[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1410 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1410

To provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and 
        mothers in developing countries, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2009

  Ms. McCollum (for herself, Mr. Reichert, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
Blumenauer, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Moore of 
Wisconsin, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
McGovern, Mr. Walz, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Watson, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. 
 DeLauro, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Young of Alaska, Ms. 
   Lee of California, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mrs. 
   Christensen, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
   Serrano, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Filner, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Crowley, Mr. 
Honda, Mr. Olver, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, and 
Mrs. Maloney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and 
        mothers in developing countries, 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 ``Newborn, Child, and Mother Survival 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) At least 9,200,000 children under the age of 5 die each 
        year, more than 25,000 children per day, mostly from 
        preventable and treatable causes according to the United 
        Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
            (2) In poor countries, an estimated 3,700,000 newborns die 
        in the first 4 weeks of life according to the World Health 
        Organization (WHO).
            (3) Approximately 536,000 women die every year in 
        developing countries from causes related to pregnancy and 
        childbirth, the equivalent of 1 woman per minute, according to 
        WHO.
            (4) For every maternal death some 20 women--or 10 million 
        women per year--suffer complications with severe consequences, 
        including pregnancy-related injuries, infections, diseases, and 
        disabilities.
            (5) Worldwide, 68 countries account for 97 percent of all 
        maternal and under-5 child deaths.
            (6) Nearly 1 of every 5 children die before the age of 5, 
        more than 2,000,000 child deaths per year, in the ten countries 
        with the highest child mortality rates in the world: Sierra 
        Leone, Afghanistan, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, 
        Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Burundi.
            (7) Nine out of 10 women in sub-Saharan Africa will lose a 
        child during their lifetimes.
            (8) In sub-Saharan Africa, a woman's lifetime risk of 
        maternal death is a staggering 1 in 22, compared with 1 in 
        8,000 in industrialized countries, according to UNICEF.
            (9) Pneumonia, diarrhea, low birth weight, sepsis, birth 
        trauma, and malaria, all preventable and treatable, are the top 
        contributors of deaths of children under the age of 5.
            (10) Poor nutrition is a major factor in 20 percent of 
        maternal deaths, up to one-third of under-5 child deaths, and 
        60 to 80 percent of newborn deaths.
            (11) 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.
            (12) In Mozambique, the ratio of nongovernmental 
        organizations engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention efforts compared 
        to nongovernmental organizations engaged in maternal and child 
        health efforts is 100 to 1, according to Mozambique's Minister 
        of Health, yet in that country 168 out of every 1,000 children 
        die before the age of 5 and one in every 45 mothers are at risk 
        of death.
            (13) Antenatal care coverage for pregnant mothers in 
        developing countries is often low. For example, in sub-Saharan 
        Africa antenatal care coverage is 69 percent yet programs for 
        prevention of maternal to child transmission of HIV reach an 
        average of only 11 percent of those who need them, according to 
        UNICEF.
            (14) In many poor countries, a lack of access, including 
        transportation to quality health care facilities, results in 
        deaths for newborns, children, and mothers.
            (15) No skilled birth attendant is present at 34 percent of 
        deliveries worldwide which means 45,000,000 births each year 
        are occurring at home without skilled health personnel, 
        according to WHO.
            (16) Due to an estimated 50 percent shortfall in skilled 
        birth attendants, 700,000 skilled and trained birth attendants 
        are needed worldwide to ensure universal coverage to maternity 
        care, while an additional 47,000 doctors with emergency 
        obstetric skills are required, particularly in rural areas, 
        according to WHO.
            (17) Expansion of clinical care for newborns and mothers, 
        such as clean delivery by skilled birth attendants, emergency 
        obstetric care, and neonatal resuscitation can save the lives 
        of mothers, and can also avert 50 percent of newborn deaths.
            (18) Maternal, newborn, and child health services should 
        include interventions along the continuum of care from before 
        pre-pregnancy to early childhood period and should be provided 
        at home, community, and clinics.
            (19) An effective household to hospital continuum of care 
        is especially important for maternal survival, since timely 
        linkage to referral-level obstetric care is necessary to reduce 
        maternal mortality.
            (20) A package of 32 affordable interventions, including 
        skilled care at birth, emergency obstetric care, breastfeeding, 
        vaccinations, antibiotics, and micro-nutrients, could save 
        6,000,000 children per year at a cost of only $25 per child or 
        $1.62 per person in 60 priority countries.
            (21) Millions of children's lives can be saved by high-
        impact, low-cost, feasible interventions like oral rehydration 
        therapy (ORT) for diarrhea ($0.07 per treatment), antibiotics 
        to treat respiratory infections ($0.25 per treatment), and 
        anti-malaria tablets ($0.29 per treatment).
            (22) Exclusive breastfeeding--giving only breast milk for 
        the first 6 months of life--could help prevent an estimated 
        1,400,000 newborn and infant deaths each year, primarily by 
        protecting again diarrhea and pneumonia.
            (23) Three million children die each year due to lack of 
        access to low-cost antibiotics and anti-malarial drugs.
            (24) Two million children die from diarrheal diseases 
        unnecessarily due to lack of access to ORT prepared with clean 
        water.
            (25) Between 1999 and 2004, distribution of low-cost 
        vitamin A supplements saved an estimated 2,300,000 lives, yet 
        the unmet need for vitamin A supplements results in an 
        estimated 250,000 to 500,000 children becoming blind each year, 
        with 70 percent of such children dying within 12 months of 
        losing their sight.
            (26) Studies suggest that high coverage and quality of 
        proven health interventions could avert about 67 percent of 
        neonatal and child deaths in 60 priority countries worldwide.
            (27) Maternal and child mortality rates are an important 
        indicator of a government's commitment to women and children, 
        as well as a barometer of a country's healthcare system and 
        overall development performance.
            (28) It is estimated that an additional $850,000,000 
        invested in newborn and child health could save the lives of 
        nearly 1,000,000 children every year.
            (29) Investments in child survival have contributed to a 
        major decline in the rate of child mortality, even in poor 
        countries such as Indonesia, Nepal, Laos, Bangladesh, and 
        Bolivia, which have all reduced their under-5 child mortality 
        by more than one-half since 1990.
            (30) Under-five child mortality has decreased by 20 to 50 
        percent in 15 United States Agency for International 
        Development-assisted countries over the past ten years.
            (31) In 2000, the United States joined 188 other countries 
        in supporting eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals 
        to reduce the mortality rate of children under the age of 5 by 
        two-thirds (goal 4) and to reduce maternal deaths by three-
        quarters (goal 5).
            (32) In 2008, of the 68 priority countries representing 97 
        percent of newborn and child mortality, only 16 of these 
        countries are on track to achieve Millennium Development Goal 
        (MDG) 4 of reducing child mortality by two-thirds.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) authorize assistance to reduce mortality and improve 
        the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing 
        countries, including strengthening the capacity of health 
        systems and health workers;
            (2) develop and implement a strategy based on a continuum 
        of care to reduce mortality and improve the health of newborns, 
        children, and mothers in developing countries; and
            (3) assess, monitor, and evaluate the progress and 
        contributions of relevant departments and agencies of the 
        Government of the United States in achieving reductions of 
        newborn, child, and maternal mortality in developing counties 
        as well as contributions in achieving the United Nations 
        Millennium Development Goals through the establishment of an 
        interagency task force.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE MORTALITY AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF 
              NEWBORNS, CHILDREN, AND MOTHERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 101(a)(1), by inserting at the end before 
        the semicolon the following: ``, with particular focus on 
        children and mothers'';
            (2) in section 102(b)(4)(B), by striking ``reduction of 
        infant mortality'' and inserting ``reduction of newborn, child, 
        and maternal mortality'';
            (3) in section 104(c)--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (2);
            (4) by redesignating sections 104A, 104B, and 104C as 
        sections 104B, 104C, and 104D, respectively; and
            (5) by inserting after section 104 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 104A. ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE MORTALITY AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF 
              NEWBORNS, CHILDREN, AND MOTHERS.

    ``(a) Authorization.--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) Activities To Prevent Mortality and Improve Newborn and Child 
Health.--Assistance provided under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, be used to--
            ``(1) improve newborn care and treatment, including 
        educating families about proper antenatal and skilled delivery 
        care, drying and warming with the mother, immediate and 
        exclusive breastfeeding, handwashing, clean cord care, prompt 
        recognition and care seeking for danger signs, and treatment of 
        neonatal infections; and
            ``(2) increase access to and utilization of appropriate 
        interventions to treat life-threatening childhood illnesses, 
        including--
                    ``(A) to prevent and mitigate the severity of and 
                treat diarrhea, including point of use water treatment, 
                improvements in hygienic behavior, oral rehydration 
                therapy (ORT), zinc, exclusive breastfeeding in the 
                first six months of life, and adequate and young child 
                feeding during the first 6 to 24 month period;
                    ``(B) to prevent deaths due to pneumonia with a 
                focus on community-based treatments using antibiotics 
                and effective recognition of severe illness with 
                appropriate referral;
                    ``(C) to achieve the delivery of full immunization 
                services, including efforts to eliminate polio and 
                introduce new vaccines as available; and
                    ``(D) to prevent and treat malaria through 
                increased use of insecticide-treated nets, indoor 
                residual spraying, and timely and appropriate treatment 
                of malaria.
    ``(c) Activities To Prevent Mortality and Improve Maternal 
Health.--Assistance provided under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, be used to--
            ``(1) improve birth preparedness, including quality 
        antenatal care throughout pregnancy; and
            ``(2) expand access and improve quality of maternity 
        services, including--
                    ``(A) skilled birth attendants;
                    ``(B) recognition and treatment of obstetric 
                complications and disabilities, such as post-partum 
                hemorrhage;
                    ``(C) quality emergency obstetric care;
                    ``(D) activities to treat and repair injuries 
                resulting from pregnancy and childbirth; and
                    ``(E) activities to lower or remove financial 
                barriers to maternal healthcare services.
    ``(d) Activities To Promote Healthy Newborns, Children, and 
Mothers.--Assistance provided under subsection (a) shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, be used to--
            ``(1) improve child and maternal nutrition, including the 
        delivery of iron, folic acid, zinc, vitamin A, iodine, and 
        other key micronutrients;
            ``(2) promote breastfeeding, appropriate complementary 
        feeding, and the management of acute severe malnutrition, 
        including the use of ready to use therapeutic food;
            ``(3) improve access to clean water and improved sanitation 
        through community-based hygiene education programs, the use of 
        personal water purification tools and devices, and latrine 
        construction;
            ``(4) reduce exposure to environmental toxins and indoor 
        smoke from cooking fires;
            ``(5) address antimicrobial resistance in children and 
        mothers;
            ``(6) ensure access to transportation for newborns, 
        children, and mothers in need of emergency clinical care;
            ``(7) ensure access to comprehensive post-natal newborn and 
        maternal care, including services during the immediate post-
        partum period; and
            ``(8) increase access to low- or no-cost deworming 
        products.
    ``(e) Activities To Strengthen Communities and Health Systems.--
Assistance provided under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, be used to--
            ``(1) improve capacity for health governance, finance and 
        workforce, including support for the training and supervision 
        of clinicians, nurses, midwives, skilled birth attendants, 
        nutritionists, technicians, sanitation and public health 
        workers, community-based health workers, peer educators, 
        volunteers, and private sector enterprises;
            ``(2) recruit, train, and supervise providers of 
        comprehensive emergency obstetric and newborn care services;
            ``(3) establish and support management information systems 
        in host country institutions and the development and use of 
        tools and models to collect, analyze, and disseminate 
        information relating to newborn, child, and maternal health, 
        including registration of all births and deaths, along with 
        cause of death, at district and country levels;
            ``(4) develop and conduct needs assessments, baseline 
        studies, targeted evaluations, and other information-gathering 
        efforts for the design, monitoring, and evaluation of newborn, 
        child, and maternal health programs; and
            ``(5) implement tailored programs in priority countries in 
        political transition or post conflict settings to extend 
        newborn, child, and maternal services as quickly as possible to 
        assist in rebuilding of fragile health systems.
    ``(f) Activities To Promote Integration, Coordination, and Maximum 
Utilization of Health and Development Resource Assistance.--Assistance 
provided under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
be used to--
            ``(1) carry out activities in host countries, including--
                    ``(A) the prevention of the transmission of HIV 
                from mother-to-child and other HIV/AIDS counseling, 
                care, and treatment;
                    ``(B) the prevention of malaria and other malaria 
                counseling, care, and treatment;
                    ``(C) the prevention of tuberculosis and other 
                tuberculosis counseling, care, and treatment;
                    ``(D) child spacing;
                    ``(E) nutrition;
                    ``(F) education and microfinance activities that 
                facilitate increasing access to and use of critical 
                health services or practices; and
                    ``(G) water and sanitation activities; and
            ``(2) carry out activities linked to United States 
        Government programs to reduce poverty and improve health and 
        development, including--
                    ``(A) title II of the Agricultural Trade 
                Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 
                et seq.);
                    ``(B) the United States Leadership Against HIV/
                AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 
                7601 et seq.) and the amendments made by that Act 
                (commonly known as the `President's Emergency Plan for 
                HIV/AIDS Relief' or `PEPFAR');
                    ``(C) the Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI);
                    ``(D) global health programs administered by the 
                United States Agency for International Development 
                (USAID);
                    ``(E) programs administered by USAID's Office of 
                U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance programs (OFDA); and
                    ``(F) global health programs administered by the 
                Department of Health and Human Services.
    ``(g) Guidelines.--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 (formerly known as the Global 
        Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) and the United Nations 
        Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), 
        the World Food Programme (WFP), and the Global Fund to Fight 
        AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, giving priority to 
        organizations that demonstrate effectiveness and commitment to 
        preventing mortality and 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.
    ``(h) Annual Report.--Not later than February 1 of each year, the 
President shall transmit to Congress a report on the implementation of 
this section for the prior fiscal year.
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) AIDS.--The term `AIDS' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 104B(g)(1) of this Act.
            ``(2) HIV.--The term `HIV' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 104B(g)(2) of this Act.
            ``(3) HIV/AIDS.--The term `HIV/AIDS' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 104B(g)(3) of this Act.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--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)(2)(B) of this section), by striking ``and 104C'' and 
        inserting ``104C, and 104D'';
            (2) in section 104B (as redesignated by subsection (a)(3) 
        of this section)--
                    (A) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``and 
                section 104A'' after ``section 104(c)'';
                    (B) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ``section 
                104B, and section 104C'' and inserting ``section 104C, 
                and section 104D''; and
                    (C) in subsection (g), by striking ``section 
                104(c), this section, section 104B, and section 104C'' 
                and inserting ``section 104(c), section 104A, this 
                section, section 104C, and section 104D'';
            (3) in subsection (c) of section 104C (as redesignated by 
        subsection (a)(3) of this section), by inserting ``and section 
        104A'' after ``section 104(c)'';
            (4) in subsection (c) of section 104D (as redesignated by 
        subsection (a)(3) of this section), by inserting ``and section 
        104A'' after ``section 104(c)'';
            (5) in the first sentence of section 119(c), by striking 
        ``section 104(c)(2), relating to Child Survival Fund'' and 
        inserting ``section 104A''; and
            (6) in section 135(b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section 
                104A(g)(1)'' and inserting ``section 104B(g)(1)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``section 
                104A(g)(3)'' and inserting ``section 104B(g)(3)''.

SEC. 4. STRATEGY TO REDUCE MORTALITY AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF 
              NEWBORNS, CHILDREN, AND MOTHERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    (a) Strategy Required.--The President shall develop and implement a 
comprehensive United States Government strategy to reduce mortality and 
improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing 
countries.
    (b) Components.--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;
                    (C) the number and ratio of maternal deaths;
                    (D) the number and rate of malnourished women of 
                reproductive age; and
                    (E) the number and rate of malnourished infants and 
                children under the age of 5.
            (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 host country's overall 
                health strategy and expenditures, including an 
                assessment of components to specifically reduce 
                newborn, child, and maternal mortality rates;
                    (C) a description of the programmatic areas and 
                interventions providing maximum health benefits to 
                populations at risk as well as maximum reduction in 
                newborn, child, and maternal mortality;
                    (D) an assessment of the investments needed in 
                identified programs and interventions to achieve the 
                greatest results;
                    (E) a description of how United States assistance 
                complements and leverages efforts by other donors, as 
                well as builds capacity and self-sufficiency among 
                recipient countries;
                    (F) a description of goals and objectives for 
                improving newborn, child, and maternal health, 
                including, to the extent feasible, objective and 
                quantifiable indicators; and
                    (G) a description of the host government's 
                commitment to working with partners and civil society 
                to achieve accelerated reductions in newborn, child and 
                maternal mortality.
            (3) With respect to the 30 countries identified in 
        paragraph (1) that have the highest newborn, child, and 
        maternal mortality rates, a plan to--
                    (A) reduce the mortality rate among newborns, 
                children, and mothers in each of those countries by 25 
                percent by 2013;
                    (B) address the human resources crisis in each of 
                those countries by increasing by at least 100,000 the 
                number of functional (trained, equipped, and 
                supervised) community health workers and volunteers 
                serving at primary care and community levels in those 
                countries by 2013; and
                    (C) achieve an average reduction in child and 
                maternal malnutrition in at least 10 of those countries 
                by 15 percent by 2013.
            (4) With respect to the countries identified in paragraph 
        (1) without a United States Agency for International 
        Development (USAID) mission or in conflict, post-conflict, or 
        in a condition of political transition and at risk of increased 
        newborn, child, and maternal mortality, a plan to prevent 
        newborn, child, and maternal deaths in each of those countries 
        through coordination with and support from multilateral 
        organizations.
            (5) An expansion of the Child Survival and Health Grants 
        Program of USAID, at a minimum proportionate to any increase in 
        newborn, child, and maternal health assistance, to provide 
        additional support programs and interventions determined to be 
        efficacious and cost-effective in improving health and reducing 
        mortality.
            (6) A description of the measured or estimated impact on 
        newborn, child, and maternal morbidity and mortality of each 
        project or program carried out.
    (c) Report.--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.

SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON NEWBORN, CHILD, AND MATERNAL HEALTH 
              IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a task force to be known 
as the Interagency Task Force on Newborn, Child, and Maternal Health in 
Developing Countries (in this section referred to as the ``Task 
Force'').
    (b) Duties.--
            (1) In general.--The Task Force shall assess, monitor, and 
        evaluate the progress and contributions of relevant departments 
        and agencies of the Government of the United States in 
        achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 
        2015 for reducing the mortality of children under the age of 5 
        by two-thirds (Millennium Development Goal 4) and reducing 
        maternal mortality by three-quarters (Millennium Development 
        Goal 5) in developing countries, including by--
                    (A) identifying and evaluating programs and 
                interventions that directly or indirectly contribute to 
                the reduction of newborn, child, and maternal mortality 
                rates;
                    (B) assessing effectiveness of programs, 
                interventions, and strategies toward achieving the 
                maximum reduction of newborn, child, and maternal 
                mortality rates;
                    (C) assessing the level of coordination among 
                relevant departments and agencies of the Government of 
                the United States, the international community, 
                international organizations, faith-based organizations, 
                academic institutions, and the private sector;
                    (D) assessing the level of coordination of United 
                States bilateral programs and the host country 
                government in implementing the host country's health 
                strategy to reduce newborn, child, and maternal 
                mortality rates;
                    (E) assessing the contributions made by United 
                States-funded programs toward achieving the Millennium 
                Development Goals 4 and 5;
                    (F) identifying the bilateral efforts of other 
                nations and multilateral efforts toward achieving the 
                Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5; and
                    (G) preparing the annual report required by 
                subsection (f).
            (2) Consultation.--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 Government of the United States, 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) Membership.--
            (1) Number and appointment.--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 (commonly known 
                as the ``U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator'').
                    (D) The Coordinator of the United States Government 
                Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI).
                    (E) The Director of the Office of Global Health 
                Affairs of the Department of Health and Human Services.
                    (F) The Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and 
                Consumer Services of the Department of Agriculture.
                    (G) The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium 
                Challenge Corporation.
                    (H) The Director of the Peace Corps.
                    (I) Other officials of relevant departments and 
                agencies of the Federal Government who shall be 
                appointed by the President.
                    (J) Two ex-officio members appointed by the Speaker 
                of the House of Representatives in consultation with 
                the minority leader of the House of Representatives.
                    (K) Two ex-officio members appointed by the 
                majority leader of the Senate in consultation with the 
                minority leader of the Senate.
            (2) Chairperson.--The Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development shall serve as chairperson 
        of the Task Force.
    (d) Meetings.--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) Definition.--In this section, 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) Report.--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.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) are authorized to 
remain available until expended.
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