IMF Reform and Integrity Act

Bill: 115-hr-1573
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-16
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Congressional oversight

Foreign loans and debt

International monetary system and foreign exchange

International organizations and cooperation

Multilateral development programs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>IMF Reform and Integrity Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the United States to oppose: </p> <ul> <li>International Monetary Fund (IMF) financing in conjunction with financing by a multilateral organization of which the United States is not a member if such organization's financing would exceed the IMF's financing or the debtor's IMF obligation is not made explicitly senior to the debtor's obligation to the multilateral organization; </li> <li>any proposal to make additional resources available to the IMF or to increase the quota of any IMF member who is a member of a multilateral organization of which the United States is not a member if, during the previous 24 months, either the IMF has approved or disbursed financing in conjunction with financing provided by such multilateral organization or an obligation to the IMF from such approval or disbursement has not been fully repaid; </li> <li> any proposed IMF loan to a country about which an IMF staff analytical report finds no high probability that the country's public debt is sustainable in the medium term (currently, only if the proposed loan is not likely to be repaid in full); and </li> <li>any proposal that would alter IMF criteria for exceptional access lending such that an ineligible country would become eligible for such lending, unless the Department of the Treasury has submitted a justification for such proposal, including its effects on repayment risk. </li> </ul> <p>The bill cancels and rescinds certain deactivated IMF funds. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1573 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2017 Mr. Huizenga introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To oppose International Monetary Fund participation in foreign-led agreements, reduce moral hazard, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the IMF Reform and Integrity Act . 2. Opposition of the United States to financial participation by the International Monetary Fund in foreign-led agreements The Bretton Woods Agreements Act ( 22 U.S.C. 286–286xx ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 73. Opposition of the United States to financial participation by the International Monetary Fund in foreign-led agreements The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct— (1) the United States Executive Director at the Fund— (A) to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose the provision by the Fund of financing, including the disbursement of financing approved before the enactment of this section, in conjunction with financing to be provided by a multilateral organization of which the United States is not a member if— (i) the present value of the financing to be provided by the multilateral organization would exceed the present value of the financing to be provided by the Fund; or (ii) the obligation of the debtor with respect to the financing provided by the Fund is not explicitly made senior to the obligation of the debtor with respect to the financing provided by the multilateral organization; and (B) not later than 7 days after the approval by the Fund of any financing to which paragraph (1) applies, to transmit a certification to the Committees on Financial Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Foreign Relations of the Senate that the obligation of the debtor with respect to the financing provided by the Fund has been explicitly made senior to the obligation of the debtor with respect to the financing provided by the multilateral organization; and (2) the United States Governor of the Fund to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any proposal to make additional resources available to the Fund in the aggregate, or increase the quota of any member of the Fund who is a member of a multilateral organization of which the United States is not a member, if, during the 24 months before consideration of the proposal by the Board of Governors of the Fund— (A) the Fund has approved the provision of, or disbursed, financing in conjunction with financing provided or to be provided by the multilateral organization, as described in paragraph (1); or (B) an obligation to the Fund resulting from such an approval or disbursement has not been repaid in full. . 3. Repeal of the New Arrangements to Borrow; rescission of funds (a) Repeal (1) In general Section 17 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act ( 22 U.S.C. 286e–2 ) is amended— (A) by striking subsections (a), (b), (d), and (f); and (B) in subsection (c)— (i) by striking (c) ; and (ii) by striking In addition to the amount authorized in subsection (b), there and inserting There . (2) Conforming repeal Section 9001 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 ( 22 U.S.C. 286e–2 note; division K of Public Law 114–113 ) is amended by striking paragraph (3). (b) Rescission The unobligated balances made available to carry out subsections (a) and (b) of section 17 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, as in effect before the enactment of this Act, are rescinded. 4. Opposition of the United States to International Monetary Fund loan to a country whose public debt is not likely to be sustainable in the medium term Section 68(a) of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act ( 22 U.S.C. 286tt(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting after the comma the following: or a staff analytical report of the Fund states that there is not a high probability that the public debt of the country is sustainable in the medium term, ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) Presidential waiver authority The President of the United States may waive paragraph (2) if the President provides a written certification to the Committees on Financial Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Foreign Relations and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that the waiver is important to the national security interest of the United States, and includes with the certification a written statement of the reasons therefor. . 5. Congressional notification with respect to exceptional access lending The Bretton Woods Agreements Act ( 22 U.S.C. 286–286xx ), as amended by section 2 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: 74. Congressional notification with respect to exceptional access lending The United States Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund may not support any proposal that would alter the criteria used by the Fund for exceptional access lending if the proposal would permit a country that is ineligible, before the proposed alteration, to receive exceptional access lending, unless, not later than 30 days before consideration of the proposal by the Board of Executive Directors of the Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury has submitted to the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the justification for the proposal and the effects of the proposed alteration on moral hazard and repayment risk at the Fund. . 6. Monitoring and technical assistance Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted as requiring the opposition of the United States to the provision of monitoring, technical assistance, or advisory services by the International Monetary Fund.