legislation: 97-s-3075
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| 97-s-3075 | 97 | s | 3075 | Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1983 | Economics and Public Finance | 1982-12-03 | 1982-12-03 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 966. | Senate | Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI] | WI | R | K000019 | 0 | Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1983 - Title I: Multilateral Economic Assistance - Appropriates FY 1983 funds to the President for the U.S. contributions to the: (1) Inter-American Development Bank; (2) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank); (3) International Development Association; (4) Asian Development Bank; and (5) African Development Fund. Specifies the maximum amount of callable capital stock to which the U.S. Governors of such Banks may subscribe. Appropriates a specified sum for international organizations and programs. Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes FY 1983 appropriations to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition; (2) voluntary population planning; (3) health programs; (4) education and human resources development; (5) energy and selected development activities; (6) science and technology; (7) loan allocation (with specified repayment periods for loan recipients based on a country's per capita gross national product); (8) American schools and hospitals abroad; (9) international disaster assistance (with a specified amount earmarked for earthquake relief and reconstruction in southern Italy); (10) the Sahel development program (with a prohibition against the United States providing more than ten percent of the total contributions to the program); (11) overseas training and special development activities (foreign currency programs); (12) the Economic Support Fund (with specified sums earmarked for Egypt and for Israel); (13) peace keeping operations; (14) the operating expenses of the Agency for International Development; (15) trade and development programs; (16) housing and credit guaranty and credit guaranty programs; and (17) international narcotics control. Appropriates a specified sum to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Limits the amount of funds appropriated for voluntary population planning that can be used for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities. Prohibits using any such funds for the World Health Organization's Special Program of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction. Makes appropriations for FY 1983 for the Inter-American Foundation and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), with limitations on OPIC's direct and guaranteed loans. Appropriates FY 1983 funds for the Peace Corps. Appropriates FY 1983 funds to the Department of State for migration and refugee assistance. Appropriates FY 1983 funds for anti-terrorism assistance programs. Title III: Military Assistance - Appropriates fiscal year 1982 funds to the President for: (1) military assistance; (2) international military education and training; (3) foreign military credit sales (with limitations on the amounts of direct and guaranteed loans); and (4) the Special Defense Acquisition Fund. Title IV: Export-Import Bank of the United States - Authorizes, with specified exceptions, the Export-Import Bank to make expenditures without regard to fiscal year limitations. Prohibits expenditures, during the current fiscal year, for nuclear exports to any country, other than a nuclear weapons State, that has detonated a nuclear explosive device after enactment of this Act. Limits, during specified fiscal years, the amounts of direct and guaranteed loans and administrative expenses. Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) financing construction of any water or related land resource development project which has not met specified standards; (2) pensions for persons who have served in the armed forces of any recipient country; (3) procurement contracts which do not permit termination for U.S. convenience; (4) dues of any member of the United Nations; (5) the transfer of appropriated funds among international lending organizations; (6) financing nuclear export or providing nuclear training assistance to foreign nationals; (7) assisting countries to violate human rights; (8) assistance to Mozambique (unless it would further U.S. foreign policy interests); (9) assistance to Libya, Iraq, South Yemen, Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, or Syria; (10) obligation under an appropriations account to which they were not appropriated, without prior congressional approval; (11) unauthorized publicity purposes within the United States; (12) obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless otherwise permitted; (13) assistance to countries which are more than one year in default on loan payments to the United States; (14) international financial institutions which do not make available to the U.S. representatives information concerning loans or management documents; (15) any government which aids or abets international terrorism; (16) assisting the production of commodities for export, if such commodities will likely be in surplus on world markets and will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers; and (17) the obligation of specified funds for programs not justified or in excess of the amount justified, without prior congressional notification; (18) lobbying for abortion; (19) financing the operating expenses for the Agency for International Development (AID) with funds other than funds earmarked for AID; and (20) assisting any country during any three month period immediately following a Presidential certification to Congress that such country is not cooperating sufficiently with the United States in preventing narcotic drugs and other controlled substances which are produced, processed, or transported in such country from entering the United States unlawfully. Limits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) obligation during the last month of availability; and (2) residence expenses, entertainment expenses, and representation allowances of AID. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of specified international financial institutions to oppose assistance for the production of export commodities in surplus on world markets and which will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers. | 2025-08-29T19:51:51Z |