Andean Regional Initiative (ARI): FY2002 Supplemental and FY2003 Assistance for Colombia and Neighbors (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised July 22, 2003 |
| Report Number |
RL31383 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
K. Larry Storrs and Nina M. Serafino, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
In 2002 and continuing into 2003, Congress considered President Bush's requests for FY2002
supplemental and FY2003 assistance for Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of
the Andean Regional Initiative launched in 2001.
On February 4, 2002, President Bush submitted a FY2003 budget request that would provide
$979.8 million for the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI), with $731 million in counternarcotics
assistance under the Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI). This request included $537 million in
ARI funding for Colombia, with $439 million in ACI funding and $98 million in Foreign Military
Financing (FMF) to train and equip a Colombian army brigade to protect an oil pipeline in
northeastern Colombia.
On March 21, 2002, the Administration proposed an Emergency FY2002 Supplemental for
counter-terrorism purposes that included a request for $4 million of State Department international
narcotics control (INCLE) funding for Colombia police post support, $6 million of FMF funding for
Colombia and $3 million for Ecuador for counter-terrorism equipment and training, and $25 million
for counter-kidnapping training in Colombia. Also included in the submission were requests to
broaden the authorities of the Defense and State Departments to utilize FY2002 and FY2003
assistance and unexpended Plan Colombia assistance to support the Colombian government's
"unified campaign against narcotics trafficking, terrorist activities, and other threats to its national
security."
In legislative action in 2002, Congress passed the FY2002 Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act ( H.R. 4775 / P.L. 107-206 ), with expanded authorities for activities
in Colombia but with various human rights conditions, and it approved the Andean Trade Preference
Act (ATPA) extension and expansion as part of an omnibus trade bill ( H.R. 3009 / P.L.
107-210 ). Later, it passed the Foreign Relations Authorization for FY2003 ( H.R. 1646 / P.L. 107-228 ), and the FY2003 Intelligence Authorization Act ( H.R. 4628 / P.L.
107-306 ), with provisions relating to Colombia.
In early 2003, the FY2003 Foreign Operations Appropriations bill was included in an omnibus
spending package ( H.J.Res. 2 / P.L. 108-7 ). The measure passed on February 13, 2003,
and encompassed 11 of 13 appropriations bills that had not been enacted by the start of the new fiscal
year. It provided $835.5 million for the Andean Regional Initiative (ARI), of which $700 million
was provided for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI). It further allowed the transfer of $31
million from the State Department's International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE)
account to the ACI.
