[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2036. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Cramer, 
Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Johnson) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 
1260, to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in 
the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle B of title I of division C, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 3117. PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTIONS ON POWER-GENERATION 
                   PROJECTS BY UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL 
                   DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION IN CERTAIN 
                   COUNTRIES.

       (a) Prohibition on Certain Restrictions on Power-generation 
     Projects.--The United States International Development 
     Finance Corporation (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Corporation'') shall not implement or enforce any rule, 
     regulation, policy, procedure, or guideline that would 
     prohibit or restrict the source of energy used by a power-
     generation project the purpose of which is to provide 
     affordable electricity in an IDA-eligible country or an IDA-
     blend country.
       (b) Limitation on Board.--The Board of the Corporation 
     shall not, whether directly or through authority delegated by 
     the Board, reject a power-generation project in an IDA-
     eligible country or an IDA-blend country based on the source 
     of energy used by the project.
       (c) All-of-the-above Energy Development Strategy.--The 
     Corporation shall promote a technology- and fuel-neutral, 
     all-of-the-above energy development strategy for IDA-eligible 
     countries and an IDA-blend countries that includes the use of 
     oil, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric, wind, solar, and 
     geothermal power and other sources of energy.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) IDA-eligible country.--The term ``IDA-eligible 
     country'' means a country eligible for support from the 
     International Development Association and not the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
       (2) IDA-blend country.--The term ``IDA-blend country'' 
     means a country eligible for support from both the 
     International Development Association and the International 
     Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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