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 PUBLIC LAW 101-167—NOV. 21, 1989 103 STAT. 1229 ance shall be subject to sections 116, 602B, and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (3) In providing assistance relating to tropical forests, the Administrator of that Agency shall, to the extent feasible and appropriate, assist countries in developing a systematic analysis of the appropriate use of their total tropical forest resources, with the goal of developing a national program for sustainable forestry. (b) ENERGY ASSISTANCE. —(1) In order to achieve the maximum impact from activities relating to energy, the Agency for Inter- national Development shall focus energy assistance activities on the key countries, where assistance would have the greatest impact on reducing emissions from greenhouse gases. Such assistance shall be focused on improved energy efficiency, increased use of renewable energy resources and national energy plans (such as least-cost energy plans) which include investment in end-use efficiency and renewable energy resources. (2) Funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of sections 103 and 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used by the Agency for International Development, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of supporting energy programs aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases related to global warming with regard to the key countries, except that such assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (3) It is the sense of the Congress that the Agency for Inter- national Development should increase its efforts in the fields of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy planning. Such increase should take place with respect to key countries and coun- tries with large Economic Support Fund project assistance. Such efforts should include— (A) an increase in the number of Agency for International Development staff with energy expertise, including staff with expertise in renewable energy technologies and end-use efficiency; (B) assistance to develop analyses of energy-sector actions that could minimize emissions of greenhouse gases at least cost, while at the same time meeting basic economic and social development needs. Such assistance should include country- specific Einalyses which compare the economic and environ- mental costs of actions to promote energy efficiency and nonconventional renewable energy with the economic and environmental costs of investments to provide additional conventional energy supplies; (C) assistance to develop energy-sector plans that employ end- ^ use analysis and other techniques to identify the most cost- effective actions to minimize increased reliance on fossil fuels, ^ ensuring to the maximum extent feasible that nongovernmental organizations and academic institutions are involved in this planning; (D) insuring that AID energy assistance—including support for private-sector initiatives—is consistent with the analyses and plans described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) above, and ^ that environmental impacts (including that on global warming) f and alternatives have been fully analyzed; (E) assistance to im'prove efficiency in the production, trans- ^ mission, distribution, and use of energy. Such assistance should focus on the development of institutions to (i) promote energy

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