[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 108 (Monday, August 8, 1994)]
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                DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT

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                  DOLE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2479

  Mr. DOLE (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. McCain, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. 
Wellstone, Mr. Exon, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Hatch, Mr. DeConcini, Mr. Luga, 
and Mr. Helms) proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 4650) making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:

     SEC.   . TERMINATION OF ARMS EMBARGO.

       (1) Termination.--The President shall terminate the United 
     States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina no later than November 15, 1994 so that 
     Government may exercise its right of self-defense under 
     Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
       (2) Definition.--As used in this section, the term `United 
     States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina' means the application to the Government of 
     Bosnia and Herzegovina of--
       (A) the policy adopted July 10, 1991, and published in the 
     Federal Register of July 19, 1991 (58 F.R. 33322) under the 
     heading `Suspension of Munitions Export Licenses to 
     Yugoslavia'; and
       (B) any similar policy being applied by the United States 
     Government as of the date of receipt of the request described 
     in paragraph (1) pursuant to request described in paragraph 
     (1) pursuant to which approval is denied for transfers of 
     defense articles and defense services to the former 
     Yugoslavia.
       (3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     interpreted as authorization for deployment of United States 
     forces in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina for any 
     purpose, including training, support, or delivery of military 
     equipment.
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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 2480

  Mr. HELMS proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4650, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of the Committee amendment, on page 2, line 15, 
     add the following:

     SEC. . LIMITATION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR UNITED STATES 
                   COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAMS IN 
                   COLOMBIA.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, none of the funds appropriated by any provision of law 
     to carry out military assistance or FMF programs shall be 
     obligated or expended for the Government of Colombia, and 
     none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be obligated 
     or expended for United States military activities in or with 
     Colombia, until the President determines and certifies to the 
     Congress that the Government of Colombia is taking actions 
     to--
       (1) apply vigorously all law enforcement resources to 
     investigate, track, capture, and incarcerate narcotics 
     kingpins and their accomplices;
       (2) create an ``elite corps'' of investigators to track 
     down corruption and prosecute those responsible for it or 
     otherwise involved in it;
       (3) reform Colombia's penal code, including increasing 
     penalties for drug traffickers and removing loopholes in the 
     plea-bargain system;
       (4) present to Colombia's Congress stringent anti-
     corruption legislation;
       (5) introduce new legislation to strengthen laws against 
     money-laundering; and
       (6) pursue international anti-narcotics initiatives, 
     including the creation of a Caribbean Basin multilateral 
     anti-narcotics force, controls on precursor chemicals, and 
     the adoption of a new inter-American convention to ban 
     financial safe havens for narcotics traffickers in this 
     Hemisphere.
       (b) Commercial Arms Exports Prohibited.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by any provision of law may be used to license 
     the commercial export of items on the United States Munitions 
     List under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act to 
     Colombia until the President makes the determination and 
     certification described in subsection (a).
       (c) Report Required.--Whenever the President makes a 
     certification under subsection (a), the President shall 
     submit to the Congress, together with such certification, a 
     report describing the actions taken by the Government of 
     Colombia upon which such certification is based.
       (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
       (1) the term ``FMF'' means the foreign military financing 
     program under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act; and
       (2) the term ``military assistance'' means assistance 
     provided under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961.

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