FOREIGN BANKS

Bills and resolutions

Bank for International Settlements (organization): develop uniform U.S. standards before the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and review the Committee's recommendation for an accord on capital standards (see H.R. 2043), H3972 [9MY]

Crime: combat money laundering and terrorist financing (see S. 1837), S14176 [6NO]

———prevent terrorists and money launderers from establishing accounts for illegal money transfers using false Social Security or taxpayer identification numbers (see H.R. 1037), H1464 [27FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti (see H.R. 1108), H1641 [5MR]

Foreign aid: authorize U.S. participation in, and replenishment of, certain international development funds (see H.R. 2243), H4735 [22MY]

IMF: require appropriations to cover the estimated subsidy costs of monetary resources provided by the U.S. (see H.R. 3533), H11650 [19NO]

Iraq: prevent IMF or International Bank for Reconstruction and Development loans from being used to pay off creditors (see H.R. 2338), H4977 [4JN]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Treasury: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti, H2793, H2794 [3AP]

———direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti (H.R. 1108), H3558, H3562-H3564 [30AP]

Ethiopia: prohibit international investment organizations and development banks from supporting projects until claims of confiscated private property by the Ethiopian Government are resolved, H11554 [19NO]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: combat money laundering and terrorist financing (S. 1837), S14179 [6NO]