S.Amdt. 365

SA 365. Mr. RISCH 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:

SECTION 12__. MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Millennium Challenge Corporation Candidate Country Reform
Act''.
(b) Modifications of Requirements to Become a Candidate
Country.--Section 606 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003
(22 U.S.C. 7705) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 606. CANDIDATE COUNTRIES.

``(a) In General.--A country shall be a candidate country
for purposes of eligibility to receive assistance under
section 605 if--
``(1) the per capita income of the country in a fiscal year
is equal to or less than the World Bank threshold for
initiating the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development graduation process for the fiscal year; and
``(2) subject to subsection (b), the country is not
ineligible to receive United States economic assistance under
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151
et seq.) by reason of the application of any provision of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law.
``(b) Rule of Construction.--For the purposes of
determining whether a country is eligible, pursuant to
subsection (a)(2), to receive assistance under section 605,
the exercise by the President, the Secretary of State, or any
other officer or employee of the United States Government of
any waiver or suspension of any provision of law referred to
in subsection (a)(2), and notification to the appropriate
congressional committees in accordance with such provision of
law, shall be construed as satisfying the requirements under
subsection (a).
``(c) Determination by the Board.--The Board shall
determine whether a country is a candidate country for
purposes of this section.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Amendment to report identifying candidate countries.--
Section 608(a)(1) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22
U.S.C. 7707(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``section
606(a)(1)(B)'' and inserting ``section 606(a)(2)''.
(2) Amendment to millennium challenge compact authority.--
Section 609(b)(2) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7708(b)(2)) is
amended--
(A) by amending the paragraph heading to read as follows:
``Country contributions''; and
(B) by striking ``with respect to a lower middle income
country described in section 606(b),''.
(3) Amendment to authorization to provide assistance for
candidate countries.--Section 616(b)(1) of such Act (22
U.S.C. 7715(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``subsection (a) or
(b) of section 606'' and inserting ``section 606(a)''.
(d) Modification to Factors in Determining Eligibility.--
Section 607(c)(2) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22
U.S.C. 7706(c)(2)) is amended, in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``consider'' and inserting
``prioritize need and impact by considering''.
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