statistical services funded by United States Agency
for International Development, so that they can pro-
vide an unbiased basis for the design, implementa-
tion and monitoring of programs, policies, and legis-
lation.
SEC. 3. SURVEY OF STATUS OF WOMEN.
(a) PERIODIC SURVEYS REQUIRED.—Title 13, Unit-
ed States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 11—COLLECTION AND PUBLICATION
OF INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
‘‘Sec.
‘‘501. Collection and publication.
‘‘502. Reports.
‘‘503. Federal Forum on Women’s Statistics.
‘‘§ 501. Collection and publication
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall collect, compile, and publish
statistics concerning the status of women and girls of all
ages in the United States, and compile and publish statis-
tics concerning the status of women and girls of all ages
in foreign countries and in refugee camps, including statis-
tics in the following priority areas—
‘‘(1) participation in the labor force, and edu-
cational and political institutions;
‘‘(2) the structure of, care of, and support for
families;
‘‘(3) fertility regulation behavior and health;
and
‘‘(4) such additional categories as the Secretary
may determine.
‘‘(b) To assist the Secretary in carrying out the provi-
sions of this chapter in foreign countries and refugee
camps, the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, acting through its regional bu-
reaus as well as its offices of population and women in
development, and the Secretary of State acting through
the Bureau for Refugee Programs, shall collect the infor-
mation described in this chapter in the form and manner
which shall be agreed to between the Secretary, the Sec-
retary of State, and the Administrator.
‘‘(c) The Secretary, the Secretary of State, and the
Administrator shall seek to develop and establish inter-
nationally comparable measures and standard methodolo-
gies for collection of information on women and their roles
under this chapter in both a large scale quantitative man-
ner and in-depth descriptive manner based on smaller
samples, surveys, or case studies. The United States Agen-
cy for International Development, the State Department,
and the Bureau of the Census shall incorporate these
measures and methodologies into their current and future,
data collection effort. The Bureau of the Census shall pro-
mote these measures and methodologies in their inter-
national programs.
‘‘§ 502. Reports
‘‘(a) The Secretary shall publish the statistics col-
lected under section 501, together with information ob-
tained from other departments, agencies, or establish-
ments of the Federal Government—
‘‘(1) for the United States, in 1997 and every
second year thereafter; and
‘‘(2) for foreign countries, in 1999 and every
fifth year thereafter.
‘‘(b) Each report under subsection (a) (after the first
such report) shall include historical comparisons and in-
terpretive comparisons on the changes in the status of
women since the preceding report.
‘‘(c) Each report under this section shall be submit-
ted to the Congress.
‘‘§ 503. Federal Forum on Women’s Statistics
‘‘(a) To assist in carrying out the provisions in this
chapter, the Secretary shall establish a Federal Forum on
Women’s Statistics. The Forum may include representa-
tives from appropriate departments, agencies, and estab-
lishments of the Federal Government that collect, compile,
analyze, or publish data on the status of women and girls,
and those entities that receive Federal grants or contracts
to collect, compile, analyze, or publish data on the status
of women and girls.
‘‘(b) The Forum shall meet semiannually to exchange
information on current collection and survey initiatives
and to avoid duplication of efforts, to identify gaps in
data, and to carry out other activities as the Secretary
shall designate.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters
at the beginning of title 13, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘11. Collection and publication of information on the
status of women .....................................................
501’’.
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