Global Fragility Reauthorization Act

This bill renews and updates a U.S. effort to prevent conflict and stabilize fragile places overseas. It keeps work going in Coastal West Africa, Mozambique, and Papua New Guinea, and ends it in Haiti and Libya because they no longer meet the program’s criteria. It also lets the President add new priority countries within a year, with a 30‑day advance notice to Congress and an explanation of why they were chosen. The goal is to better align U.S. diplomacy, aid, and security tools, improve coordination across agencies, and strengthen how programs are monitored and evaluated to make sure they work. A senior State Department official is put in charge, agencies must keep enough staff, and the Defense Department must fully support the plans. The bill encourages private investment in fragile places and allows certain funds to be used to track results. It also calls for a plan to apply these principles more widely and to fix barriers like staffing gaps and restrictive security rules.

• Who is affected: U.S. agencies working on foreign aid, diplomacy, and security; partner countries chosen as priorities; and communities in those places where programs aim to prevent violence and build stability.
• What changes:
  • Continue work in Coastal West Africa, Mozambique, and Papua New Guinea; discontinue in Haiti and Libya.
  • Allow adding new priority countries within one year, with a 30‑day notice and selection criteria.
  • Require annual high‑level meetings to keep country plans aligned with U.S. policy.
  • Put the State Department Counselor in charge; ensure enough trained staff across agencies.
  • Let the Economic Support Fund pay for monitoring, evaluation, and learning; assign a senior Defense official to support this.
  • Push for private sector investment targets in fragile countries.
  • Study how to apply these methods in more places and remove barriers like staffing and security constraints.
• When:
  • Within one year of enactment: potential new country selections.
  • 30 days before any new designation: notice and rationale to Congress.
  • 180 days after enactment: report on expanding these principles.