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HRES 178 101th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should instruct the United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the…

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should instruct the United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Rec… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should instruct the United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank to oppose the making of loans or the extension of any financial or technical assistance to the People's Republic of China in accordance with section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act.

Introduced: July 18, 1989 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Agreed to (House)
Jul 15, 1989
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade, and Monetary Policy.
Jun 20, 1989
Referred to the House Committee on Banking, Finance + Urban Affrs.
Jun 20, 1989
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 15, 1989

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should: (1) instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank to oppose the making of any loan, or the extension of any financial or technical assistance, to the People's Republic of China; and (2) consider China to be engaged in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights for purposes of the International Financial Institutions Act until the President determines that the repression and reprisals against persons in connection with the prodemocracy demonstrations have ended.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 1
FROST, MARTIN
· Jul 18, 1989
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jun 22, 1989
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 22, 1989
KLECZKA, GERALD
· Jun 20, 1989
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Jun 20, 1989
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Jun 20, 1989
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 178: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should instruct the United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank to oppose the making of loans or the extension of any financial or technical assistance to the People's Republic of China in accordance with section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-178/
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"H. Res. 178: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should instruct the United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank to oppose the making of loans or the extension of any financial or technical assistance to the People's Republic of China in accordance with section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-178/.
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H. Res. 178, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-178/.
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[H. Res. 178: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should instruct the United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank to oppose the making of loans or the extension of any financial or technical assistance to the People's Republic of China in accordance with section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act.](https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HRES-178/)
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