[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[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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