Sec. 1633.59. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES TO PROVIDE DEBT RESTRUCTURING OR RELIEF TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH UNSUSTAINABLE LEVELS OF DEBT
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## SEC. 1633.59 SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES TO PROVIDE DEBT RESTRUCTURING OR RELIEF TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH UNSUSTAINABLE LEVELS OF DEBT **[**[22 U.S.C. 262p-17](/us/usc/t22/s262p-17)**]** ###
(a)Debt Relief The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall— ####
(1)engage with international financial institutions, the G20, and official and commercial creditors to advance support for prompt and effective implementation and improvement of the Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the DSSI (in this section referred to as the “Common Framework”), or any successor framework or similar coordinated international debt treatment process in which the United States participates through the establishment and publication of clear and accountable— #####
(A)debt treatment benchmarks designed to achieve debt sustainability for each participating debtor; #####
(B)standards for appropriate burden-sharing among all creditors with material claims on each participating debtor, without regard for their official, private, or hybrid status; 59Section 5702(a) of division E of Public Law 117–263 amends title XVI by adding at the end a new section 1633. Subsection
(b)of such section 5701 provides “[t]he amendment made by subsection
(a)is repealed effective on the date that is 5 years after the effective date of this section.”. #####
(C)robust debt disclosure by creditors, including the People’s Republic of China, and debtor countries, including inter-creditor data-sharing and, to the maximum extent practicable, public disclosure of material terms and conditions of claims on participating debtors; #####
(D)expansion of Common Framework country eligibility to lower middle-income countries who otherwise meet the existing criteria; #####
(E)improvements to the Common Framework process with the aim of ensuring access to debt relief in a timely manner for those countries eligible and who request treatment; and #####
(F)consistent enforcement and improvement of the policies of multilateral institutions relating to asset-based and revenue-based borrowing by participating debtors, and coordinated standards on restructuring collateralized debt; ####
(2)engage with international financial institutions and official and commercial creditors to advance support, as the Secretary finds appropriate, for debt restructuring or debt relief for each participating debtor, including, on a case-by- case basis, a debt standstill, if requested by the debtor country through the Common Framework process from the time of conclusion of a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund, and until the conclusion of a memorandum of understanding with its creditor committee pursuant to the Common Framework, or any successor framework or similar coordinated international debt treatment process in which the United States participates; and ####
(3)instruct the United States Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund and the United States Executive Director at the World Bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to advance the efforts described in paragraphs
(1)and (2). ###
(b)Reporting Requirement Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Financial Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that describes— ####
(1)any actions that have been taken, in coordination with international financial institutions, by official creditors, including the government of, and state-owned enterprises in, the People’s Republic of China, and relevant commercial creditor groups to advance debt restructuring or relief for countries with unsustainable debt that have sought restructuring or relief under the Common Framework, any successor framework or mechanism, or under any other coordinated international arrangement for sovereign debt restructuring in which the United States participates; ####
(2)any implementation challenges that hinder the ability of the Common Framework to provide timely debt restructuring for any country with unsustainable debt that seeks debt restructuring or debt payment relief, including any refusal of a creditor to participate in appropriate burden-sharing, including failure to share (or publish, as appropriate) all material information needed to assess debt sustainability; and ####
(3)recommendations on how to address any challenges identified in paragraph (2). # TITLE XVII CONSOLIDATED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS60
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Sec. 1633.59
SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES TO PROVIDE DEBT RESTRUCTURING OR RELIEF TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH UNSUSTAINABLE LEVELS OF DEBT
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