[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4021 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4021

   To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that only 
 countries that have a democratic form of government and that support 
 United States nonproliferation objectives may be designated as major 
 non-NATO allies for purposes of that Act and the Arms Export Control 
                                  Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2004

 Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that only 
 countries that have a democratic form of government and that support 
 United States nonproliferation objectives may be designated as major 
 non-NATO allies for purposes of that Act and the Arms Export Control 
                                  Act.

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF MAJOR NON-NATO ALLIES.

    (a) Designation.--Section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2321k) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting 
the following new subsection:
    ``(a) Designation.--
            ``(1) Requirements.--The President may designate a country 
        as a major non-NATO ally for purposes of this Act and the Arms 
        Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) only if--
                    ``(A) the country has a democratic form of 
                government;
                    ``(B) the country participates in the international 
                agreements or arrangements described in paragraph (2), 
                or pursuant to an international understanding to which 
                the United States is a party, controls exports of goods 
                and technology in accordance with the standards and 
                criteria set forth in each or those agreements and 
                understandings; and
                    ``(C) at least 30 days before designating the 
                country pursuant to this paragraph, the President 
                notifies Congress in writing that the country meets the 
                requirements of subparagraphs (A) and (B).
            ``(2) International agreements or arrangements.--The 
        international agreements or arrangements referred to in 
        paragraph (1)(B) are the Waasenaar Arrangement on Export 
        Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and 
        Technologies, the Missile Technology Control Regime, the 
        Australia Group, the Nuclear Suppliers' Group, the Zangger 
        Committee, and any other international agreement or arrangement 
        to which the United States is a party that restricts the export 
        of chemical, biological, nuclear, and other weapons and their 
        delivery systems, and effectively restricts the export of dual 
        use components of such weapons and their delivery systems.''.
    (b) Termination.--Section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Termination.--The President shall notify Congress in writing 
at least 30 days before terminating the designation of a country 
pursuant to subsection (a).''.
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