[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3800 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3800

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that assistance 
  provided to a foreign country under part I of that Act, other than 
 assistance provided on a cash transfer basis, shall be in the form of 
  credits redeemable only for the purchase of United States goods and 
                               services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 1998

 Mr. Andrews 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 require that assistance 
  provided to a foreign country under part I of that Act, other than 
 assistance provided on a cash transfer basis, shall be in the form of 
  credits redeemable only for the purchase of United States goods and 
                               services.

    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 ``Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT THAT NON-CASH TRANSFER ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER 
              PART I OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961 BE IN THE 
              FORM OF CREDITS REDEEMABLE FOR PURCHASE OF UNITED STATES 
              GOODS AND SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

  ``CHAPTER 4--REQUIREMENT THAT NON-CASH TRANSFER ASSISTANCE PROVIDED 
   UNDER PART I OF THIS ACT BE IN THE FORM OF CREDITS REDEEMABLE FOR 
              PURCHASE OF UNITED STATES GOODS AND SERVICES

``SEC. 668A. REQUIREMENT.

    ``(a) In General.--Assistance provided to a foreign country under 
part I of this Act, other than assistance provided on a cash transfer 
basis, shall be in the form of credits that shall be redeemable only 
for the purchase of United States goods and services.
    ``(b) Equitable Distribution of United States Goods.--The President 
shall ensure that purchases of United States goods described in 
subsection (a), and the ports of departure for those goods, are 
distributed equitably throughout the United States. The United States 
goods described in subsection (a) shall be United States goods that are 
available in the United States at fair prices for such goods.

``SEC. 668B. GAO AUDITS.

    ``The Comptroller General, or representatives of the Comptroller 
General, shall have the access to records and personnel necessary to 
carry out such monitoring and auditing of the provisions of this 
chapter as the Comptroller General deems appropriate.

``SEC. 668C. WAIVER.

    ``The President may waive the provisions of this chapter on a case 
by case basis to the extent the President determines that it is 
important to the national interest to do so. Any such waiver shall be 
reported to the Congress.

``SEC. 668D. DEFINITION.

    ``For purposes of this chapter, the term `United States goods' 
means goods (including components) and commodities (including 
agricultural commodities) grown, processed, produced, or manufactured 
in the United States.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to assistance provided beginning one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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