[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 528 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 528

   To prohibit foreign assistance to countries with a gross domestic 
                 product of $1,500,000,000,000 or more.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2013

 Mr. Bucshon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit foreign assistance to countries with a gross domestic 
                 product of $1,500,000,000,000 or more.

    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 ``Invest in America First Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES WITH A GDP OF 
              $1,500,000,000,000 OR MORE.

    (a) Prohibition.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        assistance may not be provided under any provision of law to a 
        country with a GDP of $1,500,000,000,000 or more.
            (2) Exception.--The prohibition on assistance under 
        paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to military 
        assistance, security assistance, or humanitarian assistance.
    (b) Definitions.--In this Act--
            (1) the term ``GDP'' means, with respect to a country, the 
        gross domestic product of the country on a purchasing power 
        parity (PPP) basis divided by the population of the country, as 
        determined by the most recent publication of the Central 
        Intelligence Agency's The World Factbook; and
            (2) the term ``humanitarian assistance''--
                    (A) means assistance, provided on such terms and 
                conditions as the President may determine, for the 
                relief and rehabilitation of victims of natural and 
                manmade disasters, including food, water, medicine, 
                clothing, and shelter; and
                    (B) does not include direct financial assistance 
                for the purposes described in subparagraph (A).
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