H.R. 3570: To prohibit the United States from following guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury regarding how multilateral development banks should engage with developing countries on coal-fired power generation, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3570: To prohibit the United States from following guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury regarding how multilateral development banks should engage with developing countries on coal-fired power generation, and for other purposes.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-11-21 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-11-21 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To prohibit the United States from following guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury regarding how multilateral development banks should engage with developing countries on coal-fired power generation, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the U.S. Executive Director at each multilateral development bank to: (1) disregard the document entitled "Guidance for U.S. Positions on MDBs Engaging with Developing Countries on Coal-Fired Power Generation" and any other document issued subsequently by the Secretary that sets forth policies, strategies, procedures, or positions substantially similar to those set forth in that document; and (2) not use U.S. influence to propose, advance, or implement any policy, strategy, procedure, or position set forth in that document.

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Official text

To prohibit the United States from following guidance issued by the Secretary of the Treasury regarding how multilateral development banks should engage with developing countries on coal-fired power generation, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] · 9 cosponsors

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Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Andy Barr (R-KY), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Brett Guthrie (R-KY)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3570.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3570 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113