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      "date": "2004-03-16",
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      "title": "Foreign Assistance Authorization Act, FY2005",
      "summary": "Congress last enacted a broad foreign assistance authorization act in 1985. In the absence of\nomnibus foreign aid measures, the majority of foreign assistance legislation has been enacted as part\nof annual Foreign Operations appropriation measures. Division B of  S. 2144  -- Foreign\nAssistance Authorization for FY2005 -- is an effort to \"reinforce\" the Senate Foreign Relations\nCommittee's role in foreign aid policy making. It is not an attempt to comprehensively review and\nre-write existing foreign aid legislation, but rather it is a first step in providing necessary\nauthorization for program appropriations in FY2005 and updating selected legislative provisions to\nreflect current policy. Committee Chairman Lugar said that it was his intent to launch a more\nambitious effort later that would revamp the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other long-standing\nforeign aid laws. The Committee reported and the Senate debated similar legislation last year --\n S. 1161 , later merged into  S. 925  -- authorizing foreign aid programs for\nFY2004. The bill remains pending in the Senate, but is unlikely to receive further consideration.\n  Division B of  S. 2144  is divided into five titles. Title XXI includes FY2005\nauthorizations of appropriations. Title XXII updates and amends several existing foreign aid\nauthorities, some of which have been annually extended in appropriation acts. Title XXIII is the\nRadiological Terrorism Security Act of 2004. Title XXIV is the Global Pathogen Surveillance Act\nof 2004. Title XXV consists of several provisions, some of which address Africa and Latin America\nissues, including additional aid for Haiti.\n  The legislation authorizes the appropriation of about $16.9 billion for 22 foreign assistance\nprograms, closely matching the account structure of the annual Foreign Operations appropriations\nfor bilateral economic and military aid. The amounts authorized are nearly identical to levels\nrequested by the Administration for FY2005, although the bill would increase spending for\nHIV/AIDS, development aid, assistance to the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and\nnonproliferation programs, while reducing amounts for the Millennium Challenge Account.\n   S. 2144  addresses the threat posed by terrorist use of radiological dispersal devices,\nor RDDs. The legislation requires the Secretary of State to prepare and submit to Congress reports\nassessing the threat of a radiological attack on U.S. missions. The bill further authorizes the\nSecretary to aid foreign countries, or propose that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)\ndevelop programs, helping foreign first responders identify and address threats posed by radioactive\nmaterials.\n  The legislation also includes the Global Pathogen Surveillance Act, authorizing $35 million\nfor FY2005 to enhance the capability of developing nations to detect, identify, and contain infectious\ndisease outbreaks, whether naturally occurring or the result of a bioterrorist attack. The measure\nincludes several provisions that are intended to support and strengthen the disease surveillance\ncapabilities of developing nations. Additionally, it would permit the expansion of Centers for\nDisease Control and Prevention facilities overseas to further the goals of global disease monitoring.\nThis report will be updated as Congress considers the legislation.",
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