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HR 3398 101th Congress House International Affairs American economic assistance Credit unions Free enterprise Hungary Poland

To encourage United States assistance for the development and capitalization of cooperative credit unions in Poland and Hungary.

Introduced: October 3, 1989 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 1989
See H.R.3402.
Oct 16, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance.
Oct 3, 1989
Introduced in House
Oct 3, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Oct 3, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Polish-American and Hungarian-American Enterprise Funds (established pursuant to legislation to support private sector development in Poland and Hungary) to use specified amounts of funding to support the development of indigenous credit unions in Poland and Hungary.

Declares that it is U.S. policy to allow U.S. persons and financial institutions to provide financial and technical assistance to credit unions in Poland and Hungary to the extent that, in the case of federally insured depository institutions, such assistance is prudent and consistent with safe and sound banking practice.

What's happening now October 19, 1989

See H.R.3402.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3402 Procedurally related Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 3, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3398: To encourage United States assistance for the development and capitalization of cooperative credit unions in Poland and Hungary.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-3398/
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