S.Amdt. 1877

SA 1877. Mr. BARRASSO 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.

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 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.
``(2) 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.
``(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

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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 eligible for support from the
International Development Association and not the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
``(B) 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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