S.Amdt. 1222

SA 1222. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1161 submitted by Mr. Brown to the bill H.R. 2346, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

(c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any loan, project, agreement, memorandum, instrument, or other program of the International Monetary Fund that does not maintain or increase government spending on health care or education in Heavily Indebted Poor Countries or that does not exempt such spending from hiring or wage bill ceilings or other limits to be imposed by the International Monetary Fund in those countries; and to promote government spending on health care, education, food aid, or other critical safety net programs in all of the IMF's activities with respect to Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.