#aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #hdfc  ,,an ,,act  ,to modify the   
requirements under the ,millennium      
,challenge ,act of #bjjc for candidate  
countries1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,millennium ,challenge ,corporation 
,eligibility ,expansion ,act4  #b4      
,modifications of requirements to become
 a candidate country ,section #fjf of   
the ,millennium ,challenge ,act of #bjjc
 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ggje7 is amended to    
read as follows3  #fjf4 ,candidate      
countries  7a7 ,in general ,a country   
shall be a candidate country for        
purposes of eligibility for receiving   
assistance under section #fje if-- 7#a7 
the per capita income of the country is 
equal to or less than the gross national
 income per capita of the #abeth poorest
 country as identified by the ,world    
,bank for the fiscal year2 and  7#b7    
subject to subsection 7b71 the country  
is not ineligible to receive ,united    
,states economic assistance under part  

,i of the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of  
#aifa by reason of the application of   
any provision of the ,foreign           
,assistance ,act of #aifa or any other  
provision of law4  7b7 ,rule of         
construction ,for the purposes of       
determining whether a country is        
eligible for receiving assistance under 
section #fje pursuant to subsection     
7a77#b71 the exercise by the ,president1
 the ,secretary of ,state1 or any other 
officer or employee of the ,united      
,states of any waiver or suspension of  
any provision of law referred to in such
 paragraph1 and notification to the     
appropriate congressional committees in 
accordance with such provision of law1  
shall be construed as satisfying the    
requirements of such subsection4  7c7   
,identification by the ,board ,the      
,board shall identify whether a country 
is a candidate country for purposes of  
this section4  4  #c4 ,conforming       
amendments  7a7 ,amendment to           
,millennium ,challenge ,compact         

authority ,section #fji7;b77#b7 of the  
,millennium ,challenge ,act of #bjjc    
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ggjh7;b77#b77 is        
amended--  7#a7 by striking the heading 
and inserting ,country contributions2   
and  7#b7 by striking with respect to a 
lower middle income country described in
 section #fjf7;b714  7b7 ,amendment ,to 
report identifying candidate countries  
,section #fjh7;a77#a7 of the ,millennium
 ,challenge ,act of #bjjc 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #ggjg7;a77#a77 is amended by striking  
section #fjf7;a77#a77;,b7 and inserting 
section #fjf7;a77#b74  7c7 ,amendment to
 authorization ,to provide assistance   
for candidate countries ,section        
#faf7;b77#a7 of the ,millennium         
,challenge ,act of #bjjc 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 
#ggae7;b77#a77 is amended by striking   
subsection 7a7 or 7b7 of section #fjf   
and inserting section #fjf7;a74  #d4    
,modification to factors in determining 
eligibility ,section #fjg7;c77#b7 of the
 ,millennium ,challenge ,act of #bjjc   
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ggjf7;c77#b77 is amended

 in the matter preceding subparagraph   
7,a7 by striking consider and inserting 
prioritize need and impact by           
considering4  ,passed the ,house of     
,representatives ,september #bi1        
#bjbb4;,clerk4