IMF Accountability Act of 2022
Summary
IMF Accountability Act of 2022 This bill imposes requirements on U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with regard to certain issues involving China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, or Afghanistan while under Taliban control. The President or any U.S. representative to the IMF may not vote to allocate Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to any of these countries unless Congress authorizes such a vote. (The SDR is an international reserve asset maintained by the IMF based on contributions from IMF member countries. SDRs may be exchanged between member countries and may also be exchanged for currencies.) The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to direct U.S. representatives to the IMF to oppose any proposal that (1) increases the IMF quota of any of these countries, or (2) modifies certain policies if the modification would allow the IMF to provide funding to any of these countries. (A country's quota determines, among other things, that country's voting power in IMF decisions and access to IMF financing.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
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President
Introduced Feb 17, 2022
Last action Feb 17, 2022
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Feb 17, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
upper
Feb 17, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Legislator
Party
State
District
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Rick Scott
RRepublican
Co
Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
Co
Ted Cruz
RRepublican
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