To prohibit the allocation of funds to the National Endowment for Democracy.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill is a direct funding prohibition. It bars the head of any federal agency from allocating funds to the National Endowment for Democracy, using the Administrative Procedure Act definition of agency in 5 U.S.C. 551. The bill does not replace NED with a different democracy-promotion program or create a transition rule. Its practical effect is to cut off federal agency allocations to NED and therefore pressure NED-supported democracy, human-rights, political-party, labor, business, and civil-society programs that depend on federal money.
Who Benefits and How
Critics of the National Endowment for Democracy benefit because federal agencies would be barred from sending it funds. Federal agencies benefit from a clear statutory prohibition if Congress wants to end NED allocations. Foreign-policy budget cutters benefit from a targeted restriction on democracy-promotion spending. Opponents of U.S.-funded democracy programs benefit from reduced federal support for NED-backed work abroad.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The National Endowment for Democracy loses access to federal agency allocations. NED grantees and partner organizations may lose support for democracy, human-rights, labor, business, and civil-society programming. Agency budget offices must block allocations that would otherwise go to NED. U.S. diplomats using NED-backed civil-society programs may lose a policy tool.
Key Provisions
- Prohibits federal agency heads from allocating funds to the National Endowment for Democracy.
- Uses the 5 U.S.C. 551 definition of agency.
- Blocks funding without creating a replacement democracy-promotion program.
- Restricts federal support for NED-backed civil-society and democracy programs abroad.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Prohibits any federal agency head from allocating funds to the National Endowment for Democracy.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Affairs, Appropriations, Democracy Programs
Primary Purpose
Prohibits any federal agency head from allocating funds to the National Endowment for Democracy.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Critics of the National Endowment for Democracy
- Federal agencies
- Foreign-policy budget cutters
- Opponents of democracy programs
Identified Costs
- National Endowment for Democracy
- NED grantees
- Agency budget offices
- U.S. diplomats
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Crane introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Critics of the National Endowment for Democracy, U.S. diplomats
Positive-direction: Critics of the National Endowment for Democracy
Negative-direction: U.S. diplomats
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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