The State Department's April 2002 FY2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations reported that Excess Defense Articles to the Bahamas would be used "to promote counter-drug efforts, maritime support, inter-operability and modernization of equipment."¹ Subsequent requests have included the same language.

1999:²
(all amounts in dollars)

Sources:

¹ United States, Department of State, FY 2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations (Washington, DC: Department of State, April 15, 2002) <http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/cbj/2003/>.

² United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.