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
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Passed Senate
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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
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.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade, and Monetary Policy.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1