[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2982 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 725
111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2982

       To combat international violence against women and girls.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 2010

 Mr. Kerry (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Collins, Mr. Brown 
 of Ohio, Mr. Burris, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
  Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaufman, Ms. 
 Klobuchar, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, 
Mrs. Murray, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Udall of New 
  Mexico, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Specter, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Merkley, Mr. 
  Bingaman, Mr. Webb, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
  Levin, and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read 
        twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

                           December 21, 2010

                Reported by Mr. Kerry, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
       To combat international violence against women and girls.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the 
``International Violence Against Women Act of 2010''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows:</DELETED>

<DELETED>Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
<DELETED>Sec. 2. Findings.
<DELETED>Sec. 3. Statement of policy.
<DELETED>Sec. 4. Definitions.
 <DELETED>TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
                               AND GIRLS

  <DELETED>Subtitle A--Official Designations and Institutional Changes

<DELETED>Sec. 101. Duties of the Secretary of State.
<DELETED>Sec. 102. Duties of the Administrator of the United States 
                            Agency for International Development.
          <DELETED>Subtitle B--Strategy, Policy, and Programs

<DELETED>Sec. 111. Comprehensive international strategy and assistance 
                            to reduce and prevent violence against 
                            women and girls.
<DELETED>Sec. 112. Assistance to reduce international violence against 
                            women and girls.
<DELETED>Sec. 113. Ensuring accountability of the United States 
                            response to violence against women and 
                            girls internationally.
<DELETED>Sec. 114. Enhancing United States training of foreign military 
                            and police forces and judicial officials on 
                            violence against women and girls.
<DELETED>Sec. 115. Addressing violence against women and girls in 
                            humanitarian relief, peacekeeping, 
                            conflict, and post-conflict settings.
                  <DELETED>TITLE II--OTHER PROVISIONS

<DELETED>Sec. 201. Support for multilateral efforts to end violence 
                            against women and girls.

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress makes the following findings:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) According to the United Nations, approximately 
        1 out of every 3 women throughout the world has been beaten, 
        coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. The 
        World Health Organization has reported that up to 70 percent of 
        women in some countries report having been victims of domestic 
        violence at some stage in their lives.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) According to the United Nations, engaging men 
        and women to end violence against women and girls 
        internationally should be a priority. In recognition of this 
        priority, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched 
        a multi-year campaign in 2009 to end violence against women and 
        pledge resources to engage male leaders and to mobilize men and 
        boys.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Violence against women dramatically impedes 
        progress in meeting all of our global health goals, including 
        efforts to stem maternal mortality and the spread of HIV/AIDS. 
        Approximately 1 in 4 women are abused during pregnancy, which, 
        according to the World Health Organization, has been linked to 
        miscarriage, pre-term labor, low birth weight, fetal distress, 
        and death. Women who have experienced violence are also at 
        higher risk for contracting HIV, and women living with HIV may 
        be up to 3 times more likely to experience violence than other 
        women. Fear of violence also prevents women from accessing HIV/
        AIDS information and receiving treatment and 
        counseling.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Increasing women's access to economic 
        opportunities is crucial to preventing and responding to 
        domestic and sexual violence. Microfinance-based interventions 
        and increased asset control reduce levels of intimate partner 
        violence and provide economic independence for 
        survivors.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Displaced, refugee, and stateless women and 
        girls in humanitarian emergencies, conflict settings, and 
        natural disasters face extreme violence and threats because of 
        power inequities, including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) being forced to exchange sex for food 
                and humanitarian supplies; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) being at increased risk of rape, 
                sexual exploitation, and abuse.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Rape and sexual assault against women and 
        girls are used to torture, intimidate, and terrorize women and 
        their communities.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) According to UNICEF, child marriage--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is a harmful practice that deprives 
                girls of their dignity and human rights;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) can result in bonded labor or 
                enslavement, commercial sexual exploitation, and 
                violence against the victims;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) significantly increases the risk of 
                maternal death and morbidity, infant mortality and 
                morbidity, obstetric fistula, and sexually transmitted 
                diseases, including HIV/AIDS; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) is perpetuated by poverty, a lack of 
                educational or employment opportunities for girls, 
                parental concerns to ensure sexual relations within 
                marriage, the dowry system, and the perceived lack of 
                value of girls.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    It is the policy of the United States to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) systematically integrate and coordinate 
        efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women and 
        girls internationally into United States foreign policy and 
        foreign assistance programs;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) expand the implementation of effective 
        practices and programs;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) promote women's political, economic, 
        educational, social, cultural, civil, and human rights and 
        opportunities throughout the world;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) support and build capacity of indigenous 
        nongovernmental organizations that are working to prevent and 
        respond to violence against women and girls internationally, 
        particularly women's nongovernmental organizations and groups 
        involving male advocates;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) support and encourage United States 
        organizations working in partnership with nongovernmental 
        organizations described in paragraph (4);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) prevent and respond to violence against women 
        and girls internationally through multisectoral methods, 
        working at individual, family, community, local, national, and 
        international levels and incorporating service, prevention, 
        training, and advocacy activities and economic, education, 
        health, legal, and protective intervention services;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) enhance training and other prevention and 
        response to violence against women and girls internationally in 
        humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict 
        settings;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) enhance training by United States personnel of 
        professional foreign military and police forces and judicial 
        officials to include specific and thorough instruction on 
        preventing and responding to violence against women and girls 
        internationally;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) increase communication and cooperation with 
        nongovernmental organizations with demonstrated experience in 
        women's empowerment, combating violence against women and girls 
        internationally, and engaging men and boys as partners, 
        including consulting with such organizations during strategic 
        planning exercises;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) more regularly engage men and boys as 
        community leaders, partners, and advocates in ending violence 
        against women and girls;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) include--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) prevention of child marriage as an 
                important part of preventing violence against girls; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) ending the practice of child marriage 
                by promoting education and skills building for girls, 
                community programs, and increased economic 
                opportunities for women to achieve the Millennium 
                Development Goals and United States global health and 
                development objectives;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (12) ensure that private security firms contracted 
        for service in conflict, humanitarian, and post-conflict 
        settings appropriately report on, and respond to, violence 
        against women and girls internationally; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (13) continue United States leadership and 
        innovative efforts at the United Nations to address violence 
        against women and girls internationally, particularly through 
        urging the United Nations Secretary-General and United Nations 
        member states to fully implement the provisions of United 
        Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, and 1888, and 
        other relevant United Nations agreements and 
        initiatives.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this Act:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Child marriage.--The term ``child marriage'' 
        means the marriage of a girl or a boy, who has not reached the 
        minimum legal age for marriage in the country in which the girl 
        or boy is a resident.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Eligible countries.--The term ``eligible 
        countries'' means countries that are not classified as high-
        income countries in the most recent edition of the World 
        Development Report for Reconstruction and Development, 
        published by the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
        Development.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Prevention and response.--The term 
        ``prevention and response'' means activities designed to 
        prevent and respond to violence against women and 
        girls.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) USAID administrator.--The term ``USAID 
        Administrator'' means the Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Violence against women and girls.--The term 
        ``violence against women and girls''--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) means any act of violence against 
                women or girls that results in, or is likely to result 
                in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or 
                suffering to women or girls, including threats of such 
                acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, 
                whether occurring in public or private life; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) includes--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) physical, sexual, and 
                        psychological violence occurring in the family, 
                        including battering, sexual abuse of female 
                        children in the household, dowry-related 
                        violence, marital rape, female genital cutting 
                        and mutilation, forced child marriage, and 
                        other traditional practices harmful to women 
                        and girls, nonspousal violence, and violence 
                        related to exploitation;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) physical, sexual, and 
                        psychological violence occurring within the 
                        general community, including rape, sexual 
                        abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation at 
                        work, in educational institutions and 
                        elsewhere, trafficking in women and girls, and 
                        forced prostitution; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) physical, sexual, and 
                        psychological violence perpetrated or condoned 
                        by the government of the country of which the 
                        victim is a resident, regardless of where the 
                        violence occurs.</DELETED>

 <DELETED>TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
                          AND GIRLS</DELETED>

     <DELETED>Subtitle A--Official Designations and Institutional 
                           Changes</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 101. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Designation.--The Secretary of State, in fulfilling 
the duties and purposes of this Act, shall designate a senior official 
in the Department of State to conduct the relevant activities pursuant 
to this Act. For the purposes of this Act, that designee shall be 
referred to as the ``Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's 
Issues''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Support Staff.--The Secretary of State shall designate 
appropriate staff to support the efforts of the Ambassador.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Duties.--The Ambassador shall coordinate and advise, 
and where relevant lead--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) State Department activities and policies, 
        including as they affect programs and funding relating to 
        prevention and response, including gender integration and 
        women's development internationally as relates to prevention 
        and response;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the design, and as appropriate, implementation 
        of projects regarding prevention and response, including gender 
        integration and women's development internationally as relates 
        to prevention and response;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the integration of prevention and response 
        analysis into U.S. Government departments' and agencies' 
        international programs, structures, processes and 
        capacities;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) allocation of State Department resources for--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) prevention and response; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) development of the comprehensive 
                international strategy described in section 300G to 
                reduce violence against women and girls;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) on behalf of the Secretary, conduct regular 
        cooperation with civil society with demonstrated experience in 
        prevention and response and women's development issues 
        internationally as relates to prevention and 
        response;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) serve as the principal advisor to the 
        Secretary of State regarding violence against women and girls 
        as a foreign policy matter; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) at the direction of the Secretary of State, 
        represent the United States in bilateral, international and 
        nongovernmental fora in matters relevant to violence against 
        women and girls including the status of women internationally 
        as relates to prevention and response.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Information-Sharing and Transparency.--On behalf of 
the Secretary, the Ambassador shall be the central repository of 
evaluation and monitoring data on Department of State programs that 
relate to prevention and response, and also for Federal Government 
agencies engaged in international prevention and response, in order to 
produce a full accounting of United States Government spending on 
prevention and response, and to prepare the comprehensive strategy 
developed under section 111.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Congressional Briefings.--Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Ambassador shall brief Congress on the integration of gender 
considerations and prevention and response into its strategies, 
programming, and associated outcomes, and shall present Congress with 
an assessment of human and financial resources necessary to fulfill the 
purposes and duties of this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) $5,000,000 for administration, staffing, 
        travel, and related expenditures; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) $5,000,000 in program funds to carry out 
        activities under this section.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 102. DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES 
              AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--The USAID Administrator, in fulfilling 
the duties and purposes of this Act, shall designate a senior official 
(referred to in this Act as the ``Women's Development Advisor'' or the 
``Advisor''), who shall report directly to the USAID Administrator to 
coordinate and conduct prevention and response activities described in 
this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Support Staff.--The USAID Administrator shall 
designate appropriate staff to support the efforts of the Women's 
Development Advisor.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Duties.--The Advisor shall coordinate and guide all 
USAID efforts to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) integrate prevention and response, as well as 
        broader gender issues in foreign assistance;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) coordinate and consult with the Ambassador and 
        USAID mission directors in carrying out (c)(1);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) provide high level guidance to USAID missions, 
        offices, and bureaus on prevention and response, gender 
        integration, design, strategy and programming; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) participate in agency-wide monitoring and 
        evaluation on gender integration activities and strategies, 
        including prevention and response.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Coordinated USAID Reporting.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--USAID technical and regional 
        bureaus identified by the USAID Administrator and the Advisor 
        shall annually provide the Advisor with such data and findings 
        collected under subsection (c)(4) as may be requested by the 
        Advisor.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Scope of data.--The data and findings provided 
        under paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) shall include relevant contractors, 
                subcontractors, grantees, and subgrantees receiving 
                program funds made available for prevention and 
                response, and women's development globally as a method 
                of prevention; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall be made publicly 
                available.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Security concerns.--In determining the data 
        and findings to be provided under this subsection, the Advisor 
        shall take into account the security concerns of USAID grantees 
        and subgrantees.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Congressional Briefings.--Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Advisor, in coordination with the Ambassador, shall brief Congress 
on the integration of gender considerations and prevention and response 
into its strategies, programming, and associated outcomes, using data 
collected under subsection (d), and shall present Congress with an 
assessment of human and financial resources necessary to fulfill the 
purposes and duties of this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
        available, there is authorized to be appropriated, for each of 
        the fiscal years 2011 through 2015--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) $5,000,000 for operations, 
                administration, and related expenditures; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) $5,000,000 in program funds to carry 
                out the activities under this section.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Supervision of expenditures.--Amounts 
        appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall be expended 
        under the direction of the Advisor.</DELETED>

     <DELETED>Subtitle B--Strategy, Policy, and Programs</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 111. COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY AND ASSISTANCE 
              TO REDUCE AND PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND 
              GIRLS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Development and Implementation of Strategy.--Not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State, under the direction of the President and with the assistance 
of the USAID Administrator, shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) develop a comprehensive, 5-year international 
        strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and 
        girls internationally; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) submit the strategy developed under paragraph 
        (1) to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Collaboration and Coordination.--In developing the 
strategy under subsection (a), the Secretary of State, with the 
assistance of the USAID Administrator, shall consult with--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) executive branch agencies and entities 
        administering international programs;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the Senior Policy Operating Group on 
        Trafficking in Persons;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) representatives of civil society with 
        demonstrated experience combating violence against women and 
        girls or promoting women's health or women's development issues 
        internationally.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Content.--The strategy developed under subsection (a) 
shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) identify countries with significant levels of 
        violence against women and girls that have the government or 
        nongovernment organizational capacity to manage and implement 
        gender-based violence prevention and response program 
        activities;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) select up to 20 of the countries described in 
        paragraph (1) in which to develop a gender-integrated, 
        comprehensive, and holistic individual country plan that 
        incorporates at least 2 of the program activities listed in 
        subsection (d);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) assess and describe the current or potential 
        capacity of each government or civil society to address and 
        respond to violence against women and girls;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) identify and coordinate with Federal 
        departments and agencies that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) have existing programs relevant to the 
                strategy; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) will be involved in new program 
                activities;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) describe the monitoring and evaluation 
        mechanisms established for each country, and their use in 
        assessing overall progress in prevention and 
        response;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) project general levels of resources needed to 
        achieve the stated objectives in each country, including an 
        accounting of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) activities and funding already 
                expended by the Department of State, USAID, other 
                Federal agencies, other donor country governments, and 
                other multilateral institutions; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) leveraged private sector 
                resources;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) include capacity-building and technical 
        assistance for community-based women's nongovernmental 
        organizations and community-based organizations with 
        demonstrated expertise in women's empowerment, including 
        combating violence against women and girls 
        internationally;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) identify and coordinate with existing 
        nongovernmental and multilateral programs, initiatives, and 
        groups with demonstrated experience on preventing and 
        responding to violence against women and girls internationally, 
        particularly coordinating with women's organizations and 
        community-based groups; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) integrate gender analysis into the strategy 
        for each country to ensure that the roles of women, girls, men, 
        and boys are appropriately addressed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Program Activities Supported.--Assistance provided 
under this section shall be used to carry out country-specific 
strategies under subsection (a) through multi-sectoral prevention and 
response activities specified by the Ambassador and Advisor and that 
fall under at least 2 of the following broad categories:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Enhancing the capacity of the health sector to 
        respond to violence against women and girls.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Development and enforcement of civil and 
        criminal legal and judicial sanctions, protections, trainings, 
        and capacity.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Development of programs affecting social 
        norms, community attitudes, and male and female participation 
        in violence and response to victims.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Ensuring accessible quality educational and 
        literacy opportunities for women and girls.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Promotion of access to economic opportunity 
        projects, including increasing distribution, credit, property, 
        and inheritance rights for women and girls.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 112. ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST 
              WOMEN AND GIRLS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Coordination of Existing Assistance Programs.--The 
Ambassador, working with the Advisor, shall, to the fullest extent 
practicable, coordinate activities and measures to prevent and respond 
to violence against women and girls internationally into existing 
programs, contracts, grants, agreements, and foreign assistance under 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other Acts authorizing and 
appropriating foreign assistance, as applicable.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Authority.--To implement and execute the comprehensive 
international strategy developed pursuant to section 111, the Secretary 
of State and the USAID Administrator, in consultation with the 
Ambassador and the Advisor, may provide assistance to nongovernmental 
organizations, multilateral institutions, and foreign countries for 
program activities described in section 111(d).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Allocation of New Funding.--The Secretary of State and 
the USAID Administrator, based on guidance from the Ambassador and the 
Advisor, may allocate funds to implement and execute the comprehensive 
international strategy developed pursuant to section 111.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Use of Funds.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Any funds made available under 
        this section to nongovernmental organizations should be 
        designated to organizations that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) have demonstrated experience regarding 
                violence against women and girls internationally or 
                have entered into a partnership with an organization 
                with such experience; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) have demonstrated capabilities or 
                experience in a particular program activity described 
                in section 111(d).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Congressional briefings.--The Secretary of 
        State and the USAID Administrator shall brief Congress upon 
        request, on the transparent mechanisms used to ensure that 
        funds made available under this section through nongovernmental 
        organizations are awarded to organizations described in 
        paragraph (1).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Grants to Women's Nongovernmental Organizations and 
Community-Based Organizations.--Special efforts shall be made to award 
amounts appropriated to carry out this Act to community-based and 
women's nongovernmental organizations in recipient countries. The 
Advisor shall brief Congress, upon request, on efforts made to assist 
such organizations to be eligible for such funds.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Award Process.--Grant amounts awarded under this 
section shall be provided through an open, competitive, and transparent 
process to the extent possible.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Conditions.--Entities receiving grants under this 
section--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall allocate a reasonable portion of such 
        grants for data collection and the evaluation of program 
        effectiveness;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) shall be responsible for developing and 
        reporting on outcomes and impacts relating to preventing and 
        responding to violence against women and girls 
        internationally;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) should gather input from women's 
        nongovernmental organizations or community-based organizations 
        in recipient countries, including organizations with experience 
        in working with men and boys to prevent violence; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) shall consider the safety of women and girls 
        as a primary concern in deciding how to design, implement, 
        monitor, and evaluate programs.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
        available for such purposes, there is authorized to be 
        appropriated to the President $175,000,000 for each of the 
        fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to carry out this section and 
        section 111.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available until 
        expended.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 113. ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES 
              RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS 
              INTERNATIONALLY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the 
implementation of the comprehensive strategy under section 111, the 
Secretary of State, assisted by the Ambassador, shall prepare a public 
report on best practices for preventing and addressing violence against 
women and girls internationally, which shall include--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) a description of successful efforts by 
        governments of countries with significant levels of violence 
        against women and girls, nongovernmental organizations, and 
        United States, bilateral, and multilateral donors in prevention 
        and response;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) recommendations related to best practices, 
        effective strategies, and improvements to enhance the impact of 
        prevention and response efforts; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the impact of activities funded by the 
        strategy in preventing and reducing violence against women and 
        girls internationally.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Amendments.--Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking the period 
        at the end and inserting ``; and''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(12) wherever applicable, the nature and extent 
        of violence against women and girls (as defined in section 4 of 
        the International Violence Against Women Act of 
        2010).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Transparency.--Upon request, the Secretary of State 
shall provide to Congress the information made available under sections 
101(d) and 102(d), including outcomes and impacts related to prevention 
and response to violence against women and girls internationally 
submitted by contractors, subcontractors, grantees and subgrantees, 
unless such disclosure would inhibit the security or effectiveness of 
such entities.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Research and Data Collection.--The Ambassador, 
assisted by the USAID Administrator and the heads of relevant bureaus 
and offices of the Department of State and in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall work to improve the quality and 
        coordination of existing data collection and evaluations of 
        current violence against women and girls internationally 
        programs; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) may provide financial assistance for original 
        research or analysis of effective interventions to prevent or 
        respond to violence against women and girls 
        internationally.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Use of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
in this section may be used to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) collect and analyze new or existing data on 
        the scope and extent of all forms of violence against women and 
        girls internationally, including underdocumented forms of 
        violence and violence against marginalized groups;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) conduct research on effective interventions to 
        respond to violence against women and girls internationally, 
        including efforts to scale up effective programming; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) support systemic data collection using 
        internationally comparable indicators, norms, and methodologies 
        for measuring the scope, prevalence, and incidence of violence 
        against women and girls internationally, working through--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) governments of foreign countries; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) federally funded development 
                assistance and health assistance.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $20,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to carry out the activities under 
this section.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 114. ENHANCING UNITED STATES TRAINING OF FOREIGN MILITARY 
              AND POLICE FORCES AND JUDICIAL OFFICIALS ON VIOLENCE 
              AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure 
that United States programs to train foreign military, police, and 
judicial officials include instruction on prevention of and response to 
violence against women and girls.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Covered Programs.--The programs referred to in 
subsection (a) include--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) activities authorized under the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) activities under section 1206 of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-
        163; 119 Stat. 3456), as amended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Guidance.--The Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
Defense shall, as appropriate--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) incorporate training on prevention and 
        response into the basic training curricula of foreign military 
        forces and judicial officials; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) ensure that United States assistance to units 
        involved in regional or multilateral peacekeeping operations 
        includes training on prevention and response.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2011 through 2015 to carry out the activities under this 
section.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 115. ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN 
              HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, PEACEKEEPING, CONFLICT, AND POST-
              CONFLICT SETTINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``Inter-
Agency Standing Committee'' means the committee established in response 
to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182, adopted at New 
York on December 19, 1991.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Activities of the Department of State With the United 
States Agency for International Development.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Guidance.--Under the direction of the 
        Secretary of State, the Ambassador is authorized to provide 
        guidance to the USAID Administrator and the Assistant Secretary 
        for Population, Refugees, and Migration.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Duties.--The USAID Administrator and the 
        Assistant Secretary shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) consider the Ambassador's guidance to 
                the extent practicable;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) provide assistance to programs carried 
                out by international organizations, international and 
                local nongovernmental organizations, and governments, 
                as appropriate, that--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) prevent and respond to 
                        violence against women and girls in 
                        humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-
                        conflict settings;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) adhere to the Inter-Agency 
                        Standing Committee's Guidelines for Gender-
                        based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian 
                        Settings;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) build the capacity of 
                        humanitarian organizations and government 
                        authorities, as appropriate, to address the 
                        special protection needs of women and 
                        children;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) support efforts to provide 
                        immediate assistance to survivors of violence 
                        and reintegrate such individuals through 
                        education, psychosocial assistance, trauma 
                        counseling, family and community reinsertion 
                        and reunification, medical assistance, and 
                        economic opportunity programs; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (v) provide legal services for 
                        women and girls who are victims of 
                        violence;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) ensure that activities to prevent and 
                respond to violence against women and girls 
                internationally are incorporated into any multilateral 
                or bilateral disarmament, demobilization, 
                rehabilitation, and reintegration efforts by--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) providing protection and 
                        suitable separate facilities in demobilization 
                        and transit centers for women and girls 
                        formerly involved in, or associated with, 
                        fighting forces;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) ensuring equitable 
                        reintegration activities and opportunities for 
                        such women and girls, including access to 
                        schooling, vocational training, employment, and 
                        childcare;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) providing essential medical 
                        care and psychosocial support for such women 
                        and girls who are victims of violence; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) incorporating prevention and 
                        response to violence against women and girls 
                        into programs for former combatants;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) designate and deploy specialists in 
                violence against women and girls, as appropriate, as an 
                integral part of the United States Agency for 
                International Development's Disaster Assistance 
                Response Teams to ensure the integration of prevention 
                and response to violence against women and girls 
                internationally in strategies and programming; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) strive to ensure that all grantees 
                deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-
                conflict operations--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) comply with the Inter-Agency 
                        Standing Committee's Six Core Principles 
                        Relating to Sexual Exploitation and 
                        Abuse;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) train all humanitarian 
                        workers in preventing and responding to 
                        violence against women and girls, including in 
                        the use of mechanisms to report violence 
                        against women and girls;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) conduct appropriate public 
                        outreach to make known to the host community 
                        the mechanisms to report violence against women 
                        and girls; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iv) promptly and appropriately 
                        respond to reports of violence against women 
                        and girls and treat survivors in accordance 
                        with best practices regarding 
                        confidentiality.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Authorization of appropriations.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--There is authorized to be 
                appropriated to the Department of State and the United 
                States Agency for International Development $40,000,000 
                for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 for 
                programs described in paragraph (2)(C) that prevent and 
                respond to violence against women and girls in 
                humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict 
                operations, in addition to amounts otherwise available 
                for such purposes.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of 
                Congress that amounts appropriated pursuant to 
                paragraph (1) should not affect the amount appropriated 
                for other humanitarian programs.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Activities of the Department of State.--Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, acting through the Ambassador, shall brief Congress on 
activities and efforts to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) create a mechanism to ensure that contractors 
        and grantees deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and 
        post-conflict settings--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) comply with the Inter-Agency Standing 
                Committee's Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual 
                Exploitation and Abuse;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) train their humanitarian workers in 
                prevention and response, including proper mechanisms to 
                report gender-based violence; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) promptly and appropriately respond to 
                reports of violence against women and girls and treat 
                survivors in accordance with best practices regarding 
                confidentiality; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) carry out the activities described in 
        subsection (b)(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Coordination of United States Government Efforts.--
Under the direction of the President, the Secretary of State is 
authorized to provide guidance on preventing and responding to violence 
against women and girls to the Secretary of Defense when United States 
military personnel, military contractors, and military observers are to 
be deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict 
settings. The Ambassador shall regularly consult with counterparts at 
the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice to coordinate 
design and implementation of programs relevant to the purposes of this 
section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Enhancing United States Leadership and Advocacy in the 
United Nations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Resource sharing.--The Secretary of State, in 
        consultation with the USAID Administrator, the Ambassador, the 
        United States Representative to the United Nations, the 
        Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs, and 
        the Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration 
        shall make available United States financial, material, human, 
        and other resources to assist United Nations efforts to--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) develop and implement appropriate 
                training programs in prevention and response to 
                violence against women and girls internationally for 
                peacekeeping and humanitarian personnel;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) meet staffing goals for women military 
                and police peacekeepers, including all-women teams and 
                units;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) enhance the deployment of civilian 
                women at all levels to serve in peacekeeping missions, 
                including through innovative staffing 
                formulas;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) improve protection mechanisms in and 
                around United Nations managed refugee and internally 
                displaced persons camps;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) implement a zero tolerance policy for 
                sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations 
                peacekeeping and humanitarian operations;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) support troop and police contributing 
                countries in--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) taking appropriate actions to 
                        prevent violence and abuse;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) providing materials for pre-
                        deployment and in-theater awareness training; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) taking other actions to 
                        promote full accountability in cases of abusive 
                        conduct involving the personnel of such 
                        countries;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) continue to expand appropriate 
                mechanisms to permit individuals to safely bring 
                allegations of violence against women and girls 
                internationally to the attention of United Nations 
                peacekeeping commanders and heads of humanitarian 
                missions; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (H) ensure the capacity of the United 
                Nations Office of Internal Oversight to investigate all 
                credible allegations in a timely and efficient manner, 
                while protecting the whistleblower.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of 
        State for International Organization Affairs and the United 
        States Representative to the United Nations, in consultation 
        with the Ambassador-at-Large of the Office for Global Women's 
        Issues, shall submit a report to Congress that describes United 
        States efforts to support the implementation of United Nations 
        Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, and 1888.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Emergency Response to Widespread Reports of Violence 
Against Women.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Emergency response to credible reports of 
        critical or widespread violence against women and girls.--The 
        Secretary of State, in consultation with the Ambassador and in 
        coordination with relevant bureaus of the Department of State, 
        shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) identify critical or widespread 
                incidents of violence against women and girls in 
                situations of armed conflict when they occur, through 
                consultation with other Federal agencies, the United 
                Nations, international organizations, and 
                nongovernmental organizations;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) determine emergency response measures 
                not later than 45 days after such identification; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) brief Congress on the implementation 
                of such emergency response measures and outcomes not 
                later than 30 days after such determination.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Content.--The emergency measures developed 
        under paragraph (1) shall include a description of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) bilateral diplomatic efforts with--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the government of the country 
                        in which the violence is occurring;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) governments in the region in 
                        which the violence is occurring; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) other donor 
                        governments.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to 
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (c), there is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
emergency measures, including the expansion of reporting mechanisms and 
programs, for each situation identified under this section.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>TITLE II--OTHER PROVISIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 201. SUPPORT FOR MULTILATERAL EFFORTS TO END VIOLENCE 
              AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
International Organizations and Programs Account $10,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to support the United Nations 
Development Fund for Women Trust Fund in Support of Actions to 
Eliminate Violence Against Women.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``International 
Violence Against Women Act of 2010''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Statement of policy.
Sec. 4. Definitions.

 TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

      Subtitle A--Official Designations and Institutional Changes

Sec. 101. Duties of the Secretary of State.
Sec. 102. Duties of the Administrator of USAID.

               Subtitle B--Strategy, Policy, and Programs

Sec. 111. Comprehensive international strategy and assistance to reduce 
                            and prevent violence against women and 
                            girls.
Sec. 112. Assistance to prevent and respond to violence against women 
                            and girls internationally.
Sec. 113. Ensuring accountability of the United States response to 
                            violence against women and girls 
                            internationally.
Sec. 114. Enhancing United States training of foreign military and 
                            police forces and judicial officials on 
                            violence against women and girls.
Sec. 115. Addressing violence against women and girls in humanitarian 
                            relief, peacekeeping, conflict, and post-
                            conflict settings.

               TITLE II--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) According to the United Nations, approximately one out 
        of every three women throughout the world has been beaten, 
        coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. The 
        World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that up to 70 
        percent of women in some countries report having been victims 
        of domestic violence at some stage in their lives.
            (2) According to the United Nations, engaging men and women 
        to end violence against women and girls internationally should 
        be a priority. In recognition of this priority, United Nations 
        Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a multi-year campaign in 
        2009 to end violence against women and pledge resources to 
        engage male leaders and to mobilize men and boys.
            (3) Violence against women dramatically impedes progress in 
        meeting all of our global health goals, including efforts to 
        stem maternal mortality and the spread of HIV/AIDS. 
        Approximately one in four women are abused during pregnancy, 
        which, according to WHO, has been linked to miscarriage, pre-
        term labor, low birth weight, fetal distress, and death. Women 
        who have experienced violence are also at higher risk for 
        contracting HIV, and women living with HIV may be up to three 
        times more likely to experience violence than other women. Fear 
        of violence also prevents women from accessing HIV/AIDS 
        information and receiving treatment and counseling.
            (4) Increasing women's access to economic opportunities is 
        crucial to preventing and responding to domestic and sexual 
        violence. Microfinance-based interventions and increased asset 
        control reduce levels of intimate partner violence and provide 
        economic independence for survivors.
            (5) Displaced, refugee, and stateless women and girls in 
        humanitarian emergencies, conflict settings, and natural 
        disasters face extreme violence and threats because of power 
        inequities, including--
                    (A) being forced to exchange sex for food and 
                humanitarian supplies; and
                    (B) being at increased risk of rape, sexual 
                exploitation, and abuse.
            (6) Rape and sexual assault against women and girls are 
        used to torture, intimidate, and terrorize women and their 
        communities.
            (7) According to the United Nations Children's Fund 
        (UNICEF), child marriage--
                    (A) is a harmful practice that deprives girls of 
                their dignity and human rights;
                    (B) can result in bonded labor or enslavement, 
                commercial sexual exploitation, and violence against 
                the victims;
                    (C) significantly increases the risk of maternal 
                death and morbidity, infant mortality and morbidity, 
                obstetric fistula, and sexually-transmitted diseases, 
                including HIV/AIDS; and
                    (D) is perpetuated by poverty, a lack of 
                educational or employment opportunities for girls, 
                parental concerns to ensure sexual relations within 
                marriage, the dowry system, and the perceived lack of 
                value of girls.

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States to--
            (1) systematically integrate and coordinate efforts to 
        prevent and respond to violence against women and girls 
        internationally into United States foreign policy and foreign 
        assistance programs;
            (2) expand the implementation of effective practices and 
        programs;
            (3) promote women's political, economic, educational, 
        social, cultural, civil, and human rights and opportunities 
        throughout the world;
            (4) support and build capacity of indigenous 
        nongovernmental organizations that are working to prevent and 
        respond to violence against women and girls internationally, 
        particularly women's nongovernmental organizations and groups 
        involving male advocates;
            (5) support and encourage United States organizations 
        working in partnership with nongovernmental organizations 
        described in paragraph (4);
            (6) prevent and respond to violence against women and girls 
        internationally through multisectoral methods, working at 
        individual, family, community, local, national, and 
        international levels and incorporating service, prevention, 
        training, and advocacy activities and economic, education, 
        health, legal, and protective intervention services;
            (7) enhance training and other prevention and response to 
        violence against women and girls internationally in 
        humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict settings;
            (8) enhance training by United States personnel of 
        professional foreign military and police forces and judicial 
        officials to include specific and thorough instruction on 
        preventing and responding to violence against women and girls 
        internationally;
            (9) increase communication and cooperation with 
        nongovernmental organizations with demonstrated experience in 
        prevention and response to violence against women and girls 
        internationally, and engaging men and boys as partners, 
        including consulting with such organizations during strategic 
        planning exercises;
            (10) more regularly engage men and boys as community 
        leaders, partners, and advocates in ending violence against 
        women and girls;
            (11) include--
                    (A) prevention of child marriage as an important 
                part of preventing violence against girls; and
                    (B) ending the practice of child marriage by 
                promoting education and skills building for girls, 
                community programs, and increased economic 
                opportunities for women to achieve the Millennium 
                Development Goals and United States global health and 
                development objectives;
            (12) ensure that private security firms contracted for 
        service in conflict, humanitarian, and post-conflict settings 
        appropriately report on, and respond to, violence against women 
        and girls internationally; and
            (13) continue United States leadership and innovative 
        efforts to address violence against women and girls 
        internationally.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Child marriage.--The term ``child marriage'' means the 
        marriage of a girl or a boy, who has not reached the minimum 
        legal age for marriage in the country in which the girl or boy 
        is a resident.
            (2) Eligible country.--The term ``eligible country'' means 
        a country that is not classified as a high-income country in 
        the most recent edition of the World Development Report for 
        Reconstruction and Development, published by the International 
        Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
            (3) Prevention and response.--The term ``prevention and 
        response'' means activities designed to prevent and respond to 
        violence against women and girls.
            (4) USAID.--The term ``USAID'' means the United States 
        Agency for International Development.
            (5) Violence against women and girls.--The term ``violence 
        against women and girls''--
                    (A) means any act of violence against women or 
                girls that results in, or is likely to result in, 
                physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to 
                women or girls, including threats of such acts, 
                coercion, or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether 
                occurring in public or private life; and
                    (B) includes--
                            (i) physical, sexual, and psychological 
                        violence occurring in the family, including 
                        battering, sexual abuse of female children in 
                        the household, dowry-related violence, marital 
                        rape, female genital cutting and mutilation, 
                        forced child marriage, and other traditional 
                        practices harmful to women and girls, 
                        nonspousal violence, and violence related to 
                        exploitation;
                            (ii) physical, sexual, and psychological 
                        violence occurring within the general 
                        community, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual 
                        harassment and intimidation at work, in 
                        educational institutions and elsewhere, 
                        trafficking in women and girls, and forced 
                        prostitution; and
                            (iii) physical, sexual, and psychological 
                        violence perpetrated or condoned by the 
                        government of the country of which the victim 
                        is a resident, regardless of where the violence 
                        occurs.

 TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

      Subtitle A--Official Designations and Institutional Changes

SEC. 101. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

    (a) Designation.--The Secretary of State, in fulfilling the duties 
and purposes of this Act, shall designate a senior official in the 
Department of State to conduct the activities of the Secretary under 
this Act.
    (b) Information-Sharing and Transparency.--The Secretary's designee 
shall work with the heads of relevant bureaus and offices of the 
Department of State and other Federal departments and agencies to track 
and analyze monitoring and evaluation data on programs that relate to 
international prevention and response in order to produce a full 
accounting of United States Government spending on international 
prevention and response, and to prepare the comprehensive strategy 
developed under section 111.
    (c) Congressional Briefings.--Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary's designee shall brief Congress on international prevention 
and response strategies, programming, and associated outcomes, and 
shall submit to Congress an assessment of human and financial resources 
necessary to fulfill the purposes and duties of this Act.

SEC. 102. DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF USAID.

    (a) In General.--The USAID Administrator, in fulfilling the duties 
and purposes of this Act, shall designate a senior official in USAID to 
conduct the activities of the USAID Administrator under this Act.
    (b) Coordinated USAID Reporting.--Consistent with USAID-wide 
monitoring and evaluation activities, and in order to assist in the 
preparation of the comprehensive strategy developed under section 111, 
the USAID Administrator's designee shall work with relevant USAID 
technical and regional bureaus engaged in any aspect of international 
prevention and response to track and analyze monitoring and evaluation 
data and findings on USAID international prevention and response 
programs.
    (c) Congressional Briefings.--Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Administrator's designee shall brief Congress on international 
prevention and response strategies, programming, and associated 
outcomes, using data collected under subsection (b), and shall submit 
to Congress an assessment of human and financial resources necessary to 
fulfill the purposes and duties of this Act.

               Subtitle B--Strategy, Policy, and Programs

SEC. 111. COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY AND ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE 
              AND PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.

    (a) Development and Implementation of Strategy.--Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, with the assistance of the USAID Administrator, shall--
            (1) develop a comprehensive, five-year international 
        strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and 
        girls internationally;
            (2) submit the strategy developed under paragraph (1) to 
        the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; 
        and
            (3) make the strategy available to the public.
    (b) Collaboration and Coordination.--In developing the strategy 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult with--
            (1) Federal departments and agencies that have expertise 
        preventing and responding to violence against women and girls 
        or administering international programs;
            (2) the Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in 
        Persons;
            (3) representatives of civil society organizations with 
        demonstrated experience in combating violence against women and 
        girls or promoting women's health or women's development issues 
        internationally.
    (c) Content.--The strategy developed under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) identify eligible countries with significant levels of 
        violence against women and girls, including within displaced 
        communities, that have the government or nongovernment 
        organizational capacity to manage and implement gender-based 
        violence prevention and response program activities and should, 
        when possible, be geographically, ethnically, and culturally 
        diverse from one another;
            (2) select five to 20 of the eligible countries identified 
        under paragraph (1) in which to develop a comprehensive and 
        holistic individual country plan that incorporates at least two 
        of the program activities listed in subsection (d);
            (3) assess and describe the current or potential capacity 
        of the government of each eligible country selected under 
        paragraph (2) and civil society organizations in each such 
        eligible country to address and respond to violence against 
        women and girls;
            (4) identify and coordinate with Federal departments and 
        agencies that--
                    (A) have existing programs relevant to the 
                strategy; or
                    (B) will be involved in new program activities;
            (5) describe the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms 
        established for each eligible country, and their use in 
        assessing overall progress in prevention and response;
            (6) project general levels of resources needed to achieve 
        the stated objectives in each eligible country, including an 
        accounting of--
                    (A) activities and funding already expended by the 
                Department of State, USAID, other Federal departments 
                and agencies, other donor country governments, and 
                other multilateral institutions; and
                    (B) leveraged private sector resources;
            (7) include capacity-building and technical assistance for 
        community-based women's nongovernmental organizations and 
        community-based organizations with demonstrated experience 
        relating to prevention and response, including combating 
        violence against women and girls internationally;
            (8) identify and coordinate with existing nongovernmental 
        and multilateral programs, initiatives, and groups with 
        demonstrated experience in prevention and response 
        internationally, particularly coordinating with women's 
        organizations and community-based groups;
            (9) integrate gender analysis into the strategy for each 
        country to ensure that the roles of women, girls, men, and boys 
        are appropriately addressed; and
            (10) include, as appropriate, strategies designed to 
        accommodate the needs of stateless, internally displaced, 
        refugee, or religious or ethnic minority women and girls.
    (d) Program Activities Supported.--The strategy developed under 
subsection (a) for an eligible country shall contain a country plan 
that incorporates at least two of the following program activities:
            (1) Enhancing the capacity of the health sector to prevent 
        and respond to violence against women and girls.
            (2) Development and enforcement of civil and criminal legal 
        and judicial sanctions, protections, trainings, and capacity.
            (3) Development and implementation of programs, including 
        programs targeting men and boys and media campaigns, that work 
        to change social norms and attitudes so that violence against 
        women and girls is neither condoned nor tolerated.
            (4) Ensuring accessible quality educational and literacy 
        opportunities for women and girls.
            (5) Promotion of access to economic opportunity projects, 
        including increasing distribution, credit, property, and 
        inheritance rights for women and girls.

SEC. 112. ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
              AND GIRLS INTERNATIONALLY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator 
are authorized to provide assistance pursuant to the comprehensive 
international strategy developed under section 111 for eligible 
countries identified and selected under such section, including to 
support program activities described in subsection (d) of such section. 
Assistance under this section shall be provided through USAID and the 
Department of State implementing agencies, including local and 
international civil society organizations, multilateral institutions, 
and governments of eligible countries, in accordance with existing 
procedures.
    (b) Coordination of Existing Assistance Programs.--The Secretary of 
State and the USAID Administrator shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, coordinate programs, projects, and activities under this 
section with other programs, projects, and activities to prevent and 
respond to violence against women and girls internationally under the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and other 
foreign assistance laws, as applicable.
    (c) Use of Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Any funds made available under this 
        section to nongovernmental or civil society organizations 
        should be made available to organizations that--
                    (A) have demonstrated experience regarding violence 
                against women and girls internationally or have entered 
                into a partnership with an organization with such 
                experience; and
                    (B) have demonstrated capabilities or experience in 
                a particular program activity described in section 
                111(d).
            (2) Congressional briefings.--The Secretary of State and 
        the USAID Administrator shall brief Congress upon request, on 
        the transparent mechanisms used to ensure that funds made 
        available under this section through nongovernmental 
        organizations are awarded to organizations described in 
        paragraph (1).
    (d) Grants to Women's Nongovernmental Organizations and Community-
based Organizations.--To the extent possible, 10 percent of the amount 
of assistance provided to an eligible country under this section should 
be provided to community-based organizations, including community-based 
women's nongovernmental organizations. The USAID Administrator shall 
brief Congress, upon request, on efforts made to assist such 
organizations to be eligible for such assistance.
    (e) Award Process.--Assistance provided under this section shall be 
provided through an open, competitive, and transparent process to the 
extent possible.
    (f) Conditions.--A recipient of assistance under this section--
            (1) shall allocate a reasonable portion of such grants for 
        data collection and the evaluation of program effectiveness;
            (2) shall be responsible for developing and reporting on 
        outcomes and impacts relating to preventing and responding to 
        violence against women and girls internationally;
            (3) should gather input from women's nongovernmental 
        organizations or community-based organizations in recipient 
        countries, including organizations with experience in working 
        with men and boys to prevent violence; and
            (4) shall consider the safety of women and girls as a 
        primary concern in deciding how to design, implement, monitor, 
        and evaluate programs.

SEC. 113. ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO 
              VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS INTERNATIONALLY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the implementation 
of the comprehensive strategy under section 111, the Secretary of 
State, shall prepare and make available to the public a report on best 
practices for preventing and addressing violence against women and 
girls internationally, which shall include--
            (1) a description of successful efforts by governments of 
        countries with significant levels of violence against women and 
        girls, nongovernmental organizations, and United States, 
        bilateral, and multilateral donors in prevention and response;
            (2) recommendations related to best practices, effective 
        strategies, and improvements to enhance the impact of 
        prevention and response efforts; and
            (3) the impact of activities funded by the strategy in 
        preventing and reducing violence against women and girls 
        internationally.
    (b) Amendments.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended--
            (1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))--
                    (A) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12) wherever applicable, the nature and extent of 
        violence against women and girls (as defined in section 4 of 
        the International Violence Against Women Act of 2010).''; and
            (2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304), by adding at the end 
        the following:
    ``(i) The report required by subsection (b) shall include, wherever 
applicable, the nature and extent of violence against women and girls, 
as defined in section 4 of the International Violence Against Women Act 
of 2010.''.
    (c) Transparency.--Upon request, the Secretary of State shall 
provide to Congress the information made available under sections 
101(b) and 102(b), including outcomes and impacts related to prevention 
and response to violence against women and girls internationally 
submitted by contractors, subcontractors, grantees and subgrantees, 
unless such disclosure would inhibit the security or effectiveness of 
such entities.
    (d) Research and Data Collection.--The Secretary of State, with 
assistance from the USAID Administrator and the heads of relevant 
bureaus and offices of the Department of State and in consultation with 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General--
            (1) shall seek to coordinate data collection and 
        evaluations of international violence against women and girls 
        programs; and
            (2) may provide financial assistance for original research 
        or analysis of effective interventions to prevent or respond to 
        violence against women and girls internationally.
    (e) Use of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated in this 
section may be used to--
            (1) collect and analyze new or existing data on the scope 
        and extent of all forms of violence against women and girls 
        internationally, including under documented forms of violence 
        and violence against marginalized groups;
            (2) conduct research on effective interventions to respond 
        to violence against women and girls internationally, including 
        efforts to scale up effective programming; and
            (3) support systemic data collection using internationally 
        comparable indicators, norms, and methodologies for measuring 
        the scope, prevalence, and incidence of violence against women 
        and girls internationally.

SEC. 114. ENHANCING UNITED STATES TRAINING OF FOREIGN MILITARY AND 
              POLICE FORCES AND JUDICIAL OFFICIALS ON VIOLENCE AGAINST 
              WOMEN AND GIRLS.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure that United 
States programs to train foreign military, police, and judicial 
officials include instruction on prevention of and response to violence 
against women and girls.
    (b) Guidance.--The Secretary of State is authorized to provide 
guidance to the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, on how to--
            (1) incorporate training on prevention and response into 
        the basic training curricula of foreign military forces, police 
        forces and judicial officials under covered programs; and
            (2) ensure that assistance under covered programs to units 
        involved in regional or multilateral peacekeeping operations 
        includes training on prevention and response.
    (c) Covered Programs.--The programs referred to in subsection (a) 
include--
            (1) programs carried out by the Secretary of Defense under 
        the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); 
        and
            (2) programs authorized under section 1206 of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-
        163; 119 Stat. 3456).

SEC. 115. ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN HUMANITARIAN 
              RELIEF, PEACEKEEPING, CONFLICT, AND POST-CONFLICT 
              SETTINGS.

    (a) Activities of the Department of State With USAID.--The 
Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall--
            (1) provide assistance to programs carried out by 
        international organizations, international and local 
        nongovernmental organizations, and governments, as appropriate, 
        that--
                    (A) prevent and respond to violence against women 
                and girls in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-
                conflict settings;
                    (B) build the capacity of humanitarian 
                organizations and government authorities, as 
                appropriate, to address the special protection needs of 
                women and children;
                    (C) support efforts to provide immediate assistance 
                to survivors of violence and reintegrate such 
                individuals through education, psychosocial assistance, 
                trauma counseling, family and community reinsertion and 
                reunification, medical assistance, and economic 
                opportunity programs; and
                    (D) provide legal services for women and girls who 
                are victims of violence;
            (2) work to incorporate activities to prevent and respond 
        to violence against women and girls internationally into any 
        multilateral or bilateral disarmament, demobilization, 
        rehabilitation, and reintegration efforts by--
                    (A) providing protection and suitable separate 
                facilities in demobilization and transit centers for 
                women and girls formerly involved in, or associated 
                with, fighting forces;
                    (B) ensuring equitable reintegration activities and 
                opportunities for such women and girls, including 
                access to schooling, vocational training, employment, 
                and childcare;
                    (C) providing essential medical care and 
                psychosocial support for such women and girls who are 
                victims of violence; and
                    (D) incorporating prevention and response to 
                violence against women and girls into programs for 
                former combatants;
            (3) designate and deploy specialists in violence against 
        women and girls, as appropriate, as an integral part of the 
        USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Teams to ensure the 
        integration of prevention and response to violence against 
        women and girls internationally in strategies and programming; 
        and
            (4) strive to ensure that all grantees deployed in 
        humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict operations--
                    (A) train all humanitarian workers in preventing 
                and responding to violence against women and girls, 
                including in the use of mechanisms to report violence 
                against women and girls;
                    (B) conduct appropriate public outreach to make 
                known to the host community the mechanisms to report 
                violence against women and girls; and
                    (C) promptly and appropriately respond to reports 
                of violence against women and girls and treat survivors 
                in accordance with best practices regarding 
                confidentiality.
    (b) Congressional Briefings.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief 
Congress on activities and efforts to--
            (1) create a mechanism to ensure that contractors and 
        grantees deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-
        conflict settings--
                    (A) train their humanitarian workers in prevention 
                and response, including proper mechanisms to report 
                gender-based violence; and
                    (B) promptly and appropriately respond to reports 
                of violence against women and girls and treat survivors 
                in accordance with best practices regarding 
                confidentiality; and
            (2) carry out the activities described in subsection (a).
    (c) Coordination of United States Government Efforts.--The 
Secretary of State shall regularly consult with the Secretary of 
Defense and the Attorney General to coordinate design and 
implementation of programs relevant to the purposes of this section.
    (d) Enhancing United States Leadership and Advocacy in the United 
Nations.--
            (1) Strengthening united nations procedures.--The Secretary 
        of State, in consultation with the USAID Administrator and the 
        United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 
        shall assist United Nations efforts to--
                    (A) develop and implement appropriate training 
                programs in prevention and response to violence against 
                women and girls internationally for peacekeeping and 
                humanitarian personnel;
                    (B) meet staffing goals for women military and 
                police peacekeepers, including all-women teams and 
                units;
                    (C) enhance the deployment of civilian women at all 
                levels to serve in peacekeeping missions, including 
                through innovative staffing formulas;
                    (D) institute effective protection mechanisms in 
                and around United Nations managed refugee and 
                internally displaced persons camps;
                    (E) implement a zero tolerance policy for sexual 
                exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping 
                and humanitarian operations;
                    (F) support troop and police contributing countries 
                in--
                            (i) taking appropriate actions to prevent 
                        violence and abuse;
                            (ii) providing materials for pre-deployment 
                        and in-theater awareness training; and
                            (iii) taking other actions to promote full 
                        accountability in cases of abusive conduct 
                        involving the personnel of such countries;
                    (G) continue to expand appropriate mechanisms to 
                permit individuals to safely bring allegations of 
                violence against women and girls internationally to the 
                attention of United Nations peacekeeping commanders and 
                heads of humanitarian missions; and
                    (H) ensure the capacity of the United Nations 
                Office of Internal Oversight to investigate all 
                credible allegations in a timely and efficient manner, 
                while protecting the whistleblower.
    (e) Emergency Response to Widespread Reports of Violence Against 
Women.--
            (1) Emergency response to credible reports of critical or 
        widespread violence against women and girls.--The Secretary of 
        State, acting through the heads of relevant bureaus and offices 
        of the Department of State, shall--
                    (A) identify critical or widespread incidents of 
                violence against women and girls in situations of armed 
                conflict when such incidents occur, through 
                consultation with other Federal departments and 
                agencies, the United Nations, international 
                organizations, and nongovernmental organizations;
                    (B) determine emergency response measures not later 
                than 45 days after such identification; and
                    (C) brief Congress, upon request, on the 
                implementation of such emergency response measures and 
                outcomes not later than 90 days after such 
                determination.
            (2) Content.--The emergency measures developed under 
        paragraph (1) shall include a description of bilateral 
        diplomatic efforts with--
                    (A) the government of the country in which the 
                violence is occurring;
                    (B) governments in the region in which the violence 
                is occurring; and
                    (C) other donor governments.

               TITLE II--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to carry out 
the duties and purposes of this Act. Amounts appropriated should not 
affect the amount appropriated for other humanitarian programs.
                                                       Calendar No. 725

111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2982

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                                 A BILL

       To combat international violence against women and girls.

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                           December 21, 2010

                       Reported with an amendment