[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2259 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2259

To prohibit funds appropriated for the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States, any international financial institution, or the North American 
   Development Bank from being used for loans to a country, or for a 
project or activity in a country, and to prohibit the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation from supporting projects in a country, until the 
  government of the country has honored all United States requests to 
   extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life 
                         imprisonment or death.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2003

 Mr. Rohrabacher introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee 
on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit funds appropriated for the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States, any international financial institution, or the North American 
   Development Bank from being used for loans to a country, or for a 
project or activity in a country, and to prohibit the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation from supporting projects in a country, until the 
  government of the country has honored all United States requests to 
   extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life 
                         imprisonment or death.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS BY THE EXPORT-IMPORT 
              BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 2(b) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 
635(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(13) Prohibition relating to honoring of certain extradition 
requests.--The Bank may not guarantee, insure, or extend credit, or 
participate in the extension of credit, to the government of a country 
or an agency or instrumentality of a government, or for any project or 
activity conducted in a country, until the government of the country 
has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals who have 
committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS BY THE INTERNATIONAL 
              DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS.

    Title XV of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 
262o--262o-2) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1504. PROHIBITION RELATING TO HONORING OF CERTAIN EXTRADITION 
              REQUESTS.

    ``Funds appropriated for payment to an international financial 
institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2)) shall not be made 
available to the institution unless the institution has made a binding 
commitment to the Secretary of the Treasury to not provide a loan or 
extend credit to the government of a country or an agency or 
instrumentality of a government, or for any project or activity 
conducted in a country, until the government of the country has honored 
all United States requests to extradite criminals who have committed a 
crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS BY THE NORTH AMERICAN 
              DEVELOPMENT BANK.

    Part 2 of subtitle D of title V of the North American Free Trade 
Agreement Implementation Act (22 U.S.C. 290m--290m-3) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 545. PROHIBITION RELATING TO HONORING OF CERTAIN EXTRADITION 
              REQUESTS.

    ``Funds appropriated for payment to the Bank shall not be made 
available to the Bank unless the Bank has made a binding commitment to 
the Secretary of the Treasury to not provide a loan or extend credit to 
a government or an agency or instrumentality of a government, or for 
any project or activity conducted in a country, until the government of 
the country has honored all United States requests to extradite 
criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or 
death.''.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON OPIC ACTIVITIES.  

    Section 237 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2197) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Prohibition Relating to Honoring of Certain Extradition 
Requests.--The Corporation may not issue any contract of insurance or 
reinsurance or any guaranty, or enter into any agreement to provide 
financing, for any project in a country, until the government of the 
country has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals 
who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.''.
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