1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2017 . 2. Assistance to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of chapter I of part I the following new section: 137. Assistance to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (a) Purpose The purpose of this section is to implement a strategic approach for providing foreign assistance in order to end preventable child and maternal deaths globally by 2030. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. (2) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (3) Coordinator The term Coordinator means the Child and Maternal Survival Coordinator established under subsection (e). (4) Relevant partner entities The term relevant partner entities means each of the following: (A) The governments of other donor countries. (B) International financial institutions. (C) Nongovernmental organizations. (D) Faith-based organizations. (E) Professional organizations (F) The private sector. (G) Multilateral organizations. (H) Local and international civil society groups. (I) Local health workers. (J) International organizations. (5) Target countries The term target countries means specific countries that have the greatest need and highest burden of child and maternal deaths, taking into consideration countries that— (A) have high-need communities in fragile states or conflict-affected states; (B) are low- or middle-income countries