Sec. 6. Reporting

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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than December 31 of each year thereafter through 2020, the Administrator shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the status of the implementation of the Feed the Future Strategy. The report required under subsection

(a)shall— contain an appendix of the Feed the Future Strategy; identify any substantial changes made in the Feed the Future Strategy during the preceding calendar year; identify the indicators that will be used to measure results, set benchmarks for progress over time, and establish mechanisms for reporting results in an open and transparent manner; describe the progress made in implementing the Feed the Future Strategy; assess the progress and results of implementing international food and nutrition security programming; contain a transparent, open, and detailed accounting of spending under this Act by all relevant Federal agencies; identify any United States legal or regulatory impediments that could obstruct the effective implementation of the programming referred to in paragraph (5); contain a clear gender analysis of programming that includes established disaggregated gender indicators to better analyze outcomes for food productivity, income growth, equity in access to inputs, jobs and markets, and nutrition; describe the strategies and benchmarks for graduating target countries and monitoring any graduated target countries; assess efforts to coordinate United States international food security and nutrition programs, activities, and initiatives with— other bilateral donors; international and multilateral organizations; international financial institutions; host country governments; international and local private voluntary, nongovernmental, and civil society organizations; and other stakeholders; assess United States Government-facilitated private investment in related sectors in target countries; assess the impact of private sector investment on— the economic opportunities available to small-scale producers; improving international food and nutrition security; and enhancing endurable, long-term agricultural development; include consultation with relevant United States Government agencies in the preparation of the report; and incorporate a plan for regularly reviewing and updating strategies, partnerships, and programs and sharing lessons learned with a wide range of stakeholders. The information referred to in subsection

(b)shall be made publicly accessible in a timely manner on a consolidated website. During the 1-year period ending on December 31, 2018, the Comptroller General of the United States shall publish a report that summarizes the progress of the strategy described in section 5(a).