 ‘‘(B) to transfer and allocate funds to rel21 evant executive branch agencies and officials; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(C) to provide grants to, and enter into 

24 contracts with nongovernmental organizations 

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1 ganizations) to carry out the purposes of this 

2 subsection. 

3 ‘‘(3) DUTIES.— 

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

5 have primary responsibility for the oversight 

6 and coordination of all resources and inter7 national activities of the United States Govern8 ment to promote universal basic education 

9 under section 105A of the Foreign Assistance 

10 Act of 1961 or any other provision of law. 

11 ‘‘(B) SPECIFIC DUTIES.—The duties of the 

12 Coordinator shall specifically include the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(i) Ensuring program and policy co15 ordination among relevant executive 

16 branch agencies and officials and non17 governmental organizations, including au18 diting, monitoring, and evaluation of all 

19 such programs. 

20 ‘‘(ii) Ensuring that relevant executive 

21 branch agencies and officials undertake 

22 programs primarily in those areas in which 

23 the agencies and officials have the greatest 

24 expertise, technical capabilities, and poten25 tial for success. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Avoiding duplication of effort. 

2 ‘‘(iv) Ensuring coordination of activi3 ties of relevant executive branch agencies 

4 and officials in the field. 

5 ‘‘(v) Pursuing coordination with other 

6 countries and international organizations. 

7 ‘‘(vi) Resolving policy, program, and 

8 funding disputes among relevant executive 

9 branch agencies and officials. 

10 ‘‘(vii) Directly approving all activities 

11 to promote universal basic education under 

12 section 105A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

13 of 1961 or any other provision of law. 

14 ‘‘(viii) Establishing due diligence cri15 teria for all recipients of funds to promote 

16 universal basic education under section 

17 105A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

18 1961 or any other provision of law, and all 

19 activities carried out with such funds, sub20 ject to the coordination and appropriate 

21 monitoring, evaluation, and audits carried 

22 out by the Coordinator necessary to assess 

23 the measurable outcomes of such activities. 

24 ‘‘(ix) Annually convening a meeting of 

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1 ficials to evaluate progress in carrying out 

2 the United States strategy developed pur3 suant to section 105A(e) of the Foreign 

4 Assistance Act of 1961 and recommend fu5 ture changes to the strategy based upon 

6 such evaluation. 

7 ‘‘(x) Annually submit to the President 

8 a report outlining the progress made in 

9 carrying out the United States strategy de10 veloped pursuant to section 105A(e) of the 

11 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and con12 taining the evaluation of the strategy and 

13 recommendations for future changes to the 

14 strategy developed at the meeting of rel15 evant executive branch agencies and offi16 cials pursuant to clause (ix). 

17 ‘‘(4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

18 30 days after receiving the report required by para19 graph (3)(B)(x), the President shall transmit the re20 port and a response to the contents of the report to 

21 the appropriate congressional committees and make 

22 the report and the response to the report available 

23 to the public. 

24 ‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(A) AIDS.—The term ‘AIDS’ has the 

2 meaning given that term in subsection 

3 (f)(2)(C). 

4 ‘‘(B) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COM5 MITTEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional 

6 committees’ means— 

7 ‘‘(i) the Committee on Appropriations 

8 and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

9 of the Senate; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the Committee on Appropriations 

11 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

12 the House of Representatives. 

13 ‘‘(C) BASIC EDUCATION.—The term ‘basic 

14 education’ has the meaning given that term in 

15 section 105A(d)(3) of the Foreign Assistance 

16 Act of 1961. 

17 ‘‘(D) HIV.—The term ‘HIV’ has the 

18 meaning given that term in subsection 

19 (f)(2)(C). 

20 ‘‘(E) HIV/AIDS.—The term ‘HIV/AIDS’ 

21 has the meaning given that term in subsection 

22 (f)(2)(C). 

23 ‘‘(F) RELEVANT EXECUTIVE BRANCH

24 AGENCIES AND OFFICIALS.—The term ‘relevant 

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1 meaning given that term in section 105A(d)(10) 

2 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.’’. 

3 (b) SPECIFICATION OF RESOURCES OF COORDI4 NATOR.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact5 ment of this Act, the President shall specify the necessary 

6 financial and personnel resources, including detailees, 

7 from funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 

8 appropriations under subsection (j) of section 105A of the 

9 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 3 

10 of this Act), that shall be assigned to and under the direct 

11 control of the Coordinator of United States Government 

12 Activities to Provide Education for All in Developing 

13 Countries (as established by subsection (g) of section 1 

14 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 

15 (as added by subsection (a) of this section)) to establish 

16 and maintain the duties and supporting activities assigned 

17 to the Coordinator by section 1(g) of the State Depart18 ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956. 

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