Sec. 6. Briefing requirements
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator and the Secretary of State shall brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives regarding— the progress made in carrying out section 5(b); and any barriers preventing the full integration of the strategy referred to in section 5(b)(3). The USAID Administrator, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, as necessary and appropriate, shall annually brief the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives during each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2026 regarding the amount of United States foreign assistance spent during the most recently concluded fiscal year on child mental health and psychosocial support programming.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, annually thereafter for the following 5 fiscal years, and subsequently, as requested, the USAID Administrator and the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Coordinator appointed pursuant to section 135(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by section 3, shall brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives regarding— how USAID and the Department of State have integrated mental health and psychosocial programming, including child-specific programming, into their development and humanitarian assistance programs across health, education, nutrition, and child protection sectors; the metrics of success of the Advancing Protection and Care for Children in Adversity Strategy; the mental health outcomes pertaining to the evidence-based strategic objectives upon which such strategy is built; where trauma-specific strategies are being implemented, and how best practices for trauma-informed programming are being shared across programs; barriers preventing full integration of child mental health and psychosocial support into programs for children and youth and recommendations for its expansion; any unique barriers to the expansion of mental health and psychosocial support programming in conflict and humanitarian settings and how such barriers are being addressed; the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on mental health and psychosocial support programming; and funding data, including a list of programs to which USAID and the Department of State have obligated funds during the most recently concluded fiscal year to improve access to, and the quality of, mental health and psychosocial support programming in development and humanitarian contexts.