section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), to be adminis-
tered by USAID. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund 
$30,000,000 for each of the five fiscal years begin-
ning with the first fiscal year that begins after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. Amounts author-
ized to be appropriated pursuant to this paragraph 
are authorized to remain available until expended. 
(3) PURPOSES OF THE FUND.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, except section 620M of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2378d), amounts in the Fund may be used to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) to 
support programs and activities to prevent or 
respond to emerging or unforeseen foreign chal-
lenges and complex crises overseas, including 
through the Global Fragility Initiative estab-
lished pursuant to section 6. 
(B) ADDITION.—Amounts authorized to be 
appropriated to the Fund are in addition to any 
amounts otherwise made available for the pur-
poses described in subparagraph (A). 
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(4) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund 
may not be expended for lethal assistance or to 
respond to natural disasters. 
(B) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Not 
more than five percent of amounts in the Fund 
may be used for administrative expenses. 
(5) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later 
than five days before amounts from the Fund are 
obligated, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall submit 
notification of such obligation to— 
(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. 
(6) WAIVER.—Notification in accordance with 
paragraph (5) may be waived if— 
(A) notification by the deadline specified in 
such paragraph would pose a substantial risk to 
human health or welfare; and 
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(B) the congressional committees specified 
in such paragraph— 
(i) are notified not later than three 
days after an obligation of amounts from 
the Fund; and 
(ii) are provided with an explanation 
of the emergency circumstances that neces-
sitated such waiver. 
(c) OTHER FUNDING AND COST MATCHING.—The 
Global Fragility Initiative established pursuant to section 
6— 
(1) may be supported by funds other than 
funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this 
section; and 
(2) shall seek to leverage funds from sources 
other than the United States Government in order 
to promote coordination and cost-matching to the 
maximum extent practicable. 
SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ASSISTANCE FOR 
THE GLOBAL FRAGILITY INITIATIVE. 
It is the sense of Congress that the President, the 
Secretary of State, the Administrator of USAID, the Sec-
retary of Defense, and the heads of other relevant Federal 
departments and agencies should work with the appro-
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priate congressional committees to provide sufficient types 
and levels of funding to— 
(1) allow for more adaptive and responsive pol-
icy and program planning, implementation, and scal-
ing under the Global Fragility Initiative established 
pursuant to section 6, including through more flexi-
ble funding mechanisms and exemptions from spe-
cific and minimum funding levels when such exemp-
tions would make such programs better able to re-
spond to local needs, the results of monitoring and 
evaluation, or changed circumstances in relevant 
countries; 
(2) better integrate the initiative and other con-
flict and violence reduction objectives and activities 
into other policy and program areas, where appro-
priate; and 
(3) support transparent and accountable multi-
lateral funds, initiatives, and strategies to enhance 
and better coordinate both private and public efforts 
to stabilize conflict-affected areas and prevent vio-
lence and fragility globally. 
SEC. 6. GLOBAL FRAGILITY INITIATIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the Administrator of the United 
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States 
Agency 
for 
International 
Development 
(USAID), the Secretary of Defense, the Atrocities 
Prevention Board (or any successor entity), and the 
heads of other relevant Federal departments and 
agencies, shall, in accordance with subsection (b), es-
tablish an interagency initiative, to be referred to as 
the ‘‘Global Fragility Initiative’’, to stabilize conflict- 
affected areas and prevent violence and fragility 
globally. 
(2) STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION.—The Glob-
al Fragility Initiative required under this subsection 
shall be developed in consultation with representa-
tives of local civil society and national and local gov-
ernance entities, as well as relevant international de-
velopment organizations with experience imple-
menting programs in fragile and violence-affected 
communities, multilateral organizations and donors, 
and relevant private, academic, and philanthropic 
entities, as appropriate. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT PLAN.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of 
USAID, the Secretary of Defense, the Atrocities Preven-
tion Board (or any successor entity), and the heads of 
other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall 
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