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      "title": "Foreign Policy Agency Reorganization in the 105th Congress",
      "summary": "On April 18, 1997, the Clinton Administration announced a plan to reorganize the foreign policy\nagencies. The two-year plan would require significant internal restructuring of the State Department,\nand eliminate two other agencies--the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) and the U.S.\nInformation Agency (USIA) whose functions and personnel would be absorbed by State. It would\nintegrate ACDA into State within the first year, and USIA into State by the end of 1999. The\nimplementation process would begin after a 120-day planning period. The U.S. Agency for\nInternational Development (USAID) would remain a separate agency with its own appropriation, but\nwould be brought under the direct authority of the Secretary of State.\n  Administration interagency task forces reviewed and analyzed the possible options for\nconsolidating and restructuring the potentially affected agencies. Reportedly, a draft reorganization\nplan, including some major unresolved issues, was submitted to the Office of the Secretary in mid-\n1997. Selected elements of the proposal have been implemented in the period since, although a\ncomplete consolidation had to await enactment of explicit authorization.\n  Congress debated reorganization of the foreign affairs agencies in the context of foreign\nrelations authorizing legislation for FY1998/99, consideration that spanned most of the 105th\nCongress. Although the House and Senate approved bills in June 1997 ( H.R. 1757  and\n S. 903 ), conference negotiations continued for over nine months. During this time, the\nreorganization issue, which conferees had resolved in November, became entwined with other\nforeign policy controversies in dispute between Congress and the President, including international\nfamily planning policy and abortion restrictions, U.N. reform and arrears payment authorization, and\nU.S. contributions to the International Monetary Fund. As approved by the House (March 26, 1998;\nvoice vote) and by the Senate (April 28; 51-49), the conference report on  H.R. 1757 \ndirected the President to 1) abolish ACDA and USIA and merge them into the State Department,\n2) establish the Broadcasting Board of Governors as an independent agency, and 3) maintain USAID\nas a separate agency but require the Administrator to report directly to the Secretary of State.\n  After President Clinton said he would veto the bill primarily because of the abortion provision,\ncongressional leaders held  H.R. 1757  until the end of the 105th Congress. On the eve\nof adjournment, Congress lifted the foreign affairs agency consolidation authorization from\n H.R. 1757  and attached a slightly revised version to the Omnibus Consolidated and\nEmergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1999. President Clinton signed the omnibus\nmeasure on October 21, 1998 ( P.L. 105-277 ). Congress also sent to the White House\n H.R. 1757 , legislation that the President vetoed on October 21.",
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