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How did the Spanish react to the Platt amendment when it was passed in 1901?
Platt Amendment, rider appended to the U.S. Army appropriations bill of March 1901, stipulating the conditions for withdrawal of U.S. troops remaining in Cuba since the Spanish-American War.
What was the purpose of the Platt Amendment?
The Platt Amendment of 1901 was a rider appended to the Army Appropriations Act presented to the U.S. Senate by Connecticut Republican Senator Orville H. Platt (1827-1905) replacing the earlier Teller Amendment. The amendment stipulated the conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba since the Spanish-American War, and defined the terms of Cuban-U.S. relations until the 1934 Treaty of Relations. The Amendment ensured U.S. involvement in Cuban affairs, both foreign and domestic, and gave legal standing to U.S. claims to certain economic and military territories on the island including Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
When has legislation by appropriation been used in the past?
"Legislation by Appropriation" is usually viewed the age-old process of taking a bill which cannot pass on its own merits and easing it through as a "rider" on an appropriations bill. It's typically used to approve spending and grow the size of the federal budget although it has also been used to defund controversial activities or policies. The 1901 Platt Amendment was a famous rider to the Army Appropriations Act of 1901. The amendment had absolutely nothing to do with Army appropriations but specified the conditions under which the United States might intervene in the internal affairs of Cuba. A 1956 thesis by Juilian I Schocken performed an in-depth analysis of Section 638 of H.R. 6042, which became Public Law 157 of the 84th Congress) Congress used the appropriations process to nullify executive foreign policy, essentially de-funding wars such as the Vietnam War. In 1982, Congress blocked the Reagan administration's policies in Nicaragua by preventing both the military and the CIA from using their funding to supply arms to the Contras. In 2013, The House of Representatives passed a bill to authorize the Government budget for everything except ObamaCare, and the Senate chose not to vote to authorize that money to be spent, triggering a partial shutdown of federal government operations.
Who maintains army and navy?
In the United States, the Army and the Navy is maintained by appropriations from Congress. The Defense Department submits a budget and the Congress approves or disapproves.
How should Operation and Maintenance Army appropriations Funds be spent?
A. Use of FY 2010 Operatons and Maintenance, Army appropriations is proper, under 10 U.S.C. 2410a, to buy this bottled water delivery service. B. Use of FY2010 Operations and Maintenance, Army appropriations is only proper to cover the time period running 15 September 2010 to 30 September 2010. Fort TJAGLCS must fund the period running from 1 October 2010 to 14 September 2011 with FY2011 Operations and Maintenance, Army Appropriations. C. Since most of the contract period is FY2011, this is clearly a bona fide need of FY 2011, so Fort TJAGLCS must use FY2011 Operations and Maintenance, Army Appropriations to find the entire contractual period. D. Fort TJAGLCS may not use appropriated funds of any kind to fund the purchase of the water of the coolers, under these facts.
Who wrote the posse comitatus act?
On 27 May 1878, Representative J. Proctor Knott of Kentucky introduced an amendment to the Army appropriations bill; the amendment eventually became the Posse Comitatus Act. In passing the act, the Congress voted to restrict the ability of U.S. marshals and local sheriffs to conscript military personnel into their posses. They did not vote to preclude the use of troops if authorized by the president or Congress.
Who is the pony rider army scout Indian fighter?
Kit Carson
What in the constitution begins with the letter A?
· allegiance · amendment · army · article · assembly
What might Native Americans receive if they served in the army?
Citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
What was the small local army made up of volunteer soldiers after the second amendment was written?
Militia.
What is the girls name in ghost rider?
Her name is Kenji! She is firefighter n the us army.
Is it true that the US would not withdraw its army from Cuba until that country adopted the Platt Amendment?
yes!
