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Title II — Oversight and Accountability

S. 868 · 116th Congress · Mar 26, 2019 · Lineage

II Oversight and Accountability

Sec. 201 Senior Coordinator for Women and Climate Change

(a)
Establishment— The Ambassador-at-Large of the Office of Global Women’s Issues of the Department of State shall designate an individual to serve as a Senior Advisor, or equivalent role, who shall serve concurrently as the Senior Coordinator for Women and Climate Change.
(b)
Duties— The Senior Coordinator for Women and Climate Change shall—
(1)
direct the activities, policies, programs, and funding of the Department of State relating to the effects of climate change on women, including with respect to efforts to prevent and respond to those effects;
(2)
advise the Secretary of State, the relevant heads of other Federal departments and independent agencies, and other entities within the Executive Office of the President, regarding the establishment of—
(A)
policies, goals, objectives, and priorities for addressing and combating the effects of climate change on women; and
(B)
mechanisms to improve the effectiveness, coordination, impact, and outcomes of programs relating to addressing and combating the effects of climate change on women, in coordination with experts in the field, nongovernmental organizations, and foreign governments; and
(3)
identify and assist in the resolution of any disputes that arise between Federal agencies relating to policies and programs to address and combat the effects of climate change on women or other matters within the responsibility of the Office of Global Women’s Issues.
(c)
Reporting— The Senior Coordinator for Women and Climate Change shall report to the Ambassador-at-Large for the Office of Global Women’s Issues and the Secretary of State.

Sec. 202 Briefing and report

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Ambassador-at-Large and the Senior Coordinator for Women and Climate Change shall jointly—
(1)
brief the appropriate congressional committees on—
(A)
the effects of climate change on women; and
(B)
the prevention and response strategies, programming, and associated outcomes with respect to climate change; and
(2)
submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the human and financial resources necessary to fulfill the purposes of and carry out this Act.