IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8463 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 11, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To modify the requirements under the Millennium Challenge 
Act of 2003 for candidate countries, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Millennium Challenge 
Corporation Eligibility Expansion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS OF REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A 
CANDIDATE COUNTRY. 
Section 606 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 
(22 U.S.C. 7705) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 606. CANDIDATE COUNTRIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A country shall be a candidate 
country for purposes of eligibility for receiving assistance 
under section 605 if— 
‘‘(1) the per capita income of the country is 
equal to or less than the gross national income per 
capita of the 125th poorest country as identified by 
the World Bank for the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) subject to subsection (b), the country is 
not ineligible to receive United States economic as-
sistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 by reason of the application of any provision 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other 
provision of law. 
‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For the purposes of 
determining whether a country is eligible for receiving as-
sistance under section 605 pursuant to subsection (a)(2), 
the exercise by the President, the Secretary of State, or 
any other officer or employee of the United States of any 
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waiver or suspension of any provision of law referred to 
in such paragraph, and notification to the appropriate 
congressional committees in accordance with such provi-
sion of law, shall be construed as satisfying the require-
ments of such subsection. 
‘‘(c) IDENTIFICATION BY THE BOARD.—The Board 
shall identify whether a country is a candidate country for 
purposes of this section.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE COM-
PACT AUTHORITY.—Section 609(b)(2) of the Millennium 
Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7708(b)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘COUNTRY CONTRIBUTIONS’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘with respect to a lower middle 
income country described in section 606(b),’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO REPORT IDENTIFYING CAN-
DIDATE COUNTRIES.—Section 608(a)(1) of the Millen-
nium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7707(a)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 606(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 606(a)(2)’’. 
(c) AMENDMENT TO AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE 
ASSISTANCE
FOR
CANDIDATE
COUNTRIES.—Section 
616(b)(1) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 
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U.S.C. 7715(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a) 
or (b) of section 606’’ and inserting ‘‘section 606(a)’’. 
SEC. 4. MODIFICATION TO FACTORS IN DETERMINING ELI-
GIBILITY. 
Section 607(c)(2) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 
2003 (22 U.S.C. 7706(c)(2)) is amended in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘consider’’ and 
inserting ‘‘prioritize need and impact by considering’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 29, 
2022. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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