3.0.0 864 2023-01-11T13:36:58Z 2023-01-11T13:36:58Z Senate S 2017-04-06 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-06T17:35:31Z 2017-04-06 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2017-04-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2017-04-06 True International Affairs Bosnia and Herzegovina Business investment and capital Congressional oversight Corporate finance and management Economic development Europe Foreign aid and international relief Government studies and investigations Public-private cooperation Small business U.S. and foreign investments International Affairs 00 2017-04-06 Introduced in Senate 2017-12-15T16:32:21Z Balkan Economic Partnership Act

This bill authorizes the President to designate a private, nonprofit organization to be known as the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund to promote private sector development through:

  • the initiation and expansion of employment and profitability of private enterprises;
  • the modeling, promotion, and dissemination of sound corporate governance and law-abiding Western business practices;
  • the promotion of policy reforms to improve the business enabling environment and facilitate foreign and domestic investment; and
  • the demonstration that private sector investment can be undertaken profitably.

The Board of Directors of the fund should adopt the best practices and procedures used by investment funds authorized for the U.S. Agency for International Development through enactment of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 and the FREEDOM Support Act.

]]> Balkan Economic Partnership Act Display Title Balkan Economic Partnership Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote development goals and the strengthening of the private sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Balkan Economic Partnership Act Introduced in Senate 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s864is/xml/BILLS-115s864is.xml 2017-04-06 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.