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Articles and editorials

Government Shutdown Empties Offices Enforcing Sanctions on Iran, S7174 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions

Afghanistan: require fulfillment of requirements under the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework relative to anti-corruption and certain other benchmarks in order to continue to receive U.S. assistance (see H. Res. 430), H7507 [4DE]

Antigua and Barbuda: suspend aid, cooperate with U.S. officials, transfer seized assets, make contributions to victims, and condition international loans relative to Stanford Financial Group fraud (see S. Res. 10), S214 [23JA]

Bangladesh: condemn political violence, provide for free and fair elections, and support dialogue between political factions, judicial independence, human rights protections, and Grameen Bank independence (see S. Res. 318), S8668 [11DE]

Financial institutions: make certain improvements relative to proprietary trading by banking entities (see H.R. 3701), H7687 [11DE]

International relations: prohibit the U.S. from following a Dept. of the Treasury guidance on how multilateral development banks should engage with developing countries on coal-fired power generation (see H.R. 3570), H7352 [21NO]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 1881), S9052 [19DE]

——— impose sanctions (see S. 1001), S3657 [21MY]

——— impose sanctions relative to certain transactions in foreign currencies (see S. 892), S3255 [8MY]

Syria: impose sanctions and expand existing sanctions (see S. 1714), S8049 [14NO]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Iran: President Obama, S1708 [12MR], S3903–S3905 [3JN], H1337 [12MR], H2998–H3000 [3JN], H6961 [12NO]

Remarks in House

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign financial institutions that deal with the Central Bank of Iran, H7494 [4DE]

Public debt: prohibit payment of debt held by certain foreign countries instead of protecting U.S. senior citizens, veterans, and those harmed by natural disasters in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H2551, H2552 [9MY]

Remarks in Senate

Bangladesh: condemn government takeover of Grameen Bank, S5486 [27JN], S6590 [18SE]

——— condemn political violence, provide for free and fair elections, and support dialogue between political factions, judicial independence, human rights protections, and Grameen Bank independence (S. Res. 318), S9093 [20DE]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (S. 1881), S9069 [19DE], S9115 [20DE]

——— impose sanctions (S. 1001), S3661 [21MY], S3742 [22MY]

Public debt: economic impact on global financial system of failure to raise debt ceiling, S7290 [8OC]

Syria: impose sanctions and expand existing sanctions (S. 1714), S8053 [14NO]

World Bank Group: reform, S7411 [11OC]

Reports filed

Condemn Political Violence, Provide Fair Elections, Support Dialogue Between Political Factions, Judicial Independence, Human Rights, and Grameen Bank Independence in Bangladesh: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 318), S8975 [18DE]

Texts of

S. 1001, Iran Export Embargo Act, S3661 [21MY]

S. Res. 10, suspend aid, cooperate with U.S. officials, transfer seized assets, make contributions to victims, and condition international loans to Antigua and Barbuda relative to Stanford Financial Group fraud, S225 [23JA]

S. Res. 318, condemn political violence, provide for free and fair elections, and support dialogue between political factions, judicial independence, human rights protections, and Grameen Bank independence in Bangladesh, S8674 [11DE]