Contact Congress about H.R. 4423: No New Burma Funds Act

Requires the U.S. to keep backing an existing World Bank pause on payments and new lending to the Government of Burma. Treasury can opt out if continuing the pause is not in the U.S. national interest.

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No New Burma Funds Act is a Senate bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Latest action on H.R. 4423: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects how U.S. officials act inside the World Bank when decisions involve funding for the Government of Burma. It can also affect whether Burma’s national government can receive World Bank payouts or new World Bank lending, which can influence what government-linked projects can move forward through those channels. Because the bill includes a national-interest exception, it also concentrates a key decision point in the Treasury Secretary’s hands.

Why this matters: This bill matters because it uses the United States’ influence at the World Bank to keep Burma’s national government from receiving certain World Bank money and new lending, tied to the aftermath of the 2021 military coup. Since the U.S. is a major shareholder, its vote can affect what the World Bank does in practice. At the same time, the bill builds in flexibility by letting the Treasury Secretary change course if keeping the pause no longer serves U.S. national interests.

Key provisions in H.R. 4423

• Tells the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to direct the U.S. Executive Director at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank’s main lending arm.
• Requires the United States to use its “voice and vote” at the World Bank to keep an existing pause on World Bank disbursements (payouts) and new financing commitments (new lending) to the Government of Burma.
• Links that pause to steps taken after the 2021 military coup that removed Burma’s democratically elected government.
• Creates an exception: the Treasury Secretary may decide not to keep supporting the pause if the Secretary determines continuing it is not in the United States’ national interest.
• Focuses on World Bank funds going to the Government of Burma, rather than every World Bank activity connected to Burma or the broader region.

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What is H.R. 4423?

Requires the U.S. to keep backing an existing World Bank pause on payments and new lending to the Government of Burma. Treasury can opt out if continuing the pause is not in the U.S. national interest.

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