Not later than one year after October 6, 2017, and again four years thereafter, the President, in consultation with the heads of the relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make publicly available a single government-wide strategy, to be known as the Women, Peace, and Security Strategy, that provides a detailed description of how the United States intends to fulfill the policy objectives in section 2152j of this title. The strategy shall-
Each strategy under subsection (a) shall include a specific implementation plan from each of the relevant Federal departments and agencies that describes-
The President should promote the meaningful participation of women in conflict prevention, in coordination and consultation with international partners, including, as appropriate, multilateral organizations, stakeholders, and other relevant international organizations, particularly in situations in which the direct engagement of the United States Government is not appropriate or advisable.
It is the sense of Congress that the President, in implementing each strategy submitted under subsection (a), should-
22 U.S.C. § 2152j-1
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.
EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS
DELEGATION OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITIES UNDER THE WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY ACT OF 2017 Memorandum of President of the United States, June 29, 2021, 86 F.R. 35383, provided:Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary of Defense[,] the Secretary of Homeland Security[, and] the Administrator of the United States Agency for International DevelopmentBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the authority to submit to the Congress the reports required by sections 5(a) [22 U.S.C. 2152j-1(a)] and 8(b) [131 Stat. 1205] of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-68).The delegation of authority provided in this memorandum shall apply to any provisions of any future public laws that are the same or substantially the same as those provisions referenced in this memorandum.The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.J.R. Biden, Jr.