[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 297 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 297

To terminate all United States assistance to the National Endowment for 
                   Democracy, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

Mr. Kanjorski introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To terminate all United States assistance to the National Endowment for 
                   Democracy, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR 
              DEMOCRACY.

    (a) Repeal of NED Act.--The National Endowment for Democracy Act 
(22 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.) is hereby repealed.
    (b) Prohibition on Assistance to NED.--Funds may not be expended by 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States for 
grants or any other assistance for the National Endowment for 
Democracy.
    (c) Final Audit by GAO.--The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct an audit with respect to any funds, not previously 
audited by the Comptroller General, granted by the United States 
Government to the National Endowment for Democracy and shall submit a 
report of that audit to the Congress. The audit shall be conducted in 
accordance with, and under the conditions set forth in, section 504 of 
the National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4413).
    (d) Freedom of Information.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
section 506 of the National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 
4415) shall continue to apply with respect to any funds received by the 
National Endowment for Democracy from the United States Government on 
or before the date of enactment of this Act.

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