Editing Boland Amendment (section)

==Legislature chronology==
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In December 1982 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-joint-resolution/631 H.J.RES.631] became public law 97-377 making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983. The amendment [https://www.congress.gov/amendment/97th-congress/senate-unprinted-amendment/1542 S.UP.AMDT.1542] by Senator [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], which aimed to prohibit the use of funds by the CIA or DOD to support military activities in Nicaragua, fell. Amendment [https://www.congress.gov/amendment/97th-congress/senate-unprinted-amendment/1541 S.UP.AMDT.1541] by Senator [[Christopher J. Dodd]] "to declare Congressional support for restrictions on certain types of operations in Central America" was tabled.

But [https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/7355 H.R.7355] made appropriations for the Department of Defense and amendment [https://www.congress.gov/amendment/97th-congress/house-amendment/974 H.AMDT.974] to it by Representative Edward P. Boland passed with a recorded vote of 411–0 to prohibit the CIA or Defense Department to use the funds of the bill for military purposes in Nicaragua.

In December 1983, for the fiscal year 1984, [https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/4185 H.R.4185], sponsored by Representative [[Joseph P. Addabbo]], which became public law 98-212, and [https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/2968 H.R.2968], sponsored by Boland, which became public law 98-215, limited the amount to be spent for military purposes in Nicaragua. Amendment [https://www.congress.gov/amendment/98th-congress/house-amendment/461 H.AMDT.461] by Boland to H.R. 2968 prohibited covert assistance for military operations in Nicaragua.

In December 1984, for fiscal year 1985, [https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-joint-resolution/648 H.J.RES.648], became public law 98-473, and prohibited funds available to the CIA and the DOD from being used in Nicaragua for military purposes. This legislation read: "During fiscal year 1985, no funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, or any other agency or entity of the United States involved in intelligence activities may be obligated or expended for the purpose or which would have the effect of supporting, directly or indirectly, military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua by any nation, group, organization, movement or individual." This legislation also provided that after February 28, 1985, if the President made a report to Congress specifying certain criteria, including the need to provide further assistance for "military or paramilitary operations" prohibited by this statute, he could expend $14 million in funds if Congress passed a joint resolution approving such action."<ref>Congressional Research Service, Congressional Use of Funding Cutoffs Since 1970 Involving U.S. Military Forces and Overseas Deployments, January 10, 2001, pg. 6. {{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=https://fas.org/man/crs/RS20775.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216121120/http://www.fas.org/man/crs/RS20775.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-16 |access-date=2015-04-04}}</ref>

In December 1985, for fiscal year 1986, [https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/960 S.960] became public law 99-83 and also excluded military use for funds to be spent in Nicaragua.