under this section, and pursuant to the strategy re-
quired in section 4 of the Assistance for Orphans 
and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Coun-
tries Act of 2005, the President shall establish a 
monitoring and evaluation system to measure the ef-
fectiveness of United States assistance to orphans 
and other vulnerable children. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The monitoring and 
evaluation system shall—
‘‘(A) establish performance goals for the 
assistance and expresses such goals in an objec-
tive and quantifiable form, to the extent fea-
sible; 
‘‘(B) establish performance indicators to be 
used in measuring or assessing the achievement 
of the performance goals described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(C) provide a basis for recommendations 
for adjustments to the assistance to enhance 
the impact of assistance. 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL ADVISOR
FOR ASSISTANCE
TO OR-
PHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN.—
‘‘(1) APPOINTMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Administrator of
the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, shall appoint a Special Advisor for 
Assistance to Orphans and Vulnerable Children. 
‘‘(B) DELEGATION.—At the discretion of 
the Secretary of State, the authority to appoint 
a Special Advisor under subparagraph (A) may 
be delegated by the Secretary of State to the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
‘‘(2) DUTIES.—The duties of the Special Advi-
sor for Assistance to Orphans and Vulnerable Chil-
dren shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) Coordinate assistance to orphans and 
other vulnerable children among the various of-
fices, bureaus, and field missions within the 
United States Agency for International Devel-
opment. 
‘‘(B) Advise the various offices, bureaus, 
and field missions within the United States 
Agency for International Development to ensure 
that programs approved for assistance under 
this section are consistent with best practices, 
meet the requirements of this Act, and conform 
to the strategy outlined in section 4 of the As-
sistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable 
Children in Developing Countries Act of 2005. 
‘‘(C) Advise the various offices, bureaus, 
and field missions within the United States 
Agency for International Development in devel-
oping any component of their annual plan, as it 
relates to assistance for orphans or other vul-
nerable children in developing countries, to en-
sure that each program, project, or activity re-
lating to such assistance is consistent with best 
practices, meets the requirements of this Act, 
and conforms to the strategy outlined in section 
4 of the Assistance for Orphans and Other Vul-
nerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 
2005. 
‘‘(D) Coordinate all United States assist-
ance to orphans and other vulnerable children 
among United States departments and agen-
cies, including the provision of assistance relat-
ing to HIV/AIDS authorized under the United 
States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuber-
culosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108–25), and the amendments made by such 
Act (including section 102 of such Act, and the
amendments made by such section, relating to 
the coordination of HIV/AIDS programs). 
‘‘(E) Establish priorities that promote the 
delivery of assistance to the most vulnerable 
populations of orphans and children, particu-
larly in those countries with a high rate of HIV 
infection among women. 
‘‘(F) Disseminate a collection of best prac-
tices to field missions of the United States 
Agency for International Development to guide 
the development and implementation of pro-
grams to assist orphans and vulnerable chil-
dren. 
‘‘(G) Administer the monitoring and eval-
uation system established in subsection (d). 
‘‘(H) Prepare the annual report required 
by section 5 of the Assistance for Orphans and 
Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Coun-
tries Act of 2005. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the President to carry out this sec-
tion such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 2006 and 2007.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts made 
available under paragraph (1) are authorized to re-
main available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 4. STRATEGY OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGY.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
President shall develop, and transmit to the appropriate 
congressional committees, a strategy for coordinating, im-
plementing, and monitoring assistance programs for or-
phans and vulnerable children. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The strategy described in sub-
section (a) should be developed in consultation with the 
Special Advisor for Assistance to Orphans and Vulnerable 
Children (appointed pursuant to section 135(e)(1) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 3 
of this Act)) and with employees of the field missions of 
the United States Agency for International Development 
to ensure that the strategy—
(1) will not impede the efficiency of imple-
menting assistance programs for orphans and vul-
nerable children; and 
(2) addresses the specific needs of indigenous 
populations. 
(c) CONTENT.—The strategy required by subsection 
(a) shall include—
(1) the identity of each agency or department 
of the Federal Government that is providing assist-
ance for orphans and vulnerable children in foreign 
countries; 
(2) a description of the efforts of the head of 
each such agency or department to coordinate the 
provision of such assistance with other agencies or 
departments of the Federal Government or non-
governmental entities; 
(3) a description of a coordinated strategy, in-
cluding coordination with other bilateral and multi-
lateral donors, to provide the assistance authorized 
in section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as added by section 3 of this Act; 
(4) an analysis of additional coordination mech-
anisms or procedures that could be implemented to 
carry out the purposes of such section; 
(5) a description of a monitoring system that 
establishes performance goals for the provision of 
such assistance and expresses such goals in an ob-
jective and quantifiable form, to the extent feasible; 
and 
(6) a description of performance indicators to 
be used in measuring or assessing the achievement 
of the performance goals described in paragraph (5).
SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
on which the President transmits to the appropriate con-
gressional committees the strategy required by section 
4(a), and annually thereafter, the President shall transmit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the implementation of this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report shall contain the fol-
lowing information for grants, cooperative agreements, 
contracts, contributions, and other forms of assistance 
awarded or entered into under section 135 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 3 of this Act): 
(1) The amount of funding, the name of recipi-
ent organizations, the location of programs and ac-
tivities, the status of progress of programs and ac-
tivities, and the estimated number of orphans and 
other vulnerable children who received direct or indi-
rect assistance under the programs and activities. 
(2) The results of the monitoring and evalua-
tion system with respect to assistance for orphans 
and other vulnerable children. 
(3) The percentage of assistance provided in 
support of orphans or other vulnerable children af-
fected by HIV/AIDS.
(4) Any other appropriate information relating 
to the needs of orphans and other vulnerable chil-
dren in developing countries that could be addressed 
through the provision of assistance authorized in 
section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as added by section 3 of this Act, or under any other 
provision of law. 
SEC. 6. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Appropriations and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
International Relations of the House of Representatives.
Passed the House of Representatives October 18, 
2005. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1409
AN ACT 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to 
provide assistance for orphans and other vulner-
able children in developing countries, and for 
other purposes.