the committee considered the draft bill and agreed to the introduction of a clean bill incorporating the contents of the draft bill and other provisions added in the committee markup. On May 10, 1979, a clean bill, H.R. 4035 was introduced and was ordered favorably reported by the committee on the same day by voice vote. The principal purpose of H.R. 4035 was to authorize the supplemental appropriation of $1.47 billion in support of the Treaty between the Government of Egypt and the Government of Israel concluded on March 26, 1979. The authorization would support a total program of $4.8 billion for Israel and Egypt in economic and military assistance of which $1.1 billion would be in the form of grants and loans and $370 million would finance Foreign Military Sales (FMS) totalling $3.7 billion. Other provisions of the bill included: (1) Authorizing the President to provide for the construction of air bases in Israel to replace Israeli air bases on the Sinai peninsula, with Israel being required to contribute the costs of such construction in excess of the $800 million authorized to be appropriated in the bill; (2) requiring the President to report annually to the Congress on economic conditions in Egypt and Israel which may affect their ability to meet their obligations under the FMS financing arrangements authorized in the bill; (3) providing that the authorities contained in this bill to implement certain arrangements in support of the Treaty do not signify approval by the Congress of any other agreement, understanding, or commitment made by the executive branch. On May 30, 1979, H.R. 4035 passed the House by a vote of 347 yeas and 28 nays. Subsequently, this passage was vacated and S. 1007, a similar Senate-passed bill, was passed in lieu after being amended to contain the language of the House bill as passed. That same day, the House insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the Senate, and appointed as conferees: Representatives Zablocki, Hamilton, Collins of Illinois, Studds, Barnes. Grav. Broomfield, Findlev, and Fenwick. The Senate concurred in the House amendments, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute on June 21, and on June 28, 1979, the House agreed to the Senate amendment to the House amendments. S. 1007 became Public Law 96-35 on July 20, 1979 upon signature by the President. Legislative history May 2, 1979-S. 1007 Reported in Senate, amended, by Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Report 96-113. May 8, 1979-Draft legislation, incorporating provisions of House Document 96-91, Executive Communication 1398, and subcommittee recommendations, considered in open session by Subcommittees on Europe and the Middle East and on International Security and Scientific Affairs, and approved for full committee action prior to introduction. May 9, 1979-Draft legislation considered in open markup session by full committee, amended, and clean bill ordered introduced. May 10, 1979-H.R. 4035 considered in open session by full committee. and ordered favorably reported by voice vote. May 11, 1979-Rule requested. May 14, 1979-S. 1007 passed Senate, amended, by a vote of 73 yeas to 11 nays. May 15, 1979-H.R. 4035 Reported. House Report 96–161. May 22, 1979-Hearing on request for rule. Rule granted. H.Res. 287. May 30, 1979-Passed House, amended, by a vote of 347 yeas to 28 nays. Subsequently, this passage was vacated and S. 1007, a similar Senate-passed bill, was passed in lieu after being amended to contain the language of the House bill as passed. June 21, 1979 S. 1007 Senate concurred in the House amendments, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. June 28, 1979-House agreed to the Senate amendment to the House amendments. July 20, 1979-Approved. Public Law 96–35. 5. Authorizing Appropriations for Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981 for the Department of State, the International Communication Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting—H.R. 3363 (by Mr. Fascell, for himself, and Representatives Zablocki, Bowen, Gray, Buchanan, Derwinski, Pritchard, Barnes, Bonker, Diggs, Fenwick, Findley, Solarz, Studds, Winn, Wolff, Wolpe, and Yatron) On February 5, 1979 the Speaker of the House referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs executive communication 569 containing draft legislation authorizing additional appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 1979, and executive communication 570 containing a draft bill authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1980 and 1981. Executive communication 725 which was referred to the committee on February 27, 1979 contained draft legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 for the International Communication Agency and on the 28th, another draft proposal authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 for the Board for International Broadcasting was referred to the committee as executive communication 744. All of these communications were subsequently referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations. The subcommittee held hearings on the draft bills February 7, 14, 15, and 22 during which testimony was received from executive branch representatives, Members of Congress, and others. The subcommittee held an open markup session March 8 on the draft legislation and reported to the full committee a draft bill in the form of a committee print. On March 13, 1979, the full committee held an open markup of the draft bill, and agreed to the introduction of a clean bill. H.R. 3363 was subsequently introduced on April 2, 1979, and on that same day was ordered favorably reported by the committee by voice vote. The principal purpose of H.R. 3363 was to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 in the amounts of $2,143,916,000 and $2,369,297,000 respectively for the Department of State, the International Communication Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting (which makes grants to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty) and to authorize supplemental appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 1979 in the amount of $140,910,000. The bill also provided for the following: (1) place into permanent law a standard annual authorization for such sums as may be necessary to pay increases in certain nondiscretionary personnel costs authorized by law; (2) provide permanent authority to offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; (3) require that the fiscal 1980 and 1981 U.S. assessed contributions to the United Nations be an amount equal to the assessment minus 25 percent of the budget of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights; (4) expressed the sense of the Congress that Foreign Service officers have a useful knowledge of a language or dialect common to any country to which they have been assigned. General debate occurred on H.R. 3363 on April 10, 1979 and on April 24th, the bill was considered, amended, and passed by the House by a vote of 256 yeas to 146 nays. Amendments adopted on the House floor included: (1) An amendment stating that visa waivers shall not apply with respect to any alien who is associated with the Palestine Liberation Organization and any alien from signatory countries which are not in substantial compliance with the provisions of the Helsinki Final Act, particularly the human rights and humanitarian affairs provisions; and (2) an amendment that prohibits the use of any authorized funds for implementation of the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 until the Secretary of State advises Panama of U.S. insistence on full compliance of the treaties by Panama. The Senate passed H.R. 3363 by a vote of 84 yeas to 10 nays, after being amended to contain the language of the Senate companion measure, S. 586, as amended. On July 11, 1979, the House disagreed to the Senate amendments, requested a conference with the Senate, and appointed as conferees: Representatives Zablocki, Fascell, Solarz, Pease, Mica, Barnes, Gray, Bowen, Broomfield, Derwinski, Buchanan, and Pritchard. The Senate insisted on its amendments on July 17, 1979, agreed to a conference with the House, and appointed as conferees: Senators Church, Pell, McGovern, Biden, Zorinsky, Javits, Percy, Helms, and Hayakawa. The conferees met on July 30, and on the 31st filed a conference report. The authorization figures for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 which were agreed to in conference are contained in the tables below. 1 Includes an earmarking of $25,000,000 for Soviet and Eastern European refugees migrating to Israel. 1,629, 452 (1,619, 752) 432, 547 81,917 2, 143, 916 (2, 134, 216) Despite the fact that the line items total $1, 629,452,000 for fiscal year 1980, the Senate amendment required the Secretary of State to make cuts necessary to bring the authorization down to the administration's budget request. Accordingly, the Secretary of State was authorized to reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for administrative purposes by $19,400,000 for fiscal year 1980. The conference substitute places an aggregate ceiling of $1,369,401 on the appropriations for fiscal year 1980 for the following accounts: Administration of foreign affairs, international organizations and conferences, and international commissions. e figures in parentheses reflect the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1981 by the Senate amendHowever, according to sec. 407 of the Senate amendment, no funds are authorized by this act for fiscal year 1981. cludes an earmarking of $25,000,000 for Soviet and Eastern European refugees migrating to Israel. e conference substitute places an aggregate ceiling of $1,547,778 on the appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the ing accounts: Administration of foreign affairs, international organizations and conferences, and international ■issions. Additional issues agreed to in conference included: (1) a supplental authorization of $104,910,000 for fiscal year 1979 for the Migran and Refugee Assistance Account; (2) a mandate concerning the tinued operation of the following consulates: Salzburg, Austria; emen, Germany; Nice, France; Turin, Italy; Goteborg, Sweden; ana, Turkey; Tangier, Morocco; Mandalay, Burma; Brisbane, Auslia; and Surabaya, Indonesia; and (3) an authorization of $790,000 the expenses for the Board for International Broadcasting for fis1 years 1980 and 1981. The House and Senate both agreed to the conference report by voice te on August 2, 1979. This bill became Public Law 96-60 on August , 1979, upon approval by the President. Legislative history Mar. 8, 1979-Draft legislation, incorporating provisions of Executive Apr. 2, 1979-H.R. 3363 considered in open session by full committee, and Apr. 2, 1979-Reported. House Report 96-81. Apr. 9, 1979-Hearing on request for rule. Rule granted. H. Res. 217. Apr. 10, 1979-General debate in House. Apr. 24, 1979-Passed House, amended, by a vote of 256 yeas to 146 nays. May 15, 1979-Passed Senate by a vote of 84 yeas to 10 nays, after being July 11, 1979-House disagreed to the Senate amendments, requested a conference with the Senate, and appointed as conferees: Repre sentatives Zablocki, Fascell, Solarz, Pease, Mica, Barnes, Gray, 74-236 0 - 81 - 4 Bowen, Broomfield, Derwinski, Buchanan, and Pritchard. By a vote Aug. 2, 1979-Senate agreed to conference report by voice vote. 6. Arms Control and Disarmament Act Authorization-H.R. 2774 (By Mr. Zablocki, for himself, and Representatives Broomfield, Hamilton, Wolff, Bingham, and Winn) The Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs held oversight hearings on the programs and activities of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) on March 6, 1979, in anticipation of receiving from the administration a request for an authorization for fiscal year 1980 and fiscal year 1981. În testimony before the subcommittee, Mr. Thomas Graham, Jr., General Counsel of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, described the activities of ACDA and reported the administration's intention of requesting a fiscal year 1980 authorization of $18,876,000 and such additional amounts as might be necessary to cover increases in nondiscretionary costs, and a fiscal year 1981 authorization for such sums as might be necessary without any upper limit. The President forwarded to the Speaker of the House on March 7, 1979, executive communication 860 transmitting draft legislation providing for the authorization of appropriations for ACDA for fiscal years 1980 and 1981. The communication was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs that same day. The Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs met on March 7, 1979 and voted to introduce a clean bill for consideration by the full committee. Chairman Zablocki introduced H.R. 2774 on March 9, 1979 and the bill was referred to the committee that same day. On March 13, 1979 the committee met in open session to mark up H.R. 2774, and ordered the bill favorably reported by unanimous voice vote without amendment. The principal purpose of H.R. 2774 was to authorize an appropriation of $19,276,000 and such additional amounts as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, other employee benefits authorized by law, foreign currency exchange rates, and other nondiscretionary costs for fiscal year 1980, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1981. The authorization approved by the committee for fiscal year 1980 represented a 4 percent increase over the level authorized for fiscal year 1979. Included in this increase was $400,000 requested by the administration to cover increased costs of ACDA's programs and activities particularly the negotiation of SALT, activities of the Standing Consultative Commission, and negotiations at the Committee on Disarmament. Also included in this increase was $400,000 added by the committee primarily intended to be used in making grants under the discretionary authority given ACDA in section 3 of the bill to support arms control education and training programs at institutions of higher education or carried out by nonprofit organizations or public agencies. |