---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 17335"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "17335"
heading: "Actions by United States Trade and Development Agency"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/17335"
units:
  - "Chapter 152 — Energy Independence and Security"
  - "Subchapter VIII — International Energy Programs"
  - "Part A — Assistance To Promote Clean and Efficient Energy Technologies in Foreign Countries"
---

# §17335. Actions by United States Trade and Development Agency

- (a) **Assistance authorized—** The [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Trade and Development [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) shall establish or support policies that—
  - (1) proactively seek opportunities to fund [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) that involve the utilization of [clean and efficient energy technologies](/usc/42/17321.md?p=2), including in trade capacity building and capital investment [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2);
  - (2) where appropriate, advance the utilization of [clean and efficient energy technologies](/usc/42/17321.md?p=2), particularly to countries that have the potential for significant reduction in [greenhouse gas](/usc/42/17321.md?p=3) emissions; and
  - (3) recruit and retain individuals with appropriate expertise or experience in clean, renewable, and efficient energy technologies to identify and evaluate opportunities for [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) that involve [clean and efficient energy technologies](/usc/42/17321.md?p=2) and services.
- (b) **Report—** The President shall include in the annual report on the activities of the Trade and Development [Agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) required under [section 2421(d) of title 22](/usc/22/2421.md?p=d) a description of the activities carried out to implement this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–140, title IX, § 915, Dec. 19, 2007, 121 Stat. 1727.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.