[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 141 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 141

   To reorder United States budget priorities with respect to United 
States assistance to foreign countries and international organizations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 1997

 Mr. Faircloth introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To reorder United States budget priorities with respect to United 
States assistance to foreign countries and international organizations.

    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 Aid Reform Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES OPPOSING 
              UNITED STATES POLICY IN THE UNITED NATIONS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Funds may not be obligated or expended in any 
fiscal year for United States assistance for a foreign country if the 
government of that country did not cast its vote in agreement with the 
United States for at least 50 percent of the recorded votes taken in 
sessions of the General Assembly and Security Council of the United 
Nations during the calendar year preceding the year in which the fiscal 
year began.
    (b) Determination of Foreign Voting Practices.--For purposes of 
subsection (a), the voting practices of a foreign country shall be 
determined from the report required to be submitted to Congress under 
section 406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a).

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON DOMESTIC FEDERAL AGENCIES FURNISHING UNITED 
              STATES ASSISTANCE.

    A domestic Federal agency may not, directly or indirectly, furnish 
United States assistance to a foreign country or an international 
organization.

SEC. 4. FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS SUBJECT TO POINT OF ORDER.

    It shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or 
the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, 
or conference report providing new budget authority for a fiscal year 
with respect to foreign operations, export financing, or other related 
activities of the United States Government until that House of Congress 
has passed all other appropriations measures reported by the Committee 
on Appropriations, or being considered by the Committee on 
Appropriations, for that fiscal year.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Domestic federal agency.--The term ``domestic Federal 
        agency'' means a Federal agency the primary mission of which is 
        to carry out functions other than foreign affairs, defense, or 
        national security functions.
            (2) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 551(1) of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (3) International organization.--The term ``international 
        organization'' has the meaning given the term in section 1 of 
        the International Organization Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288).
            (4) New budget authority.--The term ``new budget 
        authority'' has the meaning given the term in section 3(2)(C) 
        of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(2)(C)).
            (5) United states assistance.--The term ``United States 
        assistance'' has the meaning given the term in section 
        481(e)(4) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
        2291(e)(4)).
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