CR: Overseas Private Investment Corp. Reauthorization Act of 2007

Congressional Record: July 23, 2007 (House)
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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2007

Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the
bill (H.R. 2798) to reauthorize the programs of the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation, and for other purposes, as amended.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:

H.R. 2798

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SEC. 9. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP OR PROMOTE
CERTAIN RAILWAY CONNECTIONS AND RAILWAY-RELATED
CONNECTIONS.

Section 237 of the of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2197) is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
“(q) Prohibition on Assistance for Certain Railway
Projects.–The Corporation may not provide insurance,
reinsurance, a guaranty, financing, or other assistance to
support the development or promotion of any railway
connection or railway-related connection that does not
traverse or connect with Armenia and does connect Azerbaijan
and Turkey.”.
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The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman) that the House suspend the
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2798, as amended.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the
rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS