To prohibit the United States from following guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury regarding how multilateral development banks should engage with developing countries on coal-fired power generation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3570
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-21
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Coal

Multilateral development programs
Latest action: action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-11-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the U.S. Executive Director at each multilateral development bank to: (1) disregard the document entitled &quot;Guidance for U.S. Positions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries on Coal-Fired Power Generation&quot; and any other document issued subsequently by the Secretary that sets forth policies, strategies, procedures, or positions substantially similar to those set forth in that document; and (2) not use U.S. influence to propose, advance, or implement any policy, strategy, procedure, or position set forth in that document.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3570 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2013 Mr. McKinley (for himself, Mr. Rahall , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Stivers , Mr. Barr , Mr. Johnson of Ohio , Mrs. Wagner , Mr. Pearce , and Mr. Rothfus ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To prohibit the United States from following guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury regarding how multilateral development banks should engage with developing countries on coal-fired power generation, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on following guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury regarding how multilateral development banks should engage with developing countries on coal-fired power generation The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United States Executive Director at each multilateral development bank (within the meaning of section 1701(c)(4) of the International Development Institutions Act) to— (1) disregard the document issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, entitled Guidance for U.S. Positions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries on Coal-Fired Power Generation , dated October 29, 2013, and any other document issued subsequently by the Secretary that sets forth policies, strategies, procedures, or positions substantially similar to the policies, strategies, procedures, and positions set forth in that document; and (2) not use the voice, vote, or influence of the United States to propose, advance, or implement any policy, strategy, procedure, or position set forth in that document.