[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3689 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3689

To amend the international narcotics control program under the Foreign 
    Assistance Act of 1961 to establish an additional certification 
standard for certain illicit drug producing countries and drug-transit 
 countries and to establish an additional reporting requirement under 
                             that program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 1996

  Mr. Hamilton (for himself, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. 
  Johnston of Florida, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Payne of New Jersey, Mr. 
 Wynn, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Frazer) introduced the following bill; which 
        was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the international narcotics control program under the Foreign 
    Assistance Act of 1961 to establish an additional certification 
standard for certain illicit drug producing countries and drug-transit 
 countries and to establish an additional reporting requirement under 
                             that program.

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

SECTION 1. CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
              CONTROL.

    Subparagraph (A) of section 490(b)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j(b)(1)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A)(i) during the previous year the country has 
                cooperated fully with the United States, or has taken 
                adequate steps on its own, to achieve full compliance 
                with the goals and objectives established by the United 
                Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic 
                Drugs and Psychotropic Substances; or
                    ``(ii) with respect to the requirement to vote 
                against multilateral development bank assistance 
                pursuant to subsection (a)(2), during the previous year 
                the country has taken substantial steps, but has been 
                unable, to fully cooperate with the United States, or 
                has taken substantial, but inadequate, steps on its 
                own, to achieve full compliance with the goals and 
                objectives established by the United Nations Convention 
                Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and 
                Psychotropic Substances; or''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL REPORTING 
              REQUIREMENT.

    Section 489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Annual Reports on Certification Goals.--Not later than June 1 
of each year, the Secretary of State, in consultation with appropriate 
United States Government agencies, shall report to the appropriate 
committees of the Congress on the list of objectives, as agreed to by 
the United States Government and each major illicit drug producing 
country and major drug-transit country, that each of those countries 
must meet for the current calendar year for purposes of certifying each 
such country pursuant to section 490(b), or for recertifying each such 
country pursuant to section 490(f), as the case may be.''.
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