Sec. 113. United States support for infrastructure
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The Global Infrastructure Coordinating Committee
(GICC)was established to coordinate the efforts of the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Trade and Development Agency, the Development Finance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and other agencies to catalyze private sector investments around the world and the deployment of United States Government technical assistance and development finance tools, including project preparation services and commercial advocacy. It is the sense of Congress that— the world’s infrastructure needs, including in the transport, energy, and digital sectors, are vast and growing; total or partial acquisition of, or a significant financial stake or physical presence in, certain types of infrastructure, including ports, energy grids, 5G telecommunications networks, and undersea cables, can provide an advantage to countries that do not share the interests and values of the United States and its allies and partners, and could therefore be deleterious to the interests and values of the United States and its allies and partners; the United States must continue to prioritize support for infrastructure projects that are physically secure, financially viable, economically sustainable, and socially responsible; achieving the objective outlined in paragraph
(3)requires the coordination of all United States Government economic tools across the interagency, so that such tools are deployed way to maximize United States interests and that of its allies and partners; the GICC represents an important and concrete step toward better communication and coordination across the United States Government of economic tools relevant to supporting infrastructure that is physically secure, financially viable, economically sustainable, and socially responsible, and should be continued; and the executive branch and Congress should have consistent consultations on United States support for strategic infrastructure projects, including how the Congress can support such initiatives in the future. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and semi-annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordination with other Federal agencies that participate in the GICC, and, as appropriate, the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that identifies— current and pending or future infrastructure projects, particularly in the transport, energy, and digital sectors, that the United States is supporting or will support through financing, foreign assistance, technical assistance, or other means; a detailed explanation of the United States and partner country interests served by the United States providing support to such projects; and a detailed description of any support provided by other United States allies and partners to such projects. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.