To prohibit funds appropriated for the Export-Import Bank of the United States, any international financial institution, or the North American Development Bank from being used for loans to a country, or for a project or activity in a country, and to prohibit the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from supporting projects in a country, until the government of the country has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2259 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2259

To prohibit funds appropriated for the Export-Import Bank of the United
States, any international financial institution, or the North American
Development Bank from being used for loans to a country, or for a
project or activity in a country, and to prohibit the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation from supporting projects in a country, until the
government of the country has honored all United States requests to
extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life
imprisonment or death.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 22, 2003

Mr. Rohrabacher introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee
on International Relations, 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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A BILL

To prohibit funds appropriated for the Export-Import Bank of the United
States, any international financial institution, or the North American
Development Bank from being used for loans to a country, or for a
project or activity in a country, and to prohibit the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation from supporting projects in a country, until the
government of the country has honored all United States requests to
extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life
imprisonment or death.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS BY THE EXPORT-IMPORT
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.

Section 2(b) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C.
635(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(13) Prohibition relating to honoring of certain extradition
requests.--The Bank may not guarantee, insure, or extend credit, or
participate in the extension of credit, to the government of a country
or an agency or instrumentality of a government, or for any project or
activity conducted in a country, until the government of the country
has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals who have
committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS BY THE INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS.

Title XV of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C.
262o--262o-2) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1504. PROHIBITION RELATING TO HONORING OF CERTAIN EXTRADITION
REQUESTS.

``Funds appropriated for payment to an international financial
institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2)) shall not be made
available to the institution unless the institution has made a binding
commitment to the Secretary of the Treasury to not provide a loan or
extend credit to the government of a country or an agency or
instrumentality of a government, or for any project or activity
conducted in a country, until the government of the country has honored
all United States requests to extradite criminals who have committed a
crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS BY THE NORTH AMERICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK.

Part 2 of subtitle D of title V of the North American Free Trade
Agreement Implementation Act (22 U.S.C. 290m--290m-3) is amended by
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 545. PROHIBITION RELATING TO HONORING OF CERTAIN EXTRADITION
REQUESTS.

``Funds appropriated for payment to the Bank shall not be made
available to the Bank unless the Bank has made a binding commitment to
the Secretary of the Treasury to not provide a loan or extend credit to
a government or an agency or instrumentality of a government, or for
any project or activity conducted in a country, until the government of
the country has honored all United States requests to extradite
criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or
death.''.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON OPIC ACTIVITIES.

Section 237 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2197)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(p) Prohibition Relating to Honoring of Certain Extradition
Requests.--The Corporation may not issue any contract of insurance or
reinsurance or any guaranty, or enter into any agreement to provide
financing, for any project in a country, until the government of the
country has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals
who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death.''.
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