2506 / P.L. Congress fully funded the President's request for Colombia, with various human rightsconditions, and it granted broader authority to pursue new activities in Colombia, but withmodifications that blended the House and Senate provisions. (7) 
FY2003 Request. On February 4, 2002, PresidentBush submitted a FY2003 budget request of $979.8 million for the Andean Regional Initiative(ARI), with $731 million in counternarcotics assistance under the Andean Counterdrug Initiative(ACI). Both chambers approved theconference report ( H.Rept. On February 3, 2003,President Bush requested $990.7 million for the Andean Regional Initiative countries in the accountscomprising ARI funding, including military funding for Colombia. Congress approved $105.1 million, consisting of $34 million ofState Department for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative, $34 million of DOD funds for DrugInterdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, and fully funded the Foreign Military Financing Program,out of which it provided that $20 million could be transferred to the ACI account. Congress provided $731 million for the ACI in the FY2004 Consolidated Appropriations Bill( H.R. 108-401 ), passed by the House on December 8, 2003, and stillpending in the Senate. For FY2004, the Administration requested $35 million in ACI funding,consisting of $20 million for interdiction and law enforcement, and $15 million for alternativedevelopment. 2673 / H.Rept. It also included requests for counterdrug and military funding for Colombia. The Senate passed H.R. 108-11 ). 2800 / H.Rept. 2800 passed the House on July 23, 2003. The Senate Committee onAppropriations reported out their bill ( S. 1426 / S.Rept. 108-106 ) on July 17, 2003,providing $660 million of the President's ACI request, with the authority to transfer an additional$37 million from the State Department's INCLE account to ACI. The measure passed the House on December 8,2003, and the Senate on January 22, 2004 ( P.L. 108-199 ). FY2004-FY2005 Foreign Relations Authorization

House Action. 1646 / P.L. assistance in interdicting." On April 24, 2003, the SenateForeign Relations Committee reported out S. 925 ( S.Rept. 108-39 ), the ForeignRelations Authorization Act of 2004, with one provision related to Colombia and the Andean region. FY2004 Foreign Assistance Authorization

Senate Action. 108-56 ), with several provisions on assistance to Colombia andthe Andean region. 108-136 ). Section 1021 providesauthority for the Defense Department to provide support for counterdrug activities by extendingauthority in Section 1033 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY1998 ( P.L. 108-177 ). H.R. These data include fundingfrom accounts that comprise the Andean Regional Initiative: International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE), AndeanCounterdrug Initiative, development aid, child survival and health aid, and foreign military financing. Note: Amounts for Colombia include the FY2003 Emergency Wartime Supplemental.
In 2003, Congress considered President Bush's requests for FY2004 and FY2003supplemental assistance for Colombia and six regional neighbors in a continuation of the AndeanRegional Initiative (ARI) launched in 2001. ARI was proposed as an expansion of support for PlanColombia, under the Clinton Administration, with more funding for social and economicdevelopment programs for Colombia and its neighbors, who are affected by Colombia's struggleagainst guerrillas and drug traffickers. From FY2000 through FY2003, Colombia and other ARIrecipients have received more than $3 billion in U.S. funding.
In early 2003, an FY2003 Emergency Wartime Supplemental bill ( H.Rept. 108-76 / P.L.108-11 ) provided $105 million in additional assistance for the Andean Counterdrug Initiative andrelated programs. This included $34 million for the State Department's International NarcoticsControl and Law Enforcement account, $34 million for the Department of Defense's DrugInterdiction and Counter-Drug Activities account, and $37.1 million in Foreign Military FinancingProgram funds.
The President submitted his FY2004 budget request to Congress on February 3, 2003,including $990.7 million for countries comprising the Andean Regional Initiative, including militaryfunding for Colombia. Of the $990.7 million requested, $731 million is for the Andean CounterdrugInitiative, $133.5 million for the Foreign Military Financing Program, with the remainder of theoverall figure in development, economic, and health programs.
The House passed H.R. 2800 , ( H.Rept. 108-222 ) the FY2004 ForeignOperations Appropriations Bill, on July 23, 2003, fully funding the President's request for $731million for ACI. The Senate passed S. 1426 ( S.Rept.108-106 ) on October 24, 2003,providing $660 million for ACI, with authority to transfer an additional $37 million from the StateDepartment's International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) account to ACI. Theconference report ( H.R. 2673 / H.Rept. 108-401 ), passed by the House on December 8,2003, and the Senate on January 22, 2004, provides $731 million. ( P.L. 108-199 signed January 23,2004.)
Both the House and Senate passed the FY2003-FY2004 Foreign Relations Authorization Act( H.R. 1950 / S. 925 ), with provisions relating to Colombia and druginterdiction programs in the Andean region. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported outthe FY2004 Foreign Assistance Authorization Act ( S. 1161 / S.Rept.108-56 ) with severalmodifications on assistance to Colombia and the Andean region. Congress completed the FY2004National Defense Authorization Act, ( P.L. 108-136 ) providing authorization for drug interdictionand counterdrug activities for DOD programs. It also passed the FY2004 Intelligence AuthorizationAct ( P.L. 108-177 ) authorizing continuing counterdrug and counterterrorism activities. This reportwill not be updated.