To provide for emergency assistance to the people of Liberia, with offsets.

1. 1

   Change 1: Replaces “$100,000,000, to remain available until expended” with “$200,000,000, which shall be made available for assistance for Liberia of which $100,000,…”

   ReplacesPage 29, line 17Printed page

   In S. 1689 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   United States Emergency Fund for Complex Foreign Crises

   For necessary expenses to enable the President to respond to or prevent unforeseen complex foreign crises, [struck: $100,000,000, to remain ][inserted: $200,000,000, which shall be made ]available [struck: until expended][inserted: for assistance for Liberia of which $100,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds appropriated under any other heading of this Chapter]: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be made available only pursuant to a determination, after consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, by the President that it is in the national interest to furnish assistance on such terms and conditions as he may determine for such purposes, including support for peace and humanitarian intervention operations: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be available to respond to natural disasters: Provided further, That from these funds the President may make allocations to Federal agencies to carry out the authorities provided under this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the same conditions as those contained under the same heading in chapter 5 of title I of S. 762, as reported by the Committee on Appropriations on April 1, 2003: Provided further, That the President may furnish assistance under this heading notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided further, That the provisions of section 553 of Division E of Public Law 108-7, or any comparable provision of law enacted subsequent to the enactment of that Act, shall be applicable to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that notifications shall be transmitted at least 5 days in advance of the obligations of funds: Provided further, That the requirements of the previous proviso may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health and welfare: Provided further, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable, in the context of such circumstances necessitating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided pursuant to such waiver shall contain an explanation of the emergency circumstances.

   DEPARTMENT OF STATE

   Original wording

   On page 29, line 17, strike “$100,000,000, to remain available until expended” and insert “$200,000,000, which shall be made available for assistance for Liberia of which $100,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds appropriated under any other heading of this Chapter”

2. 2

   Change 2: Inserts “, shall remain available until expended, and” after “heading”

   InsertsPage 29, line 18Printed page

   …heading[inserted: , shall remain available until expended, and]…

   Original wording

   On page 29, line 18, after “heading” insert “, shall remain available until expended, and”

3. 3

   Change 3: Inserts new text on page 28, line 15

   InsertsPrinted page
   Original wording

   On page 28, line 15, before the period, insert the following:

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