1.This Act may be cited as the
United States Commitment to Global
Child Survival Act of 2007
.
2.
(a)Congress
makes the following findings:
(1)In 2000, the
United States joined 188 countries in committing to achieve 8 Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, including MDG 4
and MDG
5
that aim to reduce the mortality rate of children under the age of 5
by 2/3 and maternal mortality rate by
3/4 in developing countries, respectively.
(2)The significant
commitment of the United States to reducing child mortality in the developing
world contributed to a 50-percent reduction in the mortality rate of children
under the age of 5 between 1960 and 1990, and over the past 20 years, the
United States has invested over $6,000,000,000 in child survival programs run
by the United States Agency for International Development.
(3)According to one
of the world's leading medical journals, the Lancet, despite United States and
global efforts to achieve MDG 4, of the 60 countries that account for 94
percent of under-5 child deaths, only seven countries are on track to
meet MDG 4, thirty-nine countries are making some progress, although they need
to accelerate the speed, and fourteen countries are cause for serious
concern
.
(4)10,500,000
children under the age of 5 die annually, over 29,000 children per day, from
easily preventable and treatable causes, including 4,000,000 newborns who die
in the first 4 weeks of life.
(5)3,000,000 children
die each year due to lack of access to low-cost antibiotics and antimalarial
drugs, and 1,700,000 die from diseases for which vaccines are readily
available.
(6)Maternal health is
an important determinant of neonatal survival with maternal death increasing
death rates for newborns to as high as 100 percent in certain countries in the
developing world.
(7)Approximately
525,000 women die every year in the developing world from causes related to
pregnancy and childbirth.
(8)Risk factors for
maternal death in developing countries include pregnancy and childbirth at an
early age, closely spaced births, infectious diseases, malnutrition, and
complications during childbirth.
(9)According to the
Lancet, nearly 2/3 of annual child and newborn deaths,
6,000,000 children, can be avoided in accordance with MDG 4 if a package of
high impact, low-cost interventions were made available at a total, additional,
annual cost of $5,100,000,000, including oral rehydration therapy for diarrhea
($0.06 per treatment) and antibiotics to treat respiratory infections ($0.25
per treatment).
(10)2,000,000 lives
could be saved annually by providing oral rehydration therapy prepared with
clean water.
(11)Exclusive
breastfeeding—giving only breast milk for the first 6 months of life—could
prevent an estimated 1,300,000 newborn and infant deaths each year, primarily
by protecting against diarrhea and pneumonia.
(12)Expansion of
clinical care for newborns and mothers, such as clean delivery by skilled
attendants, emergency obstetric care, and neonatal resuscitation, can avert 50
percent of newborn deaths and reduce maternal mortality.
(13)The United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with support from the World Health
Organization, the World Bank, and the African Union, has successfully
demonstrated the accelerated child survival and development program in Senegal,
Mali, Benin, and Ghana, reducing mortality of children under the age of 5 by 20
percent in targeted areas using low-cost, high-impact interventions.
(14)On September 14,
2005, President George W. Bush stated before the United Nations High-Level
Plenary Meeting that the United States is committed to the Millennium
Development Goals
.
(15)Nearing the
halfway point of attaining the MDGs by 2015 with thousands of avoidable
newborn, child, and maternal deaths still occurring, the United States must
immediately scale up its funding and delivery of proven low-cost, life-saving
interventions in order to fulfill its commitment to help ensure that MDGs 4 and
5 are met.
(b)The
purposes of this Act are—
(1)to develop a strategy to reduce mortality
and improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers, and authorize
assistance for its implementation; and
(2)to establish a task force to assess,
monitor, and evaluate the progress and contributions of relevant departments
and agencies of the United States Government in achieving MDGs 4 and 5.
3.Assistance to
improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing
countries
(a)Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended—
(1)in section
104(c)—
(A)by striking
paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(B)by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (2); and
(2)by inserting after
section 104C the following new section:
104D.Assistance to
reduce mortality and improve the health of newborns, children, and
mothers
(a)Consistent with section 104(c), the
President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as
the President may determine, to reduce mortality and improve the health of
newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries.
(b)Assistance provided under subsection (a) shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, be used to carry out the following
activities:
(1)Activities to
improve newborn care and treatment.
(2)Activities to
treat childhood illness, including increasing access to appropriate treatment
for diarrhea, pneumonia, and other life-threatening childhood illnesses.
(3)Activities to
improve child and maternal nutrition, including the delivery of iron, zinc,
vitamin A, iodine, and other key micronutrients and the promotion of
breastfeeding.
(4)Activities to
strengthen the delivery of immunization services, including efforts to
eliminate polio.
(5)Activities to
improve birth preparedness and maternity services.
(6)Activities to
improve the recognition and treatment of obstetric complications and
disabilities.
(7)Activities to
improve household-level behavior related to safe water, hygiene, exposure to
indoor smoke, and environmental toxins such as lead.
(8)Activities to
improve capacity for health governance, health finance, and the health
workforce, including support for training clinicians, nurses, technicians,
sanitation and public health workers, community-based health works, midwives,
birth attendants, peer educators, volunteers, and private sector
enterprises.
(9)Activities to
address antimicrobial resistance in child and maternal health.
(10)Activities to
establish and support the management information systems of host country
institutions and the development and use of tools and models to collect,
analyze, and disseminate information related to newborn, child, and maternal
health.
(11)Activities to
develop and conduct needs assessments, baseline studies, targeted evaluations,
or other information-gathering efforts for the design, monitoring, and
evaluation of newborn, child, and maternal health efforts.
(12)Activities to
integrate and coordinate assistance provided under this section with existing
health programs for—
(A)the prevention of
the transmission of HIV from mother-to-child and other HIV/AIDS counseling,
care, and treatment activities;
(B)malaria;
(C)tuberculosis;
and
(D)child
spacing.
(c)To the maximum extent practicable,
programs, projects, and activities carried out using assistance provided under
this section shall be—
(1)carried out through private and voluntary
organizations, including faith-based organizations, and relevant international
and multilateral organizations, including the GAVI Alliance and UNICEF, that
demonstrate effectiveness and commitment to improving the health of newborns,
children, and mothers;
(2)carried out with input by host countries,
including civil society and local communities, as well as other donors and
multilateral organizations;
(3)carried out with input by beneficiaries and
other directly affected populations, especially women and marginalized
communities; and
(4)designed to build the capacity of host
country governments and civil society organizations.
(d)Not later than January 31 of each year, the President
shall transmit to Congress a report on the implementation of this section for
the prior fiscal year.
(e)In
this section:
(1)The
term AIDS
has the meaning given the term in section 104A(g)(1)
of this Act.
(2)The
term HIV
has the meaning given the term in section 104A(g)(2) of
this Act.
(3)The
term HIV/AIDS
has the meaning given the term in section
104A(g)(3) of this
Act.
.
(b)The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et
seq.) is amended—
(1)in section
104(c)(2) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section), by
striking and 104C
and inserting 104C, and
104D
;
(2)in section
104A—
(A)in subsection
(c)(1), by inserting and section 104D
after section
104(c)
; and
(B)in subsection (f),
by striking section 104(c), this section, section 104B, and section
104C
and inserting section 104(c), this section, section 104B,
section 104C, and section 104D
;
(3)in subsection (c) of section 104B, by
inserting and section 104D
after section
104(c)
;
(4)in subsection (c) of section 104C, by
inserting and section 104D
after section 104(c)
;
and
(5)in the first
sentence of section 119(c), by striking section 104(c)(2), relating to
Child Survival Fund
and inserting section 104D
.
4.Development of
strategy to reduce mortality and improve the health of newborns, children, and
mothers in developing countries
(a)The President shall
develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to improve the health of
newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries.
(b)The
comprehensive United States Government strategy developed pursuant to
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1)An identification of not less than 60
countries with priority needs for the 5-year period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act based on—
(A)the number and rate of neonatal
deaths;
(B)the number and rate of child deaths;
and
(C)the number and rate of maternal
deaths.
(2)For each country
identified in paragraph (1)—
(A)an assessment of
the most common causes of newborn, child, and maternal mortality;
(B)a description of
the programmatic areas and interventions providing maximum health benefits to
populations at risk and maximum reduction in mortality;
(C)an assessment of
the investments needed in identified programs and interventions to achieve the
greatest results;
(D)a description of
how United States assistance complements and leverages efforts by other donors
and builds capacity and self-sufficiency among recipient countries; and
(E)a description of
goals and objectives for improving newborn, child, and maternal health,
including, to the extent feasible, objective and quantifiable
indicators.
(3)An expansion of
the Child Survival and Health Grants Program of the United States Agency for
International Development, at least proportionate to any increase in child and
maternal health assistance, to provide additional support programs and
interventions determined to be efficacious and cost-effective.
(4)Enhanced
coordination among relevant departments and agencies of the United States
Government engaged in activities to improve the health and well-being of
newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries.
(5)A description of
the measured or estimated impact on child morbidity and mortality of each
project or program.
(c)Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall transmit to Congress a report that contains the strategy described in
this section.
5.Interagency Task
Force on Child Survival and Maternal Health in Developing Countries
(a)There is established a task force to be
known as the Interagency Task Force on Child Survival and Maternal Health in
Developing Countries (in this section referred to as the Task
Force
).
(b)
(1)The Task Force shall assess, monitor, and evaluate the
progress and contributions of relevant departments and agencies of the United
States Government in achieving MDGs 4 and 5 in developing countries, including
by—
(A)identifying and
evaluating programs and interventions that directly or indirectly contribute to
the reduction of child and maternal mortality rates;
(B)assessing
effectiveness of programs, interventions, and strategies toward achieving the
maximum reduction of child and maternal mortality rates;
(C)assessing the level of coordination among
relevant departments and agencies of the United States Government, the
international community, international organizations, faith-based
organizations, academic institutions, and the private sector;
(D)assessing the
contributions made by United States-funded programs toward achieving MDGs 4 and
5;
(E)identifying the
bilateral efforts of other nations and multilateral efforts toward achieving
MDGs 4 and 5; and
(F)preparing the
annual report required by subsection (f).
(2)To the maximum extent practicable, the Task
Force shall consult with individuals with expertise in the matters to be
considered by the Task Force who are not officers or employees of the United
States Government, including representatives of United States-based
nongovernmental organizations (including faith-based organizations and private
foundations), academic institutions, private corporations, the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Bank.
(c)
(1)The Task Force shall be composed of the following
members:
(A)The Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development.
(B)The Assistant Secretary of State for
Population, Refugees and Migration.
(C)The Coordinator of
United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally.
(D)The Director of
the Office of Global Health Affairs of the Department of Health and Human
Services.
(E)The Under
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services of the Department of
Agriculture.
(F)The Chief
Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
(G)Other officials of
relevant departments and agencies of the Federal Government who shall be
appointed by the President.
(H)Two ex officio
members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in
consultation with the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
(I)Two ex officio
members appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate in consultation with the
Minority Leader of the Senate.
(2)The Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development shall serve as chairperson of the Task
Force.
(d)The Task Force shall meet on a regular
basis, not less often than quarterly, on a schedule to be agreed upon by the
members of the Task Force, and starting not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(e)In
this subsection, the term Millennium Development Goals
means the
key development objectives described in the United Nations Millennium
Declaration, as contained in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/2
(September 2000).
(f)Not
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later
than April 30 of each year thereafter, the Task Force shall submit to Congress
and the President a report on the implementation of this section.
6.Authorization of
appropriations
(a)There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this Act, and the amendments made by this Act,
$600,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2009,
$1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $1,600,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2011 and 2012.
(b)Amounts appropriated
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) are
authorized to remain available until expended.
1.This Act may be cited as the
United States Commitment to Global
Child Survival Act of 2007
.
2.
(a)Congress
makes the following findings:
(1)In 2000, the United
States joined 188 countries in committing to achieve 8 Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) by 2015, including MDG 4 (Reduce child mortality)
and MDG 5 (Improve maternal health)
that aim to reduce the
mortality rate of children under the age of 5 by 2/3 and
maternal mortality rate by 3/4 in developing countries,
respectively.
(2)The significant
commitment of the United States to reducing child mortality in the developing
world contributed to a 22-percent reduction in the mortality rate of children
under the age of 5 between 1990 and 2006, and over the past 20 years, the
United States has invested over $6,000,000,000 in child survival programs run
by the United States Agency for International Development.
(3)According to one of the
world's leading medical journals, the Lancet, despite United States and global
efforts to achieve MDG 4, of the 60 countries that account for 94 percent of
under-5 child deaths, only seven countries are on track to meet MDG 4,
thirty-nine countries are making some progress, although they need to
accelerate the speed, and fourteen countries are cause for serious
concern
.
(4)10,500,000 children under
the age of 5 die annually, over 29,000 children per day, from easily
preventable and treatable causes, including 4,000,000 newborns who die in the
first 4 weeks of life.
(5)3,000,000 children die
each year due to lack of access to low-cost antibiotics and antimalarial drugs,
and 1,700,000 die from diseases for which vaccines are readily
available.
(6)Maternal health is an
important determinant of neonatal survival with maternal death increasing death
rates for newborns by 100 percent in certain countries in the developing
world.
(7)Approximately 525,000
women die every year in the developing world from causes related to pregnancy
and childbirth.
(8)Risk factors for maternal
death in developing countries include pregnancy and childbirth at an early age,
closely spaced births, infectious diseases, malnutrition, and complications
during childbirth.
(9)According to the Lancet,
nearly 2/3 of annual child and newborn deaths, 6,000,000
children, can be avoided in accordance with MDG 4 if a package of high impact,
low-cost interventions were made available at a total, additional, annual cost
of $5,100,000,000, including oral rehydration therapy for diarrhea ($0.06 per
treatment) and antibiotics to treat respiratory infections ($0.25 per
treatment).
(10)2,000,000 lives could be
saved annually by providing oral rehydration therapy prepared with clean
water.
(11)Exclusive breast
feeding—giving only breast milk for the first 6 months of life—could prevent an
estimated 1,300,000 newborn and infant deaths each year, primarily by
protecting against diarrhea and pneumonia.
(12)Expansion of clinical
care for newborns and mothers, such as clean delivery by skilled attendants,
emergency obstetric care, and neonatal resuscitation, can avert 50 percent of
newborn deaths and reduce maternal mortality.
(13)The United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with support from the World Health Organization, the
World Bank, and the African Union, has successfully demonstrated the
accelerated child survival and development program in Senegal, Mali, Benin, and
Ghana, reducing mortality of children under the age of 5 by 20 percent in
targeted areas using low-cost, high-impact interventions.
(14)On September 14, 2005,
President George W. Bush stated before the United Nations High-Level Plenary
Meeting that the United States is committed to the Millennium
Development Goals
.
(15)Nearing the halfway
point of attaining the MDGs by 2015 with thousands of avoidable newborn, child,
and maternal deaths still occurring, the United States will need to immediately
scale up its funding and delivery of proven low-cost, life-saving interventions
in order to fulfill its commitment to help ensure that MDGs 4 and 5 are
met.
(b)The
purposes of this Act are—
(1)to develop a strategy to reduce mortality
and improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers, and authorize
assistance for its implementation; and
(2)to establish a task force to assess,
monitor, and evaluate the progress and contributions of relevant departments
and agencies of the United States Government in achieving MDGs 4 and 5.
3.Assistance to improve
the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries
(a)Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended—
(1)in section 104(c)—
(A)by striking paragraphs
(2) and (3); and
(B)by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (2); and
(2)by inserting after
section 104C the following new section:
104D.Assistance to reduce
mortality and improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers
(a)Consistent with section 104(c), the
President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as
the President may determine, to reduce mortality and improve the health of
newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries.
(b)Assistance provided under subsection (a) shall, to the
maximum extent practicable, include—
(1)activities to improve
newborn care and treatment;
(2)activities to treat
childhood illness, including increasing access to appropriate treatment for
diarrhea, pneumonia, and other life-threatening childhood illnesses;
(3)activities to improve
child and maternal nutrition, including the delivery of iron, zinc, vitamin A,
iodine, and other key micronutrients and the promotion of breast
feeding;
(4)activities to strengthen
the delivery of immunization services, including efforts to eliminate
polio;
(5)activities to improve
birth preparedness and maternity services;
(6)activities to improve the
recognition and treatment of obstetric complications and disabilities;
(7)activities to improve
household-level behavior related to safe water, hygiene, exposure to indoor
smoke, and environmental toxins such as lead;
(8)activities to improve
capacity for health governance, health finance, and the health workforce,
including support for training clinicians, nurses, technicians, sanitation and
public health workers, community-based health workers, midwives, birth
attendants, peer educators, volunteers, and private sector enterprises;
(9)activities to address
antimicrobial resistance in child and maternal health;
(10)activities to establish
and support the management information systems of host country institutions and
the development and use of tools and models to collect, analyze, and
disseminate information related to newborn, child, and maternal health;
(11)activities to develop
and conduct needs assessments, baseline studies, targeted evaluations, or other
information-gathering efforts for the design, monitoring, and evaluation of
newborn, child, and maternal health efforts; and
(12)activities to integrate
and coordinate assistance provided under this section with existing health
programs for—
(A)the prevention of the
transmission of HIV from mother-to-child and other HIV/AIDS counseling, care,
and treatment activities;
(B)malaria;
(C)tuberculosis; and
(D)child spacing.
(c)To the maximum extent practicable,
programs, projects, and activities carried out using assistance provided under
this section shall be—
(1)carried out through private and voluntary
organizations, including faith-based organizations, and relevant international
and multilateral organizations, including the GAVI Alliance and UNICEF, that
demonstrate effectiveness and commitment to improving the health of newborns,
children, and mothers;
(2)carried out with input by host countries,
including civil society and local communities, as well as other donors and
multilateral organizations;
(3)carried out with input by beneficiaries and
other directly affected populations, especially women and marginalized
communities; and
(4)designed to build the capacity of host
country governments and civil society organizations.
(d)Not later than January 31, 2009, and annually thereafter
for 4 years, the President shall transmit to Congress a report on the
implementation of this section for the prior fiscal year. The report shall
include the most recent report submitted to the President by the Interagency
Task Force on Child Survival and Maternal Health in Developing Countries under
section 5(f) of the United States Commitment
to Global Child Survival Act of 2007.
(e)In
this section:
(1)The
term AIDS
has the meaning given the term in section 104A(g)(1)
of this Act.
(2)The
term HIV
has the meaning given the term in section 104A(g)(2) of
this Act.
(3)The
term HIV/AIDS
has the meaning given the term in section
104A(g)(3) of this
Act.
.
(b)The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et
seq.) is amended—
(1)in section 104(c)(2) (as
redesignated by subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section), by striking and
104C
and inserting 104C, and 104D
;
(2)in section 104A—
(A)in subsection (c)(1), by
inserting and section 104D
after section 104(c)
;
and
(B)in subsection (f), by
striking section 104(c), this section, section 104B, and section
104C
and inserting section 104(c), this section, section 104B,
section 104C, and section 104D
;
(3)in subsection (c) of section 104B, by
inserting and section 104D
after section
104(c)
;
(4)in subsection (c) of section 104C, by
inserting and section 104D
after section 104(c)
;
and
(5)in the first sentence of
section 119(c), by striking section 104(c)(2), relating to Child
Survival Fund
and inserting section 104D
.
4.Development of strategy
to reduce mortality and improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers
in developing countries
(a)The President shall
develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to improve the health of
newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries.
(b)The
comprehensive United States Government strategy developed pursuant to
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1)Using data compiled by the United Nations,
the World Bank, and other international organizations, an identification of not
less than 60 countries with priority needs for the 5-year period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act, to include—
(A)the number and rate of neonatal
deaths;
(B)the number and rate of child deaths;
and
(C)the number and rate of maternal
deaths.
(2)For each country
identified in paragraph (1)—
(A)an assessment of the most
common causes of newborn, child, and maternal mortality;
(B)a description of the
programmatic areas and interventions providing maximum health benefits to
populations at risk and maximum reduction in mortality;
(C)an assessment of the
investments needed in identified programs and interventions to achieve the
greatest results;
(D)a description of how
United States assistance complements and leverages efforts by other donors and
builds capacity and self-sufficiency among recipient countries; and
(E)a description of goals
and objectives for improving newborn, child, and maternal health, including, to
the extent feasible, objective and quantifiable indicators.
(3)An expansion of the Child
Survival and Health Grants Program of the United States Agency for
International Development, at least proportionate to any increase in child and
maternal health assistance, to provide additional support programs and
interventions determined to be efficacious and cost-effective.
(4)Enhanced coordination
among relevant departments and agencies of the United States Government engaged
in activities to improve the health and well-being of newborns, children, and
mothers in developing countries.
(5)A description of the
measured or estimated impact on child morbidity and mortality of each project
or program.
(c)Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall transmit to Congress a report that contains the strategy described in
this section.
5.Interagency Task Force
on Child Survival and Maternal Health in Developing Countries
(a)There is established a task force to be
known as the Interagency Task Force on Child Survival and Maternal Health in
Developing Countries (in this section referred to as the Task
Force
).
(b)
(1)The Task Force shall assess, monitor, and evaluate the
progress and contributions of relevant departments and agencies of the United
States Government in achieving MDGs 4 and 5 in developing countries, including
by—
(A)identifying and
evaluating programs and interventions that directly or indirectly contribute to
the reduction of child and maternal mortality rates;
(B)assessing effectiveness
of programs, interventions, and strategies toward achieving the maximum
reduction of child and maternal mortality rates;
(C)assessing the level of coordination among
relevant departments and agencies of the United States Government, the
international community, international organizations, faith-based
organizations, academic institutions, the private sector, and host country for
input and coordination;
(D)assessing the
contributions made by United States-funded programs toward achieving MDGs 4 and
5;
(E)identifying the bilateral
efforts of other nations and multilateral efforts toward achieving MDGs 4 and
5; and
(F)preparing the annual
report required by subsection (f).
(2)To the maximum extent practicable, the Task
Force shall consult with individuals with expertise in the matters to be
considered by the Task Force who are not officers or employees of the United
States Government, including representatives of United States-based
nongovernmental organizations (including faith-based organizations and private
foundations), academic institutions, private corporations, the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Bank.
(c)
(1)The Task Force shall be composed of the following
members:
(A)The Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development.
(B)The Assistant Secretary of State for
Population, Refugees and Migration.
(C)The Coordinator of United
States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally.
(D)The Director of the
Office of Global Health Affairs of the Department of Health and Human
Services.
(E)The Under Secretary for
Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services of the Department of Agriculture.
(F)The Chief Executive
Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
(G)Other officials of
relevant departments and agencies of the Federal Government who shall be
appointed by the President.
(H)Two ex officio members
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in consultation with
the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
(I)Two ex officio members
appointed by the majority leader of the Senate in consultation with the
minority leader of the Senate.
(2)The Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development shall serve as chairperson of the Task
Force.
(d)Members of the Task Force or their
designees shall meet on a regular basis, not less often than quarterly, on a
schedule to be agreed upon by the members of the Task Force, and starting not
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(e)In
this subsection, the term Millennium Development Goals
means the
key development objectives described in the United Nations Millennium
Declaration, as contained in United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/2
(September 2000).
(f)Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually
thereafter for 4 years, the Task Force shall submit to the President a report
on the implementation of this section.
6.Authorization of
appropriations
(a)There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this Act, and the amendments made by this
Act—
(1)up to $600,000,000 for fiscal year
2008;
(2)up to $900,000,000 for fiscal year
2009;
(3)up to $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
and
(4)up to $1,600,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2011 and 2012.
(b)Amounts appropriated
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) are
authorized to remain available until expended.
April 9, 2008
Reported with an amendment