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To prohibit all United States assistance to Indonesia until the President certifies to the Congress that the Government of Indonesia has provided full compensation for the material damage in East…

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To prohibit all United States assistance to Indonesia until the President certifies to the Congress that the Government of Indonesia has provided full compensation for the material damage in East Timor.

Introduced: October 27, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Nov 16, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.
Oct 27, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Oct 27, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on International Relations, 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.
Oct 27, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to direct the U.S. Executive Directors at specified international financial institutions to use the U.S. vote to oppose the provision of assistance to Indonesia until the President reports to Congress: (1) an estimate of the amount of material damage done to public and private property in East Timor by militia forces and the Indonesian armed forces; and (2) that the Indonesian Government has contributed to the rebuilding and reconstruction of East Timor in an amount equal to the total estimated material damages there.

Prohibits U.S. assistance for the Government of Indonesia until the President makes such report to Congress. Provides for waiver of such requirements for humanitarian assistance for the Indonesian people.

What's happening now November 16, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Oct 27, 1999
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 27, 1999
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 27, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3157: To prohibit all United States assistance to Indonesia until the President certifies to the Congress that the Government of Indonesia has provided full compensation for the material damage in East Timor.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3157/
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"H.R. 3157: To prohibit all United States assistance to Indonesia until the President certifies to the Congress that the Government of Indonesia has provided full compensation for the material damage in East Timor.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3157/.
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H.R. 3157, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3157/.
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[H.R. 3157: To prohibit all United States assistance to Indonesia until the President certifies to the Congress that the Government of Indonesia has provided full compensation for the material damage in East Timor.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-3157/)
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