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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5632 
To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development to make available to government officials of nonadversarial 
countries in South and Central Asia training in analyzing, assessing, 
and mitigating any risk of accepting investment or lending from China, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 
Mr. FITZGERALD (for himself and Mr. NUNN of Iowa) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development to make available to gov-
ernment officials of nonadversarial countries in South 
and Central Asia training in analyzing, assessing, and 
mitigating any risk of accepting investment or lending 
from China, 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 ‘‘Thwarting Regional 
Adversary Investments Now Act’’ or the ‘‘TRAIN Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping 
issued an official outline of the principles, frame-
work, priorities, and cooperation mechanisms of the 
Belt and Road Initiative (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘BRI’’). 
(2) Since its inception, more than 140 countries 
and 32 international organizations have signed BRI 
cooperation documents with China, including 40 
countries in sub-Saharan Africa, 34 countries in Eu-
rope and Central Asia, and 24 countries in East 
Asia and the Pacific. 
(3) Many developing countries do not possess 
the legal, technological, or intelligence capabilities 
necessary to properly evaluate the national security, 
debt sustainability, and other risks posed by related 
agreements with Chinese entities or the Chinese 
Government. 
(4) Due to the expanding investments by for-
eign adversaries in the economic and infrastructure 
sectors of allied and partner countries, the United 
States should provide technical training, assistance, 
and support to evaluate the risks these investments 
pose, and provide a formal review of the future im-
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pact these investments would have, on partner 
economies. 
SEC. 3. USAID TRAINING FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OF-
FICIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall 
make available to appropriate government officials of non-
adversarial countries in South and Central Asia training 
in analyzing, assessing, and mitigating any legal or finan-
cial risk of accepting investment or lending from a foreign 
adversary that is in the region. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT
AND
ELEMENTS.—Begin-
ning not later than 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act and on an annual basis thereafter, 
the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that includes— 
(A) an overview of the training provided 
under subsection (a) during the prior fiscal 
year; and 
(B) an overview of each lending or legal 
agreement entered into during the prior fiscal 
year between a nonadversarial country in South 
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and Central Asia and a foreign adversary that 
is in the region, including an analysis of any 
risk posed to the United States by such agree-
ment. 
(2) FORM.—Each report required under para-
graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 
may include a classified annex. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the require-
ments of subsections (a) and (b), the Administrator shall 
consult with— 
(1) the Chief Executive Officer of the United 
States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Investment in 
the United States; 
(3) the United States Trade Representative; 
(4) the President of the Export–Import Bank of 
the United States; 
(5) the Assistant Secretary of State for South 
and Central Asian Affairs; and 
(6) the heads of other appropriate Federal 
agencies. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; 
(C) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 
(D) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘foreign adversary’’ means a for-
eign government or individual engaged in a long- 
term pattern or serious instances of conduct signifi-
cantly adverse to the national security of the United 
States or its allies or to the security and safety of 
United States citizens. 
(3) The term ‘‘nonadversarial country’’ means a 
country that is not engaged in a long-term pattern 
or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse 
to the national security of the United States or its 
allies or to the security and safety of United States 
citizens. 
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