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HRES 178 101th Congress House International Affairs China Democracy Foreign loans Human rights Multilateral development banks Public demonstrations Technical assistance

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: June 20, 1989 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
 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.

What's happening now July 15, 1989

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 2