A bill to amend section 481 (d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Summary

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the Secretary of State to inform the Secretary of Health and Human Services of the use or intended use by any country or international organization of any herbicide to eradicate marihuana in a program receiving U.S. aid for narcotics control (currently no U.S. aid may be used for any such program if the herbicide is likely to cause serious harm to marihuana users unless the herbicide is used with another substance that will warn potential users of the presence of the herbicide). Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to monitor the impact on the health of marihuana users of such a herbicide. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress any determination that marihuana users are exposed to harmful amounts of herbicide.

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Timeline

1. 10 March 1981

   Introduced

   Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 10 March 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 10 March 1981

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Boren, David L. [D-OK] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Humphrey, Gordon J. [R-NH] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. East, John P. [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfr00 · Standing

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