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
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
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;
(2) assess the processes and procedures for co-
ordinating among and within each relevant Federal 
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— 
(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. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 20, 2019. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2116 
AN ACT 
To enhance stabilization of conflict-affected areas 
and prevent violence and fragility globally, and 
for other purposes.