3.0.0 831 2023-01-11T19:46:20Z 2023-01-11T19:46:20Z Senate S S 2007-03-08 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2007-10-03T19:47:09Z Referred to 2007-03-09T01:14:15Z 2007-10-03 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2007-07-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10342-10344) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E8676-8677) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6823-6824) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-08 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2926-2927) IntroReferral 2007-03-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2923-2926) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2007-03-08 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-03-08 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-03-08 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-03-08 True C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2007-03-09 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-03-13 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-03-13 False B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2007-03-15 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2007-03-26 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-03-26 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-03-26 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-04-10 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-04-10 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-04-10 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-04-11 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-04-11 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-04-16 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-04-16 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-04-17 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-04-20 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-04-20 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-05-01 False C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-05-09 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2007-05-15 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2007-05-16 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-05-22 False B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-06-20 False S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2007-06-20 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-06-27 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-07-23 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-08-01 False K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2007-10-16 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Africa (Sub-Saharan) American investments Civil service retirement Genocide Government Operations and Politics International Affairs Labor and Employment Pension funds Sanctions (International law) State laws Sudan Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2007-03-08 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-28T19:25:41Z Sudan Divestment Authorization Act of 2007 - Declares the sense of Congress that states and other governmental entities should be permitted to provide for the divestment of certain state assets within their jurisdictions as an expression of opposition to the genocidal actions and policies of the Government of Sudan.

Authorizes any state to adopt measures to prohibit any investment of state assets in the Government of Sudan, or in any company with a qualifying business relationship with Sudan, during any period in which the Government of Sudan, or the officials of such government are subject to sanctions authorized under the Sudan Peace Act, the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004, the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006, or any other federal law or executive order.

Defines state assets as any public pension, retirement, annuity, or endowment fund, or similar instrument managed by a state.

Applies this Act to measures adopted by a state before, on, or after the enactment of this Act.

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