1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Keeping Girls in School Act . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. Sec. 4. Secondary education for adolescent girls. Sec. 5. Global strategy requirement. Sec. 6. Transparency and reporting to Congress. 2. Definitions In this Act: (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 of the Senate ; (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate ; (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives ; and (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives . (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of State. (4) USAID The term USAID means the United States Agency for International Development. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) every child, regardless of gender or place of birth, deserves an equal opportunity to access quality education; (2) education is a key investment in— (A) the future, well-being, and prosperity of girls; and (B) the stability and productivity of their communities; (3) the United States has been a global leader in efforts to expand and improve access to quality basic education for all, particularly marginalized and vulnerable populations, including women and girls; (4) gains with respect to girls’ secondary education and empowerment have been proven to correlate strongly with progress in gender equality and women’s rights, a stated priority of United States foreign policy and national security; (5) achieving gender parity in both access to and quality of educational opportunity contributes significantly to economic growth and development, thereby lowering the risk for violence and instability