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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 141

To reorder United States budget priorities with respect to United States

assistance to foreign countries and international organizations.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 21, 1997

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

referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To reorder United States budget priorities with respect to

United States assistance to foreign countries and international organizations.

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 ‘‘Foreign Aid Reform

5 Act of 1997’’.

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO

7 COUNTRIES OPPOSING UNITED STATES

8 POLICY IN THE UNITED NATIONS.

9 (a) PROHIBITION.—Funds may not be obligated or

10 expended in any fiscal year for United States assistance
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1 for a foreign country if the government of that country

2 did not cast its vote in agreement with the United States

3 for at least 50 percent of the recorded votes taken in ses4 sions of the General Assembly and Security Council of the

5 United Nations during the calendar year preceding the

6 year in which the fiscal year began.

7 (b) DETERMINATION OF FOREIGN VOTING PRAC8 TICES.—For purposes of subsection (a), the voting prac9 tices of a foreign country shall be determined from the

10 report required to be submitted to Congress under section

11 406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal

12 Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a).

13 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON DOMESTIC FEDERAL AGENCIES

14 FURNISHING UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.

15 A domestic Federal agency may not, directly or indi16 rectly, furnish United States assistance to a foreign coun17 try or an international organization.

18 SEC. 4. FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS SUBJECT

19 TO POINT OF ORDER.

20 It shall not be in order in either the House of Rep21 resentatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolu22 tion, amendment, motion, or conference report providing

23 new budget authority for a fiscal year with respect to for24 eign operations, export financing, or other related activi25 ties of the United States Government until that House of
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1 Congress has passed all other appropriations measures re2 ported by the Committee on Appropriations, or being con3 sidered by the Committee on Appropriations, for that fis4 cal year.

5 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

6 As used in this Act:

7 (1) DOMESTIC FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term

8 ‘‘domestic Federal agency’’ means a Federal agency

9 the primary mission of which is to carry out func10 tions other than foreign affairs, defense, or national

11 security functions.

12 (2) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal

13 agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’

14 in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.

15 (3) INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION.—The term

16 ‘‘international organization’’ has the meaning given

17 the term in section 1 of the International Organiza18 tion Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288).

19 (4) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—The term ‘‘new

20 budget authority’’ has the meaning given the term

21 in section 3(2)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act

22 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(2)(C)).

23 (5) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—The term

24 ‘‘United States assistance’’ has the meaning given
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1 the term in section 481(e)(4) of the Foreign Assist2 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).

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