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the President shall, after consulting with appropriate con-
gressional committees, eliminate a position within the 
United States Agency for International Development (un-
less otherwise authorized or required by law) that the 
President determines to be necessary to fully offset such 
costs and eliminate duplication. 
SEC. 6. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS. 
The President shall seek to ensure that programs car-
ried out under the strategy required under section 4 
shall— 
(1) apply rigorous monitoring and evaluation 
methodologies to determine if programs and activi-
ties provided under this subsection accomplish meas-
urable improvements in literacy, numeracy, or other 
basic skills development that prepare an individual 
to be an active, productive member of society and 
the workforce; 
(2) include methodological guidance in the im-
plementation plan and support systemic data collec-
tion using internationally comparable indicators, 
norms, and methodologies, to the extent practicable 
and appropriate; 
(3) disaggregate all data collected and reported 
by age, gender, marital status, disability, and loca-
tion, to the extent practicable and appropriate; 
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(4) include funding for both short- and long- 
term monitoring and evaluation to enable assess-
ment of the sustainability and scalability of assist-
ance programs; and 
(5) support the increased use and public avail-
ability of education data for improved decision mak-
ing, program effectiveness, and monitoring of global 
progress. 
SEC. 7. TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING TO CONGRESS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 
STRATEGY.—Not later than each March 31 immediately 
following a fiscal year during which the strategy developed 
pursuant to section 4(a) was carried out, the President 
shall— 
(1) submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that describes the implementation 
of such strategy; and 
(2) make the report described in paragraph (1) 
available to the public. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) a description of the efforts made by relevant 
Executive branch agencies and officials to implement 
the strategy developed pursuant to section 4, with a 
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particular focus on the activities carried out under 
the strategy; 
(2) a description of the extent to which each 
partner country selected to receive assistance for 
basic education meets the priority criteria specified 
in section 105(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act, as 
added by section 3; and 
(3) a description of the progress achieved over 
the reporting period toward meeting the goals, objec-
tives, benchmarks, and timeframes specified in the 
strategy developed pursuant to section 4 at the pro-
gram level, as developed pursuant to monitoring and 
evaluation specified in section 6, with particular em-
phasis on whether there are demonstrable student 
improvements in literacy, numeracy, or other basic 
skills development that prepare an individual to be 
an active, productive member of society and the 
workforce. 
Passed the House of Representatives January 24, 
2017. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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