S 1254 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2009

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 11, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJun 11, 2009
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) report biannually to Congress on international monetary policy and currency exchange rates; and (2) appear, if requested, before certain congressional committees to testify regarding such reports.

Prescribes report contents, including: (1) an analysis of currency market developments and the relationship between the U.S. dollar and the currencies of major economies and trading partners of the United States; (2) a review of the economic and monetary policies of major economies and trading partners of the United States and an evaluation of how such policies impact currency exchange rates; and (3) a list of currencies designated as fundamentally misaligned currencies.

Instructs the Secretary to: (1) analyze semiannually the prevailing real effective exchange rates of foreign currencies; (2) determine whether any such currency is in fundamental misalignment; and (3) designate it for priority action if the issuing country engages in specified behavior, including excessive and prolonged official or quasi-official accumulation of foreign assets for balance of payments purposes.

Prescribes procedures for: (1) negotiations and consultations; and (2) actions in response to failure, including persistent failure, to adopt appropriate policies, or take identifiable action to eliminate the fundamental misalignment.

Requires the Secretary, before the United States approves a proposed change in the governance arrangement of any international financial institution, to determine whether any member of the international financial institution that would benefit from the proposed change, in the form of increased voting shares or representation, has a currency designated for priority action. Requires U.S. opposition to the proposed change if the Secretary renders an affirmative determination.

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930, for purposes of an antidumping investigation or review, to require an adjustment in the price used to establish export (and constructed export) prices, in the case of a fundamentally misaligned currency designated for priority action, by reducing such price by the percentage by which the domestic currency of the producer or exporter is undervalued in relation to the U.S. dollar.

Adds as a factor the administering authority must take into account in determining whether a foreign country is a nonmarket economy country the question of whether its currency is designated for priority action under this Act.

Establishes the Advisory Committee on International Exchange Rate Policy.

Repeals the Exchange Rates and International Economic Policy Coordination Act of 1988.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2009 to Sep 14, 2009, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalJun 11, 2009
D-OHSherrod BrownJun 16, 2009
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVSep 14, 2009

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 11, 2009Introduced in Senate
  2. Jun 11, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1027Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2009Related billMay 13, 2009
HR 2378Currency Reform for Fair Trade ActRelated billSep 29, 2010
S 3134Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2010Related billMar 17, 2010

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 11, 2009Introduced in Senate

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