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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2071 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to international financial |
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| 6 | 6 | | institutions for the purposes of financing foreign shrimp farms, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH11, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. N |
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| 11 | 11 | | EHLS(for himself, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. VICENTEGONZALEZ |
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| 12 | 12 | | of Texas, Mr. C |
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| 13 | 13 | | ARTERof Louisiana, Ms. MACE, Mr. WEBERof Texas, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Mr. B |
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| 15 | 15 | | ILIRAKIS, Ms. LETLOW, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. RUTHER- |
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| 16 | 16 | | FORD, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. MOOREof Alabama, Mr. BABIN, Mr. EZELL, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Mr. C |
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| 18 | 18 | | LOUD, Mr. FRY, and Mr. CARTERof Georgia) introduced the fol- |
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| 19 | 19 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services |
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| 20 | 20 | | A BILL |
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| 21 | 21 | | To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to |
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| 22 | 22 | | international financial institutions for the purposes of |
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| 23 | 23 | | financing foreign shrimp farms, and for other purposes. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Our Shrimpers 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HR 2071 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON MAKING FEDERAL FUNDS AVAIL-1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ABLE TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTI-2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | TUTIONS TO FINANCE FOREIGN SHRIMP 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | FARMS. 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | The Secretary of the Treasury shall condition any 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | provision of Federal funds to an international financial in-6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | stitution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the Inter-7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | national Financial Institutions Act) on the requirement 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | that the funds not be used to finance any activity relating 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | to shrimp farming, shrimp processing, or the export of 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | shrimp in any foreign country. 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SEC. 3. ANNUAL GAO REPORT ON COMPLIANCE BY THE 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AT 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTI-14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | TUTIONS WITH INSTRUCTION TO OPPOSE 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ASSISTANCE FOR THE PRODUCTION OR EX-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | TRACTION OF EXPORT COMMODITIES OR 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | MINERALS IN SURPLUS ON WORLD MARKETS. 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | this Act and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | shall investigate, and submit to the Congress a written re-22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | port on, the extent to which the United States Executive 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Directors at the institutions specified in section 22 of the 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •HR 2071 IH |
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| 59 | 59 | | Export-Import Bank Act Amendments of 1986 have car-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ried out the instructions described in such section. 2 |
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