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HRES 888 109th Congress House

Urging multilateral financial institutions to cancel Haiti's debts to such institutions under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative…

Official title: Urging multilateral financial institutions to cancel Haiti's debts to such institutions under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the M… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Urging multilateral financial institutions to cancel Haiti's debts to such institutions under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative immediately, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 26, 2006 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Caribbean areaDebt reliefDevelopment credit institutionsHaiti
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Jun 22, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jun 22, 2006
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 Latest action June 22, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urges: (1) the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and other multilateral financial institutions to cancel Haiti's debts to them under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative; and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. Executive Directors at such institutions to use U.S. influence to accomplish this goal.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 11
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 19, 2006
Davis, Artur
· Jul 28, 2006
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jul 28, 2006
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jul 28, 2006
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jul 28, 2006
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 26, 2006
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 25, 2006
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jul 13, 2006
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jul 10, 2006
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jul 10, 2006
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 29, 2006
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 29, 2006
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 29, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 888: Urging multilateral financial institutions to cancel Haiti's debts to such institutions under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative immediately, and for other purposes.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-888/
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"H. Res. 888: Urging multilateral financial institutions to cancel Haiti's debts to such institutions under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative and the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative immediately, and for other purposes.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-888/.
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H. Res. 888, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-888/.
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