[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3802 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3802

 To prohibit the provision of defense services and training under the 
Arms Export Control Act or any other Act to foreign countries that are 
prohibited from receiving international military education and training 
   under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 1998

 Mrs. Lowey (for herself, Mr. Evans, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. 
   Morella, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Olver, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. 
McGovern, Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Hall 
     of Ohio, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Towns, Mr. Vento, Mr. 
Blagojevich, Mr. Yates, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Luther, Mr. Stupak, and 
 Mr. Serrano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the provision of defense services and training under the 
Arms Export Control Act or any other Act to foreign countries that are 
prohibited from receiving international military education and training 
   under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

    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 ``International Military Training 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF DEFENSE SERVICES AND TRAINING UNDER 
              THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT OR ANY OTHER ACT TO FOREIGN 
              COUNTRIES INELIGIBLE FOR IMET ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--The Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after the first section 40A the 
following:

``SEC. 40B. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF DEFENSE SERVICES AND TRAINING 
              TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES INELIGIBLE FOR IMET ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--Defense services and training may not be 
provided by sale, lease, loan, grant, or other means under this Act or 
any other Act to any foreign country that is prohibited under any 
provision of law from receiving international military education and 
training under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.).
    ``(b) Exceptions.--(1) A foreign country that is eligible to 
receive only expanded international military education and training 
under chapter 5 of part II of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) may 
receive defense services and training under this Act or any other Act 
but only to the extent that such services and training--
            ``(A) promotes dialogue between civilians and military 
        officers of the armed forces on the proper role of the armed 
        forces in a democratic society; or
            ``(B) provides for training of civilian officials and 
        military officers of the armed forces on military justice and 
        international human rights standards.
    ``(2) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a foreign 
country described in section 546 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2347c) by 
reason of designation under such section.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The second section 40A of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2785), as added by section 150(a) of 
Public Law 104-164 (110 Stat. 1436), is hereby redesignated as section 
40.
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