States, to embark on business development and out-
reach efforts to such countries; and 
(2) by deploying the attache´s described in para-
graph (1) to educate provincial, state, and local gov-
ernment officials in such countries on the variety of 
United States-based technologies in clean and effi-
cient energy technologies for the purposes of pro-
moting United States exports and reducing global 
greenhouse gas emissions. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Commerce shall sub-
mit to the appropriate committees an annual report on 
the implementation of this section for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary of Commerce such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 2204. UNITED STATES TRADE MISSIONS TO ENCOUR-
AGE PRIVATE SECTOR TRADE AND INVEST-
MENT. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Commerce shall direct the International Trade Adminis-
tration to expand or create trade missions to and from 
the United States to encourage private sector trade and 
investment in clean and efficient energy technologies—
(1) by organizing and facilitating trade mis-
sions to foreign countries and by matching United 
States private sector companies with opportunities in 
foreign markets so that clean and efficient energy 
technologies can help to combat increases in global 
greenhouse gas emissions; and 
(2) by creating reverse trade missions in which 
the Department of Commerce facilitates the meeting 
of foreign private and public sector organizations 
with private sector companies in the United States 
for the purpose of showcasing clean and efficient en-
ergy technologies in use or in development that could 
be exported to other countries. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Commerce shall sub-
mit to the appropriate committees an annual report on 
the implementation of this section for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary of Commerce such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 2205. ACTIONS BY OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT 
CORPORATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) Many of the emerging markets within which 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation sup-
ports projects have immense energy needs and will 
require significant investment in the energy sector in 
the coming decades. 
(2) The use, or lack of use, of clean and effi-
cient energy technologies can have a dramatic effect 
on the rate of global greenhouse gas emissions from 
emerging markets in the coming decades. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
should promote greater investment in clean and efficient 
energy technologies by— 
(1) proactively reaching out to United States 
companies that are interested in investing in clean 
and efficient energy technologies in countries that 
are significant contributors to global greenhouse gas 
emissions; 
(2) giving preferential treatment to the evalua-
tion and awarding of projects that involve the invest-
ment or utilization of clean and efficient energy 
technologies; and 
(3) providing greater flexibility in supporting 
projects that involve the investment or utilization of