Fair Competition in Foreign Commerce Act of 1999

Summary

Fair Competition in Foreign Commerce Act of 1999 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report to the President and to appropriate congressional committees a strategic plan for requiring the use of independent third-party procurement monitoring and other international procurement reforms with respect to U.S. participation in multilateral development banks and other lending institutions. Requires such plan to include an instruction by the Secretary to the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank and lending institution to use the vote of the United States to oppose the use of funds appropriated or made available by the United States for any non-humanitarian assistance, until: (1) the recipient international financial institution has adopted an anticorruption plan that requires the use of independent third-party procurement monitoring services and ensures openness and transparency in government procurement; and (2) the recipient country institutes specific strategies for minimizing corruption and maximizing transparency in each stage of the procurement process. Prohibits the use of funds for nonhumanitarian foreign assistance programs (including Agency for International Development (AID) activities) unless the recipient country, multilateral development bank or lending institution has demonstrated that: (1) procurement practices are open, transparent, and free of corruption, fraud, inefficiency, and other misuse; and (2) the recipient has adopted and is using independent third-party procurement monitoring. Specifies exceptions to the requirements of this Act.

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Timeline

1. 27 May 1999

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 May 1999

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6321-6323)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 27 May 1999

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 27 May 1999 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 May 1999

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 27 May 1999

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 27 May 1999

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Sponsors

• Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfr00 · Standing

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