To authorize assistance to facilitate trade with, reconstruction efforts, and economic recovery in the Republic of Georgia, which are necessitated by the destruction of critical infrastructure and disruption of domestic and regional commerce during the August 2008 war between Georgia and the Russian Federation.
Republic of Georgia Enhanced Trade Assistance, Economic Recovery, and Reconstruction Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce to work with the governments of the Republic of Georgia, Ukraine, Turkey, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to expand trade, business, and economic opportunities, including through the existing free trade zone at the Georgian port of Poti and the Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE).
Directs: (1) the Secretary of State to provide assistance for Georgia's economic recovery and infrastructure reconstruction; and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury to use U.S. influence at international financial institutions to expand assistance for Georgia's reconstruction and development.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1733-1734)
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 committee concerned.
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