3.0.0 790 2023-01-15T23:33:13Z 2023-01-15T23:33:13Z Senate S S 2003-04-03 108 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-04-04T00:44:27Z 2003-04-03 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4843-4856) IntroReferral 2003-04-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4843) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-04-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000504 Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] RICHARD LUGAR R IN GREEN N International Affairs Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Alien labor Aliens Armed Forces and National Security Arms control agreements Arms sales Asia Authorization Biotechnology Bosnia and Herzegovina Boundaries Building construction Canada Capital cities Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil service reform Civil service retirement Classified defense information Colombia Compensation for victims of crime Concentration camps Congress and foreign policy Congressional oversight Cost of living adjustments Cultural relations Custody of children Customs administration Cyprus Data banks Defense budgets Defense procurement Democracy Department of State Diplomats Disaster relief Displaced persons Drug law enforcement Drug traffic Drugs East Asia Economic development Economics and Public Finance Education Embassies Emergency Management Employee training Europe Exchange of persons programs Export controls Families Finance and Financial Sector Fishery management Food relief Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign agents Foreign exchange Foreign loans Foreign service Foreign students Foundations Germany Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Government travel Grandparents Grievance procedures Human rights Immigration Infrastructure International agencies International control of nuclear power International cooperation International organization International relief Israel Kidnapping Land mines Latin America Law Leases Lebanon License agreements Mexico Middle East and North Africa Military aircraft Military and naval supplies Military assistance Military construction operations Military education Military operations Military training Military weapons Minesweeping Museums NATO countries NATO military forces Nonprofit organizations Nuclear nonproliferation Ombudsman Opium Ordnance Passports Peace negotiations Peacekeeping forces Personnel management Protection of officials Refugees Repatriation Security measures Siblings Social Welfare Surplus government property Taiwan Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Victims War relief Water supply International Affairs 00 2003-04-03 Introduced in Senate 2003-08-28T14:44:51Z Amends Federal law to. provide for: (1) grant authority to promote biotechnology; (2) immediate response facilities under the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999; (3) mine action programs grant authority; (4) a U.S. Diplomacy Center; and (5) public affairs grant authority.

Amends Federal civil service law and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to provide for: (1) cost of living allowances for State Department personnel; (2) a waiver of annuity limitations on re-employed foreign service annuitants; (3) a Fellowship of Hope Program; (4) claims for lost pay; (5) suspension or enforced leave of Foreign Service members; and (6) an Ombudsman for the Department of State.

Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to repeal the recertification requirement for Senior Foreign Service.

Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 to raise the cap on peacekeeping contributions.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise requirements for designation of foreign terrorist organizations.

Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 to allow the use of Economic Support Funds to address the water needs of Southern Lebanon.

Amends the Arms Export Control Act to: (1) raise the minimum thresholds for congressional notification of specified arms transfers; (2) authorize the President to waive any requirements for a bilateral agreement relating to licensing of defense exports; and (3) authorize appropriations for foreign military financing, international military education and training (IMET), and nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs.

Provides for presidential authority to waive restrictions and eligibility requirements under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 with respect to an independent state of the former Soviet Union for a fiscal year.

Amends the Arms Export Control Act to: (1) require congressional notification for comprehensive defense export authorizations; and (2) revise authorities for loan of material, supplies, and equipment for research and development purposes.

Authorizes the transfer of certain obsolete or surplus defense articles in the war reserve stockpiles for allies to Israel.

Extends certain waivers with respect to assistance to Pakistan.

International Parental Child Abduction Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise requirements with respect to the inadmissibility of aliens supporting international child abductors and relatives of such abductors.

Repeals specified reporting requirements.

Amends the Arms Export Control Act to repeal the requirement for annual renewals of presidential nuclear reprocessing transfer waivers.

Establishes a United States Complex Foreign Contingency Fund from which the President is authorized to furnish on such terms and conditions as he may determine assistance to respond to complex foreign: (1) political crises threatening democratic institutions; (2) food, agricultural or health crises; or (3) fiscal or economic crises affecting countries, regions or ethnic groups.]]>

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005 Display Title Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, to authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill International Parental Child Abduction Prevention Act of 2003 Popular Titles State Department FY2004-2005 Authorizations bill 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2003-04-03T05:00:00Z 2003-04-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4843-4856) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.