118 STAT. 218 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 (1) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Chief Executive Officer shall, for the 30 day period beginning on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the information contained in the report described in subsection (b)(1), accept public comment and consider such comment for purposes of determining eligible countries under section 607. (2) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.—The Chief Executive Officer shall consult with the appropriate congressional commit tees on the extent to which the candidate countries meet the criteria described in section 607(b). (d) IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—Not later than 5 days after the date on which the Board determines eligible coun tries under section 607 for a fiscal year, the Chief Executive Officer— (1) shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congres sional committees a report that contains a list of all such eligible countries, an identification of those countries on such list with respect to which the Board will seek to enter into a Compact under section 609, and a justification for such eligi bility determination and selection for Compact negotiation; and (2) shall publish in the Federal Register the information contained in the report described in paragraph (1). SEC. 609. MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE COMPACT. (a) COMPACT.—The Board, acting through the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, may provide assistance for an eligible country only if the country enters into an agreement with the United States, to be known as a ‘‘Millennium Challenge Compact’’, that establishes a multi year plan for achieving shared development objectives in furtherance of the purposes of this title. (b) ELEMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Compact should take into account the national development strategy of the eligible country and shall contain— (A) the specific objectives that the country and the United States expect to achieve during the term of the Compact; (B) the responsibilities of the country and the United States in the achievement of such objectives; (C) regular benchmarks to measure, where appropriate, progress toward achieving such objectives; (D) an identification of the intended beneficiaries, disaggregated by income level, gender, and age, to the maximum extent practicable; (E) a multi year financial plan, including the estimated amount of contributions by the Corporation and the country and proposed mechanisms to implement the plan and pro vide oversight, that describes how the requirements of sub paragraphs (A) through (D) will be met, including identi fying the role of civil society in the achievement of such requirements; (F) where appropriate, a description of the current and potential participation of other donors in the achieve ment of such objectives; (G) a plan to ensure appropriate fiscal accountability for the use of assistance provided under section 605; 22 USC 7708. Federal Register, publication. Reports. Deadline.
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