To reauthorize the Global Fragility Act of 2019, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates sense of Congress that integrating development, diplomatic, and defense tools into the Global Fragility Strategy is crucial for U.S. national security, authorizes President to select additional priority countries for Global Fragility Act, requires 30-day congressional notification, and allows discontinuance of programming in countries no longer fragile or no longer, and establishes mandatory annual steering committee meetings chaired by Deputy Secretary of State or Deputy NSA to evaluate policy alignment, assess plan elements, determine updates, and align. It relies on compliance mandates, appropriations, reporting requirements, and grants. The main policy areas are Foreign Policy and Defense.
Who Benefits and How
Complex crisis response programs could gain revenue opportunities, Global Fragility Strategy monitoring and evaluation programs could gain revenue opportunities, and Coastal West Africa, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Department of State would take on compliance duties, Department of Defense would take on compliance duties, and Haiti and Libya could lose revenue opportunities.
Key Provisions
- Creates sense of Congress that integrating development, diplomatic, and defense tools into the Global Fragility Strategy is crucial for U.S. national security.
- Authorizes President to select additional priority countries for Global Fragility Act, requires 30-day congressional notification, and allows discontinuance of programming in countries no longer fragile or no longer...
- Establishes mandatory annual steering committee meetings chaired by Deputy Secretary of State or Deputy NSA to evaluate policy alignment, assess plan elements, determine updates, and align...
- Expands implementation authority: adds DFC and MCC to implementation oversight.
- Requires State Dept study on applying Global Fragility principles to broader foreign policy, mandates strategy for exporting successes across regional bureaus, requires staffing and resource assessment, and mandates...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates sense of Congress that integrating development, diplomatic, and defense tools into the Global Fragility Strategy is crucial for U.S. national security, authorizes President to select additional priority countries for Global Fragility Act, requires 30-day congressional notification, and allows discontinuance of programming in countries no longer fragile or no longer, and establishes mandatory annual steering committee meetings chaired by Deputy Secretary of State or Deputy NSA to evaluate policy alignment, assess plan elements, determine updates, and align.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Policy, Defense
Primary Purpose
The bill creates sense of Congress that integrating development, diplomatic, and defense tools into the Global Fragility Strategy is crucial for U.S. national security, authorizes President to select additional priority countries for Global Fragility Act, requires 30-day congressional notification, and allows discontinuance of programming in countries no longer fragile or no longer, and establishes mandatory annual steering committee meetings chaired by Deputy Secretary of State or Deputy NSA to evaluate policy alignment, assess plan elements, determine updates, and align.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - Sense of Congress
Identified Gains
- Complex crisis response programs
- Global Fragility Strategy monitoring and evaluation programs
- Coastal West Africa, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea
- Countries eligible for Global Fragility Strategy designation
- International development contractors and NGOs
Identified Costs
- Department of State
- Department of Defense
- Haiti and Libya
- U.S. Development Finance Corporation
- Department of State leadership
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Coons (for himself and Mr. Graham) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Coastal West Africa, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Complex crisis response programs, Countries eligible for Global Fragility Strategy designation
Positive-direction: Coastal West Africa, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Complex crisis response programs, Countries eligible for Global Fragility Strategy designation, Fragile countries eligible for expanded U.S. programming, Global Fragility Strategy monitoring and evaluation programs, International development contractors and NGOs, Priority countries receiving coordinated U.S. assistance
Negative-direction: Countries that lose priority status (no longer fragile or non-compliant), Haiti and Libya
Department of State, Department of State leadership, Federal agencies involved in conflict prevention
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "the_secretary_of_state"
- → Secretary of State
- "the_counselor"
- → Counselor of the Department of State
- "the_counselor"
- → Counselor of the Department of State
- "the_secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "the_president"
- → President
- "the_secretary_of_state"
- → Secretary of State
- "the_secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
A country selected by the President based on fragility indicators for focused U.S. conflict prevention and stabilization efforts
A dedicated fund for Global Fragility Strategy implementation activities
A fund for responding to complex crises in fragile states
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