[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5632 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5632

      To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development to make available to government officials of 
    nonadversarial countries in South and Central Asia training in 
 analyzing, assessing, and mitigating any risk of accepting investment 
             or lending from China, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2023

   Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
      To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development to make available to government officials of 
    nonadversarial countries in South and Central Asia training in 
 analyzing, assessing, and mitigating any risk of accepting investment 
             or lending from China, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Thwarting Regional Adversary 
Investments Now Act'' or the ``TRAIN Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping issued an 
        official outline of the principles, framework, priorities, and 
        cooperation mechanisms of the Belt and Road Initiative 
        (referred to in this section as the ``BRI'').
            (2) Since its inception, more than 140 countries and 32 
        international organizations have signed BRI cooperation 
        documents with China, including 40 countries in sub-Saharan 
        Africa, 34 countries in Europe and Central Asia, and 24 
        countries in East Asia and the Pacific.
            (3) Many developing countries do not possess the legal, 
        technological, or intelligence capabilities necessary to 
        properly evaluate the national security, debt sustainability, 
        and other risks posed by related agreements with Chinese 
        entities or the Chinese Government.
            (4) Due to the expanding investments by foreign adversaries 
        in the economic and infrastructure sectors of allied and 
        partner countries, the United States should provide technical 
        training, assistance, and support to evaluate the risks these 
        investments pose, and provide a formal review of the future 
        impact these investments would have, on partner economies.

SEC. 3. USAID TRAINING FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development (referred to in this section as the 
``Administrator'') shall make available to appropriate government 
officials of nonadversarial countries in South and Central Asia 
training in analyzing, assessing, and mitigating any legal or financial 
risk of accepting investment or lending from a foreign adversary that 
is in the region.
    (b) Report.--
            (1) Requirement and elements.--Beginning not later than 2 
        years after the date of enactment of this Act and on an annual 
        basis thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a report that includes--
                    (A) an overview of the training provided under 
                subsection (a) during the prior fiscal year; and
                    (B) an overview of each lending or legal agreement 
                entered into during the prior fiscal year between a 
                nonadversarial country in South and Central Asia and a 
                foreign adversary that is in the region, including an 
                analysis of any risk posed to the United States by such 
                agreement.
            (2) Form.--Each report required under paragraph (1) shall 
        be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
        annex.
    (c) Consultation.--In carrying out the requirements of subsections 
(a) and (b), the Administrator shall consult with--
            (1) the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
        International Development Finance Corporation;
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United 
        States;
            (3) the United States Trade Representative;
            (4) the President of the Export-Import Bank of the United 
        States;
            (5) the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central 
        Asian Affairs; and
            (6) the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Committee on Financial Services of the 
                House of Representatives;
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives;
                    (C) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
                Affairs of the Senate; and
                    (D) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate.
            (2) The term ``foreign adversary'' means a foreign 
        government or individual engaged in a long-term pattern or 
        serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the 
        national security of the United States or its allies or to the 
        security and safety of United States citizens.
            (3) The term ``nonadversarial country'' means a country 
        that is not engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances 
        of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of 
        the United States or its allies or to the security and safety 
        of United States citizens.
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