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HR 2506 - Foreign Operations FY2002 Appropriations bill - National Key Vote

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NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.

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Title: Foreign Operations FY2002 Appropriations bill

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report on a bill that would provide $15.4 billion in appropriations for foreign operations, AIDS programs, and for other purposes for fiscal year 2002.

Highlights:

  • $3.5 billion for the Agency for International Development.
  • $475 million for International HIV/AIDS programs.
  • $625 million for the Andean Regional Initiative for development and anti-narcotics programs.
  • $727 million for the Export-Import Bank.
  • $784 million for former Soviet Republics.
  • $236 million for international disaster assistance.
  • $2.04 billion (military) and $720 million (economic) in aid to Israel.
  • Overturns ban on U.S. funds to overseas groups that use their own money to promote or perform abortions.
  • Withholds aid to any nation that provides "lethal military equipment" to a government that is labeled as a "terrorist government" by the Secretary of State.
  • No direct aid or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan or Syria.
  • No aid to any nation that does not comply with the U.N. sanctions placed on Iraq unless it is in the United States' national interest.

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NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

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