[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2186 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2186

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 17, 1998

Mr. Dorgan (for himself and Mr. Bumpers) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 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.--Except as provided in subsection (d), 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repealed.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), as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.
    (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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