A bill to prohibit the United States International Development Finance Corporation from imposing restrictions on the source of energy used by power-generation projects intended to provide affordable electricity in IDA-eligible countries or IDA-blend countries and to require the Corporation to promote a technology- and fuel-neutral, all-of-the-above energy development strategy for such countries.
Summary
This bill prohibits the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation from prohibiting or restricting the source of energy used by a power-generation project that has as its purpose the provision of affordable electricity in certain countries. Such countries are those that are eligible for support either solely from the International Development Association (IDA) or jointly from the IDA and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Further, the corporation (1) may not reject a power-generation project in such a country based on the source of energy used by the project; and (2) must promote a technology- and fuel-neutral energy development strategy for such countries that includes the use of oil, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric, wind, solar, and geothermal power and other sources of energy.
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Introduction
Jul 2021
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Introduced Jul 28, 2021
Last action Jul 28, 2021
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Jul 28, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Jul 28, 2021
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
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Party
State
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John Barrasso
RRepublican
Co
Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
Co
Cynthia M. Lummis
RRepublican
Co
James E. Risch
RRepublican
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
John Boozman
RRepublican
Co
John Cornyn
RRepublican
Co
Kevin Cramer
RRepublican
Co
Mike Crapo
RRepublican
Co
Rick Scott
RRepublican
Co
Ted Cruz
RRepublican
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