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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2516 

To prohibit the United States International Development Finance Corporation 

from imposing restrictions on the source of energy used by power-generation projects intended to provide affordable electricity in IDA-eligible 

countries or IDA-blend countries and to require the Corporation to 

promote a technology- and fuel-neutral, all-of-the-above energy development strategy for such countries. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2021 

Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. 

TILLIS, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, 

Mr. LANKFORD, and Ms. LUMMIS) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prohibit the United States International Development 

Finance Corporation from imposing restrictions on the 

source of energy used by power-generation projects intended to provide affordable electricity in IDA-eligible 

countries or IDA-blend countries and to require the Corporation to promote a technology- and fuel-neutral, allof-the-above energy development strategy for such countries. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTIONS ON POWER2 GENERATION PROJECTS BY UNITED STATES 

3 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE 

4 CORPORATION IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES. 

5 Section 1451 of the Better Utilization of Investments 

6 Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9671) 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(j) PROHIBITION ON RESTRICTIONS ON POWER9 GENERATION PROJECTS IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS

11 ON POWER-GENERATION PROJECTS.—The Corpora12 tion shall not implement or enforce any rule, regula13 tion, policy, procedure, or guideline that would pro14 hibit or restrict the source of energy used by a 

15 power-generation project the purpose of which is to 

16 provide affordable electricity in an IDA-eligible 

17 country or an IDA-blend country. 

18 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON BOARD.—The Board of 

19 the Corporation shall not, whether directly or 

20 through authority delegated by the Board, reject a 

21 power-generation project in an IDA-eligible country 

22 or an IDA-blend country based on the source of en23 ergy used by the project. 

24 ‘‘(3) ALL-OF-THE-ABOVE ENERGY DEVELOP25 MENT STRATEGY.—The Corporation shall promote a 

26 technology- and fuel-neutral, all-of-the-above energy 


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1 development strategy for IDA-eligible countries and 

2 IDA-blend countries that includes the use of oil, nat3 ural gas, coal, hydroelectric, wind, solar, and geo4 thermal power and other sources of energy. 

5 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

6 ‘‘(A) IDA-ELIGIBLE COUNTRY.—The term 

7 ‘IDA-eligible country’ means a country eligible 

8 for support from the International Development 

9 Association and not the International Bank for 

10 Reconstruction and Development. 

11 ‘‘(B) IDA-BLEND COUNTRY.—The term 

12 ‘IDA-blend country’ means a country eligible 

13 for support from both the International Devel14 opment Association and the International Bank 

15 for Reconstruction and Development.’’. 

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