[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 260 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 260

To authorize the President to provide international disaster assistance 
   for the construction or reconstruction of permanent single family 
 housing for those who are homeless as a result of the effects of the 
             earthquake in El Salvador on January 13, 2001.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 2001

Ms. Landrieu (for herself and Mr. Dodd) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the President to provide international disaster assistance 
   for the construction or reconstruction of permanent single family 
 housing for those who are homeless as a result of the effects of the 
             earthquake in El Salvador on January 13, 2001.

    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 ``El Salvador Homebuilding Relief Act 
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE FAMILY 
              HOUSING IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

    The President is authorized to provide assistance under chapter 9 
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292 et 
seq.) for the construction and reconstruction of permanent single 
family housing for those who are homeless as a result of the effects of 
the earthquake which occurred in El Salvador on January 13, 2001.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the President $10,000,000 to carry out section 2.
    (b) Availability of Funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to 
subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended.
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