S.1234 - Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000106th Congress (1999-2000)

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08/04/1999 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10214)

08/04/1999 Senate passed companion measure H.R. 2606 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent.

08/04/1999 Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 2606 as an amendment.

08/04/1999 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10214)

08/04/1999 Senate vitiated previous passage. (consideration: CR S10214)

06/30/1999 Ordered to be held at the desk and not engrossed pending receipt of House companion measure.

06/30/1999 Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 97-2. Record Vote No: 192.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1118 Amendment SP 1118 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1119 Amendment SP 1119 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53-45. Record Vote No: 191.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1188 Amendment SP 1188 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1187 Amendment SP 1187 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1188 Proposed by Senator Leahy. To provide for the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, up to $7,500,000 to be derived by transfer from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out Part I of the Foreign Assistant Act of 1961, as amended, and funds appropriated by this Act under the heading, "Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic State", to remain available until expended, as authorized by section 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1187 Proposed by Senator Leahy. To establish a working capital fund for the United State Agency for International Development which shall be available without fiscal year limitation for the expenses of certain personal and non-personal services, equipment and supplies.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1186 Amendment as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1186 Proposed by Senator Leahy. To provide that the Secretary of the Treasury may, to fulfill commitments of the United States, (1) effect the United States participation in the fifth general capital increase of the African Development Bank, the first general capital increase of the Multilater Investment Guarantee Agency, and the first general capital increase of the Inter-American Investment Corporation; and (2) contribute on behalf of the United States to the eight replenishment of the resources of the African Development Fund, the twelfth replenishment of the International Development Association.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1185 Amendment SP 1185 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1184 Amendment SP 1184 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1185 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Nickles. Regarding availability of United States assistance for the Palestinian Authority.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1184 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Byrd. To express the sense of the Senate regarding assistance under the Camp David Accords.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1182 SP 1182 fell when SP 1157 tabled.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1157 Motion to table SP 1157 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-43. Record Vote No: 189.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1183 Amendment SP 1183 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1183 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Lott. To require annual reports on arms sales to Taiwan.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1165 Amendment SP 1165 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1182 Proposed by Senator Leahy to Amendment SP 1157. To terminate prohibitions and restrictions on travel to Cuba.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1157 Proposed by Senator Dodd. To terminate prohibitions and restrictions on travel to Cuba.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1170 Amendment SP 1170 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1172 Amendment SP 1172 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1172 Amendment SP 1172 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1171 Amendment SP 1171 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1171 Amendment SP 1171 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1159 Amendment SP 1159 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1176 Amendment SP 1176 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1177 Amendment SP 1177 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1175 Amendment SP 1175 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1174 Amendment SP 1174 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1173 Amendment SP 1173 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1168 Amendment SP 1168 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1167 Amendment SP 1167 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1163 Amendment SP 1163 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text: CR S4136)

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1162 Amendment SP 1162 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1158 Amendment SP 1158 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1151 Amendment SP 1151 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1150 Amendment SP 1150 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1146 Amendment SP 1146 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1125 Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1172 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Reid. To express the sense of the Senate that the President and the Secretary of State should raise the need for accountability of Saddam Hussein and several key members of his regime at the International Criminal Court Preparatory Commission.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1171 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Dewine. To expres the sense of the Senate regarding Columbia.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1159 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Landrieu. To provide that $2,000,000 of the assistance for Russia and the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union be used to provide grants for nongovernmental organizations to teach new graduates the skills needed for the job market and that $4,400,000 of the assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States be provided to the Romanian Department of Child Protection for emergency aid for the child victims of the present economic crisis in Romania.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1176 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Cochran. To make available certain funds for the Defense Institute of International Studies to enhance its mission, functioning and performance by providing for its fixed costs of operation.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1177 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Schumer. To express the sense of the Senate that the proposed programs under the Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative (ETRI) are critical and essential to preserving United States national security.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1175 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Domenici. To provide Tibetan refugee relief.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1174 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Levin. To express the sense of the Senate regarding United States commitments under the United States-North Korean agreed framework.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1173 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Biden. To express the sense of the Senate that the programs contained in the Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative are vital to the national security of the United States and that funding for those programs should be restored in conference to the levels requested in the President's Budget.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1168 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Kerry. To restrict United States aid to Cambodia.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1167 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Kerry. To promote an international arms transfer regime.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1163 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Cleland. To support an international conference to achieve a durable political settlement in the Balkans.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1162 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Boxer. To increase the commitment to control and eliminate the growing international problem of tuberculosis.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1158 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Dodd. To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to provide to the Congress by January 31, 2000 a report on all military training provided to foreign military personnel (excluding sales) administered by the Department of Defense and the Department of State duringn fiscal years 1999 and 2000, including those propsed for fiscal year 2000.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1151 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Burns. To allocate funds to continue mycoherbicide counter drug research and development.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1150 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Helms. To provide assistance to promote democracy in Serbia.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1146 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Lautenberg. To provide substitute language relating to restrictions on assistance to countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1125 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Smith, of OR. To express the sense of the Senate on the Citizens Democracy Corps with regard to promoting economic development and open, democratic countries in the former Soviet Union and Central Eastern Europes.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1179 Amendment SP 1179 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 98-0. Record Vote No: 188.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1181 Amendment SP 1181 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1180 Amendment SP 1180 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1181 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Biden. To allocate funds for the Iraq Foundation.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1180 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Voinovich. Relating to the designation of Serbia as a Terrorist State.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1179 Proposed by Senator Leahy. To urge the President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of the Treasury to immediately intensify their efforts to prevail upon the Indonesian Government and military to disarm and disband anti-independence militias in East Timor; grant full access to East Timor by international human rights monitors, humanitarian organizations, and the press; allow Timorese who have been living in exile to return to East Timor to campaign for and participate in the ballot; and release all political prisioners.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1165 Proposed by Senator Bingaman. To express the sense of the Senate regarding assistance provided to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1170 Proposed by Senator Brownback. To make available international disaster assistance, humanitarian assistance, and development assistance in opposition-controlled areas of Sudan.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1123 Amendment SP 1123 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1145 Amendment SP 1145 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1144 Amendment SP 1144 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1143 Amendment SP 1143 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1142 Amendment SP 1142 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1141 Amendment SP 1141 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1140 Amendment SP 1140 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1139 Amendment SP 1139 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1138 Amendment SP 1138 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1137 Amendment SP 1137 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1136 Amendment SP 1136 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1135 Amendment SP 1135 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1134 Amendment SP 1134 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1133 Amendment SP 1133 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1132 Amendment SP 1132 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1131 Amendment SP 1131 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1130 Amendment SP 1130 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1129 Amendment SP 1129 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1128 Amendment SP 1128 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1128 Amendment SP 1127 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1127 Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1145 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Campbell. To restrict United States assistance for reconstruction efforts in the Balkans to United States-produced articles and services.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1144 Proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Dorgan. To earmark funds for the independent states of the former Soviet Union for the REAP International School Linkage Program.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1143 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Thomas. To include notification to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on International Relations regarding free and fair elections in Cambodia.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1142 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Abraham. To provide that from the Developent Assistance and Economic Support Funds, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for Lebanon to be used, among other programs, for scholarships and direct support of the American educational institutions in Lebanon.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1141 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Helms. To earmark Foreign Military Financing funds for the Philippines.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1140 Proposed by Senator McConnell. To provide that of the funds made available for Armenia, $15,000,000 shall be available for earthquake rehabilitation and reconstruction.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1139 Proposed by Senator McConnell. To provide that certain funds that are allocated for assistance for the Central Government of Russia, 50 percent of shall be withheld from obligation until the President determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that The Government of Russia has terminated implementation of arrangements to provide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reator, related nuclear reasearch facilities or programs, or ballistic missile capability.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1138 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Helms. Regarding assistance for Haiti.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1137 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Helms. To provide for congressional notification with respect to acquisition of United States Agency for International Development facilities.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1136 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Helms. To reduce the amount appropriated for contribution to the International Development Association.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1135 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Roth. To express the sense of Congress regarding which office in the Department of State is appropriate for managing United States interests in Ukraine.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1134 Proposed by Senator Leahy. To modify certain provisions relating to debt restructuring within the Department of the Treasury.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1133 Proposed by Senator Leahy. To provide that the proportion of funds appropriated under Development Assistance that are made available for biodiversity activities should be at least be same as the proportion of funds that were made available for such activities from funds appropriated by the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1995 (P.L. 103-306) to carry out sections 103 through 106 and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1132 Proposed by Senator Leahy. To provide that of the funds made available for Ukraine, $3,500,000 shall be made available for the destruction of stockpiles of anti-personnel landmines in Ukraine.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1131 Proposed by Senator McConnell. To provide that certain funds for assistance for Ukraine be withheld from obligation and expenditure until the Government of Ukraine has undertaken significant economic reforms additional to those achieved in fiscal year 1999, including taking effective measures to end corruption by government officials.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1130 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Coverdell. To provide up to $5,500,000 to establish an International Health Care Center at Morehouse School of Medicine.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1129 Proposed by Senator Leahy. To provide that funds made available to grantees may be invested pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the President of the African Development Foundation; to provide that interest earned shall be used only for the purposes for the grant was made; to provide that this authority applies to interest earned both prior to and following enactment of this provision; to provide thatnotwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Development Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the board of directors of the Foundation may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in that section with respect to a project, and to provide that the Foundation shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations before each time such waiver authority is exercised.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1128 Proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator McCain. To strike certain provisions, with regard to the appropriation of funds for the Inter-American Foundation, providing that funds be made available only after the General Accounting Office has completed its current Inter-American Foundation civil and criminal investigations and reported to the Committees on Appropriations.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1127 Proposed by Senator McConnell. To provide that certain funds from the Economic Support Fund be made available for political, economic, humanitarian, and associated support activities for Iraqi opposition groups designated under the Iraqi Liberation Act (Public Law 105-338)

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1123 Proposed by Senator Wellstone. To combat the crime of international trafficking and to protect the rights of victims.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1119 Proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SP 1118. To strike certain provisions relating to the restriction on assistance for the Government of Azerbaijan.

06/30/1999 S.Amdt.1118 Proposed by Senator Brownback. To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to target assistance to support the economic and political independence of the countries of South Caucasus and Central Asia.

06/30/1999 Measure laid before Senate. (consideration: CR S7835-7852, S7854-7856, S7862-7911)

06/28/1999 Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49-41. Record Vote No: 187. (consideration: CR S7706-7707)

06/24/1999 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S7579)

06/24/1999 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7579)

06/24/1999 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S7579)

06/17/1999 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 159.

06/17/1999 Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator McConnell. With written report No. 106-81.

06/17/1999 Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.

05/20/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-340.

05/19/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

04/29/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

03/25/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

03/09/1999 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.