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Programs in the Annual Foreign Aid Budget Bill

The following U.S. programs provide military and police aid to Latin America and the Caribbean, and are funded each year through the foreign aid budget bill (the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations bill):

	Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Weapons, equipment and training for prevention and management of terrorism
	Foreign Military Financing (FMF) Grants and loans for defense articles, training and services
	International Criminal Investigations and Training Program (ICITAP) Law-enforcement training provided by the Department of Justice
	International Military Education and Training (IMET) Funding for courses given both in the U.S. and in-country by U.S. personnel. Expanded IMET pays for training in non-combat subjects.
	International Narcotics Control (INC) Funding of equipment, training, eradication and other programs of the State Department’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL)

The additional U.S. programs below are overseen by the same congressional committees that are responsible for the annual foreign aid budget bill:

	Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) Sales from U.S. companies licensed by the U.S. government
	Drawdowns Presidential authority to grant defense articles, training and services from the U.S. arsenal
	Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Transfers of used weapons and equipment from U.S. stocks
	Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Government-to-government sales of defense articles, training and services

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