On the Conference Report H.R. 3057 - Foreign Aid

Foreign aid programs are not authorized by the Constitution.

Constitutional Vote: No

Vote Date: November 10, 2005

The final version (conference report) of this appropriations bill (H.R. 3057) would provide $21 billion for U.S. foreign aid programs in fiscal 2006 (see House vote #21).

The Senate passed this appropriations bill on November 10, 2005 by a unanimous vote of 91-0 (Roll Call 320). We have assigned minuses to the yeas because foreign aid programs are not authorized by the Constitution.