Inhofe agreed to propose the new authority on the Senate floor as an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act.
It can pass an amendment to the defense authorization bill due to come before the Senate on Tuesday.
A small but worthy step toward immigration reform is returning as an amendment to the defense authorization bill.
The action, by a vote of 77 to 22, came on an amendment to the military authorization bill.
Last month, the House passed an amendment to the Defense authorization bill requiring the Pentagon "to take into consideration" any unfair advantage to a bidder conferred by illegal subsidies.
It is identical to a measure that the Senate passed, 57 to 42, in June 2000 as an amendment to the military authorization bill.
Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, had sought to offer the measure, known as the Dream Act, as an amendment to the Defense Department authorization bill.
The amendment to the State Department authorization bill approved today would withhold $244 million unless the United Nations ceases secret ballots and ensures that the United States regains its human rights seat.
As of now, the plan is to enact those limits through an amendment to the defense authorization bill, the aide said.
As I began writing, the Senate on Tuesday was debating an amendment to the defense authorization bill that would stop production of the stealth fighter.
Representative Luis V. Gutierrez, Democrat of Illinois, has pushed through an amendment to the military authorization bill requiring the secretary of defense to review whether BP is a "responsible" contractor, with a "satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics".
