[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1594 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1594

 To provide for increased accountability with respect to the education 
  and training of foreign military personnel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2001

 Mr. Moakley (for himself, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, 
 Ms. Rivers, and Mr. Filner) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition 
  to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for increased accountability with respect to the education 
  and training of foreign military personnel, 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 ``Foreign Military Training 
Responsibility Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the United States provides 
education and training for approximately 38,000 foreign military 
personnel, other than military personnel of North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) countries, every year.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the United States shares a responsibility for actions 
        of those foreign military personnel for which it provides 
        education and training; and
            (2) therefore the United States should take a serious 
        approach to evaluating the objectives, methods, and results of 
        such education and training, including evaluating and tracking 
        the personnel for which it provides such education and 
        training.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT.

    (a) Contents.--Section 656(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2416(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) United States Government personnel (other than United 
        States military units referred to in paragraph (3)) and non-
        United States Government personnel, including private 
        contractors, involved in each military training activity.''.
    (b) Form.--Section 656(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2416(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The report'' and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the report''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Additional requirement.--Notwithstanding paragraph 
        (1), all information relating to the number of foreign military 
        personnel provided training for each military training 
        activity, their units of operation, and the location of the 
        training, pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and all information 
        pursuant to subsection (b)(2) shall be in unclassified form.''.

SEC. 4. ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICE TRAINING REPORT.

    Section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e)(1) Not later than January 31 of each year, the Secretary of 
State, in conjunction with the head of each other appropriate 
department or agency, shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on all police training, advice, or 
financial support described in subsection (a) provided during the 
previous fiscal year and all such training, advice, or support proposed 
for the current fiscal year.
    ``(2) The report described in paragraph (1) shall include the 
following:
            ``(A) For each activity, the foreign policy justification 
        and purpose for the activity, and with respect to police 
        training, the number of personnel provided training and their 
        units of operation, and the location of the training.
            ``(B) For each country, the aggregate number of personnel 
        trained and the aggregate cost of the police training 
        activities.
            ``(C) With respect to United States Government personnel, 
        the operational benefits to the United States derived from each 
        police training activity and the United States Government 
        personnel involved in each activity.
            ``(D) Non-United States Government personnel involved in 
        each police training activity.
    ``(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the report described in 
paragraph (1) shall be in unclassified form but may include a 
classified annex.
    ``(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), all information relating to 
the number of personnel provided training for each activity pursuant to 
paragraph (2)(A) and all information pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) shall 
be in unclassified form.
    ``(4) All unclassified portions of the report described in 
paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public on the Internet 
through the Department of State.
    ``(5) In this subsection, the term `appropriate congressional 
committees' means--
            ``(A) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
        International Relations of the House of Representatives; and
            ``(B) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations of the Senate.''.

SEC. 5. RECORDS RELATING TO FOREIGN MILITARY AND POLICE TRAINING.

    (a) Records.--Chapter 3 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 660 
the following:

``SEC. 660A. RECORDS RELATING TO FOREIGN MILITARY AND POLICE TRAINING.

    ``(a) Records.--The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, 
and the head of each other appropriate department or agency shall 
jointly develop and maintain a database containing records on each 
foreign military participant and each foreign law enforcement 
participant in education and training activities conducted by the 
United States Government pursuant to any other provision of law after 
December 31, 2001.
    ``(b) Contents.--Each record shall include the type of instruction 
received, the dates of the instruction, whether such instruction was 
completed successfully, and, to the extent practicable, a record of the 
participant's subsequent military or law enforcement career, including 
the participant's current position and location.''.

SEC. 6. TASK FORCE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL OF 
              FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a task force to conduct an 
assessment of the kind of education and training that is appropriate 
for the Department of Defense to provide to military personnel of 
foreign countries.
    (b) Composition.--The task force shall be composed of eight Members 
of Congress, of whom two each shall be designated by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of 
Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, and the minority 
leader of the Senate.
    (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the task force shall submit to Congress a report 
on its assessment as specified in subsection (a). The report shall 
include--
            (1) a critical assessment of courses, curriculum, and 
        procedures appropriate for such education and training;
            (2) an evaluation of the effect of such education and 
        training on the performance of military personnel of foreign 
        countries in the areas of human rights and adherence to 
        democratic principles and the rule of law;
            (3) an evaluation of compliance by the United States 
        Government with requirements that prohibit the training of 
        military personnel of foreign countries involved in human 
        rights violations;
            (4) an evaluation of such education and training for 
        military personnel of countries with limited civilian control 
        of the military; and
            (5) a description of criteria for limiting such education 
        and training for military personnel of countries with limited 
        civilian control of the military.
    (d) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``Member'' includes a 
Delegate to, or Resident Commissioner, in the Congress.
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