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S. 3576 · 112th Congress

A bill to provide limitations on United States assistance, and for other purposes.

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  1. Senate Introduced Sep 19, 2012
  2. Senate Failed Sep 22, 2012 10–81

Prohibits amounts from being obligated or expended for any direct U.S. assistance, loan guarantee, or debt relief to Libya, Egypt, Pakistan, or a host country of a U.S. diplomatic facility that was attacked, trespassed upon, breached, or attempted to be attacked, trespassed upon, or breached, on or after September 1, 2012.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Sep 19, 2012

Prohibits amounts from being obligated or expended for any direct U.S. assistance, loan guarantee, or debt relief to Libya, Egypt, Pakistan, or a host country of a U.S. diplomatic facility that was attacked, trespassed upon, breached, or attempted to be attacked, trespassed upon, or breached, on or after September 1, 2012.

Authorizes the President to request that the prohibition be suspended with respect to a country if the President certifies to Congress that: (1) such country is cooperating with investigations into an attack, has arrested or extradited persons associated with the attack, and is improving local security; and (2) all persons associated with the attack have been identified by U.S. law enforcement and are in U.S. custody.

Prohibits any request with respect to Pakistan until: (1) Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released alive from prison; (2) all charges brought against Dr. Afridi have been dropped; and (3) if necessary to ensure his freedom, Dr. Afridi has been allowed to leave Pakistan alive.

Requires the President to report to Congress regarding the extent to which advanced weaponry remaining unsecured after the fall of Moammar Qaddafi was used by the individuals responsible for the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as an authorization for the use of military force.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

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About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to provide limitations on United States assistance, and for other purposes.

Latest action (Sep 22, 2012): Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 530.

Policy area: International Affairs · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 19, 2012

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  1. Senate Introduced Sep 19, 2012
  2. Senate Failed Sep 22, 2012 10–81

Final vote · Senate · Sep 22, 2012

Passage — Bill Defeated. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid

Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Lisa MurkowskiRAKNay
Mark BegichDAKNay
Jeff SessionsRALNay
Richard ShelbyRALYea
John BoozmanRARNot Voting
Mark PryorDARNay
John McCainRAZNay
Jon KylRAZNay
Barbara BoxerDCANot Voting
Dianne FeinsteinDCANay
Mark UdallDCONay
Michael BennetDCONay
Joseph LiebermanIDCTNay
Richard BlumenthalDCTNay
Christopher CoonsDDENay
Thomas CarperDDENay
Bill NelsonDFLNay
Marco RubioRFLNot Voting
Johnny IsaksonRGANay
Saxby ChamblissRGANay
Daniel AkakaDHINay
Daniel InouyeDHINay
Chuck GrassleyRIAYea
Tom HarkinDIANay
James RischRIDYea
Mike CrapoRIDYea
Mark KirkRILNot Voting
Richard DurbinDILNay
Daniel CoatsRINNay
Richard LugarRINNay
Jerry MoranRKSYea
Pat RobertsRKSYea
Mitch McConnellRKYNay
Rand PaulRKYYea
David VitterRLANot Voting
Mary LandrieuDLANay
John KerryDMANay
Scott BrownRMANay
Barbara MikulskiDMDNay
Benjamin CardinDMDNay
Olympia SnoweRMENay
Susan CollinsRMENay
Carl LevinDMINay
Debbie StabenowDMINay
Al FrankenDMNNay
Amy KlobucharDMNNay
Claire McCaskillDMONay
Roy BluntRMONay
Roger WickerRMSNay
Thad CochranRMSNay
Jon TesterDMTNay
Max BaucusDMTNay
Kay HaganDNCNay
Richard BurrRNCNot Voting
John HoevenRNDNay
Kent ConradDNDNay
Ben NelsonDNENay
Mike JohannsRNENay
Jeanne ShaheenDNHNay
Kelly AyotteRNHNay
Bob MenendezDNJNay
Frank LautenbergDNJNay
Jeff BingamanDNMNay
Tom UdallDNMNay
Dean HellerRNVNot Voting
Harry ReidDNVNay
Chuck SchumerDNYNay
Kirsten GillibrandDNYNay
Rob PortmanROHNay
Sherrod BrownDOHNay
Jim InhofeROKNot Voting
Thomas CoburnROKNay
Jeff MerkleyDORNay
Ron WydenDORNay
Bob CaseyDPANay
Pat ToomeyRPAYea
Jack ReedDRINay
Sheldon WhitehouseDRINay
Jim DeMintRSCYea
Lindsey GrahamRSCNay
John ThuneRSDNay
Tim JohnsonDSDNay
Bob CorkerRTNNay
Lamar AlexanderRTNNay
John CornynRTXNay
Kay HutchisonRTXNay
Mike LeeRUTYea
Orrin HatchRUTNay
Jim WebbDVANay
Mark WarnerDVANay
Bernie SandersIVTNay
Patrick LeahyDVTNay
Maria CantwellDWANay
Patty MurrayDWANot Voting
Herb KohlDWINay
Ron JohnsonRWINay
Jay RockefellerDWVNay
Joe ManchinDWVNay
John BarrassoRWYNay
Michael EnziRWYNay