109 HR 4014 IH: Millennium Challenge Reauthorization Act of 2005
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-10-07
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Millennium Challenge Reauthorization Act of 2005
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(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
Sec. 2. Declaration of policy
Title I—Amendments to the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003
Sec. 101. Purposes
Sec. 102. Establishment and management of the Millennium Challenge Corporation
Sec. 103. Authorization of assistance
Sec. 104. Candidate countries
Sec. 105. Eligible countries
Sec. 106. Millennium Challenge Compact
Sec. 107. Congressional and public notification of Compact
Sec. 108. Suspension and termination of assistance
Sec. 109. Disclosure
Sec. 110. Annual report
Sec. 111. Powers of the Corporation; related provisions
Sec. 112. Assistance to certain candidate countries
Sec. 113. General personnel authorities
Sec. 114. Publicity and identification of programs, projects, and activities
Sec. 115. Authorization of appropriations
Title II—Transfer of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
Sec. 201. Transfer of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
Sec. 202. Conforming amendment
2.Congress declares the following:
(1)The Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) is the most important approach to development assistance in a generation and is a model for facilitating the transformation of needy societies into communities of opportunity.
(2)It is the policy of the United States to continue to provide assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to reduce overall poverty through sustainable economic growth and development in countries that receive assistance under such Act.
<enum>I</enum><header>Amendments to the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003</header>
<section id="H2992D826BF184800B7E33307FF832F02"><enum>101.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 602(2) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7701">22 U.S.C. 7701(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>promotes economic growth and the elimination of extreme poverty</quote> and inserting <quote>promotes the reduction of overall poverty through sustainable economic growth and development</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H20F1C7D3FD904C60969FEF192E8CC06F"><enum>102.</enum><header>Establishment and management of the Millennium Challenge Corporation</header>
<subsection id="H19D72B476888465183F13BF3DE84BFA4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Chief Executive Officer</header><text>Section 604(b)(2) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7703">22 U.S.C. 7703(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFEF25AC1B0264C479945A9B040FC5830"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Appointment</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>the Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed</quote> and inserting the following: <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Appointment</header-in-text>.—The Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4ADD9168BA854590A1AC73D9D977139"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD4A5C5A26A084E58848515D670BD95CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Board of Directors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the President should appoint to the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation the individuals described in section 604(c)(3)(B) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7703">22 U.S.C. 7703(c)(3)(B)</external-xref>), as soon as possible after the congressional leadership submits to the President the lists of individuals for nomination to the Board of Directors pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) of section 604(c)(3)(B) such Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H26B5C8741FD04F8B821050B760E24713"><enum>103.</enum><header>Authorization of assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 605(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7704">22 U.S.C. 7704(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>in achieving lasting economic growth and poverty reduction</quote> and inserting <quote>in reducing overall poverty through sustainable economic growth and development</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H7F58CD284F2343A0B61F5D1CD25329FD"><enum>104.</enum><header>Candidate countries</header>
<subsection id="H003FDD278A7142E8B8AD075B21C1F3FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Low income countries</header><text>Section 606(a)(2)(A) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7705">22 U.S.C. 7705(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H499EB0D61CCD46219D968DC1C67EA6B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>(A)(i)</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD4F2016D96F24A0DA6199C3E56BCD858"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote> ; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45278AFBBF394E05B3EFA3A7F11AEAE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H972124E866044E43ABC5AA0705694D69" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<clause id="H9846932972F648FD891400D52053FB08" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average per capita income of the country for the fiscal year involved and the 2 fiscal years most recently preceding the fiscal year involved is equal to or less than the historical ceiling of the International Development Association for the fiscal year involved, and the country is eligible for assistance from the International Development Association; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8B4F27686C4F4A688C1645E2C8FE31D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lower middle income countries</header><text>Section 606(b)(1) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7705">22 U.S.C. 7705(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9800D4E8D7E84E17ACB21A97B5499F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to countries described in subsection (a), a country shall be a candidate country for purposes of eligibility for assistance for fiscal year 2006 or a subsequent fiscal year if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H11AE277F471E4C7590DC50DD6DD60002"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average of the income classification of the country in the then current edition of the World Development Report for Reconstruction and Development published by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the 2 most recently preceding editions of the report is ‘lower-middle-income economy’; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87B2D9DD6FF34E41B25BD22157157B79"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the country meets the requirements of subsection (a)(1)(B)</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HB66FB3C5B4B64576B864F7344E696000"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) apply with respect to eligibility of countries for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7701">22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.</external-xref>) for fiscal year 2007 and subsequent fiscal years.</text></subsection> </section>
<section id="HBB3C7CC56C0D461A97154F5556922BB8"><enum>105.</enum><header>Eligible countries</header>
<subsection id="H97B342AD473B41BBB306AC5B3F5DD1CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 607(b) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7706">22 U.S.C. 7706(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H32DB5202E73A4AE9ACFD6F33ADD65C00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting at the end before the semicolon the following: <quote>and refugees</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96986B601E9D4A50AAE8175F5D92AF6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>citizens</quote> and inserting <quote>individuals</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF30242449E3448EEA9F7A93086318778"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selection by the Board</header><text>Section 607(c)(2)(B) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7706">22 U.S.C. 7706(c)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and generate</quote> and inserting <quote>through</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H94FCF5961F784EE9AAB6F353B60526F2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) apply with respect to eligibility of countries for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7701">22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.</external-xref>) for fiscal year 2007 and subsequent fiscal years.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H1B5C060154654FECA55436F49C3368E6"><enum>106.</enum><header>Millennium Challenge Compact</header>
<subsection id="H595A310373C14344B7D112D240EEDEC8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elements</header>
<paragraph id="H61FEBF88D7CB44168F4E614174084E87"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section 609(b)(1) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7708">22 U.S.C. 7708(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8283A93E88464AF39F2F00CCBCD14E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<clause id="HF9583DF463C047AC9155C2D9E7EE6CFC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting before <quote>an identification</quote> the following: <quote>in order to demonstrate that programs in Compacts are designed to reduce overall poverty through sustainable economic growth and development,</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HFACEBAAA32C9459893F819A8534E0082"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end before the semicolon the following: <quote>, and an analysis of how the intended beneficiaries will participate in, or be impacted by, each project</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D8952C78E8147ABB98BD1EF2D000656"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (G) through (K) as subparagraphs (H) through (L), respectively;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC8E015CD5BE24F28A8000052CFE66CB1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H07B57F5D29A945B2A3465F8D8FB3F549"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the existing constraints to sustainable development in the country, including the productive capacity of the poor, and a description of the role of the Corporation and other donors in addressing such constraints during the duration of the Compact;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCFD6ED12FC8B4A7EAF80B3FBA1D99563"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (K) (as redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA94ADD1F0BEA4EDEACEF005CD5FC1C65"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph (L) (as redesignated), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H93C27B9F6F92492698744FFC57B7D52E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HAEA7836B6AE147050055E9E99DB6EAA"><enum>(M)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a detailed description of the extent to which the government of the country met, and continues to meet, the requirements of subsection (d) (relating to local input) in developing the Compact, a comprehensive summary of the local input provided to the government by individuals and organizations described in such subsection, and an explanation of how the local input will be reflected in projects carried out under the Compact; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H456FB893012F424C902D4955A21B8E4C"><enum>(N)</enum><text>an analysis of the extent to which each project carried out under the Compact will contribute to reducing aggregate poverty in the country through sustainable economic growth and development.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE06822F4116B498BA0D800EEEBFA7190"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by paragraph (1) apply with respect to eligibility of countries for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7701">22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.</external-xref>) for fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years.</text></paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H2C10CA86EF084654BF84C57432D197BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 609(b)(3) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7708">22 U.S.C. 7708(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>to achieve market-driven economic growth and eliminate extreme poverty</quote> and inserting <quote>to eliminate extreme poverty and reduce overall poverty through sustainable economic growth and development</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF79CCB1D01734626A0E946E49F005219"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Local input</header><text>Section 609(d) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7708">22 U.S.C. 7708(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9A09FEB802E34E5FAE07A3DCA32300F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBAB91E4847AB402AAF82A426EA5863B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA076E238CC844F31B35199352293D3B2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HFAF4008E92614EF2AE190043BE00A967"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consults with the national legislature of the eligible country; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56A944F06DD646810013D16D2100B6EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEB91D7F339340D38CFEA382A7779C88"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>national and international</quote> before <quote>private and voluntary organizations</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0AD201A2F5E64722938D86B51FA270CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>other</quote> and inserting <quote>foreign</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5A5912A8EF1245749BF2482E26B2116B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Assistance for development of Compact</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 609(g) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7708">22 U.S.C. 7708(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4D8392D7A24F45DAAAD7DCC6814904CE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>enter into contracts or make grants</quote> and inserting <quote>enter into contracts, make grants, or provide personnel of the Corporation on a temporary basis</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EC463AA4DF549D7B98354694EE23067"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end before the period the following: “, including facilitating the development of the Compact proposal, implementation of the Compact, and the development and implementation of amendments to the Compact”; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H15B1506383544DE40019CAAB6190CA1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by further adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Such facilitation of the development and implementation of the Compact may include supporting the meaningful participation of a broad spectrum of independent civil society representatives in such development and implementation.</quote>.</text></paragraph> </subsection>
<subsection id="H6A2EAD5840CB452C9DA26D259C67E622"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirement for approval by the Board</header><text>Section 609(h) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7708">22 U.S.C. 7708(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF167EB90B774EE585537833E21469DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Each Compact</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H98A6A50985E84CC48607FD654EC07236"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each Compact</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD4E2BB922B54C02BF0057F3C8537E14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H8752A4E5ABD34D8E89F853D35777EC48"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Board, acting through the Chief Executive Officer, should—</text>
<subparagraph id="H82AF35E5E63A4C58BE3569FF5600D3E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish and make known policies that encourage each eligible country—</text>
<clause id="H81583CC470054D8BB31E4C7E0064A84"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to submit to the Corporation its Compact proposal not later than one year after the date on which the country is identified as an eligible country under section 608(d)(2); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HAB38E84347F74B14B2D2A0D172AC0003"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to seek to enter into a Compact with the United States not later than two years after the country has been identified as such an eligible country; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEF4DA4E472554831B405C04FF08EE93"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider removing from eligibility those countries that fail to submit a Compact proposal or enter into a Compact with the United States in a timely or good-faith manner, but allow such countries to seek eligibility for assistance under section 605 in subsequent years, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0717503850DD4A6A9CDF11A53456FC14"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Duration of Compact</header><text>Section 609(j) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7708">22 U.S.C. 7708(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9BD059D4BE284C828100DFE7B4309D18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The duration</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE67866DCC48B4192A43FB0DF86F2B044"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the duration</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B8AE2AC5CFC408DAA00A8526FF181F0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H42896320E1A84B3C927D32DADAB550D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header>
<subparagraph id="HB433F3A5E6D84B12989B902F5FBCEA74"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A Compact shall not include a project with a duration of more than 5 years unless the Board—</text>
<clause id="H7BE44CDD53D4489A99ECF7AAEBB09240"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determines that the project cannot be completed in 5 years or less; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H856CA0ADEFB644749C007F9D00AC6FF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>approves a duration for the project of not more than 10 years.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB7CC6CB696F044349CC4FBAC27502B04"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>Not later than 15 days after the Board approves a duration for a project pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii), the Board, acting through the Chief Executive Officer, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a notification of such approval, including a detailed explanation for the determination and approval.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1016F2A5256D4FFCACA6A2B200E0C341"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Concurrent and subsequent Compacts</header><text>Section 609 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7708">22 U.S.C. 7708</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8BCC0D439D2646B4A1001EEE00D34500"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (k); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF03F69E3100466C8660592CDC184CCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H6E510D85C5E44C4BA681A11E449D1CFB"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Concurrent and subsequent Compacts</header>
<paragraph id="HD6FAED578807444386DE57A87FDF94E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the requirements of paragraph (2), an eligible country and the United States—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F07D676075C481AAF5477BC476162A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may enter into and have in effect not more than two Compacts at any given time under this section; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB559C3817DFB433585C62BA03C26B954"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may enter into subsequent Compacts in accordance with the requirements of this title after the expiration of the existing Compact or Compacts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57222A00BBAA42E28FF163DF32EB75C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="HCB0ED4EB99D64E2887AB59E583D12400"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Concurrent compacts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible country and the United States may enter into a concurrent Compact only if the Board determines that the country is making considerable and demonstrable progress in implementing the terms of its existing Compact and supplementary agreements thereto. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD502EE57D7A04789A9DC1C9C09139689"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subsequent compacts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible country and the United States may enter into subsequent Compacts if the Board determines that the country substantially met the objectives of prior Compacts between the country and the United States and supplementary agreements thereto.</text></subparagraph> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H54B5E36945B9422FA9F0EEC45657D247"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsections (f) and (g) apply with respect to Compacts entered into between the United States and an eligible country under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7701">22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.</external-xref>) before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subsection> </section>
<section id="H1B06CCDCE3DE467EB8CDC59F0806EC5F"><enum>107.</enum><header>Congressional and public notification of Compact</header>
<subsection id="H8E5FABF806614732A588AC1953C477E5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Congressional consultation prior to Compact negotiations</header><text>Section 610(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7709">22 U.S.C. 7709(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE68E6993240049129645C48B0059488C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H597C86202CDD459085B635C7F27F1951"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AE6C1147427470D8100AD99C092C177"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HA57D57D79BA24FF191EBE484006F0000"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0814CD0B4994476788740216843B6CAE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of negotiations for a concurrent Compact with an eligible country, notify the appropriate congressional committees of its determination that the country is making considerable and demonstrable progress in implementing the terms of its existing Compact and supplementary agreements thereto pursuant to section 609(k); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1EDB6F62B4374612955FE8397B665549"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of negotiations for a subsequent Compact with an eligible country, notify the appropriate congressional committees of its determination that the country substantially met the objectives of prior Compacts between the country and the United States and supplementary agreements thereto pursuant to section 609(k).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4F253375F9864846973FFA8FC200D086"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Congressional consultation and notification prior to entering into a Compact</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 610 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7709">22 U.S.C. 7709(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC1AD49DF5C394229B8F591B7D3CE9195"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7ECE99D1EF374886A6EA971D243052E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H42107C3B6275480200CC1BC96EB1437D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Congressional consultation and notification prior to entering into a Compact</header>
<paragraph id="HE536ECDF27304C209FFE9008BA27B46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Meeting of the board</header><text>Not later than 15 days prior to a meeting of the Board for the purpose of fulfilling the requirement of section 609(h), the Board, acting through the Chief Executive Officer, should consult with the appropriate congressional committees, and provide copies, in a classified form if necessary, of the proposed Compact, including annexes or supplementary agreements thereto, to the appropriate congressional committees.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8AB56B7F96BC4BF096A318CA57D5D594"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Entry into compact</header><text>Not later than 15 days prior to entering into a Compact with an eligible country, the Board, acting through the Chief Executive Officer, shall provide notification of the proposed Compact to the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H190DD803FB844303A42F88AF57035D4B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional and public notification after entering into a Compact</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 610(c)(2) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) of this section) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HEC01F4A45F214EBB9B3F7F71AC96983E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall publish such detailed summary of the Compact in the Federal Register and shall publish such detailed summary and the text of the Compact (including a copy of any annexes or supplementary agreements thereto) on the Internet website of the Corporation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H6BBB4FFFF51641A7B27737B3B5BE15D8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (c) apply with respect to Compacts entered into between the United States and an eligible country under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7701">22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.</external-xref>) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="H4A4575929AF046ECB116AD5F09CFCBC"><enum>108.</enum><header>Suspension and termination of assistance</header>
<subsection id="H6689D002591F4CB5A4B6CBDDDFBC9B61"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Suspension and termination of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 611(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7710">22 U.S.C. 7710(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<paragraph id="H384CFCC4B2194E3280B7EEC842FD00DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>After consultation with the Board, the Chief Executive Officer</quote> and inserting <quote>The Board, acting through the Chief Executive Officer,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H712DEA2B3B3E45D0B47E07B6D109AFFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>if the Chief Executive Officer</quote> and inserting <quote>if the Board</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1CE1B9DE0798427780DAA25D6F4DCB09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reinstatement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 611(b) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7710">22 U.S.C. 7710(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0C32F3EA1F14567BFBC136ECA634E4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Chief Executive Officer</quote> and inserting <quote>The Board, acting through the Chief Executive Officer,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H22E26B4FB30C4D4088FBB5BC5B13967C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Chief Executive Officer</quote> and inserting <quote>the Board</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE13E67BFECE841E08881C16B50029218"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 611(c) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7710">22 U.S.C. 7710(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E292A8BDBC94ECA828FF08425EC1729"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Chief Executive Officer</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>the Board, acting through the Chief Executive Officer,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58039FDFC6424053AE2F8E62DCCB2463"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Chief Executive Officer</quote> in each place it appears thereafter and inserting <quote>the Board</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1DF77335D6D6479CADAB7844145F7DC6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Publication in Federal Register of certain criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the criteria used by the Corporation to determine whether or not to suspend or terminate assistance in whole or in part for a country or entity under section 611 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7710">22 U.S.C. 7710</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H9A36254762D149B8AF5505BD5DD10479"><enum>109.</enum><header>Disclosure</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 612 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7711">22 U.S.C. 7711</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HCE26319504DE4C01B1D2589B79416672"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Freedom of information</header><text>The Corporation and its officers and employees shall be subject to the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code (relating to freedom of information).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H2423D01640294748921552CE5FFA5DF8"><enum>110.</enum><header>Annual report</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 613(b)(2) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7712">22 U.S.C. 7712(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC6E4A7B51E18490588456E000491EFBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For each eligible country, an assessment (in quantifiable terms to the maximum extent practicable) of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0BC75DB1F37A4347938C8355F5D22541"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the progress of the country to submit a Compact proposal and negotiate a Compact to final approval;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC1C1462BB23E4885A4A0E817EB1BF3EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact that the assistance provided under section 605 has had on reducing overall poverty through sustainable economic growth and development and otherwise achieving the objectives set out in the Compact entered into by the country;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87F6D6196B1945178CDA874D0504FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent to which assistance provided under section 605 has been effective in helping the country to achieve such objectives, including a description of the measures and efforts of the country to implement the Compact;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA51D1783F8EA43B382BB3076345174C"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the policy reforms of the country that are conducive to economic development and the furtherance of such objectives that have been, or need to be, implemented;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BEB42012D5B424981BFA87E3C682889"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount and type of economic assistance provided by other major donors to the country which further the purposes of this title; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H048CE1DE29044A7A9B677689B458B10"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the commitment and contribution of the country to achieving the objectives set out in the Compact entered into by the country.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H50B58C66BC0E4CE59300F7B5B00A6EB"><enum>111.</enum><header>Powers of the Corporation; related provisions</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 614 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7713">22 U.S.C. 7713</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H8B1FB39F09424E9B90B24C9F2FEBB5B3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief Executive Officer is authorized and encouraged to contract with any nongovernmental organization (including a university, independent foundation, or other organization) or private entity to provide technical assistance to an eligible country with respect to the merits and feasibility of the Compact proposal of the eligible country or amendments to the Compact of the eligible country.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H72318A96FD354AE4B02758B562CF3637"><enum>112.</enum><header>Assistance to certain candidate countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 616(d) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7715">22 U.S.C. 7715(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for fiscal year 2004</quote> and inserting <quote>for a fiscal year</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="HC6C29C8F20A641A2A7A4DB577FA15466"><enum>113.</enum><header>General personnel authorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Millennium Challenge Corporation should employ approximately 300 persons in order to ensure that the Corporation carries out its activities, including activities in eligible countries, in an efficient and timely manner.</text></section>
<section id="H84E64D455A664778874D3B57DF26C1B7"><enum>114.</enum><header>Publicity and identification of programs, projects, and activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that, pursuant to section 641 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2401">22 U.S.C. 2401</external-xref>), the Chief Executive Officer (or the Chief Executive Officer’s designee), in consultation with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies of the Government of the United States, should promulgate regulations that require programs, projects, and activities, including public communications and commodities, that are partially or fully funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation to be marked or otherwise bear a visible standard graphic identity marking that clearly communicates that the assistance is <quote>From the American people</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H11BAD80A364D4D618E57F3076962EB2E"><enum>115.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HB440C9B7F4314018A65CE887D3F683B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 619(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7718">22 U.S.C. 7718(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal years 2004 and 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2006 through 2008</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HEB83E8E791E64CCDA5FC83D3FCA06278"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not be construed to affect the availability of funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under section 619 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7718">22 U.S.C. 7718(a)</external-xref>) before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Transfer of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961</header>
<section id="HF3118B4B0D354B7C8154B3559C4B1E5"><enum>201.</enum><header>Transfer of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961</header>
<subsection id="H63D47B419E3C424D8596D9A24C59AC79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (title VI of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/199">Public Law 108–199</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7701">22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, is hereby—</text>
<paragraph id="H68C8CCF999DA427281313B27A05823FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>transferred from the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004, to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56C95861B1FE454A918054D411DB143F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>inserted after title VI of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H96E34CC24C20445FB9B34B4B9207E4E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redesignation</header><text>Chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DB29D2D1C5E4F47B6A1E1E210F7B131"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the second title VI (as added by subsection (a)) as title VII; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE2E44C7C3274DE69B578B00C2E8B200"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in title VII (as redesignated by paragraph (1))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02D0B001FC9442AA95FECA814B88492F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the title heading, to read as follows: </text>
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<title id="H9A2B66365C8F4B4082791C8F3D9E9108"><enum>VII</enum><header>Millennium Challenge Act of 2003</header>;
(B)by redesignating sections 601 through 620 as sections 261 through 280, respectively; and
(C)by striking each reference in such title to any of sections 601 through 620 and inserting a reference to the corresponding section number (as redesignated by subparagraph (B)).
(c)Section 269(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by subsection (a) and redesignated by subsection (b) of this section) is amended by inserting after Notwithstanding subsection (a)
the following: or any other provision of law (other than a provision of this title)
.
(d)The table of contents of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199) is amended by striking the item relating to title VI of division D of such Act.
202.Section 270(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 201(a) and redesignated by section 201(b) of this Act) is amended by striking section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
and inserting section 634A of this Act
.