[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1271 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1271

 To improve the drug certification procedures under section 490 of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the drug certification procedures under section 490 of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Most Favored Rogue States Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF ``MAJOR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRY''.

    Section 481(e)(5) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2291(e)(5)) is amended by striking ``significantly affecting the United 
States''.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES AS MAJOR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES 
              FOR PURPOSES OF CERTIFICATIONS.

    (a) Treatment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
countries specified in subsection (b) shall be treated as major drug-
transit countries for purposes of section 490 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j) for fiscal years after fiscal year 1999.
    (b) Covered Countries.--The countries specified in this subsection 
are the following:
            (1) Iran.
            (2) Syria.
            (3) North Korea.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL OF COUNTRIES FROM LIST OF MAJOR DRUG-
              TRANSIT AND MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRIES.

    (a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
notifying Congress of the countries determined to be major drug-transit 
or major illicit drug producing countries for purposes of section 
490(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (2291j(h)) in any year 
after 1998, the President may not exclude from among such countries any 
country that was determiend to be such a country for purposes of that 
section in 1998 unless before making the notification that so excludes 
such country the President submits to the Members of Congress specified 
in subsection (b) a written notice of an intent to so exclude such 
country.
    (b) Members of Congress.--The Members of Congress referred to in 
this subsection are the following:
            (1) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate.
            (2) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on 
        International Relations of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 5. REPORT ON NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER FOR PARAGUAY DURING FISCAL 
              YEAR 1999 CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

    Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report setting forth 
a justification for the decision to submit to Congress a certification 
under section 490(b)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2291j(b)(1)(B)) with respect to Paraguay for fiscal year 1999.

SEC. 6. REPORT ON DRUG TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES OF KOSOVO LIBERATION 
              ARMY.

    Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report on the drug-
trafficking activities of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The report 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex.
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