As of FY2000, more is being provided to the military. Plan Colombia Proposals and Legislation

		The Clinton Administration's "Plan Colombia" Proposal

As presented to the 106th Congress, initially on January 11, 2000, and then with the annual budget request on February 7, 2000, the Clinton Administration aidproposal to support the Colombian government's "Plan Colombia" contained over $954 million in supplementalFY2000 funding and over $318 million forFY2001 spending. (This was in addition to about $150 million allocated and planned for existing programs in eachfiscal year.) Thecore of the Southern Colombia programincluded training and equipping two new army CN battalions, and purchasing Blackhawk and Huey helicopters totransport them. The remaining proposedassistance, to be administered by six agencies, was divided into five other categories: (1) drug traffickinginterdiction, (2) improving CNP eradication capabilities,(3) economic development, (4) "boosting government capacity," i.e., funding to support human rights monitors andimprove the justice system and the rule of law;and (5) other economic assistance and assistance for the peace process. According to Administration sources, the Push into Southern Colombia program was the first part of a planned six-year counternarcotics effort. On March 9, 2000, the House Appropriations Committee approved an emergency supplementalappropriations act ( H.R. 106-521 ), that included some $1.418 billion infunding for FY2000 and FY2001counternarcotics efforts in Colombia, its neighbors, and other parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. On May 9, the Senate Appropriations Committee included Plan Colombia funding in itsversions of the FY2001 Military Construction ( S. 2521 , S.Rept. The Senate appropriations committee version of the Foreign Operations bill placed extensive conditions on funding. Senate Action on S. 2522. 4425, P.L. 106-246

Some $1.289 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations was included for Plan Colombia in the conference version of H.R. 4425 ( H.Rept.106-710 , filed June 29,) Military Construction appropriations for FY2001. On the most controversial issues or disparate points, the conference report: 
Provided a total of $294.0 million for helicopter procurement and sustainment for the Army counternarcotics battalions and police, comparedto the Administration request and House action of $388.0 million and the Senate action of $118.5; 
Fully funded House and Senate increases in funding for human rights in Colombia, but cuts funding for other governanceaccounts;
Contained the Senate's human rights conditionality on funding, but also provides a national security waiver; and 
Earmarked in regional funding $110 million for Bolivia, of which at least $85.0 million is to be used for alternative development, and $20million for Ecuador, of which at least $8.0 million is to be used for regional development but provides no earmarkedfunding for Peru, unlike the House andSenate bills. The Presidentcan waive this condition on national interest grounds. In January 2001, the Clinton Administration determined that a second certification was not required. The President waived this requirement in his August 22 action on Plan Colombia. ( H.Rept. Regional Counternarcotics Strategy. counternarcotics assistance for Colombia and neighboring countries. Two others were due February 1, 2001 . 4811 , signed into law November 16, 2000). TRAINING AND OTHER PROGRAMS. The Bush Administration's Andean Initiatives

On April 9, 2001, the Bush Administration requested $731 million in FY2002 funding for a broader regionalstrategy called the Andean Counterdrug Initiative(ACI) that would include funding from the International Narcotics Control account (INC) for not only Colombia,but also Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru,and Venezuela. Hearing on Colombia Supplemental Request. Hearing on Proposed EmergencyAnti-Drug Assistance to Colombia.
On February 7, 2000, the Clinton Administration, as part of its annual budget request, asked Congress for FY2000 supplemental appropriations of $954 millionfor assistance to Colombia and other Andean counternarcotics efforts. FY2000 allocated funding for Colombia,from appropriations made in 1999, already totalssome $164.0 million. At the same time, the Administration requested $318 million for FY2001 assistance toColombia and other regional efforts, in addition tothe $150 million that it previously indicated it had planned to allocate to Colombia in FY2001.
The Clinton Administration's "Plan Colombia" program, as it became known, was intended to substantially increase the assistance provided to Colombia. Theproposal's centerpiece was funding for the "Push into Southern Colombia" program, which would include trainingand equipping two new army CN battalions,and providing funding to purchase new and sustain existing Blackhawk and Huey helicopters to transport them.Other assistance was included for interdiction,resettlement of displaced persons, economic development, and programs to improve Colombian National Police(CNP) eradication capabilities and to supporthuman rights monitors, improve the justice system and strengthen the rule of law.
The 106th Congress commenced action on the request on March 9, 2000, when the House Appropriations Committee approved an emergency supplementalappropriations bill ( H.R. 3908 , H.Rept. 106-521 ) that included some $1.4 billion in funding for FY2000 andFY2001 counternarcotics efforts inColombia, its neighbors, and other parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. On March 30, the House approvedthat amount, placing conditions on the militaryassistance. On May 9, the Senate Appropriations Committee included $1.1 billion in FY2000 emergencysupplemental Plan Colombia funding in its FY2001Military Construction ( S. 2521 ) and Foreign Operations ( S. 2522 ) bills, placing extensive conditionson the assistance in both bills. These three measures were dealt with in the conference on the military construction appropriations bill ( H.R. 4425 , H.Rept. 106-710 ) with some $1.3billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for Plan Colombia. As approved and signed into law ( P.L.106-246 ) on July 13, the bill included five humanrights and two other conditions on aid to Colombia. Certification that these conditions had been met was required before the obligation of FY2000 and FY2001funds, but the President could waive them on national security grounds. President Clinton waived six of the sevencertification criteria on August 22, 2000, andhe determined a second certification was not required on January 19, 2001, but submitted a report on progressregarding certification criteria.
On April 9, 2001, the Bush Administration requested $731 million in FY2002 funding for a broader regional strategy called the Andean Counterdrug Initiativethat would include funding from the International Narcotics Control account (INC) for not only Colombia, but alsoBolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, andVenezuela. In later references, the Bush Administration included other funding for those countries in a AndeanRegional Initiative. As a result, total funding forthe regional initiative, including the ACI, now stands at some $882.29 million.