(2) ADVISORY
ROLE.—The Ambassador-at- 
Large— 
(A) shall be a principal adviser to the 
President and the Secretary of State on matters 
relating to global climate change; and 
(B) shall make recommendations to the 
President and the Secretary of State on policies 
of the United States Government with respect 
to international cooperation on reducing the 
emission of global greenhouse gases and ad-
dressing the challenges posed by global climate 
change. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION.—Subject to 
the direction of the President and the Secretary of 
State, the Ambassador-at-Large is authorized to 
represent the United States in matters relating to 
global climate change in— 
(A) contacts with foreign governments, 
intergovernmental organizations, and special-
ized agencies of the United Nations, the Orga-
nization on Security and Cooperation in Eu-
rope, and other international organizations of 
which the United States is a member; and 
(B) multilateral conferences and meetings 
relating to global climate change. 
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(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary of State shall provide 
the Ambassador-at-Large with such funds as may be nec-
essary for the hiring of staff for the Office, the conduct 
of investigations by the Office, and for necessary travel 
to carry out the provisions of this section. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than September 1 of each 
year, the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the 
Ambassador-at-Large, shall prepare and submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on the strat-
egy, policies, and actions of the United States for reducing 
the emissions of global greenhouse gases and addressing 
the challenges posed of global climate change. 
TITLE II—ASSISTANCE TO PRO-
MOTE CLEAN AND EFFICIENT 
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
SEC. 201. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Several provisions of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992 were designed to expand Federal programs 
that support renewable energy and energy efficient 
equipment exports and to broaden the portfolio of 
programs to include training and technology transfer 
activities that help promote development in less in-
dustrialized nations, expand global markets, and re-
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duce greenhouse gas emissions. However, few of the 
export-related provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 
1992 were implemented due to a lack of Federal 
funding. 
(2) In 2000, Congress called for several United 
States Government agencies to create an Inter-
agency Working Group to support a Clean Energy 
Technology Exports Initiative to use the combined 
resources of various agencies to promote the export 
of clean energy technologies abroad. The Initiative 
also suffered from low levels of Federal funding and 
has not produced significant results. 
(3) Large and emerging economies, such as 
India and China, play significant roles in the global 
energy security system as large consumers of energy 
and should be included as member countries in the 
International Energy Agency to strengthen the com-
mon interest of importers in encouraging trans-
parent energy markets and in planning for supply 
disruptions. 
(4) The challenge of energy security severely af-
fects developing countries where over 1.6 billion peo-
ple lack access to affordable energy services. In 
these nations, a lack of transparency and account-
ability creates a climate of mistrust for investors; bi-
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lateral and multilateral lending institutions do not 
provide sufficient incentives to companies investing 
in clean and efficient energy technologies; women 
and children suffer disproportionately due to the 
lack of energy services; inaccessibility of energy serv-
ices impedes other development programs in edu-
cation, health, agriculture, and the environment; and 
dependence on imported fuels leaves countries vul-
nerable to supply disruptions and economic shocks. 
(5) In addition to promoting the export of clean 
energy technologies, large energy-consuming econo-
mies must also have appropriate incentive systems, 
policy and regulatory frameworks, and investment 
climates in place to accept and promote the adoption 
of such technologies. 
(6) More than $16 trillion needs to be invested 
in energy-supply infrastructure worldwide by 2030 
to meet energy demand, and almost half of total en-
ergy investment will take place in developing coun-
tries, where production and demand are expected to 
increase the most. 
(7) Public and private sector capital will be 
needed to fulfill future demand. The opportunity ex-
ists for public and private actors to coordinate ef-
forts and leverage resources to direct this investment 
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into technologies, practices, and services that pro-
mote energy efficiency, clean-energy production, and 
a reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions. 
(8) In attempting to address the global climate 
change challenge, the United States Government re-
cently launched the Asia Pacific Partnership on 
Clean Development and Climate, which is meant to 
accelerate the development and deployment of clean 
energy technologies. However, this Partnership oper-
ates in a non-binding framework that does not re-
quire any emissions reductions from the partner 
countries. 
SEC. 202. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment shall support policies and programs in developing 
countries that promote clean and efficient energy tech-
nologies— 
(1) to produce the necessary market conditions 
for the private sector delivery of energy and environ-
mental management services; and 
(2) to create an environment that is conducive 
to accepting clean and efficient energy technologies 
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