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| 106-s-3280 | 106 | s | 3280 | A bill to prohibit assistance to the Palestinian Authority unless and until certain conditions are met. | International Affairs | 2000-12-15 | 2000-12-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11922) | Senate | Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] | PA | R | S000709 | 0 | Prohibits U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority unless the President certifies to Congress that it has removed the anti-Semitic, anti-Israel content included in the textbooks used in schools, and radio and television broadcasts made by publicly funded facilities, in the areas it controls in the West Bank and Gaza.Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should urge U.S. allies to apply equivalent restrictions on assistance to the Palestinian Authority. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 106-s-3275 | 106 | s | 3275 | Russian Fissile Materials Disposition Loan Guarantee Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-12-07 | 2000-12-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | Russian Fissile Materials Disposition Loan Guarantee Act of 2000 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, with the President's approval, to guarantee loans (principal and up to three percent interest) made to the Government of the Russian Federation (GRF) for purposes of nuclear nonproliferation programs and activities. Limits to $1 billion the aggregate amount of loan principal covered by guarantees at any one time. Limits the loan principal to increments of $20 million at a term of at least 15 years.Makes eligible for such guarantees any loan by a private lender to the GRF the proceeds of which are to be used for one or both of the following purposes: (1) support of GRF nuclear nonproliferation programs and activities; and (2) development of the energy infrastructure of the Russian Federation, including peaceful uses of nuclear energy in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Denies guarantee eligibility for any loan whose proceeds are to be used for any purpose or activity under the Plutonium Disposition Agreement, including to cover the costs of the manufacture and use of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel in Russia under the Plutonium Disposition Agreement.Requires the GRF, as security for each $20 million principal increment of a guaranteed loan, to place one metric ton of weapons-usable plutonium and one metric ton of weapons-usable highly enriched uranium under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards at a facility in Russia.Earmarks certain authorized appropriations to cover IAEA expenses in implementing and maintaining such safeguards.Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:18:54Z | |
| 106-hr-5636 | 106 | hr | 5636 | To provide compensation for injury and property damages suffered by persons as a result of the bombing attack by the United States on August 20, 1998 in Khartoum, Sudan, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-11-14 | 2000-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45] | CA | R | R000409 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to pay up to a total of $50 million in settlement for injury and property damages suffered by persons as a result of the missile attack in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 20, 1998, by the U.S. armed forces. | 2025-01-02T17:15:34Z | |
| 106-hconres-441 | 106 | hconres | 441 | Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the investigation into the terrorist attack on the U.S.S. COLE on October 12, 2000. | International Affairs | 2000-11-13 | 2000-11-13 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Riley, Bob [R-AL-3] | AL | R | R000258 | 21 | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Government of Yemen should give U.S. investigators complete access to investigate and question all suspects in the October 12, 2000, terrorist attack on the U.S.S. COLE, including access to any Yemeni Government officials suspected of having played a role in that attack; and (2) the President and senior Administration officials leading the U.S. investigation of that attack should guarantee that Federal Bureau of Investigation investigators have access to the information and people they need to bring to justice everyone involved in the attack. | 2025-01-02T17:07:47Z | |
| 106-sconres-158 | 106 | sconres | 158 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding appropriate actions of the United States Government to facilitate the settlement of claims of former members of the Armed Forces against Japanese companies that profited from the slave labor that those personnel were forced to perform for those companies as prisoners of war of Japan during World War II. | International Affairs | 2000-10-31 | 2000-12-15 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 4 | Expresses the sense of Congress that it is in the interest of justice and fairness that the United States put forth its best efforts to facilitate discussions designed to resolve all issues between former members of the U.S. armed forces who were prisoners of war forced into slave labor for the benefit of Japanese companies during World War II and the private Japanese companies who profited from their slave labor. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hres-664 | 106 | hres | 664 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the Clinton Administration's lack of cooperation and efforts to impede the investigation by the General Accounting Office into the implementation of United States policy toward United Nations peacekeeping operations. | International Affairs | 2000-10-30 | 2000-10-30 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR E2028) | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that after seven months of delay the Administration should stop impeding the General Accounting Office (GAO) investigation into how it has applied its peacekeeping policy process to several ongoing United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations, and that the following recommendations would help to conclude the investigation: (1) the President should direct the Secretary of State and all other relevant Government officials to cooperate fully with the investigation; (2) GAO should consider taking enforcement action against the Administration for any continuing failure to provide requested documents; and (3) the Administration should provide to GAO the full text of any documents, policy papers, or memorandums that it has agreed to make available to any other member country of the UN General Assembly and should cooperate fully with GAO and with Congress in their efforts to oversee future U.S. participation in UN or other multilateral peacekeeping operations. | 2025-01-02T17:08:32Z | |
| 106-hres-658 | 106 | hres | 658 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim. | International Affairs | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 6 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of Malaysia should provide former Deputy Prime Minister Dato Seri Anwar with due process of law either by offering him a new trial under fair and transparent procedures or by dismissing all charges against him; and (2) all Malaysians should be allowed to exercise their fundamental right to peaceful expression of political opinion without fear of arrest or intimidation and should be afforded due process of law. | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-hres-659 | 106 | hres | 659 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the future of Taiwan should be resolved peacefully through a democratic mechanism and with the express consent of the people of Taiwan. | International Affairs | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] | NY | D | C001038 | 26 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the future of Taiwan should be resolved peacefully through a democratic mechanism and with the express consent of the Taiwanese people. | 2025-01-02T17:08:32Z | |
| 106-hres-660 | 106 | hres | 660 | To commend President Clinton for supporting the efforts of former South African President Nelson Mandela to bring peace to Burundi. | International Affairs | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] | CA | D | L000551 | 5 | Recognizes and commends the Hutu and Tutsi leaders of the people of Burundi for demonstrating their desire for peace by signing the power sharing agreement.Encourages: (1) Major Pierre Buyoya's government and rebel leaders to continue the cease-fire agreement negotiations begun September 20, 2000; and (2) the United States, French, and Belgian Governments, and other Western nations, to remain engaged in Burundi through a cease-fire and final negotiated peace settlement.Commends: (1) the Presidents of Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania for their presence in Nairobi and their commitment to help their neighbor to bring an end to the violence; (2) the Government of Tanzania for hosting 800,000 Burundian refugees; (3) former South African President, Nelson Mandela, for forging the power sharing agreement; and (4) President Clinton for his contributions in encouraging peace in Burundi.Urges: (1) the United States and the international community to continue their efforts to assist the encamped refugees; (2) all parties to remain constructively engaged in the peace process and to make rapid progress to bring into effect a peaceful and lasting solution to the crisis; and (3) the U.S. Government and the international community to continue to work with all parties to ensure a lasting peace that will end the conflict in Burundi. | 2025-01-02T17:08:32Z | |
| 106-s-3254 | 106 | s | 3254 | East Timor Transition to Independence Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11255-11256) | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 6 | East Timor Transition to Independence Act of 2000 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should facilitate East Timor's transition to independence, support democracy and economic recovery there, and strengthen its security.Sets forth requirements with respect to the provision to East Timor of bilateral assistance, multilateral assistance, Peace Corps assistance, certain trade and investment assistance, scholarships for East Timorese students, and security assistance.Directs the Broadcasting Board of Governors to further the communication of information and ideas through increased use of audio broadcasting to East Timor. | 2025-08-20T14:20:36Z | |
| 106-hr-5564 | 106 | hr | 5564 | Conflict Diamonds Elimination Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-10-26 | 2000-11-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 2 | Conflict Diamonds Elimination Act of 2000 - Prohibits the import of diamonds into the United States unless the exporting country is either implementing a system of controls on the export or import of rough diamonds or is a signatory to an international agreement, or a participant in an international arrangement, that establishes such a system of controls.Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should take steps to negotiate an international agreement to eliminate the trade in diamonds used to support conflict in the regions in which such diamonds are mined.Provides a waiver for the requirements of this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:19:06Z | |
| 106-hr-5581 | 106 | hr | 5581 | Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 1 | Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 - Establishes the Vietnam Education Foundation to further the process of reconciliation between the United States and Vietnam by awarding fellowships to: (1) Vietnamese nationals to study at U.S. institutions of higher education at graduate and post-graduate levels in the fields of physical sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, environmental sciences, medicine, technology, and computer sciences; and (2) U.S. citizens to teach in Vietnam in appropriate Vietnamese institutions in the same fields of study. Authorizes such fellowships to include funding for the study of scientific and technical vocabulary in English.Establishes the Vietnam Debt Repayment Fund which shall consist of deposits as offsetting receipts of all payments (including interest) made by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under the U.S.-Vietnam debt agreement, dated April 7, 1997. Makes amounts deposited into the Fund available for Foundation activities. | 2025-08-20T14:20:29Z | |
| 106-hres-656 | 106 | hres | 656 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of India should take immediate steps to end the human rights abuses by government forces in India, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Government of India should take immediate steps to end human rights abuses by Government forces, should enforce the constitutional right to freedom of religion by protecting the people of India from religiously motivated violence and intolerance, and should develop policies to end the discrimination and violence faced by women and the use of child labor in India; and (2) the United States should consider the extent to which that Government has acted in conformity with these principles in future decisions regarding foreign assistance. | 2025-01-02T17:08:32Z | |
| 106-s-3250 | 106 | s | 3250 | Peace Through Negotiations Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] | KS | R | B000953 | 59 | Peace Through Negotiations Act of 2000 - Declares it to be U.S. policy to oppose the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, to withhold diplomatic recognition of any Palestinian state that is unilaterally declared, and to encourage other countries and international organizations to withhold diplomatic recognition of any Palestinian state that is unilaterally declared.Sets forth certain measures that shall be applied in the event that a Palestinian state is unilaterally declared, including: (1) to make it unlawful for the government of any unilaterally declared Palestinian state, the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), or any successor entities to establish an office in the United States; (2) to bar of U.S. assistance to the government of any unilaterally declared Palestinian state, the Palestinian Authority (or to any successor entity), and any programs or projects in the West Bank or Gaza (except humanitarian assistance); (3) to withhold a specified percentage of the U.S. contribution to any international organization that recognizes a unilaterally declared Palestinian state; and (4) to oppose such state's membership in any international financial institution or the extension by such institution of any loan or other financial assistance to it.Authorizes the President to suspend, for one year, the application of a specified number of such measures provided he determines and certifies to specified congressional committees that such suspensions are in the national security interests of the United States or the application of such measures would significantly hinder the prospects for a negotiated peace agreement in the Middle East. | 2025-08-20T14:19:13Z | |
| 106-s-3251 | 106 | s | 3251 | A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to provide for the establishment of nonprofit entities for the Department's international educational, cultural, and arts programs. | International Affairs | 2000-10-26 | 2000-10-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11136-11137) | Senate | Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] | DE | D | B000444 | 0 | Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to authorize the Secretary of State to provide for the establishment of private, nonprofit entities to: (1) encourage participation and support by U.S. multinational companies and other elements of the private sector for cultural, arts, and educational exchange programs, including those programs that will enhance international appreciation of America's cultural and artistic accomplishments; (2) solicit and receive contributions from the private sector to support such cultural arts and educational exchange programs; and (3) provide grants and other assistance for such programs. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 106-hr-5561 | 106 | hr | 5561 | Responsible Debt Relief and Democracy Reform Act | International Affairs | 2000-10-25 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | W000672 | 0 | Responsible Debt Relief and Democracy Reform Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to cancel or reduce amounts owed to the United States by foreign countries as a result of concessional or nonconcessional loans made, guarantees issued, or credits extended under any other provision of law, but only if, in addition to satisfying specified requirements for debt cancellation or reduction, such country: (1) ensures certain democratic freedoms; (2) provides for the reduction or elimination of corruption among its public officials; (3) does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; and (4) does not repeatedly provide support for acts of international terrorism. Sets forth specified circumstances under which the President may waive one or more of such requirements.Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should instruct the U.S. Executive Director at each international financial institution to use the U.S. voice, vote, and influence to urge that the cancellation or reduction of debt owed to the institution by a country be provided only if it meets the additional requirements of this Act. | 2025-08-20T14:21:20Z | |
| 106-s-3241 | 106 | s | 3241 | Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-10-25 | 2000-10-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000148 | 5 | Vietnam Education Foundation Act of 2000 - Establishes the Vietnam Education Foundation to further the process of reconciliation between the United States and Vietnam by awarding fellowships to: (1) Vietnamese nationals to study at U.S. institutions of higher education at graduate and post-graduate levels in the fields of physical sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, environmental sciences, medicine, technology, and computer sciences; and (2) U.S. citizens to teach in Vietnam in appropriate Vietnamese institutions in the same fields of study. Authorizes such fellowships to include funding for the study of scientific and technical vocabulary in English.Establishes the Vietnam Debt Repayment Fund which shall consist of deposits as offsetting receipts of all payments (including interest) made by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under the U.S.-Vietnam debt agreement, dated April 7, 1997. Makes amounts deposited into the Fund available for Foundation activities. | 2025-08-20T14:21:27Z | |
| 106-hr-5526 | 106 | hr | 5526 | Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 | International Affairs | 2000-10-24 | 2000-10-24 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Callahan, Sonny [R-AL-1] | AL | R | C000052 | 0 | Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 - Title I: Export and Investment Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) direct loans, loan guarantees, tied-aid grants, insurance, and administrative expenses under Export-Import Bank programs; (2) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) direct and guaranteed loans and credit and insurance programs, including administrative expenses; and (3) the Trade and Development Agency.Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) the Agency for International Development (AID) child survival and infectious disease programs, including basic education programs (earmarking amounts for child survival and maternal health, vulnerable children, HIV-AIDS, other infectious diseases, children's basic education, UNICEF, U.S. contributions to the Global Fund for Children's Vaccines and to an international HIV-AIDS fund, and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative); (3) specified development assistance (allowing availability of limited amounts for the Inter-American Foundation and the African Development Foundation, agriculture and rural development programs (including plant biotechnology research and development), the International Fertilizer Development Center, AmeriCares for the construction, rehabilitation, and operation of community-based primary healthcare facilities in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute, the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, and an international media training center); (4) specified projects aimed at reunification of Cyprus; (5) specified assistance for Lebanon for scholarships and direct support of the American educational institutions there; (6) democracy and humanitarian activities in Burma; (7) specified assistance for the preservation of habitats and related activities for endangered wildl… | 2025-08-20T14:17:02Z | |
| 106-hr-5533 | 106 | hr | 5533 | GAINS Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-10-24 | 2000-11-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | M000941 | 10 | Global Action and Investments for New Success for Women and Girls Act of 2000 (GAINS Act of 2000) - Title I: Integration of Women Into National Economies of Developing Countries - Amends the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to require such Acts to be administered so as to give particular attention to those programs, projects, and activities which tend to integrate women into the national economies of developing countries.(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Office of Women in Development of the Agency for International Development (AID).(Sec. 105) Authorizes the President to make a voluntary contribution to the United Nations Development Fund for Women.Title II: Impact of Trade Agreements On Women - Directs the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to: (1) establish an Advisory Committee for Trade, Gender, and Development Policy; and (2) appoint to the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy two additional members, one with expertise in gender issues and one with expertise in international development issues.(Sec. 204) Directs the USTR, the Secretaries of Labor and of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of AID to review: (1) the impact of U.S. trade agreements on the employment of women, women's health, and educational opportunities; and (2) the relationship between U.S. development assistance policies and U.S. trade policies, including the extent to which issues relating to gender are integrated into U.S. negotiation positions relating to trade agreements.(Sec. 205) Directs the Administrator of AID and the Secretary of State to conduct periodically time use surveys of unremunerated work performed in foreign countries, including surveys to determine the approximate monetary value of such work.Title III: Ensuring Opportunities for Women in Developing Countries - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise education and human resources development provisions to reaffirm the goals established by the Organizatio… | 2025-08-20T14:18:35Z | |
| 106-hr-5534 | 106 | hr | 5534 | Uniform Trade Sanctions Act | International Affairs | 2000-10-24 | 2000-10-24 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Oxley, Michael G. [R-OH-4] | OH | R | O000163 | 0 | Uniform Trade Sanctions Act - Declares null and void any State or local government law that imposes specified economic restrictions or conditions with respect to any foreign country, or with a foreign country or its nationals or entities by reason of specified conduct by such foreign country, nationals, or entities. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring, on behalf of the United States, a suit to declare invalid or enjoin enforcement of any State or local economic restriction or condition against a foreign country. | 2025-08-20T14:17:40Z | |
| 106-hres-649 | 106 | hres | 649 | Global School Meals and Women and Children Nutrition Resolution of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-10-24 | 2000-10-24 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 3 | Global School Meals and Women and Children Nutrition Resolution of 2000 - Commends Ambassador George McGovern and former Senator Robert Dole for their endorsement and leadership in promoting a worldwide school meals program and for their remarks at the May 2000 National Nutrition Summit at which they called on the U.S. Government to lead the world in providing such meals for the more than 300 million hungry children in developing countries.Urges the President to: (1) continue efforts to support programs and activities that provide food to the needy and school-age children in such countries, including under the Global Food and Education Initiative; (2) ensure that the appropriate offices within the Department of Agriculture and the United States Agency for International Development have an adequate number of personnel to carry out, monitor, and evaluate the Initiative; and (3) continue to lead in organizing a worldwide school meals program and a supplementary feeding program for pregnant and nursing women and their children under the age of five, including by transmitting a request for legislation to authorize and fund such programs for FY 2002 and subsequent fiscal years. | 2025-08-20T14:19:59Z | |
| 106-sconres-155 | 106 | sconres | 155 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the United States should actively support the aspirations of the democratic political forces in Peru toward an immediate and full restoration of democracy in that country. | International Affairs | 2000-10-24 | 2000-10-25 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | Senate | Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] | RI | R | C001040 | 5 | Declares that Congress: (1) supports efforts toward restoring democracy in Peru, including the shortening of the term of Alberto Fujimori, the recent call for new elections, and the decision to deactivate the National Intelligence Service (SIN); (2) is concerned that the same elements which have systematically undermined democratic institutions in Peru and which manipulated the electoral process in April and May 2000 remain in power and are in a position to manipulate the upcoming electoral process; and (3) supports the efforts of Peruvian democratic civil society to create the necessary conditions for free and fair elections.Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) it should be U.S. policy to actively support the aspirations of the democratic political forces in Peru for a credible transition toward the full restoration of democracy and the rule of law in Peru and to work with the international community to assist democratic forces in Peru in restoring democracy; (2) the Government of Peru should establish a fully independent and credible election authority and end all interference with freedom of speech and the media and should fully implement the recently enacted law deactivating the SIN; and (3) the U.S. Government should cooperate fully with any credible investigation of narcotics or arms trafficking by officials of the Peruvian Government. | 2025-01-02T17:15:52Z | |
| 106-hconres-433 | 106 | hconres | 433 | Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the parliamentary elections held in Belarus on October 15, 2000. | International Affairs | 2000-10-23 | 2000-10-23 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 1 | Declares that: (1) the period preceding the elections held in Belarus on October 15, 2000, was plagued by human rights abuses and a climate of fear for which the regime of Aleksandr Lukashenko is responsible; (2) such elections were conducted in the absence of a democratic electoral law; (3) the Lukashenko regime purposely denied the democratic opposition access to state-controlled media; and (4) such elections were for seats in a parliament that has been deprived of its real constitutional power and democratic legitimacy by the Lukashenko regime.Declares the support of Congress for the Belarus' democratic opposition, and commends the efforts of the opposition to boycott the illegitimate parliamentary elections. Reaffirms recognition of the 13th Supreme Soviet as the only democratically and constitutionally legitimate legislative body of Belarus.Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should call upon Lukashenko and his regime to: (1) provide a full accounting of the disappearances of specified individuals in Belarus; and (2) release specified individuals imprisoned in Belarus for their political views. | 2025-01-02T17:07:47Z | |
| 106-hconres-430 | 106 | hconres | 430 | Calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners in Cuba, including Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-19 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 1 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the embargo of Cuba should not be lifted until the Cuban Government agrees to decriminalize free speech, association, and movement, and other elements crucial to the development of democracy and the protection of fundamental human rights.Calls on the Cuban Government to: (1) immediately release all political prisoners in Cuba, including Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet; (2) eliminate all of Cuba's criminal laws that unnecessarily restrict the fundamental human rights to freedom of speech, association, and movement; and (3) respect fundamental human rights and free multiparty and internationally supervised elections in Cuba. | 2025-01-02T17:07:47Z | |
| 106-hconres-431 | 106 | hconres | 431 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should oppose a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the Government of Japan until Japan's whaling activities comply with the requirements of the International Whaling Commission and Japan ends the commercialization of whale meat. | International Affairs | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-19 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10] | MA | D | D000210 | 24 | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Japan's continued defiance of International Whaling Commission (IWC) requests to halt its scientific whaling program undermines international efforts to conserve and protect the world's whale populations; (2) such behavior calls into question the credibility of commitments made by the Japanese Government to international organizations; and (3) the President should not support Japan's appointment to a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council until Japan stops whaling and complies with IWC requirements. | 2025-01-02T17:07:47Z | |
| 106-hconres-432 | 106 | hconres | 432 | Recognizing the founding of the Alliance for Reform and Democracy in Asia, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-19 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Dreier, David [R-CA-28] | CA | R | D000492 | 1 | Recognizes and commends the members of the Alliance for Reform and Democracy in Asia (ARDA) for joining forces in their common struggle for freedom and the rule of law.Calls for: (1) Asian governments to heed ARDA's calls for political and legal reforms and to engage ARDA members in dialog; and (2) an immediate end to human rights violations committed against Asian democracy activists. | 2025-01-02T17:07:47Z | |
| 106-hr-5522 | 106 | hr | 5522 | To prohibit United States assistance for the Palestinain Authority and for programs, projects, and activities in the West Bank and Gaza. | International Affairs | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-19 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | W000792 | 28 | Prohibits U.S. assistance (except humanitarian assistance) to the Palestinian Authority (or to any successor or related entity) or for programs, projects, and activities to the West Bank or Gaza unless the President determines and certifies to specified congressional committees that: (1) the leadership of the Palestinian Authority has publicly renounced violence as a means of political expression and has taken all actions to bring an end to the violence which commenced in early October 2000 in the West Bank and Gaza; and (2) the violence in the West Bank and Gaza has subsided. | 2025-01-02T17:15:25Z | |
| 106-sconres-153 | 106 | sconres | 153 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the parliamentary elections held in Belarus on October 15, 2000, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-10-19 | 2000-10-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 3 | Declares that: (1) the period preceding the elections held in Belarus on October 15, 2000, was plagued by continued human rights abuses and a climate of fear for which the regime of Aleksandr Lukashenko is responsible; (2) these elections were conducted in the absence of a democratic electoral law; (3) the Lukashenko regime purposely denied the democratic opposition access to state-controlled media; and (4) these elections were for seats in a parliament that lacks real constitutional power and democratic legitimacy.Declares the support of Congress for the Belarus' democratic opposition and commends the efforts of the opposition to boycott these illegitimate parliamentary elections. Reaffirms recognition of the 13th Supreme Soviet as the sole and democratically and constitutionally legitimate legislative body of Belarus.Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should call upon Lukashenko and his regime to: (1) provide a full accounting of the disappearances of specified individuals in that country; and (2) release specified individuals imprisoned in Belarus for their political views. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 106-hr-5487 | 106 | hr | 5487 | W. John Child Memorial Foreign Language Award Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-18 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. [R-MD-2] | MD | R | E000093 | 0 | W. John Child Memorial Foreign Language Award Act of 2000 - Establishes the W. John Child Memorial Foreign Language Award to recognize distinguished foreign language proficiency by members of the Foreign Service who are career officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture. | 2025-08-20T14:20:15Z | |
| 106-hr-5492 | 106 | hr | 5492 | TRUTH Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-10-18 | 2000-10-18 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] | GA | D | M000523 | 2 | Transparency and Responsibility for United States Trade Health Act of 2000 (or Truth Act of 2000) - Requires a U.S. national that employs one or more individuals in a foreign country, either directly or through subsidiaries, subcontractors, affiliates, joint ventures, partners, or licensees (including any security forces of such national), to take necessary steps to provide transparency and public disclosure in all its operations. Sets forth certain information to be included in such disclosure. | 2025-08-20T14:20:18Z | |
| 106-hconres-425 | 106 | hconres | 425 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that the continued participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of Eight must be conditioned on Russia's own voluntary acceptance of and adherence to the norms and standards of democracy. | International Affairs | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 3 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of Eight must be linked to the Russian Federation's adherence to specified norms and standards of democracy. | 2025-01-02T17:07:47Z | |
| 106-hconres-426 | 106 | hconres | 426 | Concerning the violence in the Middle East. | International Affairs | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-25 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 164 | Expresses the solidarity of Congress with the state and people of Israel at this time of crisis. Condemns the Palestinian leadership for encouraging the violence and doing so little for so long to stop it.Calls upon the Palestinian leadership to: (1) refrain from exhortations to public incitement; and (2) vigorously use its security forces to act immediately to stop all violence, to show respect for all holy sites, and to settle all grievances through negotiations.Commends successive Administrations on their continuing efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.Calls upon: (1) the current Administration to use its veto power at the United Nations Security Council to ensure that the Security Council does not again adopt unbalanced resolutions addressing the uncontrolled violence in the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority; and (2) all involved parties to make all possible efforts to reinvigorate the peace process. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hr-5470 | 106 | hr | 5470 | To provide for the opposition of the United States to the provision of any resources or assistance by the International Monetary Fund to the Palestinian Authority until the Secretary of State certifies that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have signed an agreement on borders and security arrangements for Israel and a Palestinian state. | International Affairs | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 0 | Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to use the U.S. vote to oppose the provision of assistance by the Fund to the Palestinian Authority until the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have signed an agreement on borders and security arrangements for Israel and a Palestinian state. | 2025-01-02T17:15:25Z | |
| 106-sconres-150 | 106 | sconres | 150 | A concurrent resolution relating to the reestablishment of representative government in Afghanistan. | International Affairs | 2000-10-12 | 2000-10-25 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] | KS | R | B000953 | 1 | Expresses support for: (1) democratic efforts that respect the human and political rights of all ethnic and religious groups in Afghanistan, including the effort to establish a "Loya Jirgah," or Grand Assembly, process that would lead to the people of Afghanistan determining their own destiny through a democratic process and free and fair elections; and (2) the continuing efforts of former King Mohammed Zahir Shah and other responsible parties searching for peace to convene a Loya Jirgah to reestablish a representative government in Afghanistan that respects the rights of all ethnic groups, to bring freedom, peace, and stability to Afghanistan, and to end terrorist activities, illicit drug production, and human rights abuses in Afghanistan. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 106-hres-622 | 106 | hres | 622 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Argentina should provide an immediate and final resolution to the Buenos Aires Yoga School case. | International Affairs | 2000-10-11 | 2000-10-11 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 6 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Argentina should provide an immediate and final resolution to the Buenos Aires Yoga School case. | 2025-01-02T17:08:32Z | |
| 106-hres-623 | 106 | hres | 623 | Regarding the adoption of Resolution 1322 by the Security Council of the United Nations on October 7, 2000. | International Affairs | 2000-10-11 | 2000-10-11 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7] | NJ | R | F000349 | 10 | Denounces the abstention by the United States from voting on Resolution 1322 (which condemns Israel for acts of violence and cites excessive force by Israelis against Palestinians and which was adopted by the United Nations (UN) Security Council on October 7, 2000). Calls upon the President to declare such resolution null and void as a matter of national policy. Condemns the UN Security Council for its one-sided condemnation of Israel.Urges: (1) the UN member states to vigorously oppose efforts to manipulate the Fourth Geneva Convention for the sole purpose of attacking Israel; and (2) Israeli and Palestinian leaders to seek a secure future for all citizens of the Middle East through a full and thorough peace process. | 2025-01-02T17:08:32Z | |
| 106-hres-620 | 106 | hres | 620 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding recent elections in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-10-10 | 2000-10-10 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 8 | Commends the people of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for their courage in participating in the September 24, 2000, elections and for their decision to embrace democracy, the rule of law, and integration into the international community by rejecting dictatorship and isolationism. Reasserts the strong desire to reestablish the historic friendship between the American and Serbian people.Expresses support for a comprehensive assistance program and full economic integration for Yugoslavia once a democratic government that respects the rule of law, human rights, and a market economy is established. | 2025-01-02T17:08:32Z | |
| 106-hres-614 | 106 | hres | 614 | Condemning the Government of Iran for the continued imprisonment of 10 Jews and 2 Muslims on false charges of espionage and urging the President to sustain United States sanctions against Iran, including opposition to assistance provided by international institutions, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-06 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] | NY | D | A000022 | 1 | Condemns the decision by the Iranian Revolutionary Court to sustain the unjust imprisonment of the ten Jews improperly convicted on July 1, 2000, and urges their immediate release.Calls for: (1) the Government of Iran to fulfill its obligation to respect fundamental human rights; and (2) the cessation of unilateral gestures of good faith on the part of the United States absent significant and recognizable reciprocal actions by the Iranian Government.Commends the President, the Secretary of State, the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and the Secretary General of the United Nations for their diligence and urges them to continue their efforts to sustain international pressure on the Iranian Government to release these 12 men.Calls on the President to: (1) consider the fate of the 10 Jews and two Muslims imprisoned as a benchmark against which the intentions and good faith of the Iranian Government should be measured; and (2) sustain, and consider strengthening, existing U.S. sanctions against Iran. Urges the Secretary to direct all U.S. diplomatic personnel to promote international efforts to free the 12 falsely imprisoned Iranians. | 2025-01-02T17:08:32Z | |
| 106-sconres-146 | 106 | sconres | 146 | A concurrent resolution condemning the assassination of Father John Kaiser and others in Kenya, and calling for a thorough investigation to be conducted in those cases, a report on the progress made in such an investigation to be submitted to Congress by December 15, 2000, and a final report on such an investigation to be made public, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-10-06 | 2000-10-24 | A similar measure H. Con. Res. 410 was laid on the table without objection. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 2 | Condemns the violent deaths of Father John Kaiser and others who have worked to promote human rights and justice in Kenya.Calls for: (1) a thorough investigation of those deaths that includes other persons in addition to the Kenyan authorities; (2) the Secretary of State, acting through the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, to report Congress on the progress made on investigating these killings; (3) the President to support investigation of these killings through all diplomatic means; and (4) the final report of such investigation to be made public. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hconres-418 | 106 | hconres | 418 | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the current level of violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians. | International Affairs | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/6/2000 E1722) | House | Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2] | NY | R | L000155 | 3 | Condemns statements and actions by Palestinians designed to inflame and encourage violence. Demands that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat make a public appeal on Palestinian television for the public to cease further acts of violence.Urges the President to use all diplomatic means available to seek an end to the violence and return the Palestinians to the negotiating table.Supports Israeli Government actions designed to bring this current round of violence to a peaceful conclusion.Urges the Administration to oppose: (1) any United Nations effort to put forward one-sided anti-Israel resolutions or statements; and (2) the establishment of any international commissions of inquiry.States that the Congress will consider the response of Palestinians to the escalation of violence in their future relations with the United States. | 2025-01-02T17:07:47Z | |
| 106-sconres-142 | 106 | sconres | 142 | A concurrent resolution relating to the reestablishment of representative government in Afghanistan. | International Affairs | 2000-10-05 | 2000-10-05 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9964) | Senate | Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] | KS | R | B000953 | 1 | Expresses support for: (1) democratic efforts undertaken in Afghanistan that respect the human and political rights of the people of all ethnic and religious groups, including the efforts to establish a "Loya Jirgah," or Grand Assembly, process by selecting, respecting, and following the decisions of leaders that would lead to the people of Afghanistan determining their own destiny through a democratic process and free and fair elections; and (2) the continuing efforts of former King Mohammed Zahir Shah and other responsible parties searching for peace to convene an emergency Loya Jirgah to reestablish a representative government in Afghanistan that respects the rights of the people of all ethnic and religious groups, to bring freedom, peace, and stability to Afghanistan, and to end terrorist activities, drug production, and human rights abuses in Afghanistan. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 106-hres-606 | 106 | hres | 606 | Calling upon the President to provide for the appropriate training of Foreign Service officers and other executive branch personnel in the primacy of democratic values and internationally-recognized human rights. | International Affairs | 2000-10-03 | 2000-10-03 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-45] | CA | R | R000409 | 3 | United States Training on and Recognition of Man's Inhumanity to Man or Twentieth Century Atrocities Resolution - Calls upon the President to provide for the appropriate training of Foreign Service officers and other executive branch personnel who respond to issues related to man's inhumanity to man, with such training to include an emphasis on the primacy of democratic values and internationally recognized human rights and the means available to the United States to promote and enforce those values and rights. | 2025-01-02T17:08:32Z | |
| 106-hconres-414 | 106 | hconres | 414 | Relating to the reestablishment of representative government in Afghanistan. | International Affairs | 2000-09-28 | 2000-10-25 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] | CA | R | C000100 | 6 | Declares that the United States supports: (1) democratic efforts that respect the human and political rights of all ethnic and religious groups in Afghanistan, including the effort to establish a "Loya Jirgah"(Grand Assembly) process that would lead to the Afghan people determining their own destiny; and (2) the continuing efforts of former King Mohammed Zahir Shah and other parties to convene a Loya Jirgah to reestablish a representative government that respects the rights of all ethnic groups, to bring freedom, peace, and stability, and to end terrorist activities, illicit drug production, and human rights abuses in Afghanistan. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hres-601 | 106 | hres | 601 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that without improvement in human rights the Olympic Games in the year 2008 should not be held in Beijing in the People's Republic of China. | International Affairs | 2000-09-28 | 2000-10-04 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1667-1668) | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 6 | Welcomes the participation of Chinese athletes in, and the support of the Chinese people for, the Olympic Games.Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the 2008 Olympic Games should not be held in Beijing because the deplorable human rights record of the People's Republic of China violates international human rights standards which that Government has pledged to uphold and its actions are inconsistent with the Olympic ideal. | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-s-3129 | 106 | s | 3129 | International Debt Forgiveness and International Financial Institutions Reform Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-09-28 | 2000-09-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 844. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | International Debt Forgiveness and International Financial Institutions Reform Act of 2000 - Amends the Bretton Woods Agreement Act to authorize appropriations through FY 2003 for U.S. contributions to the Heavily Indebted Poor Country Trust Fund of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank).Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each multilateral development bank to exert U.S. influence to strengthen each bank's procedures and management controls to ensure that funds disbursed by it to borrowing countries are used as intended and in a manner that complies with the conditions of the bank's loan to such country.Directs the Comptroller General to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on the sufficiency of audits of the financial operations of each multilateral development bank conducted by persons or entities outside of such bank.Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the President's discretionary authority to transfer certain funds to certain international financial institutions for the purpose of bilateral funding. | 2025-08-20T14:17:00Z | |
| 106-sconres-140 | 106 | sconres | 140 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the United States. | International Affairs | 2000-09-28 | 2000-09-28 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9479) | Senate | Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] | MS | R | L000447 | 8 | Calls for: (1) Congress and the executive branch to communicate directly with elected and appointed top Taiwanese officials; and (2) the United States to end restrictions on high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the United States. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 106-sjres-54 | 106 | sjres | 54 | A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the peace process in Northern Ireland. | International Affairs | 2000-09-28 | 2000-09-28 | Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] | MA | D | K000105 | 3 | Commends the parties to the peace process in Northern Ireland for progress in implementing the Good Friday Agreement and urges them to move expeditiously to complete the implementation. Expresses belief that implementation of the recommendations of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland holds the promise of ensuring that the police service in Northern Ireland will gain the support of both nationalists and unionists. Calls upon the British Government to implement the recommendations contained in the Commission's final report. | 2025-04-07T13:42:35Z | |
| 106-hconres-411 | 106 | hconres | 411 | Relating to the reestablishment of representative government in Afghanistan. | International Affairs | 2000-09-27 | 2000-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] | CA | R | C000100 | 5 | Expresses support for: (1) the right of the people of Afghanistan to determine their own destiny through the traditional Afghan "Loya Jirgah," or Grand Assembly, process by selecting, respecting, and following the decisions of leaders; and (2) the continuing efforts of former King Mohammed Zahir Shah and other responsible parties searching for peace to convene a Loya Jirgah to reestablish a representative government through institution building, to bring stability to Afghanistan, and to end terrorist activities and human rights abuses. | 2025-01-02T17:07:47Z | |
| 106-hres-596 | 106 | hres | 596 | Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution | International Affairs | 2000-09-27 | 2000-10-11 | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 625 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H. Res. 596 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Bill is closed to amendments. | House | Rep. Radanovich, George [R-CA-19] | CA | R | R000004 | 1 | Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution - Calls upon the President: (1) to ensure that U.S. foreign policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the U.S. record relating to the Armenian Genocide and the consequences of the failure to enforce the judgments of the Turkish courts against the responsible officials; and (2) in the President's annual message commemorating the Armenian Genocide issued on or about April 24, to characterize the systematic and deliberate annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians as genocide, to recall the proud history of U.S. intervention in opposition to the Armenian Genocide, and to state that the modern day Republic of Turkey did not conduct such Genocide, which was perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire. | 2025-04-07T13:46:46Z | |
| 106-s-3126 | 106 | s | 3126 | Famine Prevention and Freedom From Hunger Improvement Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-09-27 | 2000-09-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9391-9393) | Senate | Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] | NE | R | H001028 | 1 | Famine Prevention and Freedom From Hunger Improvement Act of 2000 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise congressional declarations of policy with respect to famine prevention and freedom from hunger in developing countries.(Sec. 2) Urges the United States, among other things, to: (1) engage the U.S. university community more extensively in the agricultural research, trade, and development initiatives undertaken outside the United States with the objectives of strengthening its capacity to carry out research, teaching, and extension activities for solving problems in food production, processing, marketing, and consumption in agriculturally developing nations, and for transforming progress in global agricultural research and development (R&D) into economic growth, trade, and trade benefits for aid recipient countries and U.S. communities and industries and for the wise use of natural resources; and (2) ensure that all federally funded support to universities and their public and private partners relating to the goals of this Act is periodically reviewed for its performance.Includes Native American land-grant colleges within the definition of "universities".(Sec. 3) Authorizes the President to provide U.S. foreign assistance for long-term program support for U.S. university global agricultural and related environmental collaborative research and learning opportunities for students, teachers, extension specialists, researchers, and the general public. Urges the involvement of multilateral banks and U.S. and foreign nongovernmental organizations supporting extension and other productivity-enhancing programs in the international network of agricultural science in order to help agriculturally developing countries in international agricultural problem-solving efforts to prevent famine and hunger in such countries.Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to establish and carry out special programs as part of ongoing programs for child survival, democratization, development of f… | 2025-08-20T14:20:39Z | |
| 106-hconres-410 | 106 | hconres | 410 | Condemning the assassination of Father John Kaiser and others who worked to promote human rights and justice in the Republic of Kenya. | International Affairs | 2000-09-26 | 2000-10-24 | Laid on the table. See S. Con. Res. 146 for further action. | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 15 | Condemns the violent deaths of Father John Kaiser and others who worked to promote human rights and justice in Kenya.Calls for: (1) an independent investigation of such deaths, in addition to the initiatives of the Government of Kenya; (2) the Secretary of State, acting through the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, to report to Congress on the progress of such investigation and initiatives; (3) the findings of such investigation to be made public; and (4) the President to support such investigation through all diplomatic means. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hr-5272 | 106 | hr | 5272 | Peace Through Negotiations Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-09-25 | 2000-09-28 | Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 8 | Peace Through Negotiations Act of 2000 - Declares it to be U.S. policy to oppose the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, to withhold diplomatic recognition of any Palestinian state that is unilaterally declared, and to encourage other countries and international organizations to withhold diplomatic recognition of any Palestinian state that is unilaterally declared.Sets forth certain measures that shall be applied in the event that a Palestinian state is unilaterally declared, including: (1) the enforcement of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204) calling for certain prohibitions regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) such as prohibiting the establishment of a PLO office in the United States; (2) the prohibition of U.S. assistance to the government of any unilaterally declared Palestinian state, the Palestinian Authority (or to any successor entity), and any programs or projects in the West Bank or Gaza (except humanitarian assistance); (3) the withholding of a specified percentage of the U.S. contribution to any international organization that recognizes a unilaterally declared Palestinian state; and (4) U.S. opposition to such state's membership in any international financial institution or the extension by such institution of any loan or other financial assistance to it.Authorizes the President to suspend, for one year, a number of the requirements under this Act if he determines and certifies to specified congressional committees that it is in the national security interest of the United States. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hr-5239 | 106 | hr | 5239 | Export Administration Modification and Clarification Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-09-21 | 2000-11-13 | Became Public Law No: 106-508. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 1 | Amends the Export Administration Act of 1979 to extend its export control authority through August 20, 2001. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hr-5253 | 106 | hr | 5253 | East Timor Transition to Independence Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 19 | East Timor Transition to Independence Act of 2000 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should support democracy and economic recovery in East Timor, strengthen its security, and promote its ability to play a positive role in the Asia-Pacific region and in international organizations.Sets forth requirements with respect to the provision to East Timor of bilateral assistance, multilateral assistance, Peace Corps assistance, certain trade and investment assistance, scholarships for East Timorese students, and security assistance. | 2025-08-20T14:20:00Z | |
| 106-hres-587 | 106 | hres | 587 | Expressing appreciation to the people of Okinawa for hosting United States defense facilities, commending the Government of Japan for choosing Okinawa as the site for hosting the summit meeting of the G-8 countries, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-09-21 | 2000-09-27 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8282-8283) | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Commends the Government of Japan for its choice of Okinawa as the site for hosting the leaders of the G-8 countries. Thanks the people of Okinawa for their role in ensuring the summit's success.Expresses the House of Representatives' deep appreciation to the people of Okinawa for hosting the U.S. military facilities in Okinawa.Urges the President to work with Japanese leaders to devise a joint U.S.-Japan education initiative that strengthens the human resource base in Okinawa, particularly with a view to meeting Okinawa's economic needs and Asia-Pacific aspirations. | 2025-01-02T17:08:31Z | |
| 106-hres-588 | 106 | hres | 588 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to violations in Western Europe of provisions of the Helsinki Final Act and other international agreements relating to the freedom of individuals to profess and practice religion or belief. | International Affairs | 2000-09-21 | 2000-10-03 | Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | S000018 | 2 | Disapproves of the growing intolerance, discrimination, and violence directed against individuals and groups because of their religion or belief in violation of international agreements. Expresses concern about the adoption of laws and regulations by Participating States of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) that discriminate against minority or so-called "non-traditional" religions or beliefs and that limit the freedom of individuals to profess and practice religion or belief.Calls upon the President and the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom to: (1) raise violations of the freedom of thought, conscience, religion, or belief, at every appropriate level with representatives of countries that have failed to implement their international commitments and obligations in this regard; (2) ensure that the United States makes full use of existing meetings and structures of international organizations to raise violations of Participating States' freely undertaken international commitments in this regard; and (3) support the inclusion of experts on religious liberty on U.S. delegations to appropriate meetings of international organizations, including the OSCE. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hr-5224 | 106 | hr | 5224 | International Food Relief Partnership Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-26 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 3 | International Food Relief Partnership Act of 2000 - Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to provide grants to: (1) U.S. nonprofit organizations for the preparation of shelf stable prepackaged foods requested by eligible organizations and the establishment and maintenance of stockpiles of such foods in the United States; and (2) private voluntary organizations for the rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of such foods to needy individuals in foreign countries.Authorizes funds made available under this Act to be used by the Administrator to procure, transport, and store agricultural commodities for prepositioning within the United States and in foreign countries for needy individuals in foreign countries. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-s-3076 | 106 | s | 3076 | International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-09-20 | 2000-10-02 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 911. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 3 | International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000 - Directs the Secretary of State, subject to the availability of appropriations, to establish a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships program of grants of up to $5,000 each to American college students of limited financial means for study abroad. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-20T14:18:41Z | |
| 106-hconres-404 | 106 | hconres | 404 | Calling for the immediate release of Mr. Edmond Pope from prison in the Russian Federation for Humanitarian reasons, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-09-19 | 2000-10-19 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | P000263 | 155 | Calls on the Russian Federation to immediately release Edmond Pope and to ensure that proper and qualified medical attention is provided to him.Expresses the sense of Congress that if Pope is not released immediately, the President should continue efforts to secure his release, including consideration of: (1) terminating all assistance to the Government of the Russian Federation under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the annual Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for purposes of preparing the Russian Federation's entrance or accession to the World Trade Organization; and (2) opposing any further debt relief of obligations owed to the U.S. Government from the Government of the Russian Federation.Urges the President to increase efforts to secure appropriate medical attention for Pope. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-s-3072 | 106 | s | 3072 | Support for Overseas Cooperative Development Act | International Affairs | 2000-09-19 | 2000-09-28 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 843. | Senate | Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] | MN | R | G000367 | 3 | Support for Overseas Cooperative Development Act - Declares that Congress supports the development and expansion of economic assistance programs that fully utilize cooperatives and credit unions, particularly those programs committed to: (1) international cooperative principles, democratic governance and involvement of women and ethnic minorities for economic and social development; (2) market-oriented and value-added activities with the potential to reach large numbers of low income people and help them enter into the mainstream economy; (3) a strengthened participation of rural and urban poor to contribute to their country's economic development; and (4) utilization of technical assistance and training to better serve the member- owners.Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide that, in meeting the goal of strengthening the participation of the rural and urban poor in their country's development through the use of development funds for technical and capital assistance in the development and use of cooperatives in less developed countries, that priority be given to: (1) technical assistance to low income farmers who form and develop member-owned cooperatives for farm supplies, marketing, and value-added processing; (2) the promotion of national credit union technical assistance that strengthens the ability of low income people and micro-entrepreneurs to save and to have access to credit for their own economic advancement; (3) the establishment of rural electric and telecommunication cooperatives for universal access for rural people and villages that lack reliable electric and telecommunications services; and (4) the promotion of community- based cooperatives which provide employment opportunities and important services such as health clinics, self-help shelter, environmental improvements, group-owned businesses, and other activities. Requires the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to report to Congress on implementation of such goals. | 2025-08-20T14:19:23Z | |
| 106-hr-5196 | 106 | hr | 5196 | Human Rights Investment Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-09-18 | 2000-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR E1514-1515) | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 1 | Human Rights Investment Act of 2000 - Earmarks for FY 2001 and each subsequent fiscal year a specified percentage of amounts made available to the Department of State for diplomatic and consular programs for salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, including funding of positions at U.S. missions abroad that are primarily dedicated to following human rights developments in foreign countries.Establishes a Human Rights and Democracy Fund to be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Sets forth the purposes of the Fund, including to: (1) support defenders of human rights and assist the victims of human rights violations; and (2) promote and encourage the growth of democracy, including the support for nongovernmental organizations in other countries. Authorizes appropriations.Directs the Secretary of State to establish and implement a program to monitor U.S. military assistance and arms transfers to ensure to maximum extent feasible that U.S. military assistance and weapons manufactured in or sold from the United States are not used: (1) to commit gross violations of human rights; or (2) to violate other U.S. laws applicable to U.S. military assistance and arms transfers that are also related to human rights and preventing human rights violations. Earmarks for each fiscal year after FY2000 a specified percentage of amounts appropriated for each fiscal year for U.S. military assistance to carry out such program.Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the Secretary to report annually to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and a specified congressional committee about: (1) each country in which extrajudicial killings, torture, or other serious violations of human rights have occurred; and (2) the extent to which the United States has taken or will take action to encourage an end to such practices in the country.Authorizes appropriations for the Department of State to carry out the National Endowment for Democracy Act. | 2025-08-20T14:21:17Z | |
| 106-hres-580 | 106 | hres | 580 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the murder of human rights lawyer Jafar Siddiq Hamzah in Medan, Indonesia. | International Affairs | 2000-09-18 | 2000-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] | NY | D | C001038 | 6 | Condemns the murder of Jafar Siddiz Hamzah (a human rights lawyer) in Indonesia. Offers condolences to Hamzah's family and friends.Calls upon the Department of State and the Government of Indonesia to: (1) do everything in their power to bring about a thorough, open, and transparent investigation of the murder of Hamzah and the four others with whom he was found; (2) ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice; and (3) devote official attention to broader investigations into the numerous other cases of killings and disappearance in Aceh. | 2025-01-02T17:08:31Z | |
| 106-s-3061 | 106 | s | 3061 | International Consumer Safety Information Act | International Affairs | 2000-09-15 | 2000-09-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 0 | International Consumer Safety Information Act - Directs the President to begin negotiations for an international agreement governing the dissemination of information about recalls by manufacturers of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment with safety-related defects. Sets forth certain criteria the President shall consider in negotiating such agreement.Urges the President to designate the Secretary of Transportation as the competent authority in the United States with respect to foreign recalls of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment. Directs the Department of State to establish procedures by which U.S. embassies abroad will inform the Secretary immediately about an impending or announced recall of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment. | 2025-08-20T14:20:54Z | |
| 106-hconres-400 | 106 | hconres | 400 | Congratulating the Republic of Hungary on the millennium of its foundation as a state. | International Affairs | 2000-09-14 | 2000-10-03 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Istook, Ernest J., Jr. [R-OK-5] | OK | R | I000047 | 1 | Congratulates the Republic of Hungary and Hungarians everywhere on the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the Kingdom of Hungary. Commends Hungary for its recent transition to a democratic state dedicated to upholding universal rights and liberties, a free market economy, and integration into European and transatlantic institutions. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hconres-401 | 106 | hconres | 401 | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the United States. | International Affairs | 2000-09-14 | 2000-09-14 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Gejdenson, Sam [D-CT-2] | CT | D | G000120 | 42 | Calls for: (1) Congress and the executive branch to communicate directly with elected and appointed top Taiwanese officials; and (2) the United States to revise, with a view toward reducing, restrictions on high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the United States. | 2025-01-02T17:07:47Z | |
| 106-hres-577 | 106 | hres | 577 | To honor the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for its role as a protector of the world's refugees, to celebrate UNHCR's 50th anniversary, and to praise the High Commissioner Sadako Ogata for her work with UNHCR for the past ten years. | International Affairs | 2000-09-14 | 2000-10-10 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 7 | Recognizes and honors the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.Expresses support for the continued efforts of UNHCR, for international protection for the victims of persecution and human rights violations, and for the achievement of durable solutions for refugees.Calls on the international community to work together with UNHCR in efforts to: (1) ensure that host countries uphold humanitarian principles and the human rights of refugees; (2) lessen the impact of refugees on host countries; and (3) promote the safe voluntary repatriation, local integration, or resettlement of refugees. | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-hconres-395 | 106 | hconres | 395 | Expressing the sense of the Congress condemning the September 6, 2000, militia attack on United Nations refugee workers in West Timor and calling for an end to militia violence in East and West Timor. | International Affairs | 2000-09-12 | 2000-09-21 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 17 | Expresses condolences to the families and co-workers of Carlos Caceres of Puerto Rico, Samson Aregahegn of Ethiopia, and Pero Simundza of Croatia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff members killed in the militia attack on UNHCR offices in West Timor.Calls upon the U.S. Government and the Government of Indonesia to ensure thorough and transparent investigations of these murders and to bring the perpetrators to justice.Expresses the belief that the United States should suspend all military relations and cooperation with the armed forces of Indonesia, including a cutoff of all security assistance and joint training programs, until: (1) certain conditions in the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2000 are fulfilled; (2) the disarming and disbanding of all militias in East Timor and West Timor is accomplished; and (3) civilian rule and the rule of law have been established in Indonesia.Calls upon the U.S. Government to: (1) persist in urging the Indonesian Government to disarm and disband all militias in West Timor, arrest known militia leaders, and extradite to East Timor those who committed crimes in that country; and (2) continue economic and development assistance and other similar support for the people of East Timor and of Indonesia. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hconres-397 | 106 | hconres | 397 | Voicing concern about serious violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms in most states of Central Asia, including substantial noncompliance with their Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) commitments on democratization and the holding of free and fair elections. | International Affairs | 2000-09-12 | 2000-11-01 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 5 | Expresses concern about the tendency of Central Asian leaders to seek to remain in power indefinitely and their willingness to manipulate constitutions, elections, and legislative and judicial systems to do so.Urges the President, the Secretaries of State and Defense, and other U.S. officials to raise with such leaders the concern about serious violations of human rights, including noncompliance with Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) commitments on democracy and the rule of law.Urges Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to: (1) come into compliance with OSCE commitments on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, specifically the holding of free and fair elections that do not exclude genuine challengers; (2) permit independent and opposition parties and candidates to participate on an equal basis with representation in election commissions at all levels; and (3) allow domestic non-governmental and political party observers, as well as international observers.Calls on Central Asian leaders to: (1) establish conditions for independent and opposition media to function without constraint, limitation, or fear of harassment; (2) repeal criminal laws which impose prison sentences for alleged defamation of the state or public officials; and (3) provide access to state media on an equal basis during election campaigns to independent and opposition parties and candidates.Calls on Central Asian governments that have begun roundtable discussions with opposition and independent forces to engage in a serious and comprehensive national dialogue on institutionalizing measures to hold free and fair elections and urges those governments which have not launched such roundtables to do so.Calls on the leaders of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to: (1) condemn and take steps to cease the systematic use of torture and other inhuman treatment by authorities against political opponents and others; (2) permit the registration of independent and opposition parties and candidates; and (3… | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hr-5147 | 106 | hr | 5147 | Consumer Access to a Responsible Accounting of Trade Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-09-12 | 2000-10-04 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1676-1677) | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 25 | Consumer Access to a Responsible Accounting of Trade Act of 2000 - Title I: Prohibition on Imports - Prohibits the import into the United States of diamonds that have been mined in or exported from the Republic of Sierra Leone, the Republic of Liberia, Burkina Faso, the Republic of Cote d' Ivoire, the Republic of Angola, Guinea, Togo, or Ukraine, except for diamonds the whose country of origin has been certified as the Republic of Sierra Leone or the Republic of Angola by the internationally recognized governments of such countries (in accordance with specified United Nations Security Council Resolutions). Provides for the waiver of such prohibition.Title II: Certificates of Origin - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations requiring diamonds (including products made in whole or in part from diamonds) which enter, or are withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, into the U.S. customs territory to be accompanied by a certificate stating the English name (or unmistakable abbreviation) of the country in which the diamonds were mined. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act.Title III: International Efforts - Urges the President to: (1) take immediate action to develop and implement an effective international system for controlling trade in rough diamonds, and to direct the appropriate Federal agencies to begin implementation of such a system; and (2) once a global certificate of origin system for rough diamonds is in place, take appropriate steps to fully adhere to such system, and to actively promote international compliance.Title IV: Special Representative on Conflict Diamonds - Directs the President to appoint a Special Representative on Conflict Diamonds to: (1) serve as chairperson of an interagency working group, which the President shall also establish to address issues relating to the use of proceeds from the sale of diamonds mined in certain regions in Africa to support armed conflict there; and (2) represent the United States at internati… | 2025-08-20T14:20:31Z | |
| 106-hr-5155 | 106 | hr | 5155 | To provide that a certification of the cooperation of Mexico with United States counterdrug efforts not be required in fiscal year 2001 for the limitation on assistance for Mexico under section 490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 not to go into effect in that fiscal year. | International Affairs | 2000-09-12 | 2000-09-12 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 6 | Provides that the certification of cooperation of Mexico with U.S. counterdrug efforts shall not be required in FY 2001 in order that certain limitations on bilateral and multilateral development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to Mexico in FY 2001. | 2025-01-02T17:15:03Z | |
| 106-hres-572 | 106 | hres | 572 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is in the interest of both the United States and the Republic of India to expand and strengthen United States-India relations, intensify bilateral cooperation in the fight against terrorism, and broaden the ongoing dialogue between the United States and India, of which the upcoming visit to the United States of the Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is a significant step. | International Affairs | 2000-09-12 | 2000-09-13 | ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. Collins asked unanimous consent that the demand for the Yeas and Nays on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. Res. 572 be vacated. Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 25 | Expresses that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the United States and the Republic of India should continue to expand and strengthen bilateral security, economic, and political ties; (2) the United States should consider removing existing unilateral legislative and administrative measures which prevent the normalization of U.S.-India bilateral economic and trade relations; (3) established institutional and collaborative mechanisms should be maintained and enhanced to further a partnership between the two countries; (4) it is vitally important that the United States and India continue to share information and intensify their cooperation in combating terrorism; and (5) the upcoming visit of the Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to the United States is a significant step toward broadening and deepening the friendship and cooperation between the United States and India. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-s-3021 | 106 | s | 3021 | A bill to provide that a certification of the cooperation of Mexico with United States counterdrug efforts not be required in fiscal year 2001 for the limitation on assistance for Mexico under section 490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 not to go into effect in that fiscal year. | International Affairs | 2000-09-07 | 2000-09-08 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 794. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 5 | Provides that the certification of cooperation of Mexico with U.S. counterdrug efforts shall not be required in FY 2001 in order that certain limitations on bilateral and multilateral development assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to Mexico in FY 2001. | 2018-03-20T00:18:54Z | |
| 106-hconres-390 | 106 | hconres | 390 | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Taiwan's participation in the United Nations. | International Affairs | 2000-09-06 | 2000-10-20 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Schaffer, Bob [R-CO-4] | CO | R | S000112 | 86 | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Taiwan and its people deserve appropriate participation in the United Nations and other international organizations such as the World Health Organization; and (2) the United States should fulfill its commitment made in the 1994 Taiwan Policy Review to support more actively Taiwan's participation in appropriate international organizations. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-s-3007 | 106 | s | 3007 | Unilateral Palestinian Statehood Disapproval Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-09-06 | 2000-09-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 19 | Unilateral Palestinian Statehood Disapproval Act of 2000 - Declares it to be U.S. policy not to recognize: (1) a unilaterally declared Palestinian state; or (2) any document or other instrument of a unilaterally declared Palestinian state, including any passport or postage. Urges other specified action (including diplomatic and economic sanctions) by the United States with respect to its nonrecognition of a unilaterally declared Palestinian state.Urges the President to expedite and upgrade his ongoing review of strategic relations between the United States and Israel. Authorizes the President to waive the requirements of this Act if it is in the national security interest of the United States or advances the peace process. | 2025-08-20T14:19:02Z | |
| 106-hr-5006 | 106 | hr | 5006 | To encourage respect for the rights of religious and ethnic minorities in Iran, and to deter Iran from supporting international terrorism, and from furthering its weapons of mass destruction programs. | International Affairs | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-24] | CA | D | S000344 | 16 | Prohibits the entry or importation into the United States of any textile or food article produced, grown, or manufactured in Iran.Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition 90 days after certifying to specified congressional committees that Iran: (1) has shown substantial progress in respecting the rights of ethnic and religious minorities and is meeting internationally recognized human rights standards, including due process under law; (2) has ceased its support for international terrorism; and (3) has terminated its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. | 2025-01-02T17:14:56Z | |
| 106-hr-5023 | 106 | hr | 5023 | Israel Diplomatic Relations Act | International Affairs | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] | NY | D | C001038 | 1 | Israel Diplomatic Relations Act - Directs the Secretary of State to report annually to the appropriate congressional committees on: (1) actions taken by U.S. representatives to encourage other countries to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel; (2) specific responses solicited and received by the Secretary from countries that do not maintain full diplomatic relations with Israel with respect to the status of negotiations to enter into diplomatic relations with it; and (3) other measures being undertaken, and measures that will be undertaken, by the United States to ensure and promote Israel's full participation in the world diplomatic community. | 2025-08-20T14:19:37Z | |
| 106-hr-5101 | 106 | hr | 5101 | Affordable HIV/AIDS Medicines for Poor Countries Act | International Affairs | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 20 | Affordable HIV-AIDS Medicines for Poor Countries Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to encourage developing countries (including sub-Saharan African countries) and pharmaceutical companies to make HIV-AIDS pharmaceuticals and medical technologies available to people who live in such countries without charge or at affordable prices.Sets forth certain restrictions and limitations, including that: (1) appropriated funds made available to U.S. agencies may not be obligated to seek the revocation or revision of any intellectual property or competition law or policy of a developing country (including any sub- Saharan African country) that regulates HIV-AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies if such law or policy promotes access to such drugs and technologies to the country's population; and (2) the USTR may not initiate a proceeding in the World Trade Organization (WTO) challenging and law or policy of a developing country (including a sub-Saharan African country) that promotes access to HIV-AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies to the population of the country.Requires the President to direct the U.S. representative to the WTO to urge the WTO and member countries to exempt developing countries (including sub-Saharan African countries) from the application of any provision of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or any other international agreement relating to intellectual property rights that would prohibit or restrict such countries from establishing or implementing any law or policy that promotes access to HIV-AIDS pharmaceuticals or medical technologies to their population. | 2025-08-20T14:19:14Z | |
| 106-s-2943 | 106 | s | 2943 | Assistance for International Malaria Control Act | International Affairs | 2000-07-27 | 2000-12-27 | Became Public Law No: 106-570. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Assistance for International Malaria Control Act - Title I: Assistance for International Malaria Control - International Malaria Control Act of 2000 - Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) to provide assistance for the establishment and conduct of activities designed to prevent, treat, control, and eliminate malaria in countries with a high percentage of malaria cases. Urges the Administrator to consider the interaction among the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis in providing such assistance. Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Policy of the United States with Respect to Macau - United States-Macau Policy Act of 2000 - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to U.S. policy toward Macau.(Sec. 203) Declares that: (1) U.S. laws (including treaties and international agreements) shall continue to apply (with specified exceptions) to Macau as they were applied to it before December 20, 1999, unless otherwise expressly provided by law or by Executive order suspending their application because Macau is not sufficiently autonomous to justify treatment under a particular law, treaty, or international agreement; and (2) U.S. export control laws shall apply to Macau in the same manner and to the same extent that such laws apply to the People's Republic of China.(Sec. 204) Directs the Secretary of State to report to specified congressional committees on conditions in Macau of interest to the United States, including: (1) significant developments in U.S. relations with Macau (including the change in the exercise of sovereignty over it affecting U.S. interests there or the U.S. relations with Macau and China); (2) the development of democratic institutions in Macau; (3) compliance by China and Portugal with their obligations under the Joint Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Republic of Portugal on the question of Macau, dated April 13, 1987; and (4) the nature and extent of Macau's participation in multilateral… | 2025-04-07T13:46:46Z | |
| 106-hconres-382 | 106 | hconres | 382 | Calling on the Government of Azerbaijan to hold free and fair parliamentary elections in November 2000. | International Affairs | 2000-07-26 | 2000-10-03 | Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 11 | Urges the U.S. Government to remind President Heydar Aliev of Azerbaijan of the commitments he made to President Clinton regarding free and fair elections and to work with President Aliev toward that end.Emphasizes the importance of free and fair parliamentary elections as a critical component in the consolidation of democracy in Azerbaijan.Urges the Azerbaijan Government and Parliament to: (1) come into compliance with its Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) commitments on democratization and the holding of free and fair elections by accepting the recommendations and proposed amendments to the law on elections by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights; and (2) work with opposition parties and nongovernmental organizations to create a pre-election environment that assures equality of conditions, as well as freedom of assembly and expression for all political parties and candidates wishing to participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-hr-4976 | 106 | hr | 4976 | Middle East Peace Process Support Act | International Affairs | 2000-07-26 | 2000-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 104 | Middle East Peace Process Support Act - Prohibits U.S. assistance to any unilaterally-declared Palestinian state.Directs the President to instruct the U.S. Representative to the United Nations to oppose admission to the United Nations of a unilaterally-declared Palestinian state or formal recognition by the United Nations of such a state. | 2025-08-20T14:18:04Z | |
| 106-s-2938 | 106 | s | 2938 | Middle East Peace Process Support Act | International Affairs | 2000-07-26 | 2000-07-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] | KS | R | B000953 | 37 | Middle East Peace Process Support Act - Prohibits U.S. assistance to any unilaterally-declared Palestinian state.Directs the President to instruct the U.S. Representative to the United Nations to oppose admission to the United Nations of a unilaterally-declared Palestinian state or formal recognition by the United Nations of such a state. | 2025-08-20T14:16:51Z | |
| 106-s-2940 | 106 | s | 2940 | International Malaria Control Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-07-26 | 2000-07-27 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 724. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 1 | International Malaria Control Act of 2000 - Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) to undertake activities designed to control malaria in recipient countries by coordinating: (1) with appropriate Federal officials and appropriate organizations to develop and implement, in partnership with recipient nations, a comprehensive malaria prevention and control program; and (2) malaria prevention and control activities with efforts by recipient nations to prevent and control HIV and tuberculosis. Authorizes appropriations.Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to take appropriate steps to provide recipient countries with information concerning: (1) the development of vaccines and therapeutic agents for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis; and (2) participation in, and the results of, clinical trials conducted for such vaccines and therapeutic agents. | 2025-08-20T14:21:37Z | |
| 106-hr-4919 | 106 | hr | 4919 | Security Assistance Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-07-24 | 2000-10-06 | Became Public Law No: 106-280. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 1 | Security Assistance Act of 2000 - Title I: Military and Related Assistance - Subtitle A: Foreign Military Sales and Financing Authorities - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 and 2002 for foreign military financing grants and direct loans.(Sec. 102) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the President to exempt a foreign country from the licensing requirements of this Act with respect to exports of defense items only if the U.S. Government has concluded a bilateral agreement with such country (except Canada) that requires it to establish an export control regime at least comparable to that employed by the United States with respect to such defense items and other controlled information and technologies.Prohibits the President from issuing a license for the export of commercial communications satellites for launch from, and by nationals of, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, or Kazakhstan until: (1) at least 15 days after Congress receives a certain required certification which applies to applications for a license for the export of major defense equipment totaling $14 million or more or of defense articles or defense services totaling $50 million or more; and (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the proposed export.Subtitle B: Stockpiling of Defense Articles for Foreign Countries - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to set the maximum value of additions to stockpiles of defense articles in foreign countries in FY 2001. Makes amounts available for such stockpiles in the Republic of Korea.(Sec. 112) Authorizes the President to transfer to Israel certain obsolete or surplus defense articles in return for concessions to be negotiated by the Secretary of Defense.Subtitle C: Other Assistance - Increases the aggregate value of the emergency drawdown of defense articles and defense services from the inventory and resources of any U.S. agency and international military education and training (IMET) from the Department of Defense (DOD) to foreign countries in any fiscal year. Authorizes the dra… | 2025-04-07T13:46:46Z | |
| 106-hconres-378 | 106 | hconres | 378 | Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the conviction of ten members of Iran's Jewish community. | International Affairs | 2000-07-20 | 2000-07-20 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | E000179 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. Government should: (1) condemn the arrest of 13 Jews by Iranian authorities for spying, the unfair procedures employed against them leading up to and throughout their trials, and their convictions by such authorities; (2) demand that these convictions be overturned and that such individuals be released; and (3) ensure that Iran's handling of this case is a benchmark for determining the nature of current and future U.S.-Iran relations. | 2025-01-02T17:07:46Z | |
| 106-hr-4899 | 106 | hr | 4899 | Pacific Charter Commission Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-07-20 | 2000-09-26 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Pacific Charter Commission Act of 2000 - Establishes the Pacific Charter Commission to: (1) promote a coordinated U.S. foreign policy to ensure economic and military security in the Asia- Pacific region; (2) support democratization, the rule of law, and human rights there; (3) promote U.S. exports to the region by advancing economic cooperation; (4) combat terrorism and the spread of illicit narcotics there; and (5) carry out research and educational or legislative exchanges between the United States and countries in the region. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-s-2901 | 106 | s | 2901 | Security Assistance Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-07-20 | 2000-09-07 | See also H.R. 4919. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Security Assistance Act of 2000 - Title I: Military and Related Assistance - Subtitle A: Foreign Military Financing Program - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for foreign military financing grants and direct loans.Subtitle B: Other Assistance - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase the aggregate value of the emergency drawdown of defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense (DOD), defense services of DOD, and international military education and training (IMET) to foreign countries in any fiscal year. Authorizes the drawdown of such articles, services, and training for counterterrorism and nonproliferation purposes.(Sec. 112) Authorizes the President to provide for the transportation of excess defense articles without charge to a country for the costs of such transportation if, among other things, the total weight of such transfer does not exceed 50,000 pounds (currently, 25,000 pounds).Title II: International Military Education and Training - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 for IMET assistance to foreign countries. Sets forth certain additional requirements with respect to the provision of such assistance.Title III: Nonproliferation and Export Control Assistance - Authorizes the President to furnish assistance to foreign countries in order to enhance their ability to halt the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, and advanced conventional weaponry.(Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 (earmarking amounts for training and education of personnel from friendly countries in the United States, science and technology centers in the independent states of the former Soviet Union, and a static cargo x-ray facility in Malta).(Sec. 305) Amends the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 to exempt U.S. chemical weapons destruction facilities from the requirement that a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation accompany each inspection team of the Technical Secretariat when inspecting such facilities pursuant to the Conven… | 2025-08-20T14:18:18Z | |
| 106-hr-4860 | 106 | hr | 4860 | North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-07-13 | 2000-07-19 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1267-1268) | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 3 | North Korea Nonproliferation Act of 2000 - Directs the President to report on: (1) compliance by North Korea with its September 12, 1999, commitment to suspend launches of long-range missiles as well as with any international agreement limiting testing, deployment, or transfer to other countries of missiles or missile technology; and (2) transfer of specified nuclear goods, services, or technology to outside destinations.Authorizes the President to reinstate any or all of specified restrictions on commerce with North Korea any time a proliferation report indicates credible information that North Korea transferred nuclear goods, services, or technology to an outside destination. Requires a detailed justification to Congress in any such instance where the President decides not to reinstate restrictions.Requires a minimum two-year reinstatement (unless waived for national security reasons) of such restrictions if there is credible information that North Korea took an action inconsistent with: (1) compliance with the September 12, 1999, commitment to suspend launches of long-range missiles, or with any international agreement limiting testing, deployment, or transfer to other countries of missiles or missile technology; or (2) transferred any of specified nuclear goods, services, or technology to any country whose government has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism, or has tested any long-range missile incorporating goods or technology knowingly transferred to such government by North Korea.Declares that reinstatement requirements shall not apply if the President reports to the relevant congressional committees that there is substantial doubt that North Korea knowingly took such an action.Encourages the President to seek to negotiate a binding international agreement with North Korea that satisfies U.S. concerns regarding the transfer by North Korea to other countries of missiles and missile technology. Authorizes the President, if North Korea enters into such an agreement, to: (1) waive specified san… | 2025-08-20T14:16:54Z | |
| 106-s-2861 | 106 | s | 2861 | Foreign Assistance Reform and Democracy Support Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-07-13 | 2000-07-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 0 | Foreign Assistance Reform and Democracy Support Act of 2000 - Title I: Phase-Out of Development Assistance - Directs the President to: (1) report biannually to Congress on the level of economic freedom in countries receiving U.S. development assistance; and (2) certify to Congress with respect to each country proposed to receive such assistance whether it is free, mostly free, mostly unfree, or repressed in light of the level of economic freedom determined in that country with respect to trade, tax, and price control policies, government intervention in the economy, and other specified factors.Prohibits U.S. development assistance for countries that have been certified: (1) mostly unfree after FY 2005 (with a limit on such assistance in FY 2006 and thereafter); (2) repressed countries after FY 2004 (with a limit on such assistance in FY 2005 and thereafter).Requires certain actions with respect to countries that have been certified free or mostly free, including: (1) programs by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the Trade and Development Agency to encourage, finance, or otherwise support private investment from U.S. sources (especially health, education, transportation, financial, and communications infrastructure projects); and (2) a review by the Secretary of the Treasury of the feasibility of restructuring, rescheduling, or eliminating debt owed by the country to any U.S. agency, and a proposal by the U.S. Executive Director of each international financial institution to which the United States is a member for a similar review.Directs the Secretary to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of each international financial institution to use the U.S. vote to oppose any assistance to the government, any citizen, or entity of any country to which U.S. development assistance is not provided under this Act. Requires the withholding of U.S. assistance from any such institutions that provide assistance to the government, citizen, or entity of any country inelig… | 2025-08-20T14:19:54Z | |
| 106-s-2851 | 106 | s | 2851 | A bill to require certain information from the President before certain deployments of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2000-07-12 | 2000-10-03 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9776-9777) | Senate | Sen. Cleland, Max [D-GA] | GA | D | C001034 | 2 | Prohibits the President from obligating or expending any appropriated funds for a covered deployment of the armed forces until the President submits to the appropriate officials and committees of Congress a report on the deployment which shall: (1) specify the vital national interests which require the deployment, the likely consequences of the deployment on such interests and any other national interests, and the adverse consequences to such interests of the absence of such deployment; (2) specify why diplomatic and other means, other than the deployment, are unable to secure the interests specified; (3) identify concrete policy objectives which are to be achieved by the deployment, the specific military missions which are designed to achieve each such policy objective, and the anticipated date, or the set of conditions, that defines the endpoint of the deployment; and (4) specify the authority for the deployment under the Constitution and under international law.Provides that such prohibition shall not apply in the case of a deployment in response to a war or national emergency declared by the President or Congress that is caused by an attack on the United States, or its territories or possessions, or on the armed forces abroad. Requires the President, if the prohibition does not apply with respect to a deployment, to submit to the appropriate congressional officials and committees a report on the deployment that meets the requirements specified above as soon as practicable after the date of the deployment. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 106-s-2856 | 106 | s | 2856 | International Television Broadcasting Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-07-12 | 2000-07-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | International Television Broadcasting Act of 2000 - Sets forth the purposes of this Act, including to: (1) require the establishment of a new international television service under the Broadcasting Board of Governors to replace Worldnet and VOA-TV; and (2) ensure that international television broadcasts of the United States effectively and accurately represent the United States and its policies.Establishes the International Television Service within the International Broadcasting Bureau. Sets forth programming of the Television Service, including: (1) those programs which were produced by the Office of Policy of the Bureau before enactment of this Act; and (2) such additional programs relating to U.S. policies as the Director of Policy of the Bureau may develop.Terminates Worldnet and VOA-TV. | 2025-08-20T14:18:58Z | |
| 106-hconres-370 | 106 | hconres | 370 | Calling upon the Government of Turkey to withdraw its armed forces from the island of Cyprus and to negotiate for the reunification of the Republic of Cyprus. | International Affairs | 2000-07-11 | 2000-07-11 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] | CA | R | C000100 | 37 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that Turkey should: (1) withdraw all its armed forces from the island of Cyprus; and (2) negotiate for the reunification of the Republic of Cyprus on the basis of existing United Nations Security Council resolutions. | 2025-01-02T17:07:46Z | |
| 106-hres-544 | 106 | hres | 544 | Congratulating the people of the United Mexican States on the success of their democratic elections held on July 2, 2000. | International Affairs | 2000-07-11 | 2000-07-25 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-23] | CA | R | G000021 | 26 | Congratulates: (1) the people and Government of the United Mexican States for the successful completion of the democratic multiparty elections for president and the legislature; and (2) President-elect Vincente Fox for his election victory and his commitment to democracy and a free-market oriented economy. Commends all Mexican citizens and political parties for their participation in the democratic process and their support for the strengthening of their democracy. Reaffirms the United States friendship with Mexico and our unequivocal commitment to encouraging democracy throughout Latin America. | 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z | |
| 106-hres-547 | 106 | hres | 547 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the peace process in Northern Ireland. | International Affairs | 2000-07-11 | 2000-09-26 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-2] | MA | D | N000015 | 16 | Commends the parties to the peace process in Northern Ireland for progress in implementing the Good Friday Agreement and urges them to move expeditiously to complete the implementation. Expresses belief that implementation of the recommendations of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland holds the promise of ensuring that the police service in Northern Ireland will gain the support of both nationalists and unionists. Calls upon the British Government to implement the recommendations contained in the Commission's final report. | 2025-04-07T13:46:42Z | |
| 106-s-2844 | 106 | s | 2844 | Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-07-11 | 2000-07-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 670. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to set forth congressional findings and policy, including that: (1) the development of microenterprise (including micro- and small enterprises) is a vital factor in the growth of developing countries and in the development of free, open, and equitable international economic systems; (2) it is in the best interest of the United States to assist the development of microenterprises and of enterprises of the poor in developing countries; and (3) the support of microenterprise can be served by programs that provide credit, savings, training, technical assistance, and business development services.Authorizes the President to provide grants and other assistance for programs to increase the availability of credit and other services to microenterprises (including micro- and small enterprises) lacking full access to capital training, technical assistance, and business development services through: (1) grants to microfinance institutions; (2) loans and guarantees to credit institutions (with a limit of $30 million per borrower); (3) grants to microenterprise institutions for training, technical assistance, and business development services; and (4) policy and regulatory programs at the country level.Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) to establish: (1) a monitoring system that provides, among other things, for performance goals for microenterprise development grant assistance; (2) eligibility criteria for determining which entities shall carry out activities receiving credit assistance; and (3) a U.S. Microfinance Loan Facility to prevent the bankruptcy of microfinance institutions caused by natural disasters, war or civil conflict, national financial crisis, or other short-term financial movements that threaten the long-term development of such institutions. Authorizes appropriations.Directs the President to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the most cost-effective metho… | 2025-08-20T14:18:07Z | |
| 106-s-2845 | 106 | s | 2845 | Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-07-11 | 2000-07-11 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 671. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000 - Title I: Assistance to Countries With Large Populations Having HIV-AIDS - Global AIDS Research and Relief Act of 2000 - Sets forth the purposes of this Act, including to: (1) prevent human suffering; and (2) ensure the viability of economic development, stability, and national security in the developing world by advancing research to understand the causes associated with HIV-AIDS in developing countries and assist in the development of an AIDS vaccine.Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the agency responsible for administering this Act should make the prevention and control of HIV-AIDS a priority in the foreign assistance program for developing foreign countries.Directs the President to enter into negotiations with foreign government officials and other interested parties to establish an international vaccine purchase fund that would accept contributions from governments to purchase and distribute in developing countries vaccines for malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, and any infectious disease which causes the deaths of over one million people worldwide each year and be a significant market incentive for private sector vaccine research.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into negotiations with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) or the International Development Association (IDA), and with their member nations and other interested parties, for the creation of two trust funds which would accept contributions from governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental entities to: (1) address the AIDS epidemic in countries eligible to borrow from the IDA; and (2) provide support for or the establishment of programs which provide primary and secondary education for orphans in sub-Saharan Africa.Directs the President to coordinate the development of a multidonor strategy to provide for the support and education of AIDS orphans and the families, communities, and institutions most affected by the HIV-AIDS epidem… | 2025-04-07T13:42:40Z | |
| 106-hconres-369 | 106 | hconres | 369 | To urge the Nobel Commission to award the Nobel Prize for Peace to His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, for his dedication to fostering peace throughout the world. | International Affairs | 2000-07-10 | 2000-07-10 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 0 | Urges the Nobel Commission to award the Nobel Prize for Peace to His Holiness, Pope John Paul II. | 2025-01-02T17:07:46Z | |
| 106-hr-4811 | 106 | hr | 4811 | Kentucky National Forest Land Transfer Act of 2000 | International Affairs | 2000-07-10 | 2000-11-06 | Became Public Law No: 106-429. | House | Rep. Callahan, Sonny [R-AL-1] | AL | R | C000052 | 0 | Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 - Title I: Export and Investment Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) direct loans, loan guarantees, tied-aid grants, insurance, and administrative expenses under Export-Import Bank programs; (2) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) direct and guaranteed loans and credit and insurance programs, including administrative expenses; and (3) the Trade and Development Agency.Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) the Agency for International Development (AID) child survival and infectious disease programs, including basic education programs (earmarking amounts for child survival and maternal health, vulnerable children, HIV-AIDS, other infectious diseases, children's basic education, UNICEF, U.S. contributions to the Global Fund for Children's Vaccines and to an international HIV-AIDS fund, and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative); (3) specified development assistance (allowing availability of limited amounts for the Inter-American Foundation and the African Development Foundation, agriculture and rural development programs (including plant biotechnology research and development), the International Fertilizer Development Center, AmeriCares for the construction, rehabilitation, and operation of community-based primary healthcare facilities in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, the U.S. Telecommunications Training Institute, the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, and an international media training center); (4) specified projects aimed at reunification of Cyprus; (5) specified assistance for Lebanon for scholarships and direct support of the American educational institutions there; (6) democracy and humanitarian activities in Burma; (7) specified assistance for the preservation of habitats and related activities for endangered wildl… | 2025-04-07T13:47:09Z | |
| 106-sconres-126 | 106 | sconres | 126 | An original concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should support free and fair elections and respect for democracy in Haiti. | International Affairs | 2000-06-30 | 2000-07-20 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | Senate | Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] | NC | R | H000463 | 0 | Condemns the electoral fraud being perpetrated against the Haitian people and the continuing interruption of democratic institutions in Haiti.Calls on the Government of Haiti: (1) to end its manipulation of the electoral process and to reverse the fraudulent results announced by the remaining members of the Provisional Electoral Council; and (2) to immediately engage in a thorough and verifiable process to review all reported irregularities and allegations of fraud and authenticate the true results of the election so that a legitimate, democratically-elected National Assembly and local councils can be seated.Urges the Organization of American States (OAS) to consider joint actions by its members states to bring about a return to democracy in Haiti.Calls on the President to: (1) terminate U.S. assistance to the Provisional Electoral Council; (2) review and modify U.S. political, economic, and law enforcement relations with Haiti if Haitian authorities persist in their current path; and (2) work with other democracies in the Western Hemisphere and elsewhere toward a restoration of democracy in Haiti. | 2025-04-07T13:42:35Z | |
| 106-sconres-127 | 106 | sconres | 127 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece. | International Affairs | 2000-06-30 | 2000-06-30 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6260) | Senate | Sen. Fitzgerald, Peter [R-IL] | IL | R | F000442 | 5 | Calls for the Government of the United Kingdom to enter into negotiations with the Government of Greece to facilitate the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece before the Olympics in 2004. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 106-sconres-128 | 106 | sconres | 128 | A concurrent resolution to urge the Nobel Commission to award the Nobel Prize for Peace to His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, for his dedication to fostering peace throughout the world. | International Affairs | 2000-06-30 | 2000-06-30 | Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as intoduced: CR S6260) | Senate | Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] | PA | R | S000059 | 1 | Urges the Nobel Commission to award the Nobel Prize for Peace to His Holiness, Pope John Paul II. | 2025-04-07T13:42:35Z |
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