,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ba1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,garca of ,illinois 7for himself1 ,ms4 
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,levin of         
,michigan1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1    
,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 
,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mr4 ,connolly1
 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4      
,tlaib1 and ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
ensure international financial          
institution support for a robust        
international response to the global    
,,covid-#ai pandemic4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,robust  
,international ,response to ,pandemic   
,act4  #b4 ,support for a robust global 
response to the ,,covid-#ai pandemic    
7a7 ,united states policies at the      
international financial institutions    
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of the 

,treasury shall instruct the ,united    
,states ,executive ,director at each    
international financial institution 7as 
defined in section #agja7;c77#b7 of the 
,international ,financial ,institutions 
,act7 to use the voice and vote of the  
,united ,states in the respective       
institution-- 7,a7 to seek to ensure    
adequate fiscal space for world         
economies in response to the global     
,,covid-#ai pandemic through the        
suspension of all debt service payments 
to the institution1 and the relaxation  
of fiscal targets for any government    
operating a program supported by such an
 institution and for any government who 
seeks financing from such an institution
 in response to the pandemic2 and  7,b7 
to oppose the approval or endorsement of
 any loan1 grant1 document1 or strategy 
that would lead to a decrease in health 
care spending or in any other spending  
that would impede the ability of any    
country to prevent or contain the spread
 of1 or treat persons who are or may be 

infected with1 the ,,covid-#ai virus4   
7#b7 ,,imf issuance of ,special ,drawing
 ,rights ,the ,secretary of the         
,treasury shall instruct the ,united    
,states ,executive ,director at the     
,international ,monetary ,fund to use   
the voice and vote of the ,united       
,states to support the issuance of a    
special allocation of at least          
#c1jjj1jjj1jjj1jjj ,special ,drawing    
,rights so that governments are able to 
access additional resources to finance  
their response to the global ,,covid-#ai
 pandemic4  7b7 ,report required ,the   
,chairman of the ,national ,advisory    
,council on ,international ,monetary and
 ,financial ,policies shall include in  
the annual report required by section   
#agja of the ,international ,financial  
,institutions ,act a description of     
progress made toward advancing the      
policies described in subsection 7a7 of 
this section4  7c7 ,sunset ,subsections 
7a7 and 7b7 of this section shall have  
no force or effect after the earlier    

of-- 7#a7 the date that is #a year after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act2
 or  7#b7 #cj days after the date that  
the ,secretary of the ,treasury reports 
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate that 
the ,,covid-#ai virus is no longer a    
serious threat to public health in any  
part of the world4