An amendment numbered 20 printed in House Report 116-289 to clarify that the Agencys duty to consult with potentially impacted communities includes affected workers and that any Agency accountability mechanism should include consideration of effects on workers. Also, the amendment requires the Agencys annual report to include the steps taken to consult with impacted communities (including affected workers).

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   Change 1: Strikes the closing quotation marks and period at the end of page 12, line 14

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   …[struck: ".]

   Original wording

   Page 12, line 14, strike the close quotation marks and the following period.

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   Change 2: Inserts new text on page 12, line 14

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   Inserted: (n) Report on Consultations With Potentially Impacted Communities.--The Agency shall include in its annual report to Congress under subsection (a) of this section a report on the steps taken by the Agency to consult with affected communities, including affected workers, pursuant to section 11(a)(2).

   Original wording

   Page 12, after line 14, insert the following:

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   Change 3: Inserts “, including affected workers,” before “in the country”

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   …[inserted: , including affected workers, ]in the country…

   Original wording

   Page 23, line 18, insert “, including affected workers,” before “in the country”.

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   Change 4: Inserts “including impacts on workers,” before “and on”

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   In H.R. 4863 · Reported in House

   (e) Sense of the Congress Regarding Agency Accountability.--It is the sense of the Congress that--

   (1) the Board of Directors of the United States Export Finance Agency (in this section referred to as the "Agency") should, after a public consultation process, establish a formal, transparent, and independent accountability mechanism to review, investigate, offer independent dispute resolution to resolve, and publicly report on allegations by affected parties of any failure of the Agency to follow its own policies and procedures with regard to the environmental and social impacts of projects, [inserted: including impacts on workers, ]and on situations where the Agency is alleged to have failed in ensuring the borrower is fulfilling its obligations in financing agreements with respect to the policies and procedures;

   (2) the accountability mechanism should be able to provide advice to management on policies, procedures, guidelines, resources, and systems established to ensure adequate review and monitoring of the environmental and social impacts of projects;

   Original wording

   Page 28, line 10, insert “including impacts on workers,” before “and on”.

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