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HAMDT 572 (100th)

An amendment in the nature of a substitute to accomplish a variety of things: The Broomfield substitute authorizes $117 million less than the Committee bill; it reduces funding for voluntary contributions to international organizations by $130 million in FY 1988 and by $127 million in FY 1989; it reduces funding and eliminates earmarking for certain other development programs. The substitute also provides for an increase in funding for narcotics control programs and for a 3.5 percent increase in FY 1989 for most other programs. The substitute contains the same funding levels for aid to Israel and Egypt and to the base rights countries as does the Committee bill. The substitute strikes numerous policy provisions in the bill: It would eliminate restrictions on police aid to Central America and the provision barring the Administration from making any agreement, formal or informal, in which a recipient of U.S. aid provides $10 million in FY 1988 and FY 1989 for civilian opposition groups operating within Nicaragua. The substitute also lays out criteria for democratization in Nicaragua including full political, press, and human rights. The substitute eliminates the economic support fund (ESF) reforms in the bill intended to direct more ESF monies to long-term development rather than short-term balance-of-payments assistance. In addition, the substitute eliminates many conditions placed on assistance to African nations and the earmarking of $50 million in development assistance for the front-line states bordering South Africa.

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