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SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS FOR FY 2000The President's budget request includes two FY 2000 supplemental requests for which USAID would have some management responsibilities: Kosovo and Southeast Europe InitiativeA supplemental totaling $624.497 million is being requested for economic and democratic activities in Kosovo, Croatia, and Montenegro; support to the democratic opposition in Serbia; and building secure U.S. diplomatic facilities in Kosovo and the surrounding region. Only $250.9 million of this total covers programs funded under Foreign Operations. Of this amount, USAID would manage programs totaling $195 million to support the UN operations in Kosovo and to meet other emergency needs. An additional $22 million is being requested for the USAID Operating Expenses account to provide for administrative support costs for staff, expanded facilities, and enhanced security. Plan ColombiaAssistance to Plan Colombia would be a two-year $1.273 billion effort, of which $1.074 billion falls under Foreign Operations appropriations and $198 million would fall under Department of Defense (DoD) appropriations. For FY 2000, the supplemental request includes $818 million under Foreign Operations ($136 million is being requested for DoD in FY 2000). Of this amount, $127.5 million would be provided to USAID for alternative development programs, and other activities, including the use of $4.5 to manage the expanded program. For FY 2001, of the $256 million Foreign Operations funds being requested, USAID would be provided $90 million to continue program implementation. |
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