S.Amdt. 1202
What it does: Adds Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to provide assistance to Pakistan unless the President first certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that appropriate measures have been and will be taken to ensure that none of such obligated or expended funds are used-- wherever appropriate
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 2346
Adds Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to provide assistance to Pakistan unless the President first certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that appropriate measures have been and will be taken to ensure that none of such obligated or expended funds are used-- wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to provide assistance to Pakistan unless the President first certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that appropriate measures have been and will be taken to ensure that none of such obligated or expended funds are used--
Inserted: (1) to support, expand, or in any way assist in the development or deployment of the nuclear weapons program of the Government of Pakistan; or
Inserted: (2) to support programs or purposes for which such funds have not been specifically appropriated by this Act or reprogrammed through appropriate committee notification procedures.
Inserted: (b)(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report--
Inserted: (A) certifying whether any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act and obligated or expended during the reporting period to provide assistance to Pakistan were or may have been used for the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a); and
Inserted: (B) describing the measures taken during such reporting period to ensure that no obligated or expended funds were used for such purposes.
Inserted: (2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
Inserted: (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the expenditure of funds for nonproliferation and disarmament activities in Pakistan.
Inserted: (d) In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
Inserted: (1) the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and Appropriations of the Senate; and
Inserted: (2) the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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SA 1202. Mr. WEBB submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2346, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to provide assistance to Pakistan unless the President first certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that appropriate measures have been and will be taken to ensure that none of such obligated or expended funds are used--
(1) to support, expand, or in any way assist in the development or deployment of the nuclear weapons program of the Government of Pakistan; or
(2) to support programs or purposes for which such funds have not been specifically appropriated by this Act or reprogrammed through appropriate committee notification procedures.
(b)(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report--
(A) certifying whether any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act and obligated or expended during the reporting period to provide assistance to Pakistan were or may have been used for the purposes described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a); and
(B) describing the measures taken during such reporting period to ensure that no obligated or expended funds were used for such purposes.
(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the expenditure of funds for nonproliferation and disarmament activities in Pakistan.
(d) In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means--
(1) the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Relations, and Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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Senate amendment submitted
May 21, 2009