Sequester Pakistan Act

Bill: 113-hr-1253
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-19
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia

Employment and training programs

Foreign aid and international relief

Military personnel and dependents

Pakistan

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Sequester Pakistan Act - Prohibits foreign assistance for Pakistan until expenditures for the Department of Defense (DOD) military tuition assistance program for FY2013 are at least equal to FY2012 program expenditures.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1253 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2013 Mr. Poe of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit foreign assistance to Pakistan until the tuition assistance program of the Department of Defense is fully funded.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sequester Pakistan Act . 2. Prohibition on foreign assistance to Pakistan Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no foreign assistance may be provided to Pakistan until expenditures for the military tuition assistance program under sections 1784a and 2007 of title 10, United States Code, for fiscal year 2013 are at least equal to expenditures for such tuition assistance for fiscal year 2012.