Text of US HB 5034 (2018)

I 115TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5034 To prevent international violence against women, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 15, 2018 Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. SMITH of Wash- ington, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUM- MINGS, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GRI- JALVA, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. HECK, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KIHUEN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LAN- GEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Ms. LOF- GREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MENG, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- fornia, Ms. TITUS, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prevent international violence against women, and for other purposes. VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5034 IH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 ‘‘International Violence Against Women Act of 2018’’. 5 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6 this Act is as follows: 7 Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Statement of policy. Sec. 4. Definitions. TITLE I—STRATEGY, POLICY, AND PROGRAMS Sec. 101. United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Vi- olence Globally. Sec. 102. Implementation of the United States Strategy to Prevent and Re- spond to Gender-Based Violence Globally. Sec. 103. Monitoring the United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally. TITLE II—OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY Sec. 201. Office of Global Women’s Issues. Sec. 202. Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. Sec. 203. Briefing and assessment. Sec. 204. Addressing violence against women and girls in humanitarian relief, peacekeeping, conflict, and postconflict settings. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 8 Congress makes the following findings: 9 (1) An estimated one out of every three women 10 throughout the world will be beaten, coerced into 11 sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. 12 (2) Up to 70 percent of women in some coun- 13 tries report experiencing gender-based violence at 14 some point in their lives. 15 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 5034 IH (3) Intimate partner violence is the most preva- 1 lent form of violence against women, preventing 2 them from playing more active roles in the social, 3 economic, and political development of their commu- 4 nities. 5 (4) Sexual violence among adolescents and pre- 6 adolescents is alarmingly high. National surveys in 7 Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Haiti 8 have found that between 28 and 38 percent of girls 9 and between 9 and 18 percent of boys report experi- 10 encing sexual violence before reaching 18 years of 11 age. 12 (5) Adult male respondents in six countries who 13 had experienced violence as children were signifi- 14 cantly more likely to report perpetrating intimate 15 partner violence themselves according to the Inter- 16 national Men and Gender Equality Survey dataset. 17 (6) Gender-based violence harms economies and 18 the workers that fuel them. Despite under-reporting, 19 striking statistics document prevalent forms of gen- 20 der-based violence globally that affect the world of 21 work. Worldwide, women are concentrated in low- 22 wage, insecure jobs in workplaces where they lack 23 bargaining power, protections against gender-based 24 violence, safe and confidential reporting systems, re- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 5034 IH course to justice, and access to legal, medical, and 1 psychosocial services. 2 (7) Women living in poverty are particularly 3 vulnerable to gender-based violence. Lack of eco- 4 nomic opportunities often compel women to use des- 5 perate and dangerous means to provide for them- 6 selves and their families, risking significant exposure 7 to sexual exploitation and abuse. These women often 8 cannot afford critical social and medical services. 9 (8) Research conducted in India, Colombia, 10 South Africa, and Uganda indicates that when 11 women have greater control of assets, they are less 12 likely to experience intimate partner violence. Addi- 13 tionally, when women participate in the economy 14 they are able to develop a wider support network, 15 which allows them to more easily escape intimate 16 partner violence. 17 (9) Gender-based violence impacts livelihoods 18 and food security by reducing work capacity and 19 productivity, including the ability to grow food for 20 consumption. Studies have shown that women af- 21 fected by gender-based violence are exposed to ill- 22 nesses and injuries that hamper their ability to work 23 productively and care for their families. Diminished 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 5034 IH food production consequently increases hunger and 1 women’s vulnerability to further violence. 2 (10) Country studies indicate that the risk of 3 HIV among women who have experienced violence 4 may be up to three times higher than among those 5 who have not experience violence. The World Health 6 Organization found that women who experience inti- 7 mate partner violence are at more than 50 percent 8 greater risk of HIV infection, and in some instances 9 their risk of HIV infection increases four-fold. 10 Women living with HIV are more likely to experi- 11 ence violence than other women, and fear of violence 12 can prevent women from accessing HIV/AIDS infor- 13 mation and receiving treatment and counseling. 14 (11) Addressing gender norms and inequities is 15 essential to reducing HIV risk and increasing access 16 to HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for 17 women and men. The President’s Emergency Plan 18 for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) supports significant 19 work in the field to incorporate efforts to prevent 20 and respond to gender-based violence into existing 21 HIV treatment and prevention programs. 22 (12) Prevalence of sexual and physical violence 23 is higher among persons with disabilities, particu- 24 larly for adolescents and intimate partners with dis- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 5034 IH abilities, and for men and women with intellectual 1 impairments living in institutions. The World Health 2 Organization reports that rates of gender-based vio- 3 lence are between 4 and 10 times greater among 4 persons with disabilities compared to non-disabled 5 persons. 6 (13) Displaced, refugee, and stateless women 7 and girls in humanitarian emergencies, conflict set- 8 tings, and natural disasters face extreme violence 9 and threats, including— 10 (A) being forced to exchange sex for food 11 and humanitarian supplies; and 12 (B) being at increased risk of rape, sexual 13 exploitation, and abuse. 14 (14) Rape and sexual assault against women 15 and girls are used to torture, intimidate, and ter- 16 rorize communities. Rape and sexual assault are 17 used as tools of war in conflict zones, including the 18 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Syria, Af- 19 ghanistan, Colombia, and South Sudan. 20 (15) Child and forced marriage of girls— 21 (A) is a harmful practice that deprives 22 girls of their dignity and rights and creates bar- 23 riers to development for communities and coun- 24 tries; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 5034 IH (B) is projected to affect more than 1 140,000,000 girls who will become brides be- 2 tween 2011 and 2020; 3 (C) can prematurely end girls’ education, 4 increase vulnerability to gender-based violence, 5 and significantly raise the risk of maternal and 6 infant morbidity or mortality, including the risk 7 of obstetric fistula and sexually transmitted dis- 8 eases, including HIV/AIDS; and 9 (D) is perpetuated by poverty, a lack of 10 educational or employment opportunities for 11 girls, a lack of legal policies and enforcement of 12 laws, and religious, cultural, and social factors 13 related to girls’ perceived lack of value, factors 14 which become particularly acute in conflict and 15 disaster settings where fears of sexual violence 16 and overstretched coping mechanisms often 17 drive child and forced marriage. 18 (16) Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/ 19 C) is carried out most often on girls between infancy 20 and 15 years of age and has impacted more than 21 125,000,000 girls and women who are alive today. 22 FGM/C can cause long-term health problems, includ- 23 ing infertility, complications in childbirth, and in- 24 creased risk of newborn deaths. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 5034 IH (17) World Bank data shows that gender in- 1 equality directly corresponds to increased levels of 2 political and economic instability within states. Gen- 3 der-based violence impedes women’s meaningful par- 4 ticipation in social, political, and economic spheres, 5 which is essential to the stability and democratiza- 6 tion of a country. Since women disproportionately 7 experience gender-based violence during conflict and 8 post-conflict reconstruction, they can play a pivotal 9 role in preventing, mitigating, and resolving conflict, 10 and countering extremism. 11 (18) Gender-based violence is a contributing 12 factor to human trafficking. Experts in the field 13 have reported that women and girls who have experi- 14 enced gender-based violence and live in societies that 15 tolerate severe gender discrimination appear to be 16 more vulnerable to being trafficked. Comprehensive 17 efforts to reduce human trafficking must include ef- 18 forts to prevent and respond to gender-based vio- 19 lence due to the intertwined relationship of the two 20 crimes. 21 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 22 It is the policy of the United States— 23 (1) to take effective action to prevent and re- 24 spond to violence against women and girls around 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 5034 IH the world as a matter of basic human rights and to 1 promote gender equality, economic growth, and im- 2 proved public health; 3 (2) to systematically integrate and coordinate 4 efforts to prevent and respond to violence against 5 women and girls internationally into United States 6 foreign policy and foreign assistance programs, in- 7 cluding peace-building efforts and humanitarian re- 8 lief and recovery; 9 (3) to support and build local capacity in devel- 10 oping countries, including the capacity of govern- 11 ments at all levels and nongovernmental organiza- 12 tions, especially women-led organizations to prevent 13 and respond to violence against women and girls; 14 (4) to consult, cooperate, coordinate, and col- 15 laborate with a wide variety of nongovernmental 16 partners with demonstrated experience in preventing 17 and responding to violence against women and girls, 18 including faith-based organizations and women-led 19 organizations; 20 (5) to employ a multisectoral approach to pre- 21 venting and responding to violence against women 22 and girls internationally, including activities in the 23 economic, education, health, nutrition, legal, and ju- 24 dicial sectors; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 5034 IH (6) to work at all levels, from the individual to 1 the family, community, local, national, and inter- 2 national levels, to prevent and respond to violence 3 against women and girls around the world; 4 (7) to enhance training by United States per- 5 sonnel of professional foreign military and police 6 forces and judicial officials, including specific and 7 thorough instruction on preventing and responding 8 to violence against women and girls around the 9 world; 10 (8) to engage men and boys as partners, as an 11 essential element of making sustained reductions in 12 violence against women and girls; 13 (9) to include the prevention of child and forced 14 marriage as an important part of United States 15 Government efforts to prevent violence against girls 16 and promote gender equality and global health; 17 (10) to require that all United States contrac- 18 tors and grantees establish appropriate policies and 19 take effective measures to prevent violence against 20 women and girls and sexual exploitation and abuse 21 within their workforce; 22 (11) to exert sustained international leadership 23 to prevent and respond to violence against women 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 5034 IH and girls, including in bilateral and multilateral fora; 1 and 2 (12) to implement the United States Strategy 3 to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence 4 Globally. 5 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 6 In this Act: 7 (1) AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE.—The term ‘‘Am- 8 bassador-at-Large’’ means the Ambassador-at-Large 9 for Global Women’s Issues at the Department of 10 State appointed by the President pursuant to section 11 201(a). 12 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- 13 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com- 14 mittees’’ means— 15 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 16 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 17 of Representatives; and 18 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 19 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 20 Senate. 21 (3) GENDER ANALYSIS.—The term ‘‘gender 22 analysis’’ means the examination of the differential 23 impact of policies on different genders. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 5034 IH (4) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.—The term 1 ‘‘gender-based violence’’— 2 (A) means any harmful threat or act di- 3 rected at an individual or group based on actual 4 or perceived biological sex, gender identity or 5 expression, sexual orientation, or lack of adher- 6 ence to varying socially constructed norms 7 around masculinity and femininity; and 8 (B) includes the use or threat of physical, 9 psychological, sexual, economic, legal, political, 10 social and other forms of control or abuse. 11 (5) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of- 12 fice of Global Women’s Issues established by the 13 Secretary of State pursuant to section 201(a). 14 (6) SENIOR COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Senior 15 Coordinator’’ means the Senior Coordinator for Gen- 16 der Equality and Women’s Empowerment at the 17 United States Agency for International Development 18 appointed pursuant to section 202. 19 (7) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.— 20 The term ‘‘violence against women and girls’’— 21 (A) means any act of violence against 22 women or girls that results in, or is likely to re- 23 sult in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm 24 or suffering to women or girls, including threats 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 13 •HR 5034 IH of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivations 1 of liberty, whether occurring in public or private 2 life; and 3 (B) includes— 4 (i) physical, sexual, and psychological 5 violence occurring in the family, including 6 battering, sexual abuse of female children 7 in the household, dowry-related violence, 8 marital rape, female genital cutting and 9 mutilation, forced child marriage, and 10 other harmful practices to women and 11 girls, nonspousal violence, and violence re- 12 lated to exploitation; 13 (ii) physical, sexual, and psychological 14 violence occurring within the general com- 15 munity, including rape, sexual abuse, sex- 16 ual harassment and intimidation at work, 17 in educational institutions and elsewhere, 18 trafficking in women and girls, and forced 19 prostitution; and 20 (iii) physical, sexual, and psycho- 21 logical violence perpetrated or condoned by 22 the state, wherever it occurs. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 14 •HR 5034 IH TITLE I—STRATEGY, POLICY, 1 AND PROGRAMS 2 SEC. 101. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO PREVENT AND RE- 3 SPOND TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE GLOB- 4 ALLY. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 6 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 4 years there- 7 after, the Ambassador-at-Large, in consultation with the 8 Senior Coordinator, shall— 9 (1) develop or update, in consultation with civil 10 society, including service providers, a United States 11 global strategy to prevent and respond to violence 12 against women and girls, using evidence-based inter- 13 ventions and standards that address the root causes 14 of, and provide comprehensive responses to, violence 15 against women and girls; 16 (2) submit the strategy under paragraph (1) to 17 the appropriate congressional committees for com- 18 ment and review; and 19 (3) make the strategy publicly available on the 20 Internet. 21 (b) INITIAL STRATEGY.—For the purposes of this 22 section, the ‘‘United States Strategy to Prevent and Re- 23 spond to Gender-Based Violence Globally’’, issued in Au- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 15 •HR 5034 IH gust 2012 and updated in 2016, shall be deemed to fulfill 1 the initial requirement of subsection (a). 2 (c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 60 3 days after submission of the strategy under subsection (a), 4 the Ambassador-at-Large, in consultation with the Senior 5 Coordinator, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 6 committees an implementation plan detailing how the 7 strategy will be implemented in the upcoming 4 fiscal 8 years, including the budget resources requested, and the 9 specific activities to be supported, by each Executive agen- 10 cy under the strategy. 11 (d) COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION.—In devel- 12 oping the strategy under subsection (a), the Ambassador- 13 at-Large and the Senior Coordinator shall consult with— 14 (1) the heads of relevant Federal agencies; 15 (2) the Senior Policy Operating Group on Traf- 16 ficking in Persons; and 17 (3) representatives of civil society, including 18 nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organi- 19 zations, multilateral organizations, local and inter- 20 national civil society groups, and local service pro- 21 viders and beneficiaries with demonstrated experi- 22 ence in addressing violence against women and girls 23 or promoting gender equality internationally. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 16 •HR 5034 IH (e) CONTENT.—The implementation plan required 1 under subsection (c) shall— 2 (1) identify eligible low-income and lower-mid- 3 dle income countries with significant levels of vio- 4 lence against women and girls, including within dis- 5 placed communities, that have the governmental or 6 nongovernmental organizational capacity to manage 7 and implement gender-based violence prevention and 8 response program activities and should, when pos- 9 sible, be geographically, ethnically, and culturally di- 10 verse from one another; 11 (2) select 5 to 20 of the eligible countries iden- 12 tified under paragraph (1) in which to develop com- 13 prehensive and holistic individual country plans that 14 incorporate at least two of the program activities 15 listed in section 102(b); 16 (3) assess and describe the current or potential 17 capacity of the government of each eligible country 18 selected under paragraph (2) and civil society orga- 19 nizations in each such eligible country to address 20 and respond to violence against women and girls; 21 (4) identify coordination mechanisms with Fed- 22 eral agencies that— 23 (A) have existing programs relevant to the 24 strategy; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 17 •HR 5034 IH (B) will be involved in new program activi- 1 ties; and 2 (C) are engaged in broader United States 3 strategies around development; 4 (5) describe the monitoring and evaluation 5 mechanisms established for each eligible country, 6 and their intended use in assessing overall progress 7 in prevention and response; 8 (6) project general levels of resources needed to 9 achieve the stated objectives in each eligible country, 10 including an accounting of— 11 (A) activities and funding already ex- 12 pended by the Department of State, the United 13 States Agency for International Development, 14 and other Federal agencies, donor country gov- 15 ernments, and multilateral institutions; and 16 (B) leveraged private sector resources; 17 (7) integrate gender analysis into the strategy 18 for each country; and 19 (8) include, as appropriate, strategies designed 20 to accommodate the needs of stateless, disabled, in- 21 ternally displaced refugees and religious or ethnic 22 minority women and girls. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 18 •HR 5034 IH SEC. 102. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES 1 STRATEGY TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO 2 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE GLOBALLY. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the 4 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter- 5 national Development are authorized to provide assistance 6 to prevent and respond to violence against women and 7 girls internationally. 8 (b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance 9 provided under this section shall be used to carry out, in 10 each of the countries identified in the strategy required 11 pursuant to subsection 101(e)(2), two or more of the fol- 12 lowing program activities: 13 (1) Increasing legal and judicial protections 14 by— 15 (A) supporting programs that strengthen a 16 coordinated community response to violence 17 against women and girls, including through co- 18 ordination between judges, police, prosecutors, 19 and legal advocates to enhance prospects for 20 perpetrator accountability; 21 (B) supporting efforts and providing re- 22 sources to provide training and technical assist- 23 ance to police, prosecutors, forensic physicians, 24 lawyers, corrections officers, judges, and judi- 25 cial officials, and where appropriate, to non- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 19 •HR 5034 IH lawyer advocates and traditional community au- 1 thorities on violence against women and girls; 2 (C) supporting efforts to reform and revise 3 criminal and civil laws to prohibit violence 4 against women and girls and create account- 5 ability for perpetrators; 6 (D) enhancing the capacity of the justice 7 sector, including keeping official records of all 8 complaints, collecting and safeguarding evi- 9 dence, systematizing and tracking data on cases 10 of violence against women and girls, and under- 11 taking investigations and evidence gathering ex- 12 peditiously; 13 (E) helping women and girls who are vic- 14 tims of violence gain access to the justice sector 15 and supporting them throughout the legal proc- 16 ess, including establishing victim and witness 17 units for courts and promoting support for sur- 18 vivor services, including hotlines and shelters; 19 (F) promoting civil remedies in cases of 20 domestic violence that— 21 (i) prioritize victim safety and con- 22 fidentiality and offender accountability; 23 (ii) grant women and children re- 24 straining, protection, or removal orders 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 20 •HR 5034 IH with appropriate criminal sanctions for vio- 1 lations against perpetrators of violence; 2 (iii) strengthen and promote women’s 3 custodial rights over children and protect 4 children; and 5 (iv) grant courts authority to provide 6 specific relief pursuant to a restraining or 7 removal order, including restitution, spous- 8 al maintenance, child support, payment of 9 debt, or return or equitable distribution of 10 property; 11 (G) reducing the incidence of violence 12 against women and girls committed by govern- 13 ment officials by developing confidential mecha- 14 nisms for reporting violence against women and 15 girls committed by government officials and in- 16 stitutions and developing laws to punish the 17 perpetrators and remove immunity from state 18 officials; 19 (H) promoting broader legal protection for 20 women and girls against all forms of violence 21 against women and girls, such as female infan- 22 ticide and female genital mutilation, and prac- 23 tices that are associated with higher rates of vi- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 21 •HR 5034 IH olence against women and girls, such as child 1 and forced marriage; and 2 (I) increasing the number of women advo- 3 cates trained to respond to violence against 4 women and girls at police stations, including 5 the creation of domestic violence units and in- 6 creasing the number of women police. 7 (2) Carrying out health care initiatives, includ- 8 ing— 9 (A) promoting the integration of programs 10 to prevent and respond to violence against 11 women and girls into existing programs ad- 12 dressing child survival, women’s health, family 13 planning, mental health, and HIV/AIDS pre- 14 vention, care, and treatment; 15 (B) training of health care providers, in- 16 cluding traditional birth attendants, on methods 17 to safely and confidentially assess women and 18 girls seeking health services for intimate part- 19 ner, family, and sexual violence; 20 (C) developing and enforcing national and 21 operational women’s health, children’s health, 22 and HIV/AIDS policies that prevent and re- 23 spond to violence against women and girls, with 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 22 •HR 5034 IH accompanying resources, including through co- 1 operative efforts with ministries of health; 2 (D) developing information gathering sys- 3 tems within the health care sector that, con- 4 sistent with safety and confidentiality concerns, 5 collect and compile data on the type of violence 6 against women and girls, access to care, age of 7 victims, and relationship of victims to perpetra- 8 tors; 9 (E) working with governments to develop 10 partnerships with civil society organizations to 11 create referral networks systems for psycho- 12 social, legal, economic, or other support serv- 13 ices; and 14 (F) integrating screening and assessment 15 for gender-based violence into HIV/AIDS pro- 16 gramming and other health programming into 17 all country operation plans, and increasing 18 women’s access to information, strategies, and 19 services to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. 20 (3) Conducting public awareness programs to 21 change social norms and attitudes, including— 22 (A) supporting women survivors of violence 23 to educate their communities on the impacts of 24 violence; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 23 •HR 5034 IH (B) engaging men, including faith and tra- 1 ditional leaders; 2 (C) providing funding and programmatic 3 support for mass media social change cam- 4 paigns; and 5 (D) supporting community efforts to 6 change attitudes about harmful traditional 7 practices, including child marriage, female gen- 8 ital mutilation, and so-called ‘‘honor killings’’. 9 (4) Improving economic opportunities for 10 women and girls, including— 11 (A) supporting programs to help women 12 meet their economic needs and to increase their 13 economic opportunities, in both rural and urban 14 areas, including through support for— 15 (i) the establishment and development 16 of businesses (micro, small, and medium- 17 sized enterprises) through access to finan- 18 cial and nonfinancial services; and 19 (ii) education, literacy, and numeracy 20 programs, leadership development and job 21 skills training, especially in nontraditional 22 fields and expected growth sectors; 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 24 •HR 5034 IH (B) supporting programs to help increase 1 property rights, social security, and home own- 2 ership and land tenure security for women by— 3 (i) promoting equitable extension of 4 property and inheritance rights, particu- 5 larly rights to familial and marital prop- 6 erty; 7 (ii) promoting legal literacy, including 8 among faith and traditional leaders, about 9 women’s property rights; and 10 (iii) helping women to make land 11 claims and protecting women’s existing 12 claims and advocating for equitable land ti- 13 tling and registration for women, including 14 safeguards for women title-holders in the 15 case of domestic violence disputes; 16 (C) integrating activities to prevent and re- 17 spond to violence against women and girls into 18 existing economic opportunity programs by— 19 (i) integrating education on violence 20 against women and girls into women’s 21 microfinance, microenterprise, and job 22 skills training programs; and 23 (ii) training providers of economic op- 24 portunity services and programs in sensi- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 25 •HR 5034 IH tivity to violence against women and girls; 1 and 2 (D) addressing violence against women and 3 girls in the workplace. 4 (5) Improving educational opportunities for 5 women and girls, including— 6 (A) supporting efforts and providing re- 7 sources to provide training for all teachers and 8 school administrators on school-related violence, 9 in particular increasing awareness of violence 10 against women and girls, and to improve re- 11 porting, referral, and implementation of codes 12 of conduct; 13 (B) working to ensure the safety of girls 14 during their travel to and from school and on 15 school grounds; 16 (C) supporting programs for girls and boys 17 on the unacceptability of violence against 18 women and girls; and 19 (D) conducting national and baseline sur- 20 veys to collect data on school-related violence 21 against women and girls. 22 (c) BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY.—Not less than 10 23 percent of the amount of assistance provided to an eligible 24 country under this section should be provided to commu- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 26 •HR 5034 IH nity-based nongovernmental or faith-based organizations, 1 with priority given to nongovernmental organizations led 2 by women. 3 SEC. 103. MONITORING THE UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO 4 PREVENT AND RESPOND TO GENDER-BASED 5 VIOLENCE GLOBALLY. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—In each strategy submitted under 7 section 101(a), the Ambassador-at-Large and Senior Co- 8 ordinator shall include an analysis of best practices for 9 preventing and addressing violence against women and 10 girls internationally, which shall include— 11 (1) a description of successful efforts by foreign 12 governments, multilateral institutions, nongovern- 13 mental organizations, educational organizations, and 14 faith-based organizations in preventing and respond- 15 ing to violence against women and girls; 16 (2) recommendations related to best practices, 17 effective strategies, and improvements to enhance 18 the impact of prevention and response efforts; and 19 (3) the impact of activities funded by the strat- 20 egy in preventing and reducing violence against 21 women and girls internationally. 22 (b) AMENDMENTS.—The Foreign Assistance Act of 23 1961 is amended— 24 (1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 27 •HR 5034 IH (A) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking 1 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 2 (B) in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by striking 3 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 4 and 5 (C) by adding at the end the following new 6 paragraph: 7 ‘‘(13) wherever applicable, the nature and ex- 8 tent of violence against women and girls (as such 9 term is defined in section 4 of the International Vio- 10 lence Against Women Act of 2018).’’; and 11 (2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304)— 12 (A) by redesignating the second subsection 13 designated as subsection (i) as subsection (j); 14 and 15 (B) by adding at the end the following new 16 subsection: 17 ‘‘(k) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO VI- 18 OLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.—The report re- 19 quired by subsection (b) shall include, wherever applicable, 20 the nature and extent of violence against women and girls 21 (as such term is defined in section 4 of the International 22 Violence Against Women Act of 2018).’’. 23 (c) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—In coordination 24 with relevant officials, and consistent with the monitoring 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 28 •HR 5034 IH and evaluation policies of their respective agencies, the 1 Ambassador-at-Large and the Senior Coordinator shall 2 develop a plan for monitoring and independent evaluation 3 of programs, projects, and activities carried out under this 4 Act. The plan shall— 5 (1) apply rigorous monitoring and evaluation 6 methodologies to focus on learning, accountability, 7 and policymaking, choosing from among a wide vari- 8 ety of qualitative, quantitative, summative, and 9 formative methods common in the field of social sci- 10 entific inquiry, including impact evaluations; and 11 (2) be included in the implementation plan re- 12 quired under section 101(c). 13 (d) RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION.—The Sec- 14 retary of State and the Administrator of the United States 15 Agency for International Development shall— 16 (1) produce original research or analysis of ef- 17 fective interventions to prevent or respond to vio- 18 lence against women and girls internationally; 19 (2) collect and analyze new or existing data on 20 the scope and extent of all forms of violence against 21 women and girls internationally, including under 22 documented forms of violence and violence against 23 marginalized groups; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 29 •HR 5034 IH (3) conduct research on effective interventions 1 to respond to violence against women and girls inter- 2 nationally, including efforts to scale up effective pro- 3 gramming; and 4 (4) support systemic data collection using inter- 5 nationally comparable indicators, norms, and meth- 6 odologies for measuring the scope, prevalence, and 7 incidence of violence against women and girls inter- 8 nationally. 9 TITLE II—OVERSIGHT AND 10 ACCOUNTABILITY 11 SEC. 201. OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES. 12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State shall 13 establish in the Office of the Secretary of the Department 14 of State the Office of Global Women’s Issues. The Office 15 shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global 16 Women’s Issues, who shall be appointed by the President, 17 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The 18 Ambassador-at-Large shall report directly to the Secretary 19 and shall have the rank and status of Ambassador-at- 20 Large. 21 (b) PURPOSE.—In addition to the duties described in 22 subsection (c) and duties determined by the Secretary of 23 State, the Ambassador-at-Large shall coordinate efforts of 24 the United States Government as directed by the Sec- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 30 •HR 5034 IH retary regarding approaches that promote equality and ad- 1 vance the status of women and girls in United States for- 2 eign policy. 3 (c) DUTIES.— 4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Ambassador-at-Large— 5 (A) in consultation with the Senior Coordi- 6 nator, shall direct activities, policies, programs, 7 and funding relating to gender equality and the 8 advancement of women and girls internation- 9 ally, including those intended to prevent and re- 10 spond to violence against women and girls, for 11 all bureaus and offices of the Department of 12 State and in the international programs of all 13 other Federal agencies; 14 (B) shall actively promote and advance the 15 integration of gender analysis into the pro- 16 grams, structures, processes, and capacities of 17 bureaus and offices of the Department of State 18 and in the international programs of other Fed- 19 eral agencies; 20 (C) shall direct United States Government 21 resources, as appropriate, to respond to needs 22 for promoting gender equality and the em- 23 powerment of women in United States Govern- 24 ment foreign policies and international pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 31 •HR 5034 IH grams, including to prevent and respond to vio- 1 lence against women and girls internationally; 2 (D) may design, support, and implement 3 activities regarding empowerment of women 4 internationally, including for the prevention of 5 and response to violence against women and 6 girls internationally; 7 (E) shall conduct regular consultation with 8 civil society organizations working to prevent 9 and respond to violence against women and 10 girls internationally; 11 (F) shall ensure that programs, projects, 12 and activities designed to prevent and respond 13 to violence against women and girls internation- 14 ally are subject to rigorous monitoring and eval- 15 uation, and that there is a uniform set of indi- 16 cators and standards for such monitoring and 17 evaluation that is used across all Federal agen- 18 cies; 19 (G) shall serve as the principal advisor to 20 the Secretary of State regarding gender equal- 21 ity, women’s empowerment, and violence 22 against women and girls as a foreign policy 23 matter; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 32 •HR 5034 IH (H) is authorized to represent the United 1 States in diplomatic and multilateral fora on 2 matters relevant to the status of women and 3 girls, including violence against women and 4 girls internationally. 5 (2) INFORMATION SHARING AND TRANS- 6 PARENCY.—The Office— 7 (A) shall be the central repository of data 8 on all United States programs, projects, and ac- 9 tivities that relate to prevention and response to 10 violence against women and girls; and 11 (B) shall produce a full accounting of 12 United States Government spending on such 13 programs, projects, and activities. 14 SEC. 202. SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR GENDER EQUALITY 15 AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT. 16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 17 United States Agency for International Development the 18 position of Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and 19 Women’s Empowerment. The Senior Coordinator shall— 20 (1) report to the Administrator of the United 21 States Agency for International Development; and 22 (2) conduct the activities of the Administrator 23 under this Act. 24 (b) DUTIES.—The Senior Coordinator— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 33 •HR 5034 IH (1) in consultation with the Ambassador-at- 1 Large, shall direct activities, policies, programs, and 2 funding of the United States Agency for Inter- 3 national Development relating to gender equality 4 and women’s empowerment, including those intended 5 to prevent and respond to violence against women 6 and girls; 7 (2) shall actively promote and advance the inte- 8 gration of gender analysis into the programs, struc- 9 tures, processes, and capacities of all bureaus and 10 offices of the United States Agency for International 11 Development as required by the Agency’s Gender 12 Equality and Female Empowerment Policy; 13 (3) shall direct United States Agency for Inter- 14 national Development resources for gender equality 15 and women’s empowerment, including to prevent and 16 respond to violence against women and girls inter- 17 nationally; 18 (4) may design, support, and implement activi- 19 ties led by the United States Agency for Inter- 20 national Development regarding gender equality and 21 women’s empowerment, including for the prevention 22 and response to violence against women and girls 23 internationally; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 34 •HR 5034 IH (5) shall conduct regular consultation with civil 1 society organizations working to prevent and re- 2 spond to violence against women and girls inter- 3 nationally; 4 (6) shall serve as the principal advisor to the 5 Administrator regarding gender equality, women’s 6 empowerment, and violence against women and girls; 7 and 8 (7) shall track and analyze monitoring and eval- 9 uation data and findings on international prevention 10 and response programs of the United States Agency 11 for International Development, consistent with 12 Agency-wide monitoring and evaluation activities, to 13 assist in the preparation of the strategy developed 14 under section 101(a). 15 SEC. 203. BRIEFING AND ASSESSMENT. 16 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact- 17 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Ambas- 18 sador-at-Large and the Senior Coordinator shall provide, 19 to the appropriate congressional committees— 20 (1) a briefing on international violence against 21 women and girls prevention and response strategies, 22 programming, and associated outcomes; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 35 •HR 5034 IH (2) an assessment of human and financial re- 1 sources necessary to fulfill the purposes and duties 2 under this Act. 3 SEC. 204. ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND 4 GIRLS IN HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, PEACE- 5 KEEPING, CONFLICT, AND POSTCONFLICT 6 SETTINGS. 7 (a) ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 8 WITH USAID.—The Secretary of State and the Adminis- 9 trator of the United States Agency for International De- 10 velopment shall ensure that— 11 (1) assistance made available for humanitarian 12 relief, conflict mitigation, and post-conflict recon- 13 struction— 14 (A) prevents and responds to violence 15 against women and girls; 16 (B) builds the capacity of local partners to 17 address the special protection needs of women 18 and children; 19 (C) supports survivors of violence through 20 education, essential medical and psychosocial 21 assistance, trauma counseling, family and com- 22 munity reinsertion and reunification, and eco- 23 nomic opportunity programs; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 36 •HR 5034 IH (D) provides legal services for women and 1 girls who are victims of violence; 2 (2) specialists in violence against women and 3 girls are designated and deployed, as appropriate, as 4 an integral part of Disaster Assistance Response 5 Teams to ensure the integration of prevention and 6 response to violence against women and girls inter- 7 nationally in strategies and programming; and 8 (3) contractors, grantees, and governments that 9 carry out programs with United States assistance— 10 (A) train humanitarian workers in pre- 11 venting and responding to violence against 12 women and girls, including in the use of mecha- 13 nisms to report violence against women and 14 girls; 15 (B) conduct appropriate public outreach to 16 make known to the host community the mecha- 17 nisms to report violence against women and 18 girls; and 19 (C) promptly and appropriately respond to 20 reports of violence against women and girls and 21 treat survivors in accordance with best practices 22 regarding confidentiality. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 37 •HR 5034 IH (b) EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO CREDIBLE REPORTS 1 OF CRITICAL OR WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE AGAINST 2 WOMEN AND GIRLS.— 3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, act- 4 ing through the heads of relevant bureaus and of- 5 fices of the Department of State, shall— 6 (A) identify critical or widespread incidents 7 of violence against women and girls in situa- 8 tions of armed conflict when such incidents 9 occur, through consultation with other Federal 10 departments and agencies, the United Nations, 11 international organizations, and nongovern- 12 mental organizations; 13 (B) determine emergency response meas- 14 ures not later than 45 days after such identi- 15 fication; and 16 (C) brief Congress, upon request, on the 17 implementation of such emergency response 18 measures and outcomes not later than 90 days 19 after such determination. 20 (2) CONTENT.—The emergency measures devel- 21 oped under paragraph (1) shall include a description 22 of bilateral diplomatic efforts with— 23 (A) the government of the country in 24 which the violence is occurring; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS 38 •HR 5034 IH (B) governments in the region in which the 1 violence is occurring; and 2 (C) other donor governments. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Feb 22, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5034.IH H5034 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with BILLS