US Congress Senate Bill 864 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Balkan Economic Partnership Act This bill authorizes the President to designate a private, nonprofit organization to be known as the Bosnia and Herzegovina-American Enterprise Fund to promote private sector development through: the initiation and expansion of employment and profitability of private enterprises; the modeling, promotion, and dissemination of sound corporate governance and law-abiding Western business practices; the promotion of policy reforms to improve the business enabling environment and facilitate foreign and domestic investment; and the demonstration that private sector investment can be undertaken profitably. The Board of Directors of the fund should adopt the best practices and procedures used by investment funds authorized for the U.S. Agency for International Development through enactment of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 and the FREEDOM Support Act.

Balkan Economic Partnership Act

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/864/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s864/BILLS-115s864is.pdf