SEC. 2. GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASE. 
Part 2 of subtitle D of title V of Public Law 103– 
182 (22 U.S.C. 290m–290m-5) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 547. FIRST CAPITAL INCREASE. 
‘‘(a) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury may subscribe on behalf of the United 
States to 150,000 additional shares of the capital 
stock of the Bank. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Any subscription by the 
United States to the capital stock of the Bank shall 
be effective only to such extent and in such amounts 
as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—In order to pay for the increase in the 
United States subscription to the Bank under subsection 
(a), there are authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal 
year limitation, $1,500,000,000 for payment by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, of which— 
‘‘(1) $225,000,000 shall be for paid-in shares of 
the Bank; and 
‘‘(2) $1,275,000,000 shall be for callable shares 
of the Bank.’’. 
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SEC. 3. POLICY GOALS. 
In addition to the North American Development 
Bank’s current mission and scope, the United States Gov-
ernment, in connection with its voice and vote in the Bank, 
shall support the financing of projects related to— 
(1) natural gas, including natural gas pipelines 
and combined cycle power plants, with major empha-
sis on cross-border energy distribution and consump-
tion and the energy security of the United States 
and Mexico; and 
(2) the expansion or new construction of inter-
national land border crossings to help facilitate the 
flow of goods and people across the United States- 
Mexico border while reducing border wait times and 
improving air quality related to the vehicular and 
commercial traffic pollution. 
SEC. 4. EFFICIENCIES AND STREAMLINING. 
The United States Government, in connection with 
its voice and vote in the North American Development 
Bank, shall require the Bank to develop and implement 
efficiency improvements to streamline and accelerate the 
project certification and financing process, including sup-
port for initiatives such as single certifications for revolv-
ing facilities, programmatic certification of similar groups 
of small projects, expansion of internal authority to ap-
prove qualified projects below certain monetary thresholds, 
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and expedited certification for public sector projects sub-
ject to lender bidding processes. 
SEC. 5. PERFORMANCE MEASURES. 
The United States Government, in connection with 
its voice and vote in the North American Development 
Bank, shall require the Bank to develop performance 
measures, which shall be reported to the Congress by the 
Secretary of the Treasury in conjunction with the Presi-
dent’s annual budget submission. These performance 
measures shall demonstrate how the Bank’s approved 
projects and financing are meeting the Bank’s mission and 
providing added value to the border region. These per-
formance measures shall be reviewed and updated not less 
frequently than annually. 
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