Republic of Georgia Enhanced Trade Assistance, Economic Recovery, and Reconstruction Act of 2008
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Latest Action · September 9, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Republic of Georgia Enhanced Trade Assistance, Economic Recovery, and Reconstruction Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce to work with the governments of the Republic of Georgia, Ukraine, Turkey, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to expand trade, business, and economic opportunities, including through the existing free trade zone at the Georgian port of Poti and the Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE).
Directs: (1) the Secretary of State to provide assistance for Georgia's economic recovery and infrastructure reconstruction; and (2) the Secretary of the Treasury to use U.S. influence at international financial institutions to expand assistance for Georgia's reconstruction and development.
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