# 117-hr-6549: To provide support for international initiatives to provide debt relief to developing countries with unsustainable levels of debt, and for other purposes.

117-hr-6549, To provide support for international initiatives to provide debt relief to developing countries with unsustainable levels of debt, and for other purposes., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6549
- Congress: 117
- Title: To provide support for international initiatives to provide debt relief to developing countries with unsustainable levels of debt, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced: 2022-02-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: International Affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to support and advocate for debt relief for developing countries. Treasury must engage with international financial institutions and creditors to advocate for support, implementation, and improvement of the Common Framework for Debt Treatments beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) (and any successor framework or similar coordinated international debt treatment process). (The DSSI is an initiative established by the Group of 20, the informal grouping of 19 major economies and the European Union, that provides temporary debt restructuring for the world's poorest countries. The common framework is a framework endorsed by 39 creditors to provide permanent debt forgiveness.) Treasury must also engage with international financial institutions and creditors to advocate for a comprehensive debt payment standstill for each participating debtor while the debtor's application for relief under the common framework and negotiations related to such relief are pending or ongoing. Treasury must also order U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to advocate and vote for such initiatives and policies without undermining the respective institution's ability to provide new and additional aid and assistance.

## Related bills

- 117-hr-3076: Postal Service Reform Act of 2022
- 117-hr-7077: Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
- 117-hr-8404: Respect for Marriage Act
- 117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 117-hr-9648: Bus Rapid Transit Act
- 117-hr-9647: Light Rail Transit Act

## Sources
- [117-hr-6549 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6549)

## Related
- [117-hr-3076: Postal Service Reform Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3076)
- [117-hr-7077: Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7077)
- [117-hr-8404: Respect for Marriage Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8404)
- [117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1842)
- [117-hr-9648: Bus Rapid Transit Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-9648)
- [117-hr-9647: Light Rail Transit Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-9647)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6549 (as of 2025-11-18).