I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7165 
To amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to authorize regional and 
concurrent compacts under that Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 
Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mr. CRENSHAW) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to authorize 
regional and concurrent compacts under that Act, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Millennium Challenge 
Compact Improvement Act (MCIA)’’. 
SEC. 2. MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE COMPACT. 
(a) DURATION OF COMPACTS.—Section 609 of the 
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7708) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (j); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(j) DURATION OF COMPACT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (2), the duration of a Compact shall not 
exceed 5 years. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The duration of a Compact 
(including a regional Compact) may exceed 5 years 
if the Board— 
‘‘(A) determines that the Compact includes 
a project that cannot be completed in 5 years 
or less; and 
‘‘(B) approves a duration for the Compact 
of not more than 10 years. 
‘‘(3) ADVANCE NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
15 days before the Board approves a duration for a 
Compact that exceeds 5 years pursuant to subpara-
graph (2), the Board, acting through the Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer, shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees an advance notification of 
such approval, including a detailed explanation for 
the determination and approval.’’. 
(b) CONCURRENT AND SUBSEQUENT COMPACTS.— 
Section 609 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7708) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (k); and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (j) (as amend-
ed by subsection (a)) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) CONCURRENT AND SUBSEQUENT COMPACTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to the require-
ments of paragraph (2), and in accordance with the 
requirements of this title, an eligible country and the 
United States— 
‘‘(A) may enter into and have in effect 
more than one Compact at any given time; and 
‘‘(B) may enter into subsequent Compacts 
after the expiration of existing Compacts. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) CONCURRENT COMPACTS.—An eligi-
ble country and the United States may enter 
into a concurrent Compact (including a regional 
Compact) only if the Board determines that the 
country is making considerable and demon-
strable progress in implementing the terms of 
its existing Compact and supplementary agree-
ments thereto. 
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT COMPACTS.—An eligi-
ble country and the United States may enter 
into a subsequent Compact only if the Board 
determines that the country has substantially 
met the objectives of prior Compacts between 
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the country and the United States and supple-
mentary agreements thereto, or the Board de-
termines that the eligible country has dem-
onstrated sufficient capacity to perform success-
fully on a subsequent Compact.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a) and (b) apply with respect to Compacts en-
tered into between the United States and an eligible coun-
try under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 before, 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
613(b)(2)(A) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7712(b)(2)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘Compact’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘any’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF REGIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) ASSISTANCE.—Section 605(a) of the Millennium 
Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7704(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The 
assistance contemplated by this subsection may be pro-
vided through a Compact with a country individually and/ 
or through a Compact with two or more countries in the 
same geographic region collectively.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Section 605(c) of such Act 
(22 U.S.C. 7704(c)) is amended— 
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(A) by redesignating subsections (c) and 
(d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) REGIONAL COMPACTS.—In the case of a regional 
compact, the Chief Executive Officer may— 
‘‘(1) after consultation with the Board, suspend 
or terminate assistance in whole or in part to one or 
more countries, as appropriate, based on a deter-
mination consistent with subsection (a); and 
‘‘(2) reinstate assistance for a country or coun-
tries, as appropriate, based on a determination con-
sistent with subsection (b).’’. 
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