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I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6016 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2006 Mr. Sherman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 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.

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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).