1. Short titles This Act may be cited as the Mental Health in International Development and Humanitarian Settings Act or the MINDS Act . 2. Findings; sense of Congress (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) According to the World Health Organization (referred to in this section as WHO ), an estimated 1,000,000,000 individuals worldwide have a mental health or substance use disorder. (2) The Lancet Commission estimates that nearly 130,000,000 additional cases of major depressive and anxiety disorders globally in 2020 resulted from the COVID–19 pandemic. (3) According to WHO— (A) depression is among the primary causes of illness and disability in adolescents; (B) 50 percent of mental health disorders emerge by the time an adolescent reaches 14 years of age; and (C) 14 percent of children and adolescents worldwide experience mental health conditions, the majority of whom do not seek care, receive care, or have access to care. (4) According to a report commissioned by the United Nations— (A) more than 1 out of every 5 individuals living in a conflict-affected area has a mental health disorder; (B) approximately 1,500,000,000 (or 2 out of every 3) of the world’s children younger than 18 years of age live in countries affected by conflict; (C) more than 1 out of every 6 children live in conflict zones; (D) a greater number of children live in areas affected by armed conflict and war now than at any other time during this century; and (E) the mental health burden in conflict-affected contexts is twice the global average. (5) According to the WHO— (A) risk factors that increase susceptibility to mental health disorders include— (i) poverty and hunger; (ii) chronic health conditions; (iii) trauma or maltreatment; (iv) social exclusion; (v) discrimination; and (vi) exposure to, and displacement by, war or conflict; (B) these risk factors, along with demographic risk factors, manifest at all stages in life