[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6812 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6812

 To prohibit United States foreign assistance to countries with budget 
                               surpluses.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2008

 Mr. Jones of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit United States foreign assistance to countries with budget 
                               surpluses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES 
              WITH BUDGET SURPLUSES.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
United States foreign assistance may not be provided to any country 
with a budget surplus.
    (b) Budget Surplus Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``budget surplus'' means revenues of a country exceed expenditures of 
the country on a calendar year or fiscal year basis.
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