H.R. 1836: To establish appropriate procedures and sanctions to ensure that unpaid parking fines and penalties owed to New York City by foreign countries are paid.
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H.R. 1836: To establish appropriate procedures and sanctions to ensure that unpaid parking fines and penalties owed to New York City by foreign countries are paid.
112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-11 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-13] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
To establish appropriate procedures and sanctions to ensure that unpaid parking fines and penalties owed to New York City by foreign countries are paid.
Plain summary
Requires the Secretary of State to impose certain sanctions against a foreign country that owes unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties to New York City, New York, including to: (1) deny the issuance or renewal of any diplomatic license plates for vehicles for that country, (2) withhold certain foreign assistance funds from such country, and (3) reappropriate certain unobligated foreign assistance funds available for the country to pay fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties it owes to New York City.
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Official text
To establish appropriate procedures and sanctions to ensure that unpaid parking fines and penalties owed to New York City by foreign countries are paid.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-13] · 3 cosponsors
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- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1836.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr1836 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112