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Investment (OFII).
Entries in BOLD have been added or changed from the previous report.
Last Updated September 14, 1998
State/Municipality Target Description Status
Country
PENDING
Assembly Bill On 5/13 the measure
was amended and
New York Burma 9147 (A) recommitted to the
.Selective
purchasing committee. Assembly
adjourned 5/19/98
Motion Ref. No.
97-18-61. Directs
the Chief
Legislative Introduced and
Analyst to referred to the
prepare a report Budget & Finance
Los Angeles, CA Burma on other and
municipalities Intergovernmental
restricting Relations
purchases with Committees on
companies doing 10/7/97.
business in Burma
and to provide a
draft ordinance.
State/Municipality Target Description Status
Country
INACTIVE/FAILED MEASURES
Assembly Bill
The committee
California Burma 888.Selective rejected the bill
purchasing and
investment on 1/12/98.
House Bill Not reintroduced
Connecticut Burma 6354. Selective for the 1998
purchasing. session.
Resolution. Received no Council
Davis, CA Burma Selective support. Further
purchasing. consideration is
unlikely.
Senate bill 354 SB 354 introduced
& House bill and referred to the
1273. Selective Economic and
purchasing and Environmental
investment. Affairs Committee
Prohibit the on 2/5/98. HB 1273
state from introduced and
purchasing referred to the
Maryland Nigeria goods or Commerce and
services from Governmental
and/or entering Matters Committee
into a contract on 2/23/98. The EEA
with, or Committee held a
depositing or hearing on SB 354
investing funds and voted to
in companies discontinue
doing business considerationof the
in Nigeria. measure on 3/25/98.
Reported out of the
Joint State
Administration
Committee on
House Bill 5/28/97 and
4575. Selective referred to the
Massachussettes Indonesia purchasing and House Ways and
investment Means Committee on
measure. 6/12/97. The
Legislature is
adjourned until
1999. The bill will
have to be
reintroduced.
The issue was
Selective introduced and
purchasing. referred to the
Requires full Intergovernmental
disclosure of Relations Committee
business on 2/6/98. It was
activity in discussed and
Burma by city referred to the
Minneapolis, MN Burma bidders. The Ways and Means
bill will not Committee on
prohibit the 2/19/98. At a
city from 4/21/98 hearing the
contracting Committee returned
with companies the measure to its
doing business author. Further
in Burma. consideration is
higly unlikely.
Assembly Bill
New York Multiple1 5753. Selective Not reintroduced to
licensing. the 1998 cycle.
Failed on 8/28/97
Senate Bill when the
North Carolina Burma 1054. Selective legislature
purchasing. adjourned for the
year.
House Bill
6721. Selective
investment.
Rhode Island Indonesia Senate Bill Not reintroduced to
984. Selective the 1998 session.
purchasing and
investment.
Council passed a
non-binding
Seattle, WA Burma Selective resolution and
purchasing. indicated it will
take no further
action.
House Bill Following a 4/23/97
hearing, the State
Texas Burma 2960. Selective Affairs Committee
purchasing and
investment. decided not to vote
on the bill.
Proponents of HB
679 supported a
non-binding
resolution, JRH
House Bill 679. 157, in lieu of HB
Vermont Burma Selective 679. The resolution
purchasing. passed the House on
4/10/98 and the
senate on 4/18/98.
The legislature has
adjourned for the
year.
Notes
1. Targets financial institutions determined to be in illegal
possession of funds belonging to victims of the holocaust.
2. Targets financial institutions determined to be in illegal
possession of funds belonging to victims of the holocaust.
3. China, Cuba, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Morocco,
Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkey and
Vietnam.
4. Broadened to include companies violating the Cuban Liberty and
Democracy Act.
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