Congress 107 - HR 502 - Caribbean Regional Assistance Act of 2001

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Administration of justice Administrative procedure Agribusiness Agricultural diversification Agriculture and Food AIDS (Disease) Alternative dispute resolution American economic assistance American technical assistance Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Business education Caribbean area Collection of accounts Commerce Competition Congress Congressional reporting requirements Customs administration Customs unions Developing countries Diversification in industry Dominica Dominican Republic Economic development Economic growth Economics and Public Finance Education Environmental education Environmental engineering Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Foreign loans Foreign Trade and International Finance Free trade Government Operations and Politics Grenada Guyana Haiti Health Higher education Human immunodeficiency viruses International Affairs International agencies International environmental cooperation Jamaica Judges Latin America Law Legal education Magistrates Montserrat Preventive medicine Productivity in government Public-private partnerships Regional economic development Regional planning Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Small business Suriname Sustainable development Tourism Transportation and Public Works Trinidad and Tobago U.S. Agency for International Development

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Caribbean Regional Assistance Act of 2001 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide U.S. credit assistance to countries of the Caribbean region to promote broad-based, sustainable, and successful economic development and growth that emphasizes activities to: (1) improve the quality and capacity of governmental institutions of countries of the Caribbean region; (2) improve economic diversification there; (3) increase the capacity of such governments to provide environmental management services; and (4) reduce the rate of, and provide for the treatment of individuals with, HIV/AIDS in such region.

Authorizes the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development to establish an office in Bridgetown, Barbados, or in another appropriate country in the Caribbean region, for the purpose of carrying out the activities contained in this Act.

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Feb 7, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Feb 7, 2001

Introduced in House

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