(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘In order 
to’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE
TO
IMPROVE
VOLUNTARY 
FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting 
through the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, is au-
thorized to provide assistance, on such terms 
and conditions as the President may determine, 
to improve voluntary family planning programs 
in developing countries. 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance 
provided under subparagraph (A) shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, be used to— 
‘‘(i) improve public knowledge of vol-
untary family planning programs, includ-
ing the availability of modern contracep-
tives and the health, economic, and natural 
resource benefits of voluntary family plan-
ning for individuals, families, and commu-
nities; 
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‘‘(ii) support a wide range of public 
and private voluntary family planning pro-
grams, including networks for community- 
based and subsidized commercial distribu-
tion of modern contraceptives; 
‘‘(iii) expand formal and informal 
training for health care providers, health 
educators, including peer educators and 
outreach workers, managers, traditional 
birth attendants, counselors, and commu-
nity-based distribution agents; 
‘‘(iv) provide improved coordination 
between voluntary family planning pro-
grams and programs that receive United 
States Government assistance for the pre-
vention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually 
transmitted infections, the prevention of 
mother-to-child HIV transmission, and the 
testing, treatment, and care of persons in-
fected with HIV/AIDS and affected by 
HIV/AIDS to strengthen activities under 
such programs and enhance the cost-effec-
tiveness of such programs; and 
‘‘(v) strengthen supply chain logistics 
for the procurement and reliable distribu-
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tion of safe and effective modern contra-
ceptives, including coordination with the 
supply chain for HIV/AIDS prevention, 
care, and treatment, to allow for maximum 
efficiency and cost-savings. 
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance 
under this paragraph, priority shall be given to 
developing countries with acute family planning 
and maternal health needs based on criteria 
such as— 
‘‘(i) the level of unmet need for vol-
untary family planning and modern contra-
ceptives; 
‘‘(ii) fertility rates; 
‘‘(iii) high-risk birth rates; 
‘‘(iv) the number of births unattended 
by skilled attendants; 
‘‘(v) maternal mortality rates; 
‘‘(vi) rates of mortality for infants 
and children under the age of five; 
‘‘(vii) abortion rates; 
‘‘(viii) the level of HIV/AIDS in 
women of reproductive age; and 
‘‘(ix) additional criteria or country 
conditions, such as conflict, humanitarian 
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crisis, large populations of refugees or in-
ternally displaced persons, or areas in 
which population growth threatens food se-
curity, vital natural resources, biodiversity, 
or endangered species. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) AIDS.—The term ‘AIDS’ has the 
meaning 
given 
the 
term 
in 
section 
104A(g)(1) of this Act. 
‘‘(ii) HIV.—The term ‘HIV’ has the 
meaning 
given 
the 
term 
in 
section 
104A(g)(2) of this Act. 
‘‘(iii) HIV/AIDS.—The term ‘HIV/ 
AIDS’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 104A(g)(3) of this Act.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The authority to provide as-
sistance under section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a), applies with re-
spect to fiscal year 2008 and subsequent fiscal years. 
SEC. 5. REPORT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the 
President, acting through the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, shall trans-
mit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
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of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate a report on the implementation of sec-
tion 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
added by section 4(a)). 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 
(1) a description of efforts to implement the 
policies set forth in section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961; 
(2) a description of the programs established 
pursuant to such section; and 
(3) a detailed assessment of the impact of pro-
grams established pursuant to such section, includ-
ing— 
(A) an estimate of annual expenditures on 
modern contraceptive commodities and activities 
in support of voluntary family planning pro-
grams on a country-by-country basis, to be 
based on information supplied by national gov-
ernments, donor agencies, and private sector 
entities, to the maximum extent practicable; 
(B) an assessment by country of the cur-
rent unmet need for, availability, and use of 
modern contraception; 
(C) an assessment of prior year and pro-
posed allocations of modern contraceptives in 
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