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H.R. 4423 (119th): No New Burma Funds Act

No New Burma Funds Act This bill requires the U.S. Executive Director at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to advocate and vote for a continued pause on IBRD disbursements and new financing commitments to Burma unless the Department of the Treasury determines this is not in the national interest. The IBRD is one of the two major lending facilities of the World Bank and provides loans, guarantees, risk management products, and advisory services to middle-income countries and some creditworthy low-income countries. The World Bank paused disbursements and new financing to Burma after a 2021 military coup in that country.

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Recorded summary

H.R. 4423, the No New Burma Funds Act, would require the U.S. Executive Director at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) to advocate for and vote for a continued pause on IBRD disbursements and new financing commitments to Burma. The pause would stay in place unless the Department of the Treasury determines that it is not in the national interest. The World Bank paused disbursements and new financing to Burma after the 2021 military coup.

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Theological note: The bill bears on the Christian duty to restrain oppressive power and not lend aid to rulers who seized government by force. Its relevance lies in general equity and the accountability of rulers. The national-interest waiver and the foreign-policy judgment involved are prudential matters, so the bill should be weighed with humility rather than treated as a settled moral verdict.

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Recorded votes

Roll 307 · 1-Dec-2025 7:05 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed

Yea 385 · Nay 0 · Other 46

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