1.Short title and table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Western Hemisphere Security Cooperation Act of
2012
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Title I—Counterterrorism in the Western Hemisphere
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Statement of policy relating to Iran, Hezbollah, and
other foreign terrorist organizations.
Sec. 103. Statement of policy relating to certain international
agreements.
Sec. 104. Notifications relating to travel by Cuban Government
officials within or to the United States.
Sec. 105. Preventing oil benefits, land expropriation, and
terrorism expansion.
Sec. 106. Amendments to annual country reports on
terrorism.
Sec. 107. Amendments to international drug control
certification procedures.
Sec. 108. Amendment to international narcotics control strategy
report.
Sec. 109. International Law Enforcement Academy in San
Salvador, El Salvador.
Sec. 110. United States efforts in the Western
Hemisphere.
Sec. 111. Amendments to the Department of State Rewards
Program.
Sec. 112. Establishment of a Western Hemisphere Regional
Coordination Center.
Sec. 113. Transfer of funds to the Central American Regional
Security Initiative.
Sec. 114. Administration of security assistance programs for
Central American countries.
Sec. 115. Restriction on assistance for the Guatemalan
Army.
Title II—Nonproliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological
weapons in the Western Hemisphere
Sec. 201. Findings.
Sec. 202. Statement of policy regarding the proliferation of
weapons-related nuclear, chemical, and biological materials, technology, and
facilities.
Sec. 203. Statement of policy regarding the small quantities
protocol.
Sec. 204. Securing adherence to agreements regarding nuclear
nonproliferation by countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Sec. 205. Halting the proliferation of nuclear fuel
fabrication.
Sec. 206. Cooperation with the Proliferation Security
Initiative.
Sec. 207. Establishment of the Western Hemisphere
Nonproliferation Partnership Initiative.
Sec. 208. Foreign policy controls.
Sec. 209. Limitation on arms transfers.
Sec. 210. Restrictions on nuclear cooperation with countries
assisting the nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba.
Title III—Organization of American States
Sec. 301. Actions regarding the Organization of American
States.
Title IV—Miscellaneous provisions
Sec. 401. Prohibitions on engagement with certain Western
Hemisphere countries.
Sec. 402. Report.
2.Except as otherwise provided, in this
Act:
(1)Appropriate
congressional committeesThe term appropriate congressional
committees means—
(A)the Committee on
Foreign Affairs; and
(B)the Committee on
Foreign Relations.
(2)Nonhumanitarian
assistanceThe term nonhumanitarian assistance
means—
(A)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—
(i)disaster relief assistance, including any
assistance under chapter 9 of part I of such Act;
(ii)assistance which
involves the provision of food (including monetization of food) or medicine;
and
(iii)assistance for
refugees;
(B)sales, or financing on any terms, under the
Arms Export Control Act; and
(C)financing under the Export-Import Bank Act
of 1945.
(3)State sponsor of
terrorismThe term
state sponsor of terrorism 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 (as continued in effect under the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or any other
provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts
of international terrorism.
<enum>I</enum><header>Counterterrorism
in the Western Hemisphere</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA52AAB43C5FF4B54B2F1B0B72BFD871A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HED272E7519C24E0CB283C13A2B526EC3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In 2004, a
Lebanese individual, having entered the United States illegally from Mexico,
was charged with supporting Hezbollah financially and was described by the
United States Attorney as a <quote>fighter, recruiter and
fundraiser</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF1A469A5A644D0FAB418F405B14AD45"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In December 2006,
the Department of the Treasury designated nine individuals and two entities as
part of a network that is <quote>a major financial artery to Hezbollah in
Lebanon</quote> and announced an effort to target Hezbollah fundraising in the
tri-border area of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E358A60F382454CAD4BE642F2D0E7F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In 2007, the
Chavez regime established routine civilian airline flights between Venezuela
and designated State Sponsors of Terrorism, Iran, and Syria.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5813DDF22A44B0AA5260F0D26E3A7CE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In November 2007,
Interpol’s General Assembly agreed to issue red capture notices for the arrest
of a Hezbollah leader and five former senior Iranian officials charged by
Argentina in the 1994 Argentine Mutual Jewish Association (AMIA) terrorist
attack, in which 85 innocent people were killed and 300 more were
wounded.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H41D5D1DF8A1D4EFF81A05B757C314D08"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In February 2008,
Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell reported to Congress in his
presentation of the Intelligence Community’s Annual Threat Assessment that the
governments of Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Bolivia, <quote>to varying degrees, have
engaged in sharply anti-U.S. rhetoric, aligned with Venezuela and Cuba—and
increasingly Iran—on international issues, and advocated measures that directly
clash with U.S. initiatives</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21F5930BD82B479091823D8BA5044BCD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In February 2008,
a United States Federal law-enforcement official shared, <quote>We’ve known for
some time that Islamic extremists groups were gaining momentum and exploiting
the region … Iran is no exception—now with Cuba and Venezuela, the door is
open.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDC7442AD0ED4590B0C19B7D098154DF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Venezuela has
concluded nearly 200 bilateral agreements with Iran on military cooperation,
the sharing of intelligence, expanding financial cooperation, and initiating
cultural exchanges, among others.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82335FCB660F4FFD900607A4C4DD0C92"><enum>(8)</enum><text>According to
United States intelligence officials, Iran possesses the potential to use its
close relationship with Venezuela to facilitate the smuggling of people, drugs,
and weapons into the Western Hemisphere through terrorist proxy groups.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F69505ABF5148128AFC714E46769C11"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In March 2008, the
Colombian army led a raid against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
and seized computers containing documents that suggest evidence of $300,000,000
in payments to the extremist organization from the Venezuelan Government,
high-level contacts by the FARC with officials from Ecuador and Venezuela, and
efforts by the FARC to obtain 50 kilograms of uranium.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6BE970815F5E47F0BF979BF8035548C8"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In June 2008, the Department of the
Treasury designated two Venezuela-based supporters of Hezbollah, Ghazi Nasr al
Din and Fawzi Kan’an, along with two travel agencies owned and controlled by
Kan’an, explaining it is <quote>extremely troubling to see the Government of
Venezuela employing and providing safe harbor to Hezbollah facilitators and
fundraisers</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75CC895BA04449728764861BAA3882B9"><enum>(11)</enum><text>In October 2008,
the Department of the Treasury designated Banco Internacional de Desarollo,
C.A., a financial institution located in Venezuela, to be owned or controlled
by or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly,
the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI). EDBI was designated for its role
in helping Iran violate United Nations sanctions and handle its illicit
transactions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF4AAAABCF354EDE9C5A9EB68CFD49F6"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In May 2010, for the fifth year in a row,
the Department of State determined, pursuant to section 40A of the Arms Export
Control Act, that Venezuela was not cooperating fully with United States
antiterrorism efforts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H032F76FAFD8A49BB9AC01D76B750151E"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In February 2011, the Department of the
Treasury identified the Lebanese Canadian Bank as a financial institution of
<quote>primarily money laundering concern</quote> under section 311 of the USA
PATRIOT Act, for its role in facilitating the money laundering activities of an
international narcotics trafficking network with ties to Hezbollah. This
network is involved in moving illicit drugs and money laundering from South
America to Europe and the Middle East through West Africa.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60F2972254FE4A64BA343309D45D768D"><enum>(14)</enum><text>In April 2011,
General Douglas Fraser, General of U.S. Southern Command, testified before
Congress that there are <quote>growing opportunities for military-to-military
connections</quote> between Iran and Venezuela and that there are
<quote>flights between Iran and Venezuela on a weekly basis and visas are not
required for entrance into Venezuela or Bolivia or Nicaragua</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43D4268FD2B7416EAFF364AFC6B29D0B"><enum>(15)</enum><text>In October 2011,
the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
charged two individuals for suspected participation in an Iranian Qods Force
plot to murder the Saudi Arabian Ambassador on United States soil.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4B8985BC85D436AA409F95FA2FFB19D"><enum>(16)</enum><text>In December 2011,
Univision aired a documentary titled The Iranian Threat that exposed a plan to
launch a cyber attack against the United States Government and nuclear
facilities involving Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC62F753CED16481F9961914DDF37E8B6"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In January 2012, the Venezuelan Consul
General in Miami, was declared persona non grata by the Department of State for
her participation in a cyber attack and was expelled from the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0A04EBC9D2E84784958D04809A9F9ACE"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A 2012 Drug Enforcement Administration
report identified 38 percent of the organizations on the Foreign Terrorist
Organizations list as having possible ties to the drug trade, underscoring the
fact that the fight against terrorism must also include a corresponding fight
against illicit drugs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA390DD30F8D4910992BE1D960F328BB"><enum>(19)</enum><text>In January 2012,
Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper reported to Congress in his
presentation of the Intelligence Community’s Annual Threat Assessment that
<quote>some Iranian officials have changed their calculus and are now willing
to conduct an attack in the United States</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB6A40D21E5A47EFB0F7E99ACC4B5612"><enum>(20)</enum><text>In January 2012,
Henry Rangel Silva became the Defense Minister of Venezuela. The Department of
Treasury had previously designated Silva a <quote>drug kingpin</quote> in 2008
due to his involvement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA2FBB9CAE6D401F88AEEBD1A560ACEB"><enum>(21)</enum><text>In March 2012,
General Douglas Fraser, General of U.S. Southern Command, testified before
Congress that <quote>connections with Hezbollah and Hamas who have been in the
region for a number of years primarily still focused on supporting, conducting
illicit activity to provide funding support and logistic support back to parent
organizations within the Middle East</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H990F8AEE847D470D9E0A5EDDE04BFC70"><enum>(22)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inter-American Convention Against
Terrorism of the Organization of American States (OAS) commits all State
parties to establish domestic regulatory institutions that eradicate the
financing of terrorist offenses, cooperate with fellow signatories to control
borders, provide mutual legal assistance in counterterrorism efforts and
prosecution of terrorist offenses, and conform to all other stipulations of the
convention designed to prevent, punish, and eliminate terrorist
offenses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C7F6AAF34944F6C803F85B20512E669"><enum>(23)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The countries within the Western Hemisphere
that have ratified the Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism of the OAS
are Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,
Trinidad & Tobago, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB18D284E80C8463281D97714EEDCA0B3"><enum>102.</enum><header>Statement of
policy relating to Iran, Hezbollah, and other foreign terrorist
organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It shall be the
policy of the United States to—</text>
<paragraph id="HADF93E06A92B4DA8A718724A4A54714E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">undertake a whole-of-government approach to
deny Iran, or its proxies such as Hezbollah, or any other foreign terrorist
organization, agent, or instrumentality of either, the resources to engage in
activities that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H25F3D3712B0645F89A0327676A65BD48"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">threaten United States national security,
its interests, and its allies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9046BA242D62481E951FAA7C6AC28D7A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide safe haven
within the territories and boundaries of countries within the Western
Hemisphere; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9325E6CE8E204D7CB2E1162782EE6B05"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide financial
support in order to carry out illicit activities around the globe; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD59CF8B353374AD989B7F67913B9168B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deter foreign investments and cooperation
of countries within the Western Hemisphere that would enhance the ability of
Iran, or any agent or instrumentality thereof, to develop nuclear, biological,
or chemical weapons.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB6468710E4B447299FE6AFD345711080"><enum>103.</enum><header>Statement of
policy relating to certain international agreements</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="H496559E7C358485FAF10A90A3314871E"><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="H496193C739FF4786A481264B6E608E51"><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="HB0C4C1BC96F24C1D9E70F7FECAB19287"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The 1963 ICAO
Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board
Aircraft.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77B581410B7E497E9688F5BFAE82765F"><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="HB5F723F6298D4825B085C48886AC6D87"><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="H787227BF033B46209560EF11479D98D0"><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="H54599F1D30264AC4947F509B479E77AF"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1979 United Nations International
Convention Against the Taking of Hostages.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6E9385BDBE5470099F733F8974EE8AA"><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="H3C899BA21DD64EB4B0A65F7794DAE514"><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="H9F0AECE253634DFEB2E196F06738AB93"><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="HDB030C7ECF264D5D8989A8353DF96F5C"><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="HC693F8420895468A8F0E8C7447720664"><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="HC3F7E5EF60B24A64A18C1620E5C1BE7F"><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="H448F55F2B7DB4E7A8E6EB4B51DA67177"><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="H4D37C2D54C65474E8388ABC571AF1B49"><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><paragraph id="HE0835424A13149B3A668F271DA9F266E"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 2010 ICAO Convention for the
Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HF4DFEC2735F146DC93FA2BF31402E9F2"><enum>104.</enum><header>Notifications
relating to travel by Cuban Government officials within or to the United
States</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA0547D0CB1CA4A3598970C9E54E14A80"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Travel within
United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
of State shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not less than 15
days prior to granting approval for travel by any Cuban official assigned to
the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, DC or the Cuban United Nations
Missions in New York, New York outside a 25-mile radius of the Cuban Interests
Section in Washington, DC or the Cuban United Nations Missions in New York, New
York, respectively.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H268A09E326F04A1CA18351D90E5774D3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Travel to the
United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
of State shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not less than 15
days prior to issuing a visa for travel of any Cuban Government official to the
United States</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1435143E509B464B920EC63F9A617D1B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matters To be
included</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each notification
required under subsection (a) and (b) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H7663D5598E3D4580A9FF132C4A565671"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The name and rank
of the Cuban official for which the travel is approved.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5D56F2BB4364971BFE456220DA9FD35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The expected
dates, destination, and purpose of the travel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB2B7A2AACE8F46C1B362820C45FDEABB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A separate certification that the travel
does not pose a threat to United States interests and policy priorities and the
travel has been approved by the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, and
the head of any other relevant department or agency. The certification may be
provided in a classified annex to the notification if applicable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5256E42206A745D391C610DAC180F99F"><enum>105.</enum><header>Preventing oil
benefits, land expropriation, and terrorism expansion</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H57AB587901F6458893E55635CC91F594"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be the policy
of the United States to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H719D901568CC4926A1C78F6F5C5B21D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">undertake the necessary measures to deny
the Government of Cuba, the Cuban Communist Party, or any agent or
instrumentality of either, the financial resources to engage in activities that
threaten—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H92FBCB6A48C94C0C928DD213331CB3CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States national security, its
interests, and its allies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H35A82FE03DA3446C94605EB7A4B09060"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Florida's marine
environment, including the most extensive living coral reef system in North
American waters and the third largest in the world;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB9398D4899A94F72A1DF7D27E350AC81"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the environment
and natural resources of the submerged lands located off Cuba's coast;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDD94E6D97A5F4941B774484491D8FFD0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to prolong the
dictatorship that oppresses the Cuban people; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD6CD57BA447B4F5194049B482AB44D00"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deter foreign investments that would
enhance the ability of the Government of Cuba, or any agent or instrumentality
thereof, to develop its petroleum resources.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1D49E3442E904397B83E6FE7FB9BB8A1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exclusion from
the United States of aliens who contribute to the ability of Cuba To develop
petroleum resources located off Cuba's coast</header>
<paragraph id="H6D190AD71A30468E88FDD96883195332"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD)
Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6021 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 401
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95B7F024FCB0492988DB3DC153F639C5" style="OLC">
<section id="HF6139304C8624DEE8097B7200090B1A5"><enum>402.</enum><header>Exclusion from
the United States of aliens who contribute to the ability of Cuba To develop
petroleum resources located off Cuba's coast</header>
<subsection id="H4F75456AE5454C458307DB9FA639E349"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
State shall deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
exclude from the United States, any alien who the Secretary of State determines
is a person who—</text>
<paragraph id="H27137561AD3B4566B7DFE906AF94C409"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is an officer or principal of an entity, or
a shareholder who owns a controlling interest in an entity, that, on or after
the date of the enactment of the Western Hemisphere Security Cooperation Act of
2012, has made or makes an investment that equals or exceeds $1,000,000 (or any
combination of investments that in the aggregate equals or exceeds $1,000,000
in any 12-month period), that contributes to the enhancement of the ability of
the Government of Cuba, or any agent or instrumentality thereof, to develop
petroleum resources of the submerged lands located off Cuba's coast; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87F72DBE47C148A69289132F03F4C660"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is a spouse, minor
child, or agent of a person described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H857442906E1145038922C298127F4FA3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State may waive the
application of subsection (a) if the Secretary certifies and reports to the
appropriate congressional committees, on a case-by-case basis, that the
admission to the United States of a person described in subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H1326F0DD658C42CDB3463BD6B24A1311"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is necessary for critical medical reasons
or for purposes of litigation of an action under title III of this Act;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD6C07AD60DD142298883F1F51E76EEC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is appropriate if
the requirements of sections 204, 205, and 206 of this Act have been
satisfied.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H06C3DFF5EF3F40BAB75BB65E60CF6DF6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection:</text>
<paragraph id="H3FDA2ED276464E87ACC3436F668E51AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agent and
instrumentality</header><text>The terms <term>agent</term> and
<term>instrumentality</term> shall include the Cuban Communist Party.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC88A7C1D35F246A0ABE316747B65F9DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Develop</header><text>The
term <term>develop</term>, with respect to petroleum resources, means the
exploration for, or the extraction, refining, or transportation by pipeline or
other means of, petroleum resources.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H460324C4280045AFBA67FFB0D1D17ABF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Investment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>investment</term> means any
of the following activities if such activity is undertaken pursuant to an
agreement, or pursuant to the exercise of rights under such an agreement, that
was or is entered into with the Government of Cuba (or any agency or
instrumentality thereof) or a nongovernmental entity in Cuba, on or after the
date of the enactment of the Western Hemisphere Security Cooperation Act of
2012:</text>
<subparagraph id="H19DE03C5346A492999D97CA2463CC1E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The entry into a
contract that includes responsibility for the development of petroleum
resources of the submerged lands located off Cuba’s coast, or the entry into a
contract providing for the general supervision and guarantee of another
person’s performance of such a contract.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB48165BB48FC4A42937DFBBC8F78F745"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The purchase of a
share of ownership, including an equity interest, in such development.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA57F249EF0A4139845160D4C5531A89"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The entry into a
contract providing for the participation in royalties, earnings, or profits in
such development, without regard to the form of the participation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEED0A5BE926448DA8D2729A3D8828203"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The entry into,
performance, or financing of a contract to sell or purchase goods, services, or
technology related to such development.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF38DA0DC96EE47CC939D5A1E0489A907"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Petroleum
resources</header><text>The term <term>petroleum resources</term> includes
petroleum and natural gas resources, petroleum by products, and liquified
natural
gas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21F8CA1201BF414B9B8D8AB1139E065A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 401 the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6927E95E4BD40BE988F6469E1AF7EDA" style="OLC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 402. Exclusion from the United States
of aliens who contribute to the ability of Cuba to develop petroleum resources
located off Cuba's
coast.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B85626F096F42B0BA1F5E84470D6570"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this subsection shall apply to aliens seeking admission to the United States on
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E5153B186CC4A8A808CEAE78A8882CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Imposition of
Sanctions and Prohibition on Facilitation of Development of Cuba's Petroleum
Resources</header>
<paragraph id="H7E15E131EACF4429932B2E53BEBCD212"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President
determines that a person has, on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act, made an investment that equals or exceeds $1,000,000 (or any combination
of investments that in the aggregate equals or exceeds $1,000,000 in any
12-month period) that contributes to the enhancement of the ability of the
Government of Cuba, or any agent or instrumentality thereof, to develop
petroleum resources of the submerged lands located off Cuba's coast, or has
made an investment of any amount of money that contributes to such an
enhancement and has trafficked in confiscated United States property, the
President shall impose two or more of the following sanctions:</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8EAFE2FB3124E5E926700CE2D325394"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prohibition on
loans and guarantees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibit
the issuance by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Export-Import
Bank of the United States, or any other United States instrument of any loan,
guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or participation in the extension of
credit in connection with the export of any goods or services to any sanctioned
person.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93EFF079A36E4C2CA6AD148CA647CBC3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Export
sanction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibit the
issuance by the United States Government of any specific license and or other
specific permission or authority to export any goods or technology to a
sanctioned person under—</text>
<clause id="HA162AF79B3C74ACFBB3172EDEA77958E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as
continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act);</text>
</clause><clause id="H5971E4FEADB54B02989E890E0677488A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Arms Export Control Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB98ED6DE4B9B41AFBC6E3CF45604E821"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Atomic
Energy Act of 1954; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE14AA5BD94174D67B2762CAD739C3E79"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any
other statute that requires the prior review and approval of the United States
Government as a condition for the export or reexport of goods or
services.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE0CBD7E6BDA4452EA54392EC70DFA677"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Prohibitions on
financial institutions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
following prohibitions may be imposed against a sanctioned person that is a
financial institution:</text>
<clause id="HA9847E0436D74411852514924D7C1283"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Prohibition on
designation as primary dealer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibit the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from
designating, or permitting the continuation of any prior designation of, such
financial institution as a primary dealer in United States Government debt
instruments.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5E98ED1829664228821C3A091317346C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Prohibition on
service as a repository of government funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibit such financial institution from
serving as agent of the United States Government or serving as repository for
United States Government funds.</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">The
imposition of either sanction under subparagraph (A) or (B) shall be treated as
one sanction for purposes of this section, and the imposition of both such
sanctions shall be treated as two sanctions for purposes of this
section.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H349AF9223478439F959448D338D6DBDD"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Procurement
sanction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibit the United
States Government from procuring, or entering into any contract for the
procurement of, any goods or services from a sanctioned person.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7175FF10733348DF8B74C926EAD3D59D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination of
Sanctions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sanctions imposed
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall terminate if the President determines and
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the requirements of
sections 204, 205, and 206 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6064, 6065, and 6066) have been
satisfied.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC2ED082CE30D478B947DC038D2973567"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prohibition on
Facilitation by United States Persons of Cuba's Ability To Develop Petroleum
Resources</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall be
unlawful for any United States person to provide materials, technical
equipment, or other assistance that contributes to the enhancement of Cuba's
ability to develop petroleum resources of the submerged lands located off
Cuba's coast.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H930C346A626547F0AE4530A2955FC621"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reports by
Secretary of State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each
of the fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015, the Secretary of State shall submit
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 a report relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4350467183AF4C5C9599B21F5CE446E7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">investments that equal or exceed $1,000,000
(or any combination of investments that in the aggregate equals or exceeds
$1,000,000 in any 12-month period) that contribute to the enhancement of the
ability of the Government of Cuba, or any agent or instrumentality thereof, to
develop petroleum resources of the submerged lands located off Cuba's coast,
including information relating to the values of such investments, the identity
of the persons making such investments, and proposed investments that would
satisfy such criteria, and information relating to any sanctions that have been
imposed pursuant to subsection (a) as a result of such investments; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H197A3DED2ABC487FA355D8CDF6773B08"><enum>(B)</enum><text>investments of any
amount of money, in conjunction with trafficking in confiscated United States
property, that contribute to such an enhancement, including information
relating to the values of such investments, the identity of the persons making
such investments, and the identity of such confiscated property, and
information relating to any sanctions that have been imposed pursuant to
paragraph (1) as a result of such investments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H988988B9A8F746CEBBA767B406F4F617"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Assessments of
Environmental Impacts of Development of Cuba's Petroleum Resources</header>
<subparagraph id="HF8AFC3FC9CE24378809A1D54782C1C7C"><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, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall submit to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing an
assessment of the impact that the development of Cuba's petroleum resources has
had on the environment and natural resources of the submerged lands located off
Cuba's coast and Florida's marine environment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E0F9495955D43348A05B1439FD737E8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of
environmental impact statements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In preparing the assessment, the Secretary
of State shall use as a model environmental impact statements prepared pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H66828612B8C34956BE826A0F2E5429AC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6F92E2F0788C4CB4B51990BF519534C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the terms <term>appropriate congressional
committees</term>, <term>confiscated</term>, <term>person</term>,
<term>property</term>, and <term>traffics</term> have the meaning given such
terms in section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD)
Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023), except that the term <term>person</term> shall
also include, for purposes of this subsection, a foreign subsidiary of a person
and United States subsidiary of a foreign person;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA552F66D7E3A45A4884E5BDC12AF4422"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the terms
<term>develop</term>, <term>investment</term>, and <term>petroleum
resources</term> have the meaning given such terms in section 402(c) of such
Act, as added by subsection (b) of this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0CE20FF17904E36AD19D28125D46634"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the terms
<term>agent</term> and <term>instrumentality</term> shall include the Cuban
Communist Party.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9B8BABFEB1704A7DA6CAB4C453656450"><enum>106.</enum><header>Amendments to
annual country reports on terrorism</header>
<subsection id="H8953E7284E12479EB4AC36F5475E51CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-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="H79C2B4B3465A42EEB63FC92E89ACA586"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FA57F0C523C49F096983C5AC9F2C166"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4770E001959E49D5AFD5FD517D0DDE1B"><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="HB8051AC9ACD546E588ECA2BEA94BD66A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1393D13121314D2DA48519C0E2B9DF9B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBAA94127CD774E30858CD8B1CC25E4E0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding after
such paragraph (7) the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD951B67971C4447385534E1CF60B65AB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB61868190932432CB5FBC9AEA5407681"><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="HC8CC8A4B6D8348BF99769CD9F2ECC056"><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></subsection><subsection id="H34F0C44D4FCF4C6EA92DBA69F06FCCD6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this subsection shall apply with respect to each report required to be
transmitted to Congress under section 140 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0BCEBD83E5DA444184D731FEB59BD981"><enum>107.</enum><header>Amendments to
international drug control certification 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="H35208D57BA7F46A988F27CA52F2F1ED8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H76C7121E5A8B40618BF43B5F8C0E4A2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)(ii); by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8247879F916941858B1F9D01E7336DD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1FF64E216284CD68E3B4DED6BC1F9F3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E1CE84338024010B3E90DFCCFE77680" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H13A3746A97BA4961AD7D0E80DD3498DA"><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 organizations 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="H2551EF3C578C49FE9889F486514BA8E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to adhere to its
obligations under international counterterrorism agreements; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H6E086DA776594C9C9CCCD9133EF13F8B"><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="HA785ED26B4974BFC938791C48B34F213"><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="HCE1A805F996648B483E99E7946F9F15E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE05A771402414B0D9CCDF9120A9CFAB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71F22E5954554880B81DD3313435D2AF"><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="H04B25E922F1D4466AB11D52E12458E6F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE06331314BE4DB69ABD07211B6C69D7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9395848E86C240039D2D0CDD5BFE71EB"><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="H80A1B35245804BBCA1E19CC243143321"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to
adhere to its obligations under international counterterrorism agreements;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H91CFC0806E944CAF85DD297F2D2EF12D"><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="H04F41D95E67144E6BF70AAD57CC62A71"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2465D2BA10434320947D6F31BF2B3FEA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (7) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3CE26539CBE444BA089B429A063D4A0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAD6CBE87F8A54FAEB4864D5EF0C541EB"><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 commented="no" id="H66CBF0068A1E4158894E80BEC8274044"><enum>108.</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="HC04254D17DA54660AB92FE7DBFB00AC0" style="traditional">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC7E56825A4F242FEB95E631FB8CBE345"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A separate section that contains
information relating to any links between drug trafficking organizations, 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 id="HAB70C0FF834A487DAF23D12DE1829616"><enum>109.</enum><header>International
Law Enforcement Academy in San Salvador, El Salvador</header>
<subsection id="H0F4D5C1A1E104AD89B0E57CFC489CEE8"><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 commented="no" id="H547BAB90A00643CE917595E50FF85FCF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Negotiation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall coordinate
with the heads of other appropriate United States Government agencies to ensure
that counterterrorism, including radical Islamist extremism within the Western
Hemisphere, nonproliferation, prison reform, prison fire safety, prison
corrections training, the threat of gang violence, and border security courses
are instituted as part of the core curriculum at the International Law
Enforcement Academy in San Salvador.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H08F150333D8A4169B30E09148EBFC7D5"><enum>110.</enum><header>United States
efforts in the Western Hemisphere</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H285905693DB545B59175F9DDEF7D316E"><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="H1155E829A49D4785A99446D809B404FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is engaged in
military cooperation with a state sponsor of terrorism,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA6FF20D4A3EB4FB0A1A6D45D7D3D1851"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is engaged in
nonmarket-based trade with a state sponsor of terrorism,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEE9D1387CD854DEAA296BD27F075595B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is carrying out
policies that threaten United States national security interests, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD45981B4F4664CCA87BAD62ECC32D2AF"><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="HDCE3ABA2AFCD43FCB2168F99F9CCAEBD"><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="H979CEB4218A342BA97A3AFB8B986CE18"><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="H76DECFFB59EC4FC7B97E007AC4394343"><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="HA90730BC92C943EE8B732B79A89F456E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as
continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H339583C22F744FAE9DF470F8461F9516"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Arms Export Control Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H50B46C46151B4E62950FE385F2E09725"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC80555BDD16342628B1373A8317FA311"><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="H325FE1B4A1344BDABCE6E6556527A060"><enum>111.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Department of State Rewards Program</header>
<subsection id="HA1676DA470AF4CCD859F1E070B1D5D33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 36 of the
State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D4B002C8D274C77A06738816B588649"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2), by inserting <quote>serious violations of international humanitarian
law, transnational organized crime,</quote> after <quote>international
narcotics trafficking,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE83B27B68F534788BCF7B88473E363D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD1A8874B89F2462B9D6C9EB7CD741FF2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Attorney General</quote> and
inserting <quote>heads of other relevant departments or
agencies</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF60133865A114F4FB960283F9BE4EDBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraphs (4)
and (5), by striking <quote>paragraph (1), (2), or (3)</quote> each place it
appears and inserting <quote>paragraph (1), (2), (3), (8), (9), (10), or
(11)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F59BE6202374A4684CAEDBCF82D0250"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(6)—</text>
<clause id="H3A76424C119A4C498714F22F5FE5B597"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>or transnational organized crime group</quote> after
<quote>terrorist organization</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5F4DC9692A974335BAFDD12B286538C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16428F2D04854CA0809EE623408E74AC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)—</text>
<clause id="HCEA0D2FE15D44918A17AFE3C1469E660"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>, including the use
by the organization of illicit narcotics production or international narcotics
trafficking</quote> and inserting <quote>or transnational organized crime
group, including the use by such organization or group of illicit narcotics
production or international narcotics trafficking</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H30DF5956A30C44CA930EDF4499DEDF6A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or transnational organized crime</quote>
after <quote>international terrorism</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H46E372973A5D491989CE42AEA387768B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="HC143305D0EF74F789F2887B8084CF514"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>or transnational organized crime group</quote> after <quote>terrorist
organization</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC60BFC3FFEE44614830A3938646C6D99"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H44631CCAF92547448236195B4E20DFE2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9F9FB6850D38453EBAB79B8DC8C2E85B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2923B30EB736497BA33CD15A4349097E"><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><paragraph commented="no" id="H66B9CC538BB940F0AD3DC90019A7C413"><enum>(9)</enum><text>the arrest or
conviction in any country of any individual for participating in, primarily
outside the United States, transnational organized crime;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8B6A14CEE58747888096D0D5C0ADDF0A"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the arrest or
conviction in any country of any individual conspiring to participate in or
attempting to participate in transnational organized crime; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8DD93FA8F50F469AA650048F394DC496"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the arrest or
conviction in any country, or the transfer to or conviction by an international
criminal tribunal (including a hybrid or mixed tribunal), of any foreign
national accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide, as
defined under the statute of such
tribunal.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0570E250F6864FFE9A3D95FA662949C0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)(1), by striking the last sentence; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5D779A8EFF94A8B8CAA07C6BDB9601E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5BC84EA07D7F44F688B7D4DEFED22363"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D5FDF28D71144439641C336D6943E88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEB58E221A3404C0D8DA730A617C99796" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB95E926928784DA797E4983BE41D2EF2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Transnational
organized crime</header><text>The term <term>transnational organized
crime</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8985318E66754E86A6D17EB7BF63E461"><enum>(A)</enum><text>racketeering
activity (as such term is defined in section 1961 of title 18, United States
Code) that involves at least one jurisdiction outside the United States;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E38E8437571400DBB58BB61B7BC7904"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other criminal
offense punishable by a term of imprisonment of at least four years under
Federal, State, or local law that involves at least one jurisdiction outside
the United States and that is intended to obtain, directly or indirectly, a
financial or other material benefit.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4E4829027EA940BDBEF883984CDEB03B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Transnational
organized crime group</header><text>The term <term>transnational organized
crime group</term> means a group of persons that includes one or more citizens
of a foreign country, exists for a period of time, and acts in concert with the
aim of engaging in transnational organized
crime.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E7CAECFE11B4B649DE2947669332F84"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
section or the amendments made by this section shall be construed as
authorizing the use of any activity precluded under the American
Servicemembers’ Protection Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–206).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HD932DDDAD6AC4BFEA989511150AA1C7D"><enum>112.</enum><header>Establishment
of a Western Hemisphere Regional Coordination Center</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H205A138108A2469C85062B0A7E1CCA02"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Statement of
policy</header><text>It shall be the policy of the United States to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE4351482923747449C322288579F077B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out a comprehensive and integrated
approach to United States counterterrorism, counternarcotics, and
nonproliferation efforts, both domestically and abroad; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H53731A5B8F9E42368F2AC432731C44C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 commented="no" id="H0D168F5A334D4B8B942A1E4905ABBFF5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>A
Western Hemisphere Regional Coordination Center shall serve as a joint
operational facility 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 commented="no" id="HE63D85BF40C04D6AAEBDF159C9C2449D"><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 other countries of the Western Hemisphere on
a bilateral or multilateral basis, as appropriate, international agreements
under which such governments work in partnership to establish a center to be
known as the <quote>Western Hemisphere Regional Coordination Center</quote>
(RCC).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF819688252224A1586D286C3A616B807"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Participation of
United States Government agencies</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD96A8C883EF24C7C82B886C1EC6AC30E"><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 Administration, and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, are necessary to ensure the establishment and
operation of the RCC. 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 commented="no" id="HDBE47035C7EA4188A5F72720F3AA3E79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assignment of
regional attaches and advisors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State, in coordination
with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, may
transfer to the RCC regional attaches and advisors serving at United States
diplomatic and consular missions in the Western Hemisphere.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H63A11BF2C4D342888BF90685D4273E14"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Structure</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE653FAD5E2D147BB94ACC88661F28930"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Management of
the RCC</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of
Congress that the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, should be responsible for
the management of the RCC, including development of the budget, priorities, and
programs of the RCC.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2CE90E7A26D84C6DB35997347F578C4D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Staffing and
duties</header>
<subparagraph id="HCD93C5B55F164429A04D550F3764BBA3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The 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 the RCC shall keep the Chief of Mission of the United States
Embassy in the host country of the RCC fully informed of activities and
operations of such RCC.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2FB2511EBC9C4281ADBEA469DEAF577E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Staff of foreign
countries</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State
should seek to ensure that staff of the RCC who are representatives of
governments of other countries of the Western Hemisphere are comprised of
individuals who are members of vetted units of such governments that are
approved by the United States Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3EFD1305900E47F4BF46D7B8E45DAE90"><enum>(f)</enum><header>United States
contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United
States should contribute existing funds, personnel, and other resources to the
RCC in order to avoid duplicative efforts to maximize the presence of the
United States to improve regional security and cooperation within the Western
Hemisphere.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H82FB2F3A2EA74D5DA69775038259A6BC"><enum>113.</enum><header>Transfer of
funds to the Central American Regional Security Initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For fiscal year 2013 and each subsequent
fiscal year, 50 percent of the amount of funds made available for
<quote>Development Assistance</quote> to carry out environmental programs and
50 percent of the amount of funds made available for the Global Climate Change
Fund for the Western Hemisphere may be transferred to, and merged with, funds
made available for <quote>International Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement</quote> to carry out the Central American Regional Security
Initiative.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H6C84A4ACD8934DA8AF59962A55943113"><enum>114.</enum><header>Administration
of security assistance programs for Central American countries</header>
<subsection id="H4953B8FE2D234D05A0F277101DD2A800"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H11E7B628AAEC411DAA68193E5A1CDA00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">According to the Government Accountability
Office report dated July 2010 regarding the Merida Initiative, Department of
State officials at posts in Central American countries expressed frustration
with the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) of the United States Embassy in Mexico
City serving as the account manager for International Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement funds destined for Central America because <quote>it adds an extra
layer</quote> to an already complex funding process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8611E24060304830BFF4818CBE6B86E4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Some Department of
State officials at posts in Central America stated that this situation has
created a bottleneck on the progress of bilateral procurement and
training.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H24D207C5AA93465FA1ACB45594E3A344"><enum>(3)</enum><text>United States
officials at posts in three Central American countries noted that returning
funds to embassy control would speed up procurement, and facilitate travel,
training, and exchange programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA18A6649F62D42C99EF849ECB4E4C2E2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2013 and each subsequent
fiscal year, funds made available for <quote>International Narcotics Control
and Law Enforcement</quote> to carry out security assistance programs for any
country of Central America may be administered only through the United States
embassy for such Central American country.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H89766A6901264B3999A18F762977CC6B"><enum>115.</enum><header>Restriction on
assistance for the Guatemalan Army</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H201EF336058041DFA662196BC597A667"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that narrowly
defines Guatemala’s strategy for addressing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H893BE4A9BE644ABD9824EBCB32E7C9ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>border security
and external threats;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5FADD336DC5347FAB0172696D9FB4A8A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>respect for human
rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB231305355594BB68BA5866F4B5EE9C4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cooperation with civilian investigations
and prosecutions of cases involving current and retired officers and with the
International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFF757A8C1DC34492A9E13948748991C6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>public disclosure
of all military archives pertaining to the internal armed conflict.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE30B81BC146E430DB2D19CBFE0AAC0D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appropriate
congressional committees defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>appropriate
congressional committees</term> means—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC0DFFA6ED8A34413B4368E2D71D10C68"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HADBBAD6A6B3E404E9CD27E395A69AF62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Nonproliferation
of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons in the Western Hemisphere</header>
<section id="H1078A5DBD40E4EA7BF47EDFDBFAF0D31" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H844F4DC5225F4D86AF5BAB5187100E64"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Venezuela and Iran have established
extensive political, military, and economic cooperation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEACD3FEEA95D4FEF9580E8752B576B11"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Venezuela, under the government of Hugo
Chavez, has publicly supported Iran’s development of a capacity to enrich
uranium, which many observers believe is part of a nuclear weapons
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FDF30DCE66B4CB5BF36C5EDFE980FC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In May 2005, Chavez stated that he was
seeking assistance from Iran to establish a nuclear program in
Venezuela.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21FA1670329248BF89D3E190C4D1AC6A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On February 4, 2006, Venezuela was one of
only three countries to vote against a resolution by the Board of Governors of
the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, to report Iran to the United
Nations Security Council for violating its obligations under the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H119153489E5045B98BB40B685FE001F8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On February 15, 2006, the Speaker of the
Iranian parliament, Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel, stated that his government was
prepared to discuss providing technical assistance to a Venezuelan nuclear
program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FE47FF9B7AD4830A052C5F6377E92BE"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On a visit to Iran in February 2008, Abel
El Zabayar, a member of Venezuela’s National Assembly and Mining Commission,
stated that Iran will <quote>practically give away</quote> its civilian nuclear
technology and that <quote>if relations with Iran lead to sharing nuclear
technology with us, we would then give it away to our brothers in Latin America
once we are successful.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A75073458984AA98833A7B4C76F5FD4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">El Zabayar stated that Venezuela had taken
steps toward establishing a civilian nuclear program and that cooperation in
this area was being discussed with the Governments of Iran and Belarus.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H20CFCACD9910403688A98B53914307E9"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Venezuela reportedly has large deposits of
uranium ore in the Guiana Shield region.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB552FA3A5D4434E9B3C5892259DFEE2"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In October 2009 Hugo Chavez stated
Venezuela was <quote>working with several countries, with Iran, with
Russia</quote> in their exploration for uranium.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5B41A051685406AAD689E0A6338DF72"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In December 2009, Iran and Ecuador signed a
mining agreement that establishes a framework for potential uranium
cooperation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5153F0421A149798B9F92180BB075C3"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 1985 the Brazilian government announced
that it had terminated a clandestine nuclear weapons program run by the
military since 1975.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE5F8856BB984C388CC5F02EA4F5CC15"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In August 2005 a former high-ranking
Brazilian nuclear official stated that the military had continued to develop
elements of a nuclear weapons program into the 1990s.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6EE151A3BB44998831D46F6BAD6679B"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On November 20, 2007, Brazilian General
Jose Benedito de Barros Moreira publicly called for Brazil to develop the
technological capacity to manufacture nuclear weapons.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70D3EBC02D4044679DDADF9E8E45077D"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The centrifuges at Brazil’s Resende uranium
enrichment plant can be reconfigured to produce highly enriched uranium in
quantities sufficient to produce several nuclear weapons annually.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4A47430A184471585BB080C440890A5"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Brazil has denied inspectors from the IAEA
full access to its uranium enrichment centrifuges at Resende on the grounds
that it is protecting commercial secrets.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD9D82E1544624C2AB94C4DC453A41A36"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standoff with the IAEA was resolved
only by the IAEA agreeing to limit its verification methods to indirect
inspections without direct inspection of the centrifuges, which many
nonproliferation experts fear could be used as a precedent by Iran and other
countries to prevent IAEA inspectors from examining their suspect nuclear
facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D438C90B7A14A509DB7166C04BA3D9F"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A prototype nuclear reactor is being
developed at the Armar Research Center for use in Brazil’s nuclear-powered
submarine program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD65CA6C7E00E459DB9FF8E9F6D41D306"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On February 24, 2008, the Governments of
Argentina and Brazil agreed to begin negotiations regarding the joint
development of a nuclear reactor and construction of a uranium enrichment
plant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5F506D378364BF3BC54D50F802FEAA1"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In February 2008, President Christina
Kirchner of Argentina and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil agreed to the
establishment of a joint uranium enrichment plant.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H032B9450554446518F04B14CC047973A"><enum>(20)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 2010 Brazil facilitated a joint
declaration for Iran to send uranium to Turkey for enrichment. After the
announcement, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorin stated <quote>in our
view, the agreement eliminates any ground for sanctions against
Iran.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8877D9B3A5DD41FAA7AD2060F0B972D1"><enum>(21)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 2011 Brazil expanded its uranium
enrichment capacity to an industrial level.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CA44367713B4D6F802751F2AA269628"><enum>(22)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Until 1990 the Argentine Government
conducted a clandestine nuclear weapons program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C8EB79AB5FB401B94F55D1844AAF5A8"><enum>(23)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In December 1985 Argentina and Iran signed
a nuclear cooperation agreement in which Argentina agreed to supply Iran with
highly enriched uranium.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31C5FBFDFF14478A8F1C9CBA835C202B"><enum>(24)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 1987 and 1988 Argentina signed three
agreements with Iran for converting a nuclear reactor to use enriched uranium,
for building pilot plants for uranium-dioxide conversion and fuel
fabrication.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF3C9A64B60042AF81CF13C83001FDE2"><enum>(25)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance by Argentina to the Iranian
nuclear program was reduced, but not terminated, following pressure by the
United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABBD6A554ACA48958580040379D8CF72"><enum>(26)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Several countries in Latin America,
including Brazil and Argentina, have not signed and implemented an Additional
Protocol which provides IAEA inspectors with enhanced access to nuclear
facilities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB65FB0A780845D2A632DB541A39E44F"><enum>(27)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Some Western Hemisphere countries have not
ratified 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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF1F4FE63F5E47079AF0A69B375C3AF0"><enum>(28)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Several countries in Latin America have not
signed and ratified 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>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA561BE245BAF4368AD3FA7C822E91963" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Statement of policy
regarding the proliferation of weapons-related nuclear, chemical, and
biological materials, technology, and facilities</header>
<subsection id="H0D60D749D63947098ACF55D351BD3D25"><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="HF1514365CD334A91B33492E00FFC4C7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote the negotiation and implementation
by all countries of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3BDBAA99EF884D31BA0EC0E44D150D3F"><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="H610FF81F07DD484AB8FA439BBB8F12A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Additional Protocol to the safeguards
agreement;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD25D7201F9C445FDB26FC2ADFB9C5C91"><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="HC09AFC1B3335477EA3098321D6236FDE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote the implementation by all countries
of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 which was amended on April
20, 2011, by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1977 and which
reaffirms that the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons
and their means of delivery constitutes a threat to international peace and
security, and extends the mandate of the Resolution 1540 Committee for a period
of 10 years to 2021;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H02B2E8D6F799468B9F761F6734BEF38D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote the accession to and ratification
and implementation of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD8044DA6E80945BE89C0447D76583349"><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="H60EA317825FC41C298F2EE04E4F26CA1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 1980 IAEA Convention on the Physical
Protection of Nuclear Material;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC57A170ED6F541F798E1BA3F6889EC21"><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="H81AD2BB9496D4F49832A4554E27B105E"><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="HADED1891A42B49A6B7E6447BCBF42237"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
Protocol defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section, the term <term>Additional Protocol</term> 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="H116B878258FD4A378BE64CB52FE9BF00"><enum>203.</enum><header>Statement of
policy regarding the small quantities protocol</header>
<subsection id="H0363F40FA9664AA19B1489B2A0C2ABF4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Because a Small
Quantities Protocol (SQP) sets aside many of the operative provisions of a
general safeguards agreement, the ability of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (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="H9D94BA1F2BB14E248E5C96175F61CF05"><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, 2012; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FE54E759650491EB6D8C4E5B6B03C2D"><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></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H76B26EA2392240C2B227BC2907DEFBCE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Countries
described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of
subsection (a)(1), as of January 1, 2012, the countries with an SQP are the
following: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Costa
Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala,
Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, St. Kitts and Nevis, St.
Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, and the
United States.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1F9F863903F147EA99FD221D7607F1C2"><enum>204.</enum><header>Securing
adherence to agreements regarding nuclear nonproliferation by countries in the
Western Hemisphere</header>
<subsection id="H0714FA5934864285A21A03D93B1A0A62"><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="H03143C63A291475F8DBCE99E019AC298"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has signed and implemented a comprehensive
safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1944EC3A8D354E8AA4B873B82221A71E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has signed and implemented an Additional
Protocol to its safeguards agreement;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2C7CC5D0406442899A5A4A107732047"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">guarantees unrestricted access for IAEA
personnel to all nuclear-related facilities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CEAC29F28AF456A9E85CEE4528E3C9A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has implemented the provisions of United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1540;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACE67D7500D34FF099A3BECB29A24D80"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has acceded to, ratified, and fully
implemented the conventions referred to in section 202(a)(4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF55942E6F7E94323867EE22460694BC0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>does not negotiate
with the IAEA an SQP if that country did not have an SQP as of January 1, 2012;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD827A8CFF75A4C0F8046545A6E47E6BC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>withdraws formally
from or renegotiates an SQP agreement if a country has such an
agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC19F7B9ECBA4EAC901E080B2B538888"><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="H46DA055C94B34DD59CC2D7129F5A726C"><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="H106D7E1D76534E1AA2F686AF15FF8897"><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="HBF58C1D1627648A1AC2EB46B12AD917B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as
continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE197DBC4CF34ACB952B790F0C61FAA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Arms Export Control Act;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CEE9C879B8A4F31A8EEE7E2B39D4E86"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE5F3CA54BCA4397B712D9C29B52ADDA"><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="HE2FF071945F54D5BB05BB1E750472398"><enum>205.</enum><header>Halting the
proliferation of nuclear fuel fabrication</header>
<subsection id="H2D5A888B422C42E7A2249F2EFB943501"><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, 2012.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7A4A157C4FCC4B3C89180D193090B4F1"><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 International Atomic Energy
Agency (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, 2012.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF249E8F53C264D71BA602FC710B376A6"><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="H5581148FC3224CF0B0B5105329062E46"><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 (as continued
in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 620A
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control
Act, or any other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly
provided support for acts of international terrorism;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H501C1E4331064761B4F485B2B6DB92C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is actively cooperating with a government
as described in paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EFAD8950CC34626BA08718E6F15AF5B"><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="HEBA370E02BD04D70ABEB5BE842DC3160"><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="H756C6A3A81E2414DA2112C327B40EDA3"><enum>206.</enum><header>Cooperation
with the Proliferation Security Initiative</header>
<subsection id="H6BECF14436C848B18719385F165F9E5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H2E85C60E29D0424F9E0FA8084A4EB797"><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="HE4F2AD43D27E400CB5A3B22D256F6B07"><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="H76F33C950FFF423EB2C799C293962B50"><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="H8686CE4BFBAD46FA8DF6BB02503EBC07"><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="H0B4456983B0A4D368C937FB3C8F27632"><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="H09DD7498C08F409D8FCCA2B6901537E2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of
Congress concerning strengthening cooperation regarding
nonproliferation</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H8B42456EE183468E8C42DB58D92AFECB"><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="HF7E71EF8A5AE48439DE1CCCA4FA831DE"><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="H81E808BCDEB0466DAD9FE4E54D465E63"><enum>207.</enum><header>Establishment
of the Western Hemisphere Nonproliferation Partnership Initiative</header>
<subsection id="H9AB6E58B339F4F109CF7E28D42D1B0ED"><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="H03B07CA17CBF4AF99F88D44B56CCBEC2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header>
<paragraph id="H8BB6BF0217F64F758660E27FD79361AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The NPI shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B57A16BE1DD48F58F2AD7845C8DB0DC"><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="H54933A8AC07D4CDCBA84EE8F306EDAB3"><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="HA3D68C38AEDC45879A9EB8154614739E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperative
programs</header><text>The cooperative programs referred to under paragraph
(1)(B) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E4B284A8D664C9DAF705402F6AE4D87"><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="H9C64C68FDBD74DEF92C2307DF39F49B4"><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="H7F2346B8B0E8459F9E88A2EB46A83EFD"><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 id="H18DCA20268994BF68B95745D7C438262"><enum>208.</enum><header>Foreign policy
controls</header>
<subsection id="H27F1CA80B0D44E45AA7C80889DECD9F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Terrorist
states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(j)(4) of the
Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(4)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD06E0B32D67F4B4FA162CA6A5AF091BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking <quote>the Speaker</quote> and inserting <quote>the chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D0A3B50DA9B4AE79DA83CCA84F23473"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H53E7303E939D408DA34EA632D452936D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>6-month
period; and</quote> and inserting <quote>36-month period;</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3469B548E774902BFF15F3563779EE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31D93A0761EA457692C0969BAB492DAD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding after
clause (ii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0524E57190B749B0998FE1ABFC7AC209" style="OLC">
<clause id="HF7EEA403BB32486B8E27EE5B643E4AC1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that government is not a <quote>country of
proliferation concern</quote> as defined in section 1055(g)(2) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 2371(g)(2));
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H15A0C584C720454987403542B8AB50D4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>that government
has provided assurances that it will not knowingly facilitate, directly or
indirectly, the proliferation of nuclear materials, items, or technology in the
future.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9A456656E1D643F892D76AEC64A21732"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H519C4690CFC545CFA266095B03EAC564"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foreign
assistance act of 1961</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 620A(c) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371(c)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE984B32719F4BD3AC3D83E9E0035654"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking <quote>the Speaker</quote> and inserting <quote>the chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F8D3D28658D42B7860D30313CA8FFFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="HA7F5FCEF22C644CD84CAB2E0BDF3478E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>6-month period; and</quote> and inserting <quote>36-month
period;</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H09EA1FD713894CA58CCFDAFB3DCAB08F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6D0EF7E517AE441187F22AD302A4CD94"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
adding after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H788AAE6A6CCD4B878B6E0C035C9089D7" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HBB7517135E2E467E9A3BE5984AF8F667"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that government is not a <quote>country of
proliferation concern</quote> as defined in section 1055(g)(2) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 2371(g)(2));
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE5255E97A070465CADF6D25C85DC62DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>that government
has provided assurances that it will not knowingly facilitate, directly or
indirectly, the proliferation of nuclear materials, items, or technology in the
future.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF1677C0307564F4F801D7620A75B60D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Arms export
control act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 40(f)(1)
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(f)(1)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC0DAB652CAC64AAE874A3CBCE53EDF87"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking <quote>the Speaker</quote> and inserting <quote>the chairman of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H75215DE90F6A4EB0A8D4C637CB396D1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<clause id="H5F72E5DACF9F46CB80AF30A696618CBA"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by striking <quote>6-month
period; and</quote> and inserting <quote>36-month period;</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD172088AA10743A9AC8CC980528BA9DD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon;</text>
</clause><clause id="H210BEC3BD8B44769B2BB654AFA4185A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
adding after clause (ii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D3F6D2E83ED4BECA2B40B64EA8E9B98" style="OLC">
<clause id="H966DFA827FE24902A092B18D3FA2720D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that government is not a <quote>country of
proliferation concern</quote> as defined in section 1055(g)(2) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 2371(g)(2));
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H369E1D012F49410A9054C27A0EDC1055"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>that government
has provided assurances that it will not knowingly facilitate, directly or
indirectly, the proliferation of nuclear materials, items, or technology in the
future.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD88477EA02874FC38363302F188A83D6"><enum>209.</enum><header>Limitation on
arms transfers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC667706E192041EFB6F59DE8C57E8B18"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No letter of offer to
sell major defense equipment to a foreign government of the Western Hemisphere
may be issued pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.)
and no license to export major defense equipment to a foreign government of the
Western Hemisphere may be issued pursuant to such Act in a fiscal year until
the President makes the certification required under subsection (b) for such
fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF2D4AF56EBC0406E9568FB805BCDB62B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The
certification required by this section is a certification by the President that
the foreign government of the Western Hemisphere—</text>
<paragraph id="H8DEE79901F94487FB6C397A5B2D80D58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is not carrying
out policies aimed at undermining United States national security interests;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E34EAB3A0724C63B23115ED3F2D2FB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is cooperating
fully with United States nonproliferation efforts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H283E28ADA8B941489B83E695B90706A4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The
President may waive the prohibition under subsection (b) 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="H16A613CF56B744A8B82DDBD4377BACA2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>210.</enum><header>Restrictions on
nuclear cooperation with countries assisting the nuclear program of Venezuela
or Cuba</header>
<subsection id="H4ADB02EE4B6949EF8F15F6BF5C15D696"><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 or biological
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="H3D5269AF167844C3B1C6CDD1382CF4FB"><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="HE5727D25ECDC487D9903F4EBC8EA6DC5"><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="H50B7C623F7A640E79B9B22E38448B5B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rules of
construction</header><text>The restrictions described in subsection (a)—</text>
<paragraph id="H6F442410D0764BC587D31DAFFA5DC137"><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="H257F4EC055EC4A8280823BCB4E470601"><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="H9873E9BE7307484286844D52F94B2011"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H1027C7D20BBF41D1AF3A07DB79AE9B71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agreement for
cooperation</header><text>The term <term>agreement for cooperation</term> 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="H2718459F8E304934880151B5CCF60971"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assisting the
nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba</header><text>The term <term>assisting the
nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba</term> 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="HBA395C5CDBE44BD7BECB2DDC902CC79E"><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
<term>country that is assisting the nuclear program of Venezuela or Cuba or
transferring advanced conventional weapons or missiles to Venezuela or
Cuba</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9ADFEADA7034428B86BA8AB837ED7F54"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Russia; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09795E6EA384406188E88302D81587CC"><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="H3CAA6CCE233E4EC9B90930323A236775"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Transferring
advanced conventional weapons or missiles to Venezuela or
Cuba</header><text>The term <term>transferring advanced conventional weapons or
missiles to Venezuela or Cuba</term> 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="H30F153496D6740F581225CE38E19CB38"><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="HF2BE63ACF8AB4C308769D15C3965F448"><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><enum>III</enum><header>Organization of
American States</header>
<section id="H1DD56A90C2C24378A4FCD5534D2F634B"><enum>301.</enum><header>Actions
regarding the Organization of American States</header>
<subsection id="H92F67E6B2E8F4C0C861AF684894F2323"><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 id="H8D9EB1A06F42472D8A0888C99E66D46C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer of
funds for United States voluntary contributions to the OAS</header>
<paragraph id="H9E9B1020C2584718B5F0A45773E25C7D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2013
and each subsequent fiscal year, 50 percent of the amount of funds made
available for United States assessed contributions to the OAS may be
transferred to, and merged with, funds made available for United States
voluntary contributions to the OAS.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H559622B7AEB14036BE21F3FDC79D97DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1F2207D4227848B5A0119E3579DEE98F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2013
and each subsequent fiscal year, it is the sense of Congress that the United
States Representative to the OAS should allocate funds made available for
United States voluntary contributions to the OAS so as to give priority to
contributions to the organizations specified in subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8C287AFCEDC46F8BAC18EA2531BF4A8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Organizations
specified</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The organizations
referred to in subparagraph (A) are the following:</text>
<clause id="H2FC3EA4EF8034DA9894C3E17C567AA18"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The OAS Inter-American Committee Against
Terrorism (CICTE).</text>
</clause><clause id="H0DDF91B87DDF490BA532800A15017B6B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The
OAS Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD).</text>
</clause><clause id="H7CFF5AC6A8934517A9B6931EF837FAF5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The OAS Fund for
Strengthening Democracy.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF3B3FAA1E23D40A693F34A2BE63456C0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H03C77D0EF28A4407B2911D993BEDFD03"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on
United States contribution</header>
<paragraph id="HD6FE45C8B35346AC9B26D5FAE071EA1C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>No contributions by the United States may be made to the
OAS if Cuba is admitted as an active Member State to the OAS or participates at
the Summit of the Americas with the consent of the OAS unless the Secretary of
State determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that
a democratically elected government in Cuba has been established.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC3461B16F047423BAF91110782F8EE9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this subsection, the term <term>democratically elected government in
Cuba</term>, in addition to meeting the requirements of section 205(a) of the
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C.
6065(a)), means a government which meets the requirements of section 206 of
such Act (22 U.S.C. 6066).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Miscellaneous
provisions</header>
<section id="H0BB2F07093834A488C78908134DBF9C5"><enum>401.</enum><header>Prohibitions on
engagement with certain Western Hemisphere countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act 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 five
consecutive years.</text>
</section><section id="H5A7CB89CF5AC4E74891FC27473A1F074"><enum>402.</enum><header>Report</header>
<subsection id="H026F17F494124D808EC10D00EF9D2DAB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of the
fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities carried out to
achieve the objectives described in titles I and II that describe—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD1020927F3E4B1E8A6215946B8BB60D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the extent to
which each such objective has been achieved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B9BA78309D34D7CAA70B076BDE42CF6"><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="HD121F4D8C16A416C9095898621CDDED3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the extent of
cooperation by other countries in the Western Hemisphere toward achieving such
objectives; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7CB248DB43A46A8A20FDEAE90ED0BA3"><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="HFAAC06F11D3E4932BB616415AC088F7B"><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 may include a classified
annex, if necessary.</text>
</subsection></section>