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HCONRES 44 101th Congress House International Affairs Conservation of natural resources Environmental Protection Federal Reserve System Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign loans Forest conservation Government Operations and Politics Government corporations International environmental cooperation Multilateral development banks Tropical forests

Calling on the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to, and bank regulators to encourage banks to, reduce the debt service burden of debtor nations in exchange for steps taken by such nations to protect tropical rain forests and other natural resources.

Introduced: February 6, 1989 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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To President
Became law
Mar 1, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade, and Monetary Policy.
Feb 6, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.
Feb 6, 1989
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls on the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and urges the Comptroller of the Currency, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to encourage each bank under their respective jurisdictions, to enter into agreements to reduce the outstanding debt burden of debtor nation clients if such nations agree to protect their tropical rain forests and other natural resources.

What's happening now March 1, 1989

Referred to the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade, and Monetary Policy.

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