The U.S. Congress Votes Database

105th Congress / Bills / H R 2870

Title

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical forests.

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Categories (What are categories?)

Agriculture | Agriculture in foreign trade | Air pollution | Air pollution control | American agricultural assistance | American investments | Appropriations | Auditing | Biological diversity conservation | Botanical research | Budgets | Civil liberties | Community development | Congress | Congress and foreign policy | Congressional oversight | Congressional reporting requirements | Conservation of natural resources | Criminal justice | Debt agreements | Debt relief | Debt relief -- Bolivia | Debt relief -- Brazil | Debt relief -- Ecuador | Debt relief -- Guyana | Debt relief -- Indonesia | Debt relief -- Ivory Coast | Debt relief -- Liberia | Debt relief -- Madagascar | Debt relief -- Papua New Guinea | Debt relief -- Peru | Debt relief -- Philippines | Debt-for-nature swaps | Democracy | Developing countries | Drug abuse | Drug law enforcement | Drug traffic | Economic development | Economic policy | Ecosystem management | Employee training | Environmental education | Environmental protection | Environmental protection groups | Executive departments | Executive reorganization -- Department of the Treasury | Export credit | Export finance | Federal advisory bodies | Federal aid to medical research | Finance | Foreign aid | Foreign investments | Foreign loans | Foreign policy | Foreign policy -- Africa (Sub-Saharan) | Foreign policy -- Caribbean area | Foreign policy -- East Asia | Foreign policy -- Latin America | Foreign policy -- Oceania | Forest conservation | Forest ecology | Global warming | Government trust funds | Greenhouse gases | Human rights | Indigenous peoples | Infrastructure | Interest | International affairs | International environmental cooperation | International finance | International monetary system | Job training | Land use | Management audit | Medical care | Medical research | Medicinal plants | Medicine | Multilateral development banks | Natural areas | Natural resources | Nature conservation | Negotiations | Nongovernmental organizations | Parks | Politics and government | President and foreign policy | Presidential appointments | Presidents | Public lands | Rain forest conservation | Restoration ecology | Science policy | State-sponsored terrorism | Sustainable forestry | Trade | Trade agreements | Tropical forests

Votes on this bill

DateChamberResultVote
3/19/98 House Passed Session 2, roll call 63: On Passage
Tropical Forest Conservation Act
3/19/98 House Agreed to Session 2, roll call 62: On Agreeing to the Amendment
3/19/98 House Agreed to Session 2, roll call 61: On Agreeing to the Amendment
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