,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #baji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ag1     
#bjba,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit     
allocations of ,special ,drawing ,rights
 at the ,international ,monetary ,fund  
for perpetrators of genocide and state  
sponsors of terrorism without           
congressional authorization4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,no ,dollars for ,dictators ,act of     
#bjba4  #b4 ,findings ,congress makes   
the following findings3 7#a7 ,the       
,president has agreed to a general      
allocation of ,special ,drawing ,rights 
at the ,international ,monetary ,fund   
totaling #fej1jjj1jjj1jjj without       
consent from ,congress4  7#b7 ,special  
,drawing ,rights are distributed        
according to a country's economic       
standing in the global economy1 allowing
 the wealthiest countries in the world  

to receive the most ,special ,drawing   
,rights of all members of the           
,international ,monetary ,fund4  7#c7   
,the ,president's justification for     
supporting the proposed allocation is to
 allow low-income countries to exchange 
their ,special ,drawing ,rights for     
currency to fund efforts to combat the  
,,covid-#ai pandemic4  7#d7 ,under the  
proposed allocation of #fej1jjj1jjj1jjj 
,special ,drawing ,rights-- 7,a7 ,group 
of ,twenty countries1 the largest       
economies in the world1 would receive   
the bulk of the ,special ,drawing       
,rights1 totaling #dbf1jjj1jjj1jjj2 and 
7,b7 only #c percent1 or                
#ba1jjj1jjj1jjj1 would be given to the  
intended recipients1 the poorest        
countries in the world4  7#e7 ,the      
,president recommends a ,special        
,drawing ,rights allocation that sends  
tens of billions of dollars in aid to   
dictators1 including ,xi ,jinping1      
,vladimir ,putin1 ,hassan ,rouhani1     
,bashar al-,assad1 and ,nicols ,maduro4 

7#f7 ,under the proposed allocation1 the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china1 a known 
perpetrator of genocide1 stands to      
receive #bb1jjj1jjj1jjj1 which is more  
than the #ba1jjj1jjj1jjj all the poorest
 countries combined will receive4  7#g7 
,countries designated as state sponsors 
of terrorism would also receive ,special
 ,drawing ,rights1 with #c1ejj1jjj1jjj  
going to ,iran and #ijj1jjj1jjj going to
 ,syria4  7#h7 ,the notion that ,special
 ,drawing ,rights are a no-cost way to  
help poor countries procure ,,covid-#ai 
vaccines is demonstrably false1 and     
further would require the ,united       
,states to issue debt and pay interest  
on that debt in order to cover the loans
 issued through ,special ,drawing       
,rights4  7#i7 ,on ,march #bd1 #bjba1   
the ,secretary of the ,treasury1 ,janet 
,yellen1 acknowledged that a ,special   
,drawing ,rights allocation comes at a  
cost to the ,united ,states taxpayer1 as
 the ,united ,states is financially     
responsible for exchanging ,united      

,states dollars in return for ,special  
,drawing ,rights presented to the       
,united ,states4  7#aj7 ,it is the duty 
of ,congress to decide how taxpayer     
dollars are used and whether or not     
,united ,states dollars should be       
exchanged for ,special ,drawing ,rights 
that will be awarded to dictators and   
countries that actively oppose the      
national interests of the ,united       
,states4  #c4 ,prohibition on           
allocations of ,special ,drawing ,rights
 at ,international ,monetary ,fund for  
perpetrators of genocide and state      
sponsors of terrorism without           
congressional authorization ,section    
#f7;b7 of the ,special ,drawing ,rights 
,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bhfq7b77 is amended
 by adding at the end the following3    
7#c7 ,unless ,congress by law authorizes
 such action1 neither the ,president nor
 any person or agency shall on behalf of
 the ,united ,states vote to allocate   
,special ,drawing ,rights under article 
,,xviii1 sections #b and #c1 of the     

,articles of ,agreement of the ,fund to 
a member country of the ,fund1 if the   
government of the member country has--  
7,a7 committed genocide at any time     
during the #aj-year period ending with  
the date of the vote2 or  7,b7 been     
determined by the ,secretary of ,state1 
as of the date of the enactment of the  
,no ,dollars for ,dictators ,act of     
#bjba1 to have repeatedly provided      
support for acts of international       
terrorism1 for purposes of-- 7i7 section
 #aged7;c77#a77;,a77i7 of the ,export   
,control ,reform ,act of #bjah 7#ej     
,u4,s4,c4 #dhac7;c77#a77;,a77i772  7ii7 
section #fbj;,a of the ,foreign         
,assistance ,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4
 #bcga72  7iii7 section #dj7;d7 of the  
,arms ,export ,control ,act 7#bb        
,u4,s4,c4 #bghj7;d772 or  7iv7 any other
 provision of law4  4