I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6910 
To strengthen the development mandate of the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2025 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To strengthen the development mandate of the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation, and for 
other purposes. 
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 Inter-
national Development Corporation Chief Development Of-
ficer Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. 
Section 1413(g) of the Better Utilization of Invest-
ments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 
9613) is amended— 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
18:11 Jan 13, 2026
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6910.IH
H6910
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Subject to the ap-
proval of the Board, the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in development’’ and 
inserting ‘‘in international development 
and development finance’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 
Board’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief Executive Of-
ficer’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND RESPONSIBILITIES’’ after ‘‘DU-
TIES’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (A) as 
subparagraph (E); 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (B) through 
(F) and inserting before subparagraph (E), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(A) advise the Chief Executive Officer 
and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer on 
international development policy matters; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
18:11 Jan 13, 2026
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6910.IH
H6910
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
‘‘(B) in addition to the Chief Executive Of-
ficer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, 
represent the Corporation in interagency meet-
ings and processes relating to international de-
velopment; 
‘‘(C) be an ex officio member of the Devel-
opment Finance Advisory Council established 
under subsection (i) and participate in or send 
a representative to each meeting of the Council; 
‘‘(D) work with other relevant Federal de-
partments and agencies to— 
‘‘(i) identify projects that advance 
United States international development 
interests; and 
‘‘(ii) explore investment opportunities 
that bring evidence-based, cost-effective de-
velopment innovations to scale in a manner 
that can be sustained by markets;’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (E), as so redesig-
nated— 
(i) by striking ‘‘coordinate’’ and in-
serting ‘‘support— 
‘‘(i) coordination of’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘United States Government’’ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
18:11 Jan 13, 2026
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6910.IH
H6910
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
and all that follows through the semicolon 
and inserting ‘‘Federal departments and 
agencies, including by directly liaising with 
the relevant members of United States 
country teams serving overseas, to ensure 
that such Federal departments, agencies, 
and country teams have the training and 
awareness necessary to fully leverage the 
Corporation’s development tools overseas;’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) management of employees of the 
Corporation that are dedicated to struc-
turing, monitoring, and evaluating trans-
actions and projects codesigned with other 
relevant Federal departments and agencies 
for development impact; 
‘‘(iii) coordination of funds or other 
resources transferred to and from such 
Federal departments, agencies, or overseas 
country teams, upon concurrence of those 
institutions, in support of the Corpora-
tion’s international development projects or 
activities; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
18:11 Jan 13, 2026
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6910.IH
H6910
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB
‘‘(iv) management of the responsibil-
ities of the Corporation under paragraphs 
(1) and (4) of section 1442(b) and para-
graphs (1)(A) and (3)(A) of section 
1443(b); 
‘‘(v) coordination and implementation 
of the activities of the Corporation under 
section 1445; and 
‘‘(vi) implementation of the Corpora-
tion’s development impact strategy and 
work to ensure development impact at the 
transaction level and portfolio-wide;’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) foster and maintain relationships 
both within and external to the Corporation 
that enhance the capacity of the Corporation to 
achieve its mission to advance United States 
international development policy and interests; 
and 
‘‘(G) coordinate within the Corporation to 
ensure United States international development 
policy and interests are considered together 
with the Corporation’s foreign policy and na-
tional security goals.’’. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
18:11 Jan 13, 2026
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H6910.IH
H6910
kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB