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(B) reducing the pressure that United 
States businesses face to pay bribes overseas, 
thereby contributing to greater competitiveness of 
United States companies. 
(7) REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and not less fre-
quently than annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the appropriate con-
gressional committees that contains— 
(A) the balance of the funding remaining in 
the Anti-Corruption Action Fund; 
(B) the amount of funds that have been de-
posited into the Anti-Corruption Action Fund; 
and 
(C) a summary of the obligation and ex-
penditure of such funds. 
(8) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None of the 
amounts made available to the Secretary of State 
from the Anti-Corruption Action Fund pursuant to 
this section shall be available for obligation, or for 
transfer to other departments, agencies, or entities, 
unless the Secretary of State notifies the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
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Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, not later than 15 days in advance of 
such obligation or transfer. 
(e) INTERAGENCY ANTI-CORRUPTION TASK FORCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in co-
operation with the Interagency Anti-Corruption Task 
Force established pursuant to paragraph (2), shall 
manage a whole-of-government effort to improve co-
ordination among Federal departments and agencies 
and donor organizations with a role in— 
(A) promoting good governance in foreign 
states; and 
(B) enhancing the ability of foreign states 
to combat public corruption. 
(2) 
INTERAGENCY
ANTI-CORRUPTION
TASK 
FORCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall es-
tablish and convene the Interagency Anti-Corruption 
Task Force (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Task 
Force’’), which shall be composed of representatives 
appointed by the President from appropriate depart-
ments and agencies, including the Department of 
State, the United States Agency for International De-
velopment, the Department of Justice, the Department 
of the Treasury, the Department of Homeland Secu-
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rity, the Department of Defense, the Department of 
Commerce, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, 
and the intelligence community. 
(3) ADDITIONAL
MEETINGS.—The Task Force 
shall meet not less frequently than twice per year. 
(4) DUTIES.—The Task Force shall— 
(A) evaluate, on a general basis, the effec-
tiveness of existing foreign assistance programs, 
including programs funded by the Anti-Corrup-
tion Action Fund, that have an impact on— 
(i) promoting good governance in for-
eign states; and 
(ii) enhancing the ability of foreign 
states to combat public corruption; 
(B) assist the Secretary of State in man-
aging the whole-of-government effort described in 
paragraph (1); 
(C) identify general areas in which such 
whole-of-government effort could be enhanced; 
and 
(D) recommend specific programs for for-
eign states that may be used to enhance such 
whole-of-government effort. 
(5) BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
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not less frequently than annually thereafter through 
the end of fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of State 
shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congres-
sional committees regarding the ongoing work of the 
Task Force. Each briefing shall include the participa-
tion of a representative of each of the departments 
and agencies described in paragraph (2), to the extent 
feasible. 
(f) DESIGNATION
OF
EMBASSY
ANTI-CORRUPTION 
POINTS OF CONTACT.— 
(1) EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION POINT OF CON-
TACT.—The chief of mission of each United States 
embassy shall designate an anti-corruption point of 
contact for each such embassy. 
(2) DUTIES.—The designated anti-corruption 
points of contact designated pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall— 
(A) coordinate, in accordance with guidance 
from the Interagency Anti-Corruption Task 
Force established pursuant to subsection (e)(2), 
an interagency approach within United States 
embassies to combat public corruption in the for-
eign states in which such embassies are located 
that is tailored to the needs of such foreign 
states, including all relevant Federal depart-
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ments and agencies with a presence in such for-
eign states, such as the Department of State, the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, the Department of Justice, the Department 
of the Treasury, the Department of Homeland 
Security, the Department of Defense, the Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation, and the intelligence 
community; 
(B) make recommendations regarding the 
use of the Anti-Corruption Action Fund and 
other foreign assistance funding related to anti- 
corruption efforts in their respective countries of 
responsibility that aligns with United States 
diplomatic engagement; and 
(C) ensure that anti-corruption activities 
carried out within their respective countries of 
responsibility are included in regular reporting 
to the Secretary of State and the Interagency 
Anti-Corruption Task Force, including United 
States embassy strategic planning documents 
and foreign assistance-related reporting, as ap-
propriate. 
(3) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State shall de-
velop and implement appropriate training for the 
designated anti-corruption points of contact. 
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(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT OR BRIEFING ON PROGRESS TOWARD 
IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after for the following 3 years, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, the At-
torney General, and the Secretary of the Treasury, 
shall submit a report or provide a briefing to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that summarizes 
progress made in combating public corruption and in 
implementing this Act, including— 
(A) identifying opportunities and priorities 
for outreach with respect to promoting the adop-
tion and implementation of relevant inter-
national law and standards in combating public 
corruption, kleptocracy, and illicit finance; 
(B) describing— 
(i) the bureaucratic structure of the of-
fices within the Department of State and 
the United States Agency for International 
Development that are engaged in activities 
to combat public corruption, kleptocracy, 
and illicit finance; and 
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(ii) how such offices coordinate their 
efforts with each other and with other rel-
evant Federal departments and agencies; 
(C) providing a description of how the pro-
visions under paragraphs (4) and (5) of sub-
section (d) have been applied to each project 
funded by the Anti-Corruption Action Fund; 
(D) providing an explanation as to why a 
United States Government technical assistance 
provider was not used if technical assistance to 
a foreign governmental entity is not imple-
mented by a United States Government technical 
assistance provider; 
(E) describing the activities of the Inter-
agency Anti-Corruption Task Force established 
pursuant to subsection (e)(2); 
(F) identifying— 
(i) 
the 
designated 
anti-corruption 
points of contact for foreign states; and 
(ii) any training provided to such 
points of contact; and 
(G) recommending additional measures that 
would enhance the ability of the United States 
Government 
to 
combat 
public 
corruption, 
kleptocracy, and illicit finance overseas. 
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(2) ONLINE PLATFORM.—The Secretary of State, 
in conjunction with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, should 
consolidate existing reports with anti-corruption com-
ponents into a single online, public platform that in-
cludes— 
(A) the Annual Country Reports on Human 
Rights Practices required under section 116 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151n); 
(B) the Fiscal Transparency Report re-
quired under section 7031(b) of the Department 
of State, Foreign Operations and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of 
Public Law 116–6); 
(C) the Investment Climate Statement re-
ports; 
(D) the International Narcotics Control 
Strategy Report; 
(E) any other relevant public reports; and 
(F) links to third-party indicators and com-
pliance mechanisms used by the United States 
Government to inform policy and programming, 
as appropriate, such as— 
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(i) the International Finance Corpora-
tion’s Doing Business surveys; 
(ii) the International Budget Partner-
ship’s Open Budget Index; and 
(iii) multilateral peer review anti-cor-
ruption compliance mechanisms, such as— 
(I) the Organisation for Economic 
Co-operation and Development’s Work-
ing Group on Bribery in International 
Business Transactions; 
(II) the Follow-Up Mechanism for 
the 
Inter-American 
Convention 
Against Corruption; and 
(III) the United Nations Conven-
tion Against Corruption, done at New 
York October 31, 2003. 
SEC. 404. ANNUAL REPORT ON CHINESE SURVEILLANCE 
COMPANIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
until 2040, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs and Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select Committee 
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on Intelligence of the Senate, a report with respect to per-
sons in China that the Secretary determines— 
(1) have operated, sold, leased, or otherwise pro-
vided, directly or indirectly, items or services related 
to targeted digital surveillance to— 
(A) a foreign government or entity located 
primarily inside a foreign country where a rea-
sonable person would assess that such transfer 
could result in a use of the items or services in 
a manner contrary to human rights; or 
(B) a country or any governmental unit 
thereof, entity, or other person determined by the 
Secretary of State, in a notice published in the 
Federal Register, to have used items or services 
for targeted digital surveillance in a manner 
contrary to human rights; or 
(2) have materially assisted, sponsored, or pro-
vided financial, material, or technological support 
for, or items or services to or in support of, the activi-
ties described in paragraph (1). 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 
by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) The name of each foreign person that the Sec-
retary determines— 
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(A) meets the requirements of subsection 
(a)(1); and 
(B) meets the requirements of subsection 
(a)(2). 
(2) The name of each intended and actual recipi-
ent of items or services described in subsection (a). 
(3) A detailed description of such items or serv-
ices. 
(4) An analysis of the appropriateness of includ-
ing the persons listed in (b)(1) on the entity list 
maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In compiling data and making 
assessments for the purposes of preparing the report re-
quired by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult 
with a wide range of organizations, including with respect 
to— 
(1) classified and unclassified information pro-
vided by the Director of National Intelligence; 
(2) information provided by the Bureau of De-
mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor’s Internet Free-
dom, Business and Human Rights section; 
(3) information provided by the Department of 
Commerce, including the Bureau of Industry and Se-
curity; 
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(4) information provided by the advisory com-
mittees established by the Secretary to advise the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Secu-
rity on controls under the Export Administration 
Regulations, including the Emerging Technology and 
Research Advisory Committee; 
(5) information on human rights and technology 
matters, as solicited from civil society and human 
rights organizations through regular consultative 
processes; and 
(6) information contained in the Country Re-
ports on Human Rights Practices published annually 
by the Department of State. 
(d) FORM AND PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.— 
The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in 
unclassified form. The report shall be posted by the Presi-
dent not later than 14 days after being submitted to Con-
gress on a text-based, searchable, and publicly available 
internet website. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) TARGETED
DIGITAL
SURVEILLANCE.—The 
term ‘‘targeted digital surveillance’’ means the use of 
items or services that enable an individual or entity 
to detect, monitor, intercept, collect, exploit, preserve, 
protect, transmit, retain, or otherwise gain access to 
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the communications, protected information, work 
product, browsing data, research, identifying infor-
mation, location history, or online and offline activi-
ties of other individuals, organizations, or entities, 
with or without the explicit authorization of such in-
dividuals, organizations, or entities. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means an individual or entity that is not a 
United States person. 
(3) IN
A
MANNER
CONTRARY
TO
HUMAN 
RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘in a manner contrary to human 
rights’’, with respect to targeted digital surveillance, 
means engaging in targeted digital surveillance— 
(A) in violation of basic human rights, in-
cluding to silence dissent, sanction criticism, 
punish independent reporting (and sources for 
that reporting), manipulate or interfere with 
democratic or electoral processes, persecute mi-
norities or vulnerable groups, or target advocates 
or practitioners of human rights and democratic 
rights (including activists, journalists, artists, 
minority communities, or opposition politi-
cians); or 
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(B) in a country in which there is lacking 
a minimum legal framework governing its use, 
including established— 
(i) authorization under laws that are 
accessible, precise, and available to the pub-
lic; 
(ii) constraints limiting its use under 
principles of necessity, proportionality, and 
legitimacy; 
(iii) oversight by bodies independent of 
the government’s executive agencies; 
(iv) involvement of an independent 
and impartial judiciary branch in author-
izing its use; or 
(v) legal remedies in case of abuse. 
TITLE V—ENSURING STRATEGIC 
SECURITY 
SEC. 501. COOPERATION ON A STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DIA-
LOGUE. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
(1) to pursue, in coordination with United 
States allies and partners, arms control negotiations 
and sustained and regular engagement with the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China (PRC)— 
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(A) to enhance understanding of each oth-
er’s respective nuclear policies, doctrine, and ca-
pabilities; 
(B) to improve transparency; and 
(C) to help manage the risks of miscalcula-
tion and misperception; 
(2) to formulate a strategy to engage the Govern-
ment of the PRC on relevant issues that lays the 
groundwork for a constructive arms control frame-
work, including— 
(A) fostering dialogue on arms control lead-
ing to the convening of strategic security talks; 
(B) negotiating norms for outer space; 
(C) developing pre-launch notification re-
gimes aimed at reducing nuclear miscalculation; 
and 
(D) expanding lines of communication be-
tween both governments for the purposes of re-
ducing the risks of conventional war and in-
creasing transparency; 
(3) to pursue relevant negotiations in coordina-
tion with United States allies and partners to ensure 
the security of United States and allied interests to 
slow the PRC’s military modernization and expan-
sion, including on— 
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(A) ground-launched cruise and ballistic 
missiles; 
(B) integrated air and missile defense; 
(C) hypersonic missiles; 
(D) intelligence, surveillance, and recon-
naissance; 
(E) space-based capabilities; 
(F) cyber capabilities; and 
(G) command, control, and communica-
tions; and 
(4) to ensure that the United States policy con-
tinues to reassure United States allies and partners. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) it is in the interest of the United States and 
China to cooperate in reducing risks of conventional 
and nuclear escalation; 
(2) a physical, cyber, electronic, or any other 
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) attack on United 
States early warning satellites, other portions of the 
nuclear command and control enterprise, or critical 
infrastructure poses a high risk to inadvertent but 
rapid escalation; 
(3) the United States and its allies and partners 
should promote international norms on military oper-
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ations in space, the employment of cyber capabilities, 
and the military use of artificial intelligence, as an 
element of risk reduction regarding nuclear command 
and control; and 
(4) United States allies and partners should 
share the burden of promoting and protecting norms 
regarding the weaponization of space, highlighting 
unsafe behavior that violates international norms, 
such as in rendezvous and proximity operations, and 
promoting responsible behavior in space and all other 
domains. 
SEC. 502. REPORT ON UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO ENGAGE 
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON NU-
CLEAR 
ISSUES 
AND 
BALLISTIC 
MISSILE 
ISSUES. 
(a) REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF UNITED STATES- 
PRC ARMS CONTROL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of Energy, shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report, and if necessary a separate clas-
sified annex, that outlines the approaches and strategies 
such Secretaries will pursue to engage the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on arms control and 
risk reduction, including— 
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(1) areas of potential dialogue between the Gov-
ernments of the United States and the PRC, includ-
ing on ballistic, hypersonic glide, and cruise missiles, 
conventional forces, nuclear, space, and cyberspace 
issues, as well as other new strategic domains, which 
could reduce the likelihood of war, limit escalation if 
a conflict were to occur, and constrain a destabilizing 
arms race in the Indo-Pacific region; 
(2) how the United States Government can en-
gage the Government of the PRC in a constructive 
arms control dialogue; 
(3) identifying strategic military capabilities of 
the PRC that the United States Government is most 
concerned about and how limiting these capabilities 
may benefit United States and allied security inter-
ests; 
(4) mechanisms to avoid, manage, or control nu-
clear, conventional, and unconventional military es-
calation between the United States and the PRC; 
(5) the personnel and expertise required to effec-
tively engage the PRC in strategic stability and arms 
control dialogues; and 
(6) opportunities and methods to encourage 
transparency from the PRC. 
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(b) REPORT ON ARMS CONTROL TALKS WITH PRC.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy, shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that describes— 
(1) a concrete plan for arms control talks with 
the PRC; 
(2) if a bilateral arms control dialogue does not 
arise, what alternative plans the Department of State 
envisages for ensuring the security of the United 
States and its allies through international arms con-
trol negotiations; 
(3) effects on the credibility of United States ex-
tended deterrence assurances to allies and partners if 
arms control negotiations do not materialize and the 
implications for regional security architectures; 
(4) efforts at engaging the PRC to join arms con-
trol talks, whether on a bilateral or international 
basis; and 
(5) the interest level of the Government of PRC 
in joining arms control talks, whether on a bilateral 
or international basis, including through— 
(A) a formal invitation to appropriate offi-
cials from the PRC, and to each of the perma-
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nent members of the United Nations Security 
Council, to observe a United States-Russian Fed-
eration New START Treaty on-site inspection to 
demonstrate the security benefits of transparency 
into strategic nuclear forces; 
(B) discussions on how to advance inter-
national negotiations on the fissile material cut- 
off; 
(C) an agreement with the PRC that allows 
for advance notifications of ballistic missile 
launches, through the Hague Code of Conduct or 
other data exchanges or doctrine discussions re-
lated to strategic nuclear forces; 
(D) an agreement not to target or interfere 
in nuclear command, control, and communica-
tions (commonly referred to as ‘‘NC3’’) infra-
structure; or 
(E) any other cooperative measure that ben-
efits United States-PRC strategic stability. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and 
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 503. COUNTERING THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHI-
NA’S PROLIFERATION OF BALLISTIC MIS-
SILES AND NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TO THE 
MIDDLE EAST. 
(a) MTCR TRANSFERS.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a writ-
ten determination, and any documentation to support that 
determination detailing— 
(1) whether any foreign person in the People’s 
Republic of China (PRC) knowingly exported, trans-
ferred, or engaged in trade of any item designated 
under Category I of the MTCR Annex to any foreign 
person in the previous three fiscal years; and 
(2) the sanctions the President has imposed or 
intends to impose pursuant to section 11B(b) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
4612(b)) against any foreign person who knowingly 
engaged in the export, transfer, or trade of that item 
or items. 
(b) PRC’S NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE COOPERATION.— 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
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this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report detailing— 
(1) whether any foreign person in the PRC en-
gaged in cooperation with any other foreign person in 
the previous three fiscal years in the construction of 
any nuclear-related fuel cycle facility or activity that 
has not been notified to the International Atomic En-
ergy Agency and would be subject to complementary 
access if an Additional Protocol was in force; and 
(2) the policy options required to prevent and re-
spond to any future effort by the PRC to export to 
any foreign person an item classified as ‘‘plants for 
the separation of isotopes of uranium’’ or ‘‘plants for 
the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear reactor fuel ele-
ments’’ under Part 110 of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission export licensing authority. 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The determination required 
under subsection (b) and the report required under sub-
section (c) shall be unclassified with a classified annex. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; and 
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(B) the Permanent Select Committee on In-
telligence and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON; PERSON.—The terms ‘‘for-
eign person’’ and ‘‘person’’ mean— 
(A) a natural person that is an alien; 
(B) a corporation, business association, 
partnership, society, trust, or any other non-
governmental entity, organization, or group, that 
is organized under the laws of a foreign country 
or has its principal place of business in a foreign 
country; 
(C) any foreign governmental entity oper-
ating as a business enterprise; and 
(D) any successor, subunit, or subsidiary of 
any entity described in subparagraph (B) or (C). 
TITLE VI—INVESTING IN A 
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE 
SEC. 601. ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC 
PRIORITIES WITH THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC 
OF CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES ACCOUNT 
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CLIMATE 
CHANGE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Special Report: Global Warming of 
1.5°C, published by the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change on October 8, 2018, and the Fourth 
National Climate Assessment, first published by the 
United States Global Change Research Program in 
2018, concluded that— 
(A) the release of greenhouse gas emissions, 
most notably the combustion of fossil fuels and 
the degradation of natural resources that absorb 
atmospheric carbon from human activity, are the 
dominant causes of climate change during the 
past century; 
(B) changes in the Earth’s climate are— 
(i) causing sea levels to rise; 
(ii) increasing the global average tem-
perature of the Earth; 
(iii) increasing the incidence and se-
verity of wildfires; and 
(iv) intensifying the severity of extreme 
weather, including hurricanes, cyclones, ty-
phoons, flooding, droughts, and other disas-
ters that threaten human life, healthy com-
munities, and critical infrastructure. 
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(2) An increase in the global average tempera-
ture of 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industri-
alized levels would cause— 
(A) the displacement, and the forced inter-
nal migration, of an estimated 143,000,000 peo-
ple in Latin America, South Asia, and Sub-Sa-
haran Africa by 2050 if insufficient action is 
taken (according to the World Bank); 
(B) the displacement of an average of 
17,800,000 people worldwide by floods every year 
(according to the Internal Displacement Moni-
toring Centre) because of the exacerbating effects 
of climate change; 
(C) more than $500,000,000,000 in lost an-
nual economic output in the United States (a 10 
percent contraction from 2018 levels) by 2100 
(according to the Fourth National Climate As-
sessment); 
(D) an additional 100,000,000 people 
worldwide to be driven into poverty by 2030 (ac-
cording to the World Bank); 
(E) greater food insecurity and decreased 
agricultural production due to climate change’s 
effects on the increased frequency and intensity 
of extreme weather events; 
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(F) the proliferation of agricultural pests 
and crop diseases, loss of biodiversity, degrading 
ecosystems, and water scarcity; and 
(G) more than 350,000,000 additional peo-
ple worldwide to be exposed to deadly heat stress 
by 2050. 
(3) According to the International Energy Agen-
cy, the United States, China, India, and the Euro-
pean Union (including the United Kingdom) account 
for more than 58 percent of global greenhouse gas 
emissions. China, which is the world’s top greenhouse 
gases emitter and has an outsized impact on the 
United States’ core interest in climate stability— 
(A) is likely to achieve its carbon emissions 
mitigation pledge to the Paris Agreement, con-
tained in its 2015 nationally determined con-
tribution, to ‘‘peak’’ emissions around 2030 
ahead of schedule; 
(B) announced, on September 22, 2020, and 
restated on April 22, 2021, a pledge to achieve 
carbon neutrality by 2060; 
(C) announced on April 22, 2021, its intent 
to strictly control coal fired power generation 
projects, as well as strictly limit the increase in 
coal consumption over the 14th five year plan 
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period and phase it down in the 15th five year 
plan period; and 
(D) however, remains uncommitted to inter-
nationally recognized metrics for achieving these 
goals. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) to address the climate crisis, the United 
States must leverage the full weight of its diplomatic 
engagement and foreign assistance to promote our na-
tional security and economic interests related to cli-
mate change; 
(2) in the absence of United States leadership on 
global issues driving international climate-related 
policymaking, it would lead to a substantial and 
harmful decline in the Nation’s global competitive-
ness; 
(3) promoting international instruments on cli-
mate action and other relevant international stand-
ards and best practices, as such standards and prac-
tices develop, serve the interests of the American peo-
ple and protect United States environmental resources 
and the planet; 
(4) promoting the adoption and implementation 
of international climate-related agreements, stand-
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ards, and practices by foreign states ensures a level 
playing field for United States businesses and other 
stakeholders; 
(5) working with international allies and part-
ners to promote environmental justice and climate 
justice serves the American people’s interests; 
(6) finding common ground with the People’s 
Republic of China (PRC) on climate action where 
possible is important, but the United States must also 
continue to hold the PRC accountable where its ac-
tions undermine the interests of the United States 
and its allies and partners; 
(7) and in furtherance of the previous clauses, 
the United States should— 
(A) explore opportunities for constructive 
cooperation on climate action initiatives with 
the PRC and other countries while ensuring the 
United States maintains its competitive advan-
tage in climate-related fields of expertise and in-
dustry, including— 
(i) support for international coopera-
tive policies, measures, and technologies to 
decarbonize industry and power, including 
through circular economy, energy storage 
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and grid reliability, carbon capture, and 
green hydrogen; and 
(ii) increased deployment of clean en-
ergy, including renewable and advanced nu-
clear power; green and climate resilient ag-
riculture; energy efficient buildings; green, 
and low-carbon transportation; 
(B) cooperate on addressing emissions of 
methane and other non-CO2 greenhouse gases; 
(C) cooperate on addressing emissions from 
international civil aviation and maritime activi-
ties; 
(D) reduce emissions from coal, oil, and 
gas; 
(E) implement the Paris Agreement that 
significantly advances global climate ambition 
on mitigation, adaptation, and support; 
(F) coordinate among relevant federal, state, 
and local departments and agencies on climate 
action related initiatives; 
(G) provide resources, authorities and sup-
port for enhancing United States ambition and 
commitment to solving the climate crisis includ-
ing climate action specific assistance and multi-
lateral fund contributions; and 
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(H) integrate considerations for climate 
change into broader United States foreign policy 
decision-making and the United States national 
security apparatus. 
(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-
vide authorities, resources, policies, and recommended ad-
ministrative actions— 
(1) to restore United States global leadership on 
addressing the climate crisis and make United States 
climate action and climate diplomacy a more central 
tenet of United States foreign policy; 
(2) to improve the United States commitment to 
taking more ambitious action to help mitigate global 
greenhouse gas emission and improve developing 
countries’ resilience and adaptation capacities to the 
effects of climate change; 
(3) to ensure the United States maintains com-
petitive advantage over global strategic competitors in 
diplomacy and new technological development; 
(4) to encourage the pursuit of new bilateral co-
operation agreements with other world powers on ini-
tiatives to advance global clean energy innovation 
and other measures to mitigate global greenhouse gas 
emissions and improve climate change adaptation ca-
pacities; 
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(5) to ensure that the United States national se-
curity apparatus integrates critically important data 
on the compounding effects that climate change is 
having on global security risks by enhancing our un-
derstanding of how, where, and when such effects are 
destabilizing countries and regions in ways that may 
motivate conflict, displacement, and other drivers of 
insecurity; and 
(6) to authorize funding and programs to sup-
port a reaffirmation of the United States’ commit-
ments to international cooperation and support for 
developing and vulnerable countries to take climate 
action. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 
(1) CLEAN ENERGY.—The term ‘‘clean energy’’ 
means— 
(A) renewable energy and related systems; 
(B) energy production processes that emit 
zero greenhouse gas emissions, including nuclear 
power; 
(C) systems and processes that capture and 
permanently store greenhouse gas emissions from 
fossil fuel production and electricity generation 
units; and 
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(D) products, processes, facilities, or systems 
designed to retrofit and improve the energy effi-
ciency and electricity generated from electrical 
generation units, while using less fuel, less or 
fewer power production resources, or less feed-
stocks. 
(2) CLIMATE
ACTION.—The term ‘‘climate ac-
tion’’ means enhanced efforts to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions and strengthen resilience and adaptive ca-
pacity to climate-induced impacts, including— 
(A) climate-related hazards in all countries; 
(B) integrating climate change measures 
into national policies, strategies and planning; 
and 
(C) improving education, awareness-rais-
ing, and human and institutional capacity with 
respect to climate change mitigation, adaptation, 
impact reduction, and early warning. 
(3) CLIMATE CRISIS.—The term ‘‘climate crisis’’ 
means the social, economic, health, safety, and secu-
rity impacts on people, and the threats to biodiversity 
and natural ecosystem health, which are attributable 
to the wide-variety of effects on global environmental 
and atmospheric conditions as a result of disruptions 
to the Earth’s climate from anthropogenic activities 
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(D) integrating tracking and monitoring 
systems into industrial processes; 
(E) fostering research to improve scientific 
understanding of— 
(i) how high concentrations of black 
carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC affect 
human health, safety, and our environment; 
(ii) changes in the amount and re-
gional concentrations of black carbon and 
methane emissions, based on scientific mod-
eling and forecasting; 
(iii) effective means to sequester black 
carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC; and 
(iv) other related areas of research the 
United States representatives deem nec-
essary; 
(F) encouraging the World Bank, the Inter-
national Monetary Fund, and other inter-
national finance organizations— 
(i) to prioritize efforts to combat black 
carbon, methane, and high-GWP HFC; and 
(ii) to enhance transparency by pro-
viding sufficient and adequate information 
to facilitate independent verification of 
their climate finance reporting; 
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plementation, monitoring, and evaluation of 
activities; and 
(iii) with equitable sharing of profits 
and benefits derived from the activities with 
local communities, indigenous peoples, and 
forest-dependent communities; and 
(G) with respect to assistance for all activi-
ties under this section, seek to ensure the estab-
lishment and enforcement of legal regimes, stand-
ards, processes, and safeguards by the country in 
which the activities are conducted, as a condition 
of such assistance or as a proposed activity for 
which such assistance may be provided, which— 
(i) protect the rights and interests of 
local communities, indigenous peoples, for-
est-dependent communities, human rights 
defenders, and vulnerable social groups; and 
(ii) promote consultations with local 
communities, indigenous peoples, and for-
est-dependent communities in affected areas, 
as partners and primary stakeholders, be-
fore and during the design, planning, im-
plementation, monitoring, and evaluation of 
activities under this section; and 
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