[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4895 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4895

 To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to limit the provision of 
United States military assistance and the sale, transfer, or licensing 
     of United States military equipment or technology to Ethiopia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 2006

 Mr. Rohrabacher 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 limit the provision of 
United States military assistance and the sale, transfer, or licensing 
     of United States military equipment or technology to Ethiopia.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO ETHIOPIA.

    (a) Amendments.--Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the second section 620G (as added by 
        section 149 of Public Law 104-164 (110 Stat. 1436)) as section 
        620J; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 620K. LIMITATION ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO ETHIOPIA.

    ``(a) Limitation.--Military assistance may be provided to the 
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and military equipment and 
technology may be sold, transferred, or licensed for sale to Ethiopia 
pursuant to the authorities contained in this Act or any other Act only 
if the President first transmits to Congress a certification described 
in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Certification.--A certification described in this subsection 
is a certification that contains a determination of the President that 
the Government of Ethiopia will not use the military assistance to be 
provided or the military equipment or technology to be sold, 
transferred, or licensed for sale against pro-democracy advocates or 
peaceful civilian protesters in Ethiopia.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The limitation on the provision of United 
States military assistance and the sale, transfer, or licensing of 
United States military equipment or technology to Ethiopia under 
section 620K of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by 
subsection (a) of this section) applies with respect to the provision 
of such assistance and the sale, transfer, or licensing of such 
equipment or technology for fiscal year 2007 and subsequent fiscal 
years.
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