Foreign Aid Reform Act of 1997

Summary

Foreign Aid Reform Act of 1997 - Prohibits U.S. assistance to a foreign country that did not cast its vote in agreement with the United States for at least 50 percent of the recorded votes taken in the General Assembly and Security Council of the United Nations during the preceding calendar year. Prohibits domestic Federal agencies from furnishing, directly or indirectly, assistance to a foreign country or international organization. Declares it shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report providing new budget authority for a fiscal year with respect to foreign operations, export financing, or other related U.S. activities until that House of the Congress has passed all other appropriations measures for that year.

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Timeline

1. 21 January 1997

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 January 1997

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 21 January 1997 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 January 1997

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 January 1997

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 21 January 1997

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Sponsors

• Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
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