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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 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
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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 Congressional Research Service

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 June 25, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

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