[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1521 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1521

 To amend the FREEDOM Support Act to authorize the President to waive 
     the restriction of assistance for Azerbaijan if the President 
 determines that it is in the national security interest of the United 
                            States to do so.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 9, 2001

 Mr. Brownback 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 FREEDOM Support Act to authorize the President to waive 
     the restriction of assistance for Azerbaijan if the President 
 determines that it is in the national security interest of the United 
                            States to do so.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE TO AZERBAIJAN.

    Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102-511; 22 
U.S.C. 5812 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``United States'' and inserting ``(a) 
        Restriction.--United States''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Waiver.--The President is authorized to waive the restriction 
in subsection (a) if the President determines that it is in the 
national security interest of the United States to do so.''.
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