ternal health. Sustainable economic development 
that includes girls.’’. 
SEC. 3. CHILD MARRIAGE DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘child marriage’’ means the 
marriage of a girl or boy, not yet the minimum age for 
marriage stipulated in law in the country in which the girl 
or boy is a resident or, where there is no such law, under 
the age of 18. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) child marriage is a violation of human 
rights and the prevention and elimination of child 
marriage should be a foreign policy goal of the 
United States; 
(2) the practice of child marriage undermines 
United States investments in foreign assistance to 
promote education and skills building for girls, re-
duce maternal and child mortality, reduce maternal 
illness, halt the transmission of HIV/AIDS, prevent 
gender-based violence, and reduce poverty; and 
(3) educational opportunities for girls, economic 
opportunities for women, and reducing maternal and 
child mortality are critical to achieving the global 
health and development objectives of the United 
States, including efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS. 
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SEC. 5. RESEARCH AND DATA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and the heads of other relevant departments 
and agencies shall— 
(1) collect and make publicly available data on 
the incidence of child marriage in countries that re-
ceive foreign or development assistance from the 
United States where the practice of child marriage 
is prevalent, including to the extent appropriate the 
countries listed in subsection (b); and 
(2) collect and make publicly available data on 
the impact of the incidence of child marriage and 
the age at marriage on progress in meeting key de-
velopment goals. 
(b) COUNTRIES.—The countries referred to in sub-
section (a)(1) are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina 
Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Repub-
lic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Honduras, India, Mada-
gascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, 
Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, 
and Zambia. 
SEC. 6. DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S COUNTRY REPORTS ON 
HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES. 
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended— 
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(1) in section 116 (22 U.S.C. 2151n), by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g)(1) The report required by subsection (d) shall 
include, for each country in which child marriage is preva-
lent, including to the extent appropriate the countries list-
ed in paragraph (2), a description of the status of the 
practice of child marriage in such country and the type 
and amount of United State foreign assistance being used 
for the primary goal of preventing child marriage in such 
country. 
‘‘(2) The countries referred to in paragraph (1) are 
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the 
Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, 
Guinea, Honduras, India, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mo-
zambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Si-
erra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘child marriage’ 
means the marriage of a girl or boy, not yet the minimum 
age for marriage stipulated in law or under the age of 
18 if no such law exists, in the country in which such girl 
or boy is a resident.’’; and 
(2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304), by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(j)(1) The report required by subsection (b) shall 
include, for each country in which child marriage is preva-
lent, including to the extent appropriate the countries list-
ed in paragraph (2), a description of the status of the 
practice of child marriage in such country and the type 
and amount of United State foreign assistance being used 
for the primary goal of preventing child marriage in such 
country. 
‘‘(2) The countries referred to in paragraph (1) are 
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the 
Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, 
Guinea, Honduras, India, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mo-
zambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Si-
erra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘child marriage’ 
means the marriage of a girl or boy, not yet the minimum 
age for marriage stipulated in law or under the age of 
18 if no such law exists, in the country in which such girl 
or boy is a resident.’’. 
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