Appropriations for Fy2003 : Foreign Operations, Export Financing, And Related Programs

By Nowels, Larry

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Title:	Appropriations for Fy2003 : Foreign Operations, Export Financing, And Related Programs
Author:	Nowels, Larry
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Summary: The annual Foreign Operations appropriations bill is the primary legislative vehicle through which Congress reviews the U.S. foreign aid budget and influences executive branch foreign policy making generally. It contains the largest share -- about two-thirds -- of total U.S. international affairs spending. President Bush requested $16.45 billion (amended on September 3, 2002) for FY2003 Foreign Operations, an amount 7% higher than regular FY2002 appropriations, but slightly less than enacted FY2002 foreign aid appropriations when amounts ($1. billion) allocated from two supplemental appropriations are included. Combined with funds provided in the regular appropriation (P.L. 107-115), enacted Foreign Operations spending for FY2002 totaled $16.54 billion.

Table of Contents
Contents Most Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Foreign Operations Funding Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Foreign Operations, the FY2003 Budget Resolution, and Sec. 302(b) Allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Foreign Operations Appropriations Request for FY2003 and Congressional Consideration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Request Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Fighting the War on Terrorism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Other Key Elements of the FY2003 Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Leading Foreign Aid Recipients Proposed for FY2002/FY2003 . . . . . . . . . 12 Congressional Response to the FY2003 Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Senate Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 House Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Conference Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Supplemental FY2002 Foreign Operations Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Funding Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Policy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 DOD’s Role in Military Aid Allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Colombia Aid Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Removal of Restrictions for Other Economic and Military Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Congressional Action on the Administration’s Supplemental Foreign Operations Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Major Policy and Spending Issues for FY2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Foreign Aid as a Tool in the War on Terrorism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Terrorist Interdiction Program (TIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Terrorist Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 USAID Physical Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Aid Restrictions for Terrorist States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Congressional Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Development Aid Policy Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Congressional Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Family Planning, Abortion Restrictions, and UNFPA Funding . . . . . . . . . 36 UNFPA Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 “Mexico City” Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Congressional Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Andean Regional Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Congressional Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .