Boland Amendment

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The Boland Amendment was a series of U.S. legislative provisions in the early 1980s that restricted American government support for the Contra rebels in Nicaragua, setting the legal backdrop for the Iran–Contra affair.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Boland Amendment canonical 4
first Boland Amendment 1
second Boland Amendment 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
legislative provision ⓘ
appliesTo Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
National Security Council ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
United States intelligence agencies ⓘ
appropriated funds ⓘ
category Cold War legislation ⓘ
United States foreign relations law ⓘ
United States national security law ⓘ
chamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
conflict Nicaraguan Revolution ⓘ
Nicaraguan civil conflict ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1986 ⓘ
followedBy subsequent, more restrictive Boland provisions ⓘ
hasLanguage prohibited support for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua ⓘ
hasPart first Boland Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Boland Amendment

second Boland Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Boland Amendment

third Boland Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Boland Amendment
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legalContextFor Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
legalEffect barred U.S. intelligence agencies from supporting efforts to overthrow the Nicaraguan government ⓘ
prohibited use of appropriated funds to support military activities of the Contras ⓘ
restricted funding for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
location Nicaragua ⓘ
mainSubject Contra rebels ⓘ
Nicaraguan Contras ⓘ
linked to: Contras
namedAfter Edward P. Boland ⓘ
opposedActivity overthrow of the Sandinista government ⓘ
opposedOrganization Sandinista National Liberation Front government ⓘ
politicalContext Reagan administration ⓘ
U.S. congressional–executive conflict over foreign policy ⓘ
purpose to limit U.S. involvement in the Nicaraguan civil conflict ⓘ
to restrict U.S. government support for the Contras ⓘ
relatedToEvent Iran–Contra affair ⓘ
restrictionType funding restriction ⓘ
prohibition on military aid ⓘ
sponsor Edward P. Boland ⓘ
startTime 1982 ⓘ
timePeriod early 1980s ⓘ
topic Cold War ⓘ
United States foreign policy ⓘ
congressional oversight of intelligence ⓘ
covert operations ⓘ
violatedBy covert Iran–Contra operations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iran–Contra affair → follows → Boland Amendment ⓘ
Iran–Contra affair → violates → Boland Amendment ⓘ
Contra War → relatedTo → Boland Amendment ⓘ
Contras → legalIssue → Boland Amendment ⓘ
Boland Amendment → hasPart → first Boland Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Boland Amendment
Boland Amendment → hasPart → second Boland Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Boland Amendment
Boland Amendment → hasPart → third Boland Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Boland Amendment