Tanzania, June 12 -- Dar es Salaam. A revised version of a bipartisan United States Senate bill concerning Tanzania has removed proposed cuts to security assistance and military cooperation, while retaining restrictions on development finance and other measures.

The amended text of the Reassessing the United States-Tanzania Bilateral Relationship Act (S.4577) is due to be considered by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 17, according to an advisory memorandum dated June 11.

The memorandum says the substitute amendment, offered by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, significantly changes the original bill by preserving security cooperation between Tanzania and the United States.

"The introduced bill cut both security assistance and deve...