Sec. 306. Senior Advisor for Race and Ethnic Affairs
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The Administrator shall appoint, within the immediate office of the Administrator, a Senior Advisor for Race and Ethnic Affairs (referred to in this section as the Senior Advisor ), who shall— be classified at not lower than GS–15 of the General Schedule; report directly to the Administrator; and be supported by not fewer than 5 staff who have expertise in racial and ethnic affairs. The Senior Advisor shall— advise the Administrator and direct and coordinate activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to international development issues impacting members of marginalized or underserved racial, ethnic, Roma, and African descent populations internationally for all USAID bureaus and offices; develop, in consultation with civil society, a racial and ethnic equity, equality, and empowerment policy, strategy, and action plan for USAID that includes a focus on members of marginalized or underserved racial, ethnic, Roma, and African descent populations; serve as the USAID liaison to the Office of Race and Ethnic Relations and Affairs of the Department of State and offices responsible for racial and ethnic communities at other international affairs agencies; develop a uniform set of indicators and standards for monitoring and evaluating foreign assistance for racial equity in Federal agencies; and develop and manage the Action Fund for Global Racial Equity and Equality established pursuant to subsection (d), and seek opportunities to collaborate with the USAID Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator, for fiscal year 2025 and each subsequent fiscal year, $10,000,000, which shall be used to carry out this section. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a fund, which shall be known as the Action Fund for Global Racial Equity and Equality . There is authorized to be appropriated to the fund established pursuant to paragraph (1), for fiscal year 2025 and each subsequent fiscal year, $15,000,000.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator is authorized to accept private contributions to the fund established pursuant to paragraph (1).