[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1259 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1259
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for
developing countries to promote quality basic education and to
establish the achievement of universal basic education in all
developing countries as an objective of United States foreign
assistance policy, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 1, 2007
Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. Smith) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for
developing countries to promote quality basic education and to
establish the achievement of universal basic education in all
developing countries as an objective of United States foreign
assistance policy, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Education for All Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Throughout the world, an alarming number of children
are not receiving primary education. At least 77 million
children of primary school age are not in school and \3/5\ of
such children are girls. Worldwide, half of school-age children
who start primary school drop out. Hundreds of millions more
children are denied a secondary school education.
(2) Of the approximately 77 million children of primary
school age who are not in school, more than half live in
countries that are considered fragile or have been affected by
conflict and 50 percent live in Africa. A significant number of
such children have been orphaned or otherwise negatively
affected by HIV/AIDS. Other such children have been victims of
child labor or human trafficking. Without access to education,
such children will not have the skills to contribute to
reconstruction and stabilization of their countries.
(3) The final report of the National Commission on
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (hereafter in this
section referred to as the ``Report'') concluded that education
that teaches tolerance, the dignity and value of each
individual, and respect for different beliefs must be a key
element in any global strategy to eliminate terrorism.
(4) Extending the vision of educational opportunity
described in the Report to all developing countries, including
countries affected by armed conflict, is critical to achieve
the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and prevent the
rise of violent extremism worldwide.
(5) The Report concluded that the United States Government
must offer an example of moral leadership in the world and
offer parents and their children a vision of the future that
emphasizes individual educational and economic opportunity.
(6) At the World Education Forum held in Dakar, Senegal in
2000, the United States joined more than 180 other countries in
committing to the goal of universal basic education by 2015.
Universal completion of primary school and eliminating gender
disparity in all levels of education not later than 2015 are
part of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
Currently, at least 70 countries are unlikely to achieve the
goal of 100 percent of children completing primary school by
not later than 2015.
(7) The Report noted that the United Nations has rightly
equated ``literacy as freedom'' and that the international
community is moving toward setting a goal of reducing by half
the illiteracy rate in the Middle East by 2010, through the
implementation of education programs targeting women and girls
and supporting programs for adult literacy.
(8) The Report concluded that ensuring educational
opportunity is essential to the efforts of the United States to
defeat global terrorism and recommended that the United States
Government ``should offer to join with other nations in
generously supporting [spending funds] . . . directly on
building and operating primary and secondary schools in those
Muslim states that commit to sensibly investing financial
resources in public education''.
(9) Basic education has been demonstrated to be fundamental
to development. No country has reached sustained economic
growth without achieving near universal primary education.
Education reduces poverty and inequality, and lays the
foundation for sound governance, civic participation, and
strong institutions.
(10) Investing in girls' education delivers substantial
returns not only in educational attainment but also in
increasing women's incomes, delaying the start of sexual
activity, reducing infant mortality, increasing women's
political participation, and spurring economic growth.
(11) Education helps to protect children in conflict
situations from physical harm, exploitation, and sexual abuse,
as well as to avoid the recruitment of children into armed
groups, and to promote good governance and poverty reduction.
(12) According to progress reports from the Education for
All Fast-Track Initiative, since the World Education Forum was
held in 2000, the number of children out of school has
decreased at an average rate of 4 million children per year.
Despite this progress, the goal of achieving universal basic
education by 2015 will not be met unless the number of children
out of school decreases at an average rate of approximately 7
million children per year.
(13) Credible estimates indicate that at least an
additional $7 billion to $10 billion per year of external
development assistance is necessary for developing countries to
achieve universal basic education by 2015.
SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION.
(a) In General.--Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section
105 the following new section:
``SEC. 105A. ASSISTANCE TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION.
``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to ensure that
the United States provides the resources and leadership to ensure a
successful international effort to provide all children with a quality
basic education in order to achieve the goal of universal basic
education by 2015 agreed to at the World Education Forum held in Dakar,
Senegal in 2000.
``(b) Policy.--It is the policy of the United States to work with
foreign countries and international and civil society organizations to
increase the global commitment to achieving universal basic education--
``(1) to assist developing countries to provide all
children with a quality basic education; and
``(2) to assist nongovernmental and multilateral
organizations working in developing countries to provide all
children with a quality basic education.
``(c) Principles.--In developing the global commitment referred to
in subsection (b), the policy of the United States shall be guided by
the following principles:
``(1) United states resources.--To lead a global commitment
to achieving universal basic education in developing countries,
including in developing countries affected by armed conflict,
emerging from armed conflict, or affected by humanitarian
crises, the United States shall commit substantial new
resources for education in developing countries to expand
access to educational opportunity and inspire confidence in
such countries that efforts to reform education in such
countries will receive adequate resources.
``(2) Other major donors.--The United States Government
shall encourage other donors to contribute commensurate amounts
to support such a global commitment.
``(3) Private sector and nongovernmental participation and
contributions.--United States efforts in leading such a global
commitment shall include explicit strategies to encourage and
integrate contributions of strategic direction and financial
resources from indigenous and international private sector and
civil society organizations interested in supporting quality
universal basic education efforts.
``(4) School access, quality, and completion.--United
States assistance for basic education in developing countries
shall seek to expand access to school for all children,
including children in developing countries that are affected by
armed conflict, emerging from armed conflict, or affected by
humanitarian crises, and to improve the quality of education in
order to increase the number of children completing a basic
education.
``(5) Coordination within the united states government.--
The United States Government shall establish a comprehensive
strategy to improve coordination and collaboration among all
departments and agencies of the United States Government
involved in providing assistance for basic education to
developing countries to ensure efficient and effective use of
the resources of the United States. The comprehensive strategy
shall recognize the importance of providing assistance for
basic education, including the importance of providing such
assistance in humanitarian and other emergency situations and
the importance in providing such assistance as a component of
development assistance. The comprehensive strategy shall ensure
the provision of assistance for basic education throughout the
transition from emergency situations to reconstruction and
development.
``(6) Coordination between education and hiv/aids
prevention efforts.--United States assistance shall support
efforts to improve coordination between global health and
education initiatives in United States Government programs and
internationally to reduce the adverse impact of HIV/AIDS on
education systems, teacher workforce, and orphans and other
vulnerable children in developing countries.
``(7) Coordination with national education plans.--United
States assistance for basic education in developing countries
shall be provided in collaboration and coordination with the
national education plans of such countries to the maximum
extent practicable.
``(8) Integration of education plans within overall
national economic strategies.--United States policies and
programs shall encourage developing countries to ensure that
efforts are developed within an overall strategy of economic
and market reforms to reduce poverty and spur sustained
economic growth.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) AIDS.--The term `AIDS' has the meaning given that
term in section 104A(g).
``(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
`appropriate congressional committees' means--
``(A) the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
``(B) the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
``(3) Basic education.--The term `basic education'--
``(A) means an education, generally consisting of
completion of 9-10 years of schooling, including
efforts to improve early childhood development, primary
education, secondary education, literacy and numeracy
training, and life skills training; and
``(B) includes efforts to facilitate and support
the activities described in subparagraph (A), including
efforts to--
``(i) build the institutional capacity of a
country to manage basic education systems and
measure results;
``(ii) construct and rehabilitate schools;
``(iii) train teachers;
``(iv) increase parent and community
involvement in schools;
``(v) provide learning materials; and
``(vi) develop curricula.
``(4) Education for all fast-track initiative.--The term
`Education for All Fast-Track Initiative' means the Fast-Track
Initiative launched in 2002 to mobilize donor resources and
accelerate progress toward the achievement of the United
Nations Millennium Development Goal of Education for All by
2015, an international commitment to bring the benefits of
basic education to every individual.
``(5) HIV.--The term `HIV' has the meaning given that term
in section 104A(g).
``(6) HIV/AIDS.--The term `HIV/AIDS' has the meaning given
that term in section 104A(g).
``(7) Member states of the group of eight.--The term
`member states of the Group of Eight' means the countries of
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United
Kingdom, and the United States.
``(8) National education plan.--The term `national
education plan' means a comprehensive national education plan
that--
``(A) is developed in accordance with the
provisions of the Education For All Fast-Track
Initiative; and
``(B) includes explicit, credible strategies to
achieve universal basic education, including strategies
to--
``(i) address key constraints to achieving
universal basic education in the areas of
policy, data, capacity, and financing; and
``(ii) coordinate priorities of basic
education with priorities for early childhood
development, secondary education, higher
education, and non-formal education.
``(9) Psychosocial support.--The term `psychosocial
support' has the meaning given that term in section 135.
``(10) Relevant executive branch agencies and officials.--
The term `relevant executive branch agencies and officials'
means--
``(A) the Department of State, the United States
Agency for International Development, the Department of
the Treasury, the Department of Labor, the Department
of Education, the Department of Health and Human
Services, the Department of Agriculture, and the
Department of Defense;
``(B) the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium
Challenge Corporation, the Coordinator of United States
Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, the
National Security Advisor, and the National Economic
Advisor; and
``(C) any other department, agency, or official of
the United States Government that participates in
activities to promote universal basic education
pursuant to the authorities of such department, agency,
or official or pursuant to this Act.
``(e) Development and Implementation of a Comprehensive United
States Strategy on Education for All.--
``(1) Strategy required.--The President shall develop a
comprehensive integrated strategy of the United States to
promote universal basic education by 2015.
``(2) Elements.--The strategy required by subsection (a)
shall--
``(A) include specific objectives, indicators,
including indicators to measure learning outcomes, and
approaches to increase access and quality of basic
education in developing countries;
``(B) outline how the United States Government will
ensure a transition and continuity of educational
activities in countries affected by armed conflict,
emerging from armed conflict, and affected by
humanitarian crises;
``(C) assign priorities to relevant executive
branch agencies and officials;
``(D) improve coordination and reduce duplication
among relevant executive branch agencies and officials,
foreign donor governments, and international
organizations;
``(E) project general levels of resources needed to
achieve the stated objectives;
``(F) expand public-private partnerships and the
leveraging of resources;
``(G) target the activities of the United States to
leverage contributions from member states of the Group
of Eight and other donors to provide universal basic
education;
``(H) target the assistance provided by the United
States to leverage contributions from the private
sector and civil society organizations to achieve
universal basic education;
``(I) increase efforts of the United States to
coordinate with other donors to reduce inefficiency and
waste at the global and country levels and ensure
efficient coordination among relevant executive branch
agencies and officials;
``(J) support efforts of the United States in
helping children to overcome challenges to achieving
universal basic education, including strategies to
target hard-to-reach populations, including those
impacted by AIDS, orphans, and other vulnerable
populations, and to support efforts to reduce the
adverse impact of HIV/AIDS on education systems; and
``(K) maximize United States capabilities in the
areas of technical assistance and training.
``(3) Requirement to consult.--In developing the strategy
required by subsection (a), the President shall consult with--
``(A) relevant executive branch agencies and
officials; and
``(B) nongovernmental organizations and individuals
who are involved in the promotion and implementation of
education assistance programs in developing countries.
``(4) Public comment.--The President shall provide an
opportunity for public comment on the strategy required by
subsection (a).
``(5) Annual report.--Not later than 270 days after the
date of the enactment of the Education for All Act of 2007, the
President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report setting forth the strategy required by
subsection (a) and make the report available to the public.
``(f) Assistance To Develop and Implement National Education
Plans.--
``(1) Assistance authorized.--The President is authorized
to provide funds and other assistance to assist foreign
countries described in paragraph (2) to create the policies,
processes, and infrastructure to develop and implement national
education plans to allow all children of such countries to
access and complete basic education.
``(2) Foreign countries described.--The foreign countries
described in this paragraph are--
``(A) foreign countries that have demonstrated a
strong commitment to delivering universal basic
education, as evidenced by the establishment of a
national education plan or the willingness to develop a
national education plan; and
``(B) foreign countries that have not demonstrated
a strong commitment to delivering universal basic
education, as evidenced by the failure to establish a
national education plan and the lack of opportunity or
capacity to work with a committed national government.
``(3) Priority and other requirements.--
``(A) Priority.--In providing assistance under this
subsection, the President shall give priority to
foreign countries in which there is the greatest need,
as evidenced in part by the percentage of children out
of school, in which there is the greatest opportunity
to expand universal access and to improve the quality
of basic education, and in which the assistance can
produce a substantial, measurable impact on children
and educational systems.
``(B) Requirement relating to countries without a
strong commitment to delivering universal basic
education.--Assistance provided under this subsection
to foreign countries described in paragraph (2)(B)
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be provided
in coordination with committed local governments and
civil society organizations.
``(C) Requirement relating to countries affected by
conflict or crises.--Assistance provided under this
subsection to foreign countries or those parts of the
territories of foreign countries that are affected by
armed conflict, emerging from armed conflict, or
affected by a humanitarian crisis shall be provided in
such a manner so as to ensure a continuity of
educational activities throughout the conflict or
crisis and during the transition from conflict or
crisis to reconstruction and development.
``(4) Activities supported.--Assistance provided under this
subsection may be used to support efforts to expand access and
to improve the quality of basic education, including efforts--
``(A) to ensure an adequate supply of trained
teachers;
``(B) to promote programs that expand training and
implementation of effective curricula;
``(C) to provide adequate infrastructure;
``(D) to build systems to provide continuing
support, training, and professional development for all
educators;
``(E) to eliminate fees for educational services,
including fees for tuition, uniforms, and materials,
and provide access to education without additional
costs to families through simplified multilateral
mechanisms;
``(F) to identify and replicate successful
interventions that improve access to education and the
quality of education, such as scholarships, school
lunch, and school health programs;
``(G) to build systems to ensure continuing
information collection, monitoring, and evaluation of
education services and financing;
``(H) to ensure that schools are not incubators for
violent extremism;
``(I) to provide human rights and conflict-
resolution education;
``(J) to promote programs that teach civic
education and life skills;
``(K) to support other initiatives that have
demonstrated success in increasing access, improving
learning outcomes and increasing educational
opportunities for the most disadvantaged populations,
such as children in remote or rural areas, religious or
ethnic minorities, orphans and children impacted by
HIV/AIDS, child laborers or victims of trafficking,
children affected by conflict, and children living with
disabilities;
``(L) to increase the number of comprehensive
schools; and
``(M) to carry out other activities to further the
goals of the Education for All Fast-Track Initiative.
``(5) Additional activities supported for countries
affected by conflict or crises.--In addition to the activities
supported under paragraph (4), assistance provided under this
subsection to foreign countries or those parts of the
territories of foreign countries that are affected by armed
conflict, emerging from armed conflict, or affected by a
humanitarian crisis may be used to support efforts--
``(A) to ensure a continuity of educational
activities for all children;
``(B) wherever possible, to reestablish formal
education services, or to complement services that are
available with the establishment of well-managed school
spaces, to protect children from physical harm,
psychological and social distress, recruitment into
armed groups, family separation, and abuses related to
their displacement;
``(C) to promote the creation of out-of-school
programs and flexible-hour schooling in areas in which
security prevents students from attending regular
schools;
``(D) to provide safe spaces, with such facilities
providing access to water, sanitation, health-related
education, psychosocial support and landmine awareness;
``(E) to provide temporary facility construction
and minor rehabilitation of educational structures;
``(F) to provide essential educational materials
that assist in building systems to support, train, and
provide professional development for educators; and
``(G) to promote efforts to ensure the
reintegration of teachers and students in conflict and
refugee situations into educational systems, including
regional approaches to coordinate and recognize the
educational efforts of these teachers and students and
other school systems.
``(6) Suspension of assistance.--
``(A) In general.--The President may suspend the
provision of all or part of the assistance provided
under this subsection for a foreign country if there is
substantial evidence that the country--
``(i) is significantly failing to meet the
criteria specified in its national education
plan; or
``(ii)(I)(aa) is not tracking and
monitoring the use of foreign and domestic
assistance to develop or implement its national
education plan and making such tracking and
monitoring information available to the public;
or
``(bb) is using such assistance for
unauthorized purposes; and
``(II) fails to come forward with an
immediate plan to address a deficiency
described in item (aa) or (bb) of subclause
(I).
``(B) Notification.--Not later than 30 days after
exercising the authority of subparagraph (A) to suspend
the provision of all or part of the assistance provided
under this subsection for a foreign country, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a notification of such suspension, including
the reasons for the suspension.
``(g) Universal Basic Education Fellowship Program.--
``(1) Authority.--The Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development is authorized to establish
an education fellowship program at the United States Agency for
International Development to increase the expertise of the
personnel of the Agency in promoting universal basic education
and to carry out the provisions of this section.
``(2) Term of fellowship.--An individual may participate in
a fellowship under this subsection for a term of not more than
3 years.
``(3) Qualifications.--An individual is qualified to
participate in a fellowship under this subsection if such
individual has the specific expertise required--
``(A) to develop and implement the policies and
programs of this section; and
``(B) to promote the exchange of knowledge and
experience among the Agency, the education service
delivery community, private business, and the academic
and research communities.
``(h) Annual Report.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than January 31 of each year,
the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the implementation of this section for
the prior fiscal year and make the report available to the
public.
``(2) Report elements.--The report required by paragraph
(1) shall include--
``(A) a description of efforts made by relevant
executive branch agencies and officials to implement
the strategy developed pursuant to subsection (e), with
a particular focus on the activities carried out under
this section;
``(B) a description of the programs established by
each foreign country receiving assistance pursuant to
subsection (f) that provides a detailed explanation of
the extent to which the strategy developed pursuant to
subsection (e) and the assistance provided pursuant to
subsection (f) are contributing to the goal of
universal basic education in the foreign country; and
``(C) a description of the extent to which each
foreign country selected to receive assistance pursuant
to subsection (f) meets the priority criteria specified
in subsection (f)(3)(A).
``(i) Relationship to Other Laws.--The President shall exercise the
authority provided in this section in accordance with other applicable
law.
``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--
``(1) In general.--To carry out this section, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the President--
``(A) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
``(B) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
``(C) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
``(D) $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
``(E) $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.
``(2) Availability of funds.--Amounts made available under
paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until expended
and are in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
purposes.''.
(b) Technical Amendment.--Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by subsection (a), is further
amended by redesignating the second section 135 (as added by section
5(a) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public
Law 109-121; 119 Stat. 2536)) as section 136.
SEC. 4. COORDINATOR OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES TO PROVIDE
EDUCATION FOR ALL IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
(a) Establishment of Position.--Section 1 of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S. C. 2651a) is amended---
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new
subsection:
``(g) Education for All Coordinator.--
``(1) Establishment.--
``(A) In general.--There shall be established
within the Department of State in the immediate office
of the Secretary of State a Coordinator of United
States Government Activities to Provide Education for
All in Developing Countries (hereinafter in this
subsection referred to as the `Coordinator'), who shall
be appointed by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. The Coordinator shall report
directly to the Secretary.
``(B) Concurrent government position prohibited.--
The individual serving as the Coordinator may not hold
any other position in the Federal Government during the
individual's time of service as Coordinator.
``(2) General authorities.--The Coordinator, acting through
such nongovernmental organizations (including faith-based and
community based organizations) and relevant executive branch
agencies and officials as may be necessary and appropriate to
effect the purposes of this section, is authorized--
``(A) to operate internationally to carry out
activities to promote universal basic education;
``(B) to transfer and allocate funds to relevant
executive branch agencies and officials; and
``(C) to provide grants to, and enter into
contracts with nongovernmental organizations (including
faith-based and community-based organizations) to carry
out the purposes of this subsection.
``(3) Duties.--
``(A) In general.--The Coordinator shall have
primary responsibility for the oversight and
coordination of all resources and international
activities of the United States Government to promote
universal basic education under section 105A of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision
of law.
``(B) Specific duties.--The duties of the
Coordinator shall specifically include the following:
``(i) Ensuring program and policy
coordination among relevant executive branch
agencies and officials and nongovernmental
organizations, including auditing, monitoring,
and evaluation of all such programs.
``(ii) Ensuring that relevant executive
branch agencies and officials undertake
programs primarily in those areas in which the
agencies and officials have the greatest
expertise, technical capabilities, and
potential for success.
``(iii) Avoiding duplication of effort.
``(iv) Ensuring coordination of activities
of relevant executive branch agencies and
officials in the field.
``(v) Pursuing coordination with other
countries and international organizations.
``(vi) Resolving policy, program, and
funding disputes among relevant executive
branch agencies and officials.
``(vii) Directly approving all activities
to promote universal basic education under
section 105A of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 or any other provision of law.
``(viii) Establishing due diligence
criteria for all recipients of funds to promote
universal basic education under section 105A of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other
provision of law, and all activities carried
out with such funds, subject to the
coordination and appropriate monitoring,
evaluation, and audits carried out by the
Coordinator necessary to assess the measurable
outcomes of such activities.
``(ix) Annually convening a meeting of
relevant executive branch agencies and
officials to evaluate progress in carrying out
the United States strategy developed pursuant
to section 105A(e) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 and recommend future changes to the
strategy based upon such evaluation.
``(x) Annually submit to the President a
report outlining the progress made in carrying
out the United States strategy developed
pursuant to section 105A(e) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 and containing the
evaluation of the strategy and recommendations
for future changes to the strategy developed at
the meeting of relevant executive branch
agencies and officials pursuant to clause (ix).
``(4) Report to congress.--Not later than 30 days after
receiving the report required by paragraph (3)(B)(x), the
President shall transmit the report and a response to the
contents of the report to the appropriate congressional
committees and make the report and the response to the report
available to the public.
``(5) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) AIDS.--The term `AIDS' has the meaning given
that term in subsection (f)(2)(C).
``(B) Appropriate congressional committees.--The
term `appropriate congressional committees' means--
``(i) the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate; and
``(ii) the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives.
``(C) Basic education.--The term `basic education'
has the meaning given that term in section 105A(d)(3)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
``(D) HIV.--The term `HIV' has the meaning given
that term in subsection (f)(2)(C).
``(E) HIV/AIDS.--The term `HIV/AIDS' has the
meaning given that term in subsection (f)(2)(C).
``(F) Relevant executive branch agencies and
officials.--The term `relevant executive branch
agencies and officials' has the meaning given that term
in section 105A(d)(10) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961.''.
(b) Specification of Resources of Coordinator.--Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall
specify the necessary financial and personnel resources, including
detailees, from funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of
appropriations under subsection (j) of section 105A of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 3 of this Act), that shall
be assigned to and under the direct control of the Coordinator of
United States Government Activities to Provide Education for All in
Developing Countries (as established by subsection (g) of section 1 of
the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as added by
subsection (a) of this section)) to establish and maintain the duties
and supporting activities assigned to the Coordinator by section 1(g)
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
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