[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2703]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 584. Mr. BARRASSO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTIONS ON POWER-GENERATION 
                   PROJECTS BY UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL 
                   DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION IN CERTAIN 
                   COUNTRIES.

       (a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Providing Opportunities With Energy Resources to Uproot 
     Poverty Act'' or the ``POWER UP Act''.
       (b) 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) Prohibition on Restrictions on Power-generation 
     Projects in Certain Countries.--
       ``(1) Prohibition on certain restrictions on power-
     generation projects.--The Corporation may 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.
       ``(2) Limitation on board.--The Board of the Corporation 
     may 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.
       ``(3) 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.
       ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) IDA-eligible country.--The term `IDA-eligible 
     country' means a country that--
       ``(i) is eligible for support from the International 
     Development Association; and
       ``(ii) is not eligible for support from the International 
     Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
       ``(B) IDA-blend country.--The term `IDA-blend country' 
     means a country that is eligible for support from both the 
     International Development Association and the International 
     Bank for Reconstruction and Development.''.
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