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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="2595" measure-id="id115s2595" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2018-03-22" update-date="2019-08-27">
<title>Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018</title>
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<action-date>2018-03-22</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill establishes pre- and post- election conditions that Zimbabwe must satisfy in order to remove Department of the Treasury opposition to: (1) international financial institution loan, credit, or guarantee extensions to Zimbabwe; or (2) cancellation or reduction of debt owed by Zimbabwe to the United States or any international financial institution. The bill also expresses the sense of Congress on past atrocities and human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and steps that the government of Zimbabwe might take to improve ties with the United States.</p>]]></summary-text>
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