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HRES 194 98th Congress House International Affairs Conferences Foreign Trade and Investments Foreign exchange International cooperation International economic relations International monetary system Japan Monetary policy Money

A resolution urging the President to provide for greater consideration of international currency exchange rates at the Williamsburg Summit.

Introduced: May 12, 1983 See on congress.gov
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May 26, 1983
Unanimous Consent Request to Bring Up Resolution Objected to in House.
May 12, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
May 12, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should seek a consensus at the Williamsburg Summit, aimed at: (1) reducing disparities in certain financial rates and economic policies among summit countries; and (2) arranging a meeting of summit country finance ministers with the Secretary of the Treasury, to achieve an alignment between the interest rates and major currencies.

Urges the President to arrange, in conjunction with the Williamsburg Summit, bilateral discussions with the Prime Minister of Japan to bring about further realignment of the yen and dollar exchange rates.

What's happening now May 26, 1983

Unanimous Consent Request to Bring Up Resolution Objected to in House.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 24, 1983
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 19, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 194: A resolution urging the President to provide for greater consideration of international currency exchange rates at the Williamsburg Summit.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-194/
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"H. Res. 194: A resolution urging the President to provide for greater consideration of international currency exchange rates at the Williamsburg Summit.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-194/.
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H. Res. 194, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HRES-194/.
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