[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3989 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3989

 To require the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the United States 
 Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the 
 Bank to release the loans approved for Haiti, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2004

Mr. Hastings of Florida (for himself, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Wexler, 
 Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Oberstar, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
   Mr. Rush, Mr. Owens, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Kleczka, and Ms. Norton) 
 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 require the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the United States 
 Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the 
 Bank to release the loans approved for Haiti, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Helping the People of Haiti Act''.

SEC. 2. URGING THE RELEASE OF INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOANS TO 
              HAITI .

     Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United States Executive 
Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to urge the Bank to release the four social 
sector and development loans totaling $146,000,000, for health, 
education, water and sanitation, and transportation, that have been 
approved by the Board of Executive Directors of the Bank and ratified 
by the Parliament of Haiti.

SEC. 3. INTERNATIONAL APPEALS.

    (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall--
            (1) appeal to each international financial institution (as 
        defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial 
        Institutions Act) to strengthen the efforts of the institution 
        to assist the people of Haiti in the development of their 
        economy; and
            (2) urge each such institution to take immediate steps to 
        provide to Haiti the full range of loans and other financial 
        assistance offered by the institution.
    (b) The Secretary of State shall--
            (1) appeal to foreign governments to strengthen the efforts 
        of those governments to assist the people of Haiti in the 
        development of their economy; and
            (2) urge each foreign government to take immediate steps to 
        provide to Haiti the full range of loans and other financial 
        assistance offered by the government.
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