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HR 3621 104th Congress House

MacBride Principles of Economic Justice Act of 1996

Official title: To amend the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 to require that disbursements from the International Fund for Ireland are distributed in accordance with… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 to require that disbursements from the International Fund for Ireland are distributed in accordance with the MacBride principles of economic justice, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 11, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Jun 12, 1996
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

MacBride Principles of Economic Justice Act of 1996 - Amends the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 to revise its purposes to require that U.S. contributions to the International Fund for Ireland be disbursed in accordance with the MacBride principles of economic justice, as specified.

Authorizes the United States to make contributions to the Fund only if the President certifies to the Congress that, among other things, disbursements from the Fund will be distributed in accordance with the principles of economic justice and will create employment opportunities in communities of Northern Ireland suffering the highest rates of unemployment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 27, 1996
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 24, 1996
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Jul 11, 1996
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 11, 1996
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 12, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3621: MacBride Principles of Economic Justice Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3621/
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