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