[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1418 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1418

  To prohibit United States foreign assistance for Russia unless the 
Government of Russia prohibits the export of nuclear weapons equipment 
 and related technology and offensive military weapons, equipment, and 
                related technology to terrorist states.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 1995

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit United States foreign assistance for Russia unless the 
Government of Russia prohibits the export of nuclear weapons equipment 
 and related technology and offensive military weapons, equipment, and 
                related technology to terrorist states.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR RUSSIA.

    (a) Prohibition.--The President may not provide foreign assistance 
for Russia for any fiscal year unless the President certifies to the 
Congress for such fiscal year that the Government of Russia is not 
exporting nuclear weapons equipment and related technology and 
offensive military weapons, equipment, and related technology to a 
terrorist state.
    (b) Requirement for Continuing Compliance.--Any certification with 
respect to the Government of Russia for a fiscal year under subsection 
(a) shall cease to be effective for that fiscal year if the President 
certifies to the Congress that such Government has not continued to 
comply with the requirements contained in such subsection.
    (c) Waiver.--The prohibition on foreign assistance for Russia under 
subsection (a) shall not apply if the President determines and notifies 
the Congress that providing such assistance for Russia is in the 
national security interest of the United States.
    (d) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            (1) Foreign assistance.--The term ``foreign assistance'' 
        means assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
        U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), assistance under the Freedom for Russia 
        and Emerging Eurasian Democracies and Open Markets Support Act 
        of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.), and assistance or sales under 
        the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), except 
        that such term does not include--
                    (A) humanitarian assistance; or
                    (B) assistance for the purpose of dismantling and 
                destroying nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and other 
                weapons, and related assistance.
            (2) Terrorist state.--The term ``terrorist state'' means a 
        country, the government of which the Secretary of State has 
        determined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1) of the Export 
        Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app. 2405(6)(j)(1)), has 
        repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
        terrorism.
    (e) Effective Date.--The prohibition on foreign assistance under 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after 
fiscal year 1995.
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