109 HR 1939 IH: 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 any country until the country has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death. U.S. House of Representatives 2005-04-27 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1939 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2005 Mr. Rohrabacher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 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 any country until 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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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 any country or any agency or instrumentality of any government, until that government has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death..

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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:

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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 any country or any agency or instrumentality of any government, until that government has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.

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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:

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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 any government or any agency or instrumentality of any government, until that government has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.

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