mitted for consideration through a mechanism 
of the Global Water Coordinator’s choosing, ex-
cept that such comment period shall last not 
less than 45 days. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) GLOBAL WATER COORDINATOR.—The term 
‘Global Water Coordinator’ means the Global Water 
Coordinator designated under section 136(e) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
ADVISOR
FOR
WATER
RE-
SOURCES.—The term ‘Special Advisor for Water Re-
sources’ means the Special Advisor for Water Re-
sources designated under section 136(f) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961.’’. 
SEC. 8. TRANSPARENCY AND MONITORING AND EVALUA-
TION. 
Section 7 of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 
Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–121; 119 Stat. 2533; 
22 U.S.C. 2152h note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 7. TRANSPARENCY AND MONITORING AND EVALUA-
TION. 
‘‘(a) TRANSPARENCY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of the Senator Paul 
Simon Water for the World Act of 2013, the Admin-
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istrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall, as part of the Agency’s 
Internet Web site, establish and maintain a Web 
page to make publicly available comprehensive, time-
ly, comparable, and accessible information on United 
States water, sanitation, and hygiene foreign assist-
ance programs. The head of each Federal depart-
ment or agency that administers such programs 
shall on a quarterly basis publish and update on the 
Web page such information with respect to programs 
of the department or agency. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—To ensure trans-
parency, accountability, and effectiveness of 
United States water, sanitation, and hygiene 
foreign assistance programs, the information re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(i) the strategy required by section 
6(b) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for 
the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 
121; 119 Stat. 2533; 22 U.S.C. 2152h 
note); 
‘‘(ii) a list of countries that meet the 
criteria outlined in section 6(b)(2)(B) of 
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the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 
Poor Act of 2005; 
‘‘(iii) an identification of each country 
designated as a high priority country 
under section 6(b)(2)(C) of the Senator 
Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 
2005, including a fully articulated ration-
ale of why each country received the des-
ignation; 
‘‘(iv) for each fiscal year, information 
on the amount of funds expended in each 
country or program to carry out this Act 
and the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 
Poor Act of 2005, disaggregated by pur-
pose of assistance, including information 
on capital investments, and the source of 
such funds by account; and 
‘‘(v) evaluations of water, sanitation, 
and hygiene programs. 
‘‘(B) POSTING REQUIREMENTS.—Such in-
formation shall be published on the Web page 
not later than 30 days after the date of 
issuance of the information and shall be con-
tinuously updated. 
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‘‘(C) REPORT IN LIEU OF INCLUSION.—If 
the head of a Federal department or agency de-
scribed in paragraph (1) makes a determination 
that the inclusion of a required item of informa-
tion on the Web page would jeopardize the 
health or security of an implementing partner 
or program beneficiary or would be detrimental 
to the national interests of the United States, 
such item of information may be submitted to 
Congress in a written report in lieu of including 
it on the Web page, along with the reasons for 
not including it on the Web page. 
‘‘(3) DATABASE.—The Web page shall also con-
tain a link to a searchable database available to the 
public containing such information relating to the 
current fiscal year and, as available, for each prior 
fiscal year dating to and including fiscal year 2006. 
‘‘(4) FORM.—Such information shall be pub-
lished on the Web page in unclassified form. Any in-
formation determined to be classified information 
may be submitted to Congress in classified form and 
an unclassified summary of such information shall 
be published on the Web page. 
‘‘(b) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With regard to water, sani-
tation, and hygiene programming, the Global Water 
Coordinator shall ensure that the Agency monitors 
and evaluates projects and activities carried out 
under such programs, including carrying out assess-
ments of impact where appropriate, and ensuring re-
sults of evaluations are used to inform the design of 
such projects and activities. Such monitoring and 
evaluations shall— 
‘‘(A) be carried out in accordance with, 
and measured against the principles described 
in section 6(b) of the Senator Paul Simon 
Water for the Poor Act of 2005 and, where ap-
propriate, 
the 
goals 
established 
section 
6(b)(2)(D) of the Senator Paul Simon Water 
for the Poor Act of 2005; and 
‘‘(B) conduct longer term monitoring and 
evaluation of its water activities in order to as-
sess sustainability beyond the typical Agency 
program cycle and to enable reasonable support 
to issues that arise post implementation. 
‘‘(2) MANDATORY SET-ASIDE FOR MONITORING 
AND EVALUATION.—Each water, sanitation, and hy-
giene project shall be planned and budgeted to in-
clude funding for both short- and long-term moni-
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