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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6562 
To amend the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development 
Act of 2018 to provide for increased effectiveness. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2025 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Better Utilization of Investments Leading 
to Development Act of 2018 to provide for increased 
effectiveness. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Develop-
ment Finance Corporation Effectiveness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT. 
Section 1443 of the Better Utilization of Investments 
Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9653) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) the United States strategic, foreign policy, 
and 
development 
objectives 
advanced 
through 
projects supported by the Corporation; and 
‘‘(6) the health of the Corporation’s portfolio, 
including an annual overview of funds committed, 
funds disbursed, default and recovery rates, capital 
mobilized, equity investments’ year on year returns, 
and any difference between how investments were 
modeled at commitment and how they ultimately 
performed, to include a narrative explanation ex-
plaining any changes.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the desired development impact and 
strategic outcomes for projects, and whether or 
not the Corporation is meeting the associated 
metrics, goals, and development objectives, in-
cluding, to the extent practicable, in the years 
after conclusion of projects; 
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‘‘(B) whether the Corporation’s support for 
projects that focus on achieving strategic out-
comes are achieving such strategic objectives of 
such investments over the duration of the sup-
port and lasting after the Corporation’s support 
is completed; 
‘‘(C) the value of private sector assets 
brought to bear relative to the amount of sup-
port provided by the Corporation and the value 
of any other public sector support; 
‘‘(D) the total private capital projected to 
be mobilized by projects supported by the Cor-
poration during that year, including an analysis 
of the lenders and investors involved and invest-
ment instruments used; 
‘‘(E) the total private capital actually mo-
bilized by projects supported by the Corporation 
that were fully funded by the end of that year, 
including— 
‘‘(i) an analysis of the lenders and in-
vestors involved and investment instru-
ments used; and 
‘‘(ii) a comparison with the private 
capital projected to be mobilized for the 
projects described in this paragraph; 
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‘‘(F) a breakdown of— 
‘‘(i) the amount and percentage of 
Corporation support provided to less devel-
oped countries, advancing income coun-
tries, and high-income countries in the pre-
vious fiscal year; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount and percentage of 
Corporation support provided to less devel-
oped countries, advancing income coun-
tries, and high-income countries averaged 
over the last 5 fiscal years; 
‘‘(G) a breakdown of the aggregate 
amounts and percentage of the maximum con-
tingent liability of the Corporation authorized 
to be outstanding pursuant to section 1433 in 
less developed countries, advancing income 
countries, and high-income countries; 
‘‘(H) the risk appetite of the Corporation 
to undertake projects in less developed coun-
tries and in sectors that are critical to develop-
ment but less likely to deliver substantial finan-
cial returns; and 
‘‘(I) efforts by the Chief Executive Officer 
to incentivize calculated risk-taking by trans-
action teams, including through the conduct of 
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development performance reviews and provision 
of development performance rewards;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(4) to the extent practicable, recommendations 
for measures that could enhance the strategic goals 
of projects to adapt to changing circumstances; 
and’’. 
SEC. 3. PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PROJECT INFORMATION. 
Section 1444 of the Better Utilization of Investments 
Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9654) 
is amended in paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) maintain a user-friendly, publicly available, 
machine-readable database with detailed project-level 
information, as appropriate and to the extent prac-
ticable, including a description of the support pro-
vided by the Corporation under title II, which shall 
include, to the greatest extent feasible for each 
project— 
‘‘(A) the information included in the report 
to Congress under section 1443; 
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‘‘(B) project-level performance metrics; 
and 
‘‘(C) a description of the development im-
pact of the project, including anticipated impact 
prior to initiation of the project and assessed 
impact during and after the completion of the 
project; and’’. 
Æ 
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