[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1379 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1379


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 21, 1999

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To amend the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
 Appropriations Act, 1999, to make a technical correction relating to 
              international narcotics control assistance.

    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 ``Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination 
Technical Corrections Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS RELATING TO RESOURCES FOR 
              ILLICIT NARCOTICS IN CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subtitle B of title VIII of 
division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 826. FURTHER MISCELLANEOUS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of State for fiscal year 1999 such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2291).
    ``(b) Rule of Construction.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) are in addition to 
amounts made available to carry out section 481 of such Act under any 
other provision of law.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Title VIII of division C of such Act 
(Public Law 105-277) is amended in the table of contents in section 
801(b) by adding at the end of the item relating to subtitle B the 
following:

        ``Sec. 826. Further miscellaneous additional resources.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in subtitle B of title VIII of division C of such 
Act (Public Law 105-277).

            Passed the House of Representatives April 20, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.