[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6016 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6016

To prohibit the sales of certain defense articles and defense services 
to Pakistan unless the President adheres to long-standing practice and 
   procedures relating to congressional review of proposed sales of 
                 defense articles and defense services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2006

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the sales of certain defense articles and defense services 
to Pakistan unless the President adheres to long-standing practice and 
   procedures relating to congressional review of proposed sales of 
                 defense articles and defense services.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SALES OF CERTAIN DEFENSE ARTICLES AND 
              SERVICES TO PAKISTAN.

    (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) the certifications transmitted by the President to the 
        Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on June 28, 2006, 
        relating to the proposed sales of defense articles and defense 
        services to Pakistan (Transmittal Nos. 06-09, 06-10, 06-11, and 
        06-34), shall not be effective for purposes of complying with 
        the congressional notification requirements of section 36(b)(1) 
        of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1));
            (2) any letter of offer with respect to the proposed sales 
        of defense articles and defense services to Pakistan described 
        in paragraph (1) issued before the date of the enactment of 
        this Act shall be null and void; and
            (3) any subsequent letter of offer with respect to the 
        proposed sales of defense articles and defense services to 
        Pakistan described in paragraph (1) issued on or after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act shall be issued only in accordance 
        with the congressional notification requirements of section 
        36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, if the 
President desires to proceed with the proposed sales of defense 
articles and defense services to Pakistan described in subsection (a), 
the President should only proceed with such sales in accordance with 
long-standing practice and procedures relating to congressional review 
of proposed sales of defense articles and defense services, including 
by providing advance notification to and consultation with Congress as 
provided for in the exchange of letters on February 17-18, 1976, 
between Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and the Director of the Defense 
Security Assistance Agency, Lieutenant General Howard Fish (commonly 
known as the ``Humphrey-Fish Agreement'').
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