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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="3570" measure-id="id113hr3570" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-11-21" update-date="2013-12-04">
<title>To prohibit the United States from following guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury regarding how multilateral development banks should engage with developing countries on coal-fired power generation, and for other purposes.</title>
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<action-date>2013-11-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the U.S. Executive Director at each multilateral development bank to: (1) disregard the document entitled &quot;Guidance for U.S. Positions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries on Coal-Fired Power Generation&quot; and any other document issued subsequently by the Secretary that sets forth policies, strategies, procedures, or positions substantially similar to those set forth in that document; and (2) not use U.S. influence to propose, advance, or implement any policy, strategy, procedure, or position set forth in that document.</p>]]></summary-text>
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