submit to the appropriate congressional committees an 
interagency plan regarding the establishment of the Global 
Fragility Initiative pursuant to subsection (a) that in-
cludes the following: 
(1) Identification of the roles and responsibil-
ities of each participating Federal department or 
agency, while ensuring that— 
(A) the Department of State is the overall 
lead department for establishing United States 
foreign policy and advancing diplomatic and po-
litical efforts; 
(B) USAID is the lead implementing agen-
cy for development, humanitarian, and related 
non-security program policy; 
(C) where appropriate, the Department of 
Defense may support the activities of the De-
partment of State and USAID by providing 
requisite security and support to civilian efforts 
with the joint-formulation, coordination, and 
concurrence of the Secretary of State and Ad-
ministrator of USAID; and 
(D) other Federal departments and agen-
cies support the activities of the Department of 
State and USAID as appropriate, with the con-
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currence of the Secretary of State and Adminis-
trator of USAID. 
(2) Identification of which officials of the De-
partment of State, USAID, and the Department of 
Defense, with a rank not lower than Assistant Sec-
retary or Assistant Administrator, as the case may 
be, will be responsible for overseeing and leading the 
initiative. 
(3) Identification of the authorities, staffing, 
and other resource requirements needed to effec-
tively implement the initiative. 
(4) Descriptions of the organizational steps the 
Secretary of State, the Administrator, the Secretary 
of Defense, and the head of each other relevant Fed-
eral department or agency will take to improve plan-
ning, 
coordination, 
implementation, 
assessment, 
monitoring, evaluation, adaptive management, and 
iterative learning with respect to the programs car-
ried out under the initiative. 
(5) Descriptions of the steps the Secretary of 
State, the Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, 
and the head of each other relevant Federal depart-
ment or agency will take to ensure appropriate host- 
country ownership and to improve coordination and 
collaboration under the initiative with international 
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development organizations, international donors, 
multilateral organizations, and the private sector. 
(6) Descriptions of potential areas of improved 
public and private sector research and development, 
including with academic, philanthropic, and civil so-
ciety organizations, on data collection efforts and 
more effective approaches to stabilize conflict-af-
fected areas and prevent violence and fragility glob-
ally. 
(7) Descriptions of the processes for regularly 
evaluating and updating the initiative on an iterative 
basis, including regarding priority country and re-
gional plans described in subsection (d). 
(8) A list of priority countries and regions se-
lected pursuant to subsection (c), including descrip-
tions of the rationale for such selections. 
(c) SELECTION OF PRIORITY COUNTRIES AND RE-
GIONS.—The Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Administrator of USAID and the Secretary of Defense, 
and in consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees, shall select certain countries as ‘‘priority 
countries’’ and certain regions as ‘‘priority regions’’ for 
the Global Fragility Initiative— 
(1) on the basis of— 
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(A) clearly defined indicators of the levels 
of violence or fragility in such country or re-
gion, such as the country or region’s— 
(i) ranking on recognized global fra-
gility lists, such as the Organization for 
Economic Co-operation and Development 
States of Fragility report, the Fund for 
Peace Fragile States Index, the World 
Bank Harmonized List of Fragile Situa-
tions, the Institute for Economics and 
Peace Global Peace Index, and Holocaust 
Museum Early Warning Project Risk As-
sessment; 
(ii) ranking on select United States 
Government conflict and atrocity early 
warning watch lists; and 
(iii) levels of violence, such as violence 
committed by armed groups, violent ex-
tremist organizations, gender-based vio-
lence, and violence against children and 
youth; and 
(B) an assessment of— 
(i) the capacity and commitment of 
national and sub-national government enti-
ties and civil society partners in such coun-
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try or region to work with Federal depart-
ments and agencies on the initiative, in-
cluding by demonstrating the willingness 
and making demonstrable efforts to im-
prove governance, enhance rule of law, and 
protect human rights; and 
(ii) the likelihood that selection as a 
priority country or priority region would 
allow the initiative to measurably stabilize 
conflict-affected areas or prevent violence 
and fragility in such country or region; and 
(2) in a manner that ensures that— 
(A) not fewer than three countries or re-
gions are designated as ‘‘Stabilization Coun-
tries’’ or ‘‘Stabilization Regions’’, as the case 
may be, in which current levels of violence are 
among the highest in the world; 
(B) not fewer than three countries or re-
gions are designated as ‘‘Prevention Countries’’ 
or ‘‘Prevention Regions’’, as the case may be, 
in which current levels of violence are lower 
than such levels in Stabilization Countries or 
Stabilization Regions but risk factors for vio-
lence or fragility are significant; 
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(C) countries and regions selected are in 
the areas of responsibility of at least three geo-
graphic bureaus of the Department of State; 
and 
(D) regions, rather than individual coun-
tries, are selected where the threat or spillover 
of violence, conflict, or fragility threatens mul-
tiple countries within a single geographic re-
gion. 
(d) COUNTRY
AND REGIONAL PLANS.—Not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Adminis-
trator of USAID, the Secretary of Defense, the Atrocities 
Prevention Board (or any successor entity), and the heads 
of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees ten- 
year plans to align and integrate under the Global Fra-
gility Initiative required under subsection (a) all relevant 
diplomatic, development, security assistance and coopera-
tion, and other relevant activities of the United States 
Government with respect to each of the countries and re-
gions selected pursuant to subsection (c). Each such coun-
try and regional plan shall include the following: 
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(1) Specific multi-year interagency plans for co-
ordination and implementation under each such 
plan. 
(2) An up-to-date baseline analysis for each 
such country or region, including an analysis of po-
litical dynamics, impacts of violence, and conditions 
that contribute to violence and fragility. 
(3) Prioritized descriptions of the goals and ob-
jectives for stabilizing conflict-affected areas and 
preventing violence and fragility in each such coun-
try or region. 
(4) Descriptions of how and when the relevant 
goals, objectives, plans, and benchmarks for each 
such country or region will be incorporated into rel-
evant United States country plans and strategies, in-
cluding Department of State Integrated Country 
Strategies, USAID Country Development Coopera-
tion Strategies, and Department of Defense Cam-
paign Plans, Operational Plans, and Regional Strat-
egies, as well as any equivalent or successor plans or 
strategies. 
(5) Interagency plans to ensure that appro-
priate local actors, including government and civil 
society entities and organizations led by women, 
youth, or under-represented communities, have an 
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appropriate ownership stake in developing, imple-
menting, assessing, monitoring, evaluating, and up-
dating relevant activities under each such plan. 
(6) Interagency plans to integrate existing and 
planned security assistance and cooperation pro-
grams in each such country or region with the initia-
tive and to maximize positive outcomes and mitigate 
risks associated with such programs, including risks 
related to corruption, governance, and human rights. 
(7) Assessment, monitoring, and evaluation 
frameworks for diplomatic, development, and secu-
rity activities, which shall be informed by consulta-
tions with the stakeholders specified in subsection 
(a)(2), with clear, date-certain metrics for each such 
country or region, as well as interagency plans for 
using such frameworks to adapt such activities on a 
regular and iterative basis. 
(8) Descriptions of available policy tools and 
how such tools will be used to stabilize conflict-af-
fected areas or prevent violence and fragility in each 
such country or region. 
(9) A description of how planning and imple-
mentation for each such country or region will be co-
ordinated to ensure such planning and implementa-
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tion are conducted in partnership between the 
United States Government and— 
(A) governments of such countries; 
(B) international development organiza-
tions; 
(C) relevant international donors; 
(D) multilateral organizations; and 
(E) the private sector. 
(10) A regional component outlining plans to 
address relevant transnational issues in cases in 
which an individual country is selected and such 
country is affected by or at risk of regional fragility 
or violence. 
(11) A component outlining plans to address 
national-level factors at the individual country level 
in cases in which a region is selected and such re-
gion is affected by or at risk of fragility or violence 
as a result of such national-level factors. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Administrator of USAID, the Sec-
retary of Defense, and the heads of other relevant Federal 
departments and agencies, and in consultation with the 
Atrocities Prevention Board (or any successor entity), rel-
evant United States ambassadors, USAID mission direc-
tors, geographic combatant commanders, and other rel-
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evant individuals with responsibility over activities in each 
priority country or region selected pursuant to subsection 
(c), shall ensure that— 
(1) the Global Fragility Initiative required 
under subsection (a), including each of the country 
and regional plans under subsection (d), is imple-
mented, updated, and coordinated on a regular and 
iterative basis; and 
(2) such initiative is used to guide United 
States Government policy at a senior level and incor-
porated into relevant strategies and plans across the 
United States Government such that the activities of 
all Federal departments and agencies are consistent 
with such initiative. 
SEC. 7. BIENNIAL REPORTS AND CONGRESSIONAL CON-
SULTATION. 
(a) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and every two 
years thereafter until the date that is ten years after such 
date of enactment, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the Administrator of USAID, the Secretary of De-
fense, the Atrocities Prevention Board (or any successor 
entity), and the heads of other relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees an unclassified report, which may 
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include a classified annex, on progress made and lessons 
learned with respect to the Global Fragility Initiative es-
tablished pursuant to section 6, including each country 
and regional plan required as part of such initiative, in-
cluding the following: 
(1) Descriptions of steps taken to incorporate 
the initiative and such country and regional plans 
into relevant strategies and plans that affect such 
countries and regions. 
(2) Accountings of all funding received and ob-
ligated to implement each such country and regional 
plan during the previous two years, as well as fund-
ing requested, planned, and projected for the fol-
lowing two years. 
(3) Descriptions of progress made towards the 
goals and objectives established for each such coun-
try and region, including progress made towards 
achieving specific targets, metrics, and indicators. 
(4) Descriptions of updates made during the 
previous two years to the goals, objectives, plans of 
action, and other elements described in each such 
country and regional plan, as well as any changes 
made to programs based on the results of assess-
ment, monitoring, and evaluation. 
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