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H.R. 4559 (97th)

Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1982

enactedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

22 September 1981

Last action

29 December 1981 · President

Status

Became Public Law No: 97-121.

Sponsors

Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2]

Subjects

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Source updated

23 April 2026

Summary

Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1982 - Title I: Multilateral Economic Assistance - Appropriates fiscal year 1982 funds to the President for the U.S. contributions to the: (1) Inter-American Development Bank; (2) International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (3) International Finance Corporation; (4) International Development Association; (5) Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Fund; (6) African Development Fund; and (7) International Fund for Agricultural Development. Specifies the maximum amount of callable capital stock to which the U.S.Governors of such Banks may subscribe. Appropriates a specified sum for the United Nations Environmental Fund and for other international organizations and programs. Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes fiscal year 1982 appropriations to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 relating to: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition; (2) voluntary population planning; (3) health programs; (4) education and human resources development (earmarking a specified amount for scholarships for South African students); (5) energy and selected development activities (earmarking a specified amount for resettlement services for refugees and displaced persons in Africa); (6) science and technology; (7) loan allocation (setting specified repayment periods based on a country's per capita gross national product); (8) American schools and hospitals abroad; (9) international disaster assistance; (10) the Sahel development program (earmarking a specified amount for the African Development Foundation); (11) payments to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (12) the Economic Support Fund (earmarking specified amounts to Egypt and to Israel and requiring congressional approval for obligating funds for the Special Requirements Fund); (13) peacekeeping operations; (14) the operating expenses of the Agency for International Development; (15) trade and development programs; and (16) international narcotics control. Makes appropriations for fiscal year 1982 for the Inter-American Foundation and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), with limitations on OPIC's direct and guaranteed loans. Appropriates fiscal year 1982 funds to ACTION for the Peace Corps. Appropriates fiscal year 1982 funds to the Department of State for migration and refugee assistance (earmarking a specified sum for aiding displaced persons from El Salvador). Title III: Military Assistance - Appropriates fiscal year 1982 funds to the President for: (1) military assistance; (2) international military education and training; and (3) foreign military credit sales, with limitations on the amounts of direct and guaranteed loans. Title IV: Export-Import Bank of the United States - Authorizes, with specified exceptions, the Export-Import Bank to make expenditures without regard to fiscal year limitations. Prohibits expenditures, during the current fiscal year, for nuclear exports to any country, other than a nuclear weapons State, that has detonated a nuclear explosive after enactment of this Act. Limits, during specified fiscal years, the amounts of direct and guaranteed loans, administrative expenses, and entertainment allowances. Title V: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) financing construction of any water or related land resource development project which has not met specified standards; (2) pensions for persons who have served in the armed forces of any recipient country; (3) procurement contracts which do not permit termination for U.S. convenience; (4) dues of any member of the United Nations; (5) the transfer of appropriated funds among international lending organizations; (6) financing nuclear exports or providing nuclear training assistance to foreign nationals; (7) assisting countries to violate human rights; (8) assistance to Mozambique (unless it would further U.S. foreign policy interests), Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, or Syria; (9) obligation under an appropriations account to which they were not appropriated, without prior congressional approval; (10) unauthorized publicity purposes within the United States; (11) obligation beyond the current fiscal year, unless otherwise permitted; (12) assistance to countries which are more than one year in default on loans payments to the United States; (13) international financial institutions which do not make available to the U.S. representatives information concerning loans or documents; (14) any government which aids or abets international terrorism; (15) assisting the production of commodities for export, if such commodities will likely be in surplus on world markets and will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers; and (16) the obligation of specified funds for programs not justified or in excess of the amount justified, without prior congressional notification. Limits the use of appropriated funds for: (1) obligation during the last month of availability; (2) official residence expenses, entertainment expenses, and representation allowances of the Agency for International Development; and (3) consulting services. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of specified international financial institutions to oppose assistance for the production of export commodities in surplus on world markets if such assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers.

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Timeline

  1. 15 January 1981

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on Foreign Operations.

    Source: Committee

  2. 15 January 1981

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 25 February 1981

    Committee

    First Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

    Source: Committee

  4. 10 June 1981

    Committee

    Final Day of Subcommittee Hearings.

    Source: Committee

  5. 23 June 1981

    Committee

    First Day of Subcommittee Mark-up.

    Source: Committee

  6. 16 September 1981

    Committee

    First Day of Committee Mark-Up.

    Source: Committee

  7. 17 September 1981

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

  8. 17 September 1981

    Committee

    Final Day of Committee Mark-Up.

    Source: Committee

  9. 22 September 1981

    Calendars

    Placed on Union Calendar No: 160.

    Source: Calendars

  10. 22 September 1981

    Reported

    Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 97-245.

    Source: Committee

  11. 22 September 1981

    Reported

    Reported to House by House Committee on Appropriations. Report No: 97-245.

    Source: Committee

  12. 22 September 1981

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  13. 22 September 1981

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  14. 8 December 1981

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.290 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

  15. 8 December 1981

    Floor

    Committee on Rules Granted a Rule. Partial Waiver of Points of Order.

    Source: Floor

  16. 10 December 1981

    Floor

    Called up by House by Rule.

    Source: Floor

  17. 10 December 1981

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

  18. 11 December 1981

    ResolvingDifferences

    Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Kasten; Hatfield; D'Amato; Rudman; Specter; Inouye; Johnston; Leahy; DeConcini; Proxmire.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  19. 11 December 1981

    Floor

    Senate insists on its amendments by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

  20. 11 December 1981

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate. Deemed to have been read twice. The Senate action on S.1802 was incorporated into the bill and the bill as thus amended was deemed to have been read the third time and passed.

    Source: IntroReferral

  21. 11 December 1981

    Introduced

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate. Deemed to have been read twice. The Senate action on S.1802 was incorporated into the bill and the bill as thus amended was deemed to have been read the third time and passed.

    Source: Floor

  22. 11 December 1981

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 199 - 166 (Record Vote No: 356).

    Source: Floor

  23. 11 December 1981

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 199 - 166 (Record Vote No: 356).

    Source: Floor

  24. 11 December 1981

    Passed

    House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

    Source: Floor

  25. 14 December 1981

    Passed

    House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Long (MD), Obey, Yates, McHugh, Lehman, Wilson, Dixon, Gray, Whitten, Kemp, Edwards (OK), Livingston, Lewis, Porter, Conte.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  26. 14 December 1981

    Passed

    House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  27. 14 December 1981

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: NotUsed

  28. 15 December 1981

    Passed

    Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  29. 15 December 1981

    Passed

    Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  30. 16 December 1981

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report considered in Senate.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  31. 16 December 1981

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendments to Senate amendments 22, 23, 24, 25, 38, 62, 63, 89, and 138. By Voice Vote.

    Source: NotUsed

  32. 16 December 1981

    Vote

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-34. Record Vote No: 497.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  33. 16 December 1981

    ResolvingDifferences

    House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendments 053, 070, 073, 142.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  34. 16 December 1981

    NotUsed

    Resolving differences -- House actions: House Receded and Concurred in Senate Amendments 053, 070, 073, 142.

    Source: NotUsed

  35. 16 December 1981

    Vote

    House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 217 - 201 (Record Vote No: 366).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  36. 16 December 1981

    Vote

    Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 217 - 201 (Record Vote No: 366).

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  37. 16 December 1981

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference Report 97-416 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  38. 16 December 1981

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report filed: Conference Report 97-416 Filed in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  39. 22 December 1981

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

  40. 22 December 1981

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

  41. 22 December 1981

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

  42. 29 December 1981

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 97-121.

    Source: President

  43. 29 December 1981

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

  44. 29 December 1981

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

Votes

· Official source

Yes 0 · No 0 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 0

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    Public Law (PDF)

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      Public Law · EN · 30 December 1981

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    • Conference report filed in House

      summary · EN · 16 December 1981

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    • Passed Senate amended

      summary · EN · 11 December 1981

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    • Passed House amended

      summary · EN · 11 December 1981

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    • Introduced in House

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