INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury: instruct U.S. representatives to multilateral development banks to use the voice and influence of the U.S. to cancel Haiti's debt to such institutions (H.R. 4573), S2165 [26MR], H2512 [14AP]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: direct U.S. representatives to the IMF and World Bank to condition loans to Antigua and Barbuda on cooperation with efforts to provide redress to Stanford Financial Group fraud victims (see H. Res. 1129), H1027 [2MR]

———identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see S. 3134), S1670 [17MR]

———instruct U.S. representatives to multilateral development banks to use the voice and influence of the U.S. to cancel Haiti's debt to such institutions (see H.R. 4573), H471 [2FE]

European Union: disapprove U.S. loans to the IMF to be used to provide financing until member states comply with economic requirements of membership (see H. Con. Res. 279), H3541 [18MY]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment-evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 5564), H4676 [22JN]

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]

International relations: reject creation of an international system of government bailouts for the financial sector or climate regulation that would negatively impact the U.S. economy and sovereignty (see S. Res. 461), S1750 [18MR]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (see H.R. 5975), H6405 (see H.R. 5975), H6456 [29JY]

———terminate authorities (see H.R. 4980), H2458 [25MR] (see H.R. 5782), H5817 [20JY]

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]

World Economic Forum (organization): support mission and goals (see H. Res. 1148), H1220 [9MR]

Letters

Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act: several organizations, H7269 [29SE]

Debt Relief for Earthquake Recovery in Haiti Act: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H1289 [10MR]

———Representative Frank, Committee on Financial Services (House), H1289 [10MR]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Treasury: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment, H6737, H6738 [15SE]

———instruct U.S. representatives to multilateral development banks to use the voice and influence of the U.S. to cancel Haiti's debt to such institutions (H.R. 4573), H533, H538 [3FE], H1288-H1295 [10MR]

———instruct U.S. representatives to multilateral development banks to use the voice and influence of the U.S. to cancel Haiti's debt to such institutions (H.R. 4573), Senate amendments, H2512, H2513 [14AP]

Economy: advance new international economic stabilization plan, H3249 [6MY]

———impact of depreciation of the U.S. dollar, H3251 [6MY]

European Union: disapprove U.S. loans to the IMF to be used to provide financing until member states comply with economic requirements of membership (H. Con. Res. 279), H3750 [25MY], H5725 [20JY]

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]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H3138 [5MY], H3545, H3546, H3547, H3626 [19MY], H5534 [13JY], H6032 [26JY]

House of Representatives: report on bipartisan delegation to NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting, E1513-E1515 [30JY]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (H.R. 5975), E2021 [1DE]

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

Argentina: impact of debt default, S10404 [16DE]

China: U.S. policy, S7597, 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]

———instruct U.S. representatives to multilateral development banks to use the voice and influence of the U.S. to cancel Haiti's debt to such institutions (H.R. 4573), S2165 [26MR]

Foreign trade: impact of preventing the offshoring of American jobs overseas on treaty obligations, S7583 [28SE]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, S6573 [2AU], S7337-S7341 [22SE]

IMF: certify that loans to foreign countries whose public debt exceeds its gross domestic product will be repaid, S3802, S3810, S3817 [17MY]

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]

H.R. 2378, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, H7259 [29SE]

H.R. 4573, Debt Relief for Earthquake Recovery in Haiti Act, H1288 [10MR]

S. Res. 461, reject creation of an international system of government bailouts for the financial sector or climate regulation that would negatively impact the U.S. economy and sovereignty, S1753 [18MR]