[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 917 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 917

  To provide assistance to Pakistan under certain conditions, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 28, 2009

   Mr. Gregg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide assistance to Pakistan under certain conditions, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN.

    Section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by 
adding the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
subsection (a) of this section, the President is authorized to use 
funds made available to carry out the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 
(22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) and funds made available to carry out any 
provision of this Act for assistance for Pakistan in an amount not to 
exceed $500,000,000 if the President determines that to do so is in the 
vital national security interests of the United States.
    ``(2) The authority provided for in this subsection shall expire on 
September 30, 2010, and shall be subject to the requirements of 
subsections (a)(2) and (c) of this section.''.
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