Also tagged in: American investments, Bank examination, China, Communications, Conferences, East Asia, Finance, Financial institutions, Financial services, Foreign banks and banking, Foreign investments, Foreign policy, Free trade, International finance, Life insurance, Nontariff trade barriers, Reciprocity, Securities, Trade, Trade agreements, Trade negotiations
Latest Action: 09/05/2007 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10111) Bill TextCalling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to remove barriers to United States financial services firms doing business in China. 9/5/2007--Passed House without amendment. (There is 1 other summary) (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the government of the People's Republic of China should immediately implement all of its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments to date in financial services; and (2) it should immediately implement all of its commitments to date made under the auspices of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) initiated by the Secretary of the Treasury. States that U.S. goals for the next SED meeting should be to achieve Chinese commitments toward: (1) removal of all foreign investment ownership caps on banking, life insurance, asset management, and securities; and [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Alien property, Arab countries, Bank examination, Branch banking, Claims, Compensation for victims of crime, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Damages, Expropriation, Finance, Foreign banks and banking, Foreign policy, Fund raising, Government information, Government paperwork, International affairs, International finance, Law, Licenses, Middle East and North Africa, Public records, Terrorism, Victims of terrorism
Latest Action: 07/10/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the commi Bill TextTo require the Secretary of the Treasury to take certain actions with regard to the Arab Bank, and for other purposes. 7/10/2007--Introduced. Arab Bank Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to release certain documents and information relating to the Arab Bank (other than those which would impede any federal criminal or civil investigation of the Bank). Directs the President to block certain Bank assets within the United States which shall be made available for payment of any terrorism-related judgment against the Bank. States that after any such judgment becomes final the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve System and the Comptroller of the Currency shall act to terminate any Bank branch or agency in the United States and to prohibit the Bank from maintaining any interest in any commercial lending company within the United States.
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Airline passenger traffic, Bank deposits, Budgets, Caribbean area, Civil liberties, Cuba, Cubans, Excise tax, Export controls, Finance, Foreign banks and banking, Foreign trade promotion, Government trust funds, Intellectual property, International finance, Latin America, Medical care, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical supplies, Medicine, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Right to travel, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, Visas
Latest Action: 12/11/2007 - Committee on Finance. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to facilitate the export of United States agricultural products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States citizens, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba, and for other purposes. 6/21/2007--Introduced. Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007 - Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban depository institution to a U.S. depository institution in payment for a product authorized for sale under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide information and technical assistance to U.S. agricultural producers, cooperative organizations, or state agencies to promote U.S. agricultural exports products to Cuba. Expresses the sense of Congress [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Airline passenger traffic, Bank deposits, Budgets, Caribbean area, Civil liberties, Cuba, Cubans, Excise tax, Export controls, Finance, Foreign banks and banking, Foreign trade promotion, Government trust funds, Intellectual property, International finance, Latin America, Medical care, Medical instruments and apparatus, Medical supplies, Medicine, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Right to travel, Taxation, Trade, Transportation, Visas
Latest Action: 07/18/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1552) Bill TextTo facilitate the export of United States agricultural products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States legal residents, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba, and for other purposes. 6/21/2007--Introduced. Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007 - Prohibits the President from restricting direct transfers from a Cuban depository institution to a U.S. depository institution in payment for a product authorized for sale under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide information and technical assistance to U.S. agricultural producers, cooperative organizations, or state agencies to promote U.S. agricultural exports products to Cuba. Authorizes the issuance of temporary [...] show full description
Also tagged in: American investments, Bonds, China, East Asia, Foreign policy, Government liability (International law), International affairs, International finance, Loan defaults, Sanctions (International law), Trade, Trade agreements
Latest Action: 05/24/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Bill TextRegarding the endorsement of U.S. citizens' claims for payment by Chinese Government of defaulted Chinese bonds. 5/24/2007--Introduced. Recommends that the People's Republic of China (PRC) be denied access to all U.S. capital markets until the PRC complies with the terms and conditions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement and fully honors repayment of its outstanding defaulted public debts owed to U.S. citizens consistent with the efforts of the American Bondholders Foundation.
Also tagged in: Authorization, Bank records, Budgets, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, Department of the Treasury, Executive departments, Finance, Government information, International finance, Money laundering, Technology, White collar crime
Latest Action: 05/22/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Bill TextTo reauthorize the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. 5/22/2007--Introduced. FinCEN Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) through FY2012.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, American investments, Armed forces, Arms control, Arms sales, Ballistic missiles, Bank loans, Biological warfare, Chemical warfare, Civil service retirement, Colleges, Commercial blacklisting, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal liability, Defense policy, Development credit institutions, Directories, Education, Employee benefit plans, Energy, Federal employees, Federal preemption, Finance, Foreign investments, Foreign loans, Foreign policy, Gas industry, Genocide, Government employees, Government information, Government publicity, Higher education, International affairs, International finance, Investment of public funds, Iran, Israel, Labor, Law, Liability (Law), Local government, Middle East and North Africa, Military technology, Mutual funds, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear weapons, Pensions, Petroleum industry, Politics and government, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Sanctions (International law), State and local government, State politics and government, State-sponsored terrorism, Technology, Technology transfer, Terrorism, Trusts and trustees, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 07/26/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10141-10142) Bill TextA bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, and for other purposes. 5/17/2007--Introduced. Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) publish biannually in the Federal Register a list of each person, whether within or outside of the United States, that has an investment of more than $20 million in the energy sector in Iran; and (2) maintain on the website of the Department of the Treasury the names of the persons on such list. States it is the policy of the United States to support the decision of state and local governments and educational institutions to divest from, and to prohibit the investment of assets they control in, persons included on the most recent list. Authorizes a state or local government to adopt and enforce measures to divest its assets from, or prohibit investment of [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, American investments, Armed forces, Arms control, Arms sales, Ballistic missiles, Bank loans, Biological warfare, Chemical warfare, Civil service retirement, Colleges, Commercial blacklisting, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal liability, Defense policy, Development credit institutions, Directories, Education, Employee benefit plans, Energy, Federal employees, Federal preemption, Finance, Foreign investments, Foreign loans, Foreign policy, Gas industry, Genocide, Government employees, Government information, Government publicity, Higher education, International affairs, International finance, Investment of public funds, Iran, Israel, Labor, Law, Liability (Law), Local government, Middle East and North Africa, Military technology, Mutual funds, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear weapons, Pensions, Petroleum industry, Politics and government, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Sanctions (International law), State and local government, State politics and government, State-sponsored terrorism, Technology, Technology transfer, Terrorism, Trusts and trustees, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with investments of $20,000,000 or more in Iran's energy sector, companies that sell arms to the Government of Iran, and financial institutions that extend $20,000,000 or more in credit to the Government of Iran for 45 days or more, and for other purposes. 7/31/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2007 - (Sec. 3) Directs the President to ensure biannual publication in the Federal Register of a list of each person that: (1) has an investment of more than $20 million in the energy sector in Iran; (2) sells arms to the government of Iran; or (3) is a financial institution that extends $20 million or more in credit for 45 days or more to the government of Iran.Instructs the President to use only publicly available (including proprietary) information when compiling such list.Requires [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Affiliated corporations, Alien property, American investments, Arms sales, Ballistic missiles, Budgets, Business, Civil service retirement, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Conventional weapons, Corporate reorganizations, Criminal justice, Cultural relations, Department of the Treasury, Depreciation and amortization, Development credit institutions, Diplomats, Education, Educational exchanges, Energy, Exchange of persons programs, Executive departments, Export controls, Export finance, Foreign aid, Foreign corporations, Foreign investments, Foreign loans, Foreign policy, Free trade, Gas industry, Geology, Geophysical prediction, Government employees, Government procurement, Government trust funds, Guided missiles, Higher education, Import restrictions, Income tax, Intelligence activities, International affairs, International agencies, International broadcasting, International control of nuclear power, International finance, Investments, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Nuclear energy, Nuclear energy research, Nuclear exports, Nuclear fuels, Nuclear nonproliferation, Oil well drilling, Pension funds, Pensions, Petroleum industry, President and foreign policy, Presidents, Public contracts, Radio broadcasting, Reactor fuel reprocessing, Russia, Sanctions (International law), Science policy, State-sponsored terrorism, Subsidiary corporations, Tax deductions, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Taxation, Terrorism, Terrorists, Trade, Uranium, Uranium enrichment, Weapons of mass destruction, Weapons systems
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Committee on Finance. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to impose sanctions on Iran and on other countries for assisting Iran in developing a nuclear program, and for other purposes. 3/22/2007--Introduced. Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 - Amends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 to expand the definitions of "petroleum resources" and "person." Expresses the sense of Congress concerning certain sanctions against Iran. Subjects Russia to specified nuclear energy cooperation prohibitions unless the President certifies to Congress that: (1) Russia has suspended all nuclear assistance and transfers of advanced conventional weapons and missiles to Iran; or (2) Iran has verifiably dismantled all nuclear enrichment-related and reprocessing-related programs. Subjects Iran to specified economic sanctions unless the President certifies to Congress that Iran has verifiably dismantled all nuclear enrichment-related and reprocessing-related programs.Subjects, with respect to prohibited transactions [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Agriculture, Agriculture in foreign trade, Air cargo, Caribbean area, Civil liberties, Collection of accounts, Congressional reporting requirements, Cuba, Cubans, Embargo, Export controls, Exports, Food, Food safety, Foreign banks and banking, Foreign policy, Freight, Immigration, International affairs, International finance, Latin America, Law, Licenses, Marine transportation, Marketing of farm produce, Right to travel, Sanctions (International law), Trade, Transportation, Visas
Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA. Bill TextTo facilitate the sale of United States agricultural products to Cuba, as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000. 2/13/2007--Introduced. Agricultural Export Facilitation Act of 2007 - Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (TSREEA of 2000) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize, under a general license, certain travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with: (1) sales and marketing activities, including organization and participation in product exhibitions; and (2) sea or air transportation of products. Authorizes a consular official to issue a temporary tourist/business visa for a Cuban national (who is not otherwise inadmissible) whose itinerary documents an intent to conduct activities, including phytosanitary inspections, related to purchasing U.S. agricultural goods under the provisions of TSREEA of 2000. Defines "payment in cash"[...] show full description
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