[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2946 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 625
113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2946

                          [Report No. 113-286]

 To provide improved water, sanitation, and hygiene programs for high 
         priority developing countries, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 19, 2014

    Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Corker, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Flake) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

                            December 8, 2014

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide improved water, sanitation, and hygiene programs for high 
         priority 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,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Senator Paul Simon Water 
for the World Act of 2014''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    It is the sense of Congress that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) water and sanitation are critically important 
        resources that impact many other aspects of human 
        life;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the United States should be a global leader in 
        helping provide sustainable access to clean water and 
        sanitation for the world's most vulnerable populations; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the ``USAID Water and Development Strategy, 
        2013-2018'', which was released by the United States Agency for 
        International Development in May 2013--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) improves USAID's capacity to provide 
                sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene 
                assistance;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) advances implementation of portions of 
                the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 
                (Public Law 109-121; 119 Stat. 2533), and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) should inform the Global Water 
                Strategy required under section 136(j) of the Foreign 
                Assistance Act of 1961, as added by section 6 of this 
                Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE SAFE WATER AND 
              SANITATION TO INCLUDE HYGIENE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating section 135 (22 U.S.C. 
        2152h), as added by section 5(a) of the Senator Paul Simon 
        Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121; 22 U.S.C. 
        2152h note), as section 136; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 136, as redesignated--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the section heading, by striking 
                ``and sanitation'' and inserting ``, sanitation, and 
                hygiene''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``and 
                sanitation'' and inserting ``, sanitation, and 
                hygiene''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. IMPROVING COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT OF SAFE WATER, 
              SANITATION AND HYGIENE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
redesignated and amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Coordination and Oversight.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) USAID global water coordinator.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Designation.--The Administrator of 
                the United States Agency for International Development 
                (referred to in this paragraph as `USAID') or the 
                Administrator's designee, who shall be a current USAID 
                employee serving in a career or non-career position in 
                the Senior Executive Service or at the level of a 
                Deputy Assistant Administrator or higher, shall serve 
                concurrently as the USAID Global Water Coordinator 
                (referred to in this subsection as the 
                `Coordinator').</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Specific duties.--The Coordinator 
                shall--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) provide direction and 
                        guidance to, coordinate, and oversee the 
                        projects and programs of USAID authorized under 
                        this section;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) lead the implementation and 
                        revision, not less frequently than once every 5 
                        years, of USAID's portion of the Global Water 
                        Strategy required under subsection 
                        (j);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) seek--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) to expand the 
                                capacity of USAID, subject to the 
                                availability of appropriations, 
                                including through the designation of a 
                                lead subject matter expert selected 
                                from among USAID staff in each high 
                                priority country designated pursuant to 
                                subsection (h);</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) to implement such 
                                programs and activities;</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(III) to take advantage 
                                of economies of scale; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(IV) to conduct more 
                                efficient and effective projects and 
                                programs;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) coordinate with the 
                        Department of State and USAID staff in each 
                        high priority country designated pursuant to 
                        subsection (h) to ensure that USAID activities 
                        and projects, USAID program planning and 
                        budgeting documents, and USAID country 
                        development strategies reflect and seek to 
                        implement--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) the safe water, 
                                sanitation, and hygiene objectives 
                                established in the strategy required 
                                under subsection (j), including 
                                objectives relating to the management 
                                of water resources; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) international best 
                                practices relating to--</DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    ``(aa) increasing 
                                        access to safe water and 
                                        sanitation;</DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    ``(bb) conducting 
                                        hygiene-related activities; 
                                        and</DELETED>
                                        <DELETED>    ``(cc) ensuring 
                                        appropriate management of water 
                                        resources; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) develop appropriate 
                        benchmarks, measurable goals, performance 
                        metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans 
                        for USAID projects and programs authorized 
                        under this section.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Department of state special coordinator for 
        water resources.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Designation.--The Secretary of State 
                or the Secretary's designee, who shall be a current 
                employee of the Department of State serving in a career 
                or non-career position in the Senior Executive Service 
                or at the level of a Deputy Assistant Secretary or 
                higher, shall serve concurrently as the Department of 
                State Special Advisor for Water Resources (referred to 
                in this paragraph as the `Special Advisor').</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Specific duties.--The Special 
                Advisor shall--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) provide direction and 
                        guidance to, coordinate, and oversee the 
                        projects and programs of the Department of 
                        State authorized under this section;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) lead the implementation and 
                        revision, not less than every 5 years, of the 
                        Department of State's portion of the Global 
                        Water Strategy required under subsection 
                        (j);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) prioritize and coordinate 
                        the Department of State's international 
                        engagement on the allocation, distribution, and 
                        access to global fresh water resources and 
                        policies related to such matters;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) coordinate with United 
                        States Agency for International Development and 
                        Department of State staff in each high priority 
                        country designated pursuant to subsection (h) 
                        to ensure that United States diplomatic efforts 
                        related to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene, 
                        including efforts related to management of 
                        water resources and watersheds and the 
                        resolution of intra- and trans-boundary 
                        conflicts over water resources, are consistent 
                        with United States national interests; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(v) represent the views of the 
                        United States Government on the allocation, 
                        distribution, and access to global fresh water 
                        resources and policies related to such matters 
                        in key international fora, including key 
                        diplomatic, development-related, and scientific 
                        organizations.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Additional nature of duties and restriction 
        on additional or supplemental compensation.--The 
        responsibilities and specific duties of the Administrator of 
        the United States Agency for International Development (or the 
        Administrator's designee) and the Secretary of State (or the 
        Secretary's designee) under paragraph (2) or (3), respectively, 
        shall be in addition to any other responsibilities or specific 
        duties assigned to such individuals. Such individuals shall 
        receive no additional or supplemental compensation as a result 
        of carrying out such responsibilities and specific duties under 
        such paragraphs.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 5. PROMOTING THE MAXIMUM IMPACT AND LONG-TERM 
              SUSTAINABILITY OF USAID SAFE WATER, SANITATION, AND 
              HYGIENE-RELATED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
redesignated and amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Priorities and Criteria for Maximum Impact and Long-
Term Sustainability.--The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall ensure that the Agency for 
International Development's projects and programs authorized under this 
section are designed to achieve maximum impact and long-term 
sustainability by--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) prioritizing countries on the basis of the 
        following clearly defined criteria and indicators, to the 
        extent sufficient data are available--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the proportion of the population 
                using an unimproved drinking water source;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the total population using an 
                unimproved drinking water source;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) the proportion of the population 
                without piped water access;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) the proportion of the population 
                using shared or other unimproved sanitation 
                facilities;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) the total population using shared or 
                other unimproved sanitation facilities;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) the proportion of the population 
                practicing open defecation;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(G) the total number of children younger 
                than 5 years of age who died from diarrheal 
                disease;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(H) the proportion of all deaths of 
                children younger than 5 years of age resulting from 
                diarrheal disease;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(I) the national government's capacity, 
                capability, and commitment to work with the United 
                States to improve access to safe water, sanitation, and 
                hygiene, including--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the government's capacity 
                        and commitment to developing the indigenous 
                        capacity to provide safe water and sanitation 
                        without the assistance of outside donors; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the degree to which such 
                        government--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) identifies such 
                                efforts as a priority; and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) allocates resources 
                                to such efforts;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(J) the availability of opportunities to 
                leverage existing public, private, or other donor 
                investments in the water, sanitation, and hygiene 
                sectors, including investments in the management of 
                water resources; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(K) the likelihood of making significant 
                improvements on a per capita basis on the health and 
                educational opportunities available to women as a 
                result of increased access to safe water, sanitation, 
                and hygiene, including access to appropriate facilities 
                at primary and secondary educational institutions 
                seeking to ensure that communities benefitting from 
                such projects and activities develop the indigenous 
                capacity to provide safe water and sanitation without 
                the assistance of outside donors;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) prioritizing and measuring, including 
        through rigorous monitoring and evaluating mechanisms, the 
        extent to which such project or program--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) furthers significant improvements 
                in--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the criteria set forth in 
                        subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph 
                        (1);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the health and educational 
                        opportunities available to women as a result of 
                        increased access to safe water, sanitation, and 
                        hygiene, including access to appropriate 
                        facilities at primary and secondary educational 
                        institutions; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) the indigenous capacity of 
                        the host nation or community to provide safe 
                        water and sanitation without the assistance of 
                        outside donors;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) is designed, as part of the 
                provision of safe water and sanitation to the local 
                community--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) to be financially 
                        independent over the long term, focusing on 
                        local ownership and sustainability;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) to be undertaken in 
                        conjunction with relevant public institutions 
                        or private enterprises;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) to identify and empower 
                        local individuals or institutions to be 
                        responsible for the effective management and 
                        maintenance of such project or program; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iv) to provide safe water or 
                        expertise or capacity building to those 
                        identified parties or institutions for the 
                        purposes of developing a plan and clear 
                        responsibilities for the effective management 
                        and maintenance of such project or 
                        program;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) leverages existing public, private, 
                or other donor investments in the water, sanitation, 
                and hygiene sectors, including investments in the 
                management of water resources;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) avoids duplication of efforts with 
                other United States Government agencies or departments 
                or those of other nations or nongovernmental 
                organizations;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) coordinates such efforts with the 
                efforts of other United States Government agencies or 
                departments or those of other nations or 
                nongovernmental organizations directed at assisting 
                refugees and other displaced individuals; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) involves consultation with 
                appropriate stakeholders, including communities 
                directly affected by the lack of access to clean water, 
                sanitation or hygiene, and other appropriate 
                nongovernmental organizations;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) seeking to further the `USAID Water and 
        Development Strategy, 2013-2018' through 2018; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) seeking to further the strategy required 
        under subsection (j) after 2018.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) Use of Improved Data Collection and Review of New 
Standardized Indicators.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--The Administrator of the United 
        States Agency for International Development is authorized to 
        use improved data collection--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) to meet the health-based 
                prioritization criteria established pursuant to 
                subsection (f)(1); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) to review new standardized 
                indicators in evaluating progress towards meeting such 
                criteria.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Consultation and notice.--The Administrator 
        shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) regularly consult with the 
                appropriate congressional committees; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) notify such committees not later 30 
                days before using improved data collection and review 
                of new standardized indicators under paragraph (1) for 
                the purposes of carrying out this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) Designation of High Priority Countries.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Initial designation.--Not later than October 
        1, 2015, the President shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) designate, on the basis of the 
                criteria set forth in subsection (f)(1) and in 
                furtherance of the `USAID Water and Development 
                Strategy, 2013-2018', not fewer than 10 countries as 
                high priority countries to be the primary recipients of 
                United States Government assistance authorized under 
                this section during fiscal year 2016; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) notify the appropriate congressional 
                committees of such designations.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Annual designations.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the President shall annually make new 
                designations pursuant to the criteria set forth in 
                paragraph (1).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Designations after fiscal year 
                2018.--Beginning with fiscal year 2019, designations 
                under paragraph (1) shall be made--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) based upon the criteria set 
                        forth in subsection (f)(1); and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) in furtherance of the 
                        strategy required under subsection 
                        (j).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(i) Targeting of Projects and Programs to Areas of 
Greatest Need.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Not later than 15 days before 
        the obligation of any funds for water, sanitation, or hygiene 
        projects or programs pursuant to this section in countries that 
        are not ranked in the top 50 countries based upon the WASH 
        Needs Index, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development shall notify the appropriate 
        congressional committees of the planned obligation of such 
        funds.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Defined term.--In this subsection and in 
        subsection (j), the term `WASH Needs Index' means the needs 
        index for water, sanitation, or hygiene projects or programs 
        authorized under this section that has been developed using the 
        criteria and indicators described in subparagraphs (A) through 
        (H) of subsection (f)(1).''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 6. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO INCREASE APPROPRIATE LONG-
              TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, SANITATION, 
              AND HYGIENE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as redesignated and amended by this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(j) Global Water Strategy.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Not later than October 1, 2017, 
        and every 5 years thereafter, the President, acting through the 
        Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development, and the heads of other 
        Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall submit 
        a single government-wide Global Water Strategy to the 
        appropriate congressional committees that provides a detailed 
        description of how the United States intends--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) to increase access to safe water, 
                sanitation, and hygiene in high priority countries 
                designated pursuant to subsection (h), including a 
                summary of the WASH Needs Index and the specific 
                weighting of data and other assumptions used to develop 
                and rank countries on the WASH Needs Index;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) to improve the management of water 
                resources and watersheds in such countries; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) to work to prevent and resolve, to 
                the greatest degree possible, both intra- and trans-
                boundary conflicts over water resources in such 
                countries.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Agency-specific plans.--The Global Water 
        Strategy shall include an agency-specific plan--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) from the United States Agency for 
                International Development that describes specifically 
                how the Agency for International Development will--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) carry out the duties and 
                        responsibilities assigned to the Global Water 
                        Coordinator under subsection (e)(1);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) ensure that the Agency for 
                        International Development's projects and 
                        programs authorized under this section are 
                        designed to achieve maximum impact and long-
                        term sustainability, including by implementing 
                        the requirements described in subsection (f); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) increase access to safe 
                        water, sanitation, and hygiene in high priority 
                        countries designated pursuant to subsection 
                        (h);</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) from the Department of State that 
                describes specifically how the Department of State 
                will--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) carry out the duties and 
                        responsibilities assigned to the Special 
                        Coordinator for Water Resources under 
                        subsection (e)(2); and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) ensure that the 
                        Department's activities authorized under this 
                        section are designed--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(I) to improve 
                                management of water resources and 
                                watersheds in countries designated 
                                pursuant to subsection (h); 
                                and</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    ``(II) to prevent and 
                                resolve, to the greatest degree 
                                possible, both intra- and trans-
                                boundary conflicts over water resources 
                                in such countries; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) from other Federal departments and 
                agencies, as appropriate, that describes the 
                contributions of the departments and agencies to 
                implementing the Global Water Strategy.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Individualized plans for high priority 
        countries.--For each high priority country designated pursuant 
        to subsection (h), the Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) develop a costed, evidence-based, 
                and results-oriented plan that--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) seeks to achieve the 
                        purposes of this section; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) meets the requirements 
                        under subsection (f); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) include such plan in an appendix to 
                the Global Water Strategy required under paragraph 
                (1).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) First time access reporting requirement.--
        The Global Water Strategy shall specifically describe the 
        target percentage of funding for each fiscal year covered by 
        such strategy to be directed toward projects aimed at providing 
        first-time access to safe water and sanitation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Performance indicators.--The Global Water 
        Strategy shall include specific and measurable goals, 
        benchmarks, performance metrics, timetables, and monitoring and 
        evaluation plans required to be developed by the Administrator 
        of the United States Agency for International Development 
        pursuant to subsection (e)(1)(B)(v).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) Consultation and best practices.--The Global 
        Water Strategy shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) be developed in consultation with 
                the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and 
                agencies; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) incorporate best practices from the 
                international development community.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(k) Definition.--In this section, the term `appropriate 
congressional committees' means--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        Senate;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
        House of Representatives; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
        of Representatives.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Department of State Agency-Specific Plan.--Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit an agency-specific plan to the appropriate 
congressional committees (as defined in section 136(k) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as added by subsection (a)) that meets the 
requirements of section 136(j)(2)(B) of such Act, as added by 
subsection (a).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 6 of the Senator Paul 
Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121; 22 U.S.C. 
2152h note) is repealed.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Senator Paul Simon Water for the 
World Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) water and sanitation are critically important resources 
        that impact many other aspects of human life; and
            (2) the United States should be a global leader in helping 
        provide sustainable access to clean water and sanitation for 
        the world's most vulnerable populations.

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE SAFE WATER AND 
              SANITATION TO INCLUDE HYGIENE.

    Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 135 (22 U.S.C. 2152h), as 
        added by section 5(a) of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the 
        Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121; 22 U.S.C. 2152h note), as 
        section 136; and
            (2) in section 136, as redesignated--
                    (A) in the section heading, by striking ``and 
                sanitation'' and inserting ``, sanitation, and 
                hygiene''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``and 
                sanitation'' and inserting ``, sanitation, and 
                hygiene''.

SEC. 4. IMPROVING COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT OF SAFE WATER, SANITATION 
              AND HYGIENE PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.

    Section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as redesignated 
and amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(e) Coordination and Oversight.--
            ``(1) USAID global water coordinator.--
                    ``(A) Designation.--The Administrator of the United 
                States Agency for International Development (referred 
                to in this paragraph as `USAID') or the Administrator's 
                designee, who shall be a current USAID employee serving 
                in a career or non-career position in the Senior 
                Executive Service or at the level of a Deputy Assistant 
                Administrator or higher, shall serve concurrently as 
                the USAID Global Water Coordinator (referred to in this 
                subsection as the `Coordinator').
                    ``(B) Specific duties.--The Coordinator shall--
                            ``(i) provide direction and guidance to, 
                        coordinate, and oversee the projects and 
                        programs of USAID authorized under this 
                        section;
                            ``(ii) lead the implementation and 
                        revision, not less frequently than once every 5 
                        years, of USAID's portion of the Global Water 
                        Strategy required under subsection (j);
                            ``(iii) seek--
                                    ``(I) to expand the capacity of 
                                USAID, subject to the availability of 
                                appropriations, including through the 
                                designation of a lead subject matter 
                                expert selected from among USAID staff 
                                in each high priority country 
                                designated pursuant to subsection (h);
                                    ``(II) to implement such programs 
                                and activities;
                                    ``(III) to take advantage of 
                                economies of scale; and
                                    ``(IV) to conduct more efficient 
                                and effective projects and programs;
                            ``(iv) coordinate with the Department of 
                        State and USAID staff in each high priority 
                        country designated pursuant to subsection (h) 
                        to ensure that USAID activities and projects, 
                        USAID program planning and budgeting documents, 
                        and USAID country development strategies 
                        reflect and seek to implement--
                                    ``(I) the safe water, sanitation, 
                                and hygiene objectives established in 
                                the strategy required under subsection 
                                (j), including objectives relating to 
                                the management of water resources; and
                                    ``(II) international best practices 
                                relating to--
                                            ``(aa) increasing access to 
                                        safe water and sanitation;
                                            ``(bb) conducting hygiene-
                                        related activities; and
                                            ``(cc) ensuring appropriate 
                                        management of water resources; 
                                        and
                            ``(v) develop appropriate benchmarks, 
                        measurable goals, performance metrics, and 
                        monitoring and evaluation plans for USAID 
                        projects and programs authorized under this 
                        section.
            ``(2) Department of state special coordinator for water 
        resources.--
                    ``(A) Designation.--The Secretary of State or the 
                Secretary's designee, who shall be a current employee 
                of the Department of State serving in a career or non-
                career position in the Senior Executive Service or at 
                the level of a Deputy Assistant Secretary or higher, 
                shall serve concurrently as the Department of State 
                Special Advisor for Water Resources (referred to in 
                this paragraph as the `Special Advisor').
                    ``(B) Specific duties.--The Special Advisor shall--
                            ``(i) provide direction and guidance to, 
                        coordinate, and oversee the projects and 
                        programs of the Department of State authorized 
                        under this section;
                            ``(ii) lead the implementation and 
                        revision, not less than every 5 years, of the 
                        Department of State's portion of the Global 
                        Water Strategy required under subsection (j);
                            ``(iii) prioritize and coordinate the 
                        Department of State's international engagement 
                        on the allocation, distribution, and access to 
                        global fresh water resources and policies 
                        related to such matters;
                            ``(iv) coordinate with United States Agency 
                        for International Development and Department of 
                        State staff in each high priority country 
                        designated pursuant to subsection (h) to ensure 
                        that United States diplomatic efforts related 
                        to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene, 
                        including efforts related to management of 
                        water resources and watersheds and the 
                        resolution of intra- and trans-boundary 
                        conflicts over water resources, are consistent 
                        with United States national interests; and
                            ``(v) represent the views of the United 
                        States Government on the allocation, 
                        distribution, and access to global fresh water 
                        resources and policies related to such matters 
                        in key international fora, including key 
                        diplomatic, development-related, and scientific 
                        organizations.
            ``(3) Additional nature of duties and restriction on 
        additional or supplemental compensation.--The responsibilities 
        and specific duties of the Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development (or the Administrator's 
        designee) and the Secretary of State (or the Secretary's 
        designee) under paragraph (2) or (3), respectively, shall be in 
        addition to any other responsibilities or specific duties 
        assigned to such individuals. Such individuals shall receive no 
        additional or supplemental compensation as a result of carrying 
        out such responsibilities and specific duties under such 
        paragraphs.''.

SEC. 5. PROMOTING THE MAXIMUM IMPACT AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF 
              USAID SAFE WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE-RELATED 
              PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS.

    Section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as redesignated 
and amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(f) Priorities and Criteria for Maximum Impact and Long-Term 
Sustainability.--The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development shall ensure that the Agency for 
International Development's projects and programs authorized under this 
section are designed to achieve maximum impact and long-term 
sustainability by--
            ``(1) prioritizing countries on the basis of the following 
        clearly defined criteria and indicators, to the extent 
        sufficient empirical data are available--
                    ``(A) the proportion of the population using an 
                unimproved drinking water source;
                    ``(B) the total population using an unimproved 
                drinking water source;
                    ``(C) the proportion of the population without 
                piped water access;
                    ``(D) the proportion of the population using shared 
                or other unimproved sanitation facilities;
                    ``(E) the total population using shared or other 
                unimproved sanitation facilities;
                    ``(F) the proportion of the population practicing 
                open defecation;
                    ``(G) the total number of children younger than 5 
                years of age who died from diarrheal disease;
                    ``(H) the proportion of all deaths of children 
                younger than 5 years of age resulting from diarrheal 
                disease;
                    ``(I) the national government's capacity, 
                capability, and commitment to work with the United 
                States to improve access to safe water, sanitation, and 
                hygiene, including--
                            ``(i) the government's capacity and 
                        commitment to developing the indigenous 
                        capacity to provide safe water and sanitation 
                        without the assistance of outside donors; and
                            ``(ii) the degree to which such 
                        government--
                                    ``(I) identifies such efforts as a 
                                priority; and
                                    ``(II) allocates resources to such 
                                efforts;
                    ``(J) the availability of opportunities to leverage 
                existing public, private, or other donor investments in 
                the water, sanitation, and hygiene sectors, including 
                investments in the management of water resources; and
                    ``(K) the likelihood of making significant 
                improvements on a per capita basis on the health and 
                educational opportunities available to women as a 
                result of increased access to safe water, sanitation, 
                and hygiene, including access to appropriate facilities 
                at primary and secondary educational institutions 
                seeking to ensure that communities benefitting from 
                such projects and activities develop the indigenous 
                capacity to provide safe water and sanitation without 
                the assistance of outside donors;
            ``(2) prioritizing and measuring, including through 
        rigorous monitoring and evaluating mechanisms, the extent to 
        which such project or program--
                    ``(A) furthers significant improvements in--
                            ``(i) the criteria set forth in 
                        subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (1);
                            ``(ii) the health and educational 
                        opportunities available to women as a result of 
                        increased access to safe water, sanitation, and 
                        hygiene, including access to appropriate 
                        facilities at primary and secondary educational 
                        institutions; and
                            ``(iii) the indigenous capacity of the host 
                        nation or community to provide safe water and 
                        sanitation without the assistance of outside 
                        donors;
                    ``(B) is designed, as part of the provision of safe 
                water and sanitation to the local community--
                            ``(i) to be financially independent over 
                        the long term, focusing on local ownership and 
                        sustainability;
                            ``(ii) to be undertaken in conjunction with 
                        relevant public institutions or private 
                        enterprises;
                            ``(iii) to identify and empower local 
                        individuals or institutions to be responsible 
                        for the effective management and maintenance of 
                        such project or program; and
                            ``(iv) to provide safe water or expertise 
                        or capacity building to those identified 
                        parties or institutions for the purposes of 
                        developing a plan and clear responsibilities 
                        for the effective management and maintenance of 
                        such project or program;
                    ``(C) leverages existing public, private, or other 
                donor investments in the water, sanitation, and hygiene 
                sectors, including investments in the management of 
                water resources;
                    ``(D) avoids duplication of efforts with other 
                United States Government agencies or departments or 
                those of other nations or nongovernmental 
                organizations;
                    ``(E) coordinates such efforts with the efforts of 
                other United States Government agencies or departments 
                or those of other nations or nongovernmental 
                organizations directed at assisting refugees and other 
                displaced individuals; and
                    ``(F) involves consultation with appropriate 
                stakeholders, including communities directly affected 
                by the lack of access to clean water, sanitation or 
                hygiene, and other appropriate nongovernmental 
                organizations; and
            ``(3) seeking to further the strategy required under 
        subsection (j) after 2018.
    ``(g) Use of Current and Improved Empirical Data Collection and 
Review of New Standardized Indicators.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development is authorized to use 
        current and improved empirical data collection--
                    ``(A) to meet the health-based prioritization 
                criteria established pursuant to subsection (f)(1); and
                    ``(B) to review new standardized indicators in 
                evaluating progress towards meeting such criteria.
            ``(2) Consultation and notice.--The Administrator shall--
                    ``(A) regularly consult with the appropriate 
                congressional committees; and
                    ``(B) notify such committees not later than 30 days 
                before using current or improved empirical data 
                collection for the review of any new standardized 
                indicators under paragraph (1) for the purposes of 
                carrying out this section.
    ``(h) Designation of High Priority Countries.--
            ``(1) Initial designation.--Not later than October 1, 2015, 
        the President shall--
                    ``(A) designate, on the basis of the criteria set 
                forth in subsection (f)(1) not fewer than 10 countries 
                as high priority countries to be the primary recipients 
                of United States Government assistance authorized under 
                this section during fiscal year 2016; and
                    ``(B) notify the appropriate congressional 
                committees of such designations.
            ``(2) Annual designations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the President shall annually make new 
                designations pursuant to the criteria set forth in 
                paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Designations after fiscal year 2018.--
                Beginning with fiscal year 2019, designations under 
                paragraph (1) shall be made--
                            ``(i) based upon the criteria set forth in 
                        subsection (f)(1); and
                            ``(ii) in furtherance of the strategy 
                        required under subsection (j).
    ``(i) Targeting of Projects and Programs to Areas of Greatest 
Need.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 15 days before the 
        obligation of any funds for water, sanitation, or hygiene 
        projects or programs pursuant to this section in countries that 
        are not ranked in the top 50 countries based upon the WASH 
        Needs Index, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development shall notify the appropriate 
        congressional committees of the planned obligation of such 
        funds.
            ``(2) Defined term.--In this subsection and in subsection 
        (j), the term `WASH Needs Index' means the needs index for 
        water, sanitation, or hygiene projects or programs authorized 
        under this section that has been developed using the criteria 
        and indicators described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of 
        subsection (f)(1).''.

SEC. 6. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO INCREASE APPROPRIATE LONG-TERM 
              SUSTAINABILITY AND ACCESS TO SAFE WATER, SANITATION, AND 
              HYGIENE.

    (a) In General.--Section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as redesignated and amended by this Act, is further amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(j) Global Water Strategy.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than October 1, 2017, and 
        every 5 years thereafter, the President, acting through the 
        Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development, and the heads of other 
        Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall submit 
        a single government-wide Global Water Strategy to the 
        appropriate congressional committees that provides a detailed 
        description of how the United States intends--
                    ``(A) to increase access to safe water, sanitation, 
                and hygiene in high priority countries designated 
                pursuant to subsection (h), including a summary of the 
                WASH Needs Index and the specific weighting of 
                empirical data and other definitions used to develop 
                and rank countries on the WASH Needs Index;
                    ``(B) to improve the management of water resources 
                and watersheds in such countries; and
                    ``(C) to work to prevent and resolve, to the 
                greatest degree possible, both intra- and trans-
                boundary conflicts over water resources in such 
                countries.
            ``(2) Agency-specific plans.--The Global Water Strategy 
        shall include an agency-specific plan--
                    ``(A) from the United States Agency for 
                International Development that describes specifically 
                how the Agency for International Development will--
                            ``(i) carry out the duties and 
                        responsibilities assigned to the Global Water 
                        Coordinator under subsection (e)(1);
                            ``(ii) ensure that the Agency for 
                        International Development's projects and 
                        programs authorized under this section are 
                        designed to achieve maximum impact and long-
                        term sustainability, including by implementing 
                        the requirements described in subsection (f); 
                        and
                            ``(iii) increase access to safe water, 
                        sanitation, and hygiene in high priority 
                        countries designated pursuant to subsection 
                        (h);
                    ``(B) from the Department of State that describes 
                specifically how the Department of State will--
                            ``(i) carry out the duties and 
                        responsibilities assigned to the Special 
                        Coordinator for Water Resources under 
                        subsection (e)(2); and
                            ``(ii) ensure that the Department's 
                        activities authorized under this section are 
                        designed--
                                    ``(I) to improve management of 
                                water resources and watersheds in 
                                countries designated pursuant to 
                                subsection (h); and
                                    ``(II) to prevent and resolve, to 
                                the greatest degree possible, both 
                                intra- and trans-boundary conflicts 
                                over water resources in such countries; 
                                and
                    ``(C) from other Federal departments and agencies, 
                as appropriate, that describes the contributions of the 
                departments and agencies to implementing the Global 
                Water Strategy.
            ``(3) Individualized plans for high priority countries.--
        For each high priority country designated pursuant to 
        subsection (h), the Administrator of the United States Agency 
        for International Development shall--
                    ``(A) develop a costed, evidence-based, and 
                results-oriented plan that--
                            ``(i) seeks to achieve the purposes of this 
                        section; and
                            ``(ii) meets the requirements under 
                        subsection (f); and
                    ``(B) include such plan in an appendix to the 
                Global Water Strategy required under paragraph (1).
            ``(4) First time access reporting requirement.--The Global 
        Water Strategy shall specifically describe the target 
        percentage of funding for each fiscal year covered by such 
        strategy to be directed toward projects aimed at providing 
        first-time access to safe water and sanitation.
            ``(5) Performance indicators.--The Global Water Strategy 
        shall include specific and measurable goals, benchmarks, 
        performance metrics, timetables, and monitoring and evaluation 
        plans required to be developed by the Administrator of the 
        United States Agency for International Development pursuant to 
        subsection (e)(1)(B)(v).
            ``(6) Consultation and best practices.--The Global Water 
        Strategy shall--
                    ``(A) be developed in consultation with the heads 
                of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies; 
                and
                    ``(B) incorporate best practices from the 
                international development community.
    ``(k) Definitions.--In this section--
            ``(1) the term `appropriate congressional committees' 
        means--
                    ``(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate;
                    ``(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
                Senate;
                    ``(C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    ``(D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
                of Representatives; and
            ``(2) the term `long-term sustainability' refers to the 
        ability of a service delivery system, community, partner, or 
        beneficiary to maintain, over time, any water, sanitation, or 
        hygiene project that receives funding pursuant to the 
        amendments made by the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World 
        Act of 2014.''.
    (b) Department of State Agency-Specific Plan.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit an agency-specific plan to the appropriate congressional 
committees (as defined in section 136(k) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as added by subsection (a)) that meets the requirements of 
section 136(j)(2)(B) of such Act, as added by subsection (a).
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 6 of the Senator Paul Simon 
Water for the Poor Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-121; 22 U.S.C. 2152h 
note) is repealed.
                                                       Calendar No. 625

113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2946

                          [Report No. 113-286]

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                                 A BILL

 To provide improved water, sanitation, and hygiene programs for high 
         priority developing countries, and for other purposes.

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                            December 8, 2014

                       Reported with an amendment