Global Fragility Reauthorization Act
The Global Fragility Reauthorization Act would renew and strengthen the Global Fragility Act of 2019. It mandates an annual interagency steering committee meeting to align U.S. diplomatic, development, and security efforts with current policy priorities in priority countries and regions, and to update plans as needed to improve short- and long-term alignment. The bill also extends and expands funding authorities for key stabilization programs through 2030 and broadens how certain foreign-assistance funds may support monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities to implement the Global Fragility Strategy. In short, the bill aims to improve coordination across multiple U.S. agencies and ensure ongoing funding and evaluation support for preventing and stabilizing fragile or conflict-affected areas.
Key Points
- 1Annual Global Fragility Act Steering Committee Meeting on Policy Alignment
- 2- Requires senior federal officials to convene an annual meeting to assess how priority country/region plans align with current U.S. policy priorities, identify deficiencies, propose updates, and enhance coordination of diplomatic, development, and security activities.
- 3- Meetings chaired by a senior official (not lower than Deputy Secretary of State or Deputy National Security Advisor) and include leaders from State, USAID, DoD, Treasury, and other relevant agencies with regional or functional responsibilities.
- 4Reauthorization and expansion of funding for key funds
- 5- Reauthorizes the Prevention and Stabilization Fund and the Complex Crises Fund through 2030.
- 6- Adds authority to cover administrative and other expenses related to operating, managing, monitoring, evaluating, and learning for the Global Fragility Strategy, including related diplomatic and operational activities.
- 7Use of Economic Support Fund for MEL and learning
- 8- Authorizes funds from the Economic Support Fund (Foreign Assistance Act) to be used for monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities tied to the Global Fragility Strategy, even if doing so uses funds that would otherwise support other programs, as selected by the President under the Global Fragility framework.
- 9Conforming amendments
- 10- Updates cross-references to align with the amended section 506 of the Global Fragility Act of 2019.
- 11Status and sponsorship
- 12- Introduced in the House on April 24, 2025, as H.R. 3005. Sponsored by Ms. Jacobs (with Mr. McCaul) and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.