This bill modifies budget treatment for equity investments made by the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.
Under current law, such equity investments are treated like grants for federal budgetary scoring, which requires the government to provide through appropriations the full amount that may be invested (i.e., dollar-for-dollar funding).
The bill instead deems such equity investments a federal credit program. As a result, such investments are scored based on an estimated repayment rate, and appropriation of the full investment amount is not required.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7570 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7570
To amend the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development
Act of 2018 to facilitate increased equity investments under that Act.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 9, 2020
Mr. Yoho (for himself and Mr. Smith of Washington) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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A BILL
To amend the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development
Act of 2018 to facilitate increased equity investments under that Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FACILITATION OF INCREASED EQUITY INVESTMENTS UNDER THE
BETTER UTILIZATION OF INVESTMENTS LEADING TO DEVELOPMENT
ACT OF 2018.
(a) Applicability of Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.--Section
1421(c) of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development
Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9621(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(7) Applicability of federal credit reform act of 1990.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraphs (B) and
(C), support provided under paragraph (1) with respect
to a project shall be considered to be a Federal credit
program that is subject to the Federal Credit Reform
Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) for purposes of
applying the requirements of such Act to such support.
``(B) Determination of cost.--
``(i) In general.--For purposes of section
502(5) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990
(2 U.S.C. 661a(5) et seq.) the cost of support
provided under paragraph (1) with respect to a
project shall be the net present value, at the
time when funds are disbursed to provide the
support, of the following estimated cash flows:
``(I) The purchase price of the
support.
``(II) Dividends, redemptions, and
other shareholder distributions during
the term of the support.
``(III) Proceeds received upon a
sale, redemption, or other liquidation
of the support.
``(IV) Adjustments for risk of
estimated losses, if any.
``(ii) Changes in terms included.--The
estimated cash flows described in subclauses
(I) through (IV) of clause (i) shall include
the effects of changes in terms resulting from
the exercise of options included in the
agreement to provide the support.
``(C) Reestimate of cost.--When the estimated cost
of support provided under paragraph (1) with respect to
a project made in a single fiscal year is reestimated
in a subsequent year, the difference between the
reestimated cost and the previous cost estimate shall
be paid from the balances available in the Corporate
Capital Account established under section 1434.''.
(b) Funding for Corporate Capital Account.--Section 1434(b) of the
Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018
(22 U.S.C. 9634(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
``(7) receipts of reestimated costs received pursuant to
section 1421(c).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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