I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 80 
To improve efforts of the United States Government to ensure that developing 
countries have affordable and equitable access to safe water and sanita-
tion, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To improve efforts of the United States Government to en-
sure that developing countries have affordable and equi-
table access to safe water and sanitation, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Water Access 
and Equity Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL WATER ISSUES DIPLOMATIC CO-
ORDINATOR. 
Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(g) INTERNATIONAL WATER ISSUES DIPLOMATIC 
COORDINATOR.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.—There is 
established within the Department of State in the 
immediate office of the Secretary of State a Coordi-
nator of United States Government Diplomatic Ini-
tiatives to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation Glob-
ally (in this subsection referred to as the ‘Coordi-
nator’), who shall be appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 
Coordinator shall report directly to the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Coordinator shall 
perform such duties and exercise such powers 
as the Secretary of State shall prescribe. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC DUTIES.— 
‘‘(i) ADVISING
THE
SECRETARY
OF 
STATE.—The Coordinator shall be the Sec-
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retary of State’s principal advisor on ef-
forts of the United States Government to 
ensure that developing countries have af-
fordable and equitable access to safe water 
and sanitation. 
‘‘(ii) MONITORING
UNITED
STATES 
DIPLOMATIC
POLICY.—The 
Coordinator 
shall monitor the diplomatic policy of the 
United States Government and shall for-
mulate ways in which such policy may be 
used to further the goal of ensuring that 
developing countries have access to safe 
water and sanitation, including the objec-
tives expressed in the Senator Paul Simon 
Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 
2152h note) and the amendments made by 
that Act. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘safe water’ means water for drink-
ing, household use, and crop irrigation.’’. 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF GLOBAL WATER AID. 
(a) BUREAU FOR GLOBAL WATER AID.—The Sen-
ator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (22 
U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating section 11 as section 12; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 10 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 11. BUREAU FOR GLOBAL WATER AID. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the United States Agency for International Development 
a Bureau for Global Water Aid (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Bureau’). 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.—The Bureau shall 
be headed by an Assistant Administrator for Global Water 
Aid (in this section referred to as the ‘Assistant Adminis-
trator’), who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Assistant 
Administrator shall report directly to the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES OF ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
Assistant Administrator shall be responsible for the over-
sight and coordination of all United States Government 
activities to provide safe water and sanitation to devel-
oping countries, including implementation of this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act. 
‘‘(d) STAFF.—The Bureau shall be staffed by such 
persons as the Assistant Administrator considers nec-
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essary to carry out the responsibilities of the Assistant Ad-
ministrator.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSIST-
ANCE ACT OF 1961.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (b) of the 
second section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152h(b)), as added by section 
5(a) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor 
Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 2152h note), is amended by 
inserting after ‘‘the President’’ the following: ‘‘, act-
ing through the Assistant Administrator for Global 
Water Aid,’’. 
(2) DEFINITION.—Such section is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘safe water’ means water for drinking, household use, 
and crop irrigation.’’. 
(3) REDESIGNATION AND CONFORMING AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(A) REDESIGNATION.—Chapter 1 of part I 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by redesig-
nating the second section 135 (22 U.S.C. 
2152h), as added by section 5(a) of the Senator 
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Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 
(22 U.S.C. 2152h note), as section 136. 
(B) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The 
Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 
2005 (22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 135’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘section 136’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION UNDER
THE AGRICULTURAL 
TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1954.— 
Section 104(c)(9) of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1704(c)(9)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 135’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 136’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘safe water’ means water for drinking, household 
use, and crop irrigation.’’. 
(d) DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE SEN-
ATOR PAUL SIMON WATER
FOR
THE POOR ACT
OF 
2005.— 
(1) SAFE
WATER
AND
SANITATION
STRAT-
EGY.—Section 6 of the Senator Paul Simon Water 
for the Poor Act of 2005 (22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is 
amended— 
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(A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of State, acting through the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development,’’ and inserting ‘‘Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development’’; 
(B) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘Secretary of State’’ and inserting ‘‘Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 
‘‘Committee on International Relations’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this Act, the 
term ‘safe water’ means water for drinking, household use, 
and crop irrigation.’’. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEVELOP-
MENT OF LOCAL CAPACITY.—Section 8 of such Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended by striking 
‘‘Secretary of State’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator 
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of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment’’. 
(3) REPORT
REGARDING
WATER
FOR
PEACE 
AND
SECURITY.—Section 10(b) of such Act (22 
U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Devel-
opment,’’ and inserting ‘‘The Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Committee on Inter-
national Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee 
on Foreign Affairs’’. 
(4) FURTHER DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY.— 
Such Act (22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is further amend-
ed— 
(A) by redesignating section 12 (as redes-
ignated by subsection (a) of this section) as sec-
tion 13; and 
(B) by inserting after section 11 the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 12. DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY. 
‘‘(a) COORDINATION.—In overseeing and coordi-
nating United States Government activities to provide safe 
water and sanitation to developing countries, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment shall coordinate with the Secretary of State to 
ensure that the manner of carrying out such activities is 
consistent with the overall diplomatic policy of the United 
States. The Secretary of State shall, to the maximum ex-
tent feasible, make such activities a priority of the diplo-
matic policy of the United States. 
‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of sec-
tions 6 through 10 and subsection (a) of this section— 
‘‘(1) any reference to the Secretary of State 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary 
of State, acting through the Coordinator of United 
States Government Diplomatic Initiatives to Provide 
Safe Water and Sanitation Globally, established by 
section 1(g) of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956; and 
‘‘(2) any reference to the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, acting through the Assistant Adminis-
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trator for Global Water Aid, established by section 
11 of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROMOTION OF EFFI-
CIENT USE OF WATER. 
It is the sense of Congress that the policy of the 
United States Government should promote more efficient 
use of existing water supplies in developing countries (in-
cluding through superior methods of irrigation), as well 
as the development of additional reliable water supplies. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act. 
(b) OTHER AMOUNTS.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection 
(a) shall be in addition to the amounts otherwise available 
to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act. 
(c) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) are 
authorized to remain available until expended. 
Æ 
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