timetables to achieve the objectives described in subsection 
(a). 
(c) COMPONENTS.—The strategy required by sub-
section (a) should include, but not be limited to, the fol-
lowing components: 
(1) Continued investment in existing United 
States initiatives related to international poverty re-
duction, such as the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act 
of 2003, the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, the 
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, and 
trade preference programs for developing countries, 
such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act. 
(2) Improving the effectiveness of development 
assistance and making available additional overall 
United States assistance levels as appropriate. 
(3) Enhancing and expanding debt relief as ap-
propriate. 
(4) Leveraging United States trade policy 
where possible to enhance economic development 
prospects for developing countries. 
(5) Coordinating efforts and working in co-
operation with developed and developing countries, 
international organizations, and international finan-
cial institutions. 
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(6) Mobilizing and leveraging the participation 
of businesses, United States and international non-
governmental organizations, civil society, and public- 
private partnerships. 
(7) Coordinating the goal of poverty reduction 
with other development goals, such as combating the 
spread of preventable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, and malaria, increasing access to pota-
ble water and basic sanitation, reducing hunger and 
malnutrition, and improving access to and quality of 
education at all levels regardless of gender. 
(8) Integrating principles of sustainable devel-
opment into policies and programs. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President, acting through the Secretary of State, 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report that describes the strategy required 
by subsection (a). 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
REPORTS.—Not less than 
once every two years after the submission of the ini-
tial report under paragraph (1) until and including 
2015, the President shall transmit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the sta-
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tus of the implementation of the strategy, progress 
made in achieving the global poverty reduction objec-
tives described in subsection (a), and any changes to 
the strategy since the date of the submission of the 
last report. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(2) EXTREME
GLOBAL
POVERTY.—The term 
‘‘extreme global poverty’’ refers to the conditions in 
which individuals live on less than $1 per day, ad-
justed for purchasing power parity in 1993 United 
States dollars, according to World Bank statistics. 
(3) GLOBAL POVERTY.—The term ‘‘global pov-
erty’’ refers to the conditions in which individuals 
live on less than $2 per day, adjusted for purchasing 
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ing to World Bank statistics. 
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