I 
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. 
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 
A BILL 
To prohibit funds appropriated for the Export-Import Bank 
of the United States, any international financial institu-
tion, 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 Pri-
vate 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 imprison-
ment or death.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 gov-
ernment of the country has honored all United States re-
quests 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 INSTI-
TUTIONS. 
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 CER-
TAIN 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 Sec-
retary of the Treasury to not provide a loan or extend 
credit to the government of a country or an agency or in-
strumentality of a government, or for any project or activ-
ity conducted in a country, until the government of the 
country has honored all United States requests to extra-
dite 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 545. PROHIBITION RELATING TO HONORING OF CER-
TAIN 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 Treas-
ury 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 CER-
TAIN EXTRADITION REQUESTS.—The Corporation may 
not issue any contract of insurance or reinsurance or any 
guaranty, or enter into any agreement to provide financ-
ing, 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 punish-
able by life imprisonment or death.’’.
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