An amendment comprised of several amendments offered en bloc that do the following: deletes language encouraging greater contacts between Vietnam and the U.S.; authorizes assistance to implement a productive house lot program for the rural landless in the Philippines; expands the South Pacific educational scholarship program and removes the cap on funds for graduate study; suspends U.S. trade preferences to New Zealand; condemns human rights violations by the Government of the People's Republic of China; directs the executive branch to inform the Congress of all progress made in POW/MIA cases on Laos; adds India to each portion of the bill expressing concern about Pakistan's nuclear program and deletes section 928 which urges a resolution of the conflict in Sri Lanka; requires the President to report to Congress on the extent of assistance to Pakistan from other countries for development of nuclear weapons capability; expresses as the sense of Congress that Japan has been negligent as a member of the Western Alliance by not making substantive contributions to restore peace in the Persian Gulf region; provides $50 million for agrarian reform in the Philippines provided a clear majority of the resources used to implement the program are provided by other than the United States; and expresses a sense of Congress regarding the human rights of the Sikhs in the punjab of India.

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Amendment Number
557
Description
An amendment comprised of several amendments offered en bloc that do the following: deletes language encouraging greater contacts between Vietnam and the U.S.; authorizes assistance to implement a productive house lot program for the rural landless in the Philippines; expands the South Pacific educational scholarship program and removes the cap on funds for graduate study; suspends U.S. trade preferences to New Zealand; condemns human rights violations by the Government of the People's Republic of China; directs the executive branch to inform the Congress of all progress made in POW/MIA cases on Laos; adds India to each portion of the bill expressing concern about Pakistan's nuclear program and deletes section 928 which urges a resolution of the conflict in Sri Lanka; requires the President to report to Congress on the extent of assistance to Pakistan from other countries for development of nuclear weapons capability; expresses as the sense of Congress that Japan has been negligent as a member of the Western Alliance by not making substantive contributions to restore peace in the Persian Gulf region; provides $50 million for agrarian reform in the Philippines provided a clear majority of the resources used to implement the program are provided by other than the United States; and expresses a sense of Congress regarding the human rights of the Sikhs in the punjab of India.
Congress
100
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Dec 10, 1987
Latest Action Text
Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
Submitted Date
Dec 10, 1987
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 14, 2021
Amendment 557 — Informed