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essary to ensure that this assistance does not 
undermine or jeopardize U.S. security assist-
ance. 
(B) Evaluating and, as appropriate, re-
stricting United States involvement in invest-
ment and infrastructure projects financed by 
authoritarian regimes that might obstruct or 
otherwise impact United States security assist-
ance to beneficiary countries. 
(C) Monitoring and restricting equipment 
and support from high risk vendors for tele-
communications infrastructure in beneficiary 
countries. 
(D) Countering disinformation by pro-
moting transparency and accountability from 
beneficiary countries. 
(E) Eliminating corruption linked to in-
vestment and infrastructure facilitated by au-
thoritarian regimes through support for invest-
ment screening, competitive tendering and bid-
ding processes, the implementation of invest-
ment law, and contractual transparency. 
(5) To promote strategic engagement with the 
governments of beneficiary countries through effec-
tive branding and messaging of United States assist-
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ance and security cooperation, including by devel-
oping a public diplomacy strategy for educating citi-
zens of beneficiary countries about United States as-
sistance and security cooperation programs and ben-
efits. 
SEC. 3. STRATEGY TO IMPROVE DISASTER RESILIENCE. 
(a) PRIORITIZATION.—During the 5-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment and the President and Chief Executive Officer 
of the Inter-American Foundation, prioritize efforts to in-
crease disaster response and resilience by carrying out 
programs in beneficiary countries for the following pur-
poses: 
(1) Encouraging coordination between bene-
ficiary countries and relevant Federal departments 
and agencies to provide expertise and information 
sharing. 
(2) Supporting sharing of best practices on dis-
aster resilience including constructing resilient infra-
structure and rebuilding after natural disasters. 
(3) Improving rapid-response mechanisms and 
cross-government organizational preparedness for 
natural disasters. 
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(b) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall, in coordination with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development and in con-
sultation with the President and Chief Economic Officer 
of the Inter-American Foundation, submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a strategy that incor-
porates specific, measurable benchmarks to achieve the 
purposes described in subsection (a) and to inform citizens 
of beneficiary countries about the extent and benefits of 
United States assistance to such countries. In developing 
such strategy, the Secretary of State shall also consult 
with nongovernmental organizations in beneficiary coun-
tries and in the United States. 
(c) ANNUAL PROGRESS UPDATE.—The Secretary, in 
coordination with the Administrator, shall annually submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a written de-
scription of the progress made as of the date of such sub-
mission in meeting the benchmarks included in the strat-
egy submitted pursuant to subsection (b). 
SEC. 4. MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, shall submit to the appro-
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priate congressional committees an implementation plan 
that includes a timeline and stated objectives for actions 
to be taken with respect to the Caribbean Basin Security 
Initiative. The plan shall also include the following ele-
ments: 
(1) A multi-year strategy with a timeline, over-
view of objectives, and anticipated outcomes for the 
region and for each beneficiary country, with respect 
to each program area described in section 2. 
(2) Specific, measurable benchmarks to track 
the progress of the Initiative towards accomplishing 
the outcomes described pursuant to paragraph (1). 
(3) A plan for the delineation of the roles to be 
carried out by the Department of State, the United 
States Agency for International Development, the 
Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, 
and any other Federal department or agency in car-
rying out the Initiative, to prevent overlap and unin-
tended competition between activities and resources. 
(4) A plan to coordinate and track all activities 
carried out under the Initiative between all relevant 
Federal departments and agencies, in accordance 
with the publication requirements described in sec-
tion 4 of the Foreign Aid Transparency and Ac-
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countability Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–191; 22 
U.S.C. 2394c). 
(5) The results achieved during the previous 
year— 
(A) of monitoring and evaluation measures 
to track the progress of the Initiative in accom-
plishing the benchmarks included pursuant to 
paragraph (2); and 
(B) of the implementation of the strategy 
and plans described in paragraphs (1), (3), and 
(4). 
(6) A description of the process for co-locating 
Caribbean Basin Security Initiative projects funded 
by the United States Agency for International De-
velopment and the Bureau of International Nar-
cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the Depart-
ment of State, to ensure that crime prevention fund-
ing and enforcement funding are used in the same 
localities as necessary. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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