1.This Act may be cited as the
Foreign Relations Authorization and
Reform Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Appropriate congressional committees
defined.
Title I—Authorization of Appropriations
Sec. 101. Administration of Foreign Affairs.
Sec. 102. International organizations.
Sec. 103. International commissions.
Sec. 104. Migration and refugee assistance.
Sec. 105. Centers and foundations.
Title II—Department of State Authorities and
Activities
Subtitle A—Basic Authorities and Activities
Sec. 201. International Litigation Fund.
Sec. 202. Actuarial valuations.
Sec. 203. Special agents.
Sec. 204. Diplomatic security program contracting.
Subtitle B—Public Diplomacy at the Department of
State
Sec. 211. Special Olympics.
Sec. 212. Extension of program to provide grants to
American-sponsored schools in predominantly Muslim countries to provide
scholarships.
Sec. 213. United States-South Pacific Scholarship
Program.
Sec. 214. United States-Caribbean Educational Exchange
Program.
Sec. 215. Exchanges between Liberia and the United States for
women legislators.
Sec. 216. Public diplomacy plan for Haiti.
Subtitle C—Consular Services and Related Matters
Sec. 231. Extension of authority to assess passport
surcharge.
Sec. 232. English language and cultural awareness training for
approved refugee applicants.
Sec. 233. Tibet.
Title III—Organization and Personnel Authorities
Sec. 301. Transatlantic diplomatic fellowship
program.
Sec. 302. Security officers exchange program.
Sec. 303. Suspension of foreign service members without
pay.
Sec. 304. Repeal of recertification requirement for Senior
Foreign Service.
Sec. 305. Limited appointments in the Foreign
Service.
Sec. 306. Compensatory time off for travel.
Sec. 307. Protection of intellectual property
rights.
Sec. 308. Domestic partners as eligible
family members.
Title IV—International Organizations
Sec. 401. Statement of policy regarding peacekeeping operations
contributions.
Sec. 402. Enhancing nuclear safeguards.
Sec. 403. Durban Review Conference funding.
Sec. 404. Restrictions regarding Iran-led international
organizations.
Sec. 405. United Nations Human Rights Council.
Sec. 406. United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
Sec. 407. United Nations Development Program ethics
jurisdiction.
Sec. 408. Withholding of contributions to United Nations for
legal fees of certain officers or employees.
Sec. 409. Review of activities of
international commissions.
Title V—United States International Broadcasting
Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations for international
broadcasting.
Sec. 502. Personal services contracting program.
Sec. 503. Employment for international
broadcasting.
Sec. 504. Domestic release of the Voice of America film
entitled A Fateful Harvest
.
Sec. 505. Establishing permanent authority for Radio Free
Asia.
Title VI—United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform
Act of 2009
Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Definitions.
Subtitle A—Funding of the United Nations
Sec. 611. Findings.
Sec. 612. Apportionment of the United Nations regular budget on
a voluntary basis.
Sec. 613. Budget justification for United States contributions
to the regular budget of the United Nations.
Subtitle B—Transparency and accountability for United States
contributions to the United Nations
Sec. 621. Findings.
Sec. 622. Definitions.
Sec. 623. Establishment and management of the Office of the
United States Inspector General for contributions to the United Nations
System.
Sec. 624. Transparency for United States
contributions.
Sec. 625. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle C—United States policy at the United
Nations
Sec. 631. Annual publication.
Sec. 632. Annual financial disclosure.
Sec. 633. Policy with respect to expansion of the security
council.
Sec. 634. Access to reports and audits.
Sec. 635. Waiver of immunity.
Sec. 636. Terrorism and the United Nations.
Sec. 637. Report on United Nations reform.
Sec. 638. Report on United Nations personnel.
Sec. 639. Withholding of United States contributions to
UNRWA.
Sec. 640. United Nations treaty bodies.
Sec. 641. Equality at the United Nations.
Sec. 642. Anti-Semitism and the United Nations.
Sec. 643. Regional group inclusion of Israel.
Subtitle D—United Nations Human Rights Council
Sec. 651. Findings.
Sec. 652. Human Rights Council membership and
funding.
Subtitle E—International Atomic Energy Agency
Sec. 661. International Atomic Energy Agency.
Sec. 662. Sense of Congress regarding the Nuclear Security
Action Plan of the IAEA.
Subtitle F—Peacekeeping
Sec. 671. Reform of United Nations peacekeeping
operations.
Sec. 672. Policy relating to reform of United Nations
peacekeeping operations.
Sec. 673. Certification.
Title VII—Western Hemisphere Counterterrorism and
Nonproliferation Act of 2009
Sec. 701. Short title; definitions.
Subtitle A—Counterterrorism in the Western
Hemisphere
Sec. 711. Statement of policy regarding regional efforts to
counter terrorism in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 712. Amendments to annual country reports on
terrorism.
Sec. 713. Amendments to annual determination
procedures.
Sec. 714. Amendment to international narcotics control strategy
report.
Sec. 715. United States efforts in the Western
Hemisphere.
Sec. 716. International Law Enforcement Academy in San
Salvador, El Salvador.
Sec. 717. Actions regarding the Organization of American
States.
Sec. 718. Amendment to Department of State Rewards
Program.
Subtitle B—Nonproliferation of nuclear, chemical, and
biological weapons in the Western Hemisphere
Sec. 721. Statement of policy regarding the proliferation of
weapons-related nuclear, chemical, and biological materials, technology, and
facilities.
Sec. 722. Statement of policy regarding the small quantities
protocol.
Sec. 723. Securing adherence to agreements regarding nuclear
nonproliferation by countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 724. Halting the proliferation of nuclear fuel
fabrication.
Sec. 725. Cooperation with the Proliferation Security
Initiative.
Sec. 726. Establishment of the Western Hemisphere
Nonproliferation Partnership Initiative.
Sec. 727. Prohibited transactions.
Sec. 728. Restrictions on nuclear cooperation with countries
assisting the nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba.
Subtitle C—Western Hemisphere Regional Coordination
Centers
Sec. 731. Establishment of the Western Hemisphere Regional
Coordination Centers.
Sec. 732. Regional Security Initiative.
Sec. 733. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle D—Prohibitions on engagement with certain Western
Hemisphere countries
Sec. 741. Prohibitions on engagement with certain Western
Hemisphere countries.
Subtitle E—Report
Sec. 751. Report.
Title VIII—Export Control Reform and Security
Assistance
Subtitle A—Defense Trade Controls Performance Improvement Act
of 2009
Sec. 801. Short title.
Sec. 802. Findings.
Sec. 803. Strategic review and assessment of the United States
export controls system.
Sec. 804. Performance goals for processing of applications for
licenses to export items on United States Munitions List.
Sec. 805. Requirement to ensure adequate staff and resources
for the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of
State.
Sec. 806. Audit by Inspector General of the Department of
State.
Sec. 807. Increased flexibility for use of defense trade
controls registration fees.
Sec. 808. Review of International Traffic in Arms Regulations
and United States Munitions List.
Sec. 809. Special licensing authorization for certain exports
to NATO member states, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Israel, and South
Korea.
Sec. 810. Availability of information on the status of license
applications under chapter 3 of the Arms Export Control Act.
Sec. 811. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 812. Definitions.
Sec. 813. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—Provisions Relating to Export Licenses
Sec. 821. Availability to Congress of Presidential directives
regarding United States arms export policies, practices, and
regulations.
Sec. 822. Increase in value of defense articles and services
for congressional review and expediting congressional review for
Israel.
Sec. 823. Diplomatic efforts to strengthen national and
international arms export controls.
Sec. 824. Reporting requirement for unlicensed
exports.
Sec. 825. Report on value of major defense equipment and
defense articles exported under section 38 of the Arms Export Control
Act.
Sec. 826. Authority to remove satellites and related components
from the United States Munitions List.
Sec. 827. Review and report of investigations of violations of
section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act.
Sec. 828. Report on self-financing options for export licensing
functions of DDTC of the Department of State.
Sec. 829. Clarification of certification requirement relating
to Israel’s qualitative military edge.
Sec. 830. Expediting congressional defense export review period
for Israel.
Sec. 831. Updating and conforming penalties for violations of
sections 38 and 39 of the Arms Export Control Act.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous provisions
Sec. 841. Authority to build the capacity of foreign military
forces.
Sec. 842. Foreign Military Sales Stockpile Fund.
Sec. 843. Annual estimate and justification for Foreign
Military Sales program.
Sec. 844. Report on United States commitments to the security
of Israel.
Sec. 845. War Reserves Stockpile.
Sec. 846. Excess defense articles for Central and South
European countries and certain other countries.
Title IX—Actions to Enhance the Merida Initiative
Sec. 901. Coordinator of United States Government activities to
implement the Merida Initiative.
Sec. 902. Adding the Caribbean to the Merida
Initiative.
Sec. 903. CARICOM country defined.
Sec. 904. Merida Initiative monitoring and evaluation
mechanism.
Sec. 905. Merida Initiative defined.
Title X—Reporting Requirements
Sec. 1001. Report on United States capacities to prevent
genocide and mass atrocities.
Sec. 1002. Reports relating to programs to encourage good
governance.
Sec. 1003. Reports on Hong Kong.
Sec. 1004. Democracy in Georgia.
Sec. 1005. Diplomatic relations with Israel.
Sec. 1006. Police training report.
Sec. 1007. Review of security assistance for Egypt.
Sec. 1008. Review of security assistance for Yemen.
Sec. 1009. Review of security assistance for the Government of
Lebanon.
Sec. 1010. Report on activities in Haiti.
Title XI—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 1101. Assistance to support measures for the reunification
of Cyprus.
Sec. 1102. Limitation on assistance to the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.
Sec. 1103. Statement of policy regarding the Ecumenical
Patriarchate.
Sec. 1104. Freedom of the press.
Sec. 1105. Information for Country Commercial Guides on
business and investment climates.
Sec. 1106. International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child
Marriage.
Sec. 1107. Program to improve building construction and
practices in Haiti.
Sec. 1108. Limitation on assistance to the Palestinian
Authority.
Sec. 1109. Jordan civilian nuclear cooperation
agreement.
Sec. 1110. United States contributions to the International
Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance.
Sec. 1111. Transfer of liquidated assets of certain Enterprise
Funds to legacy institutions.
Sec. 1112. Sense of Congress on restrictions on religious
freedom in Vietnam.
Sec. 1113. Sense of Congress on Holocaust-era property
restitution and compensation.
Title XII—Israel
Sec. 1201. Foreign Military Financing for Israel.
Sec. 1202. Support to Israel for missile defense.
Sec. 1203. United States-Israel civilian nuclear cooperation
agreement.
Sec. 1204. United States support for Israel in the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Sec. 1205. Recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of the state
of Israel and relocation of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem.
Title XIII—Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions
Sec. 1301. Short title.
Sec. 1302. Amendments to the Iran Sanctions Act of
1996.
Title XIV—Limitation on Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab
Emirates
Sec. 1401. Short title.
Sec. 1402. Definitions.
Sec. 1403. Restriction on nuclear cooperation with the United
Arab Emirates.
Title XV—Holocaust Insurance Accountability
Sec. 1601. Short title.
Sec. 1602. Validity of State laws.
Sec. 1603. Applicability.
Sec. 1604. Definitions.
Title XVI—Belarus Arms Transfers Accountability
Sec. 1701. Short title.
Sec. 1702. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 1703. Report.
Sec. 1704. State sponsor of terrorism defined.
Title XVII—Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum
Engagement
Sec. 1801. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.
3.Appropriate
congressional committees definedExcept as otherwise provided in this Act,
the term appropriate congressional committees
means the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
<enum>I</enum><header>Authorization of
Appropriations</header>
<section id="H9E6BDADA96CC43B1B3CE8D9440F5D86B"><enum>101.</enum><header>Administration
of Foreign Affairs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State
under <quote>Administration of Foreign Affairs</quote> to carry out the
authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of foreign
affairs of the United States, and for other purposes authorized by law:</text>
<paragraph id="HCE3F9B39DACE40059C4C149F18E1222B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Diplomatic and
Consular Programs</header>
<subparagraph id="H505715C51EA04FEA89B053E65CDE8D4C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>For <quote>Diplomatic and Consular
Programs</quote> $5,543,957,600 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B4E18ED772A4FF49DB95D8C5CD359EC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Worldwide
security protection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated by subparagraph (A),
$1,361,978,171 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal year 2011 are authorized to be appropriated for worldwide security
protection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7B6A8C7FE2043EEA04A5E640671573E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Public
diplomacy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 are authorized to be
appropriated for pubic diplomacy.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D976E26DDB94C39BA0446FAF7E90945"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Bureau of
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated under subparagraph (A), $20,659,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011 are authorized to be appropriated
for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H48D2148E67EA47EA8832A34DCBD51B01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Capital
investment fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
<quote>Capital Investment Fund</quote>, $73,627,000 for fiscal year 2010, and
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC81698B7738E45109DF02D29CC313EFC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Embassy
security, construction and maintenance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For <quote>Embassy Security, Construction
and Maintenance</quote>, $1,815,050,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47299BBF754B44D789C543736D1DF0C5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Educational and
cultural exchange programs</header>
<subparagraph id="H07377484A9A14FBCA75B7FE061EC85B1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
<quote>Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs</quote>, $557,906,000 for
fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2011.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C9D063033A54AC5A1A38D096ACBF643"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Tibetan
scholarship program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out the Tibetan scholarship program established under
section 103(b)(1) of the Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations
Provisions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD708F86C784D4410A14F97386C16E993"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Ngawang Choepel
Exchange Programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 are authorized to be
appropriated for the <quote>Ngawang Choepel Exchange Programs</quote> (formerly
known as <quote>programs of educational and cultural exchange between the
United States and the people of Tibet</quote>) under section 103(a) of the
Human Rights, Refugee, and Other Foreign Relations Provisions Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–319; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H814C8A48BC49452D8604DB6A29B74070"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Civilian
Stabilization Initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
<quote>Civilian Stabilization Initiative</quote>, $46,665,000 for fiscal year
2010, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F9191F816614C2887E440085F1FA202"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Representation
allowances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
<quote>Representation Allowances</quote>, $8,175,000 for fiscal year 2010, and
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F6C807D840342149D6F25906CDDE19F"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Protection of
Foreign Missions and Officials</header>
<subparagraph id="H72C9057B5AFF496BACE92C9A232E9601"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
<quote>Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials</quote>, $23,658,118 for
fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2011.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1135DA0E114A41FEBA3BE124AF7002AB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reimbursement
for past expenses owed by the United States</header><text>In addition to the
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), there are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
years 2010 and 2011 for <quote>Protection of Foreign Missions and
Officials</quote> to be used to reimburse State and local governments for
necessary expenses incurred since 1998 for the protection of foreign missions
and officials and recognized by the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3190EC1FD33F47DFB094958DD15A0A08"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Emergencies in
the diplomatic and consular service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For <quote>Emergencies in the Diplomatic
and Consular Service</quote>, $9,333,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B324920CE5A407C9EF8043CB538F38E"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Repatriation
loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For <quote>Repatriation
Loans</quote>, $1,403,061 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4513B760418B4868887540750246FEF6"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Payment to the
American institute in Taiwan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For <quote>Payment to the American
Institute in Taiwan</quote>, $17,463,080 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6C50575DF0C4BD2A5F4A8D9E80D5032"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Office of the
inspector general</header>
<subparagraph id="HA6DCBEC23D6640F2AD3C07CD0B7F7B21"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
<quote>Office of the Inspector General</quote>, $101,201,000 for fiscal year
2010, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F3FC549B0F5440FA58E21938EAFF323"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction</header><text>Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), such sums as may be
necessary authorized to be for the Special Inspector General for Iraq
Reconstruction.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFEFDF980F5841FFBCDD2819FDD8AA00"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special
Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction</header><text>Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A), such sums as may be
necessary authorized to be for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan
Reconstruction.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H2A133DE2CB814133BF8CF4BCFF089C81"><enum>102.</enum><header>International
organizations</header>
<subsection id="HE124900E2E0D4B9D86D70AA0458BD3EA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assessed
contributions to international organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for
<quote>Contributions to International Organizations</quote>, $1,604,400,000 for
fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011, for
the Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and
responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States
with respect to international organizations and to carry out other authorities
in law consistent with such purposes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFAF815E2502043669BDB2E7A7074864C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contributions
for international peacekeeping activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for
<quote>Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities</quote>,
$2,260,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal year 2011, for the Department of State to carry out the authorities,
functions, duties, and responsibilities of the United States with respect to
international peacekeeping activities and to carry out other authorities in law
consistent with such purposes.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H794B46F561574706BA5BC7AD3D1FF2CE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Foreign currency
exchange rates</header><text>In addition to amounts authorized to be
appropriated by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to offset
adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Amounts appropriated
under this subsection shall be available for obligation and expenditure only to
the extent that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines
and certifies to Congress that such amounts are necessary due to such
fluctuations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HAA24A35A6BBA415BAFB772F50BFA14BC"><enum>103.</enum><header>International
commissions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following
amounts are authorized to be appropriated under <quote>International
Commissions</quote> for the Department of State to carry out the authorities,
functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs
of the United States and for other purposes authorized by law:</text>
<paragraph id="HF43EFC1FA9894E0997CF1892391CC38A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>International
boundary and water commission, United States and Mexico</header><text>For
<quote>International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and
Mexico</quote>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3014DD6A57384C87A824B369772F22BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for <quote>Salaries and Expenses</quote>,
$32,256,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2011; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9084BE73AE740459C6FDC1ADF496FF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for
<quote>Construction</quote>, $43,250,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4469314D91E4633A8BC94E70564DD7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>International
boundary commission, United States and Canada</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For <quote>International Boundary
Commission, United States and Canada</quote>, $1,970,000 for fiscal year 2010,
and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C5E750346024950A1B2BCEEB811E010"><enum>(3)</enum><header>International
joint commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
<quote>International Joint Commission</quote>, $7,559,000 for fiscal year 2010,
and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67D8ECC9198B4932B91568705CE06AED"><enum>(4)</enum><header>International
fisheries commissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
<quote>International Fisheries Commissions</quote>, $29,925,000 for fiscal year
2010, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD6F0AC28D3E84C74A6BFB54943067D22"><enum>104.</enum><header>Migration and
refugee assistance</header>
<subsection id="H4E17FF80A1964934B4BA21DF95EFB23B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated for <quote>Migration and Refugee
Assistance</quote> for authorized activities $1,577,500,000 for fiscal year
2010, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1FA6AF8E670344F3B643EFFE8D74DCFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Refugee
resettlement in Israel</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated
$25,000,000 for fiscal years 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2011 for resettlement of refugees in Israel.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H38236FABAFCD4500BF26326EC1280B2C"><enum>105.</enum><header>Centers and
foundations</header>
<subsection id="HEEF9D68AD9CB4B5F895A3F93075A18E8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Asia
Foundation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated for <quote>The Asia Foundation</quote> for
authorized activities, $16,592,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H149E604EA2B241AD8CF3667E9E938DA4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National
Endowment for Democracy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There
are authorized to be appropriated for the <quote>National Endowment for
Democracy</quote> for authorized activities, $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2010,
and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE82C6BC1BF3C485D926C338CF3847F6E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Center for
Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated for
the <quote>Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and
West</quote> for authorized activities, such sums as may be necessary for each
of fiscal years 2010 and 2011.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Department of
State Authorities and Activities</header>
<subtitle id="H0B1BE56622D246A5A6E9DE9F109CBACC"><enum>A</enum><header>Basic Authorities
and Activities</header>
<section id="H4DAFF9A127EA43E78E9874A5E1D95553"><enum>201.</enum><header>International
Litigation Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
38(d)(3) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
2710(d)(3)) is amended by striking <quote>by the Department of State from
another agency of the United States Government or pursuant to</quote> and
inserting <quote>by the Department of State as a result of a decision of an
international tribunal, from another agency of the United States Government, or
pursuant to</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H4C291E4E7CD34DA5A341B7DB08528230"><enum>202.</enum><header>Actuarial
valuations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Foreign Service
Act of 1980 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE79B5CE2EB7E471B8FD42D7EBE37F929"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 818 (22
U.S.C. 4058)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1748647D98CF4007BE1996912F4F17F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by striking <quote>Secretary of the Treasury</quote> and inserting
instead <quote>Secretary of State</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03630385AE984FCAA6B2615EE004F511"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending the
second sentence to read as follows: <quote>The Secretary of State is authorized
to expend from money to the credit of the Fund such sums as may be necessary to
administer the provisions of this chapter, including actuarial advice, but only
to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations
acts.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCCEECA2E5D1346F78AD4833327D43F9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 819 (22
U.S.C. 4059), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>Secretary of the
Treasury</quote> the second place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of
State</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5ADB90822C043C092BD5DF8FFE8C2EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 825(b)
(22 U.S.C. 4065(b)), by striking <quote>Secretary of the Treasury</quote> and
inserting instead <quote>Secretary of State</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H52AC970C48D148B5AE60ACA0E85D26B8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>section 859(c) (22
U.S.C. 4071h(c))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9DB7603D519B42C185032D7228A28A03"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Secretary of the Treasury</quote> and inserting instead <quote>Secretary
of State</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H938346C264044840BE011F0615D8713A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and shall advise the Secretary of State of</quote> and inserting instead
<quote>that will provide</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H54EBB1E4D93849C98360E375396B60E3"><enum>203.</enum><header>Special
agents</header>
<subsection id="H40DAE716B6B54B67BBB2276D7F9D5A71"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) of section 37(a) of the State Department
Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709(a)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H66CD16BF3F8248F1BACFA061DED50BC0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8135994B85F54AD98EB9A505F576AA27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct
investigations concerning—</text>
<subparagraph id="HABD8BA4FCFD546C0837F45262BBEC7A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>illegal passport
or visa issuance or use;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA788771DD74D4EB896693D0B69C8862C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identity theft or
document fraud affecting or relating to the programs, functions, and
authorities of the Department of State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70B2EB5AD13841269FAE6E253A5A76DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Federal offenses
committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the
United States as defined in paragraph (9) of section 7 of title 18, United
States Code, except as that jurisdiction relates to the premises of United
States military missions and related
residences;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H23926484F5D241CB9C65AF421F1CAE92"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in paragraph (1) of such section 37(a) (as
amended by subsection (a) of this section) shall be construed to limit the
investigative authority of any other Federal department or agency.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0F7FDB996C994A3D84FBAED0AB14066C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Diplomatic security
program contracting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
136 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22
U.S.C. 4864) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB91A4AB32DD0446FB4CEFD0663FEE8DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFFBB8C3A8ED141B8AE62F54E213DA2E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>With respect</quote> and inserting
<quote>Except as provided in subsection (d), with respect</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H959A778F098F42378D2E4CA160575717"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(e)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBDE0E4F87AEF406CBA4B804D651773B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H108FC491A03745E59E677510F37FAA48"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H056FC78E62C74C14A48B5F6AFC53512D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H40A20DCD1C6E426B951ADDEF51B3EDB9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Award of local
guard and protective service contracts in high risk areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to local guard contracts for
Foreign Service buildings located in high risk areas which exceed $250,000 and
were or are entered into after September 1, 2008, the Secretary of State
shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC849B3FE895549FC8AE3D093761377AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>comply with
paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (c) in the award of such
contracts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA668193A9C614F9E914AA1303E1A8055"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in evaluating proposals for such contracts,
award contracts to the firm representing the best value to the Government in
accordance with the best value tradeoff process described in subpart 15.1 of
the Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. 15.101–1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H866B5C2C654C4C7FBAAE281F3D86060F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that in all contracts awarded under
this subsection, contractor personnel providing local guard or protective
services are classified as—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40E4A55F5FDA42C4A85C4D604772598D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>employees of the
offeror;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95698E38D6644C418135FFEEC78493F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if the offeror is
a joint venture, as the employees of one of the persons or parties constituting
the joint venture; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C292C33C6034C7EB784E25023315ECA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as employees of a
subcontractor to the offeror, and not as independent contractors to the offeror
or any other entity performing under such
contracts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E2EC3A1315D48DDAB74FAABB92483EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63DF47DA91EE405FB25980AB9944190A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1AB86B9456294481A70CE05AE25DB7FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC60524242B6743A8997BC0D2CCCAC372"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding after
paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2D76DFF3B78488385FD716740FCC346" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0125990563F0449BAAE86DBA8A1D673A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <quote>high risk areas</quote>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H898D7105CCFA4FFFBA53C9B0437E6561"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an area designated
as a contingency operation in accordance with section 101(a)(13) of title 10,
United States Code; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB83E9CB31D63400DA0E56D29F9CA5214"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an area determined by the Assistance
Secretary of Diplomatic Security to present an increased threat of serious
damage or harm to United States diplomatic facilities or
personnel.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HDC86E51DD2F8427B9D3051C903A752B2"><enum>B</enum><header>Public Diplomacy
at the Department of State</header>
<section id="H8FA6838E453C40178151C17906E1A274" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Special
Olympics</header>
<subsection id="H1C7B82D2DF544A4FA5E52B6CB9A9D058"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HEF8FF4A9D47C4CBFAE129289D0E52D29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Special Olympics
International has been recognized for more than four decades as the world
leader in providing life-changing sports training and competition experiences
for persons with intellectual disabilities at all levels of severity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4F3E112B142447F5B4EF28219B9460CC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>While Special
Olympics sports programming is widely respected around the world, less
well-known are a number of supporting initiatives targeted to changing
attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities, developing leaders
among the intellectual disability population, supporting families of people
with these disabilities, improving access to health services, and enhancing
government policies and programs for people with intellectual
disabilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4D54C8A07464E1D88E40E2C594D09B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Special Olympics
has documented the challenge of ignorance and poor attitudes toward
intellectual disability worldwide and its capacity to change discriminatory
attitudes to understanding, acceptance, and advocacy for people with
intellectual disabilities. It does so through an array of educational and
attitude change activities that affect multiple levels of society. These
activities have received financial support from the Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the Department of State, among other sources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H43EC942FF5B04D9F9D30C88538BAE681"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration
of program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(b) of
the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–406) is
amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>Secretary of
State</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of State, acting through the
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural
Affairs</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCE5017C18EAB4297B75C79BE0EEF4F30" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>212.</enum><header>Extension of program
to provide grants to American-sponsored schools in predominantly Muslim
countries to provide scholarships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7113 of the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 22 U.S.C. 2452c) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB0F64DA975C447528FAAC90D5C3F5E10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE8A1DA6273342F98D51FF5F8DD7C4F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Committee on International Relations</quote> and inserting
<quote>Committee on Foreign Affairs</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD0171A591A14C2AB5F27B68BDCEDECC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>April 15, 2006, and April 15, 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>June 15,
2010, and June 15, 2011</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1D5A364C3888472988926E36B5A84044"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h),
by striking <quote>2007 and 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2010 and
2011</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H180DD96084344AC195878147E7E8484A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>213.</enum><header>United States-South
Pacific Scholarship Program</header>
<subsection id="H12BB2C262C764E1498C6487B48FF3C72"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H9C116942C8D042EDA4451519C2A2A169"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The United
States-South Pacific Scholarship Program (USSP), authorized by Congress and
funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the Department of
State, is a competitive, merit-based scholarship program that ensures that
Pacific Islanders have an opportunity to pursue higher education in the United
States and to obtain first-hand knowledge of United States institutions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H317F44A2380645D0A093C4C68DE77DAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>It is expected
that these students will one day assume leadership roles in their
countries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDADF3BA390041DBA4104DABE91CD7F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>As the Chairman of
the Subcommittee on Territories and Insular Affairs, the late Congressman
Phillip Burton was a voice for Pacific Island populations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE40F892B73624D2A93ADC137F4557810"><enum>(4)</enum><text>He was also a
voice for workers, the poor, and the elderly.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC35779B9ED94AD8BDC65B3D45E4988A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Congressman Burton
was one of the most brilliant and productive legislators in United States
politics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D9A9F17F5CC4801913AFED68A82F410"><enum>(6)</enum><text>He served in
Congress from 1964 to 1983.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9FE65E582F3A4C979CBAB6213EF90135"><enum>(7)</enum><text>He worked every
day of his life to ensure social justice and human dignity for all
people.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H96883E293B124C3593FA6E04A0D4C529"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H374D4CBBDAAB4C1FAC54C2D154EB1C7E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>so that future
generations will know his name and remember his service, it is fitting that the
leadership and vision of Phillip Burton, especially as the Chairman of the
Subcommittee on Territories and Insular Affairs, which indirectly impacted
United States foreign policy in the South Pacific region, should be honored;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF5D7D2F5F67425CB3133F2C3538FC3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States-South Pacific Scholarship
Program should be renamed the Phillip Burton Scholarship Program for South
Pacific Island Students.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H46AC2F3CCC44403E80FC81A14428543F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6060108225A343799C79AF627E821BA9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 101(4), such sums as may be
necessary are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2010 and
2011 to be made available for the United States-South Pacific Scholarship
Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFD0EBE95AFB14DBE8CD553909FD90BB5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Name</header><text>Scholarships
awarded under the Program shall be referred to as <quote>Burton
Scholarships</quote> and recipients of such scholarships shall be referred to
as <quote>Burton Scholars</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9C56ACE8B93C4BD394D25D4C2FAC9C06"><enum>214.</enum><header>United
States-Caribbean Educational Exchange Program</header>
<subsection id="H1969946DADE24DDA9D0C51534AB0BEA7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H3E1FE864F1E345BA893B2ABB357C70A6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional
committees</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H60F299596C2445C6A60045B1B4CC36E9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCDD324CABBC441AE857F88A613711B70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB0887C79A28D47559E9DDE97DD0AA334"><enum>(2)</enum><header>CARICOM
country</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>CARICOM country</term> means a country that has been a full member
country of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for at least five years or the
Dominican Republic, but does not include—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09D829ED16BF487594F92B24764D08A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a country having
observer or associate status in CARICOM;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58173DD3BFC2427D97B8C875C63BFB3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a country the
government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of
section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 40 of the
Arms Export Control Act, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or
any other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided
support for acts of international terrorism; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB40BB0558B5B4E248A93C8BDE0CE37CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a country that
fails to adhere to human rights standards pursuant to sections 116 and 502B(2)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n and 2304).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H754A6E09714A410F8B8C2068749958A9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>Except
as otherwise provided, the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of
State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB80914B6EA74881831B87FAEC62C63F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>United States
cooperating agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>United States cooperating agency</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EE164B924D446FC842C614CA454BD65"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an institution of higher education (as such
term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1001(a))), including, to the maximum extent practicable, a historically
Black college or university that is a part B institution (as such term is
defined in section 322(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1061(2))) or a
Hispanic-serving institution (as such term is defined in section 502(5) of such
Act (20 U.S.C. 1101a(5)));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC78A5DBF72824A1E868E9DA651C39A25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a higher education
association;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4061FFBD755A4269A8F3FB6074D2AC2D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a nongovernmental
organization incorporated in the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85952128CF07430BACB7D4A89D54A6E3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a consortium
consisting of two or more such institutions, associations, or nongovernmental
organizations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1BBB7F3825B40329A0C310170B43DB8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program
authorized</header><text>The Secretary of State is authorized to establish an
educational exchange program between the United States and CARICOM countries,
to be known as the <quote>Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean
Educational Exchange Program</quote>, under which—</text>
<paragraph id="H00252921109744539DC89097529B6BD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>secondary school
students from CARICOM countries will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D650BAD61344C149CC2E2852BD5F239"><enum>(A)</enum><text>attend a public or
private secondary school in the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE557A48E72564ACABEFA43AE0FD1B5C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participate in activities designed to
promote a greater understanding of the values and culture of the United States;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7217BBE951F040128D132F7A47D97101"><enum>(2)</enum><text>undergraduate
students, graduate students, post-graduate students, and scholars from CARICOM
countries will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H456BC32EEE554382AAC3CF3BC23FCE9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>attend a public or
private college or university, including a community college, in the United
States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9840314AD70B47B2871912C62C22B830"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participate in activities designed to
promote a greater understanding of the values and culture of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC15D5DEA428840DE8B174C578938940C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements of
program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program
authorized under subsection (b) shall meet the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph id="HE617BDE41D9140E4A2197EFBC7A7EF9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program will offer scholarships to
students and scholars based on merit and need. It is the sense of Congress that
scholarships should be offered to students and scholars who evidence merit,
achievement, and strong potential for the studies such students and scholars
wish to undertake under the program and 60 percent of scholarships offered
under the program should be based on financial need.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H027C055C8FD641EE8C4959676503E6A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program will seek to achieve gender
equality in granting scholarships under the program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H554D314801FE4264AF80A5E23B0F9F7F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fields of study under the program will
support the labor market and development needs of CARICOM countries, assuring a
pool of technical experts to address such needs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD992B60B8FE4435DA807AE4DC298C8C0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The program will limit participation
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9DBE137CE22B4368BA219CA117DBB240"><enum>(A)</enum><text>one year of study
for secondary school students;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H221C7570EE2541A2A9CB60E9B9C958C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">two years of study for undergraduate
students; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA21F5FADC5DC48E291A10E6A7EE2A233"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">12 months of study for graduate students,
post-graduate students, and scholars.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6B2DB23D8B504CDB90C1E9AB1CE0FA7E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a period of time equal to the period of
time of participation in the program, but not to exceed two years, the program
will require participants who are students and scholars described in subsection
(a)(2) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7CA53967B35456D839D7126B9F26B92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>agree to return to
live in a CARICOM country and maintain residence in such country, within six
months of completion of academic studies; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8541799D9D9C4608BE723236509DB12A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>agree to obtain
employment that directly benefits the growth, progress, and development of one
or more CARICOM countries and the people of such countries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC10C485AAC1647DB916934FE30CCA2AB"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive, shorten the
duration, or otherwise alter the requirements of paragraph (4) in limited
circumstances of hardship, humanitarian needs, for specific educational
purposes, or in furtherance of the national interests of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H875702B5BC754CB38C2449D742126C7C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Role of United
States cooperating agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consult with United
States cooperating agencies in developing the program authorized under
subsection (b). The Secretary is authorized to provide grants to United States
cooperating agencies in carrying out the program authorized under subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6ECE6DA4BC0C456BB218B478D253B501"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Monitoring and
evaluation of program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H70D5654B016C4F57845928A1826C9545"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall monitor and evaluate the
effectiveness and efficiency of the program authorized under subsection (b). In
so doing, the Secretary shall, among other things, evaluate the program’s
positive or negative effects on <quote>brain drain</quote> from the
participating CARICOM countries and suggest ways in which the program may be
improved to promote the basic goal of alleviating brain drain from the
participating CARICOM countries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H49E814122CEB404D86EBC9336E62293A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In
carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall review on a regular
basis—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCFEB061BACE14318A14C6F812A5B7B29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>financial
information relating to the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H361AC32E9A6842268B1838F9E6DF6566"><enum>(B)</enum><text>budget plans for
the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3AB8ED05BD324FF9996F47AFB934C726"><enum>(C)</enum><text>adjustments to
plans established for the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H05FA2006331F4F7F97BAC9D86CF9BCE6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>graduation rates
of participants in the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0869893A5C6E479885EB5882534CB0D6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the percentage of
participants who are students described in subsection (b)(1) who pursue higher
education;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD54C4BCD72B44295A92545E5297F873B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the percentage of
participants who return to their home country or another CARICOM
country;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H485FBC0EC5B84CF094C079408F59FF87"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the types of
careers pursued by participants in the program and the extent to which such
careers are linked to the political, economic, and social development needs of
CARICOM countries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1F08E1FA64F448FB1126440AD62166C"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of gender, country of origin,
financial need of students, and other relevant factors on the data collected
under subparagraphs (D) through (G).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H70385E28ACCC4733940F3ABAE8A86626"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H0908EF52090740E3940A3551D1F379B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report
required</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment
of this section, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on plans to implement the program authorized
under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8351351F63048AD86D752CBDAAFF5DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be
included</header><text>The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H293245715107455080565614C90ABBD8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a plan for
selecting participants in the program, including an estimate of the number of
secondary school students, undergraduate students, graduate students,
post-graduate students, and scholars from each country, by educational level,
who will be selected as participants in the program for each fiscal
year;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB36B4BA6FC2E4525A34FB8C224B840E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a timeline for selecting United States
cooperating agencies that will assist in implementing the program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EEECD59C6744CC88A55818946C6FF99"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a financial plan that—</text>
<clause id="H6A1A1895F3AB43DB9C8B13C393F655C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>identifies budget
plans for each educational level under the program; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H849D2F39167B4F01ABA8952E21A91C30"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identifies plans
or systems to ensure that the costs to public school, college, and university
education under the program and the costs to private school, college, and
university education under the program are reasonably allocated; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49B6484762A24780814869503E332A6B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a plan to provide outreach to and linkages
with schools, colleges and universities, and nongovernmental organizations in
both the United States and CARICOM countries for implementation of the
program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAAA98749AD7C425EA99BBA98F4B40FE8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Updates of
report</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H588C964B137A4DC0B8062D30FDDA45EA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees updates of the report required by paragraph (1) for
each fiscal year for which amounts are appropriated pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations under subsection (g).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77A68319AFE44F3980531A3034122907"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Matters to be
included</header><text>Such updates shall include the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H08078D82ABEC4129A41B0AC558338B7B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Information on
United States cooperating agencies that are selected to assist in implementing
the programs authorized under this section.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA0BE4051C39E44928AF9D5445E734F29"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An analysis of the positive and negative
impacts the program authorized under this section will have or is having on
<quote>brain drain</quote> from the participating CARICOM countries.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8D0CBDA16AF44AE399B71911C257C442"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
pursuant to section 101(4), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to carry out this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0E2DA10CA8A94B36B6C1F7F5A4795573" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header>Exchanges between
Liberia and the United States for women legislators</header>
<subsection id="HC3FA2853FFEE4EB79C57C923C054BBB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the purpose of this section to
provide financial assistance to—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA954EEE26394CE6BF39069A0567C774"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish an
exchange program for Liberian women legislators and women staff members of the
Liberian Congress;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0184375CF09B4F5EB0204D50C6B7D8C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expand Liberian
participation in exchange programs of the Department of State; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D663A79D9934E87A1D4F080F35630A8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>promote the
advancement of women in the field of politics, with the aim of eventually
reducing the rates of domestic abuse, illiteracy, and sexism in Liberia.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H16BFD48B71704061BDCC4FE2E8513F96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The
Secretary of State shall establish an exchange program in cooperation with the
Women’s Legislative Caucus in Liberia to provide scholarships to fund exchanges
to enable Liberian women legislators and exceptional women Liberian
Congressional staffers to encourage more women to participate in, and continue
to be active in, politics and the democratic process in Liberia.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H351D214263BB4295B2952D2E4EE74389"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scholarship
defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>scholarship</quote>
means an amount to be used for full or partial support of living expenses in
the United States for a participant in the exchange program established under
subsection (b), including travel expenses to, from, and within the United
States.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2D138E7DA1D644FA930C66E26C453F6C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>216.</enum><header>Public diplomacy
plan for Haiti</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary
of State shall develop a public diplomacy plan to be implemented in the event
that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is extended to Haitian nationals in the
United States to effectively inform Haitians living in Haiti that—</text>
<paragraph id="H7EC1C4B86FBD4A9E9239D8DA694E6BFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>TPS only permits
people already in the United States as of a specifically designated date to
remain in the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8F56A65B4904F7BBC74EAC80832D2FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>there are
extraordinary dangers of travel by sea to the United States in unsafe,
overcrowded vessels;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H50D87FA6DEE949A4A41491BA8A31C7E7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any Haitian
interdicted at sea traveling to the United States will be repatriated to Haiti;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H088F3974FB9442E9AC79C831ED413851"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the United States
will continue its large assistance program to help the people of Haiti recover
from recent hurricanes, restore stability, and promote economic growth.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC25DBE2F8535470F82AF88BCC902506A"><enum>C</enum><header>Consular Services
and Related Matters</header>
<section id="HC3FB7324BC2E4AE7879A1472763654C6"><enum>231.</enum><header>Extension of
authority to assess passport surcharge</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1 of the Passport Act of June 4,
1920 (22 U.S.C. 214), is amended in subsection (b)(2) by striking
<quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2015</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H206F7F8C5D5C4E15AEC8BD8948DF5F65"><enum>232.</enum><header>English
language and cultural awareness training for approved refugee
applicants</header>
<subsection id="H876A55CB20D64FD59C81DFB577C380C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of State should establish formal training
programs in five overseas refugee processing regions to provide English as a
second language, cultural orientation, and work orientation training for
refugees who have been approved for admission to the United States before their
departure for the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H11B01998E4034B5C96CD32A472895754"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Design and
implementation</header><text>In designing and implementing the training
programs referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary should ensure that
nongovernmental organizations with direct ties to the United States refugee
resettlement program are utilized in such training programs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD6E1D19D08F443479B6C6F3458A04EEF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Impact on
processing times</header><text>The Secretary should ensure that such training
programs occur within current processing times and do not unduly delay the
departure for the United States of refugees who have been approved for
admission to the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE57A66DEEC404046A8BDE4BA5F4E4348"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timeline for
implementation and report to Congress</header>
<paragraph id="H97B59D2CC44F4BE5B7C43E84533218C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Timeline for
implementation</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, such training programs
should be operating in at least one overseas refugee processing region, and not
later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, such training
programs should be operating in each of the five overseas refugee processing
regions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE821BCCE02BF4FB098A78C50B5F788A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the implementation of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H862F36CD71994476830BFDA3C44F3715"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to
require that a refugee participate in such a training program as a precondition
for the admission to the United States of such refugee.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2594DF20FDC24A1BA009180E1BBF5EBE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>233.</enum><header>Tibet</header>
<subsection id="HF24F4F4C6FAB43EF98FA83C6ACCFC028"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tibet
negotiations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 613(a)
of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9DDA558D99BA4567A0C17C22710BFA78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and should
coordinate with other governments in multilateral efforts toward this
goal</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3AF60E2615C944C8BA9FD6A58CAA812D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H690AD70D5B9E425CA813146A9F4A5B82"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63B83D95394C43FA8C9E9A9776679815" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAA320DB5FD40403C8BE8CD937CD8F48D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Policy
coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President
shall direct the National Security Council to ensure that, in accordance with
this Act, United States policy on Tibet is coordinated and communicated with
all Executive Branch agencies in contact with the Government of
China.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE074813AD1D849AB87FD216C76810C22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Bilateral
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 616 of the
Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0B0321BEBC97464EAA1177DC7573600F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7E08472FAED4F82804B1E55CA277ECC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE28FDEF18F0C42DBB9BFE52BA683B2D5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H78F0D19089ED413C8EC9EAC0321A1549"><enum>(d)</enum><header>United States
assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President
shall provide grants to nongovernmental organizations to support sustainable
economic development, cultural and historical preservation, health care,
education, and environmental sustainability projects for Tibetan communities in
the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, in
accordance with the principles specified in subsection (e) and subject to the
review and approval of the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues under section
621(d).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFE5EDCBD01534C088D91F4F55278C143"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special
Coordinator for Tibetan Issues</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 621 of the Tibetan Policy Act of
2002 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE753E46F65A44337BDC592A54B7E6D75"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB4734B36AD94ED2A613DB1B8101BB32"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1FB84796383F407DAA77A719A08C0D17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE83A2081C787494D9AFBE735B7CE55D8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41719C8E806647E191DE7B86B81D350E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC06C52E7D84840A080AF41C138E9D7AC"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review and approve all projects carried out
pursuant to section
616(d);</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF960157DD2CF448A876F5301C657DA8F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2D1AE60566B4126AD1F724DA92687A6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE1A32E4715BA454BA396BB0E44900204"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall assign dedicated
personnel to the Office of the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues
sufficient to assist in the management of the responsibilities of this section
and section
616(d)(2).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3D4EB3F7D2D047B9A537F46C37EC3E35"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Diplomatic
representation relating to Tibet</header>
<paragraph id="HF2986CAA1BCD41F397DEDAA568A02891"><enum>(1)</enum><header>United States
Embassy in Beijing</header>
<subparagraph id="HAA510D71BA63428FA9C194A8F1B458B4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State is authorized to establish a Tibet Section within the United States
Embassy in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, for the purposes of following
political, economic, and social developments inside Tibet, including Tibetan
areas of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces, until such time as a
United States consulate in Tibet is established. Such Tibet Section shall have
the primary responsibility for reporting on human rights issues in Tibet and
shall work in close cooperation with the Office of the Special Coordinator for
Tibetan Issues. The chief of such Tibet Section should be of senior
rank.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H662CC84C5A6542F595D07DC2E156DC90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under
section 101(a), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to carry out this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H219AFFFA9D6E4134A7CB07C2542C34A7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In
Tibet</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 618 of the
Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1F14D7F14AB4841B3CAC3D03D84ADF3" style="OLC">
<section id="H0A4FA8CF4E20486DBE09AEAA2B79F999"><enum>618.</enum><header>Establishment
of a United States Consulate in Lhasa, Tibet</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall seek to establish a
United States consulate in Lhasa, Tibet, to provide services to United States
citizens traveling to Tibet and to monitor political, economic, and cultural
developments in Tibet, including Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and
Yunnan
provinces.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC6550E3C5C7C4CC98AC204E060559DE4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Religious
persecution in Tibet</header><text>Section 620(b) of the Tibetan Policy Act of
2002 is amended by adding before the period at the end the following: <quote>,
including the reincarnation system of Tibetan Buddhism</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Organization and
Personnel Authorities</header>
<section id="H30D22FBCB09C4EAF8CD1651490CDD94F"><enum>301.</enum><header>Transatlantic
diplomatic fellowship program</header>
<subsection id="H0F57D8BAD2944BF4AFD1E936230816C6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fellowship
authorized</header><text>Chapter 5 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3981 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA41F8FCCFB8A4B3BB6E3FFFA752FC680" style="OLC">
<section id="H921A45CFFCA046AAB99604DBE45D6076"><enum>506.</enum><header>Transatlantic
diplomatic fellowship program</header>
<subsection id="H1104F5187D6646C3BC6007DAD7760A75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to establish the Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellowship Program. Under
the program, the Secretary may assign a member of the Service, for not more
than one year, to a position with any designated country or designated entity
that permits an employee to be assigned to a position with the
Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H16F940D5AD854382836F2720BCBC987D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Salary and
benefits</header><text>The salary and benefits of a member of the Service shall
be paid as described in subsection (b) of section 503 during a period in which
such member is participating in the Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellowship
Program. The salary and benefits of an employee of a designated country or
designated entity participating in such program shall be paid by such country
or entity during the period in which such employee is participating in the
program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H36FA2508E5724EDF9ACDB22FC109BF24"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H044F70539E4D4F75950ECA77F3C50FDB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term
<quote>designated country</quote> means a member country of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6891EB0B9196431DA749FA85FDCD758F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H48B637C5BEC6493C9C1FE396F855F578"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the European
Union.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H896FE05B2DFC47F5980DC4CEDB41EDFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<quote>designated entity</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8EFCED7177834176A389677160145BC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF861CE6200FC4D3880E97D442E1BA964"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the European
Union.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0701398AB1CF4432A883A45B3F98342D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed
to—</text>
<paragraph id="H98A279DA41B9485B82D96C2C3EA799C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorize the
appointment as an officer or employee of the United States of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D516D4168E14A0F8D1D65EB693BFF6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual
whose allegiance is to any country, government, or foreign or international
entity other than to the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCBBF220F9CF448094AD4BF8B6110049"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an individual who
has not met the requirements of sections 3331, 3332, 3333, and 7311 of title 5,
United States Code, and any other provision of law concerning eligibility for
appointment as, and continuation of employment as, an officer or employee of
the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H90A2084E58874DCB93173C5C3DE9B9EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>authorize the
Secretary to assign a member of the Service to a position with any foreign
country whose laws, or foreign or international entity whose rules, require
such member to give allegiance or loyalty to such country or entity while
assigned to such
position.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5AD02C80660049F492530958DBEC6EBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text>The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H419C35C217864B0FAE2F635C42453EEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 503 (22
U.S.C. 3983)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H85FAEC4CC0D748688D8A5C845BAFDCD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">AND</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, OR</header-in-text></quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H470989D1C55A4B2D838EF3A4281115A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, or
with a foreign government under sections 506 or 507</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFBD7FABCB1144490B6E98726652B0D06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 2, in
the table of contents—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0DA2593DAD4B46F1A929C7048BA98989"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
item relating to section 503 and inserting the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86ACB4C4C09540DE82065CC2C26A6B0D" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 503. Assignments to agencies,
international organizations, foreign governments, or other
bodies.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">and</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H715C830A3F7F4986B4EFA915E2ABC32B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding after
the item relating to section 505 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H329866EDD4DF4FB0968FB9E7D5838183" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 506. Transatlantic diplomatic
fellowship
program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC94B2AB0E06240DD9670D27C9EBE62AB"><enum>302.</enum><header>Security
officers exchange program</header>
<subsection id="H2507528B840F4A9BAAE25716E27673D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Chapter 5 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 3981 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 506 (as added by
section 311 of this Act) the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1DC2F900B3774CF79028521C6D9C1FD1" style="OLC">
<section id="HDE585787898648EEA4D029BA2B085780"><enum>507.</enum><header>Security
officers exchange program</header>
<subsection id="H1140362144F04B6FB8A64CFCADDF79A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is
authorized to establish the Security Officers Exchange Program. Under the
program, the Secretary may assign a member of the Service, for not more than a
total of three years, to a position with any country or international
organization designated by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (c) that
permits an employee to be assigned to a position with the Department.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7D384E31E8184FE3828715057506A305"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Salary and
benefits</header><text>The salary and benefits of the members of the Service
shall be paid as described in subsection (b) of section 503 during a period in
which such officer is participating in the Security Officers Exchange Program.
The salary and benefits of an employee of a designated country or international
organization participating in such program shall be paid by such country or
international organization during the period in which such employee is
participating in the program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1815D1DAFAC84BDAB458C3522D60AAAC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The
Secretary may designate a country or international organization to participate
in this program if the Secretary determines that such participation is in the
national security interests of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9F248C0CF33B46D2864B8C70BD3B5A46"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed
to—</text>
<paragraph id="HE779AFA19D5E4617AEC0034C4FA8F5A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorize the
appointment as an officer or employee of the United States of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0B23DED4669D41D3AA9B1EDFFE131856"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual
whose allegiance is to any country, government, or foreign or international
entity other than to the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57E64BEC6C0D49ABA1017F5B36A724EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an individual who
has not met the requirements of sections 3331, 3332, 3333, and 7311 of title 5,
United States Code, and any other provision of law concerning eligibility for
appointment as, and continuation of employment as, an officer or employee of
the United States; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2F9EA7C5073A495BAF330A7149B1E382"><enum>(2)</enum><text>authorize the
Secretary to assign a member of the Service to a position with any foreign
country whose laws, or foreign or international entity whose rules, require
such member to give allegiance or loyalty to such country or entity while
assigned to such
position.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA3EE4B01EBD441FDB631BC820ED1C634"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text>Section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
is amended, in the table of contents, by adding after the item relating to
section 506 (as added by section 311(b)(2) of this Act) the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H730DE8E39733484B8EC79BAA13443C2A" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 507. Security officers exchange
program.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HB97E15FE82244F6D95F6B8AFBEF86096"><enum>303.</enum><header>Suspension of
foreign service members without pay</header>
<subsection id="H110CB21B51BD409BAD8A561DC0DB7292"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Suspension</header><text>Section
610 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H357905A3A7F84F73A0EB278D2032AF52" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8B3F93ABB6F446AA882880031661C430"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6E497A7E57054A52B9D5E4D1F6D1BC74"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In order to promote the
efficiency of the Service, the Secretary may suspend a member of the Foreign
Service without pay when the member’s security clearance is suspended or when
there is reasonable cause to believe that the member has committed a crime for
which a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7E1E7A93FBF46B1908909665B997FA4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any member of the Foreign Service for
whom a suspension is proposed shall be entitled to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB5A21D770F1146F890D15B1B2F91B81B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>written notice stating the specific
reasons for the proposed suspension;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAAA71D1863E48179E7A9F3D05635E28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a reasonable time to respond orally
and in writing to the proposed suspension;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E16A6CBC7204198ABC71A98AAA18A0C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>representation by an attorney or other
representative; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FF8E08C7AB9438491C1BB175F6D8943"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a final written decision, including
the specific reasons for such decision, as soon as practicable.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H11848E0E94284F6B8861DA10F7C948D8" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any member suspended under this
section may file a grievance in accordance with the procedures applicable to
grievances under chapter 11 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA54526C27603491F963B8DF2431122C9" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In the case of a grievance filed
under paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8425231A492E43BD8E17CEC14819CEF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the review by the Foreign Service
Grievance Board shall be limited to a determination of whether the provisions
of paragraphs (1) and (2) have been fulfilled; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD056C08B0AE42C6B3F877BEE5BE416E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Foreign Service Grievance Board
may not exercise the authority provided under section 1106(8).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H459619D8D4EF4EB1A926D8B7CC1A59CB" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC5EA7281712423CB6FD6E6359D7238B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <quote>reasonable
time</quote> means—</text>
<clause id="HA401850E22F04F71A76BD662A32F3D6F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>with respect to a member of the
Foreign Service assigned to duty in the United States, 15 days after receiving
notice of the proposed suspension; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0E87B98ADC9644E5B60877C50021A4AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to a member of the
Foreign Service assigned to duty outside the United States, 30 days after
receiving notice of the proposed suspension.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92839D8AAD2141C183E01A2A2E4423DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The term <quote>suspend</quote> or
<quote>suspension</quote> means the placing of a member of the Foreign Service
in a temporary status without duties and
pay.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD01BEED6257A47FBA90416406C427B05"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming and
clerical amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H2E91EDE6FC764B74ABECB1F65286A486"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment of
section heading</header><text>Such section, as amended by subsection (a) of
this section, is further amended, in the section heading, by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">;
suspension</header-in-text></quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9E081DCD3904E4583AB7DF7C3A5E724"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The item relating to such section in the table of
contents in section 2 of such Act is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FD3DBC8AEDC4CE4B5D104473E2ED2F4" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 610. Separation for cause;
suspension.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H242D1D3A36264E6CABF0F473CD1FD466"><enum>304.</enum><header>Repeal of
recertification requirement for Senior Foreign Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(d) of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3945(d)) is hereby repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H5F90681534B94790A716A307AE0FA6FB"><enum>305.</enum><header>Limited
appointments in the Foreign Service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of
1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H20C94BF9C7D44F2F93A53D8076A5BD8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a),
by striking <quote>subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (b)
or (c)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEF50C122DB54F8E9A79EC4214C095A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H94E130C18994473D8C3524F943CE1098"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<clause id="HABF924BD21B64632BF9E1E165DDAD1C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>(A),</quote> after <quote>if</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC105F98C32524FFD8EDA8A9A020E3A2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>, or (B), the
career candidate is serving in the uniformed services, as defined by the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (38 U.S.C.
4301 et seq.), and the limited appointment expires in the course of such
service</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4D093B75FFC43CBAC379F49500904BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A5F7F0DBF0741F6897DB43A7521DB7C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E3A63D36F4B4E6CAD9A57702306B128"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding after
paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H627A90F6160C4F59A8D1B158C0CFE2EF" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H247878C52EEC4C109CBC5AD265A87C26"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in exceptional
circumstances where the Secretary determines the needs of the Service require
the extension of a limited appointment (A), for a period of time not to exceed
12 months (provided such period of time does not permit additional review by
the boards under section 306), or (B), for the minimum time needed to settle a
grievance, claim, or complaint not otherwise provided for in this
section.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD9B26DFA5A054EDEA08BD45C856F7B8A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H13FFD7C815F44100A6D9A101065B9782" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE00A6D2BC1F842F9985BC1A50771EFE1"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Non-career Foreign
Service employees who have served five consecutive years under a limited
appointment may be reappointed to a subsequent limited appointment provided
there is a one year break in service between each appointment. The Secretary
may in cases of special need waive the requirement for a one year break in
service.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H153895CD454C4B9BB86EA37AD339B809"><enum>306.</enum><header>Compensatory
time off for travel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
5550b of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H40B6B986442B423E88A53DA4067E290D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6DA856747644407898584F03EEF92EB5"><enum>(c)</enum><text>The maximum amount
of compensatory time off earned under this section may not exceed 104 hours
during any leave year (as defined by regulations established by the Office of
Personnel
Management).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H4E4B6AF728F743569B434128F840906F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Protection of
intellectual property rights</header>
<subsection id="H7ED76E8FAA5846D3AAE588EBFF036E66"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Resources To
protect intellectual property rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall ensure that
the protection in foreign countries of the intellectual property rights of
United States persons in other countries is a significant component of United
States foreign policy in general and in relations with individual countries.
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director General of the United
States and Foreign Commercial Service and other agencies as appropriate, shall
ensure that adequate resources are available at diplomatic missions in any
country that is identified under section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)) to ensure—</text>
<paragraph id="HDB6019F558B2429E96E5878BAB9A8999"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support for enforcement action against
violations of the intellectual property rights of United States persons in such
country; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB7AEA30B94D4961857EDFC8226373A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>cooperation with
the host government to reform its applicable laws, regulations, practices, and
agencies to enable that government to fulfill its international and bilateral
obligations with respect to intellectual property rights.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91BCCD118DC04B98990C1294FBC16BD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>New
appointments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Director General of the United States and
Foreign Commercial Service, shall appoint 10 intellectual property attachés to
serve in United States embassies or other diplomatic missions. The 10
appointments shall be in addition to personnel serving, on the date of the
enactment of this Act, in the capacity of intellectual property attachés from
any department or agency of the United States at United States embassies or
other diplomatic missions.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3C2CD8B18BA43138A4AB250D3BB5871"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority
Assignments</header>
<paragraph id="H04EE6CB1D1D44ABA941724EF2401DB66"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), in designating the embassies or
other missions to which attachés are assigned under subsection (b), the
Secretary of State shall give priority to those countries where the activities
of an attaché may be carried out with the greatest potential benefit to
reducing counterfeit and pirated products in the United States market, to
protecting the intellectual property rights of United States persons and their
licensees, and to protecting the interests of United States persons otherwise
harmed by violations of intellectual property rights in those countries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D08FC9B1EE744C0AF453DF11CB75DDB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assignments to
priority countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In
carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consider assigning
intellectual property attachés—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5DA621D60ABA4F9D864AE3B2BAE87EA6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the countries
that have been identified under section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA209949C411D45BDB2A72F86B9A8F593"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the country
where the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has its
headquarters.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4FA5338A896C4682B7F98ACD1EFF4DD3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties and
responsibilities of intellectual property attachés</header><text>The
intellectual property attachés appointed under subsection (b), as well as
others serving as intellectual property attachés of any other department or
agency of the United States, shall have the following responsibilities:</text>
<paragraph id="HD99A0C0486914AC28EF021562FC7B4B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To promote
cooperation with foreign governments in the enforcement of intellectual
property laws generally, and in the enforcement of laws against counterfeiting
and piracy in particular.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H15D98C59CEA847E59D29F512D49D4EA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>To assist United
States persons holding intellectual property rights, and the licensees of such
United States persons, in their efforts to combat counterfeiting and piracy of
their products or works within the host country, including counterfeit or
pirated goods exported from or transshipped through that country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H679A6D20985E44F2828E3DB6A27EF767"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To chair an
intellectual property protection task force consisting of representatives from
all other relevant sections or bureaus of the embassy or other mission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E93E06F133048AAB9AB937C15137FA7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To coordinate with
representatives of the embassies or missions of other countries in information
sharing, private or public communications with the government of the host
country, and other forms of cooperation for the purpose of improving
enforcement against counterfeiting and piracy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H350D8DBC321F4787B6A4091FF560C0CB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>As appropriate and
in accordance with applicable laws and the diplomatic status of the attachés,
to engage in public education efforts against counterfeiting and piracy in the
host country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA46A589F8FB431E874C9E2B51C51994"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To coordinate
training and technical assistance programs of the United States Government
within the host country that are aimed at improving the enforcement of laws
against counterfeiting and piracy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB03F85F43CB4404CAF8061553EE4CDBA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>To identify and
promote other means to more effectively combat counterfeiting and piracy
activities under the jurisdiction of the host country.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2201064FBFE8420191B5CA58DFDC1B08"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The
Secretary of State shall ensure that each attaché appointed under subsection
(b) is fully trained for the responsibilities of the position before assuming
duties at the United States embassy or other mission in question.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B567EF02CF94DA3AB397D9E1C23B85A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The activities of intellectual property
attachés under this section shall be carried out in coordination with the
United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator appointed under
section 301 of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual
Property Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. 8111).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H02BC04C654D04F23AE76D1E250E81E50"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HD3994F6C196B4A25B77C6DD4FAFBC151"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall submit to the Congress, not
later than December 31 of each year, a report on the appointment, designation
for assignment, and activities of all intellectual property attachés of any
Federal department or agency who are serving at United States embassies or
other diplomatic missions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94372C3C19F44C9CB76D1186E62CAA2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each
report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0FDABF4A87FD412EBFEE40B5252C56B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the progress, or lack
thereof, in the preceding year regarding the resolution of general and specific
intellectual property disputes in each country identified under section
182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)), including any
changes by the host government in applicable laws and regulations and their
enforcement.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03D55AAA867A4A749EF21208048705CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the obstacles preventing
the host government of each country described in subparagraph (A) from
implementing adequate measures to fulfill its international and bilateral
obligations with respect to intellectual property rights.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF758A3856E94591AA9264D6E7FA560B"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the adequacy of the
resources of the Department of State employed to carry out subparagraphs (A)
and (B) and, if necessary, an assessment of the need for additional resources
for such purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC1F5F6CFA958499E89E516CB63F039F8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H7DDF21DD65474AE3B5F6D901C9F5881E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Counterfeiting;
counterfeit goods</header>
<subparagraph id="H30561D38987A4865ADDCAC590A451A3F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Counterfeiting</header><text>The
term <quote>counterfeiting</quote> means activities related to production of or
trafficking in goods, including packaging, that bear a spurious mark or
designation that is identical to or substantially indistinguishable from a mark
or designation protected under trademark laws or related legislation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B6409A6E7684CD1B452221BEC0DD7F3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Counterfeit
goods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>counterfeit goods</quote> means those goods described in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCA2B5D33B50F4959AFFBDCF0E4210342"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Intellectual
property rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>intellectual property rights</quote> means the rights of holders of
copyrights, patents, trademarks, other forms of intellectual property, and
trade secrets.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF21985E91094487B9DDB5840A5A21EAB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Piracy; pirated
goods</header>
<subparagraph id="HF80EAA0747634FADB34CDA1F1D1164A0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Piracy</header><text>The
term <quote>piracy</quote> means activities related to production of or
trafficking in unauthorized copies or phonorecords of works protected under
copyright law or related legislation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DCA611713D4476698C6E07FDE4365EA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Pirated
goods</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>pirated
goods</quote> means those copies or phonorecords described in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7032AF97CD5B4AD5884DE8FB726CA201"><enum>(4)</enum><header>United States
person</header><text>The term <quote>United States person</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0EB8DB880306472FBDE0D3263831C453"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any United States resident or
national,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7645B5F106A4FB09D29F80BADD8E5AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any corporation,
partnership, other business entity, or other organization, that is organized
under the laws of the United States, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B90058A0A4C4E65AA29429DFF490802"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any foreign subsidiary or affiliate
(including any permanent foreign establishment) of any corporation,
partnership, business entity, or organization described in subparagraph (B),
that is controlled in fact by such corporation, partnership, business entity,
or organization,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">except that
such term does not include an individual who resides outside the United States
and is employed by an individual or entity other than an individual or entity
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H700B4D00ECA94B8AADBAE8BFB773F611"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under
section 101, there are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such
sums as may be necessary for the training and support of the intellectual
property attachés appointed under subsection (b) and of other personnel serving
as intellectual property attachés of any other department or agency of the
United States.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC5BC1F310BED4E54A52FB31675A8010F"><enum>308.</enum><header>Domestic
partners as eligible family members</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It should be the policy of the United States
to amend or promulgate the personnel regulations necessary to ensure that
same-sex domestic partners of United States Foreign Service Officers are
provided with the same benefits, protections, and services currently provided
to Eligible Family Members under the Foreign Affairs Manual, including
inclusion in travel orders, and access to training, emergency and medical
evacuations, post health units, visa support, and preferential status for
employment at post.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>International
Organizations</header>
<section id="H45F03BA7E38B464290B68426C99DC6CB"><enum>401.</enum><header>Statement of
policy regarding peacekeeping operations contributions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It remains the policy of the United States,
pursuant to section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236; 22 U.S.C. 287e note) that
United States assessed contributions for a United Nations peacekeeping
operation shall not exceed 25 percent of the total of all assessed
contributions for such operation.</text>
</section><section id="H690C402348ED4F269D097F75B6700C32"><enum>402.</enum><header>Enhancing
nuclear safeguards</header>
<subsection id="H3E547E789B3E4669857CF5E71EE91FE3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
makes the following findings:</text>
<paragraph id="H0373CC1037324137BCD50FA38EECBD54"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1, 1968, and
entered into force March 5, 1970 (commonly known as the <quote>Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty</quote> or <quote>NPT</quote>), and the safeguards
system of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are indispensable to
international peace and security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H872DCE090A7D454B982945547F0F1FD4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Congress has long
supported efforts aimed at effective and efficient assurances of nuclear fuel
supply, the strengthening of IAEA safeguards, and assistance to the developing
world for nuclear and non-nuclear energy sources, as embodied in the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 (22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C7CAD4B48EF4A96AFC77A27A4D2F3C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>According to some
experts, global energy demand will grow by 50 percent in the next 20 years,
predominantly in the developing world.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6338A5C43FFB43C6AFB1BC65A2929AB2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Government
Accountability Office (GAO) stated in testimony before Congress in September
2006 that <quote>while IAEA is increasingly relying on the analytical skills of
its staff to detect countries</quote> undeclared nuclear activities, the agency
is facing a looming human capital crisis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58162F5CAC3E430F9615F7532DDA94B7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Director
General of the IAEA told the Board of Governors of the IAEA in March 2009 that
the <quote>deteriorating conditions in our laboratories, for example, threaten
both our ability to deliver our programmed, as well as our independent
analytical capability</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19D317FA28424B27922690ECAE2041C1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Considerable
investment is needed for the IAEA’s Safeguards Analytical Laboratory (SAL), to
meet future IAEA requirements as its workload is growing, the laboratory’s
infrastructure is aging, and IAEA requirements have become more demanding, and
while initial plans have been made for laboratory enhancement and are currently
pending budgetary approval (sometime in 2009), the simple fact is that, as more
countries implement IAEA safeguards, many more nuclear samples come to SAL for
analysis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03B435ADD621468FAD33B866224FA2AC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The existing
funding, planning, and execution of IAEA safeguards is not sufficient to meet
the predicted growth in the future of civilian nuclear power, and therefore any
growth in civilian nuclear power must be evaluated against the challenges it
poses to verification of the assurances of peace and security provided by the
IAEA safeguards system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB32C81F9E3A54207973C43A25F1FB1CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000
for the refurbishment or possible replacement of the IAEA’s Safeguards
Analytical Laboratory.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA91DA76ACB264589A183894ACBAD8230"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate a report on the refurbishment or possible replacement
of the IAEA’s Safeguards Analytical Laboratory pursuant to subsection
(b).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H44DAC46106A648C39C9980EC311E9DE4"><enum>403.</enum><header>Durban Review
Conference funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the
funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used by the Secretary of
State as a contribution for any part of the Durban Review Conference or its
preparatory or follow-on activities.</text>
</section><section id="H53E825CF6DC742DB939ED7C6DC7AB85C"><enum>404.</enum><header>Restrictions
regarding Iran-led international organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act may be used by the Secretary of State as a
contribution for any organization, agency, or program within the United Nations
system in which Iran holds a position of leadership.</text>
</section><section id="HDE09AF57D06A4C328374A6E8EBCF6B3E"><enum>405.</enum><header>United Nations
Human Rights Council</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of
the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used by the
Secretary of State as a contribution for the United Nations Human Rights
Council.</text>
</section><section id="H23CD3E74D5CA44E7B0BCD6AA4AA66AC9"><enum>406.</enum><header>United Nations
Relief and Works Agency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used by the
Secretary of State as a contribution for the United Nations Relief and Works
Agency.</text>
</section><section id="H97C5B4FA9EA84933A02978CE970B4F0D"><enum>407.</enum><header>United Nations
Development Program ethics jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall withhold 10
percent from the United States voluntary contribution for fiscal year 2010 to
the United Nations Development Program until the Secretary of State certifies
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate that the United Nations Development
Program has acceded to the jurisdiction of the United Nations Ethics
Office.</text>
</section><section id="H91EC509E10884AB6B821B53159B9C0A9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>408.</enum><header>Withholding of
contributions to United Nations for legal fees of certain officers or
employees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States
may not contribute to the United Nations any funds to be used to pay or
reimburse legal expenses incurred by current or former United Nations officers
or employees in connection with proceedings arising out of alleged malfeasance
in connection with the employment of such officers or employees with the United
Nations. The President shall ensure that no United States contributions to the
United Nations are used for such purposes, including, where necessary, by
withholding from United States contributions to the regularly assessed biennial
budget of the United Nations amounts equal to any amounts so paid or
reimbursed.</text>
</section><section id="HED4C71F4D23F4EE791B733B4B72382D1"><enum>409.</enum><header>Review of
activities of international commissions</header>
<subsection id="HA5CFEF2506AE42DA89D62B19C3FEA9A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and two years thereafter, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report on the activities of each of the international commissions specified in
section 103.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7481721DBC63462BB466BD05F81BCBF1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report
elements</header><text>The reports required under subsection (a) shall include
information on the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H30F2DA27CDF048A9AD2BF0B7A170B926"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Amounts obligated
and expended during the two previous fiscal years by each of such
commissions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8A71F407B924784B0759E663CF82419"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A
description of the projects carried out during such years by each of such
commissions and a description of the management and implementation of such
projects, including the use of private contractors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DD3F388882346259A07C40B377EEE7A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Projects
anticipated during the next two fiscal years relating to the activities of each
of such commissions because of obligations that the United States has entered
into based on any treaty between the United States and another country.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDC69EB9A58C14B1E88BC05D831C58F4C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission of
reports</header><text>The reports required under subsection (a) may be combined
with the annual budget justification submitted by the President in accordance
with section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>V</enum><header>United States
International Broadcasting</header>
<section id="H5040FC5148794463BDA254D4D2704DE4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations for international broadcasting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following amounts are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out United States international broadcasting activities
under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the
Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the
United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, and the Foreign Affairs
Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, and to carry out other authorities in law
consistent with such purposes:</text>
<paragraph id="HE1958649BCCB41BDA9028D9479E36AF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For
<quote>International Broadcasting Operations</quote>, $730,241,919 for fiscal
year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64314325B49745E797FBB0779F3BE361"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For
<quote>Broadcasting Capital Improvements</quote>, $11,713,952 for fiscal year
2010 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5839F6DBBD7A42ACB5406272DD720040"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For
<quote>Broadcasting to Cuba</quote>, $32,500,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA9A58A8E685845E9A738B0B77BF57197"><enum>502.</enum><header>Personal
services contracting program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note),
is amended by striking <quote>2009</quote> and inserting
<quote>2011</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H61100F97F07B4AB4B2D26F3159BB0F0E"><enum>503.</enum><header>Employment for
international broadcasting</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 804(1) of the United States
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(1)) is amended
by inserting after <quote>suitably qualified United States citizens</quote> the
following: <quote>(for purposes of this paragraph, the term <quote>suitably
qualified United States citizens</quote> means those United States citizen
applicants who are equally or better qualified than non-United States citizen
applicants)</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H28A0CE02918649D29810BCAD4CA3258B"><enum>504.</enum><header>Domestic
release of the Voice of America film entitled <quote>A Fateful
Harvest</quote></header>
<subsection id="H5865B6936FA14D4FB41EDC7EED00CD64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and
1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a) and section 501(b) of the United States Information
and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461(b)), the Director of the
International Broadcasting Bureau shall provide a master copy of the film
entitled <quote>A Fateful Harvest</quote> to the Archivist of the United States
for domestic release in accordance with subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAEE24B5F6DC8495A97E7CD90EB3C9522"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Domestic
release</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon evidence that
necessary United States rights and licenses have been secured by the person
seeking domestic release of the film referred to in subsection (a), the
Archivist shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H1803C0BA867D42CD9D1DC0575E41D508"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deposit the film in the National Archives
of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H548CC126E5A840FFA8F6FA2FF6C8C5A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make copies of the
film available for purchase and public viewing within the United States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H43DA640B155642BD8F15767C07207B1E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><header>Establishing
permanent authority for Radio Free Asia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 309 of the United States
International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6208) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H447CDB99B3444E7B992A29F642772A9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2), by striking <quote>, and shall further specify that funds to carry out
the activities of Radio Free Asia may not be available after September 30,
2010</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H836A3CCE10BE4BE3AB47F93ECE132C38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC8C11DB2DE54E07BD9DE2546F9A1730"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (g) and (h) as subsection (f) and (g), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>VI</enum><header>United Nations
Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2009</header>
<section id="HAAD245EC70294F848C96865D6EBF83C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of
2009</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD9928161DB8D47AFA6EFF69843BF7F71"><enum>602.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title :</text>
<paragraph id="HA6AD26AF938F443CB214F64720F7C656"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Employee</header><text>The
term <quote>employee</quote> means an individual who is employed in the general
services, professional staff, or senior management of the United Nations,
including consultants, contractors and subcontractors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70FBCB7C56CB4191B91C59330C1F82D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General
Assembly</header><text>The term <quote>General Assembly</quote> means the
General Assembly of the United Nations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60F2884819544726A82F55C09FA38423"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Member
State</header><text>The term <quote>Member State</quote> means a Member State
of the United Nations. Such term is synonymous with the term
<quote>country</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H735689F521EA437EBB48EFD0D863ACD7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H683218B87B6046B1B9D3B98C03D17984"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary
General</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary General</quote> means the
Secretary General of the United Nations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA6727062A564CD6B1A16DAA71E35B07"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Security
Council</header><text>The term <quote>Security Council</quote> means the
Security Council of the United Nations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69B605EA503D49D295977E4F3B61D05E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>UN</header><text>The
term <quote>UN</quote> means the United Nations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EA0745363934EC7BDB1809EDC83B2B4"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees</header><text>The term <quote>appropriate
congressional committees</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H69AB85DC7E3F475B817A8769698EE162"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committees on
Foreign Affairs, Appropriations, and Oversight and Government Reform of the
House; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B85674CEA3B41339C0FD11F224E6BAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committees on
Foreign Relations, Appropriations, and Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><subtitle id="HB0AE736EBEA94ABDA96821E1EC10F3D1"><enum>A</enum><header>Funding of the
United Nations</header>
<section id="H18EB18EEA7184D7BA98952C9B5F112B5"><enum>611.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCE34D42682D34D76A33C710499308FFC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The United States
pays billions of dollars into the United Nations system every year (over
5,300,000,000 dollars in 2005, according to the White House Office of
Management and Budget), significantly more than any other country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB93851E36924543B275004BA681F563"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Under current
rules and contribution levels, it is possible to assemble the two-thirds
majority needed for important United Nations budget votes with a group of
countries that, taken together, pay less than 1 percent of the total United
Nations regular budget.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF5921C643584981BC041A6660ED5DA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The disconnect
between contribution levels and management control creates significant perverse
incentives in terms of United Nations spending, transparency, and
accountability.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA59D3C86BC6B40A887879A6D8D745D78"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The United Nations
system suffers from unacceptably high levels of waste, fraud, and abuse, which
seriously impair its ability to fulfill the lofty ideals of its
founding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6605BDBAD7A54D2682B03AA2061DE77E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Amidst the
continuing financial, corruption, and sexual abuse scandals of the past several
years, American public disapproval of United Nations has reached all-time
highs. A 2008 Gallup poll revealed that 65 percent of Americans believe that
the United Nations is doing a poor job, a negative assessment shared by a
majority of respondents from both political parties. Research polling by
another firm in late 2006 found that 71 percent of Americans think that the
United Nations is <quote>no longer effective</quote> and needs to be
significantly reformed, while 75 percent think that the United Nations
<quote>needs to be held more accountable.</quote></text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82A2E02A9DB546248AB3DB8A6D947A73"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Significant
improvements in United Nations transparency and accountability are necessary
for improving public perceptions of and American support for United Nations
operations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6954AB43A8740FB87F85A0D0006BAC9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Because of their
need to justify future contributions from donors, voluntarily funded
organizations have more incentive to be responsive and efficient in their
operations than organizations funded by compulsory contributions that are not
tied to performance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D7AE1AC9F91469B8E0004968BE6D344"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Article XVII of
the Charter of the United Nations, which states that <quote>[t]he expenses of
the Organization shall be borne by the Members as apportioned by the General
Assembly</quote>, leaves to the discretion of the General Assembly the basis of
apportionment, which could be done on the basis of voluntary pledges by Member
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78E03B5F3F934C818966DACB1AB4CE7A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Unlike United
States assessed contributions to the United Nations regular budget, which are
statutorily capped at 22 percent of the total, there is no cap on voluntary
contributions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C7888A693EC4C2F8436A1D216CF37DF"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The United
States, which contributes generously to international organizations whose
activities it recognizes as credible, worthwhile, and efficient, contributes
more than 22 percent of the budget of certain voluntarily funded United Nations
Specialized Agencies.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H20B0816DFB714BB690EB63C757B127ED"><enum>612.</enum><header>Apportionment
of the United Nations regular budget on a voluntary basis</header>
<subsection id="HD50131D89F8E4DE69DB6152B3137B6BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>United States
policy</header>
<paragraph id="HEC722DFAE26748FA8203F4EF9ABFD4DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Shifting of
funding</header><text>It is the policy of the United States to seek to shift
the funding mechanism for the regular budget of the United Nations from an
assessed to a voluntary basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79DE8304DFE14DAF81539E12A695E633"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Direction</header><text>The
President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the
United Nations to shift the funding mechanism for the regular budget of the
United Nations to a voluntary basis, and to make it a priority to build support
for such a transformational change among Member States, particularly key United
Nations donors.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6EE97EE0C13F41958888A690D210A6B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification of
predominantly voluntary UN regular budget finding</header><text>A certification
described in this section is a certification by the Secretary of State to the
Appropriate Congressional Committees that at least 80 percent of the total
regular budget of the United Nations is apportioned on a voluntary basis. Each
such certification shall be shall be effective for a period of no more than 1
year, and shall be promptly revoked by the Secretary, with notice to the
Appropriate Congressional Committees, if the underlying circumstances change so
as not to warrant such certification.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0C6ADB302C094B84B4441EFC4470E322"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Withholding of
nonvoluntary contributions</header>
<paragraph id="HE26CE723DA334E8189C0A759662F49D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Beginning two years after the effective date of this Act
and notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds may be obligated or
expended for a United States assessed contribution to the regular budget of the
United Nations in an amount greater than 50 percent of the United States share
of assessed contributions for the regular budget of the United Nations unless
there is in effect a certification by the Secretary, as described in subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0713A1E2C3A40CA997AA142EF668291"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Release</header><text>For
a period of three years after appropriation, funds appropriated for use as a
United States contribution to the regular budget of the United Nations but
withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to paragraph (1) may be
obligated and expended for that purpose upon the certification described in
subsection (b). After three years, in the absence of such certification, those
funds shall revert to the United States Treasury.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD99A8EE4F4F84F408E15D55BA863E7E3"><enum>613.</enum><header>Budget
justification for United States contributions to the regular budget of the
United Nations</header>
<subsection id="HF188807828F94F8DB90B7E2D9ADF2779"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Detailed
itemization</header><text>The annual congressional budget justification shall
include a detailed itemized request in support of the contribution of the
United States to the regular budget of the United Nations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9495D34E426147F1A66079D9C96A2F01"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
detailed itemization</header><text>The detailed itemization required under
subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H6391126F24BC4DC9B053EC1E523F5CC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contain
information relating to the amounts requested in support of each of the various
sections and titles of the regular budget of the United Nations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84C7560876DB4651A0B009C077CDCC80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>compare the
amounts requested for the current year with the actual or estimated amounts
contributed by the United States in previous fiscal years for the same sections
and titles.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H34F270AF91804944A568A7E69C368986"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adjustments and
notification</header><text>If the United Nations proposes an adjustment to its
regular assessed budget, the Secretary of State shall, at the time such
adjustment is presented to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and
Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), notify and consult with the appropriate
congressional committees.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H7F59ACE4F78C4D0A915CE5832CDE2E00"><enum>B</enum><header>Transparency and
accountability for United States contributions to the United Nations</header>
<section id="H8DC5EFD38DEE4B5182F5E0BDB4A7639E"><enum>621.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H94D73B05A23B4230A0619F6F7700957E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>As underscored by
continuing revelations of waste, fraud, and abuse, oversight and accountability
mechanisms within the United Nations system remain significantly deficient,
despite decades of reform attempts, including those initiated by Secretaries
General of the United Nations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA1DC2C5F8C44C98867BE32075284736"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
the personal intentions of any Secretary General of the United Nations to
promote institutional transparency and accountability within the United Nations
System, the Secretary General lacks the power to impose far reaching management
reforms without the concurrence of the General Assembly.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC33A1FA93B9442D3895A4F840627FDEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Groupings of
Member States whose voting power in the General Assembly significantly outpaces
their proportional contributions to the United Nations system have repeatedly
and successfully defeated, delayed, and diluted various reform proposals that
would have enabled more detailed oversight and scrutiny of United Nations
system operations and expenditures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB7AF6917EC14AC29E67528BECA8BBD0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To an unacceptable
degree, major donor states, including the United States, lack access to
reasonably detailed, reliable information that would allow them to determine
how their contributions have been spent by various United Nations system
entities, further contributing to the lack of accountability within the United
Nations system.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD891CC0DFAFD4BB7A41E8433487BA720"><enum>622.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H280C593032BA49F08B0C342840BC373B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>United Nations
Entity</header><text>The term <quote>United Nations Entity</quote> means any
United Nations agency, commission, conference, council, court, department,
forum, fund, institute, office, organization, partnership, program, subsidiary
body, tribunal, trust, university or academic body, related organization or
subsidiary body, wherever located, that flies the United Nations flag or is
authorized to use the United Nations logo, including but not limited to those
United Nations affiliated agencies and bodies identified as recipients of
United States contributions under section 1225(b)(3)(E) of the John Warner
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law
109–364).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DBEB0EB975F42C6985DDF1B23827163"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United Nations
System</header><text>The term <quote>United Nations System</quote> means the
aggregation of all United Nations Entities, as defined in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6B3FD6E6DCF4E57BE151DD48A175D19"><enum>(3)</enum><header>United States
Contribution</header><text>The term <quote>United States Contribution</quote>
means an assessed or voluntary contribution, whether financial, in-kind, or
otherwise, from the United States Federal Government to a United Nations
Entity, including contributions passed through other entities for ultimate use
by a United Nations Entity. United States Contributions include, but are not
limited to, those contributions identified pursuant to section 1225(b)(3)(E) of
the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public
Law 109–364).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF8A3D50A26B4CC286BF2AA8F65AF87D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transparency
Certification</header><text>The term <quote>Transparency Certification</quote>
means an annual, written affirmation by the head or authorized designee of a
United Nations Entity that the Entity will cooperate with the Inspector
General, including by providing the Inspector General, upon request, with full
access to Oversight Information as defined in this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77432B6B67914506B71218C931C1B6E7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Oversight
Information</header><text>The term <quote>Oversight Information</quote>
includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFD099AD545B341E08BF4602A8D013290"><enum>(A)</enum><text>internally and
externally commissioned audits, program reviews, performance reports, and
evaluations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD83B169D5F74EFE801670FAC977F973"><enum>(B)</enum><text>financial
statements, records, and billing systems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D26EFB115E747F29BCC4AD14A22C67F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>program budgets
and program budget implications, including revised estimates and reports
produced by or provided to the Secretary General and the Secretary General’s
agents on budget related matters;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75ACA5ABB1614BA1AD02F5870FBA8349"><enum>(D)</enum><text>operational plans,
budgets, and budgetary analyses for peacekeeping operations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BFBDB1EB3264DC9815C1B0EB7AB0EAE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>analyses and
reports regarding the scale of assessments;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H164EE4AB91AD4BE6A2D5D1572D1CBCF0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>databases and
other data systems containing financial or programmatic information;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D5B52B1A5C14DBA9BBCA2657CBD1307"><enum>(G)</enum><text>documents or other
records alleging or involving improper use of resources, misconduct,
mismanagement, or other violations of rules and regulations applicable to the
United Nations Entity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7156BB773AE4262AD41609D6C39CA89"><enum>(H)</enum><text>other
documentation relevant to the audit and investigative work of the United States
Inspector General for Contributions to the United Nations System.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H00D45FE7229B487C8BEE2CE039908E91"><enum>623.</enum><header>Establishment
and management of the Office of the United States Inspector General for
contributions to the United Nations System</header>
<subsection id="H46934400FF73461993BCD3E91C32CEE7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of this section is to make possible the independent and objective
conduct of audits and investigations relating to United States Contributions to
the United Nations System and the use of those contributions by United Nations
Entities, in an effort to eliminate and deter waste, fraud, and abuse in the
use of those contributions, and thereby to contribute to the development of
greater transparency, accountability, and internal controls throughout the
United Nations System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H67D865D9A02140CEB5C6DC4497CA8867"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is hereby established the Office of the United States Inspector General for
Contributions to the United Nations System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC83E29BABFDA4209A8C0D6CB1377EFAF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inspector
General</header>
<paragraph id="H35928A8D33114687BC4AFC68C356449A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The
head of the Office of the United States Inspector General for Contributions to
the United Nations System is the Inspector General for Contributions to the
United Nations System, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, on the basis of integrity and demonstrated
ability in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis,
public administration, or investigations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C6A5A1DC3EF466BADDDA5143FF2DA2B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nomination</header><text>The
nomination of an individual as Inspector General shall be made not later than
30 days after the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD933D94248324596B25BA9BEC9A61F84"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Removal</header><text>The
Inspector General may be removed from office by the President. The President
shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of
Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80715BFD791E47419D85DC92E2F10A24"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The
annual rate of basic pay of the Inspector General shall be the annual rate of
basic pay provided for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H34EF4F935B5044EBA993AFF8EB892264"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Relationship to
Board</header>
<subparagraph id="H18E59BDC0B5C4C098E020F528E83030D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided
in subparagraph (B), the Inspector General shall report directly to and be
under the general supervision of, the Board of Directors created in subsection
(d).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4192DE5822DD401B952F97AB7B52BF97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Neither the Board,
any officer of the Board, nor any officer of a federal department or agency
shall prevent or prohibit the Inspector General from initiating, carrying out,
or completing any audit or investigation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3A7715702BCF4CBFA6414D9DB7CAAFC9"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Duties</header>
<subparagraph id="HEF45ACABD4474A2E9E47461A002AAF29"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>It shall be the duty of the Inspector General to conduct,
supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of—</text>
<clause id="HCD323EA262AB4CA4A6038160920A9330"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
treatment, handling, expenditure, and use of United States Contributions by and
to United Nations Entities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5D461E79C54F4B37BE04BBD1812E0D5A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
adequacy of accounting, oversight, and internal control mechanisms at United
Nations Entities that receive United States Contributions.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18E4DC6D214840C88AF466E43280DDF2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Supervision</header><text>The
Inspector General shall establish, maintain, and oversee such systems,
procedures, and controls as the Inspector General considers appropriate to
discharge the duty under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7784198451E4D578B2C6EA02E180C73"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Operation</header><text>The
Inspector General shall carry out the duties specified in subparagraphs (A) and
(B) in accordance with section 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of
1978.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14CDC9940E754251A7DD38B9E1C3F1F6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Maintenance of
records</header><text>The Inspector General shall collect and maintain current
records regarding Transparency Certifications by all United Nations Entities
that receive United States Contributions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB818403C4639433E91E76645B2B8DD39"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The
Inspector General shall keep the Board of Directors and the Congress fully and
promptly informed of how United Nations Entities are spending United States
Contributions by means of reports, testimony, and briefings.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9977345120E541698DBECDE48BA3867B"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Referrals</header>
<clause id="H1C6F231183C7458AB1385E4DF475EE6C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The
Inspector General shall promptly report to the United States Attorney General
when Inspector General has reasonable grounds to believe a United States
federal criminal law has been violated by a United Nations Entity or one of its
employees, contractors, or representatives.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC0549594F88D47CC9E2A5AB5BC24A428"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The
Inspector General shall promptly report, when appropriate, to the Secretary
General or the head of the appropriate United Nations Entity cases where the
Inspector General reasonably believes that mismanagement, misfeasance, or
malfeasance is likely to have taken place within a United Nations Entity and
disciplinary proceedings are likely justified.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE041AF0340D947F8A76E2D7F61B2760B"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Personnel,
facilities, and other resources</header>
<subparagraph id="HEA3D9BC9B2E5475DBC18B546C371694F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ
such officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out the duties of
the Inspector General.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H371C0C8AD7FF4B9FA486C81FA183BF03"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Services</header><text>The
inspector general may obtain services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code, at daily rates not to exceed the equivalent rate prescribed
for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule by section 5332 of such title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H497FABBB6D154334AA2AD550B30F97C4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Real
property</header><text>The Inspector General may lease, purchase, or otherwise
acquire, improve, and use such real property wherever situated, as may be
necessary for carrying out this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D7B934EAAF44D008099D13778FEE6AD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Contracts</header><text>To
the extent and in such amounts as may be provided in advance by appropriations
Acts, the Inspector General my enter into contracts and other arrangements for
audits, studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies and with
private persons, and make such payments as may be necessary to carry out the
duties of the Inspector General.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B03D661BD7642C2A0C0C01D1DD8728C"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Detailees</header><text>Upon
request by the Inspector General, the head of an agency may detail any employee
of such agency to the Office of the United States Inspector General for
Contributions to the United Nations System on a reimbursable basis. Any
employee so detailed remains, for the purpose of preserving such employee’s
allowances, privileges, rights, seniority, and other benefits, an employee of
the agency from which detailed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD5BD852AEB1A4AD0BAB16590D77365C9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Cooperation by
United States Government Entities</header>
<subparagraph id="H45D6FB8081B44E4EB64C4F77ABB9A969"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In carrying out the duties, responsibilities, and
authorities of the Inspector General under this section, the Inspector General
shall receive the cooperation of inspectors general of other Federal Government
agencies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5D1190CEFC040A881241A679C5BE178"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Upon
request of the Inspector General for information or assistance from any
department, agency, or other entity of the Federal Government, the head of such
entity shall, insofar as is practicable and not in contravention of any
existing law, furnish such information or assistance to the Inspector General,
or an authorized designee.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D14A7987AB44B0C9AACFC2BC4CE7985"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Whenever
information or assistance requested by the Inspector General is, in the
judgment of the Inspector General, unreasonably refused or not provided, the
Inspector General shall report the circumstances to the Board of Directors and
to the Appropriate Congressional Committees without delay.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF2083459CB384FC1BE0A4DFDD430FCE3"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Confirmation of
transparency by United Nations Entities</header>
<subparagraph id="H7789D87BADA649628C37A59DB58434B8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prompt notice by
Inspector General</header><text>Whenever information or assistance requested
from a United Nations Entity by the Inspector General pursuant to a
Transparency Certification is, in the opinion of the Inspector General,
unreasonably refused or not provided in a timely manner, the Inspector General
shall notify the Board of Directors, the head of that particular United Nations
Entity, and the Secretary General of the circumstances in writing, without
delay.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE811FE0AF026489FB90F3B4F01C98980"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice of
compliance</header><text>If and when the information or assistance being sought
by the Inspector General in connection with a notification pursuant to
subparagraph (A) is provided to the satisfaction of the Inspector General, the
Inspector General shall so notify in writing the United Nations Entity, the
Board of Directors, and the Appropriate Congressional Committees.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBCF7489980B47F08E3134572BA7CEC7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Noncompliance</header><text>If
the information or assistance being sought by the Inspector General in
connection with a notification pursuant to subparagraph (A) is not provided to
the satisfaction of the Inspector General within 90 days of that notification,
then the United Nations Entity that is the subject of the notification is
deemed to be noncompliant with its Transparency Certification, and the
Inspector General shall provide prompt, written notification of that fact to
the Board of Directors, Appropriate Congressional Committees, the head of that
United Nations Entity, the Secretary General, and any office or agency of the
Federal Government that has provided that United Nations Entity with any United
States Contribution during the prior 2 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H081A317E27114FA0B44F691CF3C4A5FC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Restoration of
compliance</header><text>After the situation has been resolved to the
satisfaction of the Board of Directors, a finding of Transparency Certification
noncompliance pursuant to subparagraph (B) may be reversed by an affirmative
vote of at least 5 of the 7 members of the Board of Directors. The Board shall
promptly provide notification of such restoration, along with a description of
the basis for the Board’s decision, to the Inspector General, Appropriate
Congressional Committees, the head of the affected United Nations Entity, the
Secretary General, and the head of any office or agency of the Federal
Government that has provided that United Nations Entity with any United States
Contribution during the prior 2 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA5CB059FDB8340DA8305C100B591CDF7"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Cost
reimbursement</header><text>The Inspector General may reimburse United Nations
Entities for the reasonable cost of providing to the Inspector General
information or assistance sought pursuant to a Transparency Certification for
the purpose of performing the duties described in paragraph (6).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD93315B44C644D6A9EBE19B80C2B598A"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H1A0B595F6204470882AA1214BAD454AA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Audit and
investigation reports</header><text>Promptly upon completion, the Inspector
General shall provide copies of each audit and investigation report completed
pursuant to paragraph (6) to the Board of Directors, the Appropriate
Congressional Committees, and, to the extent permissible under United States
law, the head of each United Nations Entity that is the subject of that
particular report.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E350CBF8BC348579A4ED91F89992175"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Semiannual
reports</header><text>Not later than May 30, 2010, and semiannually thereafter,
the Inspector General shall submit to the Appropriate Congressional Committees
a report that, among other things—</text>
<clause id="H998F5B6A197E4C1FAC82B22FFEF2D728"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets the
requirements of section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H907A22483B604F45B8F32A26F2C6B05C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>includes a list
of and detailed description of the circumstances surrounding any notification
of noncompliance issued pursuant to paragraph (9)(C) during the covered
timeframe, and whether and when Board of Directors has reversed such finding of
noncompliance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4CD3DA063601475996EDF979088296F2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Prohibited
disclosures</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
authorize the public disclosure of information that is—</text>
<clause id="H1D4A8B0E4B6F469BBD008FE1E12D43D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>specifically
prohibited from disclosure by any other provision of law;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1B1DBA605C6A42C0B3CA5714E4D21602"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>specifically
required by Executive order to be protected from disclosure in the interest of
national defense or national security or in the conduct of foreign affairs;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C74EE834DBE4F7BAF636286CCCB9CC5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a
part of an ongoing criminal investigation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A2BE7F7774848D5BD7DBDC6B31A733D"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Privacy
protections</header><text>The Inspector General shall exempt from public
disclosure information received from a United Nations Entity or developed
during an audit or investigation that the Inspector General believes—</text>
<clause id="H20ABB07FFDCA40EB991EED90C2C6B3A3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>constitutes a
trade secret or privileged and confidential personal financial
information;</text>
</clause><clause id="H64567C735AD54608827014B0420D3B35"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>accuses a
particular person of a crime;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCC9F38452C6C47A580BBDF9A2CA788D5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>would, if
publicly disclosed, constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFD3E4837AD774E9D83A91530D50C7D39"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>would compromise
an ongoing law enforcement investigation or judicial trial in the United
States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F728780B5EE4418803EB8FAA6B5CDEA"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Subject
only to the exceptions detailed in subparagraphs (C) and (D), the Inspector
General shall promptly publish each report under this subsection on a publicly
available and searchable Internet website.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA864FE706D7E40269203E07410946949"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Board of
Directors</header>
<paragraph id="H3BAF05551A5E481CB7DDACD9240BDDB7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Office of the United States Inspector General for Contributions to the United
Nations System shall have a Board of Directors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC52BAF0DC564735B3FC16ABA7CFED67"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Board shall receive information and reports of audits and investigations from
the Office and the Inspector General, provide general direction and supervision
to the Office and the Inspector General, and determine the restoration of
compliance by any United Nations Entity with its Transparency Certification
pursuant to subsection (c)(9)(D).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H523C90F3AC4A4F55970197CC37BE3745"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Board shall consist of the Secretary of State (or the Secretary’s designee),
the Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary’s designee), the Secretary of
Agriculture (or the Secretary’s designee), the Secretary of Defense (or the
Secretary’s designee), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
(or the Administrator’s designee), the Secretary of the Treasury (or the
Secretary’s designee), and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
(or the Director’s designee).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9DCA1DCF741F4A15A1361CF7D1BE8B70"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chairmanship</header><text>The
Board shall be chaired by a board member, and the chairmanship shall rotate
among the member departments and agencies on an annual basis. The first chair
shall be the Director or designee from the Office of Management and
Budget.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3DDC5359AABD4F6EBF01C04A748989C9"><enum>624.</enum><header>Transparency
for United States contributions</header>
<subsection id="HD29DB9DE7A194AE59EC9B9390831A2E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding
prerequisites</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
funds made available for use as a United States Contribution to any United
Nations Entity may be obligated or expended if—</text>
<paragraph id="HD42F7FB88ABE42EB90F534D585C8DBB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the intended
United Nations Entity recipient has not provided to the Inspector General
within the preceding year a Transparency Certification as defined in section
_22(4); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA533A02787E4153A6E80F8D75BA9CBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the intended
United Nations Entity recipient is noncompliant with its Transparency
Certification as described in section _23(c)(9)(C).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H103C431CB2FB42BC9D496B8736FF1F30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of
funds withheld for noncompliance</header><text>At the conclusion of each fiscal
year, any funds that had been appropriated for use as a United States
Contribution to a United Nations Entity during that fiscal year, but could not
be obligated or expended because of the restrictions of paragraph (1), shall be
returned to the United States Treasury, and are not subject to reprogramming
for any other use. Any such funds returned to the Treasury shall not be
considered arrears to be repaid to any United Nations Entity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF142A3DA4B14335A3FE6670DAE7B9E6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Presidential
waiver</header><text>The President may waive the limitations of this subsection
with respect to a particular United States Contribution to a particular United
Nations Entity within a single fiscal year if the President determines that it
is required by the national security interests of the United States and
provides notification and explanation of that determination to the Appropriate
Congressional Committees.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC5D1B16D8DF4457DB3F81F331450E113"><enum>625.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the
activities of this title, provided that such sums be not less than one half of
1 percent of the total amount of all assessed and voluntary contributions of
the United States Government to the United Nations and United Nations
affiliated agencies and related bodies during the prior fiscal year, as
identified pursuant to section 1225(b)(3)(E) of the John Warner National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364).</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HFAFE4D9286D944C8933DF3BF91A6D3BA"><enum>C</enum><header>United States
policy at the United Nations</header>
<section id="H5EE28E182ACE45E1868D81D9B851FC22"><enum>631.</enum><header>Annual
publication</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President
shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations
to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United
Nations to ensure the United Nations publishes annually, including on a
publicly searchable internet website, a list of all United Nations subsidiary
bodies and their functions, budgets, staff, and contributions, both voluntary
and assessed, sorted by donor.</text>
</section><section id="H70FD1C00EECB4335A33AF3AA6FF563F4"><enum>632.</enum><header>Annual
financial disclosure</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the
United Nations to implement a system for the required filing of individual
annual financial disclosure forms by each employee of the United Nations and
its specialized agencies, programs, and funds at the P–5 level and above, which
shall be made available to the Office of Internal Oversight Services and, upon
request, to Member States and their public.</text>
</section><section id="HF22EE6D13EE746BDBD4B2704573333C4"><enum>633.</enum><header>Policy with
respect to expansion of the security council</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the policy of the United States
to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United
Nations to oppose any proposals on expansion of the Security Council if such
expansion would—</text>
<paragraph id="H3476EEC62EAA44919A97596D0FEA1FF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>diminish the
influence of the United States on the Security Council;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E57DD33C665455991B1C4C3235C55D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include veto
rights for any new members of the Security Council; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01BB102215CE4E47B7D56D328D2D49CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>undermine the
effectiveness of the Security Council.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HD77C54EBE401425BBAB6922907EDC282"><enum>634.</enum><header>Access to
reports and audits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the
United Nations to ensure that Member States may, upon request, have access to
all reports and audits completed by the Board of External Auditors.</text>
</section><section id="HFE509E3FFD5F4E439AC0927538C0A82C"><enum>635.</enum><header>Waiver of
immunity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The President shall
direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use
the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United Nations to
ensure that the Secretary General exercises the right and duty of the Secretary
General under section 20 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of
the United Nations to waive the immunity of any United Nations official in any
case in which such immunity would impede the course of justice. In exercising
such waiver, the Secretary General is urged to interpret the interests of the
United Nations as favoring the investigation or prosecution of a United Nations
official who is credibly under investigation for having committed a serious
criminal offense or who is credibly charged with a serious criminal
offense.</text>
</section><section id="H9C1615EAF4124AF8BDEBF3EA49E322D5"><enum>636.</enum><header>Terrorism and
the United Nations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the
United Nations to work toward adoption by the general assembly of—</text>
<paragraph id="H0EF64F3E464A417195E6BC8A1865FA4E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
definition of terrorism that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H064FAEC18BF1412FADC63371730C3D0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>builds upon the
recommendations of the December 2004 report of the High-Level Panel on Threats,
Challenges, and Change;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DD2B6C8C7194CB3BF5D43C9D4F602F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes as an
essential component of such definition any action that is intended to cause
death or serious bodily harm to civilians with the purpose of intimidating a
population or compelling a government or an international organization to do,
or abstain from doing, any act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H231439664E864A5CB22B47EE4319AFEC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>does not propose a
legal or moral equivalence between an action described in paragraph (1)(B) and
measures taken by a government or international organization in self-defense
against an action described in paragraph (1)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA1F9F0473692484895A9488019EFF72F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
comprehensive convention on terrorism that includes the definition described in
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9734FE05B7894B6391F9E1DB4BE0F863"><enum>637.</enum><header>Report on
United Nations reform</header>
<subsection id="H59B6B9D7B3984016893779ECF25D7BB0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act and annually for each of the next three years, the Secretary shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on United Nations
reform.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCB01570A5E944CCD92F1310EC2476B35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report required under subsection (a) shall describe—</text>
<paragraph id="H938D0AC399964EE199D3986964890509"><enum>(1)</enum><text>progress toward
the goal of shifting the funding for the United Nations Regular Budget to a
voluntary basis as identified in section _12 above, and a detailed description
of efforts and activities by United States diplomats and officials toward that
end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6CEF786A47E4500A409EE023BDAC715"><enum>(2)</enum><text>progress toward
each of the policy goals identified in the prior sections of this title, and a
detailed, goal-specific description of efforts and activities by United States
diplomats and officials toward those ends;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE4CCEF5B2ADF48898519DE5BBD8E5B52"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the status of the
implementation of management reforms within the United Nations and its
specialized agencies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67B9930EA8614E9784A8DD6A85D02080"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the number of
outputs, reports, or other mandates generated by General Assembly resolutions
that have been eliminated;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF0DDF0483EF496C95B05967AA74574C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the progress of
the General Assembly to modernize and streamline the committee structure and
its specific recommendations on oversight and committee outputs, consistent
with the March 2005 report of the Secretary General entitled <quote>In larger
freedom: towards development, security and human rights for all</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CF91A98720949D9BF48717B6ED2DB99"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the status of the
review by the General Assembly of all mandates older than 5 years and how
resources have been redirected to new challenges, consistent with such March
2005 report of the Secretary General;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DC239CC0A934B64BEF51852C0D863AE"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the continued
utility and relevance of the Economic and Financial Committee and the Social,
Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee, in light of the duplicative agendas of
those committees and the Economic and Social Council; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFAF1FE5B4EC644878B2B91D30874C09C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>whether the United
Nations or any of its specialized agencies has contracted with any party
included on the Lists of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement and
Nonprocurement Programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H48E5DC7E8F1E498FA7F334268AB34AFE"><enum>638.</enum><header>Report on
United Nations personnel</header>
<subsection id="H5BE3C87263134F22ABD4FB3C5A80F0FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report—</text>
<paragraph id="H5731C8E94C5C4E7DA7F0EB700783E83C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>concerning the
progress of the General Assembly to modernize human resource practices,
consistent with the March 2005 report of the Secretary General entitled
<quote>In larger freedom: towards development, security and human rights for
all</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H325D130D426048F984FD9EE245694C90"><enum>(2)</enum><text>containing the
information described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H96938EF2AEE645DCBAE8B63AB5E65FB3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H4F73AC7223144A2DB54A58590F3773FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
comprehensive evaluation of human resources reforms at the United Nations,
including an evaluation of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB146C1F66FAE4647B591BB406A3F0E87"><enum>(A)</enum><text>tenure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H844557CE19AA49B88EAD2BFD2A895E48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>performance
reviews;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A918EA609DA45659A226B71A361DE68"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the promotion
system;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7CA75F701D14275BC989D731AD4A37A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a merit-based
hiring system and enhanced regulations concerning termination of employment of
employees; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21EEA7FC94FB4F67AAA8153BB3789F6B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the implementation
of a code of conduct and ethics training;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H641A873E699B4D22A301BC2B5A6EF42C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the implementation
of a system of procedures for filing complaints and protective measures for
work-place harassment, including sexual harassment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEDBB04DD99840689DE0016D2064D3F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>policy
recommendations relating to the establishment of a rotation requirement for
nonadministrative positions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FC2D272F6B142429B6F11EE8A7DFB13"><enum>(4)</enum><text>policy
recommendations relating to the establishment of a prohibition preventing
personnel and officials assigned to the mission of a member state to the united
nations from transferring to a position within the United Nations Secretariat
that is compensated at the P–5 level and above;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92D23E110FE746849D7A2E6F3AB7EE8C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>policy
recommendations relating to a reduction in travel allowances and attendant
oversight with respect to accommodations and airline flights; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F67A24A71654356B5768C5C23CA9E9E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an evaluation of
the recommendations of the Secretary General relating to greater flexibility
for the Secretary General in staffing decisions to accommodate changing
priorities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF40CA2DA85024402B77A31E8FB5804EC"><enum>639.</enum><header>Withholding of
United States contributions to UNRWA</header>
<subsection id="H5063256546474972AC4D1DC2C9743828"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Withholding</header><text>Contributions
by the United States to the regular budget of the United Nations Relief and
Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to any successor
or related entity, or to the regular budget of the United Nations for the
support of UNRWA or a successor entity (through staff positions provided by the
United Nations Secretariat, or otherwise), may be provided only during a period
for which a certification described in subsection (b) is in effect.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6F8F10F2DB8642A98E3B42A10B5D50B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>A
certification described in this paragraph is a written determination by the
Secretary, based on all information available after diligent inquiry, and
transmitted to the Appropriate Congressional Committees along with a detailed
description of the factual basis therefor, that—</text>
<paragraph id="H062297B3975F4BE3A113FA5956F4FB23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>no official,
employee, consultant, contractor, subcontractor, representative, or affiliate
of UNRWA—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA9226E214A344F9CAE0CF21699E23108"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a member of a
foreign terrorist organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8C3CB021E75409DA3CFE7CFDBB997E2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has propagated,
disseminated, or incited anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic rhetoric
or propaganda; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81F87E786D014A7381D124E3C3062D84"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has used any UNRWA
resources, including publications or Web sites, to propagate or disseminate
political materials, including political rhetoric regarding the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H01D39BC47F004DA8A9C335C707F65CA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>no UNRWA school,
hospital, clinic, other facility, or other infrastructure or resource is being
used by a foreign terrorist organization for operations, planning, training,
recruitment, fundraising, indoctrination, communications, sanctuary, storage of
weapons or other materials, or any other purposes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4AE513F23254EDA97DC4816EFE9E6E2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>UNRWA is subject
to comprehensive financial audits by an internationally recognized third party
independent auditing firm and has implemented an effective system of vetting
and oversight to prevent the use, receipt, or diversion of any UNRWA resources
by any foreign terrorist organization or members thereof;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H858D8435645943B8A3B6E7B23173A8BC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>no UNRWA-funded
school or educational institution uses textbooks or other educational materials
that propagate or disseminate anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic
rhetoric, propaganda or incitement; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF49131FB8EDC475A907AEF584CADF047"><enum>(5)</enum><text>no recipient of
UNRWA funds or loans is a member of a foreign terrorist organization.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7B06A79DEE714A17B3C20B4CA2532BA1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <quote>foreign terrorist organization</quote> means an
organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of
State in accordance with section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4CB7B4FF153C434E95B64279DD1DF9D9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
duration of certification</header><text>The certification described in
subsection (b) shall be effective for a period of 180 days from the date of
transmission to the Appropriate Congressional Committees, or until the
Secretary receives information rendering that certification factually
inaccurate, whichever is earliest. In the event that a certification becomes
ineffective, the Secretary shall promptly transmit to the Appropriate
Congressional Committees a description of any information that precludes the
renewal or continuation of the certification.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC3EC93AB1CEB4DEC8E7B86E3A296EB4D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>During
a period for which a certification described in subsection (b) is in effect,
the United States may not contribute to the United Nations Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) or a successor entity an
annual amount—</text>
<paragraph id="HCA15FF145151424AAE4F0CD07691F1D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>greater than the
highest annual contribution to UNRWA made by a member country of the League of
Arab States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBBA1D4924C940338A48FE25B2F8112D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that, as a
proportion of the total UNRWA budget, exceeds the proportion of the total
budget for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) paid by
the United States; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7E79BDB66C741B5BFFA9CD192AA63F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that exceeds 22
percent of the total budget of UNRWA.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB46E652B7E4241E98843E777802F4A9C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that, in order to alleviate
the suffering of Palestinian refugees, responsibility for those refugees should
be fully transferred to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCF538B65269247E297057E58E558C705"><enum>640.</enum><header>United Nations
treaty bodies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United
States shall withhold from United States contributions to the regular assessed
budget of the United Nations for a biennial period amounts that are
proportional to the percentage of such budget that are expended with respect to
a United Nations human rights treaty monitoring body or committee that was
established by—</text>
<paragraph id="H29AA8258B70A4F9DB9E6D4B25BCEC1D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
convention (without any protocols) or an international covenant (without any
protocols) to which the United States is not party; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H80E81BC1BD35490F8D36A75AE93DC698"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
convention, with a subsequent protocol, if the United States is a party to
neither.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H080FE9EA72A04E7AAFB8818656024E64"><enum>641.</enum><header>Equality at the
United Nations</header>
<subsection id="H391EA75BAC5B49DE94928E90A27D74B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of
State review and report</header>
<paragraph id="H4E84E4D0727D470A8EDF98308C004ABC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To avoid duplicative efforts and funding with respect to
Palestinian interests and to ensure balance in the approach to
Israeli-Palestinian issues, the Secretary shall, not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA09EB54F548B4DD0AE78648E60D7E9CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>complete an audit
of the functions of the entities listed in paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H36AE921672EE4A92B4607C2FAA34CB84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report containing audit findings and
conclusions, and recommendations for the elimination of such duplicative
entities and efforts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC6428728F3914CBAADED52FA0F3B103C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Entities</header><text>The
entities referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H415F0B4229D44D40A305A52605DF783F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The United Nations
Division for Palestinian Rights.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79A5780D6B3B40D18AF42B461DD1F0D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Committee on
the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91536D75A7BF4C49B840892953FC1A05"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The United Nations
Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal
Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian
Authority.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3050015F47B041919311E814C49B2EB8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The NGO Network on
the Question of Palestine.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75FCAD86BC68478FA9158F6AED03F649"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Special
Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the
Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5139C1CD57C74DEA982857067D1088C4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Any other entity
the Secretary determines results in duplicative efforts or funding or fails to
ensure balance in the approach to Israeli-Palestinian issues.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H021FB07EC3334C20B0F34386CB0B6050"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation
by permanent representative</header>
<paragraph id="H31F025BD2D9C4ACDBC72307E972FC82F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent
Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of
the United States at the United Nations to seek the implementation of the
recommendations contained in the report required under subsection
(a)(1)(B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB14B60EE3B6C420BB89B70DAB3C48B3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Withholding of
funds</header><text>Until such recommendations have been implemented, the
United States shall withhold from United States contributions to the regular
assessed budget of the United Nations for a biennial period amounts that are
proportional to the percentage of such budget that are expended for such
entities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0CBAB740B61740079E6A8426FF28925A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>GAO
audit</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States of the
Government Accountability Office shall conduct an audit of—</text>
<paragraph id="HB61E744A827B4B1183B0C0FA14173D4E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of the
implementation of the recommendations contained in the report required under
subsection (a)(1)(B); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1EF5FF17928B4D569328D61F54FFE3F3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>United States
actions and achievements under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3429522CAE4040E5AB957430B398B392"><enum>642.</enum><header>Anti-Semitism
and the United Nations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President shall direct the United States permanent representative to the United
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the
United Nations to make every effort to—</text>
<paragraph id="HE9734FFD05264700B1B8FC43DE2B1A1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure the
issuance and implementation of a directive by the Secretary General or the
Secretariat, as appropriate, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H34CB1DE6DAAE4494A680CBB781B4B708"><enum>(A)</enum><text>requires all
employees of the United Nations and its specialized agencies to officially and
publicly condemn anti-Semitic statements made at any session of the United
Nations or its specialized agencies, or at any other session sponsored by the
United Nations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BFADE5180814515A97FA02C32DC1352"><enum>(B)</enum><text>requires employees
of the United Nations and its specialized agencies, programs, and funds to be
subject to punitive action, including immediate dismissal, for making
anti-Semitic statements or references;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C7F14DF2F22454FBAFA6813C8E7CFE6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>proposes specific
recommendations to the General Assembly for the establishment of mechanisms to
hold accountable employees and officials of the United Nations and its
specialized agencies, programs, and funds, or Member States, that make such
anti-Semitic statements or references in any forum of the United Nations or of
its specialized agencies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC598B3070774E80BBC7B988CA5FCAD4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>continues to
develop and implements education awareness programs about the Holocaust and
anti-Semitism throughout the world, as part of an effort to combat intolerance
and hatred; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD091F240F534F3A9DC43A8DC1B0646A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>requires the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to
develop programming and other measures that address anti-Semitism;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD7E52F294FF45349BC8865DD5DBE84A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>secure the
adoption of a resolution by the General Assembly that establishes the
mechanisms described in paragraph (1)(C); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED0AC3EC451741448FA8E5E57094D59D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>continue working
toward further reduction of anti-Semitic language and anti-Israel resolutions
in the United Nations and its specialized agencies, programs, and funds.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9189E9B694024672B81B911BDEF490A5"><enum>643.</enum><header>Regional group
inclusion of Israel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the
United Nations to expand the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) in the
United Nations to include Israel as a permanent member with full rights and
privileges.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H3B6080E464A14BB3ADA55CBA06E79265"><enum>D</enum><header>United Nations
Human Rights Council</header>
<section id="HA2AA637816634F50B1F8E15DD2E39175"><enum>651.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HBD8677E91D884178B1F506C576B01C4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Since its
establishment in 2006, the United Nations Human Rights Council has failed to
meaningfully promote the protection of internationally recognized human rights,
and has proven to be even more problematic than the United Nations Human Rights
Commission that it was created to replace.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BB9034492094A0D942FA6DB2C461750"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The United Nations
Human Rights Council suffers from significant structural flaws, such as the
fact that it draws its members from the General Assembly without any
substantive membership criteria, with the perverse result that a number of the
world’s worst human rights abusers are members of the council.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6FECFA780564B2AB3F7A7EB8ADCCDEA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The structure and
composition of the United Nations Human Rights Council have made it subject to
gross political manipulation, with the result that, during its two and one-half
years of operation, the Council has passed 20 resolutions censuring the
democratic state of Israel, as compared to only 4 censuring the dictatorship in
Burma, just one censuring the North Korean regime, and none condemning the
severe, ongoing human rights abuses in Sudan, China, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Belarus,
and elsewhere.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H084A3F4DC73F479298087D60E247C869"><enum>652.</enum><header>Human Rights
Council membership and funding</header>
<subsection id="H8BCEA7B5622541D4A1B1AC054A5F2E6F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For each fiscal year subsequent to the effective date of
this Act until the Secretary of State submits to Congress a certification that
the requirements described in subsection (b) have been satisfied—</text>
<paragraph id="H4FB81C873405431B9D4ACEC4F4E8D1B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State shall withhold from a United States contribution each fiscal year to a
regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations an amount that is
equal to the percentage of such contribution that the Secretary determines
would be allocated by the United Nations to support the United Nations Human
Rights Council;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A6D4FF169AE46069B4C1FA7B3C86A6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State shall not make a voluntary contribution to the United Nations Human
Rights Council; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H29174034516D49F0B6D4152D371D4DFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the United States
shall not run for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76F8D571D69D48D39EE6A386DCDA4A9A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The
annual certification referred to in subsection (a) is a certification made by
the Secretary to Congress that the United Nations Human Rights Council does not
include a Member State—</text>
<paragraph id="H9ADF762A431C4CC4BA39998527DD78EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subject to
sanctions by the Security Council;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC17B7E1BBD2B46C982A23A3B93A7AB99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>under a Security
Council-mandated investigation for human rights abuses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A98DBBA2F394CABAA547DB15477A06A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>subject, within
the prior 5 years, to a country-specific resolution passed under Agenda Item 9
by the former United Nations Human Rights Commission;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2A71022BF4A42EF98598DC5CB73F046"><enum>(4)</enum><text>which the
Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 40 of the Arms Export
Control Act, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or other
provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66BF3C0729DD44F0A0A0A358D51C597A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>which the
President has designated as a country of particular concern for religious
freedom under section 402(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of
1998.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HFA54789B869D421B9D2A9528BFA17133"><enum>E</enum><header>International
Atomic Energy Agency</header>
<section id="HA885C7B48A5A41D5A0BBEBFAD9487422"><enum>661.</enum><header>International
Atomic Energy Agency</header>
<subsection id="HD99CC9563CEC46DA82C8E48EEF4FCF2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enforcement and
Compliance</header>
<paragraph id="H649188C4CDF444679ADEB2B1496B9FD2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Office of
Compliance</header>
<subparagraph id="HF9C9B2F447C5428895DF47CF2BE7189D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to use the voice, vote, and influence
of the United States at the IAEA to establish an Office of Compliance in the
Secretariat of the IAEA.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C85376F981341EEB21C8E3E265914F3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Operation</header><text>The
Office of Compliance shall—</text>
<clause id="HAF436412ED68425FBDE1C35A3AA2C3D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>function as an
independent body composed of technical experts who shall work in consultation
with IAEA inspectors to assess compliance by IAEA Member States and provide
recommendations to the IAEA Board of Governors concerning penalties to be
imposed on IAEA Member States that fail to fulfill their obligations under IAEA
Board resolutions;</text>
</clause><clause id="H884E3B775DAA4D28A2785BD4BE9012D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>base its
assessments and recommendations on IAEA inspection reports; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDB447605BCCB4AF695C71D24C3867972"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>take into
consideration information provided by IAEA Board Members that are 1 of the 5
nuclear weapons states as recognized by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (21 UST 483) (commonly referred to as the <quote>Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty</quote> or the <quote>NPT</quote>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7D40537871F4C7790A040584FE8EE89"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Staffing</header><text>The
Office of Compliance shall be staffed from existing personnel in the Department
of Safeguards of the IAEA or the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of
the IAEA.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA3FD9DA7D6C443B189D00B78CF21C602"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Committee on
safeguards and verification</header><text>The President shall direct the United
States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and
influence of the United States at the IAEA to ensure that the Committee on
Safeguards and Verification established in 2005 shall develop and seek to put
into force a workplan of concrete measures that will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H132319F682684A1C95F98EB33970F4EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve the
ability of the IAEA to monitor and enforce compliance by Member States of the
IAEA with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the Statute of the
International Atomic Energy Agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32947AEFEB9543E49DA7C59B4E580F9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enhance the
ability of the IAEA, beyond the verification mechanisms and authorities
contained in the Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreements between the
IAEA and Member States of the IAEA, to detect with a high degree of confidence
undeclared nuclear activities by a Member State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDEEC462825C44EA805340796781D15C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Penalties with
respect to the IAEA</header>
<subparagraph id="H4A3D0B787B3D4F128369EC6846E368CA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent
Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United
States at the IAEA to ensure that a Member State of the IAEA that is under
investigation for a breach of or noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or the
purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations has its privileges
suspended, including—</text>
<clause id="H8038D3C2DD1C4195ACE66E6CFDF95045"><enum>(i)</enum><text>limiting its
ability to vote on its case;</text>
</clause><clause id="H55D5DD585C614DE4AFB1E79C8D92A001"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>being prevented
from receiving any technical assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H09069D295D00444FB51F039028781C43"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>being prevented
from hosting meetings.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H274E908AC21B4907B8877FA5731DDC64"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Termination of
penalties</header><text>The penalties specified under subparagraph (A) shall be
terminated when such investigation is concluded and such Member State is no
longer in such breach or noncompliance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3FCFF0CCAB694CA8A65287688B7A3076"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Penalties with
respect to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty</header><text>The President
shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the
voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA to ensure that a
Member State of the IAEA that is found to be in breach of, in noncompliance
with, or has withdrawn from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty shall return to
the IAEA all nuclear materials and technology received from the IAEA, any
Member State of the IAEA, or any Member State of the Nuclear Nonproliferation
Treaty.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4590AAE0F6B14056A9A8A27A612EAC2E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>United states
contributions</header>
<paragraph id="HA804BC60C8BC4D839A87D2E63F365D45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Voluntary
contributions</header><text>Voluntary contributions of the United States to the
IAEA should primarily be used to fund activities relating to Nuclear Safety and
Security or activities relating to Nuclear Verification.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA20F00A3B6924E1A867027691816083F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on
use of funds</header><text>The President shall direct the United States
Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of
the United States at the IAEA to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H36E78BF0AEBF44378BFFC4DD46236083"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that funds
for safeguards inspections are prioritized for countries that have newly
established nuclear programs or are initiating nuclear programs; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8604EDAE44354BD8AF87B6FCBCB823E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>block the
allocation of funds for any other IAEA development, environmental, or nuclear
science assistance or activity to a country—</text>
<clause id="HCDC8FC1A9B374908B4F373EC417A7937"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of
section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or
other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support
for acts of international terrorism and the government of which the Secretary
has determined has not dismantled and surrendered its weapons of mass
destruction programs under international verification;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9FE1DEFF3C2A4B33A33AD6296C7725A9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is under
investigation for a breach of or noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or the
purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H907BA5E71F9E4E85981060917574DE7E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that is in
violation of its IAEA obligations or the purposes and principles of the Charter
of the United Nations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBAE85E5484B486B9BDF4AE08A335C61"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Detail of
expenditures</header><text>The President shall direct the United States
Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of
the United States at the IAEA to secure, as part of the regular budget
presentation of the IAEA to Member States of the IAEA, a detailed breakdown by
country of expenditures of the IAEA for safeguards inspections and nuclear
security activities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H028827F39BD74998B0BC01CE9BB086CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="HB770940AC354414689FEB231FFFC975A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent
Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United
States at the IAEA to block the membership on the Board of Governors of the
IAEA for a Member State of the IAEA that has not signed and ratified the
Additional Protocol and—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD2E8B16D7E244B15BFA4D2CCBDBD8042"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is under
investigation for a breach of or noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or the
purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3DD7CE3912C4454B6103AC86B3DC7D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is in
violation of its IAEA obligations or the purposes and principles of the Charter
of the United Nations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD6BC4CB296C846518359D9A188653D4F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The
United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA shall make every effort to
modify the criteria for Board membership to reflect the principles described in
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H459DCD1CFCAA44C29D8EF17D1B9C6B6F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Small quantities
protocol</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent
Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United
States at the IAEA to make every effort to ensure that the IAEA changes the
policy regarding the Small Quantities Protocol in order to—</text>
<paragraph id="H2338C5665EB34065A1D1D13082FE4461"><enum>(1)</enum><text>rescind and
eliminate the Small Quantities Protocol;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC84044D8E2084D5E96B5FF77A07C801F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require that any
IAEA Member State that has previously signed a Small Quantities Protocol to
sign, ratify, and implement the Additional Protocol, provide immediate access
for IAEA inspectors to its nuclear-related facilities, and agree to the
strongest inspections regime of its nuclear efforts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2616D856621481FB7328EBD27255297"><enum>(3)</enum><text>require that any
IAEA Member State that does not comply with paragraph (2) to be ineligible to
receive nuclear material, technology, equipment, or assistance from any IAEA
Member State and subject to the penalties described in subsection
(a)(3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF628DCBA3A094DB8AAEAB7D63F88E3D6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Nuclear program
of Iran</header>
<paragraph id="H67F374CD688B4D678A48DC160B4076EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>United States
action</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent
Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United
States at the IAEA to make every effort to ensure the adoption of a resolution
by the IAEA Board of Governors that, in addition to the restrictions already
imposed, makes Iran ineligible to receive any nuclear material, technology,
equipment, or assistance from any IAEA Member State and ineligible for any IAEA
assistance not related to safeguards inspections or nuclear security until the
IAEA Board of Governors determines that Iran—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4396206029FC489C9CFFD66164AEA9BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is providing full
access to IAEA inspectors to its nuclear-related facilities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEDF4AC1215F4CE8BD8C4A3915645FA7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has fully
implemented and is in compliance with the Additional Protocol; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F8CF5D0694F4401BE7404B5685FDA3E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has permanently
ceased and dismantled all activities and programs related to nuclear-enrichment
and reprocessing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C460CA82E534B04BE48958B0F8349AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>If
an IAEA Member State is determined to have violated the prohibition on
assistance to Iran described in paragraph (1) before the IAEA Board of
Governors determines that Iran has satisfied the conditions described in
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of such paragraph, such Member State shall be
subject to the penalties described in subsection (a)(3), shall be ineligible to
receive nuclear material, technology, equipment, or assistance from any IAEA
Member State, and shall be ineligible to receive any IAEA assistance not
related to safeguards inspections or nuclear security until such time as the
IAEA Board of Governors makes such determination with respect to Iran.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC0F20195CE04FDF9B66A6C838778109"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually
for 2 years thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the implementation of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H96E87309129B4C9BA1BA417801779726"><enum>662.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress regarding the Nuclear Security Action Plan of the IAEA</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the
national security interests of the United States are enhanced by the Nuclear
Security Action Plan of the IAEA and the Board of Governors should recommend,
and the General Conference should adopt, a resolution incorporating the Nuclear
Security Action Plan into the regular budget of the IAEA.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H5C3B99AE722543ABAF07D807F2ECF2A0"><enum>F</enum><header>Peacekeeping</header>
<section id="HE1714BD6DAF540A89E0317CA52C5B888"><enum>671.</enum><header>Reform of
United Nations peacekeeping operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H68D4B5F0B93447E3869B946A550A8F47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>although United
Nations peacekeeping operations have contributed greatly toward the promotion
of peace and stability for nearly 6 decades and the majority of peacekeeping
personnel who have served under the United Nations flag have done so with honor
and courage, the record of United Nations peacekeeping has been severely
tarnished by operational failures and unconscionable acts of misconduct;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7151BC55162417CBF91A8F63856D866"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in response to
such failures, in 2000 and 2005, respectively, the Secretary General charged
the high-level Panel on United Nations Peace Operations, led by former Foreign
Minister of Algeria Lakhdar Brahimi, and his Special Advisor on the Prevention
of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid
Al-Hussein of Jordan, to provide honest assessments of the United Nations’
shortcomings and make recommendations that would help restore the confidence of
the international community in United Nations peacekeeping operations;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64C7B304922C4881999E85D3D191F555"><enum>(3)</enum><text>audits of
procurement practices in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, conducted
by the Office of Internal Oversight Services, also have uncovered
<quote>significant</quote> corruption schemes, including a 2007 audit of
peacekeeping contracts valued at $1.4 billion, of which more than $614 million,
or 44 percent, were subject to corruption;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1660EA9458414DD1948615B71992BA45"><enum>(4)</enum><text>despite the fact
that the United Nations has had more than eight years to implement the reforms
contained in the Brahimi Report, nearly four years to implement the reforms in
the Zeid Report, and the fact that Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, his
predecessor Kofi Annan, and the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations
repeatedly have expressed their commitment <quote>to implementing fundamental,
systematic changes as a matter of urgency</quote>, a number of critical reforms
continue to be blocked or delayed by Members States who arguably benefit from
maintenance of the status quo; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE0C7C398D8244770B5C5BCEAC123C5BC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>if the reputation
of and confidence in United Nations peacekeeping operations is to be restored,
fundamental and far-reaching reforms, particularly in the areas of planning,
management, procurement, training, conduct, and discipline, must be implemented
without further delay.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H70A093D019F645E2AB3FFE46B4F9BBE7"><enum>672.</enum><header>Policy relating
to reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the policy of the United States
to pursue reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations in the following
areas:</text>
<paragraph id="H74935911B0F4469CB8EAEC66D9F1E01D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Planning and
management</header>
<subparagraph id="H241B8C6AFF01463C97D7FEF749645CCE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Global
audit</header><text>As the size, cost, and number of United Nations
peacekeeping operations have increased substantially over the past decade, an
independent audit of each such operation, with a view toward
<quote>right-sizing</quote> operations and ensuring that such operations are
cost effective, should be conducted and its findings reported to the Security
Council.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H523446912A3A4548BB333538905DC231"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procurement and
transparency</header><text>A modern logistics system and transparent,
streamlined procurement procedures should be established within the United
Nations Department of Field Support to ensure that all peacekeeping missions
are resourced appropriately and in a timely fashion while individual
accountability for waste, fraud and abuse within United Nations peacekeeping
missions is established and uniformly enforced.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H882349C493AD4DCAAC1B902F6562D14F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Review of
mandates and closing operations</header><text>In conjunction with the audit
described in subparagraph (A), the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping
Operations should conduct a comprehensive review of all United Nations
peacekeeping operation mandates, with a view toward identifying objectives that
are practical and achievable, and report its findings to the Security Council.
In particular, the review should consider the following:</text>
<clause id="H993364882B914C83A00291E1D1BB7DB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Except in
extraordinary cases, including genocide, the United Nations Department of
Peacekeeping Operations should not be tasked with activities that are
impractical or unachievable without the cooperation of the Member State(s)
hosting a United Nations peacekeeping operation, or which amount to de-facto
Trusteeship outside of the procedures established for such under chapter XII of
the United Nations Charter, thereby creating unrealistic expectations and
obfuscating the primary responsibility of the Member States themselves in
creating and maintaining conditions for peace.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD4B784FA6CC24CE79285903E6521A425"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Long-standing
operations that are static and cannot fulfill their mandate should be downsized
or closed.</text>
</clause><clause id="H94D24A8642A34F13B716335187461374"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Where there is
legitimate concern that the withdrawal from a country of an otherwise static
United Nations peacekeeping operation would result in the resumption of major
conflict, a burden-sharing arrangement that reduces the level of assessed
contributions, similar to that currently supporting the United Nations
Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, should be explored and instituted.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0683D2ED772473DB2B2AF67511FF31A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Leadership</header><text>As
peacekeeping operations become larger and increasingly complex, the Secretariat
should adopt a minimum standard of qualifications for senior leaders and
managers, with particular emphasis on specific skills and experience, and
current senior leaders and managers who do not meet those standards should be
removed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87BE9B2CD54D4214AAB323E59BAB8D05"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Pre-deployment
training</header><text>Pre-deployment training on interpretation of the mandate
of the operation, specifically in the areas of use of force, civilian
protection and field conditions, the Code of Conduct, HIV/AIDS, and human
rights should be mandatory, and all personnel, regardless of category or rank,
should be required to sign an oath that each has received and understands such
training as a condition of participation in the operation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD33426FD0EA84F83BBD27A8F9D2488FD"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Gratis military
personnel</header><text>The General Assembly should seek to strengthen the
capacity the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations and ease the
extraordinary burden currently placed upon the limited number of headquarters
staff by lifting restrictions on the utilization of gratis military personnel
by the Department so that the Department may accept secondments from Member
States of military personnel with expertise in mission planning, logistics, and
other operational specialties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HECD21FFA49F7468CADB17FC5EFC94C9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conduct and
discipline</header>
<subparagraph id="H282DCEC7327C43728A63EB9B49A460CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Adoption of a
uniform code of conduct</header><text>A single, uniform Code of Conduct that
has the status of a binding rule and applies equally to all personnel serving
in United Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless of category or rank,
including military personnel, should be adopted and incorporated into legal
documents governing participation in such an operation, including all contracts
and Memorandums of Understanding, promulgated and effectively enforced.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4A475BBB18F4D4FAC553D3D73481151"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Understanding
the code of conduct</header><text>All personnel, regardless of category or
rank, should receive training on the Code of Conduct prior to deployment with a
peacekeeping operation, in addition to periodic follow-on training. In
particular—</text>
<clause id="H549457E2B9D348499895A07F71D0A588"><enum>(i)</enum><text>all
personnel, regardless of category or rank, should be provided with a personal
copy of the Code of Conduct that has been translated into the national language
of such personnel, regardless of whether such language is an official language
of the United Nations;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2C4E0343C6E949F0815250F05CBD1F15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>all
personnel, regardless of category or rank, should sign an oath that each has
received a copy of the Code of Conduct, that each pledges to abide by the Code
of Conduct, and that each understands the consequences of violating the Code of
Conduct, including immediate termination of participation in and permanent
exclusion from all current and future peacekeeping operations , as well as the
assumption of personal liability for victims compensation, as a condition of
appointment to any such operation; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3705A328CC5646C1B199901ECC66A778"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>peacekeeping
operations should conduct educational outreach programs to reach local
communities where peacekeeping personnel of such operations are based,
including explaining prohibited acts on the part of United Nations peacekeeping
personnel and identifying the individual to whom the local population may
direct complaints or file allegations of exploitation, abuse, or other acts of
misconduct.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H815CA101500646EA90DD6C28C5132F34"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Monitoring
mechanisms</header><text>Dedicated monitoring mechanisms, such as the Conduct
and Discipline Units already deployed to support United Nations peacekeeping
operations in Haiti, Sudan, Kosovo, Burundi, Liberia, Lebanon, Timor Leste,
Cote d’Ivoire, Western Sahara, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, should be
present in each operation to monitor compliance with the Code of Conduct,
and—</text>
<clause id="HB3EA4673C3B14A1FA6EE1075B9C52F10"><enum>(i)</enum><text>should report
simultaneously to the Head of Mission, the United Nations Department of
Peacekeeping Operations, and the Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping
Operations (established under section 1114(b)(9)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFC7261F7CDD74266A38475C74BA87C7C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>should be tasked
with designing and implementing mission-specific measures to prevent
misconduct, conduct follow-on training for personnel, coordinate community
outreach programs, and assist in investigations, as OIOS determines necessary
and appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70591ECFA5DA4600A3DF6861FEA3BD69"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Investigations</header><text>A
permanent, professional, and independent investigative body should be
established and introduced into United Nations peacekeeping operations. In
particular—</text>
<clause id="HEA06CE1B9911491B85D4B36308DB0A67"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
investigative body should include professionals with experience in
investigating sex crimes and the illegal exploitation of resources, as
appropriate, as well as experts who can provide guidance on standards of proof
and evidentiary requirements necessary for any subsequent legal action;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD1CE3E0EA7DF43BE856A574C17012E3E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provisions should
be included in all Memorandums of Understanding, including a Model Memorandum
of Understanding, that obligate Member States that contribute troops to a
peacekeeping operation to designate a military prosecutor who will participate
in any investigation into credible allegations of misconduct brought against an
individual of such Member State, so that evidence is collected and preserved in
a manner consistent with the military law of such Member State;</text>
</clause><clause id="H55DEA565340040ED88C9B9318B7078C8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the
investigative body should be regionally based to ensure rapid deployment and
should be equipped with modern forensics equipment for the purpose of
positively identifying perpetrators and, where necessary, for determining
paternity; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0856125D67484669BA3468F008F701C1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the
investigative body should report directly to the Associate Director of OIOS for
Peacekeeping Operations, while providing copies of any reports to the
Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Head of Mission, and the Member
State concerned.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87F73496816D46EAA82587E97D7C27F8"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Follow-up</header><text>The
Conduct and Discipline Team in the headquarters of the United Nations
Department of Peacekeeping Operations should be appropriately staffed,
resourced, and tasked with—</text>
<clause id="H209EE37F63154BB6B2C97146B792BF13"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promulgating
measures to prevent misconduct;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF7FE245502834E24B3D7787014616A81"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>receiving reports
by field personnel and coordinating the Department’s response to allegations of
misconduct;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD6387ACD168C4A20AD98B0A0D43E7ADD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>gathering
follow-up information on completed investigations, particularly by focusing on
disciplinary actions against the individual concerned taken by the United
Nations or by the Member State that is contributing troops to which such
individual belongs, and sharing such information with the Security Council, the
Head of Mission, and the community hosting the peacekeeping operation;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H27BAC1260B8E454F9D8339931A5FDD14"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>contributing
pertinent data on conduct and discipline to the data base required pursuant to
subparagraph (H).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31408E6BADC14F958D838006508855BC"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Financial
liability and victims assistance</header><text>Although peacekeeping operations
should provide immediate medical assistance to victims of sexual abuse or
exploitation, the responsibility for providing longer-term treatment, care, or
restitution lies solely with the individual found guilty of the misconduct. In
particular, the following reforms should be implemented:</text>
<clause id="H5F46257AA56C482F8443C38F89FCA4ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The
United Nations should not assume responsibility for providing long-term
treatment or compensation by creating a <quote>Victims Trust Fund</quote>, or
any other such similar fund, financed through assessed contributions to United
Nations peacekeeping operations, thereby shielding individuals from personal
liability and reinforcing an atmosphere of impunity.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2D87BF30F4A94256A4013661553FDE01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If
an individual responsible for misconduct has been repatriated, reassigned,
redeployed, or is otherwise unable to provide assistance, responsibility for
providing assistance to a victim should be assigned to the Member State that
contributed the contingent to which such individual belonged or to the manager
concerned.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3D85FA5451AC41818BDFFF43C7449823"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In
the case of misconduct by a member of a military contingent, appropriate funds
shall be withheld from the troop contributing country concerned.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF88E6C63CDDC4A9E9A88FA4810D02169"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>In
the case of misconduct by a civilian employee or contractor of the United
Nations, appropriate wages shall be garnished from such individual or fines
shall be imposed against such individual, consistent with existing United
Nations Staff Rules, and retirement funds shall not be shielded from
liability.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A9E0AAA879A4D769ECD8BC7F0B1EAB3"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Managers and
commanders</header><text>The manner in which managers and commanders handle
cases of misconduct by those serving under them should be included in their
individual performance evaluations, so that managers and commanders who take
decisive action to deter and address misconduct are rewarded, while those who
create a permissive environment or impede investigations are penalized or
relieved of duty, as appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1005146E48CA4A9CB692E81531FF31E3"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Data
base</header><text>A centralized data base, including personnel photos and
fingerprints, should be created and maintained within the United Nations
Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the Office of Field Support, and other
relevant United Nations bodies without further delay to track cases of
misconduct, including the outcome of investigations and subsequent
prosecutions, to ensure that personnel who have engaged in misconduct or other
criminal activities, regardless of category or rank, are permanently barred
from participation in future peacekeeping operations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B416B01BE4B44CFBC853793DC4CA21B"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Cooperation of
member states</header><text>If a Member State routinely refuses to cooperate
with the directives contained herein or acts to shield its nationals from
personal liability, that Member State should be barred from contributing troops
or personnel to future peacekeeping operations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF6A051DC31442DB926C8F19A3220B97"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Welfare</header><text>Peacekeeping
operations should continue to seek to maintain a minimum standard of welfare
for mission personnel to ameliorate conditions of service, while adjustments
are made to the discretionary welfare payments currently provided to Member
States that contribute troops to offset the cost of operation-provided
recreational facilities, as necessary and appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H8896E877499144EE9962E042FDB58E63"><enum>673.</enum><header>Certification</header>
<subsection id="HE04FC64F54DA472282B5BD0EC2282801"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New or expanded
peacekeeping operations contingent upon presidential certification of
peacekeeping operations reforms</header>
<paragraph id="H4B204BA759A84F75B7180043A227F4B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No new or
expanded peacekeeping operations</header>
<subparagraph id="HF9032785F70A45E4BF94088F0D659C01"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Except
as provided in subparagraph (B), until the Secretary of State certifies that
the requirements described in paragraph (2) have been satisfied, the President
shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations
to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the United
Nations to oppose the creation of new, or expansion of existing, United Nations
peacekeeping operations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEAD0C57203E94C1E9013E523FE5E8153"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception and
notification</header><text>The requirements described under paragraph (2) may
be waived with respect to a particular peacekeeping operation if the President
determines that failure to deploy new or additional peacekeepers in such
situation will significantly contribute to the widespread loss of human life,
genocide, or the endangerment of a vital national security interest of the
United States. If the President makes such a determination, the President
shall, not later than 15 days before the exercise of such waiver, notify the
appropriate congressional committees of such determination and resulting
waiver.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8B17FCBC9DA948ECBA65A5AB6D7A0E4E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification of
peacekeeping operations reforms</header><text>The certification referred to in
paragraph (1) is a certification made by the Secretary to the appropriate
congressional committees that the following reforms, or an equivalent set of
reforms, related to peacekeeping operations have been adopted by the United
Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations or the General Assembly, as
appropriate:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9670AC4C4ADD40F8B2D0A484AD400466"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A single, uniform
Code of Conduct that has the status of a binding rule and applies equally to
all personnel serving in United Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless of
category or rank, has been adopted by the General Assembly and duly
incorporated into all contracts and a Model Memorandum of Understanding, and
mechanisms have been established for training such personnel concerning the
requirements of the Code and enforcement of the Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8817C6857F254BDC8C5CDF84F135C18B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>All personnel,
regardless of category or rank, serving in a peacekeeping operation have been
trained concerning the requirements of the Code of Conduct and each has been
given a personal copy of the Code, translated into the national language of
such personnel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC048CDB0128443458B8698D79B0FD76E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>All personnel,
regardless of category or rank, are required to sign an oath that each has
received a copy of the Code of Conduct, that each pledges to abide by the Code,
and that each understands the consequences of violating the Code, including
immediate termination of participation in and permanent exclusion from all
current and future peacekeeping operations, as well as the assumption of
personal liability for victims compensation as a condition of the appointment
to such operation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F145D4BC9DA42489E808B4BD488ECE6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>All peacekeeping
operations have designed and implemented educational outreach programs to reach
local communities where peacekeeping personnel of such operations are based to
explain prohibited acts on the part of United Nations peacekeeping personnel
and to identify the individual to whom the local population may direct
complaints or file allegations of exploitation, abuse, or other acts of
misconduct.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76F46DF794694B87ACE3EE5B198F8E6A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The creation of a
centralized data base, including personnel photos and fingerprints, has been
completed and is being maintained in the United Nations Department of
Peacekeeping Operations that tracks cases of misconduct, including the outcomes
of investigations and subsequent prosecutions, to ensure that personnel,
regardless of category or rank, who have engaged in misconduct or other
criminal activities are permanently barred from participation in future
peacekeeping operations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26A6A544CCDE4204A5B2CB3C6B3F8EC2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A Model Memorandum
of Understanding between the United Nations and each Member State that
contributes troops to a peacekeeping operation has been adopted by the United
Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations that specifically obligates each
such Member State to—</text>
<clause id="HB35A4243DAE04335A792B919A3FE0AEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>uphold the uniform
Code of Conduct which shall apply equally to all personnel serving in United
Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless of category or rank;</text>
</clause><clause id="H544C24D53CBB436CA73759B226A2604D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>designate a
competent legal authority, preferably a prosecutor with expertise in the area
of sexual exploitation and abuse where appropriate, to participate in any
investigation into an allegation of misconduct brought against an individual of
such Member State;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4F7E2571689E49F1ABD1C53917107033"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>refer to its
competent national or military authority for possible prosecution, if
warranted, any investigation of a violation of the Code of Conduct or other
criminal activity by an individual of such Member State;</text>
</clause><clause id="H387AB76899B54EF4BB35FA60F11E2BA9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>report to the
Department of Peacekeeping Operations on the outcome of any such
investigation;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7CB23FCE6A734719A9D70D9AEC853BC6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>undertake to
conduct on-site court martial proceedings, where practical and appropriate,
relating to allegations of misconduct alleged against an individual of such
Member State; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD10E74A35FB04FB0B8782471ECED44FD"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>assume
responsibility for the provision of appropriate assistance to a victim of
misconduct committed by an individual of such Member State.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B504AE840D447D2B84A1FFD997C7E4B"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A professional and
independent investigative and audit function has been established within the
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the OIOS to monitor
United Nations peacekeeping operations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VII</enum><header>Western
Hemisphere Counterterrorism and Nonproliferation Act of 2009</header>
<section id="HA3F70BF84A0F479EA55646390ECE346E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short title;
definitions</header>
<subsection id="HF120AB8A95A14408A5FF5DF9EE659464"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
title</header><text>This title may be cited as the <quote>Western Hemisphere
Counterterrorism and Nonproliferation Act of 2009</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0F259771BF9142B6A098EB7057249643"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H737FEC05A81F4414AD872A3CB4BF83DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees</header><text>The term <quote>appropriate
congressional committees</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E422CB76975430BBFE89C7876BE3D09"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D8AA01F86974DBBAD54FB69E3890026"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4A5EFE0D1D5349318A56280523C31EDF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonhumanitarian
assistance</header><text>The term <quote>nonhumanitarian assistance</quote>
means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5489156760F041F183DCBD8442B03A5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any assistance under the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (including programs under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of such
Act, relating to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation), other
than—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2A52B2525DF0481A86FB87150007207B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disaster relief assistance, including any
assistance under chapter 9 of part I of such Act;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H534DDB124BBC4725B19A48F9280EA544"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>assistance which
involves the provision of food (including monetization of food) or medicine;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF46F89D767E54267AFE40C25BE9F7A17"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assistance for
refugees;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8357BBEA596542D89B01BC5A82E40FC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sales, or financing on any terms, under the
Arms Export Control Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CF80C8E616A4F2EB99390E3206CF820"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financing under the Export-Import Bank Act
of 1945.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0CED3BB278044BCE918E3285846B4996"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State sponsor of
terrorism</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>state sponsor of terrorism</quote> means a country the government of
which has been determined by the Secretary of State, for purposes of section
6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or other
provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><subtitle id="H5A917E4BD12744BFBF27C5D044D93837"><enum>A</enum><header>Counterterrorism
in the Western Hemisphere</header>
<section id="H23D05CB2570C4C8DB5D699CC8FF82E8B"><enum>711.</enum><header>Statement of
policy regarding regional efforts to counter terrorism in the Western
Hemisphere</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To enhance the
security of the Western Hemisphere and bolster regional capacity to counter
terrorism, it shall be the policy of the United States to promote the signing,
ratification, and implementation by all countries in the Western Hemisphere of
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H9A506C3D4FD84440BF19613CF7854E96"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">OAS AG/RES. 1840 (XXXII–O/02)
Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC603BF386DCE48A8827D6C7ECCA3E4FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Financial Action
Task Force (FATF) 40 Recommendations on Money Laundering (ML) and 9 Special
Recommendations (SR) on Terrorist Financing (TF).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13A3218ACF21431BA69AA0414467EB7A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The 1963 ICAO
Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board
Aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB14E9A9426E346A9AE4BB3AA130DC2B1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1970 ICAO Convention for the
Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7BA8662C4FD49CD910ADD3BCF998805"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1971 ICAO Convention for the
Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13FE399075C3416997F613738C86019B"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1973 United Nations Convention on the
Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Person,
including Diplomatic Agents.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F96C99AFAA540B5BFB9E97B18E5131F"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1979 United Nations International
Convention Against the Taking of Hostages.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3EE439CDCEB4511B19F04B21E569BA9"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1988 ICAO Protocol for the Suppression
of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation,
Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against
the Safety of Civil Aviation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D10A9133DC543A3A6FCD6A1EBB11BFF"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1988 IMO Convention for the Suppression
of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC1EFA1B7386F4E22BF111B76664DEC91"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1988 IMO Protocol for the Suppression
of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the
Continental Shelf.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H216E3FBEBB274D09957A42E1A7978714"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1991 ICAO Convention on the Marking of
Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20797C4FBA2E45538B6983B170FE20A8"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1997 United Nations International
Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0D64284BB164F1789621A91E5AF71F6"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1999 United Nations International
Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEBB632DEE2E474C8FCA3DBEE7E09603"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 2001 United Nations S/Res/1373 Creation
of Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE749C175E104ED296BEEC0E26928E17"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 2005 United Nations S/Res/1624
Prohibition of incitement to commit terrorist act or acts.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H461BC566AE3A40E984069E66B3619BC3"><enum>712.</enum><header>Amendments to
annual country reports on terrorism</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 140(b) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f(b)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1BF53FF1489345F980AB37659085BB4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3B92A1F97AD24FADA75624A132DC2221"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H79607B67AB154229A08FAB24F10AA704"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second paragraph (3) and the second paragraph (4) as paragraphs (6) and
(7), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7CEBECA480945F8BDBF91399C130497"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A924D2E538D4D26BCBAB113A2BA128B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10D16F6A981C4DB49028BC3BABEBEB04"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding after
such paragraph (7) the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BBEDAB90E774C3CB01194F090EA1965" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H292035DAD7D14C4B82516A16D9684D4C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a comprehensive
assessment of all United States assistance available to combat terrorism in
each country that is a subject of such report; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81433AEB3E434161B6D94E1BD444E358"><enum>(9)</enum><text>with respect to
countries in the Western Hemisphere that are the subjects of such report, the
level in each such country of threat posed by radical Islamist
terrorism.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2B48DCA76A0B4F3BA0BE0818BA7C8D9D"><enum>713.</enum><header>Amendments to
annual determination procedures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 706 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 U.S.C. 2291j–1) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF07EB6E5049D43559E2C34EA8DA66A88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3849683CA59C49EBB9779F44736E3A2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii); by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE19A7BCE8D994899877A6E384EA26C86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06CDD242EC534D579E6AEE6573A3602C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H555ADE00332F4425BC5BC1CDC623796B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H07C9B1401C6D4FBE809D4E47DEC33986"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">designate each country, if any, identified
in such report in which a link has been determined to exist between illicit
drug trafficking and a designated foreign terrorist organization and that has
failed demonstrably, during the previous 12 months, to make substantial
efforts—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H5E7A90FD85AD4872A95E60FB1F95AF73"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to adhere to its
obligations under international counterterrorism agreements; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H60A3C81012F34200BB8E2BDEB837EE1A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to implement effective counterterrorism
measures, including action on such issues as the rule of law, denying safe
haven to terrorists, financing and money laundering, and law enforcement;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H262849CC2D7447BEB5A85B77452925FB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), as so redesignated, by inserting before the period at the end the
following: <quote>under subparagraph (A) or (B)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4F5487BDD2A4492BB586C928948A6C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5CF19DF818BE4168BD6B04081FD25257"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B718D8436384D38842FA7D46039870B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)(ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51B0104AFCE44FC4BEC9D2F517D087F6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C7509C98C574D1598FBF5C18F982F7E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H858F90EB16FB464F841FFA1E8EA70928"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsequent to the designation being made
under paragraph (2)(B), the country has made substantial efforts—</text>
<clause id="H69073B64D43042F994455BC5938DC4FC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
adhere to its obligations under international counterterrorism agreements;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6C530AB351784CC7B6F8C3FA65A3E797"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to implement
effective counterterrorism measures, including action on such issues as the
rule of law, denying safe haven to terrorists, financing and money laundering,
and law
enforcement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70B3798C52544F638A75FDE337E3FFF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE71D3A64D0B847A8B7B5314FFDD56DAD"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (7) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14C8AE9215114D35B075B4F88B5E75D2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFC7651BD2F394EF3A6C8383D2E658E0F"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Bilateral
agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a country
designated under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) does not receive a
determination under subparagraphs (B) or (C) of paragraph (3), the Secretary of
State shall negotiate with such country a bilateral agreement describing
actions to be taken by the United States and such country to satisfy such
determinations during the one year period following such a designation. Such a
bilateral agreement should include a needs assessment, a bilateral action plan,
the provision of United States training and assistance, the use of
International Law Enforcement Academy facilities in the region, and an exchange
of model laws and best
practices.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF837DA86C86D4606A31AF881286533C8"><enum>714.</enum><header>Amendment to
international narcotics control strategy report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291h(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD59DE18DED62455AA8F99BEAF0C52AAB" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H8429D1CC487D460C8AF6AB159D179809"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A separate section that contains
information relating to any links between illicit narcotics trafficking or
money laundering and terrorists, terrorist acts, or designated foreign
terrorist organizations (as such term is used in section 219 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), and any actions taken by the United
States Government or foreign government to address such
links.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="H7D5F0572C6CD430C8EA5F5171A8B5B11"><enum>715.</enum><header>United States
efforts in the Western Hemisphere</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB9DAAB56022E4DC689CBC2DF00054A32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any country in the Western Hemisphere
that the President has determined—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEFC2686607B14BA4A4E690D1C7368AEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is engaged in
military cooperation with a state sponsor of terrorism,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H78C02A32AF864A34AE257C9A1C55736E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is engaged in
nonmarket-based trade with a state sponsor of terrorism,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA6BD80FC11CA47FABC953764F977E6C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is carrying out
policies that threaten United States national security interests, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H10B8D4E28F4B4CDEA5A019F207016D15"><enum>(4)</enum><text>is not fully
cooperating with United States counterterrorism or nonproliferation
efforts,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">the President is authorized to
impose any of the sanctions described in subsection (b).</continuation-text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H61D6A3FAA35D481486EFCAAC2708D597"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any country in the Western Hemisphere
with respect to which the President has made a determination in accordance with
subsection (a), the President is authorized to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H40FCFA5F5C8240AB87C29F2C16165F3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">suspend United States nonhumanitarian
foreign assistance to the government of that country; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H366BFDE99CF942D1946B1A95290550E2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibit the sale, provision, or transfer
of articles, including the issuance of any specific license or grant of any
other specific permission or authority to export any goods or technology
under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H62E6E4AC2155474A92D58A3C262E515A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Export Administration Act of
1979;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H67685C4335CB426FB792D5614E309C12"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Arms Export Control Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA92B31359DD44D81B5905FCA66A24A37"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBF9E8CE5E9EA489DB3498569E9791E51"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other statute that requires the prior
review and approval of the United States Government as a condition for the
export or re-export of goods or services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB1A47430C67349728E8CFC0760869728"><enum>716.</enum><header>International
Law Enforcement Academy in San Salvador, El Salvador</header>
<subsection id="H1CF7ED60E42749A49DDE9DF92040CE4D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in San Salvador,
El Salvador, should continue to serve as a critical component of United States
regional counterterrorism efforts.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5ADCE9457B9C4B8AB31F6895D80F6F46"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Negotiation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall negotiate with
the appropriate agency entities to ensure that counterterrorism, including
radical Islamist extremism within the Western Hemisphere, nonproliferation, and
border security courses are instituted as part of the core curriculum at the
International Law Enforcement Academy in San Salvador.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9A5C0CC1468C486FB5EF285B4B3BCDE7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to—</text>
<paragraph id="HA43CA0A6964641569C7A023E5095E9ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>complete all
physical aspects of the ILEA facility in San Salvador; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78DEFAC7F9FE4D5981CDE235C3098178"><enum>(2)</enum><text>implement the ILEA
Global Network.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5D2CEA3890CE483BBF45EEC17A81775A"><enum>717.</enum><header>Actions
regarding the Organization of American States</header>
<subsection id="HEB82B6B8B96948F1984ED3A4D95BFD0B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration
regarding terrorism</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of State shall direct the United States Representative to the
Organization of American States (OAS) to use the voice, vote, and influence of
the United States at the OAS to move for a declaration at the first meeting of
Member States of the OAS convened after the date of the enactment of this Act
calling on countries to systematically deny the use of their territories by
terrorists or terrorist organizations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2EEB1E457D5E49BD98B0A21718F1A1B8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction in
United States contribution</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC8B4B8B513664DF681802E1B191D3410"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State shall reduce by 50 percent the amount of the United States assessed
contribution to the OAS for fiscal year 2009 and each subsequent fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4212A54AD3542139D35CAB4A1165613"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph id="H99CA5ABFDF584A2F84F0A4F7F6C0C098"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amount reduced
pursuant to paragraph (1), not less than ten percent of such amount shall be
added to United States voluntary contributions to each of the organizations
specified in subparagraph (B) and the remaining amount shall be used to
establish and maintain the Western Hemisphere Regional Coordination Centers
under section 731.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H30D56BA4A06C4B0FB89F33C542129BAE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Organizations
specified</header><text>The organizations referred to in subparagraph (A) are
the following:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H656B0B8583FE4D3C822E28D024E27DEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The OAS
Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H5497ECC0EBA54770995D2B656A113514"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The OAS Inter-American Drug Abuse Control
Commission (CICAD).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H60712186D6D1484099030F415217573A"><enum>718.</enum><header>Amendment to
Department of State Rewards Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFBA0E96C8ABE4E66A3EF3994AFB3997E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D9F80A6E53945FE8B5E2B1558AB0F60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DDA853942144612B1CD0119BE522E52"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA2CFA4320B0424F86AAF1C149FE5B57" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6BB483560A904BF393CF0B0FB1D44E99"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the arrest or conviction in any country of
any individual wanted on terrorism charges pursuant to red notices duly issued
by Interpol, if such reward would help advance United States interests or the
interests of United States allies in the global struggle against international
terrorism.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA9A1D3AC41C74EA688E79B5871DEAE69"><enum>B</enum><header>Nonproliferation
of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in the Western Hemisphere</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20C0AD0860284A9AB65C47464DCADF83" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>721.</enum><header>Statement of policy
regarding the proliferation of weapons-related nuclear, chemical, and
biological materials, technology, and facilities</header>
<subsection id="H5D60A070A8C74CEFB1035D66944B3CDB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To enhance the
prevention of the proliferation of weapons-related nuclear, chemical, and
biological materials, technology, and facilities, it shall be the policy of the
United States to—</text>
<paragraph id="H68C42E6472984EF68256C48A6D18162A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote the negotiation and implementation
by all countries of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD4FB216405654F2CAC2013DBCAE6B88C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comprehensive safeguards agreement with
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE987C944A94540BEB50373DF6B7D957B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Additional Protocol to the safeguards
agreement;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE0ADEFBF2FF9467581F0A8859CD2806E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">secure guarantees by all countries of
unrestricted access by IAEA personnel to all nuclear-related materials and
facilities in territories under the control of the host country;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4044B214F1F24E8A828590C9CC05E096"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote the implementation by all countries
of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7533A4769CA94C59A90BC99882E84AB5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote the accession to and ratification
and implementation of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62D31DADE8C04AB09551A9ACB30D7432"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their
Destruction (also referred to as the Chemical Weapons Convention);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8BB10D9770334B878ECA3A6738266185"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 1980 IAEA Convention on the Physical
Protection of Nuclear Material;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C72D8C12A054521AED7F7838722DA95"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 2005 United Nations International
Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FCDD1BF01544EDD9A7A98D792D463A7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons
and on their Destruction (also referred to as the Biological Weapons
Convention).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0BAACB59507441F68F60371830A2C538"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
Protocol defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <quote>Additional Protocol</quote> means the Protocol
Additional to an agreement between a country and the International Atomic
Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1171EE4DBE2D414BB1B1AEEE291F6462"><enum>722.</enum><header>Statement of
policy regarding the small quantities protocol</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Because a Small Quantities Protocol (SQP)
sets aside many of the operative provisions of a general safeguards agreement,
the ability of the IAEA to verify that nuclear materials and facilities in a
country with an SQP are not being diverted for illicit purposes is
significantly impaired. For this reason, it shall be the policy of the United
States to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB9AF61145E7C4684901C33A9FADCBA27"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">oppose the negotiation by the IAEA of an
SQP for any country that did not have an SQP as of January 1, 2008; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8F0AFEE960B4A6B9AE83418D641AAF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourage every country with an SQP to
withdraw formally from or renegotiate that agreement for the purpose of
increasing transparency and eliminating any exemption or provision that could
restrict the ability of the IAEA to verify that a country’s nuclear materials
and facilities are not being diverted to impermissible uses.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4CC8C04BEE3448068D844DC12F1582DD"><enum>723.</enum><header>Securing
adherence to agreements regarding nuclear nonproliferation by countries in the
Western Hemisphere</header>
<subsection id="HF3E42FA69A8C468EBF44AC91E439A413"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall
use all available political, economic, and diplomatic tools to ensure that each
country in the Western Hemisphere—</text>
<paragraph id="H1CEB093301364E65969E1B13E7A9EA28"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has signed and implemented a comprehensive
safeguards agreement with the IAEA;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5252D4DDE3EF41AAA1931084AD41037B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has signed and implemented an Additional
Protocol to its safeguards agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46678A809448454E95CCB76A3C49F917"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">guarantees unrestricted access for IAEA
personnel to all nuclear-related facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA49ED12F3534B97B4F4B4BD95A9302A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has implemented the provisions of United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1540;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDD80D124F8E4F22AEB808113F1A13CB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has acceded to, ratified, and fully
implemented the conventions referred to in section _22(a)(4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H442A20EE79E1440FACE5D5B770F3475A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>does not negotiate
with the IAEA an SQP if that country did not have an SQP as of January 1, 2008;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DD5B41250B34B8CBDA5AC25657ACB1F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>withdraws formally
from or renegotiates an SQP agreement if a country has such an
agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H41F2A77D7E934504B5262E55C9B47594"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any Western Hemisphere country that has
not satisfied all of the requirements specified in subsection (a), the
President is authorized to—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D37A689FBE24997A8F59F24BA7EA912"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">suspend United States nonhumanitarian
foreign assistance to the government of that country; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD69431D881164399A2077E4FEA56126D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prohibit the sale, provision, or transfer
of articles, including the issuance of any specific license or grant of any
other specific permission or authority to export any goods or technology
under—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C665536D8464FCC9ABE16A867C44407"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Export Administration Act of
1979;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBFDEF32BA7AE49DCA04D58B160121F0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Arms Export Control Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6F2806624034F2B82F1937B623733E9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6C9B983EA884CD885DDD0694A5B145A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other statute that requires the prior
review and approval of the United States Government as a condition for the
export or re-export of goods or services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HECFB5BCFCB6D49118396F5CBD06D71C3"><enum>724.</enum><header>Halting the
proliferation of nuclear fuel fabrication</header>
<subsection id="HA71E13DBCF9D4134901DDDF2B4D7BEFB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be the policy
of the United States to oppose the development or acquisition by any country of
a capacity to fabricate nuclear fuel if such country did not have such capacity
as of January 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1F2ADB91AEAA4552875B5E115B0737F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prevention of
capacity To fabricate nuclear fuel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall use all available
political, economic, and diplomatic tools, and shall use the voice, vote, and
influence of the United States in all international organizations and
associations of which it is a member, including the IAEA and the Nuclear
Suppliers Group, to prevent the development or acquisition by any country of a
capacity to fabricate nuclear fuel if such country did not have such capacity
as of January 1, 2008.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9E062DF89ABA41BA875E4859CC460E94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nuclear
technical cooperation with the IAEA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall direct the United
States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and
influence of the United States at the IAEA to block the allocation of funds for
any IAEA development, environmental, or nuclear science assistance or activity
to a country the government of which—</text>
<paragraph id="HD5E5B8762F8D48F0BC401513761AED18"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of State has determined, for
purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, section 620A
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control
Act, or other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided
support for acts of international terrorism;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF5A95CFEF6B44E99D7412131CC4375E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is actively cooperating with a government
as described in paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24500B5C98A54E9282EE06F5F459EAFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is under investigation for a breach of or
noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or the purposes and principles of the
Charter of the United Nations; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBD21E6410844B6AB91ECE68CE1ED043"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in violation of its IAEA obligations or
the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB5972BA6622C4AB6AF6139FDD815CF45"><enum>725.</enum><header>Cooperation
with the Proliferation Security Initiative</header>
<subsection id="H81FFCDB90085446BA03DB0199038ADBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H22BBB079C2F243129EE2115AA91EBF86"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From its inception on May 31, 2003, the
Proliferation Security Initiative, also referred to as the PSI, has repeatedly
demonstrated its effectiveness in preventing the proliferation of weapons of
mass destruction.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA0A1B0F08D646B39582F54756CE8625"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In his February 11, 2004, address at the
National Defense University regarding additional measures to enhance global
efforts against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction President Bush
proposed that <quote>the work of the Proliferation Security Initiative be
expanded to address more than shipments and transfers. Building on the tools
we've developed to fight terrorists, we can take direct action against
proliferation networks. We need greater cooperation not just among intelligence
and military services, but in law enforcement, as well. PSI participants and
other willing nations should use the Interpol and all other means to bring to
justice those who traffic in deadly weapons, to shut down their labs, to seize
their materials, to freeze their assets. We must act on every lead. We will
find the middlemen, the suppliers and the buyers.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H054C40C44982454A96C514DDEFC5B9FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The number of countries participating in
PSI has steadily increased, thereby greatly enhancing its effectiveness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA66D21AD254438DB22BDEF957719D8D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Many countries in the Western Hemisphere
formally or informally cooperate with the PSI.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H730D4ADEE58B41109BB05C75894D096A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expanded law enforcement cooperation
throughout the Western Hemisphere, including by means of greater coordination
of policies, improved communications, and enhanced capabilities would
significantly promote the objectives of the PSI.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB7F7179E2F141EBB3C8FDB363FA0671"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress concerning strengthening cooperation regarding
nonproliferation</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H8482F3978321455BA7194A63FC6E11DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it is in the national security interest of
the United States to establish comprehensive cooperation to prevent the
proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological materials in the Western
Hemisphere; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC8A3F72263AC41F6B8DAA33646FC647D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State should seek to secure the formal or informal cooperation by Western
Hemisphere countries for the purpose of securing the goals of the Proliferation
Security Initiative announced by the President on May 31, 2003.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAAFF9686B345481A99F03167317A1F3A"><enum>726.</enum><header>Establishment
of the Western Hemisphere Nonproliferation Partnership Initiative</header>
<subsection id="H12F07A0EE0924EADB97754EAD3AADC5D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State is authorized, in consultation with relevant United States Government
agencies, to negotiate with the leaders of the governments of countries in the
Western Hemisphere on a bilateral or multilateral basis, as appropriate,
international agreements under which such governments work in partnership to
establish an initiative to be known as the <quote>Western Hemisphere
Nonproliferation Partnership Initiative</quote> (NPI).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAA2F39F9108E431B919F12221877571D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header>
<paragraph id="H9F9404C3E9C64D4C8CEDC9195CD5E4F7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The NPI shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16775338BC264515B6BE512B8534B74D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>encourage the
establishment of contacts and cooperative relationships, including the sharing
of intelligence, between the responsible individuals and agencies of each
participant country with their counterparts in the United States Government and
in other participating countries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8745305E49D447E8882C80C2A7EDC15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>encourage
bilateral and multilateral support, cooperation, and coordination of national
programs and efforts to promote effective and in-depth cooperation to counter
the illicit acquisition or trade of weapons-related nuclear, chemical, or
biological materials, technology, or facilities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE536FF21B1F84227B3C9467768E8EAE5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperative
programs</header><text>The cooperative programs referred to under paragraph
(1)(B) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BCE6F1C1A744FE39AD727FB5B90B348"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Training for government officials and
agents from participating countries regarding the development and operation of
NPI programs.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC631DB7F9E734271B3F53B45EE915423"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance in developing a comprehensive
legal and regulatory framework in each country, as appropriate, to enable the
establishment and effective implementation of export controls and the capacity
to track nuclear, chemical, and biological materials, equipment, technology,
and facilities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31AA0D47E9304350B855E23D2A1384AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provision of equipment, development of
infrastructure, and the acquisition of other resources required by
participating countries to effectively carry out the tasks referred to in
subparagraphs (A) and (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA66C192A32A2498A8B011245D6CDD764" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>727.</enum><header>Prohibited
transactions</header>
<subsection id="HD117781EF5FE4840A49F0E2BDBCF6515"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No defense article or
defense service may be sold or licensed for export under this title in a fiscal
year to a foreign country that the President determines and certifies to
Congress, not later than May 15 of the calendar year in which such fiscal year
begins, is carrying out policies aimed at undermining United States national
security interests or is not cooperating fully with United States
nonproliferation efforts.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7EFA8866728741EE8FF23A5B02DDAA62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may waive the prohibition
under subsection (a) with respect to a specific transaction if the President
determines that such transaction is important to the national security
interests of the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95EC97C961404A15A5EF12C2BB652016" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>728.</enum><header>Restrictions on
nuclear cooperation with countries assisting the nuclear program of Venezuela
or Cuba</header>
<subsection id="HDE0FAF571BD84EEFBA5F88F2167B8840"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any
international agreement, no agreement for cooperation between the United States
and the government of any country that is assisting the nuclear program of
Venezuela or Cuba or transferring advanced conventional weapons or missiles to
Venezuela or Cuba may be submitted to the President or to Congress pursuant to
section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153), no such
agreement may enter into force with such country, no license may be issued for
export directly or indirectly to such country of any nuclear material,
facilities, components, or other goods, services, or technology that would be
subject to such agreement, and no approval may be given for the transfer or
retransfer directly or indirectly to such country of any nuclear material,
facilities, components, or other goods, services, or technology that would be
subject to such agreement, until the President determines and reports to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the government of the country that is
assisting the nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba or transferring advanced
conventional weapons or missiles to Venezuela or Cuba—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CC93BD42A3046329DB54D9A41EE14F3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has suspended all
nuclear assistance to Venezuela or Cuba and all transfers of advanced
conventional weapons and missiles to Venezuela or Cuba; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC973D8A8E0DA47E8B1A97168B1000A14"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is committed to
maintaining such suspension until Venezuela or Cuba has implemented measures
that would permit the President to make the determination described in
paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF3B7636AFC864B7DAD79725BDC8761FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rules of
construction</header><text>The restrictions described in subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H00626985BBB34368B3C49F5B0BE9DDC4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall apply in
addition to all other applicable procedures, requirements, and restrictions
required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and any other law; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A116F56812449CAA3CB3F78570D5646"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not be
construed as affecting the validity of agreements for cooperation that are in
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9A26F03B493849EA913A4A0EC803BDB0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H478B0F0F7A0D42A7919562925C0ACF05"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreement for
cooperation</header><text>The term <quote>agreement for cooperation</quote> has
the meaning given that term in section 11 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2014 b.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1A223A79EFE4F2E9F1605AE9E9D7CC7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assisting the
nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba</header><text>The term <quote>assisting
the nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba</quote> means the intentional transfer
to Venezuela or Cuba by a government, or by a person subject to the
jurisdiction of a government with the knowledge and acquiescence of such
government, of goods, services, or technology listed on the Nuclear Suppliers
Group Guidelines for the Export of Nuclear Material, Equipment and Technology
(published by the International Atomic Energy Agency as Information Circular
INFCIRC/254/Rev. 3/Part 1, and subsequent revisions) or Guidelines for
Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and Related
Technology (published by the International Atomic Energy Agency as Information
Circular INFCIR/254/Rev. 3/Part 2, and subsequent revisions).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7B35FCE1302F460C88732C33816AC0B6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Country that is
assisting the nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba or transferring advanced
conventional weapons or missiles to Venezuela or Cuba</header><text>The term
<quote>country that is assisting the nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba or
transferring advanced conventional weapons or missiles to Venezuela or
Cuba</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F5A7B94B6F34E51B6C079F75FF13704"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Russia; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8A2C470776644669E79F402E481B34F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other country
determined by the President to be assisting the nuclear program of Venezuela or
Cuba or transferring advanced conventional weapons or missiles to Venezuela or
Cuba.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3C463E36AB141149BAE60F576D96FAD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transferring
advanced conventional weapons or missiles to Venezuela or
Cuba</header><text>The term <quote>transferring advanced conventional weapons
or missiles to Venezuela or Cuba</quote> means the intentional transfer to
Venezuela or Cuba by a government, or by a person subject to the jurisdiction
of a government with the knowledge and acquiescence of such government, of
goods, services, or technology listed on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3CDDACEE85DA4443A271D223B6F82651"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Wassenaar
Arrangement list of Dual Use Goods and Technologies and Munitions list of July
12, 1996, and subsequent revisions; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB597FD3ABF2542DCA7ECBB8167FFDB45"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Missile
Technology Control Regime Equipment and Technology Annex of June 11, 1996, and
subsequent revisions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H9639CEFC11D14F0BB316CCA5EDA988FE"><enum>C</enum><header>Western Hemisphere
Regional Coordination Centers</header>
<section id="HD1BB7735D8D24526B43333ED1425D335"><enum>731.</enum><header>Establishment
of the Western Hemisphere Regional Coordination Centers</header>
<subsection id="HFC8402E8CD514BC8B2C4582E98668A0C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H0B04C61FD1024D2BA963637E778AC722"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States
Government should carry out a comprehensive and integrated approach to United
States counterterrorism and nonproliferation efforts, both domestically and
abroad; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D7EACC9BF8A4EC7B5DE51C762F74B01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State should seek to engage leaders of the governments of countries in the
Western Hemisphere to develop a comprehensive multilateral strategy to counter
current and emerging threats and prevent the proliferation of nuclear,
chemical, and biological weapons.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF781A60A47D1488995A650717E2E1710"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>Western
Hemisphere Regional Coordination Centers shall serve as joint operational
facilities dedicated to coordinating efforts, capacity, and intelligence among
participating countries to counter current and emerging threats and prevent the
proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons throughout the
Western Hemisphere.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1F1A7539EAC84F13BDC264A96B866CD9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall negotiate with
the leaders of the governments of countries in the Western Hemisphere on a
bilateral or multilateral basis, as appropriate, international agreements under
which such governments work in partnership to establish centers to be known as
the <quote>Western Hemisphere Regional Coordination Centers</quote>
(RCC).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDFFB16E3589541A791F8601555040210"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cooperation with
governments in the Western Hemisphere</header>
<paragraph id="H9778DF4BFD774FC7941E88ED9F43F213"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State shall negotiate with—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF5716BE839DC4A67A3B17CAC501AFDC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the governments of
countries in Central and South America agreements for the establishment of one
RCC in a country in Central America and one RCC in a country in South America;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9641F96F9EF543689948E46239FD3805"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Government of
Brazil, the Government of Argentina, and the Government of Paraguay an
agreement for the establishment of a RCC specifically in the tri-border
area.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H27B58B3C1C1A4423BAB8EF75697CA4D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Secretary of State shall negotiate with the leaders of the governments of
countries in the Western Hemisphere on a bilateral or multilateral basis, as
appropriate, agreements under which a method is established for staffing
parallel representatives, from each participating country or region, for each
United States agency represented at the relevant RCC.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5AF2DE4EFB594429B2FDFE8062320DDC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Participation of
United States Government agencies</header>
<paragraph id="HB09A71AB2F644D258FA7A31FB35336F1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the
Secretary of Defense, shall determine which departments and agencies of the
United States Government, including the Department of Defense, the Department
of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Treasury,
the Department of Justice, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, are necessary to ensure the establishment and operation of
the RCCs. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National
Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, shall negotiate agreements with the
heads of such agencies to ensure their full participation and cooperation in
such establishment and operation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30BED4F3E10741C2A93A0A67EFE64408"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assignment of
regional attaches and advisors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall transfer to
appropriate RCCs regional attaches and advisors serving at United States
diplomatic and consular missions in the Western Hemisphere.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA4F72AAB6302493BBE67DDD8BF4EE41F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Structure</header>
<paragraph id="H27616BDC1D4C414D99604C5D76FD7B5D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Management of
the RCCs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the
Secretary of Defense, shall be responsible for the management of the RCCs,
including development of the budget, priorities, and programs of the
RCCs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCE2F9EDA9DF4A439EC1D8092665CFC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Staffing and
duties</header><text>Each RCC shall have one United States Director, at least
one but not more than two United States Deputy Directors, and one host country
General Director. The United States Director and United States Deputy Directors
may be employees of any of the United States national security agencies and
shall be chosen by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of
National Intelligence and Secretary of Defense. The Director and Deputy
Directors of each RCC shall keep the Chief of Mission of the United States
Embassies in the host country of such RCC fully informed of activities and
operations of such RCC.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABEC58D946AB47C48B55E364EDA75D80"><enum>(3)</enum><header>RCC Policy
Board</header>
<subparagraph id="HF7F0D6EA985647788C856E5617621E38"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established the RCC Policy
Board.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5361BF1B69E8400F9AF091F5357E68BC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
RCC Policy Board shall be comprised of senior representatives from the
departments and agencies determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, to be
necessary to ensure the establishment and operation of the RCCs in accordance
with subsection (e).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H328E16AECD7A4B6D8A88A3D7F5325FC2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Policy Board shall monitor and provide guidance and oversight for the RCCs to
ensure that their operations are consistent with United States foreign policy
and law enforcement goals.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H919C4ECD48AF4A8BAB9CCE9F443720B8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Policy Board shall meet bi-monthly and shall be co-chaired by officers from the
Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism of the Department of State and
the National Counterterrorism Center of the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H76F43ED9922743E7A4C03B63FD69B7AC"><enum>732.</enum><header>Regional
Security Initiative</header>
<subsection id="HFED7B20D14EC4CE89D410498BA8DE837"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the Latin America Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) should
serve as a critical component of United States regional counterterrorism and
nonproliferation efforts.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H427D49CD8D254CFA874006C0AF062B57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Participation
with the RCCs</header><text>The Latin America RSI shall conduct at least one
inter-agency meeting at one of the three RCCs each fiscal year. The Director, a
Deputy Director, or both, of each RCC shall participate in all RSI meetings
organized by the Department of State.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H253E286C7901490AA459DE1F1DE9EB6F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 45 days after the conclusion of each RSI meeting, the Secretary of
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, which
shall include a classified annex if necessary, that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="HCDC60B84EFD847CF98B8FDF2C9EFBDCC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the defined
objectives of the RSI;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4DFC65B872C49C19A42807374DC92A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the extent to
which such objectives have been achieved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF766DC528F9F4AB99BFF97DFDCD16D34"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the steps taken by
the United States to accomplish such objectives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD21CF3E0363248969259B440CA452A6A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the extent of
cooperation by other countries in the Western Hemisphere toward achieving such
objectives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B9CBAA884524C3E840329863D8B7132"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the steps the
United States will take in the subsequent months to accomplish such
objectives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8ED9D17E41684BA797BD83E6C296424A"><enum>733.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal
years 2010 and 2011 and each subsequent fiscal year to carry out this
subtitle.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBE08D5B732A24567850A8214A15DB4AE"><enum>D</enum><header>Prohibitions on
engagement with certain Western Hemisphere countries</header>
<section id="H05B5044A776F44188EF02FDF95240D14"><enum>741.</enum><header>Prohibitions on
engagement with certain Western Hemisphere countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed as
weakening or removing any prohibitions on United States engagement with or
assistance to any country in the Western Hemisphere that the Secretary of State
has designated as a state sponsor of terrorism for a minimum of three
consecutive years.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H10F0FEED96574F65A8D0C02AB06047DF"><enum>E</enum><header>Report</header>
<section id="H1BD82D9DEF1649C7B4CDAFFEE9B6BCAD"><enum>751.</enum><header>Report</header>
<subsection id="H22B675CBAB534D60A04B2E8C415F531A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report on the activities carried out to achieve the objectives described in
subtitles B and C that describe—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E22555D095E4C96891AF75879724869"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent to
which each such objective has been achieved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D2E26418FBC42FA9AF18E4949A25F3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the steps taken by
the United States and countries in the Western Hemisphere in the preceding
calendar year to accomplish such objectives;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H763BFCD0733A4CC7B5A5CF7C00D9A59B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the extent of
cooperation by other countries in the Western Hemisphere toward achieving such
objectives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05BFD7A609A94579996D7BE04E798385"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the steps the
United States will take in the current calendar year to accomplish such
objectives.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H277A002C2F4D496690A72068A9A6C3C8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preparation and
form of report</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall
rely on public information to the extent possible, and shall include a
classified annex, if necessary.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VIII</enum><header>Export Control
Reform and Security Assistance</header>
<subtitle id="H6CB08C62736E4656B4320580FE9B5F1B"><enum>A</enum><header>Defense Trade
Controls Performance Improvement Act of 2009</header>
<section id="HDD7D2DC0C5B6481DB3A95FDE3B66C417" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>801.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Defense Trade Controls
Performance Improvement Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H59A354BF33D744F0AFD31D070154893B"><enum>802.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1C2AE4EF3B9A430EA12E34700972A8C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a time of international terrorist
threats and a dynamic global economic and security environment, United States
policy with regard to export controls is in urgent need of a comprehensive
review in order to ensure such controls are protecting the national security
and foreign policy interests of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H32469AB6FAA64D989167B38860A690B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In January 2007,
the Government Accountability Office designated the effective identification
and protection of critical technologies as a government-wide, high-risk area,
warranting a strategic reexamination of existing programs, including programs
relating to arms export controls.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1C105DD36F444E75AFFD431B25EDD5AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Federal Government
agencies must review licenses for export of munitions in a thorough and timely
manner to ensure that the United States is able to assist United States allies
and to prevent nuclear and conventional weapons from getting into the hands of
enemies of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H309291BE02B846AB9B00CC5883C18382"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Both staffing and
funding that relate to the Department of State’s arms export control
responsibilities have not kept pace with the increased workload relating to
such responsibilities, especially during the current decade.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB0BDEFEEAB944117AB7184E10D577C14"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Outsourcing and off-shoring of defense
production and the policy of many United States trading partners to require
offsets for major sales of defense and aerospace articles present a potential
threat to United States national security and economic well-being and serve to
weaken the defense industrial base.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5BF7AADE3FBE442D946B1B3D7BA2AAA9"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Export control policies can have a negative
impact on United States employment, nonproliferation goals, and the health of
the defense industrial base, particularly when facilitating the overseas
transfer of technology or production and other forms of outsourcing, such as
offsets (direct and indirect), co-production, subcontracts, overseas investment
and joint ventures in defense and commercial industries. Federal Government
agencies must develop new and effective procedures for ensuring that export
control systems address these problems and the threat they pose to national
security.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H50FB2D2031D64C4197DE864C9A0D54A5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In the report to
Congress required by the Conference Report (Report 109–272) accompanying the
bill, H.R. 2862 (the Science, State, Justice, Commerce and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2006; Public Law 109–108), the Department of State
concluded that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H51AEDD72F1BE4BB781A9A9D61CBD75A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>defense trade
licensing has become much more complex in recent years as a consequence of the
increasing globalization of the defense industry;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3E60082DEAEF48289157FD0C1299A9A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the most important
challenge to the Department of State’s licensing process has been the sheer
growth in volume of applicants for licenses and agreements, without the
corresponding increase in licensing officers; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB63C5533D22146FD8E57387AA6A56C54"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the increase in
licensing volume without a corresponding increase in trained and experienced
personnel has resulted in delays and increased processing times.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7A94C223554F4A119A7080FC93305BAE"><enum>(8)</enum><text>In 2006, the
Department of State processed over three times as many licensing applications
as the Department of Commerce with about a fifth of the staff of the Department
of Commerce.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDF38C2E457D442AABB6ACBA594C23B53"><enum>(9)</enum><text>On July 27, 2007,
in testimony delivered to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and
Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives to
examine the effectiveness of the United States export control regime, the
Government Accountability Office found that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8A8B481C241C457C9DE1FCB1C9789929"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the United States
Government needs to conduct assessments to determine its overall effectiveness
in the area of arms export control; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H13BFB16534EF47E3867EEE32607E03BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the processing
times of the Department of State doubled over the period from 2002 to
2006.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8C514FD36B7D4EA4B602879BAA3C0F68"><enum>(10)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD484829D64A54CE0B4974D2C95D4F3E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Allowing a continuation
of the status quo in resources for defense trade licensing could ultimately
harm the United States defense industrial base. The 2007 Institute for Defense
Analysis report entitled <quote>Export Controls and the U.S. Defense Industrial
Base</quote> found that the large backlog and long processing times by the
Department of State for applications for licenses to export defense items led
to an impairment of United States firms in some sectors to conduct global
business relative to foreign competitors.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB7BD50F193D949479A9F6DDACE38F440" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Additionally, the report found that
United States commercial firms have been reluctant to engage in research and
development activities for the Department of Defense because this raises the
future prospects that the products based on this research and development, even
if intrinsically commercial, will be saddled by Department of State munitions
controls due to the link to that research.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1962C0684031462D9871DC291002BAB5"><enum>(11)</enum><text>According to the
Department of State’s fiscal year 2008 budget justification to Congress,
commercial exports licensed or approved under the Arms Export Control Act
exceeded $30,000,000,000, with nearly eighty percent of these items exported to
United States NATO allies and other major non-NATO allies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HECCF22BC9CA0498894582D93C7D34245"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Government Accountability Office report
of October 9, 2001 (GAO–02–120), documented ambiguous export control
jurisdiction affecting 25 percent of the items that the United States
Government agreed to control as part of its commitments to the Missile
Technology Control Regime. The United States Government has not clearly
determined which department has jurisdiction over these items, which increases
the risk that these items will fall into the wrong hands. During both the
108th, 109th, and 110th Congresses, the House of Representatives passed
legislation mandating that the Administration clarify this issue.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42F44AA225DD40EBBDD5F50BD055F47F"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During 2007 and 2008, the management and
staff of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State
have, through extraordinary effort and dedication, eliminated the large backlog
of open applications and have reduced average processing times for license
applications; however, the Directorate remains understaffed and long delays
remain for complicated cases.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6542266A87D4571963B438F1FB76383"><enum>803.</enum><header>Strategic
review and assessment of the United States export controls system</header>
<subsection id="H364A83E497D14BEFA82C09A1AC5441DD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review and
assessment</header>
<paragraph id="H446852CAC23D47E7BFC0F16E5B781CC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than March 31, 2010, the President shall
conduct a comprehensive and systematic review and assessment of the United
States arms export controls system in the context of the national security
interests and strategic foreign policy objectives of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C0E299DCBB644D8A27B206E60C021FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
review and assessment required under paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H45DE04DE3BF2429C91C3F39C76383C13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determine the
overall effectiveness of the United States arms export controls system in order
to, where appropriate, strengthen controls, improve efficiency, and reduce
unnecessary redundancies across Federal Government agencies, through
administrative actions, including regulations, and to formulate legislative
proposals for new authorities that are needed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93CC8214E0D84874BE2E18B1A4DC5E73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop processes
to ensure better coordination of arms export control activities of the
Department of State with activities of other departments and agencies of the
United States that are responsible for enforcing United States arms export
control laws;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4B092D2B4C24BAE8D3672C55BF51BFE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that
weapons-related nuclear technology, other technology related to weapons of mass
destruction, and all items on the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex are
subject to stringent control by the United States Government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76D7CF5967E34FA483F30E5122C37A22"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the overall effect of arms export
controls on counterterrorism, law enforcement, and infrastructure protection
missions of the Department of Homeland Security;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF15A9E264BBD4D94B863428B8C822407"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine the effects of export controls
policies and the practices of the export control agencies on the United States
defense industrial base and United States employment in the industries affected
by export controls;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5ADCE3BB57DF4B708C385AD2820483A0"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contain a detailed summary of known
attempts by unauthorized end-users (such as international arms traffickers,
foreign intelligence agencies, and foreign terrorist organizations) to acquire
items on the United States Munitions List and related technical data,
including—</text>
<clause id="HCC94118D85CB4E95AA9D028D21B2A94F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>data
on—</text>
<subclause id="HACF932E1682A4B29935A31A0D9DE25FF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>commodities
sought, such as M–4 rifles, night vision devices, F–14 spare parts;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H76A0A09CB2744D21A4AB7A136F957F6F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>parties involved,
such as the intended end-users, brokers, consignees, and shippers;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H75DFC3414918444080EFDE676A25815C"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attempted acquisition of technology and
technical data critical to manufacture items on the United States Munitions
List;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC5E3C667E069473C92AEAA5F0745884E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>destination
countries and transit countries;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H137977F4DA384B3BB691DA9467C65A66"><enum>(V)</enum><text>modes of
transport;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8D72D7B18DD64F7D90F7A18BE500F8E1"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>trafficking
methods, such as use of false documentation and front companies registered
under flags of convenience;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H292187834A1245C7A0942B27089B3952"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the attempted illicit transfer was
successful; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD656FFD0E3624E92AEACE4B520C640FC"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any administrative or criminal enforcement
actions taken by the United States and any other government in relation to the
attempted illicit transfer;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HBD57667CBCC34DDDB1DE1E51404265DF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
thorough evaluation of the Blue Lantern Program, including the adequacy of
current staffing and funding levels;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8FEAB4CA42C94EC3B79AFA6A86B2DCCF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a
detailed analysis of licensing exemptions and their successful exploitation by
unauthorized end-users; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H61D68C99F4D34E66BA373E8DC8F132B5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an
examination of the extent to which the increased tendency toward outsourcing
and off-shoring of defense production harm United States national security and
weaken the defense industrial base, including direct and indirect impact on
employment, and formulate policies to address these trends as well as the
policy of some United States trading partners to require offsets for major
sales of defense articles; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H870D5E2131B34847BDB272EE4EE816EF"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the extent to which export control
policies and practices under the Arms Export Control Act promote the protection
of basic human rights.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFE722B882D3B40E18CD7DC15BAB40F93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Congressional
briefings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall
provide periodic briefings to the appropriate congressional committees on the
progress of the review and assessment conducted under subsection (a). The
requirement to provide congressional briefings under this subsection shall
terminate on the date on which the President transmits to the appropriate
congressional committees the report required under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H929ECDB438304EA6B902025F9E907847"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate
congressional committees and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report that
contains the results of the review and assessment conducted under subsection
(a). The report required by this subsection shall contain a certification that
the requirement of subsection (a)(2)(C) has been met, or if the requirement has
not been met, the reasons therefor. The report required by this subsection
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex, if
necessary.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8A69B0BF65B460BACE14841586544DB"><enum>804.</enum><header>Performance
goals for processing of applications for licenses to export items on United
States Munitions List</header>
<subsection id="HCCEA6CD482584F8F9439B4B183F09A9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State, acting through the head of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of
the Department of State, shall establish and maintain the following
goals:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCE64A3FEDAD14862A33D5E532994A94D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The processing time for review of each
application for a license to export items on the United States Munitions List
(other than a Manufacturing License Agreement) shall be not more than 60 days
from the date of receipt of the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC281D6F47564B0A9C4BC0AA373BAB22"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The processing time for review of each
application for a commodity jurisdiction determination shall be not more than
60 days from the date of receipt of the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H036BB790F0754A4A95A7E9A69379C36E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of applications described
in paragraph (1) that are unprocessed shall be not more than 7 percent of the
total number of such applications submitted in the preceding calendar
year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4E4CF6EF9EEE44479B8A0FF8DF690751"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
review</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H051CDF94A5054D23A7ACAE78E449506B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an application described in paragraph
(1) or (2) of subsection (a) is not processed within the time period described
in the respective paragraph of such subsection, then the Managing Director of
the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls or the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Defense Trade and Regional Security of the Department of State, as appropriate,
shall review the status of the application to determine if further action is
required to process the application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF75353D551B4293B424C07C789BFD0B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an application described in paragraph
(1) or (2) of subsection (a) is not processed within 90 days from the date of
receipt of the application, then the Assistant Secretary for Political-Military
Affairs of the Department of State shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2D00E3F1B28941CBA0CAA76168AE4E12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review the status of the application
to determine if further action is required to process the application;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FFA416E4EA44425841D1BB227D03E1B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a notification of the review conducted under
subparagraph (A), including a description of the application, the reason for
delay in processing the application, and a proposal for further action to
process the application.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H71D8A6267CD743A190C67A61DF030BC8" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each calendar year, the Managing
Director of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls shall review not less
than 2 percent of the total number of applications described in paragraphs (1)
and (2) of subsection (a) to ensure that the processing of such applications,
including decisions to approve, deny, or return without action, is consistent
with both policy and regulatory requirements of the Department of State.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA6A9178550D34E06979B847AD028A0C7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Statements of
policy</header>
<paragraph id="H2655F0F6E4C04B589A8482E7F6C09389"><enum>(1)</enum><header>United States
allies</header><text>Congress states that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H75A9B4B567534C98B1448A9ACB150D75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>it shall be the
policy of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State
to ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, the processing time for
review of applications described in subsection (a)(1) to export items that are
not subject to the requirements of section 36 (b) or (c) of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776 (b) or (c)) to United States allies in direct
support of combat operations or peacekeeping or humanitarian operations with
United States Armed Forces is not more than 7 days from the date of receipt of
the application; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6E0F8F885C324B25933A78036E118A5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">it shall be the goal, as appropriate, of
the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls to ensure that, to the maximum extent
practicable, the processing time for review of applications described in
subsection (a)(1) to export items that are not subject to the requirements of
section 36 (b) or (c) of the Arms Export Control Act to government security
agencies of United States NATO allies, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South
Korea, Israel, and, as appropriate, other major non-NATO allies for any purpose
other than the purpose described in paragraph (1) is not more than 30 days from
the date of receipt of the application.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFCF45128F7444EEF954E24F304FE4492"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority for
applications for export of U.S.-origin equipment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In meeting the goals established by this
section, it shall be the policy of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of
the Department of State to prioritize the processing of applications for
licenses and agreements necessary for the export of United States-origin
equipment over applications for Manufacturing License Agreements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H403CD9FB02B341E989111DCFC1DF0652"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2011, and
December 31, 2012, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that contains a detailed description
of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB9A31A308D664FE087C921D3F3164520"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB5C194579A47409FA0F9E9C745573D3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the average processing
time for and number of applications described in subsection (a)(1) to—</text>
<clause id="H48822D6EF7554421830EF29EF78360C4" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>United States NATO allies,
Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and Israel;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF6ADCE138859419DBFBB1C977EF76CC1" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other major non-NATO allies;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A08CBD552074005A58DEE9F07EBC851" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>all other countries; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86EAE39E4E1D41B5AEFA22D9D56D74C6" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, the average
processing time for and number of applications described in subsection (b)(1)
by item category;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7F41BCDD7049417D88160D567F2D502B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average processing time for and number
of applications described in subsection (a)(2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H45FA45ADD8EB43AC95D777BA5E5EBBC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average processing time for and number
of applications for agreements described in part 124 of title 22, Code of
Federal Regulations (relating to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations
(other than Manufacturing License Agreements));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07FAB92DDEE9436F89D4739C5145469B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the average
processing times for applications for Manufacturing License Agreements;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H274DEBF4F679498CA6D43F5C197A05F2"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any management decisions of the Directorate
of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State that have been made in
response to data contained in paragraphs (1) through (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE16EBA852908485E9F13711DA72AB5AB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any advances in
technology that will allow the time-frames described in subsection (a)(1) to be
substantially reduced.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H780623C3F7CE4316A623E778F99405B2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Congressional
briefings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, at the end of
any month beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the total
number of applications described in subsection (a)(1) that are unprocessed is
more than 7 percent of the total number of such applications submitted in the
preceding calendar year, then the Secretary of State, acting through the Under
Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, the Assistant Secretary
for Political-Military Affairs, or the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense
Trade and Regional Security of the Department of State, as appropriate, shall
brief the appropriate congressional committees on such matters and the
corrective measures that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls will take to
comply with the requirements of subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H844C4BE9CC9A411BAEB02E0C5B00BD4E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Transparency of
commodity jurisdiction determinations</header>
<paragraph id="H0377F3A68BC747AE911C66E5D7955CA6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Declaration of
policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress declares that
the complete confidentiality surrounding several hundred commodity jurisdiction
determinations made each year by the Department of State pursuant to the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations is not necessary to protect
legitimate proprietary interests of persons or their prices and customers, is
not in the best security and foreign policy interests of the United States, is
inconsistent with the need to ensure a level playing field for United States
exporters, and detracts from United States efforts to promote greater
transparency and responsibility by other countries in their export control
systems.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H184D2FC32D6342EC99427C8EBFBC3A97"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Publication on
Internet Website</header><text>The Secretary of State shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9897E325AC1243A89B14D9B44AC41808"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon making a commodity jurisdiction
determination referred to in paragraph (1) publish on the Internet website of
the Department of State not later than 30 days after the date of the
determination—</text>
<clause id="HE5D020A6619A49D788ACC4E1D637EC88"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name of the manufacturer of the
item;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF43BB601A0A34C288CA15C409C53167C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a brief general description of the
item;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7D3CA732B5154CD5BD637B047BD89DF1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the model or
part number of the item; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H235EA9D2B581479AB47605B326E7419F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States Munitions List
designation under which the item has been designated, except that—</text>
<subclause id="H1D35E8F5181945EDA92F879B442CB84B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the name of the
person or business organization that sought the commodity jurisdiction
determination shall not be published if the person or business organization is
not the manufacturer of the item; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7A315065C5534D74A47E87778A25B164"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the names of the customers, the price of
the item, and any proprietary information relating to the item indicated by the
person or business organization that sought the commodity jurisdiction
determination shall not be published; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBBB8A3C95F354D778F230BCE03E19C4E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain on the Internet website of the
Department of State an archive, that is accessible to the general public and
other departments and agencies of the United States, of the information
published under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H443A474C0E0746F18015765B266E0088"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prohibit the President or Congress from undertaking a thorough review of the
national security and foreign policy implications of a proposed export of items
on the United States Munitions List.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FFA7B136B1242F1A769DC0CA557FFCB"><enum>805.</enum><header>Requirement to
ensure adequate staff and resources for the Directorate of Defense Trade
Controls of the Department of State</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5D9F56BCEA9F475E92F05EA7D5D31CB9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall ensure that
the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State has the
necessary staff and resources to carry out this subtitle and the amendments
made by this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4D9E297FBF7B46508E343063960B5FF3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Minimum number
of licensing officers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
fiscal year 2011 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary of State shall
ensure that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has at least 1 licensing
officer for every 1,250 applications for licenses and other authorizations to
export items on the United States Munitions List by not later than the third
quarter of such fiscal year, based on the number of licenses and other
authorizations expected to be received during such fiscal year. The Secretary
shall ensure that in meeting the requirement of this subsection, the
performance of other functions of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls is
maintained and adequate staff is provided for those functions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA5F2E20CEFDE4876940CE4C60A4A9CE3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Minimum number
of staff for commodity jurisdiction determinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For
each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2012, the Secretary of State shall ensure
that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has, to the extent practicable,
not less than three individuals assigned to review applications for commodity
jurisdiction determinations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HECB34D669E8D4CEF8EDC67A5238BD027"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enforcement
resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with
section 127.4 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement is authorized to investigate violations of the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations on behalf of the Directorate of
Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State. The Secretary of State shall
ensure that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has adequate staffing for
enforcement of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1EF2AEE65679476A84D68F06D7D6F958"><enum>806.</enum><header>Audit by
Inspector General of the Department of State</header>
<subsection id="H5BF9D35E70404E36A7588332AFCE289C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Audit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the end of each of the
fiscal years 2011 and 2012, the Inspector General of the Department of State
shall conduct an independent audit to determine the extent to which the
Department of State is meeting the requirements of sections 804 and 805.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9ED8175E879E4680A8CD23D1887E3209"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report that contains the result of each audit conducted under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H51AA886A3A2E4F2E802A167ADEDFEE76" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>807.</enum><header>Increased
flexibility for use of defense trade controls registration fees</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H950BACE15F2B4F34BAC7E68550934EAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 45 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2717) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA0D49F7EC7D1403FB58CDC431E89F3B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6C2C3AFDEBAD4271A8843BA602A6CACA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>For</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In
general</header-in-text>.—For</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H58E52A5A9BD64B85B32B2122EEF93698"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Office</quote> and inserting <quote>Directorate</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA4C5752F6DD44B5B83F85A9E02299722"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending the
second sentence to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD325808E0B4F4A2284DE640D4B449B8B" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HE6B3568731CE44378676EBEDE11B7AB6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees credited to the
account referred to in subsection (a) shall be available only for payment of
expenses incurred for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H83E63B82852C4C9EA7D943525D32DCAD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>management,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H60EC2F1FB5E44334A3B58BD42D3E339A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>licensing (in
order to meet the requirements of section 805 of the
<short-title>Defense Trade Controls Performance
Improvement Act of 2009</short-title> (relating to adequate staff and resources
of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls)),</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB149CAF31C6A47EF92A8740372BC0C15"><enum>(3)</enum><text>compliance,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5B2C6FE51C3A4C51AFC6AB5E224DF0C5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>policy activities,
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H59DABA3DE8A34235BB22DAC195410B86"><enum>(5)</enum><text>facilities,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">of defense trade controls
functions.</continuation-text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H70B17112F3C040F7A89121544B7239EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7582271186947759157B5C4DE4D85FE" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H05F07C60210046019B893998311D88F9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Allocation of
fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In allocating fees for
payment of expenses described in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall
accord the highest priority to payment of expenses incurred for personnel and
equipment of the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, including payment of
expenses incurred to meet the requirements of section 805 of the Defense Trade
Controls Performance Improvement Act of
2009.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFCFCBC63FCB94E0887595FD9BCB5638D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 38(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2778(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1DDD5F0480A54DC3BEC1A59020E8FCF3"><enum>808.</enum><header>Review of
International Traffic in Arms Regulations and United States Munitions
List</header>
<subsection id="HEE8CE311AD4241B592851013BCB488ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State, in coordination with the heads of other relevant departments and
agencies of the United States Government, shall review, with the assistance of
United States manufacturers and other interested parties described in section
811(2) of this Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the
United States Munitions List to determine those technologies and goods that
warrant different or additional controls.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8997DE498DFB4E68BB41349508FAE862"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conduct of
review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the
review required under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall review not
less than 20 percent of the technologies and goods on the International Traffic
in Arms Regulations and the United States Munitions List in each calendar year
so that for the 5-year period beginning with calendar year 2010, and for each
subsequent 5-year period, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the
United States Munitions List will be reviewed in their entirety.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HEBBAE2881C8E484BBBA7E401FE0076AE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees and the Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate an
annual report on the results of the review carried out under this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0EA09F987394335B5CE07AC37920EFE"><enum>809.</enum><header>Special
licensing authorization for certain exports to NATO member states, Australia,
Japan, New Zealand, Israel, and South Korea</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H858A7046ED5248A1AD29FF7BCE118A97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2778) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09426F3AC8D6472B89216421CD6DC2FF" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H4FFFADD0CD8C43278C117AA3E55367A7"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Special
licensing authorization for certain exports to NATO member states, Australia,
Japan, New Zealand, Israel, and South Korea</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0FE4669B12A54775813BC348F7991429"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA814BDA7797D498FA3DAA959A18A35C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The President may
provide for special licensing authorization for exports of United
States-manufactured spare and replacement parts or components listed in an
application for such special licensing authorization in connection with defense
items previously exported to NATO member states, Australia, Japan, New Zealand,
Israel, and South Korea. A special licensing authorization issued pursuant to
this clause shall be effective for a period not to exceed 5 years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3C1FA04C2DD24FC9A9EF0BDEA0D1E67C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
authorization may be issued under subparagraph (A) only if the applicable
government of the country described in subparagraph (A), acting through the
applicant for the authorization, certifies that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H33DE63B554794A35AF6D76121A9E0FC2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the export of spare and replacement parts
or components supports a defense item previously lawfully exported;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HEAEBFA254BDA4CBDAD5853A884D6DCC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the spare and replacement parts or
components will be transferred to a defense agency of a country described in
subparagraph (A) that is a previously approved end-user of the defense items
and not to a distributor or a foreign consignee of such defense items;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H598F36BA7A1941A6A5B6683C31D5AC67"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the spare and replacement parts or
components will not to be used to materially enhance, optimize, or otherwise
modify or upgrade the capability of the defense items;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H66E578D230084478A6E9A573EB546180"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the spare and replacement parts or
components relate to a defense item that is owned, operated, and in the
inventory of the armed forces a country described in subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H635E9D69D03349E5B260D58D10E0A156"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the export of spare and replacement parts
or components will be effected using the freight forwarder designated by the
purchasing country’s diplomatic mission as responsible for handling transfers
under chapter 2 of this Act as required under regulations; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H8EF3E8055F9A4E2E8DB63B3CBFCCAFFC"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the spare and replacement parts or
components to be exported under the special licensing authorization are
specifically identified in the application.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93D0B5A1D77E46B793BB3B5201DB9CCD" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An authorization may not be issued
under subparagraph (A) for purposes of establishing offshore procurement
arrangements or producing defense articles offshore.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E0AF44D88414624B2CF6681720AF08F" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB739DDEC93874595823AEB4DC81411D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For purposes of this
subsection, the term <term>United States-manufactured spare and replacement
parts or components</term> means spare and replacement parts or
components—</text>
<subclause id="H8314AFF9AC6F4E88A5B5982328448E50" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with respect to which—</text>
<item id="H57F661F686DC4997BBE49FD3530C2E9F"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>United States-origin content costs
constitute at least 85 percent of the total content costs;</text>
</item><item id="H00197D4A6DFC441484C044A7AE162B32"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>United States manufacturing costs
constitute at least 85 percent of the total manufacturing costs; and</text>
</item><item id="HE324523D1EA3400B96DCE14376892991"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>foreign content, if any, is limited to
content from countries eligible to receive exports of items on the United
States Munitions List under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations
(other than de minimis foreign content);</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H03F7E5C96F9241DBA8FE1718EDDBE987" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that were last substantially
transformed in the United States; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC736845D18D34BA4BF1E0C116F973E33" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>that are not—</text>
<item id="H98243100E0B0428F947A73D624A995F1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>classified as significant military
equipment; or</text>
</item><item id="H1BF8FC141142467C85CA4F336615907E"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>listed on the Missile Technology Control
Regime Annex.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="HDDD901F7497D459DBCD44090B64F5FBA" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For purposes of clause (i)(I) (aa)
and (bb), the costs of non-United States-origin content shall be determined
using the final price or final cost associated with the non-United
States-origin content.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A95204CD36F4FEAA47007A33124A21D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inapplicability
provisions</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAE21B0D6FC9C4D92BA6255CB55C10092"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The provisions of this
subsection shall not apply with respect to re-exports or re-transfers of spare
and replacement parts or components and related services of defense items
described in paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE41D1786C0514870B0BDC85382450577" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The congressional notification requirements
contained in section 36(c) of this Act shall not apply with respect to an
authorization issued under paragraph
(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H69719531A6B34CBC92DB4BE678ADA662"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The President shall issue regulations to implement
amendments made by subsection (a) not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7AE9969E4484D2B8EE233846EBA0236"><enum>810.</enum><header>Availability of
information on the status of license applications under chapter 3 of the Arms
Export Control Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 3
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2771 et seq.) is amended by inserting
after section 38 the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F21FDDBF22C4CD59FBA7EF42A162310" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="HE128208180EB411CBB778D67881AAC74"><enum>38A.</enum><header>Availability of
information on the status of license applications under this chapter</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2E24803F8DAA4CE89088D4D9ED1AAE38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of the Defense Trade Controls
Performance Improvement Act of 2009, the President shall make available to
persons who have pending license applications under this chapter and the
committees of jurisdiction the ability to access electronically current
information on the status of each license application required to be submitted
under this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC2839BC883A04756B2D1E0EC298F9908"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters To be
included</header><text>The information referred to in subsection (a) shall be
limited to the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H4F7C692897494219BCF35E15069FF4B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The case number of
the license application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB4C40260AF474F3188B9C5C451A1E89B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The date on which
the license application is received by the Department of State and becomes an
<quote>open application</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H337EAB7B452F4CB39FBD7DBA0E154AE0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The date on which
the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls makes a determination with respect to
the license application or transmits it for interagency review, if
required.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H24DD7ED1C56647BCBB3A3969D03A5256"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The date on which the interagency review
process for the license application is completed, if such a review process is
required.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3ED4BD84D80C44C2B9726A6118801976"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The date on which
the Department of State begins consultations with the congressional committees
of jurisdiction with respect to the license application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H54E10B31C48E4DA2B416E50EF63377CE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The date on which
the license application is sent to the congressional committees of
jurisdiction.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="HD55EF0F7E7BB4FCE8F6C6AC03094F70F"><enum>811.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA6C040192BC34E93B032341BCC7B2CA3"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0BB4303AC7DB461B838F0F62D968968D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the advice provided to
the Secretary of State by the Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG) supports the
regulation of defense trade and helps ensure that United States national
security and foreign policy interests continue to be protected and advanced
while helping to reduce unnecessary impediments to legitimate exports in order
to support the defense requirements of United States friends and allies;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B411563543C4DBDB033D1F3922F88B4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>therefore, the Secretary of State
should share significant planned rules and policy shifts with DTAG for comment;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H82C6C225528645E89A750A2DA51848FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recognizing the
constraints imposed on the Department of State by the nature of a voluntary
organization such as DTAG, the Secretary of State is encouraged to ensure that
members of DTAG are drawn from a representative cross-section of subject matter
experts from the United States defense industry, relevant trade and labor
associations, academic, and foundation personnel.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H705D137AA5984F64B5F429C7938664FA"><enum>812.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2369D85F853E4E66986D543D9636033C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>International
traffic in arms regulations; ITAR</header><text>The term <term>International
Traffic in Arms Regulations</term> or <term>ITAR</term> means those regulations
contained in parts 120 through 130 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations (or
successor regulations).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB51CD87040C84D659BBB1558C95B8EB0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Major non-NATO
ally</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>major
non-NATO ally</term> means a country that is designated in accordance with
section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k) as a major
non-NATO ally for purposes of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq.) and the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3617501A7744095853DE7797013A5BC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Manufacturing
license agreement</header><text>The term <quote>Manufacturing License
Agreement</quote> means an agreement described in section 120.21 of title 22,
Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8864C434D1D0400C91F0C4CA3C8A0E46"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Missile
technology control regime; MTCR</header><text>The term <term>Missile Technology
Control Regime</term> or <term>MTCR</term> has the meaning given the term in
section 11B(c)(2) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
2401b(c)(2)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H98779E258A864F23978594E10ED420BF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Missile
technology control regime annex; MTCR annex</header><text>The term
<term>Missile Technology Control Regime Annex</term> or <term>MTCR Annex</term>
has the meaning given the term in section 11B(c)(4) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401b(c)(4)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H58E64C19E3E948B6B59EF10AF87CA83D"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Offsets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>offsets</term> includes
compensation practices required of purchase in either government-to-government
or commercial sales of defense articles or defense services under the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) and the International Traffic in
Arms Regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9B2A1D6C70C74F748E9B419F1A855B8B"><enum>(7)</enum><header>United States
Munitions List; USML</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>United States Munitions List</term> or <term>USML</term> means the list
referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2778(a)(1)).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB7EB1CEF31464E469A4AA241360C0343"><enum>813.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 101, there are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010
and 2011 to carry out this subtitle and the amendments made by this
subtitle.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H1B002777DC9E4B26853050EC356CCDC7"><enum>B</enum><header>Provisions
Relating to Export Licenses</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EA0B11BE1AC4E719D2AD82C9BF57D8D"><enum>821.</enum><header>Availability to
Congress of Presidential directives regarding United States arms export
policies, practices, and regulations</header>
<subsection id="HE2F953123A3847648C5A59AC468B1E57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall
make available to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate the text
of each Presidential directive regarding United States export policies,
practices, and regulations relating to the implementation of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) not later than 15 days after the date on
which the directive has been signed or authorized by the President.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4CC354B016C342B592D88861CF148914"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transition
provision</header><text>Each Presidential directive described in subsection (a)
that is signed or authorized by the President on or after January 1, 2009, and
before the date of the enactment of this Act shall be made available to the
congressional committees specified in subsection (a) not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H24A44B2DC7F6459BB8FA8D7EBC8E560C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, each
Presidential directive described in subsection (a) shall be made available to
the congressional committees specified in subsection (a) on an unclassified
basis.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F09A15A7DB04B2387F1A74C95D6802A"><enum>822.</enum><header>Increase in
value of defense articles and services for congressional review and expediting
congressional review for Israel</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE46742CA465C481B84B6739F6274B941"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foreign military
sales</header>
<paragraph id="HA2D0AFC9B36F4DEA923C6C2B7364B520"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2776(b)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H22401BEAF8DB44F6B8A962AB1DD8960F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H2EEA31E58E554CAEB0168ADAEBCCA0DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$100,000,000</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6F010CFBAA7D44CC8F4F82349DBAE7E2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>$200,000,000</quote> and inserting
<quote>$300,000,000</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6816FA0A3FBB41019EF37D38DF72D5B7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>$14,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9806E9E1615C4516976DFA3C3B6B87C0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>The letter of offer shall not be issued</quote> and all that
follows through <quote>enacts a joint resolution</quote> and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7AA48CE8EBE04739B31F0B072A539ADE" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAC89CF23DA2D4A3FABB38A9973623582"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The letter of offer shall not be
issued—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21F2EEAA9DC444D0A87D202BAE0D8F8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to a
proposed sale of any defense articles or defense services under this Act for
$200,000,000 or more, any design and construction services for $300,000,000 or
more, or any major defense equipment for $75,000,000 or more, to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), any member country of NATO, Japan,
Australia, the Republic of Korea, Israel, or New Zealand, if Congress, within
15 calendar days after receiving such certification, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB86720F349524427A7DE1706F6CE5A85"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to a
proposed sale of any defense articles or services under this Act for
$100,000,000 or more, any design and construction services for $200,000,000 or
more, or any major defense equipment for $50,000,000 or more, to any other
country or organization, if Congress, within 30 calendar days after receiving
such certification,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">enacts a
joint resolution</continuation-text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC13B673474FD4FD794B1CDE93DC65807"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) through (6) as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H50DCA400C6B944E58B829E89B7610215"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5971B57EC2C14DB7A58A9F0B14BB5A42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<clause id="H8E8947DD9DAD434FB50AA463A33A7571"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (6)(C), as redesignated, by striking <quote>Subject to paragraph (6),
if</quote> and inserting <quote>If</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H47106841FC5F4B76BFE3EF15993382E3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking paragraph (7), as redesignated; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC961D88333341EA9884AA375ED0F404"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(4), by striking <quote>subsection (b)(5)</quote> each place it appears and
inserting <quote>subsection (b)(6)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4CDDF4FE157048588027C5E9EDC61C65"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Commercial
sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 36(c) of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1D805D7A4161432B843CA2172AE979EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H40C3AAD9558F46CB82C53C40A43CA1C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Subject to paragraph (5), in</quote> and inserting
<quote>In</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB488B6ADDDD74CC0856D1692E98A7E53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$14,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A968F2718434AD9A0511FF24308B9BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDB0AF40F113845D0B54172FEFA8D4166"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83033D70CDD6487E94862E70A58DC55A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="H4DB1F729651644FAAB338C02AFF5BBFA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting after <quote>for an export</quote> the following: “of any major
defense equipment sold under a contract in the amount of $75,000,000 or more or
of defense articles or defense services sold under a contract in the amount of
$200,000,000 or more, (or, in the case of a defense article that is a firearm
controlled under category I of the United States Munitions List, $1,000,000 or
more)”; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H49A6F0025DC345C3BA6E07DF2957BE1B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Organization,</quote> and inserting <quote>Organization
(NATO),</quote> and by further striking <quote>that Organization</quote> and
inserting <quote>NATO</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD2529B9E77CB41E38A8C56D9CDD21020"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by inserting after
“license” the following: “for an export of any major defense equipment sold
under a contract in the amount of $50,000,000 or more or of defense articles or
defense services sold under a contract in the amount of $100,000,000 or more,
(or, in the case of a defense article that is a firearm controlled under
category I of the United States Munitions List, $1,000,000 or more)”;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4CB57615D8CF424CA93FBE5790635E8D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6C5EAB7BB0F04F908B18B50000F158A5"><enum>823.</enum><header>Diplomatic
efforts to strengthen national and international arms export controls</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC310D1CE384B4CB3BFA51E778F0A8826"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the President should redouble United States diplomatic efforts to
strengthen national and international arms export controls by establishing a
senior-level initiative to ensure that those arms export controls are
comparable to and supportive of United States arms export controls,
particularly with respect to countries of concern to the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1AECF8E16D1448B9BDBABB7292DE6B3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 4 years, the President
shall transmit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report
on United States diplomatic efforts described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC540C704A52F4E1FAFE5F12130F2454B"><enum>824.</enum><header>Reporting
requirement for unlicensed exports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 655(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2415(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF0B5768F5AC74130ADA44A872C215B66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BD51C8052BD4E96AB4D0AC0D0544232"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD16406B8228149BA83464F39E8601160"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H68D0DEBA432F47BFBD492ACA1696F5D2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC86943137A6F4EE2870F50581E1E932D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>were exported
without a license under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2778) pursuant to an exemption established under the International Traffic in
Arms Regulations, other than defense articles exported in furtherance of a
letter of offer and acceptance under the Foreign Military Sales program or a
technical assistance or manufacturing license agreement, including the specific
exemption provision in the regulation under which the export was
made.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H22FCB659CF9B4C83B7509BF5E8392672"><enum>825.</enum><header>Report on value
of major defense equipment and defense articles exported under section 38 of
the Arms Export Control Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B11995559C9466F94DE1A7498EF99A2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD8764C959BE048E1ADB327459E8F9CD9"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="HF7550618B5354DAE804FC007EA6E4715"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall
transmit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that contains a
detailed listing, by country and by international organization, of the total
dollar value of major defense equipment and defense articles exported pursuant
to licenses authorized under this section for the previous fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2C21D49D43849649DC4ADA128504DCF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion in
annual budget</header><text>The report required by this subsection shall be
included in the supporting information of the annual budget of the United
States Government required to be submitted to Congress under section 1105 of
title 31, United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="HFFE3F3F1D7B5476BA77D52B65D68520E"><enum>826.</enum><header>Authority to
remove satellites and related components from the United States Munitions
List</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H99D48E23B8534201B43421D333EEE721"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Except
as provided in subsection (b) and subject to subsection (d), the President is
authorized to remove satellites and related components from the United States
Munitions List, consistent with the procedures in section 38(f) of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA87EBDA461354E0CB8879796B7D4D2F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
authority of subsection (a) may not be exercised with respect to any satellite
or related component that may, directly or indirectly, be transferred to, or
launched into outer space by, the People’s Republic of China.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6E50FCFBD7CC4D8AA2D8CB28AA136E5F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>United States
Munitions List</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <term>United States Munitions List</term> means the list
referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2778(a)(1)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8B52B183478E498A8B5863141E7E8E32"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The President may not exercise the authority provided in
this section before the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1C9343994E13422882AAE2D546BC6AF2"><enum>827.</enum><header>Review and
report of investigations of violations of section 3 of the Arms Export Control
Act</header>
<subsection id="H0C9899B23F0341318E78DC94013D5C99"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General of the Department of
State shall conduct a review of investigations by the Department of State
during each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 of any and all possible
violations of section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753) with
respect to misuse of United States-origin defense items to determine whether
the Department of State has fully complied with the requirements of such
section, as well as its own internal procedures (and whether such procedures
are adequate), for reporting to Congress any information regarding the unlawful
use or transfer of United States-origin defense articles, defense services, and
technology by foreign countries, as required by such section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7980161EFBFE4599A190428A663C3C7B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General of the Department of
State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate for each
of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 a report that contains the findings and
results of the review conducted under subsection (a). The report shall be
submitted in unclassified form to the maximum extent possible, but may include
a classified annex.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4CA06C429FD949BCB42D87A31886A129"><enum>828.</enum><header>Report on
self-financing options for export licensing functions of DDTC of the Department
of State</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on possible
mechanisms to place the export licensing functions of the Directorate of
Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State on a 100 percent
self-financing basis.</text>
</section><section id="HDD974729D7A54FCE82122B2A3CE09C5B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>829.</enum><header>Clarification of
certification requirement relating to Israel’s qualitative military
edge</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 36(h)(1) of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(h)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>a
determination</quote> and inserting <quote>an unclassified
determination</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H94820FC31CC14107B4B8EA353EA87BF9"><enum>830.</enum><header>Expediting
congressional defense export review period for Israel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751
et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H02E018E76F5C477BBE5AD660663C6E9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in sections
3(d)(2)(B), 3(d)(3)(A)(i), 3(d)(5), 21(e)(2)(A), 36(b)(2), 36(c)(2)(A),
36(d)(2)(A), 62(c)(1), and 63(a)(2) by inserting “Israel,” before “or New
Zealand”; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0FE15DCB053B4ACAADBEB62917B79C87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
3(b)(2), by inserting <quote>the Government of Israel,</quote> before <quote>or
the Government of New Zealand</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0D8B52D79FEB429C954F709DE8A026DC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>831.</enum><header>Updating and
conforming penalties for violations of sections 38 and 39 of the Arms Export
Control Act</header>
<subsection id="H6A8F6B4255174952973AD3D49737DCAB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 38(c) of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(c)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA00F728A21747C186BCB45CA4F5D653" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0BF4F049440C44C398003854C48D677C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Violations of
this section and section 39</header>
<paragraph id="H2EB912D166394D5A8F6D35DCED163128"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Unlawful
acts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be unlawful for
any person to violate, attempt to violate, conspire to violate, or cause a
violation of any provision of this section or section 39, or any rule or
regulation issued under either section, or who, in a registration or license
application or required report, makes any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2D0A5FCB70A43E98A12B15BC3588F3D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil
penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person who
commits an unlawful act described in paragraph (1) shall upon conviction be
fined for each violation in an amount not to exceed the greater of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8665E649B1DB4733BE9203916FB674C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$250,000;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H986E003F55B3430C8FECBE66ACC2CF0E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an amount that is
twice the amount of the transaction that is the basis of the violation with
respect to which the penalty is imposed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H076E3D3684394354A9750A903B421094"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Criminal
penalties</header><text>A person who willfully commits an unlawful act
described in paragraph (1) shall upon conviction—</text>
<subparagraph id="H478C05631837450BAA858C2ED273C148"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be fined for each
violation in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1ADB651CE4474B209EA9BD45DFB2FEB8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a
natural person, imprisoned for not more than 20 years,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">or
both.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H592FC16F43F643F4BF7817DEC62E6634"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mechanisms To
identify violators</header><text>Section 38(g) of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2778(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE05BCB7833EE4EC19312073620074BF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H89B0F7F29224420C94F0297B54FC81F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="H4B13062BE3A04F39A6F6C66CF273FD7D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>or otherwise
charged</quote> after <quote>indictment</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC87B3EAAF403479983A03F9A59CBEB2C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (xi), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H14FC7448D5B6432D9A1B37356B6A9A6A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2A97B8FD98E479EBA8AEC0FC71D5CD6" style="OLC">
<clause id="HE9E4A3C7F2B94E30B467ED02976A2957" indent="up1"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>section 542 of title 18, United
States Code, relating to entry of goods by means of false statements;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEF3A04DEA731403598B815969136C86A" indent="up1"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 554 of title 18, United States
Code, relating to smuggling goods from the United States; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HAA01CCE3E60845CDA9AA977A6C7A602D" indent="up1"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>section 1831 of title 18, United
States Code, relating to economic
espionage.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B36412FE90E41D3987318937F2D6275"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>or
otherwise charged</quote> after <quote>indictment</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD705B354AB1347BA8A68D644A705237E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting <quote>or
otherwise charged</quote> after <quote>indictment</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H88EEC8B44125407682FD9D58CD8CEFC6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to
violations of sections 38 and 39 of the Arms Export Control Act committed on or
after that date.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HE6A4840478E0453D90D4DFB512AC3EE1"><enum>C</enum><header>Miscellaneous
provisions</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19D37E280BE344778A185B246F86FEFC"><enum>841.</enum><header>Authority to
build the capacity of foreign military forces</header>
<subsection id="HBFAD194359974CC89CCFAA2AD6B89D45"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The
Secretary of State is authorized to conduct a program to respond to
contingencies in foreign countries or regions by providing training,
procurement, and capacity-building of a foreign country’s national military
forces and dedicated counter-terrorism forces in order for that country
to—</text>
<paragraph id="HE8839BE2A5AF47799F9FCDE626D2DCD9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct
counterterrorist operations; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5F7FD7D5965243DBA131A89F777654AD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>participate in or
support military and stability operations in which the United States is a
participant.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H61A77B4A64DB4EF585B0AC27BA9B516F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Types of
capacity-building</header><text>The program authorized under subsection (a) may
include the provision of equipment, supplies, and training.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9742BF68210A4D12BEDF21004F0DCD20"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4FD1B08383B84E6D938E09D8716C20AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance
otherwise prohibited by law</header><text>The Secretary of State may not use
the authority in subsection (a) to provide any type of assistance described in
subsection (b) that is otherwise prohibited by any provision of law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE99AF4C5AA9D48989C072F96378CC9E5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on
eligible countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary of State may not use the authority in subsection (a) to provide
assistance described in subsection (b) to any foreign country that is otherwise
prohibited from receiving such type of assistance under any other provision of
law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H64CF993F5EF54DA697DCA4DC9A2F54BC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Formulation and
execution of activities</header><text>The Secretary of State shall consult with
the head of any other appropriate department or agency in the formulation and
execution of the program authorized under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA861B742F54F4C9AA33900B28A708A31"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Congressional
notification</header>
<paragraph id="H43D8F3D1BF0E4CC58212F74A6267208F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Activities in a
country</header><text>Not less than 15 days before obligating funds for
activities in any country under the program authorized under subsection (a),
the Secretary of State shall submit to the congressional committees specified
in paragraph (2) a notice of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE89A60809A074BA49B7276CC81385BE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The country whose
capacity to engage in activities in subsection (a) will be assisted.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D3DC1BF4CEB4F59B4DCE96C2E03003B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The budget,
implementation timeline with milestones, and completion date for completing the
activities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H25181DCE171D47DB8AABC50123EF3C3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specified
congressional committees</header><text>The congressional committees specified
in this paragraph are the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3462CCE9593B4BD7AA974A9883FCA83A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Committee on
Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3107A45DE36F4FD1B5BD1D100865D517"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D29B701435E407BB836B007E7094967"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H441C8DD99122408FA75627247FEC9391"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 2010 and 2011 to conduct the program authorized by subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA73EAD32C67F44B3B89C55DC9B972995"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of FMF
funds</header><text>The Secretary of State may use up to $25,000,000 of funds
available under the Foreign Military Financing program for each of the fiscal
years 2010 and 2011 to conduct the program authorized under subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5188611A05C4DDA938230830B8E64F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability and
reference</header><text>Amounts made available to conduct the program
authorized under subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C7F2EEAD73245A2A4BAA8001BAF1E3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are authorized to
remain available until expended; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD268606A56F1459EA7CA21C6DA9A5857"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be referred to
as the <quote>Security Assistance Contingency Fund</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC28C1BE4A8844EBDBA67F472D77F199C"><enum>842.</enum><header>Foreign
Military Sales Stockpile Fund</header>
<subsection id="H03FE28B67C29466ABB62A4E7F032331C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 51(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2795(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H20C9D3C755AC4A7BBBAAF2F411591906"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>Special Defense Acquisition Fund</quote> and inserting
<quote>Foreign Military Sales Stockpile Fund</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB31BEA05666B4798AFA6B44AFEF7BCE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by inserting <quote>building the capacity of recipient countries and</quote>
before <quote>narcotics control purposes</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H44B421AD9DD143C1892723AEDACFBB2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents of
Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 51(b) of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC6DD0E3D385F46E7AA75B14A979AB2D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD34F103488314A3F8E793786F6BCA1BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6B8BFA9593444D5903BCFA990EBA75C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EDC2E7EBD694C12A92149C5BD652FFC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAD654A290DDE440E98D42971F9661FD0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collections from leases made pursuant to
section 61 of this
Act,</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA4829E00F3DA45F3BCED49F25CF7B7F0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H61535F4B22D147EF94E49738FFE7E419"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading of section 51 of the Arms
Export Control Act is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" other-style="traditional-inline" style="traditional">special
defense acquisition fund</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" other-style="traditional-inline" style="traditional">foreign military sales stockpile
fund</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA114C6CA3D454697886B9D81B0AD8481" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The heading of chapter 5 of the Arms
Export Control Act is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="traditional">special defense acquisition
fund</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="traditional">foreign military sales stockpile
fund</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA16C046A226844949A0E6B321EA84DB9"><enum>843.</enum><header>Annual estimate
and justification for Foreign Military Sales program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 25(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2765(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>, together with an
indication of which sales and licensed commercial exports</quote> and inserting
<quote>and</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H318419CA349946B084E3D42D942F8E1C"><enum>844.</enum><header>Report on
United States commitments to the security of Israel</header>
<subsection id="HFC112B9F975B4D63A0829AEFE4B761A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial
report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report that contains—</text>
<paragraph id="HFFACF3CAE3C9464684EE7783E5FFF051"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a complete, unedited, and unredacted copy
of each assurance made by United States Government officials to officials of
the Government of Israel regarding Israel’s security and maintenance of
Israel’s qualitative military edge, as well as any other assurance regarding
Israel’s security and maintenance of Israel’s qualitative military edge
provided in conjunction with exports under the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the period beginning on January 1, 1975, and ending
on the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD44ABCEE344447D95F9F43FBE0FC863"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis of the
extent to which, and by what means, each such assurance has been and is
continuing to be fulfilled.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7000FD5AEF934CAF80CD58CDDF370BA8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subsequent
reports</header>
<paragraph id="H0E81E9510AFD45F8A325F5CA598433EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>New assurances
and revisions</header><text>The President shall transmit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that contains the information required under
subsection (a) with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB2B3F38655FF4DE3AE1C3BBF2084AFAB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each assurance
described in subsection (a) made on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7FB2B544E74B4B288F76BC785209517A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>revisions to any
assurance described in subsection (a) or subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">within 15
days of the new assurance or revision being conveyed.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H789059B64225483B82E25A96551EF9CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>5-year
reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 5
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 5 years
thereafter, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report that contains the information required under subsection (a)
with respect to each assurance described in subsection (a) or paragraph (1)(A)
of this subsection and revisions to any assurance described in subsection (a)
or paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection during the preceding 5-year
period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04817BB0F512411682392D5B037BC6CE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report required by this section shall
be transmitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex, if
necessary.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H541859B64DB94FF9A7449F0957D959FD"><enum>845.</enum><header>War Reserves
Stockpile</header>
<subsection id="H1CD6AD5C5F4F43ED897AFC07C90BE0E6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of
defense appropriations act, 2005</header><text>Section 12001(d) of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat.
1011), is amended by striking <quote>4</quote> and inserting
<quote>7</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD0FFADC88D2E4DAE944EA945BD1ADF72"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Foreign
assistance act of 1961</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking
<quote>fiscal years 2007 and 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years
2010 and 2011</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5F50B1B58BD544659BB542501630DDC3"><enum>846.</enum><header>Excess defense
articles for Central and South European countries and certain other
countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 516(e) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAD0F6AA6F8E44A36BBA3B5433DFD8E8C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (2)
and (3)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BAC8753D5644965B0E039B3796C7718"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), in the heading by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Exception</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">General
exception</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB67F2382E5042459FC688EA930F2B70"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3F149870BF945F2B123FACE96456D15" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEEB2127D30EF44799C66F4B519CBCB8A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception for
specific countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal
years 2010 and 2011, the President may provide for the crating, packing,
handling, and transportation of excess defense articles transferred under the
authority of this section to Albania, Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia,
Macedonia, Georgia, India, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, and
Ukraine.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>IX</enum><header>Actions to
Enhance the Merida Initiative</header>
<section id="H20B957A0665049C78AE238BE7BF00B0D"><enum>901.</enum><header>Coordinator of
United States Government activities to implement the Merida Initiative</header>
<subsection id="H1C651F279E4344E99F9835BB06C0251E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of
policy</header><text>Congress declares that the Merida Initiative is a
Department of State-led initiative which combines the programs of numerous
United States Government departments and agencies and therefore requires a
single individual to coordinate and track all Merida Initiative-related efforts
government-wide to avoid duplication, coordinate messaging, and facilitate
accountability to and communication with Congress.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE011C42F9D034CC0A6766AC23373FF5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of
high-level coordinator</header>
<paragraph id="H784E50B13F264FC5B767C19A9432E44D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall designate, within the Department of
State, a Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Implement the
Merida Initiative (hereafter in this section referred to as the
<quote>Coordinator</quote>) who shall be responsible for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H366C2CEDF1224CA78E60902DCE05AB5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>designing and
shaping an overall strategy for the Merida Initiative;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H893A384F44A447D8B04C5C93361C1E66"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring program and policy coordination
among United States Government departments and agencies in carrying out the
Merida Initiative, including avoiding duplication among programs and ensuring
that a consistent message emanates from the United States Government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H851868FB6E244A65BA9E420F03E5B999"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensuring that
efforts of the United States Government are in full consonance with the efforts
of the countries within the Merida Initiative;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAEDCEE6CFD23480B8B618F7B12F5A2F8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>tracking, in
coordination with the relevant officials of the Department of Defense and other
departments and agencies, United States assistance programs that fulfill the
goals of the Merida Initiative or are closely related to the goals of the
Merida Initiative, including to the extent possible, tracking information
required under the second section 620J of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2378d) (as added by section 651 of division J of Public Law 110–161)
with respect to countries participating in the Merida Initiative; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68806EB7E06F4A2B97763340665F7956"><enum>(E)</enum><text>consulting with
the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the
activities of Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities in the
United States relating to the goals of the Merida Initiative, particularly
along the United States-Mexico border.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H93309326C9D44DA4894304228D35A342"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rank and status
of the coordinator</header><text>The Coordinator should have the rank and
status of ambassador.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC6CB4330106340C898A160F331C6DA1B"><enum>902.</enum><header>Adding the
Caribbean to the Merida Initiative</header>
<subsection id="H9A7142F9669D484F96F6FE878820B474"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HFCC1C8C7D891482E91C8FD006966BE63"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The illicit drug trade—which has taken a
toll on the small countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for many
years—is now moving even more aggressively into these countries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBBF246CFFA6F4EEAA69D7B2234D18D3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A March 2007 joint report by the United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Bank noted that murder
rates in the Caribbean—at 30 per 100,000 population annually—are higher than
for any other region of the world and have risen in recent years for many of
the region’s countries. The report also argues that the strongest explanation
for the high crime and violence rates in the Caribbean and their rise in recent
years is drug trafficking.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C6D24D208184B6CBD1DDC62B904F8D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If the United
States does not move quickly to provide Merida Initiative assistance to the
CARICOM countries, the positive results of the Merida Initiative in Mexico and
Central America will move the drug trade deeper into the Caribbean and multiply
the already alarming rates of violence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7259E8E6623C4C519DEFE7A02897564B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultations</header><text>Not
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of State is authorized to consult with the countries of the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) in preparation for their inclusion into the Merida Initiative.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H861E7C2BFD8C46408EDCA0FBA75FBD79"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Incorporation of
CARICOM countries into the Merida Initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President is authorized to incorporate
the CARICOM countries into the Merida Initiative.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC58FF44846034AF3AD377EFF9AAACF1C"><enum>903.</enum><header>CARICOM country
defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the
term <quote>CARICOM country</quote> means a country that has been a full member
country of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for at least five years or the
Dominican Republic, but does not include—</text>
<paragraph id="H9648F240AFC440529B26A9F47E28CDB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
country having observer or associate status in CARICOM;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98AAE2E0366C41EC9BA7B1EB4040E997"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for
purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued
in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section
40 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961, or any other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly
provided support for acts of international terrorism; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69EEF5762EE9478997FD6B3C5EE98F1C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a
country that fails to adhere to human rights standards pursuant to sections 116
and 502B(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n and
2304).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H64647EC5B38946A49FBE9ACB562DC02C"><enum>904.</enum><header>Merida
Initiative monitoring and evaluation mechanism</header>
<subsection id="H155F1177D94442859E376A8609486DC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H4D034CDCD83546CFB99C4F827C13D5BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Impact
evaluation research</header><text>The term <quote>impact evaluation
research</quote> means the application of research methods and statistical
analysis to measure the extent to which change in a population-based outcome
can be attributed to program intervention instead of other environmental
factors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84AF100C4EEC4CD8B8AF8C4E028463F7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Operations
research</header><text>The term <quote>operations research</quote> means the
application of social science research methods, statistical analysis, and other
appropriate scientific methods to judge, compare, and improve policies and
program outcomes, from the earliest stages of defining and designing programs
through their development and implementation, with the objective of the rapid
dissemination of conclusions and concrete impact on programming.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1ADCF4CC8AF4CA5A74EF166BB5271A8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Program
monitoring</header><text>The term <quote>program monitoring</quote> means the
collection, analysis, and use of routine program data to determine how well a
program is carried out and how much the program costs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB14B83417E0444159055CB90CCB94BA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE28D3CF333B94B5B8C37B61DAE686E03"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to successfully
support building the capacity of recipient countries’ civilian security
institutions, enhance the rule of law in recipient countries, and ensure the
protection of human rights, the President should establish a program to conduct
impact evaluation research, operations research, and program monitoring to
ensure effectiveness of assistance provided under the Merida Initiative;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B1F917601F24719A64F288EBD52E940"><enum>(2)</enum><text>long-term
solutions to the security problems of Merida recipient countries depend on
increasing the effectiveness and responsiveness of their civilian institutions,
including their judicial system;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5891505246E34AE390EFEA501F25AA9D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a
specific program of impact evaluation research, operations research, and
program monitoring, established at the inception of the program, is required to
permit assessment of the operational effectiveness of the impact of United
States assistance towards these goals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4DB26428E084DD6959B2C1AD30639A1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the President, in
developing performance measurement methods under the impact evaluation
research, operations research, and program monitoring, should consult with the
appropriate congressional committees as well as the governments of Merida
recipient countries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8A7F1F9363264C30B399CAE40CE6BA38"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Impact
evaluation research, operation research, and program monitoring of
assistance</header><text>The President shall establish and implement a program
to assess the effectiveness of assistance provided under the Merida Initiative
through impact evaluation research on a selected set of programmatic
interventions, operations research in areas to ensure efficiency and
effectiveness of program implementation, and monitoring to ensure timely and
transparent delivery of assistance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H674BA4AFB24B4F2B86C23CF93F842031"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
program required under subsection (c) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H28FED46692ED4983961D04A48D7A5DFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
delineation of key impact evaluation research and operations research questions
for main components of assistance provided under the Merida Initiative;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E45ECEF8C724525A08B22277DD3BC54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an identification
of measurable performance goals for each of the main components of assistance
provided under the Merida Initiative, to be expressed in an objective and
quantifiable form at the inception of the program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DF64A3634694BEA9C0C54141975426C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the use of
appropriate methods, based on rigorous social science tools, to measure program
impact and operational efficiency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82B6BE995C7F40919C76FA27CB034889"><enum>(4)</enum><text>adherence to a
high standard of evidence in developing recommendations for adjustments to such
assistance to enhance the impact of such assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA4016B4A80F349F79B1B3BEE18F6C877"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consultation
with Congress</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall brief and consult with the
appropriate congressional committees regarding the progress in establishing and
implementing the program required under subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD2E1517C19A24BA697994D84C5F3F946"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="H0D26597998274618BD276E90DF24C9F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this section and not later than
December 1 of each year thereafter, the President shall transmit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report regarding programs and activities
carried out under the Merida Initiative during the preceding fiscal
year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H690387D3B233414BB9F1ABD1289324AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be
included</header><text>The reports required under this subsection shall include
the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H28F9A532CD204AF7A019DF6841303260"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings related to the impact evaluation
research, operation research, and program monitoring of assistance program
established under subsection (c).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H521542A4D9E241E1BDFC611D508CBCCA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>Efforts
of the United States Government to coordinate its activities, including—</text>
<clause id="H57C342BF8EA0419B86BC4ADC8650AEB7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
description of all counternarcotics and organized crime assistance provided to
Merida Initiative recipient countries in the previous fiscal year;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC138AEE8ABE74B51B927CD0672726C23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an
assessment of how such assistance was coordinated; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8156819629FB4263B3169D8039C11CAA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>recommendations
for improving coordination.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55624F8E4FB14D18BE5010F350558D88"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Transfer of
equipment</header><text>A description of the transfer of equipment,
including—</text>
<clause id="H3811680E852544D5B829F95E87FE8A8D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
description of the progress of each recipient country toward the transfer of
equipment, if any, from its armed forces to law enforcement agencies;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9F56ECB3FBDA4A7185E450517474F58A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
list of agencies that have used air assets provided by the United States under
the Merida Initiative to the government of each recipient country, and, to the
extent possible, a detailed description of those agencies that have utilized
such air assets, such as by a percentage breakdown of use by each agency;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBEA969FEBF374EC08AA687ED5B90EB56"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a
description of training of law enforcement agencies to operate equipment,
including air assets.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4241C4F36FB49BEA6EB19CDED63A177"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Human
rights</header><text>In accordance with sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304(b)) and section 504
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2464), an assessment of the human rights
impact of the equipment and training provided under the Merida Initiative,
including—</text>
<clause id="HB620D1DD3F5F4EBB8D50F8AE1138C2FC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
list of accusations of serious human rights abuses committed by the armed
forces and law enforcement agencies of recipient countries on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE43A758537CE42F089C745D37E15DA67"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
description of efforts by the governments of Merida recipient countries to
investigate and prosecute allegations of abuses of human rights committed by
any agency of such recipient countries.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC2B87A77F0E41D8B33A4D46A7EC0491"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Effectiveness of
equipment</header><text>An assessment of the long-term effectiveness of the
equipment and maintenance packages and training provided to each recipient
country’s security institutions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3957ECD4347445C829A7138F83C3BA0"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Mexico public
security strategy</header><text>A description of Mexico’s development of a
public security strategy, including—</text>
<clause id="H525FE832736445CF9B0B17EAD9FD2546"><enum>(i)</enum><text>effectiveness of
the Mexican Federal Registry of Police Personnel to vet police recruiting at
the National, state, and municipal levels to prevent rehiring from one force to
the next after dismissal for corruption and other reasons; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H610DC7DF29634FBCBE8C5FE7F3D3132A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an
assessment of how the Merida Initiative complements and supports the Mexican
Government’s own public security strategy.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD230E7F2083146DFBC17C904A3BC40C6"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Central American
Regional Security Plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A
description of implementation by the countries of Central America of the
Central American Regional Security Plan, including an assessment of how the
Merida Initiative complements and supports the Central American Regional
Security Plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C3CD842178343A68F73EE6F1BDBDFCF"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Use of
contractors</header><text>A detailed description of contracts awarded to
private companies to carry out provisions of the Merida Initiative,
including—</text>
<clause id="HB44D62E756E34640B7F2B903BB374FE9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
description of the number of United States and foreign national civilian
contractors awarded contracts;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6E9415B5269147DEAF814141790559B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a
list of the total dollar value of the contracts; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H11C2C0544EB24BEE80513B2C1DA6371C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the purposes of
the contracts.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFEBECC6718644E0BA89313D24940D895"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Phase out of law
enforcement activities</header><text>A description of the progress of phasing
out law enforcement activities of the armed forces of each recipient
country.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44FE078061334CFC9521691B2BE0700E"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Impact on border
violence and security</header><text>A description of the impact that activities
authorized under the Merida Initiative have had on violence against United
States and Mexican border personnel and the extent to which these activities
have increased the protection and security of the United States-Mexico
border.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1F192DC3E83341FAAB6F82162A3745A2"><enum>905.</enum><header>Merida
Initiative defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this
subtitle, the term <quote>Merida Initiative</quote> means the program announced
by the United States and Mexico on October 22, 2007, to fight illicit narcotics
trafficking and criminal organizations throughout the Western
Hemisphere.</text>
</section><enum>X</enum><header>Reporting
Requirements</header>
<section id="H3230F79D36884EC29A854333A34DCD81" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Report on United
States capacities to prevent genocide and mass atrocities</header>
<subsection id="HCFF7E3469B354F1692B605B1C9CDE55E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of
policy and strategy required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States to
make the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities wherever they may occur a
national priority. Toward this end, the President, in consultation with
Congress, shall develop and promulgate a government wide-strategy for effective
early warning and preventive action in situations where genocide or mass
atrocities may occur, and strengthen preventive diplomacy capacities within the
Department of State to prevent and respond to threats of genocide or mass
atrocities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD4C38AF928DF41F5BD16F38F48443D6C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on specific plans for the development of a
government-wide strategy for preventing genocide and mass atrocities in
accordance with subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDAE64EC7A183487789C5C77549C03927" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Reports relating to
programs to encourage good governance</header>
<subsection id="H066E2BFD1AAD44FAA63AF7D1439ED438"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (C) of
section 133(d)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2152c(d)(2))
is amended by inserting at the end before the period the following: <quote>,
including, with respect to a country that produces or exports large amounts of
natural resources such as petroleum or natural resources, the degree to which
citizens of the country have access to information about government revenue
from the extraction of such resources and credible reports of human rights
abuses against individuals from civil society or the media seeking to monitor
such extraction.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFC2FC2B173A043098E16C114C278B497"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to reports required to be transmitted under section 133(d)(2) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as so amended, on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA07B60E5194F4D72BD8E70797DF4763B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Reports on Hong
Kong</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301 of the United
States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–383; 22 U.S.C. 5731) is
amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and March
31, 2006</quote> and inserting <quote>March 31, 2006, and March 31, 2010, and
March 31 of every subsequent year through 2020</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H2F566AB97E814D7F85A5BA04577D3BDF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Democracy in
Georgia</header>
<subsection id="HEF70F4552B8548F4A02AAAE5C596CCBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the development and consolidation of effective democratic
governance in Georgia, including free and fair electoral processes, respect for
human rights and the rule of law, an independent media, an independent
judiciary, a vibrant civil society, as well as transparency and accountability
of the executive branch and legislative process, is critically important to
Georgia’s integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions, stability in the
Caucasus region, and United States national security. It is further the sense
of Congress that United States should continue to affirm the right of Georgia
to exercise sovereignty over all of its territory and the United States should
urge the European Union, its member-states, and the entire international
community to call for an immediate and complete withdrawal by Russia of its
troops now deployed within Georgia and an immediate end of all forms of
Russia’s support for the separatist regions of Georgia.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8BCD733D59EB4770A63616B6F93930B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on
democracy in Georgia</header>
<paragraph id="H4D5504B25B18469C897126B8F7CCCA86"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than December
31 of each of the two fiscal years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall
submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the programs,
projects, and activities carried out in Georgia with United States foreign
assistance following the August 2008 conflict with Russia and on continuing
United States efforts to monitor the security of Georgia, Russian activities in
Georgia, and diplomatic efforts to support the sovereignty of Georgia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF67AA8F9AF254C1E92F4E31DD048759B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report required under paragraph (1) shall include information concerning the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H58999CF761CA45258BE6264869AE4798"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of United States assistance
obligated and expended for reconstruction activities for the prior fiscal
year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC93E5F6391DE4FAA817A7CD208FB3764"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of
the programs funded by such assistance, including humanitarian aid,
reconstruction of critical infrastructure, economic development, political and
democratic development, and broadcasting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC47B1B2168C4F0BAF8DC317A9E4FD69"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An evaluation of
the impact of such programs, including their contribution to the consolidation
of democracy in Georgia and efforts by the Government of Georgia to improve
democratic governance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4474A3F9C45F4F0DA955A6B13650A2BF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An analysis of the
implementation of the United States-Georgia Charter on Strategic
Partnership.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8ED046FB65AD4B9388A460C9E77C3473"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the security of Georgia
from external attack and internal conflict, including any acts by Russia or
elements of its military or other agencies that may violate the sovereignty of
Georgia or increase the likelihood of renewed conflict in Georgia.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5207DC4AAE44454DB4446F475BDA451E"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The status of United States diplomatic
efforts in support of Georgia’s sovereignty, specifically those steps
undertaken by the United States to assist Georgia in ensuring those defenses
necessary to deter further attacks and steps taken to work with the European
Union and its member-states to persuade the Government of Russia to full and
immediately withdraw its forces from all of the territory of Georgia and to end
all of its forms of support for the separatist regions within Georgia.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3B438A30598C44F8A9E5FC90AB607CFF"><enum>1005.</enum><header>Diplomatic
relations with Israel</header>
<subsection id="H3185B0B9CA814A6E86A9CE9D054CCEB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the United States
should assist Israel in its efforts to establish diplomatic relations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4965898998C34646849C1EAEDFCC68F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that includes the following
information:</text>
<paragraph id="H94DE78D91F1E4C0FBA8A526AC0F31D29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Actions taken by
representatives of the United States to encourage other countries to establish
full diplomatic relations with Israel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D257BD78ABD4C30A29A2E72DF92355E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Specific responses
solicited and received by the Secretary from countries that do not maintain
full diplomatic relations with Israel with respect to their attitudes toward
and plans for entering into diplomatic relations with Israel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H696958A111F0431A8073FEB1F5C3AF20"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Other measures
being undertaken, and measures that will be undertaken, by the United States to
ensure and promote Israel’s full participation in the world diplomatic
community.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2F6BE5D830DF4C27B2F81088E85E4C84"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form of
submission</header><text>The report required under subsection (b) may be
submitted in classified or unclassified form, as the Secretary determines
appropriate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD8F97B4447A54444AED7C63832EB1F59"><enum>1006.</enum><header>Police
training report</header>
<subsection id="HC2A834BFBD3B4ACD84CE1A524A7C43CB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the President shall, in coordination with the heads of relevant
Federal departments and agencies, conduct a study and transmit to Congress a
report on current overseas civilian police training in countries or regions
that are at risk of, in, or are in transition from, conflict or civil
strife.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF4E90551BEF44A5DBDCAAD9A74E95D0D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report required under subsection (a) shall contain information on the
following:</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EC3B1E73DBB481AA52B9E4493B8BA5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The coordination,
communication, program management, and policy implementation among the United
States civilian police training programs in countries or regions that are at
risk of, in, or are in transition from, conflict or civil strife.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBABAFFD38ECE4437AC0BBB3980E799D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of
private contractors conducting such training, and the quality and cost of such
private contractors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC584DC6DF9054403A9895B2E5AB8E0EF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An assessment of
pre-training procedures for verification of police candidates to adequately
assess their aptitude, professional skills, integrity, and other qualifications
that are essential to law enforcement work.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H25FE62EBB77A4EEF8270B2349C114925"><enum>(4)</enum><text>An analysis of the
practice of using existing Federal police entities to provide civilian police
training in countries or regions that are at risk of, in, or are in transition
from, conflict or civil strife, along with the subject matter expertise that
each such entity may provide to meet local needs in lieu of the use of private
contractors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9945E07F3DB04C75828641604B15F17B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Provide
recommendations, including recommendations related to required resources and
actions, to maximize the effectiveness and interagency coordination and the
adequate provision of civilian police training programs in countries or regions
that are at risk of, in, or are in transition from, conflict or civil
strife.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1D5C6E0D83A142C685BB92117A2E051D"><enum>1007.</enum><header>Review of
security assistance for Egypt</header>
<subsection id="HC9363A848ED042D8AB7F6F0A7598EC6B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of
policy</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to use its
foreign assistance for Egypt, including assistance under the Foreign Military
Financing Program, to encourage the advancement of political, economic, and
religious liberty in Egypt.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H900C50E182AA44ABB7650DF86421B62B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review of
security assistance for Egypt</header>
<paragraph id="HD83A423F3B9247E1A79E85D5D8A79E6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall conduct a study and submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on United States security
assistance to the Government of Egypt.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CA15A31B5C44FD0A8AFE4F447D7B69A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The
report submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66D2DC2B84CD44F9BFAEB164102A32B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of
the strategic objectives of the United States regarding the provision of
security assistance and security cooperation programs to the Government of
Egypt;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10A705C63F494DAC83A935BF63284647"><enum>(B)</enum><text>biennial outlays
for United States assistance to the Government of Egypt for the purposes of
strategic planning, training, provision of equipment, and construction of
facilities, including funding streams;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H170162868CBE4F1F99D1E34EF2F3CA91"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of
vetting and end-user monitoring systems in place by both the Government of
Egypt and the United States for defense articles and training provided by the
United States, including human rights vetting; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5CCA3CF1BCF14F9B92B92CFE8B749856"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recommendations,
including required resources and actions to maximize the effectiveness of
United States security assistance to the Government of Egypt.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9DDD550D53BB48C6A53E56EFD299CCCC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be coordinated with the Secretary of
Defense and other relevant agencies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF0FBC84C4C154C2AA6BCFBC277C67B41"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Government
Accountability Office report</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the
date of the submission of the report required under subsection (b), the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="H69533C0338344D219639474F789E579E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reviews and
comments on the report required under subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H956E9D956D3D43A5B6EC434A95CA58FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides
recommendations regarding any additional necessary actions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC4E109E315444097A4C8421AD080FCC2"><enum>1008.</enum><header>Review of
security assistance for Yemen</header>
<subsection id="HF7F88ADCCEB340EC87B531A752E893EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall conduct a study and submit to
Congress a report on United States security assistance to the Government of
Yemen.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC7B08155B6424961BE5F724296060A5D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required under subsection (a)
shall contain—</text>
<paragraph id="HE224B8253A8B4C3DA9CCACAB6F4E8154"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
description of the strategic objectives of the United States regarding the
provision of security assistance and security cooperation programs to the
Government of Yemen;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H57A64A6EED004CD083A62665B56D503F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
threat assessment for Yemen;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FF32113853A4DF39D31524E6C8E114A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>biennial outlays
for United States assistance to the Government of Yemen for the purposes of
strategic planning, training, provision of equipment, and construction of
facilities, including funding streams;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD554E3D35C3D428EBE6E23629BA531B8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a
description of vetting and end-user monitoring systems in place by both the
Government of Yemen and the United States for defense articles and training
provided by the United States, to include human rights vetting;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H669F2ECF420B462089EF5A739427734E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a
description of actions that the Government of Yemen is taking to combat foreign
terrorist organizations; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28A7E741D33B43A0B3F16CC62AD8BAC5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>recommendations,
including required resources and actions to maximize the effectiveness United
States security assistance to the Government of Yemen.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE97208FC5FBE46A5808F54F33DAD6ABC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
report required under subsection (a) shall be coordinated with the Secretary of
Defense and other relevant agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F7BCAF2682D4558B190B42BCB08BDBE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Government
Accountability Office report</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the
date of the submission of the report required under subsection (a), the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report
that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE8781D392DBA46E49378B14350A9D915"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reviews and
comments on such report; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3E7EF60C3B14448A32A3A72F97091C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides
recommendations regarding any additional necessary actions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2FF274892BD64D179DF26D2C2CF86B24"><enum>1009.</enum><header>Review of
security assistance for the Government of Lebanon</header>
<subsection id="H07859A6A96114310B60DEB65C45275AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually
thereafter in connection with the submission of congressional presentation
materials for the foreign operations appropriations and defense appropriations
budget request, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that includes the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H5ED1318AB1BF4FCCB1392EB7C9D98DE9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A
description of the strategic objectives of the United States regarding the
provision of security assistance and security cooperation programs to the
Government of Lebanon, including arms sales to the Government of Lebanon, and a
strategy for achieving those objectives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H47187D6EA6544DF1B546B7AF03B0829B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Biennial outlays
for United States security assistance to the Government of Lebanon for the
purposes of strategic planning, training, provision of equipment, and
construction of facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9B5226C88FE4C399BD6675A8B0A9173"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A
breakdown of contributions and assistance provided by the United States,
international organizations, and other countries and entities to the Government
of Lebanon, including the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior, the
Lebanese Armed Forces, the Internal Security Forces, the General Security
Directorate, the General Directorate of State Security, Lebanese Military
Intelligence, and other organizations or agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F0A61A348E644F9B7B4AEBB1FC2BFD0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A
description of vetting and end-user monitoring systems in place by the
Government of Lebanon, the United States, international organizations, and
other countries and entities providing security assistance to the Government of
Lebanon.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE67DEA59734432D9C007220A9E6EA70"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Metrics utilized
by the United States Government for measuring whether United States security
assistance and security cooperation programs have improved the capacity of the
Government of Lebanon’s security forces to operate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1D4E511B285344D09B1E1CAE37740E4C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Classified
annex</header><text>The report required under subsection (a) shall be in
unclassified form to the maximum extent possible, and may include a classified
annex where necessary.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC94BE4E9A5524617BBC480C1C49CF839"><enum>1010.</enum><header>Report on
activities in Haiti</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of
United States Foreign Assistance, in conjunction with the Secretary of State,
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HE45A346FC0854D45BE24EADE83239F19"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hurricane
emergency recovery</header><text>The status of activities in Haiti funded or
authorized, in whole or in part, by the Department of State and the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) through assistance
appropriated under the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1700A74EC4249C5B5DDC259AAF09705"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General
activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of
activities funded or authorized, in whole or in part, by the Department of
State and USAID in the previous 12-month period, how such activities are
coordinated with the work of the Government of Haiti to provide a safe and
prosperous democracy for its citizens, and a description of efforts being made
to build the capacity of the Government of Haiti to assume management and
implementation of such activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE849576FA4754400ACC9A8A425D4C115"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>A
description of how United States assistance is coordinated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H06A606A1838B47C9A9BFF88ED8043F0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>among United
States departments and agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF12E63230C445E08F289C6520B1AF91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with other donors
to Haiti, including programs through the United Nations, the Inter-American
Development Bank, and the Organization of American States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9C309466F52A43C4AB8EA4601E1446DB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Benchmarks</header><text>A
summary of short-term and long-term objectives for United States assistance to
Haiti and metrics that will be used to identify, track, and manage the progress
of United States activities in Haiti.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>XI</enum><header>Miscellaneous
Provisions</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A7C5AFCA28B448783DEB766CCB7564A"><enum>1101.</enum><header>Assistance to
support measures for the reunification of Cyprus</header>
<subsection id="H7FD30780908E41F8AB40D9668D89F7F9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance
authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President is
authorized to provide assistance under this Act and the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 to support measures aimed at the reunification of Cyprus.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCB6F22B126E844688FCE83E0CB218B18"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>The
President shall, to the maximum extent practicable, consult with the Government
of the Republic of Cyprus with respect to the provision of assistance under
subsection (a) in order to ensure the transparency of such assistance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5A4DCBA97DA14D59AD691B3D9A5B71D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
on the implementation of this section for each of the fiscal years 2010 and
2011. The report shall include a description of the recipients of assistance
under subsection (a), the objectives of the programs and activities for which
the assistance is provided, and the role of United States-funded programs and
activities in helping achieve the reunification of Cyprus.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD95910B1FC0F4EC6A40FDA8080C2B609"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated under this Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 for development, reconciliation, and cooperation between communities of
foreign countries and related purposes, there is authorized to be appropriated
to the President such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
2010 and 2011 to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H64D6FBC8D8B34EC2AA9FAE74190B4489"><enum>1102.</enum><header>Limitation on
assistance to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia</header>
<subsection id="HBAD30FFCC23340579BC5087F0F4C74B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H5BD56D9DA5544DCDAE85C8E94B85ABDF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Greece has demonstrated an enormous good
will gesture in agreeing that <quote>Macedonia</quote> may be included in the
future name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) as long as
that term is combined with a geographic qualifier that makes it clear that
there are no territorial ambitions on the part of the FYROM with regard to the
historical boundaries of the Greek province of Macedonia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9E1CE06B2F9445ADA23C391637E76933"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The FYROM
continues to utilize materials that violate provisions of the United
Nations-brokered Interim Agreement between the FYROM and Greece regarding
hostile activities or propaganda, and has failed to work with the United
Nations and Greece to achieve the longstanding goals of the United States and
the United Nations to find a mutually acceptable, new official name for the
FYROM.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H803DA9B7198043B59A2B61239F92B678"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that amounts authorized to be appropriated under this Act or the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the FYROM should be conditioned on the
FYROM’s willingness to engage in meaningful discussions with Greece in
accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 817.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBFA91D51E65C4750A03166BB4A97C740"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated under this Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be made
available to the FYROM for programs and activities that directly or indirectly
promote hostile activities or propaganda by state-controlled agencies of the
FYROM or encourage acts by private entities likely to incite violence, hatred
or hostility, including support for printing and publishing of textbooks, maps,
and teaching aids that may include inaccurate information on the histories and
geographies of Greece and FYROM.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7AE5A9233D634921ABAB8A5C7871FD46"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall transmit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the implementation of this
section for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011. The report shall include a
description of the recipients of assistance provided to the FYROM under this
Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the objectives of the programs and
activities for which the assistance is provided, and the role of United
States-funded programs and activities in helping achieve an agreement between
Greece and the FYROM on an acceptable name for the FYROM.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA6C222C4B18B4309AF5FEC124B197866"><enum>1103.</enum><header>Statement of
policy regarding the Ecumenical Patriarchate</header>
<subsection id="HEBC85F7464014B4C88FB2AB9E030E628"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HDBEF0BA52D0C49F59D57AC987908EDF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Ecumenical Patriarchate is the
spiritual home of the world’s oldest and second largest Christian
Church.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE349950526BF4332BD653E7B392024CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Within the 2,000
year old Sacred See of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the New Testament was
codified and the Nicene Creed was created.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46FF91C402AF40CE842CB01BB85B5349"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew is one of the world’s preeminent spiritual leaders and
peacemakers representing over 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24F9ED63C9194333905ABF8FD69A2C7D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The disappearance
of the Sacred See would mean the end of a crucial link between the Christian
and the Muslim world since the continuing presence of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate in Turkey is a living testimony of religious co-existence since
1453.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE8D32F522314F8D876856A7C1E45427"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Ecumenical
Patriarchate has a record of reaching out and working for peace and
reconciliation amongst all faiths and has fostered dialogue among Christians,
Jews, and Muslims.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB15713D004148D4967D4CE10817DBE5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The Ecumenical
Patriarchate co-sponsored the Peace and Tolerance Conference in Istanbul which
issued the Bosphorus Declaration that stated, <quote>A crime committed in the
name of religion is a crime against religion.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03F049FEEA6B453DAE9B117789B4840B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew stated in Brussels in 2004, <quote>The Ecumenical
Patriarchate is a supranational ecclesiastical institution … which demonstrates
religious tolerance as a beautiful reality. For we bear respect toward all of
our humans, irrespective of their faith. Without any trace of fanaticism or
discrimination on account of differences of religion, we coexist peacefully and
in a spirit that honors each and every human being.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H924D00281E7B43A28DDC72D3C98EEF99"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The Ecumenical
Patriarch Bartholomew has called for the admission of Turkey into the European
Union because, <quote>… it may provide a concrete example and a powerful symbol
of mutually beneficial cooperation between the western and Islamic worlds and
put an end to the talk of the clash of civilizations. This in turn would be a
true strengthening of Europe and the European ideals that converge with the
values of the <quote>pilgrims of the book</quote> spoken of by the current
Prime Minister of Turkey.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3085A2BEA9114E99AE4E02FDACDD7D4C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In 1993 the
European Union defined the membership criteria for accession to the European
Union at the Copenhagen European Council, obligating candidate countries to
have achieved certain levels of reform, including stability of institutions
guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, and respect for and
protection of minorities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8171C498B9BD42D78E2D5F2EE2E637F8"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Under the terms
of the draft European Union Constitution, current, and prospective member
states should have the goal of eliminating discrimination based on sex, race,
color, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief,
political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property,
birth, disability, age, or sexual orientation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE9FDFC4C407D4E448B4E36C759E4638B"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Turkish
Constitution secures religious rights for all Turkish citizens.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3F317F87A0049F29E8733B6DBC54AFA"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The Government of
Turkey has failed to recognize the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s international
status.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F82582D16544D8088354934AB03BB9A"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The Government of
Turkey has limited to Turkish nationals the candidates available to the Holy
Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church for selection as the Ecumenical Patriarchate
and reneged on its agreement to reopen the Theological School at Halki, thus
impeding training for the Orthodox clergy in Turkey.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H668323BF6988448D94533D120BD0476E"><enum>(14)</enum><text>The Government of
Turkey has confiscated 75 percent of the Ecumenical Patriarchate properties and
has placed a 42 percent retroactive tax on the Balukli Hospital of Istanbul
which is operated by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H476BCBEF85A44F7A8294F36198BB3709"><enum>(15)</enum><text>The European
Council has agreed to open accession negotiations with Turkey, conditional upon
the continuation by Turkey of reform processes to increase protection and
support for human rights and civil liberties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBF62AB76782E4C3697FE156DFB943D61"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States
calls on the Republic of Turkey to—</text>
<paragraph id="H9EEDBF5870524016AF109EFA975F7A40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>based on the goals
set forth in the draft of the European Union Constitution, eliminate all forms
of discrimination, particularly those based on race or religion, and
immediately—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF2CB5E8BDE18489C8E32DE1B3DDA9598"><enum>(A)</enum><text>grant the
Ecumenical Patriarchate appropriate international recognition and ecclesiastic
succession;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBF2D994286E49F49B4F47AD62990582"><enum>(B)</enum><text>grant the
Ecumenical Patriarchate the right to train clergy of all nationalities, not
just Turkish nationals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88FBC9268B1E4D32B94209C46EFECE18"><enum>(C)</enum><text>respect the human
rights and property rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86BB1705B87743B1BFCBEAC18B8C9CFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>pledge to uphold
and safeguard religious and human rights without compromise;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AB537A872D44ADAADC852157229C5EE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>continue the
achievement of processes and programs to modernize and democratize its society;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3662C856F52C4D7F99B1E2BBDE671377"><enum>(4)</enum><text>respect
international law and the basic tenets of human rights.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H17565C4700124259B72FF4D6C6CECA93"><enum>1104.</enum><header>Freedom of the
press</header>
<subsection id="HBB0C485CBABC49E5B6CC9E141F794167"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>Daniel Pearl Freedom of
the Press Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB9072BB9CC324BFCACC0DD01914515C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of
additional information relating to freedom of the press worldwide in annual
country reports on human rights practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDCEFC4A28FD048D996334E9AB3FB9394"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 116(d)
(22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)), as amended by section 333(d) of this Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A4E3C13741A4EFE8DA52B25E114D5DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (11),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A57F705512646C0B206A0FC4A015437"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (12),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0D5E027B38C41F5ABF4DE297EAC9572"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C4FA8EF1A864B3698F3815FA7F1D283" style="traditional">
<paragraph id="H049FA1346E2949DF86DC754FDC3CFEC7"><enum>(13)</enum><text>wherever
applicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB4644B96B9DE48C68136E85BCDD9A24E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of
the status of freedom of the press, including initiatives in favor of freedom
of the press and efforts to improve or preserve, as appropriate, the
independence of the media, together with an assessment of progress made as a
result of those efforts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64A6984F6D7B41428220B0DF8C81BAEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an identification
of countries in which there were violations of freedom of the press, including
direct physical attacks, imprisonment, indirect sources of pressure, and
censorship by governments, military, intelligence, or police forces, criminal
groups, or armed extremist or rebel groups; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F593A7B6D314A51A6B69DCEF59EFC9A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in countries where
there are particularly severe violations of freedom of the press—</text>
<clause id="H4D666D11389F4216A9E57CDBC7760E15"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether government
authorities of each such country participate in, facilitate, or condone such
violations of the freedom of the press; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H99F16A34A4F1466DA4A5631278270AC5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>what steps the
government of each such country has taken to preserve the safety and
independence of the media, and to ensure the prosecution of those individuals
who attack or murder journalists.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H62914852BA8044758FAFB93B4D7ACBC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 502B
(22 U.S.C. 2304), by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3ACC8CA9F04143489AA67D90796CBAE9" style="traditional">
<subsection id="H312EC6D6C4AE435FA773BF316B1B5048"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The report
required by subsection (b) shall include, wherever applicable—</text>
<paragraph id="HDB541761C0504DDAB8468E8B80609B9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of
the status of freedom of the press, including initiatives in favor of freedom
of the press and efforts to improve or preserve, as appropriate, the
independence of the media, together with an assessment of progress made as a
result of those efforts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDDB537346CC42A787732B6851984E78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an identification
of countries in which there were violations of freedom of the press, including
direct physical attacks, imprisonment, indirect sources of pressure, and
censorship by governments, military, intelligence, or police forces, criminal
groups, or armed extremist or rebel groups; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC68D83070B674F248BB94D41665656AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in countries where
there are particularly severe violations of freedom of the press—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC0BCCEB6A632482BB7A5AF6061B06EDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether government
authorities of each such country participate in, facilitate, or condone such
violations of the freedom of the press; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C2796FE2FD747688A0D96AC2EEAA2A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>what steps the
government of each such country has taken to preserve the safety and
independence of the media, and to ensure the prosecution of those individuals
who attack or murder
journalists.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD8F978D1A8DE473A8896A1AD0CD75A5F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Freedom of the
press grant program</header>
<paragraph id="H0DCDE7A67C03425B801871EBFFBA8053"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall administer a grant program
with the aim of promoting freedom of the press worldwide. The grant program
shall be administered by the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights and Labor in consultation with the Undersecretary for Public Affairs and
Public Diplomacy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96A1C1AA51EB4463AA348E3A8A7E2DC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amounts and
time</header><text>Grants may be awarded to nonprofit and international
organizations and may span multiple years, up to five years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7997CBAEB82467DBC7E3F589D587DCF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>Grant
proposals should promote and broaden press freedoms by strengthening the
independence of journalists and media organizations, promoting a legal
framework for freedom of the press, or through providing regionally and
culturally relevant training and professionalization of skills to meet
international standards in both traditional and digital media.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA815B9A2843411C9C39F22178DFCA46"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Media
organization defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>media
organization</quote> means a group or organization that gathers and
disseminates news and information to the public (through any medium of mass
communication) in a foreign country in which the group or organization is
located, except that the term does not include a group or organization that is
primarily an agency or instrumentality of the government of such foreign
country. The term includes an individual who is an agent or employee of such
group or organization who acts within the scope of such agency or
employment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDCB5855CAB28473FAE1150BD0BD69E1E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H379F2FF4350841288F746DF5D69EB0C4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1105.</enum><header>Information for
Country Commercial Guides on business and investment climates</header>
<subsection id="H187F306ACF9945E6B00E0D5F37C519B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director General
of the Foreign Commercial Service, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Trade Promotion and the Assistant Secretary of State for
Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, should ensure that the annual Country
Commercial Guides for United States businesses include—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB42414598EA34A7F925664BB2B96D80E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>detailed
assessments concerning each foreign country in which acts of unfair business
and investment practices or other actions that have resulted in poor business
and investment climates were, in the opinion of the Director General of the
Foreign Commercial Service, of major significance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE09AD176DD684870A6BD323EEF92E392"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all relevant
information about such unfair business and investment practices or other
actions during the preceding year by members of the business community, the
judiciary, and the government of such country which may have impeded United
States business or investment in such country, including the capacity for
United States citizens to operate their businesses without fear of reprisals;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4E44D03703FE45E79D71BBB660655532"><enum>(3)</enum><text>information
on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B15B7CA0450453C933D8D299D0D92E8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent to
which the government of such country is working to prevent unfair business and
investment practices; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H10104F7619734DD29DB69E3F983CD391"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the extent of
United States Government action to prevent unfair business and investment
practices or other actions that harm United States business or investment
interests in relevant cases in such country.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4FC57F3D567542BCA28DD6C3DD99FB2F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
provisions To be included</header><text>The information required under
subsection (a) should, to the extent feasible, include—</text>
<paragraph id="HFC04AD9FC2B64C1AB7F8D21F99E3E27C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with respect to
paragraph (1) of such subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD716A63DE15B484E921EC153FCDC40DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a review of the
efforts undertaken by each foreign country to promote a healthy business and
investment climate that is also conducive to the United States business
community and United States investors, including, as appropriate, steps taken
in international fora;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC98481A443834560B74BEEF9F924F0C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the response of
the judicial and local arbitration systems of each such country that is the
subject of such detailed assessment with respect to matters relating to the
business and investment climates affecting United States citizens and entities,
or that have, in the opinion of the Director General of the Foreign Commercial
Service, a significant impact on United States business and investment efforts;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB80457B6B0824A45AD84170CC86AC136"><enum>(C)</enum><text>each such
country’s access to the United States market;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H61AD77D60C9B464BA4A0E1103F82439D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to
paragraph (2) of such subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H33F942BCFCC34EFC8E2F699002CE3090"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any actions
undertaken by the government of each foreign country that prevent United States
citizens and businesses from receiving equitable treatment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE2E71A23C08D41708E569C1CD81F5697"><enum>(B)</enum><text>actions taken by
private businesses and citizens of each such country against members of the
United States business community and United States investors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA069CAD8DC314ED0A939AE3F12CB754B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>unfair decisions
rendered by the legal systems of each such country that clearly benefit State
and local corporations and industries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E60B014895C46A3A29B77BC86E17C8B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>unfair decisions
rendered by local arbitration panels of each such country that do not exemplify
objectivity and do not provide an equitable ground for United States citizens
and businesses to address their disputes; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H84890EAA53384101AE415415B4E2A7F1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>with respect to
paragraph (3) of such subsection, actions taken by the United States Government
to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H18CC027F79684D46B4C3476136F9216A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>promote the rule
of law;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9397F158BD3D41A289F4C1032B06A482"><enum>(B)</enum><text>prevent
discriminatory treatment of United States citizens and businesses engaged in
business or investment activities in each foreign country;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H562A22D693B14EAEA2DB12A48E3E025D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>allow United
States goods to enter each such country without requiring a co-production
agreement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA056137EE8BF45C3B087F8264279F494"><enum>(D)</enum><text>protect United
States intellectual property rights.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6545B3590D0240448D6F98FB1A6E3488"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Director
General of the Foreign Commercial Service shall consult with business leaders,
union leaders, representatives of the judicial system of each foreign country
described in subsection (a), and relevant nongovernmental organizations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5167C877CA504FAEBC5C005952D71AB6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Business and
investment climate warnings</header><text>The Secretary of State, with the
assistance of the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and
Business Affairs, as well as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade
Promotion and the Director General of the Foreign Commercial Service, shall
establish a warning system that effectively alerts United States businesses and
investors of—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D1BEF102F8E47379D019BB2D3F73B0D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a
significant deterioration in the business and investment climate in a foreign
country, including discriminatory treatment of United States businesses;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3E519AD15154D5BA7145EE02B7DA185"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a
significant constraint on the ability of the United States Government to assist
United States businesses and investors in a foreign country, such as to the
closure of a United States diplomatic or consular mission, that is not
explained in the most recent Country Commercial Guide for such country.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H67849465D5F64540AC03A4F8633B2EC8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H8A84613FB56349DAB1C9F2839D3F19BF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Co-production
agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>co-production agreement</quote> means a United States Government or
United States business working with a foreign government, foreign company, or
an international organization to produce or manufacture an item.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D40C195402A480194D036D95333FCEF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of
law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>rule of
law</quote> means the extent to which laws of a foreign country are publicly
promulgated, equally enforced, independently adjudicated, and are consistent
with international norms and standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCCA15E4BFB045E8956E0455F39E5695"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Unfair business
and investment practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <quote>unfair business and investment practices</quote> includes any of
the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H69DCB16A95C64F3D98F5036E03046F26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Unlawful actions
under international law or the law of the foreign country taken by the
government of such country or by businesses, citizens, or other entities of
such country that have resulted in lost assets, contracts, or otherwise
contributed to an inhospitable business or investment climate.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B6560800ABA460B9EF356789480665A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Discriminatory
treatment of United States businesses, whether wholly or partially
owned.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BE7B7508C7D47638A493FCE80E65A11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Failure to protect
intellectual property rights.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB892A9504EE45058821D71A3BF8414D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Requiring a
co-production agreement in order for goods from the United States to enter a
foreign country.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H14D234730DFD45FFA9D4F1921F739D61"><enum>1106.</enum><header>International
Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage</header>
<subsection id="HAD05843A271546D8B0F10793DFA73B37"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H1F5FBDB895E74E32BE2F7952727E7229"><enum>(1)</enum><text>child marriage is
a violation of human rights and the prevention and elimination of child
marriage should be a foreign policy goal of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC45408E97A7438C88C52D4B4B4AB4C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the practice of
child marriage undermines United States investments in foreign assistance to
promote education and skills building for girls, reduce maternal and child
mortality, reduce maternal illness, halt the transmission of HIV/AIDS, prevent
gender-based violence, and reduce poverty; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BCFF73C296A4235BC3F403CDB37C600"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expanding
educational opportunities for girls, economic opportunities for women, and
reducing maternal and child mortality are critical to achieving the Millennium
Development Goals and the global health and development objectives of the
United States, including efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0E06BA50B534FAAAE8E5C6C6F217FB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Strategy To
prevent child marriage in developing countries</header>
<paragraph id="H23C46CB1EC734CBEA772F1B24BC1D248"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Strategy
required</header><text>The President, acting through the Secretary of State,
shall establish a multi-year strategy to prevent child marriage in developing
countries and promote the empowerment of girls at risk of child marriage in
developing countries, including by addressing the unique needs,
vulnerabilities, and potential of girls under 18 in developing
countries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D6F75376C3C49628BBA0C2F877A9860"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
establishing the strategy required by paragraph (1), the President shall
consult with Congress, relevant Federal departments and agencies, multilateral
organizations, and representatives of civil society.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C4EA7FC49B24C29AFD61F4DC4CAD243"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The
strategy required by paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8759DFB632244873BF98C2E392E90E5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>focus on areas in
developing countries with high prevalence of child marriage; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8D593D48A2414C8A80F505D2F3D119F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>encompass
diplomatic initiatives between the United States and governments of developing
countries, with attention to human rights, legal reforms and the rule of law,
and programmatic initiatives in the areas of education, health, income
generation, changing social norms, human rights, and democracy building.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H32A1F50165C24645807673B980590086"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall transmit to Congress a report that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA5885560E5034EA3BD65DFD2AEC9EBF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the strategy
required by paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3163330F63C34127A55C13388549127C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment,
including data disaggregated by age and gender to the extent possible, of
current United States-funded efforts to specifically assist girls in developing
countries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B815DC7FA1F40C8B92A8DAAE3F34B89"><enum>(C)</enum><text>examples of best
practices or programs to prevent child marriage in developing countries that
could be replicated.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6921EF68915C49179BCF9F9985C208F4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Research and
data collection</header><text>The Secretary of State shall work with relevant
Federal departments and agencies as part of their ongoing research and data
collection activities, to—</text>
<paragraph id="H3095CAC3FBE44146B1E462A0DED824BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>collect and make
available data on the incidence of child marriage in countries that receive
foreign or development assistance from the United States where the practice of
child marriage is prevalent; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C1F1A41053D48599F310F2BCA90F177"><enum>(2)</enum><text>collect and make
available data on the impact of the incidence of child marriage and the age at
marriage on progress in meeting key development goals.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEC56D5B58E674F3C84CF106A53720EE9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Department of
State’s country reports on human rights practices</header><text>The Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB5A6B765FBE84027BE03EDE7094EC760"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 116 (22
U.S.C. 2151n), by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF3E24725B7764D359028BF64CF85DEBD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB7E3282B70A04575A154FD0C01D8B53B"><enum>(g)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by subsection (d) shall
include for each country in which child marriage is prevalent at rates at or
above 40 percent in at least one sub-national region, a description of the
status of the practice of child marriage in such country. In this subsection,
the term <quote>child marriage</quote> means the marriage of a girl or boy, not
yet the minimum age for marriage stipulated in law in the country in which such
girl or boy is a resident.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9D49D11EBF04E7980843461F2E9E820"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 502B
(22 U.S.C. 2304), as amended by section 1106(b)(2) of this Act, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEE39D970F3AD4EFEB89BBBC818378250" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H73D277B9FD804440A7297CEEC6D18D08"><enum>(j)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report required by subsection (b) shall
include for each country in which child marriage is prevalent at rates at or
above 40 percent in at least one sub-national region, a description of the
status of the practice of child marriage in such country. In this subsection,
the term <quote>child marriage</quote> means the marriage of a girl or boy, not
yet the minimum age for marriage stipulated in law in the country in which such
girl or boy is a
resident.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H027365ACD41D45A4B2685E65FF61F1CB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <quote>child marriage</quote> means the marriage of a
girl or boy, not yet the minimum age for marriage stipulated in law in the
country in which the girl or boy is a resident.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H939CE91B1C8C4222BBF33B4B6EC59198"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 101 of this Act, there is
authorized to be appropriated as such sums as necessary for fiscal years 2010
through 2011 to carry out this section and the amendments made by this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE6A1C4A902D74214AB5500BEE77FDD52"><enum>1107.</enum><header>Program to
improve building construction and practices in Haiti</header>
<subsection id="H73B17F8C1750421282DC3ACC5A5BE09E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President, acting through the Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development, is authorized, under such
terms and conditions as the President may determine, to carry out a program to
improve the building construction codes and practices in Haiti.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H96396F459E8C428FB112DE854F5BBDED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program
description</header><text>The program shall be in the form of grants to, or
contracts with, organizations to support the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="HD93946F553AB419FAD1906A9084ACDCF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Training</header><text>Training
of appropriate professionals in Haiti from both the public and private sectors
to enhance their understanding of building and housing codes and
standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF83B2A518E1847979DF25BBB7854DC2F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other
assistance</header><text>Offering other relevant assistance as needed, such as
helping government officials draft pertinent legislation to implement building
codes and practices that will help improve the resistance of buildings and
housing in Haiti to hurricanes and other natural disasters.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD1BB4A8518EC4CC89F004736EA46F069" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1108.</enum><header>Limitation on
assistance to the Palestinian Authority</header>
<subsection id="HD55B90E9F501426D9C2060A4E13A6458"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 620K of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378b) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C3DF52894B842278C60E919E3EECD40" style="OLC">
<section id="H5938E55139EA4908BC8CCA3C680DF0D4"><enum>620K.</enum><header>Limitation on
assistance to the Palestinian Authority</header>
<subsection id="HC8A2AB8408504A208D1B2CE2DD4ADF14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (e),
assistance may be provided under this Act to the Palestinian Authority only
during a period for which a certification described in subsection (b) is in
effect.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6667C3BEB12046E18ED7AB82A3220EA6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>A
certification described in this subsection is a certification transmitted by
the President to Congress that contains a determination of the President
that—</text>
<paragraph id="H7BCBC24B1CFF41E7A6271493559D0733"><enum>(1)</enum><text>no ministry,
agency, or instrumentality of the Palestinian Authority is controlled by a
foreign terrorist organization and no member of a foreign terrorist
organization serves in a senior policy making position in a ministry, agency,
or instrumentality of the Palestinian Authority;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2299A7A07F4483880B45D489F64118D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Palestinian
Authority has—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8876EDB770134BB4881D240B615FFAE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publicly
acknowledged Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H232D31DEDB2946A1B07218DEE2D379AE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommitted itself
and is adhering to all previous agreements and understandings by the Palestine
Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority with the Government of
the United States, the Government of Israel, and the international community,
including agreements and understandings pursuant to the Performance-Based
Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
(commonly referred to as the <quote>Roadmap</quote>); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5C66DFCD821B4EF1B83C887A1C0BACEF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Palestinian
Authority has taken effective steps and made demonstrable progress
toward—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC6FC245206374166A7FC0C0E6242C5F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>completing the
process of purging from its security services individuals with ties to
terrorism;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81E2807D93C94CC98F5F23EA86A7C64B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dismantling all
terrorist infrastructure, confiscating unauthorized weapons, arresting and
bringing terrorists to justice, destroying unauthorized arms factories,
thwarting and preempting terrorist attacks, and fully cooperating with Israel’s
security services;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A33462A3C924ADC87235B937EBD88C6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>halting all
anti-Israel incitement in Palestinian Authority-controlled electronic and print
media and in schools, mosques, and other institutions it controls, and
replacing these materials, including textbooks, with materials that promote
tolerance, peace, and coexistence with Israel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF193112C547040E4A5307737FD4F6F94"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring
democracy, the rule of law, and an independent judiciary, and adopting other
reforms such as ensuring transparent and accountable governance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA28C914111C9447C8FF7760CF26BE2B7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ensuring the
financial transparency and accountability of all government ministries and
operations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC5801764B0A14772A01BC695D87DC323"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recertifications</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date on which the President transmits to Congress
an initial certification under subsection (b), and every six months
thereafter—</text>
<paragraph id="H6BD0997FAB4546C2BF76F1DFA3029B19"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the President
shall transmit to Congress a recertification that the requirements contained in
subsection (b) are continuing to be met; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5DBFE3E2AF5A479A810767E106E3F70F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the President
is unable to make such a recertification, the President shall transmit to
Congress a report that contains the reasons therefor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9D66C5129F7F48AA8694F2C43485999A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Congressional
notification</header><text>Assistance made available under this Act to the
Palestinian Authority may not be provided until 15 days after the date on which
the President has provided notice thereof to the appropriate congressional
committees in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming
notifications under section 634A(a) of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4886302452FE4746BBBDA8444DA2C95A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exception</header>
<paragraph id="H3BBACD20D9094DCDBC1DB69001C94791"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance to
support the middle east peace process</header><text>Subsection (a) shall not
apply with respect to assistance to the Office of the President of the
Palestinian Authority for non-security expenses directly related to
facilitating a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if the
President transmits to Congress a certification that contains a determination
of the President that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1D5A5342D49B436A9B1F3548F636DF01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such assistance is
critical to facilitating a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE14E27DE1D14B40807969C0648D8AF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President of
the Palestinian Authority is not a member of or affiliated with a foreign
terrorist organization and has rejected the use of terrorism to resolve the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2C4D6880E3340669E1FA82952826562"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such assistance
will not be used to provide funds to any individual who is a member of or
affiliated with a foreign terrorist organization or who has not rejected the
use of terrorism to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0FCEA4478D942FE876440F9C47F72D1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such assistance
will not be retransferred to any other entity within or outside of the
Palestinian Authority.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9EA8136359E8465BA56133C7F500E328"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header><text>Assistance described in paragraph (1) may be
provided only if the President—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E2E6F96A60A420B8770CF28E0A865BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determines that
the provision of such assistance is important to the national security
interests of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BE768EDF3AB4D56A621F76EB9F09CF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than 30
days prior to the obligation of amounts for the provision of such
assistance—</text>
<clause id="HA16302D68E6646719348D6BA16FAA4B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consults with the
appropriate congressional committees regarding the specific programs, projects,
and activities to be carried out using such assistance; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H20A60E1D881D4004B5FF11753BC14284"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submits to the
appropriate congressional committees a written memorandum that contains the
determination of the President under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H10E3ABC5BCFB46CDAB89D58BDDB2B3E2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H7669E35C151145CFBA599977077CD0AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees</header><text>The term <quote>appropriate
congressional committees</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4F89BD25D0EE4939BA782EBB9A86D943"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DE408DDB353437F92302F01A2EF88A2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF9965886732E470CBAF8EEA7FE444DF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign
terrorist organization</header><text>The term <quote>foreign terrorist
organization</quote> means an organization designated as a foreign terrorist
organization by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFF25436E29C24C7E8C3D2324AFA3A7E7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Palestinian
authority</header><text>The term <quote>Palestinian Authority</quote> means the
interim Palestinian administrative organization that governs part of the West
Bank and all of the Gaza Strip (or any successor Palestinian governing entity),
including the Palestinian Legislative
Council.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2195AD479DEF49D380FCF9CDE4F20071"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability to
unexpended funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 620K
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by subsection (a), applies
with respect to unexpended funds obligated for assistance under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 to the Palestinian Authority before the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB80FC918D09F4183892E3C54B4F70ACA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the President should be
guided by the principles and procedures described in section 620K of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by subsection (a), in providing
direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority under any provision of law other
than the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5A9B0522EABE4D8BA0FCECC86F3004BB"><enum>1109.</enum><header>Jordan
civilian nuclear cooperation agreement</header>
<subsection id="H8D465A14CE3C45DAACA3EBA30BDA8D08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H39DDD1FBC47347BD858AF7A59CD49CA8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For many decades, the United States and
Jordan have maintained a strong and mutually supportive relationship on a range
of regional and international issues, especially the creation of a moderate,
prosperous, and stable Middle East. Jordan’s support for the
Israeli-Palestinian peace process and its efforts to halt Iran’s nuclear
weapons program have been especially useful.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4284206EEEF54EE5A5C8E76045DA8FAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The importance of
the relationship between the United States and Jordan has increased in recent
years with Jordan’s role as a vital United States ally in the effort to
stabilize Iraq and our strengthened military and intelligence cooperation.
Jordan has also demonstrated a long-standing commitment to combating terror
financing and implementing effective export controls and customs enforcement
mechanisms.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA42E77E9017A4FC6B75018C688081C81"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Jordan’s
assistance to efforts by the United States and other countries to halt Iran’s
nuclear weapons program, its safeguards agreement with the International Atomic
Energy Agency, its adherence to the Additional Protocol to that safeguards
agreement, and its agreement with the United States to construct a modern
storage facility for Jordan’s nuclear waste monitored in strict accordance with
IAEA guidelines, has demonstrated Jordan’s commitment to nuclear
nonproliferation, including opposition to the enrichment and reprocessing of
nuclear materials that could be diverted to military uses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC7932F3C6D04015AC93026237EB1B69"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Given Jordan’s
legitimate energy needs and its desire to benefit from its large deposits of
uranium, as well as the potential for significant commercial opportunities for
the United States nuclear sector, a nuclear cooperation agreement between the
United States and Jordan would be of significant benefit to both
countries.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H052A7B106AA04C048A923CDC67DE988D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Given Jordan’s
long-established record as a reliable ally of the United States, its efforts to
combat terrorism, and its commitment to promoting peace and stability with
Israel and throughout the region, a nuclear cooperation agreement between it
and the United States could serve as a model for similar agreements with other
countries throughout the Middle East.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H50F83B90EE5E4E05A8978D05FD323F31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F82B057660845B9901A8E5895AA9985"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish an agreement on peaceful nuclear
cooperation with Jordan pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F48CECB4E284B0FA2A7018567C323ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that any
United States-Jordan nuclear cooperation agreement is based on whether Jordan
has—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3980E2006F543F68DD4ABB09E98E025"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developed and
fully implemented an effective export control regime;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FE36DB74B124989B7C6FB3AF7D44A51"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developed and fully implemented the
necessary legislative and functional actions to effectively combat the
logistical and financial networks that support terrorist organizations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A598D64A5334B48BAD0C9AC8AF0EFE7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cooperated with the United States in
identifying, preventing, disrupting, and prosecuting entities and individuals
that assist Iran's procurement of nuclear goods, services, or technology and
entities affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5FA8A0A05C494C758828A514CBCBA697"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permanently renounced the enrichment or
reprocessing of nuclear materials and has undertaken all measures, including
unrestricted inspection of its facilities by the International Atomic Energy
Agency, that are necessary to ensure that no clandestine programs exist.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H329C472AD0C3495EB300909BD0227EF4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1110.</enum><header>United States
contributions to the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims
Assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining
and related programs and activities, there is authorized to be appropriated
$12,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011 for United States
contributions to the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims
Assistance for the removal of landmines, mine victim assistance programs, mine
risk education programs, and conventional weapons destruction.</text>
</section><section id="H18F4A1FBF9F94227B2F418903EBA2551"><enum>1111.</enum><header>Transfer of
liquidated assets of certain Enterprise Funds to legacy institutions</header>
<subsection id="HFE6AAC1C787D4F47B519024B6D615EFE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer of
liquidated assets</header>
<paragraph id="HB6D84518E5134197BF9C73A91112944B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>To legacy
institutions</header><text>The President, acting through the Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Development, shall instruct each
Enterprise Fund described in subsection (b) to make available to the legacy
institution of the Enterprise Fund not more than 50 percent of all assets from
the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Enterprise Fund.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD74BBC8AEB2847D58C705C22758EE332"><enum>(2)</enum><header>To U.S.
Treasury</header><text>Not less than 50 percent of all assets from the
liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Enterprise Fund shall be
transferred to the Treasury of the United States for purposes of payment on the
public debt.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H830B811C1E084BF59227F263220BC550"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enterprise Funds
described</header><text>The Enterprise Funds described in this subsection are
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H02FC2DA506DF4C5EB6E7C2DCC2550F55"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The U.S.-Russia
Investment Fund and the Western Newly Independent States Enterprise Fund
established pursuant to Section 498b(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2295b(c)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H28B2140C17194DAEA8663EB732B6ED1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The
Albanian-American Enterprise Fund, the Baltic-American Enterprise Fund, the
Czech and Slovak-American Enterprise Fund (or Slovak-American Enterprise Fund),
and the Romanian-American Enterprise Fund established pursuant to section 201
of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C.
5421).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3B23B058543477CBC96884FDCB3A972"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The South African
Enterprise Development Fund established pursuant to sections 496 and 635(b) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE5DA68135B7B4D86A432E5ADCC0B5A6C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Oversight of
Legacy Institutions</header><text>Any legacy institution of an Enterprise Fund
to which is transferred no more than 50 percent of all assets from the
liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Enterprise Fund shall receive
such assets only upon the approval of the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development of appropriate and regular oversight
procedures for the legacy institution, to include regular reports by the legacy
institution regarding its programs and operations, expenditures for salary and
travel costs, personnel appointment procedures and personnel benefits programs,
and the value at the time of reporting of the assets held by the legacy
institution.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA58AF51A91EC4D4FA253AF56E78EE4A9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Legacy
Institution defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<quote>legacy institution</quote> means a non-profit foundation established to
carry out successor programs and activities in the country or countries for
which an Enterprise Fund was established by the United States after that
Enterprise Fund has agreed with the United States Agency for International
Developments on the termination and winding up of its operations. The
non-profit foundation shall have as its objectives the promotion of civil
society, rule of law, democracy, transparency of governance, and economic
reform in the country or countries for which the Enterprise Fund was
established by the United States.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H41C4A3654CE242C7ACFEF263BD9C7261"><enum>1112.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress on restrictions on religious freedom in Vietnam</header>
<subsection id="HA7B4FE6BC36C4EF39440E1348B8A5FAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7F8DEE4E8DF84BA5B8D913A71A543130"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of
State, under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6401 et
seq.) and authority delegated by the President, designates nations found guilty
of <quote>particularly severe violations of religious freedom</quote> as
<quote>Countries of Particular Concern</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87E5C368F8674D099DC805B010FDF17E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In November 2006,
the Secretary of State announced that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was no
longer designated as a <quote>Country of Particular Concern</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7BEBFE3568C742F4B677E7B8F6EB7AEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Unified
Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), the Hoa Hao Buddhists, and the Cao Dai
groups continue to face unwarranted abuses because of their attempts to
organize independently of the Government of Vietnam, including the detention
and imprisonment of individual members of these religious communities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2B0BAD7BC954A5CADFD98BCDBEE4B3F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Over the last 3
years, 18 Hoa Hao Buddhists have been arrested for distributing sacred texts or
publically protesting the religious restrictions placed on them by the
Government of Vietnam, at least 12 remain in prison, including 4 sentenced in
2007 for staging a peaceful hunger strike.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB03220160D6849CDB256528391384975"><enum>(5)</enum><text>At least 15
individuals are being detained in long term house arrest for reasons relating
to their faith, including the most venerable Thich Quang Do and most of the
leadership of the UBCV.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5F62547CDAD4E32BB6D0BB99C9D5970"><enum>(6)</enum><text>According to Human
Rights Watch, <quote>In April 2008 Montagnard Christian Y Ben Hdok was beaten
to death while in police custody in Dak Lak after other Montagards in his
district tried to flee to Cambodia to seek political asylum.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD038171116A44B2885CDAF49ADC4E973"><enum>(7)</enum><text>According to the
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2009 Annual Report,
religious freedom advocates and human rights defenders Nguyen Van Dai, Le Thi
Cong Nhan, and Fr. Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly are in prison under Article 88 of the
Criminal Code of Vietnam and Fr. Nguyen Van Loi is being held without official
detention orders under house arrest.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFD3588D30B1D4A6B9613A3E05439F993"><enum>(8)</enum><text>In February 2009,
as many as 11 Montagnard Protestants were detained for refusing to join the
officially recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam, and 2 still
remain in prison.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC22AB736D93F48A19D36FA22ABD4044F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Since August 2008,
the Government of Vietnam has arrested and sentenced at least eight individuals
and beaten, tear-gassed, harassed, publicly slandered, and threatened Catholics
engaged in peaceful activities seeking the return of Catholic Church properties
confiscated by the Vietnamese Government after 1954 in Hanoi, including in the
Thai Ha parish.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E5A2B9021934B4F9EAF8830474036B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H376DAD50D2F742EFA111CAAD9BF6DFCA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State should place Vietnam on the list of <quote>Countries of Particular
Concern</quote> for particularly severe violations of religious freedom;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E449DEF833B4C4AA9C08898825FA03F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Government of
Vietnam should lift restrictions on religious freedom and implement necessary
legal and political reforms to protect religious freedom.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF38D3BDFCAB04F098E007C37995983D9"><enum>1113.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress on Holocaust-era property restitution and compensation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HA723007C88D74102BD9D4DFFC92A32FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>countries in
Central and Eastern Europe which have not already done so—</text>
<subparagraph id="H88EA7CB092DE4028BB633DBABBD01F16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>should return
looted and confiscated properties to their rightful owners or, where
restitution is not possible, pay equitable compensation to the rightful owners,
in accordance with principles of justice and in a manner that is expeditious,
transparent, and fair; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7424B5376A42443585386299AE79BE3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>should enact and
implement appropriate restitution and compensation laws to effectively
facilitate private, communal, and religious property restitution in a manner
that is expeditious, transparent and fair; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F9E67116F4C444193271F94EF1F104B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary of
State should urge all governments of countries whose domestic insurance
companies have not done an adequate job of settling Holocaust-era insurance
policies and disclosing the names of policy owners to enact and implement
necessary laws to resolve these remaining matters.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>XII</enum><header>Israel</header>
<section id="H3E51D4C3A27742148052B0BF3D7E6C42" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Foreign Military
Financing for Israel</header>
<subsection id="id526F75A053C345EFB548E700591A65EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the United States should continue to support the August 2007
announcement that it would increase United States military assistance to Israel
by $6 billion through incremental $150 million annual increases in Foreign
Military Financing to Israel, starting at $2.55 billion in fiscal year 2009 and
reaching $3.15 billion by 2013 through 2018.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE316F8A328004C38A582E9DD2DA49EA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the
President for grant assistance to Israel under section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763; relating to the Foreign Military Financing
Program) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 and
2011.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD09CC22ADE0D45BE8B68E6B2424E9ACE"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Support to
Israel for missile defense</header>
<subsection id="H907ECEE9ED314DBB8A58BB232FEBA20E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to—</text>
<paragraph id="H09BDE30A6FD049BE96776BB8AC8D24D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for
deployment as soon as is technologically possible of effective missile defense
systems capable of defending Israel and all member nations of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization against ballistic missile attack from Iran, Syria
and other potential threats; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB030757B39A74C90BB3449D9BAC1206B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fully resource and
expand the ballistic missile defense system of the United States to fully
integrate with the defenses of Israel to provide robust, layered protection
against ballistic missile, and medium and short range projectile attack.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HACB32B06098C4A28986D29CDDBE272E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of
assistance</header><text>Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for co-development of joint ballistic missile, medium and short-range
projectile defense projects with Israel, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H30F8AD77C9104950A60B28A8567E5C68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>complete
accelerated co-production of Arrow missiles and continued integration with the
ballistic missile defense system of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC14FB4C9FB55454FBD93FBEC6FCFB0B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>system development
of the Missile Defense Agency and Israel Missile Defense Organization joint
program to develop a short-range ballistic missile defense capability, David’s
Sling weapon system, and integrate the weapon system with the ballistic missile
defense system and force protection efforts of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4C59EF2BD9244C7A0984298EC51BC87"><enum>(3)</enum><text>research,
development, and test and evaluation of the Iron Dome short-range projectile
defense system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA251FE121EC043AE90BE41954AFDF659"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report and
strategy</header>
<paragraph id="HAE82A0A03AF74D36ACB1F462F3CC3B20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter in connection with the submission of congressional presentation
materials for the foreign operations appropriations and defense appropriations
budget request, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
regarding the activities authorized under subsection (b)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF49A4D97930F407598CC650C9528CDAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Classified
annex</header><text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted
in unclassified form to the maximum extent practicable, but may include a
classified annex, if necessary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H006C52C4804949A69FD725AA6A06E19D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of
appropriate congressional committees</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1EBDD2A128534DA889871CC32B654C33"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8230A6B760446AAA53AFCA308A7FF28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services in the Senate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H53E83DFD91744C7AB837BA4F3C21CBF8"><enum>1203.</enum><header>United
States-Israel civilian nuclear cooperation agreement</header>
<subsection id="H741411A91BF1440EB358E51D3CBEA906"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HA33A0A67DC8C40D9882D76C5D1A5EC2B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States and Israel are robust
democracies, with a deeply rooted alliance that is based on a shared commitment
to freedom, the promotion of human rights and dignity, and the determination to
secure a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FFD4F88855C458EA8EE63CB5F5677F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The cooperation
between the United States and Israel on political, military, intelligence, and
economic matters is among the strongest of all of United States allies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70A7239CD92448A5995D23581334AD21"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Israel’s economic
well-being and security require a guaranteed source of energy, which can be
supplied through the use of peaceful nuclear power. Israel’s role as a key ally
in the Middle East ensures that the United States will have a strong and
continuing interest in enhancing that well-being and security.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H631357093C9342A6ABF8D37101D7C405"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to secure an
agreement on peaceful nuclear cooperation with Israel pursuant to section 123
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HE874A98F3AB0449386D188830B063007"><enum>1204.</enum><header>United States
support for Israel in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the
policy of the United States to support and advocate for Israel’s accession to
the OECD, including through coordination of efforts with other countries
supportive of Israel’s membership in the OECD.</text>
</section><section id="H246DCB98BCBD4FD48ED7374DBBF8169D"><enum>1205.</enum><header>Recognition of
Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel and relocation of the United
States Embassy to Jerusalem</header>
<subsection id="H4DD8181F77FF4C4E9BE00C8F9AD06545"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H9A063C3B81F544069CADCBE97334C6DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Jerusalem must
remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious
group are protected as they have been by Israel since 1967;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8A96EAC6F4646D6AFC0D82E2AB8516F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President and
the Secretary of State should publicly affirm as a matter of United States
policy that Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of the State of
Israel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF70DC926FAC45FFBF794D1AE494CD53"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the President
should immediately implement the provisions of Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995
(Public Law 104–45) and begin the process of relocating the United States
Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE323AF88CCE941AD8C29CC973E9130BE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>United States
officials should refrain from any actions that contradict United States law on
this subject.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF4154AE1D034C8FAB8C2625E8709377"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Removal of
waiver authority</header><text>The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law
104–45) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA093F6AA258D45E0974CDB10565187B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
section 7; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B8930D27D614269B88CCE72E634FAF6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
section 8 as section 7.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H68CD2C45EB40403B8DEFB4B509245979"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Identification
of Jerusalem on Government documents</header><text>Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any official document of the United States Government which
lists countries and their capital cities shall identify Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2F1863D93B0043D9B1342FD622D4B4A3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timetable</header>
<paragraph id="HC5D1FCA92AB143829C07DB553C2556E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States that the United
States Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem as soon as
possible, and not later than January 1, 2012.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC745950EC0BA462094A7F728B915217D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Opening
determination</header><text>Not more than 50 percent of the funds appropriated
to the Department of State for fiscal year 2012 for <quote>Acquisition and
Maintenance of Buildings Abroad</quote> may be obligated until the Secretary of
State determines and reports to Congress that the United States Embassy in
Jerusalem has officially opened.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6C365129262C44E8A604FC359C1B938A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Fiscal years
2010 and 2011 funding</header>
<paragraph id="HBE92860E9BCE4D23B46C8C11C4603E29"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2010</header><text>Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for
<quote>Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad</quote> for the
Department of State for fiscal year 2010, such sums as may be necessary should
be made available until expended only for construction and other costs
associated with the establishment of the United States Embassy in Israel in the
capital of Jerusalem.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE730485ED92B4124AD049B01FA4E03FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2011</header><text>Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for
<quote>Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad</quote> for the
Department of State for fiscal year 2011, such sums as may be necessary should
be made available until expended only for construction and other costs
associated with the establishment of the United States Embassy in Israel in the
capital of Jerusalem.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFE95C6AD96E4E94B5478C841DF5724A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this Act, the term <quote>United
States Embassy</quote> means the offices of the United States diplomatic
mission and the residence of the United States chief of mission.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>XIII</enum><header>Iran Refined
Petroleum Sanctions</header>
<section id="HC62F006FE4A1441EAA04D5CA5190FD28" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Iran Refined Petroleum
Sanctions Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H67DF77BB001A494790580D4DED4B969F"><enum>1302.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996</header>
<subsection id="HEFC3EE5FF5604566971049EDD79801AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of
sanctions</header><text>Section 5(a) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50
U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44783DC76F934D1FBB8ABA223F14CBCC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCB7BA7BB310F400AA9E032B63122C88C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sanctions with
respect to the development of petroleum resources of Iran and exportation of
refined petroleum to Iran</header>
<paragraph id="H8C9D3EFE3EBF415CA27DAA84E5BFB00D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Development of
petroleum resources of Iran</header>
<subparagraph id="HFDEE8CFF9EF74948A5803006E2F33208"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Investment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (f), the
President shall impose 2 or more of the sanctions described in paragraphs (1)
through (6) of section 6(a) if the President determines that a person has, with
actual knowledge, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, made an
investment of $20,000,000 or more (or any combination of investments of at
least $5,000,000 each, which in the aggregate equals or exceeds $20,000,000 in
any 12-month period), that directly and significantly contributed to the
enhancement of Iran’s ability to develop petroleum resources of Iran.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0356B66EF699460B846D961BD6DD21C8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Production of
refined petroleum resources</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (f),
the President shall impose the sanctions described in section 6(b) (in addition
to any sanctions imposed under subparagraph (A)) if the President determines
that a person has, with actual knowledge, on or after the date of the enactment
of the <short-title>Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act
of 2009</short-title>, sold, leased, or provided to Iran any goods, services,
technology, information, or support that would allow Iran to maintain or expand
its domestic production of refined petroleum resources, including any
assistance in refinery construction, modernization, or repair.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD02D292DFEE14EC7902DEBE472D585D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exportation of
refined petroleum resources to Iran</header><text>Except as provided in
subsection (f), the President shall impose the sanctions described in section
6(b) if the President determines that a person has, with actual knowledge, on
or after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of
2009</short-title>, provided Iran with refined petroleum resources or engaged
in any activity that could contribute to the enhancement of Iran’s ability to
import refined petroleum resources, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE7F86D187664A799B4A31CAE0783D94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing ships or
shipping services to deliver refined petroleum resources to Iran;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E12A614D75643E0B49DB3A89CC7A013"><enum>(B)</enum><text>underwriting or
otherwise providing insurance or reinsurance for such activity; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F89B5830E9C491FB1097EB2138C2E46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>financing or
brokering such
activity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H07F3FECB1F77463B882800D4D0A5C38B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Description of
sanctions</header><text>Section 6 of such Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB5AF2E0AFE6A4636BC4FE00A9DD00C3B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The sanctions to be imposed on a sanctioned person under section 5 are
as follows:</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA42D35BB19884765BE4FD9E144946DA5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4659EE6BFED64F009FA8A73319E54C0D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The sanctions to be imposed on a sanctioned person under
subsections (a)(1)(A) and (b) of section 5 are as
follows:</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCADB76E3818F4BFDA8E0E068C46F0BBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B9A70A39FC64EC699CB927EAAE8B26C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4B221799EF554B67BA79C6DB7A64B809"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
sanctions</header><text>The sanctions to be imposed on a sanctioned person
under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2) of section 5(a) are as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HD7DC7F9C24B145F19AAB692021CC70E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foreign
exchange</header><text>The President shall, under such regulations as the
President may prescribe, prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange by the
sanctioned person.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB99A9F96829C4DAC9AFACA575876844B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Banking
transactions</header><text>The President shall, under such regulations as the
President may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or payments between,
by, through, or to any financial institution, to the extent that such transfers
or payments involve any interest of the sanctioned person.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEADECFCA36AD4D4D91D788D114B4015C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Property
transactions</header><text>The President shall, under such regulations as the
President may prescribe, prohibit any acquisition, holding, withholding, use,
transfer, withdrawal, transportation, importation, or exportation of, dealing
in, or exercising any right, power, or privilege with respect to, or
transactions involving, any property in which the sanctioned person has any
interest by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the
jurisdiction of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H22761042EC6A4278A75E2710EAA5D7C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Presidential
waiver</header><text>Section 9(c)(2) of such Act is amended by amending
subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3F77D858160450ABDCFA0A37B848D80" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H08986A53035540A29844534856D07815"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the significance of the
provision of the items described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 5(a) or
section 5(b) to Iran’s ability to develop its petroleum resources, to maintain
or expand its domestic production of refined petroleum resources, to import
refined petroleum resources, or to develop its weapons of mass destruction or
other military capabilities (as the case may be);
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H972856A6510A4B3DB156EB45A9813714"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Strengthening of
waiver authority and sanctions implementation</header>
<paragraph id="H5BAD9A1C6C5E470282D068ACB818066B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Investigations</header><text>Section
4(f) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD1657C1C70C4F68903102119A471E67"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H565BC6F52269430BB6FB1C7EEF0C3B1A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>should initiate</quote> and inserting <quote>shall immediately
initiate</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF65428683354FCA809A9C442672E181"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>or 5(b)</quote> after <quote>section 5(a)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2B6D68986BD647B2BBBB2C6393F2E66D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>as described in such section</quote> and inserting <quote>as
described in section 5(a)(1) or other activity described in section 5(a)(2) or
5(b) (as the case may be)</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80D53FB5FBCD4564883266D5185FC3E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>, pursuant to section 5(a), if a person has engaged in
investment activity in Iran as described in such section</quote> and inserting
<quote>, pursuant to section 5(a) or (b) (as the case may be), if a person has
engaged in investment activity in Iran as described in section 5(a)(1) or other
activity described in section 5(a)(2) or 5(b) (as the case may be)</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6734BA5C9E447218FA539E2F2E720B0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B6F93E3421A4CB2822E6AAA1C7321B0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H37110A27D776496DA69DCA4732B158A5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of
credible information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the
purposes of this subsection, the term <quote>credible information</quote> means
public or classified information or reporting supported by other substantiating
evidence.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB1CE3535F1C247D1B3840AAFADADD593"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for
Proliferation Security Initiative</header><text>Section 5(f) of the Iran
Sanctions Act of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D7C1E86F31442DA96074E11A1812D3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61DF303DEBEE4EC084A8EEB8EE0EB2BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F3EFFBFA8B1428684E0A74EEE7F779A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H378FED2707084647AB77327D65C07748" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H46CC82B9834842FA901F3F6128AABF7C"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the President determines in writing that
the person to which the sanctions would otherwise be applied is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B3799FADDAD4DCCA9E0BC5BB85F6A56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a citizen or
resident of a country that is a participant in the Proliferation Security
Initiative; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B5ABF54CF524A91B4721EDB1FF1C5E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a foreign person
that is organized under the laws of a country described in subparagraph (A) and
is a subsidiary of a United States
person.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F06B6EDC8E84DA4A9BB23B6957BE834"><enum>(3)</enum><header>General Waiver
Authority</header><text>Section 9(c)(1) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (50
U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking <quote>important to the national
interest of the United States</quote> and inserting <quote>vital to the
national security interest of the United States</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFB3CCFC9343A44539E18E19B56106FCE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rule of
Construction</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall not be
construed to affect any exercise of the authority of section 4(f) or section
9(c) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 as in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H455EC1372FAC492CAB03C7FF0744E4FA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports on
United States efforts To curtail certain business transactions relating to
Iran</header><text>Section 10 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2501DB3B66E541F4AE6FD8AA50E547F2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF61D865DC07A4D47BB5E9804B5D19BB0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports on
certain business transactions relating to Iran</header>
<paragraph id="HA3BCD1F4EC794DB68288DE2E2E071198"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of
2009</short-title>, and every 6 months thereafter, the President shall submit a
report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding any person who
has—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF05D6B0CF6BB4447999276D5E460087E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provided Iran with refined petroleum
resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B09778C39374CA18DBE228EAB615B24"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">sold, leased, or provided to Iran any
goods, services, or technology that would allow Iran to maintain or expand its
domestic production of refined petroleum resources; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B5DFAB25B4546CDAEF696E61FB1B71F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>engaged in any
activity that could contribute to the enhancement of Iran’s ability to import
refined petroleum resources.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F1F0B5FA08942B4BB44A5565CFFEBB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each activity set forth in
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1), the President shall provide a
complete and detailed description of such activity, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H18A76955CA264E3D9216C3F1F45628A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date or dates
of such activity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA636B0717D045FEA382230F05631F6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the name of any
persons who participated or invested in or facilitated such activity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA9364E88C07464EA19C61B7EFC982D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the United States
domiciliary of the persons referred to in subparagraph (B);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8FA2903F2078450C83A7B43243AF8E07"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any Federal
Government contracts to which the persons referred to in subparagraph (B) are
parties; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22B5AED91864400281E465BC307C29C1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the steps taken by
the United States to respond to such activity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7E51421BEB2437F9CD59FAD27C839C4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form of reports;
publication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The reports
required under this subsection shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F00BB0A655F416398D27E0E98C727DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submitted in unclassified form, but may
contain a classified annex; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBBDB46542E547E586043351E6746343"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">published in the Federal
Register.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD879E132C6F54E97AE865980F8140D0F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Clarification
and expansion of definitions</header><text>Section 14 of such Act is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEF39583C11174E338A176E138F84C2E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(13)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H17D0D29C12B14D198120620892D72B18"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>financial institution, insurer, underwriter, guarantor, any other
business organization, including any foreign subsidiary, parent, or affiliate
of such a business organization,</quote> after <quote>trust,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H134CDD48F65C4AC3960C8D2483ADC3E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, such as an export credit agency</quote> before the semicolon at the
end; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD93FFF982AD14C9D97FCB2E2E2489A78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (14) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H974B5318909C4C6291EF39E446238FAE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC63B2AE4B96C4C809820A3E84803826B"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Petroleum
resources</header>
<subparagraph id="HEF72895E63F9455D83410906C95A2030"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>petroleum resources</quote> includes petroleum, petroleum by-products,
oil or liquefied natural gas, oil or liquefied natural gas tankers, and
products used to construct or maintain pipelines used to transport oil or
compressed or liquefied natural gas.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EB1B21B5F054574A25D08ED584580A6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Petroleum
by-products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>petroleum by-products</quote> means gasoline, kerosene, distillates,
propane or butane gas, diesel fuel, residual fuel oil, and other goods
classified in headings 2709 and 2710 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF20C3082E0254C88BD80BB29C2AFC586"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HE9BE1E0CA48A453CB6E28D562743FBC7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Multilateral
regime</header><text>Section 4 of such Act is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6FC49B9005924D9D987B463E34C99E07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2), by striking <quote>(in addition to that provided in subsection
(d))</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7839FE8B22DA40588D6115691483A960"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d) and redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and
(e), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2411193DB76C4A05B3F039ADF72E6EB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Impositions of
sanctions</header><text>Section 5(b) of such Act is amended by striking
<quote>section 6</quote> and inserting <quote>section 6(a)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>XIV</enum><header>Limitation on
Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates</header>
<section id="H327E053BDE62455987D01FC2496BEE31" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Limitation on Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates
Act of 2009</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H65389A56CE5B46B3A7B164316ADE8476"><enum>1402.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HB280172951BB4471803537B0EAD70A5E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Government of
the United Arab Emirates</header>
<subparagraph id="H62F54ED1DB774C2EAF48FD659A6B01A2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Government of the United Arab Emirates</term> includes the government of
any subdivision of the United Arab Emirates, and any agency or instrumentality
of the Government of the United Arab Emirates.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD28217141984F9EA4C130E4CD00032C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Agency or
instrumentality</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term
<term>agency or instrumentality of the Government of the United Arab
Emirates</term> means an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as
defined in section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code, with each reference
in such section to <quote>a foreign state</quote> deemed to be a reference to
<quote>the United Arab Emirates</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8944C50DC09E40F28B31338B0679E1B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Government of
Iran</header>
<subparagraph id="H2FE55543209B4046A7C4CFF5F7AE1595"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>Government of Iran</term> includes the
government of any subdivision of Iran, and any agency or instrumentality of the
Government of Iran.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37EA3BF23A4F45249606F1FE12E3FEF3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Agency or
instrumentality</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes
of subparagraph (A), the term <term>agency or instrumentality of the Government
of Iran</term> means an agency or instrumentality of a foreign state as defined
in section 1603(b) of title 28, United States Code, with each reference in such
section to <quote>a foreign state</quote> deemed to be a reference to
<quote>Iran</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H09BF5B24B35A402D919646BF8D402B10"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National of the
United Arab Emirates</header><text>The term <term>national of the United Arab
Emirates</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H491790A8456C42F799D21DD9D6837518"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any citizen of the United Arab Emirates;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B84AA5BE2EA4B48A9E54588E50A66DB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other legal entity that is organized
under the laws of the United Arab Emirates.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H42AEA0CCC8974F54842AABDA7D9C296B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>National of
Iran</header><text>The term <term>national of Iran</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1480DA4797EB4AB4A5B92AE8DE49CD62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any citizen of
Iran; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30BF5AD723FC489688B5ED90CE981FED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other legal
entity that is organized under the laws of Iran.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HCB8BE12BC5EB4C058D39D54F6BA64F2F"><enum>1403.</enum><header>Restriction on
nuclear cooperation with the United Arab Emirates</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H049ED5548D664112ADFB70941433D141"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Restriction on
nuclear cooperation agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or any international agreement, no agreement for cooperation between the United
States of America and the United Arab Emirates pursuant to section 123 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) may enter into force on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act unless not less than 30 legislative days
prior to such entry into force the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that the requirements of subsection (c) have been
met.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6C30EF332EA049759FB9684851DCA2D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restriction on
exports of nuclear material, equipment, or technology</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No license may be issued for the export of
nuclear material, equipment, or technology to the United Arab Emirates pursuant
to an agreement for cooperation between the United States of America and the
United Arab Emirates pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2153) for any fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment
of this Act unless not less than 30 legislative days prior to the issuance of
such license the President certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees for such fiscal year that the requirements of subsection (c) have
been met.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBA215C13FD6F4EFF8BE4457CC8F2F1EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The
requirements referred to in this subsection are the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HF26172C9E282413F88D27A2D4406474F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Government of the United Arab Emirates
has taken, and is continuing to take, effective actions to prohibit, terminate,
and prevent the transfer of goods, services, or technology to the Government of
Iran, including fully implementing United Nations Security Council sanctions
against Iran.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H743F6E92F83E46E59877263A3420D31F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For the preceding
12-month period—</text>
<subparagraph id="H48DBB472F40140E8AA6872E14FD138A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there has been no cooperation with respect
to any activity described in paragraph (1) between the Government of the United
Arab Emirates and the Government of Iran, any national of Iran, or any
Iranian-controlled entity based on all credible information available to the
United States at the time of the certification;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA516D5DB63A64EFBBB32D3C118591CE4"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H84F3055B02474A9A85779306CD526504"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">there has been no cooperation with respect
to any activity described in paragraph (1) between any national of the United
Arab Emirates and the Government of Iran, any national of Iran, or any
Iranian-controlled entity based on all credible information available to the
United States at the time of the certification; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HABE2883901484F87A335885F5A0C1357" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Government of the United Arab Emirates
has—</text>
<subclause id="H50B888DB0B2343CBA3B56F6547ED4D1D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">terminated all cooperation between any such
United Arab Emirates national and the Government of Iran, any such Iranian
national, or any such Iranian-controlled entity;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7D64419E05684556A57234C00CA130B2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>instituted effective measures to prevent
a reoccurrence of any such cooperation; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1BC2D75BEAE74072A0F47720CA170085"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prosecuted any such United Arab Emirates
national; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6881586B70054A039AC604DAB3E35421"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Government of
the United Arab Emirates has not engaged in or condoned activities that
violate—</text>
<clause id="HC89EA90F92A2495180D1ADA5FA8C6083"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, including
Executive Orders 12957, 12959, 13059 and other executive orders issued pursuant
to such Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="H32426FBDA99F4BF99A1A1D3F91B94EAD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H10E6889D92BC449E8A81594D2D561CE6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other provisions
of applicable United States law.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8DD776F8EECC47B8BF7167CBDAAE9A5F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Government of
the United Arab Emirates—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD0BE189C0FC243D5BE6BF50F554B9A47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has developed and
fully implemented an export control regime in accordance with international
standards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H933AECDAFDCD4F9FB6AB3E5758074293"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has developed and
implemented the appropriate or necessary legislative and functional actions to
target the logistical and financial networks that support terrorist
organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55EA4DA320B7444CB1D9E87841EDE58D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has cooperated with the United States in
identifying, preventing, disrupting and, where appropriate, prosecuting
entities and individuals that assist Iran’s procurement of goods, services, or
technology, and entities affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
Corps.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF18446F2486049379EEC28E7E7227976"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Goods, services,
or technology defined</header>
<paragraph id="HE105068319D64565AE27919C669E2346"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), in this section, the
term <term>goods, services, or technology</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H029EE492B95543B3BB27E47192A0248D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>goods, services,
or technology listed on—</text>
<clause id="HE9BAE52E3F38424D9F732F69A60EB756"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6FE625C7565E4790811C006F34A3C8FE"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Nuclear Suppliers
Group Guidelines for the Export of Nuclear Material, Equipment and Technology
(published by the International Atomic Energy Agency as Information Circular
INFCIRC/254/Rev. 8/Part 1, and subsequent revisions) and Guidelines for
Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Material, and Related
Technology (published by the International Atomic Energy Agency as Information
Circular INFCIRC/254/Rev. 7/Part 2, and subsequent revisions);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4EDBF4FD48674865B7C98A3076ABC6EC" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Missile Technology Control Regime
Equipment and Technology Annex of June 11, 1996, and subsequent
revisions;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H987618DA496E4F49ABA823622365D053" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the lists of items and substances
relating to biological and chemical weapons the export of which is controlled
by the Australia Group;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H80EA739D87B74807BCB2CA5B983A0C4A" indent="up1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the Schedule One or Schedule Two list of
toxic chemicals and precursors the export of which is controlled pursuant to
the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling
and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2ABA758B42554088A5ECF1078D9B46B5" indent="up1"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the Wassenaar Arrangement list of Dual
Use Goods and Technologies and Munitions list of July 12, 1996, and subsequent
revisions;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HE4855C02CCF84405BE090E3EA9B35974" indent="up1"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the United States Munitions List under
section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) for which special
export controls are warranted under such Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2BAC11B5F48F45C5950A9BCDE7EEABE6" indent="up1"><enum>(VII)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the
Commerce Control List maintained under part 774 of title 15, Code of Federal
Regulations; or</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08B20CD217EB478BB7A8AA7620ADF198"><enum>(B)</enum><text>goods, services,
or technology not listed on any list identified in subparagraph (A) but which
nevertheless would be, if they were United States goods, services, or
technology, prohibited for export to Iran because of their potential to make a
material contribution to the development of nuclear, biological, or chemical
weapons, or of ballistic or cruise missile systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3EFB9F7C859D43F0B730C3F60BA7C599"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>goods, services, or
technology</term> does not include goods, services, or technology that are
directly related to the operation of the Bushehr nuclear power reactor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>XV</enum><header>Holocaust
Insurance Accountability</header>
<section id="H3ACF5C55F2A640BA8B7E2A33D621D033" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1601.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Holocaust Insurance
Accountability Act of 2009</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HE95664E3A06D4DCF8E5E3DEC6910DDE2"><enum>1602.</enum><header>Validity of
State laws</header>
<subsection id="H7EBEB39B02DC467D81E2692D0A86ABC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Validity of laws
creating cause of action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any
State law creating a cause of action against any insurer or related company
based on a claim arising out of or related to a covered policy shall not be
invalid or preempted by reason of any Executive agreement between the United
States and any foreign country.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H137090A3E18E443C9A5C8A604EC13143"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Validity of laws
requiring disclosure of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any State law that is enacted on or after
March 1, 1998, and that requires an insurer doing business in that State,
including any related company, to disclose information regarding any covered
policy shall be deemed to be in effect on the date of the enactment of such law
and shall not be invalid or preempted by reason of any Executive agreement
between the United States and any foreign country.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB4E1A55FE4874C7C87BB4129AE7C0287"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may waive the application of
subsection (a) or (b) with respect to any Executive agreement that is entered
into between the United States and a foreign country on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act and that involves covered policies if, not later than
30 legislative days before the signing of the Executive agreement—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC31FCAE579CE4C85A733C698A738A397"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the President
determines that the Executive agreement is vital to the national security
interests of the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D1381E973164C9DBCD9D4D2A1000AE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President provides to the appropriate
congressional committees a report explaining the reasons for such
determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H01E6EDC6936648988F01C420C0BD9475"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Statements of
interest</header><text>No funds may be used by the Department of State, or any
other department or agency of the United States, for the purpose of issuing a
statement of interest seeking to encourage a court in the United States to
dismiss any claim brought to recover compensation arising out of or related to
a covered policy.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA8A60652C58A416E90CE4B5BE2DCC02B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Statute of
limitations</header><text>No court may dismiss a claim that is brought under a
State law described in subsection (a) or (b) within 10 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act on the ground that the claim is barred under any
statute of limitations.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1EECE7038B7A47A2A1902F75BEC43B6C"><enum>1603.</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title shall apply to any claim that is
brought, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, under a
State law described in subsection (a) or (b), including—</text>
<paragraph id="H11CD5C39174C4E01951DD6A15537D444"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any claim
dismissed, before the date of the enactment of this Act, on the ground of
executive preemption; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB92AF02582C4CDCA84FB016A4458822"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any claim that is
deemed released as a result of the settlement of a class action that was
entered into before the date of the enactment of this title, if the claimant
did not receive any payment pursuant to the settlement.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HA6E84FF0669344AEA788474D19DC7C65"><enum>1604.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H461FC1F90A7D4B82A3A94DE44F0B0D28"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees</header><text>The term <quote>appropriate
congressional committees</quote> means the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the
House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Senate, and
the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A9DD48524024FDDBCD6AE71AFE5491F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered
policy</header>
<subparagraph id="H83E4EDA5F36A4529851EA60ACE63C04B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>covered policy</quote> means any life,
dowry, education, property, or other insurance policy that—</text>
<clause id="HA92C27AA7E624EDEBE311FD4C911BD24"><enum>(i)</enum><text>was
in effect at any time after January 30, 1933, and before December 31, 1945;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H47E980A6035544C5BBEE623FB3A5EA18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>was
issued to a policyholder domiciled in any area that was occupied or controlled
by Nazi Germany.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79F23094962B45DAB31A5783BD548D53"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nazi
Germany</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph,
the term <quote>Nazi Germany</quote> means—</text>
<clause id="H3DF0C68999DD4795AFE9624E43E807CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
Nazi government of Germany; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE7EE75EB390548B2AE1C6A89952909A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any
government in any area occupied by the military forces of the Nazi government
of Germany.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H366838CA7CA04DE5A4220F4004D9CD4A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Insurer</header><text>The
term <quote>insurer</quote> means any person engaged in the business of
insurance (including reinsurance) in interstate or foreign commerce, if the
person issued a covered policy, or a successor in interest to such
person.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H233649B48DF54DD598F4CAC8C08FBF75"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Legislative
days</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>legislative days</quote> means those days on which both Houses of
Congress are in session.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H81EEC43267064FC89FBB83E658E81482"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Related
company</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>related company</quote> means an affiliate, as that term is defined in
section 104(g) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6701(g)).</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>XVI</enum><header>Belarus Arms
Transfers Accountability</header>
<section id="HFF9CEFBDF67F404CAC45E75E7419DA43"><enum>1701.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Belarus Arms Transfers Accountability Act of 2009</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HED924F7B343F4F47BB7A0B115105A1C1"><enum>1702.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE30833E9F3F5499F8CE71A335B3D1C2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of State should take into
consideration the continuing reports of arms sales by Belarus to state sponsors
of terrorism and states that do not fully cooperate with the United States in
its anti-terrorism efforts, as well as any information gathered in the process
of drafting the report to the appropriate congressional committees required
under this title, and carefully consider whether the imposition of existing
terrorism and nonproliferation sanctions would be appropriate to deter any such
arms sales by Belarus; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CBA9B6DC01340B4906CB0F1674A8C09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any use by Iran of
civilian nuclear cooperation agreements with other countries as a means to
proliferate weapons technology and expertise to countries such as Venezuela,
either directly or by means of arrangements with Belarus or other countries
would not be in the interest of the United States.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9BE8B4CDE9DD47ACA4C7C35CA6AF21E6"><enum>1703.</enum><header>Report</header>
<subsection id="H8444756AE7104015827CC39FF9A1F5AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on annual basis
thereafter, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that describes, with respect to the preceding
12-month period, the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H51D463383D77493B9CE1A255E6C57A59"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The scale and
modalities of exports of weapons and related services by the Government of
Belarus and Belarusian enterprises, including revenues flows, and the potential
role of the government and enterprise of the Russian Federation in such exports
and revenues.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6409FDC808214E9B862411BDD18D6EC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The status of the
stockpiles of weapons inherited by Belarus from the former Soviet regime,
including a determination as to the role such stockpiles may continue to play
in the export of weapons by Belarus, and an assessment of the capability of
Belarusian enterprises to manufacture conventional and advanced weaponry and
provide services for such sales.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCBECBC8E486E4964B213C0811843F815"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A
determination as to whether civilian nuclear cooperation agreements and
activities involving Iran, Belarus, or Venezuela are being used as a means to
proliferate nuclear arms technology and expertise.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA644955F8D8E4B8CB3B6653884D4FDCB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The sale or delivery of weapons or
weapons-related technologies from Belarus to any country that is designated as
a state sponsor of terrorism or not fully cooperating with United States
antiterrorism efforts for purposes of section 40A of the Arms Export Control
Act, including Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE15397020E7429C9B4D28D585FECC85"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall be in an unclassified form
but may include a classified annex.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H47837853F3CF463888C3EDC401E19A71"><enum>1704.</enum><header>State sponsor
of terrorism defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this
title, the term <quote>state sponsor of terrorism</quote> means a country the
government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of
section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or
any other provision of law, to be a government that has repeatedly provided
support for acts of international terrorism.</text>
</section><enum>XVII</enum><header>Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation Forum Engagement</header>
<section id="H7C87C9BBC2E046A7906F587197B43DC4"><enum>1801.</enum><header>Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation</header>
<subsection id="H603267DD853044428034C59015FA2823"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H7231C6ACCB5D4E6CB34F84D3040128CF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States
continued engagement in Asia must be a cornerstone of United States foreign
policy in the 21st Century;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF03A2B4DAFBB4989BA5E2DCEA41A14F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President must
elevate the role of the United States in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
forum (APEC) by ensuring that United States Government officials of the
appropriate rank attend APEC activities; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE94E9A8D58E54ED2B9FC95AA3DE4B67E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increased
participation by United States small businesses, particularly manufacturers,
will add substantial benefit to APEC discussions and help strengthen the
influence of the United States within APEC.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1262C44BDD14448E9A8802B1D224BAB7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Small business
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the
term <quote>small business</quote> shall have the meaning given the term
<quote>small business concern</quote> in section 410(9) of the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694a(9)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF40379DFEF9F4CB29C71FF91CBDADF48"><enum>(c)</enum><header>United States
participation at APEC</header>
<paragraph id="HDACFEACD6D4B4E8DB2E2FE0BBD673DB6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation of
APEC coordinators</header><text>The President shall designate in appropriate
departments and agencies an existing official compensated at a rate of basic
pay not less than the minimum rate of basic pay payable to a member of the
Senior Executive Service to serve as each such department’s or agency’s
<quote>APEC Coordinator</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA3D764985C234DE99079A98555CCD42F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties of APEC
coordinators</header>
<subparagraph id="HA5EAF48BAFB34D88945657A30BD1C7BA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The APEC Coordinators of the appropriate departments and
agencies designated in accordance with paragraph (1) shall, in consultation
with the United States Ambassador to APEC, set department- and agency-wide
guidelines for each such department’s or agency’s participation at APEC.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE1A7B7DA2854AE29A316BAF07081A58"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each
APEC Coordinator shall annually submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on efforts to enhance each department’s and agency’s
participation at APEC.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFE6E169DE6EF45EF9590896D8AA7A0A1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enhancing small
business participation at APEC</header>
<paragraph id="HEAC60089191A4445AFD64787862BBF05"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation of
small business liaison</header><text>The Secretary of State shall designate an
existing officer within the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs to serve
as a <quote>Small Business Liaison</quote>. Such designated officer is
authorized to be compensated at a rate of basic pay not less than the minimum
rate of basic pay payable to an individual at GS–14 of the General Schedule or
FS–02 of the Foreign Service Schedule.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC698F43CB5B94983B310F0BE7D7DE9E5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department of
State website</header><text>The Secretary of State shall post on the website of
the Department of State a dedicated page for United States small businesses to
facilitate direct communication between the United States Government and the
business community concerning APEC.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED302DA2DE8D461BAB8D42232E091669"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The
Secretary of State shall coordinate with existing private sector partners and
relevant business associations to promote participation by small businesses at
APEC. The Secretary shall ensure that notices about meetings and briefings
provided by United States APEC officials on APEC-related issues are posted on
the website of the Department of State (in accordance with paragraph (2)) not
later than 15 days before the dates of such meetings and briefings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H791A0641D5C442169492AF4920A23528"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Renaming</header><text>The
Office of Economic Policy within the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
of the Department of State shall be referred to as the <quote>Office of APEC
Affairs</quote>. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or
other record of the United States to the Office of Economic Policy shall be
deemed to be a reference to the Office of APEC Affairs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD150E2B693514CA99E771A2D369BC519"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report on
hosting of APEC 2011 in the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the mechanisms that are
in place or are being considered for hosting the 2011 meeting of APEC in the
United States, including an analysis of the estimated or projected costs
associated with such meetings.</text>
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