FOREIGN AID

Addresses

Assistance to Countries Seriously Affected by HIV/AIDS: Representative Sanders, E908-E910 [9MY]

National Endowment for Democracy Anniversary: President Bush, E2275-E2277 [7NO]

U.S. Policy Towards Israel: Representative Pelosi, E750-E752 [11AP]

Amendments

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), H6708 [14JY], H6733, H6766, H6772, H6785, H6788, H6790, H6792, H6794, H6795, H6796, H6797, H6798, H6799, H6800, H6801, H6802, H6803, H6804, H6805, H6806, H6815, H6821, H6822, H6823 [15JY], H6893, H6901 [16JY]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S6032 [12MY], S9058 [8JY], S9093, S9105, S9107, S9108, S9125, S9155, S9156, S9157, S9158, S9159 [9JY], S9163, S9164, S9165, S9166, S9170, S9171, S9173, S9181, S9182, S9193, S9194, S9195, S9196, S9200, S9202, S9203, S9204, S9205, S9206, S9207, S9253, S9254, S9255, S9256, S9258, S9259, S9260, S9261, S9262, S9263, S9264, S9265 [10JY], S9307, S9308, S9309 [11JY]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S6445, S6449, S6476, S6478, S6481, S6484, S6486, S6531, S6532, S6562, S6563, S6564, S6565, S6566 [15MY], H3575, H3588, H3596, H3600, H3601, H3602, H3603, H3604, H3605, H3608, H3609, H3612 [1MY], H4375 [21MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), S13190, S13211, S13228 [24OC], S13236, S13264, S13265, S13297 [27OC], S13341, S13344, S13345, S13346, S13347, S13350, S13357, S13358, S13360, S13365, S13366, S13367, S13368, S13372, S13410, S13411, S13412, S13413, S13414, S13417, S13418 [28OC], S13431 [29OC], S13639, S13645, S13648, S13649, S13682, S13694, S13695 [30OC], H7227 [21JY], H7330, H7331 [22JY], H7381, H7383, H7394, H7402, H7403, H7407, H7408, H7410, H7412, H7416, H7426, H7428, H7429, H7430, H7432, H7433, H7434, H7435, H7455 [23JY]

Iraq: encourage France, Germany, and Russia to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq by forgiving outstanding debt between those countries and Iraq (H. Res. 198), H9491, H9509 [16OC]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S6032 [12MY], S9058 [8JY], S9093, S9095, S9105, S9107, S9108, S9125, S9155, S9156, S9157, S9158, S9159 [9JY], S9163, S9164, S9165, S9166, S9170, S9171, S9173, S9181, S9182, S9193, S9194, S9195, S9196, S9200, S9202, S9203, S9204, S9205, S9206, S9207, S9253, S9254, S9255, S9256, S9258, S9259, S9260, S9261, S9262, S9263, S9264, S9265 [10JY], S9307, S9308, S9309 [11JY]

Analyses

Dept. of State Appropriations (S. 790), S4849-S4856 [3AP]

Millennium Challenge Act (S. 571), S3328 [6MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2800, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S13651 [30OC], H10367 [5NO]

Articles and editorials

Administration in Crisis Over Burgeoning Quagmire, H9450 [15OC]

After the Airstrikes, Just Silence; No Compensation, Little Aid for Afghan Victims of U.S. Raids, S5849 [7MY]

AIDS Fuels Famine in Africa as Swaziland Farmers Die, Their Land Goes Unplanted, S9214 [10JY]

America Must Let Iraq Rebuild Itself, S13702 [31OC]

Assault on Iraq—USAID Defends Secret Bids To Rebuild Iraq, S4811 [3AP]

Bad Reporting in Baghdad, H4965 [4JN]

Children's Suffering Wounds GI's—Toledo Soldier Wants To Help Injured Iraqi Children, H5385 [16JN]

Contracts To Rebuild Iraq Go to Chosen Few, S4812 [3AP]

Disaster in the Desert, S11561 [16SE], H8939 [25SE]

Don't Play Politics on Iraq, H9099 [1OC]

Ethiopian Hunger Problem Baffles the Mind, S1231 [21JA]

Ethiopia's Dying Children, S6574 [19MY]

Finding the Connection, S11242 [9SE]

Foes Giving in to N. Korea's Nuclear Aims, S3362 [7MR]

In Another Break With Past, Kenyans See Hope on AIDS, H4381 [21MY]

Iraq in Review, S12484 [14OC]

Iraq—When Can We Go Home?, H6994 [16JY]

Nation Builders for Hire, S9174-S9177 [10JY]

Nation-Building, S12039-S12042 [26SE]

Parents Who Protested War Mourn Death of Soldier Son—Man Was Becoming Skeptical of U.S. Situation in Iraq, H10541 [6NO]

Road Ahead in Iraq—And How To Navigate It, S9470 [16JY]

Scar on the Conscience of the World—Left Behind To Starve—A Humanitarian Disaster Is Engulfing Africa as Cash Is Poured Into the War With Iraq and Its Aftermath, H2264 [20MR]

``Sending a Message'' With a Show of Force—Rural Iraqi Homes Destroyed in U.S. Offensive, H11633 [19NO]

They Lied and Many Soldiers Died, H8939 [25SE]

U.N. Can Pick Up Pieces in Iraq if U.S. Will Let It, E1693 [4SE]

U.S. Soldiers Complain of Low Morale in Iraq, H6994 [16JY]

War Critics Astonished as U.S. Hawk Admits Invasion Was Illegal, H11874 [20NO]

War of Choice or Necessity?, E2553 [15DE]

Wars of Choice, E2509 [8DE]

Website Pays Price for Indian Bribery Expose, E175 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions

Afghanistan: authorize assistance for women and girls (see H.R. 1482), H2471 [27MR]

Africa: authorize emergency supplemental assistance to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa (see S. 185), S1069 [16JA] (see H.R. 390), H171 [27JA]

———limit assistance to Ethiopia and Eritrea if they are not in compliance with their agreement to end hostilities and provide for a demarcation of the border between the two countries (see H.R. 2760), H7019 [16JY]

African Growth and Opportunity Act: amend to expand certain trade benefits to eligible sub-Saharan African countries (see S. 1900), S15287 [20NO] (see H.R. 3572), H12306 [21NO]

Agriculture: establish a task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology (see H.R. 3472), H10977 [6NO]

Algeria: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (see S. Res. 198), S9708 [22JY] (see H. Res. 264), H5174 [10JN]

Appropriations: authorizing for foreign assistance programs (see S. 1161), S7381 [4JN]

Armed Forces: clarify eligibility of certain countries for U.S. military assistance (see S. 1317), S8439 [24JN] (see H.R. 2550), H5662 [19JN]

———tribute to members who were deployed in Operation Restore Hope to provide humanitarian assistance to Somalia in 1993 (see H. Con. Res. 291), H9214 [2OC]

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (see S. 128), S132 [9JA] (see H.R. 1647), H2863 [7AP]

Cambodia: allocation of foreign aid (see S. 1365), S8726 [26JN]

Crime: prohibit funding for loans to or projects within a country until all extradition requests are honored for individuals accused of crimes punishable by life imprisonment or death (see H.R. 2259), H4736 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: clarify authority to respond to environmental emergencies (see H.R. 638), H322 [5FE]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (see S. 790), S4824 [3AP] (see S. 925), S5433 [28AP] (see H.R. 1950), H3641 [5MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), consideration (see H. Res. 316), H6706 [14JY]

———require report on progress made to eradicate poppy cultivation and prevent illicit drug trafficking in Afghanistan (see H.R. 3642), H12309 [21NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti (see H.R. 1108), H1641 [5MR]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps (see H.R. 2441), H5364 [12JN]

———provide assistance to developing countries of Eurasia and the Middle East (see H.R. 2819), H7329 [22JY]

———provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 1721), H3301 [10AP]

———strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (see S. 871), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 2329), H4977 [4JN]

Disabled: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of warfare and civil strife (see S. 742), S4512 [27MR] (see H.R. 1462), H2470 [27MR]

Diseases: address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic (see S. 250), S1812 [30JA]

———authorize assistance to combat HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean (see H.R. 1857), H3451 [29AP]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 1009), S5859 [7MY] (see H.R. 1298), H1908 [17MR]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), consideration (see H. Res. 210), H3571 [30AP]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), corrections in enrollment (see S. Con. Res. 46), S6707 [20MY]

———facilitate service of health care professionals in areas of the world that are severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria (see S. 1067), S6256 [14MY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in developing countries (see H.R. 2470), H5365 [12JN]

———international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 2069), H4010 [13MY]

———urge Group of Eight members to pledge and contribute a substantial amount to the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria (see H. Con. Res. 180), H4130 [14MY]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: improve (see H.R. 1376), H2268 [20MR]

———reform (see H.R. 643), H322 [5FE]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (see S. 1838), S14176 [6NO] (see H.R. 1738), H3302 [10AP]

Food: ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment (see H.R. 2920), H7782 [25JY]

Foreign countries: increase U.S. capability to provide reconstruction assistance to countries or regions impacted by armed conflict (see S. 1235), S7718 [11JN] (see H.R. 2616), H6261 [26JN]

———provide a framework for consideration of proposed unilateral economic sanctions to ensure coordination of U.S. policy relative to trade, security, and human rights (see S. 1861), S14804 [12NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (see S. 1426), S9592 [17JY] (see H.R. 2800), H7224 [21JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2800), consideration (see H. Res. 327), H7224 [21JY]

Foreign policy: ensure that countries meet U.N. obligations relative to women, peace, and security, and assume implementation of international law that protects human rights of women and girls during and after conflicts (see H. Res. 432), H10340 [4NO]

———prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2952), H7783 [25JY]

———prohibit assistance or reparations to Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Syria (see H.R. 3137), H8381 [17SE]

Guam: authorize the Dept. of the Interior to reduce, release, or waive amounts owed by the Government of Guam to the U.S. to offset unreimbursed compact impact expenses (see H.R. 2522), H5661 [19JN]

Haiti: express need to reengage Congress and the Administration regarding social conditions and need for poverty reduction (see H. Con. Res. 78), H1641 [5MR]

———provide assistance to combat infectious diseases and establish a comprehensive health infrastructure (see H.R. 3386), H10129 [29OC]

Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission: establish (see H.R. 3286), H9376 [8OC]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see H. Con. Res. 47), H705 [13FE]

International Fund for Ireland: authorizing appropriations for U.S. contributions (see S. 872), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 1208), H1745 [11MR]

International relations: authorize U.S. participation in, and replenishment of, certain international development funds (see H.R. 2243), H4735 [22MY]

Iraq: authorize assistance for women and women's organizations to strengthen and stabilize democracy (see H. Con. Res. 196), H4738 [22MY]

———declare that providing humanitarian assistance for Iraq is in the U.S. national security interest (see H. Con. Res. 127), H2472 [27MR]

———encourage France, Germany, and Russia to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq by forgiving outstanding debt between those countries and Iraq (see H. Res. 198), H3354 [11AP]

———establish program to foster private U.S. investment in Iraqi schools and hospitals through adopt-a-school and adopt-a-hospital initiatives (see H. Res. 455), H11651 [19NO]

———give preference to U.S. companies in the award of contracts for post-conflict assistance and require use of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology in any wireless communication service contract (see H.R. 1441), H2400 [26MR]

———prohibit post-conflict assistance from being expended with any French firm (see H.R. 1072), H1515 [4MR]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (see S. 876), S5173 [10AP] (see H.R. 1888), H3570 (see H.R. 1901), H3571 [30AP] (see H.R. 2017), H3761 [7MY]

———require that Federal contractors involved in post-conflict reconstruction provide a veterans hiring preference (see H.R. 1920), H3635 [1MY]

———require transparency, increased competition in contracting, and the increased use of Iraqi contractors for post-conflict reconstruction (see H.R. 3275), H9375 [8OC]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit foreign assistance and assistance to the Korean Peninsula Development Organization (see S. 145), S230 [13JA]

Kosovar-American Enterprise Fund: establish (see S. 1284), S8125 [18JN] (see H.R. 2506), H5551 [18JN]

Middle East: limit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian people (see H.R. 3048), H8081 [9SE]

———prohibit assistance to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people until the perpetrators, or suspected perpetrators, of the killings of U.S. citizens in Gaza are surrendered to the U.S. (see H.R. 3460), H10977 [6NO]

———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza (see H.R. 1823), H3354 [11AP]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: establish (see S. 1240), S7718 [11JN]

National Endowment for Democracy: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 274), H8082 [9SE]

Nicaragua: require that certain claims of expropriation be filed within a specified time period for purposes of the prohibition on foreign aid (see S. 707), S4376 [25MR] (see H.R. 868), H1331 [25FE]

Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-War Iraq (ORHA): request assistance from Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center (organization) (see H. Con. Res. 174), H3974 [9MY]

OPIC: reauthorize (see S. 1824), S14031 [5NO] (see H.R. 3145), H8490 [23SE]

Pakistan: remove exemption from the prohibition on assistance to a country whose elected head of government was deposed by decree of military coup (see H.R. 1403), H2269 [20MR]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (see S. 925), S5433 [28AP] (see H.R. 1145), H1680 [6MR]

———funding (see H. Con. Res. 61), H1465 [27FE]

Population: prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity (see H.R. 1548), H2586 [1AP]

Poverty: authorize Millennium Challenge assistance to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development (see S. 1160), S7381 [4JN]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development (see S. 571), S3253 [6MR] (see H.R. 1966), H3682 [6MY]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see H.R. 3447), H10457 [5NO]

U.N.: limit U.S. share of assessments for the regular budget (see H.R. 2303), H4875 [3JN]

———reduce level of U.S. assessed contributions (see H. Res. 347), H7785 [25JY]

———urge establishment of broad Security Council authority to help the people of Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 122), H2401 [26MR]

———withhold U.S. contributions until the U.N. ensures that a member may not be on the Security Council or serve as any agency chair unless the Government has been democratically elected (see H. Con. Res. 116), H2311 [25MR]

War: make protection of women and children who are affected by a complex humanitarian emergency a priority (see S. 1001), S5771 [6MY] (see H.R. 2536), H5662 [19JN]

Weapons: authorize assistance through eligible nongovernmental organizations to remove and dispose of unexploded ordnance in agriculturally-valuable lands in developing countries (see H.R. 2299), H4787 [2JN]

World Diamond Council: provide transition development assistance to communities where the illicit trade in conflict diamonds for arms have fueled civil war (see H. Con. Res. 239), H6263 [26JN]

Comparisons

Millennium Challenge Corp., establishment legislation, S7729 [11JN]

Essays

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Kate Wagoner, E190 [12FE]

Factsheets

Bush Administration's Contracts With Halliburton (company): Committee on Government Reform (House) Minority Staff, S6915 [22MY]

Interviews

Turkish actions relative to war in Iraq: Paul D. Wolfowitz with Cengiz Candar and M. Ali Birand, CNN Turk (Turkish affiliate), H4209 [19MY], E1109 [3JN]

Letters

African famine: Representative Wolf, H3435 [29AP]

Allocation of foreign aid to Turkey: Condoleezza Rice, Executive Office of the President, H2759 [3AP]

Andean Counterdrug Initiative: Representatives Tom Davis and Souder, Committee on Government Reform (House), H2767 [3AP]

Dept. of State appropriations: Paul V. Kelly, Dept. of State, S4856 [3AP]

Economic impact of Turkish-Armenian border closure: Paul V. Kelly, Dept. of State, H3996 [13MY]

Emergency supplemental assistance to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa: Alliance for Food Security, S1232 [21JA]

Expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis: Jodi L. Jacobson, Center for Health and Gender Equity, S9555 [17JY]

———Joseph F. O'Neill, Dept. of State, S12772 [17OC]

———Joseph F. O'Neill, Office of National AIDS Policy, S9549 [17JY]

———Leonard S. Rubenstein, Physicians for Human Rights (organization), S9555 [17JY]

———Linda Bales, General Board of Church & Society of the United Methodist Church, S9555 [17JY]

———Maureen T. Shea and Jere Myrick Skipper, Episcopal Church, S9554 [17JY]

———Paul Zeitz, Global AIDS Alliance, S9554 [17JY]

Humanitarian food assistance to Iraq: several agriculture, maritime and charitable organizations, S4804 [3AP]

———several agriculture organizations, S4803 [3AP]

Improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in developing countries: Joseph F. O'Neill, Executive Office of the President, S11223 [9SE]

Include certain Caribbean nations in expansion of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis: several ambassadors, S6483 [15MY]

Inclusion of people with disabilities in foreign assistance programs: Lex Frieden, National Council on Disability, S13365 [28OC]

International HIV/AIDS pandemic: Congressional Black Caucus, E409 [7MR]

International military education and training program funding for Indonesia contingent upon cooperation with U.S. efforts to combat terrorism and investigate terrorist attacks: Paul V. Kelly, Dept. of State, S1382 [23JA]

———Senator Allard, S1383 [23JA]

Lack of medical assistance for Iraqi people: David J. Borell, H5385 [16JN]

OPIC reauthorization: Peter S. Watson, OPIC, H11555, H11557 [19NO]

———Representative Thomas, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H11557 [19NO]

U.S. policy on Liberia: Michael K. Francis, S12714 [16OC]

U.S. policy relative to Democratic People's Republic of Korea's development of nuclear weapons arsenal: Condoleezza Rice, Executive Office of the President, S2907 [27FE]

———Senators Daschle, Biden and Levin, S2907 [27FE]

Lists

Congressional Black Caucus principles on military action in Iraq, H8376 [17SE]

Statements relative to young women and children in complex humanitarian emergencies, S13359 [28OC]

Memorandums

Iraqi Debt and Reconstruction: Melanie Mickelson, Committee on Economics (Joint), S12686 [16OC]

Messages

Millennium Challenge Account Legislation: President Bush, S1968 [5FE], H307 [5FE]

U.S. Trade and Investment Policy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa and African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation: President Bush, S6706 [20MY], H4325 [20MY]

Motions

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9104 [9JY], S9180 [10JY]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S6450, S6500 [15MY], H4375 [21MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), S13353 [28OC], S13644 [30OC], H7374, H7393 [23JY], H10364 [5NO]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9104 [9JY], S9180 [10JY]

Poems

``Let's Roll America,'' Representative Owens, H1800 [12MR]

``Stop the War,'' Representative Owens, H1802 [12MR]

``Stop the War—We Need the Cash,'' Representative Owens, H9018 [30SE]

Remarks in House

Afghanistan: authorize assistance for women and girls, H6809 [15JY]

———economic and democratic development assistance funding, H3999 [13MY]

———reconstruction funding, H9599, H9600 [16OC], H9666 [17OC]

———U.S. policy, H3554-H3558 [30AP]

———women's programs funding, H9593, H9594 [16OC], H9627-H9630 [17OC], H10228 [30OC]

Africa: allocation of foreign aid, H7382 [23JY]

———famine, H3435 [29AP], E821 [1MY]

———U.S. policy, H6324-H6330 [8JY]

African Growth and Opportunity Act: amend to expand certain trade benefits to eligible sub-Saharan African countries (H.R. 3572), E2407, E2413 [22NO]

AID: funding, H7432 [23JY]

Algeria: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (H. Res. 264), H5668, H5669 [23JN], E1342 [24JN]

Appropriations: authorizing for foreign assistance programs, H6766-H6772 [15JY]

———require matching of funds spent for Iraq reconstruction efforts be spent for domestic priorities, H2670 [2AP], H3019-H3021 [9AP]

Armed Forces: tribute to members who were deployed in Operation Restore Hope to provide humanitarian assistance to Somalia in 1993 (H. Con. Res. 291), H9839-H9841 [28OC], E2160 [30OC], E2187, E2199 [31OC]

Armenia: AID funding for Armenian Technology Group to establish Central Diagnostic Laboratory, E2505, E2521 [8DE]

———blockade by Turkey, H3996 [13MY], H7202 [21JY]

Becton, Dickinson and Co.: tribute to efforts to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, E2404 [22NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, H7334 [23JY]

Bush, President: trip to Africa, E1552 [22JY]

Child Survival and Health Programs Fund: funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H7394-H7402 [23JY]

Children and youth: importance of international children's health programs, E873 [6MY]

Colombia: U.S. policy, H6332-H6339 [8JY]

Contracts: require large companies submit a subcontracting plan prior to being awarded a contract for reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9637 [17OC]

Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships: funding, H7377 [23JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: administration of Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust, H2577 [1AP]

———impact of monetization of commodities on farmers and commodity markets, H2577 [1AP]

Dept. of Defense: clarify authority to respond to environmental emergencies (H.R. 638), E158 [6FE]

———feasibility of using small, minority-owned businesses and women-owned businesses in Iraq post-conflict reconstruction, H4591, H4592 [22MY]

———strike repeal of reporting requirements relative to military deployment activities, humanitarian assistance expenditures, and civilian workforce management, H4600 [22MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Office of Domestic Preparedness funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H2764-H2769 [3AP]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), H5271 [12JN], H6725-H6824 [15JY], H6892-H6903 [16JY], H12835 [8DE], E1503 [17JY], E1505, E1506, E1508, E1509, E1510, E1517, E1531, E1532 [18JY], E1541, E1545 [21JY], E1613 [25JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), amendment process, H6420 [9JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), consideration (H. Res. 316), H6715-H6724 [15JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), corrections in engrossment, H6903 [16JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti, H2793, H2794 [3AP]

———direct the U.S. Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank to urge the immediate resumption of lending to Haiti (H.R. 1108), H3558, H3562-H3564 [30AP]

———report on the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, H6823, H6824 [15JY]

Developing countries: establish Millennium Challenge Account to increase support for certain countries, assess impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance, and authorize expansion of the Peace Corps, H6716, H6726, H6781-H6785 [15JY]

———provide debt relief to developing countries relative to prior loans under agricultural and food assistance programs, H7378 [23JY]

———strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (H.R. 2329), H4881 [4JN], E1131 [4JN]

Disabled: authorize assistance for individuals with disabilities in foreign countries, including victims of warfare and civil strife (H.R. 1462), E614 [27MR]

Diseases: address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic, H446 [12FE], H1623-H1630 [5MR], E409 [7MR]

———authorize assistance to combat HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean (H.R. 1857), E794 [29AP]

———encourage countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis to accept U.S. food assistance, H3603 [1MY]

———encourage U.S. businesses to provide assistance to sub-Saharan Africa to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, H3608, H3609 [1MY]

———ensure that organizations providing assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS are not disqualified from prevention programs due to a moral or religious objection to certain approaches, H3583, H3609-H3612 [1MY]

———ensure that organizations providing assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS are not providing abortion services or counseling, H3583, H3585 [1MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H330 [11FE], H6330 [8JY], H6437 [9JY], H7370-H7375, H7402 [23JY], H10364-H10367 [5NO], H12823 [8DE], E1460 [11JY], E2404 [22NO]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), H2280 [25MR], H3457 [30AP], H3574, H3579-H3618 [1MY], H6583 [10JY], H7386 [23JY], E876 [6MY], E886 [7MY], E923 [9MY], E1057 [22MY], E1068, E1084 [23MY], E2258 [6NO]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), Senate amendments, H4375-H4382 [21MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), consideration (H. Res. 210), H3575-H3578 [1MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 46), H4382 [21MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 46), unanimous-consent agreement, H4511 [21MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), unanimous-consent agreement, H4325 [20MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS through reductions in the Millennium Challenge Account, H7383-H7393 [23JY]

———funding preference to programs operating in developing countries emphasizing prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmission and lifelong care for children of HIV/AIDS infected individuals, H4378 [21MY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in developing countries, H9200 [2OC], H9650 [17OC]

———include certain Caribbean nations in expansion of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, H6821, H6822 [15JY]

———reduce first year's funding for assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H3605-H3607 [1MY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children, H3604, H3605 [1MY], H7402 [23JY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for abstinence education programs, H3574, H3583, H3586, H3612-H3617 [1MY]

———strengthen accountability and reporting requirements relative to assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H3597-H3600 [1MY]

———urge Group of Eight members to pledge and contribute a substantial amount to the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria (H. Con. Res. 180), E959 [15MY]

Egypt: allocation of foreign aid, H7377 [23JY]

———allocation of foreign aid relative to criticism of U.S. policies, H8063 [9SE]

Ethiopia: famine, H6809 [15JY], H7406 [23JY]

———prohibit international investment organizations and development banks from supporting projects until claims of confiscated private property by the Ethiopian Government are resolved, H11554 [19NO]

Executive Office of the President: efforts to present positive media coverage of war and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, H11194 [17NO], H11509 [18NO]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq, H9606 [16OC]

———require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (H.R. 1738), H4518 [21MY], H8064 [9SE], H8090 [10SE], H8406 [23SE], H9003 [30SE], E1208 [11JN], E1867 [23SE]

Foreign countries: increase U.S. capability to provide reconstruction assistance to countries or regions impacted by armed conflict (H.R. 2616), E1364 [26JN]

———prohibit direct financial assistance to certain countries, H7435-H7440 [23JY], H9635, H9636 [17OC]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations, H668 [13FE], E2505 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2800), H7369-H7444 [23JY], H10364 [5NO], E1591, E1599, E1600 [25JY], E2258 [6NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2800), consideration (H. Res. 327), H7237-H7241 [22JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2800), motion to instruct conferees, H10364-H10367 [5NO]

Foreign policy: prohibit funding to countries that materially hindered U.S. lead coalition efforts to liberate the Iraqi people, H7430 [23JY]

———promote the participation of women in international peace efforts relative to Africa and the Middle East, H7429, H7430, H7431 [23JY]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): funding, H3585 [1MY]

———initiate campaign to increase public awareness and encourage private contributions, H3601, H3602 [1MY]

———limit top salary levels of administrators to that of the Vice President of the U.S., H3602 [1MY]

Guam: authorize the Dept. of the Interior to reduce, release, or waive amounts owed by the Government of Guam to the U.S. to offset unreimbursed compact impact expenses (H.R. 2522), E1320 [20JN]

Haiti: allocation of foreign aid relative to HIV/AIDS epidemic, H3558-H3564 [30AP]

———provide assistance to combat infectious diseases and establish a comprehensive health infrastructure (H.R. 3386), E2173 [30OC]

———U.S. policy, H3558-H3564 [30AP]

Helping Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission: establish (H.R. 3286), E1998 [8OC]

India: condemn interference with freedom of the press relative to tehelka.com (Internet site), E175 [7FE]

———prohibit U.S. assistance for programs, projects, and activities other than humanitarian relief in Tamil Nadu, H6795, H6796 [15JY]

Indonesia: make international military education and training program funding contingent on cooperation with U.S. efforts to combat terrorism and investigate terrorist attacks, H6814 [15JY], H7412-H7414 [23JY], E1506 [18JY]

Inter-American Foundation: funding, H7405 [23JY]

International Fund for Ireland: authorizing appropriations for U.S. contributions (H.R. 1208), H2497-H2500 [31MR], E633 [1AP], E693 [7AP]

Iraq: assessment of reconstruction efforts, E1178-E1180 [9JN], E1205 [11JN]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H4848 [3JN], H4965-H4967 [4JN], H5060, H5081-H5086 [9JN], H5656-H5658 [19JN], H5705-H5710 [23JN], H6275, H6276, H6322, H6339-H6345 [8JY], H6433 [9JY], H6692-H6699 [14JY], H6993, H6995 [16JY], H7216-H7222 [21JY], H7233, H7234, H7235, H7236 [22JY], H7458 [24JY], H7815 [3SE], H8067 [9SE], H8213 [11SE], H8224, H8225, H8264 [16SE], H8288 [17SE], H8407, H8472-H8484 [23SE], H8909 [25SE], H8961, H9011-H9020 [30SE], H9037, H9080, H9096-H9104 [1OC], H9189, H9191 [2OC], H9718, H9719 [20OC], H9742, H9789-H9793 [21OC], H10122-H10128 [29OC], H10223 [30OC], H10323 [4NO], H10348, H10443 [5NO], H10461, H10540-H10544 [6NO], H11199-H11204 [17NO], H11364 [18NO], H11519, H11631-H11634 [19NO], H11875-H11877 [20NO], H12893-H12896 [8DE], E1319 [20JN], E2450-E2453 [23NO], E2508 [8DE], E2552 [15DE]

———declare that providing humanitarian assistance for Iraq is in the U.S. national security interest (H. Con. Res. 127), E683 [3AP]

———encourage France, Germany, and Russia to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq by forgiving outstanding debt between those countries and Iraq (H. Res. 198), H9488, H9489-H9491, H9509 [16OC]

———improvements in education under Coalition Provisional Authority and AID, H9742 [21OC]

———prohibit funding for relief and reconstruction efforts prior to a certain date, H9637, H9638 [17OC]

———prohibit post-conflict reconstruction funding from benefiting citizens or businesses in France, Germany, Russia, or Syria, H2798-H2806 [3AP], H2869 [8AP]

———provide sufficient health care personnel and medical supplies to Iraq, H5383 [16JN], H5453 [17JN]

———reconstruction, H4001-H4003 [13MY], H4190 [15MY], H4245 [19MY], H4414 [21MY]

———reduce reconstruction funding for oil importation, H9586-H9588, H9592, H9593 [16OC], H9740 [21OC], E2086 [17OC]

———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict petroleum industry infrastructure reconstruction, H9633 [17OC], H10122-H10128 [29OC]

———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, H2799 [3AP], H7240 [22JY]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction, H4174 [15MY], H4418 [21MY], H9588, H9589 [16OC]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (H.R. 1888), E825 [1MY]

———require that Federal contractors involved in post-conflict reconstruction provide a veterans hiring preference (H.R. 1920), E1175 [9JN]

———tribute to Meijer, Inc., and United Parcel Service of America, Inc., for shipment of toys to Iraqi orphanages, E2300 [17NO]

———tribute to reconstruction efforts of Iraqis, H6872 [16JY]

———trip findings of several Representatives relative to assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H9388-H9391 [15OC]

———U.N. involvement in peacekeeping and reconstruction, E1693 [4SE]

———U.S. policy, H7815-H7822 [3SE], H8071-H8077 [9SE]

Israel: U.S. loan guarantees relative to settlements in the West Bank and Gaza, H8469 [23SE]

———U.S. policy, E750 [11AP]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: role of People's Republic of China and Japan in dispute over development of nuclear weapons arsenal, H4173 [15MY]

———U.S. policy relative to development of nuclear weapons arsenal, H4017 [14MY], H4969 [4JN], H5178 [11JN], H7429 [23JY]

Lebanon: allocation of foreign aid, H12835 [8DE]

Middle East: U.S. policy relative to war and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, H12896-H12901 [8DE]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: accelerate eligibility for assistance for certain developing countries, H6785-H6788 [15JY]

———clarify authorities of AID and Dept. of State, H6788 [15JY]

———eligibility for assistance relative to private-sector expenditures on health care, H6785 [15JY]

Moldova: condition U.S. assistance on certification that certain obligations relative to investments by U.S. citizens have been met, H6796 [15JY]

National Endowment for Democracy: anniversary, E2275 [7NO]

———anniversary (H. Con. Res. 274), H9244, H9245 [7OC], E2007 [8OC]

National Peace Corps Day: observance, E311, E314, E317, E324, E327, E336, E338 [27FE], E344, E346 [3MR], E382 [6MR], E399 [7MR]

Nicaragua: require that certain claims of expropriation be filed within a specified time period for purposes of the prohibition on foreign aid (H.R. 868), H1915-H1917 [18MR]

Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance for Post-War Iraq (ORHA): request assistance from Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center (organization) (H. Con. Res. 174), E914 [9MY]

OPIC: reauthorize (S. 1824), H11553-H11557 [19NO], E2386 [21NO]

Pakistan: allocation of foreign aid, H6732 [15JY], H8891 [24SE]

———limit foreign military financing assistance, H2782, H2783 [3AP]

Palestine Investment Fund: funding, H7379 [23JY]

Palestinians: allocation of foreign aid in quarterly allotments pending evaluation of use of such funds, H7434 [23JY]

Peace Corps: funding (H. Con. Res. 61), E382 [6MR]

Population: prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity (H.R. 1548), H3587 [1MY], E632 [1AP]

Poverty: authorize Millennium Challenge assistance to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development, H7370-H7373 [23JY]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development, H3031 [9AP]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development funding, H12835 [8DE]

Rescue Task Force Program: tribute, H430 [12FE]

Saudi Arabia: call for Ambassador to the U.S. to address issues regarding alleged Saudi support of terrorists, H4093 [14MY]

———prohibit allocation of foreign aid, H7416, H7417 [23JY]

———U.S. response to alleged support of terrorists, H8063 [9SE]

Serbia: make foreign aid conditional on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, H7414 [23JY]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: funding, H7440 [23JY]

Turkey: allocation of foreign aid, H2456 [27MR], H2714, H2747-H2757, H2759, H2787 [3AP], E695 [7AP]

———foreign aid request relative to use of force against Iraq, H1371, H1375 [26FE]

U.N.: eliminate U.S. reimbursement for foreign assistance and peacekeeping in Liberia and Sudan from supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, H9590, H9591 [16OC]

———limit contributions to Relief and Works Agency until establishment of refugee resettlement program and replacement of textbooks and educational materials promoting anti-Semitism, H7427 [23JY]

———limit U.S. share of assessments for the regular budget, H6792-H6794 [15JY], H7269, H7270 [22JY], E1503 [17JY]

———prohibit funding for payment of U.S. contributions to U.N. or any affiliated agency, H6790-H6792 [15JY], E1517 [18JY]

———U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund, H6809 [15JY], E1509 [18JY]

———withhold U.S. contributions until the U.N. ensures that a member may not be on the Security Council or serve as any agency chair unless the Government has been democratically elected (H. Con. Res. 116), E1517 [18JY]

U.N. Population Fund: obstetric fistula prevention and treatment funding, H7241 [22JY], H7404, H7405 [23JY]

Ukraine: allocation of foreign aid, H7408, H7409 [23JY]

Wolf, Representative: report on trip to Iraq and Kuwait, E1178-E1180 [9JN], E1205 [11JN]

Women: ensure that programs in countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS include a curriculum for men and boys that emphasizes gender equality and respect for women and girls, H3600 [1MY]

World AIDS Day: observance, E2391 [22NO], E2550 [8DE]

World Bank Group: continue U.S. participation in, and contribution to, certain multilateral development institutions, H7428, H7429 [23JY]

Yugoslavia: make bilateral assistance conditional on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, E1385 [27JN]

Remarks in Senate

Afghanistan: landmine awareness program funding, S13370 [28OC]

———protect women's rights and health, S1454 [23JA]

———reconstruction funding, S12785, S12787 [17OC]

———reforestation program funding, S13345, S13369 [28OC]

———support basic human rights of, and participation in leadership by women relative to governance, reconstruction and development, S6657 [20MY]

———U.S. humanitarian assistance to civilian bombing victims, S5849 [7MY]

———women's programs funding, S12803 [17OC]

Africa: authorize emergency supplemental assistance to combat the growing humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, S1230-S1234 [21JA], S1340, S1341, S1359 [22JA], S1374, S1448 [23JA]

———efforts to reduce hunger in HIV/AIDS affected populations in sub-Saharan Africa, S6449, S6450 [15MY], S6574 [19MY]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance through CCC funding, S9214 [10JY]

African Growth and Opportunity Act: amend to expand certain trade benefits to eligible sub-Saharan African countries (S. 1900), S15289 [20NO]

AID: Clean Water for the Americas Partnership funding, S1441 [23JA]

———Collaborative Research Support Programs funding, S13192 [24OC]

Algeria: express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts, S9581 [17JY]

———express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts (S. Res. 198), S9737 [22JY]

Andean Counterdrug Initiative: funding, S4818 [3AP]

Appropriations: authorizing for foreign assistance programs, S9087-S9111 [9JY], S9162-S9184, S9186-S9215 [10JY], S13352-S13356 [28OC]

———increase funding for Iraqi security, reconstruction in Afghanistan, and humanitarian relief in Liberia through reductions in nonsecurity funding, S12799-S12803 [17OC]

Armed Forces: clarify eligibility of certain countries for U.S. military assistance (S. 1317), S8441 [24JN]

Bertini, Catherine: World Food Prize recipient, S13126 [23OC]

Birds: provide financial resources for the conservation programs of countries whose activities directly or indirectly affect cranes (S. 128), S159 [9JA]

Cambodia: allocation of foreign aid (S. 1365), S8759 [26JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: HIV/AIDS blood safety and injection safety in Africa plan funding, S11362-S11364 [10SE]

———improve injection safety in immunization programs in developing countries, S6614 [19MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure food-grade quality of sorghum sent as food aid, S14015 [5NO]

———International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, S14150 [6NO]

Dept. of Defense: military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan funding, S9481 [16JY], S9516 [17JY]

———require a budget amendment on amounts requested for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, S9392-S9395 [15JY], S9448-S9451, S9455, S9456 [16JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations, S13352-S13356 [28OC]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 790), S4843 [3AP]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9086, S9095-S9111 [9JY], S9162-S9184, S9186-S9215 [10JY], S10603 [31JY]

Developing countries: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (S. 871), S5194-S5196 [10AP]

Diseases: address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic, S314 [15JA], S1793-S1797 [30JA], S1967 [5FE], S12715 [16OC]

———address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic (S. 250), S1814-S1816 [30JA]

———clarify definition of HIV/AIDS prevention relative to sexual transmission prevention and abstinence education programs funding, S13341-S13343 [28OC], S13644, S13645 [30OC]

———ensure that organizations providing assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS are not disqualified from prevention programs due to a moral or religious objection to certain approaches, S6489 [15MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, S4409 [26MR]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, S314 [15JA], S1347-S1350 [22JA], S1464 [23JA], S8871 [7JY], S9100 [9JY], S9182-S9184, S9186-S9188, S9190, S9191 [10JY], S12667, S12668 [16OC], S12772 [17OC], S13190-S13192 [24OC], S13256-S13258 [27OC], S13347-S13349, S13368, S13371, S13419 [28OC], S13638-S13647 [30OC], S16083, S16084 [9DE]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), S5753 [6MY], S6036 [13MY], S6147, S6249 [14MY], S6415-S6421, S6445-S6450, S6475-S6500 [15MY], S6574, S6614 [19MY], S7119-S7121 [23MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 46), S6786 [20MY], S6918 [22MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (H.R. 1298), unanimous-consent agreement, S6196 [14MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 1009), S5878 [7MY], S6416, S6417 [15MY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis through reductions in Dept. of Defense procurement, research, development, and evaluation funding, S9547-S9557 [17JY]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis through reductions in Millennium Challenge Account, S13645-S13648 [30OC]

———facilitate service of health care professionals in areas of the world that are severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, S6497 [15MY]

———HIV/AIDS blood safety and injection safety in Africa plan funding, S13346, S13347 [28OC]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in developing countries, S10963-S10966 [2SE], S11021-S11023 [3SE], S11076 [4SE], S11215, S11218-S11223, S11225 [9SE], S11300-S11302 [10SE], S11410 [11SE], S11712-S11715 [18SE]

———include certain Caribbean nations in expansion of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, S6482-S6484 [15MY]

———international mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention activities funding, S11102, S11105 [4SE], S11330, S11331 [10SE]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children, S6481, S6488 [15MY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for abstinence education programs, S6476-S6478 [15MY]

———require a certain percentage of assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS be expended for women's health and empowerment programs and to reduce women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, S6485 [15MY]

———tuberculosis drug access funding, S13649 [30OC]

Drugs: ensure access to assured quality pharmaceuticals at the lowest possible price to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, S6478-S6480 [15MY]

Egypt: allocation of foreign aid, S4894 [7AP], S4953 [8AP]

———Ibn Khaldun Center for Development funding, S13346 [28OC]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform, S6485-S6488 [15MY]

Federal aid programs: require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq (S. 1838), S14179 [6NO]

Foreign countries: increase U.S. capability to provide reconstruction assistance to countries or regions impacted by armed conflict (S. 1235), S7725 [11JN]

———provide a framework for consideration of proposed unilateral economic sanctions to ensure coordination of U.S. policy relative to trade, security, and human rights (S. 1861), S14815 [12NO]

———report on congressional delegation trip to Haiti and Guyana relative to impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic, S5641-S5643 [1MY]

———withhold assistance to countries that owe property taxes to certain U.S. cities, S9195 [10JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), S13189-S13192 [24OC], S13234-S13237, S13256-S13258 [27OC], S13340-S13372 [28OC], S13431-S13435 [29OC], S13637-S13651 [30OC], S13796 [3NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2800), unanimous-consent agreement, S13419 [28OC], S13484 [29OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2800), unanimous-consent request, S16083 [9DE]

Funding, S4363-S4365 [25MR]

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization): funding, S6446-S6448, S6491, S6498 [15MY]

Honduras: Water Missions International (organization) hospital water supply and wastewater treatment projects funding, S13796 [3NO]

Human rights: deny funding to groups that do not explicitly oppose prostitution and sex trafficking, S6457 [15MY]

———ensure that women and children have access to basic protection and assistance services in complex humanitarian emergencies, S13358-S13360 [28OC]

Indonesia: allocation of foreign aid, S1134, S1135 [17JA]

———investigation into murders of U.S. citizens in Papua, S1134, S1135 [17JA]

———make international military education and training program funding contingent on cooperation with U.S. efforts to combat terrorism and investigate terrorist attacks, S1354, S1355 [22JA], S1379-S1383 [23JA], S9111 [9JY]

———make international military education and training program funding contingent on cooperation with U.S., efforts to combat terrorism and investigate terrorist attacks, S13357, S13368 [28OC]

International Fund for Agricultural Development: funding, S13192 [24OC]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S8830-S8832 [27JN], S9184-S9186 [10JY], S9316 [14JY], S9370, S9371 [15JY], S9482-S9484 [16JY], S9532 [17JY], S9696, S9697 [22JY], S9743 [23JY], S9829, S9830 [24JY], S10135 [29JY], S10485-S10490, S10503, S10599, S10608 [31JY], S10988 [2SE], S11003 [3SE], S11242 [9SE], S11561 [16SE], S11610-S11612, S11626 [17SE], S11748 [22SE], S11877-S11885 [24SE], S12053-S12055 [26SE], S12110-S12114, S12121-S12123 [29SE], S12165 [30SE], S12482-S12485, S12489 [14OC], S12566, S12571, S12573 [15OC], S12855-S12857 [17OC], S13187 [24OC], S13424-S13427 [29OC], S13700-S13702 [31OC], S14107-S14110 [6NO], S14308 [10NO], S14666, S14722 [12NO], S15054 [18NO], S15932 [25NO]

———development and implementation of programs for women, S12986 [22OC]

———encourage countries that hold debt from the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein forgive the outstanding debt between those countries and Iraq, S12683-S12688, S12708 [16OC], S12806 [17OC]

———humanitarian assistance and reconstruction funding, S4807 [3AP]

———impose limitation on use of Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund funding, S12643-S12655, S12668 [16OC]

———increase financial contributions from the international community for reconstruction, S12595 [15OC], S12770 [17OC]

———increase humanitarian food assistance funding, S4803-S4806 [3AP]

———Iraqi Defense Corps and national security forces funding, S12242-S12259 [1OC]

———prohibit post-conflict reconstruction funding from benefiting citizens or businesses in France or Germany, S4752-S4755, S4762 [3AP]

———provide humanitarian food assistance through purchase of surplus commodities from American farmers, S4809 [3AP]

———reconstruction, S6642, S6705 [20MY], S9630 [21JY]

———reduce reconstruction funds by amount that is used to repay bilateral debts, S12578, S12579 [15OC]

———require competitive bidding on contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, S4811-S4813 [3AP], S6914-S6920 [22MY], S7126 [23MY], S9174-S9177 [10JY], S12355 [2OC]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction, S6834 [21MY], S11085 [4SE]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (S. 876), S5203 [10AP], S5631-S5633 [1MY]

———require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (S. 876), star print, S5437 [28AP]

———require Presidential report on strategy for reconstruction activities, S9464-S9471 [16JY]

———require Presidential report to Congress on cost of use of Armed Forces against Iraq and rebuilding efforts before consideration of deficit-increasing legislation except for economic stimulus or homeland security purposes, S3815-S3820, S3822, S3840, S3848-S3854, S3857, S3858, S3874 [18MR]

———require report on awarding of contracts for post-conflict reconstruction, S9573-S9575 [17JY]

———require report on efforts to increase financial contributions from the international community for reconstruction and feasibility of repayment of funds used for infrastructure projects, S12360 [2OC]

———support basic human rights of, and participation in leadership by women relative to governance, reconstruction and development, S6657 [20MY], S9211 [10JY]

———trip findings of several Senators relative to assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S12571-S12574 [15OC]

———U.N. involvement in peacekeeping and reconstruction, S11145 [5SE]

———U.S. policy, S11145 [5SE]

Israel: U.S. policy, S5054, S5055 [9AP]

Jordan: allocation of foreign aid, S13650 [30OC]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: prohibit foreign assistance and assistance to the Korean Peninsula Development Organization (S. 145), S198 [10JA]

———U.S. policy relative to development of nuclear weapons arsenal, S195-S200, S201 [10JA], S332-S334 [15JA], S1113, S1125 [17JA], S1458, S1459 [23JA], S2034, S2060-S2063 [6FE], S2396 [13FE], S2906-S2909 [27FE], S3149-S3152 [5MR], S3361-S3364 [7MR], S5161 [10AP], S10884 [1AU]

Liberia: allocation of foreign aid, S12786, S12794 [17OC]

———U.S. policy, S12713, S12714 [16OC], S12821 [17OC]

Merchant marine industry: apply laws requiring the use of privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels for the transport of U.S. aid and materials relative to the war in Iraq, S4776 [3AP]

Mexico: establish microcredit lending program, small rural business assistance program, small rural farmers assistance, and a system of private property ownership, S9180 [10JY], S10603 [31JY]

———provide economic assistance to minimize impact of rural development crisis, S9166-S9169 [10JY]

———rural small business assistance funding, S13650 [30OC]

Middle East: Middle East Partnership Initiative scholarships funding for certain Muslim students at American universities, S13192 [24OC]

Millennium Challenge Account: ensure eligibility for assistance includes providing people with disabilities opportunities for inclusion, S13364 [28OC]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: ensure eligibility for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Account includes a demonstrated commitment to sustainable use of natural resources, S9174 [10JY]

———establish (S. 1240), S7729 [11JN]

———include women and girls as beneficiaries under the Millennium Challenge Assistance program, S9205 [10JY]

National Peace Corps Day: observance, S3024 [3MR]

Natural resources: international water security funding, S13370, S13371 [28OC]

Nepal: tribute to efforts of Himalayan Trust (organization) and American Himalayan Foundation in support of the Sherpa people and community, S7377 [4JN]

Nuclear weapons: improve security of nuclear weapons, materials, and facilities and increase nuclear nonproliferation funding, S4664-S4666 [2AP]

OPIC: reauthorize (S. 1824), S14860 [12NO]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9086-S9111 [9JY], S9162-S9184, S9186-S9215 [10JY], S10603 [31JY]

Population: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, S9095-S9104 [9JY], S14304 [10NO]

Poverty: authorize Millennium Challenge assistance to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development, S9089-S9092 [9JY], S9162, S9212 [10JY], S13352-S13356 [28OC]

———establish Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corp., to reduce global poverty through increased economic growth by supporting a new compact for global development (S. 571), S3326 [6MR]

———prohibit Millennium Challenge assistance funds from being used on projects that could displace U.S. jobs or production, or pose an environmental or health hazard, S9195, S9196 [10JY]

Russia: rule of law and human rights programs funding, S13192 [24OC]

Senate: accomplishments, S7163 [23MY]

Sudan: allocation of foreign aid, S12786, S12787 [17OC]

War: make protection of women and children who are affected by a complex humanitarian emergency a priority (S. 1001), S5779 [6MY]

Reports

Climate Information and Potential Impacts for Eritrea and Ethiopia: NOAA, H3435 [29AP]

Trip to Eritrea and Ethiopia: Representative Wolf, S1230 [21JA], S1360 [22JA]

War in Iraq and Homeland Security Supplemental Appropriations (S. 762): Iraqi Relief and Reconstruction Fund Provisions, S4684 [2AP]

Reports filed

Clarify Eligibility of Certain Countries for U.S. Military Assistance: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1317), S14270 [7NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1298, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 210) (H. Rept. 108-80), H3569 [30AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1950, Dept. of State Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 316) (H. Rept. 108-206), H6706 [14JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2800, Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 327) (H. Rept. 108-227), H7224 [21JY]

Dept. of State and Peace Corps Appropriations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 925) (S. Rept. 108-39), S5433 [28AP]

Dept. of State Appropriations: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 1950) (H. Rept. 108-105), H6271 [7JY]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1950) (H. Rept. 108-105), H6705 [14JY]

———Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 1950) (H. Rept. 108-105), H4254 [19MY], H5364 [12JN]

Foreign Assistance Programs Appropriations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1161) (S. Rept. 108-56), S7187 [2JN]

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2800) (H. Rept. 108-222), H7224 [21JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1426) (S. Rept. 108-106), S9591 [17JY]

Millenium Challenge Account Authorization and Peace Corps Expansion Act: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 2441) (H. Rept. 108-205), H6705 [14JY]

Millennium Challenge Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1160) (S. Rept. 108-55), S7187 [2JN]

OPIC Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1824) (S. Rept. 108-194), S14451 [11NO]

———Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 3145) (H. Rept. 108-339), H10338 [4NO]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 1298) (H. Rept. 108-60), H2863 [7AP]

Rulings of the Chair

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9180 [10JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), S13352 [28OC], H7409, H7417, H7426, H7428, H7430, H7432 [23JY]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9180 [10JY]

Songs

``Shortest Story,'' Harry Chapin, S6574 [19MY]

Statements

Inclusion of People With Disabilities in Foreign Assistance Programs: National Council on Disability, S13364 [28OC]

Millennium Challenge Act: President Bush, S3329 [6MR]

Restoration of International Military Education and Training to Indonesia: Senator Inouye, S1381 [23JA]

Turkish Actions Relative to War in Iraq: Hilmi Ozkok, Turkish General Staff, E1109 [3JN]

Summaries

Continuing Appropriations (H.J. Res. 2), S341-S345 [15JA]

Fiscal Year 2003 Appropriations Reductions, S347 [15JA]

Marshall Plan: Marshall Foundation, S12702 [16OC]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1426, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S13371 [28OC]

Countries to which Iraq may be indebted, S12684 [16OC]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2660): HIV/AIDS funding, S11222 [9SE]

Global HIV/AIDS funding, S11222 [9SE]

HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis initiatives funding, S9549 [17JY]

HIV/AIDS program funding levels, S11222 [9SE]

Projected U.S. spending for global HIV/AIDS initiatives (2004-2008), S9549 [17JY]

Telegrams

Ethiopian famine: Aurelia E. Brazeal, U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, E821-E823 [1MY]

Testimonies

Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (organization) Funding: Elton John, S6498 [15MY]

———Senator Sessions, S6498 [15MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 274, National Endowment for Democracy anniversary, H9245 [7OC]

H. Con. Res. 291, tribute to Armed Forces members who were deployed in Operation Restore Hope to provide humanitarian assistance to Somalia in 1993, H9839 [28OC]

H. Res. 198, encourage France, Germany, and Russia to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq by forgiving outstanding debt between those countries and Iraq, H9491 [16OC]

H. Res. 210, consideration of H.R. 1298, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, H3575 [1MY]

H. Res. 264, express sympathy for victims of earthquake in Algeria and support ongoing aid efforts, H5668 [23JN]

H. Res. 316, consideration of H.R. 1950, Dept. of State appropriations, H6715 [15JY]

H. Res. 326, consideration of H.R. 2799, Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, H7241 [22JY]

H. Res. 327, consideration of H.R. 2800, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H7237 [22JY]

H.R. 868, Nicaragua Property Dispute Settlement Act, H1915 [18MR]

H.R. 1208, Northern Ireland Peace and Reconciliation Support Act, H2497 [31MR]

H.R. 1298, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, H3588-H3596 [1MY]

H.R. 1950, Dept. of State appropriations, H6733-H6765 [15JY]

H.R. 2800, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S13807-S13829 [3NO]

S. 145, North Korea Democracy Act, S232 [13JA]

S. 571, Millennium Challenge Act, S3326-S3328 [6MR]

S. 790, Dept. of State appropriations, S4843-S4849 [3AP]

S. 871, Global Pathogen Surveillance Act, S5196-S5198 [10AP]

S. 876, Sunshine in Iraq Reconstruction Contracting Act, S5203 [10AP]

S. 1001, Women and Children in Conflict Protection Act, S5780-S5784 [6MY]

S. 1235, Winning the Peace Act, S7725 [11JN]

S. 1317, clarify eligibility of certain countries for U.S. military assistance, S8441 [24JN]

S. 1824, OPIC reauthorization, S14860 [12NO], H11553 [19NO]

S. 1838, require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq, S14180 [6NO]

S. Con. Res. 46, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 1298, U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, S6717, S6786 [20MY], S6918 [22MY], H4382 [21MY]

S. Res. 198, express sympathy for victims of earthquake and support ongoing aid efforts in Algeria, S9737 [22JY]