[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 224 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 224

To ensure that the United States promotes women's meaningful inclusion 
and participation in mediation and negotiation processes undertaken in 
order to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict and implements 
 the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 2015

  Mrs. Boxer (for herself, Mr. Kirk, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that the United States promotes women's meaningful inclusion 
and participation in mediation and negotiation processes undertaken in 
order to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict and implements 
 the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Women, Peace, and 
Security Act of 2015''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress regarding the United States National Action 
                            Plan on Women, Peace, and Security.
Sec. 5. Statement of United States policies.
Sec. 6. United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and 
                            Security.
Sec. 7. Monitoring and evaluation.
Sec. 8. Engaging women in the full range of conflict prevention, peace 
                            negotiation, peace-building, and security 
                            initiatives.
Sec. 9. Consultations with stakeholders.
Sec. 10. Reports to Congress.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, 
        and Security, rooted in United Nations Security Council 
        Resolution 1325 (2000) and its six follow-up resolutions 1820 
        (2008), 1888 (2009), 1889 (2009), 1960 (2010), 2106 (2013), and 
        2122 (2013), seeks to address the disproportionate impact of 
        modern warfare on civilians, particularly women and girls, and 
        the necessity of substantively including ``women as equal 
        partners in preventing conflict and building peace in countries 
        threatened and affected by war, violence, and insecurity in all 
        efforts to promote peace and security''.
            (2) Fundamental to the affirmations described in paragraph 
        (1) is the full and equal participation of women as 
        decisionmakers, planners, implementers, and beneficiaries in 
        all efforts to achieve solutions for just conflict resolution, 
        lasting stability, and inclusive democratic governance, 
        including in--
                    (A) conflict prevention;
                    (B) countering violent extremism and terrorism;
                    (C) mediation, transition processes, and peace and 
                security negotiations;
                    (D) peacekeeping and peace-building efforts;
                    (E) humanitarian response; and
                    (F) post-conflict reconstruction and governance.
            (3) The United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, 
        and Security, issued in December 2011--
                    (A) builds upon the goals for gender integration 
                articulated in--
                            (i) the United States 2006 National 
                        Security Strategy: ``No nation can be free if 
                        half its population is oppressed and denied 
                        fundamental rights. We affirm the inherent 
                        dignity and worth of women, and support 
                        vigorously their full participation in all 
                        aspects of society.'';
                            (ii) the United States May 2010 National 
                        Security Strategy: ``Experience shows that 
                        countries are more peaceful and prosperous when 
                        women are accorded full and equal rights and 
                        opportunity. When those rights and 
                        opportunities are denied countries often lag 
                        behind.''; and
                            (iii) the 2010 Quadrennial Diplomacy and 
                        Development Review: ``The protection and 
                        empowerment of women and girls is key to the 
                        foreign policy and security of the United 
                        States.''; and
                    (B) asserts that ``evidence from around the world 
                and across cultures shows that integrating women and 
                gender considerations into peace-building processes 
                helps promote democratic governance and long-term 
                stability''.
            (4) As directed by Executive Order 13595, ``State, DoD, and 
        USAID will designate one or more officers, as appropriate, as 
        responsible for coordination and implementation, and will 
        supplement this Plan, by submitting to the Assistant to the 
        President and National Security Advisor agency-specific Women, 
        Peace, and Security implementation plans. These implementation 
        plans will establish a full range of time-bound, measurable, 
        and resourced actions State, DoD, and USAID will take to 
        realize their commitments, and will include meaningful 
        strategies for monitoring implementation and evaluating 
        results.''.
            (5) On April 5, 2012, the Department of Defense (DoD) 
        issued a Secretary of Defense Memorandum directing the 
        Department to incorporate the concepts from the United States 
        National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security into 
        programs, policies and daily activities, stating ``that the 
        goal of the National Action Plan is critical to national 
        security'' and in June 2012, introduced the Department of 
        Defense Implementation Guide for the United States National 
        Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security to integrate the 
        objectives of the National Action Plan into the ``strategic, 
        operational, and tactical environment and aims'' of the United 
        States Armed Forces.
            (6) In March 2012, the United States Agency for 
        International Development (USAID) released a new, agency-wide 
        Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy, the first such 
        policy since 1982. According to this policy, ``Gender equality 
        and female empowerment are core development objectives, 
        fundamental for the realization of human rights and key to 
        effective and sustainable development outcomes. No society can 
        develop successfully without providing equitable opportunities, 
        resources, and life prospects for males and females so that 
        they can shape their own lives and contribute to their families 
        and communities.''.
            (7) In August 2012, the Department of State Implementation 
        of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security was 
        introduced. The plan states, ``The Department recognizes that 
        promoting women's participation in conflict prevention, 
        management and resolution, as well as in post-conflict relief 
        and recovery, advances core U.S. national interests of peace, 
        national security, economic and social development and 
        international cooperation.''.
            (8) In August 2012, the United States Agency for 
        International Development (USAID) introduced its Implementation 
        of the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and 
        Security, asserting, ``Ensuring the meaningful participation 
        and protection of women and girls affected by crisis and 
        conflict is critical to building lasting peace and achieving 
        long-term development objectives.''.
            (9) As directed by Executive Order 13595, the interagency 
        process for coordinating the implementation of the United 
        States National Action Plan shall ``coordinate a comprehensive 
        periodic review of, and update to, the National Action Plan''.
            (10) Comprehensive periodic reviews of the United States 
        National Action Plan should include an assessment of all 
        current metrics utilized for the monitoring and evaluation of 
        individual agencies' implementation plans and evaluate the 
        feasibility of enhancing the systems utilized to track spending 
        related to current Women, Peace, and Security programming.
            (11) During continued United States efforts in Afghanistan, 
        support for the strengthening of Afghanistan's constitutional 
        guarantees on women's equality, meaningful female participation 
        in political processes, and the protection of women's security 
        and ability to move freely throughout the country is critical.
            (12) In the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, 
        ongoing impunity for violations of human rights, particularly 
        women's human rights, continues to undermine all efforts to 
        bring lasting peace to the country and the region.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development.
            (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate;
                    (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives;
                    (E) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives.
            (3) Decisionmaking processes.--The term ``decisionmaking 
        processes'' means formal or informal processes related to, or a 
        part of, negotiations or mediations addressing conflict 
        prevention and stabilization, peace-building, protection, or 
        appropriate security initiatives.
            (4) NAP.--The term ``NAP'' means the United States National 
        Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security, which was instituted 
        by Executive Order 13595 on December 19, 2011.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of State.
            (6) Stakeholders.--The term ``stakeholders'' means 
        nongovernmental and private sector entities engaged in or 
        affected by conflict prevention and stabilization, peace-
        building, protection, security, transition initiatives, 
        humanitarian response, or related efforts, including--
                    (A) registered or nonregistered nonprofit 
                organizations, advocacy groups, business or trade 
                associations, labor unions, cooperatives, credit 
                unions, relief or development organizations, community 
                and faith-based organizations, philanthropic 
                foundations, and tribal leaders or structures;
                    (B) independent media, educational, or research 
                institutions; and
                    (C) private enterprises, including international 
                development firms, banks, and other financial 
                institutions, and particularly small businesses and 
                businesses owned by women or disadvantaged groups.
            (7) Women's meaningful inclusion and participation.--The 
        term ``women's meaningful inclusion and participation'' means 
        ensuring women have safe, genuine, and effective access and are 
        present and actively involved in the full range of 
        decisionmaking processes, which may include--
                    (A) conflict prevention;
                    (B) mediation or negotiation efforts to resolve, 
                mitigate, and transition from violent conflict;
                    (C) peacekeeping and peace-building efforts;
                    (D) post-conflict reconstruction, transition 
                initiatives, and governance; and
                    (E) humanitarian response.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL ACTION 
              PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the implementation of the United States National Action 
        Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (NAP) is paramount in 
        improving the lives of women and girls around the world and 
        increasing overall global stability and prosperity;
            (2) Congress supports the statement in the NAP of the 
        United States ``unqualified commitment to integrating women's 
        views and perspectives fully into our diplomatic, security, and 
        development efforts--not simply as beneficiaries, but as agents 
        of peace, reconciliation, development, growth, and stability'';
            (3) Congress is strongly committed to advancing the 
        principles of the NAP, as instituted by Executive Order 13595 
        of December 19, 2011;
            (4) the United States should coordinate with the 
        international community and civil society to develop criteria 
        for eligibility to ensure that appropriate civil society 
        representatives with relevant experience in gender sensitivity, 
        peacemaking, or the promotion of human rights and security are 
        identified for inclusion in all peace-building processes and 
        activities; and
            (5) the President, in coordination with the Secretary, the 
        Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator, should--
                    (A) ensure the NAP's robust, transparent, 
                comprehensive, and coordinated implementation; and
                    (B) coordinate with the international community to 
                utilize the commitments outlined in the NAP as a 
                diplomatic means to encourage other countries to--
                            (i) advance women's inclusion in peace 
                        negotiations, peace-building activities, and 
                        conflict prevention;
                            (ii) protect all civilians, specifically 
                        women and girls, from sexual and gender-based 
                        violence; and
                            (iii) ensure equal access to relief and 
                        recovery assistance in areas of conflict and 
                        insecurity.

SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES POLICIES.

    (a) In General.--It is the policy of the United States to implement 
the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security 
(NAP), as instituted by Executive Order 13595 on December 19, 2011, to 
ensure that the United States effectively promotes and supports women 
in conflict-affected and post-conflict regions through clear, 
measurable commitments to--
            (1) promote the active and meaningful participation of 
        women in affected areas in all aspects of conflict prevention, 
        management, and resolution;
            (2) integrate the perspectives and interests of affected 
        women into conflict-prevention activities and strategies;
            (3) promote the physical safety, economic security, and 
        dignity of women and girls;
            (4) support women's equal access to aid distribution 
        mechanisms and services;
            (5) monitor, analyze, and evaluate implementation efforts 
        and the impact of such efforts; and
            (6) adjust policies and programs to improve outcomes.
    (b) Statement of Congress.--Congress--
            (1) recognizes the invaluable contributions that United 
        States and international civil society groups have made to 
        United States policies and programs on women, peace, and 
        security; and
            (2) encourages the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, and 
        the Administrator to continue to consult and utilize the 
        networks and expertise of these stakeholders to strengthen the 
        implementation of the NAP.
    (c) Integration.--The Secretary and the Administrator shall--
            (1) integrate gender as fully as applicable into all 
        diplomatic and development efforts;
            (2) include gender in strategic and budget planning 
        processes;
            (3) continue to use and improve upon performance indicators 
        and evaluation mechanisms to account for ongoing results and 
        measure the impact of United States policies and programs on 
        women and girls in foreign countries; and
            (4) review existing United States policies and programs on 
        women and girls in foreign countries from a gender perspective, 
        and revise such policies and programs to address any unintended 
        harm.
    (d) Integration of Gender Goals in Agency Guidance and 
Contracting.--
            (1) Department of state.--The Secretary shall prescribe 
        regulations and issue guidance specifying key goals of the NAP 
        with a view to fully integrating such goals into the operations 
        of the Department of State in the United States and overseas, 
        and shall ensure that such regulations and guidance call for 
        compliance by all Department personnel and contractors.
            (2) United states agency for international development.--
        The Administrator shall prescribe regulations and issue 
        guidance specifying key goals of the NAP with a view to fully 
        integrating such goals into the operations of the United States 
        Agency for International Development in the United States and 
        overseas, and shall ensure that such regulations and guidance 
        call for compliance by all Agency personnel and contractors.
    (e) Tenets.--The Secretary, the Administrator, the Secretary of 
Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services acting through the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United 
States Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, the Secretary 
of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the United States Trade Representative, and the heads of 
other appropriate Federal departments and agencies shall ensure, as 
appropriate, that the tenets of the NAP are incorporated into all 
programs administered by each department and agency specified in this 
subsection related to--
            (1) conflict prevention;
            (2) humanitarian and disaster response;
            (3) conflict mediation;
            (4) peacekeeping;
            (5) post-conflict reconstruction;
            (6) institution building; and
            (7) democracy promotion.

SEC. 6. UNITED STATES NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND 
              SECURITY.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Administrator, the Secretary 
of Defense, and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and 
agencies shall, subject to subsection (b), develop or update and 
implement a National Action Plan. The National Action Plan shall be 
transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees and made 
publicly available.
    (b) Initial NAP.--For the purposes of this section, the ``United 
States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security'', issued in 
December 2011, shall be deemed to fulfill the initial requirement of 
subsection (a).
    (c) Training.--
            (1) Foreign service act of 1980.--Section 704 of the 
        Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4024) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) The Secretary, in conjunction with the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, shall ensure that 
all appropriate personnel, including special envoys, members of 
mediation or negotiation teams, relevant members of the Civil Service 
or Foreign Service, and contractors responsible for, or deploying to, 
countries or regions considered to be at risk of, undergoing, or 
emerging from violent conflict, obtain substantive knowledge and skills 
through--
            ``(1) appropriate advanced training in conflict prevention, 
        peace processes, mitigation, resolution, and security 
        initiatives that specifically addresses the importance of 
        women's meaningful inclusion and participation (as defined in 
        section 3 of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2015);
            ``(2) training on gender considerations and women's 
        meaningful inclusion and participation, including training 
        regarding--
                    ``(A) international human rights law and 
                international humanitarian law, as relevant; and
                    ``(B) protecting civilians from violence, 
                exploitation, and trafficking in persons; and
            ``(3) training on effective strategies and best practices 
        for ensuring women's meaningful inclusion and participation.''.
            (2) Title 10, united states code.--
                    (A) In general.--Chapter 107 of title 10, United 
                States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
                following new section:
``Sec. 2158. Training for ensuring women's meaningful inclusion and 
              participation
    ``The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all appropriate 
personnel, including members of the Armed Forces, members of mediation 
or negotiation teams, relevant members of the Civil Service, and 
contractors responsible for, or deploying to, countries or regions 
considered to be at risk of, undergoing, or emerging from violent 
conflict, obtain substantive knowledge and skills through--
            ``(1) appropriate advanced training in conflict prevention, 
        peace processes, mitigation, resolution, and security 
        initiatives that specifically addresses the importance of 
        women's meaningful inclusion and participation (as defined in 
        section 3 of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2015);
            ``(2) training on gender considerations and women's 
        meaningful inclusion and participation, including training 
        regarding--
                    ``(A) international human rights law and 
                international humanitarian law, as relevant; and
                    ``(B) protecting civilians from violence, 
                exploitation, and trafficking in persons; and
            ``(3) training on effective strategies and best practices 
        for ensuring women's meaningful inclusion and participation.''.
                    (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at 
                the beginning of chapter 107 of such title is amended 
                by adding at the end the following new item:

``2158. Training for ensuring women's meaningful inclusion and 
                            participation.''.
            (3) United nations.--The Secretary is strongly encouraged 
        to work with the United Nations and the international community 
        to promote training that provides international peacekeeping 
        personnel with substantive knowledge and skills needed to 
        effectively ensure women's meaningful inclusion and 
        participation.

SEC. 7. MONITORING AND EVALUATION.

    (a) In General.--The implementation of the NAP under section 6 
shall include the establishment or improvement of monitoring and 
evaluation tools to ensure accountability and effectiveness of 
policies, programs, projects, and activities undertaken to support the 
objectives specified in the NAP.
    (b) Monitoring and Evaluation Plans.--The Secretary, the 
Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, and representatives of other 
relevant Federal agencies and departments, as appropriate, shall 
develop a plan for monitoring and independent evaluation of programs, 
projects, and activities carried out under this Act. The plan shall--
            (1) apply rigorous monitoring and evaluation methodologies 
        to focus on learning, accountability, and policymaking, 
        choosing from among a wide variety of qualitative, 
        quantitative, summative, and formative methods common in the 
        field of social scientific inquiry, including impact 
        evaluations; and
            (2) be included in the NAP under section 6.
    (c) Foreign Assistance Coordination, Planning, Data Collection, and 
Tracking Systems.--The Secretary and the Administrator, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, shall--
            (1) utilize appropriate foreign assistance coordination, 
        planning, data collection, and tracking systems to--
                    (A) analyze the impact of staff training, 
                management systems, and organizational structures on 
                program results;
                    (B) improve collection of sex- and age-
                disaggregated data in conflict-affected areas;
                    (C) ensure proper targeting of programs; and
                    (D) collect and analyze gender data for the purpose 
                of developing and enhancing early warning systems of 
                conflict and violence;
            (2) develop programming in accordance with the NAP's 
        principles and that is responsive to women's needs and 
        perspectives;
            (3) revise policies and programming as data is collected 
        and analyzed to ensure improved outcomes for women and girls;
            (4) support budgeting, operational and programmatic 
        planning, and performance management, related to women's 
        meaningful inclusion and participation;
            (5) post to the Foreign Assistance Dashboard up-to-date 
        data on United States foreign assistance by account, bureau or 
        office, as the case may be, and country where gender equality 
        and women's empowerment is a primary or secondary goal; and
            (6) develop or improve upon existing data collection 
        mechanisms that--
                    (A) track and report progress on the objectives 
                specified in the NAP;
                    (B) assess lessons learned; and
                    (C) identify best practices.
    (d) Indicators.--The Secretary and the Administrator, in 
cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, shall 
identify common indicators to evaluate the impact of United States 
foreign assistance on women's meaningful inclusion and participation 
and revise approaches to ensure improved outcomes.

SEC. 8. ENGAGING WOMEN IN THE FULL RANGE OF CONFLICT PREVENTION, PEACE 
              NEGOTIATION, PEACE-BUILDING, AND SECURITY INITIATIVES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary and the Administrator are strongly 
encouraged to work to facilitate women's meaningful inclusion and 
participation in informal and formal peace negotiations, including, as 
appropriate, by--
            (1) providing technical assistance, training, and 
        logistical support to female negotiators, peace-builders, and 
        stakeholders;
            (2) utilizing technology, such as cell phones or social 
        media tools, that assist the work of organizers, negotiators, 
        communicators, peace-builders, and other civil society actors;
            (3) addressing security-related barriers to women's 
        participation;
            (4) expanding and applying gender analysis to improve 
        program design and targeting; and
            (5) supporting appropriate local organizations, especially 
        women's peace-building organizations.
    (b) Coordination.--The Secretary is encouraged to promote the 
meaningful inclusion and participation of women in coordination and 
consultation with international partners, including multilateral 
organizations, stakeholders, and other relevant international 
organizations, particularly in circumstances in which direct engagement 
is not appropriate or advisable.
    (c) Assessments.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Administrator, and in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, as 
appropriate, shall conduct assessments that include the perspective of 
women before implementing new projects or activities in support of 
assistance related to--
            (1) peace negotiations;
            (2) transitional justice and accountability processes;
            (3) efforts to combat violent extremism; and
            (4) security sector reform.
    (d) Government Efforts.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
        Administrator, and in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense 
        and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies and 
        departments, as appropriate, shall encourage and facilitate the 
        efforts of partner governments to improve women's meaningful 
        inclusion and participation in peace and security processes, 
        conflict prevention, peace-building, transitional processes, 
        and decisionmaking institutions in conflict-affected 
        environments.
            (2) Government efforts.--The efforts of partner governments 
        to be encouraged and facilitated under paragraph (1) include--
                    (A) the recruitment and retention of women 
                (including minorities) in leadership roles;
                    (B) capacity building of legislative, judicial, 
                defense, and law enforcement institutions to develop 
                and implement policies which support women's meaningful 
                inclusion and participation;
                    (C) increased women's participation in programs 
                funded by the United States Government that--
                            (i) provide training to foreign nationals 
                        regarding law enforcement, the rule of law, and 
                        professional military education; and
                            (ii) offer foreign nationals opportunities 
                        to participate in educational exchanges, 
                        conferences, and seminars;
                    (D) training, education, and mobilization of men 
                and boys as partners in support of women's meaningful 
                inclusion and participation;
                    (E) development of transitional justice and 
                accountability mechanisms that are inclusive of the 
                experiences and perspectives of women and girls; and
                    (F) measures to ensure that relief and recovery 
                planning and assistance are informed by effective 
                consultation with women and girls.

SEC. 9. CONSULTATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary and the Administrator shall 
establish guidelines for overseas United States personnel to consult 
with stakeholders regarding United States efforts to--
            (1) prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict; and
            (2) enhance the success of mediation and negotiation 
        processes by ensuring women's meaningful inclusion and 
        participation.
    (b) Frequency and Scope.--Consultations under subsection (a) 
shall--
            (1) take place not less frequently than once every 180 
        days, as appropriate; and
            (2) include a range and representative sample of local 
        stakeholders, including women, youth, ethnic and religious 
        minorities, and other politically under-represented or 
        marginalized populations.

SEC. 10. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Training Briefing.--The Secretary, in conjunction with the 
Administrator and the Secretary of Defense, shall designate appropriate 
officials to brief the appropriate congressional committees, not later 
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, on--
            (1) the existing, enhanced, and newly established training 
        carried out pursuant to section 6(c) and the amendments made by 
        such section; and
            (2) the guidelines established for overseas United States 
        diplomatic and consular personnel to engage in consultations 
        with United States and international stakeholders pursuant to 
        section 9.
    (b) Annual Report on Women, Peace, and Security.--Not later than 
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary, in conjunction with the Administrator and 
the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report that--
            (1) outlines the monitoring and evaluation tools, 
        mechanisms, and common indicators established under section 7 
        to assess progress made on the objectives of the NAP;
            (2) summarizes United States diplomatic efforts and foreign 
        assistance programs, projects, and activities to promote 
        women's meaningful inclusion and participation; and
            (3) summarizes and evaluates the impact of the NAP 
        initiatives.
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