HR 2798 · 110th Congress · International Affairs

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2008

Introduced 2007-06-20· Sponsored by Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]· House

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Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 593.(2008-03-04)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to extend Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) authority to make loans and issue investment insurance and investment guarantees. Revises international worker rights provisions. Requires OPIC to institute a climate change mitigation action plan. Prohibits OPIC from approving any contract for any project which significantly involves an extractive industry (as defined by this Act) without: (1) prior congressional notification; and (2) investor and host country agreement to implement Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative principles. Prohibits OPIC from providing assistance for: (1) any railway connection that does not traverse or connect with Armenia and does connect Azerbaijan and Turkey; (2) a project with North Korea, Sudan, or Iran; or (3) an energy sector project of $20 million or more. Provides for increased project transparency. Authorizes OPIC programs in Iraq.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 2798, Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007

Jul 16, 2007

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 26, 2007</p>

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H.R. 2798, Overseas Private Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007

Jul 16, 2007

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on June 26, 2007

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (3)

2 Democrats1 Republican