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PUBLIC LAW 109–121—DEC. 1, 2005 expand access to safe water and sanitation in an affordable, equitable, and sustainable manner, including integrated strategic planning; and (10) to protect the supply and availability of safe water through sound environmental management, including preventing the destruction and degradation of ecosystems and watersheds.

22 USC 2152h note.

SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

22 USC 2152h note.

SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE SAFE WATER AND SANITATION.

22 USC 2152h.

‘‘SEC. 135. ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE SAFE WATER AND SANITATION.

It is the sense of Congress that— (1) in order to make the most effective use of amounts of Official Development Assistance for water and sanitation and avoid waste and duplication, the United States should seek to establish innovative international coordination mechanisms based on best practices in other development sectors; and (2) the United States should greatly increase the amount of Official Development Assistance made available to carry out section 135 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by section 5(a) of this Act. (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of assistance authorized by this section are— ‘‘(1) to promote good health, economic development, poverty reduction, women’s empowerment, conflict prevention, and environmental sustainability by providing assistance to expand access to safe water and sanitation, promoting integrated water resource management, and improving hygiene for people around the world; ‘‘(2) to seek to reduce by one-half from the baseline year 1990 the proportion of people who are unable to reach or afford safe drinking water and the proportion of people without access to basic sanitation by 2015; ‘‘(3) to focus water and sanitation assistance toward the countries, locales, and people with the greatest need; ‘‘(4) to promote affordability and equity in the provision of access to safe water and sanitation for the very poor, women, and other vulnerable populations; ‘‘(5) to improve water efficiency through water demand management and reduction of unaccounted-for water; ‘‘(6) to promote long-term sustainability in the affordable and equitable provision of access to safe water and sanitation through the creation of innovative financing mechanisms such as national revolving funds, and by strengthening the capacity of recipient governments and communities to formulate and implement policies that expand access to safe water and sanitation in a sustainable fashion, including integrated planning; ‘‘(7) to secure the greatest amount of resources possible, encourage private investment in water and sanitation infrastructure and services, particularly in lower middle-income countries, without creating unsustainable debt for low-income

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