; or (2) the requirement to enter into a Compact under section 609 of that Act ( 22 U.S.C. 7708 ). (i) Trade and Development Agency The Trade and Development Agency may provide assistance under the section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2421 ) to all Americas partner countries, without regard to the limitation under subsection (a) of that section, for purposes of supporting the near-shoring of strategic supply chains. (j) Technical assistance The United States Agency for International Development, the Corporation, the Trade and Development Agency, and other relevant agencies shall provide technical assistance with respect to the near-shoring of strategic supply chains. 255. Transformational Energy Development (a) Chief Energy Officer The BUILD Act of 2018 ( 22 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 1402— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) Early-stage project technical assistance The term early-stage project technical assistance includes— (A) feasibility studies; (B) resource evaluations; (C) project appraisal and costing; (D) pilot projects; (E) commercial support, such as trade missions, reverse trade missions, technical workshops, international buyer projects, and international partner searchers to link supplies to projects; (F) technical assistance and other guidance to improve the local regulatory environment and market frameworks to encourage transparent competition and enhance energy security; and (G) long-term energy sector planning. ; (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) the following: (4) Multilateral development banks The term multilateral development banks has the meaning given that term in section 1701(c) of the International Financial Institutions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 262r(c) ).