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[S. 1465 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1465

                      One Hundred Seventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and one


                                 An Act


 
  To authorize the President to exercise waivers of foreign assistance 
 restrictions with respect to Pakistan through September 30, 2003, 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. EXEMPTIONS AND WAIVER OF APPROPRIATIONS ACT PROHIBITIONS 
WITH RESPECT TO PAKISTAN.
    (a) Fiscal Year 2002 and Prior Fiscal Years.--
        (1) Exemptions.--Any provision of the foreign operations, 
    export financing, and related programs appropriations Act for 
    fiscal year 2002, or any provision of such Act for a prior fiscal 
    year, that prohibits direct assistance to a country whose duly 
    elected head of government was deposed by decree or military coup 
    shall not apply with respect to Pakistan.
        (2) Prior consultation required.--Not less than 5 days prior to 
    the obligation of funds for Pakistan under paragraph (1), the 
    President shall consult with the appropriate congressional 
    committees with respect to such obligation.
    (b) Fiscal Year 2003.--
        (1) Waiver.--The President is authorized to waive, with respect 
    to Pakistan, any provision of the foreign operations, export 
    financing, and related programs appropriations Act for fiscal year 
    2003 that prohibits direct assistance to a country whose duly 
    elected head of government was deposed by decree or military coup, 
    if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate 
    congressional committees that such waiver--
            (A) would facilitate the transition to democratic rule in 
        Pakistan; and
            (B) is important to United States efforts to respond to, 
        deter, or prevent acts of international terrorism.
        (2) Prior consultation required.--Not less than 5 days prior to 
    the exercise of the waiver authority under paragraph (1), the 
    President shall consult with the appropriate congressional 
    committees with respect to such waiver.
SEC. 2. INCREASED FLEXIBILITY IN THE EXERCISE OF WAIVER AUTHORITY OF 
MTCR AND EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PAKISTAN.
    Any waiver under 73(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2797b(e)), or under section 11B(b)(5) of the Export Administration Act 
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2410b(b)(5)) (or successor statute), with 
respect to a sanction that was imposed on foreign persons in Pakistan 
prior to January 1, 2001, may be exercised--
        (1) only after consultation with the appropriate congressional 
    committees; and
        (2) without regard to the notification periods set forth in the 
    respective section authorizing the waiver.
SEC. 3. EXEMPTION OF PAKISTAN FROM FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROHIBITIONS 
RELATING TO FOREIGN COUNTRY LOAN DEFAULTS.
    The following provisions of law shall not apply with respect to 
Pakistan:
        (1) Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
    U.S.C. 2370(q)).
        (2) Such provision of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
    and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2002, as is comparable to 
    section 512 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
    Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-429; 114 
    Stat. 1900A-25).
SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF NOTIFICATION DEADLINES FOR DRAWDOWNS AND 
TRANSFER OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES TO RESPOND TO, DETER, OR PREVENT 
ACTS OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.
    (a) Drawdowns.--Notwithstanding the second sentence of section 
506(b)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(b)(1)), 
each notification under that section with respect to any drawdown 
authorized by subclause (III) of subsection (a)(2)(A)(i) that the 
President determines is important to United States efforts to respond 
to, deter, or prevent acts of international terrorism shall be made at 
least 5 days in advance of the drawdown in lieu of the 15-day 
requirement in that section.
    (b) Transfers of Excess Defense Articles.--Notwithstanding section 
516(f)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2321j(f)(1)), each notification under that section with respect to any 
transfer of an excess defense article that the President determines is 
important to United States efforts to respond to, deter, or prevent 
acts of international terrorism shall be made at least 15 days in 
advance of the transfer in lieu of the 30-day requirement in that 
section.

SEC. 5. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on International 
Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives.

SEC. 6. TERMINATION DATE.

    Except as otherwise provided in section 1 or 3, the provisions of 
this Act shall terminate on October 1, 2003.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.