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the Committees on Appropriations that such waiver is important 
to the national interests of the United States. 
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT 
SEC. 7083. (a) CLEAN ENERGY.—Of the funds appropriated by 
title III of this Act, not less than $100,000,000 shall be made 
available to the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment (USAID), in addition to funds otherwise made available for 
such purposes, for programs and activities that reduce global 
warming by promoting the sustainable use of renewable energy 
technologies and energy efficient end-use technologies, carbon 
sequestration, and carbon accounting. 
(b) CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION.—Of the funds appropriated 
by this Act, up to $10,000,000 shall be made available for a United 
States contribution to the Least Developed Countries Fund to sup-
port grants for climate change adaptation programs and activities, 
if the Global Environment Facility makes publicly available on 
its website an annual report detailing the criteria used to determine 
which programs and activities receive funds, the manner in which 
such programs and activities meet such criteria, the extent of local 
involvement in such programs and activities, the amount of funds 
provided, and the results achieved. 
(c) BIODIVERSITY.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of 
this Act and by prior Acts for fiscal year 2009, not less than 
$195,000,000 shall be made available for programs and activities 
which directly protect biodiversity, including tropical forests and 
wildlife, in developing countries, of which not less than $25,000,000 
shall be made available for USAID’s conservation programs in 
the Amazon Basin: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this paragraph, not less than $17,500,000 shall be made 
available for the Congo Basin Forest Partnership of which not 
less than $2,500,000 shall be made available to the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service for conservation programs in Africa: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part 
II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for the purpose of supporting 
tropical forestry and biodiversity conservation activities and energy 
programs aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Development 
Assistance’’ may be made available as a contribution to the Gala-
pagos Invasive Species Fund. 
(d)(1) EXTRACTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.—The Secretary of 
the Treasury shall inform the managements of the international 
financial institutions and the public that it is the policy of the 
United States to oppose any assistance by such institutions 
(including but not limited to any loan, credit, grant, or guarantee) 
for the extraction and export of oil, gas, coal, timber, or other 
natural resource unless the government of the country has in place 
functioning systems for: (i) accurately accounting for payments for 
companies involved in the extraction and export of natural 
resources; (ii) the independent auditing of accounts receiving such 
payments and the widespread public dissemination of the findings 
of such audits; and (iii) verifying government receipts against com-
pany payments including widespread dissemination of such pay-
ment information, and disclosing such documents as Host Govern-
ment Agreements, Concession Agreements, and bidding documents,