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HR 2895 106th Congress House

East Timor Self-Determination Act of 1999

Official title: To impose an immediate suspension of assistance to the Government of Indonesia until the results of the August 30, 1999, vote in East Timor have been implemented, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 3, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Oct 8, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Sep 21, 1999
Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 21, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 8, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
East Timor Self-Determination Act of 1999 - Declares that: (1) Congress recognizes that the Government of Indonesia took a positive step by agreeing on September 12, 1999, to the deployment of an international peacekeeping force to East Timor; and (2) the purpose of this Act is to encourage such Government to take such additional steps as are necessary to create a peaceful environment in which the United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) can fulfill its mandate and implement the results of the August 30, 1999, vote on East Timor's political status.

Prohibits the provision of multilateral and bilateral economic assistance (except humanitarian assistance), or military assistance, or the licensing or delivery of exports of defense articles or defense services (except in connection with the international peacekeeping force) to the Government of Indonesia or East Timor.

Urges the President to continue to coordinate with other countries, particularly member states of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, to develop a comprehensive, multilateral strategy to further the purposes of this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 9 Republican 1
D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jan 27, 2000
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Nov 17, 1999
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 3, 1999
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Nov 3, 1999
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 13, 1999
GEPHARDT, RICHARD
· Oct 4, 1999
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 29, 1999
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Sep 23, 1999
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 23, 1999
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Sep 21, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 21, 1999
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 21, 1999
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 21, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2895: East Timor Self-Determination Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2895/
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"H.R. 2895: East Timor Self-Determination Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-2895/.
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