over water resources in such coun-
tries; and 
‘‘(C) from other Federal departments and 
agencies, as appropriate, that describes the con-
tributions of the departments and agencies to 
implementing the Global Water Strategy. 
‘‘(3) INDIVIDUALIZED
PLANS
FOR
HIGH
PRI-
ORITY COUNTRIES.—For each high priority country 
designated pursuant to subsection (h), the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development shall— 
‘‘(A) develop a costed, evidence-based, and 
results-oriented plan that— 
‘‘(i) seeks to achieve the purposes of 
this section; and 
‘‘(ii) meets the requirements under 
subsection (f); and 
‘‘(B) include such plan in an appendix to 
the Global Water Strategy required under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(4) FIRST TIME ACCESS REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.—The Global Water Strategy shall specifically 
describe the target percentage of funding for each 
fiscal year covered by such strategy to be directed
toward projects aimed at providing first-time access 
to safe water and sanitation. 
‘‘(5) PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.—The Global 
Water Strategy shall include specific and measurable 
goals, benchmarks, performance metrics, timetables, 
and monitoring and evaluation plans required to be 
developed by the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development pursuant to 
subsection (e)(1)(B)(v). 
‘‘(6) CONSULTATION AND BEST PRACTICES.— 
The Global Water Strategy shall— 
‘‘(A) be developed in consultation with the 
heads of other appropriate Federal departments 
and agencies; and 
‘‘(B) incorporate best practices from the 
international development community. 
‘‘(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate; 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and
‘‘(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘long-term sustainability’ refers 
to the ability of a service delivery system, commu-
nity, partner, or beneficiary to maintain, over time, 
any water, sanitation, or hygiene project that re-
ceives funding pursuant to the amendments made by 
the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 
2014.’’. 
(b) DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE
AGENCY-SPECIFIC 
PLAN.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit an 
agency-specific plan to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees (as defined in section 136(k) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a)) that 
meets the requirements of section 136(j)(2)(B) of such 
Act, as added by subsection (a). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 6 of the 
Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Pub-
lic Law 109–121; 22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is repealed. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 8, 
2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2901 
AN ACT 
To strengthen implementation of the Senator Paul 
Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 by im-
proving the capacity of the United States Gov-
ernment to implement, leverage, and monitor and 
evaluate programs to provide first-time or im-
proved access to safe drinking water, sanitation, 
and hygiene to the world’s poorest on an equi-
table and sustainable basis, and for other pur-
poses.