FOREIGN BANKS

Amendments

Nicaragua: oppose loans at international financial institutions unless effective steps are taken to hold free, fair, and transparent elections (H.R. 1918), S7139, S7143 [27NO], H10077 [11DE]

World Bank Group: increase accountability, combat corruption, and strengthen management effectiveness (H.R. 3326), H449, H450, H451 [17JA]

——— increase accountability, combat corruption, and strengthen management effectiveness (H.R. 3326), consideration (H. Res. 693), H428 [17JA]

Bills and resolutions

Elections: expose and deter interference in U.S. elections by Russia and other countries by imposing sanctions and blocking assets and coordinate with the European Union on such efforts (see S. 2313), S187 [16JA] (see H.R. 4884), H629 [25JA]

Iran: impose sanctions relative to Iranian financial institutions and development and use of Iranian digital currency (see S. 3758), S7586 [13DE] (see H.R. 7321), H10269 [17DE]

Russia: combat subversive activities (see H.R. 6437), H6587 [19JY]

——— examine intelligence on election interference, impose sanctions against those undermining cybersecurity or Ukrainian democratic processes, and enforce Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (see S. Res. 402), S875 [12FE] (see H. Res. 749), H1266 [26FE]

——— impose sanctions against financial institutions in response to continued occupation of Ukraine (see H.R. 6423), H6557 [18JY]

Turkey: restrict loans from international financial institutions until the Turkish Government ends detention of U.S. citizens (see S. 3248), S5107 [19JY] (see H.R. 6633), H7724 [26JY]

World Bank Group: increase accountability, combat corruption, and strengthen management effectiveness (H.R. 3326), consideration (see H. Res. 693), H403 [16JA]

Letters

Multilateral development bank authorizations: Representative Waters, Committee on Financial Services (House), H447 [17JA]

World Bank Group Uganda Transport Sector Development Project: Representatives Huizenga and Moore, Committee on Financial Services (House), H443 [17JA]

Remarks in House

Elections: expose and deter interference in U.S. elections by Russia and other countries by imposing sanctions and blocking assets and coordinate with the European Union on such efforts (H.R. 4884), H1078 [13FE]

Money: add virtual currencies to assessment of threat financing relative to Russia, H6148 [12JY]

Nicaragua: oppose loans at international financial institutions unless effective steps are taken to hold free, fair, and transparent elections (H.R. 1918), H4590 [23MY], H4785 [6JN], H4852 [7JN]

——— oppose loans at international financial institutions unless effective steps are taken to hold free, fair, and transparent elections (H.R. 1918), Senate amendment, H10077, H10078 [11DE]

Pakistan: placement on Financial Action Task Force grey list of countries that have failed to combat terrorist financing, H3590 [26AP]

Russia: combat subversive activities (H.R. 6437), H7846 [5SE]

——— impose sanctions against financial institutions in response to continued occupation of Ukraine (H.R. 6423), E1028 [18JY]

World Bank Group: direct Dept. of the Treasury to promote certain policy reforms while maintaining International Development Association funding, H441, H445 [17JA]

——— grant Presidential waiver authority to countries taking steps to correct U.N. sanction enforcement failures against Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and condition assistance on such enforcement, H451 [17JA]

——— increase accountability, combat corruption, and strengthen management effectiveness (H.R. 3326), H161 [11JA], H440–H454 [17JA]

——— increase accountability, combat corruption, and strengthen management effectiveness (H.R. 3326), consideration (H. Res. 693), H423–H429 [17JA]

——— modify Dept. of the Treasury reporting requirement to ensure promotion of a reduction in government barriers to entrepreneurship as an important component of poverty reduction, H449, H450 [17JA]

——— report steps taken to ensure G-5 nonimmigrant visa holders employed by World Bank diplomats and staff are informed of the protections afforded to them, H450 [17JA]

Remarks in Senate

Elections: expose and deter interference in U.S. elections by Russia and other countries by imposing sanctions and blocking assets and coordinate with the European Union on such efforts (S. 2313), S496 [24JA], S673 [7FE], S4992, S4999, S5009 [17JY], S5484, S5495 [31JY]

Financial institutions: ensure foreign banks are subject to the same regulations as domestic banks, S1624 [12MR]

International trade: include in prohibitions on boycotts against U.S. allies boycotts fostered by international governmental organizations against Israel and direct Eximbank to oppose boycotts against Israel (S. 720), S7233 [29NO]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: impose sanctions (S. 1591), S495 [24JA]

Nicaragua: oppose loans at international financial institutions unless effective steps are taken to hold free, fair, and transparent elections (H.R. 1918), S7143 [27NO]

Russia: develop strategy to counter illicit Russian financial activities, S1268–S1271 [28FE]

——— examine intelligence on election interference, impose sanctions against those undermining cybersecurity or Ukrainian democratic processes, and enforce Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (S. Res. 402), S1372 [6MR]

Terrorism: establish a designation for jurisdictions permissive to terrorism financing, facilitate international prosecution of such financiers, and restrict financial institutions that provide services to terrorists (S. 358), S1335 [5MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 3326, World Bank Accountability Act and H.R. 2954, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 693) (H. Rept. 115–518), H403 [16JA]

Turkey International Financial Institutions Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 3248), S5422 [26JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 693, consideration of H.R. 3326, World Bank Accountability Act and H.R. 2954, Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act, H423 [17JA]

H.R. 1918, Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act, S7143 [27NO], H10077 [11DE]

H.R. 3326, World Bank Accountability Act, H448 [17JA]

S. Res. 402, examine intelligence on Russian election interference, impose sanctions against those undermining cybersecurity or Ukrainian democratic processes, and enforce Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, S876–S878 [12FE]