HCONRES 132
106th Congress
House
International Affairs
Debt relief
Developing countries
Economic development
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign loans
Gold reserves
International agencies
International monetary system
Multilateral development banks
Expressing the sense of the Congress in opposition to the use of proceeds from gold sales by the International Monetary Fund for structural adjustment programs in developing countries.
Introduced: June 14, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Jun 14, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services.
Jun 14, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the external debt of developing countries with Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) loans nearly doubled and their economic growth was slower than that for non-ESAF developing countries; (2) poor countries should no longer have to go through years of harsh International Monetary Fund (IMF)-imposed policies; (3) it should be U.S. policy to oppose gold sales to fund the IMF's ESAF program; and (4) any proceeds from the sale or other conversion of IMF gold stocks should go directly to cancel debts owed to the IMF and not to programs controlled by the IMF or the World Bank.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Committees of jurisdiction
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