United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 953 (99th)
A bill to allow United States military assistance to be furnished to the law enforcement agencies of countries, such as Costa Rica, which rely on their law enforcement agencies to provide for the national defense and security.
Introduced
6 February 1985
Last action
—
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
23 January 2025
Summary
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to permit U.S. military assistance to be furnished to the law enforcement agencies of a country if the country has a long-standing democratic tradition, does not have standing armed forces, and does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
1 official file
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 6 February 1985
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/953
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/hr/953