A bill to require that the remaining $40,000,000 of the United States assistance for the Nicaraguan democratic resistance be withheld until completion of the special Congressional investigations of the arms sales to Iran and the alleged diversion of proceeds from those sales to assist the Nicaraguan democratic resistance.

Summary

Requires that $40,000,000 in aid to the Nicaraguan democratic resistance shall be withheld until the special congressional committees that are investigating the arms sales to Iran, the alleged diversion of proceeds from those sales to the Nicaraguan democratic resistance, and related matters have completed their investigations. Reduces the amount of aid made available to the resistance following completion of such investigations by the amount of the proceeds from the arms sales, if any, that were illegally used for aid to the resistance.

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Timeline

1. 4 February 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 4 February 1987

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 4 February 1987

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Sponsors

• Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
• · ssfr00 · Standing

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