Millennium Challenge Compact Improvement Act (MCIA) - Amends the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to authorize under specified circumstances: (1) Millennium Challenge Compacts in excess of five years; and (2) concurrent Compacts.
States that assistance may be provided through a Compact with a country individually and/or through a Compact with two or more countries in the same geographic region collectively.
Sets forth provisions regarding suspension or termination of regional Compacts.
[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 7165 Introduced in House (IH)]
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.
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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
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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 Representatives 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
(2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new
subsection:
``(j) Duration of Compact.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (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 subparagraph (2), the Board, acting through
the Chief Executive Officer, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional 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
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) (as amended by
subsection (a)) the following new subsection:
``(k) Concurrent and Subsequent Compacts.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to the requirements 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 eligible 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
demonstrable progress in implementing the terms of its
existing Compact and supplementary agreements thereto.
``(B) Subsequent compacts.--An eligible 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 the country and the United States and
supplementary agreements thereto, or the Board
determines that the eligible country has demonstrated
sufficient capacity to perform successfully on a
subsequent Compact.''.
(c) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
apply with respect to Compacts entered into between the United States
and an eligible country 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 inserting ``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
provided 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--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) an entity, structure, or other arrangement
established by two or more eligible countries in connection
with a regional Compact.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Compact.--Section 609(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
7708(a)) is amended by inserting after ``only if the country''
the following: ``(or countries, in the case of a regional
Compact)''.
(2) Assistance for development of compact.--Section 609(g)
of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7708(g)) is amended--
(A) by inserting after ``eligible country'' the
following: ``(or countries, in the case of a regional
compact)''; and
(B) by inserting at the end before the period the
following: ``(or countries, as appropriate)''.
(3) Suspension and termination of assistance.--Section 611
of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7710) is amended--
(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 determination consistent
with subsection (a); and
``(2) reinstate assistance for a country or countries, as
appropriate, based on a determination consistent with
subsection (b).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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