The
2000-2001 Colombia aid package by the numbers
By Adam Isacson,
Center for International Policy (isacson@ciponline.org), July 5, 2000
The Colombia
Aid Package By the Numbers
I. Colombia’s share
of the supplemental assistance:
The $1.319 billion "Colombia"
aid package, which Congress approved on June 30, 2000, also includes
funding for other Andean countries and for U.S. agencies involved in
drug interdiction and law enforcement.
(All amounts
in millions of U.S. dollars.)
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Overall
distribution of supplemental assistance:
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
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Senate
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House-Senate
Conference Committee
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Total
aid for Colombia
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$1,025.3
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$1,006.9
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$713.7
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$860.3
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Aid
to other countries
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$77.0
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$138.0
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$205.5
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$180.0
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Increases
for U.S. agencies
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$115.7
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$476.1
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$189.5
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$223.5
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Classified
(could be aid)
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$55.0
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$80.0
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$34.3
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$55.3
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Total
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$1,273.0
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$1,701.0
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$1,143.0
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$1,319.1
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House-Senate
Conference Committee (final version of the aid package)
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Earlier
versions of the aid package
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II. Breakdown of the
Colombia aid:
The final version of the
aid package provides 80% military/police aid and 20% economic aid, a
ratio very similar to the Clinton Administration's original proposal.
(Without the $330 million in previously planned assistance, the package
provides 75% military/police aid and 25% economic aid.)
A. Just the
supplemental money, without the $330 million in previously planned assistance:
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Distribution
of Colombia assistance:
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
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Senate
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Final
version
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Military
assistance
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$691.6
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$630.7
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$336.0
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$519.2
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Police
assistance
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$109.2
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$146.7
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$114.2
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$123.1
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Alternative
development
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$106.5
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$108.0
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$95.0
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$68.5
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Aid
to the displaced
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$39.5
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$39.5
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$39.5
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$37.5
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Human
rights
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$15.0
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$17.0
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$53.5
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$51.0
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Judicial
reform
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$21.0
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$23.5
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$18.0
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$13.0
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Law
enforcement / rule of law
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$41.5
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$40.5
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$52.5
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$45.0
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Peace
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$1.0
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$1.0
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$5.0
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$3.0
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Total
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$1,025.3
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$1,006.9
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$713.7
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$860.3
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B. All aid to
Colombia in 2000 and 2001, including an estimated breakdown of the $330
million in previously planned assistance:
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Distribution
of Colombia assistance:
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
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Senate
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Final
version
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Military
assistance
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$761.6
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$700.7
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$406.0
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$589.2
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Police
assistance
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$349.2
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$386.7
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$354.2
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$363.1
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Alternative
development
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$116.5
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$118.0
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$105.0
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$78.5
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Aid
to the displaced
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$39.5
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$39.5
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$39.5
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$37.5
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Human
rights
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$17.0
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$19.0
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$55.5
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$53.0
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Judicial
reform
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$24.0
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$26.5
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$21.0
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$16.0
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Law
enforcement / rule of law
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$46.5
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$45.5
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$57.5
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$50.0
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Peace
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$1.0
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$1.0
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$5.0
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$3.0
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Total
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$1,355.3
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$1,336.9
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$1,043.7
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$1,190.3
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House-Senate
Conference Committee (final version of the aid package)
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Earlier
versions of the aid package
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III. First Category:
Counternarcotics Battalion Support (Push into Southern Colombia)
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Counter-Narcotics
Battalion (CNBN) Support
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
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Senate
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Final
Version
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$599.2
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$552.4
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$272.0
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$441.9
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Train
and Equip CNBNs
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$47.1
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$45.3
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$36.3
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$45.3
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Funds
2 CNBN (fully vetted for human rights as per the Leahy Amendment),
and then trains troops that are not counternarcotics-dedicated
for support of CNBNs.
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Train
and Equip CNBNs
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$25.0
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$28.2
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$25.2
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$28.2
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Funds
creation and training of 2nd and 3rd Colombian Army CNBNs.
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Build
CN BRGD HQ
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$1.0
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$1.0
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$1.0
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$1.0
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Funds
construction of and training of personnel for Counter-Narcotics
Brigade Headquarters.
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Sustain
CNBNs
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$6.0
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$6.0
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$6.0
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$6.0
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Funds
supply and ongoing equipment needs for CNBNs operating in the
field.
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Joint
Ops Training for Sr. Commanders
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$1.1
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$1.1
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$1.1
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$1.1
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Funds
training senior commanders from CNBNs and Colombian National
Police (CNP) in conducting joint counter-narcotics operations.
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Secure
Field/HQ Communications
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$8.0
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$3.0
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$-
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$3.0
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Funds
acquisition of secure communications system for CNBN units in
the field to communicate with their Brigade headquarters.
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Military
Reform
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$6.0
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$6.0
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$3.0
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$6.0
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Funds
ongoing program to eliminate corruption and human rights violations
in the Colombian military.
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
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Senate
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Final
Version
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CNBN
Air Capability
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$452.0
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$426.0
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$182.5
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$328.0
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Provides
funding to refurbish 15 UH-1N Huey helicopters and to procure
16 UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters in FY00. Funds operations, maintenance
and pilot training upon delivery in Colombia.
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UH-1N
Huey
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$64.0
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$64.0
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$64.0
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$60.0
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Refurbishes
15 additional Huey helicopters to raise the CNBN operational
total to 48. Supports operations and maintenance of all 48 helicopters.
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Huey
II Program
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$-
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$-
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$118.5
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$60.0
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UH-60
Blackhawk
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$388.0
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$362.0
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$-
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$208.0
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Funds
procurement, operations, and maintenance of 16 Blackhawk helicopters.
Also funds pilot training. (Delivery expected to begin in late
CY 2001.)
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
|
Senate
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Final
Version
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Infrastructure
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$35.2
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$20.2
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$20.2
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$20.2
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Enhances
Colombian Army bases and outfits Colombian Army aviation facilities
with the capacity to handle new aircraft during FY00 and FY01.
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Army
Aviation Infrastructure
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$13.2
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$13.2
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$8.2
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$13.2
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Funds
enhancements to Colombian Army air bases to accommodate Hueys
and Blackhawks.
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Begin
forward infrastructure devel.
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$11.0
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$3.0
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$5.0
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$3.0
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Funds
development of bases for CNBN operations in the Coca growing
region.
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Enhance
force protection
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$11.0
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$4.0
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$7.0
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$4.0
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Enhances
security of existing Colombian Army facilities that will be
used for counternarcotics efforts.
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
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Senate
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Final
Version
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Logistics
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$14.9
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$10.9
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$8.0
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$4.4
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Funds
training and equipping logistics personnel. Also provides basic
equipment support to CNBNs.
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Improve
Logistical Support
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$8.4
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$4.4
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$8.0
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$4.4
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Funds
training logistics personnel and equipping them with computers,
ground handling equipment, etc.
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Other
infrastructure and sustainment
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$6.5
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$6.5
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$-
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$-
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Funds
basic equipment support to CNBNs, i.e. vehicles, night vision
goggles, etc.
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
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Senate
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Final
Version
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Intelligence
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$19.0
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$19.0
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$9.0
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$19.0
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Funds
intelligence support to the Colombian Army and CNBNs.
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CNBN
Organic Intel
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$14.0
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$9.0
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$9.0
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$9.0
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Funds
the purchase in FY 00 and O&M in FY 01 of one long-duration
reconnaissance aircraft (e.g. Schweitzer, RG-8A) with forward-looking
infrared (FLIR) used to spot runways, labs, troop movements,
etc. at night
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Organic
intelligence capability (Colombian Air Force)
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$-
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$5.0
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$-
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$5.0
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Senior
Scout
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$5.0
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$5.0
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$-
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$5.0
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Classified
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
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Senate
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Final
Version
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Resettlement
Assistance
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$31.0
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$31.0
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$25.0
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$25.0
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Provides
assistance to civilians displaced by the push into Southern
Colombia.
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Alternative
Development
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$16.0
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$16.0
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$10.0
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$10.0
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Funds
medium-term assistance to help IDPs move into licit farming
and other legal economic activity.
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Resettlement
and Employment
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$15.0
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$15.0
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$15.0
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$15.0
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Funds
emergency assistance to IDPs, providing short-term shelter and
employment.
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IV. Second Category: Interdiction
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Interdiction
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
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Senate
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Final
Version
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$341.1
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$446.4
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$373.8
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$430.6
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Air
Interdiction in Colombia: Aircraft
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$22.4
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$22.4
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$16.0
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$22.4
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Upgrade
OV-10s
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$15.0
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$15.0
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$15.0
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$15.0
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Funds
upgrades to 11 OV-10 airplanes now used for ground support to
enable them to carry out air intercept missions.
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AC-47
FLIR
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$7.4
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$7.4
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$1.0
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$7.4
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Funds
equipping one AC-47 with FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared) for
night ops against airborne drug trafficking.
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
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Air
Interdiction in Colombia: Radar
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$37.0
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$35.0
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$14.0
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$28.0
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Airborne
Tracker Platforms
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$10.0
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$10.0
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$7.0
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$10.0
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Funds
purchase and installation of sensor suites in 2 C-26 aircraft
to track drug trafficking aircraft for interdiction.
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Ground
Based Radar
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$20.0
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$20.0
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$-
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$13.0
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Moves
ground based radar (GBR) to Tres Esquinas, Colombia (in Coca
growing region). In FY 01, moves and installs a second GBR in
Leticia, Colombia (near the Amazon where Peru, Brazil, and Colombia
meet).
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Radar
Command and Control
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$5.0
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$5.0
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$5.0
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$5.0
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Funds
construction of a radar command center in Tres Esquinas, Colombia
(in Coca growing region) in FY00.
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Civil
Aircraft Beacons
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$2.0
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$-
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$2.0
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$0.0
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Purchases
and installs beacons in civil aircraft to facilitate tracking
and intercepting aircraft that are involved in illicit activity.
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Original
Administration Proposal
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House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
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|
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Infrastructure
|
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$51.6
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$124.5
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$124.5
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$124.5
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Manta
FOL upgrade
|
$38.6
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$61.3
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$61.3
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$61.3
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Funds
construction and upgrades for US Forward Operating Location
(FOL) at Manta, Ecuador in FY00.
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Airfield
Updgrades
|
$13.0
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$8.0
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$8.0
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$8.0
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Funds
Colombian Air Force airfield upgrades to accommodate a greater
number of more advanced aircraft.
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Aruba
FOL upgrade
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$-
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$10.3
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$10.3
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$10.3
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Curacao
FOL upgrade
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$-
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$43.9
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$43.9
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$43.9
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|
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Various
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$-
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$1.1
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$1.1
|
$1.1
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Planning
and design
|
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|
Original
Administration Proposal
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House
|
Senate
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Final
Version
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Intelligence
|
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$62.0
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$87.0
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$37.3
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$62.3
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Andean
Ridge Intel
|
$7.0
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$7.0
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$3.0
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$7.0
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Funds
Andean Ridge signal intelligence collection and translation
program to track movement from Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil into
Colombia.
|
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$55.0
|
$80.0
|
$34.3
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$55.3
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Classified
|
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|
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
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Final
Version
|
|
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Treasury
|
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$70.1
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$70.1
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$70.0
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$70.0
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Customs
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$68.0
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$68.0
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$68.0
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$68.0
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Funds
radar upgrades to 4 US Customs Airborne Early Warning Radar
equipped P-3 aircraft for intelligence operations.
|
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OFAC
|
$2.1
|
$2.1
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$2.0
|
$2.0
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Funds
Drug Kingpin legislation implementation for Treasury, establishing
an office to track narco-traffickers' accounts.
|
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|
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
|
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Operations
Support
|
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$20.0
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$19.5
|
$19.5
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$19.5
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Funds
numerous small-ticket items to support interdiction efforts,
such as fuel, parts, cockpit re-configuration, etc.
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|
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
|
|
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Water
and Ground Interdiction in Colombia
|
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$31.0
|
$21.9
|
$22.5
|
$21.9
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Funds
support of and enhancements to Colombian river and road interdiction
efforts.
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| |
Sustain
Ops
|
$12.0
|
$12.0
|
$12.0
|
$12.0
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Funds
fuel, parts, etc. for Colombian river interdiction programs.
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Ammunition
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$5.0
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
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Funds
purchase of ammunition for river-borne interdiction operations.
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Upgrade
Aircraft
|
$3.0
|
$1.9
|
$1.5
|
$1.9
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Funds
upgrading aircraft for night surveillance operations spotting
river-based trafficking.
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Secure
Communications
|
$3.0
|
$-
|
$-
|
$-
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Funds
acquisition of secure communications system for river operations.
|
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Go-fast
Boat Support
|
$2.0
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$-
|
$1.0
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$-
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Funds
repair and upgrades for captured drug-trafficking go-fast boats
which will then be used for interdiction.
|
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Infrastructure
for Patrol Boats
|
$1.0
|
$1.0
|
$1.0
|
$1.0
|
Funds
facility upgrades to accommodate more advanced boats for interdiction.
|
|
Road
Interdiction Operations
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
Funds
purchase of equipment and construction of two sites for inspection
of vehicles, aiding interception of over-the-road drug traffickers.
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|
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
|
|
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Regional
Interdiction
|
|
$47.0
|
$66.0
|
$78.0
|
$82.0
|
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Peru
|
$22.0
|
$27.0
|
$27.0
|
$27.0
|
Funds
upgrade to A-37 aircraft and airfields, and support for helicopters,
riverine interdiction, and road interdiction
|
|
Bolivia
|
$6.0
|
$8.0
|
$20.0
|
$25.0
|
Funds
C-130 support, helicopter support, and eradication in Yungas
and Chapare.
|
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Ecuador
|
$6.0
|
$12.0
|
$13.0
|
$12.0
|
Support
for A-37, C-130, radar, and units along the Putumayo river
(Colombian border).
|
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Other
Countries
|
$12.0
|
$18.0
|
$18.0
|
$18.0
|
Funds
cooperative air interdicton efforts involving other Andean
countries.
|
|
Regional
Intelligence Fusion
|
$1.0
|
$1.0
|
$0.5
|
$-
|
Funds
establishment of US office for interagency international narcotics
intelligence sharing.
|
V.Third Category: Colombian
National Police (CNP) Support
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Colombian
Nat'l Police (CNP) Support
|
|
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
|
|
| |
$95.2
|
$132.7
|
$100.2
|
$115.6
|
Funds
increased eradication by CNP
|
| |
Secure
Communications
|
$3.0
|
$3.0
|
$3.0
|
$3.0
|
Funds
acquisition of secure communications system for CNP operations.
|
|
Weapons
& Ammo
|
$5.0
|
$3.0
|
$3.0
|
$3.0
|
Funds
purchase of light weapons and ammunition for CNP operations.
|
|
Enhance
Log Support
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
Funds
training and enhancements to CNP logistical capabilities.
|
|
Enhance
CNP Forward Op Capability
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
Funds
enhancements to security at CNP field bases.
|
|
Build
CNP border bases
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
Funds
construction of CNP bases on Peruvian and Ecuadoran borders.
|
|
One
Additional Air Unit
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
Funds
one additional CNP air-mobile eradication unit.
|
|
Upgrade
CNP Air Facilities
|
$8.0
|
$8.0
|
$8.0
|
$8.0
|
Funds
upgrades to CNP air facilities to accommodate new and improved
aircraft.
|
|
Provide
Spray Aircraft
|
$20.0
|
$20.0
|
$20.0
|
$20.0
|
Funds
the purchase of 9 aircraft for aerial eradication.
|
|
Upgrade
CNP Airplanes
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
Funds
upgrades to existing CNP aircraft.
|
|
Sustain
Ops
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
Funds
basic supplies and fuel for CNP operations.
|
|
Upgrade
UH-1Hs
|
$18.0
|
$20.6
|
$24.0
|
$20.6
|
Funds
upgrading 10 CNP UH-1H helicopters to Super Hueys.
|
|
Train
|
$1.5
|
$1.9
|
$2.5
|
$2.0
|
Funds
pilot training for CNP aircraft.
|
|
Airfield
Security
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
Funds
enhancements to CNP aircraft to protect personnel, aircraft,
and other assets.
|
|
DEA
Programs
|
$6.7
|
$17.2
|
$6.7
|
$-
|
Funds
Operation Copperhead (Signal Intelligence) and Operation Breakthrough
(Human Intelligence) for Colombian interdiction efforts.
|
|
Enhanced
eradication
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
Funds
various costs associated with enhanced eradication efforts
such as herbicides, etc.
|
|
Spare
Parts
|
$3.0
|
$3.0
|
$3.0
|
$3.0
|
Funds
spare parts for CNP aircraft and equipment.
|
|
UH-60
Blackhawk procurement and support
|
$-
|
$26.0
|
$-
|
$26.0
|
2
UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters.
|
VI. Fourth category: Alternative
Development
|
Development
|
|
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
|
|
| |
$145.0
|
$188.5
|
$236.5
|
$179.0
|
Funds
alternative development (A.D.) in Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, and
Ecuador, and high levels of social investment and local government
strengthening.
|
|
Alternative
Development in Colombia
|
|
$115.0
|
$116.5
|
$109.5
|
$81.0
|
|
| |
Protected
areas, watersheds, etc.
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$2.5
|
$2.5
|
Offsets
ecological damage of coca and poppy production in Southern Colombia,
funds sustainable forestry programs and improved management
of protected areas.
|
|
Social
investment, IDP
|
$24.5
|
$24.5
|
$24.5
|
$22.5
|
Funds
reinsertion of displaced families into the economy through job
training, and grants to municipalities to establish basic education,
health/reproductive units, and child-care facilities.
|
|
Vol.
Eradication/ social investment
|
$81.0
|
$81.0
|
$78.0
|
$52.0
|
Funds
alternative development (assistance in establishing and marketing
licit crops, improved community services, and improved productive
infrastructure). Also funds technical assistance to municipalities
in budgeting, transparent governance, and revenue generation.
|
|
Program
mgmt.
|
$4.5
|
$6.0
|
$4.5
|
$4.0
|
Funds
operating costs for USAID Colombia mission for 2 years.
|
| |
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
|
|
|
Regional
Alternative Development
|
$30.0
|
$72.0
|
$127.0
|
$98.0
|
Funds
assistance tailored to the needs of specific zones Peru, Bolivia,
and Ecuador in return for defined net coca reduction targets.
Includes infrastructure improvement, maintenance to roads and
electricty, and technical support to expand licit agriculture,
production, marketing and packing facilities.
|
VII. Fifth category: Boost
Government Capacity
|
Boost
Gov. Capacity
|
|
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
|
|
| |
$92.5
|
$98.5
|
$143.0
|
$122.0
|
Funds
human rights (HR) strengthening, judicial policy reform, and
training of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders. Also
funds rule-of-law strengthening, security for witnesses and
judges, and financial-crime enforcement.
|
|
Human
Rights
|
|
$15.0
|
$17.0
|
$53.5
|
$51.0
|
|
| |
Protection
of HR workers
|
$4.0
|
$4.5
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
Funds
enhanced protection of human rights workers (strengthening
of organizations' premises).
|
|
Strengthen
HR Institutions
|
$7.0
|
$8.5
|
$7.0
|
$7.0
|
Funds
strengthened capacity of State Prosecutor's Office (improved
investigative techniques forensic equipment). Also supports
local NGOs' human rights information and education projects.
|
|
Establish
CNP/ Fiscalia HR units
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$25.0
|
$25.0
|
Funds
the creation and training of a special unit of prosecutors
and judicial police to investigate egregious cases against
civil government officials where human rights abuse is alleged.
|
|
Witness
/ Judicial Security Human Rights Cases
|
$-
|
$-
|
$10.0
|
$10.0
|
|
|
U.N.
Office of Human Rights
|
$-
|
$-
|
$1.0
|
$1.0
|
|
|
U.S.
Government Monitoring
|
$-
|
$-
|
$1.5
|
$1.5
|
|
|
Child
Soldiers
|
$-
|
$-
|
$5.0
|
$2.5
|
|
| |
|
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
|
|
|
Administration
of Justice
|
|
$21.0
|
$23.5
|
$18.0
|
$13.0
|
|
| |
Policy
Reform
|
$5.0
|
$6.0
|
$5.0
|
$2.5
|
Funds
assistance to Superior Judicial Council to develop procedures
for open public trials, conferences to consolidate expert
legal opinions, and the court costs of model courtrooms to
test oral trials.
|
|
Prosecutor
training
|
$4.0
|
$4.5
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
Funds
training of prosecutors in trying cases in open courts.
|
|
Judges
training
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$3.5
|
Funds
training of judges in open court procedures.
|
|
Casas
de Justicia
|
$6.0
|
$6.5
|
$3.0
|
$1.0
|
Funds
establishment of local "houses of justice" that
house public defenders in regions that are not well-served.
Services include alternative dispute resolution, access to
legal counseling, and crime prevention activities.
|
|
Public
defenders
|
$2.0
|
$2.5
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
Funds
training of lawyers in the Public Defenders office of the
Attorney General. Public defenders perform day-to-day human
rights work for indigent accused.
|
| |
|
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
|
|
|
Strengthening
the Rule of Law
|
|
$56.5
|
$58.0
|
$71.5
|
$58.0
|
|
| |
Money
Laundering Task Force
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$15.0
|
$15.0
|
Funds
training and support for law enforcement task force of investigators
and prosecutors to pursue money launderers and seize illicit
gains of narcotics traffickers.
|
|
CN
Investigative Units
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$15.0
|
$-
|
Funds
training and support for law enforcement task force of prosecutors
and investigators to pursue significant narcotics traffickers.
|
|
Anti-corruption
program
|
$6.0
|
$6.0
|
$-
|
$-
|
Funds
program of prevention and enforcement to fight corruption,
including anti-corruption law enforcement task force and prevention
and detection programs, including background checks and financial
disclosure programs.
|
|
Asset
Management Assistance
|
$1.0
|
$1.0
|
$-
|
$-
|
Funds
training and support for efforts by GOC to manage seized and
forfeited assets from Narcotics traffickers, similar to what
US Marshals undertake in the US.
|
|
Anti-kidnapping
strategy
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
$2.0
|
$1.0
|
Funds
program to investigate and prosecute kidnapping including
development of law enforcement task force and command center
for communication and information sharing.
|
|
Attacking
financial crime
|
$3.0
|
$3.0
|
$-
|
$-
|
Funds
program to attack narcotics related financial crimes, including
the Black Market Peso Exchange, which narco-traffickers use
to launder money through the illicit importation of consumer
goods.
|
|
Judicial
Police Training Academy
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$3.0
|
Funds
the development of a unified law enforcement training academy
in order to implement a standard curriculum and practices
for all police investigators.
|
|
Witness
and Judicial Security
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
$5.0
|
Funds
training and support to develop an effective program to provide
security to witnesses and justice officials.
|
|
Train
Customs Police
|
$6.0
|
$6.0
|
$6.0
|
$2.0
|
Funds
training and support for Colombian Customs police affiliated
with the Colombian Customs Service (DIAN).
|
|
Martitime
Enforcement/ Port Security
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$4.0
|
$2.5
|
Funds
training and support for a maritime and port security program,
including law enforcement task force and monitoring and detection
of illicit goods in cargo.
|
|
Operations
for multiateral case initiative
|
$4.5
|
$4.5
|
$4.5
|
$3.0
|
Funds
US/ Colombian initiative to investigate, prosecute, and arrest
transnational narcotics traffickers and money launderers,
including work with other Caribbean and Latin American countries.
|
|
Prison
security upgrades
|
$8.0
|
$8.0
|
$8.0
|
$4.5
|
Funds
enhanced training of corrections staff, implementation of
proper procedures, and effective security in Colombia's prisons.
|
|
Econ/Trade
|
$4.0
|
$3.0
|
$3.0
|
$2.5
|
Funds
economic and banking training, and training for customs officials
to track flows of money into and out of Colombia.
|
|
Peace
|
$1.0
|
$1.0
|
$5.0
|
$3.0
|
Funds
conflict management/ negotiation seminars for government representatives
at peace talks.
|
|
Armed
Forces human rights and legal reform
|
$-
|
$1.5
|
$-
|
$1.5
|
|
|
Army
JAG school
|
$-
|
$1.0
|
$-
|
$1.0
|
|
|
Organized
financial crime
|
|
|
|
$14.0
|
|
VIII. Estimate of the $330
million in previously planned assistance:
|
Aid
already planned for Colombia
|
$330.0
|
|
Police
assistance (rough estimate)
|
$240.0
|
|
Military
assistance (rough estimate)
|
$70.0
|
|
Alternative
Development (rough estimate)
|
$10.0
|
|
Law
enforcement / rule of Law (rough estimate)
|
$5.0
|
|
Judicial
Reform (rough estimate)
|
$3.0
|
|
Human
Rights (rough estimate)
|
$2.0
|
IX. Airborne reconnaissance
aircraft in Senate and final versions:
| |
Original
Administration Proposal
|
House
|
Senate
|
Final
Version
|
|
Airborne
Reconnaissance Low aircraft
|
$-
|
$-
|
$30.0
|
$30.0
|
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