technologies, practices, and services that promote en-
ergy efficiency, clean-energy production, and a reduc-
tion 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 Development 
shall support policies and programs in developing countries 
that promote clean and efficient energy technologies— 
(1) to produce the necessary market conditions 
for the private sector delivery of energy and environ-
mental management services; 
(2) to create an environment that is conducive to 
accepting clean and efficient energy technologies that 
support the overall purpose of reducing greenhouse 
gas emissions, including— 
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(A) improving policy, legal, and regulatory 
frameworks; 
(B) increasing institutional abilities to pro-
vide energy and environmental management 
services; and 
(C) increasing public awareness and par-
ticipation in the decision-making of delivering 
energy and environmental management services; 
and 
(3) to promote the use of American-made clean 
and efficient energy technologies, products, and en-
ergy and environmental management services. 
(b) REPORT.—The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall submit to the 
appropriate committees an annual report on the implemen-
tation 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 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012. 
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SEC. 203. UNITED STATES EXPORTS AND OUTREACH PRO-
GRAMS FOR INDIA, CHINA, AND OTHER COUN-
TRIES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Commerce shall direct the United States and Foreign Com-
mercial Service to expand or create a corps of the Foreign 
Commercial Service officers to promote United States ex-
ports in clean and efficient energy technologies and build 
the capacity of government officials in India, China, and 
any other country the Secretary of Commerce determines 
appropriate, to become more familiar with the available 
technologies— 
(1) by assigning or training Foreign Commercial 
Service attache´s, who have expertise in clean and effi-
cient energy technologies from the United States, to 
embark on business development and outreach efforts 
to India and China; and 
(2) by deploying the attache´s described in para-
graph (1) to educate provincial, state, and local gov-
ernment officials in India and China 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 submit 
to the appropriate committees an annual report on the im-
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plementation 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 necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 204. UNITED STATES TRADE MISSIONS TO ENCOURAGE 
PRIVATE SECTOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT. 
(a) ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Commerce shall direct the International Trade Administra-
tion to expand or create trade missions to and from the 
United States to encourage private sector trade and invest-
ment in clean and efficient energy technologies— 
(1) by organizing and facilitating trade missions 
to foreign countries and by matching United States 
private sector companies with opportunities in for-
eign markets so that clean and efficient energy tech-
nologies can help to combat increases in global green-
house 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 energy tech-
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nologies in use or in development that could be ex-
ported to other countries. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Commerce shall submit 
to the appropriate committees an annual report on the im-
plementation 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 necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
SEC. 205. 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 supports 
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 efficient 
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 Congress 
that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation should 
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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 emis-
sions; 
(2) giving preferential treatment to the evalua-
tion and awarding of projects that involve the invest-
ment or utilization of clean and efficient energy tech-
nologies; and 
(3) providing greater flexibility in supporting 
projects that involve the investment or utilization of 
clean and efficient energy technologies, including fi-
nancing, insurance, and other assistance. 
(c) REPORT.—The Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration shall include in its annual report required under 
section 240A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2200a)— 
(1) a description of the activities carried out to 
implement this section; or 
(2) if the Corporation did not carry out any ac-
tivities to implement this section, an explanation of 
the reasons therefor. 
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SEC. 206. ACTIONS BY UNITED STATES TRADE AND DEVEL-
OPMENT AGENCY. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Director of the 
Trade and Development Agency shall establish or support 
policies that— 
(1) proactively seek opportunities to fund 
projects that involve the utilization of clean and effi-
cient energy technologies, including in trade capacity 
building and capital investment projects; 
(2) give preferential treatment to the evaluation 
and awarding of projects that involve the utilization 
of clean and efficient energy technologies, particularly 
to countries that have the potential for significant re-
duction in greenhouse gas emissions; and 
(3) recruit and retain individuals with appro-
priate expertise in clean, renewable, and efficient en-
ergy technologies to identify and evaluate opportuni-
ties for projects that involve clean and efficient energy 
technologies and services. 
(b) REPORT.—The President shall include in the an-
nual report on the activities of the Trade and Development 
Agency required under section 661(d) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421(d)) a description of the 
activities carried out to implement this section. 
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SEC. 207. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of State 
is authorized to establish a program to strengthen research, 
educational exchange, and international cooperation with 
the aim of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and 
addressing the challenges posed by global climate change. 
The program authorized by this subsection shall be carried 
out pursuant to the authorities of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) 
and may be referred to as the ‘‘Global Climate Change Ex-
change Program’’. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The program authorized by sub-
section (a) shall contain the following elements: 
(1) The financing of studies, research, instruc-
tion, and other educational activities dedicated to re-
ducing carbon emissions and addressing the challenge 
of global climate change— 
(A) by or to United States citizens and na-
tionals in foreign universities, governments, or-
ganizations, companies, or other institutions; 
and 
(B) by or to citizens and nationals of for-
eign countries in United States universities, gov-
ernments, organizations, companies, or other in-
stitutions. 
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