3.0.0 2349 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z Senate S S 2007-11-14 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-11-14T20:54:05Z Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2008 110 2798 HR 2008-03-04 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 593. Related bill CRS 2007-11-14 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2007-11-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN 2007-11-14 True International Affairs Air pollution control American investments Carbon cycle Carbon dioxide Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Climate change and greenhouse gases Commerce Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Cooperative societies Corporate accountability Employee rights Energy Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental technology Executive reorganization Finance and Financial Sector Fluorocarbons Foreign Trade and International Finance Gas industry Government Operations and Politics Government ethics Home ownership Housing and Community Development Human rights Investment guaranty insurance Iraq Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Low-income housing Methane Middle East and North Africa Mines and mineral resources Natural gas Nitrogen oxides Overseas Private Investment Corporation Petroleum industry Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Reinsurance Science, Technology, Communications Small business International Affairs 00 2007-11-14 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-10T16:38:20Z Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to reauthorize the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) through September 30, 2011.

Revises international worker rights provisions.

Requires OPIC to institute a climate change mitigation action plan.

Requires, with a specified exception, prior to OPIC approval of a Category A extractive industry project (as defined by this Act) or an extractive industry project in which OPIC assistance would be valued at $10 million or more; (1) prior congressional notification; and (2) investor and host country agreement to implement Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative principles or substantially similar principles, and host country adherence to certain accounting procedures as they relate to such projects.

Provides for increased project transparency.

Authorizes OPIC programs in Iraq.

Requires OPIC to report to Congress on: (1) the feasibility of expanding OPIC assistance to low-income home buyers; and (2) OPIC resources dedicated to assist U.S. small businesses, cooperatives, and small U.S. investors.

]]> Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007 Display Title Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reauthorize the programs of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2349is/xml/BILLS-110s2349is.xml 2007-11-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.