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Did you read it yet? My God!!!! I can't even venture a guess as to what this would cost and what it would do this country? It is mind boggling. There is new committee after committee. There are so many hidden give aways in this it's nothing short of intentional attempt to destroy this country. We pay, gives that POS in the WH our money to give to foreign countries.

(c) Distribution of Funds by HHS- In carrying out this subpart, the Secretary may make funds deposited in the Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Fund available to--

(1) other departments, agencies, and offices of the Federal Government;

(2) foreign, State, tribal, and local governments; and (3) such other entities as the Secretary determines appropriate.

1) CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION TO MULTILATERAL FUNDS OR INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS- In any fiscal year, the Secretary of State, or such other Federal agency head as the President may designate, in consultation with the Administrator of USAID, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall distribute at least 40 percent and up to 60 percent of the allowances available to carry out the Program to one or more multilateral funds or international institutions that meet the requirements of paragraph

(2), if any such fund or institution exists, and shall annually certify in a report to the appropriate congressional committees that any multilateral fund or international institution receiving allowances under this section meets the requirements of paragraph (2) or that no multilateral fund or international institution that meets the requirements of paragraph (2) exists, as the case may be. The Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not less than 15 days prior to any transfer of allowances to a multilateral fund or international institution pursuant to this section.

SEC. 495. BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.

(a) Activities and Foreign Aid-

(1) IN GENERAL- In order to achieve the purposes of this part, the Administrator of USAID may carry out programs and activities and distribute allowances to any private or public group (including international organizations and faith-based organizations), association, or other entity engaged in peaceful activities to--

(A) provide assistance to the most vulnerable developing countries for--

(i) the development of national or regional climate change adaptation plans, including a systematic assessment of socioeconomic vulnerabilities in order to identify the most vulnerable communities and populations; (ii) associated national policies; and

(iii) planning, financing, and execution of adaptation programs and activities;

(B) support investments, capacity-building activities, and other assistance, to reduce vulnerability and promote community-level resilience related to climate change and its impacts in the most vulnerable developing countries, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health, human migration, or other social, economic, political, cultural, or environmental matters;

(D) reduce vulnerability and provide increased resilience to climate change for local communities and livelihoods in the most vulnerable developing countries by encouraging