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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1935 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 for United States 

contributions to the International Fund for Ireland, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 27, 2005 

Mr. SANTORUM introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 

for United States contributions to the International 

Fund for Ireland, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Fund 

5 for Ireland Enhancement Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The United States has been effectively en9 gaged in the Northern Ireland peace process by par10 ticipating in negotiations and contributing to the 
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1 economic development of both Northern Ireland and 

2 the border areas of the Republic of Ireland that are 

3 affected by the conflict in Northern Ireland. 

4 (2) The Government of Ireland, the Irish peo5 ple, the Government of the United Kingdom, and the 

6 British people are longstanding friends of the United 

7 States Government and the people of the United 

8 States. 

9 (3) In 1986, the United States, in support of 

10 the Agreement Between the Government of Ireland 

11 and the Government of the United Kingdom dated 

12 November 15, 1985 (‘‘Anglo-Irish Agreement’’), es13 tablished the International Fund for Ireland (‘‘Inter14 national Fund’’) to help bolster economic develop15 ment and support programs that would foster peace 

16 and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the af17 fected border areas of the Republic of Ireland. 

18 (4) The United States has been a generous and 

19 faithful donor to the International Fund, contrib20 uting more than $386,000,000 to help improve rela21 tions between Catholics and Protestants in Northern 

22 Ireland through the creation of thousands of jobs 

23 and the development of business opportunities that 

24 allow Catholics and Protestants to work together. 
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1 (5) More than 80 percent of the International 

2 Fund’s investments have been in disadvantaged 

3 areas. Programs funded by the investments offer 

4 work experience and important job training pro5 grams to disadvantaged and unemployed youth 

6 through the economic, social, and physical regenera7 tion of such areas. 

8 (6) The International Fund has also developed 

9 a series of community-building programs promoting 

10 greater dialogue and understanding between Catho11 lics and Protestants and leadership programs de12 signed to develop a new generation of leaders in 

13 Northern Ireland to bring about a more peaceful 

14 and prosperous future in the region. 

15 (7) Section 2(b) of the Anglo-Irish Agreement 

16 Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–415; 100 Stat. 

17 947), states that the purpose of the contributions 

18 from the United States to the International Fund is 

19 to support the promotion of ‘‘reconciliation in North20 ern Ireland and the establishment of a society in 

21 Northern Ireland in which all may live in peace, free 

22 from discrimination, terrorism, and intolerance, and 

23 with the opportunity for both communities to par24 ticipate fully in the structures and processes of gov25 ernment’’. 
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1 (8) Assistance from the United States to the 

2 International Fund has contributed greatly to the 

3 economic development of Northern Ireland and to 

4 accomplishing the objectives of the Anglo-Irish 

5 Agreement Support Act of 1986, namely economic 

6 development and reconciliation, which are critical to 

7 achieving a just and lasting peace in the region, es8 pecially in the economically depressed areas of 

9 Northern Ireland. 

10 (9) The Agreement Reached in the Multi-Party 

11 Negotiations in Belfast on April 10, 1998 (the 

12 ‘‘Good Friday Agreement’’) created the Northern 

13 Ireland Executive Assembly and Executive Com14 mittee and provided for a ‘‘democratically elected 

15 Assembly in Northern Ireland which is inclusive in 

16 its membership, capable of exercising executive and 

17 legislative authority, and subject to safeguards to 

18 protect the rights and interests of all sides of the 

19 community’’. 

20 (10) The Good Friday Agreement also called 

21 for police reform and establishment of a ‘‘new begin22 ning’’ in policing in Northern Ireland with an effec23 tive, accountable, and fair police service, which is ca24 pable of attracting and sustaining support from the 

25 community as a whole, capable of maintaining law 
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1 and order, and based on principles of protection of 

2 human rights. 

3 (11) In 1999, the Independent Commission on 

4 Policing in Northern Ireland, a commission required 

5 by the Good Friday Agreement, made 175 rec6 ommendations for policing reform in Northern Ire7 land, some of which have been implemented. 

8 (12) In 2002, the Department of State issued 

9 a report required by section 701(d) of the Foreign 

10 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Pub11 lic Law 107–228; 116 Stat. 1419), called the ‘‘Re12 port on Policing Reform and Human Rights in 

13 Northern Ireland’’. The report concluded that a new 

14 police training facility and an increase in funding for 

15 police training programs were critically needed in 

16 Northern Ireland. 

17 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENT 

18 SUPPORT ACT OF 1986. 

19 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con20 gress that— 

21 (1) Assistance from the United States for the 

22 International Fund for Ireland (‘‘International 

23 Fund’’) has contributed greatly to the economic de24 velopment of Northern Ireland and that both objec25 tives of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 
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1 1986 (Public Law 99–415; 100 Stat. 947), namely 

2 economic development and reconciliation, remain 

3 critical to achieving a just and lasting peace in the 

4 region, especially in the economically-depressed 

5 areas; and 

6 (2) since policing reform is a significant part of 

7 winning public confidence in and acceptance of the 

8 new form of government in Northern Ireland, the 

9 International Fund is encouraged to support pro10 grams that enhance relations between communities 

11 and enhance relations between the police and the 

12 communities they serve, promote human rights 

13 training for police, and enhance peaceful mediation 

14 in neighborhoods of continued conflict. 

15 (b) AMENDMENTS.— 

16 (1) FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.—Section 2(b) of 

17 the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 

18 (Public Law 99–415; 100 Stat. 947) is amended by 

19 adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Fur20 thermore, the International Fund is encouraged to 

21 support programs that enhance relations between 

22 communities and enhance relations between the po23 lice and the communities they serve, promote human 

24 rights training for police, enhance peaceful medi25 ation in neighborhoods of continued conflict, pro-
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1 mote training programs to enhance the new district 

2 partnership police boards recommended by the Pat3 ten Commission, and assist in the transition of 

4 former British military installations and prisons into 

5 sites for peaceful, community-supported activities, 

6 such as housing, retail, and commercial develop7 ment.’’. 

8 (2) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE

9 INTERNATIONAL FUNDS.—Section 3 of the Anglo10 Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 

11 99–415; 100 Stat. 947) is amended by adding at the 

12 end, the following new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(c) FISCAL YEARS 2006 AND 2007.—Of the 

14 amounts made available for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 

15 to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

16 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the eco17 nomic support fund), there are authorized to be appro18 priated $20,000,000 for each such fiscal year for United 

19 States contributions to the International Fund. Amounts 

20 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria21 tions under the preceding sentence are authorized to re22 main available until expended. Of the amount authorized 

23 to be appropriated for fiscal years 2006 and 2007 under 

24 this subsection, it is the sense of Congress that not less 

25 than 35 percent of such amount for each such fiscal year 
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1 should be used to carry out the last sentence of section 

2 2(b).’’. 

3 (c) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 6(1) of the Anglo4 Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99– 

5 415; 100 Stat. 947) is amended by inserting before the 

6 semicolon the following: ‘‘, specifically through improving 

7 local community relations and relations between the police 

8 and the people they serve’’. 

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