S 864
115th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Economic development
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Public-private cooperation
Small business
U.S. and foreign investments
Balkan Economic Partnership Act
Introduced: April 6, 2017
Introduced by:
Shaheen, Jeanne
Democratic
· New Hampshire
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Everywhere this bill has been
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 6, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Apr 6, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Balkan Economic Partnership Act
This bill authorizes the President to designate a private, nonprofit organization to be known as the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund to promote private sector development through:
- the initiation and expansion of employment and profitability of private enterprises;
- the modeling, promotion, and dissemination of sound corporate governance and law-abiding Western business practices;
- the promotion of policy reforms to improve the business enabling environment and facilitate foreign and domestic investment; and
- the demonstration that private sector investment can be undertaken profitably.
The Board of Directors of the fund should adopt the best practices and procedures used by investment funds authorized for the U.S. Agency for International Development through enactment of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 and the FREEDOM Support Act.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1