[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4457 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4457

To provide for the payment to the City of New York and Washington, DC, 
 of amounts attributable to the unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines 
  and penalties issued to foreign governments, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2010

Mr. Weiner (for himself and Mr. McMahon) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the payment to the City of New York and Washington, DC, 
 of amounts attributable to the unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines 
  and penalties issued to foreign governments, 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. PAYMENT OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND 
              WASHINGTON, DC, ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE UNPAID FULLY 
              ADJUDICATED PARKING FINES AND PENALTIES ISSUED TO FOREIGN 
              GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs, the Secretary of State shall, 
in any fiscal year, pay to the City of New York and Washington, DC, as 
the case may be, an amount equal to the total amount attributable to 
unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties issued during any 
such fiscal year by the City of New York or Washington, DC, as the case 
may be, to foreign governments that pursuant to such appropriations 
Acts are withheld from obligation for assistance provided during any 
such fiscal year to such governments. Any such payment accepted by the 
City of New York or Washington, DC, as the case may be, shall be deemed 
to satisfy in full any such unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and 
penalties at issue and as a waiver of such city's right to pursue 
collection of such fines and penalties through any other method.
    (b) Definitions.--The terms ``fully adjudicated'' and ``parking 
fines and penalties'' have the meanings given such terms in subsection 
(f) of section 7055 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (division H of Public Law 
111-8), except that the definition of ``parking fines and penalties'' 
shall not include the end date specified in paragraph (2)(B) of such 
subsection for purposes of this Act.
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