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State, Foreign Operations, and Homeland Security Appropriations Bills Pass Committee
Include funding for Darfur peacekeeping, North Korean refugees
July 10, 2006 - Thursday, June 29, 2006
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today applauded Appropriations Committee passage of the fiscal year 2007 State and Foreign Operations and Homeland Security appropriations bills. Both fall within White House budget guidelines and now head to the full Senate.
“The foreign aid funding in this bill gives hope to the people facing oppression and persecution in North Korea and Darfur,” said Brownback. “The funding for peacekeeping operations in Darfur lays the groundwork for the fragile peace accord to take hold, and by funding the North Korea Human Rights Act we help North Koreans reach freedom in the United States.”
Selected items the State and Foreign Operations bill:
* Funding for the North Korea Human Rights Act:
o Language directing the State Department’s Office of Population, Refugees, and Migration to direct available funds to North Korean refugees.
o International broadcasting operations: $5 million
o Democracy Fund: $3 million
* Sudan and Darfur funding:
o Child survival and health: $20.4 million
o Development assistance: $65.85 million
o Economic Support Fund: $60 million
o Democracy Fund: $4.15 million
o Peacekeeping operations: $41.43 million (in addition to $45.5 million that passed in the recent Emergency Supplemental Bill)
* Fistula prevention and repair: $10 million
* Refugee aid accounts:
o Migration and Refugee Assistance: $832.9 million (in addition to $75.7 million that passed in the recent Emergency Supplemental Bill)
o Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance: $55 million
* Language encouraging USAID to provide a clearinghouse program that would assist individual citizens interested in donating to private charity.
* Operation Smile, a nonprofit that provides facial reconstructive surgery: $2 million
* U.S.-Ukraine Foundation’s Community Partnership Program: $10 million
Selected items in the Homeland Security bill for Department of Homeland Security operations:
* $23.935 billion for Security, Enforcement, and Investigations
* $6.385 billion for Preparedness and Recovery
* $1.667 billion for Research and Development, Training and Services
Senator Brownback is a member of the Appropriations Committee.
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