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Administrator of USAID shall establish a process for 
consultation with, and disclosure of information to, 
local, national, and international stakeholders regard-
ing any programs and activities carried out pursuant 
to this section. 
(c) COORDINATION.— 
(1) ALIGNMENT OF ACTIVITIES.—Subject to the 
direction of the President and the Secretary of State, 
the Administrator of USAID shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, seek to align activities under this section with 
broader development, poverty alleviation, or natural 
resource management objectives and initiatives in the 
recipient country. 
(2) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The Admin-
istrator of USAID shall ensure that there is coordina-
tion among the activities under this section, subtitle 
D of this title, and part E of title VII of the Clean 
Air Act, in order to maximize the effectiveness of 
United States assistance to developing countries. 
(d) REPORTING.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this part, the Adminis-
trator of USAID, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, shall submit to the President and the appro-
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priate congressional committees an initial report 
that— 
(A) based on the most recent information 
available from reliable public sources or knowl-
edge obtained by USAID on a reliable basis, as 
determined by the Administrator of USAID, 
identifies the developing countries, including the 
most vulnerable communities and populations 
therein, that are most vulnerable to climate 
change impacts and in which assistance may 
have the greatest and most sustainable benefit in 
reducing vulnerability to climate change; and 
(B) describes the process and methodology 
for selecting the recipients of assistance under 
subsection (a)(1). 
(2) ANNUAL
REPORTS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date on which the initial report is 
submitted pursuant to paragraph (1), and annually 
thereafter, the Administrator of USAID, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
President and the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report that— 
(A) describes the extent to which global cli-
mate change, through its potential negative im-
pacts on sensitive populations and natural re-
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sources in the most vulnerable developing coun-
tries, may threaten, cause, or exacerbate polit-
ical, economic, environmental, cultural, or social 
instability or international conflict in those re-
gions; 
(B) describes the ramifications of any po-
tentially destabilizing impacts climate change 
may have on the national security, foreign pol-
icy, and economic interests of the United States, 
including— 
(i) the creation of environmental mi-
grants and internally displaced peoples; 
(ii) international or internal armed 
conflicts over water, food, land, or other re-
sources; 
(iii) loss of agricultural and other live-
lihoods, cultural stability, and other causes 
of increased poverty and economic desta-
bilization; 
(iv) decline in availability of resources 
needed for survival, including water; 
(v) increased impact of natural disas-
ters (including droughts, flooding, and other 
severe weather events); 
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(vi) increased prevalence or virulence 
of climate-related diseases; and 
(vii) intensified urban migration; 
(C) describes how allowances available 
under this section were distributed during the 
previous fiscal year to enhance the national secu-
rity, foreign policy, and economic interests of the 
United States and assist in avoiding the eco-
nomically, 
politically, 
environmentally, 
cul-
turally, and socially destabilizing impacts of cli-
mate change in most vulnerable developing coun-
tries; 
(D) identifies and recommends the devel-
oping countries, including the most vulnerable 
communities and populations therein, that are 
most vulnerable to climate change impacts and 
in which assistance may have the greatest and 
most sustainable benefit in reducing vulner-
ability to climate change, including in the form 
of deploying technologies, investments, capacity- 
building activities, and other types of assistance 
for adaptation to climate change impacts and 
approaches to reduce greenhouse gases in ways 
that may also provide community-level resilience 
to climate change impacts; and 
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(E) describes cooperation undertaken with 
other nations and international organizations to 
carry out this part. 
(e) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of USAID 
shall establish and implement a system to monitor 
and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of assist-
ance provided under this section in order to maximize 
the long-term sustainable development impact of such 
assistance, including the extent to which such assist-
ance is meeting the purposes of this part and address-
ing the adaptation needs of developing countries. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Administrator of USAID shall— 
(A) in consultation with national govern-
ments in recipient countries, establish perform-
ance goals for assistance authorized under this 
section and express such goals in an objective 
and quantifiable form, to the extent practicable; 
(B) establish performance indicators to be 
used in measuring or assessing the achievement 
of the performance goals described in subpara-
graph (A), including an evaluation of— 
(i) the extent to which assistance under 
this section provided for disclosure of infor-
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mation to, consultation with, and informed 
participation by local communities; 
(ii) the extent to which local commu-
nities participated in the design, implemen-
tation, and evaluation of programs and ac-
tivities implemented pursuant to this sec-
tion; and 
(iii) the impacts of such participation 
on the goals and objectives of the programs 
and activities implemented under this sec-
tion; 
(C) provide a basis for recommendations for 
adjustments to assistance authorized under this 
section to enhance the impact of such assistance; 
and 
(D) include, in the annual report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees and other rel-
evant agencies required under subsection (d)(2), 
findings resulting from the monitoring and eval-
uation of programs and activities under this sec-
tion. 
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Union Calendar No. 90 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2454 
[Report No. 111–137, Part I] 
A BILL 
To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy inde-
pendence, reduce global warming pollution and 
transition to a clean energy economy. 
JUNE 19, 2009 
The Committees on Financial Services, Science and 
Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure, Nat-
ural Resources, Agriculture, and Ways and Means dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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