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H.R. 5281 (101st)

To restrict United States humanitarian, economic, and military assistance to Malaysia.

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Introduced

16 July 1990

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Referred to the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade, and Monetary Policy.

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23 January 2025

Summary

Prohibits U.S. assistance to Malaysia. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. executive directors of the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Development Association to oppose all loans to such country. Denies nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to Malaysia. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibitions if Malaysia: (1) agrees to be a country of first asylum to those persons fleeing Vietnam by boat; and (2) terminates the practice of pushing asylum seekers back out to sea.

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