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SRES 397 99th Congress Senate

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the lending practices of multilateral development banks.

Introduced: June 20, 1986 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Development credit institutionsExportsForeign Trade and International FinanceForeign Trade and Investments
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This resolution expired with the 99th Congress
It was not agreed to before the 99th Congress (1985–1986) adjourned, so it is no longer active. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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May 7, 1986
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 7, 1986
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 Latest action May 7, 1986

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct each U.S. Executive Director of various multilateral development banks to urge such banks, when considering the approval of a loan, to: (1) avoid lending practices that encourage the use of export subsidies to gain export sales; (2) encourage open access to markets; (3) follow the instruction of the law with respect to loans used for increasing production of commodities; (4) adhere to the purposes of the charter of such banks; and (5) oppose loans which result in the production of commodities in oversupply.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 397: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the lending practices of multilateral development banks.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SRES-397/
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"S. Res. 397: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the lending practices of multilateral development banks.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SRES-397/.
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S. Res. 397, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-SRES-397/.
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