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tunities for those countries, through significant ini-
tiatives in recent years, including the United States 
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and 
Malaria Act of 2003, the Millennium Challenge Act 
of 2003, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initia-
tive, and trade preference programs for developing 
countries, such as the African Growth and Oppor-
tunity Act. 
(11) In January 2006, United States Secretary 
of State Condoleezza Rice initiated a restructuring 
of the United States foreign assistance program, in-
cluding the creation of a Director of Foreign Assist-
ance, who maintains authority over Department of 
State and United States Agency for International 
Development (USAID) foreign assistance funding 
and programs. 
(12) In January 2007, the Department of 
State’s Office of the Director of Foreign Assistance 
added poverty reduction as an explicit, central com-
ponent of the overall goal of United States foreign 
assistance. The official goal of United States foreign 
assistance is: ‘‘To help build and sustain democratic, 
well-governed states that respond to the needs of 
their people, reduce widespread poverty and conduct 
themselves responsibly in the international system.’’. 
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SEC. 3. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to promote the 
reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme 
global poverty, and the achievement of the United Nations 
Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the 
proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, 
who live on less than $1 per day. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE 
STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The President, acting through the 
Secretary of State, and in consultation with the heads of 
other appropriate departments and agencies of the Gov-
ernment of the United States, international organizations, 
international financial institutions, the governments of de-
veloping and developed countries, United States and inter-
national nongovernmental organizations, civil society orga-
nizations, and other appropriate entities, shall develop and 
implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United 
States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction 
of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global pov-
erty, and the achievement of the United Nations Millen-
nium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the pro-
portion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who 
live on less than $1 per day. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall include, but not be limited to, specific and meas-
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urable goals, efforts to be undertaken, benchmarks, and 
timetables to achieve the objectives described in subsection 
(a). 
(c) COMPONENTS.—The strategy required by sub-
section (a) should include, but not be limited to, the fol-
lowing components: 
(1) Continued investment in existing United 
States initiatives related to international poverty re-
duction, such as the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act 
of 2003, the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, the 
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, and 
trade preference programs for developing countries, 
such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act. 
(2) Improving the effectiveness of development 
assistance and making available additional overall 
United States assistance levels as appropriate. 
(3) Enhancing and expanding debt relief as ap-
propriate. 
(4) Leveraging United States trade policy 
where possible to enhance economic development 
prospects for developing countries. 
(5) Coordinating efforts and working in co-
operation with developed and developing countries, 
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