Ukraine Reconstruction Accountability and Transparency Act

Bill: 118-hr-4341
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-23
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b>Ukraine Reconstruction Accountability and Transparency Act</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Directors at each international financial institution to use their voice, vote, and influence to prevent such institutions from entering into contracts for reconstruction in Ukraine with companies in countries supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The international financial institutions include the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the International Finance Corporation.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Specifically, the bill requires such instructions to prevent the institutions from contracting with firms, including subcontractors, that are located or have operations in designated countries or in countries whose government has provided material or diplomatic support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">The bill also authorizes Treasury to waive such instructions for countries specified by the bill if the government of that country (1) publicly opposes the Russian invasion of Ukraine, or (2) provides material support to Ukraine to evict Russian forces from its territory. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"></p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4341 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 23, 2023 Mr. Luetkemeyer (for himself, Mr. Donalds , Mr. Barr , Mr. Nunn of Iowa , Mr. Huizenga , Ms. De La Cruz , Mrs. Kim of California , and Mr. Sessions ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To direct the United States Executive Directors at the international financial institutions to use voice, vote, and influence of the United States to prevent companies from countries that actively or tacitly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine from benefitting from its reconstruction, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ukraine Reconstruction Accountability and Transparency Act . 2. Use of United States influence in international financial institutions to prevent companies from countries that actively or tacitly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine from benefitting from its reconstruction (a) In general The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the International Financial Institutions Act) to use voice, vote, and influence of the United States to prevent their respective institution from entering into a contract for the reconstruction of Ukraine with any company that— (1) is located or has operations in— (A) China, Belarus, Eritrea, Mali, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, or Syria; (B) Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, India, Iran, Kazakstan, Kyrgyztan, Laos, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Togo, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe; or (C) any other country whose government has provided material or diplomatic support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine; or (2) would have, as a subcontractor on such a contract, a company described in paragraph (1). (b) Waiver authority The Secretary of the Treasury may waive subsection (a) with respect to a country specified in subsection (a)(1)(B) if, after the date of the enactment of this section, the government of the country— (1) takes public action to voice the opposition of the government to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including by voting in the affirmative on a United Nations General Assembly Resolution that expresses that opposition; or (2) provides material support to the efforts of the Government of Ukraine to evict Russian forces from the sovereign territory of Ukraine.