‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL NATURE OF DUTIES AND RE-
STRICTION ON ADDITIONAL OR SUPPLEMENTAL COM-
PENSATION.—The responsibilities and specific duties 
of the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development (or the Administra-
tor’s designee) and the Secretary of State (or the 
Secretary’s designee) under paragraph (2) or (3), re-
spectively, shall be in addition to any other respon-
sibilities or specific duties assigned to such individ-
uals. Such individuals shall receive no additional or 
supplemental compensation as a result of carrying 
out such responsibilities and specific duties under 
such paragraphs.’’. 
SEC. 5. PROMOTING THE MAXIMUM IMPACT AND LONG- 
TERM 
SUSTAINABILITY 
OF 
USAID 
SAFE 
WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE-RELATED 
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. 
Section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as redesignated and amended by this Act, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PRIORITIES AND CRITERIA FOR MAXIMUM IM-
PACT AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment shall ensure that the Agency for International 
Development’s projects and programs authorized under
this section are designed to achieve maximum impact and 
long-term sustainability by— 
‘‘(1) prioritizing countries on the basis of the 
following clearly defined criteria and indicators, to 
the extent sufficient empirical data are available— 
‘‘(A) the proportion of the population 
using an unimproved drinking water source; 
‘‘(B) the total population using an unim-
proved drinking water source; 
‘‘(C) the proportion of the population with-
out piped water access; 
‘‘(D) the proportion of the population 
using shared or other unimproved sanitation fa-
cilities; 
‘‘(E) the total population using shared or 
other unimproved sanitation facilities; 
‘‘(F) the proportion of the population prac-
ticing open defecation; 
‘‘(G) the total number of children younger 
than 5 years of age who died from diarrheal 
disease; 
‘‘(H) the proportion of all deaths of chil-
dren younger than 5 years of age resulting from 
diarrheal disease;
‘‘(I) the national government’s capacity, 
capability, and commitment to work with the 
United States to improve access to safe water, 
sanitation, and hygiene, including— 
‘‘(i) the government’s capacity and 
commitment to developing the indigenous 
capacity to provide safe water and sanita-
tion without the assistance of outside do-
nors; and 
‘‘(ii) the degree to which such govern-
ment— 
‘‘(I) identifies such efforts as a 
priority; and 
‘‘(II) allocates resources to such 
efforts; 
‘‘(J) the availability of opportunities to le-
verage existing public, private, or other donor 
investments in the water, sanitation, and hy-
giene sectors, including investments in the man-
agement of water resources; and 
‘‘(K) the likelihood of making significant 
improvements on a per capita basis on the 
health and educational opportunities available 
to women as a result of increased access to safe 
water, sanitation, and hygiene, including access
to appropriate facilities at primary and sec-
ondary educational institutions seeking to en-
sure that communities benefitting from such 
projects and activities develop the indigenous 
capacity to provide safe water and sanitation 
without the assistance of outside donors; 
‘‘(2) prioritizing and measuring, including 
through rigorous monitoring and evaluating mecha-
nisms, the extent to which such project or pro-
gram— 
‘‘(A) furthers significant improvements 
in— 
‘‘(i) the criteria set forth in subpara-
graphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (1); 
‘‘(ii) the health and educational op-
portunities available to women as a result 
of increased access to safe water, sanita-
tion, and hygiene, including access to ap-
propriate facilities at primary and sec-
ondary educational institutions; and 
‘‘(iii) the indigenous capacity of the 
host nation or community to provide safe 
water and sanitation without the assistance 
of outside donors;
‘‘(B) is designed, as part of the provision 
of safe water and sanitation to the local com-
munity— 
‘‘(i) to be financially independent over 
the long term, focusing on local ownership 
and sustainability; 
‘‘(ii) to be undertaken in conjunction 
with relevant public institutions or private 
enterprises; 
‘‘(iii) to identify and empower local in-
dividuals or institutions to be responsible 
for the effective management and mainte-
nance of such project or program; and 
‘‘(iv) to provide safe water or exper-
tise or capacity building to those identified 
parties or institutions for the purposes of 
developing a plan and clear responsibilities 
for the effective management and mainte-
nance of such project or program; 
‘‘(C) leverages existing public, private, or 
other donor investments in the water, sanita-
tion, and hygiene sectors, including investments 
in the management of water resources; 
‘‘(D) avoids duplication of efforts with 
other United States Government agencies or de-