and economic opportunity, and a lack of access 
to related services; and 
(C) a lack of access to education, training, 
and economic opportunity in pre-conflict, con-
flict and post-conflict settings; and 
(10) recognize the unique challenges facing 
young people from a variety of different back-
grounds and demographics including but not limited 
to, race, religion, ethnicity, linguistics, caste, and 
youth with disabilities. 
SEC. 5. USAID YOUTH COORDINATOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID) shall re-
quire the USAID Youth Coordinator, in their role as de-
fined by the USAID Youth Policy, to coordinate cross-sec-
toral international development efforts related to youth, 
inclusive of youth, peace, and security. 
(b) DELEGATION.—At the discretion of the Secretary 
of State, the authority to require the USAID Youth Coor-
dinator to fulfill this role may be delegated by the Sec-
retary of State to the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID). 
(c) DUTIES.—The USAID Youth Coordinator shall— 
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(1) have the primary responsibility for the advo-
cacy and integration of youth into USAID initia-
tives, oversee the youth and development policy co-
herence, support implementation and training; and 
serve as a senior representative on youth issues in 
the interagency and external community; 
(2) lead the development and implementation of 
the United States Foreign Assistance Youth, Peace 
and Security Action Plan in accordance with section 
8; 
(3) lead revision, not less frequently than once 
every 5 years of such Plan; 
(4) oversee the interagency coordination as pro-
vided for under section 6, by engaging Youth, Peace 
and Security policy and program experts across Fed-
eral agencies to inform the development, implemen-
tation, and revision such Plan; 
(5) facilitate outreach to and exchange with 
multilateral agencies and other youth, peace, and se-
curity stakeholders established under section 6 to in-
form such Plan, by carrying out— 
(A) outreach to facilitate exchange between 
USAID and a diverse range of youth leaders, 
youth-led organizations, and youth-serving or-
ganizations advancing youth, peace, and secu-
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rity to inform and provide recommendations to 
improve the Action Plan; and 
(B) engagement with multilateral agencies 
and international organizations to inform the 
development, implementation, and revision of 
the Action Plan; and 
(6) support, consistent with USAID’s Policy for 
Youth in Development, the designation of a Youth 
Point of Contact (YPOC) in USAID Bureaus and 
diplomatic overseas Mission, as selected by such mis-
sions and bureaus. 
(d) RESTRICTION
ON
ADDITIONAL
OR
SUPPLE-
MENTAL COMPENSATION.—The USAID Youth Coordi-
nator shall receive no additional or supplemental com-
pensation as a result of carrying our responsibilities and 
duties under this section. 
SEC. 6. COORDINATION. 
To advance coordination for cross-sectoral inter-
national development efforts related to youth, inclusive of 
youth, peace and security, the USAID Youth Coordinator 
shall— 
(1) serve as the focal point for intra agency and 
interagency coordination of youth, peace, and secu-
rity initiatives between USAID and other United 
States Government peacebuilding offices, entities, 
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and partners including the Executive Office of the 
President, the National Security Council, the De-
partment of Defense, the Department of State, the 
Peace Corps, and the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration, and the US Institute of Peace; 
(2) support an interagency working group fo-
cused on the harmonization of the United States 
Foreign Assistance Youth, Peace, and Security Ac-
tion Plan established under section 7 with ap-
proaches and key learning from existing peace and 
security strategies, such as the United States Strat-
egy on Women, Peace, and Security and the Global 
Fragility Act, and leverage learning other relevant 
policies and strategies to inform the Action Plan’s 
approach, such as USAID’s Digital Strategy the 
USG Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls; 
and 
(3) engage multilateral agencies and other key 
youth, peace, and security stakeholders from the im-
plementing community, youth-led organizations, and 
the private sector to help inform the development of 
the Action Plan, including by— 
(A) engaging the multilateral community 
in a call to action to help inform and surface 
key evidence, data, and measurement indicators 
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to track youth in development and youth, peace 
and security programming; and 
(B) engaging youth-led and youth-serving 
organizations and networks to inform youth en-
gagement in the Action Plan. 
SEC. 7. UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE YOUTH, 
PEACE, AND SECURITY ACTION PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the SAID Youth Coordi-
nator, in coordination with the USAID Administrator and 
the Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense, shall co-
ordinate the development and implementation of the 
United States Foreign Assistance Youth, Peace, and Secu-
rity Action Plan to accomplish the policy objective de-
scribed in section 4, which shall— 
(1) consistent with the goals, priorities, and ap-
proach of the USAID Youth In Development Policy, 
identify barriers and opportunities to meaningfully 
integrate and engage diverse youth in the full pro-
gram cycle of interventions that are relevant to 
youth, peace, and security (e.g., youth-led research, 
assessment, and consultation; program design and 
implementation; monitoring, learning, and evalua-
tion); 
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