(1) AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE.—The term ‘‘Am-
bassador-at-Large’’ means the Ambassador-at-Large 
for Global Women’s Issues at the Department of 
State appointed by the President pursuant to section 
201(a). 
(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 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(3) GENDER
ANALYSIS.—The term ‘‘gender 
analysis’’ means the examination of the differential 
impact of policies on different genders. 
(4) 
GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE.—The 
term 
‘‘gender-based violence’’— 
(A) means any harmful threat or act di-
rected at an individual or group based on actual 
or perceived biological sex, gender identity or 
expression, sexual orientation, or lack of adher-
ence to varying socially constructed norms 
around masculinity and femininity; 
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(B) is rooted in structural gender inequal-
ities, patriarchy, and power imbalances; and 
(C) includes the use or threat of physical, 
psychological, sexual, economic, legal, political, 
social and other forms of control or abuse. 
(5) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of-
fice of Global Women’s Issues established by the 
Secretary of State pursuant to section 201(a). 
(6) SENIOR COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Senior 
Coordinator’’ means the Senior Coordinator for Gen-
der Equality and Women’s Empowerment at the 
United States Agency for International Development 
appointed pursuant to section 202. 
(7) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.— 
The term ‘‘violence against women and girls’’— 
(A) means any act of violence against 
women or girls that results in, or is likely to re-
sult in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm 
or suffering to women or girls, including threats 
of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivations 
of liberty, whether occurring in public or private 
life; and 
(B) includes— 
(i) physical, sexual, and psychological 
violence occurring in the family, including 
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battering, sexual abuse of female children 
in the household, dowry-related violence, 
marital rape, female genital cutting and 
mutilation, forced child marriage, and 
other harmful practices to women and 
girls, nonspousal violence, and violence re-
lated to exploitation; 
(ii) physical, sexual, and psychological 
violence occurring within the general com-
munity, including rape, sexual abuse, sex-
ual harassment and intimidation at work, 
in educational institutions and elsewhere, 
trafficking in women and girls, and forced 
prostitution; and 
(iii) physical, sexual, and psycho-
logical violence perpetrated or condoned by 
the state, wherever it occurs. 
TITLE I—STRATEGY, POLICY, 
AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 101. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO PREVENT AND RE-
SPOND TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE GLOB-
ALLY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 4 years there-
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after, the Ambassador-at-Large, in consultation with the 
Senior Coordinator, shall— 
(1) develop or update, in consultation with civil 
society, including service providers, a United States 
global strategy to prevent and respond to violence 
against women and girls, using evidence-based inter-
ventions and standards that address the root causes 
of, and provide comprehensive responses to, violence 
against women and girls; 
(2) submit the strategy under paragraph (1) to 
the appropriate congressional committees for com-
ment and review; and 
(3) make the strategy publicly available on the 
internet. 
(b) INITIAL STRATEGY.—For the purposes of this 
section, the ‘‘United States Strategy to Prevent and Re-
spond to Gender-Based Violence Globally’’, issued in Au-
gust 2012 and updated in 2016, shall be deemed to fulfill 
the initial requirement of subsection (a). 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 60 
days after submission of the strategy under subsection (a), 
the Ambassador-at-Large, in consultation with the Senior 
Coordinator, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an implementation plan detailing how the 
strategy will be implemented in the upcoming 4 fiscal 
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years, including the budget resources requested, and the 
specific activities to be supported, by each Executive agen-
cy under the strategy. 
(d) COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION.—In devel-
oping the strategy under subsection (a), the Ambassador- 
at-Large and the Senior Coordinator shall consult with— 
(1) the heads of relevant Federal agencies; 
(2) the Senior Policy Operating Group on Traf-
ficking in Persons; and 
(3) representatives of civil society, including 
nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organi-
zations, multilateral organizations, local and inter-
national civil society groups, and local service pro-
viders and beneficiaries with demonstrated experi-
ence in addressing violence against women and girls 
or promoting gender equality internationally. 
(e) CONTENT.—The implementation plan required 
under subsection (c) shall— 
(1) identify eligible low-income and lower-mid-
dle income countries with significant levels of vio-
lence against women and girls, including within dis-
placed communities, that have the governmental or 
nongovernmental organizational capacity to manage 
and implement gender-based violence prevention and 
response program activities and should, when pos-
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