(D) The estimated 200,000,000 women 
who have survived some form of female genital 
mutilation. 
(E) The estimated 15,000,000 girls who 
are forcibly married before the age of 18 each 
year. 
(6) In recent years, the United States has been 
the third-largest overall donor to UNFPA, and its 
second-largest donor for humanitarian response. 
(7) UNFPA, which works in three times as 
many countries as the United States Agency for 
International Development, extends the impact of 
United States foreign assistance by reaching people 
in politically unstable regions. UNFPA also plays a 
pivotal role in meeting protection and health care 
needs in countries experiencing humanitarian emer-
gencies like Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. 
(8) Voluntary family planning is central to gen-
der equality and women’s empowerment, and it is a 
key factor in reducing poverty. 
(9) UNFPA is responding to the needs of 
women and girls affected by the COVID–19 out-
break by focusing on countries that have weak public 
health and social support systems to limit potential 
increases in unmet need for family planning, gender 
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based violence, female genital mutilation, and child 
marriage. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States as follows: 
(1) Improving the status of women around the 
world is a critical component of the United States 
foreign policy and development strategies. 
(2) The right of every person to determine free-
ly whether, when, and with whom to have children, 
and to attain the highest standard of sexual and re-
productive health, is a basic human right. 
(3) Access to voluntary contraception and re-
productive health care is necessary to improving the 
status of women and ensuring this basic human 
right. 
(4) UNFPA is a key partner in improving the 
status of women and expanding access to voluntary 
family planning and reproductive health care serv-
ices throughout the world. 
(5) UNFPA helps ensure that family planning 
and reproductive health programs are voluntary and 
centered on protecting human rights. 
(6) Financial support for UNFPA is a crucial 
part of the United States commitment to global 
health, development, and human rights, and the 
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Government of the United States is committed to 
providing core, development, and humanitarian fund-
ing to UNFPA. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated an annual 
contribution for each of the five fiscal years beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act to support the 
core functions and programs of the United Nations Popu-
lation Fund (UNFPA), which may include the following: 
(1) Ending preventable maternal deaths. 
(2) Ending the unmet need for contraceptives 
and promoting a human-rights-based approach to 
family planning. 
(3) Ending gender-based violence. 
(4) Ending other harmful practices, such as 
child marriage and female genital mutilation. 
(5) Supporting United States national security 
and humanitarian efforts by operating in areas 
where medical infrastructure or services have been 
destroyed or limited by natural disasters, armed con-
flict, or other humanitarian emergencies. 
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