---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 7707"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "7707"
heading: "Congressional and public notification of candidate countries, eligibility criteria, and eligible countries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/7707"
units:
  - "Chapter 84 — Millennium Challenge"
---

# §7707. Congressional and public notification of candidate countries, eligibility criteria, and eligible countries

- (a) **Identification of candidate countries—** Not later than 90 days prior to the date on which the [Board](/usc/22/7702.md?p=2) determines [eligible countries](/usc/22/7702.md?p=7) under [section 7706 of this title](/usc/22/7706.md) for a fiscal year, the [Chief Executive Officer](/usc/22/7702.md?p=4)—
  - (1) shall prepare and submit to the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/22/7702.md?p=1) a report that contains a list of all [candidate countries](/usc/22/7702.md?p=3) identified under [section 7705 of this title](/usc/22/7705.md), and all countries that would be [candidate countries](/usc/22/7702.md?p=3) if the countries met the requirement contained in [section 7705(a)(2) of this title](/usc/22/7705.md?p=a-2), for the fiscal year; and
  - (2) shall publish in the Federal Register the information contained in the report described in [paragraph (1)](#a-1).
- (b) **Identification of eligibility criteria and methodology—** Not later than 60 days prior to the date on which the [Board](/usc/22/7702.md?p=2) determines [eligible countries](/usc/22/7702.md?p=7) under [section 7706 of this title](/usc/22/7706.md) for a fiscal year, the [Chief Executive Officer](/usc/22/7702.md?p=4)—
  - (1) shall prepare and submit to the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/22/7702.md?p=1) a report that contains a list of the criteria and methodology described in subsections (a) and (b) of [section 7706 of this title](/usc/22/7706.md) that will be used to determine eligibility for each [candidate country](/usc/22/7702.md?p=3) identified under [subsection (a)](#a);
  - (2) shall publish in the Federal Register the information contained in the report described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1); and
  - (3) may conduct one or more public hearings on the eligibility criteria and methodology.
- (c) **Public comment and congressional consultation—**
  - (1) **Public comment—** The [Chief Executive Officer](/usc/22/7702.md?p=4) shall, for the 30-day period beginning on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the information contained in the report described in [subsection (b)(1)](#b-1), accept public comment and consider such comment for purposes of determining [eligible countries](/usc/22/7702.md?p=7) under [section 7706 of this title](/usc/22/7706.md).
  - (2) **Congressional consultation—** The [Chief Executive Officer](/usc/22/7702.md?p=4) shall consult with the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/22/7702.md?p=1) on the extent to which the [candidate countries](/usc/22/7702.md?p=3) meet the criteria described in [section 7706(b) of this title](/usc/22/7706.md?p=b).
- (d) **Identification of eligible countries—** Not later than 5 days after the date on which the [Board](/usc/22/7702.md?p=2) determines [eligible countries](/usc/22/7702.md?p=7) under [section 7706 of this title](/usc/22/7706.md) for a fiscal year, the [Chief Executive Officer](/usc/22/7702.md?p=4)—
  - (1) shall prepare and submit to the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/22/7702.md?p=1) a report that contains a list of all such [eligible countries](/usc/22/7702.md?p=7), an identification of those countries on such list with respect to which the [Board](/usc/22/7702.md?p=2) will seek to enter into a [Compact](/usc/22/7702.md?p=5) under [section 7708 of this title](/usc/22/7708.md), and a justification for such eligibility determination and selection for [Compact](/usc/22/7702.md?p=5) negotiation; and
  - (2) shall publish in the Federal Register the information contained in the report described in [paragraph (1)](#d-1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–199, div. D, title VI, § 608, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 217; Pub. L. 118–159, div. E, title LI, § 5122(c)(1), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2430.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted “section 7705(a)(2)” for “section 7705(a)(1)(B)”.