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Union Calendar No. 321 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2548 

[Report No. 113–433, Part I] 

To establish a comprehensive United States Government policy to assist 

countries in sub-Saharan Africa to develop an appropriate mix of power 

solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access in order to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 27, 2013 

Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Ms. 

BASS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

MAY 2, 2014 

Additional sponsors: Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 

STOCKMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. COHEN, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. 

LONG, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 

SCHIFF, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COOPER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 

POCAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. 

REICHERT, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. PAYNE, 

Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. SIRES, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, 

Mr. MEEKS, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. KEATING, Mr. O’ROURKE, 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. PERRY, 

Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. BERA of California, Mr. NOLAN, Mrs. 

BUSTOS, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. 

DEUTCH, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. 

ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of 

California, Mr. DENT, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. KILMER, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. YOHO, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. BARR, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. YODER, Mr. CRENSHAW, 

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Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. 

BISHOP of New York, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. KING of New 

York, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. HONDA, Mr. LANCE, 

Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DUFFY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MENG, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GENE GREEN of 

Texas, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GRIMM, Ms. 

DELBENE, Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. ROGERS of 

Michigan, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. COOK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MURPHY of 

Florida, Ms. TITUS, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. ROONEY, 

Mr. GIBSON, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. MESSER, Mrs. 

HARTZLER, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Ms. GABBARD

MAY 2, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with amendments 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

MAY 2, 2014 

The Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 27, 2013] 

A BILL 

To establish a comprehensive United States Government policy to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa to develop 

an appropriate mix of power solutions for more broadly 

distributed electricity access in order to support poverty 

alleviation and drive economic growth, and for other purposes. 

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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Electrify Africa Act of 

5 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

7 The purpose of this Act is to encourage the efforts of 

8 countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to af9 fordable and reliable electricity in Africa in order to unlock 

10 the potential for economic growth, job creation, food secu11 rity, improved health, education and environmental out12 comes, and poverty reduction. 

13 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

14 Congress finds that— 

15 (1) 589,000,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa, or 

16 68 percent of the population, did not have access to 

17 electricity, as of 2010; 

18 (2) in sub-Saharan Africa, electricity services 

19 are highly unreliable and they are at least twice as 

20 expensive for those with electricity access compared to 

21 other emerging markets; 

22 (3) lack of access to electricity services 

23 disproportionally affects women and girls, who often 

24 shoulder the burden of seeking sources of heat and 

25 light such as dung, wood or charcoal and are often 

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1 more exposed to the associated negative health im2 pacts. Women and girls also face an increased risk of 

3 assault from walking long distances to gather fuel 

4 sources; 

5 (4) access to electricity creates opportunities, in6 cluding entrepreneurship, for people to work their 

7 way out of poverty; 

8 (5) a lack of electricity contributes to the high 

9 use of inefficient and often highly polluting fuel 

10 sources for indoor cooking, heating, and lighting that 

11 produce toxic fumes resulting in more than 3,000,000 

12 annual premature deaths from respiratory disease, 

13 more annual deaths than from HIV/AIDS and ma14 laria in sub-Saharan Africa; 

15 (6) electricity access is crucial for the cold stor16 age of vaccines and anti-retroviral and other life17 saving medical drugs, as well as the operation of 

18 modern lifesaving medical equipment; 

19 (7) electricity access can be used to improve food 

20 security by enabling post-harvest processing, pump21 ing, irrigation, dry grain storage, milling, refrigera22 tion, and other uses; 

23 (8) reliable electricity access can provide im24 proved lighting options and information and commu25 nication technologies, including Internet access and 

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1 mobile phone charging, that can greatly improve 

2 health, social, and education outcomes, as well as eco3 nomic and commercial possibilities; 

4 (9) sub-Saharan Africa’s consumer base of near5 ly one billion people is rapidly growing and will cre6 ate increasing demand for United States goods, serv7 ices, and technologies, but the current electricity def8 icit in sub-Saharan Africa limits this demand by re9 stricting economic growth on the continent; 

10 (10) approximately 30 African countries face en11 demic power shortages, and nearly 70 percent of sur12 veyed African businesses cite unreliable power as a 

13 major constraint to growth; 

14 (11) the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s 

15 work in the energy sector shows high projected eco16 nomic rates of return that translate to sustainable 

17 economic growth and that the highest returns are pro18 jected when infrastructure improvements are coupled 

19 with significant legislative, regulatory, institutional, 

20 and policy reforms; 

21 (12) in many countries, weak governance capac22 ity, regulatory bottlenecks, legal constraints, and lack 

23 of transparency and accountability can stifle the abil24 ity of private investment to assist in the generation 

25 and distribution of electricity; and 

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1 (13) without new policies and more effective in2 vestments in electricity sector capacity to increase 

3 and expand electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa, 

4 over 70 percent of the rural population, and 48 per5 cent of the total population, will potentially remain 

6 without access to electricity by 2030. 

7 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

8 Congress declares that it is the policy of the United 

9 States— 

10 (1) in consultation with sub-Saharan African 

11 governments, to encourage the private sector, inter12 national community, African Regional Economic 

13 Communities, philanthropies, civil society, and other 

14 governments to promote— 

15 (A) the installation of at least an additional 

16 20,000 megawatts of electrical power in sub-Sa17 haran Africa by 2020 to support poverty reduc18 tion, promote development outcomes, and drive 

19 economic growth; 

20 (B) first-time direct access to electricity for 

21 at least 50,000,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa 

22 by 2020 in both urban and rural areas; 

23 (C) efficient institutional platforms with ac24 countable governance to provide electrical service 

25 to rural and underserved areas; and 

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1 (D) the necessary in-country legislative, reg2 ulatory and policy reforms to make such expan3 sion of electricity access possible; and 

4 (2) to encourage private sector and international 

5 support for construction of hydroelectric dams in sub6 Saharan Africa that— 

7 (A) offer low-cost clean energy consistent 

8 with— 

9 (i) the national security interests of the 

10 United States; and 

11 (ii) best international practices regard12 ing social and environmental safeguards, 

13 including— 

14 (I) engagement of local commu15 nities regarding the design, implemen16 tation, monitoring, and evaluation of 

17 such projects; 

18 (II) the consideration of energy 

19 alternatives, including distributed re20 newable energy; and 

21 (III) the development of appro22 priate mitigation measures; and 

23 (B) support partner country efforts. 

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1 SEC. 5. DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE, MULTIYEAR 

2 STRATEGY. 

3 (a) STRATEGY.—The President shall establish a com4 prehensive, integrated, multiyear policy, partnership, and 

5 funding strategy to encourage countries in sub-Saharan Af6 rica to develop an appropriate mix of power solutions, in7 cluding renewable energy, to provide sufficient electricity 

8 access to people living in rural and urban areas in order 

9 to alleviate poverty and drive economic growth. Such strat10 egy shall maintain sufficient flexibility and remain respon11 sive to technological innovation in the power sector. 

12 (b) REPORT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

15 shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com16 mittees a report setting forth the strategy described in 

17 subsection (a). 

18 (2) REPORT CONTENTS.—The report required by 

19 paragraph (1) shall include a discussion of the ele20 ments described in paragraph (3), and should include 

21 a discussion of any additional elements relevant to 

22 the strategy described in subsection (a). 

23 (3) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The elements referred 

24 to in paragraph (2) are the following: 

25 (A) The general and specific objectives of the 

26 strategy described in subsection (a), the criteria 

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1 for determining success of the strategy, a descrip2 tion of the manner in which the strategy will 

3 support partner country efforts to increase pro4 duction and improve access to electricity, and 

5 criteria and indicators used to select partner 

6 countries for focused engagement on the power 

7 sector. 

8 (B) Development, by partner country gov9 ernments, of plans and regulations at the na10 tional, regional, and local level to increase power 

11 production, strengthen existing electrical trans12 mission and distribution infrastructure, bolster 

13 accountable governance and oversight, and im14 prove access to electricity. 

15 (C) Administration plans to support part16 ner country efforts to increase new access to elec17 tricity, including a description of how the strat18 egy will address commercial and residential 

19 needs, as well as urban and rural access. 

20 (D) Administration strategy to support 

21 partner country efforts to reduce government 

22 waste, fraud, and corruption, and improve exist23 ing power generation through improvement of 

24 existing transmission and distribution systems, 

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1 ing renewable energy, and the use of a distrib2 uted generation model. 

3 (E) Administration policy to support part4 ner country efforts to attract private sector in5 vestment and public sector resources. 

6 (F) A description of the Administration’s 

7 strategy for the transfer of relevant technology, 

8 skills, and information to increase local partici9 pation in the long-term maintenance and man10 agement of the power sector to ensure invest11 ments are sustainable and transparent, includ12 ing details of the programs to be undertaken to 

13 maximize United States contributions in the 

14 areas of technical assistance and training. 

15 (G) An identification of the relevant execu16 tive branch agencies that will be involved in car17 rying out the strategy, the level and distribution 

18 of resources that will be dedicated on an annual 

19 basis among such agencies, timely and com20 prehensive publication of aid information and 

21 available transmission of resource data con22 sistent with Administration commitments to im23 plement the transparency measures specified in 

24 the International Aid Transparency Initiative 

25 by December 2015, the assignment of priorities 

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1 to such agencies, a description of the role of each 

2 such agency, and the types of programs that each 

3 such agency will undertake. 

4 (H) A description of the mechanisms that 

5 will be utilized by the Administration, including 

6 the International Aid Transparency Initiative, 

7 to coordinate the efforts of the relevant executive 

8 branch agencies in carrying out the strategy to 

9 avoid duplication of efforts, enhance coordina10 tion, and ensure that each agency undertakes 

11 programs primarily in those areas where each 

12 such agency has the greatest expertise, technical 

13 capabilities, and potential for success. 

14 (I) A description of the mechanisms that 

15 will be established by the Administration for 

16 monitoring and evaluating the strategy and its 

17 implementation, including procedures for learn18 ing and sharing best practices among relevant 

19 executive branch agencies, as well as among par20 ticipating countries, and for terminating unsuc21 cessful programs. 

22 (J) A description of the Administration’s 

23 engagement plan, consistent with international 

24 best practices, to ensure local and affected com25 munities are informed, consulted, and benefit 

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1 from projects encouraged by the United States, 

2 as well as the environmental and social impacts 

3 of the projects. 

4 (K) A description of the mechanisms that 

5 will be utilized to ensure greater coordination be6 tween the United States and foreign govern7 ments, international organizations, African re8 gional economic communities, international fora, 

9 the private sector, and civil society organiza10 tions. 

11 (L) A description of how United States 

12 leadership will be used to enhance the overall 

13 international response to prioritizing electricity 

14 access for sub-Saharan Africa and to strengthen 

15 coordination among relevant international fo16 rums such as the Post-2015 Development Agenda 

17 and the G8 and G20, as well as the status of ef18 forts to support reforms that are being under19 taken by partner country governments. 

20 (M) An outline of how the Administration 

21 intends to partner with foreign governments, the 

22 international community, and other public sec23 tor entities, civil society groups, and the private 

24 sector to assist sub-Saharan African countries to 

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1 conduct comprehensive project feasibility studies 

2 and facilitate project development. 

3 (N) A description of how the Administra4 tion intends to help facilitate transnational and 

5 regional power and electrification projects where 

6 appropriate. 

7 SEC. 6. USAID. 

8 (a) LOAN GUARANTEES.—It is the sense of Congress 

9 that in pursuing the policy goals described in section 4, 

10 the Administrator of USAID should identify and 

11 prioritize— 

12 (1) loan guarantees to local sub-Saharan African 

13 financial institutions that would facilitate the in14 volvement of such financial institutions in power 

15 projects in sub-Saharan Africa; and 

16 (2) partnerships and grants for research, devel17 opment, and deployment of technology that would in18 crease access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. 

19 (b) GRANTS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Ad20 ministrator of USAID should consider providing grants 

21 to— 

22 (1) support the development and implementation 

23 of national, regional, and local energy and electricity 

24 policy plans; 

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1 (2) expand distribution of electricity access to 

2 the poorest; and 

3 (3) build a country’s capacity to plan, monitor 

4 and regulate the energy and electricity sector. 

5 (c) USAID DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

6 ‘‘USAID’’ means the United States Agency for Inter7 national Development. 

8 SEC. 7. LEVERAGING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. 

9 In pursuing the policy goals described in section 4, the 

10 President should direct the United States’ representatives 

11 to appropriate international bodies to use the influence of 

12 the United States, consistent with the broad development 

13 goals of the United States, to advocate that each such 

14 body— 

15 (1) commit to significantly increase efforts to 

16 promote investment in well-designed power sector and 

17 electrification projects in sub-Saharan Africa that in18 crease energy access, in partnership with the private 

19 sector and consistent with the host countries’ absorp20 tive capacity; 

21 (2) address energy needs of individuals and com22 munities where access to an electricity grid is im23 practical or cost-prohibitive; 

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1 (3) enhance coordination with the private sector 

2 in sub-Saharan Africa to increase access to elec3 tricity; 

4 (4) provide technical assistance to the regulatory 

5 authorities of sub-Saharan African governments to re6 move unnecessary barriers to investment in otherwise 

7 commercially viable projects; and 

8 (5) utilize clear, accountable, and metric-based 

9 targets to measure the effectiveness of such projects. 

10 SEC. 8. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Overseas Private Investment 

12 Corporation should— 

13 (1) in carrying out its programs and pursuing 

14 the policy goals described in section 4, place a pri15 ority on supporting investment in the electricity sec16 tor of sub-Saharan Africa, including renewable en17 ergy, and implement procedures for expedited review 

18 of and, where appropriate, approval of, applications 

19 by eligible investors for loans, loan guarantees, and 

20 insurance for such investments; 

21 (2) support investments in projects and partner 

22 country strategies to the extent permitted by its au23 thorities, policies, and programs, that will— 

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1 (A) maximize the number of people with 

2 new access to electricity to support economic de3 velopment; 

4 (B) improve the generation, transmission, 

5 and distribution of electricity; 

6 (C) provide reliable and low-cost electricity, 

7 including renewable energy and on-grid, off-grid, 

8 and multi-grid solutions, to people living in 

9 rural and urban communities; 

10 (D) consider energy needs of individuals 

11 where access to an electricity grid is impractical 

12 or cost-prohibitive; 

13 (E) reduce transmission and distribution 

14 losses and improve end-use efficiency; and 

15 (F) reduce energy-related impediments to 

16 business and investment opportunity and suc17 cess; 

18 (3) encourage locally-owned, micro, small- and 

19 medium-sized enterprises and cooperative service pro20 viders to participate in investment activities in sub21 Saharan Africa; and 

22 (4) publish in an accessible digital format meas23 urable development impacts of its investments, includ24 ing appropriate quantifiable metrics to measure enmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 ergy access at the individual household, enterprise, 

2 and community level; and 

3 (5) publish in an accessible digital format the 

4 amount, type, location, duration, and measurable re5 sults, with links to relevant reports and displays on 

6 an interactive map, where appropriate, of all OPIC 

7 investments and financings. 

8 (b) AMENDMENTS.—Title IV of chapter 2 of part I of 

9 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended— 

10 (1) in section 233 (22 U.S.C. 2193)— 

11 (A) in subsection (b), by inserting after the 

12 sixth sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Of the 

13 eight such Directors, not more than five should 

14 be of the same political party.’’; and 

15 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

16 subsection: 

17 ‘‘(e) INVESTMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The Board 

18 shall take prompt measures to increase the loan, guarantee, 

19 and insurance programs, and financial commitments, of the 

20 Corporation in sub-Saharan Africa, including through the 

21 use of an investment advisory council to assist the Board 

22 in developing and implementing policies, programs, and fi23 nancial instruments with respect to sub-Saharan Africa. In 

24 addition, the investment advisory council shall make rec25 ommendations to the Board on how the Corporation can 

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1 facilitate greater support by the United States for trade and 

2 investment with and in sub-Saharan Africa. The invest3 ment advisory council shall terminate on December 31, 

4 2017.’’; 

5 (2) in section 234(c) (22 U.S.C. 2194(c)), by in6 serting ‘‘eligible investors or’’ after ‘‘involve’’; 

7 (3) in section 235(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2195), by 

8 striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’; 

9 (4) in section 237(d) (22 U.S.C. 2197(d))— 

10 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, sys11 tems infrastructure costs,’’ after ‘‘outside the Cor12 poration’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, sys14 tems infrastructure costs,’’ after ‘‘project-specific 

15 transaction costs’’; and 

16 (5) by amending section 239(e) (22 U.S.C. 

17 2199(e)) to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The Board shall appoint 

19 and maintain an Inspector General in the Corporation, in 

20 accordance with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

21 U.S.C. App.).’’. 

22 (c) ANNUAL CONSUMER SATISFACTION SURVEY AND

23 REPORT.— 

24 (1) SURVEY.— 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—For each of calendar 

2 years 2014 through 2016, the Overseas Private 

3 Investment Corporation shall conduct a survey of 

4 private entities that sponsor or are involved in 

5 projects that are insured, reinsured, guaranteed, 

6 or financed by the Corporation regarding the 

7 level of satisfaction of such entities with the oper8 ations and procedures of the Corporation with 

9 respect to such projects. 

10 (B) PRIORITY.—The survey shall be pri11 marily focused on United States small businesses 

12 and businesses that sponsor or are involved in 

13 projects with a cost of less than $20,000,000 (as 

14 adjusted for inflation). 

15 (2) REPORT.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than each of 

17 July 1, 2015, July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, 

18 the Corporation should submit to the congres19 sional committees specified in subparagraph (C) 

20 a report on the results of the survey required 

21 under paragraph (1). 

22 (B) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The re23 port should include the Corporation’s plans to 

24 revise its operations and procedures based on 

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1 concerns raised in the results of the survey, if 

2 appropriate. 

3 (C) FORM.—The report shall be submitted 

4 in unclassified form and shall not disclose any 

5 confidential business information. 

6 (D) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES SPECI7 FIED.—The congressional committees specified in 

8 this subparagraph are— 

9 (i) the Committee on Appropriations 

10 and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

11 House of Representatives; and 

12 (ii) the Committee on Appropriations 

13 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

14 the Senate. 

15 SEC. 9. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Trade and De17 velopment Agency should— 

18 (1) promote United States private sector partici19 pation in energy sector development projects in sub20 Saharan Africa through project preparation activi21 ties, including feasibility studies at the project, sector, 

22 and national level, technical assistance, pilot projects, 

23 reverse trade missions, conferences and workshops; 

24 and 

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1 (2) seek opportunities to fund project prepara2 tion activities that involve increased access to elec3 tricity, including power generation and trade capac4 ity building. 

5 (b) FOCUS.—In pursuing the policy goals described in 

6 section 4, project preparation activities described in sub7 section (a) should focus on power generation, including re8 newable energy, improving the efficiency of transmission 

9 and distribution grids, including on-grid, off-grid and 

10 mini-grid solutions, and promoting energy efficiency and 

11 demand-side management. 

12 SEC. 10. PROGRESS REPORT. 

13 Not later than three years after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Com15 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

16 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and 

17 post through appropriate digital means, a report on 

18 progress made toward achieving the policy goals described 

19 in section 4, including the following: 

20 (1) The number, type, and status of policy, regu21 latory, and legislative changes implemented in part22 ner countries to support increased electricity genera23 tion and access, and strengthen effective, accountable 

24 governance of the electricity sector since United States 

25 engagement. 

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1 (2) A list of power sector and electrification 

2 projects United States Government instruments are 

3 supporting to achieve the policy goals described in 

4 section 4, and for each such project— 

5 (A) a description of how each such project 

6 fits into the national power plans of the partner 

7 country; 

8 (B) the total cost of each such project and 

9 predicted United States Government contribu10 tions, and actual grants and other financing 

11 provided to such projects, broken down by United 

12 States Government funding source, including 

13 from the Overseas Private Investment Corpora14 tion, the United States Agency for International 

15 Development, the Department of the Treasury, 

16 and other appropriate United States Government 

17 departments and agencies; 

18 (C) the predicted electrical power capacity 

19 of each project upon completion, with metrics 

20 appropriate to the scale of electricity access being 

21 supplied, as well as total megawatts installed; 

22 (D) compliance with international best 

23 practices and expected environmental and social 

24 impacts from each project; 

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1 (E) the estimated number of women, men, 

2 poor communities, businesses, schools, and health 

3 facilities that have gained electricity connections 

4 as a result of each project at the time of such re5 port; and 

6 (F) the current operating electrical power 

7 capacity in wattage of each project. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to establish 

a comprehensive United States Government policy to encourage the efforts of countries in sub-Saharan Africa to 

develop an appropriate mix of power solutions, including 

renewable energy, for more broadly distributed electricity 

access in order to support poverty reduction, promote development outcomes, and drive economic growth, and for 

other purposes.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 321 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2548 

[Report No. 113–433, Part I] 

A BILL 

To establish a comprehensive United States Govdrive economic growth, and for other purposes. access in order to support poverty alleviation and lutions for more broadly distributed electricity Africa to develop an appropriate mix of power so- ernment policy to assist countries in sub-Saharan 

MAY 2, 2014 

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with 

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amendments 

AY 2, 2014 

The Committee on Financial Services discharged; comState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

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