To terminate certain sanctions with respect to India and Pakistan.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
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Version 00 · Introduced in House · May 12, 1999
Terminates certain nuclear proliferation sanctions against: (1) India and Pakistan with respect to any grounds for their imposition arising under the Arms Export Control Act and the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 before enactment of this Act; and (2) any person with respect to any grounds for their imposition arising under the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act before enactment of this Act with respect to the detonation by India or Pakistan of nuclear explosive devices. Declares that nothing in this Act prohibits the President from imposing sanctions under such Acts by reason of any grounds arising on or after the enactment of this Act. Repeals the India-Pakistan Relief Act of 1988 (title IX of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in section 101(a) of Public Law 105-277).
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3068)
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