[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5433-S5434]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3118. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1291. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INFRASTRUCTURE COORDINATION 
                   TASK FORCE.

       (a) Establishment.--There is established at the Department 
     of State a task force, to be known as the ``Infrastructure 
     Coordination Task Force'', which shall be led by an 
     appropriate Senate-confirmed official at the Department of 
     State. If the leader of the Task Force is not the Under 
     Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the 
     Environment, then the leader of the task force shall 
     coordinate with such Under Secretary on matters related to 
     the task force.
       (b) Duties.--The Infrastructure Coordination Task Force 
     shall--
       (1) coordinate international infrastructure policies and 
     projects supported by the United States Government, with 
     participation by the relevant Federal departments and 
     agencies;
       (2) engage international partners such as the Group of 
     Seven (G7), multilateral development banks, international 
     financial institutions, the United States private sector, 
     multinational corporations and banks, nongovernmental 
     organizations, and other partners in industrialized 
     countries;
       (3) advance United States objectives through initiatives 
     such as the Blue Dot Network, Infrastructure Transaction 
     Assistance Network, the Transaction Advisory Fund, and the 
     Strategic Ports Initiative; and
       (4) produce strategic guidance that identifies 
     international infrastructure projects.

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