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Union Calendar No. 321 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2548 
[Report No. 113–433, Part I] 
To establish a comprehensive United States Government policy to assist 
countries in sub-Saharan Africa to develop an appropriate mix of power 
solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access in order to sup-
port poverty alleviation and drive economic growth, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2013 
Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, and Ms. 
BASS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
MAY 2, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
STOCKMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. COHEN, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. 
LONG, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COOPER, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MOORE, Mr. 
POCAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. 
REICHERT, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. PAYNE, 
Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. SIRES, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, 
Mr. MEEKS, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. KEATING, Mr. O’ROURKE, 
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. PERRY, 
Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. BERA of California, Mr. NOLAN, Mrs. 
BUSTOS, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. 
ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of 
California, Mr. DENT, Ms. ESTY, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. KILMER, Mr. MEAD-
OWS, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. YOHO, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Ms. HER-
RERA BEUTLER, Mr. BARR, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. YODER, Mr. CRENSHAW, 
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Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. 
BISHOP of New York, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. KING of New 
York, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. RUNYAN, Mr. POLIS, Mr. HONDA, Mr. LANCE, 
Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DUFFY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALO-
NEY of New York, Ms. MENG, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GENE GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GRIMM, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. ROGERS of 
Michigan, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. COOK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MURPHY of 
Florida, Ms. TITUS, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. ROONEY, 
Mr. GIBSON, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. MESSER, Mrs. 
HARTZLER, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Ms. GABBARD 
MAY 2, 2014 
Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with amendments 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
MAY 2, 2014 
The Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 27, 2013] 
A BILL 
To establish a comprehensive United States Government pol-
icy to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa to develop 
an appropriate mix of power solutions for more broadly 
distributed electricity access in order to support poverty 
alleviation and drive economic growth, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Electrify Africa Act of 
2014’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to encourage the efforts of 
countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to af-
fordable and reliable electricity in Africa in order to unlock 
the potential for economic growth, job creation, food secu-
rity, improved health, education and environmental out-
comes, and poverty reduction. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) 589,000,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa, or 
68 percent of the population, did not have access to 
electricity, as of 2010; 
(2) in sub-Saharan Africa, electricity services 
are highly unreliable and they are at least twice as 
expensive for those with electricity access compared to 
other emerging markets; 
(3) 
lack 
of 
access 
to 
electricity 
services 
disproportionally affects women and girls, who often 
shoulder the burden of seeking sources of heat and 
light such as dung, wood or charcoal and are often 
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more exposed to the associated negative health im-
pacts. Women and girls also face an increased risk of 
assault from walking long distances to gather fuel 
sources; 
(4) access to electricity creates opportunities, in-
cluding entrepreneurship, for people to work their 
way out of poverty; 
(5) a lack of electricity contributes to the high 
use of inefficient and often highly polluting fuel 
sources for indoor cooking, heating, and lighting that 
produce toxic fumes resulting in more than 3,000,000 
annual premature deaths from respiratory disease, 
more annual deaths than from HIV/AIDS and ma-
laria in sub-Saharan Africa; 
(6) electricity access is crucial for the cold stor-
age of vaccines and anti-retroviral and other life-
saving medical drugs, as well as the operation of 
modern lifesaving medical equipment; 
(7) electricity access can be used to improve food 
security by enabling post-harvest processing, pump-
ing, irrigation, dry grain storage, milling, refrigera-
tion, and other uses; 
(8) reliable electricity access can provide im-
proved lighting options and information and commu-
nication technologies, including Internet access and 
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mobile phone charging, that can greatly improve 
health, social, and education outcomes, as well as eco-
nomic and commercial possibilities; 
(9) sub-Saharan Africa’s consumer base of near-
ly one billion people is rapidly growing and will cre-
ate increasing demand for United States goods, serv-
ices, and technologies, but the current electricity def-
icit in sub-Saharan Africa limits this demand by re-
stricting economic growth on the continent; 
(10) approximately 30 African countries face en-
demic power shortages, and nearly 70 percent of sur-
veyed African businesses cite unreliable power as a 
major constraint to growth; 
(11) the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s 
work in the energy sector shows high projected eco-
nomic rates of return that translate to sustainable 
economic growth and that the highest returns are pro-
jected when infrastructure improvements are coupled 
with significant legislative, regulatory, institutional, 
and policy reforms; 
(12) in many countries, weak governance capac-
ity, regulatory bottlenecks, legal constraints, and lack 
of transparency and accountability can stifle the abil-
ity of private investment to assist in the generation 
and distribution of electricity; and 
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(13) without new policies and more effective in-
vestments in electricity sector capacity to increase 
and expand electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa, 
over 70 percent of the rural population, and 48 per-
cent of the total population, will potentially remain 
without access to electricity by 2030. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
Congress declares that it is the policy of the United 
States— 
(1) in consultation with sub-Saharan African 
governments, to encourage the private sector, inter-
national community, African Regional Economic 
Communities, philanthropies, civil society, and other 
governments to promote— 
(A) the installation of at least an additional 
20,000 megawatts of electrical power in sub-Sa-
haran Africa by 2020 to support poverty reduc-
tion, promote development outcomes, and drive 
economic growth; 
(B) first-time direct access to electricity for 
at least 50,000,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa 
by 2020 in both urban and rural areas; 
(C) efficient institutional platforms with ac-
countable governance to provide electrical service 
to rural and underserved areas; and 
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(D) the necessary in-country legislative, reg-
ulatory and policy reforms to make such expan-
sion of electricity access possible; and 
(2) to encourage private sector and international 
support for construction of hydroelectric dams in sub- 
Saharan Africa that— 
(A) offer low-cost clean energy consistent 
with— 
(i) the national security interests of the 
United States; and 
(ii) best international practices regard-
ing social and environmental safeguards, 
including— 
(I) engagement of local commu-
nities regarding the design, implemen-
tation, monitoring, and evaluation of 
such projects; 
(II) the consideration of energy 
alternatives, including distributed re-
newable energy; and 
(III) the development of appro-
priate mitigation measures; and 
(B) support partner country efforts. 
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SEC. 5. DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE, MULTIYEAR 
STRATEGY. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The President shall establish a com-
prehensive, integrated, multiyear policy, partnership, and 
funding strategy to encourage countries in sub-Saharan Af-
rica to develop an appropriate mix of power solutions, in-
cluding renewable energy, to provide sufficient electricity 
access to people living in rural and urban areas in order 
to alleviate poverty and drive economic growth. Such strat-
egy shall maintain sufficient flexibility and remain respon-
sive to technological innovation in the power sector. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report setting forth the strategy described in 
subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT CONTENTS.—The report required by 
paragraph (1) shall include a discussion of the ele-
ments described in paragraph (3), and should include 
a discussion of any additional elements relevant to 
the strategy described in subsection (a). 
(3) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The elements referred 
to in paragraph (2) are the following: 
(A) The general and specific objectives of the 
strategy described in subsection (a), the criteria 
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for determining success of the strategy, a descrip-
tion of the manner in which the strategy will 
support partner country efforts to increase pro-
duction and improve access to electricity, and 
criteria and indicators used to select partner 
countries for focused engagement on the power 
sector. 
(B) Development, by partner country gov-
ernments, of plans and regulations at the na-
tional, regional, and local level to increase power 
production, strengthen existing electrical trans-
mission and distribution infrastructure, bolster 
accountable governance and oversight, and im-
prove access to electricity. 
(C) Administration plans to support part-
ner country efforts to increase new access to elec-
tricity, including a description of how the strat-
egy will address commercial and residential 
needs, as well as urban and rural access. 
(D) Administration strategy to support 
partner country efforts to reduce government 
waste, fraud, and corruption, and improve exist-
ing power generation through improvement of 
existing transmission and distribution systems, 
as well as the use of a broad power mix, includ-
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ing renewable energy, and the use of a distrib-
uted generation model. 
(E) Administration policy to support part-
ner country efforts to attract private sector in-
vestment and public sector resources. 
(F) A description of the Administration’s 
strategy for the transfer of relevant technology, 
skills, and information to increase local partici-
pation in the long-term maintenance and man-
agement of the power sector to ensure invest-
ments are sustainable and transparent, includ-
ing details of the programs to be undertaken to 
maximize United States contributions in the 
areas of technical assistance and training. 
(G) An identification of the relevant execu-
tive branch agencies that will be involved in car-
rying out the strategy, the level and distribution 
of resources that will be dedicated on an annual 
basis among such agencies, timely and com-
prehensive publication of aid information and 
available transmission of resource data con-
sistent with Administration commitments to im-
plement the transparency measures specified in 
the International Aid Transparency Initiative 
by December 2015, the assignment of priorities 
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to such agencies, a description of the role of each 
such agency, and the types of programs that each 
such agency will undertake. 
(H) A description of the mechanisms that 
will be utilized by the Administration, including 
the International Aid Transparency Initiative, 
to coordinate the efforts of the relevant executive 
branch agencies in carrying out the strategy to 
avoid duplication of efforts, enhance coordina-
tion, and ensure that each agency undertakes 
programs primarily in those areas where each 
such agency has the greatest expertise, technical 
capabilities, and potential for success. 
(I) A description of the mechanisms that 
will be established by the Administration for 
monitoring and evaluating the strategy and its 
implementation, including procedures for learn-
ing and sharing best practices among relevant 
executive branch agencies, as well as among par-
ticipating countries, and for terminating unsuc-
cessful programs. 
(J) A description of the Administration’s 
engagement plan, consistent with international 
best practices, to ensure local and affected com-
munities are informed, consulted, and benefit 
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from projects encouraged by the United States, 
as well as the environmental and social impacts 
of the projects. 
(K) A description of the mechanisms that 
will be utilized to ensure greater coordination be-
tween the United States and foreign govern-
ments, international organizations, African re-
gional economic communities, international fora, 
the private sector, and civil society organiza-
tions. 
(L) A description of how United States 
leadership will be used to enhance the overall 
international response to prioritizing electricity 
access for sub-Saharan Africa and to strengthen 
coordination among relevant international fo-
rums such as the Post-2015 Development Agenda 
and the G8 and G20, as well as the status of ef-
forts to support reforms that are being under-
taken by partner country governments. 
(M) An outline of how the Administration 
intends to partner with foreign governments, the 
international community, and other public sec-
tor entities, civil society groups, and the private 
sector to assist sub-Saharan African countries to 
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conduct comprehensive project feasibility studies 
and facilitate project development. 
(N) A description of how the Administra-
tion intends to help facilitate transnational and 
regional power and electrification projects where 
appropriate. 
SEC. 6. USAID. 
(a) LOAN GUARANTEES.—It is the sense of Congress 
that in pursuing the policy goals described in section 4, 
the Administrator of USAID should identify and 
prioritize— 
(1) loan guarantees to local sub-Saharan African 
financial institutions that would facilitate the in-
volvement of such financial institutions in power 
projects in sub-Saharan Africa; and 
(2) partnerships and grants for research, devel-
opment, and deployment of technology that would in-
crease access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. 
(b) GRANTS.—It is the sense of Congress that the Ad-
ministrator of USAID should consider providing grants 
to— 
(1) support the development and implementation 
of national, regional, and local energy and electricity 
policy plans; 
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(2) expand distribution of electricity access to 
the poorest; and 
(3) build a country’s capacity to plan, monitor 
and regulate the energy and electricity sector. 
(c) USAID DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘USAID’’ means the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
SEC. 7. LEVERAGING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. 
In pursuing the policy goals described in section 4, the 
President should direct the United States’ representatives 
to appropriate international bodies to use the influence of 
the United States, consistent with the broad development 
goals of the United States, to advocate that each such 
body— 
(1) commit to significantly increase efforts to 
promote investment in well-designed power sector and 
electrification projects in sub-Saharan Africa that in-
crease energy access, in partnership with the private 
sector and consistent with the host countries’ absorp-
tive capacity; 
(2) address energy needs of individuals and com-
munities where access to an electricity grid is im-
practical or cost-prohibitive; 
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(3) enhance coordination with the private sector 
in sub-Saharan Africa to increase access to elec-
tricity; 
(4) provide technical assistance to the regulatory 
authorities of sub-Saharan African governments to re-
move unnecessary barriers to investment in otherwise 
commercially viable projects; and 
(5) utilize clear, accountable, and metric-based 
targets to measure the effectiveness of such projects. 
SEC. 8. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation should— 
(1) in carrying out its programs and pursuing 
the policy goals described in section 4, place a pri-
ority on supporting investment in the electricity sec-
tor of sub-Saharan Africa, including renewable en-
ergy, and implement procedures for expedited review 
of and, where appropriate, approval of, applications 
by eligible investors for loans, loan guarantees, and 
insurance for such investments; 
(2) support investments in projects and partner 
country strategies to the extent permitted by its au-
thorities, policies, and programs, that will— 
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(A) maximize the number of people with 
new access to electricity to support economic de-
velopment; 
(B) improve the generation, transmission, 
and distribution of electricity; 
(C) provide reliable and low-cost electricity, 
including renewable energy and on-grid, off-grid, 
and multi-grid solutions, to people living in 
rural and urban communities; 
(D) consider energy needs of individuals 
where access to an electricity grid is impractical 
or cost-prohibitive; 
(E) reduce transmission and distribution 
losses and improve end-use efficiency; and 
(F) reduce energy-related impediments to 
business and investment opportunity and suc-
cess; 
(3) encourage locally-owned, micro, small- and 
medium-sized enterprises and cooperative service pro-
viders to participate in investment activities in sub- 
Saharan Africa; and 
(4) publish in an accessible digital format meas-
urable development impacts of its investments, includ-
ing appropriate quantifiable metrics to measure en-
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ergy access at the individual household, enterprise, 
and community level; and 
(5) publish in an accessible digital format the 
amount, type, location, duration, and measurable re-
sults, with links to relevant reports and displays on 
an interactive map, where appropriate, of all OPIC 
investments and financings. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—Title IV of chapter 2 of part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended— 
(1) in section 233 (22 U.S.C. 2193)— 
(A) in subsection (b), by inserting after the 
sixth sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Of the 
eight such Directors, not more than five should 
be of the same political party.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) INVESTMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The Board 
shall take prompt measures to increase the loan, guarantee, 
and insurance programs, and financial commitments, of the 
Corporation in sub-Saharan Africa, including through the 
use of an investment advisory council to assist the Board 
in developing and implementing policies, programs, and fi-
nancial instruments with respect to sub-Saharan Africa. In 
addition, the investment advisory council shall make rec-
ommendations to the Board on how the Corporation can 
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facilitate greater support by the United States for trade and 
investment with and in sub-Saharan Africa. The invest-
ment advisory council shall terminate on December 31, 
2017.’’; 
(2) in section 234(c) (22 U.S.C. 2194(c)), by in-
serting ‘‘eligible investors or’’ after ‘‘involve’’; 
(3) in section 235(a)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2195), by 
striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’; 
(4) in section 237(d) (22 U.S.C. 2197(d))— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, sys-
tems infrastructure costs,’’ after ‘‘outside the Cor-
poration’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, sys-
tems infrastructure costs,’’ after ‘‘project-specific 
transaction costs’’; and 
(5) by amending section 239(e) (22 U.S.C. 
2199(e)) to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The Board shall appoint 
and maintain an Inspector General in the Corporation, in 
accordance with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.).’’. 
(c) ANNUAL CONSUMER SATISFACTION SURVEY AND 
REPORT.— 
(1) SURVEY.— 
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(A) IN
GENERAL.—For each of calendar 
years 2014 through 2016, the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation shall conduct a survey of 
private entities that sponsor or are involved in 
projects that are insured, reinsured, guaranteed, 
or financed by the Corporation regarding the 
level of satisfaction of such entities with the oper-
ations and procedures of the Corporation with 
respect to such projects. 
(B) PRIORITY.—The survey shall be pri-
marily focused on United States small businesses 
and businesses that sponsor or are involved in 
projects with a cost of less than $20,000,000 (as 
adjusted for inflation). 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than each of 
July 1, 2015, July 1, 2016, and July 1, 2017, 
the Corporation should submit to the congres-
sional committees specified in subparagraph (C) 
a report on the results of the survey required 
under paragraph (1). 
(B) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The re-
port should include the Corporation’s plans to 
revise its operations and procedures based on 
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concerns raised in the results of the survey, if 
appropriate. 
(C) FORM.—The report shall be submitted 
in unclassified form and shall not disclose any 
confidential business information. 
(D) CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES
SPECI-
FIED.—The congressional committees specified in 
this subparagraph are— 
(i) the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(ii) the Committee on Appropriations 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate. 
SEC. 9. TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Trade and De-
velopment Agency should— 
(1) promote United States private sector partici-
pation in energy sector development projects in sub- 
Saharan Africa through project preparation activi-
ties, including feasibility studies at the project, sector, 
and national level, technical assistance, pilot projects, 
reverse trade missions, conferences and workshops; 
and 
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(2) seek opportunities to fund project prepara-
tion activities that involve increased access to elec-
tricity, including power generation and trade capac-
ity building. 
(b) FOCUS.—In pursuing the policy goals described in 
section 4, project preparation activities described in sub-
section (a) should focus on power generation, including re-
newable energy, improving the efficiency of transmission 
and distribution grids, including on-grid, off-grid and 
mini-grid solutions, and promoting energy efficiency and 
demand-side management. 
SEC. 10. PROGRESS REPORT. 
Not later than three years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and 
post through appropriate digital means, a report on 
progress made toward achieving the policy goals described 
in section 4, including the following: 
(1) The number, type, and status of policy, regu-
latory, and legislative changes implemented in part-
ner countries to support increased electricity genera-
tion and access, and strengthen effective, accountable 
governance of the electricity sector since United States 
engagement. 
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(2) A list of power sector and electrification 
projects United States Government instruments are 
supporting to achieve the policy goals described in 
section 4, and for each such project— 
(A) a description of how each such project 
fits into the national power plans of the partner 
country; 
(B) the total cost of each such project and 
predicted United States Government contribu-
tions, and actual grants and other financing 
provided to such projects, broken down by United 
States Government funding source, including 
from the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion, the United States Agency for International 
Development, the Department of the Treasury, 
and other appropriate United States Government 
departments and agencies; 
(C) the predicted electrical power capacity 
of each project upon completion, with metrics 
appropriate to the scale of electricity access being 
supplied, as well as total megawatts installed; 
(D) compliance with international best 
practices and expected environmental and social 
impacts from each project; 
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(E) the estimated number of women, men, 
poor communities, businesses, schools, and health 
facilities that have gained electricity connections 
as a result of each project at the time of such re-
port; and 
(F) the current operating electrical power 
capacity in wattage of each project. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to establish 
a comprehensive United States Government policy to en-
courage the efforts of countries in sub-Saharan Africa to 
develop an appropriate mix of power solutions, including 
renewable energy, for more broadly distributed electricity 
access in order to support poverty reduction, promote de-
velopment outcomes, and drive economic growth, and for 
other purposes.’’. 
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