[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2208 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2208

     To amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy 
Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with 
              respect to currency, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2005

 Mr. Manzullo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 
  Financial Services and 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 amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy 
Coordination Act of 1988 to clarify the definition of manipulation with 
              respect to currency, 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 ``Fair Currency Practices Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL POLICY.

    (a) Bilateral Negotiations.--Section 3004(b) of the Exchange Rates 
and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 (22 U.S.C. 
5304(b)) is amended in the second sentence by striking ``and (2)'' and 
inserting ``or (2)''.
    (b) Definition of Manipulation.--Section 3006 of the Exchange Rates 
and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988 (22 U.S.C. 
5306) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Manipulation of rate of exchange.--For purposes of 
        this Act, a country shall be considered to be manipulating the 
        rate of exchange between its currency and the United States 
        dollar if there is a protracted large-scale intervention in one 
        direction in the exchange markets. The Secretary may find that 
        a country is manipulating the rate of exchange based on any 
        other factor or combination of factors.''.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall undertake an examination, 
and submit a report to Congress, regarding the trade surplus of the 
People's Republic of China. The Secretary shall examine why the trade 
surplus with the United States and other countries reported by the 
People's Republic of China differs from the trade surplus reported by 
the other countries. The report shall also quantify the differences 
between the trade surplus reported by the United States and other 
countries and what is reported by the People's Republic of China.
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