Support for Democracy in Chile Act of 1990

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Support for Democracy in Chile Act of 1990 - Declares that it is U.S. policy to promote democracy, human rights, and civilian control of the military through the extension of assistance to the new Government of Chile. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should provide Overseas Private Investment Corporation guarantees and credit and trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences to Chile as soon as possible. Authorizes appropriations for establishing and operating a Peace Corps program for Chile. Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to undertake environmental protection activities in Chile. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations for the provision of technical assistance to the new Congress of Chile. Authorizes the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House, the Librarian of Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment the Congressional Budget Office, the Congressional Research Service, and the General Accounting Office to provide assistance to the Congress of Chile in developing its institution. Permits the Agency for International Development (AID) to enter into an additional amount of housing guarantees in Chile. Requires the majority of housing programs to be for low-income housing in impoverished areas. Authorizes appropriations to AID for grants to the Chilean public health care system. Earmarks specified amounts of such appropriations for drug treatment programs, the Chilean Institute of Public Health (for research and training and exchange programs with the U.S. National Institutes of Health and Center for Disease Control), and mental health counseling and community education with respect to victims of human rights abuses. Authorizes appropriations to AID to assist Chile in repairing and building elementary schools in poor areas and to support technical and vocational training. Authorizes appropriations for the establishment of a U.S.-Chilean Development Fund to promote economic development in Chile.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 20 March 1990

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