Burma & US Congress on February 4,

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Subject: Burma & US Congress on February 4, 1996

Attn: Burma Newsreaders
Re: Burma & US Congress on February 4, 1996

(Note: The following bill was reported in both U.S. House and Senate last
year. The bill has about 60 pages long, but Burma has just a couple of pages
as follow. If you would like the whole bill, go to the ftp site --
ftp://ftp.loc.gov/pub/thomas/c104/h1868.enr.txt)
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                               H.R.1868

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
Act, 1996 (Enrolled Bill (Sent to President))

--H.R.1868--

H.R.1868

                      One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                of the

                       United States of America

                         AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the fourth day of
January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five

An Act
 
Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes.

     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
     United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
     not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September
     30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

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BURMA

Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter
8 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
not less than $2,380,000 shall be made available to support activities in
Burma , along the Burma -Thailand border, and for activities of Burmese
student groups and other organizations located outside Burma , for the
purposes of fostering democracy in Burma , supporting the provision of
medical supplies and other humanitarian assistance to Burmese located in
Burma or displaced Burmese along the borders, and for other purposes:
Provided, That of this amount, not less than $200,000 shall be made available
to support newspapers, publications, and other media activities promoting
democracy inside Burma : Provided further, That of this amount, not less than
$380,000 shall be made available for crop substitution activities in
cooperation with the Kachin people of Burma : Provided further, That funds
made available under this heading may be made available notwithstanding any
other provision of law: Provided further, That provision of such funds shall
be made available subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.

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LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR BURMA

     SEC. 567. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
     used for International Narcotics Control or Crop Substitution
     Assistance for the Government of Burma .

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