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H.R.3566
Title: To provide for the establishment of a trust fund at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to address long-term food production and rural development needs in Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics.
Sponsor: Rep Bereuter, Doug [NE-1] (introduced 12/20/2001)      Cosponsors: 17
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2002 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
12/20/2001:
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
1/14/2002:
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade.
COMMITTEE(S):
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COSPONSORS(17), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 12/20/2001 [WI-2] Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 12/20/2001 [NC-1]
Rep Doggett, Lloyd - 12/20/2001 [TX-10] Rep Ehlers, Vernon J. - 12/20/2001 [MI-3]
Rep Farr, Sam - 2/26/2002 [CA-17] Rep Hall, Tony P. - 12/20/2001 [OH-3]
Rep Johnson, Nancy L. - 12/20/2001 [CT-6] Rep Levin, Sander M. - 2/26/2002 [MI-12]
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 12/20/2001 [CA-37] Rep Miller, George - 12/20/2001 [CA-7]
Rep Nethercutt, George R., Jr. - 12/20/2001 [WA-5] Rep Osborne, Tom - 12/20/2001 [NE-3]
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 12/20/2001 [NJ-10] Rep Sawyer, Tom - 12/20/2001 [OH-14]
Rep Shays, Christopher - 12/20/2001 [CT-4] Rep Snyder, Vic - 12/20/2001 [AR-2]
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 12/20/2001 [CA-29]

SUMMARY AS OF:
12/20/2001--Introduced.

Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics Sustainable Food Production Trust Fund Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into negotiations with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to establish an Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics Sustainable Food Production Trust Fund at the Bank to aid rural development in and create sustainable food production for Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Directs that grants from the Fund will go to assist nongovernmental organizations carrying out the following activities in those countries: (1) restocking seed; (2) replacing breeding livestock; (3) restoring basic irrigation systems; (4) providing access to credit for food production, processing or marketing enterprises through rural microenterprise loan programs; and (5) technical assistance. Places human rights and other conditions on the government of Afghanistan for projects to be funded in Afghanistan.