[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[S. 1201 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1201

To restore the United States international leadership on climate change 
               and clean energy, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 19, 2021

 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
Merkley, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Markey, Mr. Booker, and 
Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To restore the United States international leadership on climate change 
               and clean energy, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``United States 
Climate Leadership in International Mitigation, Adaptation, and 
Technology Enhancement Act of 2021''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress.
Sec. 3. Purpose.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
                 TITLE I--CLIMATE AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Sec. 101. Climate diplomacy.
Sec. 102. Enhancing United States security considerations for global 
                            climate disruptions.
Sec. 103. Arctic diplomacy.
           TITLE II--INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND CONVENTIONS

Sec. 201. Sense of Congress in support of the United States returning 
                            to the Paris Agreement.
Sec. 202. Enhanced United States commitment to the Paris Agreement.
Sec. 203. Sense of Congress regarding ratification of the Kigali 
                            Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.
Sec. 204. Compliance with the carbon offset and reduction scheme for 
                            international aviation.
Sec. 205. Short-lived climate pollutants.
Sec. 206. International cooperation regarding clean transportation and 
                            sustainable land use and community 
                            development.
Sec. 207. Sense of Congress on United States reengagement with the 
                            Group of Seven and the Group of Twenty on 
                            climate action.
       TITLE III--CLIMATE CHANGE DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AND SUPPORT

Sec. 301. International Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation, and 
                            Security Program.
Sec. 302. United States contributions to the Green Climate Fund.
Sec. 303. Sense of Congress on United States engagements at the World 
                            Economic Forum.
Sec. 304. Clean energy and the United States International Development 
                            Finance Corporation.
Sec. 305. Consistency in United States policy on development finance 
                            and climate change.
     TITLE IV--CLEAN ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Sec. 401. Energy diplomacy and security within the Department of State.
Sec. 402. Department of State primacy for energy diplomacy.
Sec. 403. Reports on United States participation in Mission Innovation 
                            and the Clean Energy Ministerial.
Sec. 404. Reduced deforestation.
  TITLE V--BILATERAL AND REGIONAL MULTILATERAL CLIMATE DIPLOMACY AND 
                              COOPERATION

Sec. 501. North American Strategy.
Sec. 502. Accountability and cooperation with China.
Sec. 503. United States and European Union cooperation on climate 
                            finance for developing countries.
Sec. 504. Sense of Congress on clean energy cooperation with India.
Sec. 505. Power Africa.
Sec. 506. Caribbean Energy Initiative.
Sec. 507. Sense of Congress on conservation of the Amazon River basin.
Sec. 508. Sense of Congress regarding renewable energy in Indonesia.
                 TITLE VI--WOMEN AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACT

Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Findings.
Sec. 603. Definitions.
Sec. 604. Statement of policy.
Sec. 605. Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate 
                            Change.
Sec. 606. Development and implementation of strategy and policies to 
                            prevent and respond to the effects of 
                            climate change on women globally.
Sec. 607. Climate change within the Office of Global Women's Issues.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Special Report: Global Warming of 1.5C, published 
        by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on October 8, 
        2018, and the Fourth National Climate Assessment, first 
        published by the United States Global Change Research Program 
        in 2018, concluded that--
                    (A) the release of greenhouse gas emissions, most 
                notably the combustion of fossil fuels and the 
                degradation of natural resources that absorb 
                atmospheric carbon from human activity, are the 
                dominant causes of climate change during the past 
                century; and
                    (B) changes in the Earth's climate are--
                            (i) causing sea levels to rise;
                            (ii) increasing the global average 
                        temperature of the Earth;
                            (iii) increasing the incidence and severity 
                        of wildfires; and
                            (iv) intensifying the severity of extreme 
                        weather, including hurricanes, cyclones, 
                        typhoons, flooding, droughts, and other 
                        disasters that threaten human life, healthy 
                        communities, and critical infrastructure.
            (2) An increase in the global average temperature of 2 
        degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrialized levels would 
        cause--
                    (A)(i) the displacement, and the forced internal 
                migration, of an estimated 143,000,000 people in Latin 
                America, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa by 2050 if 
                insufficient action is taken (according to the World 
                Bank); and
                    (ii) the displacement of an average of 17,800,000 
                people worldwide by floods every year (according to the 
                Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) because of the 
                exacerbating effects of climate change;
                    (B)(i) more than $500,000,000,000 in lost annual 
                economic output in the United States (a 10 percent 
                contraction from 2018 levels) by 2100 (according to the 
                Fourth National Climate Assessment); and
                    (ii) an additional 100,000,000 people worldwide to 
                be driven into poverty by 2030 (according to the World 
                Bank);
                    (C)(i) greater food insecurity and decreased 
                agricultural production due to climate change's effects 
                on the increased frequency and intensity of extreme 
                weather events; and
                    (ii) the proliferation of agricultural pests and 
                crop diseases, loss of biodiversity, degrading 
                ecosystems, and water scarcity (according to the United 
                Nations Food and Agriculture Organization); and
                    (D) more than 350,000,000 additional people 
                worldwide to be exposed to deadly heat stress by 2050.
            (3) According to the International Monetary Fund, a 
        persistent annual increase in average global temperature of .04 
        degrees Celsius would reduce global real gross domestic product 
        per capita by 7.22 percent by 2100.
            (4) According to the United Nations Environment Programme, 
        climate change is exacerbating unusual regional weather 
        conditions, which is driving the current and prolonged desert 
        locust outbreak that is threatening food security across East 
        Africa and Southeast Asia.
            (5) According to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy 
        Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services--
                    (A) an increase in the global average temperature 
                of between 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius will result in a 
                significant reduction in the worldwide number of land 
                species;
                    (B) an increase in the global average temperature 
                of 2 degrees Celsius--
                            (i) will place 5 percent of world's species 
                        at risk of extinction; and
                            (ii) will result in the destruction of more 
                        than 99 percent of all coral reefs worldwide; 
                        and
                    (C) an increase in the global average temperature 
                of 4.3 degrees Celsius will place 16 percent of world's 
                terrestrial species at risk of extinction.
            (6) According to the International Energy Agency, the 
        United States, China, India, and the European Union (including 
        the United Kingdom) account for more than 58 percent of global 
        greenhouse gas emissions.
            (7) China, which is the world's top greenhouse gases 
        emitter and has an outsized impact on the United States core 
        interest in climate stability--
                    (A) is likely to achieve its carbon emissions 
                mitigation pledge to the Paris Agreement, contained in 
                its 2015 nationally determined contribution, to 
                ``peak'' emissions around 2030 ahead of schedule;
                    (B) announced, on September 22, 2020, a pledge to 
                achieve carbon neutrality by 2060; and
                    (C) has yet to announce an updated nationally 
                determined contribution.
            (8) On October 26, 2020, Japan, the world's third largest 
        economy and fifth greatest carbon emitter, announced a pledge 
        to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Despite apprehension 
        about growing nuclear energy sources, Japan aims to increase 
        its share of renewable and nuclear energy following new targets 
        unveiled next year.
            (9) India has met its growing energy demands by becoming a 
        global leader in renewable energy generation. Despite 
        significant investments in renewable energy, and the 
        implementation of strong national greenhouse gas mitigation 
        policies, India continues to operate some of the world's 
        dirtiest fossil fuel power plants and has high emissions 
        generated from its transportation sector. India is a critical 
        market for foreign investment and will be a major competitor in 
        international clean energy development futures.
            (10) India's leadership within the Clean Energy 
        Ministerial, the Mission Innovation initiative, and the 
        International Solar Alliance has put India at the forefront of 
        renewable energy development and helped India achieve a top 5 
        global rank among clean energy producers. Installed electricity 
        capacity from renewables in India grew by 144 percent between 
        2014 and 2020. Approximately $42,000,000,000 was invested into 
        India's renewable energy sector between 2014 and 2019.
            (11) The European Union demonstrated its strong commitment 
        to climate action by making the ambitious pledge to reduce the 
        collective greenhouse gas emissions of its 27 member nations by 
        at least 55 percent by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels) and to 
        achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The European Parliament went 
        even further, voting to reduce its collective economy wide 
        greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2030 (compared to 
        1990 levels). These commitments represent substantial 
        improvements from the previous goal of a 40 percent reduction 
        in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
            (12) The European Union's member nations have also provided 
        the equivalent of approximately $120,000,000,000 between 2014 
        and 2020 in support and financing to build climate change 
        resilience and develop low carbon energy capacity throughout 
        the developing world.
            (13) The European Union has traditionally been a steadfast 
        partner with United States in the United Nation's Framework 
        Convention on Climate Change by pushing for improved 
        accountability, transparency, and shared responsibility among 
        parties in mitigating global greenhouse gas emissions. As the 
        United States Government's executive branch has pulled away 
        from climate action commitments, the European Union has 
        increased its cooperation with coalitions of States through 
        partnerships such as the United States Climate Alliance.
            (14) Among the world's top greenhouse gas emitters, the 
        United States is the only country that--
                    (A) has rescinded national policies to reduce 
                greenhouse gas emissions;
                    (B) has advanced policies aimed at bolstering 
                fossil fuel consumption and extraction, including 
                through the removal of Federal protections of public 
                lands that are critical wilderness areas vital to 
                maintaining healthy natural ecosystems; and
                    (C) has abstained or withdrawn itself from several 
                global cooperative efforts acknowledging and addressing 
                the climate crisis.
            (15) United States leadership during deliberations over the 
        Paris Agreement--
                    (A) was exemplified by--
                            (i) its commitment to reduce national 
                        emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 
                        levels;
                            (ii) its leadership in the ``Umbrella 
                        Group'' and its role as cofounder of the ``High 
                        Ambition Coalition'';
                            (iii) its co-facilitation of the UNFCCC;
                            (iv) its work with the Ad Hoc Working Group 
                        on the Paris Agreement on agenda item 5: 
                        Modalities, procedures and guidelines for the 
                        transparency framework for action;
                            (v) its support for the enhanced 
                        transparency framework for action and support 
                        referred to in Article 13 of the Paris 
                        Agreement;
                            (vi) its pledge of $3,000,000,000 to the 
                        Green Climate Fund (of which the United States 
                        still owed $2,000,000,000) in support of 
                        developing countries' efforts to adapt to 
                        climate change and to mitigate greenhouse gas 
                        emissions; and
                            (vii) the development of critical bilateral 
                        climate action cooperation initiatives with 
                        China and India; and
                    (B) established the United States as essential to 
                uniting the world in climate action cooperation.
            (16) The United States reversal on nearly all climate 
        action policies since 2017, including repealing the Clean Power 
        Plan (announced by President Obama in August 2015), canceling 
        contributions to the United Nation's Green Climate Fund, 
        abstaining from all G7 and G20 climate action communiques, and 
        withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement--
                    (A) undermines the viability of the Paris 
                Agreement;
                    (B) harms American diplomacy;
                    (C) disadvantages the ability of the United States 
                private sector to compete in a clean energy global 
                economy, for which the International Finance 
                Corporation estimates that investments spurred by the 
                Paris Agreement will creates up to $23,000,000,000,000 
                in new investment opportunities;
                    (D) erodes the United States leadership, standing, 
                and trust within the international community; and
                    (E) concedes leadership and economic opportunity to 
                foreign governments keen on taking advantage of the 
                United States absence from international climate action 
                initiatives.
            (17) The Paris Agreement's central aim is--
                    (A) to strengthen the global response to the threat 
                of climate change by maintaining the global temperature 
                rise well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial 
                levels; and
                    (B) to pursue efforts to further limit the 
                temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
            (18) The Paris Agreement--
                    (A) specifies the need for a strong global response 
                to climate change;
                    (B) acknowledges that all ``[p]arties should, when 
                taking action to address climate change, respect, 
                promote and consider their respective obligations on 
                human rights, the right to health, the rights of 
                indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, 
                children, persons with disabilities and people in 
                vulnerable situations and the right to development, as 
                well as gender equality, empowerment of women and 
                intergenerational equity'';
                    (C) notes the importance of ``climate justice'' 
                when mitigating and adapting to climate change;
                    (D) recognizes ``the need for an effective and 
                progressive response to the urgent threat of climate 
                change'';
                    (E) requires all parties to put forward their best 
                efforts through nationally determined contributions and 
                to strengthen these efforts in the future;
                    (F) requires each party to update its nationally 
                determined contribution every 5 years, with each 
                successive nationally determined contribution 
                representing a progression beyond the previous 
                nationally determined contribution, and reflecting the 
                party's highest possible ambition;
                    (G) recognizes that marine ecosystems covering more 
                than 70 percent of the Earth's surface have an integral 
                role in climate balance; and
                    (H) was developed under the UNFCCC, an 
                international environmental treaty which the United 
                States ratified, with the advice and consent of the 
                Senate on October 15, 1992.
            (19) Seventy percent of the Paris Agreement signatories' 
        nationally determined contributions in support of the goals of 
        the Paris Agreement are ocean-inclusive, and 39 Paris Agreement 
        signatories are focused on the inclusion of ocean action in 
        nationally determined contributions through the Because the 
        Ocean initiative.
            (20) The United States communicated its nationally 
        determined contribution--
                    (A) to achieve, by 2025, an economy-wide target of 
                reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28 
                percent below its 2005 level; and
                    (B) to make best efforts to reduce its emissions by 
                28 percent.
            (21) A thriving clean energy industry in the United States, 
        which employs more than 500,000 Americans, is essential in 
        achieving these targets.
            (22) A number of existing laws and regulations in the 
        United States also are relevant to achieving this target, 
        including--
                    (A) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
                    (B) the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-
                486); and
                    (C) the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
                2007 (Public Law 110-140).
            (23) On November 4, 2020, the United States withdrawal from 
        the Paris Agreement became effective, which at the time 
        resulted in the United States being the only state party (out 
        of 197 parties) to the UNFCCC that is not a party to the Paris 
        Agreement.
            (24) On January 20, 2021, President Biden initiated the 
        process for reentering the United States into the Paris 
        Agreement. On February 19, 2021, the United States officially 
        rejoined the Paris Agreement.
            (25) Article 8 of the Paris Agreement states, ``Parties 
        recognize the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing 
        loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate 
        change, including extreme weather events and slow onset events, 
        and the role of sustainable development in reducing the risk of 
        loss and damage.''. Such adverse effects include strong winds 
        from hurricanes and tropical storms, and flooding from storm 
        surges and heavy rain, that inflict losses on various sectors 
        of the United States economy.
            (26) The Paris Agreement requires that parties ``should 
        strengthen their cooperation on enhancing action on adaptation, 
        taking into account the Cancun Adaptation Framework'', which 
        includes measures to enhance understanding, coordination and 
        cooperation with regard to climate change induced displacement, 
        migration and planned relocation, where appropriate, at the 
        national, regional and international levels.
            (27) The Paris Agreement is an example of the multilateral, 
        international cooperation needed to overcome climate change-
        related challenges facing the global community, such as 
        reducing emissions, promoting economic growth, and deploying 
        clean energy technologies.
            (28) The Paris Agreement recognizes ``the fundamental 
        priority of safeguarding food security and ending hunger, and 
        the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to 
        the adverse impacts of climate change.''.
            (29) The Paris Agreement recognizes that--
                    (A) adaptation is a global challenge facing all 
                countries, with local, subnational, national, regional, 
                and international dimensions; and
                    (B) adapting to the effects of climate change is a 
                key component of the long-term global response to 
                climate change to protect people, livelihoods, and 
                ecosystems.
            (30) American leadership during the Paris Agreement 
        negotiations encouraged widespread international participation 
        in the Paris Agreement.
            (31) American States, cities, and businesses are stepping 
        up and pledging to meet the Paris Agreement goals in the wake 
        of absent and uncertain leadership by the President.
            (32) The Paris Agreement--
                    (A) has driven innovation in developing cleaner, 
                more reliable, and more affordable forms of energy;
                    (B) has demonstrated that addressing climate change 
                and providing affordable energy to American consumers 
                are not mutually exclusive; and
                    (C) has encouraged the United States to develop the 
                Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization, which--
                            (i) was released on November 16, 2016; and
                            (ii) states, ``Energy efficiency 
                        improvements enable the energy system to 
                        provide the services we need with fewer 
                        resources and emissions. Over the past several 
                        years, the United States has demonstrated that 
                        programs and standards to improve the energy 
                        efficiency of buildings, appliances and 
                        vehicles can cost-effectively cut carbon 
                        pollution and lower energy bills, while 
                        maintaining significant support from U.S. 
                        industry and consumers.''.
            (33) Global temperatures must be kept below 1.5 degrees 
        Celsius above pre-industrialized levels to avoid the most 
        severe impacts of a changing climate, which will require--
                    (A) global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions 
                from human sources of 40 to 60 percent from 2010 levels 
                by 2030; and
                    (B) net-zero global emissions by 2050.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) when the United States proffers a strong commitment and 
        focused leadership on climate action, the rest of the world 
        will likely follow its example;
            (2) when the United States abdicates leadership on such 
        matters, other countries are likely to waiver on their 
        commitments to action and retract to insular posturing on 
        matters that require cooperation; and
            (3) in order to avert the worst impacts of climate change, 
        which is in the core national interest of the United States, 
        the United States should--
                    (A) prioritize climate change in its foreign 
                policy, and ensure that climate change is taken into 
                account in all foreign policy decision making;
                    (B) set the standard for ambition on climate 
                action;
                    (C) use its diplomatic leverage to create 
                incentives for other countries to take strong action on 
                climate change;
                    (D) broker, with other world powers, bilateral 
                commitments on emissions reductions and climate finance 
                and support for developing countries, which are 
                critical for--
                            (i) building trust and consensus around 
                        global cooperation on climate action; and
                            (ii) sending important investment signals 
                        to private finance and private industry on 
                        investment and development trends;
                    (E) be transparent in how the United States is 
                delivering on its commitments;
                    (F) ensure it is adopting and implementing 
                consistent policies and practices with respect to 
                climate change across bilateral and multilateral 
                development finance institutions;
                    (G) hold other world powers accountable for making 
                and meeting strong commitments;
                    (H) call for reciprocal standards of transparency; 
                and
                    (I) support developing countries, in an inclusive 
                manner--
                            (i) to expand deployment and access to 
                        clean energy;
                            (ii) to plan and invest in climate change 
                        adaptation solutions;
                            (iii) to improve climate change resilience 
                        capacities; and
                            (iv) to promote--
                                    (I) sustainable agriculture 
                                practices;
                                    (II) food security; and
                                    (III) natural resource 
                                conservation.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to provide authorities, resources, 
policies, and recommended administrative actions--
            (1) to restore United States global leadership on 
        addressing the climate crisis and make United States climate 
        action and climate diplomacy a more central tenet of United 
        States foreign policy;
            (2) to improve the United States commitment to taking more 
        ambitious action to help mitigate global greenhouse gas 
        emission and improve developing countries' resilience and 
        adaptation capacities to the effects of climate change;
            (3) to reclaim, accept, and fully engage diplomacy within a 
        variety of current and outstanding multilateral institutions 
        that the United States has withdrawn, withheld support, or 
        diminished meaningful engagement from in recent years;
            (4) to encourage the pursuit of new bilateral cooperation 
        agreements with other world powers on initiatives to advance 
        global clean energy innovation and deployment and other 
        measures to mitigate global greenhouse gas emissions and 
        improve climate change adaptation capacities;
            (5) to ensure that the United States national security 
        apparatus integrates critically important data on the 
        compounding effects that climate change is having on global 
        security risks by enhancing our understanding of how, where, 
        and when such effects are destabilizing countries and regions 
        in ways that may motivate conflict, displacement, and other 
        drivers of insecurity; and
            (6) to authorize funding and programs to support a 
        reaffirmation of the United States commitments to international 
        cooperation and support for developing and vulnerable countries 
        to take climate action.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Clean energy.--The term ``clean energy'' means--
                    (A) renewable energy and energy from systems;
                    (B) energy production processes that emit zero 
                greenhouse gas emissions, including nuclear power;
                    (C) systems and processes that capture and 
                permanently store greenhouse gas emissions from fossil 
                fuel production and electricity generation units;
                    (D) products, processes, facilities, or systems 
                designed to retrofit and improve the energy efficiency 
                and electricity generated from electrical generation 
                units, while using less fuel, less or fewer power 
                production resources, or less feedstocks; and
                    (E) zero emission vehicles.
            (3) Climate action.--The term ``climate action'' means 
        enhanced efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and 
        strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-induced 
        impacts, including--
                    (A) climate-related hazards in all countries;
                    (B) integrating climate change measures into 
                national policies, strategies and planning; and
                    (C) improving education, awareness-raising, and 
                human and institutional capacity with respect to 
                climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact 
                reduction, and early warning.
            (4) Climate crisis.--The term ``climate crisis'' means the 
        social, economic, health, safety, and security impacts on 
        people, and the threats to biodiversity and natural ecosystem 
        health, which are attributable to the wide-variety of effects 
        on global environmental and atmospheric conditions as a result 
        of disruptions to the Earth's climate from anthropogenic 
        activities that generate greenhouse gas emissions or reduce 
        natural resource capacities to absorb and regulate atmospheric 
        carbon.
            (5) Climate diplomacy.--The term ``climate diplomacy'' 
        means methods of influencing the decisions and behavior of 
        foreign governments and peoples through dialogue, negotiation, 
        cooperation and other measures short of war or violence around 
        issues related to addressing global climate change, including--
                    (A) the mitigation of global greenhouse gas 
                emissions;
                    (B) discussion, analysis, and sharing of scientific 
                data and information on the cause and effects of 
                climate change;
                    (C) the security, social, economic, and political 
                instability risks associated with the effects of 
                climate change;
                    (D) economic cooperation efforts and trade matters 
                that are related to or associated with climate change 
                and greenhouse gas mitigation from the global economy;
                    (E) building resilience capacities and adapting to 
                the effects of change;
                    (F) sustainable land use and natural resource 
                conservation;
                    (G) accounting for loss and damage attributed to 
                the effects of climate change;
                    (H) just transition of carbon intense economies to 
                low or zero carbon economies and accounting for 
                laborers within affected economies; and
                    (I) technological innovations that reduce or 
                eliminate carbon emissions.
            (6) Climate security.--The term ``climate security'' means 
        the effects of climate change on--
                    (A) United States national security concerns and 
                subnational, national, and regional political 
                stability; and
                    (B) overseas security and conflict situations that 
                are potentially exacerbated by dynamic environmental 
                factors and events, including--
                            (i) the intensification and frequency of 
                        droughts, floods, wildfires, tropical storms, 
                        and other extreme weather events;
                            (ii) changes in historical severe weather, 
                        drought, and wildfire patterns;
                            (iii) the expansion of geographical ranges 
                        of droughts, floods, and wildfires into regions 
                        that had not regularly experienced such 
                        phenomena;
                            (iv) global sea level rise patterns and the 
                        expansion of geographical ranges affected by 
                        drought; and
                            (v) changes in marine environments that 
                        effect critical geostrategic waterways, such as 
                        the Arctic Ocean, the South China Sea, the 
                        South Pacific Ocean, the Barents Sea, and the 
                        Beaufort Sea.
            (7) Nationally determined contribution.--The term 
        ``nationally determined contribution'' means a country's 
        pledged efforts to reduce national greenhouse gas emissions and 
        adapt to the effects of climate change, which may include a 
        financial pledge of support or financing to assist developing 
        countries achieve their climate action goals, in accordance 
        with paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the Paris Agreement, which 
        requires each Party--
                    (A) to ``prepare, communicate and maintain 
                successive nationally determined contributions that it 
                intends to achieve''; and
                    (B) to ``pursue domestic mitigation measures, with 
                the aim of achieving the objectives of such 
                contributions''.
            (8) Natural climate solutions.--The term ``natural climate 
        solutions'' mean actions to protect, sustainably manage, and 
        restore natural or modified ecosystems that--
                    (A) address climate change effectively and 
                adaptively; and
                    (B) simultaneously provide human well-being and 
                environmental benefits.
            (9) Natural resources.--The term ``natural resources'' 
        means the terrestrial, freshwater, estuarine, and marine fish, 
        wildlife, plants, land, air, water, habitats, and ecosystems.
            (10) Net zero greenhouse gas emissions.--The term ``net 
        zero greenhouse gas emissions'' means that any anthropogenic 
        greenhouse gas emissions are balanced or offset by deliberate 
        activities that absorb or capture and permanently store 
        equivalent amounts of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
            (11) Paris agreement.--The term ``Paris Agreement'' means 
        the international agreement adopted by parties to the United 
        Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's 21st 
        Conference of Parties in Paris, France on December 12, 2015.
            (12) Renewable energy.--The term ``renewable energy'' means 
        all forms of energy produced from sources that naturally occur 
        or are replenished in nature in a sustainable manner, including 
        bioenergy, geothermal energy, hydropower, ocean energy, solar 
        energy, and wind energy.
            (13) Resilience.--The term ``resilience'' means the ability 
        of human made and natural systems (including their component 
        parts) to anticipate, absorb, cope, accommodate, or recover 
        from the effects of a hazardous event in a timely and efficient 
        manner, including through ensuring the preservation, 
        restoration, or improvement of its essential basic structures 
        and functions.
            (14) UNFCCC.--The term ``UNFCCC'' means the United Nations 
        Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at New York May 9, 
        1992, and entered into force March 21, 1994.
            (15) United states-mexico-canada agreement; usmca.--The 
        terms ``United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement'' and ``USMCA'' 
        mean the Agreement between the United States of America, the 
        United Mexican States, and Canada, done at Buenos Aires 
        November 30, 2018.

                 TITLE I--CLIMATE AND NATIONAL SECURITY

SEC. 101. CLIMATE DIPLOMACY.

    (a) In General.--The President and the Secretary of State shall 
prioritize climate action and climate diplomacy in United States 
foreign policy by--
            (1) ensuring diplomacy, support, and interagency 
        coordination for bilateral and multilateral actions to address 
        the climate crisis; and
            (2) improving coordination and integration of climate 
        action across all bureaus and United States missions abroad.
    (b) Climate Action Integration.--The Secretary of State, through 
the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the 
Environment and any other designees, shall--
            (1) prioritize climate action and clean energy within the 
        bureaus and offices under the leadership of the Under Secretary 
        for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment;
            (2) ensure that such bureaus and offices are coordinating 
        with other bureaus of the Department of State regarding the 
        integration of climate action and climate diplomacy as a cross-
        cutting imperative across the Department of State;
            (3) encourage all Under Secretaries of State--
                    (A) to assess how issues related to climate change 
                and United States climate action are integrated into 
                their operations and programs;
                    (B) to coordinate crosscutting actions and 
                diplomatic efforts that relate to climate action; and
                    (C) to make available the technical assistance and 
                resources of the bureaus and offices with relevant 
                expertise to provide technical assistance and expert 
                support to other bureaus within the Department of State 
                regarding climate action, clean energy development, and 
                climate diplomacy;
            (4) manage the integration of scientific data on the 
        current and anticipated effects of climate change into applied 
        strategies and diplomatic engagements across programmatic and 
        regional bureaus of the Department of State and into the 
        Department of State's decision-making processes;
            (5) ensure that the relevant bureaus and offices provide 
        appropriate technical support and resources--
                    (A) to the President, the Secretary of State, and 
                their respective designees charged with addressing 
                climate change and associated issues;
                    (B) to United States diplomats advancing United 
                States foreign policy related to climate action; and
                    (C) for the appropriate engagement and integration 
                of relevant domestic agencies in international climate 
                change affairs, including United States participation 
                in multilateral fora; and
            (6) carry out other activities, as directed by the 
        Secretary of State, that advance United States climate-related 
        foreign policy objectives, including global greenhouse gas 
        mitigation, climate change adaptation activities, and global 
        climate security.
    (c) Responsibilities of the Under Secretary of State for Political 
Affairs.--The Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs shall 
ensure that all foreign missions are--
            (1) advancing United States bilateral climate diplomacy;
            (2) engaging strategically on opportunities for bilateral 
        climate action cooperation with foreign governments; and
            (3) utilizing the technical resources and coordinating 
        adequately with the bureaus reporting to the Under Secretary of 
        State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 200 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of State for Economic 
Growth, Energy, and the Environment, in cooperation with the Under 
Secretary of State for Political Affairs, shall submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees that--
            (1) assesses how climate action and United States climate 
        diplomacy is integrated across the Bureaus of the Department of 
        State; and
            (2) includes recommendations on strategies to improve cross 
        bureau coordination and understanding of United States climate 
        action and climate diplomacy.
    (e) Effect of Elimination of Positions.--If the positions of Under 
Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment and 
the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs are eliminated or 
undergo name changes, the responsibilities of such Under Secretaries 
under this section shall be reassigned to other Under Secretaries of 
State, as appropriate.
    (f) Climate Change Experts in Key Embassies.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives that--
            (1) identifies the number of personnel of the Department of 
        State and the United States Agency for International 
        Development who--
                    (A) dedicate a significant portion of their work to 
                climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, 
                food security, or clean energy matters; and
                    (B) are stationed at United States missions in 
                countries that are highly vulnerable to the effects or 
                major greenhouse gas emitters;
            (2) analyzes the need for Federal climate change policy 
        specialist personnel in United States embassies, United States 
        Agency for International Development missions, and other United 
        States diplomatic and international development missions; and
            (3) includes--
                    (A) recommendations for increasing climate change 
                expertise within United States missions abroad among 
                foreign service officers; and
                    (B) options for assigning to such missions climate 
                change attaches from the Environmental Protection 
                Agency, the Department of Energy, the National Oceanic 
                and Atmospheric Administration, the National 
                Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of 
                Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, or other 
                relevant Federal agencies.
    (g) Climate Change Advisors.--The Secretary of State, or the 
Secretary's designee, shall have primary responsibility for the 
management and execution of United States climate diplomacy and related 
foreign policy and shall make appropriate arrangements with the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
and other relevant Federal agencies and departments to assign personnel 
from such agencies and departments to serve as dedicated advisors on 
climate change matters in embassies of the United States or in other 
United States diplomatic or international development missions.
    (h) Climate Change Support and Financing.--The Secretary of State 
shall facilitate the coordination among the Department of State and 
other relevant departments and agencies, including the United States 
Agency for International Development, the Department of the Treasury, 
the United States Trade and Development Agency, and the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation, of contributing 
development finance or foreign assistance relevant to United States 
international climate action and in support of United States climate 
diplomacy.
    (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

SEC. 102. ENHANCING UNITED STATES SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR GLOBAL 
              CLIMATE DISRUPTIONS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with other 
relevant agencies, shall conduct biennial comprehensive evaluations of 
present and ongoing disruptions to the global climate system, 
including--
            (1) the intensity, frequency, and range of natural 
        disasters;
            (2) the scarcity of global natural resources, including 
        fresh water;
            (3) global food, health, and energy insecurities;
            (4) conditions that contribute to--
                    (A) intrastate and interstate conflicts;
                    (B) foreign political and economic instability;
                    (C) international migration of vulnerable and 
                underserved populations;
                    (D) the failure of national governments; and
                    (E) gender-based violence; and
            (5) United States and allied military readiness, 
        operations, and strategy.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the evaluations conducted under 
subsection (a) are--
            (1) to support the practical application of scientific data 
        and research on climate change's dynamic effects around the 
        world to improve resilience, adaptability, security, and 
        stability despite growing global environmental risks and 
        changes;
            (2) to ensure that the strategic planning and mission 
        execution of United States international development and 
        diplomatic missions adequately account for heightened and 
        dynamic risks and challenges associated with the effects of 
        climate change;
            (3) to improve coordination between United States science 
        agencies conducting research and forecasts on the causes and 
        effects of climate change and United States national security 
        agencies;
            (4) to better understand the disproportionate effects of 
        global climate disruptions on women, girls, indigenous 
        communities, and other historically marginalized populations; 
        and
            (5) to inform the development of the climate security 
        strategy described in subsection (d).
    (c) Scope.--The evaluations conducted under subsection (a) shall--
            (1) examine developing countries' vulnerabilities and risks 
        associated with global, regional, and localized effects of 
        climate change; and
            (2) assess and make recommendations on necessary measures 
        to mitigate risks and reduce vulnerabilities associated with 
        effects, including--
                    (A) sea level rise;
                    (B) freshwater resource scarcity;
                    (C) wildfires; and
                    (D) increased intensity and frequency of extreme 
                weather conditions and events, such as flooding, 
                drought, and extreme storm events, including tropical 
                cyclones.
    (d) Climate Security Strategy.--The Secretary shall use the 
evaluations required under subsection (a)--
            (1) to inform the development and implementation of a 
        climate security strategy for the Bureau of Conflict and 
        Stabilization Operations, the Bureau of Political-Military 
        Affairs, embassies, consulates, regional bureaus, and other 
        offices and programs operating chief of mission authority, 
        including those with roles in conflict avoidance, prevention 
        and security assistance, or humanitarian disaster response, 
        prevention, and assistance; and
            (2) in furtherance of such strategy, to assess, develop, 
        budget for, and (upon approval) implement plans, policies, and 
        actions--
                    (A) to account for the impacts of climate change to 
                global human health, safety, governance, oceans, food 
                production, fresh water and other critical natural 
                resources, settlements, infrastructure, marginalized 
                groups, and economic activity;
                    (B) to evaluate the climate change vulnerability, 
                security, susceptibility, and resiliency of United 
                States interests and non-defense assets abroad;
                    (C) to coordinate the integration of climate change 
                risk and vulnerability assessments into all foreign 
                policy and security decision-making processes, 
                including awarding foreign assistance;
                    (D) to evaluate specific risks to certain regions 
                and countries that are--
                            (i) vulnerable to the effects of climate 
                        change; and
                            (ii) strategically significant to the 
                        United States;
                    (E) to enhance the resilience capacities of foreign 
                countries to the effects of climate change as a means 
                of reducing the risks of conflict and instability;
                    (F) to advance principles of good governance by 
                encouraging foreign governments, particularly nations 
                that are least capable of coping with the effects of 
                climate change--
                            (i) to conduct climate security 
                        evaluations; and
                            (ii) to facilitate the development of 
                        climate security action plans to ensure 
                        stability and public safety in disaster 
                        situations in a humane and responsible fashion;
                    (G) to evaluate the vulnerability, security, 
                susceptibility, and resiliency of United States 
                interests and nondefense assets abroad;
                    (H) to build international institutional capacity 
                to address climate security implications and to advance 
                United States interests, regional stability, and global 
                security; and
                    (I) other activities that advance--
                            (i) the utilization and integration of 
                        climate science in national security planning; 
                        and
                            (ii) the clear understanding of how the 
                        effects of climate change can exacerbate 
                        security risks and threats.

SEC. 103. ARCTIC DIPLOMACY.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the rapidly changing Arctic environment--
                    (A) creates new national and regional security 
                challenges due to increased military activity in the 
                Arctic;
                    (B) heightens the risks of potential conflicts 
                spilling over into the Arctic region from interventions 
                and theaters of tension in other regions of the world;
                    (C) threatens maritime safety due to inadequate 
                regional resource capacity to patrol the increase in 
                vessel traffic this remote region is experiencing from 
                the growing expanses of open Arctic water from 
                diminished annual levels of sea ice;
                    (D) impacts public safety due to increased human 
                activity in the Arctic region where search and rescue 
                capacity remains very limited; and
                    (E) threatens the health of the Arctic's fragile 
                and historically pristine environment and the unique 
                and highly sensitive species found in the Arctic's 
                marine and terrestrial ecosystems; and
            (2) the United States should reduce the consequences 
        outlined in paragraph (1) by--
                    (A) carefully evaluating the wide variety and 
                extremely dynamic set of security and safety risks 
                unfolding in the Arctic;
                    (B) developing policies and making preparations for 
                mitigating and responding to threats and risks in the 
                Arctic;
                    (C) adequately funding the National Earth System 
                Prediction Capability to substantively improve weather, 
                ocean, and ice predictions on time scales necessary for 
                ensuring regional security and trans-Arctic shipping;
                    (D) investing in resources, including a 
                significantly expanded icebreaker fleet, to ensure that 
                the United States has adequate capacity to prevent and 
                respond to security threats in the Arctic region; and
                    (E) pursuing diplomatic engagements with all 
                nations in the Arctic region to reach an agreement 
                for--
                            (i) maintaining peace and stability in the 
                        Arctic region; and
                            (ii) fostering cooperation on stewardship 
                        and safety initiatives in the Arctic region.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Arctic nations.--The term ``Arctic Nations'' means the 
        8 nations with territory or exclusive economic zones that 
        extend north of the 66.56083 parallel latitude north of the 
        equator, namely Russia, Canada, the United States, Norway, 
        Denmark (including Greenland), Finland, Sweden, and Iceland.
            (2) Arctic region.--The term ``Arctic Region'' means the 
        geographic region north of the 66.56083 parallel latitude north 
        of the equator.
    (c) Designation.--The Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs shall designate a 
deputy assistant secretary serving within the Bureau of Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs as ``Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Arctic Affairs'', who shall be responsible for 
affairs in the Arctic Region.
    (d) Duties.-- The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arctic Affairs 
shall--
            (1) facilitate the development and coordination of United 
        States foreign policy in the Arctic Region relating to--
                    (A) meeting national security needs;
                    (B) protecting the Arctic environment and 
                conserving its biological resources;
                    (C) promoting environmentally sustainable natural 
                resource management and economic development;
                    (D) strengthening institutions for cooperation 
                among the Arctic Nations;
                    (E) involving Arctic indigenous people in decisions 
                that affect them; and
                    (F) enhancing scientific monitoring and research on 
                local, regional, and global environmental issues;
            (2) coordinate the diplomatic objectives, and, as 
        appropriate, represent the United States within multilateral 
        fora that address international cooperation and foreign policy 
        matters in the Arctic Region;
            (3) help inform transnational commerce and commercial 
        maritime transit in the Arctic Region;
            (4) coordinate the integration of scientific data on the 
        current and projected effects of climate change on the Arctic 
        Region and ensure that such data is applied to the development 
        of security strategies for the Arctic Region;
            (5) make available the methods and approaches on the 
        integration of climate science to other regional security 
        planning programs in the Department of State to better ensure 
        that broader decision-making processes may more adequately 
        account for the effects of climate change;
            (6) serve as a key point of contact for other Federal 
        agencies, including the Department of Defense, the Department 
        of the Interior, the Department of Homeland Security, and the 
        Intelligence Community, on Arctic Region security issues;
            (7) develop and facilitate the implementation of an Arctic 
        Region Security Policy in accordance with subsection (f);
            (8) use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States 
        to encourage other countries and international multilateral 
        organizations to support the principles of the Arctic Region 
        Security Policy implemented pursuant to subsection (f); and
            (9) perform such other duties and exercise such powers as 
        the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International 
        Environmental and Scientific Affairs and the Secretary of State 
        shall prescribe.
    (e) Rank and Status.--The Secretary of State may change the title 
of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arctic Affairs designated under 
subsection (c) to Special Representative or Special Envoy with the rank 
of Ambassador if--
            (1) the President nominates the person so designated to 
        that rank and status; and
            (2) the Senate confirms such person to such rank and 
        status.
    (f) Arctic Region Security Policy.--The Arctic Region Security 
Policy shall include requirements for the Bureau of Conflict and 
Stabilization Operations, the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 
embassies, regional bureaus, and other offices with a role in conflict 
avoidance, prevention and security assistance, or humanitarian disaster 
response, prevention, and assistance to assess, develop, budget for, 
and implement plans, policies, and actions--
            (1) to enhance the resilience capacities of Arctic Nations 
        to the effects of climate change and increased civilian and 
        military activity from Arctic Nations and other nations that 
        may result from increased accessibility of the Arctic Region 
        due to decreased sea ice, warmer ambient air temperatures and 
        other effects of climate change, as a means of reducing the 
        risk of conflict and instability;
            (2) to assess specific added risks to the Arctic Region and 
        Arctic Nations that--
                    (A) are vulnerable to the effects of climate 
                change; and
                    (B) are strategically significant to the United 
                States;
            (3) to account for the impacts on human health, safety, 
        stresses, reliability, food production, fresh water and other 
        critical natural resources, and economic activity;
            (4) to coordinate the integration of climate change risk 
        and vulnerability assessments into the decision-making process 
        on foreign assistance awards to Arctic Nations;
            (5) to advance principles of good governance by encouraging 
        and cooperating with Arctic Nations on collaborative 
        approaches--
                    (A) to sustainably manage natural resources in the 
                Arctic Region;
                    (B) to share the burden of ensuring maritime safety 
                in the Arctic Region;
                    (C) to prevent the escalation of security tensions 
                by mitigating against the militarization of the Arctic 
                Region;
                    (D) to develop mutually agreed upon multilateral 
                policies among Arctic Nations on the management of 
                maritime transit routes through the Arctic Region and 
                work cooperatively on the transit policies for access 
                to and transit in the Arctic Region by non-Arctic 
                Nations; and
                    (E) to facilitate the development of Arctic Region 
                Security Action Plans to ensure stability and public 
                safety in disaster situations in a humane and 
                responsible fashion; and
            (6) to evaluate the vulnerability, security, 
        susceptibility, and resiliency of United States interests and 
        nondefense assets in the Arctic Region.

           TITLE II--INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND CONVENTIONS

SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF THE UNITED STATES RETURNING 
              TO THE PARIS AGREEMENT.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) President Trump's decision to withdraw the United 
        States from the Paris Agreement was a mistake that harmed the 
        leadership, economic, national security, and diplomatic 
        interests of the United States;
            (2) the United States expeditious return to the Paris 
        Agreement is a critical first step to restoring United States 
        leadership among, and in cooperation with, the international 
        community;
            (3) resuming United States global leadership in the Paris 
        Agreement's implementation process is critical to ensuring that 
        the rules and procedures for implementing the Paris Agreement 
        achieve maximum benefits for the United States;
            (4) prioritizing the immediate preparation and 
        communication of an updated United States nationally determined 
        contribution in support of the Paris Agreement will demonstrate 
        a renewed and increasingly ambitious United States commitment 
        to climate action, which should incorporate--
                    (A) strategies for achieving domestic greenhouse 
                gas emissions reductions that achieve the United States 
                2015 national determined contribution to the Paris 
                Agreement;
                    (B) an ambitious 2030 mitigation target 
                representing a mid-term goal that signifies the 
                emission reductions trajectory the United States needs 
                to be on to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions 
                by 2050;
                    (C) commitments to engage constructively with 
                parties to the Paris Agreement regarding the 
                development of strategies to secure ambitious 
                commitments from all parties and to ensure adequate 
                progress on mitigating greenhouses sufficiently to 
                prevent 1.5 degree Celsius increase of warming;
                    (D) announced intentions of the United States to 
                accept and fulfill United States obligations to other 
                international agreements to reduce global greenhouse 
                gas emissions, including the International Civil 
                Aviation Organization's Carbon Offset and Reduction 
                Scheme for International Aviation and the Kigali 
                Amendment to the Montreal Protocol;
                    (E) an intention to resume the United States 
                cooperation and support for cooperative climate action 
                detailed and announced in various climate change 
                communiques produced by the G7, the G20, the Arctic 
                Council, the United Nations, and others for which the 
                United States has recently abstained;
                    (F) a platform and policy incentives for the United 
                States private sector, and State and local governments 
                to accurately account for their contributions to reduce 
                greenhouse gas emissions;
                    (G) a new, increased contribution pledge to the 
                Green Climate Fund, and contributions to other 
                complementary multilateral funds;
                    (H) a commitment to resume a leadership role within 
                the Green Climate Fund to achieve accountability, 
                transparency, and management reforms; and
                    (I) other activities that advance United States 
                climate-related foreign policy objectives, including 
                global greenhouse gas mitigation, climate change 
                adaptation activities, and global climate security;
            (5) United States collaboration with other nations, 
        especially developing countries most impacted by the need to 
        transition carbon intensive industrial sectors, and the 
        workforces of these affected industries, on the global 
        transition to environmentally sustainable economies and 
        societies to ensure workers benefit from opportunities that 
        arise in a transition to economies powered by clean energy, 
        including engagements on--
                    (A) realizing the potential to create significant 
                net gains in employment opportunities through increases 
                in the number of decent jobs through investments in 
                environmentally sustainable production and consumption 
                and management of natural resources;
                    (B) improving the quality of jobs and increased 
                incomes on a large scale from more productive 
                processes, and environmentally sustainable products and 
                services in sectors such as agriculture, renewable 
                energy, transport, construction, recycling, and 
                tourism;
                    (C) social inclusion through improved access to 
                affordable, environmentally sustainable energy and 
                payments for environmental services, which are of 
                particular relevance to women and residents in rural 
                areas who face more economic challenges;
                    (D) protections from the effects of economic 
                restructuring that would otherwise result in the 
                displacement of workers and possible job losses;
                    (E) training and access to new job opportunities 
                attributable to new environmentally sustainable and 
                clean energy powered enterprises and workplaces;
                    (F) attracting new environmentally sustainable and 
                clean energy powered enterprises and workplaces to 
                communities transitioning to low carbon economies and 
                assist with adapting to climate change to avoid loss of 
                assets and livelihoods and involuntary migration; and
                    (G) avoiding adverse effects on the incomes of poor 
                households from higher energy and commodity prices; and
            (6) the United States should communicate its intention to 
        achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

SEC. 202. ENHANCED UNITED STATES COMMITMENT TO THE PARIS AGREEMENT.

    (a) Sense of Congress Regarding Need for Updated United States 
Nationally Determined Contribution.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) all parties determine their voluntary contributions to 
        the Paris Agreement, in accordance with Article 4.2 of the 
        Paris Agreement;
            (2) the development and submission of a new United States 
        nationally determined contribution should be prioritized, in 
        accordance with Article 4.9 of the Paris Agreement;
            (3) the new United States nationally determined 
        contribution should--
                    (A) represent an ambitious 2030 target, in 
                accordance with Articles 4.2 and 4.3 of the Paris 
                Agreement; and
                    (B) put the United States on an appropriate 
                trajectory towards achieving net zero greenhouse gas 
                emissions by 2050; and
            (4) the plan required under subsection (b) should--
                    (A) be developed in accordance with Article 4.13 of 
                the Paris Agreement;
                    (B) inform United States obligations under Article 
                13.7 of the Paris Agreement; and
                    (C) clearly demonstrate how the United States will 
                achieve the target referred to in paragraph (3).
    (b) Plan for Developing the United States Nationally Determined 
Contribution.--At least 20 days before the United States submits a new 
or provisional nationally determined contribution, the President shall 
consult with, and provide embargoed drafts of the nationally determined 
contribution to, the appropriate congressional committees.
    (c) Public Transparency.--The President shall make available to the 
public a plan for the United States to meet its nationally determined 
contribution, which shall include--
            (1) ambitious, economy-wide, short-term greenhouse gas 
        emissions reductions targets for 2025 and 2030, with relevant 
        addenda to the plan following its initial submission;
            (2) considerations made for populations, regions, 
        industries, and constituencies that could be affected by 
        actions to meet the targets described in paragraph (1) and the 
        failure to meet such targets, including the effect of such 
        actions on--
                    (A) United States jobs, wages, and pay;
                    (B) the cost of energy (such as electricity and 
                gasoline) for consumers; and
                    (C) the ability to develop and deploy new, 
                innovative, domestically produced technologies;
            (3) a description of how the United States may use--
                    (A) multilateral and bilateral diplomatic tools, in 
                addition to the expert committee established under 
                Article 15 of the Paris Agreement, to encourage and 
                assist other parties to the Paris Agreement to fulfill 
                their announced contributions; and
                    (B) the mechanisms under Articles 12 and 13 of the 
                Paris Agreement to urge enhanced actions from other 
                parties to achieve the overall objectives of the Paris 
                Agreement;
            (4) a description of how the Paris Agreement's loss and 
        damage provisions would affect infrastructure resiliency in the 
        United States;
            (5) a coherent and stable policy framework for sustainable 
        enterprise development and decent work opportunities for all 
        United States residents that--
                    (A) is developed through engagement in social 
                dialogue, particularly in--
                            (i) communities that have historically 
                        experienced environmental injustice; and
                            (ii) communities with economies that are 
                        heavily dependent on fossil fuel production or 
                        consumption; and
                    (B) maintains such social dialogue, in line with 
                international labor standards--
                            (i) at all stages, from policy design to 
                        implementation and evaluation; and
                            (ii) at all levels, from the national level 
                        to the enterprise; and
            (6) an accounting of other relevant activities that advance 
        United States foreign policy objectives of--
                    (A) advancing global greenhouse gas mitigation;
                    (B) supporting climate change adaptation 
                activities; and
                    (C) improving global climate security.
    (d) Education and Public Awareness.--
            (1) In general.--The plan developed under subsection (c) 
        shall be consistent with Article 12 of the Paris Agreement, 
        which states ``Parties shall cooperate in taking measures, as 
        appropriate, to enhance climate change education, training, 
        public awareness, public participation and public access to 
        information, recognizing the importance of these steps with 
        respect to enhancing actions under this Agreement.''.
            (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this Act may be 
        construed to require or prohibit the President from including 
        in the plan developed under subsection (b), consistent with the 
        prohibition described in section 438 of the General Education 
        Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232a), recommendations to support 
        State and local educational agencies, in integrating 
        instruction on human-caused climate change and the societal, 
        environmental, and economic effects of such climate change into 
        curricula taught in elementary and secondary schools under the 
        control of such State and local educational agencies, in order 
        to meet the goals and ambitions of the Paris Agreement to 
        ensure climate education and awareness in schools.
    (e) Sense of Congress Regarding the Accountability of Parties to 
the Paris Agreement.--It is the sense of Congress that the United 
States shall use its diplomatic leverage and the mechanisms of the 
Paris Agreement that promote transparency, reporting, and 
accountability among parties to seek to play critical leadership roles 
on the Paris Agreement's critical working groups, subsidiary bodies, 
and constituted bodies--
            (1) to maximize the United States ability to hold other 
        parties accountable for meeting the commitments to the Paris 
        Agreement; and
            (2) to ensure that all parties commit to and meet ambitious 
        greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets.

SEC. 203. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING RATIFICATION OF THE KIGALI 
              AMENDMENT TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The chemical refrigerant alternative, hydrofluorocarbon 
        (HFC), and its chemical derivatives identified in Annex F of 
        the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone 
        Layer, done at Montreal September 16, 1987, which replaced 
        hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), 
        are short-lived and highly potent greenhouse gases.
            (2) Some HFCs are 4,000 times more potent greenhouse gases 
        than carbon dioxide. The expansion of mass production and 
        worldwide use of HFCs have significantly contributed to the 
        recent worsening of the global climate crisis.
            (3) In October 15, 2016, the parties at the 28th Meeting of 
        Parties to the Montreal Protocol, with the support of the 
        United States, adopted an amendment (referred to in the Act as 
        the ``Kigali Amendment'') to the Montreal Protocol to globally 
        phase down the production and application of 
        hydrofluorocarbons, most commonly used as refrigerants in air 
        conditioners and for cold storage.
            (4) The Kigali Amendment calls for parties to cut the 
        production and consumption of HFCs by more than 80 percent 
        during a 30-year period--
                    (A) to eliminate an estimated 80,000,000,000 metric 
                tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by 2050; 
                and
                    (B) to avoid up to 0.5 degree Celsius warming by 
                the end of the century, while continuing to protect the 
                ozone layer.
            (5) United States ratification of the Kigali Amendment will 
        require the advice and consent of the Senate. There is broad 
        bipartisan support for the Kigali Amendment in the Senate, as 
        evidenced by a letter sent by 13 Republican senators to the 
        President on June 4, 2018, urging the President to submit the 
        Kigali Amendment to the Senate for advice and consent.
            (6) The Environmental Protection Agency received sufficient 
        domestic legal authority to comply with the international 
        obligations of the Kigali Amendment under title II of the 
        Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 2021 (division G of Public Law 116-260), 
        which was enacted on December 27, 2020.
            (7) As of the date of the introduction of the Act, the 
        President has not submitted the Kigali Amendment to the Senate 
        for advice and consent and the United States Government has 
        neither ratified nor implemented policies to comply with the 
        Kigali Amendment.
            (8) The Kigali Amendment, which has been ratified by 100 
        parties, entered into force on January 1, 2019.
            (9) Adoption of the Kigali Amendment and United States 
        ratification of and compliance with the Kigali Amendment is 
        supported broadly by affected industry stakeholders and 
        environmental public interest organizations.
            (10) Industries in the United States that use and produce 
        fluorocarbons--
                    (A) contribute more than $158,000,000,000 annually 
                in goods and services to the economy of the United 
                States; and
                    (B) employ more than 700,000 individuals, with an 
                annual industry-wide payroll of more than 
                $32,000,000,000.
            (11) Foreign competitors to United States chemical 
        refrigerant and refrigeration equipment based and operating in 
        countries that have ratified the Kigali Amendment and are 
        implementing policies in compliance with the Kigali Amendment 
        are gaining an advantage on United States based industries in 
        the manufacturing and used of next-generation chemicals and 
        equipment.
            (12) The United States ratification of the Kigali 
        Amendment--
                    (A) would support and promote the technological 
                leadership of the United States industries to lead 
                global production and marketing of replacement 
                refrigerants and equipment in compliance with the 
                Kigali Amendment; and
                    (B) according to industry analysis, would 
                potentially create approximately 33,000 new 
                manufacturing jobs in the United States and add 
                approximately $12,500,000,000 per year to the economy 
                of the United States.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the President should immediately submit the Kigali 
        Amendment to the Senate for advice and consent; and
            (2) the Senate should promptly provide its advice and 
        consent on the Kigali Amendment.

SEC. 204. COMPLIANCE WITH THE CARBON OFFSET AND REDUCTION SCHEME FOR 
              INTERNATIONAL AVIATION.

    The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
promulgate regulations establishing uniform policies and take other 
necessary actions to implement the terms of the Carbon Offset and 
Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (commonly known as 
``CORSIA''), which was adopted by International Civil Aviation 
Organization in October 2016 as Assembly Resolution A39-3, and any 
amendments to such Resolution with which the United States concurs, as 
means to secure a single global carbon emissions market-based mechanism 
to facilitate the participation of operators of civil aircraft of the 
United States in international aviation.

SEC. 205. SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) High-GWP hfc.--The term ``high-GWP HFC'' means newly 
        manufactured hydrofluorocarbons with a global warming potential 
        calculated over a 100-year period of greater than 150, as 
        described in the Fifth Assessment Report of the 
        Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
            (2) Short-lived climate pollutants.--The term ``short-lived 
        climate pollutants'' means--
                    (A) black carbon;
                    (B) methane; and
                    (C) high-GWP HFC.
    (b) In General.--The President shall direct the United States 
representatives to appropriate international bodies and conferences 
(including the United Nations Environment Programme, the UNFCCC, the 
Montreal Protocol, the Arctic Council, the Group of 7, the Group of 20, 
the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), the 
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia Pacific Economic 
Cooperation, the Arctic Council, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition on 
Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, and the Global Alliance for Climate-
Smart Agriculture) to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 
States, consistent with the broad foreign policy goals of the United 
States, to advocate that each such body or conference--
            (1) commit to significantly increasing efforts to reduce 
        short-lived climate pollutants;
            (2) invest in and develop alternative energy sources, 
        industrial and agricultural processes, appliances, and products 
        to replace sources of short-lived climate pollutants;
            (3) enhance coordination with the private sector--
                    (A) to increase production and distribution of 
                clean energy alternatives, industrial processes, and 
                products that will replace sources of short-lived 
                climate pollutants;
                    (B) to develop action plans to mitigate short-lived 
                climate pollutants from various private sector 
                operations;
                    (C) to encourage best technology, methods, and 
                management practices for reducing short-lived climate 
                pollutants;
                    (D) to craft specific financing mechanisms for the 
                incremental costs associated with mitigating short-live 
                climate pollutants; and
                    (E) to grow economic opportunities and develop 
                markets, as appropriate, for short-lived climate 
                pollutants trading, capture, and other efforts that 
                support economic growth using low and zero carbon 
                energy sources;
            (4) provide technical assistance to foreign regulatory 
        authorities and governments to remove unnecessary barriers to 
        investment in short-lived climate mitigation solutions, 
        including--
                    (A) the use of safe and affordable clean energy;
                    (B) the implementation of policies requiring 
                industrial and agricultural best practices for 
                capturing or mitigating the release of methane from 
                extractive, agricultural, and industrial processes; and
                    (C) climate assessment, scientific research, 
                monitoring, and technological development activities;
            (5) develop and implement clear, accountable, and metric-
        based targets to measure the effectiveness of projects 
        described in paragraph (4); and
            (6) engage international partners in an existing 
        multilateral forum (or, if necessary, establish through an 
        international agreement a new multilateral forum) to improve 
        global cooperation for--
                    (A) creating tangible metrics for evaluating 
                efforts to reduce short-lived climate pollutants;
                    (B) developing and implementing best practices for 
                phasing out sources of short-lived climate pollutants, 
                including expanding capacity for innovative instruments 
                to mitigate short-lived climate pollutants at the 
                national and subnational levels of foreign countries, 
                particularly countries with little capacity to reduce 
                greenhouse gas emissions and deploy clean energy 
                facilities, and countries that lack sufficient policies 
                to advance such development;
                    (C) encouraging the development of standards and 
                practices, and increasing transparency and 
                accountability efforts for the reduction of short-lived 
                climate pollutants;
                    (D) integrating tracking and monitoring systems 
                into industrial processes;
                    (E) fostering research to improve scientific 
                understanding of--
                            (i) how high concentrations of short-lived 
                        climate pollutants affect human health, safety, 
                        and our climate;
                            (ii) changes in the amount and regional 
                        concentrations of black carbon and methane 
                        emissions, based on scientific modeling and 
                        forecasting;
                            (iii) effective means to sequester short-
                        lived climate pollutants; and
                            (iv) other related areas of research the 
                        United States representatives deem necessary;
                    (F) encouraging the World Bank, the International 
                Monetary Fund, and other international finance 
                organizations--
                            (i) to prioritize efforts to combat short-
                        lived climate pollutants; and
                            (ii) to enhance transparency by providing 
                        sufficient and adequate information to 
                        facilitate independent verification of their 
                        climate finance reporting;
                    (G) encouraging observers of the Arctic Council 
                (including India and China) to adopt mitigation plans 
                consistent with the findings and recommendations of the 
                Arctic Council's Framework for Action on Black Carbon 
                and Methane;
                    (H) collaborating on technological advances in 
                short-lived climate pollutant mitigation, sequestration 
                and reduction technologies; and
                    (I) advising foreign countries, at both the 
                national and subnational levels, regarding the 
                development and execution of regulatory policies, 
                services, and laws pertaining to reducing the creation 
                and the collection and safe management of short-lived 
                climate pollutants.
    (c) Enhancing International Outreach and Partnership of United 
States Agencies Involved in Greenhouse Gas Reductions.--
            (1) Finding.--Congress recognizes the success of the United 
        States Climate Alliance and the greenhouse gas reduction 
        programs and strategies established by the Environmental 
        Protection Agency's Center for Corporate Climate Leadership.
            (2) Authorization of efforts to build foreign 
        partnerships.--The Secretary of State shall work with the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to build 
        partnerships, as appropriate, with the governments of foreign 
        countries and to support international efforts to reduce short-
        lived climate pollutants and combat climate change.
    (d) Negotiation of New International Agreements and Reassertion of 
Targets in Existing Agreements.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 
report to Congress that--
            (1) assesses the potential for negotiating new 
        international agreements, new targets within existing 
        international agreements or cooperative bodies, and the 
        creation of a new international forum to mitigate globally 
        short-lived climate pollutants to support the efforts described 
        in subsection (b);
            (2) describes the provisions that could be included in such 
        agreements;
            (3) assesses potential parties to such agreements;
            (4) describes a process for reengaging with Canada and 
        Mexico regarding the methane targets agreed to at the 2016 
        North American Leaders' Summit; and
            (5) describes a process for reengaging with the countries 
        of the Arctic Council regarding the methane and black carbon 
        targets that were negotiated in 2015 through the Framework for 
        Action.
    (e) Consideration of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants in Negotiating 
International Agreements.--In negotiating any relevant international 
agreement with any country or countries after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the President shall--
            (1) consider the impact short-lived climate pollutants are 
        having on the increase in global average temperatures and the 
        resulting global climate change;
            (2) consider the effects that climate change is having on 
        the environment; and
            (3) ensure that the agreement strengthens efforts to 
        eliminate short-lived climate pollutants from such country or 
        countries.

SEC. 206. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION REGARDING CLEAN TRANSPORTATION AND 
              SUSTAINABLE LAND USE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Agriculture, forestry, and other land use accounted for 
        24 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions during 2010, 
        which--
                    (A) is caused primarily from agriculture 
                (cultivation of crops and livestock) and deforestation; 
                and
                    (B) does not take into account the carbon dioxide 
                that ecosystems remove from the atmosphere by 
                sequestering carbon in biomass, dead organic matter, 
                and soils, which offset approximately 20 percent of 
                emissions from this sector.
            (2) The transportation sector accounts for 14 percent of 
        global gas emissions and 28 percent of the United States 
        greenhouse gas emissions.
            (3) According to the National Center for Biotechnology 
        Information's report, ``National Mitigation Potential from 
        Natural Climate Solutions in the Tropics''--
                    (A) better land stewardship is needed to achieve 
                the Paris Agreement's temperature goal of holding the 
                increase of global average temperatures well below 2 
                degrees Celsius, particularly in the tropics;
                    (B) as countries enhance their nationally 
                determined contributions, confusion persists about the 
                potential contribution of better land stewardship to 
                meeting such goal;
                    (C) in 50 percent of the tropical countries, cost-
                effective natural climate solutions could mitigate more 
                than 50 percent of national emissions;
                    (D) in more than 25 percent of the tropical 
                countries, cost effective natural climate solutions 
                potential is greater than national emissions; and
                    (E) natural climate solutions can transform 
                national economies and contribute to sustainable 
                development goals.
            (4) According to the International Energy Agency--
                    (A) global transport emissions increased by less 
                than 0.5 percent in 2019 (compared with an average 
                annual increase of 1.9 percent since 2000), owing to 
                efficiency improvements, electrification, and greater 
                use of biofuels;
                    (B) transportation is responsible for 24 percent of 
                direct carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel 
                combustion;
                    (C) electric car deployment has grown rapidly since 
                2010, with the global stock of electric passenger cars 
                passing 5,000,000 in 2018 (an increase of 63 percent 
                from the previous year);
                    (D) in 2018--
                            (i) approximately 45 percent of all 
                        electric cars on the road were in China;
                            (ii) approximately 24 percent of such cars 
                        were in Europe; and
                            (iii) approximately 22 percent of such cars 
                        were in the United States;
                    (E) existing measures to increase efficiency and 
                reduce energy demand must be deepened and extended for 
                compliance with the Sustainable Development Scenario of 
                the International Energy Agency's World Energy Model;
                    (F) prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, emissions from 
                aviation and shipping were increasing faster than all 
                other transportation modes; and
                    (G) energy demand and emissions have continued to 
                rise in all modes of road transport (cars, trucks, 
                buses, and 2- and 3-wheelers), particularly in heavy-
                duty road freight transport, which account for 75 
                percent of global transportation sector emissions.
            (5) The worldwide market share of sport utility vehicles 
        rose 15 percentage points between 2014 and 2019, and now 
        comprises 40 percent of the global light-duty vehicle market.
            (6) China is the world's largest automobile market, with 
        more than 23,700,000 light vehicles sold in China in 2018. As 
        China's road network rapidly continues to expand, the number of 
        vehicle miles traveled per capita will most likely lead to 
        growth in China's transportation sector carbon dioxide 
        emissions.
            (7) Even with India's advancement of policies to promote 
        electric vehicles and biofuels--
                    (A) India relies heavily on oil, and comprises 29 
                percent of India's total energy consumption;
                    (B) prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, India was the 
                world's fastest growing aviation market, with passenger 
                numbers for domestic and international flights doubling 
                since 2010;
                    (C) India is planning to build 100 new airports 
                between 2020 and 2035, and industry analysts have 
                projected up to 520,000,000 Indian air travelers 
                annually by 2037; and
                    (D) the World Health Organization reports that 15 
                of the cities worldwide with the worst air pollution 
                are in India, largely due to urban vehicle emissions.
            (8) In 2013, Mexico became the first vehicle market in 
        Latin America to establish fuel economy or carbon dioxide 
        emissions standards.
            (9) The Department of State, the National Highway Traffic 
        Safety Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency 
        do not have a program in place to encourage other countries to 
        adopt standards that are compatible with United States fuel 
        economy and emissions standards.
            (10) Many countries adopt European emissions standards 
        rather than United States standards, in part because of 
        European diplomatic engagement, disadvantaging United States 
        automakers in international markets.
    (b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States to 
partner, consult, and coordinate with foreign governments, civil 
society, international financial institutions, subnational communities, 
agribusiness and automobile industry leaders, and the private sector in 
a concerted effort--
            (1) to raise awareness of--
                    (A) the greenhouse gas emission contributions from 
                agriculture, forestry, other land uses, and the 
                transportation sector to the annual total of 
                anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions globally; and
                    (B) the importance of working cooperatively on the 
                development of multi-faceted and country specific 
                policies and strategies--
                            (i) to effectively reduce greenhouse gas 
                        emissions from agriculture, forestry, other 
                        land uses, and the transportation sector; and
                            (ii) to promote economic growth, 
                        opportunities, sustainable land management, and 
                        equitable access to mobility, transportation 
                        services, and resources among all populations;
            (2) to mitigate land use sector emissions through enhanced 
        land use planning, sustainable agriculture practices, 
        sustainable forest management, and community-led conservation 
        and development and other natural climate solutions;
            (3) to use the voice and vote of the United States in 
        multilateral institutions to advance international efforts to 
        advance sustainable land-use planning, climate-smart 
        agriculture, sustainable forest management, and community-led 
        conservation and development;
            (4) to improve the reliability and sustainability of 
        transportation systems, particularly in developing countries, 
        through a focus on mitigating carbon emissions, improving 
        health and safety outcomes through improved land use and 
        community design, and improved mobility for all populations;
            (5) to promote collaboration regarding international 
        research and development in--
                    (A) zero-emission vehicles;
                    (B) sustainable urban development and smart growth; 
                and
                    (C) advanced low carbon biofuels for 
                transportation;
            (6) to facilitate and support the ability of parties to the 
        Paris Agreement to more accurately monitor, record, and report 
        transportation sector emissions;
            (7) to develop greater cooperation among parties for 
        strengthening the rules and ambition of the Paris Agreement's 
        mitigation targets for transportation sector emissions;
            (8) to improve the structural integrity of critical 
        transportation infrastructure to withstand current and 
        forecasted effects of climate change and support community 
        resilience, improved access to jobs, and adaptability to the 
        effects of climate change; and
            (9) to explore new opportunities or seek enhanced 
        initiatives within existing multilateral and bilateral 
        agreements to develop mechanisms and policies for reducing 
        transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions.
    (c) International Cooperation.--In implementing the policy 
described in subsection (b), the President should direct the United 
States representatives to appropriate international bodies to use the 
influence of the United States, consistent with the broad foreign 
policy goals of the United States, to advocate that each such body--
            (1) promote transportation sector investment in--
                    (A) electric vehicles and other low and zero carbon 
                transportation technologies; and
                    (B) sustainable land use development that 
                incorporates--
                            (i) multi-modal transportation designs 
                        aimed at reducing--
                                    (I) traffic congestion;
                                    (II) carbon emissions from motor 
                                vehicles;
                                    (III) travel times between high 
                                volume destinations within a community;
                                    (IV) vehicle crashes and other 
                                threats to motorist and pedestrian 
                                safety; and
                                    (V) stormwater runoff from 
                                impervious road surfaces, vehicle 
                                conflicts with wildlife, habitat 
                                destruction, and other forms of 
                                environmental degradation commonly 
                                associated with roads and motor 
                                vehicles;
                            (ii) multi-use community designs and dense 
                        development that accounts for locating 
                        residential development near essential goods, 
                        services, and job opportunities (to reduce 
                        individual reliance of motorized personal 
                        transportation); and
                            (iii) transportation systems designed--
                                    (I) to maximize the safety of all 
                                users; and
                                    (II) to reduce the probability of 
                                motorized vehicle crashes, including 
                                motorized vehicle crashes that injure 
                                or kill pedestrians and bicyclists;
            (2) strive to improve mobility by advancing equitable 
        access to transportation services among all populations, 
        particularly historically underserved or marginalized 
        populations and communities;
            (3) improve environmental quality and community health 
        outcomes through--
                    (A) safer and more efficient multi-modal 
                transportation systems that reduce vehicle pollution 
                and congestion;
                    (B) reductions in the amount of impervious 
                surfaces; and
                    (C) integration of safe pedestrian and bicycling 
                infrastructure;
            (4) addresses unique transportation and economic needs of 
        countries' diverse populations and communities in ways that 
        also support a country's achievement of ambitious greenhouse 
        gas mitigation commitments;
            (5) enhance coordination and engagement with private sector 
        stakeholders;
            (6) provide technical assistance to foreign regulatory 
        authorities and governments to remove barriers to investment in 
        transportation systems, infrastructure and electric vehicles 
        and low and zero carbon fuels; and
            (7) use clear, accountable, and metric-based targets to 
        measure the effectiveness of such projects.
    (d) Vehicle Fuel Economy and CO<INF>2</INF> Emissions Diplomacy 
Initiative.--
            (1) Development.--The Secretary of State, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 
        Transportation, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall 
        develop a Vehicle Fuel Economy and CO<INF>2</INF> Emissions 
        Diplomacy Initiative to promote the worldwide adoption of 
        vehicle fuel economy and vehicle carbon dioxide emissions 
        standards that are compatible with United States standards.
            (2) Responsibilities and duties.--
                    (A) Diplomatic efforts.--The Secretary of State 
                shall lead diplomatic efforts to encourage foreign 
                governments to adopt vehicle fuel economy standards and 
                vehicle carbon dioxide emissions standards.
                    (B) Technical assistance.--The Administrator of the 
                National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the 
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
                shall provide technical assistance to other countries 
                to help such countries to develop new standards, 
                testing regimes, and compliance strategies.
            (3) Program scope.--The Vehicle Fuel Economy and 
        CO<INF>2</INF> Emissions Diplomacy Initiative should--
                    (A) have the goal of reducing oil consumption by at 
                least 2,000,000 barrels per day by 2030, in addition to 
                the reduction anticipated by the implementation of 
                standards in existence as of the date of the enactment 
                of this Act;
                    (B) include input in developing the program from 
                leaders in United States industry; and
                    (C) focus special attention on Latin America.

SEC. 207. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES REENGAGEMENT WITH THE 
              GROUP OF SEVEN AND THE GROUP OF TWENTY ON CLIMATE ACTION.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) President Trump has abstained from several heads of 
        state meetings on climate action and cooperation with the heads 
        of state from countries comprising the Group of Seven (referred 
        to in this section as the ``G7'') and the Group of Twenty 
        (referred to in this section as the ``G20'').
            (2) The G7 summit held in Charlevoix, Quebec in June 2018 
        produced a climate action communique that was signed by the 
        heads of state from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and 
        the United Kingdom, but was not signed by the United States.
            (3) The G7 climate action communique states, ``Canada, 
        France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the 
        European Union reaffirm their strong commitment to implement 
        the Paris Agreement, through ambitious climate action, in 
        particular through reducing emissions while stimulating 
        innovation, enhancing adaptive capacity, strengthening and 
        financing resilience and reducing vulnerability; as well as 
        ensuring a just transition, including increasing efforts to 
        mobilize climate finance from a wide variety of sources.''.
            (4) In 2019, the United States blocked the G7 from making 
        any new or additional commitments on climate change, to the 
        expressed disappointment and frustration of the other six heads 
        of state.
            (5) The G7, without the active participation of the United 
        States, continues to work together to fulfill clean energy 
        commitments on initiatives such as the 2014 Rome Initiative for 
        Energy Security, the 2015 Hamburg Initiative for Sustainable 
        Energy Security, the 2016 Kitakyushu Initiative on Energy 
        Security for Global Growth, and the Africa Renewable Energy 
        Initiative. However, United States objections to global 
        cooperative climate action have prevented the G7 from 
        undertaking new clean energy and climate action initiatives in 
        recent years.
            (6) The 2018 Buenos Aires Leaders Declaration by the G20--
                    (A) recognizes the risks that climate change poses 
                to global security, global health, and economic 
                development; and
                    (B) affirms the significance of the Paris 
                Agreement.
            (7) The United States insisted on the inclusion of a 
        statement in the G20 Buenos Aires Leaders Declaration, for 
        which the United States was the only subscriber, expressing 
        dissenting opinions on international climate action cooperation 
        and equivocation on ``utilizing all energy sources and 
        technologies, while protecting the environment''.
            (8) In 2019, the G20 narrowly avoided concluding without a 
        leaders' declaration, when the President unsuccessfully tried 
        to pressure the other 19 heads of state to weaken commitments 
        on combating climate change in the 2019 G20 Osaka Leaders 
        Declaration, leaving the United States to provide a dissenting 
        provision articulating its outlier position on climate action 
        in the Declaration.
    (b) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Secretary of 
State, shall initiate a China-focused agenda at the G7, with respect 
to--
            (1) trade and investment issues and enforcement;
            (2) establishing and promulgating international 
        infrastructure standards;
            (3) the erosion of democracy in Hong Kong;
            (4) human rights concerns in Xinjiang, Tibet, and other 
        areas in the People's Republic of China;
            (5) the security of 5G telecommunications;
            (6) anti-competitive behavior;
            (7) coercive and indentured international finance and 
        conditional provision of foreign assistance;
            (8) international influence campaigns;
            (9) climate change;
            (10) China's domestic and international investments in new 
        coal power plants;
            (11) environmental standards; and
            (12) coordination with like-minded regional partners, 
        including the Republic of Korea and Australia.
    (c) Briefing on Progress of Negotiations.--Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
provide a briefing to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
regarding the progress of any negotiations described in subsection (b).
    (d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the United 
States should--
            (1) in the next G7 communique and G20 Leaders' 
        Declaration--
                    (A) renounce the United States contrarian positions 
                on climate change expressed in the 2018 and 2019 
                official documents of the G7 and G20 summits;
                    (B) renew its commitment to climate cooperation and 
                support for fulfilling the goals of the Paris Agreement 
                in the context of the G7 and the G20;
                    (C) lead efforts to formalize new mechanisms and 
                commitments to climate action cooperation between the 
                heads of state of the G7 and of the G20, which are 
                aimed at--
                            (i) increasing ambition on greenhouse gas 
                        mitigation; and
                            (ii) strengthening support for climate 
                        finance in developing countries, particularly 
                        countries that are most vulnerable to the 
                        effects of climate change; and
                    (D) challenge the heads of state of the G7 and the 
                G20 to leverage private financing and increase grants 
                and official development assistance in clean energy and 
                sustainable development projects in their own countries 
                and in developing countries, especially countries that 
                are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change; 
                and
            (2) initiate the China-focused agenda described in 
        subsection (b) at the G7.

       TITLE III--CLIMATE CHANGE DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AND SUPPORT

SEC. 301. INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, MITIGATION, AND 
              SECURITY PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Convention.--The term ``Convention'' means the United 
        Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at New 
        York May 9, 1992, and entered into force March 21, 1994.
            (2) Most vulnerable communities and populations.--The term 
        ``most vulnerable communities and populations'' means 
        communities and populations that are at risk of substantial 
        adverse effects of climate change and have limited capacity to 
        respond to such effects, including women, impoverished 
        communities, children, indigenous peoples, and formal and 
        informal workers.
            (3) Most vulnerable developing countries.--The term ``most 
        vulnerable developing countries'' means, as determined by the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development, developing countries that are at risk of 
        substantial adverse effects of climate change and have limited 
        capacity to respond to such effects, considering the approaches 
        included in any international treaties and agreements.
            (4) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the International 
        Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation, and Security Program 
        established pursuant to subsection (c).
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide authorities 
for additional, new, current, and ongoing bilateral and regional 
international development assistance, and, as appropriate, to leverage 
private resources, in support of host country driven projects, 
planning, policies, and initiatives designed to improve the ability of 
host countries--
            (1) to primarily produce reliable renewable energy and 
        reduce or mitigate carbon emissions from the power sector while 
        facilitating the transition in key global markets from 
        electricity generated from fossil fuel power to low-cost clean 
        energy sources, in a manner that is equitable for workers and 
        communities;
            (2) to adapt and become more resilient to current and 
        forecasted effects of climate change; and
            (3) to employ--
                    (A) sustainable land use practices that mitigate 
                desertification and reduce greenhouse gas emissions 
                from deforestation and forest degradation; and
                    (B) agricultural production practices that reduce 
                poverty while improving soil health, protecting water 
                quality, and increasing food security and nutrition.
    (c) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development, shall 
establish a program, to be known as the ``International Climate Change 
Adaptation, Mitigation, and Security Program'', to provide bilateral 
and regional assistance to developing countries for programs, projects, 
and activities described in subsection (e).
    (d) Supplement Not Supplant.--Assistance provided under this 
section shall be used to supplement, and not to supplant, any other 
Federal, State, or local resources available to carry out activities 
that fit the characteristics of the Program.
    (e) Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United States to ensure 
that the Program provides resources to developing countries, 
particularly the most vulnerable communities and populations in such 
countries, to support the development and implementation of programs, 
projects, and activities that--
            (1) reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the integration 
        and deployment of clean energy, which may include transmission, 
        distribution, and interconnections to renewable energy, while 
        facilitating the transition in key global markets from 
        electricity generated from fossil fuel power to low-cost 
        renewable energy sources, in a manner that is equitable for 
        workers and communities;
            (2) advance the use of clean energy technologies facing 
        financial or other barriers to widespread deployment that could 
        be addressed through support under the Program to reduce, 
        sequester, or avoid greenhouse gas emissions;
            (3) improve the availability, viability, and accessibility 
        of zero emission vehicles, including support for design and 
        development of transportation networks and land use practices 
        that mitigate carbon emissions in the transportation sector;
            (4) support building capacities that may include--
                    (A) developing and implementing methodologies and 
                programs for measuring and quantifying greenhouse gas 
                emissions and verifying emissions mitigation, including 
                building capacities to conduct emissions inventories 
                and meet reporting requirements under the Paris 
                Agreement;
                    (B) assessing, developing, and implementing 
                technology and policy options for greenhouse gas 
                emissions mitigation and avoidance of future emissions, 
                including sector-based and cross-sector mitigation 
                strategies;
                    (C) enhancing the technical capacity of regulatory 
                authorities, planning agencies, and related 
                institutions in developing countries to improve the 
                deployment of clean energy technologies and practices, 
                including through increased transparency;
                    (D) training and instruction regarding the 
                installation and maintenance of renewable energy 
                technologies; and
                    (E) activities that support the development and 
                implementation of frameworks for intellectual property 
                rights in developing countries;
            (5) improve resilience, sustainable economic growth, and 
        adaptation capacities in response to and in spite of the 
        effects of climate change;
            (6) promote appropriate job training and access to new job 
        opportunities in new economic sectors and industries that 
        emerge due to the transition from fossil fuel energy to clean 
        energy, with full labor protections in accordance with 
        international labor standards;
            (7) reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience 
        capacities of communities to the effects of climate change, 
        including effects on--
                    (A) water availability;
                    (B) agricultural productivity and food security;
                    (C) flood risk;
                    (D) coastal resources;
                    (E) biodiversity;
                    (F) economic livelihoods;
                    (G) health and diseases;
                    (H) housing and shelter; and
                    (I) human migration;
            (8) help countries and communities adapt to changes in the 
        environment through enhanced community planning, preparedness, 
        and growth strategies that take into account current and 
        forecasted regional and localized effects of climate change;
            (9) conserve and restore natural resources, ecosystems, and 
        biodiversity threatened by the effects of climate change to 
        ensure such resources, ecosystems, and biodiversity are healthy 
        and continue to provide natural protections from the effects of 
        climate change such as extreme weather;
            (10) provide resources, information, scientific data and 
        modeling, innovative best practices, and technical assistance 
        to support vulnerable developing countries and communities 
        adapt their economies, communities, and security planning 
        efforts to the effects of climate change;
            (11) promote sustainable and climate-resilient societies, 
        including through improvements to make critical infrastructure 
        less vulnerable to the effects of climate change;
            (12) encourage the adoption of policies and measures, 
        including sector-based and cross-sector policies and measures, 
        that substantially reduce, sequester, or avoid greenhouse gas 
        emissions from the domestic energy and transportation sectors 
        of developing countries;
            (13) reduce deforestation and land degradation to reduce 
        greenhouse gas emissions and implement sustainable forestry 
        practices;
            (14) promote sustainable land use activities, including 
        supporting development planning, design, and construction with 
        respect to transportation systems and land use that 
        incorporates--
                    (A) multi-modal transportation designs aimed at 
                reducing--
                            (i) traffic congestion;
                            (ii) carbon emissions from motor vehicles;
                            (iii) travel times between high volume 
                        destinations within a community;
                            (iv) motor vehicle crashes and other 
                        threats to motorist and pedestrian safety; and
                            (v) stormwater runoff from impervious road 
                        surfaces, motor vehicle conflicts with 
                        wildlife, habitat destruction, and other forms 
                        of environmental degradation commonly 
                        associated with roads and motor vehicles;
                    (B) multi-use community designs and dense 
                development that account for locating residential 
                development near essential goods, services, and job 
                opportunities to reduce individual reliance on 
                motorized personal transportation; and
                    (C) transportation systems designed to--
                            (i) maximize the safety of all users;
                            (ii) improve mobility by advancing 
                        equitable access to transportation services 
                        among all populations, particularly 
                        historically underserved or marginalized 
                        populations and communities; and
                            (iii) reduce the probability of vehicle 
                        crashes and pedestrian and bicyclist injuries 
                        and mortalities;
            (15) promote sustainable agricultural practices that 
        mitigate carbon emissions, conserve soil, and improve food and 
        water security of communities;
            (16) foster partnerships with private sector entities and 
        nongovernmental international development organizations to 
        assist with developing solutions and economic opportunities 
        that support projects, planning, policies, and initiatives 
        described in subsection (b);
            (17) provide technical assistance and strengthen capacities 
        of developing countries to meet the goals of the conditional 
        nationally determined contributions of those countries;
            (18) establish investment channels designed to leverage 
        private sector financing in--
                    (A) clean energy;
                    (B) sustainable agriculture and natural resource 
                management; and
                    (C) the transportation sector as described in 
                paragraph (3); and
            (19) provide technical assistance and support for non-
        extractive activities that provide alternative economic growth 
        opportunities while preserving critical habitats and natural 
        carbon sinks.
    (f) Provision of Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development, under the direction of 
        the Secretary of State, and in consultation with the Secretary 
        of the Treasury and, as appropriate, the Administrator of the 
        Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, and 
        the Secretary of Agriculture, shall provide assistance under 
        the Program--
                    (A) in the form of bilateral assistance pursuant to 
                the requirements under subsection (g);
                    (B) to multilateral funds or international 
                institutions with programs for climate mitigation or 
                adaptation in developing countries consistent with the 
                policy described in subsection (e); or
                    (C) through a combination of the mechanisms 
                specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
            (2) Limitation.--
                    (A) Conditional distribution to multilateral funds 
                or international institutions.--In any fiscal year, the 
                Administrator of the United States Agency for 
                International Development, under the direction of the 
                Secretary of State, may provide up to 40 percent of the 
                assistance available to carry out the Program to 1 or 
                more multilateral funds or international institutions 
                that meet the requirements of subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Multilateral fund or international institution 
                eligibility.--A multilateral fund or international 
                institution is eligible to receive assistance under 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) if--
                                    (I) such fund or institution is 
                                established pursuant to--
                                            (aa) the Convention; or
                                            (bb) an agreement 
                                        negotiated under the 
                                        Convention; or
                                    (II) the assistance is directed to 
                                1 or more multilateral funds or 
                                international development institutions, 
                                pursuant to an agreement negotiated 
                                under the Convention; and
                            (ii) if such fund or institution--
                                    (I) 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; and
                                    (II) 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--
                                            (aa) to support projects, 
                                        planning, policies, and 
                                        initiatives described in 
                                        subsection (b);
                                            (bb) consistent with the 
                                        policy described in subsection 
                                        (e); and
                                            (cc) in regular 
                                        consultation with relevant 
                                        governing bodies of the fund or 
                                        institution that--

                                                    (AA) include 
                                                representation from 
                                                countries among the 
                                                most vulnerable 
                                                developing countries; 
                                                and

                                                    (BB) provide public 
                                                access.

                    (C) Congressional notification.--The Secretary of 
                State, the Administrator of the United States Agency 
                for International Development, or the Secretary of the 
                Treasury shall notify the appropriate congressional 
                committees not later than 15 days before providing 
                assistance to a multilateral fund or international 
                institution under this subsection.
            (3) Local consultations.--Programs, projects, and 
        activities supported by assistance provided under this 
        subsection shall require consultations with local communities, 
        particularly the most vulnerable communities and populations in 
        such communities, and indigenous peoples in areas in which any 
        programs, projects, or activities are planned to engage such 
        communities and peoples through adequate disclosure of 
        information, public participation, consultation, and the free 
        prior and informed consent of such peoples, including full 
        consideration of the interdependence of vulnerable communities 
        and ecosystems to promote the resilience of local communities.
    (g) Bilateral Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Except to the extent inconsistent with 
        this subsection, the administrative authorities under the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) shall 
        apply to the implementation of this subsection 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 of the United States Agency for International 
        Development with the authority to provide assistance to 
        countries, including the most vulnerable developing countries, 
        for programs, projects, and activities consistent with the 
        purposes described in subsection (b) and the policy described 
        in subsection (e).
            (2) Considerations.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
        Administrator shall ensure that--
                    (A) the environmental impact of proposed programs, 
                projects, and activities is assessed through adequate 
                consultation, public participation, and disclosure of 
                information; and
                    (B) programs, projects, and activities under this 
                subsection--
                            (i) avoid environmental degradation, to the 
                        maximum extent practicable; and
                            (ii) are aligned, to the maximum extent 
                        practicable, with broader development, poverty 
                        alleviation, or natural resource management 
                        objectives and initiatives in the recipient 
                        country.
            (3) Community engagement.--The Administrator shall seek to 
        ensure that--
                    (A) local communities, particularly the most 
                vulnerable communities and populations in areas in 
                which any programs, projects, or activities are carried 
                out under this subsection, are engaged in the design, 
                implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of such 
                programs, projects, and activities through disclosure 
                of information, public participation, and consultation; 
                and
                    (B) the needs and interests of the most vulnerable 
                communities and populations are addressed in national 
                or regional climate change adaptation plans.
            (4) Consultation and disclosure.--For each country 
        receiving assistance under this subsection, the Administrator 
        shall establish a process for consultation with, and disclosure 
        of information to, local, national, and international 
        stakeholders regarding any programs, projects, or activities 
        carried out under this subsection.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
2022 and each fiscal year thereafter.

SEC. 302. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND.

    (a) United States Contributions.--On behalf of the United States, 
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State--
            (1) shall jointly coordinate contributions to the Green 
        Climate Fund; and
            (2) may contribute to the Green Climate Fund, in addition 
        to the amounts authorized under subsection (d), additional 
        amounts from other relevant foreign assistance accounts.
    (b) Limits on Country Access.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to ensure 
that--
            (1) the Fund does not provide more than approximately 15 
        percent of the resources of the Fund to any one country;
            (2) each country that receives amounts from the Fund 
        submits to the governing body of the Fund an investment plan 
        that describes how--
                    (A) energy efficiency or production projects will 
                achieve significant and lasting reductions in national-
                level greenhouse gas emissions; and
                    (B) adaptation projects will--
                            (i) provide long-term enhancements to 
                        national and food security;
                            (ii) protect lives and livelihoods;
                            (iii) ensure lasting access to freshwater 
                        resources; or
                            (iv) advance public health outcomes; and
            (3) in the case of a country that is not classified by the 
        World Bank as having a low-income economy, provides for not 
        less than 15 percent of the total cost of the plan to be 
        contributed from the public funds of the country.
    (c) Project and Program Requirements.--The Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall use the 
voice, vote, and influence of the United States to ensure that support 
from the Fund is used exclusively to support the deployment by 
developing countries of clean energy technologies and the development 
of projects that improve the resilience capacities and ability of 
countries to adapt to the effects of climate change, including, as 
appropriate, through the provision of technical support or support for 
policy or institutional reforms.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to the amounts 
authorized to be appropriated under section 301(h), there are 
authorized to be appropriated for contributions to the Green Climate 
Fund--
            (1) $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
            (2) $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
            (3) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and
            (4) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.
    (e) Report to Congress.--Not later than 240 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report describing--
            (1) the purpose of and progress on each project supported 
        by the Fund; and
            (2) how each such project furthers the investment plan 
        described in subsection (b)(2) of each country in which the 
        project is implemented.

SEC. 303. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES ENGAGEMENTS AT THE WORLD 
              ECONOMIC FORUM.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) In 2020, the World Economic Forum (referred to in this 
        section as the ``WEF'') in Davos, Switzerland, put addressing 
        the climate crisis at the top of its agenda. World and business 
        leaders reinforced the need for urgent action to avoid human 
        destruction from the clear and present climate crisis.
            (2) At the 2020 annual meeting of the WEF, the President, 
        accompanied by the Secretary of the Treasury, delivered a 
        contrarian message, claiming, ``To embrace the possibilities of 
        tomorrow, we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and 
        their predictions of the apocalypse.''.
            (3) Nevertheless, the WEF, without support from the United 
        States, announced climate initiatives on sustainable markets, 
        reaching carbon neutrality on insurance investment portfolios, 
        decarbonizing the automotive sector through circular economies, 
        and transitioning to healthier, more sustainable food systems.
            (4) The one initiative the United States did agree to join 
        is the Trillion Tree Campaign, which aims to grow, restore, and 
        conserve 1 trillion trees by 2030.
            (5) The President's dismissal of the threat climate change 
        poses to economic growth and global security has isolated the 
        United States from the 117 represented countries at the WEF 
        that support its climate agenda and are accelerating their 
        national commitments in other international fora to address 
        climate change.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that at the 
2021 WEF, or at an appropriate time and venue as early as possible in 
2021--
            (1) the Secretary of State should commit to restoring 
        diplomatic engagement and cooperation on mobilizing investment 
        and support for growing the global economy while achieving net 
        zero global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050;
            (2) the Secretary of the Treasury should announce--
                    (A) the intention of the United States Government 
                to divest from future investment and support for fossil 
                fuel energy and extraction projects in developing 
                countries; and
                    (B) the establishment of an international clean 
                energy private finance fund to support the development 
                of large-scale renewable energy projects in middle 
                income countries;
            (3) the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
        International Development Finance Corporation should commit 
        to--
                    (A) divesting the United States International 
                Development Finance Corporation from future fossil fuel 
                energy development and extraction projects; and
                    (B) investing a significant portion of the annual 
                portfolio of the United States International 
                Development Finance Corporation in clean energy 
                development projects; and
            (4) the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development should commit to prioritizing 
        building resilience and adaption capacities in the most 
        climate-vulnerable countries.

SEC. 304. CLEAN ENERGY AND THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 
              FINANCE CORPORATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1451 of the Better Utilization of 
Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9671) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Clean Energy.--
            ``(1) Report required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this subsection, the Chief Executive 
        Officer of the Corporation shall submit to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report--
                    ``(A) highlighting the substantial commitment of 
                the Corporation to invest in renewable and other clean 
                energy technologies;
                    ``(B) setting forth--
                            ``(i) a plan to significantly reduce 
                        greenhouse gas emissions associated with 
                        projects and subprojects within the 
                        Corporation's portfolio, as required by 
                        paragraph (2); and
                            ``(ii) a plan for facilitating the 
                        transition in key global markets from 
                        electricity generated from fossil fuel power to 
                        clean, low-cost renewable energy sources, in a 
                        manner that is equitable for workers and 
                        communities, as required by paragraph (3); and
                    ``(C) detailing the efforts of the Corporation to 
                reduce all greenhouse gas emissions associated with 
                projects and subprojects within the Corporation's 
                portfolio, including a full accounting of the 
                reductions, achieved in accordance with the plan 
                described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than one year after 
                the date of the enactment of this subsection, the 
                Corporation shall submit to the appropriate 
                congressional committees a climate change mitigation 
                plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with 
                projects and subprojects within the Corporation's 
                portfolio by, relative to October 1, 2020--
                            ``(i) not less than 60 percent by 2025; and
                            ``(ii) 100 percent by 2028.
                    ``(B) Implementation.--The Corporation shall begin 
                implementation of the plan required by subparagraph (A) 
                not later than 20 days after submitting the plan to the 
                appropriate congressional committees.
                    ``(C) Report required.--Not later than one year 
                after the date on which the Corporation begins 
                implementation under subparagraph (B) of the plan 
                required by subparagraph (A), and every 2 years 
                thereafter until the Corporation achieves the goal of 
                reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with 
                projects and subprojects within the Corporation's 
                portfolio by 100 percent, the Corporation shall submit 
                a report to the appropriate congressional committees on 
                the Corporation's progress and efforts to achieve the 
                greenhouse gas emissions reductions goals of the plan.
            ``(3) Clean electricity transition.--The Corporation shall 
        seek, in providing support for projects under title II, to 
        facilitate the transition in key global markets from 
        electricity generated from fossil fuel power to clean, low-cost 
        renewable energy sources, in a manner that is equitable for 
        workers and communities, by--
                    ``(A) enabling the phase-out of uneconomic coal-
                fired power plants that are shielded from competition 
                from renewable energy sources by noncompetitive market 
                structures such as long-term contracts and regulated 
                tariffs;
                    ``(B) using low-cost capital--
                            ``(i) to refinance existing debt on 
                        uneconomic coal-fired power plants;
                            ``(ii) to reinvest in renewable energy 
                        sources to replace such plants;
                            ``(iii) to support a just transition to 
                        renewable energy for affected workers and 
                        communities by generating decent jobs that 
                        adhere to international labor standards all 
                        along the renewable energy supply chain; and
                            ``(iv) to support the upgrading of jobs and 
                        skills as well as job creation and improved 
                        productivity in more labor-intensive industries 
                        that offer employment opportunities on a wide 
                        scale; and
                    ``(C) considering--
                            ``(i) competitive approaches, like reverse 
                        auctions, to ensure the best value in investing 
                        in renewable energy sources; and
                            ``(ii) partnering, as appropriate, with--
                                    ``(I) the United States Agency for 
                                International Development; and
                                    ``(II) the Department of the 
                                Treasury with respect to efforts by 
                                multilateral development banks (as 
                                defined in section 1701(c) of the 
                                International Financial Institutions 
                                Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c))).''.
    (b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 7079(b) of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117; 123 Stat. 3396) is 
amended by striking ``comment:'' and all that follows and inserting 
``comment.''.

SEC. 305. CONSISTENCY IN UNITED STATES POLICY ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCE 
              AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
strength and credibility of United States climate policy is undermined 
when there is a lack of consistency between the policies and practices 
implemented at the United States International Development Finance 
Corporation and the policies and practices the Corporation promotes at 
the international financial institutions.
    (b) Enhancing Transparency at Multilateral Development Banks.--The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive 
director of each international financial institution to use the voice 
and vote of the United States to advocate for enhancing transparency by 
providing sufficient and adequate information to facilitate independent 
verification of the climate finance reporting of the institution.
    (c) Policy Alignment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director of each international financial 
institution to use the voice and vote of the United States--
            (1) to challenge policy-based loans or lending through 
        financial intermediaries that directly or indirectly supports 
        fossil fuels; and
            (2) to seek to ensure that all loans, grants, policies, and 
        strategies of the institution are aligned with the objectives 
        of the Paris Agreement.
    (d) Prohibition.--Section 1451 of the Better Utilization of 
Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9671), as 
amended by section 304, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(k) Consistency in Environmental and Social Policies.--The 
Corporation may not adopt any environmental or social policy that 
provides less protection for communities and the environment than the 
level of protection required under title XIII of the International 
Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262m et seq.).''.
    (e) International Financial Institution Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``international financial institution'' has the meaning given 
that term in section 1701(c) of the International Financial 
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)).

     TITLE IV--CLEAN ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 401. ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND SECURITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

    (a) Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources.--Section 
1(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
2651a(c)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Assistant secretary of state for energy resources.--
                    ``(A) Authorization for assistant secretary.--
                Subject to the numerical limitation specified in 
                paragraph (1), there is authorized to be established in 
                the Department of State an Assistant Secretary of State 
                for Energy Resources.
                    ``(B) Personnel.--The Secretary of State, in 
                collaboration with the Assistant Secretary of State for 
                Energy Resources, and in accordance with the 
                authorization under subparagraph (A), shall ensure that 
                sufficient personnel are dedicated to energy matters 
                within the Bureau of Energy Resources in order--
                            ``(i) to formulate and implement 
                        international policies, in coordination with 
                        the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, aimed 
                        at protecting and advancing United States 
                        energy security interests and international 
                        energy development and access to electricity, 
                        in accordance with the United Nation's 
                        sustainable development goals in ways that 
                        ensure responsible development of global energy 
                        resources by effectively managing United States 
                        bilateral and multilateral relations;
                            ``(ii) to ensure that analyses of public 
                        health and national security implications of 
                        global energy and environmental developments 
                        are reflected in the decision-making process 
                        within the Department of State;
                            ``(iii) to incorporate energy security and 
                        clean energy development priorities into the 
                        activities of the Department related to matters 
                        involving global energy development, accounting 
                        for the effects global energy development has 
                        on--
                                    ``(I) United States national 
                                security;
                                    ``(II) quality of life and public 
                                health of people, households, and 
                                communities, particularly vulnerable 
                                and underserved populations affected 
                                by, or proximate to, energy 
                                development, transmission, and 
                                distribution projects;
                                    ``(III) United States economic 
                                interests;
                                    ``(IV) emissions of greenhouse 
                                gases that contribute to global climate 
                                change; and
                                    ``(V) local and regional land use, 
                                air and water quality, and risks to 
                                public health of communities described 
                                in subclause (II);
                            ``(iv) to coordinate energy activities 
                        within the Department of State and with 
                        relevant Federal departments and agencies;
                            ``(v) to work internationally--
                                    ``(I) to support socially and 
                                environmentally responsible development 
                                of energy resources that mitigate 
                                carbon emissions, and the distribution 
                                of such resources for the benefit of 
                                the United States and United States 
                                allies and trading partners for their 
                                energy security, climate security, and 
                                economic development needs;
                                    ``(II) to promote--
                                            ``(aa) the availability of 
                                        clean energy technologies, 
                                        including carbon capture and 
                                        storage;
                                            ``(bb) energy sector 
                                        innovation;
                                            ``(cc) well-functioning 
                                        global markets for clean energy 
                                        resources and technologies; and
                                            ``(dd) expertise for the 
                                        benefit of the United States 
                                        and United States allies and 
                                        trading partners;
                                    ``(III) to resolve international 
                                disputes regarding the exploration, 
                                development, production, or 
                                distribution of energy resources;
                                    ``(IV) to support the economic, 
                                security, and commercial interests of 
                                United States persons operating in the 
                                energy markets of foreign countries; 
                                and
                                    ``(V) to support and coordinate 
                                international efforts--
                                            ``(aa) to alleviate energy 
                                        poverty;
                                            ``(bb) to protect 
                                        vulnerable, exploited, and 
                                        underserved populations that 
                                        are affected or displaced by 
                                        energy development projects;
                                            ``(cc) to account for and 
                                        mitigate greenhouse gas 
                                        emissions from energy 
                                        development projects;
                                            ``(dd) to promote fair 
                                        labor practices, labor 
                                        protections for workers, and 
                                        training for and access to 
                                        good-paying jobs within the 
                                        clean energy sector; and
                                            ``(ee) to increase access 
                                        to clean energy for vulnerable 
                                        and underserved communities;
                            ``(vi) to lead the United States commitment 
                        to the Extractive Industries Transparency 
                        Initiative; and
                            ``(vii) to coordinate energy security and 
                        climate security and other relevant functions 
                        within the Department of State undertaken as of 
                        the date of the enactment of this paragraph 
                        by--
                                    ``(I) the Bureau of Economic and 
                                Business Affairs;
                                    ``(II) the Bureau of Oceans and 
                                International Environmental and 
                                Scientific Affairs; and
                                    ``(III) other offices within the 
                                Department of State.''.
    (b) Elimination of Authority for Coordinator for International 
Energy Affairs.--Section 931 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17371) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b); and
            (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (a) and (b), respectively.

SEC. 402. DEPARTMENT OF STATE PRIMACY FOR ENERGY DIPLOMACY.

    (a) In General.--The Department of State shall have primacy for all 
United States diplomatic engagements with regard to international 
energy affairs.
    (b) Interagency Coordination.--The Secretary of State, as 
appropriate, shall coordinate with and use the technical expertise and 
resources of the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Department of the Interior, and other relevant Federal 
agencies and departments in the planning and execution of United States 
foreign policy goals and objectives related to international energy 
affairs.

SEC. 403. REPORTS ON UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN MISSION INNOVATION 
              AND THE CLEAN ENERGY MINISTERIAL.

    (a) Mission Innovation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report that details the scope and 
nature of United States participation in Mission Innovation, 
including--
            (1) who in the United States Government serves as the lead 
        for Mission Innovation;
            (2) what objectives the United States has used Mission 
        Innovation to advance;
            (3) what partnerships the United States has established 
        through Mission Innovation and the date on which any 
        partnerships the United States brokered were announced;
            (4) how the United States has leveraged Mission Innovation 
        to engage in technology transfer arrangements with foreign 
        governments;
            (5) how the United States has attracted private sector 
        entities to contribute to and participate in Mission 
        Innovation;
            (6) the total amount of funding provided by the United 
        States Government to Mission Innovation each year since the 
        establishment of Mission Innovation; and
            (7) the outline of a strategic engagement plan and 
        objectives for delivering new energy technology innovation 
        outcomes through Mission Innovation.
    (b) Clean Energy Ministerial.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that details the 
scope and nature of United States participation in the Clean Energy 
Ministerial, including--
            (1) the number of Clean Energy Ministerial meetings that 
        the Secretary of Energy has participated in;
            (2) the diplomatic objectives, including with respect to 
        energy technologies and private sector entities, that the 
        United States has aimed to promote within the Clean Energy 
        Ministerial;
            (3) the consensus initiatives, if any, among the chiefs of 
        party to the Clean Energy Ministerial that the United States 
        objected to, refused to join, or refrained from contributing to 
        the development of; and
            (4) a plan for restoring United States leadership in using 
        the Clean Energy Ministerial to promote the development and 
        deployment of renewable energy and carbon mitigation 
        technologies from the energy and transportation sectors.
    (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, the term 
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
            (2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
        Senate;
            (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            (4) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives.

SEC. 404. REDUCED DEFORESTATION.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Administrator.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, 
        the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of the 
        United States Agency for International Development.
            (2) Deforestation.--The term ``deforestation'' means a 
        change in land use from a forest (including peatlands) to any 
        other land use.
            (3) Developing country.--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 Organisation for 
        Economic Co-operation and Development.
            (4) Emissions reductions.--The term ``emissions 
        reductions'' means greenhouse gas emissions reductions achieved 
        from reduced or avoided deforestation under this section.
            (5) Forest.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``forest'' means a 
                terrestrial ecosystem, including wetland forests, 
                comprised of native tree species generated and 
                maintained primarily through natural ecological and 
                evolutionary processes.
                    (B) Exclusion.--The term ``forest'' does not 
                include plantations, such as crops of trees planted by 
                humans primarily for the purposes of harvesting.
            (6) Forest degradation.--The term ``forest degradation'' is 
        any reduction in the carbon stock of a forest due to the 
        effects of human land-use activities, including such land-use 
        activities on peatlands.
            (7) Human rights defender.--The term ``human rights 
        defender'' means an individual, group, or association that 
        peacefully contributes to the effective elimination of all 
        violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms of peoples 
        and individuals, including in relation to mass, flagrant, or 
        systematic such violations, such as those resulting from 
        apartheid, all forms of racial discrimination, colonialism, 
        foreign domination or occupation, aggression or threats to 
        national sovereignty, national unity, or territorial integrity, 
        and the refusal to recognize the right of peoples to self-
        determination and the right of every people to exercise full 
        sovereignty over its wealth and natural resources.
            (8) Intact forest.--The term ``intact forest'' means an 
        unbroken expanse of natural ecosystems within the global extent 
        of forest cover that--
                    (A) covers an area of at least 500 square 
                kilometers and is at least 10 kilometers in each 
                direction; and
                    (B) 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.
            (9) Leakage.--The term ``leakage'' means the unexpected 
        loss of anticipated carbon benefits due to the displacement of 
        activities in a project area to areas outside the project, 
        resulting in carbon emissions.
            (10) Leakage prevention activities.--The term ``leakage 
        prevention activities'' 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.
            (11) National deforestation reduction activities.--The term 
        ``national deforestation reduction activities'' 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 subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 
        subsection (d)(4).
            (12) Subnational deforestation and forest degradation 
        reduction activities.--The term ``subnational deforestation and 
        forest degradation reduction activities'' means activities in 
        developing countries that reduce a quantity of greenhouse gas 
        emissions from deforestation and forest degradation that is 
        calculated by measuring actual emissions using an appropriate 
        baseline, or an alternative determined under subsection 
        (d)(4)(B)(ii), established by the Administrator at the State or 
        provincial level.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to provide United 
States assistance to developing countries to develop, implement, and 
improve actions that reduce deforestation and forest degradation or 
conserve or restore forest ecosystems--
            (1) to protect the value of forest ecosystems with respect 
        to permanent carbon capture and sequestration in a manner in 
        which such value is measurable, reportable, and verifiable; and
            (2) in a manner that--
                    (A) 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;
                    (B) takes into consideration the views and 
                participation of local communities and most vulnerable 
                communities and populations (as defined in section 
                301(a)), particularly forest-dependent communities; and
                    (C) incorporates the right to free prior and 
                informed consent of indigenous peoples.
    (c) Emissions Reductions Through Reduced Deforestation.--
            (1) Establishment of program.--Not later than 1 year 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 
        section.
            (2) Objectives.--The objectives of the program established 
        under paragraph (1) shall be--
                    (A) to achieve--
                            (i) emissions reductions of at least 
                        7,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent 
                        in 2025;
                            (ii) cumulative emissions reductions of at 
                        least 11,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide 
                        equivalent by December 31, 2030; and
                            (iii) additional emissions reductions in 
                        subsequent years;
                    (B) to build capacity to reduce deforestation at a 
                national level in developing countries experiencing 
                deforestation, which may include--
                            (i) preparing developing countries to 
                        participate in international markets for 
                        international offset credits for reduced 
                        emissions from deforestation; and
                            (ii) supporting the development of domestic 
                        policy frameworks to ensure effective, 
                        efficient, and equitable benefit-sharing of the 
                        proceeds of such credits issued by national and 
                        subnational governments;
                    (C) to preserve forest carbon stocks in countries 
                where such forest carbon may be vulnerable to leakage, 
                particularly in developing countries with largely 
                intact native forests;
                    (D) to build the scientific knowledge and 
                institutional capacity to help developing countries--
                            (i) monitor the effects of climate change 
                        on their forests;
                            (ii) develop and implement strategies to 
                        conserve their forests; and
                            (iii) support forest-dependent communities 
                        adapt to climate change; and
                    (E) to the extent practicable, to reduce 
                deforestation in ways that reduce the vulnerability and 
                increase the resilience to climate effects for forests 
                and forest-dependent communities.
    (d) Requirements for International Deforestation Reduction 
Program.--
            (1) Eligible countries.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), the Administrator may provide assistance under 
                this section only with respect to a developing country 
                that--
                            (i) the Administrator, in consultation with 
                        the Administrator of the Environmental 
                        Protection Agency and the Secretary of 
                        Agriculture, determines--
                                    (I) is experiencing deforestation 
                                or forest degradation; or
                                    (II) has standing forest carbon 
                                stocks that may be at risk of 
                                deforestation or degradation;
                            (ii) 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 established under 
                        paragraph (4); and
                            (iii) 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, that establishes the 
                        conditions of participation by the country in 
                        the program established under this section, 
                        which shall include an agreement to meet the 
                        standards established under paragraph (4) for 
                        the activities to which such standards apply.
                    (B) Exception.--A developing country that does not 
                meet the requirement described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) 
                may receive assistance under this section for the 
                purpose of building capacity to meet such requirement.
            (2) Authorized activities.--Subject to the requirements of 
        this section, in providing assistance under this section, the 
        Administrator may support activities to achieve the objectives 
        described in subsection (c)(2), including activities such as--
                    (A) national deforestation reduction activities;
                    (B) subnational deforestation and forest 
                degradation reduction activities, including pilot 
                activities, policies, and measures that reduce 
                greenhouse gas emissions and are subject to significant 
                uncertainty;
                    (C) activities to measure, monitor, and verify 
                deforestation, avoided deforestation, and rates of 
                deforestation, including, if applicable, spatially 
                explicit land use plans that identify intact and 
                primary forest areas and managed forest areas;
                    (D) leakage prevention activities;
                    (E) the development and implementation of 
                measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification 
                capacities and governance structures, including legal 
                regimes, standards, processes, and safeguards, as 
                established under paragraph (4), to enable a country to 
                quantify emissions reductions for purposes of 
                purchasing or trading subnational emissions reduction 
                credits in carbon markets;
                    (F) the identification of, and actions to address, 
                the drivers of land use emissions;
                    (G) 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 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.);
                    (H) 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.);
                    (I) the provision of incentives for policy reforms 
                to achieve the objectives described in subsection 
                (c)(2);
                    (J) the development of pilot projects--
                            (i) to examine where mitigation and 
                        adaptation activities in forest ecosystems 
                        coincide; and
                            (ii) to explore means for enhancing the 
                        resilience of forest ecosystems and forest-
                        dependent communities;
                    (K) the promotion of mechanisms to deliver 
                resources for local action and to address the needs, 
                rights, interests, and participation of local and 
                indigenous communities; and
                    (L) monitoring and evaluation of the results of the 
                activities conducted under this section.
            (3) Mechanisms.--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 section, to the same 
        extent and in the same manner as such authorities apply to the 
        implementation of such Act in order to support activities to 
        achieve the objectives described in subsection (c)(2) by--
                    (A) developing and implementing programs and 
                project-level activities that achieve such objectives;
                    (B) to the extent practicable, giving priority in 
                any review process to activities under paragraph 
                (2)(A); and
                    (C) as appropriate, considering multi-year funding 
                arrangements in carrying out the purposes of this 
                section.
            (4) Standards.--The Administrator, in consultation with the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the 
        Secretary of Agriculture, shall establish program standards 
        that--
                    (A) ensure that emissions reductions achieved 
                through supported activities--
                            (i) are additional, measurable, verifiable, 
                        and monitored;
                            (ii) account for leakage, uncertainty, and 
                        permanence; and
                            (iii) at a minimum, meet the standards 
                        established under the emissions unit criteria 
                        of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme 
                        for International Aviation (CORSIA) developed 
                        by the International Civil Aviation 
                        Organization (ICAO);
                    (B) require--
                            (i) 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
                            (ii) if a developing country has 
                        established policies and taken measures to 
                        reduce emissions from disturbed peatlands, 
                        deforestation, or forest degradation, but has 
                        not established a national baseline, the 
                        provision of a credible, transparent, accurate, 
                        and conservative alternative for quantifying 
                        emissions;
                    (C) provide that each national deforestation 
                baseline established under subparagraph (B)(i)--
                            (i) is national, or subnational on an 
                        interim basis, in scope;
                            (ii) is consistent with nationally 
                        appropriate mitigation commitments or actions 
                        with respect to deforestation, taking into 
                        consideration--
                                    (I) the average annual historical 
                                deforestation rates of the country 
                                during a period of at least 5 years; 
                                and
                                    (II) the applicable drivers of 
                                deforestation and other factors to 
                                ensure additionality;
                            (iii) 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;
                            (iv) is adjusted over time to account for 
                        changing national circumstances; and
                            (v) is designed to account for all 
                        significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions 
                        from deforestation in the country;
                    (D) with respect to assistance provided for 
                activities described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
                paragraph (2), require emissions reductions to be 
                achieved and verified before the provision of any 
                assistance under this section;
                    (E) with respect to accounting for subnational 
                deforestation and forest degradation 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;
                    (F) ensure that activities under this section are 
                designed, carried out, and managed--
                            (i) using forest management practices that, 
                        in an open and transparent process--
                                    (I) improve the livelihoods of 
                                forest communities in a manner that 
                                promotes the maintenance of intact 
                                forests, protects associated 
                                biodiversity, and restores native 
                                forest species and ecosystems while 
                                avoiding the introduction of invasive 
                                nonnative species;
                                    (II) maintain natural biodiversity, 
                                resilience, and carbon storage capacity 
                                of forests;
                                    (III) to the extent practicable, do 
                                not adversely affect the permanence of 
                                forest carbon stocks or emissions 
                                reductions;
                                    (IV) include broad stakeholder 
                                participation and the free prior and 
                                informed consent of affected indigenous 
                                peoples; and
                                    (V) take into account the needs and 
                                interests of local communities, forest-
                                dependent communities, indigenous 
                                peoples, and vulnerable social groups;
                            (ii) in consultation with, and with the 
                        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, 
                        monitoring, and evaluation of activities; and
                            (iii) with equitable sharing of profits and 
                        benefits derived from the activities with local 
                        communities, indigenous peoples, and forest-
                        dependent communities; and
                    (G) with respect to assistance for all activities 
                under this section, seek to ensure the establishment 
                and enforcement of legal regimes, standards, processes, 
                and safeguards by the country in which the activities 
                are conducted, as a condition of such assistance or as 
                a proposed activity for which such assistance may be 
                provided, which--
                            (i) protect the rights and interests of 
                        local communities, indigenous peoples, forest-
                        dependent communities, human rights defenders, 
                        and vulnerable social groups;
                            (ii) 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 section; and
                            (iii) ensure equitable sharing of profits 
                        and benefits from incentives for emissions 
                        reductions or leakage prevention with local 
                        communities, indigenous peoples, and forest-
                        dependent communities.
            (5) Scope.--
                    (A) Reduced emissions.--The Administrator shall 
                include reduced emissions from forest degradation and 
                disturbance of peatlands within the scope of activities 
                under this section.
                    (B) Expansion of authorized activities.--If the 
                Administrator determines, in consultation with the 
                Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
                and the Secretary of Agriculture, that sufficient 
                methodologies and technical capacities exist to 
                measure, monitor, and account for the emissions 
                referred to in subparagraph (A), the Administrator may 
                expand the authorized activities under this section, as 
                appropriate, to include reduced soil carbon-derived 
                emissions associated with deforestation and degradation 
                of forested wetlands and peatlands, consistent with a 
                comprehensive approach to maintaining and enhancing 
                forests, increasing climate resiliency, reducing 
                emissions, and increasing removals of greenhouse gases.
            (6) Accounting.--The Administrator shall use a publicly 
        accessible registry to account for and register the emissions 
        reductions achieved through assistance provided under this 
        section each year, after appropriately discounting for 
        uncertainty and other relevant factors as required by the 
        standards established under paragraph (4).
            (7) International deforestation reduction program insurance 
        account for noncompletion or reversal.--In furtherance of the 
        objectives described in subsection (c)(2), the Administrator 
        shall develop and implement a program that--
                    (A) addresses noncompletion or reversal with 
                respect to any greenhouse gas emissions that were not, 
                or are no longer, sequestered; and
                    (B) may include a mechanism to hold in reserve a 
                portion of the amount allocated for projects to support 
                the program.
            (8) Extension of assistance.--
                    (A) In general.--The Administrator may extend, for 
                an additional 5 years, the period during which 
                assistance is authorized for activities supported by 
                assistance under this section, if the Administrator 
                determines that--
                            (i) the country in which the activities are 
                        conducted is making substantial progress toward 
                        adopting and implementing a program to achieve 
                        reductions in deforestation measured against a 
                        national baseline;
                            (ii) the greenhouse gas emissions 
                        reductions achieved as a result of the 
                        activities are not resulting in significant 
                        leakage;
                            (iii) such greenhouse gas emissions 
                        reductions are being appropriately discounted 
                        to account for any leakage that is occurring; 
                        and
                            (iv) such extension would further advance 
                        or ensure achievement of the objectives of the 
                        activities.
                    (B) Assistance for subnational deforestation and 
                forest degradation reduction activities.--
                            (i) In general.--If the Administrator 
                        extends the period during which assistance is 
                        authorized for activities under subparagraph 
                        (A), the Administrator shall determine, based 
                        on the criteria specified that subparagraph, 
                        whether such assistance should include 
                        assistance for subnational deforestation and 
                        forest degradation reduction activities.
                            (ii) Continued assistance.--The 
                        Administrator may extend the period during 
                        which assistance is authorized for subnational 
                        deforestation and forest degradation reduction 
                        activities beyond the 5-year period described 
                        in subparagraph (A) in order to further the 
                        objectives described in subparagraph (B) or (C) 
                        of subsection (c)(2).
            (9) Coordination with foreign assistance.--Subject to the 
        direction of the President, the Administrator shall, to the 
        extent practicable and consistent with the objectives described 
        in subsection (c)(2), seek to align activities under this 
        section with broader development, poverty alleviation, or 
        natural resource management objectives and initiatives in 
        countries receiving assistance under this section.
            (10) Assistance as supplement.--The provision of assistance 
        for activities under this section shall be used to supplement, 
        and not to supplant, any other Federal, State, or local support 
        available to carry out activities under this section.
            (11) Funding limitation.--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 paragraph (2). Such amount shall be 
        in addition to other amounts otherwise available for such 
        purposes.
            (12) Indonesia.--Not less than 10 percent of the funds made 
        available in any fiscal year to carry out this section shall be 
        used for activities described in paragraph (2) in Indonesia.
    (e) Legal Effect.--
            (1) In general.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
        to supersede, limit, or otherwise affect any restriction 
        imposed by Federal law (including regulations) on any 
        interaction between an entity located in the United States and 
        an entity located in a foreign country.
            (2) Role of the secretary of state.--Nothing in this 
        section 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)).
    (f) International Financial Institutions.--The President shall 
direct the United States representatives to the World Bank, the 
International Monetary Fund, and other international financial 
institutions (as defined in section 1701(c) of the International 
Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c))) to prioritize efforts 
to combat deforestation.

  TITLE V--BILATERAL AND REGIONAL MULTILATERAL CLIMATE DIPLOMACY AND 
                              COOPERATION

SEC. 501. NORTH AMERICAN STRATEGY.

    (a) In General.--The President shall develop a strategy to seek 
opportunities for trilateral cooperation between the United States, 
Mexico, and Canada--
            (1) to support increased ambition on reducing greenhouse 
        gas emissions among these countries; and
            (2) to advance collaboration on the development and 
        promotion of shared climate action goals and interests within 
        multilateral bodies and conferences, including aligning, to the 
        extent possible, the voices, votes, and influence, consistent 
        with the broad foreign policy goals of the United States, to 
        address issues related to climate change and clean energy 
        development.
    (b) Elements and Priorities.--The strategy described in subsection 
(a) shall include efforts--
            (1) to ensure that potential projects and investments 
        pursued under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement--
                    (A) are compatible with long-term climate goals and 
                the collective targets established under the Paris 
                Agreement; and
                    (B) meet all environmental and social 
                responsibility standards required under the USMCA;
            (2) to explore shared and common interests and cooperative 
        actions to promote clean energy development, climate security, 
        and climate change mitigation strategies within institutions 
        (such as the UNFCCC, the Montreal Protocol, the Green Climate 
        Fund, the Group of Twenty and the United Nations) with 
        programs, initiatives and actions to address the climate crisis 
        that may include--
                    (A) providing support in developing mid-century 
                low-carbon strategies;
                    (B) extending coal finance restrictions to coal 
                mining operations; and
                    (C) strengthening and expanding carbon pricing by--
                            (i) considering the cost of carbon in long-
                        term decision making;
                            (ii) supporting the development of national 
                        or subnational systems;
                            (iii) sharing technical expertise; and
                            (iv) making efforts to align pricing 
                        instruments where feasible;
            (3) to commit to a methane reduction goal and cooperate to 
        reduce black carbon and to recommit to the formal agreement 
        reached at the June 2016 North American Leaders Summit in 
        Ottawa to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector 
        by 40 to 45 percent by 2025, and to work to develop a new, more 
        ambitious target for 2030;
            (4) to develop and implement a North American strategy for 
        sustainable transportation--
                    (A) to encourage State and provincial leaders to 
                negotiate interstate and interprovincial sustainable 
                transportation agreements between Mexican, American, 
                and Canadian jurisdictions;
                    (B) to expand the West Coast Electric Highway 
                between Canada, the United States, and Mexico; and
                    (C) to work with automakers to standardize charging 
                infrastructure;
            (5) to develop and implement coordinated forest and land 
        use strategies to further contribute to emissions mitigation 
        through the adoption of practices and policies that increase 
        carbon sequestration in new and existing forests and reduce 
        emissions from forest conversion to other land uses;
            (6) to strengthen resilience and equity among low-income 
        and indigenous communities; and
            (7) to engage international partners in an existing 
        multilateral forum or, if necessary, establish a new 
        multilateral forum to improve global cooperation by--
                    (A) encouraging the adoption of an emissions 
                reduction target by the International Maritime 
                Organization; and
                    (B) collaborating with the International Civil 
                Aviation Organization to establish a market-based 
                measure to reduce aviation emissions.

SEC. 502. ACCOUNTABILITY AND COOPERATION WITH CHINA.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) successful mitigation of global greenhouse gas 
        emissions to sufficiently avoid the worst forecasted effects of 
        climate change requires global cooperation and coordination of 
        efforts;
            (2) all other countries look towards the United States and 
        China, as the world's largest emitters and largest economies, 
        for leadership by example to effectively mitigate greenhouse 
        gas emissions, develop and deploy energy generation 
        technologies, and integrate sustainable adaptation solutions to 
        the inevitable effects of climate change;
            (3) given the volume of China's greenhouse gas emissions 
        and the scientific imperative to swiftly reduce global 
        greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero emissions around 2050, 
        China should--
                    (A) revise its long-term pledge;
                    (B) seek to immediately peak its emissions;
                    (C) begin reducing its greenhouse gas emissions 
                significantly to meet a more ambitious long-term 2050 
                reductions target; and
                    (D) update its nationally determined contribution 
                along a trajectory that aligns with achieving a more 
                ambitious net-zero by 2050 emissions target;
            (4) it is in the United States national interest to 
        prioritize climate change in its bilateral engagement with 
        China, as global climate risks cannot be mitigated without a 
        significant reduction in Chinese domestic and overseas 
        emissions;
            (5) the United States and China, to the extent practicable, 
        should coordinate on making and delivering ambitious pledges to 
        reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with aspirations towards 
        achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050;
            (6) the United States and its allies should work together, 
        using diplomatic and economic tools, to hold China accountable 
        for any failure by China--
                    (A) to increase ambition in its 2030 nationally 
                determined contribution, in line with net zero 
                greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 before the 26th 
                Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC scheduled for 
                November 2021 and meeting a more ambitious nationally 
                determined contribution;
                    (B) to work faithfully to uphold the principles, 
                goals, and rules of the Paris Agreement;
                    (C) to avoid and prohibit efforts to undermine or 
                devolve the Paris Agreement's rule or underlying 
                framework, particularly within areas of accountability 
                transparency, and shared responsibility among all 
                parties;
                    (D) to eliminate greenhouse gas intensive projects 
                from China's Belt and Road Initiative and other 
                overseas investments, including--
                            (i) working with allies and partners of the 
                        United States to eliminate support for coal 
                        power production projects in China's Belt and 
                        Road Initiative;
                            (ii) providing financing and project 
                        support for cleaner and less risky 
                        alternatives; and
                            (iii) undertaking ``parallel initiatives'' 
                        to enhance capacity building programs and 
                        overseas sustainable investment criteria, 
                        including in areas such as integrated energy 
                        planning, power sector reform, just transition, 
                        distributed generation, procurement, 
                        transparency, and standards to support low-
                        emissions growth in developing countries; and
                    (E) to phase out existing coal power plants and 
                reduce net coal power production;
            (7) the United States should pursue confidence-building 
        opportunities for the United States and China to undertake 
        ``parallel initiatives'' on clean energy research, development, 
        finance, and deployment, including through economic and 
        stimulus measures with clear, mutually agreed upon rules and 
        policies to protect intellectual property, ensure equitable, 
        nonpunitive provision of support, and verify implementation, 
        which would provide catalytic progress towards delivering a 
        global clean energy transformation that benefits all people; 
        and
            (8) the United States should pursue cooperative initiatives 
        to shift toward the import and consummation of forest and 
        agricultural commodities that are produced in a manner that 
        does not contribute to deforestation.

SEC. 503. UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN UNION COOPERATION ON CLIMATE 
              FINANCE FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is--
            (1) to restore the historic alliance between the United 
        States and countries of the European Union on climate action; 
        and
            (2) to renew the United States commitment to advancing 
        global cooperation on addressing climate change and achieving 
        the goals of the Paris Agreement.
    (b) Sense of Congress Regarding the United States-European Union 
Security and Development Dialogue.--It is the sense of Congress that 
the United States should restart the United States-European Union 
Security and Development Dialogue to focus specifically on climate 
action, climate security, and clean energy cooperation, including--
            (1) partnering and formulating strategies to counter 
        efforts to weaken or change critical elements of the 
        implementation of the Paris Agreement that would disadvantage 
        the United States or the European Union;
            (2) building coalitions of like-minded parties committed to 
        achieving large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions under 
        the Paris Agreement and putting pressure on all parties to do 
        the same;
            (3) coordination on joint strategies to promote climate 
        action by the People's Republic of China, and deter Chinese 
        domestic and international investment in high carbon 
        infrastructure;
            (4) finding opportunities to engage and facilitate private 
        sector collaboration regarding clean energy and innovations on 
        greenhouse gas emissions reductions;
            (5) exploring the creation of United States-European Union 
        clean energy and climate adaptation, development, and finance 
        mechanisms to support and leverage private sector investment in 
        projects and activities to improve developing countries' 
        resilience capacities, ability to adapt and thrive in the face 
        of the effects of climate change and clean energy development;
            (6) scientific research, modeling, forecasting, and data 
        collaboration to improve global understanding and preparation 
        for the compounding effects of climate change; and
            (7) intelligence sharing.
    (c) Development Finance Cooperation.--
            (1) In general.--The President should seek opportunities to 
        partner with European Development Finance Institutions to 
        develop financing tools based on shared development finance 
        criteria and mechanisms to support investments in developing 
        countries that support low carbon economic development and 
        promote climate change resiliency and adaptation.
            (2) Partnership fund.--The Chief Executive Officer of the 
        United States International Development Finance Corporation 
        should partner with the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
        Development to create a fund or multilateral financing 
        mechanism to support clean energy development and climate 
        change adaptation and resilience activities in developing 
        countries.
            (3) Response to the people's republic of china's belt and 
        road initiative.--The President shall work with European 
        counterparts to establish a formal United States-European 
        Commission Working Group to develop a comprehensive strategy to 
        respond to the Belt and Road Initiative established by the 
        Government of the People's Republic of China. United States 
        participants in this proposed working group shall seek to 
        integrate existing efforts into the strategy, including--
                    (A) the European Union Strategy on Connecting 
                Europe and Asia;
                    (B) the Three Seas Initiative;
                    (C) the Blue Dot Network among the United States, 
                Japan, and Australia;
                    (D) a European Union-Japan initiative that has 
                leveraged $65,000,000,000 for infrastructure projects 
                and emphasizes transparency standards; and
                    (E) efforts to address the Government of the 
                People's Republic of China's use of the United Nations 
                to advance the Belt and Road Initiative, including the 
                proliferation of memoranda of understanding between the 
                People's Republic of China and United Nations funds and 
                programs on the implementation of the Belt and Road 
                Initiative.
            (4) Co-financing of infrastructure projects.--
                    (A) Authorization of appropriations.--Subject to 
                subparagraph (B), there are authorized to be 
                appropriated such sums as may be necessary to co-
                finance infrastructure projects that could otherwise be 
                included within China's Belt and Road Initiative.
                    (B) Conditions.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
                subparagraph (A) may not be expended unless--
                            (i) the United States can leverage existing 
                        and future projects that have entered into 
                        contracts with the Belt and Road Initiative to 
                        further promote transparency and debt 
                        sustainability; and
                            (ii) the projects to be financed--
                                    (I) promote the public good;
                                    (II) will not promote the use of 
                                fossil fuels; and
                                    (III) will have substantially lower 
                                greenhouse gas intensity than the 
                                proposed Belt and Road Initiative 
                                alternative.
    (d) Support for Eastern European Democracy Act.--Section 2 of the 
Support for Eastern European Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 5401) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (I), by adding ``and'' at the 
                end; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(J) helping workers and communities in countries 
                most dependent on fossil fuel energy that may be 
                vulnerable to socioeconomic changes due to the European 
                Union's transition to net zero greenhouse gas 
                emissions.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(26) Just transition assistance.--Assistance to support 
        workers and communities in countries most dependent on fossil 
        fuel energy and most vulnerable to socioeconomic changes due to 
        the European Union's transition to net zero greenhouse gas 
        emissions.''.

SEC. 504. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CLEAN ENERGY COOPERATION WITH INDIA.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the United States should support efforts to strengthen 
        India's resilience capacities that ensure people, households, 
        communities, institutions, and systems can assess, anticipate, 
        prevent, adapt to, cope with, and recover from shocks and 
        stresses associated with the effects of climate change;
            (2) the United States, through the Bureau of Energy 
        Resources of the Department of State, the United States Agency 
        for International Development, the United States International 
        Development Finance Corporation, the Department of Energy, the 
        Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the International 
        Trade Administration, should encourage private sector 
        investment in, and financing for, the development and 
        deployment of clean energy and climate mitigation technologies 
        in India;
            (3) robust cooperation between the United States and India 
        to develop and deploy clean energy technologies, including 
        private sector cooperation, should be a top bilateral energy 
        diplomacy priority and the top priority in the countries' 
        energy diplomacy and should include--
                    (A) clean energy;
                    (B) electric vehicles and expansive charging 
                station networks;
                    (C) next-generation refrigeration equipment and 
                refrigerants; and
                    (D) other technologies and chemicals that are in 
                the interest of United States industry leaders in the 
                refrigeration and chemical coolant industries that are 
                compliant with the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal 
                Protocol;
            (4) the collaboration between the United States and India 
        on the development and deployment of clean energy technologies 
        has resulted in innovative new technologies that have helped 
        significantly lower the carbon emissions of the power sector in 
        India; and
            (5) since demand for energy in India will increase with the 
        expansion of the economy and middle class of India, it is in 
        the interest of United States national security and global 
        security for the United States to support India in growing the 
        energy sector of India in environmentally and socially 
        responsible ways that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and 
        improve the climate security of India.

SEC. 505. POWER AFRICA.

    The Electrify Africa Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-121; 22 U.S.C. 
2293 note) is amended--
            (1) in section 3--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``mitigate and 
                lower carbon emissions from energy production,'' after 
                ``development,'';
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by adding ``and'' at the end;
                    (C) by striking paragraph (8); and
                    (D) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph 
                (8);
            (2) in section 4--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``an 
                        appropriate mix of power solutions to provide 
                        access to sufficient reliable, affordable, and 
                        sustainable power in order to reduce poverty'' 
                        and inserting ``power solutions to provide 
                        access to sufficient, reliable, affordable, and 
                        sustainable power in order to reduce poverty 
                        and energy sector carbon emissions''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and 
                        technological'' and inserting ``, advances a 
                        country's mitigation commitments (or 
                        conditional mitigation commitments) in 
                        accordance with a country's nationally 
                        determined contribution, and supports 
                        technological''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (F), by 
                                striking ``and'' at the end;
                                    (II) in subparagraph (G), by 
                                striking the period at the end and 
                                inserting ``; and''; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                    ``(H) reduce carbon emissions from the energy 
                sector.''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ``the 
                        use of a broad power mix, including fossil fuel 
                        and'';
            (3) in section 5--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
                        paragraph (8); and
                            (iii) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
                        following:
            ``(7) deploying renewable energy; and''; and
                    (B) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $750,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2021, 2022, 
2023, 2024, and 2025 to provide assistance in accordance with 
subsection (a) and section 3.'';
            (4) in section 7(a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                inserting ``and every 2 years thereafter,'' after 
                ``Act,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``power 
                generation'' each place such term appears and inserting 
                ``renewable energy generation''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 8. COORDINATOR FOR POWER AFRICA.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of the United States Climate Leadership in International 
Mitigation, Adaptation, and Technology Enhancement Act of 2021, the 
Administrator for the United States Agency for International 
Development, under the direction of the Secretary of State, shall 
appoint a Coordinator for Power Africa, who shall serve in the Bureau 
Economic Growth, Education, and the Environment of the United States 
Agency for International Development.
    ``(b) Duties.--The Coordinator for Power Africa shall--
            ``(1) be primarily located at a mission in sub-Saharan 
        Africa;
            ``(2) lead--
                    ``(A) the execution of the Power Africa Initiative 
                in accordance with the purpose and policies set forth 
                in sections 2 and 3; and
                    ``(B) the development and execution of the strategy 
                established under section 4;
            ``(3) coordinate the Interagency Working Group established 
        under section 4(c);
            ``(4) manage the funding appropriated for the Power Africa 
        Initiative by Congress; and
            ``(5) execute the directives described in sections 5 and 
        6.''.

SEC. 506. CARIBBEAN ENERGY INITIATIVE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The countries of the Caribbean are heavily reliant upon 
        imported oil to provide for approximately 90 percent of their 
        energy production.
            (2) The level of dependence is even higher including--
                    (A) Jamaica, which relies on oil for 95.9 percent 
                of its electricity;
                    (B) Barbados, which relies on oil for 96 percent of 
                its electricity;
                    (C) The Virgin Islands, which relies on oil for 
                nearly 100 percent of its electricity; and
                    (D) St. Lucia, which relies on oil for 100 percent 
                of its electricity.
            (3) Overreliance on imported fossil fuels has had a 
        detrimental effect on economic development, growth, and 
        competitiveness in the Caribbean.
            (4) Since 1970, more than 80 percent of Caribbean coral 
        reefs have been lost due to coastal development and pollution. 
        Soot particulates and climate change caused by burning fossil 
        fuels have seriously damaged coral reefs, which are a 
        significant source of tourism dollars, fishing, biodiversity, 
        and natural beauty.
            (5) Air pollution caused by burning oil for electricity--
                    (A) has serious health impacts in the form of 
                higher rates of asthma and other lung ailments; and
                    (B) can also exacerbate climate change.
            (6) The Caribbean region is particularly vulnerable to sea 
        level rise and stronger storms.
            (7) Between 2005 and 2018, the dependence of the countries 
        of the Caribbean on oil was perpetuated by the Venezuelan-led 
        Petrocaribe oil alliance, which--
                    (A) offered preferential terms for oil sales; and
                    (B) supplies some countries with up to 40 percent 
                of their energy production needs.
            (8) The ongoing domestic economic crisis and political 
        turmoil in Venezuela has forced the Government of Venezuela to 
        retract its commitments to the Petrocaribe oil alliance and 
        step away as a regional power. Only Cuba still receives 
        preferential Petrocaribe pricing on fuel exports from 
        Venezuela, while other Petrocaribe member countries are 
        experiencing a destabilized flow of oil.
            (9) China has spent more than $244,000,000,000 on energy 
        projects worldwide since 2000, 25 percent of which was spent in 
        Latin America and the Caribbean. Although the majority of this 
        spending was for oil, gas, and coal, China has also been the 
        largest investor in clean energy globally for almost a decade.
            (10) The World Bank estimates that the Caribbean will need 
        $12,000,000,000 in power investments through 2035.
            (11) Renewable energy technology costs have decreased 
        dramatically in recent years, offering a more viable economic 
        alternative for energy production. Solar energy prices have 
        fallen by 80 percent since 2008, causing significant market 
        growth, and according to data released by the International 
        Renewable Energy Agency, \1/3\ of global power capacity is 
        based in renewable energy.
            (12) In 2016, the International Monetary Fund estimated 
        that transportation accounted for 36 percent of the total 
        primary energy consumed in the Caribbean subregion.
            (13) According to the United Nations Environment Programme, 
        Latin America and the Caribbean could achieve annual savings of 
        $621,000,000,000 and a reduction of 1,100,000,000 tons of 
        CO<INF>2</INF> by 2050 if the region's energy and transport 
        sectors reach net zero emissions.
            (14) The Caribbean has an abundance of onshore and offshore 
        resources needed for renewable energy, including sun, wind, 
        geothermal, and some hydropower production capacity.
            (15) The United States Government is deeply engaged in 
        providing technical and policy assistance to countries of the 
        Caribbean on energy issues through--
                    (A) the Energy and Climate Partnership of the 
                Americas;
                    (B) Connecting the Americas 2022; and
                    (C) bilateral assistance programs.
            (16) On February 19, 2014, at the North American Leaders' 
        Summit, President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Stephen Harper 
        of Canada, and President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico 
        reaffirmed their commitment to bring affordable, reliable, and 
        increasingly renewable power to the Caribbean, while opening 
        wider markets for clean energy and green technology.
            (17) On June 19, 2015, President Barack Obama announced the 
        Caribbean Energy Security Initiative, which would partner with 
        individual countries--
                    (A) to transform its energy sector;
                    (B) to work to increase access to finance, good 
                governance, and diversification; and
                    (C) to maximize the impact of existing donor 
                effects.
            (18) On May 4, 2016, at the United States-Caribbean-Central 
        American Energy Summit, the energy security task force formally 
        launched the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Roadmap and Strategy 
        (C-SERMS) as a mechanism to manage regional coordination and 
        action on energy security and agreed to expand the regional 
        market and transmission system.
            (19) The United States has an important opportunity--
                    (A) to deepen this engagement;
                    (B) to work as a partner with Caribbean countries 
                on a more regional and coordinated basis;
                    (C) to help ease the region's dependence on 
                imported oil; and
                    (D) to promote affordable alternative sources of 
                energy.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Caribbean countries.--The term ``Caribbean countries'' 
        means countries in the Caribbean region, but does not including 
        Cuba or Venezuela.
            (2) Caribbean governments.--The term ``Caribbean 
        governments'' means the national governments of the Caribbean 
        countries.
    (c) Policy.--It is the policy of the United States to help 
Caribbean countries--
            (1) achieve greater energy security and improve domestic 
        energy resource mobilization;
            (2) lower their dependence on imported fuels;
            (3) eliminate the use of diesel, heavy fuel oil, other 
        petroleum products, and coal for the generation of electricity;
            (4) increase production of renewable energy; and
            (5) meet the greenhouse gas mitigation goals of their 
        national determined contributions to the Paris Agreement.
    (d) Strategy.--
            (1) Submission.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 
        a multi-year strategy to the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
        the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives that describes how the Department of State will 
        promote regional cooperation with Caribbean countries--
                    (A) to lower dependence on imported fuels, grow 
                domestic clean energy production in the region, 
                strengthen regional energy security, and lower energy 
                sector greenhouse gas emissions;
                    (B) to decrease dependence on oil in the 
                transportation sector;
                    (C) to increase energy efficiency, energy 
                conservation, and investment in alternatives to 
                imported fuels;
                    (D) to improve grid reliability and modernize 
                electricity transmission networks;
                    (E) to advance deployment of innovative solutions 
                to expand community and individuals' access to 
                electricity;
                    (F) to help reform energy markets to encourage good 
                regulatory governance and to promote a climate of 
                private sector investment; and
                    (G) to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the 
                energy and transportation sector.
            (2) Elements.--The strategy required under subsection (a) 
        shall include--
                    (A) a thorough review and inventory of United 
                States Government activities that are being carried out 
                bilaterally, regionally, and in coordination with 
                multilateral institutions--
                            (i) to promote energy and climate security 
                        in the Caribbean region; and
                            (ii) to reduce the region's reliance on oil 
                        for electricity generation;
                    (B) opportunities for marshaling regional 
                cooperation--
                            (i) to overcome market barriers resulting 
                        from the small size of Caribbean energy 
                        markets;
                            (ii) to address the high transportation and 
                        infrastructure costs faced by Caribbean 
                        countries;
                            (iii) to ensure greater donor coordination 
                        between governments, multilateral institutions, 
                        multilateral banks, and private investors; and
                            (iv) to expand regional financing 
                        opportunities to allow for lower cost energy 
                        entrepreneurship;
                    (C) measures to ensure that each Caribbean 
                government has--
                            (i) an independent utility regulator or 
                        equivalent;
                            (ii) affordable access by third-party 
                        investors to its electrical grid with minimal 
                        regulatory interference;
                            (iii) effective energy efficiency and 
                        energy conservation;
                            (iv) programs to address technical and 
                        nontechnical issues;
                            (v) a plan to eliminate major market 
                        distortions;
                            (vi) cost-reflective tariffs; and
                            (vii) no tariffs or other taxes on clean 
                        energy solutions; and
                    (D) recommendations for how United States policy, 
                technical, and economic assistance can be used in the 
                Caribbean region--
                            (i) to advance renewable energy development 
                        and the incorporation of renewable technologies 
                        into existing energy grids and the development 
                        and deployment of micro-grids where appropriate 
                        and feasible to boost energy security and 
                        reliability, particularly to underserved 
                        communities;
                            (ii) to increase the generation of clean 
                        energy sufficiently to replace and allow for 
                        the retirement of obsolete fossil fuel energy 
                        generation units in Caribbean countries;
                            (iii) to create regional financing 
                        opportunities to allow for lower cost energy 
                        entrepreneurship;
                            (iv) to deploy transaction advisors in the 
                        region to help attract private investment and 
                        break down any market or regulatory barriers; 
                        and
                            (v) to establish a mechanism for each host 
                        government to have access to independent legal 
                        advice--
                                    (I) to speed the development of 
                                energy-related contracts; and
                                    (II) to better protect the 
                                interests of Caribbean governments and 
                                citizens.
            (3) Consultation.--In devising the strategy under this 
        subsection, the Secretary of State shall work with the 
        Secretary of Energy and shall consult with--
                    (A) the Secretary of the Interior;
                    (B) the Secretary of Commerce;
                    (C) the Secretary of the Treasury;
                    (D) the Board of Directors of the Export-Import 
                Bank of the United States;
                    (E) the Board of Directors of the Development 
                Finance Corporation;
                    (F) the Administrator of the United States Agency 
                for International Development;
                    (G) the Caribbean governments;
                    (H) the Inter-American Development Bank;
                    (I) the World Bank Group; and
                    (J) the Caribbean Electric Utility Services 
                Corporation.

SEC. 507. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSERVATION OF THE AMAZON RIVER BASIN.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Amazon River basin and the Amazon rainforest, often 
        referred to as Amazonia--
                    (A) covers more than 2,670,000 square miles in 
                Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, 
                Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; and
                    (B) is home to more species of plants and animals 
                than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet, 
                housing nearly 30 percent of the world's species, which 
                apart from their intrinsic value as living organisms, 
                have potential value in the form of medicine, research, 
                textiles, food, and other products for the region's 
                population.
            (2) Tens of millions of people depend on services afforded 
        by the Amazon forest, including--
                    (A) the use of rivers for transportation;
                    (B) reliance on logging and collection of non-
                timber forest products as major industries for 
                employment; and
                    (C) the cultivation of nutrients in floodplain 
                areas for agriculture and areas for which the Amazon 
                Basin is a watershed.
            (3) The Amazon River has long been recognized as an 
        important repository of biodiversity and natural resources, not 
        only for local peoples and indigenous communities, but also for 
        the rest of the world due to--
                    (A) its fresh water, which provides countless 
                services for humans in the form of water agriculture, 
                transportation, and food and serves as an important 
                habitat for countless species, including over 2,500 
                species of fish and river dolphins;
                    (B) its medicinal plants, which are continually 
                used by local peoples to treat traditional diseases, 
                including malaria (one of the most lethal diseases in 
                the tropics), and which constitute 70 percent of the 
                plant species in the world found to have anti-cancer 
                properties;
                    (C) its important role as an oxygen source, 
                producing 20 percent of the Earth's oxygen and earning 
                the Amazon forest the nickname ``lungs of our Earth'' 
                for its role in taking in enormous amounts of the 
                carbon dioxide emitted by human activity and the 
                burning of fossil fuels and replacing it with the 
                oxygen we breathe through the process of 
                photosynthesis;
                    (D) its food supply, which is associated with 
                rainforests, including coffee, rice, chocolate, 
                tomatoes, potatoes, bananas, black pepper, pineapples, 
                and corn;
                    (E) its role in climate control caused by its 
                exchange of enormous quantities of water and energy 
                with the surrounding atmosphere, which is estimated as 
                being responsible for creating 75 percent of its own 
                rainfall, which feeds the nearby rivers through 
                evapotranspiration before flowing directly into the 
                ocean and influencing the currents that impact the 
                climate; and
                    (F) ecotourism, which produces annual profits of 
                more than $11,600,000, which benefits the local 
                economy, enhances the quality of living through 
                securing more jobs, and educates global citizens 
                regarding the importance of maintaining the world's 
                natural spaces.
            (4) Public opinion research, conducted by the Brazilian 
        polling firm Datafolha in 2020, found that--
                    (A) 87 percent of the respondents felt strongly 
                that conservation of the Amazon is very important;
                    (B) 73 percent of the respondents are concerned 
                with the rate of increased deforestation in the Amazon 
                basin;
                    (C) 77 percent of the respondents believed strongly 
                that the conduct and policies of the ministries 
                responsible for management and conservation of the 
                Amazon have contributed to deforestation in the Amazon;
                    (D) 92.5 percent of the respondents believe Brazil 
                should prioritize the pursuit of economic activities in 
                the Amazon basin that do not contribute to 
                deforestation; and
                    (E) only 5.6 percent of the respondents think that 
                forests need to be cut down to promote economic growth 
                in the region.
            (5) The recent 8,850 square kilometer reduction of the 
        Amazon forest, exacerbated by climate change, has resulted in a 
        significant decrease in the ample benefits described in 
        paragraph (3), in addition to the displacement of many 
        indigenous peoples due to the lessened economic opportunity.
            (6) Clear cutting has disrupted the habitat for plants and 
        animals in the region, fracturing the fragile forest ecology by 
        causing species to migrate and sometimes disappear.
            (7) As of September 2020, Brazil's National Institute for 
        Space Research reported that 45,067 fires have burned in the 
        Amazon River basin and more than 63,000 fires have burned in 
        all of Brazil in 2020.
            (8) The removal of trees from the Amazon River basin has 
        decreased water and nutrient uptake, while increasing runoff 
        with greater loads of both nitrogen and phosphorus 
        concentrations, deteriorating the quality of fresh water, and 
        putting the environment at greater risk for disasters like 
        flooding and landslides.
            (9) The Government of Brazil has historically recognized 
        the negative repercussions of deforestation via processes like 
        clear cutting, which had facilitated Brazil's establishment and 
        maintenance of numerous successful conservation policies and 
        payments for environmental service programs, such as--
                    (A) Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and 
                Forest Degradation projects, such as the Juma project 
                in Amazonas and the Surui project in Acre and 
                subnational-scale program in Acre and Mato Grosso, 
                which seek to reduce global warming by stopping 
                emissions related to deforestation;
                    (B) jurisdictional programs involving the 
                collaboration of several groups, including farmers, 
                government officials, businesses, and nongovernmental 
                organizations, to achieve consensus on sustainability 
                milestones;
                    (C) the Amazon Fund, which is primarily funded by 
                the Government of Norway to implement payments for 
                forest conservation activities; and
                    (D) the Bolsa Floresta program in the Brazilian 
                state of Amazonas, which pays landowners and 
                communities to help protect forest areas.
            (10) United States and multilateral cooperation efforts to 
        protect and restore the Amazon have yielded significant 
        beneficial impacts, such as--
                    (A) the reduction of deforestation by more than 80 
                percent; and
                    (B) the World Bank's establishment of more than 25 
                percent of the areas protected from correspondence.
            (11) The UNESCO World Heritage site verifies the importance 
        of the Amazon River basin being one of the richest areas in the 
        planet in terms of biodiversity, ecological and biological 
        processes. Deforestation and potential new policies could 
        harmfully limit its natural resources if their benefits are not 
        taken into serious consideration.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the President should--
                    (A) engage with the Government of Brazil, through 
                bilateral and multilateral efforts, on its Amazon 
                development and deforestation policies, in support of 
                the Brazilian people's and the private sector's 
                interest in conserving the Amazon rainforest;
                    (B) promote stewardship and conservation policies 
                that support sustainable economic growth activities in 
                the Amazon River basin;
                    (C) consider the Government of Brazil's management 
                and land use conversion of the Amazon River basin 
                policies when assessing, negotiating, or developing new 
                bilateral agreements with Brazil, including trade 
                agreements, or engaging in relevant international 
                forums;
                    (D) in the spirit of Brazil's leadership hosting 
                the 1992 Rio Summit, which led to the establishment of 
                the UNFCCC, urge the Government of Brazil to enhance 
                the ambition of Brazil's efforts to mitigate greenhouse 
                gas emissions; and
                    (E) encourage the Government of Brazil, through 
                bilateral and multilateral efforts, to immediately work 
                proactively to address climate change and to promote 
                low carbon and sustainable economic development;
            (2) the United States Ambassador to Brazil should 
        immediately engage with the Government of Brazil to support 
        improvements to stewardship efforts of the Amazon rainforest 
        and to assist with urgent efforts to combat fires burning 
        across the Amazon River basin by--
                    (A) amplifying the Brazilian people's concerns--
                            (i) about climate change and seeking 
                        opportunities for cooperative climate action 
                        through the United States-Brazil bilateral 
                        relationship; and
                            (ii) with Brazil's management and land use 
                        conversion policies affecting the Amazon River 
                        basin;
                    (B) reinforcing United States support for the 
                important role civil society is playing to keep the 
                public informed about the importance of Amazon 
                conservation, particularly as it relates to regulating 
                carbon in the Earth's atmosphere; and
                    (C) offering support for efforts to combat fires in 
                the Amazon River basin that are exacerbating Brazil's 
                environmental crisis; and
            (3) the Secretary of the Treasury should provide financial 
        and technical assistance to combat wildfires burning across the 
        Brazil, including in the Amazon River basin.
    (c) Policy Statement.--The Secretary of State shall elevate 
bilateral engagements around cooperation and peer-to-peer 
accountability on Brazil's climate action commitments by--
            (1) supporting the efforts of the Government of Brazil to 
        increase sustainable development of the Amazon region, 
        including by strengthening environmental enforcement and ending 
        illegal deforestation;
            (2) encouraging the Government of Brazil to enforce its 
        conservation laws, which include--
                    (A) restoring the responsibility of managing 
                indigenous reserves and the demarcation of lands back 
                to indigenous peoples;
                    (B) deescalating violence against indigenous 
                peoples, prosecuting individuals and entities that 
                threaten or harm indigenous peoples or communities, and 
                maintain the National Indian Foundation;
                    (C) addressing activities that increase 
                deforestation rates in the Amazon basin, which 
                include--
                            (i) curtailing indigenous people's land 
                        rights; and
                            (ii) unsustainable cattle ranching, soy 
                        bean farming, mining, hydropower dam 
                        construction, and highway construction 
                        activities;
                    (D) threatening to degrade Brazil's carbon 
                emissions reductions commitments that are heavily based 
                upon the conservation of Brazil's rainforests; and
                    (E) addressing challenges for civil society to 
                operate, oversee, and advocate for the continued 
                conservation and restoration of the Amazon River basin;
            (3) encouraging, to the maximum extent practicable, the 
        Government of Brazil to develop and deliver ambitious pledges 
        to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement, 
        while holding Brazil accountable for delivering on its 
        commitments;
            (4) supporting the voice of Brazilian civil society and the 
        role civil society plays in advancing civil society's efforts 
        to protect Brazil's natural resources and helping ensure civil 
        society's abilities to operate, oversee, and advocate for the 
        continued conservation and restoration of the Amazon River 
        basin;
            (5) advancing the rights and protections of indigenous 
        peoples whose communities, well-being, and opportunities for 
        economic growth are frequently put at risk by deforestation, 
        extractive industries, commercial scale agriculture, and 
        hydropower dam construction;
            (6) listening to and engaging with the people of Brazil on 
        their country's commitments to advancing conservation efforts 
        in the Amazon River basin that allow for sustainable economic 
        growth, while protecting the Amazon rainforest and Amazon River 
        basin's important and unique resources despite the proposed 
        changes;
            (7) renewing support for programs that support Amazonian 
        nations, civil society, and local leaders, including indigenous 
        communities, in maintaining critically important conservation 
        efforts to protect and restore the Amazon River basin 
        ecosystem; and
            (8) supporting efforts by subnational governments and the 
        private sector to advance sustainable development and reduce 
        deforestation in the Amazon region.

SEC. 508. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING RENEWABLE ENERGY IN INDONESIA.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) cooperation on the development and deployment of 
        renewable energy technologies should be a priority in relations 
        between the United States and Indonesia and the top priority in 
        the countries' energy diplomacy;
            (2) it is in the interest of United States to support the 
        growth of Indonesia's renewable energy sector in 
        environmentally and socially responsible ways that--
                    (A) reduce reliance on fossil fuels in ways that do 
                not increase pressure on the land sector or increase 
                land-based emissions;
                    (B) mitigate greenhouse gas emissions;
                    (C) provide economic opportunities; and
                    (D) improve the climate security of Indonesia;
            (3) the United States, through the Bureau of Energy 
        Resources of the Department of State, the United States 
        International Development Finance Corporation, the Department 
        of Energy, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the 
        International Trade Administration, and the United States 
        Agency for International Development, should encourage private 
        sector investment in and financing for the development and 
        deployment of renewable power sources in Indonesia;
            (4) the United States should--
                    (A) support and encourage Indonesia to pursue 
                ambitious growth from solar and wind sources of energy 
                generation; and
                    (B) provide technical assistance to the Government 
                of Indonesia and subnational authorities on regulatory 
                reforms and addressing other barriers to deployment of 
                renewable energy; and
            (5) it is in the interest of United States refrigeration 
        and refrigerant production industries to help serve Indonesia's 
        increased demand for refrigeration and air conditioning, and 
        the adoption of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, 
        is driving innovation and investments in next-generation 
        refrigeration equipment and refrigerants in Indonesia.

                 TITLE VI--WOMEN AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACT

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Women and Climate Change Act''.

SEC. 602. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Women in the United States and around the world are--
                    (A) the linchpin of families and communities; and
                    (B) often the first to feel the immediate and 
                adverse effects of social, environmental, and economic 
                stresses on their families and communities.
            (2) The United Nations has recognized, as a central 
        organizing principle for its work, that ``no enduring solution 
        to society's most threatening social, economic and political 
        problems can be found without the full participation, and the 
        full empowerment, of the world's women.''.
            (3) The United Nations Development Programme's Human 
        Development Report 2013 predicted that the number of people 
        living in extreme poverty could increase by up to 3,000,000,000 
        by 2050 unless environmental disasters are averted by 
        coordinated global action.
            (4) Climate change is already forcing the most vulnerable 
        communities and populations in developing countries to face 
        unprecedented climate stress, including--
                    (A) slow onset effects of climate change, such as 
                sea level rise, increasing temperatures, water 
                scarcity, and drought; and
                    (B) severe weather events and floods, which can 
                lead to reduced agricultural productivity, food 
                insecurity, and increased disease.
            (5) Climate change--
                    (A) exacerbates issues of resource scarcity and 
                lack of accessibility to primary natural resources, 
                forest resources, and arable land for food production;
                    (B) contributes to increased tension and 
                instability, particularly in countries and regions with 
                poor or weak governance systems; and
                    (C) increases the workload and stresses on women 
                farmers, who are estimated to produce nearly 50 percent 
                of the food consumed in most developing countries, 
                which exacerbates food insecurity.
            (6) Women will disproportionately face harmful impacts from 
        climate change, particularly in poor and developing countries 
        in which women regularly assume increased responsibility for--
                    (A) growing the family's food;
                    (B) collecting water, fuel, and other resources;
                    (C) earning money; and
                    (D) sending remittances.
            (7) Epidemics, such as malaria and Zika, are expected to 
        worsen and spread due to variations in climate, putting women 
        and girls (especially those who are pregnant, who are 
        lactating, or who hope to become pregnant) and children without 
        access to prevention and medical services at risk.
            (8) The direct and indirect effects of climate change have 
        a disproportionate impact on marginalized women, including 
        refugees, displaced persons, migrants, religious, racial, or 
        ethnic minorities, adolescent girls, lesbian and trans women, 
        women living in poverty, and women and girls with disabilities 
        and those infected with HIV.
            (9) Conflict has a disproportionate impact on the most 
        vulnerable communities and populations, including women, and 
        can be exacerbated in regions of the world with changing or 
        harsher climates, leading to migration, forced displacement, 
        and conflicts over scarce natural resources, including land and 
        water.
            (10) Internally displaced, refugee, and stateless women and 
        girls face extreme violence and threats, including--
                    (A) being forced to exchange sex for food and 
                humanitarian supplies;
                    (B) being at increased risk of gender-based 
                violence, sexual exploitation, and abuse;
                    (C) reduced access to services and care; and
                    (D) increased risk for contracting HIV or sexually 
                transmitted infections, having an unplanned pregnancy, 
                and experiencing poor reproductive health.
            (11) Climate change is predicted to lead to increasing 
        frequency and intensity of extreme weather conditions, 
        precipitating the occurrence of natural disasters around the 
        globe.
            (12) The relocation and death of women as a result of 
        climate change-related disasters often has devastating impacts 
        on social support networks, family ties, and the coping 
        capacity of families and communities.
            (13) The ability of women to adapt to climate change is 
        constrained by underlying gender inequality, including a lack 
        of--
                    (A) economic freedoms;
                    (B) property, land tenure, and inheritance rights;
                    (C) access to financial resources, education, 
                family planning, and reproductive healthcare services; 
                and
                    (D) quality tools, equipment, and technology that 
                support economic opportunity and independence.
            (14) Despite having unique capabilities and knowledge to 
        promote, plan, and execute activities to enhance communities' 
        climate change adaption and resilience capacities, women often 
        have insufficient resources, are not empowered to take such 
        actions, and are often excluded from leadership and decision-
        making processes.
            (15) Women have a multiplier effect because women use their 
        income and resources, when given the necessary tools, to 
        increase the well-being of their children and families, playing 
        a critical role in reducing food insecurity, poverty, and 
        socioeconomic effects of climate change.
            (16) Women are often underrepresented in the development 
        and formulation of policy regarding mitigation and adaptation 
        to climate change, even though women are often in the best 
        position to provide and consult on adaptive strategies.

SEC. 603. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Ambassador-at-large.--The term ``Ambassador-at-Large'' 
        means the Ambassador-at-Large for the Office of Global Women's 
        Issues of the Department of State.
            (2) Climate-displaced person.--The term ``climate-displaced 
        person'' means any person who, for reasons of sudden or 
        progressive change in the environment that adversely affects 
        his or her life or living conditions--
                    (A) is obliged to leave his or her habitual home, 
                either within his or her country of nationality or in 
                another country;
                    (B) is in need of a durable resettlement solution; 
                and
                    (C) whose government cannot or will not provide 
                such durable resettlement solution.
            (3) Disparate impact.--The term ``disparate impact'' refers 
        to the historical and ongoing impacts of the pattern and 
        practice of discrimination in employment, education, housing, 
        banking, health, and nearly every other aspect of life in the 
        economy, society, or culture that have an adverse impact on 
        minorities, women, or other protected groups, regardless of 
        whether such practices were motivated by discriminatory intent.
            (4) Environmental disasters.--The term ``environmental 
        disasters'' means specific events caused by human activity that 
        result in seriously negative effects on the environment.
            (5) Special coordinator.--The term ``Special Coordinator'' 
        means the senior coordinator appointed pursuant to section 
        607(c).
            (6) Working group.--The term ``Working Group'' means the 
        Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change 
        established under section 605.

SEC. 604. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    (a) In General.--It is the policy of the United States, in 
partnership with affected countries, donor country governments, 
international financial institutions, international nongovernmental 
organizations, multilateral organizations, and civil society groups, 
especially those led by women--
            (1) to combat the leading causes of climate change;
            (2) to mitigate the effects of climate change on women and 
        girls; and
            (3) to elevate the participation of women in policy, 
        program, and community decision-making processes with respect 
        to climate change.
    (b) Implementation.--The policy described in subsection (a) shall 
be carried out by--
            (1) establishing the Federal Interagency Working Group on 
        Women and Climate Change to prevent and respond to the effects 
        of climate change on women globally; and
            (2) implementing a coordinated, integrated, evidence-based, 
        and comprehensive strategy on women and climate change through 
        United States policies.

SEC. 605. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON WOMEN AND CLIMATE 
              CHANGE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of State 
the Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change.
    (b) Chairperson.--The Ambassador-at-Large, or the Special 
Coordinator, shall serve as the chairperson of the Working Group.
    (c) Membership.--
            (1) In general.--The Working Group shall be composed of a 
        senior-level representative from each of the Federal agencies 
        and bureaus and offices of the Department of State described in 
        paragraph (2), as selected by the head of the respective agency 
        or subagency.
            (2) Federal agencies.--The Federal agencies and bureaus and 
        offices of the Department of State described in this paragraph 
        are--
                    (A) the Department of State, including--
                            (i) the Office of Global Women's Issues;
                            (ii) the Office of Civil Rights;
                            (iii) the Bureau of Oceans and 
                        International Environmental and Scientific 
                        Affairs;
                            (iv) the Bureau of Population, Refugees, 
                        and Migration;
                            (v) the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, 
                        and Labor; and
                            (vi) the Bureau of International 
                        Organization Affairs;
                    (B) the United States Agency for International 
                Development;
                    (C) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
                    (D) the Environmental Protection Agency;
                    (E) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                Administration;
                    (F) the National Institutes of Health;
                    (G) the National Science Foundation;
                    (H) the Council on Environmental Quality; and
                    (I) the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
            (3) Representatives of additional agencies.--The 
        Ambassador-at-Large, or the Special Coordinator, may request 
        the participation of representatives of other relevant agencies 
        or departments on a limited-time basis.
    (d) Functions.--The Working Group shall--
            (1) coordinate and integrate the development of all 
        policies and activities of the Federal Government relating to--
                    (A) combating the effects of climate change on 
                women in the national and international sphere; and
                    (B) improving the response and strategy of the 
                Federal Government to fight climate change for the 
                security of the United States and the international 
                community;
            (2) allow each member of the Working Group to act as a 
        representative for the Working Group within the Federal 
        department or agency of such member to facilitate 
        implementation of the Working Group policies within such 
        department or agency;
            (3) ensure that all relevant Federal departments and 
        agencies comply with appropriate guidelines, policies, and 
        directives from the Working Group pertaining to issues and 
        responsibilities related to climate change and women;
            (4) ensure that Federal departments or agencies, State 
        governments, and relevant congressional committees, in 
        consultation with nongovernmental organizations and policy 
        experts in the field and State and local government officials 
        who administer or direct policy for programs relating to 
        climate change and women--
                    (A) have access to, receive, and appropriately 
                disseminate best practices in the administration of 
                such programs;
                    (B) have adequate resources to maximize the public 
                awareness of such programs;
                    (C) increase the reach of such programs;
                    (D) collect and share relevant data, including sex 
                and age disaggregated data; and
                    (E) issue relevant guidance; and
            (5) identify and disseminate best practices to each 
        relevant Federal department and agency regarding how to improve 
        the collection of data relevant to the disparate impact of 
        climate change on women (especially marginalized women), 
        including--
                    (A) unpaid and paid care work;
                    (B) access to decent work opportunities;
                    (C) community advocacy, activism, and 
                representation;
                    (D) access to education for women and girls;
                    (E) access to comprehensive health care, including 
                reproductive health and rights;
                    (F) participation in professional trades, including 
                agriculture;
                    (G) rights and access to resources, such as land, 
                financial services and credit, training, and tools and 
                equipment;
                    (H) abilities to achieve durable solutions to 
                displacement, including integration, return, or 
                resettlement;
                    (I) food insecurity and desertification;
                    (J) community infrastructure, multilevel government 
                adaptability, and climate resilience;
                    (K) climate and weather-related crisis response, 
                including safety from gender-based violence; and
                    (L) women's involvement and leadership in the 
                development of frameworks and policies for climate 
                resilience.
    (e) Consultation.--The Working Group may consult and obtain 
recommendations from such independent nongovernmental policy experts, 
State and local government officials, independent groups and 
organizations, or other groups or organizations as the Ambassador-at-
Large, or the Special Coordinator, determines will assist in carrying 
out the mission of the Working Group.
    (f) Frequency of Meetings.--The Working Group shall meet not less 
frequently than quarterly to discuss and develop policies, projects, 
and programs referred to in subsection (d).

SEC. 606. DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGY AND POLICIES TO 
              PREVENT AND RESPOND TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON 
              WOMEN GLOBALLY.

    (a) Initial Strategy Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Ambassador-at-Large, or the 
Special Coordinator, in consultation with the Working Group, shall 
develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a United 
States National and International Strategy to prevent and respond to 
the effects of climate change on women.
    (b) Contents.--The strategy submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include--
            (1) recognizing the disparate impacts of climate change on 
        women and the efforts of women globally to address climate 
        change;
            (2) taking effective action--
                    (A) to prevent and respond to climate change and 
                mitigate the effects of climate change on women around 
                the world; and
                    (B) to promote gender equality, economic growth, 
                public health, racial justice, principled humanitarian 
                access, and human rights;
            (3) implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development 
        Goals listed in subsection (f) through and beyond 2030 to 
        prevent and respond to the effects of climate change on women 
        globally;
            (4) implementing balanced gender participation to avoid 
        reinforcing binary roles, especially among individuals from the 
        communities most impacted, in climate change adaptation and 
        mitigation efforts, including in governance and diplomatic 
        positions within the United States Government;
            (5) working at the local, national, and international 
        levels, including with individuals, families, and communities, 
        to prevent and respond to the effects of climate change on 
        women;
            (6) systematically integrating and coordinating efforts to 
        prevent and respond to the effects of climate change on women 
        internationally into United States foreign policy and foreign 
        assistance programs;
            (7) investing in research on climate change through 
        appropriate Federal departments or agencies and funding of 
        university and independent research groups on the various 
        causes and effects of climate change;
            (8) developing and implementing gender-sensitive frameworks 
        in policies to address climate change that account for the 
        specific impacts of climate change on women;
            (9) developing policies to support women who are 
        particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change to 
        prepare for, build their resilience to, and adapt to such 
        impacts, including a commitment to increase education and 
        training opportunities for women to develop local resilience 
        plans to address the effects of climate change;
            (10) developing and investing in programs, in coordination 
        with the diplomatic missions of other countries, that--
                    (A) educate and empower women and girls in the 
                United States and around the world;
                    (B) gather information on how climate change is 
                affecting their lives; and
                    (C) provide guidance on the needs of their families 
                and communities in the face of climate change;
            (11) consulting with representatives of civil society, 
        including nongovernmental organizations, community and faith-
        based organizations, multilateral organizations, local and 
        international civil society groups, and local climate change 
        organizations and their beneficiaries, that have demonstrated 
        experience in preventing and responding to the effects of 
        climate change on women;
            (12) supporting and building local capacity in developing 
        countries, including in governments at all levels and in 
        nongovernmental organizations (especially women-led 
        organizations), to prevent and respond to the effects of 
        climate change on women;
            (13) developing programs to empower women in communities to 
        meaningfully engage in the planning, design, implementation, 
        and evaluation of strategies to address climate change while 
        taking into account their roles and resources;
            (14) including women in economic development planning, 
        policies, and practices that directly improve conditions that 
        result from climate change;
            (15) integrating gender analysis in all policies and 
        programs in the United States that are globally related to 
        climate change; and
            (16) ensuring that such policies and programs support women 
        globally to prepare for, build resilience for, and adapt to, 
        climate change.
    (c) Updates.--The Ambassador-at-Large, or the Special Coordinator, 
shall--
            (1) consult with the Working Group to collect information 
        and feedback; and
            (2) update the strategy and programs to prevent and respond 
        to the effects of climate change on women globally, as the 
        Ambassador-at-Large, or the Special Coordinator, considers 
        appropriate.
    (d) Implementation Plan and Budget Required.--Not later than 60 
days after the submission of the strategy under subsection (a), the 
Senior Coordinator shall submit an implementation plan and budget for 
the strategy to the appropriate congressional committees.
    (e) Assistance and Consultation.--The Senior Coordinator shall 
assist and provide consultation to the Secretary of State in preventing 
and responding to the effects of climate change on women globally.
    (f) United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Through and Beyond 
2030.--The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals listed in this 
subsection are--
            (1) ending poverty in all its forms everywhere;
            (2) ending hunger, achieving food security and improved 
        nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture;
            (3) ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all 
        and at all ages;
            (4) ensuring inclusive, equitable, and quality education 
        and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all;
            (5) achieving gender equality and empowering all women and 
        girls;
            (6) ensuring the availability and sustainable management of 
        water and sanitation for all;
            (7) ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, 
        and modern energy for all;
            (8) promoting sustained, inclusive, and sustainable 
        economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent 
        work for all;
            (9) building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive 
        and sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation;
            (10) reducing inequality within and among countries;
            (11) making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, 
        resilient, and sustainable;
            (12) ensuring sustainable consumption and production 
        patterns;
            (13) taking urgent action to combat climate change and its 
        impacts;
            (14) conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas, and 
        marine resources for sustainable development;
            (15) protecting, restoring, and promoting sustainable use 
        of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managing forests, 
        combating desertification, and halting and reversing land 
        degradation and biodiversity loss;
            (16) promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for 
        sustainable development, providing access to justice for all, 
        and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions 
        at all levels; and
            (17) strengthening the means of policy implementation and 
        revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable 
        development.

SEC. 607. CLIMATE CHANGE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES.

    (a) Establishment.--The Ambassador-at-Large for the Office of 
Global Women's Issues of the Department of State shall chair the 
Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change.
    (b) Functions.--The Ambassador-at-Large shall--
            (1) direct the activities, policies, programs, and funding 
        of the Department of State relating to the effects of climate 
        change on women, including with respect to efforts to prevent 
        and respond to those effects;
            (2) coordinate closely with the Climate Security 
        Coordinator appointed pursuant to section 1(g) of the State 
        Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as added by section 
        102, regarding matters related to climate change's effects on 
        women and related security and diplomatic matters and 
        engagements;
            (3) advise the Secretary of State, the relevant heads of 
        other Federal departments and independent agencies, and other 
        entities within the Executive Office of the President, 
        regarding the establishment of--
                    (A) policies, goals, objectives, and priorities for 
                addressing and combating the effects of climate change 
                on women; and
                    (B) mechanisms to improve the effectiveness, 
                coordination, impact, and outcomes of programs relating 
                to addressing and combating the effects of climate 
                change on women, in coordination with experts in the 
                field, nongovernmental organizations, and foreign 
                governments; and
            (4) identify and assist in the resolution of any disputes 
        that arise between Federal agencies relating to policies and 
        programs to address and combat the effects of climate change on 
        women or other matters within the responsibility of the Office 
        of Global Women's Issues.
    (c) Special Coordinator.--The Ambassador-at-Large may appoint a 
senior coordinator as the designee responsible for carrying out the 
functions described in subsection (b).
    (d) Briefing and Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Ambassador-at-
Large shall--
            (1) brief the appropriate congressional committees 
        regarding--
                    (A) the effects of climate change on women; and
                    (B) the prevention and response strategies, 
                programming, and associated outcomes with respect to 
                climate change; and
            (2) submit an assessment of the human and financial 
        resources necessary to carry out this title to the appropriate 
        congressional committees.
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