An amendment consisting of 27 amendments printed in the Congressional Record and offered en bloc including amendments which would: 1. Increase disaster assistance from $40 million to $70 million in fiscal years 1992, 1993; provide for certain exemptions from the cash transfer/cargo preference provisions of the bill; require foreign military financing assistance be made in conjunction with the State Dept. and AID; allow the reallocation of military financing; designate the State Dept. as the agency responsible for monitoring foreign military financing; add humanitarian assistance to findings on arms transfers; encourage an annual exchange of information regarding sales or transfers of weapons and equipment; require certification of non-nuclear status of India as a requirement of receiving foreign aid; include the American University in Lebanon as an eligible recipient of funds.

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Amendment Number
131
Description
An amendment consisting of 27 amendments printed in the Congressional Record and offered en bloc including amendments which would: 1. Increase disaster assistance from $40 million to $70 million in fiscal years 1992, 1993; provide for certain exemptions from the cash transfer/cargo preference provisions of the bill; require foreign military financing assistance be made in conjunction with the State Dept. and AID; allow the reallocation of military financing; designate the State Dept. as the agency responsible for monitoring foreign military financing; add humanitarian assistance to findings on arms transfers; encourage an annual exchange of information regarding sales or transfers of weapons and equipment; require certification of non-nuclear status of India as a requirement of receiving foreign aid; include the American University in Lebanon as an eligible recipient of funds.
Purpose
Amendments en bloc: 1) increase disaster assistance by $30 million; 2) make Appropriate Technology International eligible for funds as a private voluntary organization; 3) make three technical revisions to the cargo preference rules; 4) add foreign military financing to the policies the President should coordinate when allocating resources; 5) require the Secretary of Defense to monitor end-item use of defense equipment by recipient countries; 6) provide the President certain authority to reallocate uncommitted foreign military financing funds, and adds humanitarian objectives to the list of findings on arms transfers; 7) add language concerning military assistance being consistent with economic assistance objectives; 8) call for establishment of an arms registry within the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe; 9) make technical corrections to the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report required under the bill; 10) add language creating the Enterprise for the Americas Facility and Environment for the Americas Board; 11) add the International College in Lebanon to the list of American institutions in Lebanon that should receive assistance; 12) establish an Eastern European Business Information Center System; 13) establish a task force to reform the Agency for International Development application process for a.d to Eastern Europe; 14) add language stating the the U.S. should encourage Albania in its efforts to open its society to Western ideas; 15) add language condemning the attacks against those in Armenia and in Nagorno-Karabach; 16) add language regarding the policy of Saudi Arabia towards Israel; 17) require the President to report to Congress before any military assistance is given to Lebanon; 18) add language stating that the future of Taiwan should be settled in a manner acceptable to the people on Taiwan; 19) add language calling for increased economic cooperation between the U.S. and Japan; 20) add language supporting the admission of the Republic of Korea into the United Nations; 21) express the sense of Congress regarding coercive abortions in the People's Republic of China; 22) express the sense of Congress that the Republic of Angola should be commended for the signing of peace accords; 23) authorize funds for mine clearing operations in Angola; 24) add language supporting reconciliation and reconstruction in Ethiopia; and 25) call for the end of the production and distribution of neo-Nazi video games in Europe.
Congress
102
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Jun 12, 1991
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Fascell amendments (A011) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
16:13:48
Submitted Date
Jun 12, 1991
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Jun 7, 2021
Amendment 131 — Informed