(d) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The Secretary 
and the Administrator shall establish monitoring and eval-
uation mechanisms, to include measurable goals, objec-
tives, and benchmarks, to ensure the effective use of 
United States foreign assistance to achieve the objectives 
of this section. 
SEC. 7. REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the 
Administrator, in coordination with the heads of other rel-
evant Federal agencies, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the implementation 
of this Act. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include a description of 
the strategy required by section 5, including— 
(1) the monitoring and evaluation plans and in-
dicators used to measure performance under the 
strategy; 
(2) any legislative impediments to meeting the 
objectives of such strategy; 
(3) the extent to which Angola, Botswana, and 
Namibia have demonstrated a commitment and will-
ingness to cooperate to advance efforts described in 
section 5(b); 
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(4) progress made to date in meeting the objec-
tives of such strategy; 
(5) efforts to coordinate, deconflict, and stream-
line conservation programs in order to maximize re-
source effectiveness; 
(6) the extent to which Angola, Botswana, and 
Namibia and other government in the region are in-
vesting resources to advance conservation initiatives; 
and 
(7) the extent to which other funding sources, 
including through private sector investment and 
other investment by Angola, Botswana, and Na-
mibia, have been identified to advance conservation 
initiatives. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development. 
(2) 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 
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(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of State. 
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Calendar No. 704 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4819 
AN ACT 
To promote inclusive economic growth through con-
servation and biodiversity programs that facili-
tate transboundary cooperation, improve natural 
resource management, and build local capacity to 
protect and preserve threatened wildlife species 
in the greater Okavango River Basin of southern 
Africa. 
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 
Reported without amendment 
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