I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4905 
To establish in the United States Agency for International Development 
an entity to be known as the United States Global Development Lab, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2014 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad-
dition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
To establish in the United States Agency for International 
Development an entity to be known as the United States 
Global Development Lab, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Development 
Lab Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
(2) LAB.—The term ‘‘Lab’’ means the United 
States Global Development Lab established under 
section 4. 
(3) USAID.—The term ‘‘USAID’’ means the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Leveraging academic research and private 
sector expertise to effectively apply science and tech-
nology to United States foreign aid can increase the 
effectiveness of United States aid dollars and lead to 
better outcomes. 
(2) In the last 20 years, human ingenuity and 
entrepreneurship around the world has reduced child 
mortality rates by 42 percent and poverty rates by 
52 percent, lifting hundreds of millions of people out 
of poverty. 
(3) Over the next 40 years, the developing 
world is expected to be the largest source of product 
and services growth. Breakthroughs pioneered for 
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the developing world can translate into jobs and eco-
nomic growth in the United States. 
(4) In 2014 the Office of Science and Tech-
nology and the Office of Innovation and Develop-
ment Alliances at the United States Agency for 
International Development were abolished to pave 
the way to bring their staffing and other resources 
into the United States Global Development Lab. 
(5) The Lab represents a new approach to in-
vest, test, and apply more effective solutions to hu-
manity’s greatest challenges. 
(6) The Lab will partner with entrepreneurs, 
experts, nongovernmental organizations, universities, 
and science and research institutions to solve devel-
opment challenges in a faster, more cost-efficient, 
and more sustainable way. 
(7) The Lab will utilize a pay-for-success model, 
which uses science, technology, and innovation-driv-
en competitions to expand the number and diversity 
of solutions to development challenges. 
(8) In contrast with traditional grants or con-
tracts, where USAID pays for a proposal to be im-
plemented, pay-for-success awards are given to a 
winner only after the objectives of the competition 
have been achieved. 
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(9) Expanding pay-for-success authority to 
allow the Lab to use these awards globally will in-
crease the number of high value solutions to choose 
from at a significantly reduced cost. 
SEC. 4. UNITED STATES GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT LAB. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
USAID an entity to be known as the United States Global 
Development Lab. 
(b) DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The duties 
and responsibilities of the Lab should include— 
(1) increasing the application of science, tech-
nology, innovation and partnerships to develop and 
scale new solutions to end extreme poverty; 
(2) discovering, testing, and scaling develop-
ment innovations to solve development challenges to 
increase cost effectiveness and support United 
States foreign policy and development goals; 
(3) leveraging the expertise, resources, and in-
vestment of businesses, nongovernmental organiza-
tions, science and research organizations, and uni-
versities to increase program impact and sustain-
ability; 
(4) utilizing innovation-driven competitions to 
expand the number and diversity of solutions to de-
velopment challenges; and 
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(5) supporting USAID Missions and Bureaus in 
applying science, technology, innovation, and part-
nership approaches to decisionmaking, procurement, 
and program design. 
(c) AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the duties 
and responsibilities of the Lab under subsection (b), 
the Administrator may, in addition to such other au-
thorities as may be available to the Administrator— 
(A) use not more than $15,000,000 of 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by an Act making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and re-
lated programs under the heading ‘‘Develop-
ment Assistance’’ for any fiscal year for the 
provision of grants that are focused on science, 
technology, or innovation and designed to im-
prove health outcomes; 
(B) make awards in accordance with sec-
tion 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In-
novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719), except 
that foreign citizens and foreign private entities 
may be eligible for such prizes notwithstanding 
the eligibility requirements of subsection (g) of 
such section; and 
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(C) if the authority to appoint individuals 
on a limited term basis pursuant to schedule A 
or B of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code 
of Federal Regulations, is authorized for the 
Lab by the Office of Personnel Management, 
use funds appropriated to carry out part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151 et seq.) for the employment of not more 
than 30 of such individuals. 
(2) RECOVERY OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the du-
ties and responsibilities of the Lab under sub-
section (b), the Administrator may provide that 
a cooperative agreement or other transaction 
for performance of basic, applied, or advanced 
research entered into between USAID and a 
person or other entity include a clause that re-
quires the person or other entity to return to 
USAID program income generated under the 
agreement or other transaction. 
(B) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The amount of any 
program income returned to USAID pur-
suant to subparagraph (A) shall be cred-
ited to the account from which the obliga-
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tion and expenditure of funds under the 
cooperative agreement or other transaction 
described in subparagraph (A) was made. 
(ii) AVAILABILITY.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in subclause (II), amounts re-
turned and credited to an account 
under clause (i)— 
(aa) shall be merged with 
other funds in the account; and 
(bb) shall be available for 
the same purposes and period of 
time for which other funds in the 
account are available for pro-
grams and activities of the Lab. 
(II) EXCEPTION.—Amounts re-
turned and credited to an account 
under clause (i) may not be used to 
pay for the employment of individuals 
described in paragraph (1)(C). 
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