[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 803 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 803

  To make the International Olympic Committee subject to the Foreign 
         Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 14, 1999

 Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To make the International Olympic Committee subject to the Foreign 
         Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT OF FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.

    Section 104(h)(2)(B) of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 
(15 U.S.C. 78dd-2(h)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as clauses (ii) 
        and (iii), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before clause (ii), as redesignated, the 
        following:
                            ``(i) the International Olympic 
                        Committee;''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES NOT AVAILABLE.

    Section 2 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 
U.S.C. 288a) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after ``International organizations'' in 
        subdivision (b) the following: ``(other than the International 
        Olympic Committee)'';
            (2) by inserting after ``organizations'' each place it 
        appears in subdivisions (c) and (d) the following: ``(other 
        than the International Olympic Committee)''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

    The Congress finds that currently the International Olympic 
Committee embargoes the minutes of its general session meetings for 10 
years and its executive session meetings for 20 years. It is the sense 
of the Congress that the Internationl Olympic Committee should make 
every effort--
            (1) to open its meetings; and
            (2) to release the minutes of its meetings in a timely 
        fashion.
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