H.R. 4423 · House bill · 119th Congress

No New Burma Funds Act

Sponsored by Rep. Nikema Williams, Georgia with 3 co-sponsors

Introduced Jul 15, 2025

Referred to the Foreign Relations Committee

Latest action Dec 2, 2025

SponsorRep. Nikema Williams, Georgia· 3 cosponsorsRep. Young Kim, CaliforniaRep. Mónica De La Cruz, Texas

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DemocratRep. Timothy Kennedy, New York

What the bill does

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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Nov 25, 2025.

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Contents

Sec. 1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “No New Burma Funds Act”.

Sec. 2. Continuation of pause on World Bank disbursements and commitments to Burma

The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United States Executive Director at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to use the voice and vote of the United States to continue the pause by the Bank on disbursements and the making of new financing commitments to the Government of Burma, that was initiated after a military coup overthrew the democratically elected Government of Burma in 2021, unless the Secretary of the Treasury determines that it is not in the national interest to do so.

Official text, Referred in Senate (Dec 2, 2025), from the Government Publishing Office via Congress.gov. Printed version (PDF) · All versions on Congress.gov

What the bill does

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Nov 25, 2025.