[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1642 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1642

    To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide for the 
 establishment of an alternative crop production demonstration program 
         for developing countries with illicit crop production.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 1997

  Ms. Waters (for herself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Jackson of 
Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Meek of Florida, 
Mr. Thompson, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Rush, Mr. Towns, Mr. Dixon, Mr. 
    Stokes, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Rangel, Mrs. Clayton, Ms. 
 Kilpatrick, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Ford, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Owens, 
   Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Scott, Mr. Hastings of 
 Florida, Ms. Christian-Green, Ms. Carson, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. 
 Clay, Mr. Jefferson, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Fattah, 
   Mr. Lewis of Georgia, and Ms. Millender-McDonald) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International 
                               Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide for the 
 establishment of an alternative crop production demonstration program 
         for developing countries with illicit crop production.

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

SECTION 1. ALTERNATIVE CROP PRODUCTION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM FOR 
              DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH ILLICIT CROP PRODUCTION.

    Chapter 8 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2291 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 490A. ALTERNATIVE CROP PRODUCTION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The President, acting through the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, shall establish a demonstration program to develop 
alternative crop production in developing countries with illicit crop 
production.
    ``(b) Requirements.--In carrying out the program established under 
subsection (a), the President shall provide assistance to 
nongovernmental organizations and grass roots organizations in 
developing countries with illicit crop production for the purpose of 
developing alternative crop production that is specific to the unique 
soil, environmental, and economic development needs of such countries.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the President to carry out this section $100,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2002.''.
                                 <all>