Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999

Summary

Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize specified assistance, including humanitarian, economic, migration and refugee, development, border control, and democracy building assistance, to the South Caucasus and Central Asia countries to: (1) promote sovereignty, independence with democratic government, and respect for human rights; (2) assist in the resolution of regional conflicts and facilitate the removal of impediments to cross-border commerce; (3) promote economic cooperation and market-oriented principles; (4) assist in the development of infrastructure necessary for communications, transportation, education, health, and energy and trade on an East-West axis in order to build strong relations and commerce between those countries and the democratic, market-oriented countries of the Euro-Atlantic community; and (5) support U.S. business interests and investments in the region. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, assistance to the governments of such countries if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that such governments: (1) are engaged in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights; (2) have knowingly transferred controlled missiles or missile technology to another country, or any equipment or technology that would contribute to the ability of such country to manufacture weapons of mass destruction (including nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons); (3) have repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism; or (4) are prohibited from receiving such assistance by specified Federal laws. Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should use all diplomatic means to press for an equitable, fair, and permanent resolution to the conflicts in the South Caucasus and Central Asia; and (2) the United States should, where appropriate, support the establishment of neutral, multinational peacekeeping forces to implement peace agreements reached between belligerents in the countries of those regions.

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (text)

  Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 3 August 1999

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (PDF)

  Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 3 August 1999

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 2 August 1999

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 2 August 1999

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 2 August 1999

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 March 1999

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 March 1999

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 March 1999

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