[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4022 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4022

To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain sanctions 
 provisions relating to prohibitions on credit, credit guarantees, or 
 other financial assistance not apply with respect to programs of the 
 Department of Agriculture for the purchase or other provision of food 
                   or other agricultural commodities.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 1998

Mr. Nethercutt (for himself, Mr. Ryun, Mr. Leach, Mr. Moran of Kansas, 
  Mr. Crapo, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Nussle, Mr. 
   Stump, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. 
 Walsh, Mr. Combest, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Graham, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Wamp, Mr. 
Chambliss, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Horn, Mr. 
Kingston, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Hill, 
 Mr. Hastert, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Latham, Mrs. Linda Smith 
of Washington, and Mr. White) introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain sanctions 
 provisions relating to prohibitions on credit, credit guarantees, or 
 other financial assistance not apply with respect to programs of the 
 Department of Agriculture for the purchase or other provision of food 
                   or other agricultural commodities.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM SANCTIONS FOR PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
              AGRICULTURE.

    Section 102(b)(2)(D) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2799aa-1(b)(2)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i) by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``, or''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                    ``(iii) to any credit, credit guarantee, or other 
                financial assistance provided by the Department of 
                Agriculture for the purchase or other provision of food 
                or other agricultural commodities.''.
                                 <all>