Sec. 1019. Sector strategies for development
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Every 4 years, the Administrator shall prepare, consistent with the results of the Quadrennial Diplomacy, Development, and Security Review prepared under section 8101 and the United States Strategy for Global Development prepared under section 1017, individual strategies for achieving each of the goals of assistance described in paragraphs
(1)through
(8)of section 1014. Each strategy required under subsection
(a)shall include— specific objectives for the next 4-year period, including indicators and other measurements of success; a description of how such objectives relate to, are informed by, and will be coordinated with the development goals and relevant sectoral plans of partner countries, as well as with those of other bilateral and multilateral donors; a description of the roles of each Federal agency in carrying out the strategy, and the mechanisms for coordination; a description of policies and programs needed to achieve such objectives, and the proportion of resources to be provided to such policies and programs; a description of the ways in which research, innovation, and technology will be deployed in support of such objectives; a list of priority countries, regions, and intended beneficiaries on which resources would be focused; a description of the gender considerations taken into account, the role of women and girls as participants and beneficiaries of the strategy, and the impact the strategy will have on gender equality; a description of how the policies, programs, objectives and priorities have been informed by, and will respond to, conflict strategies and assessments issued pursuant to section 2021; an analysis of the key opportunities and challenges for achieving favorable results in the next 4-year period; a mechanism for ensuring that policies and programs undertaken pursuant to the strategy inform and are informed by, build upon, contribute to, and otherwise advance policies and programs pursuant to each of the other sector strategies required under this section; the amounts devoted to similar purposes in the previous 4-year period, the results achieved and the lessons learned; and the requirements for human and financial resources and overseas infrastructure to carry out the strategy over the next 4-year period. In preparing each strategy required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees and a wide range of relevant stakeholders to ensure that the strategy is appropriate to local needs and conditions and incorporates the views of partner countries. Each strategy prepared under subsection
(a)shall be transmitted to the Interagency Policy Committee on Global Development established under section 1020 to ensure coordination with the United States Global Development Strategy and all other United States policies and programs pertaining to that sector. At the time of transmission of the United States Strategy for Global Development pursuant to section 1017, the Administrator shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a schedule for the completion within the next 2 years of an initial strategy for each of the goals described in section 1014. Each strategy prepared under subsection
(a)shall be transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees. Each strategy prepared under subsection
(a)shall be published on the Internet website of the Agency not later than 3 days after it is transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees. A strategy prepared under subsection
(a)and transmitted pursuant to paragraph
(2)may be revised at any time, but any significant revision to such strategy shall be subject to the same consultation, review, and transmission requirements that are applicable to a strategy prepared under subsection (a). In this paragraph, the term significant revision means a change— to a goal, objective, or indicator; in the general nature of the policies and programs to be supported; in the priority countries, regions, or intended beneficiaries; or of more than 10 percent of the proportion of resources to be provided to a policy or program. None of the funds made available under section 1015 may be used to carry out a strategy prepared under subsection
(a)until at least 15 days after the strategy is transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees pursuant to subsection (e).