US Congress House Bill 6581 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-0)
Status: Introduced on April 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-04-21 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires each U.S. Executive Director at an international financial institution to take certain actions in support of the global response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, each U.S. Executive Director at an international financial institution (e.g., the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the International Finance Corporation) must (1) seek the suspension of debt service payments to the institution and the relaxation of fiscal targets for certain programs, and (2) oppose programs or loan agreements that would reduce countries' health care spending or other spending related to their responses to COVID-19. Further, the U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund must support the issuance of Special Drawing Rights (a currency support tool) so that governments may access additional resources to finance their responses to COVID-19.

Robust International Response to Pandemic Act

Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Andy Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2020-04-21	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E376)
2020-04-21	House	Introduced in House

SB4139 (Related) 2020-07-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S4139)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6581/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6581/BILLS-116hr6581ih.pdf