An original bill to provide for international debt forgiveness and the strengthening of anticorruption measures and accountability at international financial institutions.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to exert U.S. influence to strengthen each bank's procedures and management controls to ensure that funds disbursed by it to borrowing countries are used as intended and in a manner that complies with the conditions of the bank's loan to such country.
Directs the Comptroller General to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on the sufficiency of audits of the financial operations of each multilateral development bank conducted by persons or entities outside of such bank.
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the President's discretionary authority to transfer certain funds to certain international financial institutions for the purpose of bilateral funding.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Banking and Financial Services. H. Rept. 106-483, Part I.
Committee on Foreign Relations ordered to be reported an original measure.
Introduced in Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Helms. With written report No. 106-425.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Helms. With written report No. 106-425.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 844.
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