Sec. 11102. Amendments to the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003

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Section 609(j) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 ( 22 U.S.C. 7708(j) ) is amended to read as follows: Except as provided under paragraph (2), the duration of a Compact shall not exceed 5 years. The duration of a Compact may be extended beyond 5 years if— the Compact was signed prior to the date of the enactment of the Global Partnerships Act of 2013; the Board determines that a project included in the Compact cannot be completed in 5 years or less; the Board approves an extension of the Compact that does not extend the total duration of the Compact beyond 7 years; and the appropriate congressional committees are notified in accordance with subsection (i). .

Section 609(k) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 ( 22 U.S.C. 7708(k) ) is amended to read as follows: Subject to paragraph (2), and in accordance with the requirements of this title, an eligible country and the United States— may enter into and have in effect more than one Compact at any given time; and may enter into subsequent Compacts after the expiration of existing Compacts. An eligible country and the United States may enter into concurrent or subsequent Compacts if the Board determines that such country— is making or has made significant, consistent progress in implementing the terms of any existing or prior Compact; and will contribute, in the case of a candidate country as defined in section 606(a), not less than 7.5 percent of the total amount agreed upon for a subsequent Compact, or in the case of a candidate country as defined in section 606(b), not less than 15 percent of the total amount agreed upon for a subsequent Compact.

The Corporation shall commit any funding for a concurrent Compact at the time it funds the Compact. A concurrent Compact shall be signed not later than 2 years after the signing of the earlier Compact. The Corporation may provide not more than 15 years of Compact funding to any country. . The amendment made by paragraph

(1)applies with respect to Compacts entered into between the United States and an eligible country under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 606 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 ( 22 U.S.C. 7705 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— in the heading, by striking and inserting Fiscal year 2004 ; In general in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking for fiscal year 2004 and inserting for a fiscal year ; in subparagraph

(A)to read as follows: the country— has a per capita income that is not greater than the World Bank’s lower middle income country threshold for such fiscal year; and is among the 75 lowest per capita income countries, as identified by the World Bank; and ; and in subparagraph (B), by striking subject to paragraph

(3)and inserting subject to paragraph

(2); by striking paragraph (2); and by redesignating paragraph

(3)as paragraph (2); in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking for fiscal year 2006 or a subsequent fiscal year and inserting for a fiscal year ; and by striking subparagraphs

(A)and

(B)and inserting the following: has a per capita income that is not greater than the World Bank’s lower middle income country threshold for such fiscal year; is not among the 75 lowest per capita income countries as identified by the World Bank; and meets the requirements under subsection (a)(1)(B). ; and in paragraph (2)— by striking for fiscal year 2006 or any subsequent fiscal year and inserting for a fiscal year ; and by striking for fiscal year 2006 or the subsequent fiscal year, as the case may be and inserting for such fiscal year ; by redesignating existing subsection

(c)as subsection (d); and by inserting after subsection

(b)the following: Any candidate country whose per capita income changes in a given fiscal year such that the country’s income classification as ‘low income’ or ‘lower middle income’ changes, shall retain its candidacy at the former income category for the year of such transition and for the two subsequent fiscal years. . Section 604(c)(5) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 ( 22 U.S.C. 7703(c)(5) ) is amended by striking Secretary of State and inserting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development . The Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 is amended— in section 603(1)(A) ( 22 U.S.C. 7702(1)(A) ), by striking International Relations and inserting Foreign Affairs ; in section 605(e)(4) ( 22 U.S.C. 7704(e)(4) )— by striking The prohibitions on use of funds contained in paragraphs

(1)through

(3)of section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(f)(1)–(3)) and inserting The principles and restrictions on use of funds contained in section 1305 of the Global Partnerships Act of 2013 ; and by striking part I and inserting title I ; in section 606(a)(1)(B) ( 22 U.S.C. 7705(a)(1)(B) )— by striking part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and inserting title I of the Global Partnerships Act of 2013 ; and by striking any provision of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and inserting any provision of the Global Partnerships Act of 2013 ; and in section 614(d) ( 22 U.S.C. 7713(d) ), by striking Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and inserting Global Partnerships Act of 2013 .

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