[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1034 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1034

To approve the determination of the President that Colombia is a major 
illicit drug producing country and/or a major drug-transit country and 
   has failed to fully cooperate with the United States in its anti-
  narcotic efforts, and to provide for a waiver of the requirement to 
  withhold United States assistance for Colombia for fiscal year 1997 
                    pursuant to that determination.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 1997

  Mr. Barr of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Gilman, Mr. Hastert, and Mr. 
    Mica) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To approve the determination of the President that Colombia is a major 
illicit drug producing country and/or a major drug-transit country and 
   has failed to fully cooperate with the United States in its anti-
  narcotic efforts, and to provide for a waiver of the requirement to 
  withhold United States assistance for Colombia for fiscal year 1997 
                    pursuant to that determination.

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

SECTION 1. APPROVAL OF DETERMINATION OF PRESIDENT REGARDING COLOMBIA.

    The Congress hereby approves the determination of the President 
with respect to Colombia for fiscal year 1997 under section 490(h) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j(h)) that Colombia 
is a major illicit drug producing country and/or a major drug-transit 
country and has failed to fully cooperate with the United States in its 
anti-narcotic efforts.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT TO WITHHOLD ASSISTANCE FOR COLOMBIA.

    (a) Waiver.--Notwithstanding subsections (e) and (f) of section 490 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the requirement to withhold 
United States assistance and to vote against multilateral development 
bank assistance contained in such subsection (e) shall not apply with 
respect to Colombia until March 1, 1998, if at any time after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President submits to Congress a 
determination and certification described in subsection (b) of this 
section.
    (b) Determination and Certification.--A determination and 
certification described in this subsection is a determination and 
certification consistent with section 490(b)(1)(B) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 that the vital national interests of the United 
States require that the assistance withheld pursuant to section 
490(e)(1) of such Act be provided for Colombia and that the United 
States not vote against multilateral development bank assistance for 
Colombia pursuant to section 490(e)(2) of such Act.
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