1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2017 . 2. Assistance to end preventable child and maternal deaths The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of chapter 1 of part I the following: 137. Assistance to end preventable child and maternal deaths (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that United States foreign assistance efforts should focus on countries, regions, and communities with the greatest need and the highest burden of preventable child and maternal deaths. (b) Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States, in coordination with recipient countries and relevant partner entities, to establish and implement a coordinated, integrated, and comprehensive strategy to combat the leading causes of maternal, newborn, and child mortality globally and ensure healthy and productive lives for women and children, by— (1) scaling up the highest-impact, evidence-based interventions, including for the most vulnerable populations, with a focus on country ownership; (2) designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs in a way that enhances transparency and accountability, increases sustainability, and improves outcomes in target countries