FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Amendments
Foreign trade: clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws (H.R. 2378), consideration (H. Res. 1674), H7227 [29SE]
Bills and resolutions
Congress: require any local currencies used for Members and employees for official foreign travel be paid for using congressional funds and enhance disclosure on official congressional foreign travel (see H.R. 5957), H6404 (see H.R. 5957), H6456 [29JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see S. 3134), S1670 [17MR]
Foreign trade: clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws (H.R. 2378), consideration (see H. Res. 1674), H7388 [29SE]
Taxation: impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (see H.R. 5783), H5818 [20JY]
Letters
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act: several organizations, H7269 [29SE]
Remarks in House
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment, H6737, H6738 [15SE]
Foreign trade: clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws (H.R. 2378), H7259-H7273 [29SE], E1824, E1863, E1864 [29SE]
———clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws (H.R. 2378), consideration (H. Res. 1674), H7219-H7230 [29SE]
Taxation: impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (H.R. 5783), E1371 [20JY]
Remarks in Senate
China: U.S. policy, S7601 [28SE]
Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 3134), S5497-S5499 [28JN], S7477 [27SE], S7601 [28SE]
Specter, Senator: report on congressional delegation trip to China, Vietnam, and Taiwan, S7126-S7130 [15SE], S7165 [16SE]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 2378, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1674) (H. Rept. 111-648), H7388 [29SE]
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2378) (H. Rept. 111-646), H7153, H7210 [28SE]
Texts of
H. Res. 1674, consideration of H.R. 847, 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, H.R. 2378, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, and Senate amendment to H.R. 2701, intelligence services appropriations, H7219 [29SE]