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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1939

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 any country until the 

country has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals 

who have committed a crime punishable by life imprisonment or death. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2005

Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

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 any country until the country 

has honored all United States requests to extradite criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life 

imprisonment or death.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS 

2 BY THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

3 UNITED STATES. 

4 Section 2(b) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 

5 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(13) PROHIBITION RELATING TO HONORING OF

8 CERTAIN EXTRADITION REQUESTS.—The Bank may not 

9 guarantee, insure, or extend credit, or participate in the 

10 extension of credit, to the government of any country or 

11 any agency or instrumentality of any government, until 

12 that government has honored all United States requests 

13 to extradite criminals who have committed a crime punish14 able by life imprisonment or death.’’. 

15 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS BY 

16 THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTI17 TUTIONS. 

18 Title XV of the International Financial Institutions 

19 Act (22 U.S.C. 262o—262o–2) is amended by adding at 

20 the end the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 1504. PROHIBITION RELATING TO HONORING OF CER22 TAIN EXTRADITION REQUESTS. 

23 ‘‘Funds appropriated for payment to an international 

24 financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2)) 

25 shall not be made available to the institution unless the 

26 institution has made a binding commitment to the Sec-
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1 retary of the Treasury to not provide a loan or extend 

2 credit to the government of any country or any agency 

3 or instrumentality of any government, until that govern4 ment has honored all United States requests to extradite 

5 criminals who have committed a crime punishable by life 

6 imprisonment or death.’’. 

7 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS BY 

8 THE NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT 

9 BANK. 

10 Part 2 of subtitle D of title V of the North American 

11 Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (22 U.S.C. 

12 290m—290m–3) is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 545. PROHIBITION RELATING TO HONORING OF CER15 TAIN EXTRADITION REQUESTS. 

16 ‘‘Funds appropriated for payment to the Bank shall 

17 not be made available to the Bank unless the Bank has 

18 made a binding commitment to the Secretary of the Treas19 ury to not provide a loan or extend credit to any govern20 ment or any agency or instrumentality of any government, 

21 until that government has honored all United States re22 quests to extradite criminals who have committed a crime 

23 punishable by life imprisonment or death.’’.

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