Second. the amendment contains a prohibition on funding for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua. This provision continues in effect the Boland amendment which this House has supported on several occasions in the past. A third section of the amendment provides assistance and makes $14 million available for Nicaraguan refugees to be provided outside Nicaragua by the International Committee of the Red Cross or the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees for food. medicine. and other humanitarian assistance. The amendment also makes funds available to support the implementation of a Contadora agreement. A fourth section requires quarterly reports to the Congress on the situation in Nicaragua. the status of the Contadora process and the expenditure of funds under the amendment.
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