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HR 2932 111th Congress House

Stop VULTURE Funds Act

Official title: To prevent speculation and profiteering in the defaulted debt of certain poor countries, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 18, 2009 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Civil actions and liabilityEvidence and witnessesFinancial services and investmentsForeign loans and debt
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Jun 18, 2009
Referred to House Financial Services
Jun 18, 2009
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 18, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Jun 18, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 23, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Very Unscrupulous Loan Transfers from Underprivileged Countries to Rich, Exploitive Funds Act or the Stop VULTURE Funds Act - Prohibits: (1) any U.S. person from engaging in sovereign debt profiteering, or any person at all from engaging in such profiteering in the United States; and (2) any U.S. court from issuing a summons, subpoena, writ, judgment, attachment, or execution in aid of a claim which would further sovereign debt profiteering.

Sets forth required court disclosures in actions involving collection of sovereign debt.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 12
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Apr 14, 2010
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Dec 3, 2009
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Nov 5, 2009
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Nov 5, 2009
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 29, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 17, 2009
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Sep 17, 2009
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 18, 2009
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 18, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 18, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 18, 2009
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jun 18, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2932: Stop VULTURE Funds Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2932/
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"H.R. 2932: Stop VULTURE Funds Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2932/.
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H.R. 2932, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2932/.
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