tive directors should be made, respectively, in consultation 
with relevant representative organizations.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 238 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2198) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) the term ‘international worker rights’ 
means— 
‘‘(1) internationally recognized worker 
rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(4)); and 
‘‘(2) the elimination of discrimination with 
respect to employment and occupation.’’. 
(d) GENERAL PROVISIONS AND POWERS.—Section 
239 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2199) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘In addition, the Corporation should con-
sult with relevant stakeholders in developing such 
criteria.’’; and
(2) in subsection (i), in the first sentence, by 
inserting ‘‘, including international worker rights,’’ 
after ‘‘fundamental freedoms’’. 
SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS. 
Section 231A(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191a(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.—The Board of Di-
rectors of the Corporation shall not vote in favor of any 
action proposed to be taken by the Corporation that is 
likely to have significant adverse environmental impacts, 
unless for at least 60 days before the date of the vote— 
‘‘(1) an environmental impact assessment, or 
initial environmental audit, analyzing the environ-
mental impacts of the proposed action and of alter-
natives to the proposed action has been completed by 
the project applicant and made available to the 
Board of Directors; and 
‘‘(2) such assessment or audit has been made 
available to the public of the United States, locally 
affected groups in the host country, and host coun-
try nongovernmental organizations.’’. 
SEC. 7. COMMUNITY SUPPORT. 
Section 237 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2197) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
‘‘(p) COMMUNITY SUPPORT.—To the maximum ex-
tent practicable, the Corporation shall require the appli-
cant for a project that is subject to section 231A(b) to 
obtain broad community support for the project.’’. 
SEC. 8. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ACTION PLAN. 
Title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 234A the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 234B. CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION. 
‘‘(a) MITIGATION ACTION PLAN.—The Corporation 
shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Re-
authorization Act of 2007, institute a climate change miti-
gation action plan that includes the following: 
‘‘(1) CLEAN
AND
EFFICIENT
ENERGY
TECH-
NOLOGY.— 
‘‘(A) INCREASING ASSISTANCE.—The Cor-
poration shall establish a goal of substantially 
increasing its support of projects that use, de-
velop, or otherwise promote the use of clean en-
ergy technologies over the 4-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation Reauthor-
ization Act of 2007.
‘‘(B) 
PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT
TO 
PROJECTS.—The Corporation shall give pref-
erential treatment to the evaluation and award-
ing of assistance for and provide greater flexi-
bility in supporting projects that use, develop, 
or otherwise promote the use of clean and effi-
cient energy technologies. 
‘‘(2) 
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
ASSESS-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(A) GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.—The 
Corporation shall, in making an environmental 
impact assessment for a project under section 
231A(b), take into account the degree to which 
the project contributes to the emission of green-
house gases. 
‘‘(B) OTHER
DUTIES
NOT
AFFECTED.— 
The requirement under subparagraph (A) is in 
addition to any other requirement, obligation, 
or duty that the Corporation has. 
‘‘(3) REPORT
TO
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The Corporation shall, within 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 
2007, submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the 
plan developed to carry out paragraph (1)(A). 
Thereafter, the Corporation shall include in its an-
nual report under section 240A a discussion of such 
plan and its implementation. 
‘‘(b) EXTRACTION INVESTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PRIOR NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMITTEES.—The Corporation may not approve 
any contract of insurance or reinsurance, or any 
guaranty, or enter into any agreement to provide fi-
nancing for any project which significantly involves 
an extractive industry and in which assistance by the 
Corporation would be valued at $10,000,000 or 
more (including contingent liability), until at least 
30 days after the Corporation notifies the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate of such contract or agreement. 
‘‘(2) COMMITMENT TO EITI PRINCIPLES.—The 
Corporation may approve a contract of insurance or 
reinsurance, or any guaranty, or enter into an agree-
ment to provide financing to an eligible investor for 
a project that significantly involves an extractive in-
dustry only if—