(b) CONGRESSIONAL
CONSULTATION.—The Sec-
retary of State, the Administrator of USAID, and the Sec-
retary of Defense shall provide to any appropriate congres-
sional committee upon the request of any such committee 
regular briefings on the implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 8. GAO REVIEW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 Comptroller General of the United 
States shall consult with the Chairman and Ranking Mem-
ber of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives regarding opportunities for independent 
review of the activities under the Global Fragility Initia-
tive established pursuant to section 6, including opportuni-
ties to— 
(1) assess the extent to which United States 
Government activities in each country and region se-
lected as part of the initiative are being implemented 
in accordance with the initiative and the relevant 
country or regional plan under the initiative; 
(2) assess the processes and procedures for co-
ordinating among and within each relevant Federal 
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department or agency when implementing the initia-
tive and each such country and regional plan; 
(3) assess the monitoring and evaluation efforts 
under the initiative and each such country and re-
gional plan, including assessments of the progress 
made and lessons learned with respect to each such 
plan, as well as any changes made to activities based 
on the results of such monitoring and evaluation; 
(4) recommend changes necessary to better im-
plement United States Government activities in ac-
cordance with the initiative, as well as recommenda-
tions for any changes to the initiative; and 
(5) assess such other matters as the Comp-
troller General determines appropriate. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The heads of 
all relevant Federal departments and agencies shall ensure 
that all relevant data, documents, and other information 
is made available to the Comptroller General of the United 
States for purposes of conducting independent reviews 
pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committees on Foreign Relations, 
Armed Services, and Appropriations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 
Armed Services, and Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) RELEVANT
FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT
OR 
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘relevant Federal department 
or agency’’ means the Department of the Treasury 
and any other Federal department or agency the 
President determines is relevant to carry out the 
purposes of this Act. 
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