391 
SEC. 503. COUNTERING CHINA’S PROLIFERATION OF BAL-
LISTIC 
MISSILES 
AND 
NUCLEAR 
TECH-
NOLOGY TO THE MIDDLE EAST. 
(a) MTCR TRANSFERS.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a written determination, and any documentation to sup-
port that determination detailing— 
(1) whether any foreign person in China know-
ingly exported, transferred, or engaged in trade of 
any item designated under Category I of the MTCR 
Annex to any foreign person in the previous three 
fiscal years; and 
(2) the sanctions the President has imposed or 
intends to impose pursuant to section 11B(b) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
4612(b)) against any foreign person who knowingly 
engaged in the export, transfer, or trade of that item 
or items. 
(b) CHINA’S
NUCLEAR
FUEL
CYCLE
COOPERA-
TION.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report detailing— 
(1) whether any foreign person in China en-
gaged in cooperation with any other foreign person 
in the previous three fiscal years in the construction 
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of any nuclear-related fuel cycle facility or activity 
that has not been notified to the IAEA and would 
be subject to complementary access if an Additional 
Protocol was in force; and 
(2) the policy options required to prevent and 
respond to any future effort by China to export to 
any foreign person an item classified as ‘‘plants for 
the separation of isotopes of uranium’’ or ‘‘plants 
for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear reactor 
fuel elements’’ under Part 110 of the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission export licensing authority. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The determination required 
under subsection (b) and the report required under sub-
section (c) shall be unclassified with a classified annex. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate; 
(C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives. 
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(2) FOREIGN
PERSON; PERSON.—The terms 
‘‘foreign person’’ and ‘‘person’’ mean— 
(A) a natural person that is an alien; 
(B) a corporation, business association, 
partnership, society, trust, or any other non-
governmental entity, organization, or group, 
that is organized under the laws of a foreign 
country or has its principal place of business in 
a foreign country; 
(C) any foreign governmental entity oper-
ating as a business enterprise; and 
(D) any successor, subunit, or subsidiary 
of any entity described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C). 
TITLE VI—INVESTING IN A 
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE 
SEC. 601. ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC 
PRIORITIES WITH CHINA AND OTHER COUN-
TRIES 
ACCOUNT 
FOR 
ENVIRONMENTAL 
ISSUES AND CLIMATE CHANGE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Special Report: Global Warming of 
1.5°C, published by the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change on October 8, 2018, and the Fourth 
National Climate Assessment, first published by the 
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United States Global Change Research Program in 
2018, concluded that— 
(A) the release of greenhouse gas emis-
sions, most notably the combustion of fossil 
fuels and the degradation of natural resources 
that absorb atmospheric carbon from human 
activity, are the dominant causes of climate 
change during the past century; and 
(B) changes in the Earth’s climate are— 
(i) causing sea levels to rise; 
(ii) increasing the global average tem-
perature of the Earth; 
(iii) increasing the incidence and se-
verity of wildfires; and 
(iv) intensifying the severity of ex-
treme weather, including hurricanes, cy-
clones, typhoons, flooding, droughts, and 
other disasters that threaten human life, 
healthy communities, and critical infra-
structure. 
(2) An increase in the global average tempera-
ture of 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industri-
alized levels would cause— 
(A) the displacement, and the forced inter-
nal migration, of an estimated 143,000,000 
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people in Latin America, South Asia, and Sub- 
Saharan Africa by 2050 if insufficient action is 
taken (according to the World Bank); 
(B) the displacement of an average of 
17,800,000 people worldwide by floods every 
year (according to the Internal Displacement 
Monitoring Centre) because of the exacerbating 
effects of climate change; 
(C) more than $500,000,000,000 in lost 
annual economic output in the United States (a 
10 percent contraction from 2018 levels) by 
2100 (according to the Fourth National Cli-
mate Assessment); 
(D) an additional 100,000,000 people 
worldwide to be driven into poverty by 2030 
(according to the World Bank); 
(E) greater food insecurity and decreased 
agricultural production due to climate change’s 
effects on the increased frequency and intensity 
of extreme weather events; 
(F) the proliferation of agricultural pests 
and crop diseases, loss of biodiversity, degrad-
ing ecosystems, and water scarcity; and 
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(G) more than 350,000,000 additional peo-
ple worldwide to be exposed to deadly heat 
stress by 2050. 
(3) According to the International Energy 
Agency, the United States, China, India, and the 
European Union (including the United Kingdom) ac-
count for more than 58 percent of global greenhouse 
gas emissions. China, which is the world’s top green-
house gases emitter and has an outsized impact on 
the United States core interest in climate stability— 
(A) is likely to achieve its carbon emissions 
mitigation pledge to the Paris Agreement, con-
tained in its 2015 nationally determined con-
tribution, to ‘‘peak’’ emissions around 2030 
ahead of schedule; 
(B) announced, on September 22, 2020, 
and restated on April 22, 2021, a pledge to 
achieve carbon neutrality by 2060; 
(C) announced on April 22, 2021, its in-
tent to strictly control coal fired power genera-
tion projects, as well as strictly limit the in-
crease in coal consumption over the 14th five 
year plan period and phase it down in the 15th 
five year plan period; and 
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(D) however, remains uncommitted to 
internationally recognized metrics for achieving 
these goals. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) to address the climate crisis, the United 
States must leverage the full weight of its diplomatic 
engagement and foreign assistance to promote our 
national security and economic interests related to 
climate change; 
(2) in the absence of United States leadership 
on global issues driving international climate-related 
policymaking, it would lead to a substantial and 
harmful decline in the Nation’s global competitive-
ness; 
(3) promoting international instruments on cli-
mate action and other relevant international stand-
ards and best practices, as such standards and prac-
tices develop, serve the interests of the American 
people and protect United States environmental re-
sources and the planet; 
(4) promoting the adoption and implementation 
of international climate-related agreements, stand-
ards, and practices by foreign states ensures a level 
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playing field for United States businesses and other 
stakeholders; 
(5) working with international allies and part-
ners to promote environmental justice and climate 
justice serves the American people’s interests; 
(6) finding common ground with China on cli-
mate action where possible is important, but the 
United States must also continue to hold China ac-
countable where its actions undermine the interests 
of the United States, its allies, and partners; and 
(7) in furtherance of the previous clauses, the 
United States should— 
(A) explore opportunities for constructive 
cooperation on climate action initiatives with 
China and other countries while ensuring the 
United States maintains its competitive advan-
tage in climate-related fields of expertise and 
industry, including— 
(i) support for international coopera-
tive policies, measures, and technologies to 
decarbonize industry and power, including 
through circular economy, energy storage 
and grid reliability, carbon capture, and 
green hydrogen; and 
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(ii) increased deployment of clean en-
ergy, including renewable and advanced 
nuclear power; green and climate resilient 
agriculture; 
energy 
efficient 
buildings; 
green, and low-carbon transportation; 
(B) cooperate on addressing emissions of 
methane and other non-CO2 greenhouse gases; 
(C) cooperate on addressing emissions 
from international civil aviation and maritime 
activities; 
(D) reduce emissions from coal, oil, and 
gas; 
(E) implement the Paris Agreement that 
significantly advances global climate ambition 
on mitigation, adaptation, and support; 
(F) coordinate among relevant federal, 
state, and local departments and agencies on 
climate action related initiatives; 
(G) provide resources, authorities and sup-
port for enhancing United States ambition and 
commitment to solving the climate crisis includ-
ing climate action specific assistance and multi-
lateral fund contributions; and 
(H) integrate considerations for climate 
change into broader United States foreign pol-
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icy decision making and the United States na-
tional security apparatus. 
(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to provide 
authorities, resources, policies, and recommended adminis-
trative actions— 
(1) to restore United States global leadership 
on addressing the climate crisis and make United 
States climate action and climate diplomacy a more 
central tenet of United States foreign policy; 
(2) to improve the United States commitment 
to taking more ambitious action to help mitigate 
global greenhouse gas emission and improve devel-
oping countries’ resilience and adaptation capacities 
to the effects of climate change; 
(3) to ensure the United States maintains com-
petitive advantage over global strategic competitors 
in diplomacy and new technological development; 
(4) to encourage the pursuit of new bilateral co-
operation agreements with other world powers on 
initiatives to advance global clean energy innovation 
and other measures to mitigate global greenhouse 
gas emissions and improve climate change adapta-
tion capacities; 
(5) to ensure that the United States national 
security apparatus integrates critically important 
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data on the compounding effects that climate change 
is having on global security risks by enhancing our 
understanding of how, where, and when such effects 
are destabilizing countries and regions in ways that 
may motivate conflict, displacement, and other driv-
ers of insecurity; and 
(6) to authorize funding and programs to sup-
port a reaffirmation of the United States commit-
ments to international cooperation and support for 
developing and vulnerable countries to take climate 
action. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) CLEAN ENERGY.—The term ‘‘clean energy’’ 
means— 
(A) renewable energy and related systems; 
(B) energy production processes that emit 
zero greenhouse gas emissions, including nu-
clear power; 
(C) systems and processes that capture 
and permanently store greenhouse gas emis-
sions from fossil fuel production and electricity 
generation units; and 
(D) products, processes, facilities, or sys-
tems designed to retrofit and improve the en-
ergy efficiency and electricity generated from 
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electrical generation units, while using less fuel, 
less or fewer power production resources, or less 
feedstocks. 
(2) CLIMATE ACTION.—The term ‘‘climate ac-
tion’’ means enhanced efforts to reduce greenhouse 
gas emissions and strengthen resilience and adaptive 
capacity to climate-induced impacts, including— 
(A) climate-related hazards in all coun-
tries; 
(B) integrating climate change measures 
into national policies, strategies and planning; 
and 
(C) improving education, awareness-rais-
ing, and human and institutional capacity with 
respect to climate change mitigation, adapta-
tion, impact reduction, and early warning. 
(3) CLIMATE CRISIS.—The term ‘‘climate cri-
sis’’ means the social, economic, health, safety, and 
security impacts on people, and the threats to bio-
diversity and natural ecosystem health, which are at-
tributable to the wide-variety of effects on global en-
vironmental and atmospheric conditions as a result 
of disruptions to the Earth’s climate from anthropo-
genic activities that generate greenhouse gas emis-
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sions or reduce natural resource capacities to absorb 
and regulate atmospheric carbon. 
(4) CLIMATE DIPLOMACY.—The term ‘‘climate 
diplomacy’’ means methods of influencing the deci-
sions and behavior of foreign governments and peo-
ples through dialogue, negotiation, cooperation, and 
other peaceful measures on or about issues related 
to addressing global climate change, including— 
(A) the mitigation of global greenhouse gas 
emissions; 
(B) discussion, analysis, and sharing of 
scientific data and information on the cause 
and effects of climate change; 
(C) the security, social, economic, and po-
litical instability risks associated with the ef-
fects of climate change; 
(D) economic cooperation efforts and trade 
matters that are related to or associated with 
climate change and greenhouse gas mitigation 
from the global economy; 
(E) building resilience capacities and 
adapting to the effects of change; 
(F) sustainable land use and natural re-
source conservation; 
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(G) accounting for loss and damage attrib-
uted to the effects of climate change; 
(H) just transition of carbon intense 
economies to low or zero carbon economies and 
accounting for laborers within affected econo-
mies; 
(I) technological innovations that reduce or 
eliminate carbon emissions; and 
(J) clean energy and energy systems. 
(5) CLIMATE
SECURITY.—The term ‘‘climate 
security’’ means the effects of climate change on— 
(A) United States national security con-
cerns and subnational, national, and regional 
political stability; and 
(B) overseas security and conflict situa-
tions that are potentially exacerbated by dy-
namic environmental factors and events, includ-
ing— 
(i) the intensification and frequency of 
droughts, floods, wildfires, tropical storms, 
and other extreme weather events; 
(ii) changes in historical severe weath-
er, drought, and wildfire patterns; 
(iii) the expansion of geographical 
ranges of droughts, floods, and wildfires 
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into regions that had not regularly experi-
enced such phenomena; 
(iv) global sea level rise patterns and 
the expansion of geographical ranges af-
fected by drought; and 
(v) changes in marine environments 
that effect critical geostrategic waterways, 
such as the Arctic Ocean, the South China 
Sea, the South Pacific Ocean, the Barents 
Sea, and the Beaufort Sea. 
(6) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘‘resilience’’ means 
the ability of human made and natural systems (in-
cluding their component parts) to anticipate, absorb, 
cope, accommodate, or recover from the effects of a 
hazardous event in a timely and efficient manner, in-
cluding through ensuring the preservation, restora-
tion, or improvement of its essential basic structures 
and functions. It is not preparedness or response. 
SEC. 602. ENHANCING SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR 
GLOBAL CLIMATE DISRUPTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with other relevant agencies, shall conduct bien-
nial comprehensive evaluations of present and ongoing dis-
ruptions to the global climate system, including— 
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(1) the intensity, frequency, and range of nat-
ural disasters; 
(2) the scarcity of global natural resources, in-
cluding fresh water; 
(3) global food, health, and energy insecurities; 
(4) conditions that contribute to— 
(A) intrastate and interstate conflicts; 
(B) foreign political and economic insta-
bility; 
(C) international migration of vulnerable 
and underserved populations; 
(D) the failure of national governments; 
and 
(E) gender-based violence; and 
(5) United States and allied military readiness, 
operations, and strategy. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the evaluations con-
ducted under subsection (a) are— 
(1) to support the practical application of sci-
entific data and research on climate change’s dy-
namic effects around the world to improve resilience, 
adaptability, security, and stability despite growing 
global environmental risks and changes; 
(2) to ensure that the strategic planning and 
mission execution of United States international de-
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velopment and diplomatic missions adequately ac-
count for heightened and dynamic risks and chal-
lenges associated with the effects of climate change; 
(3) to improve coordination between United 
States science agencies conducting research and 
forecasts on the causes and effects of climate change 
and United States national security agencies; 
(4) to better understand the disproportionate 
effects of global climate disruptions on women, girls, 
indigenous communities, and other historically 
marginalized populations; and 
(5) to inform the development of the climate se-
curity strategy described in subsection (d). 
(c) SCOPE.—The evaluations conducted under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) examine developing countries’ vulnerabilities 
and risks associated with global, regional, and local-
ized effects of climate change; and 
(2) assess and make recommendations on nec-
essary measures to mitigate risks and reduce 
vulnerabilities associated with effects, including— 
(A) sea level rise; 
(B) freshwater resource scarcity; 
(C) wildfires; and 
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(D) increased intensity and frequency of 
extreme weather conditions and events, such as 
flooding, drought, and extreme storm events, in-
cluding tropical cyclones. 
(d) CLIMATE SECURITY STRATEGY.—The Secretary 
shall use the evaluations required under subsection (a)— 
(1) to inform the development and implementa-
tion of a climate security strategy for the Bureau of 
Conflict and Stabilization Operations, the Bureau of 
Political-Military Affairs, embassies, consulates, re-
gional bureaus, and other offices and programs oper-
ating chief of mission authority, including those with 
roles in conflict avoidance, prevention and security 
assistance, or humanitarian disaster response, pre-
vention, and assistance; and 
(2) in furtherance of such strategy, to assess, 
develop, budget for, and (upon approval) implement 
plans, policies, and actions— 
(A) to account for the impacts of climate 
change to global human health, safety, govern-
ance, oceans, food production, fresh water and 
other critical natural resources, settlements, in-
frastructure, marginalized groups, and eco-
nomic activity; 
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(B) to evaluate the climate change vulner-
ability, security, susceptibility, and resiliency of 
United States interests and non-defense assets 
abroad; 
(C) to coordinate the integration of climate 
change risk and vulnerability assessments into 
all foreign policy and security decision-making 
processes, including awarding foreign assist-
ance; 
(D) to evaluate specific risks to certain re-
gions and countries that are— 
(i) vulnerable to the effects of climate 
change; and 
(ii) strategically significant to the 
United States; 
(E) to enhance the resilience capacities of 
foreign countries to the effects of climate 
change as a means of reducing the risks of con-
flict and instability; 
(F) to advance principles of good govern-
ance by encouraging foreign governments, par-
ticularly nations that are least capable of cop-
ing with the effects of climate change— 
(i) to conduct climate security evalua-
tions; and 
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(ii) to facilitate the development of cli-
mate security action plans to ensure sta-
bility and public safety in disaster situa-
tions in a humane and responsible fashion; 
(G) to evaluate the vulnerability, security, 
susceptibility, and resiliency of United States 
interests and nondefense assets abroad; 
(H) to build international institutional ca-
pacity to address climate security implications 
and to advance United States interests, regional 
stability, and global security; and 
(I) other activities that advance— 
(i) the utilization and integration of 
climate science in national security plan-
ning; and 
(ii) the clear understanding of how 
the effects of climate change can exacer-
bate security risks and threats. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and every two years there-
after for the following 20 years, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with other departments and agencies shall 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appro-
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priations of the House of Representatives an unclassified 
report, with a classified annex if necessary, that in-
cludes— 
(1) a review of the efforts, initiatives, and pro-
grams in support of the strategy in subsection (c), 
as well as— 
(A) an assessment of the funding expended 
by relevant Federal departments and agencies 
on emerging events exacerbated by climate 
change and the legal, procedural, and resource 
constraints faced by the Department of State 
and the United States Agency for International 
Development throughout respective budgeting, 
strategic planning, and management cycles to 
support the prevention of and response to 
emerging events exacerbated by climate change; 
(B) current annual global assessments of 
emerging events exacerbated by climate change; 
(C) recommendations to further strengthen 
United States capabilities described in this sec-
tion; and 
(D) consideration of analysis, reporting, 
and policy recommendations by civil society, 
academic, and nongovernmental organizations 
and institutions, and partner countries to pre-
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vent and respond to emerging events exacer-
bated by climate change; 
(2) recommendations to ensure shared responsi-
bility by— 
(A) enhancing multilateral mechanisms for 
preventing, mitigating, and responding to 
emerging events exacerbated by climate change; 
and 
(B) strengthening regional organizations; 
and 
(3) the implementation status of the rec-
ommendations included in the review under para-
graph (1). 
(f) REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTEL-
LIGENCE.—The Director of National Intelligence is en-
couraged to include, in his or her annual (or more often 
as appropriate) unclassified testimony, accompanied by a 
classified annex, if necessary, to Congress on threats to 
United States national security— 
(1) a review of countries and regions at risk of 
emerging events exacerbated by climate change; and 
(2) whenever possible, specific identification of 
countries and regions at immediate risk of emerging 
events exacerbated by climate change. 
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SEC. 603. BALANCING ACCOUNTABILITY AND COOPERA-
TION WITH CHINA. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) successful mitigation of global greenhouse 
gas emissions and changes to the environment re-
quire global cooperation and coordination of efforts, 
as well as holding other countries like the People’s 
Republic of China accountable for their actions and 
commitments to ensure a level playing field with the 
United States, its allies, and partners; 
(2) other countries look towards the United 
States and China, as the world’s largest emitters 
and largest economies, for leadership by example to 
effectively mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, de-
velop and deploy energy generation technologies, and 
integrate sustainable adaptation solutions to the in-
evitable effects of climate change; 
(3) given the volume of China’s greenhouse gas 
emissions and the scientific imperative to swiftly re-
duce global greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero 
emissions around 2050, China should— 
(A) revise its long-term pledge; 
(B) seek to immediately peak its emissions; 
(C) begin reducing its greenhouse gas 
emissions significantly to meet a more ambi-
tious long-term 2050 reductions target; and 
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(D) update its nationally determined con-
tribution along a trajectory that aligns with 
achieving a more ambitious net-zero by 2050 
emissions target; 
(4) it is in the United States national interest 
to emphasize the environment and climate change in 
its bilateral engagement with China, as global cli-
mate risks cannot be mitigated without a significant 
reduction in Chinese domestic and overseas emis-
sions; 
(5) the United States and China, to the extent 
practicable, should coordinate on making and deliv-
ering ambitious pledges to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions, with aspirations towards achieving net 
zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; 
(6) the United States and its allies should work 
together, using diplomatic and economic tools, to 
hold China accountable for any failure by China— 
(A) to increase ambition in its 2030 na-
tionally determined contribution, in line with 
net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 be-
fore the 26th Conference of the Parties to the 
UNFCCC scheduled for November 2021 and 
meeting a more ambitious nationally determined 
contribution; 
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(B) to work faithfully to uphold the prin-
ciples, goals, and rules of the Paris Agreement; 
(C) to avoid and prohibit efforts to under-
mine or devolve the Paris Agreement’s rule or 
underlying framework, particularly within areas 
of accountability transparency, and shared re-
sponsibility among all parties; 
(D) to eliminate greenhouse gas intensive 
projects from China’s Belt and Road Initiative 
and other overseas investments, including— 
(i) working with allies and partners of 
the United States to eliminate support for 
coal power production projects in China’s 
Belt and Road Initiative; 
(ii) providing financing and project 
support for cleaner and less risky alter-
natives; and 
(iii) undertaking ‘‘parallel initiatives’’ 
to enhance capacity building programs and 
overseas sustainable investment criteria, 
including in areas such as integrated en-
ergy planning, power sector reform, just 
transition, distributed generation, procure-
ment, transparency, and standards to sup-
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port low-emissions growth in developing 
countries; and 
(E) to phase out existing coal power plants 
and reduce net coal power production; 
(7) the United States should pursue confidence- 
building opportunities for the United States and 
China to undertake ‘‘parallel initiatives’’ on clean 
energy research, development, finance, and deploy-
ment, including through economic and stimulus 
measures with clear, mutually agreed upon rules and 
policies to protect intellectual property, ensure equi-
table, nonpunitive provision of support, and verify 
implementation, 
which 
would 
provide 
catalytic 
progress towards delivering a global clean energy 
transformation that benefits all people; 
(8) the United States should pursue cooperative 
initiatives to reduce global deforestation; and 
(9) the United States should pursue appro-
priate scientific cooperative exchanges and research 
that align with United States interests and those of 
its international partners and allies, provide reci-
procity of access, protect intellectual property rights, 
and preserve the values and human rights interests 
of the American people. 
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SEC. 604. PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AL-
TERNATIVES TO THE BELT AND ROAD INITIA-
TIVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President should seek oppor-
tunities to partner with multilateral development finance 
institutions to develop financing tools based on shared de-
velopment finance criteria and mechanisms to support in-
vestments in developing countries that— 
(1) support low carbon economic development; 
and 
(2) promote resiliency and adaptation to envi-
ronmental changes and natural disasters. 
(b) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.—The Chief Execu-
tive Officer of the United States International Develop-
ment Finance Corporation should seek to partner with 
other multilateral development finance institutions and de-
velopment finance institutions to leverage the respective 
available funds to support low carbon economic develop-
ment, which may include clean energy including renewable 
and nuclear energy projects, environmental adaptation, 
and resilience activities in countries. 
(c) 
CO-FINANCING
OF
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PROJECTS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to paragraph 
(2), the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
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(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Each Climate Change 
Officer shall— 
(A) provide expertise on effective ap-
proaches to— 
(i) mitigate the emission of gases 
which contribute to global climate change 
and formulate national and global plans 
for reducing such gross and net emissions; 
and 
(ii) reduce the detrimental impacts at-
tributable to global climate change, and 
adapt to such impacts; 
(B) engage and convene, in a manner that 
is equitable, inclusive, and just, with individuals 
and organizations which represent a govern-
ment office, a nongovernmental organization, a 
social or political movement, a private sector 
entity, an educational or scientific institution, 
or any other entity concerned with— 
(i) global climate change; the emission 
of gases which contribute to global climate 
change; or 
(ii) reducing the detrimental impacts 
attributable to global climate change; 
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improve the deployment of clean energy tech-
nologies and practices, including through in-
creased transparency; 
(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; 
(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 fossil fuel energy to clean energy; 
(7) reduce the vulnerability and increase the re-
silience capacities of communities to the effects of 
climate change, including effects on— 
(A) water availability; 
(B) agricultural productivity and food se-
curity; 
(C) flood risk; 
(D) coastal resources; 
(E) biodiversity; 
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