[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[S. 2126 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 389
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2126

To amend section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require 
 information on foreign government officials responsible for egregious 
offenses against human rights in the annual reports on the human rights 
  practices of countries receiving United States security assistance.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 27, 1998

  Mr. Helms, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported, under 
  authority of the order of the Senate on May 22, 1998, the following 
     original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require 
 information on foreign government officials responsible for egregious 
offenses against human rights in the annual reports on the human rights 
  practices of countries receiving United States security assistance.

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

SECTION 1. ANNUAL REPORTS ON FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE 
              FOR EGREGIOUS OFFENSES AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS.

    Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h)(1) If the Secretary of State considers it appropriate in 
order to advance United States human rights policy, the Secretary may 
include with each report under subsection (b) the following information 
for each country proposed as a recipient of security assistance:
            ``(A) The name of each government official, if any, of such 
        country determined to have personal or policy-making 
        responsibility for egregious violations of internationally 
        recognized human rights.
            ``(B) The name of each official, if any, of the government 
        of such country who is currently under indictment or otherwise 
        wanted by an international war crimes tribunal.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall prepare information for purposes of 
paragraph (1) with the assistance of the Assistant Secretary of State 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.''.
                                     





                                                       Calendar No. 389

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2126

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                                 A BILL

To amend section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require 
 information on foreign government officials responsible for egregious 
offenses against human rights in the annual reports on the human rights 
  practices of countries receiving United States security assistance.

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                              May 27, 1998

 Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of May 22, 1998; 
                 read twice and placed on the calendar