(3) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
STRATE-
GIES.—Activities carried out under this section shall 
also be carried out in coordination with— 
(A) the United States Global Strategy to 
Empower Adolescent Girls described in section 
6; and 
(B) the United States Government Strat-
egy on International Basic Education, including 
its objective to expand access to quality basic 
education for all, particularly marginalized and 
vulnerable populations. 
(d) ACCEPTANCE OF SOLICITATIONS FOR AWARDS.— 
The Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall seek to accept solicitations for 
one or more awards, pursuant to the authority in sub-
section (a), to conduct activities under this section begin-
ning not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(e) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—The Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment shall seek to ensure that activities carried out 
under this section— 
(1) employ rigorous monitoring and evaluation 
methodologies, including ex-post evaluation, to en-
sure that such activities demonstrably close the gap 
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in gender parity for secondary education and im-
prove the quality of education offered to adolescent 
girls; 
(2) disaggregate all data collected and reported 
by age, gender, marital and motherhood status, dis-
ability, and urbanity, to the extent practicable and 
appropriate; 
(3) adhere to the Policy Guidance on Promoting 
Gender Equality of the Department of State and the 
Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy 
of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment; and 
(4) use, to the extent possible, indicators and 
methodologies identified by the Interagency Working 
Group for the Strategy on International Basic Edu-
cation. 
SEC. 6. GLOBAL STRATEGY REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 5 years there-
after, the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s 
Issues at the Department of State, in consultation with 
the Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s 
Empowerment and the Senior Coordinator for Inter-
national Basic Education Assistance at the United States 
Agency for International Development, shall— 
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(1) review and update a United States global 
strategy to empower adolescent girls; 
(2) provide a meaningful opportunity for public 
review and consultation on the strategy; and 
(3) submit the strategy to the appropriate con-
gressional committees. 
(b) INITIAL STRATEGY.—For the purposes of this 
section, the ‘‘United States Global Strategy to Empower 
Adolescent Girls’’, published in March 2016, shall be 
deemed to fulfill the initial requirement under subsection 
(a). 
(c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—In reviewing and 
updating the strategy under subsection (a), the Ambas-
sador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, the Senior Co-
ordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empower-
ment, and the Senior Coordinator for International Basic 
Education Assistance shall consult with— 
(1) the heads of relevant Federal departments 
and agencies their designees, as well as experts on 
adolescent girls, gender equality, and empowerment 
issues throughout the Federal Government; 
(2) the appropriate congressional committees; 
(3) representatives of United States civil society 
and multilateral organizations with demonstrated ex-
perience and expertise in empowering adolescent 
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girls or promoting gender equality, including local 
civil society organizations and beneficiaries where 
possible; and 
(4) local organizations and beneficiaries in 
countries receiving assistance pursuant to the strat-
egy, including youth and adolescent girls’ organiza-
tions. 
SEC. 7. TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
thereafter until each activity initiated pursuant to the au-
thorities under this Act has concluded, the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port describing— 
(1) the activities initiated under the authorities 
provided in this Act; and 
(2) the manner and extent to which such activi-
ties are monitored and evaluated, in accordance with 
section 5(e). 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be made available on a text-based, search-
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able, and publicly available website of the United States 
Agency for International Development. 
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