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Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003

2/3/2022, 4:59 AM

Congressional Summary of S 1401

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 and 2003 for: (1) the Department of State; and (2) U.S. international broadcasting activities.

Amends specified Federal laws with respect to certain Department of State authorities and activities, including: (1) educational, cultural, public diplomacy, and consular activities; and (2) migration and refugee activities.

Sets forth certain requirements with respect to: (1) the organization and personnel of the Department of State; (2) international organizations; (3) U.S. international broadcasting activities; and (4) specified reports.

Middle East Peace Commitments Act of 2001 - Imposes specified sanctions with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization or the Palestinian Authority if the President determines that such entities have not complied with certain commitments made with Israel.

Tibetan Policy Act of 2001 - Urges the President and the Secretary of State to encourage the Government of the People's Republic of China to enter into negotiations with the Dalai Lama or his representatives leading to an agreement on Tibet. Declares it is U.S. policy to support economic development, cultural preservation, health care, education and environmental sustainability, release of, and access to, political prisoners, and an end to religious persecution in Tibet.

East Timor Transition to Independence Act of 2001 - Authorizes bilateral and multilateral assistance and certain other assistance to support economic and democratic development in East Timor.

Modifies, for a three year period, certain procedures for the provision of development assistance to major drug-transit and major illicit drug producing countries.

Clean Water for the Americas Partnership Act of 2001 - Establishes the Clean Water for the Americas Partnership program. Authorizes the President to: (1) conduct a comprehensive assessment of the environmental problems in countries of the Organization of American States; and (2) establish Technology America Centers (TEAMs).

Sets forth provisions with respect to: (1) international religious freedom and human rights; (2) improvement in building construction and practices in Latin American countries; (3) sanctions against persons or entities that transfer proscribed weapons to Palestinian entities in the West Bank or Gaza; and (4) global warming.

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Current Status of Bill S 1401

Bill S 1401 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since September 4, 2001. Bill S 1401 was introduced during Congress 107 and was introduced to the Senate on September 4, 2001.  Bill S 1401's most recent activity was Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 149. as of September 4, 2001

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 1401

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
0
Democrat Cosponsors
0
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 1401

Primary Policy Focus

International Affairs

Potential Impact Areas

- Administration of justice
- Administrative fees
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Adoption
- Africa (Sub-Saharan)
- Agricultural industries
- Agriculture and Food
- Agriculture in foreign trade
- Alien property
- Aliens
- American agricultural assistance
- American economic assistance
- American investments
- American military assistance
- American technical assistance
- Americans employed in foreign countries
- Americans in foreign countries
- Ammunition
- Annuities
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Archives
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces abroad
- Arms sales
- Arrest
- Artists
- Arts
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Auditing
- Authorization
- Awards, medals, prizes
- Biennial budgets
- Bolivia
- Border patrols
- Boundaries
- Broadcasting Board of Governors
- Building construction
- Building laws
- Building materials
- Cabinet officers
- Cambodia
- Canada
- Capital cities
- Capital investments
- Carbon cycle
- Caribbean area
- Chemicals
- China
- Chinese
- Chinese language
- Citizenship
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil Service pensions
- Civil War
- Civil service retirement
- Clergy
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Collection of accounts
- Collective security agreements
- College students
- Colombia
- Commemorations
- Commerce
- Commercial law
- Concentration camps
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conspiracy
- Construction costs
- Construction industries
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Cuba
- Cultural centers
- Cultural relations
- Curricula
- Data banks
- Death
- Decision making in public administration
- Democracy
- Department of State
- Detention of persons
- Developing countries
- Diplomacy
- Diplomats
- Dismissal of employees
- Dissenters
- Drug abuse
- Drug abuse prevention
- Drug law enforcement
- Drug traffic
- Due process of law
- EBB Terrorism
- Earth movements and building
- Earthquake engineering
- East Asia
- East Timor
- Economic development
- Economic growth
- Economic statistics
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecuador
- Education
- Educational exchanges
- El Salvador
- Election administration
- Electronic government information
- Elementary and secondary education
- Embassies
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medical services
- Emigration
- Emissions trading
- Employee rights
- Employee training
- Energy
- Energy efficiency
- Engineering
- Environmental Protection
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental health
- Environmental technology
- Ethnic relations
- Europe
- Evacuation of civilians
- Evidence (Law)
- Exchange of persons programs
- Executive reorganization
- Export controls
- Export credit
- Export finance
- Extradition agreements
- Families
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to higher education
- Federal aid to libraries
- Federal aid to water pollution control
- Federal employees
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Federal officials
- Fees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Foreign corporations
- Foreign exchange
- Foreign investments
- Foreign leaders
- Foreign loans
- Foreign ownership of real property
- Foreign service
- Forfeiture
- Foundations
- Freedom of the press
- Gaza Strip
- Germany
- Global climate change
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government contractors
- Government lending
- Government paperwork
- Government publications
- Government service contracts
- Government travel
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Great Lakes
- Grievance procedures
- Hazardous waste site remediation
- Health
- Health education
- Health services administration
- Higher education
- History
- Housing and Community Development
- Human experimentation in medicine
- Human rights
- Immigrants
- Immigration
- Indictments
- Indigenous peoples
- Informers
- Infrastructure
- Inspectors general
- Insurance companies
- Insurgency
- Interest
- Internal migration
- International agencies
- International broadcasting
- International claims
- International cooperation
- International courts
- International environmental cooperation
- International fishery management
- International labor activities
- International military forces
- Internet
- Investment guaranty insurance
- Israel
- Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
- Job creation
- Judicial review of administrative acts
- Labor and Employment
- Landscape protection
- Language and languages
- Latin America
- Law
- Legislation
- Libraries
- Limitation of actions
- Maintenance and repair
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Mexico
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military base closures
- Military education
- Military personnel
- Military training
- Minorities
- Misconduct in office
- Money laundering
- Montenegro
- Multilateral development banks
- Murder
- Museums
- NATO countries
- Names
- National self-determination
- Nazism
- Negotiations
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Opium
- Organized crime
- Painting
- Palestinians
- Parliamentary government
- Parole
- Passports
- Peace
- Peace Corps
- Peace negotiations
- Peace treaties
- Peacekeeping forces
- Performing arts
- Personnel management

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 1401

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003
Clean Water for the Americas Partnership Act of 2001
East Timor Transition to Independence Act of 2001
Middle East Peace Commitments Act of 2001
Tibetan Policy Act of 2001
Clean Water for the Americas Partnership Act of 2001
East Timor Transition to Independence Act of 2001
Tibetan Policy Act of 2001
Middle East Peace Commitments Act of 2001
State Department FY2000-2003 Authorizations bill
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003
An original bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and for United States international broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, and for other purposes.

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