; (ii) improving and expanding the capacity of foreign industries to responsibly manage waste; (iii) improving and expanding the capacity and transparency of tracking mechanisms for marine debris to reduce the impacts on the marine environment; (iv) eliminating incentives that undermine responsible waste management practices and lead to improper waste disposal practices and leakage; (v) building the capacity of countries— (I) to monitor, regulate, and manage waste, plastic waste, and pollution appropriately and transparently; (II) to encourage private investment in waste management, including collection services and responsible and beneficial reuse of plastic waste products; and (III) to encourage private investment, grow opportunities, and develop markets for recyclable, reusable, and repurposed plastic waste materials, and products with high levels of recycled plastic content, at both national and local levels; and (vi) promoting safe and affordable reusable alternatives to disposable plastic products, to the extent practicable; and (D) to research, identify, and facilitate opportunities to promote collection and proper disposal of damaged or derelict fishing gear. (b) Officials specified The officials specified in this subsection are the following: (1) The United States Trade Representative. (2) The Under Secretary. (3) The EPA Administrator. (4) The Director of the Trade and Development Agency. (5) The President and the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation or the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, as appropriate. (6) The Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. (7) The heads of such other agencies as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (c) Prioritization In carrying out subsection (a), the officials specified in subsection (b) shall prioritize assistance to countries with— (1) rapidly developing economies