A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the furnishing of assistance to establish or enhance the capacity of a foreign country to produce certain commodities in competition with, or similar to, United States-produced commodities, and for other purposes.

Summary

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the furnishing of assistance under such Act to establish or enhance the capacity of any foreign country to produce a commodity for export if: (1) the commodity is in surplus or is likely to be in surplus on the world market at the time the resulting productive capacity is expected to become operative; and (2) such assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity (surplus competing commodities). Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Development Association, International Monetary Fund, International Finance Corporation, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and the African Development Bank to oppose assistance by these institutions (using any funds made available under U.S. law) to establish or enhance the capacity of any country to produce surplus competing commodities. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress on all applications for assistance which have been filed with the aforementioned institutions at 30-day intervals beginning 30 days after the enactment of this Act.

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Timeline

1. 9 May 1983

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 9 May 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 9 May 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 16 May 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance.

   Source: Committee

5. 18 May 1983

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 May 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. McNulty, James F., Jr. [D-AZ-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Weaver, James H. [D-OR-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Del. Won Pat, Antonio B. [D-GU-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R · Cosponsor
• Del. Sunia, Foto I. F. [D-AS-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Vucanovich, Barbara F. [R-NV-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Traxler, Bob [D-MI-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsfa00 · Standing
• · hsba00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2990) to increase the temporary public debt limit, and for other purposes.
• related to ← A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit the furnishing of assistance to establish or enhance the capacity of a foreign country to produce certain commodities in competition with, or similar to United States-produced commodities, and for other purposes.