(1) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘entre-
preneurs’’ and inserting ‘‘clients’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4)(D)—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘very small
loans’’ and inserting ‘‘financial services to poor
entrepreneurs’’; and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘micro-
finance’’ and inserting ‘‘microenterprise’’.
(c) MONITORING SYSTEM.—Section 131(c) of such
Act (22 U.S.C. 2152a(c)) is amended by striking para-
graph (4) and inserting the following:
‘‘(4) adopts the widespread use of proven and
effective poverty assessment tools to successfully
identify the very poor and ensure that they receive
needed microenterprise loans, savings, and assist-
ance.’’.
(d) DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF POVERTY
MEASUREMENT METHODS.—Section 131 of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2152a) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(d) DEVELOPMENT AND CERTIFICATION OF POV-
ERTY MEASUREMENT METHODS; APPLICATION OF METH-
ODS.—
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT AND CERTIFICATION.—(A)
The Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, in consultation with
microenterprise institutions and other appropriate
organizations, shall develop no fewer than two low-
cost methods for partner institutions to use to assess
the poverty levels of their current or prospective cli-
ents. The United States Agency for International
Development shall develop poverty indicators that
correlate with the circumstances of the very poor.
‘‘(B) The Administrator shall field-test the
methods developed under subparagraph (A). As part
of the testing, institutions and programs may use
the methods on a voluntary basis to demonstrate
their ability to reach the very poor.
‘‘(C) Not later than October 1, 2004, the Ad-
ministrator shall, from among the low-cost poverty
measurement methods developed under subpara-
graph (A), certify no fewer than two such methods
as approved methods for measuring the poverty lev-
els of current or prospective clients of microenter-
prise institutions for purposes of assistance under
this section.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—The Administrator shall
require that, with reasonable exceptions, all organi-
zations applying for microenterprise assistance
under this Act use one of the certified methods, be-
ginning no later than October 1, 2005, to determine
and report the poverty levels of current or prospec-
tive clients.’’.
(e) LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 131(e) of such
Act, as redesignated by subsection (d), is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and $175,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2004’’ after ‘‘fiscal years
2001 and 2002’’.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 131(f) of such Act, as re-
designated by subsection (d), is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(5) VERY POOR.—The term ‘very poor’ means
those individuals—
‘‘(A) living in the bottom 50 percent below
the poverty line established by the national gov-
ernment of the country in which those individ-
uals live; or
‘‘(B) living on less than the equivalent of
$1 per day.’’.
SEC. 4. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30,
2005, the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development shall submit to Congress a re-
port that documents the process of developing and apply-
ing poverty assessment procedures with its partners.
(b) REPORTS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND BE-
YOND.—Beginning with fiscal year 2006, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment shall annually submit to Congress on a timely
basis a report that addresses the United States Agency
for International Development’s compliance with the
Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 by
documenting—
(1) the percentage of its resources that were al-
located to the very poor (as defined in paragraph (5)
of section 131(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152a(f)(5))) based on the data
collected from its partners using the certified meth-
ods; and
(2) the absolute number of the very poor
reached.
Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 2003.
Attest:
Clerk.