[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2991 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2991

To prohibit United States foreign assistance from being provided to any 
  country that refuses to extradite to the United States individuals 
              accused of killing law enforcement officers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2005

  Mr. McHenry (for himself and Mr. Beauprez) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit United States foreign assistance from being provided to any 
  country that refuses to extradite to the United States individuals 
              accused of killing law enforcement officers.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 
              TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

    (a) Prohibition.--No United States foreign assistance may be 
provided to any country the government of which refuses to extradite to 
the United States, upon the request of the United States Government, 
any individual accused in the United States of killing a law 
enforcement officer.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) United states foreign assistance.--The term ``United 
        States foreign assistance'' means assistance under the foreign 
        operations, export financing, and related programs 
        appropriations Act for a fiscal year, and assistance under the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
            (2) Law enforcement officer.--The term ``law enforcement 
        officer'' means an individual involved in crime and juvenile 
        delinquency control or reduction, or enforcement of the laws, 
        for the United States Government, the government of a State or 
        the District of Columbia, or a local government, including, but 
        not limited to, police, corrections, probation, parole, and 
        judicial officers.
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