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A resolution urging the President to provide for greater consideration of international currency exchange rates at the Williamsburg Summit.
Introduced: May 12, 1983
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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
Plain-English summary
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.
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Unanimous Consent Request to Bring Up Resolution Objected to in House.
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