(7) shall track and analyze monitoring and eval-
uation data and findings on international prevention 
and response programs of the United States Agency 
for International Development, consistent with 
Agency-wide monitoring and evaluation activities, to 
assist in the preparation of the strategy developed 
under section 101(a). 
SEC. 203. BRIEFING AND ASSESSMENT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Ambas-
sador-at-Large and the Senior Coordinator shall provide, 
to the appropriate congressional committees— 
(1) a briefing on international violence against 
women and girls prevention and response strategies, 
programming, and associated outcomes; and 
(2) an assessment of human and financial re-
sources necessary to fulfill the purposes and duties 
under this Act. 
SEC. 204. ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND 
GIRLS IN HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, PEACE-
KEEPING, CONFLICT, AND POSTCONFLICT 
SETTINGS. 
(a) ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
WITH USAID.—The Secretary of State and the Adminis-
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trator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment shall ensure that— 
(1) bilateral and multilateral assistance made 
available for humanitarian relief, conflict mitigation, 
and post-conflict reconstruction including funds 
made available through Safe from the Start and 
other programs and efforts— 
(A) prevents and responds to violence 
against women and girls from the very onset of 
and throughout a crisis; 
(B) builds the capacity of humanitarian 
actors, including multilateral agencies and those 
leading relevant humanitarian cluster responses 
and Areas of Responsibility (AOR), such as the 
GBV AOR; 
(C) builds the capacity of local partners to 
address the special protection needs of women 
and children; 
(D) supports survivors of violence through 
education, essential medical and psychosocial 
assistance, trauma counseling, family and com-
munity reinsertion and reunification, and eco-
nomic opportunity programs; and 
(E) provides legal services for women and 
girls who are victims of violence; 
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(2) specialists in violence against women and 
girls are designated and deployed, as appropriate, as 
an integral part of Disaster Assistance Response 
Teams to ensure the integration of prevention and 
response to violence against women and girls inter-
nationally in strategies and programming; and 
(3) contractors, grantees, and governments that 
carry out programs with United States assistance— 
(A) train humanitarian workers in pre-
venting and responding to violence against 
women and girls, including in the use of mecha-
nisms to report violence against women and 
girls; 
(B) conduct appropriate public outreach to 
make known to the host community the mecha-
nisms to report violence against women and 
girls; and 
(C) promptly and appropriately respond to 
reports of violence against women and girls and 
treat survivors in accordance with best practices 
regarding confidentiality. 
(b) EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO CREDIBLE REPORTS 
OF
CRITICAL
OR
WIDESPREAD
VIOLENCE
AGAINST 
WOMEN AND GIRLS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, act-
ing through the heads of relevant bureaus and of-
fices of the Department of State, shall— 
(A) identify critical or widespread incidents 
of violence against women and girls in situa-
tions of armed conflict when such incidents 
occur, through consultation with other Federal 
departments and agencies, the United Nations, 
international organizations, and nongovern-
mental organizations; 
(B) determine emergency response meas-
ures not later than 45 days after such identi-
fication; and 
(C) brief Congress, upon request, on the 
implementation of such emergency response 
measures and outcomes not later than 90 days 
after such determination. 
(2) CONTENT.—The emergency measures devel-
oped under paragraph (1) shall include a description 
of bilateral diplomatic efforts with— 
(A) the government of the country in 
which the violence is occurring; 
(B) governments in the region in which the 
violence is occurring; and 
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(C) other donor governments. 
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