Silk Road Strategy Act of 1998

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Introduced

30 October 1997

Last action

9 October 1998 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 715.

Summary

Silk Road Strategy Act of 1997 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize specified assistance, including humanitarian, economic, migration and refugee, development, security, and technical assistance to the South Caucasus and Central Asia countries to: (1) promote sovereignty and independence with democratic government; (2) assist in the resolution of regional conflicts; (3) promote economic cooperation and market-oriented principles; (4) assist in the development of infrastructure necessary for communications, transportation, 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 assistance to such countries (unless it is important to the U.S. national interest) if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that they: (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 supported acts of international terrorism; (4) are prohibited from receiving such assistance by specified Acts; or (5) have initiated an act of aggression against another state in the region. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should use all diplomatic means to press for an equitable, fair, and permanent resolution to the conflicts in Georgia, Azerbaijan, and the civil war in Tajikistan.

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Timeline

30 October 1997
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Source: IntroReferral
30 October 1997
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11449)
Source: IntroReferral
30 October 1997
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
23 June 1998
Reported
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
9 October 1998
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 715.
Source: Calendars
9 October 1998
Reported
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 105-394. Minority views filed.
Source: Committee
9 October 1998
Reported
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported to Senate by Senator Helms with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 105-394. Minority views filed.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1344
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