[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4341 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4341
To direct the United States Executive Directors at the international
financial institutions to use voice, vote, and influence of the United
States to prevent companies from countries that actively or tacitly
supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine from benefitting from its
reconstruction, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 23, 2023
Mr. Luetkemeyer (for himself, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Barr, Mr. Nunn of Iowa,
Mr. Huizenga, Ms. De La Cruz, Mrs. Kim of California, and Mr. Sessions)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Financial Services
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A BILL
To direct the United States Executive Directors at the international
financial institutions to use voice, vote, and influence of the United
States to prevent companies from countries that actively or tacitly
supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine from benefitting from its
reconstruction, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ukraine Reconstruction
Accountability and Transparency Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF UNITED STATES INFLUENCE IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS TO PREVENT COMPANIES FROM COUNTRIES THAT
ACTIVELY OR TACITLY SUPPORTED THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF
UKRAINE FROM BENEFITTING FROM ITS RECONSTRUCTION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
United States Executive Director at each international financial
institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International
Financial Institutions Act) to use voice, vote, and influence of the
United States to prevent their respective institution from entering
into a contract for the reconstruction of Ukraine with any company
that--
(1) is located or has operations in--
(A) China, Belarus, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua, North
Korea, Russia, or Syria;
(B) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bolivia,
Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo,
Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, India,
Iran, Kazakstan, Kyrgyztan, Laos, Mongolia, Mozambique,
Namibia, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and
Zimbabwe; or
(C) any other country whose government has provided
material or diplomatic support for the Russian invasion
of Ukraine; or
(2) would have, as a subcontractor on such a contract, a
company described in paragraph (1).
(b) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of the Treasury may waive
subsection (a) with respect to a country specified in subsection
(a)(1)(B) if, after the date of the enactment of this section, the
government of the country--
(1) takes public action to voice the opposition of the
government to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including by
voting in the affirmative on a United Nations General Assembly
Resolution that expresses that opposition; or
(2) provides material support to the efforts of the
Government of Ukraine to evict Russian forces from the
sovereign territory of Ukraine.
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