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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6476" measure-id="id117hr6476" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-01-25" update-date="2022-04-25">
        <title>To amend the International Financial Institutions Act to provide instructions with respect to the U.S. policy on co-financing arrangements at the multilateral development banks, and for other purposes.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr6476v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-04-25">
            <action-date>2022-01-25</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill requires U.S. representatives to vote against any program or project at a multilateral development bank (e.g., the World Bank) that includes joint or parallel financing provided by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) unless the Department of the Treasury certifies that the AIIB (1) has the authority and resources to provide grants and concessional assistance to countries eligible to borrow from the International Development Association on terms similar to those provided to these countries by the International Development Association, and (2) has a demonstrated history of providing such assistance to these countries.</p>]]></summary-text>
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