[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2746 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2746

    To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide for the 
       restriction on assistance to the Government of Indonesia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 1995

Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island (for himself and Mrs. Lowey) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide for the 
       restriction on assistance to the Government of Indonesia.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``East Timor Human Rights 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA.

    (a) In General.--Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2370) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(y) Assistance may not be provided under this or any other Act 
for a fiscal year to the Government of Indonesia unless the President 
determines and certifies to the Congress that--
            ``(1) assistance provided under this or any other Act for 
        the preceding fiscal year to such Government has not been used 
        to violate human rights in East Timor or to support the 
        occupation of East Timor by Indonesia; and
            ``(2) such Government has provided assurances to the 
        President that assistance to be provided for the current fiscal 
        year will not be used to violate human rights in East Timor or 
        to support the occupation of East Timor by Indonesia.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The restriction on assistance contained in 
section 620(y) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by 
subsection (a), shall apply only with respect to assistance provided in 
fiscal years beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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