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      "title": "Foreign Relations Authorization, FY2003: An Overview",
      "summary": "Congress is required by law to authorize the spending of appropriations for the State Department\nand foreign policy activities every two years. The authorization process dovetails with the annual\nappropriation process for the Department of State (within the Commerce, Justice, State and Related\nAgency appropriation) and foreign policy/foreign aid activities (within the foreign operations\nappropriation). \n  While Congress intended the legislation would serve as authorization for both FY2002 and\nFY2003, the delay in getting it through Congress led to a waiver of the authorization requirement\nfor FY2002 ( P.L. 107-77 , Section 405); the law that was eventually enacted ( P.L. 107-228 )\nauthorizes foreign relations spending only for FY2003. \n  The Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 ( H.R. 1646 / S. 1401 / S. 1803 ) authorizes, among other things, the Department of\nState's operations and programs, arms sales to Taiwan, the U.S. embassy to be located in Jerusalem,\nUNESCO, and U.S. assistance to Colombia. Both  H.R. 1646  and  S. 1803 \ncontain authorization for security assistance, as well.\n  Congressman Hyde introduced  H.R. 1646  on April 27, 2001. The House\nInternational Relations Committee reported the bill May 4, 2001 ( H.Rept. 107-57 ). The House\npassed it, as amended, on May 16, 2001 by a recorded vote of 352-73. \n  The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed its foreign relations authorization bill\n( S. 1401 ) by unanimous voice vote on August 1, 2001. The Committee filed its report\n( S.Rept. 107-60 ) on September 4, 2001. With a crowded schedule after the September 11th attacks,\nthe Senate did not take up the authorization bill. Rather, within the context of the Commerce,\nJustice, State (CJS) appropriation (section 405,  P.L. 107-77 ), Congress waived the requirement for\nauthorization prior to the State Department spending its appropriations as is required by law. \n  On May 1, 2002, the Senate amended its version of  H.R. 1646  by substituting\n S. 1803  (the Security Assistance Act) language. Throughout the 2002 summer, House\nand Senate staff met to iron out the differences of the two sides' authorization bills. As a result of\nstaff-level meetings, several provisions that had been in House and Senate bills (such as global\nwarming and international family planning measures) were not included in the conference report that\nwas voted on and passed by conferees. \n  The House and Senate conferees met for the first time on September 18, 2002 and filed the\nconference report September 23rd ( H.Rept 107-671 ). The House passed the conference report by\nvoice vote on September 25th; the Senate passed it by unanimous consent on September 26, 2002. \nThe President signed it into law ( P.L. 107-228 ) on September 30, 2002.",
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