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 PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3005 (C) provide financial assistance to support projects. (2) The financial assistance authorized by this section may be— (A) provided in combination with other forms of financial assistance, including non-Federal funding that may be available for the project; and (B) utilized in conjunction with financial assistance programs available through other Federal agencies. (3) United States obligations under the Arrangement on Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits established through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shall be applicable to this section. (e) SOLICITATIONS FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS.—(1) Pursuant to the agreements under subsection (a), the Secretary, through the Agency for International Development, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and subsequently as appropriate thereafter, shall solicit proposals from United States firms for the design, construction, testing, and operation of the project or projects identified under subsection (c) which propose to utilize a United States technology or service. Each solicitation under this section shall establish a closing date for receipt of proposals. (2) The solicitation under this subsection shall, to the extent appropriate, be modeled afl«r the RFP No. DE -PS01-90FE62271 Clean Coal Technology IV, as administered by the Department of Energy. (3) Any solicitation made under this subsection shall include the following requirements: (A) The United States firm that submits a proposal in response to the solicitation shall have an equity interest in the proposed project. (B) The project shall utilize a United States technology, including services related thereto, that substantially reduce environmental pollutants, including greenhouse gases, in meeting the applicable energy and environmental requirements of the host country. (C) Proposals for projects shall be submitted by and undertaken with a United States firm, although a joint venture or other teaming arrangement with a non-United States manufacturer or other non-United States entity is permissible. (f) ASSISTANCE TO UNITED STATES FIRMS.—Pursuant to the agreements under subsection (a), the Secretary, through the Agency for International Development, and in consultation with the interagency working group, shall establish a procedure to provide financial assistance to United States firms under this section for a project identified under subsection (c) where solicitations for the project are being conducted by the host country or by a multilateral lending institution. (g) OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. —Pursuant to the agreements under subsection (a), the Secretary, through the Agency for International Development, and in consultation with the interagency working group, shall— (1) establish eligibility criteria for countries that will host projects; (2) periodically review the energy needs of such countries and export opportunities for United States firms for the development of projects in such countries;

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