S.2522 - Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001106th Congress (1999-2000)

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07/18/2000 Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.

07/18/2000 Senate passed companion measure H.R. 4811 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7121-7142)

07/18/2000 Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 4811 as an amendment.

06/22/2000 Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 530.

06/22/2000 Amended and advanced to third reading in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 4. Record Vote Number: 141.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3498 Proposed amendment SA 3498 withdrawn in Senate.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3542 Amendment SA 3542 ruled out of order by the chair.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3542 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 3542.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3542 Amendment SA 3542 proposed by Senator Boxer. (consideration: CR S5613-5615; text as modified: CR S5613; text as further modified: CR S5614)) To affirm and support Department of Defense policy that United States Armed Forces personnel in Colombia should make every effort to minimize the possibility of confrontation with civilians in Colombia, and to prohibit the use of Department of Defense funds for certain activities with regard to Colombia.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3541 Amendment SA 3541 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3541 Amendment SA 3541 proposed by Senator Boxer. (consideration: CR S5613; text as modified: CR S5613) To provide additional funding for efforts to combat international HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3531 Amendment SA 3531 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3531 Amendment SA 3531 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Byrd. (consideration: CR S5612; text as modified: CR S5612) To provide support for the Defense Classified Activities.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3569 Amendment SA 3569 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3555 Amendment SA 3555 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3555 Amendment SA 3555 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Smith NH. (consideration: CR S5610-5612; text as modified: CR S5611) To provide funds for the President to direct the executive directors to international financial institution to prohibit funds to the Russian Federation if the Russian Federation delivers SN22 Missiles to the People's Republic of China.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3553 Amendment SA 3553, previously agreed to, was modified by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5610-5612; text as modified: CR S5611)

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3551 Amendment SA 3551 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3551 Amendment SA 3551 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Chafee, L. (consideration: CR S5610-5612; text as modified: CR S5611) To express the sense of the Senate that the United States should authorize and fully fund a bilateral and multilateral program of debt relief for the world's poorest countries.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3520 Amendment SA 3520 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3520 Amendment SA 3520 proposed by Senator Feingold. (consideration: CR S5609-5610; text: CR S5609; text as modified: CR S5610) To increase amounts appropriated for international disaster assistance for Mozambique and Southern Africa.

06/22/2000 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5609-5628)

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3498 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5609; S5615)

06/22/2000 S.Amdt.3569 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5609-5612; text as modified: CR S5611)

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3569 Amendment SA 3569 proposed by Senator Nickles. (consideration: CR S5533-5534; text: CR S5533) To provide that not less than $100,000,000 shall be made available by the Department of State to the Department of Justice for counter narcotic activity initiatives.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3589 Amendment SA 3589 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3589 Amendment SA 3589 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Edwards. (consideration: CR S5534-5536; text: CR S5534-5535) To provide emergency funding to the Department of Commerce and the Department of Agriculture to assist communities affected by Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Dennis, or Hurricane Irene.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3588 Amendment SA 3588 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3588 Amendment SA 3588 proposed by Senator Specter. (consideration: CR S5532-5533; text: CR S5533) To make available up to $1,000,000 to fund the Secretary of Defense to work with the appropriate authorities of the Cuban government to provide for greater cooperation, coordination,and other assistance in the interdiction of illicit drugs being transported over Cuba airspace and waters.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3545 Senate vitiated previous proposal and disposition of amendment SA3545 by Unanimous Consent.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3527 Amendment SA 3527 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3527 Amendment SA 3527 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Dodd. (consideration: CR S5530-5531; text: CR S5530) To transfer $24 million from elsewhere in the bill to Peace Corps to bring FY 2001 funding up to FY 2000 levels.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3522 Amendment SA 3522 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3522 Amendment SA 3522 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Landrieu. (consideration: CR S5530-5532; text as modified: CR S5532) To provide for the rehabilitation of the transportation infrastructure of Bulgaria and Romania.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3172 Amendment SA 3172 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3172 Amendment SA 3172 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Helms. (consideration: CR S5530-5532; text as modified: CR S5531-5532) Relating to support by the Russian Federation for Serbia.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3545 Amendment SA 3545 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3545 Amendment SA 3545 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Chafee, L. (consideration: CR S5530, S5536) To express the sense of the Senate that the United States should authorize and fully fund a bilateral and multilateral program of debt relief for the world's poorest countries.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3549 Amendment SA 3549 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3549 Amendment SA 3549 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S5530-5531; text as modified: CR S5531) To authorize the Secretary of State to determine the prevalence of the practice of female genital mutilation and to develop recommendations for eliminating the practice.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3547 Amendment SA 3547 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3547 Amendment SA 3547 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S5530-5531; text as modified: CR S5531) To require that funding for the United States Agency for International Development be used to develop and integrate, where appropriate, educational programs aimed at eliminating the practice of female genital mutilation.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3546 Amendment SA 3546 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3546 Amendment SA 3546 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S5530-5531; text as modified: CR S5531) To allocate funds for the Secretary of State to meet with representatives of countries with a high incidence of the practice of dowry deaths or honor killings to develop a strategy for ending the practices, and for other purposes.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3515 Amendment SA 3515 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3515 Amendment SA 3515 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Shelby. (consideration: CR S5530-5531; text: CR S5531) To make the limitation on assignment of United States personnel in Colombia inapplicable to certain intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3537 Amendment SA 3537 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3537 Amendment SA 3537 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Byrd. (consideration: CR S5530-5531; text: CR S5531) To make technical amendments to language limiting support for Plan Colombia.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3553 Amendment SA 3553 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3553 Amendment SA 3553 proposed by Senator McConnell. (consideration: CR S5530-5531; text: CR S5531) To provide that funds made available as a U.S. contribution to the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Trust Fund shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3524 Amendment SA 3524 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 51. Record Vote Number: 140.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3517 Amendment SA 3517 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 19 - 79. Record Vote Number: 139.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3539 Amendment SA 3539 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3539 Amendment SA 3539 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Brownback. (consideration: CR S5527-5528; text as modified: CR S5528) To authorize non-lethal, material assistance to protect civilians in Sudan from attacks, slave raids, and aerial bombardment.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3491 Amendment SA 3491 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3491 Amendment SA 3491 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Bingaman. (consideration: CR S5527-5528; text: CR S5528) To express the sense of the Senate regarding the significance of the availability of certain funds under this Act for an acceleration of the accession of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3495 Amendment SA 3495 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3495 Amendment SA 3495 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S5527-5528; text: CR S5527-5528) To express the sense of the Senate concerning the violence, breakdown of rule of law, and troubled pre-election period in the Republic of Zimbabwe.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3584 Amendment SA 3584 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as further modified: CR S5532)

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3521 Amendment SA 3521 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3584 Amendment SA 3584 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Abraham. (consideration: CR S5520-5521; text as modified: CR S5521) To increase assistance for Lebanon.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3521 Amendment SA 3521 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Coverdell. (consideration: CR S5520-5521; text as modified: CR S5521) To review U.S. relations with Peru and to support the restoration of democracy in Peru.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3568 Amendment SA 3568 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3544 Amendment SA 3544 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3540 Amendment SA 3540 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3536 Amendment SA 3536 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3529 Amendment SA 3529 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3568 Amendment SA 3568 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Wellstone. (consideration: CR S5520, S5532; text: CR S5520) To allocate funds to combat trafficking in persons.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3544 Amendment SA 3544 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Frist. (consideration: CR S5520; text: CR S5520) To require a report on the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Sudan, and for other purposes.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3540 Amendment SA 3540 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Boxer. (consideration: CR S5520; text: CR S5520) To express the sense of the Senate on the importance of combating mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3536 Amendment SA 3536 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Biden. (consideration: CR S5520; text: CR S5520) Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining, and Related Programs (NADR) budget.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3529 Amendment SA 3529 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Domenici. (consideration: CR S5520; text: CR S5520) To allocate development assistance funds for Habitat for Humanity International.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3524 Amendment SA 3524 proposed by Senator Dodd. (consideration: CR S5515-5520, S5526-5527, S5528-5529; text: CR S5515) To provide not less than $110,000,000 for procurement and support for helicopters to support missions to eradicate the cultivation and processing of illicit drugs in remote areas of Colombia.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3492 Amendment SA 3492 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as further modified: CR S5510)

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3517 Amendment SA 3517 proposed by Senator Gorton. (consideration: CR S5511-5515, S5525-5526, S5528; text: CR S5511) To reduce the amount of funds made available for South American and Caribbean counternarcotics activities, and for other purposes.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3532 Amendment SA 3532 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3528 Amendment SA 3528 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3519 Amendment SA 3519 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3532 Amendment SA 3532 proposed by Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S5510-5511; text: CR S5510) To provide that any national of Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos who was paroled into the United States before October 1, 1997 shall be eligible to make an application for adjustment of status.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3528 Amendment SA 3528 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Inhofe. (consideration: CR S5510-5511; text: CR S5510) To express the sense of the Senate regarding United States citizens held hostage in Columbia.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3519 Amendment SA 3519 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Stevens. (consideration: CR S5510-5511; text: CR S5510) To provide that foreign military financing program funds estimated to be outlaid for Egypt during fiscal year 2001 shall be transferred to an interest bearing account for Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3518 Motion to table amendment SA 3518 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 89 - 11. Record Vote Number: 138.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3518 Amendment SA 3518 proposed by Senator Wellstone. (consideration: CR S5493-5509; text: CR S5493) To provide additional funding for the substance abuse and mental health services.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3513 Amendment SA 3513 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3513 Amendment SA 3513 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Lott. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5485) To add $2,500,000 to Research and Development for the Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability to support the need for environmental security assessments for economic planning, and operations support.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3512 Amendment SA 3512 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3512 Amendment SA 3512 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Brownback. (consideration: CR S5484-5486; text: CR S5485) To make available funds for education and anticorruption programs.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3511 Amendment SA 3511 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3511 Amendment SA 3511 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Baucus. (consideration: CR S5484-5486; text: CR S5485) To make available certain environmental assistance funds for the People's Republic of China.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3510 Amendment SA 3510 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3510 Amendment SA 3510 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Shelby. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5485) To require the submittal to the congressional intelligence committees of reports on waivers relating to assistance to countries providing sanctuary to indicted war criminals.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3509 Amendment SA 3509 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3509 Amendment SA 3509 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Gregg. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5484) To make certain funds available for a joint project developed by the University of Pristina, Kosova and the Dartmouth Medical School, U.S.A., to help restore the primary care capabilities at the University of Pristina Medical School and in Kosova.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3508 Amendment SA 3508 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3508 Amendment SA 3508 proposed by Senator McConnell. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5484) To make certain funds available to support the National Albanian American Council's training program for Kosovar women.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3507 Amendment SA 3507 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3507 Amendment SA 3507 proposed by Senator McConnell. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5484) To require the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold ten percent of the United States portion or payment to International Financial Institutions until certain implemented reforms are certified.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3506 Amendment SA 3506 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3506 Amendment SA 3506 proposed by Senator McConnell. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5484) To prohibit selling, or making available, Stinger ground-to-air missiles to any country bordering the Persian Gulf, unless replacing, on a one-for-one basis, previously furnished Stinger missiles nearing the scheduled expiration of their shelf-life.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3505 Amendment SA 3505 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3505 Amendment SA 3505 proposed by Senator McConnell. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5484) To provide not more than $340,000,000 for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 2001 pursuant to section 43(B) of the Arms Export Control Act.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3504 Amendment SA 3504 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3504 Amendment SA 3504 proposed by Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S5484-54865; text: CR S5484) To require certification that the use of certain herbicides are safe and nontoxic to human health, and that such herbicide does not contaminate ground or surface water, prior to making funding available.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3503 Amendment SA 3503 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3503 Amendment SA 3503 proposed by Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5484) To appropriate funds to assist blind children.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3502 Amendment SA 3502 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3502 Amendment SA 3502 proposed by Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5484) To remove Panama from the list of countries subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3501 Amendment SA 3501 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3501 Amendment SA 3501 proposed by Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5484) To provide not less than $35,000,000 for programs for the prevention, treatment, control of, and research on tuberculosis; and not less than $50,000,000 for the prevention, treatment, control of, and research on malaria.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3500 Amendment SA 3500 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3500 Amendment SA 3500 proposed by Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5484) To require the Secretary of State to submit a report concerning human rights in Colombia, and for other purposes.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3499 Amendment SA 3499 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3499 Amendment SA 3499 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Harkin. (consideration: CR S5484-5485; text: CR S5484) To provide funds for the Secretary of State for transfer to the Department of Labor for the administration of the demobilization and rehabilitation of children soldiers in Colombia.

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3498 Amendment SA 3498 proposed by Senator Helms. (consideration: CR S5483-5484, S5510; text: CR S5483) Relating to support by the Russian Federation for Serbia.

06/21/2000 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5482-5547)

06/21/2000 S.Amdt.3492 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5483, S5508-5509, S5510; text as modified: CR S5508-5509)

06/20/2000 S.Amdt.3493 Proposed amendment SA 3493 withdrawn in Senate.

06/20/2000 S.Amdt.3493 Amendment SA 3493 proposed by Senator Brownback. (consideration: CR S5447-5449; text: CR S5447) To make available funds for India.

06/20/2000 S.Amdt.3492 Amendment SA 3492 proposed by Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S5446-5447; text: CR S5446) To provide an additional condition on assistance for Colombia under Plan Colombia.

06/20/2000 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5443-5449)

05/18/2000 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4170-4184)

05/11/2000 By Senator McConnell from Committee on Appropriations filed written report. Report No. 106-291.

05/09/2000 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 530.

05/09/2000 Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator McConnell. Without written report.

05/09/2000 Committee on Appropriations ordered to be reported an original measure.

04/13/2000 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-821.

04/11/2000 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

04/06/2000 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

04/04/2000 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

03/23/2000 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.

02/24/2000 Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral.