3.0.0 2813 2017-12-15T00:01:47Z 2017-12-15T00:01:47Z Senate S S 2008-04-03 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-03T16:28:41Z 2008-04-03 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-04-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2008-04-03 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2008-04-03 True Foreign Trade and International Finance Balance of payments China Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements East Asia Foreign exchange International Affairs International monetary system Trade negotiations Foreign Trade and International Finance

00 2008-04-03 Introduced in Senate 2008-05-08T19:28:44Z China Currency Manipulation Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) make an affirmative determination that the People's Republic of China (PRC) is manipulating the rate of exchange between its currency and the U.S. dollar; (2) establish and report to Congress on a plan of action to remedy such currency manipulation; (3) initiate expeditiously bilateral negotiations with the PRC to ensure that it regularly adjusts the rate of exchange between its currency and the U.S. dollar in order to permit effective balance of payment adjustments and eliminate unfair competitive advantage in trade; and (4) instruct the Executive Director to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to use the U.S. vote to ensure that the PRC takes such action to achieve such goals.

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