[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2345 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2345

 To prohibit the sale, lease, or other transfer of attack, bomber, or 
             fighter aircraft to Latin American countries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1997

 Mrs. Lowey (for herself, Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. 
 Brown of Ohio, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. Furse, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, 
 Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. 
Minge, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. 
Rangel, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Strickland, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Torres, Mr. Towns, 
 Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Yates) introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the sale, lease, or other transfer of attack, bomber, or 
             fighter aircraft to Latin American countries.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Latin America Security Promotion 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) the President should work with our Latin American 
        allies to institute a two-year regional moratorium on the 
        acquisition by these countries of aircraft designated as 
        attack, bomber, or fighter aircraft;
            (2) such a moratorium will provide an opportunity for the 
        governments of the Latin American region to begin to discuss 
        and negotiate a conventional arms restraint regime that would 
        meet their security concerns without spending scarce economic 
        resources or sparking an arms race in the region; and
            (3) the President should urge supplier nations of such 
        aircraft to abide by any such moratorium.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON SALE, LEASE, OR OTHER TRANSFER OF ATTACK, 
              BOMBER, OR FIGHTER AIRCRAFT TO LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

    (a) Prohibition.--Effective beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, aircraft designated as attack, bomber, or fighter aircraft 
may not be sold, leased, or otherwise transferred to a Latin American 
country.
    (b) Waiver.--The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall not 
apply with respect to a Latin American country if the President--
            (1) determines that an emergency exists in Latin America 
        for which the sale, lease, or other transfer of an aircraft 
        described in subsection (a) is vital to the national interest 
        of the United States; and
            (2) transmits to the Congress a report containing such 
        determination.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this Act, the term ``Latin American 
country'' includes Antigua, Argentina, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, 
Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman 
Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican 
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, 
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, 
Montserrat, the Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, 
Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Pierre and Miquelon, St. 
Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad, Turks and Caicos, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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