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Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2014 (P.L. 113–289).

Country/Territory
United States of America
Document type
Legislation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to strengthen implementation of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005 by improving the capacity of the United States Government to implement, leverage, and monitor and evaluate programs to provide first-time or improved access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene to the world’s poorest on an equitable and sustainable basis, and for other purposes.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Policy/planning Water supply Sewerage Gender Sustainable development International relations/cooperation Capacity building
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Act amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of strengthening the strategy and related actions aimed at providing safe water and sanitation to vulnerable groups in developing countries. There shall be within USAID a Global Water Coordinator, who shall, among other things, lead the implementation and revision, not less frequently than once every five years, of USAID’s portion of the Global Water Strategy. Within the Department of State there shall be a Special Advisor for Water Resources. Amendments of the Foreign Assistance Act also concern measures to ensure maximum impact and long-term sustainability of programs and require the President, acting through the Secretary of State, the USAID Administrator, and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies, as appropriate, to submit every five years (starting 2017, ending 2027) to Congress a single government-wide Global Water Strategy. This Act sets out how the Global Water Strategy must be developed.

Full text
English
Website
www.congress.gov