1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Global Child Thrive Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) According to a 2019 report from the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation entitled Levels & Trends in Child Mortality, the total number of deaths among children younger than 15 years of age dropped by 56 percent between 1990 and 2018, from approximately 14,200,000 to approximately 6,200,000. (2) According to a 2016 article published in The Lancet entitled Early childhood development: the foundation of sustainable development — (A) an estimated 250,000,000 children in low-income and middle-income countries suffer suboptimal development due to poverty and stunting alone; and (B) children who do not meet developmental milestones are expected to lose about 25 percent of their average yearly income once they become adults. (3) According to a report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), entitled The State of the World’s Children 2016: A fair chance for every child , nearly 250,000,000 of the world’s 650,000,000 primary school age children do not master basic literacy and numeracy. (4) According to a 2018 report from the World Health Organization entitled Nurturing Care for early childhood development — (A) the environment in which a child grows has a profound impact on future learning, behavior, and health; and (B) a country’s economic diversity and growth could be improved by investment in early childhood development. (5) According to a 2017 UNICEF report entitled UNICEF’s Programme Guidance for Early Childhood Development , nurturing care, which is key to early childhood development, consists of a core set of interrelated components, including— (A) behaviors, attitudes, and knowledge about caregiving, including health, hygiene care, and feeding; (B) stimulation, such as talking, singing, and playing; (C) responsiveness, such as early bonding, secure attachment, trust, and sensitive communication