[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2158 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2158

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 1998

Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Burns, 
   Mr. Craig, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Gorton, and Mr. 
  Kempthorne) 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 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.

    (a) Amendment of the Arms Export Control Act.--Section 102(b)(2)(D) 
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa-1(b)(2)(D)) is 
amdended--
            (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.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to any credit, credit guarantee, or other financial assistance 
approved by the Department of Agriculture before, on, or after the date 
of enactment of this Act.
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