[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2156 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2156

   To amend the Arms Export Control Act to exempt any credit, credit 
 guarantee or other financial assistance provided by the Department of 
Agriculture for the purchase of food or other agricultural commodities 
               from sanctions provided for under the Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 1998

Mr. Smith of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
           and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Arms Export Control Act to exempt any credit, credit 
 guarantee or other financial assistance provided by the Department of 
Agriculture for the purchase of food or other agricultural commodities 
               from sanctions provided for under the Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2799aa-
1(b)(2)(D) of title 22, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in clause (i) by striking the word ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``, 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.''.
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