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the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives regarding the progress made by the Federal Govern-
ment in implementing the Global Climate Change Resil-
ience Strategy. 
‘‘(5)(A) Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the 
Comptroller General of the United States, in cooperation 
and consultation with the Secretary of State, shall produce 
a report evaluating the progress that the Federal Govern-
ment has made toward incorporating climate change into 
department and agency policies, including the resources 
that have been allocated for such purpose. 
‘‘(B) The report required under subparagraph (A) 
shall assess— 
‘‘(i) the degree to which the Department of State 
and the United States Agency for International De-
velopment (USAID) are— 
‘‘(I) developing climate change risk assess-
ments; and 
‘‘(II) providing guidance to missions on 
how to include climate change risks in their inte-
grated country strategies; 
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‘‘(ii) whether the Department of State and 
USAID have sufficient resources to fulfill the require-
ments described in paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(iii) any areas in which the Department of 
State and USAID may lack sufficient resources to 
fulfill such requirements.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this Global Climate Change Resilience 
Strategy. 
SEC. 607. ADDRESSING INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE 
MITIGATION, ADAPTATION, AND SECURITY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
CONVENTION.—The 
term 
‘‘Convention’’ 
means the United Nations Framework Convention on 
Climate Change, done at New York May 9, 1992, and 
entered into force March 21, 1994. 
(2) MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES AND POPU-
LATIONS.—The term ‘‘most vulnerable communities 
and populations’’ means communities and popu-
lations that are at risk of substantial adverse effects 
of climate change and have limited capacity to re-
spond to such effects, including women, impoverished 
communities, children, indigenous peoples, and infor-
mal workers. 
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(3) MOST
VULNERABLE
DEVELOPING
COUN-
TRIES.—The term ‘‘most vulnerable developing coun-
tries’’ means, as determined by the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, developing countries that are at risk of substan-
tial adverse effects of climate change and have limited 
capacity to respond to such effects, considering the 
approaches included in any international treaties 
and agreements. 
(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the 
International Climate Change Adaptation, Mitiga-
tion, and Security Program established pursuant to 
subsection (c). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-
vide authorities for additional, new, current, and ongoing 
bilateral and regional international development assistance, 
and, as appropriate, to leverage private resources, in sup-
port of host country driven projects, planning, policies, and 
initiatives designed to improve the ability of host coun-
tries— 
(1) to primarily produce reliable renewable en-
ergy and reduce or mitigate carbon emissions from 
the power sector while facilitating the transition in 
key global markets from electricity generated from fos-
sil fuel power to low-cost clean energy sources, in a 
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manner that is equitable for workers and commu-
nities; 
(2) to adapt and become more resilient to cur-
rent and forecasted effects of climate change; and 
(3) to employ— 
(A) sustainable land use practices that 
mitigate desertification and reduce greenhouse 
gas emissions from deforestation and forest deg-
radation; and 
(B) agricultural production practices that 
reduce poverty while improving soil health, pro-
tecting water quality, and increasing food secu-
rity and nutrition. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury 
and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID), shall establish a pro-
gram, to be known as the ‘‘International Climate Change 
Adaptation, Mitigation, and Security Program’’, to provide 
bilateral and regional assistance to developing countries for 
programs, projects, and activities described in subsection 
(e). 
(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Assistance pro-
vided under this section shall be used to supplement, and 
not to supplant, any other Federal, State, or local resources 
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available to carry out activities that fit the characteristics 
of the Program. 
(e) POLICY.—It shall be the policy of the United States 
to ensure that the Program provides resources to developing 
countries, particularly the most vulnerable communities 
and populations in such countries, to support the develop-
ment and implementation of programs, projects, and activi-
ties that— 
(1) reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the 
integration and deployment of clean energy, including 
transmission, distribution, and interconnections to re-
newable energy, while facilitating the transition from 
electricity generated from fossil fuel power to low-cost 
renewable energy sources, in a manner that is equi-
table for workers and communities; 
(2) address financial or other barriers to the 
widespread deployment of clean energy technologies 
that reduce, sequester, or avoid greenhouse gas emis-
sions; 
(3) improve the availability, viability, and ac-
cessibility of zero emission vehicles, including support 
for design and development of transportation net-
works and land use practices that mitigate carbon 
emissions in the transportation sector; 
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(4) support building capacities that may in-
clude— 
(A) developing and implementing meth-
odologies and programs for measuring green-
house gas emissions and verifying emissions 
mitigation, including building capacities to con-
duct emissions inventories and meet reporting 
requirements under the Paris Agreement; 
(B) assessing, developing, and implementing 
technology and policy options for greenhouse gas 
emissions mitigation and avoidance of future 
emissions, including sector-based and cross-sector 
mitigation strategies; 
(C) enhancing the technical capacity of reg-
ulatory authorities, planning agencies, and re-
lated institutions in developing countries to im-
prove the deployment of clean energy technologies 
and practices, including through increased trans-
parency; 
(D) training and instruction regarding the 
installation and maintenance of renewable en-
ergy technologies; and 
(E) activities that support the development 
and implementation of frameworks for intellec-
tual property rights in developing countries; 
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(5) improve resilience, sustainable economic 
growth, and adaptation capacities in response to the 
effects of climate change; 
(6) promote appropriate job training and access 
to new job opportunities in new economic sectors and 
industries that emerge due to the transition from fos-
sil fuel energy to clean energy; 
(7) reduce the vulnerability and increase the re-
silience capacities of communities to the effects of cli-
mate change, including effects on— 
(A) water availability; 
(B) agricultural productivity and food secu-
rity; 
(C) flood risk; 
(D) coastal resources; 
(E) biodiversity; 
(F) economic livelihoods; 
(G) health and diseases; 
(H) housing and shelter; and 
(I) human migration; 
(8) help countries and communities adapt to 
changes in the environment through enhanced commu-
nity planning, preparedness, and growth strategies 
that take into account current and forecasted regional 
and localized effects of climate change; 
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(9) conserve and restore natural resources, eco-
systems, and biodiversity threatened by the effects of 
climate change to ensure such resources, ecosystems, 
and biodiversity are healthy and continue to provide 
natural protections from the effects of climate change 
such as extreme weather; 
(10) provide resources, information, scientific 
data and modeling, innovative best practices, and 
technical assistance to support vulnerable developing 
countries to adapt to the effects of climate change; 
(11) promote sustainable and climate-resilient 
societies, including through improvements to make 
critical infrastructure less vulnerable to the effects of 
climate change; 
(12) encourage the adoption of policies and 
measures, including sector-based and cross-sector poli-
cies and measures, that substantially reduce, seques-
ter, or avoid greenhouse gas emissions from the do-
mestic energy and transportation sectors of developing 
countries; 
(13) reduce deforestation and land degradation 
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and implement 
sustainable forestry practices; 
(14) promote sustainable land use activities, in-
cluding supporting development planning, design, 
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and construction with respect to transportation sys-
tems and land use; 
(15) promote sustainable agricultural practices 
that mitigate carbon emissions, conserve soil, and im-
prove food and water security of communities; 
(16) foster partnerships with private sector enti-
ties and nongovernmental international development 
organizations to assist with developing solutions and 
economic opportunities that support projects, plan-
ning, policies, and initiatives described in subsection 
(b); 
(17) provide technical assistance and strengthen 
capacities of developing countries to meet the goals of 
the conditional nationally determined contributions of 
those countries; 
(18) establish investment channels designed to le-
verage private sector financing in— 
(A) clean energy; 
(B) sustainable agriculture and natural re-
source management; and 
(C) the transportation sector as described in 
paragraph (3); and 
(19) provide technical assistance and support for 
non-extractive activities that provide alternative eco-
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nomic growth opportunities while preserving critical 
habitats and natural carbon sinks. 
(f) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of USAID, 
in consultation with other Federal departments and 
agencies, shall provide assistance under the Pro-
gram— 
(A) in the form of bilateral assistance pur-
suant to the requirements under subsection (g); 
(B) to multilateral funds or international 
institutions with programs for climate mitiga-
tion or adaptation in developing countries con-
sistent with the policy described in subsection 
(e); or 
(C) through a combination of the mecha-
nisms specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(2) LIMITATION.— 
(A) CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION TO MULTI-
LATERAL
FUNDS
OR
INTERNATIONAL
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In any fiscal year, the Administrator of 
USAID may provide up to 40 percent of the as-
sistance available to carry out the Program to 1 
or more multilateral funds or international in-
stitutions that meet the requirements of subpara-
graph (B). 
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(B) 
MULTILATERAL
FUND
OR
INTER-
NATIONAL INSTITUTION ELIGIBILITY.—A multi-
lateral fund or international institution is eligi-
ble to receive assistance under subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) if— 
(I) such fund or institution is es-
tablished pursuant to— 
(aa) the Convention; or 
(bb) an agreement negotiated 
under the Convention; or 
(II) the assistance is directed to 1 
or more multilateral funds or inter-
national development institutions, pur-
suant to an agreement negotiated 
under the Convention; and 
(ii) if such fund or institution— 
(I) specifies the terms and condi-
tions under which the United States is 
to provide assistance to the fund or in-
stitution, and under which the fund or 
institution is to provide assistance to 
recipient countries; 
(II) ensures that assistance from 
the United States to the fund or insti-
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(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Administrator shall ensure that— 
(A) the environmental impact of proposed 
programs, projects, and activities is considered 
through adequate consultation, public participa-
tion, and public disclosure of relevant informa-
tion; and 
(B) programs, projects, and activities under 
this subsection— 
(i) avoid environmental degradation, 
to the maximum extent practicable; and 
(ii) are aligned, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, with broader development, 
poverty alleviation, or natural resource 
management objectives and initiatives in 
the recipient country. 
(3) COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT.—The Adminis-
trator shall seek to ensure that— 
(A) local communities, particularly the 
most vulnerable communities and populations in 
areas in which any programs, projects, or activi-
ties are carried out under this subsection, are en-
gaged in the design, implementation, monitoring, 
and evaluation of such programs, projects, and 
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activities through disclosure of information, pub-
lic participation, and consultation; and 
(B) the needs and interests of the most vul-
nerable communities and populations are ad-
dressed in national or regional climate change 
adaptation plans developed with USAID sup-
port. 
(4) CONSULTATION AND DISCLOSURE.—For each 
country receiving assistance under this subsection, the 
Administrator shall establish a process for consulta-
tion with, and disclosure of information to, local, na-
tional, and international stakeholders regarding any 
programs, projects, or activities carried out under 
this subsection. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year 
thereafter. 
SEC. 608. REDUCING THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM BLACK 
CARBON, 
METHANE, 
AND 
HIGH-GWP 
HYDROFLUOROCARBONS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘high-GWP 
HFC’’ means newly manufactured hydrofluorocarbons with 
a global warming potential calculated over a 100-year pe-
riod of greater than 150, as described in the Fifth Assess-
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ment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct the 
United States representatives to appropriate international 
bodies and conferences to use the voice, vote, and influence 
of the United States, consistent with the broad foreign pol-
icy goals of the United States, to advocate that each such 
body or conference— 
(1) commit to significantly increasing efforts to 
reduce black carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC; 
(2) invest in and develop alternative energy 
sources, industrial and agricultural processes, appli-
ances, and products to replace sources of black carbon, 
methane, and high-GWP HFC; 
(3) enhance coordination with the private sec-
tor— 
(A) to increase production and distribution 
of clean energy alternatives, industrial processes, 
and products that will replace sources of black 
carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC; 
(B) to develop action plans to mitigate 
black carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC 
from various private sector operations; 
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(C) to encourage best technology, methods, 
and management practices for reducing black 
carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC; 
(D) to craft specific financing mechanisms 
for the incremental costs associated with miti-
gating black carbon, methane, and high-GWP 
HFC pollutants; and 
(E) to grow economic opportunities and de-
velop markets, as appropriate, for reducing black 
carbon, 
methane, 
tropospheric 
ozone, 
and 
hydrofluorocarbons; 
(4) provide technical assistance to foreign regu-
latory authorities and governments to remove unnec-
essary barriers to investment in short-lived climate 
mitigation solutions, including— 
(A) the use of safe and affordable clean en-
ergy; 
(B) the implementation of policies requiring 
industrial and agricultural best practices for 
capturing or mitigating the release of methane 
from extractive, agricultural, and industrial 
processes; and 
(C) climate assessment, scientific research, 
monitoring, and technological development ac-
tivities; 
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(5) develop and implement clear, accountable, 
and metric-based targets to measure the effectiveness 
of projects described in paragraph (4); and 
(6) engage international partners in an existing 
multilateral forum (or, if necessary, establish through 
an international agreement a new multilateral 
forum) to improve global cooperation for— 
(A) creating tangible metrics for evaluating 
efforts to reduce black carbon, methane, and 
high-GWP HFC; 
(B) developing and implementing best prac-
tices for phasing out sources of black carbon, 
methane, and high-GWP HFC, including ex-
panding capacity for innovative instruments to 
mitigate black carbon, methane, and high-GWP 
HFC at the national and subnational levels of 
foreign countries, particularly countries with lit-
tle capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 
and deploy clean energy facilities, and countries 
that lack sufficient policies to advance such de-
velopment; 
(C) encouraging the development of stand-
ards and practices, and increasing transparency 
and accountability efforts for the reduction of 
black carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC; 
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