[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[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.