Paul Simon Act receives FY2011 funding; reporting is late

Congressional Appropriations Update

Senate and House foreign operations bills are appropriating a level of $315 million in Fiscal Year 2011--the same funding level as FY2010--to continue to implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act. That landmark Act, coupled with Congressional appropriations of recent years, is allowing USAID and State to strengthen long-term programs on behalf of safe, affordable and sustainable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in high-priority countries.

State’s 2010 Water for the Poor Act Report

Two months past the June 1st deadline, the State Department’s Annual Report to Congress on the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act has still not been sent to Congress. As soon as the 2010 Report is made public, it will available on the State Department's website.
http://www.state.gov/G/OES/water/