S.Amdt. 3786

SA 3786. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4939, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 126, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE PROGRAMS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

Sec. 1406. (a)(1) The amount appropriated by this chapter for other bilateral assistance under the heading “Economic Support Fund” is hereby increased by $8,500,000.

(2) The amount made available under paragraph (1) is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.

(b) Of the amount appropriated by this chapter for other bilateral assistance under the heading “Economic Support Fund”, as increased by subsection (a), $8,500,000 shall be made available to the United States Institute of Peace for programs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

(c) Of the funds made available by chapter 2 of title II of division A of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005” (Public Law 109-13) for military assistance under the heading “Peacekeeping Operations” and available for the Coalition Solidarity Initiative, $8,500,000 is rescinded.