(H.R. 3081) On the Lowey of New York amendment making a number of changes to the bill providing fiscal year 2010 funds for the State Department. The most significant of the changes increased international safe water and sanitation programs by $25 million, and restricted foreign military financing to Sri Lanka.
house Roll Call 516
Jul 09, 2009
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This was a vote on am amendment offered by Rep.Lowey (D-NY) to the bill providing fiscal year 2010 funds for the State Department and its foreign operations. The amendment made a number of changes to spending categories, the largest of which increased international safe water and sanitation programs by $25 million,to this $44.8 billion bill. The safe water program and other increases were offset by reductions to the Department of State Capital Investment Fund and USAID's Capital Investment Fund. The amendment also restricted foreign military financing to Sri Lanka, but included up to $1 million for Sri Lanken demining activities to help the Sri Lankan Government return the Tamil population displaced by the recent war to their homes. |
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