To provide flexibility with respect to United States support for assistance provided by international financial institutions for Burma, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Oct 5, 2012 Became Public Law No: 112-192.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 19, 2012
- Passed HouseSep 19, 2012
- Passed SenateSep 22, 2012
- To the PresidentSep 25, 2012
- Became lawOct 5, 2012Public Law 112-192
Summary
Directs the President to provide Congress with written notice of any such determination.
Requires that prior to the President making such determination the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with Congress regarding assistance for Burma by an international financial institution, and the national interests served by such assistance.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to not vote in favor of assistance to Burma until at least 15 days have elapsed from the date on which the President has provided Congress with the required notice.Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Sep 19, 2012 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 5, 2012Signed by President.
- Oct 5, 2012Became Public Law No: 112-192.
- Sep 25, 2012Presented to President.
- Sep 24, 2012Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 22, 2012Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6670-6671)
- Sep 20, 2012Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Sep 19, 2012Introduced in House
- Sep 19, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Sep 19, 2012Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 19, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6124-6125)
- Sep 19, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6431.
- Sep 19, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6124)
- Sep 19, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6670, S6671 | Mark L. Pryor D-AR | Sep 21, 2012 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6124, H6125Text printed H6124 | Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Edward R. Royce R-CA | Sep 19, 2012 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6151.
CRS reports 7
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 7
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44570 | U.S. Restrictions on Relations with Burma Archived | Report | Jan 12, 2021 |
| R42939 | U.S. Sanctions on Burma: Issues for the 113th Congress Archived | Report | Sep 13, 2013 |
| RL33539 | Intelligence Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Apr 23, 2013 |
| R41511 | The Independent Payment Advisory Board Archived | Report | Apr 17, 2013 |
| R43035 | U.S. Policy Towards Burma: Issues for the 113th Congress Archived | Report | Mar 12, 2013 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide flexibility with respect to United States support for assistance provided by international financial institutions for Burma, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Sep 20, 2012Received in Senate
- Sep 19, 2012Engrossed in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
