1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the International Climate Change
Investment Act of 2009
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and statement of policy.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Strategic Interagency Board on International Climate
Investment.
TITLE I—Emissions reductions from reduced
deforestation
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Purposes.
Sec. 103. Emissions reductions through reduced
deforestation.
Sec. 104. Requirements for international deforestation
reduction program.
Sec. 105. Legal effect.
TITLE II—Assistance for clean technology activities
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Purposes.
Sec. 203. Assistance for clean energy technology
activities.
Sec. 204. Determination of eligible countries.
Sec. 205. Determination of qualifying activities.
Sec. 206. Distribution and administration of
assistance.
TITLE III—International climate change adaptation and global
security program
Sec. 301. Definitions.
Sec. 302. Purposes.
Sec. 303. International Climate Change Adaptation and Global
Security Program.
Sec. 304. Distribution of assistance.
Sec. 305. Bilateral assistance.
TITLE IV—Evaluation and reports
Sec. 401. Monitoring, evaluation, and enforcement.
Sec. 402. Reports and review.
TITLE V—Report on Major Economies Climate Actions
Sec. 501. Report.
2.Findings and
statement of policy
(a)Congress makes the following
findings:
(1)According to the
G8 Summit text from L’Aquila, Italy on Climate and Energy global
emissions should peak by 2020 and then be substantially reduced to limit the
average increase in global temperature to two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit)
above pre-industrial levels.
.
(2)An unclassified
report by the National Intelligence Council entitled, Global Trends 2025: A
Transformed World, finds that by 2025 unprecedented economic growth,
coupled with 1.5 billion more people, will put pressure on
resources—particularly energy, food, and water—raising the specter of
scarcities emerging as demand outstrips supply.
.
(3)According to the
2009 Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook, in 2030,
countries that are not in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) are predicted to exceed greenhouse gas emissions from OECD
countries by 77 percent.
(4)Under article 4
of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, developed country
parties, including the United States, committed to—
(A)assist the
developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse
effects of climate change in meeting costs of adaptation to those adverse
effects
; and
(B)take all
practicable steps to promote, facilitate and finance, as appropriate, the
transfer of, or access to, environmentally sound technologies and know-how to
other Parties, particularly developing country Parties, to enable them to
implement the provisions of the Convention.
.
(5)Under the Bali
Action Plan (decision 1/CP.13), developed country parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the United States, committed
to enhanced action on the provision of financial resources and
investment to support action on mitigation and adaptation and technology
cooperation, including, inter alia, consideration of [i]mproved access to
adequate, predictable and sustainable financial resources and financial and
technical support, and the provision of new and additional resources, including
official and concessional funding for developing country
Parties
.
(6)According to the
International Organization for Migration, there could be up to 200,000,000
environmentally induced migrants by 2050.
(7)Deforestation is
one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries,
accounting for about 15 percent of global emissions. According to recent
scientific analysis, it will be substantially more difficult to limit the
increase in global temperatures to less than 2 degrees Celcius above
preindustrial levels if net emissions from deforestation are not reduced and
ultimately halted.
(8)Although
developing countries are historically least responsible for the cumulative
greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change and continue to have
very low per capita greenhouse gas emissions, the greenhouse gas emissions from
these countries are increasing as developing countries seek to grow their
economies and reduce the energy poverty of their populations.
(9)The countries
most vulnerable to climate change, due both to greater exposure to harmful
impacts and to lower capacity to adapt, are developing countries with very low
industrial greenhouse gas emissions that have contributed less to climate
change than more affluent countries.
(10)Developing
countries rely on the natural ecosystems likely to be affected by climate
change for sustenance, livelihoods, and economic growth and stability to a much
greater degree than developed countries.
(11)There may be
varying climate change adaptation and resilience needs within developing
countries among different communities and populations, including impoverished
communities, children, women, and indigenous peoples.
(12)Many developing
countries will face sharply decreasing yields from agriculture production
because of climate change, which will—
(A)undermine food
security in such countries; and
(B)necessitate—
(i)substantial
additional support for agricultural development and emergency response to food
insecurity; and
(ii)major shifts in
production techniques to raise yields through low-input, sustainable, and
biodiverse methods.
(13)Women around the
world, who are the linchpin of families and communities, will
disproportionately face the harmful effects of climate change, particularly in
developing countries where women assume the increased responsibility of
providing food, water, fuel and other resources for their families.
(b)It is the policy of the United States to—
(1)recognize that
global climate change—
(A)is a potentially
significant national and global security threat multiplier;
(B)is likely to
exacerbate competition and conflict over agricultural, vegetative, marine, and
water resources; and
(C)will likely
result in increased displacement of people, poverty, and hunger within
developing countries;
(2)protect Americans
from the impacts of climate change through global reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions;
(3)address the
strategic, social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental
consequences of global climate change that are likely to have disproportionate
adverse impacts on developing countries, which—
(A)have less
economic capacity to respond to such impacts; and
(B)are likely to
pose long-term challenges to the national security, foreign policy, and
economic interests of the United States;
(4)recognize the
significant contributions of women in their communities and secure their
involvement as primary stakeholders;
(5)take measures to
address emissions from, and drivers of, deforestation as part of a global
effort to mitigate climate change;
(6)recognize that it
is in the national interest of the United States to assist developing countries
to reduce and ultimately halt emissions from deforestation in a manner
consistent with preserving the rights and securing the involvement of
indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities, since—
(A)as primary
stakeholders, indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities are critical
partners in efforts to reduce deforestation and degradation; and
(B)the participation
and buy-in regarding related activities of such peoples and communities is
vital to the success, sustainability, and permanence of emission
reductions;
(7)support the
export deployment of clean energy technologies through bilateral and
multilateral financing mechanisms, since—
(A)many developing
countries lack the financial and technical resources to adopt clean energy
technologies;
(B)absent
international support, the greenhouse gas emissions of such countries could
continue to increase;
(C)investments in,
and the deployment of, clean technology in developing countries could—
(i)be
cost-effective;
(ii)enhance economic
opportunities for the United States;
(iii)increase the
demand for clean energy products;
(iv)lower costs;
and
(v)result in global
greenhouse gas emissions reductions;
(D)intellectual
property rights are a key driver of investment and research and development in,
and the global deployment of, clean technologies; and
(E)coordinated
financial assistance from the United States could help catalyze and assist
developing countries to adopt low-carbon and development pathways;
(8)provide
assistance to developing countries with varying climate change adaptation and
resilience needs among different communities and populations, including
impoverished communities, children, women, and indigenous peoples,
since—
(A)countries most
vulnerable to climate change, due to greater exposure to harmful impacts and
lower capacity to adapt, are developing countries with very low industrial
greenhouse gas emissions that have contributed less to climate change than more
affluent countries;
(B)to a much greater
degree than developed countries, developing countries rely on the natural
ecosystems likely to be affected by climate change for sustenance, livelihoods,
and economic growth and stability; and
(C)many developing
countries will face sharply decreasing yields from agriculture production
because of climate change, which will—
(i)undermine food
security;
(ii)necessitate
substantial additional support for agricultural development and emergency
response to food insecurity; and
(iii)necessitate
major shifts in production techniques to raise yields through low-input,
sustainable, and biodiverse methods;
(9)provide
predictable, stable, and sufficient financing to—
(A)support global
climate change goals; and
(B)leverage private
financing mechanisms;
(10)engage in
bilateral and multilateral approaches to make progress towards securing global
participation and action to—
(A)mitigate
greenhouse gas emissions;
(B)adapt to the
impacts of climate change, including enhanced agricultural productivity and
soil resilience;
(C)reduce emissions
from deforestation and forest degradation; and
(D)provide the
necessary financing to accomplish these objectives; and
(11)recognize the
strengths of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as a
primary forum for agreement on global climate change.
3.In this Act:
(1)Except
as otherwise expressly provided, the term Administrator means the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
(2)Appropriate
congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional
committees means—
(A)the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate;
(B)the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
of the Senate;
(C)the
Committee on Environment and Public Works
of the Senate;
(D)the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives;
(E)the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House
of Representatives; and
(F)the
Committee on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives.
(3)The term developing country means a country
eligible to receive official development assistance according to the income
guidelines of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development.
4.Strategic
Interagency Board on International Climate Investment
(a)
(1)Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President shall establish the Strategic Interagency Board
on International Climate Investment
(referred to in this section as the
Board
).
(2)The
Board shall be composed of—
(A)the Secretary of
State, who shall serve as chairperson of the Board;
(B)the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development;
(C)the Secretary of
Energy;
(D)the Secretary of
the Treasury;
(E)the Secretary of
Commerce;
(F)the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(G)the Secretary of
Agriculture; and
(H)any other Federal
agency head or executive branch appointee designated by the President.
(3)Beginning
not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, members of
the Board or their designees shall meet not less frequently than quarterly on a
schedule to be agreed upon by the members of the Board.
(b)
(1)The Board shall assess, monitor, and evaluate the
progress and contributions of relevant departments and agencies of the United
States Government in supporting funding for international climate change
activities and efforts and the goals and objectives on the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Bali Action Plan, by—
(A)identifying,
evaluating, and assessing programs, activities, and contributions that
contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation, clean
energy technology deployment, and the prevention of deforestation and forest
degradation, including the programs established under this Act;
(B)assessing the
effectiveness of programs and strategies toward achieving sustainable,
predictable, and additional climate financing;
(C)assessing the
level of input and coordination among relevant departments and agencies of the
United States Government, the international community, international
organizations, nongovernmental organizations (including faith-based and private
sector organizations), academic institutions, host country governments, local
communities, and primary stakeholders;
(D)identifying and
summarizing the progress of the United States in bilateral and multilateral
efforts toward—
(i)achieving
greenhouse gas mitigation;
(ii)supporting
adaptation to climate change in developing countries;
(iii)promoting clean
energy technology deployment; and
(iv)promoting
sustainable, predictable, and additional financial support to meet the purposes
described in clauses (i) through (iii); and
(E)preparing and
compiling the reports and reviews described in section 402.
(c)To
the maximum extent practicable, the Board shall consult with individuals with
expertise in the matters to be considered by the Board who are not officers or
employees of the United States Government, including representatives of—
(1)United
States-based nongovernmental organizations (including faith-based organizations
and private foundations);
(2)academic
institutions;
(3)the private
sector; and
(4)the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat.
<enum>I</enum><header>Emissions
reductions from reduced deforestation</header>
<section id="H94B804E53363458FB5CEAB7BB85A7C1E"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="IDed64c5238bc14c93bd7277661537c4f6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deforestation</header><text>The
term <term>deforestation</term> means a change in land use from a forest to any
other land use.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2F03241239E4DCDBCD362F86C2204D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Emissions
reductions</header><text>The term <term>emissions reductions</term> means
greenhouse gas emissions reductions achieved from reduced or avoided
deforestation under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6cec9289fbf04b0496143b6abbf30bd4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Forest</header><text>The
term <term>forest</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6D1B190D7AE7482CBE9B9163E076CACD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means a
terrestrial ecosystem comprised of native tree species generated and maintained
primarily through natural ecological and evolutionary processes; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC6E1F10414C648C2A1417363936CD3D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include
plantations, such as crops of trees planted primarily by humans for the
purposes of harvesting.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe4c23356a1db4872ae5744b882767fa5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Forest
degradation</header><text>The term <term>forest degradation</term> is any
reduction in the carbon stock of a forest due to the impact of human land-use
activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdee2cc215ecc42508304beda0a50f129"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Intact
forest</header><text>The term <term>intact forest</term> means an unbroken
expanse of natural ecosystems within the current global extent of forest cover
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE16BCEBA4EAB46E2A87748BC39E874F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>covers an area of
at least 500 square kilometers and is at least 10 kilometers in each direction;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC8E8A1E0ABA9463CB50F5554B3831462"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contains forest
and non-forest ecosystems minimally influenced by human economic activity and
large enough that all native biodiversity, including viable populations of
wide-ranging species, could be maintained.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id93DEFB03852547D9B916D8C2A80EB9B2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Leakage
prevention activities</header><text>The term <term>leakage prevention
activities</term> means activities in developing countries that are directed at
preserving existing forest carbon stocks, including forested wetlands and
peatlands, that might, absent such activities, be lost through leakage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF41BBC3F73841C580509701EBC52B71"><enum>(7)</enum><header>National
deforestation reduction activities</header><text>The term <term>national
deforestation reduction activities</term> means activities in developing
countries that reduce a quantity of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation
that is calculated by measuring actual emissions against a national
deforestation baseline established pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of
section 104(d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43D8078E1FB947B0B69A3EEE2CED9C02"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Subnational
deforestation and forest degradation reduction activities</header><text>The
term <term>subnational deforestation and forest degradation reduction
activities</term> means activities in developing countries that reduce a
quantity of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
that are calculated by measuring actual emissions using an appropriate
baseline, or an alternative determined under section 104(d)(2)(B), established
by the Administrator that is less than national in scope.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9F81B8F6DD054378AD9B559703999557"><enum>102.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are to provide
United States assistance to developing countries—</text>
<paragraph id="id50020ABA3FDC41D9AE491800A658A083"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop, implement, and improve—</text>
<subparagraph id="id89E09BBD392A4180B4119133818E6B92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>nationally
appropriate greenhouse gas mitigation policies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7BE24A018ACE4758A6FC506207CB23A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>actions that
reduce deforestation and forest degradation or conserve or restore forest
ecosystems, in a measurable, reportable, and verifiable manner;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9664746170d74722b8a1684ec000ce92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in a manner that
is consistent with, and enhances the implementation of, complementary United
States policies that support the good governance of forests, biodiversity
conservation, and environmentally sustainable development; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5460538054AF4CBD92EAADA727250F35"><enum>(3)</enum><text>after taking into
consideration the views and participation of local communities, most vulnerable
populations and communities, particularly forest-dependent communities, and
indigenous peoples.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H22F0076274A54FD2B1BC83CD9732BD53"><enum>103.</enum><header>Emissions
reductions through reduced deforestation</header>
<subsection id="H38D5E40D61DA4B5B844F32718897E0FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the head of any other
appropriate agency, shall establish a program to provide assistance to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries, in
accordance with this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8DB99855F28A414BB94BDFA622879C16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Objectives</header><text>The
objectives of the program established under this section shall be to—</text>
<paragraph id="H256F5C9997614D6BA60261BFB935D322"><enum>(1)</enum><text>achieve emissions
reductions of at least 720,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2020, a
cumulative amount of at least 6,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
by December 31, 2025, and additional emissions reductions in subsequent
years;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3EE81F28AF0C4C5996697A8EBDF0061C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>build capacity to
reduce deforestation at a national level in developing countries experiencing
deforestation, including preparing developing countries to participate in
international markets for international offset credits for reduced emissions
from deforestation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H486CD75E4BD1449496CF0FF589B7F71E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>preserve existing
forest carbon stocks in countries where such forest carbon may be vulnerable to
international leakage, particularly in developing countries with largely intact
native forests;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDdc79f438edab4de99af6c7d8c2c98602"><enum>(4)</enum><text>build the
scientific knowledge and institutional capacity to help developing
countries—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8C176818196B427EB889E0C0BD76A585"><enum>(A)</enum><text>monitor the
effects of climate change on their forests;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6E7492F6CE734BA0AF2576987216819A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop and
implement strategies to conserve their forests; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id384D34DC056C4C01B5746D20DF5ADBF3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>support forest
dependent communities adapt to climate change; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbd1c05447d2147bc8b0648e07a9a3e41"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to the extent
practicable, reduce deforestation in ways that reduce the vulnerability and
increase the resilience to climate impacts for forests and forest dependent
communities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0979AD598ACD45B5925F97558DC631C6"><enum>104.</enum><header>Requirements
for international deforestation reduction program</header>
<subsection id="HEA38E249DA634A3D8394FE363EFD2BFD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible
countries</header>
<paragraph id="idABEF9DD6E8794B52A9812E9FD5062A11"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided under paragraph (2), the Administrator
may provide assistance under this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1F72938C6EDD42D393860873A49C9E2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to support
programs that would exclude from the United States illegally harvested timber
or products made from illegally harvested timber, in accordance with and
consistent with the objectives of the Lacey Act Amendments of 2008 (16 U.S.C.
3371 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5ACD4652E0DB4ADBBF8A907FA4CCD530"><enum>(B)</enum><text>only with respect
to a developing country that—</text>
<clause id="H29A79BCC87004E4BADA7DB9A40D4126C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Administrator determines is experiencing deforestation or forest degradation or
has standing forest carbon stocks that may be at risk of deforestation or
degradation;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8FD1D1FA59F3449C914A35FE0EDC82F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, determines has the legal regimes, standards and safeguards
to ensure that the rights and interests of indigenous peoples and
forest-dependent communities are protected in accordance with the standards
promulgated under subsection (d); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H205DD17AD8E242FB85203F28D28A1A27"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has entered into
a bilateral or multilateral agreement or arrangement with the United States, or
is part of an international program supported by the United States to prevent
deforestation, establishing the conditions of its participation in the program
established under this title, which shall include an agreement to meet the
standards established under subsection (d) for the activities to which such
standards apply.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF72C114D313D4CEB9D21BAA99856CEC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A
developing country that does not meet the requirement described in paragraph
(1)(B)(ii) may receive assistance under this title for the purpose of building
capacity to meet such requirement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD412880DDEAC4BE2967BD89D902CC39D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized
activities</header><text>Subject to the requirements of this title, the
Administrator may support activities to achieve the objectives identified in
section 103(b), including activities such as—</text>
<paragraph id="HF39B1881F2974719A83D31BDE77CFE2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>national
deforestation reduction activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5619716215743148C920691DDE44000"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subnational
deforestation and forest degradation reduction activities, including pilot
activities, policies, and measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and are
subject to significant uncertainty;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFBE5E55897F44421A1B91E9A20E5FC46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>activities to
measure, monitor, and verify deforestation, avoided deforestation, and rates of
deforestation, including, if applicable, a spatially explicit land use plan
that identifies intact and primary forest areas and managed forest
areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA469AF07BA54812B8D66366B47AB456"><enum>(4)</enum><text>leakage prevention
activities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD7895FFBC5A42FCB27F9B12EECE9DC9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the development
and implementation of measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification
capacities and governance structures, including legal regimes, standards,
processes, and safeguards, as established under subsection (d), to enable a
country to quantify emissions reductions and participate in carbon
markets;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BACB5B7C41E46CA848310C661EB5596"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the identification
of, and actions to address, the drivers of land use emissions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idBD24FF43BE27479BA6E4E49875B24141"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the development
and strengthening of governance capacities to reduce deforestation and other
land use emissions and to combat illegal logging and associated trade,
including the development of systems for independent monitoring of the efficacy
of forest law enforcement and increased enforcement cooperation, including
joint efforts with Federal agencies, to enforce the Lacey Act Amendments of
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4186399335EE480D87933489715FE24C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the provision of
incentives for policy reforms to achieve the objectives identified in section
103(b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1975fa0a97a842a8b77cda4e7184973a"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the development
of pilot projects to—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4ADEAE6FD7824E91957D64876BBEFFEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>examine where
mitigation and adaptation activities in forest ecosystems coincide; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6DC5B8B138B64BB2971EEE77330B7C51"><enum>(B)</enum><text>explore means for
enhancing the resilience of forest ecosystems and forest-dependent
communities;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD1778D1512344EDC869A4693CA7CA8AB"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the promotion of
mechanisms to deliver resources for local action and to address the needs,
interests, and participation of local and indigenous communities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50A46347A65E4DA68156FE6E554A2E61"><enum>(11)</enum><text>monitoring and
evaluation of the results of the activities conducted under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD7DF87EEFCD4B1A93DA5C4E9672CA6B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mechanisms</header><text>The
Administrator shall apply the administrative authorities under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), except to the extent
inconsistent with the provisions of this title, to the same extent and in the
same manner as such authorities apply to the implementation of such Act to
support activities to achieve the objectives identified in section 103(b)
by—</text>
<paragraph id="H1BEE4002EE46402087F93EBBB6C89F3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>developing and
implementing programs and projects that achieve such objectives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDE9EB71BE1CF4ABFB012273F4D999BAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent
practicable, giving priority in the review process to activities under
subsection (b)(1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5C17DFF45087454FA355C23EE40D7709"><enum>(3)</enum><text>as appropriate,
considering multi-year funding arrangements in carrying out the purposes of
this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8AF92150D6794EF0A3D207FC9D331790"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>The
Administrator shall establish program criteria that—</text>
<paragraph id="id1818BB0D6BA94ED1B682AFCCCCB3F0E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that
emissions reductions achieved through supported activities—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF34CA5399CAA4C20AE3936154896E838"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are additional,
measurable, verifiable, and monitored; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8CED098FF4184DA58CA104D0AE6FA24F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>account for
leakage, uncertainty, and permanence;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3230CE65B7BF4E62AA9510379EB5E797"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9E6EDECA44814315B13E47D344798AD6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the establishment
of a national deforestation baseline for each country with national
deforestation reduction activities that is used to account for reductions
achieved from such activities; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id38FB573ACA5C46048BABE3EA74DED41F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if a developing
country has taken policies and measures to reduce emissions from deforestation
or forest degradation, but has not established a national baseline, the
provision of a credible, transparent, accurate, and conservative alternative
for quantifying emissions;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B1B96E7316546908A409CBBAAB37BA7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide that each
national deforestation baseline established under paragraph (2)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60B9895542F840EBB568EAF15B1F62DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is national in
scope;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA96EE13E76634A159184369DBFDCA721"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is consistent with
nationally appropriate mitigation commitments or actions with respect to
deforestation, taking into consideration—</text>
<clause id="id9F5A9EDBA31E44FFB03213003329ABFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
average annual historical deforestation rates of the country during a period of
at least 5 years;</text>
</clause><clause id="idD415F66747594D5DBE7BC3441CAEE7AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the applicable
drivers of deforestation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC071EC382A624EE688B79A8E38539FBF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other factors
to ensure additionality;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0334782754D400883AEF307EFCB4BD6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establishes a
trajectory that would result in zero net deforestation by not later than 20
years after the date on which the baseline is established;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E88A30F38674C0BA4DED4D8FEE821BB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is adjusted over
time to take account of changing national circumstances; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C2C587556D645DD9C052298725276B5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>is designed to
account for all significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions from
deforestation in the country;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H38BFEFCADA30452D990030EC9765F68C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>with respect to
support provided pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b), require
emissions reductions to be achieved and verified before the provision of any
support under this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2333BFDF5FB54EF8BBB1E8052CE73FF9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>with respect to
accounting for subnational deforestation reduction activities that lack the
standardized or precise measurement and monitoring techniques needed for a full
accounting of changes in emissions or baselines, or are subject to other
sources of uncertainty, apply a conservative discount factor to reflect the
uncertainty regarding the levels of reductions achieved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A4F079053294BADA198B6058A1BAB53"><enum>(6)</enum><text>ensure that
activities under this title are designed, carried out, and managed—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EE59A5F13074B209DB59A0AA7AC122E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>using forest
management practices that—</text>
<clause id="id3CDDC1F92C534B0E9E42343781BE45EB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>improve the
livelihoods of forest communities;</text>
</clause><clause id="idFA5BCD445B7B4B238CE35A9B6ED513EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>maintain natural
biodiversity, resilience, and carbon storage capacity of forests; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB438D1743274494CBCBFBDA8B8943F1A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to the extent
practicable, do not adversely impact the permanence of forest carbon stocks or
emissions reductions;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0964ACB87C145288043313CA4CA0667"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in a way that
promotes the maintenance of intact forests, protects associated biodiversity,
and restores native forest species and ecosystems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3356DDEC176F4619B67578EA9F501CB7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to avoid the
introduction of invasive nonnative species;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9227B884FF0A4FD2A1C20AE5F661B8AA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in an open and
transparent process, which—</text>
<clause id="id30389CFD2D2B420CA443DACD136DE035"><enum>(i)</enum><text>includes broad
stakeholder participation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC62E587964AF4578B7EDC9C30E2570A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>takes into
account the needs and interests of local communities, forest-dependent
communities, indigenous peoples, and vulnerable social groups;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28AF744613674291B45B58B0C496CA93"><enum>(E)</enum><text>with consultations
with, and full and effective participation of, local communities, indigenous
peoples, and forest-dependent communities in affected areas, as partners and
primary stakeholders, before and during the design, planning, implementation,
and monitoring and evaluation of activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H004EC0E321A04723A673AA7F4D1F447C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>with equitable
sharing of profits and benefits derived from the activities with local
communities, indigenous peoples, and forest-dependent communities; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0EAF26CD4876414CA8E61E9FF2992064"><enum>(7)</enum><text>with respect to
support for all activities under this title, seek to ensure the establishment
and enforcement of legal regimes, standards, processes, and safeguards by the
country in which the activities occur, as a condition of such support or as a
proposed activity to be supported, which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H482E989A45944F3BA1016440A0E1AA8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protect the rights
and interests of local communities, indigenous peoples, forest-dependent
communities, and vulnerable social groups;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0DF1284F59134F6FB2EF49FAA780C511"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promote
consultations with local communities, indigenous peoples, and forest-dependent
communities in affected areas, as partners and primary stakeholders, before and
during the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of
activities under this title; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65C7FE758FDD460AAC73BE549C357235"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure equitable
sharing of profits and benefits from incentives for emissions reductions or
leakage prevention with local communities, indigenous peoples, and
forest-dependent communities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8BBFB77711F54EE9B379A8E4F4487FCA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Scope</header>
<paragraph id="idBBDA0E7BC55B4E97A296C5E8DE1101C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reduced
emissions from forest degradation</header><text>The Administrator shall include
reduced emissions from forest degradation within the scope of activities under
this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8D569E150C64FADBDB0F253B8EA975B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator determines, in
consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,
that sufficient methodologies and technical capacities exist to measure,
monitor, and account for the emissions referred to in paragraph (1), the
Administrator may expand the eligible activities under this title, as
appropriate, to include reduced soil carbon-derived emissions associated with
deforestation and degradation of forested wetlands and peatlands, or other land
use types, consistent with a comprehensive approach to maintaining and
enhancing forests, increasing climate resiliency, reducing emissions, and
increasing removals of greenhouse gases.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H196BC877C5124CDE8AE72444C06F7250"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Accounting</header><text>The
Administrator shall establish a publicly accessible registry of the emissions
reductions achieved through support provided under this title each year, after
appropriately discounting for uncertainty and other relevant factors as
required by the standards established under subsection (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9be375de47f74f669a2dd73111a93437"><enum>(g)</enum><header>International
Deforestation Reduction Program Insurance Account for Noncompletion or
Reversal</header><text>In furtherance of the objective described in section
103(b)(1), the Administrator shall develop and implement a program that—</text>
<paragraph id="id7C6674E2F66542A790E73D95AEE0E5C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>addresses
noncompletion or reversal with respect to any greenhouse gas emissions that
were not, or are no longer, sequestered; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC0AA64DDC717471CA257A311AF4CA30E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may include a
mechanism to hold in reserve a portion of the amount allocated for projects to
support this program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H529BF367A29B4D8DBAD3F544AFC156D6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Transition to
national reductions</header>
<paragraph id="id59237378A19E424782D4FC906D375520"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Beginning 8 years after the date on which a country
entered into the agreement or arrangement required under subsection
(a)(1)(B)(iii), the Administrator shall determine, based on the criteria
described in paragraph (2), whether assistance should be provided to such
country under this title for any subnational deforestation reduction
activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id272BB2BE6368460FBDE18BE317683E16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension of
support authorization</header><text>The Administrator may extend, for an
additional 5 years, the period during which assistance is authorized for a
country under this title, if the Administrator determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E297F18415A492B84BDED43743EB091"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the country is
making substantial progress towards adopting and implementing a program to
achieve reductions in deforestation measured against a national
baseline;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D8E0F717D024C81B875A1947ED11E6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the greenhouse gas
emissions reductions achieved are not resulting in significant leakage;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE903CB1B499049EB9C738B7BCE743849"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the greenhouse gas
emissions reductions achieved are being appropriately discounted to account for
any leakage that is occurring.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3166AFA4EBFB42F9BEFB32BC0899F8CE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Activities
warranting continued assistance</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1),
the Administrator may provide assistance for activities to further the
objectives listed in paragraph (2) or (3) of section 103(b) beyond the 8-year
period described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H800BC233E23B4298BF3B0A0A67AAB5DB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Coordination
with foreign assistance</header><text>Subject to the direction of the
President, the Administrator shall, to the extent practicable and consistent
with the objectives of this program, seek to align activities under this
section with broader development, poverty alleviation, or natural resource
management objectives and initiatives in the recipient country.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5058D4D6C77A469C8846E11985E1CCAD"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Support as
supplement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provision of
assistance for activities under this title shall be used to supplement, and not
to supplant, any other Federal, State, or local support available to carry out
such qualifying activities under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID32e90a40ad284327957210b720984cc7"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Funding
limitation</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out this section
in any fiscal year, not more than 7 percent may be used for the administrative
expenses of the United States Agency for International Development in support
of activities described in subsection (b). Such amount shall be in addition to
other amounts otherwise available for such purposes.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4022E2D39DF949559E9A10CA373A69D9"><enum>105.</enum><header>Legal
effect</header>
<paragraph id="H23577B974CFC4FB3BE12F455656DA9DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this title may be construed to supersede,
limit, or otherwise affect any restriction imposed by Federal law or regulation
on any interaction between an entity located in the United States and an entity
located in a foreign country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0461611C5F0547ABB86989E550B0E367"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Role of the
Secretary of State</header><text>Nothing in this title may be construed to
affect the role of the Secretary of State or the responsibilities of the
Secretary under section 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2382(c)).</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Assistance for
clean technology activities</header>
<section id="H3B77EA79C26340959CC9473029A0F14D"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HB9A82B07FC3E480CA2B0644E1AF4A557"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Convention</header><text>The
term <term>Convention</term> means the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, done at New York on May 9, 1992, and entered into force on
March 21, 1994.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05736DAA856D4B1CA1B4B416E3385290"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
country</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>eligible country</term> means a developing country that the interagency
group has determined to be an eligible country under section 204.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9CD3AD92549F466CB6188CB6BDD13368"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Interagency
group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>interagency group</term> means the group established by the President
under section 203(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26936BF0A8104DCFBDBF8F535A725281"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Least developed
country</header><text>The term <term>least developed country</term> means a
foreign country the United Nations has identified as among the least developed
of developing countries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA78ABA21B2C4BA4AA59E38BAC3929AE"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Qualifying
activity</header><text>The term <term>qualifying activity</term> means an
activity that the Secretary of State has determined to be a qualifying activity
under section 205.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C6D3AFD52D848008A17345A4077A019"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Qualifying
entity</header><text>The term <term>qualifying entity</term> means a national,
regional, or local government in, or a nongovernmental organization or private
entity located or operating in, an eligible country.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC4FBAE063D5948C1BCCEB76C9D3CBB7E"><enum>202.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are to provide
United States assistance and leverage private resources—</text>
<paragraph id="id74295438AA2B4603BA6FA65F4899BD6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to encourage widespread implementation of
activities in developing countries that reduce, sequester, or avoid greenhouse
gas emissions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF15750D37A24162AD280C4538B3CB12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to encourage such
countries to adopt policies and measures, including sector-based and
cross-sector policies and measures, that substantially reduce, sequester, or
avoid greenhouse gas emissions, while shifting the economies of such countries
to low carbon development pathways and increasing access to clean energy
supplies, including the capacities of recipient countries to effectively
measure and report the implementation of these policies and measures
internationally;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7efcf070da894e6aa34941e01683b07f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to enhance
economic opportunities for the United States internationally through activities
described in section 205 and collaborative research and development;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A4DDF4D4FEE4EDA8A9E9CB57A735698"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to promote the
successful negotiation of a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E38DA718EB24250B3F11BFCF7B73935"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to promote robust
compliance with, and enforcement of existing international legal requirements
for, the protection of intellectual property rights, as formulated in the
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights referred to
in—</text>
<subparagraph id="id85C6610BD4194BA687D9C08719DAD249"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section
101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3511">19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15)</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE2D53DA72837415899232095F5FB5C81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>applicable
intellectual property provisions of bilateral trade agreements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HC5B8E7E39493492FAF0142C73BFA268D"><enum>203.</enum><header>Assistance for
clean energy technology activities</header>
<subsection id="HEC17C87585164BBEA63DD1F58A003C36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
the International Clean Energy Deployment Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State, in consultation
with the interagency group established under subsection (b), shall establish
the International Clean Energy Deployment Program to provide assistance to
qualifying entities to carry out qualifying activities in eligible
countries.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H96A21C07F3D3474DBE734FC2602A19D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interagency
group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall
establish an interagency group to administer the program established under
subsection (a). The members of the interagency group shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HDC657B50796A48DF99C152628D2070C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D20BB2F69504E849A2F067EC3B0ED1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H916F9DE20DE24FD8A949E45092E588D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Energy;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E367012011C4709B7559939C3B31719"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Secretary of
the Treasury;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43A0FB903C524A61830A43E12A3DEBB1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Commerce;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47C4E4AE18C1423FA8F08242B8E3513C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id134828C5F3B14EB1B30648F8C04046CE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the United States
Trade Representative; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB71E07AB455E437389E5E7D842AB4800"><enum>(8)</enum><text>any other head of
a Federal agency or executive branch appointee designated by the
President.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE5FBCB58AB664CA08230062B8418497E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The
Secretary of State shall serve as the chairperson of the interagency group
established under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H30E4519276A14B0CA6652DA10412081E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance provided
pursuant to this title shall be used to supplement, and not to supplant, any
other Federal, State, or local resources available to carry out activities that
are qualifying activities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9d332f8d4add4f2fb610ea8909e8d544"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Expert Panel on
Technology Deployment</header>
<paragraph id="id8C2D3EB4F6BD4824A7C1D2DBD8AD58AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established an expert panel to provide guidance on technology deployment and
programs supported under this title to the interagency group.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idDFA8103053B34DC08DBB5FC3E1A45668"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
panel established under paragraph (1) shall include representatives who are
experts in clean energy technology deployment from the private sector, leading
academic institutions, and civil society.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB79A0163E7584AACB968243360F52CC0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
panel established under paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable, provide
the interagency group with—</text>
<subparagraph id="idCD972F8AB7D644128C21A65B01022C80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assessments of
best practices in clean energy technology deployment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8B555D15F60F4344A4F93CF761304EF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations
on mechanisms and approaches for promoting its deployment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2285E5B60B034A7AA50C310427695B95"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other guidance
requested by the interagency group.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC21C50866A9A497B8B36430413D2B237"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Assistance
under this title for the activities described in section 205(1) shall be
limited to—</text>
<paragraph id="idD6FF20D60AE846E0A270C2FA17C3FB12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the cost of
retrofitting existing facilities with the technologies described in such
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1ECDB00E1253427588B4D2626491AA4D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the incremental
cost of purchasing and installing such technologies at new facilities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4D3634A7247649BB92F6589AB7F6E0AF"><enum>204.</enum><header>Determination
of eligible countries</header>
<subsection id="H44D12BE3A4E04AACAD0719047BAB30A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The interagency group established under section 203 shall
determine that a country is an eligible country if the country—</text>
<paragraph id="H89ACD4152A7D4E35A566204A56AB3665"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is a developing
country that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12254CB676F4437DB9CC88B42AE87D0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has entered into
an international agreement to which the United States is a party, under which
the country agrees to take actions to produce measurable, reportable, and
verifiable greenhouse gas emissions mitigation; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF286E8BA999E47A296806214D2757BF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is determined by
the interagency group to have in force national policies and measures that are
capable of measuring, reporting, and verifying changes in greenhouse gas
emissions;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D62DD6C3F174DD0A937EA2410AB8867"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has developed
nationally appropriate mitigation actions that seek to achieve substantial
reductions, sequestration, or avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, relative
to business-as-usual levels;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H029A0F5980A041299811C4E5F0EEAC8E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>subject to
subsection (b)(1), meets such other criteria as the President determines will
serve the purposes of this title or other United States national security,
foreign policy, environmental, or economic objectives, including robust
compliance with and enforcement of existing international legal requirements
for the protection of intellectual property rights for clean technology, as
formulated in—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8C49E69D3C53411BA4DBDACAEAC54542"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Agreement on
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, referred to in section
101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3511">19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15)</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id61D55B998481497B8B764EAA61C9BC70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>applicable
intellectual property provisions of bilateral trade agreements; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID83b7c720520c47dc953f6ce9d1f3989b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is a most
vulnerable developing country seeking to increase clean energy access through
the adoption and use of appropriate clean energy technologies that can also
increase community-level resilience and adaptation to the impacts of climate
change.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3EA14239C6494A45AFB329593B4B49AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="H0D7A8E344A5945788C08E3EBC257BBD2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application to
bilateral assistance</header><text>Subsection (a)(3) shall only apply to
bilateral assistance authorized under section 206(a)(5).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB5A9F39D4ED4A6B98C6260270FD976E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application to
least developed countries</header><text>The eligibility criteria in this
section do not apply in the case of least developed countries receiving
assistance described in section 205(7) for the purpose of building capacity to
meet such eligibility criteria.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H67487C5EBB774382800AEF4C8D5F8FE1"><enum>205.</enum><header>Determination
of qualifying activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">An
activity is a qualifying activity if the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the interagency group, determines that the activity is a clean technology
activity (including building relevant technical and institutional capacity)
that will contribute to substantial, measurable, reportable, and verifiable
reductions, sequestration, or avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions,
including—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F73542E9879483D859A5169E2DCA10C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the deployment of
technologies to capture and sequester carbon dioxide emissions from electric
generating units or large industrial sources, except that assistance under this
title for such deployment shall be limited to the cost of retrofitting existing
facilities with such technologies or the incremental cost of purchasing and
installing such technologies at new facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0169D448831E4AD1B9E419BBE894AD70"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the deployment of
renewable electricity generation from wind, solar, sustainably produced biomass
and biochar systems, geothermal, marine, or hydrokinetic sources;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A580AC4984D4F09A91165607CF0FEB9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>substantial
increases in the efficiency of electricity transmission, distribution, and
consumption;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA687CDBA585345798FCC5A9DE8139189"><enum>(4)</enum><text>deployment of low-
or zero emissions technologies that are facing financial or other barriers to
their widespread deployment which could be addressed through support under this
title in order to reduce, sequester, or avoid emissions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF3281FCF402F4FB39197D93B3C118CFB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>reduction in
transportation sector emissions through increased transportation system and
vehicle efficiency or use of transportation fuels that have life cycle
greenhouse gas emissions that are substantially lower than those attributable
to fossil fuel-based alternatives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DCEBB48A3B846DB8F4650F492374BD1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>reduction in black
carbon emissions; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5A7474E10969401C8CBDF8D6F5167C46"><enum>(7)</enum><text>capacity building
activities, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6BD91904E07D44E5B37F5507517512DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing and
implementing methodologies and programs for measuring and quantifying
greenhouse gas emissions and verifying emissions mitigation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBADF85F61301406FB8C85FFC853AF147"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assessing,
developing, and implementing technology and policy options for greenhouse gas
emissions mitigation and avoidance of future emissions, including sector and
cross-sector mitigation strategies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C388B47BF824CF6AA3D8FD685A72A3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing other
forms of technical assistance to facilitate the qualification for, and receipt
of, assistance under this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID95abe9d637124c3e9a6e8cd45a26dd12"><enum>(D)</enum><text>enhancing the
technical capacity of regulatory authorities, planning agencies, and related
institutions in developing countries to promote clean energy technologies and
practices, including through increased transparency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb13928a020bd4918894e09bdb1be1756"><enum>(E)</enum><text>deployment of
training and instruction regarding installation and maintenance of renewable
technology; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf47af2bd02d1420c9579ad6f9627b738"><enum>(F)</enum><text>activities that
support the development and implementation of intellectual property rights
frameworks in developing countries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H3F319C10F0284C7A806110C211722FB2"><enum>206.</enum><header>Distribution
and administration of assistance</header>
<subsection id="H6DEA154D8754474F85F8E9C0818B8A1A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Distribution of
assistance</header>
<paragraph id="HCD90E2F5F7224AAAA81913DF322851A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State, after consultation with the interagency group established under section
203, shall distribute assistance under this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD5429D02C0914AA7888E42DEEB7AACFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the form of
bilateral assistance, in accordance with paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21BD01FE8A9D4AD1B765A63BA19E0941"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to multilateral
funds or institutions pursuant to the Convention or an agreement negotiated
under the Convention; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H940BFF216FDD4E10BEEFD286A0C6C8FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>through some
combination of the mechanisms described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H87F4E86444D74C74B7949A157BA0D14F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution
through international fund or institution</header><text>If assistance is
provided through a multilateral fund or institution under paragraph (1), the
Secretary of State shall seek to ensure the establishment and implementation of
adequate mechanisms to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEA11926172849158C87FAFA57A3A5EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>apply and enforce
the criteria for determining eligible countries and qualifying activities under
sections 204 and 205, respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDAAAA0A88E945DB99D8F8DBE38168D7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>require public
reporting describing the process and methodology for selecting the ultimate
recipients of assistance and a description of each activity that received
assistance, including the amount of obligations and expenditures for
assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2B4AA713F9B4B869F08403947447D05"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prohibit the
expenditure of funds for the benefit of any qualifying activity if that
qualifying activity or any activity relating to that qualifying activity
undermines the robust compliance with, and enforcement of, existing legal
requirements for the protection of intellectual property rights for clean
technology, as formulated in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights, referred to in section 101(d)(15) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3511">19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc53bfb5e06104057aa3aedda9d502ab1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reserve fund
for least developed countries</header><text>The Secretary of State shall ensure
that the most vulnerable developing countries have access to financial
assistance made available under this title by annually holding 15 percent of
such assistance in reserve for access by least developed countries with
greenhouse gas emissions below 0.5 percent of global emissions. The Secretary
may authorize the use of such amounts for other purposes authorized under this
title if it is not feasible to utilize such reserve fund for assistance for
least developed countries before the end of the fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75BD7622DA5F43F69AB6E92C594CA7CC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Bilateral
assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="H09473F62012E497394A4D3DD39ADD2D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Bilateral assistance under paragraph (1) shall be carried
out by the Secretary of State, or such other Federal agency head as the
President may designate, in consultation with the interagency group.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFB9B3D0E0574A11A2599C35ABDEB0D5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Not
more than 15 percent of the assistance made available for bilateral assistance
under this title in any year may be used to support activities in any single
country.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C62C4DF9EAC4BC1B087BA0CE630F2BA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Selection
criteria</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State, or such other Federal agency head as the
President may designate, after consultation with the interagency group, shall
develop and publish a set of criteria to be used in evaluating activities
within eligible countries for bilateral assistance under this title, such
as—</text>
<clause id="HE5C181D20BC7422DBF7015B90FA7D491"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
activity is a qualifying activity;</text>
</clause><clause id="H259E222EB053481E9CD9AF6AA46C17CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
activity will be conducted as part of an eligible country’s nationally
appropriate mitigation actions or as part of an eligible country’s actions
towards providing a nationally appropriate mitigation strategy to reduce,
sequester, or avoid emissions being implemented by the eligible country;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA34E29E7ABC745D7BC40F7395D47BD95"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the activity
will not have adverse effects on human health, safety, or welfare, the
environment, or natural resources;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA2F8C54B971F469599AAC6164C73C2B2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any
technologies deployed through bilateral assistance under this title will be
properly implemented and maintained;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEB62446062954CD3B67E3BC83F284DEE"><enum>(v)</enum><text>costs of the
activity will be shared by the host country government, private sector parties,
or a multinational development bank, except that this clause does not apply to
least developed countries;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDFE2223B23BB49768293129766899486"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the
activity would not undermine the protection of intellectual property rights for
clean technology, as formulated in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights, referred to in section 101(d)(15) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3511">19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15)</external-xref>), and
applicable intellectual property provisions of bilateral trade agreements;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H35AC654F55014DDCB70A49D8507CCE09"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the activity
meets such other requirements as the interagency group determines appropriate
to further the purposes of this title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA30C0DC01DD4B82B5299AA70F92E787"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Criteria
preferences</header><text>The criteria under subparagraph (C) shall give
preference to activities that—</text>
<clause id="H0263D4A83E2749F384DB66DDB18962F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promise to achieve
large-scale greenhouse gas reductions, sequestration, or avoidance at a
national, sectoral or cross-sectoral level;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1625BCA1BFAD4CCFBA300B6AE2A586A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>have the
potential to catalyze a shift within the host country towards widespread
deployment and commercialization of low- or zero-carbon energy technologies and
to reduce energy poverty;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB00B1A27A3B341658162E07735BCCFCA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>build technical
and institutional capacity and other activities that are unlikely to be
attractive to private sector funding;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA61A15D7C97F400384244815AE55A444"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>maximize
opportunities to leverage other sources of assistance and catalyze
private-sector investment; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id8755B48C5D4540D09E8AC2AD78DA94D5"><enum>(v)</enum><text>facilitate
collaboration among the national laboratories, educational institutions,
private sectors, local and national policymakers, and other technical and
policy experts with respect to developing and commercializing clean and
efficient energy technologies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDeb04cbf038274634bb984c424d345808"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration
of assistance</header><text>In administering assistance under this title, the
interagency group shall work to ensure that such assistance is distributed in a
manner that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID037df20ad6e947f2be1dc722e0673344"><enum>(1)</enum><text>best promotes the
participation of, and investments by, the private sector;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4c050e2e060e484ea5340c3bc60708f4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is consistent
with commitments made by the United States under international climate
agreements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb4075f77365d4f50a87d49916c51569e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>targets the
reduction or elimination of the increased costs associated with deploying clean
technologies in place of traditional technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID93cbd21d9b564c6c88bd8847b935ea73"><enum>(4)</enum><text>takes into
consideration the assessments and recommendations of the Expert Panel on
Technology Deployment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5d78d284b6a84c11b13b3837a6c88bfb"><enum>(5)</enum><text>aligns activities
under this section with broader development, poverty alleviation, or natural
resource management objectives and initiatives in the recipient country;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID31551d9f7ae241329f3141fa64c62ae8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>increases clean
energy access through the adoption and the use of appropriate clean energy
technologies that can also increase community-level resilience and adaptation
to the impacts of climate change;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb70e2fc4abf54e30b520f81fc36a941d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>supports projects
or programs that contain provisions for cross-border sharing of experiences,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7ebdd5ba26b64e56a32054ec63690116"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a plan for how
the funded project or program will share experiences or lessons learned through
relevant institutions, agencies, partnerships, or networks; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc89ee13390f74bd0b4669d9cb95c0c14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>measures for
local capacity building and access for cross-visitation for appropriate
interested stakeholders and governments;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID61d76dd14e99498e9103ceb8223db680"><enum>(8)</enum><text>consider
public-private partnerships, as appropriate, to support collaborative efforts;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1ddaf5379a2f4ecba7d90935959d8d8f"><enum>(9)</enum><text>provides exposure
and market development assistance for recipient entities assistance under this
title and for the corresponding technology, as appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>International
climate change adaptation and global security program</header>
<section id="H701B434D9DDB4B4CA3C14079103E5F4E"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H5C05942BDD98471FA5767B529E763E49"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Most vulnerable
communities and populations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>most vulnerable communities
and populations</term> means communities and populations that are at risk of
substantial adverse impacts of climate change and have limited capacity to
respond to such impacts, including women, impoverished communities, children,
and indigenous peoples.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC12798C2494A4EDD88491FB167DC4BE3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Most vulnerable
developing countries</header><text>The term <term>most vulnerable developing
countries</term> means, as determined by the Administrator, developing
countries that are at risk of substantial adverse impacts of climate change and
have limited capacity to respond to such impacts, considering the approaches
included in any international treaties and agreements.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID589950fe860e41768d59580c82ab9c3e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nongovernmental
organization</header><text>The term <term>nongovernmental
organization</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="id43A717032EB14269AF8E6F13B0B85C89"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means
organizations that are not part of a governmental structure; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF886A73247704C188140A2038E1B2539"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes
environmental groups, research institutions, business groups, and associations
of urban and local governments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1FB9B0B301E5441CAA8968336349FB99"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The
term <term>Program</term> means the International Climate Change Adaptation and
Global Security Program established under section 303.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD6C5E61AFBE94DD0BBDCFDEAE87327C0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change</header><text>The term <term>United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change</term> or
<term>Convention</term> means the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change done at New York on May 9, 1992, and entered into force on March
21, 1994.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H398FB8F0BFD84419BF0CAFA9DD83B91B"><enum>302.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purposes of this title are—</text>
<paragraph id="HD3E444BD42434488BD94AE4FF641E82C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide new and
additional assistance from the United States to the most vulnerable developing
countries, particularly the most vulnerable communities and populations in such
countries, to support the development and implementation of climate change
adaptation programs and activities that reduce the vulnerability and increase
the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on
water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources,
timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and
human migration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H293013F03F6C4C33AC8C2EED44113D9C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to provide such
assistance in a manner that protects and promotes the national security,
foreign policy, environmental, and economic interests of the United States to
the extent such interests may be advanced by minimizing, averting, or
increasing resilience to climate change impacts.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1905E2D6734F475C8B825DDDFD02E0CE"><enum>303.</enum><header>International
Climate Change Adaptation and Global Security Program</header>
<subsection id="H536EB33B86234475883F3939B786382D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Administrator, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall
establish an International Climate Change Adaptation and Global Security
Program to provide assistance in accordance with the requirements of this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H34A43E19FDA54A13A1F342443E6D3581"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Supplement not
supplant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance provided
under this title shall be used to supplement, and not to supplant, any other
Federal, State, or local resources available to carry out activities of the
type carried out under the Program.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4E2EC43E34234BAD8FE5D0F4500CA142"><enum>304.</enum><header>Distribution of
assistance</header>
<subsection id="H4F79AD2DB909453096E6EEAF34DE14C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of State, or such other Federal agency head
as the President may designate, after consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Administrator, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall direct assistance under the
Program—</text>
<paragraph id="H0C3591A9B6594406A89E5E3A7B25C691"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the form of
bilateral assistance pursuant to the requirements under section 305;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H052F34797AAB43888BC8E7A4AB9DEB35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to multilateral
funds or international institutions pursuant to the Convention or an agreement
negotiated under the Convention; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45E0466FA79E4A6999E36CFFE9CF71DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>through a
combination of the mechanisms identified under paragraphs (1) and (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6EAD02C8F7F24710BD59A8B7EE516942"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H65C24D123F97405298EF7A506BE0A6FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conditional
distribution to multilateral funds or international institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any fiscal year, the Secretary of State,
or such other Federal agency head as the President may designate, in
consultation with the Administrator, the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall provide at least 40 percent and up to 60 percent of the
assistance available to carry out the Program to 1 or more multilateral funds
or international institutions that meet the requirements of paragraph (2). The
Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not
later than 15 days before providing assistance to a multilateral fund or
international institution under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FF7E5312CD343BEA07D8E4F9ECC54DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Multilateral
fund or international institution eligibility</header><text>A multilateral fund
or international institution is eligible to receive assistance under the
Program—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB704ACBC99E42F28CE77DEF2CFEEA9B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>if—</text>
<clause id="H6CEB2E3402504598B0B9A7B0310652D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>such
fund or institution is established pursuant to—</text>
<subclause id="H73457D163F454635A0A81644876D896D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Convention;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC091E7AFCEDA4569A200641CC44FD8DB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an agreement
negotiated under the Convention; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H27934085CC324697B3064CFF6A0551CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
assistance is directed to 1 or more multilateral funds or international
development institutions, pursuant to an agreement negotiated under the
Convention; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F6F8E405D5543369ED6E4DC18AFDB8C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if such fund or institution—</text>
<clause id="H69B273D4613B41DCADDDCD16045B2BDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>specifies the
terms and conditions under which the United States is to provide assistance to
the fund or institution, and under which the fund or institution is to provide
assistance to recipient countries;</text>
</clause><clause id="H480480CA730943238B69C7ED40E038D9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensures that
assistance from the United States to the fund or institution and the principal
and income of the fund or institution are disbursed only for purposes that are
consistent with the purposes described in section 302(1);</text>
</clause><clause id="HE1A9364E56544871BB95C6D9745FEDF4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>requires a
regular meeting of a governing body of the fund or institution that includes
representation from countries among the most vulnerable developing countries
and provides public access;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE38CEC30A68047BCA0D359F02CF33AB2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>requires that
local communities, particularly the most vulnerable communities and populations
in such communities, and indigenous peoples in areas in which any activities or
programs are planned are engaged through adequate disclosure of information,
public participation, and consultation, including full consideration of the
interdependence of vulnerable communities and ecosystems to promote the
resilience of local communities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2F38A2F09A7C4CC6A20CDD3DD4D19906"><enum>(v)</enum><text>prepares and makes
public an annual report that—</text>
<subclause id="HE692E63832464AEC9E564CC9AF009D72"><enum>(I)</enum><text>describes the
process and methodology for selecting the recipients of assistance from the
fund or institution, including assessments of socioeconomic and bio-physical
vulnerability;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H415D5AEAF0C04FB9AD408986258759B1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>describes
specific programs and activities supported by the fund or institution and the
extent to which the assistance is addressing the adaptation needs of the most
vulnerable developing countries, and the most vulnerable communities and
populations therein;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H777B87485B34416CA0F06670E9C70BA0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>describes the
performance goals for assistance authorized under the fund or institution and
expresses such goals in an objective and quantifiable form, to the extent
practicable; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDbdd58f3c05624d50902c254c8e54d679"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>describes
procedures taken to minimize detrimental environmental and natural resources
impacts, while maximizing local adaptation ability.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9FA586D90524CFEAE88E9133734484C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Oversight</header>
<paragraph id="HBFCB730E7A3C4985829088217F14707B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Distribution to
multilateral funds or international institutions</header><text>The Secretary of
State, or such other Federal agency head as the President may designate, in
consultation with the Administrator, shall oversee the distribution of
assistance under the Program to a multilateral fund or international
institution under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4A4A0FE4C8F4C0E805D547AA622BE0E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Bilateral
assistance</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary
of State, shall oversee the distribution of assistance available to carry out
the Program for bilateral assistance under section 305.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HEC903D4B710E4340ACF428522BCD8070"><enum>305.</enum><header>Bilateral
assistance</header>
<subsection id="HDA2B30E31B7444A18B9C614DE1F76588"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Activities and
foreign aid</header>
<paragraph id="H5D754900727846B286856589A2FA9204"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except to the extent inconsistent with this title, the
administrative authorities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq.) shall apply to the implementation of this title to the same
extent and in the same manner as such authorities apply to the implementation
of such Act in order to provide the Administrator with the authority to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD44940B4BE814D6E932AB0A51454BD60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide assistance
to the most vulnerable developing countries for—</text>
<clause id="H44670BC063DF484FAD0277ED2DDF884B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
development of national or regional climate change adaptation plans, including
a systematic assessment of socioeconomic vulnerabilities in order to identify
the most vulnerable communities and populations;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3616A41E9D254AF49DD189B26A881071"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>programs and
activities to support the development of associated national policies;</text>
</clause><clause id="H82C32C85AEAF4156BE05D5DE91285296"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>planning,
financing, and execution of adaptation programs and activities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDde17dacced7c4d18b6b52e152b4537c3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the development
of gender sensitive frameworks, strategies, and policies;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A3CF0E67C3B418E80938767766B47E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support
investments, capacity-building activities, and other assistance, to reduce
vulnerability and promote community-level resilience related to climate change
and its impacts in the most vulnerable developing countries, particularly of
most vulnerable communities and populations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3423C03F7DBC4A75A450A946573BA626"><enum>(C)</enum><text>support climate
change adaptation research in or for the most vulnerable developing
countries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26A351ABCBA6453FA75C464B8B99100E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>support the
deployment of technologies to help the most vulnerable developing countries
respond to the destabilizing impacts of climate change and encourage the
identification and adoption of appropriate renewable and efficient energy
technologies that are beneficial in increasing community-level resilience to
the impacts of global climate change in those countries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7537BAE8B4FC4419BDC5C4665E0CFA2E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>encourage the
engagement of local communities, particularly the most vulnerable communities
and the populations in such communities, through disclosure of information,
consultation, and their informed and active participation relating to the
development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of plans, programs, and
activities to increase their resilience to climate change impacts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB06CC07ECCAC407781A4C120DAB70ADA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>carry out other
programs or activities, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID625095bbd7ad42f39403ff65d8e35e44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible
activities and programs</header><text>In carrying out this section, the
Administrator may support activities and programs to—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3c05841efca946ea8a3e246073b87f56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>promote
resilience and adaptation to water scarcity and for water and
sanitation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe01f7a1a07b84b48bf9537fbf8cf3914"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support the
enhancement and diversification of agricultural, fishery, and other livelihoods
and promote food security and sustainable agricultural development,
particularly by addressing the needs, knowledge, and capacities of small-scale
farmers and fishers, including increasing farms productivity and adaptive
capacity in an equitable and environmentally sustainable manner;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9200bda35c5c4d2ab0d2bde08433a93b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>encourage the
protection and rehabilitation of natural ecosystems in order to provide
increased resilience to climate change for local communities and livelihoods
while protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb70b7109252a4f668c121dadea14099e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>support disaster
risk management, including activities to reduce disaster risk and promote
community-level insurance programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID15ecd9d81f1b4d38b1d91bd8306862bb"><enum>(E)</enum><text>support
investments and other assistance in sustainable infrastructure, especially in
urban areas vulnerable to climate change and its impacts, including support for
activities relating to urban infrastructure and transport, land management,
urban sustainable development strategies, and slum upgrading and
prevention;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2a43aa3114734982a96bb6397dee3a0e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>increase data
access and strengthen early warning systems; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9857d288c57b4ea8803fe737904acfde"><enum>(G)</enum><text>support other
programs and activities, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDffcf1ef5b3a844a5b3b33201bee12258"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other
considerations</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Administrator
shall ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID65ec5acd1efc4b9eb06d463b1b4dd7c8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the environmental
impact of proposed activities or programs is assessed through adequate
consultation, public participation, and disclosure of information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID99bacafe63924082a92b74bc3efd88cf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>activities and
programs avoid environmental degradation, to the maximum extent practicable;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID93cb5d57f1164acc829c61db94d27517"><enum>(C)</enum><text>activities under
this section are aligned, to the extent practicable, with broader development,
poverty alleviation, or natural resource management objectives and initiatives
in the recipient country.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B4E8F5B2E9440C49283D9DC1334AE66"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 10 percent of the assistance
made available to carry out bilateral assistance under this title in any year
may be distributed to support activities in any single country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3A372ECFD2C4E518FEB1962AF9AB578"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Prioritizing
assistance</header><text>In providing assistance under this section, the
Administrator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id69C9A5F7FEF14505893EA9CAAABE6C48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>give priority to
countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations in such
countries, that are most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change,
determined by the likelihood and severity of such impacts and the country’s
capacity to adapt to such impacts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0e42e20f82d2473aa2a266fc896b7da0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>as appropriate,
consider multi-year funding arrangements in carrying out this title,
particularly—</text>
<clause id="id663E4C7242964E15A2DD5055E40A1834"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if
the risk of political, economic, or social instability due to climate change
impacts poses a threat to the national security of the United States; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id8BE16B7CEBBB432EB0D609AE51B5D47A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to
reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change impacts in the
context of carrying out long-term development objectives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H065D7FC30AD24FEAB25D680F96531718"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Community
engagement</header>
<paragraph id="H8F315E34215941449295CC52B2DAB949"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall seek to ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA0300A0A87824911B83057C1D8E6D600"><enum>(A)</enum><text>seek to ensure
that local communities, particularly the most vulnerable communities and the
populations of such communities, in areas in which any programs or activities
are carried out pursuant to this section, are engaged in, through disclosure of
information, public participation, and consultation, the design,
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of such programs and activities;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA49F2091CD004ABCA78399E7E8DD98C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the needs and
interests of the most vulnerable communities and populations are addressed in
national or regional climate change adaptation plans.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE61F1D9505D14C6AA162DAB9FAB0535C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation and
disclosure</header><text>For each country receiving assistance under this
section, the Administrator shall establish a process for consultation with, and
disclosure of information to, local, national, and international stakeholders
regarding any programs and activities carried out pursuant to this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCF07B9538E7543B7B6B270CAF49FE85A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Initial
report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall
submit an initial report to the President and the appropriate congressional
committees that—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D994113ACAF4DB5A83799813532C405"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifies the
developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and the
populations of such communities, that are most vulnerable to climate change
impacts and in which assistance may have the greatest and most sustainable
benefit in reducing vulnerability to climate change; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE58C1C9D29A444B48730BB3325D60BB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describes the
process and methodology for selecting the recipients of assistance under
subsection (a)(1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6D947A029950446DBCA9DD776B4EEBBB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding
limitation</header><text>Of the funds made available to carry out this section
in any fiscal year, not more than 7 percent may be used for the administrative
expenses of the United States Agency for International Development in support
of activities described in this section. Such amount shall be in addition to
other amounts otherwise available for such purposes.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Evaluation and
reports</header>
<section id="IDde8fd5336c0440f4a0f5bcc41c0d3f70"><enum>401.</enum><header>Monitoring,
evaluation, and enforcement</header>
<subsection id="IDebf6f3ea6d4845a091c87cbdbfa380fa"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of monitoring and evaluation system</header>
<paragraph id="id22CBA0209D9849FE81EB7AEB87C5E76A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Strategic Interagency Board on International Climate
Investment (referred to in this title as the <quote>Board</quote>) shall
establish and implement a system to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and
efficiency of assistance provided under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFA73D704E9DA437BACA4A3316D932CF2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation
criteria</header><text>The system established under paragraph (1) shall be
designed to maximize the long-term sustainable development impact of assistance
provided under this Act, by—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0337b42f9e7f42d1ad8e03747bbddeb1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>including
performance indicators to be used in measuring or assessing the achievement of
the purposes of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa83e2f63908c40d7b71f5d0274437017"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluating the
extent to which the full disclosure of information and consultation and
informed participation by local communities is achieved;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID12d8b4fa084942f49a82e5379bd47627"><enum>(C)</enum><text>evaluating the
impacts of local community participation on the goals and objectives of the
projects and programs implemented under this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6a47f5d59a4a4800ad36f0bb3bb23666"><enum>(D)</enum><text>evaluating the
performance of activities receiving assistance under this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE4798B8F697344589FBFE86D5A830F2D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ensuring that
each Federal agency is carrying out their climate-related programs and
activities in developing countries in a coordinated manner that is—</text>
<clause id="id764D809886044BB187A397595043807C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consistent with
the purposes of this Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB3CD255C24A44D63B31138D611B94220"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>aligned with the
purposes and activities of such agency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID93447517e8854180b185986b2f040d87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
Board—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1e74d8f3da364270a3663eabd1dbf57a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in consultation
with national governments in recipient countries, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id02C0BB1B17D048E9AFE51E81A28BE6C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish
performance goals for assistance authorized under this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE5E79E0640394421BFFA67C1BD99215C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>express such
goals in an objective and quantifiable form, to the extent practicable;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2f505743ef844772bc6710c1c4bd9e0d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall, as
applicable establish and implement a system to monitor the extent to
which—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2BBF00FBFE6C41AD96D1B8A35FBFD14C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assistance
authorized under this Act—</text>
<clause id="idD4DDC42D3330451CABB7233109FC58EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is
meeting the purposes of this Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="id0448700598854B4CB88FC057E21C3CFD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is
addressing the adaptation needs of developing countries;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcb973b8dc6a145f28e018dd24594b1df"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>was used in the
development of national or regional climate change adaptation plans, including
conducting socioeconomic vulnerability assessments to identify the communities
and populations most vulnerable to climate change; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID26d27645448f49e2adc5b4582d450d9a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provided for
disclosure of information to, consultation with, and informed participation by
local communities;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID359f34b865fb44468c27fbfd2106a260"><enum>(B)</enum><text>local communities
participated in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs and
activities implemented pursuant to this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7d5b084d689043018d16442e3a1ae132"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the political
stability and security in developing countries that face potentially
destabilizing forces, exacerbated by the impacts of climate change, is
improved; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47009DC3162843D2BB713070952C06E7"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such risks would
pose a national security threat to the United States;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDcb908cc42015413499fb76e7cda6cc64"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall provide a
basis for recommendations for adjustments to assistance authorized under this
Act to enhance the impact of such assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29cc81f4e64a4c74a611bf44c534710b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Suspension or
termination of assistance</header><text>The Secretary of State may reduce,
suspend, or terminate assistance authorized under this Act for any activity if
the Secretary determines that the activity is not operating in compliance with
the approved project or activity.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID3718bc13827d4e66a55c1bbc043aea22"><enum>402.</enum><header>Reports and
review</header>
<subsection id="IDda738ec794e04480a441dd9b278acae9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="IDdf049d8795334b4f96c45df0207fa840"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Board shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD5047A2D12A844B587EF9350E4FD9A4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>submit a report
on the implementation of this Act, including findings resulting from the
monitoring and evaluation of programs and activities under section 401,
to—</text>
<clause id="id3282BCDD71F5496ABDA9EFC21C7B5D36"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
President;</text>
</clause><clause id="id7A0E1F04044243998183549E0C5E67DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB51CABBE43664B4E874683D50E91751F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="SSEV00">Committee on Environment and Public Works
of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id84B1A5D9EE1C42419AB74FE3D1A33D9C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id029EBAFAB30041ECB7EF425092143935"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House
of Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4295C821D9E74944AC9E365A44E0705E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make the reports
described in this Act available to the public.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID25b9771ffbb14c7db1fab81d5c1bd264"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Summary
report</header><text>The Chairperson of the Board shall prepare a summary
report that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6a3d75c2b7b942bdb7c0504436de2cf9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes the
strategy that agencies shall undertake to ensure that they carry out the
purposes of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa96530e36f064d8e905bfbf03dc33fd1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the
activities undertaken by Federal agencies to—</text>
<clause id="idF88C8692DA9241C58A2EB6DE75924D06"><enum>(i)</enum><text>accomplish the
policy objectives described in section 2; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id63B8778FF6BE4D609E18105ED7920570"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>cooperate with
other nations, international organizations, and primary stakeholders, including
local communities, nongovernmental organizations, and other populations that
have been impacted or effected by climate change;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc8214f806ab544789e2dc9b894381607"><enum>(C)</enum><text>summarizes the
financial support provided under this Act during the most recently completed
fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID94c1eb3ddfb1494db96e8f794dac9650"><enum>(D)</enum><text>evaluates United
States policies and foreign assistance designed to accomplish the policy
objectives described in section 2;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc81a6d8351664ed6a76521586995a3fa"><enum>(E)</enum><text>includes
recommendations for improving assistance policies and programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAFA2301BACDC45F8AB8E5E7A5707A441"><enum>(F)</enum><text>describes any
additional bilateral or multilateral actions necessary to further the policy
objectives described in section 2; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id038CE65055454A73AC8C4E65D13E88C3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>includes
recommendations for adjustments to assistance authorized under this Act to
enhance the impact of such assistance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3c6b32e40c0d4f0591d9120743761868"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Disaggregated
reports</header><text>Each of the Federal agencies responsible for carrying out
1 or more assistance programs authorized under title I, II, or III shall submit
a report to the Board and to the entities set forth in paragraph (1)(A) that
includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDd5887c9d57cb4e988e6502af1ab5bea2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of
the amount and value of the assistance provided during the most recently
completed fiscal year to each of the programs authorized under titles I, II and
III, as applicable;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4c525ef3909f42108f514e2501f153bc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of
each activity that received assistance during such fiscal year, and a
description of the anticipated and actual outcomes;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID535562b00fdc48c38efe4fe430718175"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of
the success of the assistance provided under this Act to improving the
technical and institutional capacity to implement substantial emissions
reductions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID800825d5242642789ce12f76591da274"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment of
any adverse effects to human health, safety, or welfare, the environment, or
natural resources as a result of activities receiving assistance under this
Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd30611f0cf4f4c3cb3b54d85c3a65bc6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of
the extent to which global climate change, through its potential negative
impacts on sensitive populations and natural resources in the most vulnerable
developing countries, may threaten, cause, or exacerbate political, economic,
environmental, cultural, or social instability or international conflict in
those countries;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID81adaca841524e048f8cd8050f1df0e1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a list of the
developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations
in such countries, that are most vulnerable to climate change impacts and in
which assistance may have the greatest and most sustainable benefit in reducing
vulnerability to climate change, including assistance in the form of deploying
technologies, investments, capacity building activities, and other types of
assistance for adaptation to climate change impacts and approaches to reduce
greenhouse gases in ways expected to provide community-level resilience to
climate change impacts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID20302c4c498a44129f8ec8295bf4d763"><enum>(G)</enum><text>if
applicable—</text>
<clause id="ID686c30a013a74d92bb2adb1dfad2e750"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an
estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions reductions, sequestration, or
avoidance achieved by assistance provided under this title during the prior
fiscal year;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDcbd3e46134ff47a78427f3dc171742a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an
assessment of whether any amounts expended for the benefit of any qualifying
activity undermined the protection of intellectual property rights for clean
technology, as formulated in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights, referred to in section 101(d)(15) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15)) and applicable intellectual
property provisions of bilateral trade agreements;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf19f71e4f7174256bf4b58c0145bcdb2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an assessment
of the deployment of clean energy technologies in developing countries;</text>
</clause><clause id="id04328F6C309741539E1D87770AC9BED9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the impediments
to market deployment of such technologies; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id33412C73B7914F0BA3815E09F7E0ED36"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an
assessment of the integration of representatives of the private sector and
other interested groups in the development and commercialization of clean and
efficient energy technologies.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa94a4bef8c8b4c04a2fe5eb71a912ad8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>International
progress report</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall
submit a report to Congress that describes the progress made toward reaching an
international agreement in which—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID73a044bb151043b9a0939ad047bb6361"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developed
countries commit to an economy-wide emission reduction or limitation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID207153e9ca4144daa8ab73bb7ba5ad43"><enum>(B)</enum><text>major emerging
economies commit to actions which result in substantial, quantified reductions
from their business-as-usual emissions pathway consistent with achieving 2050
global emission reductions goals;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0ae7dec1f70b4f72b439393dfe5a47ce"><enum>(C)</enum><text>developed
countries and major emerging economies commit to participate in robust
measurement, reporting, and verification procedures relating to their
internationally registered domestic actions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID004fa8c9cdae4208be646f7b0c35d29f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>there is a
mechanism to which parties to the agreement can address cases of noncompliance
with the obligations under the agreement described in subparagraphs (A) through
(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDda2caf218c1745058c57f0ecbb2f0a08"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reviews</header>
<paragraph id="IDd3d920cd548a409d974cc718464befc5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and every 3 years thereafter, the Board, in cooperation with the
National Academy of Sciences and other research and development institutions,
as appropriate, and drawing on, and being consistent with, reporting and
verification regimes in multilateral climate agreements to which the United
States is party, to the extent possible, shall review the global needs and
opportunities for climate change investment in developing countries,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDdf151eaf444848a9b88bb237ec122d4e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any guidelines or
rules established under this Act to carry out titles I, II, and III;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc4688019d9894036a776f9c1aed327a0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the progress of
international adaptation among the most vulnerable developing countries,
including—</text>
<clause id="idAEE6BFE68EFC4A23AB689D9C330E41FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
impacts of amounts expended under this Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="id4A0479C58F7949D0ACBBD92FE1D9DF2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the extent to
which adaptation needs are addressed;</text>
</clause><clause id="id804FC5E04F2940A4B9BAD0C564042A10"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the best
practices for adapting to climate change by promoting community-level
resilience and social, economic, political, environmental, and cultural
stability; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idC3054F8341F54A28A90216889217601C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any guidelines
or rules established by the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development to carry out title III;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID48c80d8e7bb54de9b7d382958c75ffe5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the progress of
research, development, deployment, diffusion, and transfer of clean energy
technologies, practices, and processes to developing countries,
including—</text>
<clause id="idBE78284F8D8F44AB97A1363265CFF49F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
impact of amounts expended under this Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8F3CD864CADA4118A54FB292D6A46096"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the extent to
which clean energy needs for mitigation, clean energy access, and resilience
building are met;</text>
</clause><clause id="idB337AA394A0945AD8E731CFCBEB92A17"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the best
practices for meeting the objectives referred to in clause (ii);</text>
</clause><clause id="idFEA92B37D2EF4F1CB686B6DFA5B27833"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any guidelines
or rules established by the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development to carry out title II; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID009c893cba2c43aeacee47eccb4cb6c3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>recommendations
for the heads of appropriate Federal departments and agencies on methods to
streamline Federal programs and policies to improve the role of such
departments and agencies in the development, commercialization, and improved
knowledge sharing of clean energy technologies;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3fb124ec17034cc58980483a68a46f2b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the progress made
through nationally appropriate greenhouse gas mitigation policies and actions
in developing countries to reduce deforestation and forest degradation and to
conserve or restore forest ecosystems, including an evaluation of the effects
on such progress from amounts expended under this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id764E97F4950D486485F158253A7F994E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the role the
United States plays in deforestation and degradation through its purchase of
global commodities and the activities that could reduce such role help to
reduce global emissions from deforestation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC224AE87399A44809F5719550A85900A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In
evaluating the progress referred to in paragraph (1)(D), the Board shall take
into consideration the effects of activities receiving assistance under title I
on—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID88a617af101d4c859e668ec1f262f93b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>total documented
carbon stocks of each country that directly or indirectly received assistance
under this Act compared with such country’s national deforestation baseline
established under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 104(d);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDce2d3567286742178c6c654f9512079f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
countries with the capacity to generate for sale instruments in the nature of
offset credits from forest-related activities, and the amount of such
activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc0bc1a8d9ba4472188f99a6482f8e0de"><enum>(C)</enum><text>forest governance
in each country that directly or indirectly received support under this
Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID24bc33caaaac4304a93fc17271ff30e5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>indigenous
peoples and forest-dependent communities residing in areas affected by such
activities, including on the equitable sharing of assistance as detailed in
section 104(d)(6)(F);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDade0c80e22394fbb9c564f66f77379f9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>biodiversity and
ecosystem services within forested areas associated with the activities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1e88976f36494c028be3a7eb0ed55ba4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>subnational and
international leakage; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbfa31655df834e9aba76d0700bd22747"><enum>(G)</enum><text>any program or
mechanism established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change related to greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>Report on Major
Economies Climate Actions</header>
<section id="ID89b77dc3d32a40bfb4534d767387c09c"><enum>501.</enum><header>Report</header>
<subsection id="id302BD040C9214F32B7CFC1B6BF62B77C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State, working with the Strategic Interagency Board, shall prepare a biannual
interagency report on climate change and energy policy for the 5 highest
greenhouse gas emitting countries that are not members of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa6ef90538cd1483398385315cdce3cb3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of the report prepared under subsection (a) are—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3a801cf6e3a4437e8688e304b46cc47e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide
Congress and the American public with a better understanding of the steps that
the 5 highest greenhouse gas emitting non-OECD countries are taking to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf8c89a610ed74ae18ac78c2e9881225c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to identify the
means by which the United States can assist such countries in achieving such a
reduction; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7a7e2475deb54450ac968c46237b5aa2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to assess the
climate change and energy policy commitments and actions of such
countries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcfc142b1c8f444829cb51427d5929387"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report prepared under subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1d347d43ebae496eb6dfb0a60c82681b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of the
scope, rigor, and effectiveness of the actions being taken by countries
referred to in subsection (a) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID11d935e4e87a4cab9ce1235217bf0c9b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a summary of the
national or subnational plans, policies, programs, laws, regulations, incentive
mechanisms, and other measures in such countries that are expected to result
in, or have resulted in, reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions,
including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID57dfa083e87c4759a2c670851d7eaea1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of
the progress made or expected in implementing such plans, policies, programs,
laws, regulations, incentive mechanisms, and other measures;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID29a98edbb6f84a59926d84f2da8c8b02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>where feasible, a
quantification of the contribution made by actions in these countries to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb8f7c82595c147a787d7f9c335f53269"><enum>(C)</enum><text>progress made in
developing and reporting full national greenhouse gas inventories; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2191f134e90c43eea6ee62a6a84367da"><enum>(D)</enum><text>estimates of the
reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions achieved, or expected to
be achieved, as a result of such plans, policies, programs, laws, regulations,
incentive mechanisms, and other measures; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa04f2e55c440451a8ccea9da90f32202"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations
for areas in which United States capacity building or other support could
assist such countries in improving implementation or compliance with such
plans, policies, programs, laws, regulations, incentive mechanisms, and other
measures, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDa42d3999ab6b430cae9c58594fb198db"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cooperation on
technology transfer, joint research, development, and deployment; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf8372d0c64794d3490cf2124c53a70c0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>joint
opportunities for the development of intellectual property, including proposals
for financing such joint activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb7d773a1d6de48ea99645d48f6662af6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Submission to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 15 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit
the report prepared under this section to—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf9242daf0f3544ac96526aa039d71b09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID19adbaffaf0a4cf6808f7449464c3def"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="SSEG00">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID07e54aee164c44e4bfc738db8d4f428d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="SSEV00">Committee on Environment and Public Works
of the Senate</committee-name>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0860d799c4f14c64a3d26978b2d7eb35"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives</committee-name>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf2b65ee4c13d4e8082c4328265cbc1b3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the
<committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House
of Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>