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                      PRESSLER AMENDMENT NO. 1347

  Mr. HELMS (for Mr. Pressler) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 
1281, supra; as follows:

       On page 179, after line 6, insert the following new 
     section:

     SEC.  . MISSILE TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS TO CERTAIN MIDDLE EASTERN 
                   AND ASIAN COUNTRIES.

       (a) Exports by United States Persons.--Section 72 of the 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797a) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
       ``(c) Presumption.--In determining whether to apply 
     sanctions under subsection (a) to a United States person 
     involved in the export, transfer, or trade of an item on the 
     MTCR Annex, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that such 
     item is designed for use in a missile listed under the MTCR 
     Annex if the President determines that the final destination 
     of the item is a country the government of which the 
     Secretary of State determines, for purposes of 6(j)(1)(A) of 
     the Export Administration Act of 1979, has repeatedly 
     provided support for acts of international terrorism.''.
       (b) Exports by Foreign Persons.--Section 73 of the Arms 
     Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
     (g) and (h), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
       ``(f) Presumption.--In determining whether to apply 
     sanctions under subsection (a) to a foreign person involved 
     in the export, transfer, or trade of an item on the MTCR 
     Annex, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that such item is 
     designed for use in a missile listed under the MTCR Annex if 
     the President determines that the final destination of the 
     item is a country the government of which the Secretary of 
     State determines, for purposes of 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979, has repeatedly provided support 
     for acts of international terrorism.''.

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