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Global Fragility Reauthorization Act

USA119th CongressS-2678| Senate 
| Updated: 8/1/2025
Christopher A. Coons

Christopher A. Coons

Democratic Senator

Delaware

Cosponsors (1)
Lindsey Graham (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill, titled the Global Fragility Reauthorization Act, aims to strengthen and extend the provisions of the Global Fragility Act of 2019. Its core purpose is to stabilize conflict-affected areas and prevent violence and fragility globally, thereby enhancing the national security interests of the United States. The legislation emphasizes integrating all relevant development, diplomatic, and defense tools, alongside improving coordination among federal agencies and international partners. It also seeks to enhance the effectiveness of U.S. foreign assistance through better assessment, monitoring, and evaluation. The bill reauthorizes the Prevention and Stabilization Fund and the Complex Crises Fund until 2030, expanding the former's use to cover administrative and monitoring expenses. It allows the President to select additional priority countries for the Global Fragility Strategy within a one-year period, requiring a report to Congress on selection criteria. Conversely, it permits discontinuing programming in countries no longer meeting fragility indicators or committed to reforms, specifically ending engagement in Haiti and Libya while continuing in Coastal West Africa, Mozambique, and Papua New Guinea. To ensure strategic alignment, the bill mandates annual meetings of senior federal officials to evaluate and update priority country plans and U.S. policy priorities. It expands interagency coordination to include the CEOs of the U.S. Development Finance Corporation and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and requires the Department of Defense to fully implement its responsibilities. The legislation also directs the Secretary of State to study the feasibility of applying Global Fragility Strategy principles more broadly and to develop a strategy for their wider implementation across diplomatic missions and foreign assistance operations. Furthermore, it allows the use of the Economic Support Fund for monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities related to the Global Fragility Strategy.
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Timeline
Apr 24, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-3005
Introduced in House
Aug 1, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Aug 1, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • April 24, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-3005
    Introduced in House


  • August 1, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 1, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

International Affairs

Global Fragility Reauthorization Act

USA119th CongressS-2678| Senate 
| Updated: 8/1/2025
This bill, titled the Global Fragility Reauthorization Act, aims to strengthen and extend the provisions of the Global Fragility Act of 2019. Its core purpose is to stabilize conflict-affected areas and prevent violence and fragility globally, thereby enhancing the national security interests of the United States. The legislation emphasizes integrating all relevant development, diplomatic, and defense tools, alongside improving coordination among federal agencies and international partners. It also seeks to enhance the effectiveness of U.S. foreign assistance through better assessment, monitoring, and evaluation. The bill reauthorizes the Prevention and Stabilization Fund and the Complex Crises Fund until 2030, expanding the former's use to cover administrative and monitoring expenses. It allows the President to select additional priority countries for the Global Fragility Strategy within a one-year period, requiring a report to Congress on selection criteria. Conversely, it permits discontinuing programming in countries no longer meeting fragility indicators or committed to reforms, specifically ending engagement in Haiti and Libya while continuing in Coastal West Africa, Mozambique, and Papua New Guinea. To ensure strategic alignment, the bill mandates annual meetings of senior federal officials to evaluate and update priority country plans and U.S. policy priorities. It expands interagency coordination to include the CEOs of the U.S. Development Finance Corporation and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and requires the Department of Defense to fully implement its responsibilities. The legislation also directs the Secretary of State to study the feasibility of applying Global Fragility Strategy principles more broadly and to develop a strategy for their wider implementation across diplomatic missions and foreign assistance operations. Furthermore, it allows the use of the Economic Support Fund for monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities related to the Global Fragility Strategy.
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Timeline
Apr 24, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-3005
Introduced in House
Aug 1, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Aug 1, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
  • April 24, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-3005
    Introduced in House


  • August 1, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 1, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Christopher A. Coons

Christopher A. Coons

Democratic Senator

Delaware

Cosponsors (1)
Lindsey Graham (Republican)

Foreign Relations Committee

International Affairs

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted