Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 1748 (99th)

A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to protect biological diversity in developing countries.

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

8 October 1985

Last action

19 March 1986 · Committee

Status

Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.

Sponsors

Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI], Sen. Stafford, Robert T. [R-VT], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO], Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA], Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD], Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE], Sen. Kasten, Robert W., Jr. [R-WI], Sen. Mattingly, Mack [R-GA], Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ], Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH], Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN], Sen. Pryor, David H. [D-AR]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

14 January 2025

Official sourceView documentsShare

Summary

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations to help developing countries protect and maintain wildlife habitats and develop sound wildlife management and plant conservation programs. Requires each country development strategy statement or other country plan prepared by the Agency for International Development (AID) to include a detailed plan to assist that country in the conservation of biological diversity. States that, whenever feasible, such protection, maintenance, management, and conservation activities shall be accomplished through projects managed by private and voluntary organizations and other nongovernmental organizations. Directs AID to allocate at least a specified sum for projects managed by such organizations. Directs the Administrator of AID to take certain steps, including: (1) cooperating with appropriate organizations; (2) looking to the World Conservation Strategy as an overall guide; (3) engaging in dialogues and exchanges of information with recipient countries which stress the importance of conserving biological diversity; (4) supporting training and education which improve the capacity of recipient countries to prevent loss of biological diversity; and (5) the denial of any assistance for actions which invade or significantly degrade national parks or similar protected areas. Requires the annual report to the Congress on foreign aid programs to include a report on implementation of this Act.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 8 October 1985

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 8 October 1985

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 19 March 1986

    Committee

    Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.

    Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.