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(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 
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. 
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(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-
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 
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Atrocities Prevention Board (or any successor entity), rel-
evant United States ambassadors, USAID mission direc-
tors, geographic combatant commanders, and other rel-
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 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 2 
years thereafter until the date that is 10 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 
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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 
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 2 years, as well as funding 
requested, planned, and projected for the following 2 
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 2 years to the goals, objectives, plans of ac-
tion, and other elements described in each such 
country and regional plan, as well as any changes 
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made to programs based on the results of assess-
ment, monitoring, and evaluation. 
(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 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and every 2 years there-
after until the date that is 10 years after such date of 
enactment, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall consult with the Chairman and Ranking Member of 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives regarding opportunities for independent re-
view of the activities under the Global Fragility Initiative 
established pursuant to section 6, including opportunities 
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; 
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