Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009

Bill: 110-s-3288
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2008-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Afghanistan
Africa
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
African Development Foundation
Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Appropriations
Arabs
Armed Forces and National Security
Arms sales
Arts, Culture, Religion
Belize
Biological diversity
Bolivia
Bombs
Boundaries
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Burma
Cambodia
Canada
Central Asia
Child health
China
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil service retirement
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Colombia
Commemorations
Commerce
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Construction costs
Contraceptives
Costa Rica
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cuba
Cultural relations
Debt agreements
Debt relief
Democracy
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Development credit institutions
Diplomats
Disaster relief
Displaced persons
Dominican Republic
Drug abuse
Drug law enforcement
East Asia
Economic assistance
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational exchanges
El Salvador
Embassies
Energy
Environmental Protection
Europe
Export controls
Export finance
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Families
Female circumcision
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Fishery management
Food relief
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign exchange
Foreign leaders
Foreign loans
Foreign service
Forest conservation
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government corporations
Government lending
Government trust funds
Guatemala
Haiti
Hawaii
Health
Higher education
Historic sites
History
Honduras
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Human rights
Immigration
Indonesia
Inspectors general
Inter-American Foundation
International agencies
International broadcasting
International environmental cooperation
International military forces
International relief
Investment guaranty insurance
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Israel
Kenya
Labor and Employment
Land mines
Latin America
Law
Lebanon
Libya
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marriage
Maternal health services
Mexico
Middle East and North Africa
Military assistance
Military education
Military personnel
Military training
Minesweeping
Montenegro
Namibia
Nicaragua
Nongovernmental organizations
North Korea
Nuclear nonproliferation
Obstetrics
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Pakistan
Panama
Peace Corps
Peacekeeping forces
Peru
Philippines
Police
Population
Preventive medicine
Protection of officials
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public corruption
Radio broadcasting
Recruiting and enlistment
Refugees
Repatriation
Research centers
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sierra Leone
Smuggling
Social Welfare
South Asia
Sri Lanka
State-sponsored terrorism
Sudan
Taiwan
Technical assistance
Terrorism
Thailand
Tibet
Trade and Development Agency
Tropical forests
United Nations economic assistance
United Nations finances
User charges
Vietnam
Vocational and technical education
War crimes
Women
Women's education
Women's health
World health
Zimbabwe

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-18
text: 
Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes FY2009 appropriations for the Department of State (Department) for: (1) administration of foreign affairs and diplomatic and consular programs; (2) the civilian stabilization initiative; (3) the Capital Investment Fund; (4) the Office of Inspector General; (5) educational and cultural exchange programs; (6) representation allowances; (7) protection of foreign missions and officials; (8) U.S. embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (9) emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service; (10) the repatriation loans program account; (11) the American Institute in Taiwan; (12) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (13) international organizations, peacekeeping, and commissions; (14) the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; (15) plan preparation and construction of authorized projects; (16) the International Joint Commission and the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada; (17) international fisheries commissions; (18) international broadcasting operations; (19) the Asia Foundation; (20) the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund; (21) the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated; (22) the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program; (23) East-West Center, Hawaii; (24) the National Endowment for Democracy; (25) the Commission for Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (26) the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom; (27) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (28) the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; (29) the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission; (30) the United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group; (31) migration and refugee assistance; and (32) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs.
 
Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) operating and international development expenses of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Office of Inspector General; (2) expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (3) global health and child survival; (4) specified development assistance; (5) international disaster assistance; (6) global food security; (7) development credit authority; (8) the Economic Support Fund; (9) promotion of democracy; (10) assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia; (11) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (12) counterdrug activities in the Andean region of South America; (13) the Peace Corps; (14) the Millennium Challenge Corporation; (15) the Inter-American Foundation; (16) the African Development Foundation; (17) the Department of the Treasury for international affairs technical assistance activities and debt restructuring; (18) international organizations, financial institutions, and clean energy technology; (19) the Enterprise of the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund; (20) the Asian Development Fund; and (21) the African Development Fund.
 
Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) international military education and training; (2) foreign military financing grants; and (3) international peacekeeping operations. 
 
Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) the Export-Import Bank, including the Office of Inspector General, direct and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, and administrative expenses; (2) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) credit and insurance programs, including administrative expenses, and for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans; and (3) the Trade and Development Agency. 
 
Sets forth certain limits and prohibitions on the use of appropriations for specified activities. 

action_date: 2008-07-18
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 - Makes FY2009 appropriations for the Department of State (Department) for: (1) administration of foreign affairs and diplomatic and consular programs; (2) the civilian stabilization initiative; (3) the Capital Investment Fund; (4) the Office of Inspector General; (5) educational and cultural exchange programs; (6) representation allowances; (7) protection of foreign missions and officials; (8) U.S. embassy security, construction, and maintenance; (9) emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service; (10) the repatriation loans program account; (11) the American Institute in Taiwan; (12) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (13) international organizations, peacekeeping, and commissions; (14) the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; (15) plan preparation and construction of authorized projects; (16) the International Joint Commission and the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada; (17) international fisheries commissions; (18) international broadcasting operations; (19) the Asia Foundation; (20) the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund; (21) the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated; (22) the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program; (23) East-West Center, Hawaii; (24) the National Endowment for Democracy; (25) the Commission for Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; (26) the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom; (27) the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; (28) the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; (29) the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission; (30) the United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group; (31) migration and refugee assistance; and (32) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs.
 
Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) operating and international development expenses of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Office of Inspector General; (2) expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (3) global health and child survival; (4) specified development assistance; (5) international disaster assistance; (6) global food security; (7) development credit authority; (8) the Economic Support Fund; (9) promotion of democracy; (10) assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia; (11) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (12) counterdrug activities in the Andean region of South America; (13) the Peace Corps; (14) the Millennium Challenge Corporation; (15) the Inter-American Foundation; (16) the African Development Foundation; (17) the Department of the Treasury for international affairs technical assistance activities and debt restructuring; (18) international organizations, financial institutions, and clean energy technology; (19) the Enterprise of the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund; (20) the Asian Development Fund; and (21) the African Development Fund.
 
Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) international military education and training; (2) foreign military financing grants; and (3) international peacekeeping operations. 
 
Makes FY2009 appropriations for: (1) the Export-Import Bank, including the Office of Inspector General, direct and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, and administrative expenses; (2) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) credit and insurance programs, including administrative expenses, and for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans; and (3) the Trade and Development Agency. 
 
Sets forth certain limits and prohibitions on the use of appropriations for specified activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 889.
action_date: 2008-07-18
text: Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Leahy under authority of the order of the Senate of 01/04/2007. With written report No. 110-425.
action_date: 2008-07-18
text: Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Leahy under authority of the order of the Senate of 01/04/2007. With written report No. 110-425.
action_date: 2008-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2008-07-17
text: Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2008-04-09
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-756.
action_date: 2008-03-04
text: Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-756.