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| 107-hr-5761 | 107 | hr | 5761 | United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-11-19 | 2002-11-19 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 1 | United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2002 - Requires the President to establish a comprehensive, integrated, five-year strategy to combat the global spread of HIV and AIDS.Requires the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a comprehensive plan to empower women to protect themselves against the spread of HIV/AIDS.Establishes within the Department of State a presidentially appointed Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally.Authorizes the United States to participate in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and increases financial assistance for vaccine contributions.Authorizes the President to provide assistance and coordination between international organizations for the global prevention, treatment, monitoring, and control of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Requires the President to establish a program to demonstrate the feasibility of facilitating services of American health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa and other parts of the world severely affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of USAID, to establish a program of assistance that would demonstrate the feasibility of providing care and treatment to orphans, other children, and young people affected by HIV/AIDS in foreign countries.Sets forth principles for U.S. firms operating in countries affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. | 2025-08-19T17:30:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5761 |
| 107-hr-5733 | 107 | hr | 5733 | Public Diplomacy Enhancement Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-11-14 | 2002-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-27] | CA | D | S001150 | 0 | Public Diplomacy Enhancement Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that certain projects and activities that are partly or wholly funded by the United States under the Act, including development assistance and assistance to the independent states of the former Soviet Union, be identified in English and the appropriate local language as "American Aid" or "Assistance from the People of the United States" (Current law requires programs under the Act to be identified appropriately overseas as "American Aid"). Applies this Act to projects and activities under the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989.Specifies examples of methods of complying with this Act, including use of print or broadcast media at the local, national, and regional levels. Requires the relevant contractors or aid recipients to provide plans to the United States describing how they will comply with the identification requirement under this Act. Permits a waiver of the identification requirement if complying would have an adverse impact on the objectives of a project or activity. | 2025-08-19T17:28:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5733 |
| 107-hr-5677 | 107 | hr | 5677 | Lasting Justice for Victims of 9/11 Act | International Affairs | 2002-10-16 | 2002-11-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. | House | Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] | GA | D | M000523 | 0 | Lasting Justice for Victims of 9/11 Act - Provides that the jurisdiction of a U.S. court shall not be barred in any action for money damages against a foreign state or other person for personal injury or death caused by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks: (1) on the grounds that the defendant is immune from suit as a foreign state or under any law extending diplomatic privileges or immunities; or (2) on the basis of provisions of the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund of 2001 (the Fund Act) limiting air carrier liability. Sets a 25-year statute of limitations.Makes the Fund Act inapplicable to any action under this Act, except that if a person receives a money judgment in an action to which this Act applies, the court shall: (1) notify the Special Master appointed under the Fund Act who shall reduce the amount of compensation under such Act, if no payment under such Act has yet been made, by the amount of such judgment, less costs and attorneys fees; and (2) order the reimbursement of a specified amount to the U.S. Treasury if compensation has already been paid under such Act.Requires the heads of the appropriate U.S. departments and agencies to assist plaintiffs in enforcing any decision, judgment, or order issued in favor of plaintiffs in actions under this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:29:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5677 |
| 107-hr-5680 | 107 | hr | 5680 | To establish a pilot program of Central Asian scholarships for undergraduate and graduate level public policy internships in the United States. | International Affairs | 2002-10-16 | 2002-10-17 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1880-1881) | House | Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | P000373 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of State to establish a pilot program of scholarships for public policy internships for undergraduate and graduate students from Central Asia, with priority to students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, and Uzbekistan. | 2025-01-02T16:53:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5680 |
| 107-hr-5681 | 107 | hr | 5681 | Central Asia Child Health Improvement Act | International Affairs | 2002-10-16 | 2002-10-17 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1880-1881) | House | Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | P000373 | 0 | Central Asia Child Health Improvement Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, acting through the Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Programs, Field Support and Research, in order to facilitate the establishment of partnerships between U.S. medical institutions and health service providers and such institutions and providers in the Central Asian countries of Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to carry out programs for the prevention, treatment, and control of infectious diseases affecting children, to provide assistance to support: (1) promoting compliance with clinical guidelines for tuberculosis and other infectious diseases established by the World Health Organization; (2) establishing and maintaining computer systems for telemedicine programs; and (3) providing related technical assistance. | 2025-08-19T17:31:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5681 |
| 107-hr-5689 | 107 | hr | 5689 | To authorize the appropriation of $1,000,000 for a contribution to the World Intellectual Property Organization for projects intended to promote the integration of developing countries into the global intellectual property system. | International Affairs | 2002-10-16 | 2002-10-16 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | W000794 | 0 | Authorizes to be appropriated to the President $1 million for a voluntary U.S.contribution to the World Intellectual Property Organization for U.S.-directed projects to promote the integration of developing countries into the global intellectual property system by assisting them in developing sustainable legislative business and legal practices and protocols to carry out the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights that promote economic growth and development through knowledge-based industries. | 2025-01-02T16:53:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5689 |
| 107-hr-5616 | 107 | hr | 5616 | Sunset of Helms-Burton Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-10-10 | 2002-11-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. | House | Rep. Dooley, Calvin M. [D-CA-20] | CA | D | D000424 | 23 | Sunset of Helms-Burton Act of 2002 - Terminates the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (Helms-Burton Act) on, and prohibits bringing any action under that Act with respect to trafficking on or after, March 31, 2003.Terminates denials of visas and exclusions from the United States (pursuant to that Act) of aliens who have confiscated property of U.S. nationals or who traffic in such property. Requires the names of all persons subject to such denials or exclusions to be removed from any lists or other records used by the Secretary of State or the Attorney General to enforce that Act. Requires the Secretary of State to notify all persons subject to such denials or exclusions of such expiration and removal. | 2025-08-19T17:28:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5616 |
| 107-hr-5578 | 107 | hr | 5578 | Shrimp Importation Financing Fairness Act | International Affairs | 2002-10-08 | 2002-10-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 3 | Shrimp Importation Financing Fairness Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Commerce from imposing any new restrictive regulations on the domestic shrimping industry.Prohibits the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from issuing any contract of insurance or reinsurance or any guaranty, or from entering into any agreement to provide financing for a project undertaken or to be undertaken in a country which exported more than 20 million pounds (excessive amounts) of shrimp to the United States in the first six months of 2002, until three months after it has reduced its shrimp exports to less than three million pounds per month for three consecutive months.Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to oppose providing assistance to any foreign country that exported excessive amounts of shrimp to the United States in the first six months of 2002, until it fulfills the requirements of this Act.Authorizes the Secretary to reduce the amount of U.S. contributions to the Fund according to a specified formula if, during the first such three-month period, the Fund provides assistance to any such country.Prohibits the Export-Import Bank of the United States from providing assistance to any country that exported excessive amounts of shrimp to the United States in the first six months of 2002, until it fulfills the requirements of this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:31:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5578 |
| 107-hr-5524 | 107 | hr | 5524 | Global Internet Freedom Act | International Affairs | 2002-10-02 | 2002-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] | CA | R | C000830 | 1 | Global Internet Freedom Act - Establishes in the International Broadcasting Bureau the Office of Global Internet Freedom to develop and implement a comprehensive global strategy to combat state-sponsored and state-directed Internet jamming and persecution of those who use the Internet. Requires an annual report from the Office to Congress on the status of state interference with Internet use and of U.S. efforts to counter such interference.Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should: (1) denounce governments that restrict, censor, ban, and block access to information on the Internet; (2) direct the U.S. Representative to the United Nations to submit a resolution condemning such actions; and (3) deploy technologies aimed at defeating state-directed Internet censorship and the persecution of those who use the Internet. | 2025-08-19T17:31:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5524 |
| 107-hr-5528 | 107 | hr | 5528 | Center for International Human Rights Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-10-02 | 2002-10-03 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1744) | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 123 | Center for International Human Rights Act of 2002 - Declares that Congress finds that a private, nonprofit corporation known as the Center for International Human Rights has been established in the District of Columbia to: (1) establish programs to promote, monitor, and analyze the status of human rights throughout the world; (2) investigate allegations of human rights violations in conjunction with private and governmental organizations; (3) sponsor fellows to study international human rights issues at the Center; (4) carry out a conference series to bring together international human rights experts to discuss and disseminate information; and (5) make grants to and cooperative agreements with non-governmental organizations to promote human rights, giving priority to indigenous human rights organizations in countries the governments of which violate such rights.Authorizes the Secretary of State to make an annual grant to the Center. | 2025-08-19T17:29:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5528 |
| 107-hr-5531 | 107 | hr | 5531 | Sudan Peace Act | International Affairs | 2002-10-02 | 2002-10-21 | Became Public Law No: 107-245. | House | Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] | CO | R | T000458 | 13 | Sudan Peace Act - (Sec. 4) Condemns violations of human rights on all sides of the conflict in Sudan (including the Government of Sudan), the ongoing slave trade there, the Government's use and organization of "murahalliin" (or "mujahadeen"), Popular Defense Forces (PDF), and regular Sudanese Army units into raiding and slaving parties in Bahr al Ghazal, the Nuba Mountains, Upper Nile, and Blue Nile regions, and its aerial bombardment of civilian targets. Recognizes that the use of raiding and slaving parties is a tool for creating food shortages as a systematic means to destroy the societies, culture, and economies of the Dinka, Nuer, and Nuba peoples in a policy of low-intensity ethnic cleansing.(Sec. 5) Authorizes the President to provide increased assistance to areas of Sudan that are not controlled by the Government of Sudan to prepare the population for peace and democratic governance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2005.(Sec. 6) Declares that Congress recognizes that: (1) a single, viable internationally and regionally sanctioned peace process holds the greatest opportunity to promote a negotiated, peaceful settlement to the war in Sudan; and (2) resolution to the conflict there is best made through a peace process based on the Declaration of Principles reached in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 20, 1994, and on the Machakos Protocol in July 2002. Commends the efforts of Special Presidential Envoy, Senator Danforth, and his team in working to assist the parties to the conflict in Sudan in finding a just, permanent peace to the conflict in Sudan.Requires the President to take specified actions against Sudan if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Sudan has not engaged in good faith negotiations with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to achieve a peace agreement, or is not in compliance with the terms of any negotiated peace agreement with the SPLM. Requires specified reports to Congress.(Sec. 7) Expresses the sense of Co… | 2025-04-07T13:39:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5531 |
| 107-hr-5540 | 107 | hr | 5540 | To encourage respect for the rights of religious and ethnic minorities in Iran and to deter Iran from supporting international terrorism and from furthering its weapons of mass destruction programs. | International Affairs | 2002-10-02 | 2002-10-02 | Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-24] | CA | D | S000344 | 1 | Prohibits the entry or importation into the United States of any textile or food article produced, grown, or manufactured in Iran.Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition ten days after certifying to specified congressional committees that Iran: (1) has shown substantial progress in respecting the rights of ethnic and religious minorities and is meeting internationally recognized human rights standards, including due process under law; (2) has ceased its support for international terrorism; and (3) has terminated its weapons of mass destruction programs. | 2025-01-02T16:53:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5540 |
| 107-hr-5497 | 107 | hr | 5497 | Roots of Peace Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-09-26 | 2002-09-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 4 | Roots of Peace Act of 2002 - Requires the Secretary of State to establish a program to provide grants to eligible nongovernmental organizations to remove and dispose of unexploded ordnance in agriculturally-valuable lands in developing countries. Earmarks funds to be made available to the Roots of Peace organization to carry out such activities in the Shomali Valley of Afghanistan. | 2025-08-19T17:31:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5497 |
| 107-hr-5448 | 107 | hr | 5448 | To provide compensation for the families of noncombatants killed in United States military actions in Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. | International Affairs | 2002-09-24 | 2002-09-24 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] | NY | D | O000159 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of State to provide for the payment of $10,000 to the family of each noncombatant national of Afghanistan killed as a direct result of United States military actions in Afghanistan after September 11, 2001. | 2025-01-02T16:53:09Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5448 |
| 107-hr-5410 | 107 | hr | 5410 | Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2003 | International Affairs | 2002-09-19 | 2002-09-19 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 406. | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 0 | Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2003 - Title I: Export and Investment Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 for: (1) direct loans, loan guarantees, tied-aid grants, insurance, and administrative expenses under Export-Import Bank programs; (2) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) credit and insurance programs, including for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and administrative expenses; and (3) the Trade and Development Agency, including an additional amount for trade capacity building assistance.Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2003 for: (1) expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) for child survival and disease programs (earmarking amounts for HIV/AIDS, polio, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases), including reproductive health/family planning programs; (3) specified development assistance; (4) international disaster assistance (earmarking amounts for the West Bank and Gaza, with a bar of funds to the Palestinian Authority, and Afghanistan, including such assistance to support transition to democracy and to long-term development of countries in crisis); (5) guaranteed loans for micro and small enterprise development programs; (6) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (7) operating expenses of AID and the AID Office of Inspector General; (8) the Capital Investment Fund; (9) Economic Support Fund (ESF) assistance (earmarking amounts for Israel, Egypt, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Cyprus, and the National Democratic Alliance of Sudan); (10) the International Fund for Ireland; (11) assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States (earmarking specified amounts for Kosovo, the Baltic States, and for Bosnia and Herzegovina); (12) assistance for the new independent states of the former Soviet Union (subject to specified conditions, and earmarking amounts for the Southern Cauc… | 2025-04-07T13:39:50Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5410 |
| 107-hr-5400 | 107 | hr | 5400 | To authorize the President of the United States to agree to certain amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States concerning the establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission and a North American Development Bank, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2002-09-18 | 2002-10-15 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 3 | Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to authorize the President to agree to amendments to the Border Environment Cooperation Agreement (the November 1993 Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States Concerning the Establishment of a Border Environment Cooperation Commission and a North American Development Bank) that: (1) enable the North American Development Bank to make grants and non-market rate loans out of its paid-in capital resources with the approval of its Board of Directors for qualified water conservation projects; and (2) amend the definition of "border region" as it relates to such projects to include the area in the United States within 100 kilometers of the international boundary and the area in Mexico within 300 kilometers of the international boundary between the two countries.(Sec. 2) Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to specified congressional committees on the North American Development Bank.(Sec. 3) Expresses the sense of Congress that water conservation projects are eligible for funding from the Bank under the Cooperation Agreement.Expresses the sense of Congress that the Board of Directors of the Bank should support with financing: (1) qualified water conservation projects which can assist Texas irrigators and agricultural producers in the lower Rio Grande River Valley; (2) conservation as well as new water supply research and desalination projects in the border States of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas; and (3) projects which address coastal and water and air pollution issues on both sides of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico, including along the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico shores of both countries. | 2025-04-07T13:39:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5400 |
| 107-hr-5249 | 107 | hr | 5249 | Safe Overseas Human Testing Act | International Affairs | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 21 | Safe Overseas Human Testing Act - Declares it is the policy of Congress to control the export of drugs and other test articles intended for overseas clinical investigations involving human participants in order to foster public health and safety, prevent injury to U.S. foreign policy, and preserve the credibility of the United States as a responsible trading partner.Requires a license approved by the President for the export of such test articles. Sets forth certain export license requirements, including that the license applicant shall: (1) identify each clinical investigation for which the test article is intended; and (2) submit proof that each of the protocols for every clinical investigation has been reviewed by an institutional review board and has, at a minimum, met substantially the same standards for the protection of the rights and welfare of human subjects as that required for Institutional Review Boards approval of protocols for clinical investigations (in the United States) of test articles pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | 2025-08-19T17:32:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5249 |
| 107-hr-5255 | 107 | hr | 5255 | Peace Corps Expansion Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] | IL | R | K000360 | 11 | Peace Corps Expansion Act of 2002 - Supports the goal announced by President Bush of doubling the number of Peace Corps volunteers to 14,000 by 2007.Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for FY 2004 through 2007 for the Peace Corps. | 2025-08-19T17:30:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5255 |
| 107-hr-5267 | 107 | hr | 5267 | To modify the waiver authority of the President regarding foreign assistance restrictions with respect to Pakistan. | International Affairs | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5] | NY | D | A000022 | 6 | Amends Federal law to revise, with respect to Pakistan, the President's authority to waive provisions prohibiting foreign assistance to a country whose duly elected head of government was deposed by decree or military coup, if the President additionally determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that: (1) the Government of Pakistan has conducted free and fair elections for a national assembly; and (2) such government has complied with its commitments to the United States to halt, permanently and verifiably, cross-border terrorism into India. | 2025-01-02T16:52:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5267 |
| 107-hr-5289 | 107 | hr | 5289 | To authorize the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933. | International Affairs | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] | MI | D | L000263 | 49 | Authorizes the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933. Prohibits the U.S. Government from paying any expense for the establishment of the memorial or its maintenance. | 2025-01-02T16:52:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5289 |
| 107-hr-5293 | 107 | hr | 5293 | Still Saving Women's Lives Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-07-26 | 2002-07-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 53 | Still Saving Women's Lives Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to set forth permanent guidelines for U.S. voluntary contributions to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) by requiring such contributions to be obligated and expended not more than 30 days after they become available unless the President certifies that the UNFPA performs coercive abortions or involuntary sterilizations. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for U.S. voluntary contributions to the UNFPA. | 2025-08-19T17:31:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5293 |
| 107-hr-5150 | 107 | hr | 5150 | To remove the exemption with respect to Pakistan from the prohibition on assistance to a country whose elected head of government was deposed by decree or military coup. | International Affairs | 2002-07-17 | 2002-07-17 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] | NJ | D | P000034 | 0 | Repeals specified Federal law exempting Pakistan from the prohibition against U.S. assistance to a country whose duly elected head of government was deposed by decree or military coup. | 2025-01-02T16:52:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5150 |
| 107-hr-5128 | 107 | hr | 5128 | Nicaragua Property Dispute Settlement Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-07-16 | 2002-07-16 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10] | NC | R | B000104 | 1 | Nicaragua Property Dispute Settlement Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 to require certain claims of expropriation of property by the Government of Nicaragua be filed by a U.S. citizen within 180 days after enactment of this Act in order to be taken into account for the prohibition on foreign assistance to Nicaragua as long as Nicaragua has not satisfied all expropriation claims against it. (Thus limits to those filed within such time period the number of claims which the Government of Nicaragua must satisfy for the prohibition on U.S. assistance to be lifted.) | 2025-08-19T17:30:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5128 |
| 107-hr-5038 | 107 | hr | 5038 | Air Basin Clean Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-06-27 | 2002-06-27 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-50] | CA | D | F000116 | 0 | Air Basin Clean or ABC Act of 2002 - Prohibits the importation of electricity from Mexico if it is produced at certain electric energy generation units that: (1) have a generation capacity greater than 50 megawatts; (2) are located within 50 miles of the United States; and (3) do not comply with air quality control requirements that provide air quality protection at least equivalent to that provided by the air pollution emission rate requirements applicable in the air quality control region in the United States that is closest to that unit. | 2025-08-19T17:28:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5038 |
| 107-hr-5056 | 107 | hr | 5056 | Belarus Democracy Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-06-27 | 2002-07-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 5 | Belarus Democracy Act of 2002 - Authorizes the President to support primarily indigenous Belarusian groups that are committed to the support of democratic processes in various activities that may include: (1) observation of elections and the promotion of free and fair electoral processes, including the development of democratic political parties; (2) development of independent media supported by nonstate-controlled printing facilities; (3) support of human rights; and (4) establishment of international exchanges and advanced professional training programs for leaders and members of democratic forces that foster the growth of civil society.Places economic sanctions on Belarus and bars senior Belarusian leaders and their immediate relations from entering the United States. Allows sanctions to be lifted only if the Belarusian Government meets specific democratic conditions. Affirms solidarity with the democratic forces in Belarus and calls upon the Government of Belarus to permit basic freedoms and allow free, fair and transparent presidential and parliamentary elections. Calls upon the Russian Government to use its influence to encourage democratic development in Belarus so that it can become an independent state that is integrated into Europe. | 2025-08-19T17:30:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5056 |
| 107-hr-5017 | 107 | hr | 5017 | To amend the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act to facilitate the ability of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires. | International Affairs | 2002-06-26 | 2002-07-15 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 495. | House | Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] | CO | R | M000477 | 23 | Amends the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act, as amended by the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, as part of any reciprocal agreement with a foreign country for sharing personnel to fight wildfires, to include a provision that personnel furnished under the agreement to provide wildfire presuppression or suppression services will be considered, for tort liability purposes, employees of the country receiving such services when the personnel provide them under the agreement.Prohibits the Secretaries from entering into any such agreement unless the foreign country (either directly or through the fire organization that is a party to the agreement) agrees to assume any and all liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters engaged in providing such services under the agreement in the foreign country. Makes remedies provided under the laws of the host country the exclusive remedies for acts or omissions committed while providing services under the agreement.Declares that neither the firefighter, the sending country, nor any organization associated with the firefighter shall be subject to any action whatsoever pertaining to or arising out of providing wildfire presuppression or suppression services under such a reciprocal agreement. | 2025-04-07T13:39:22Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5017 |
| 107-hr-5022 | 107 | hr | 5022 | Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-06-26 | 2002-06-26 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-1] | AZ | R | F000444 | 37 | Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2002 - Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting, directly or indirectly, travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents, or any of specified transactions incident to such travel.Declares that: (1) this prohibition does not authorize the importation into the United States of any goods for personal consumption acquired in Cuba; and (2) the restrictions on authority contained in this Act do not apply in a case in which the United States is at war with Cuba, armed hostilities between the two countries are in progress, or there is imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers. | 2025-08-19T17:28:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/5022 |
| 107-hr-4973 | 107 | hr | 4973 | Strengthening Democratic Institutions Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-06-20 | 2002-06-20 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-7] | NY | D | C001038 | 26 | Strengthening Democratic Institutions Act of 2002 - Establishes an international legislative staff training program that will bring legislative staff working for foreign legislative bodies and their elected members to the United States for seminars, workshops, discussions, and meetings concerning techniques, standards, and practices of professional legislative staff work, including, to the extent possible, close observation of the legislative process and the role of such staff in Congress. | 2025-08-19T17:28:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4973 |
| 107-hr-4979 | 107 | hr | 4979 | Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act | International Affairs | 2002-06-20 | 2002-06-21 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3778-3779) | House | Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-17] | CA | D | F000030 | 22 | Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act - Amends the Peace Corps Act to require all recruiting of volunteers to be undertaken solely by the Peace Corps. Conditions the President's authority to detail or assign Peace Corps volunteers to certain Federal and State agencies and other entities upon a determination that such a detail or assignment does not contradict the standing of such volunteers as being independent from foreign policy-making and intelligence collection.Requires the Director of the Peace Corps, before implementing any new initiative, to consult with the Peace Corps National Advisory Council and to report to Congress on: (1) the initiative's objectives and costs, and any impact it may have on existing programs and the safety of volunteers; (2) the status of security procedures in any country in which the Peace Corps operates programs or is considering doing so; (3) student loan forgiveness programs currently available to Peace Corps volunteers; and (4) initiatives the Peace Corps intends to pursue in order to solicit requests from eligible countries where the presence of volunteers would facilitate a greater understanding of the world and of diverse cultures and systems of government, including peoples from countries with substantial Muslim populations.Requires the Director to develop a training program for all Peace Corps volunteers in the education, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases.Increases Peace Corps volunteer readjustment allowances to $200 a month.Establishes a program to award grants to private nonprofit corporations in the District of Columbia to serve as incubators for returned Peace Corps volunteers seeking to use their knowledge and expertise to undertake community-based projects. | 2025-08-19T17:29:34Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4979 |
| 107-hr-4920 | 107 | hr | 4920 | To provide for the continued applicability of the requirements of the ABM Treaty to the United States. | International Affairs | 2002-06-12 | 2002-06-12 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] | CA | D | L000551 | 7 | Declares that the requirements in Articles I through XII of the ABM Treaty with the Soviet Union (as in force with respect to the United States on June 12, 2002) shall continue to apply to the United States. | 2025-04-07T13:38:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4920 |
| 107-hr-4877 | 107 | hr | 4877 | Foreign Aid Impact Assessment Act | International Affairs | 2002-06-06 | 2002-06-06 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 2 | Foreign Aid Impact Assessment Act - Directs the President to report periodically to Congress an analysis, on a country-by-country basis, of the impact and effectiveness of U.S. economic assistance provided to such country during the preceding three fiscal years. | 2025-08-19T17:29:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4877 |
| 107-hr-4815 | 107 | hr | 4815 | Real Solutions to World Hunger Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-05-22 | 2002-06-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 22 | Real Solutions to World Hunger Act of 2002 - Makes it unlawful for any person to ship, or offer to ship, or for any carrier or person to transport, or receive for transportation, to any foreign country, any genetically engineered animal, plant, or seed (as defined by this Act) if the person knows or has reason to believe that the engineered article will be used to produce an agricultural commodity if: (1) such article was denied Federal approval for U.S. marketing, or its application for approval was withdrawn; or (2) the foreign government has not certified that related ecological impacts of such article have been satisfactorily mitigated.Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to designated international research institutions to promote development of sustainable agricultural techniques (which may not derive any genetic engineered material) that rely on minimum artificial inputs to meet developing countries' food and fiber needs.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the United States Executive Director at each international financial institution to make no effort to encourage the institution from prohibiting countries eligible for certain assistance from requiring compulsory licensing of genetically engineered animals, plants, or seeds.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a tax on a corporation equal to one percent of the gross income that is attributable to the U.S. marketing of any genetically engineered organism (as defined by this Act), or the holding of a patent on any such organism; and (2) establish in the Treasury the Sustainable Agriculture Trust Fund. | 2025-08-19T17:29:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4815 |
| 107-hr-4693 | 107 | hr | 4693 | Arafat Accountability Act | International Affairs | 2002-05-09 | 2002-07-11 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7] | MO | R | B000575 | 79 | Arafat Accountability Act - Expresses the support of Congress for the President's efforts to achieve comprehensive peace in the State of Israel.Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should urge an immediate and unconditional cessation of all terrorist activities and the commencement of a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians; (2) the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) should immediately surrender to Israel for detention and prosecution those Palestinian extremists wanted by Israel for the assassination of Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Zeevi; and (3) Yasser Arafat and the PLO must take immediate and concrete action to publicly condemn all acts of terrorism, confiscate and destroy the infrastructures of terrorism, and end (and urge all Arab nations to end) financial support for terrorism.Prohibits the Secretary of State (Secretary) and the Attorney General, respectively, from issuing a visa or admitting to the United States any member of the PLO or official of the PA. Permits the President to waive this prohibition in the national security interest of the United States.Directs the President to reinstate the prohibition on the establishment or maintenance of a Palestinian information office in the United States, except for operation of the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine (POM) at the United Nations. Requires the Secretary to impose travel restrictions on the senior official of the POM.Requires the President to identify and freeze specific United States assets of the PLO and the PA.Requires the President to report to specified congressional committees on PLO or PA terrorist activities. | 2025-08-19T17:31:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4693 |
| 107-hr-4699 | 107 | hr | 4699 | To establish appropriate procedures and sanctions to ensure that unpaid parking fines and penalties owed to New York City by foreign countries are paid. | International Affairs | 2002-05-09 | 2002-05-09 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] | NY | R | F000440 | 12 | Requires the Secretary of State to impose certain sanctions against a foreign country that owes unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties to New York City, New York, including to: (1) deny the issuance or renewal of any diplomatic license plates for vehicles for that country; (2) withhold certain foreign assistance funds from such country; and (3) reappropriate certain unobligated foreign assistance funds available for the country to pay fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties it owes to New York City. | 2025-01-02T16:51:48Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4699 |
| 107-hr-4624 | 107 | hr | 4624 | Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-04-30 | 2002-05-20 | Executive Comment Requested from DOD, DOE. | House | Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] | CA | D | T000057 | 1 | Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 2002 - States that it is U.S. policy to work cooperatively with the Russian Federation to prevent the diversion of weapons of mass destruction and material and scientific and technical expertise necessary to design and build such weapons.Amends the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 to waive restrictions on certain assistance to the independent states of the former Soviet Union if the President certifies to Congress that such waiver is in the U.S. national security interests.States that it is U.S. policy to establish with the Russian Federation inventories of, and data exchanges concerning, nuclear warheads and certain nuclear materials. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to allow the reciprocal exchange of such restricted data.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 to carry out cooperative threat reduction and related programs with the Russian Federation.Supports the President's objective for the United States, by FY 2012, to maintain between 1,700 to 2,200 operationally deployed nuclear warheads.Extends through FY 2003 the U.S. moratorium on underground testing of nuclear weapons. Requires the President to notify Congress 12 months prior to conducting any such test.Requires reports on: (1) progress made in establishing the U.S.-Russian nuclear inventories and data exchanges; (2) the number and posture of U.S. nuclear warheads; (3) options for achieving the FY 2012 level of U.S. operationally deployed nuclear warheads; and (4) options on reducing the time required to conduct an underground nuclear test. | 2025-08-19T17:29:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4624 |
| 107-hr-4591 | 107 | hr | 4591 | Colombia Antiterrorism Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-04-25 | 2002-05-20 | Executive Comment Requested from DOD. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 10 | Colombia Antiterrorism Act of 2002 - Supports the democratically elected Government of Colombia and the Colombian people as they strive to protect their democracy from terrorism and the scourge of illicit narcotics. Deplores the continuing criminal terrorist acts of murder, abduction, and extortion by United States-designated foreign terrorist organizations in Colombia against U.S. citizens, the civilian population of Colombia, and Colombian authorities.Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should designate a high-ranking official to coordinate all U.S. assistance to the Government of Colombia to ensure clarity of U.S. policy and the effective delivery of U.S. support.Makes certain Department of State funds for assistance to the Government of Colombia available to support a unified campaign against illicit narcotics trafficking, terrorist activities, and other threats to the national security of Colombia. Authorizes appropriations to the President to support such campaign. | 2025-08-19T17:31:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4591 |
| 107-hr-4483 | 107 | hr | 4483 | Syria Accountability Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-04-18 | 2002-09-18 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | A000217 | 172 | Syria Accountability Act of 2002 - Prohibits the President from exporting any item on the United States Munitions List or Commerce Control List of dual-use items in the Export Administration Regulations, providing any U.S. assistance to U.S. businesses with respect to investment or other activities, or conducting Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Trade Development Agency programs in or with respect to Syria.Directs the President to impose two or more specified sanctions against Syria.Requires maintenance of such prohibition and sanctions until the President certifies that Syria meets specified requirements, including that it: (1) does not support international terrorist groups; (2) has withdrawn all of its military personnel from Lebanon; (3) has ceased the development and deployment of ballistic missiles and biological and chemical weapons; (4) is no longer in violation of United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 661 and subsequent relevant resolutions; (5) has made substantial progress in negotiations aimed at a peace agreement with Israel and a peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon; and (6) is respecting the sovereignty and political independence of Lebanon as required under UN Security Council Resolution 520. Authorizes the President to provide development assistance to Syria and Lebanon if these six requirements are met. | 2025-08-19T17:29:36Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4483 |
| 107-hr-4524 | 107 | hr | 4524 | Debt Relief Enhancement Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-04-18 | 2002-04-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 35 | Debt Relief Enhancement Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to commence efforts immediately within the Paris Club of Official Creditors, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and other appropriate multilateral development institutions to modify the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative so that the amount of debt stock reduction approved for a country eligible for debt relief shall be sufficient to reduce, by a specified deadline, the net present value of the outstanding public and publicly guaranteed debt of the country, and the annual payments due, to levels determined according to certain formulae.Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the options and costs associated with expanding debt relief under the Initiative to poor countries not eligible for inclusion in it.Authorizes the President to reduce amounts owed to the United States (or any Federal agency) by an eligible country as a result of: (1) certain guarantees issued under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms Export Control Act; or (3) any obligation (or portion of it) to pay for purchases of U.S. agricultural commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit Corporation under specified export credit programs.Prescribes other specified conditions and prohibitions with respect to country eligibility.Requires any country otherwise eligible to receive debt cancellation under the modifications to the Initiative made by this Act, among other things, to agree to: (1) ensure that the financial benefits of debt cancellation are applied to programs to combat HIV/AIDS and poverty; and (2) implement transparent and participatory policymaking and budget procedures, good governance, and effective anticorruption measures.Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative), the Arms Export Control Act, and the Export Administration Act of 1979 to modify specifie… | 2025-08-19T17:30:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4524 |
| 107-hr-4169 | 107 | hr | 4169 | American Servicemember and Citizen Protection Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-04-11 | 2002-04-12 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E512) | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 39 | American Servicemember and Citizen Protection Act of 2002 - Urges the President to formally rescind the signature approving the Statute of the International Criminal Court made on behalf of the United States and to take necessary steps to prevent the Court's establishment. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for the establishment or operation of the Court.Declares that any action taken by or on behalf of the Court: (1) against any member of the U.S. armed forces shall be considered an act of aggression against the United States; or (2) against any U.S. citizen or national shall be considered an offense against the law of nations. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties against any person who knowingly violates the requirements of this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:30:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4169 |
| 107-hr-4209 | 107 | hr | 4209 | Promoting Self-Reliance for the World's Poorest Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-04-11 | 2002-04-12 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E520) | House | Rep. Roemer, Tim [D-IN-3] | IN | D | R000385 | 62 | Promoting Self-Reliance for the World's Poorest Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to reauthorize sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise assistance programs through micro- and small enterprise development credits and microenterprise development grants for developing countries.Revises certain requirements with respect to such programs to require 50 percent of all microenterprise resources to be obligated and expended in support of programs or services under which 50 percent or more of the clients are initially very poor, that is, those persons living in the bottom 50 percent below the poverty line or those living on the equivalent of less than $1 per day. Requires the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (AID) to develop and implement certain interim methods to measure the level of poverty of clients of sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs under the Act. | 2025-08-19T17:32:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4209 |
| 107-hr-4114 | 107 | hr | 4114 | GAINS for Women and Girls Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-04-09 | 2002-04-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | M000941 | 11 | Global Action and Investments for New Success for Women and Girls Act of 2002 (or GAINS for Women and Girls Act of 2002) - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other specified Federal law to require administration of such law with particular attention to programs, projects, and activities which integrate women into the national economies of developing countries.Requires the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to appoint a head of the Office of Women in Development (WID) at the Deputy Assistant Administrator level or higher.Authorizes the President to establish a coordinating council to promote the advancement of women and girls in all Federal agency policies and programs.Requires the Secretary of Commerce, the USAID Administrator, and the Secretary of the Treasury to take certain actions with respect to: (1) reducing women's poverty in developing countries; (2) supporting women's businesses through access to resources and financial markets; and (3) improving the terms and conditions of women's work.Women and International Trade Act of 2002 - Directs the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to: (1) establish a Trade, Gender, and Development Policy Advisory Committee to provide policy advice on issues involving trade, gender, and international development; and (2) review (with other specified Federal agency heads) the impacts of trade liberalization on women and their communities.Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to: (1) quality education for women and girls in developing countries; and (2) tuberculosis treatment for very poor, at-risk, and affected populations.Directs the USAID Administrator to carry out programs of: (1) child survival and maternal health assistance to individuals in developing countries; (2) gender-sensitive sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV prevention; and (3) topical microbicide development.Requires U.S. international programs to incorporate certain measures with respect to family planning and reproductive health a… | 2025-08-19T17:30:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4114 |
| 107-hr-4073 | 107 | hr | 4073 | To amend the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs under those Acts, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2002-03-20 | 2002-11-14 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 79 | Amends the Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act of 2000 to make as one of its purposes that in implementation of this Act at least 50 percent of all microenterprise assistance be targeted to the very poor, that is, those persons living either in the bottom 50 percent below the poverty line or on less than the equivalent of one dollar per day.(Sec. 2) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to revise congressional findings and policy with respect to the micro- and small enterprise development credits program to declare that it is in the best interests of the United States to assist the access to financial services and the development of microenterprises in developing countries, and to engage the U.S. private sector in such process. Authorizes the President to provide assistance to increase the availability of financial services (not just credit) to microenterprise households lacking full access to credit, including through: (1) loans and guarantees to microfinance institutions for the purpose of expanding the availability of savings and credit to poor and low-income households; (2) training programs to enable microfinance institutions to better meet the financial services needs of their clients; and (3) training programs to enable clients to make better use of credit, increase their financial literacy, and to better manage their enterprises.Revises program eligibility criteria to require the Administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering such program to establish criteria for determining which microfinance institutions are eligible to carry out program activities with respect to microenterprise households assisted under this Act. Limits the use of such assistance to support programs for microenterprise households.Authorizes appropriations through FY 2004.(Sec. 3) Revises congressional findings and policy with respect to the microenterprise development grant assistance program to declare that: (1) access to financial services and the development of microenterprise are vital factors in the st… | 2025-04-07T13:40:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/4073 |
| 107-hr-3994 | 107 | hr | 3994 | Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-03-19 | 2002-05-22 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 9 | Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 - Title I: Economic and Democratic Development Assistance for Afghanistan - Sets forth principles governing the provision of assistance for Afghanistan, including reducing terrorism and narcotics control, the participation of women, Afghan self-reliance, stability, and coordination of international donors.(Sec. 104) Authorizes the President to provide assistance for Afghanistan for the following activities: (1) urgent humanitarian needs; (2) repatriation and resettlement of refugees and internally displaced persons; (3) counternarcotics efforts; (4) reestablishment of food security, rehabilitation of the agriculture sector, improvement in health conditions, and the reconstruction of basic infrastructure; (5) reestablishment of Afghanistan as a viable nation-state through support for the development and expansion of democratic and market-based institutions; and (6) support for the establishment of a market economy, private financial institutions, the development of a telecommunications infrastructure, and trade and commercial links. Conditions certain assistance, initially, on the convention of a Loya Jirga (traditional Afghan assembly), and later, on substantial progress toward a constitution and democratically elected government, unless the President certifies to Congress that the vital national interests of the United States require otherwise.(Sec. 105) Earmarks funds for assistance in the major opium producing regions, including areas within the Badakshan, Helmand, and Qandahar provinces, with the goal of eliminating poppy cultivation. Denies such assistance to regions where the Afghan Government does not actively, effectively, and vigorously participate in illicit narcotics suppression activities or where production is more than de minimis, unless the President certifies to Congress that the vital national interests of the United States require otherwise.(Sec. 106) Urges the President to: (1) designate within the Department of State a coordinator (with the advice and c… | 2025-04-07T13:40:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3994 |
| 107-hr-3969 | 107 | hr | 3969 | Freedom Promotion Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-03-14 | 2002-07-23 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 1 | Freedom Promotion Act of 2002 - Title I: United States Public Diplomacy - (Sec. 102) Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to set forth the public diplomacy responsibilities of the State Department, including that it develop a comprehensive strategy for the use of public diplomacy resources and assume a prominent role in coordinating the efforts of all Federal agencies involved in public diplomacy.Requires the Secretary of State to: (1) make public diplomacy an integral component in the planning and execution of U.S. foreign policy; (2) ensure, in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development (AID), that information concerning U.S. foreign assistance is disseminated widely and prominently, to the extent practicable, within countries and regions that receive such assistance; (2) establish a public diplomacy reserve corps to augment the public diplomacy resources and capabilities of the States Department in emergency and critical circumstances worldwide; and (3) establish a multimedia programming and distribution capacity including satellite, Internet, and other services.Revises the functions of the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy to include the provision of guidance to State Department personnel in the United States and overseas who conduct or implement U.S. public diplomacy policies, programs, and activities.(Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary of State to prepare an annual review and analysis of the impact of public diplomacy efforts on target audiences and, on the basis of such review, to develop, and report to the appropriate congressional committees, on an annual plan for the implementation of a public diplomacy strategy which specifies goals, agency responsibilities, and necessary resources and mechanisms for achieving such goals during the next fiscal year.(Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary of State to emphasize the importance of public diplomacy and applicable skills and techniques in the recruitment, training, and assignment of Foreign Service members, includ… | 2025-04-07T13:40:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3969 |
| 107-hr-3975 | 107 | hr | 3975 | To provide for acceptance of the Fourth Amendment to the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, to provide for the Special Drawing Rights allocated to the United States pursuant to the amendment to be contributed to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and to require the Secretary of the Treasury to seek negotiations for the purpose of inducing the other member countries of the International Monetary Fund to make similar contributions to that Global Fund, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2002-03-14 | 2002-04-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1] | IA | R | L000169 | 2 | Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to accept, on behalf of the United States, the fourth amendment to the Articles of Agreement of the IMF approved in resolution numbered 52- 4 of the IMF's Board of Governors.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) instruct the U.S. Executive Director at the IMF to seek an agreement to include the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), in its capacity as administrator of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, as a prescribed holder of Special Drawing Rights; (2) upon achieving an agreement, provide for the contribution of one-third of the Special Drawing Rights received by the United States to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and (3) seek to enter into negotiations to induce IMF member countries to contribute their allocated Special Drawing Rights to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. | 2025-01-02T16:50:27Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3975 |
| 107-hr-3916 | 107 | hr | 3916 | Saving Women's Lives Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-03-07 | 2002-03-07 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 57 | Saving Women's Lives Act of 2002 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 and 2003 for U.S. voluntary contributions to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Prohibits the availability of such funds for an UNFPA country program in China. Conditions the availability of funds to UNFPA upon its maintenance of them in a separate, non-commingled account, and on its not funding abortions as a method of family planning. | 2025-08-19T17:31:10Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3916 |
| 107-hr-3855 | 107 | hr | 3855 | Young Peacebuilders Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-03-05 | 2002-03-06 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E276, E278) | House | Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] | CO | D | U000038 | 1 | Young Peacebuilders Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Young Peacebuilders Program to promote visits to the United States by youth from regions of conflict for training in peaceful cooperation and mutual understanding. | 2025-08-19T17:32:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3855 |
| 107-hr-3836 | 107 | hr | 3836 | Russian Federation Debt Reduction for Nonproliferation Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-03-04 | 2002-03-04 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] | CA | D | T000057 | 16 | Russian Federation Debt Reduction for Nonproliferation Act of 2002 - Establishes within the Department of the Treasury the "Russian Nonproliferation Investment Facility" for the purpose of providing for the administration of Soviet-era debt reduction.Authorizes the President to: (1) reduce the amount of outstanding Soviet-era debt owed by the Russian Federation to the United States (including any credits extended under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954); (2) sell to eligible purchasers outstanding Soviet-era debts for the purpose of facilitating debt-for-nonproliferation exchanges; and (3) sell any related loan or credit to the Russian Federation itself (debt buyback). Conditions any debt reduction on an agreement with the Russian Federation concerning the use of funds saved by that country as a result of debt relief, including devotion of a significant proportion to nonproliferation programs and projects.Prohibits the exercise of any debt reduction authority under this Act unless and until the President certifies to Congress that the Russian Federation has made material progress in stemming the flow of sensitive goods, technologies, material and know-how related to the design, development, and production of weapons of mass destruction to countries that have provided support for acts of international terrorism.Authorizes the President to institute discussions with the Paris Club of creditor states to negotiate debt-for-nonproliferation exchanges with the Russian Federation. | 2025-08-19T17:32:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3836 |
| 107-hr-3743 | 107 | hr | 3743 | No More Terror in New York Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2002-02-13 | 2002-02-13 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | E000179 | 1 | No More Terror in New York Act of 2002 - Urges the: (1) Secretary of State to designate the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), appropriate PLO constituent groups, and appropriate arms of the Palestinian Authority as a foreign terrorist organization; (2) President to direct the U.S. Representative to the United Nations (UN) to ensure termination of the PLO's permanent observer status; and (3) United Nations General Assembly to revoke such status and any status under which the PLO is able to maintain an office in New York City.Restricts the travel of any alien admitted to the United States with diplomatic status as a representative of the PLO to within a 25-mile radius of the UN Headquarters Building. Requires prior approval of a written request for any other travel in the United States.Requires biannual reports from the Secretary of State to specified congressional committees on the PLO's involvement with acts of terror and terrorist groups, as well as on PLO representatives' travel outside the restricted areas. | 2025-08-19T17:31:51Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3743 |
| 107-hr-3703 | 107 | hr | 3703 | Restoring Justice to the Victims of Terrorism Act | International Affairs | 2002-02-07 | 2002-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] | MI | R | H000676 | 1 | Restoring Justice to the Victims of Terrorism Act - Establishes that the assets, thought to be those of terrorists, frozen pursuant to the President's Executive Order of September 23, 2001, or pursuant to subsequent Executive Orders dealing with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, be kept in a separate account in the Treasury. Authorizes the President to distribute the funds to the victims and surviving family members of victims of the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia on September 11, 2001, the United Way and the New York Community Trust September 11th fund, the American Red Cross, the Twin Towers Orphans' Fund, and the Twin Towers Fund. | 2025-08-19T17:32:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3703 |
| 107-hr-3656 | 107 | hr | 3656 | To amend the International Organizations Immunities Act to provide for the applicability of that Act to the European Central Bank. | International Affairs | 2002-01-29 | 2002-11-05 | Became Public Law No: 107-278. | House | Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-1] | IA | R | L000169 | 0 | Amends the International Organizations Immunities Act to extend its provisions to the European Central Bank in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions, as they may be extended to a public international organization in which the United States participates pursuant to any treaty or under any Act of Congress authorizing such participation or making an appropriation for such participation. | 2025-04-07T13:38:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3656 |
| 107-hr-3624 | 107 | hr | 3624 | Peace With Security Act | International Affairs | 2002-01-24 | 2002-01-24 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7] | VA | R | C001046 | 71 | Peace With Security Act - Prohibits U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (or any instrumentality of the Palestinian Authority). Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition if it is in the national security interests of the United States. | 2025-08-19T17:29:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3624 |
| 107-hr-3627 | 107 | hr | 3627 | No Safe Harbor Act | International Affairs | 2002-01-24 | 2002-03-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC-3] | SC | R | G000359 | 1 | No Safe Harbor Act - Authorizes the President to impose specified sanctions, including economic embargo and the blocking of property in the United States, against any country (or entity where applicable) that has been determined to: (1) have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; (2) not be cooperating fully with the United States antiterrorism efforts; and (3) be otherwise aiding and abetting terrorist activity. Sets forth certain penalties for violations committed under this Act.Authorizes the President to vest and liquidate as much of property of such country or entity that has been blocked under this Act to adequately compensate the victims of terrorist acts and their families. Authorizes the President to waive such sanctions in the U.S. national security interest. | 2025-08-19T17:29:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3627 |
| 107-hr-3556 | 107 | hr | 3556 | Afghanistan Illegal Drug Eradication Act | International Affairs | 2001-12-20 | 2001-12-20 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-35] | CA | D | W000187 | 1 | Afghanistan Illegal Drug Eradication Act - Prohibits U.S. assistance for Afghanistan unless the President determines and certifies to Congress that the national Government of Afghanistan: (1) does not engage in the cultivation of poppies or drug trafficking or otherwise facilitate the cultivation, production, transportation, or distribution of illegal drugs; (2) has destroyed all illegal drugs held in storage at locations owned, operated, controlled, or seized by the Government; and (3) has established and is implementing appropriate institutional mechanisms to prohibit the cultivation, production, transportation, and distribution of illegal drugs, including appropriate enforcement mechanisms.Prohibits assistance for an individual or entity in Afghanistan that cultivates, produces, transports, or distributes illegal drugs. Requires any officer or employee of a U.S. department or agency to report any knowledge of facts or circumstances that reasonably indicate that any individual or entity in Afghanistan that receives U.S. assistance is involved in any such activity to the Attorney General and the Inspector General or head of the department or agency involved. | 2025-08-19T17:30:37Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3556 |
| 107-hr-3568 | 107 | hr | 3568 | Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics Sustainable Food Production Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-12-20 | 2001-12-20 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 0 | Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics Sustainable Food Production Act of 2001 - Directs the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to provide financial assistance to nongovernmental organizations carrying out rural developmental activities in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Stipulates the aid shall be used for: (1) restocking seed; (2) replacing breeding livestock; (3) restoring basic irrigation systems; (4) providing access to credit for food production, processing or marketing enterprises through rural microenterprise loan programs; and (5) technical assistance. Places human rights and other conditions on the government of Afghanistan for projects to be funded in Afghanistan. | 2025-08-19T17:31:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3568 |
| 107-hr-3427 | 107 | hr | 3427 | Afghanistan Freedom and Reconstruction Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-12-06 | 2001-12-13 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2300-2301) | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 17 | Afghanistan Freedom and Reconstruction Act of 2001 - States that United States policy should be to support the convening of a traditional Afghan assembly in order to facilitate a transition in Afghanistan to a popularly elected representative government. Authorizes the President to send aid under the Foreign Assistance Act to support transition to a multiethnic democratic government in Afghanistan. Authorizes the Broadcasting Board of Governors to increase Voice of America broadcasts into Afghanistan and to use Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to create "Radio Free Afghanistan" broadcasts in local languages.Authorizes the President to disburse additional humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003, to be distributed equitably and to include assistance for Afghan refugees in Central Asia. Expresses the sense of Congress that development aid should be targeted toward refugees, women, and the urban and rural poor, and that emphasis for all aid should be placed on needs of women and children, particularly girls.Authorizes the President to disburse assistance for a multinational security force in Afghanistan, and to make a donation to the United Nations Drug Control Program to combat trafficking in illicit drugs in Afghanistan, particularly heroin. Directs the President to institute economic sanctions against governments not complying with specific United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the former Taliban government of Afghanistan. | 2025-08-19T17:30:27Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3427 |
| 107-hr-3342 | 107 | hr | 3342 | Access for Afghan Women Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-11-19 | 2001-11-19 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] | MD | R | M000941 | 28 | Access for Afghan Women Act of 2001 - Directs the United States to undertake a variety of measures to guard and enhance the quality of life of Afghan and other Central Asian women, including the following: (1) incorporating the perspectives of women's and human rights organizations in matters related to peace and the future governance of Afghanistan; (2) including significant numbers of women in drafting a new constitution for Afghanistan; (3) providing funding for education for all Afghans; (4) increasing Central Asian women's access to and ownership of productive assets and property; (5) providing funding for women-centered economic development programs in Central Asia; (6) assuring the safety and health of female Central Asian refugees; and (7) including women in peacekeeping and peace building measures in Central Asia. Defines Central Asia as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. | 2025-08-19T17:31:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3342 |
| 107-hr-3330 | 107 | hr | 3330 | Afghan Women and Children Relief Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-11-16 | 2001-11-16 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] | OH | R | P000555 | 37 | Afghan Women and Children Relief Act of 2001 - Authorizes the President, subject to specified conditions, to provide educational and health care assistance for the women and children living in Afghanistan and as refugees in neighboring countries. Directs the President to report biennially to specified congressional committees on the condition and status of women and children in Afghanistan and the persons in refugee camps while U.S. aid is given to displaced Afghans. | 2025-08-19T17:28:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3330 |
| 107-hr-3304 | 107 | hr | 3304 | Afghan Women and Children Relief Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-11-15 | 2001-11-15 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] | CA | D | M000714 | 0 | Afghan Women and Children Relief Act of 2001 - Authorizes the President, subject to specified conditions, to provide educational and health care assistance for the women and children living in Afghanistan and as refugees in neighboring countries. Directs the President to report biennially to specified congressional committees on the condition and status of women and children in Afghanistan and the persons in refugee camps while U.S. aid is given to displaced Afghans. | 2025-08-19T17:33:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3304 |
| 107-hr-3290 | 107 | hr | 3290 | Russian Fissile Materials Disposition Loan Guarantee Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-11-14 | 2001-11-14 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-22] | CA | D | C001036 | 5 | Russian Fissile Materials Disposition Loan Guarantee Act of 2001 - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy, with the President's approval, to guarantee loans (principal and up to three percent per year on interest) made to the Government of the Russian Federation for: (1) retirement of the sovereign debt of the Russian Federation; and (2) nuclear nonproliferation programs and activities. Sets forth certain guaranteed loan requirements.Mandates allocation of certain funds each fiscal year to cover the expenses of the International Atomic Energy Agency in implementing and maintaining safeguards at a Russian facility on specified metric tons of weapons-usable plutonium and highly enriched uranium. | 2025-08-19T17:29:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3290 |
| 107-hr-3294 | 107 | hr | 3294 | Cleanup and Reconstruction Assistance Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-11-14 | 2001-11-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 22 | Cleanup and Reconstruction Assistance Act of 2001 - Requires the President, if and when he vests and liquidates assets frozen pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, or subsequent Executive orders issued as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to: (1) deposit such assets in a separate account in the Treasury; and (2) distribute amounts in the account to the State of New York, the State of Pennsylvania, and the Department of Defense to cover costs associated with the removal of debris left as a result of the damage caused by the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the crash of the hijacked airliner in Pennsylvania, on September 11, 2001, including reconstruction on the damaged sites. | 2025-08-19T17:29:25Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3294 |
| 107-hr-3247 | 107 | hr | 3247 | American Renewed Diplomacy Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-11-07 | 2001-11-07 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Hilliard, Earl F. [D-AL-7] | AL | D | H000621 | 3 | American Renewed Diplomacy Act of 2001 - Terminates unilateral sanctions imposed on foreign countries. Declares that the Secretary of State may not prohibit the use of U.S. passports for travel to foreign countries. Directs the President to begin discussions and negotiations to establish full diplomatic relations with the government of any nation with which the United States does not maintain such relations and with any other governmental entities. | 2025-08-19T17:31:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3247 |
| 107-hr-3169 | 107 | hr | 3169 | International Disability and Victims of Landmines, Civil Strife and Warfare Assistance Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-10-25 | 2001-11-05 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160. | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 37 | International Disability and Victims of Landmines, Civil Strife and Warfare Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish assistance to individuals with disabilities, including victims of civil strife and warfare, in foreign countries. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon approval by the Secretary of State, to conduct programs (including the provision of grants to nongovernmental organizations for the purpose of carrying out research, prevention, public awareness, and assistance programs) in foreign countries related to individuals with disabilities, including victims of landmines and other victims of civil strife and warfare. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 5) Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide: (1) advice and expertise on prosthetics, orthotics, physical and psychological rehabilitation and treatment, and disability assistance to other Federal agencies with respect to the implementation of programs to provide assistance to victims of landmines and other victims of civil strife and warfare in foreign countries and landmine research and health-related programs; and (2) technical assistance to private voluntary organizations with respect to the planning, development, operation, and evaluation of such landmine assistance, research, and prevention programs.(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary of State to establish and chair an interagency group to coordinate all Federal programs that furnish assistance to victims of landmines and other victims of civil strife and warfare, and conduct landmine research, demining and prevention programs. Requires the interagency group to hold an annual public meeting to afford persons the opportunity to present views regarding to U.S. Government activities with respect to assistance to victims of landmines and other victims of civil strife and warfare and related programs. | 2025-04-07T13:41:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3169 |
| 107-hr-3167 | 107 | hr | 3167 | Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-10-24 | 2002-06-10 | Became Public Law No: 107-187. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 17 | Gerald B. H. Solomon Freedom Consolidation Act of 2001 - Reaffirms support for continued enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Alliance.Designates Slovakia for participation in the Partnership for Peace and eligible to receive certain security assistance under the NATO Participation Act of 1994.Authorizes specified amounts of security assistance for FY 2002 for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Romania. | 2025-04-07T13:41:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3167 |
| 107-hr-3151 | 107 | hr | 3151 | Freedom to Trade Act | International Affairs | 2001-10-17 | 2001-11-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 0 | Freedom to Trade Act - Prohibits a U.S. national, permanent resident alien, or Federal agency from entering into an agreement (including an agreement to provide a loan, guarantee, credit, or other financing) with a foreign person who prevents or inhibits a U.S. business from undertaking a commercial activity, or otherwise discriminates against the business, because of the religious beliefs, practices or associations, sexual orientation, race, or gender of an individual with an ownership interest in the U.S. business, an employee of the business, or an agent of such business.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive director of each international financial institution to use the U.S. vote to oppose any assistance from such institution to any foreign person that engages in any of the activities prohibited under this Act.Directs the Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and the Attorney General to exclude from the United States, any alien the Secretary of State determines is a person who engages in such prohibited activities. | 2025-08-19T17:32:50Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3151 |
| 107-hr-3145 | 107 | hr | 3145 | Trans-Atlantic Religious Protection Act (TARPA) of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-10-16 | 2001-11-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. | House | Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] | FL | R | R000435 | 2 | Trans-Atlantic Religious Protection Act (TARPA) of 2001 - Directs the President and the Secretary of State to raise violations of freedom of thought, conscience, religion, or belief at every level (including at international meetings) with representatives of European countries that have failed to implement their international commitments and obligations with respect to such freedoms.Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) promote educational and cultural workshops and forums among academies, religious leaders, and human rights organizations in the United States and in Europe in an effort to promote a better understanding of religious and philosophical diversity and a tolerant society; (2) train U.S. human rights monitors stationed at European posts to identify, investigate, and monitor persecution and discrimination on the basis of religion or belief; and (3) issue travel advisories on countries which discriminate on the basis of religion or belief advising Americans of potential dangers faced by individuals who are members of targeted groups. Authorizes the Secretary of State not to issue a visa to, and requires the Attorney General to exclude from the United States, any alien who is a high-ranking official of a government which is in violation of international obligations to guarantee such freedoms.Directs the U.S. Trade Representative to impose certain trade sanctions against European countries that engage in or tolerate violations of religious freedom.Directs the Secretary of Commerce to incorporate into International Trade Administration programs guidelines and warnings regarding discriminatory practices of European countries against U.S. products or businesses on the basis of religion. | 2025-08-19T17:30:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3145 |
| 107-hr-3088 | 107 | hr | 3088 | Afghanistan Freedom Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-10-11 | 2001-10-11 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 91 | See summary of: H.R. 3049 | 2025-08-19T17:29:17Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3088 |
| 107-hr-3074 | 107 | hr | 3074 | Air Piracy Reprisal and Capture Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-10-10 | 2001-12-04 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2202-2203) | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 10 | Air Piracy Reprisal and Capture Act of 2001 - Amends the Federal criminal code to expand provisions regarding: (1) piracy on the high seas to cover piracy in the skies and on land and, if death results, to authorize imposition of the death sentence; (2) arming or serving on privateers to increase penalties; (3) assault on a commander (as piracy) to cover assault on any airplane officer; (4) conversion or surrender of a vessel to cover aircraft and aircraft officers or service members and, if death results, to provide for the death sentence; and (5) corruption of seamen and confederating with pirates to cover aircraft and to increase penalties.Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to expand the application of piracy laws to acts committed upon land or in the air. Modifies a provision regarding the commissioning of private vessels for seizure of piratical vessels to authorize the President to instruct the leader of any suitable entity operating under the authority of any letters of marque and reprisal granted by Congress, whether on the high seas, in the skies, or on land, to subdue, seize, and take persons and property, using force as necessary to defend the lives, liberties, and property of U.S. citizens. Deems: (1) property identified as subject to seizure under such a letter subject to confiscation and forfeiture; and (2) any person so identified as subject to seizure subject to court-martial jurisdiction and to transfer into U.S. custody. | 2025-08-19T17:28:49Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3074 |
| 107-hr-3076 | 107 | hr | 3076 | September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-10-10 | 2001-12-04 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2202-2203) | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 9 | September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001 - Authorizes and requests the President to issue letters of marque and reprisal to commission privately armed and equipped persons and entities to seize outside of the United States the person and property of Osama bin Laden, of any al Qaeda co-conspirator, and any conspirator with Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda who are responsible for the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, including any similar planned acts against the United States in the future. Authorizes the President to place a bounty, from amounts appropriated on September 14, 2001, in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorists Attacks on the United States or from private sources, for the capture, dead or alive, of Osama bin Laden or any other al Qaeda conspirator responsible for the act of air piracy upon the United States on September 11, 2001. | 2025-08-19T17:31:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3076 |
| 107-hr-3049 | 107 | hr | 3049 | Afghanistan Freedom Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-10-05 | 2001-10-05 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR E1821-1822) | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 3 | Afghanistan Freedom Act of 2001- Declares it the policy of the United States to promote the removal from power of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in order to diminish the risk of terrorist attack on the United States and to restore basic freedoms to the Afghan people.Authorizes the President to provide military assistance, including defense articles, services, and education and training, for eligible Afghan resistance organizations.Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people, with emphasis on food, medicine, medical care, clothing, temporary shelter, and transportation for emergency supplies and personnel. Requires that such assistance be provided, to the extent practicable, through international agencies, private voluntary organizations, and eligible Afghan resistance organizations.Authorizes the Broadcasting Board of Governors to make grants for, and requires submission of a plan for establishing, surrogate radio broadcasting by RFE/RL, Incorporated (formerly known as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) to the people of Afghanistan (to be designated as Radio Free Afghanistan).Requires the President to submit quarterly reports to the appropriate congressional committees on violations by foreign countries or nationals of measures directed against the Taliban pursuant to specified United Nations Security Council resolutions. Requires such reports to evaluate the seriousness of any violations and authorizes the President to impose sanctions for violations that put at risk the lives of U.S. armed forces personnel or citizens, including: (1) denying assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act; (2) denying licenses for transfers of goods, services, or technology controlled under the Arms Export Control Act, the Export Administration Act of 1979, or the Export Administration Regulations; or (3) applying restrictions under the Trading With the Enemy Act. | 2025-08-19T17:30:11Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3049 |
| 107-hr-2977 | 107 | hr | 2977 | Space Preservation Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-10-02 | 2002-04-19 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD. | House | Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] | OH | D | K000336 | 0 | Space Preservation Act of 2001 - Reaffirms U.S. policy that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes.Directs the President to: (1) ban U.S. space-based weapons and remove from space any existing U.S. weapons; (2) terminate research and development, testing, manufacturing, production, and deployment of all such weapons; and (3) direct the U.S. representatives to the United Nations and other international organizations to work toward negotiating, adopting, and implementing a world agreement banning space-based weapons. | 2025-08-19T17:28:43Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2977 |
| 107-hr-2998 | 107 | hr | 2998 | Radio Free Afghanistan Act | International Affairs | 2001-10-02 | 2002-03-11 | Became Public Law No: 107-148. | House | Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | R000487 | 57 | Radio Free Afghanistan Act - Requires RFE/RL, Incorporated (also known as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) to submit to the Broadcasting Board of Governors a detailed plan for the establishment of surrogate broadcasting services (Radio Free Afghanistan) in the Dari and Pashto languages to Afghanistan. Authorizes the Board to make grants to support Radio Free Afghanistan.Declares that Radio Free Afghanistan shall adhere to the same standards of professionalism and accountability and oversight mechanisms as other services of RFE/RL, Incorporated.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 for international broadcasting operations and broadcasting capital improvements for broadcasting into Afghanistan.Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 to repeal the ban on the use of U.S. funds to construct a U.S. radio transmitter in Kuwait. | 2025-04-07T13:38:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2998 |
| 107-hr-2954 | 107 | hr | 2954 | To prohibit the importation into the United States of colombo tantalite from certain countries involved in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2001-09-25 | 2001-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. | House | Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] | GA | D | M000523 | 1 | Prohibits the importation into the United States of colombo tantalite (coltan) or tantalum, tantalum ore, or tantalum powder from the countries of Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, or the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Prohibits a U.S. person from purchasing such products from such countries outside of the United States. Sets forth a civil penalty for violations of this Act.Directs the Commissioner of Customs to determine, to the extent possible, the origins of such products in order to prevent their transshipment through another country for the purpose of evading the requirements of this Act. | 2025-01-02T16:48:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2954 |
| 107-hr-2889 | 107 | hr | 2889 | U.S.-India Security Cooperation Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-09-14 | 2001-09-14 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 2 | U.S.- India Security Cooperation Act of 2001 - Amends the Arms Export Control Act with respect to the prohibition on U.S. economic and military assistance to any previously non-nuclear-weapon state that detonates a nuclear explosive device. Limits such prohibition to such states that detonate such a device after May 13, 1998 (thus exempting India from such sanctions). | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2889 |
| 107-hr-2877 | 107 | hr | 2877 | To require that United States assistance may be provided to the government of a foreign country only if a treaty of extradition between that country and the United States is in force, or the government of that country and the United States have entered into negotiations to conclude a treaty of extradition. | International Affairs | 2001-09-12 | 2001-09-12 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] | TX | R | B000755 | 1 | Authorizes the provision of U.S. assistance to a foreign country only if a treaty of extradition between such country and the United States is in force, or the government of such country and the United States have entered into negotiations to conclude such a treaty. Exempts humanitarian assistance from this requirement. | 2025-01-02T16:48:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2877 |
| 107-hr-2832 | 107 | hr | 2832 | Viet Nam Human Rights Act | International Affairs | 2001-09-05 | 2001-09-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 0 | Viet Nam Human Rights Act - Declares the purpose of this Act is to promote the development of freedom and democracy in Viet Nam.Prohibits U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance to the Government of Viet Nam, with specified exceptions, unless the President determines and certifies to Congress that the Government of Viet Nam has made substantial progress in meeting certain human rights requirements.Requires the President to ensure that certain human rights requirements are applied with respect to the provision by specified international financial institutions of multilateral nonhumanitarian assistance to Viet Nam.Authorizes U.S. assistance for the support of individuals and organizations to promote human rights and nonviolent democratic change in Viet Nam.Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to: (1) overcoming the jamming of Radio Free Asia by Viet Nam; (2) U.S. educational and cultural exchange programs to promote freedom and democracy in Viet Nam; and (3) the offer of refugee resettlement to Viet Nam nationals.Directs the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress on Viet Nam's progress toward freedom and democracy. | 2025-08-19T17:28:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2832 |
| 107-hr-2833 | 107 | hr | 2833 | Viet Nam Human Rights Act | International Affairs | 2001-09-05 | 2001-09-14 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 160. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 13 | Viet Nam Human Rights Act - Title I: General Provisions - Declares the purpose of this Act is to promote the development of freedom and democracy in Viet Nam.Title II: Promotion of Freedom and Democracy in Viet Nam - Subtitle A: Prohibition on Nonhumanitarian Assistance to the Government of Viet Nam - Prohibits U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance to the Government of Viet Nam for FY 2002, and for each subsequent fiscal year, except for any program assisted in FY 2001, unless the President determines and certifies to Congress that: (1) the Government of Viet Nam has made substantial progress toward releasing all political and religious prisoners from imprisonment, including respecting freedom of religion and the human rights of members of ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands or elsewhere in Viet Nam; and (2) neither any official of the Government of Viet Nam nor entity owned by such Government was complicit in a severe form of trafficking in persons (or the Government of Viet Nam took appropriate steps to end such complicity). Authorizes the President to waive such requirements if he determines that the provision to the Government of Viet Nam of increased U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance would promote the purposes of this Act or is otherwise in the national interests of the United States.(Sec. 202) Requires the President to ensure that certain human rights requirements are applied with respect to the provision by specified international financial institutions of multilateral nonhumanitarian assistance to Viet Nam.Subtitle B: Assistance to Support Democracy in Viet Nam - Authorizes the President to provide U.S. assistance, through appropriate nongovernmental organizations, for the support of individuals and organizations to promote human rights and nonviolent democratic change in Viet Nam. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 and 2003.Subtitle C: United States Public Diplomacy - Declares it is U.S. policy to take such measures as are necessary to overcome the jamming of Radio Free Asia by the Government of V… | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2833 |
| 107-hr-2839 | 107 | hr | 2839 | Peace Corps HIV/AIDS Training Enhancement Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2002 | International Affairs | 2001-09-05 | 2001-10-30 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7391) | House | Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] | CA | D | M000714 | 44 | Peace Corps HIV/AIDS Training Enhancement Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2002 - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 2002 for the Peace Corps for additional health volunteers working with HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention methodologies, particularly the training of local HIV/AIDS trainers. | 2025-08-19T17:30:31Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2839 |
| 107-hr-2722 | 107 | hr | 2722 | Clean Diamond Trade Act | International Affairs | 2001-08-02 | 2001-11-30 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 248. | House | Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31] | NY | R | H000814 | 112 | Clean Diamond Trade Act - Authorizes the President to prohibit imports of rough diamonds (with specified exceptions) into the United States from any country that does not take certain measures to stop trade in conflict diamonds as long as such prohibition is necessary to protect the essential security interests of the United States (or pursuant to United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolutions on conflict diamonds), and is consistent with U.S. foreign policy interests, including its international obligations.(Sec. 5) Authorizes the President to prohibit specific entries of polished diamonds and jewelry containing diamonds if the President has credible evidence that such polished diamonds and jewelry were produced with conflict diamonds.(Sec. 6) Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for the import of prohibited diamonds and jewelry into the United States.(Sec. 7) Requires the President to report to Congress with respect to those countries that are involved in the export of conflict diamonds to the United States, including measures taken by the United States and such countries to ensure that such diamonds are not being imported into the United States.(Sec. 8) Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the provisions of this Act in preventing the importation of conflict diamonds into the United States.(Sec. 9) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the President should take the necessary steps to negotiate an international agreement to eliminate the trade in conflict diamonds and seek UN Security Council Resolutions for countries that are involved in conflicts linked to rough diamonds; (2) the provisions of this Act should not impede the trade in legitimate diamonds with countries that are working to eliminate trade in conflict diamonds, including through the negotiation of an effective international agreement to eliminate trade in conflict diamonds; and (3) companies involved in diamond extraction and trade should make financial contributions to c… | 2025-04-07T13:38:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2722 |
| 107-hr-2739 | 107 | hr | 2739 | To amend Public Law 107-10 to authorize a United States plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2001-08-02 | 2002-04-04 | Became Public Law No: 107-158. | House | Rep. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH-13] | OH | D | B000944 | 24 | Amends Federal law to authorize the Secretary of State to initiate a U.S. plan to endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual week-long summit of the World Health Assembly in May 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland, and to instruct the U.S. delegation there to implement such plan. | 2025-04-07T13:38:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2739 |
| 107-hr-2767 | 107 | hr | 2767 | To amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for maintenance by the American Battle Monuments Commission of a memorial park in Nairobi, Kenya, honoring the persons killed by the bombing of the United States Embassy. | International Affairs | 2001-08-02 | 2001-08-02 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 0 | Amends Federal law to direct the American Battle Monuments Commission, after an agreement is made between the U.S. Government and the Government of Kenya, to maintain at the site of the former U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, a memorial park honoring the persons killed by the bombing of such embassy on August 7, 1998. Authorizes the Commission to solicit and accept private contributions to carry out this Act. | 2025-01-02T16:48:08Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2767 |
| 107-hr-2782 | 107 | hr | 2782 | Corporate Code of Conduct Act | International Affairs | 2001-08-02 | 2001-08-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4] | GA | D | M000523 | 25 | Corporate Code of Conduct Act - Requires any national of the United States that employs more than 20 persons in a foreign country, either directly or through subsidiaries, subcontractors, affiliates, joint ventures, partners, or licensees (including any security forces), to take the necessary steps to implement the Corporate Code of Conduct specified by this Act with respect to the employment of those persons.States that such Corporate Code of Conduct requires that a U.S. national comply with certain principles regarding fair employment, international human rights, and the environment.Requires: (1) Federal agency heads to give preference in the award of contracts to entities adopting and enforcing such Code; (2) the Secretary of Commerce to give preference to such entities that are also U.S. exporters with introduction to contacts in foreign countries, and in coordinating trade missions; (3) the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Trade and Development Agency to give such entities preference in providing financing and issuing investment insurance, reinsurance, and guaranties under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; and (4) the Export-Import Bank to give such entities preference in providing guarantees, insurance, and credit, and in participating in extensions of credit.Establishes a private right of action to petition the appropriate Federal official to investigate alleged Code compliance violations.Requires the Secretary of Commerce and others, upon a determination of Code noncompliance, to terminate a contract entered into with the noncomplying entity, and withdraw, suspend, or limit the entity's preference under this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:28:44Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2782 |
| 107-hr-2699 | 107 | hr | 2699 | American Citizens' Protection and War Criminal Prosecution Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-08-01 | 2001-08-01 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10] | MA | D | D000210 | 3 | American Citizens' Protection and War Criminal Prosecution Act of 2001 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should: (1) support the due process rights of U.S. citizens before foreign tribunals, including the International Criminal Court (ICC); (2) continue to participate in negotiations of the ICC's Preparatory Commission and as an observer in the Assembly of States Parties; (3) provide diplomatic and legal assistance to U.S. citizens who face prosecution without full due process; and (4) undertake to ensure that no U.S. citizen will face prosecutions without due process.Declares that the United States shall not extradite U.S. citizens to the ICC under specified circumstances.Directs: (1) the United States, if a U.S. citizen is accused of a crime under the Rome Statute to the ICC, to investigate and prosecute the crime, with an exception; and (2) the President, if a case involving a U.S. citizen is found admissible, to use diplomatic and legal resources to ensure that such person receives due process and available exculpatory evidence.Sets forth various study and reporting requirements.Authorizes the United States to provide assistance to the ICC for the prosecution of accused war criminals.Directs the President to: (1) ensure that procedures are in place to prevent the transfer of classified national security information to the ICC, the United Nations, and other governments; and (2) certify, prior to submission of the Rome Statute to the Senate, that the ICC has established a demonstrated record of fair and impartial prosecution. | 2025-08-19T17:29:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2699 |
| 107-hr-2707 | 107 | hr | 2707 | To restrict United States assistance of any kind to Turkey until Turkey uses its influence with the Turkish Cypriot leadership to achieve a settlement on Cyprus based on United Nations Security Council resolutions. | International Affairs | 2001-08-01 | 2001-08-01 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000149 | 0 | Prohibits U.S. assistance to Turkey until it uses its influence with the Turkish Cypriot leadership to achieve a settlement on Cyprus that calls for certain goals to be met. | 2025-01-02T16:48:08Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2707 |
| 107-hr-2662 | 107 | hr | 2662 | To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes. | International Affairs | 2001-07-26 | 2001-08-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] | TX | R | P000583 | 8 | Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other specified Federal law to repeal the embargo placed upon all trade with Cuba.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to declare the denial of foreign tax credit inapplicable to Cuba.Permits: (1) installation and maintenance of telecommunications equipment and facilities in Cuba, including telecommunications services between the United States and Cuba; and (2) travel to and from Cuba by U.S. citizens or residents.Requires the U.S. Postal Service to provide direct mail service to and from Cuba.Prohibits U.S. assistance to Cuba, including assistance by the Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the Commodity Credit Corporation, and any exchange, reduction, or forgiveness of Cuban debt. | 2025-02-04T16:54:13Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2662 |
| 107-hr-2566 | 107 | hr | 2566 | Temple Mount Preservation Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-07-19 | 2001-07-19 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Cantor, Eric [R-VA-7] | VA | R | C001046 | 37 | Temple Mount Preservation Act of 2001 - Bars the use of appropriated funds for assistance to the Palestinian Authority (or its instrumentalities) unless the President certifies to Congress that no excavation of the Temple Mount in Israel is being conducted, other than that authorized by the Israeli Antiquities Authority. Provides a waiver of such prohibition if it is certified to Congress that it is in the national security interests of the United States. | 2025-08-19T17:33:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2566 |
| 107-hr-2567 | 107 | hr | 2567 | CASA Code and Safety for the Americas Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-07-19 | 2001-07-19 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 0 | CASA Code and Safety for the Americas Act of 2001 - Authorizes the President to carry out a program providing development assistance to improve international building construction practices in Latin American countries (Ecuador, El Salvador, and other Latin American countries the President designates). Provides for such assistance through grants for: (1) the training of selected professionals in eligible Latin American countries in the ICC International Codes; and (2) the translation into Spanish, and the publication of, specified international building codes. | 2025-08-19T17:29:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2567 |
| 107-hr-2574 | 107 | hr | 2574 | International Extradition Enforcement Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-07-19 | 2001-08-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. | House | Rep. Miller, Dan [R-FL-13] | FL | R | M000720 | 15 | International Extradition Enforcement Act of 2001 - Directs the Secretary of State to report annually to Congress on efforts between the United States and a government of a foreign country to extradite to the United States an individual being held in custody by such government and whom the United States: (1) has charged with a major extraditable offense; (2) has found guilty of committing a major extraditable offense; or (3) is seeking to extradite to complete a judicially pronounced penalty of deprivation of liberty for a major extraditable offense. Defines "major extraditable offense" as murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, kidnaping, abduction, or other false imprisonment, rape, drug trafficking, or terrorism.Prohibits the provision of development and security assistance to, or the issuance of a visa to any alien who is a high-ranking official of, a government of a country uncooperative in extradition efforts with the United States. Provides for the waiver of such prohibitions if it is in the vital national interests of the United States.Amends Federal criminal law to increase the criminal penalty for individuals who flee to avoid prosecution or give testimony in the United States. Imposes both civil and criminal penalties for persons who knowingly transfer from the United States anything of value to a person in a foreign country with the intent to assist such person in resisting extradition to the United States. | 2025-08-19T17:28:10Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2574 |
| 107-hr-2541 | 107 | hr | 2541 | Enhanced Protective Activities Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-07-18 | 2001-11-14 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 1 | Enhanced Protective Activities Act of 2001 - Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize special agents of the Department of State and the Foreign Service to: (1) obtain and execute search warrants, subpoenas, or summonses as those authorities relate to visa fraud investigations (current law) or their protective duties; and (2) make arrests without warrants for certain offenses while conducting their statutory investigative (current law) or protective functions. Adds a new protective function with respect to a President-elect.Creates a new (misdemeanor) prohibition against obstructing, resisting, or interfering with a Federal law enforcement agency engaged in the performance of the protective functions authorized by such Act.Specifies that whoever engages in any conduct directed against an individual entitled to protection, which would constitute a violation of the Federal criminal code if such individual were a foreign official, an official guest, or an internationally protected person, shall be subject to the same penalties as are provided for such conduct directed against an individual subject to protection under the Federal criminal code. | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2541 |
| 107-hr-2506 | 107 | hr | 2506 | Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 | International Affairs | 2001-07-17 | 2002-01-10 | Became Public Law No: 107-115. | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 0 | Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002 (Kenneth M. Ludden Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2002) - Title I: Export and Investment Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) direct loans, loan guarantees, tied-aid grants, insurance, and administrative expenses under Export-Import Bank programs; (2) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) credit and insurance programs, including administrative expenses; and (3) the Trade and Development Agency.Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2002 for: (1) expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) for child survival and disease programs (earmarking amounts for HIV/AIDS, polio, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases), including family planning/reproductive health programs; (3) specified development assistance (earmarking amounts for children's basic education, Laos, plant biotechnology research and development (R&D), the International Fertilizer Development Center, the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program, and for certain environment, clean energy, and energy conservation program activities); (4) Economic Support Fund (ESF) assistance (earmarking amounts to support democracy activities in Burma, democracy and humanitarian activities along the Burma-Thailand border, and for Burmese student groups and other organizations located outside Burma, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Cyprus, Lebanon, East Timor, and the National Democratic Alliance of Sudan); (5) international disaster assistance (including such assistance to support transition to democracy and to long-term development of countries in crisis); (6) guaranteed loans for micro and small enterprise development programs and urban programs, with limitation; (7) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (8) operating expenses of A… | 2026-03-09T19:34:09Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2506 |
| 107-hr-2507 | 107 | hr | 2507 | To prohibit payment by the United States Government of any request or claim by the Government of the People's Republic of China for reimbursement of the costs associated with the United States Navy EP-3 aircraft that was forced to land on Hainan Island, China, on April 1, 2001. | International Affairs | 2001-07-17 | 2001-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific. | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 15 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should make a complete accounting of all costs associated with the downing of the EP-3 aircraft that was forced to land on Hainan Island, China, on April 1, 2001, and make a formal request to the Chinese Government for reimbursement of such costs.Bars the use of funds made available to any department or agency of the U.S. Government to pay any claim by the Government of the People's Republic of China for reimbursement of the costs associated with the detention of the U.S. Navy EP-3 aircraft crewmembers, or for reimbursement of any costs associated with the return of such aircraft, until the Chinese Government first provides reimbursement to the U.S. Government for the costs associated with the return of the crewmembers and the aircraft to the United States and for the cost of either repairing or replacing the aircraft. | 2025-01-23T13:18:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2507 |
| 107-hr-2514 | 107 | hr | 2514 | Missile Defense Burdensharing Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-07-17 | 2001-07-23 | Executive Comment Requested from DOD. | House | Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | A000357 | 0 | Missile Defense Burdensharing Act of 2001 - Directs the President to: (1) determine whether any missile defense system to be developed by the United States is intended to protect, in addition to U.S. territory, the territory of allied or other friendly countries from ballistic missile attack; and (2) seek financial contributions from each protected country, if any, commensurate with their proportional share of protection from such system. | 2025-08-19T17:31:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2514 |
| 107-hr-2503 | 107 | hr | 2503 | Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-07-16 | 2001-07-23 | Executive Comment Requested from DOD. | House | Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] | DC | D | N000147 | 1 | Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 2001 - Requires the U.S. Government to: (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weapons and refrain from replacing them at any time with weapons of mass destruction; (2) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military operations; (3) actively promote policies to induce all other countries to join in these commitments for world peace and security; and (4) redirect resources that are currently being used for nuclear weapons programs to constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime activities and to address human and infrastructure needs such as housing, health care, education, agriculture, and environmental protection.Makes this Act effective when the President certifies to Congress that all foreign countries possessing nuclear weapons have established legal requirements comparable to those set forth in this Act. | 2025-08-19T17:31:08Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2503 |
| 107-hr-2453 | 107 | hr | 2453 | Improving Global Health Through Safe Injections Act | International Affairs | 2001-07-10 | 2001-07-10 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] | MI | R | U000031 | 21 | Improving Global Health Through Safe Injections Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) immunization and other programs for the prevention, treatment, and control of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS, polio, and malaria, in connection with health programs for developing countries. Requires the Administrator of AID to develop and implement effective strategies to improve injection safety, including: (1) eliminating unnecessary injections; (2) promoting the availability and use of single-use auto-disable needles and syringes and other safe injection technologies; (3) strengthening procedures for proper needle and syringe disposal; and (4) improving the education and information provided to the public and to health professionals. | 2025-08-19T17:30:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2453 |
| 107-hr-2368 | 107 | hr | 2368 | Viet Nam Human Rights Act | International Affairs | 2001-06-28 | 2001-09-05 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 117. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 15 | Viet Nam Human Rights Act - Title I: General Provisions - Declares the that purpose of this Act is to promote the development of freedom and democracy in Viet Nam.Title II: Promotion of Freedom and Democracy in Viet Nam - Subtitle A: Prohibition on Nonhumanitarian Assistance to the Government of Viet Nam - Prohibits U.S. nonhumanitarian assistance, with a specified exception, to the Government of Viet Nam for FY 2002, and for each subsequent fiscal year, unless the President determines and certifies to Congress that: (1) the Government of Viet Nam has made substantial progress toward releasing all political and religious prisoners from imprisonment, including respecting freedom of religion and the human rights of members of ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands or elsewhere in Viet Nam; and (2) neither any official of the Government of Viet Nam nor entity owned by such Government was complicit in a severe form of trafficking in persons (or the Government of Viet Nam took appropriate steps to end such complicity). Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of specified international financial institutions to use the U.S. vote to deny multilateral nonhumanitarian assistance to Viet Nam unless the President determines and certifies to Congress that such requirements have been met.Subtitle B: Assistance to Support Democracy in Viet Nam - Authorizes the President to provide U.S. assistance, through appropriate nongovernmental organizations, for the support of individuals and organizations to promote human rights and nonviolent democratic change in Viet Nam. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 and 2003.Subtitle C: United States Public Diplomacy - Declares it is U.S. policy to take such measures as are necessary to overcome the jamming of Radio Free Asia by the Government of Viet Nam. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 and 2003.(Sec. 222) Declares it is U.S. policy that educational and cultural exchange programs with Viet Nam should promote progress toward freedom and d… | 2026-02-10T13:37:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2368 |
| 107-hr-2425 | 107 | hr | 2425 | To authorize assistance to establish a water treatment plant in Tirana, Albania. | International Affairs | 2001-06-28 | 2001-06-28 | Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 0 | Authorizes the President to establish a program to provide assistance to the Government of the Republic of Albania for a water treatment plant in Tirana, Albania. | 2025-04-07T13:40:38Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2425 |
| 107-hr-2351 | 107 | hr | 2351 | Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-06-27 | 2001-09-26 | Executive Comment Requested from DOD. | House | Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5] | SC | D | S000749 | 2 | Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 2001 - Repeals a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 which provides funding limits for retirement or dismantlement of the B52H bomber, Trident submarines, and Minuteman III and Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles. Declares it to be U.S. policy to: (1) reduce the number of nuclear warheads and delivery systems of the United States and Russia, through bilateral agreements, to the lowest possible number consistent with national security, requiring any warhead removed to be kept safe and secure, accounted for, and eventually destroyed or eliminated in a verifiable manner; (2) pursue with Russia formal arrangements to remove as many nuclear weapons of the two nations as feasible from immediate, launch-ready status, concentrating on those weapons earmarked for downloading, dismantlement, or elimination under the START II Treaty; and (3) work cooperatively with Russia to prevent the diversion from Russia of nuclear weapons, materials, and expertise.Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan for nonproliferation programs with Russia, as well as a related study. | 2025-08-19T17:31:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2351 |
| 107-hr-2272 | 107 | hr | 2272 | Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2001 | International Affairs | 2001-06-21 | 2001-10-17 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. | House | Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL-10] | IL | R | K000360 | 20 | Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2001 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the Department of Treasury the Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Facility. Authorizes the President, through the exchange by the Facility of new obligations for outstanding obligations of an eligible Latin American or Caribbean country with a coral reef or other coastal marine resource meeting specified requirements, to reduce the amount owed by the country to the United States that is outstanding as of January 1, 1999, as a result of concessional loans. Authorizes the President to sell, reduce, or cancel such loans in order to facilitate a debt-for-nature swap or a debt buyback with an eligible purchaser or eligible country to support activities to conserve, maintain, and restore the country's coral reefs and other coastal marine resources. Authorizes appropriations.Requires each beneficiary country that has entered into a Coral Reef and Other Coastal Marine Resources Agreement with the Secretary of State to establish a Coral Reef and Other Coastal Maine Resources Fund to receive payments of interest on new obligations undertaken by the country to provide grants to certain entities in such country to conserve, maintain, and restore its coral reefs and other coastal marine resources.Requires the Enterprise for the Americas Board to carry out certain duties with respect to implementing this Act.Requires the President to: (1) consult with the appropriate congressional committees on a periodic basis to review the operation of, and the eligibility of countries for benefits from, the Facility; and (2) report annually to Congress on Facility operations. | 2025-04-07T13:38:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2272 |
| 107-hr-2292 | 107 | hr | 2292 | No Safe Haven in Cuba Act | International Affairs | 2001-06-21 | 2001-08-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. | House | Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | R000462 | 2 | No Safe Haven in Cuba Act - Expresses congressional findings that on May 2, 1973, Joanne Chesimard and two companions opened fire on two New Jersey State Troopers, killing Trooper Werner Foerster; that Ms. Chesimard was found guilty of first-degree murder; that she escaped from the reformatory and fled to Cuba; and that approximately 90 other individuals have fled to Cuba after indictment for or conviction of serious offenses.Amends the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to require that, in order to determine that a democratically elected government exists in Cuba, the government prove its respect for the democratic rule of law by ceasing to provide a safe harbor to individuals who have been legally indicted or convicted of serious offenses, including Joanne Chesimard and all others who have fled from the United States to Cuba for the sole purpose of avoiding prosecution or confinement for serious criminal offenses committed in the United States. | 2025-08-19T17:32:49Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2292 |
| 107-hr-2121 | 107 | hr | 2121 | Russian Democracy Act of 2002 | International Affairs | 2001-06-12 | 2002-10-23 | Became Public Law No: 107-246. | House | Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12] | CA | D | L000090 | 13 | Russian Democracy Act of 2002 - (Sec. 3) Declares it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) facilitate Russia's integration into the Western community of nations, including supporting the establishment of a stable democracy and a market economy within the framework of the rule of law and respect for individual rights, and including its membership in appropriate international institutions; (2) engage the Government of the Russian Federation and Russian society to strengthen democratic reform and institutions, and to promote transparency and good governance in all aspects of society, including fair and honest business practices, accessible and open legal systems, freedom of religion, and respect for human rights; (3) incorporate democratic reforms, the promotion of an independent media, and economic reforms in a broader U.S. dialogue with such Government; (4) encourage such Government to address, in a cooperative and transparent manner consistent with internationally recognized and accepted principles, cross-border issues, including the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, environmental degradation, crime, trafficking, and corruption; (5) consult with such Government and the Russian Parliament on the adoption of economic and social reforms necessary to sustain Russian economic growth and to ensure Russia's transition to a market economy and membership in the World Trade Organization; (6) persuade the Government of the Russian Federation to honor its commitments to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) at the November 1999 Istanbul Conference and to be a good neighbor toward other independent states of the former Soviet Union in the spirit of internationally accepted principles of regional cooperation; and (7) encourage G-8 partners and international financial institutions, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to develop financial safeguards and transparency practices in lending to the Russian Federation.(Sec. 4… | 2025-04-07T13:38:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/2121 |
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